Then four years after that, 1972, mississippi went for the republican, richard nixon. Then four years after that, in 1976, mississippi went for the democrat, for jimmy carter. So four years after that, in 1980, it was, admittedly, hard to predict how mississippi was going to go that year. You couldnt really see mississippi in 1980 as a solidly predictable anything for that president ial election. And in the president ial election of 1980, youll remember that Ronald Reagan won the republican nomination in a walk. Right after he collected that nomination, the Republican Party nomination, that year in detroit, which is where they held their convention, right after that convention, he and his campaign decided that straight away, what they were going to do, they were going to send their candidate to mississippi, to philadelphia, mississippi, specifically. And philadelphia, mississippi, is not a big place. Its a little bit out of the way. Its not the easiest place in the world to get to. But
President ial election. And in the president ial election of 1980, youll remember that Ronald Reagan won the republican nomination in a walk. Right after he collected that nomination, the Republican Party nomination, that year in detroit, which is where they held their convention, right after that convention, he and his campaign decided that straight away, what they were going to do, they were going to send their candidate to mississippi, to philadelphia, mississippi, specifically. And philadelphia, mississippi, is not a big place. Its a little bit out of the way. Its not the easiest place in the world to get to. But philadelphia, mississippi, then and now, still had a national profile. It was nationally known. It was a household name in some parts of the country. Because of one very dark episode in its recent past, which is that in 1964, philadelphia, mississippi, is where the civil rights workers got abducted in the middle of the night and murdered and buried. And the local authoriti
Segregationist George Wallace in the president ial election in 1968. Then four years after that, 1972, mississippi went for the republican, richard nixon. Then four years after that, in 1976, mississippi went for the democrat, for jimmy carter. So four years after that, in 1980, it was, admittedly, hard to predict how mississippi was going to go that year. You couldnt really see mississippi in 1980 as a solidly predictable anything for that president ial election. And in the president ial election of 1980, youll remember that Ronald Reagan won the republican nomination in a walk. Right after he collected that nomination, the Republican Party nomination, that year in detroit, which is where they held their convention, right after that convention, he and his campaign decided that straight away, what they were going to do, they were going to send their candidate to mississippi, to philadelphia, mississippi, specifically. And philadelphia, mississippi, is not a big place. Its a little bit
Wouldbe suicide bomber who appears to have affixed some kind of homemade explosive device to his torso. He was apparently trying to blow up the pedestrian passageway between the times square subway station and the Port Authority bus terminal. He ended up injuring himself. Three other people were injured, although new york police are describing those thankfully as minor injuries. And new yorkers are as resilient as you can possibly imagine, but three al qaeda or isisinspired attacks in the space of 15 months, all of which managed to kill or injury innocent bystanders, its getting to be enough to even rattle a big tough city like new york. In terms of the attack today, the suspect is in custody. Hes apparently been talking with investigators and he has reportedly told them he was inspired by ice tois carry out this attack. That was the inescapable news in the nations largest city today. But the political world is focused quite intently on what is about to happen tomorrow in the great sta