And now my friends, that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and soul. And with the your help, i have no doubt that we will win. Help me to do the job and this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Yeah and we will justify our glorious paths and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. We will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have. That was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons old study in liberty bell, illinois. Richard norton smith, who was this one term governor . Two millions of americans, thats all he was, a one term governor of illinois. They knew nothing more about him. They had never heard a voice like his. They did not know that in some ways, a Political Revolution was being touched off tha
Your television provider. Ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ applause ] and now, my friends, that you have made your decision, i will fight for that office with all my heart and soul. [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. Help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonights happy vision, and we will justify our glorious past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding and for honest purpose. Thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have. That was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson, accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons old study in libert
June 1. Lawenforcement officers advanced on protesters gathered in the park to protest the death of george floyd to clear the way for President Trump to walk from the white house to st. Johns Episcopal Church where this Natural Resources committee is two hours and 40 minutes. I am asking unanimous consent that all other members be made part of the hearing record. Whatever comes first. If there are no objections, so order. I declare a recess. Described in the documents, as described in the notice, stations, documents or notice to this email. Ed that ourlly, note members are responsible for their own microphones. Anyone present at the hearing today must wear a mask covering their mouth and nose. The speaker of the house acting upon the recommendations of the attended physician require face coverings for all indoor gatherings over 15 minutes in length. In order to maintain the coram and protect the safety of members and staff, the chair will not recognize any member in room to speak was n
The committee im proceeding under the rule. I wonder how this panel can opine as to whether the president committed an impeachment offense and the answer quite frankly is because you came in with a preconceived notion. You already made that determination and decision. Ill give you a for instance. Until the recent collocolloquy, several of you said the president said i would like you to do me a favor. But that was inaccurate. And im going to read it to you. I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot. One of you said well thats because the president was using royal we. Here the president is talking about the country. Thats what hes talking about. Its audacious to say its using the royal we. Thats royal, all right but it aint the royal we. And ill just tell you, when you come in with a preconceived notion it becomes obvious. One of you just said, mr. Feldman it was you who said, and im going to quote here, roughly, i think this is exactly what you
President might betray his trust to a foreign power. Can you elaborate on why the framers were so concerned about foreign interference . How they accounted for these concerns and how that relates to the facts before this committee . So the reason that the framers are concerned about foreign interference is slightly different than the reason we are. They were concerned about it because we were such a weak country in 1789. We were small, we were poor. We didnt have an established navy. We didnt have an established army. Today the concern is a little different so it would interfere with us making it best for us as americans. Second based on the president s own summary of his call with the you yukrainian president he used it as leverage in his efforts to achieve this and third the president then urged china to begin its own investigation. Professor feldman, how did it impact our democracy if it become Standard Practice for the president of the United States to ask a Foreign Government to i