D. C. E here in washington, at the northwest corner of the new, president ial memorial for dwight d. Eisenhower. Starts about 1000 miles west of washington, d. C. In abilene, kansas. Inle eisenhower was born texas, his family moved back to kansas when he was just a toddler. He stay there through high school. I wanted direct your view to speech that is inscribed in this wall in the memorial. When world war ii ended, eisenhower came home and was given a heros welcome, and in a humble way, he started talking butt not that he was a hero what you dreamed of doing when he was a young boy in abilene, kansas. And ended with the proudest thing i can claim is that im from abilene. I come here first, to thank the proudest thing i can claim is that i am from abilene. [applause] that first paragraph of that speech was a primary inspiration for the designer of the memorial, frank gary. He has expressed that here in this statue of Young Eisenhower as a teenage boy, sitting on a stone block, looking i
Joined by Richard Mullaney. We will discuss the florida role as a battleground state this year. Host good morning on this tuesday. We are going to begin with republicans only. How should the Senate Precedent . If you believe they should fill the seat before the election,. Ial in at 202 7488000 if you think they should wait until after the election, 202 7488001 is your number. Are 7488002 if you undecided. At 202 lso text us 7488003. Tomorrow, we will talk to democrats only. Legalould Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell move forward on the vacancy on the Supreme Court after Justice Ginsburgs death this past friday. Here is the majority leader. Hearing there is not sufficient time to examine and confirm the nominee. We can debunk this myth in about 30 seconds. Until novemberys 3 and 104 days until the end of this congress. Stevens was confirmed by the senate in 19 days. Days from start to finish. Oconnor, was day confirmed in 33 days after the nomination. Herself, it was just 42 days.
The Vice President hello, ohio [crowd chanting four more years. ] the Vice President thank you for that warm welcome. Ets hear it and one of the most important. Dvisers to our campaign, bob all my fellow americans thank you for coming out today. It is great to be back in the Buckeye State. Cheers and applause] i heard that. But im here for one reason and one reason only. And that is that ohio and america need four more years of President Donald Trump in the white house. [cheers and applause] crowd four more years four more years Vice President pence four years ago a movement was born. A most of movement of Everyday Americans from every walk of life. Here in ohio, you believed we could be strong again. You believed we could be prosperous again. You believed america could be respected again. You said yes to President Donald Trump in 2016 and i know in 48 days, ohios going to say yes to four more years of President Donald Trump in 2020. [cheers and applause] and the road to victory goes r
Callahan. In a unique partnership tonight, we are working together with the Portland Press harold and the Bangor Daily News to get you the answers you need to cast your ballot. Coincidentally, this first meeting of the candidates falls on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks, a day when we remember the heroes and honor the lives lost. It is also a day when americans feel even more patriotic than they usually do, and part of our civic duty is to make informed choices on election day. We want to help you do that, so we are going to be asking questions for the four candidates. The incumbent is republican Susan Collins, seeking election to a fifth term. The democrat is speaker of the main house, sara gideon. There are two independents, max linn and lisa savage, who belongs to the green independent party, but is not running as a Party Candidate on the ballot. There has been plenty of heat in the campaign. Our hope is to shed some light on important issues. The first round of ques
She faced many obstacles in her life even from a young age. Though chosen as the valedictorian of her high school class, she gave no graduation speech. Instead, she grieved at home with her father after burying her beloved mother one day before graduation. Her family had already suffered terrible loss with the death of her sister when Justice Ginsburg as only 14 months old. But Justice Ginsburg kept ising. A full scholarship to cornell niversity and only one of nine women in her Harvard Law School class. After transferring to columbia law school, she graduated first in her class. Yet, she could not find a job. No firm in new york would hire her because she was a woman. These obstacles didnt deter her. She pressed on. As she said in an interview with her dear friend, nina totenberg, and i quote, i get out of law school with top grades, no law firm in the city of new york will hire me. I end up teaching. That gave me time to devote to the movement of evening out the rights excuse me of w