Of the 19th amendment. She shows how the movement intersected with the abolitionists and temperance movements. This is the first of a twopart program. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the National Portrait gallery as the smithsonian institution. Im Kate Clarke Lemay and im the curator of votes for women. For this exhibition, i worked about 3 1 2 years, researching, teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. In the exhibition, we had about 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and in curating the exhibition, i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified. But also ask questions about it and ask what does it do and what does it not do . And why 1965 and the Voting Rights acts is considered another sort of part two of the 19th amendment . So if youll follow me, im going to take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. So lets g
Then, naacp president and ceo Derrick Johnson on black voters and the important issues in campaign 2020. Washington journal is next. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to me and my family, and i will see you on thursday. That took place after a first ever virtual rollcall vote officiallyn is selected as the nominee for the Democratic Party. Just some of the activities on night two of the Democratic National convention. Watch our coverage of night three starting at 9 00 tonight on cspan, cspan. Org, and follow along on our cspan radio app. In the first hour bang, you can give us your impressions of the activities. In the first hour, you can give us your impressions of the activities. If you support joe biden, 202 7488
Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
Freedom to see Americans Strike each other down. We will have law and order on the streets of this country for every american. The Vice President speaking from baltimores historic fort mchenry, he wont be safe in joe bidens america. The Vice President told the National Audience that President Trump has followed through on his pledge to make America Great again and he asked voters to give them four more years. Our political reporter greg lee is here. Tell us what Vice President talked about tonight. Reporter the Vice President hit a number of issues. Chief among them, reinforcing the campaigns theme of law and order. I humbly accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the united states. Reporter Vice President mike pence officially accepted his partys nomination on night three of the Republican National convention. Pence praised the president s response to the coronavirus, touting the economy, Foreign Policy in support of the military. President trump has been fighting
On the value of its new business, following the fall since it listed the most. We will be joined by the ceo. Reports amid rising u. S. Tensions and fears of backlash from the white house. More challenges may be growing closer to home. Lets get a quick check of the markets with sophie kamaruddin. Stocks with a subdued start, futures lower. Kiwi stocks higher by 0. 2 . At m a, andlooking south korea raising a red flag. In sydney, stocks hit a fivemonth high. Qantas hosting its first loss in six years and warning it will not make money in the next financial year. 2000 after retreating on the fed minutes. The index going since jumping the most since june on the fed. One analyst said he does not think positioning is stretched, but even with broad dollar weakness, asian currencies have underperformed, but record forex reserves are one key reason. Steady afteryuan retreating from a sevenmonth high, retracing gains it has seen since last month. Focus, callsira in for the central bank in turkey