Provider. Vice president al gore expected his partys president ial nomination at the 2000 Democratic National convention in los angeles. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my husband, our next president of the United States, al gore. [ cheers and applause ] thaup [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. Tonight, i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee. And then those who braved the first snows of iowa, and new hampshire. And all of you here from all over this country. Who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. While i cant thank each of you individually in words, i do so in my heart. And i know you wont mind if i single out someone who has just spoken out so eloquently, someone ive loved with my
Vice president al gore accepted his partys president ial nomination at the 2000, National Convention in los angeles. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my husband, our next of al gore. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. I speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. Tonight i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee and then those who braved the first snows of iowa and New Hampshire and all of you here from all over this country who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. While i cant think of you individually in words, i do so in my heart and i know you wont mind if i single out someone who has just spoken so eloquently, someone ive
Tribune, tom brokaw of nbc, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 5050 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] Judy Woodruff for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. By prior agreement between the two candidates, the first question goes to senator quayle, and you have two minutes to respond. Senator, you have been criticized, as we all know, for your decision to stay out of the vietnam war,
Capitol hill where Congressional Budget Officer director Phillip Swagel is getting ready to testify before lawmakers on the cbos budget. The hearing is expected to begin shortly and youre watching live coverage on cspan3. Good afternoon. Ill call the committee to order. Today the committee will hear testimony from the Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel. These projections account for the effects of the covid19 pandemic and legislation enacted in response to it and provide a window into the future of our financial state. This is dr. Swagels first time testifying since becoming the 10th director of the office. Unfortunately, the pandemic has delayed us from having him appear before this committee. I would like to thank dr. Swagel for being here and thank the cbo staff for working to provide congress with informed estimates at a time of unprecedented uncertainty and unusual working conditions. Cbos updated budget projections confirmed what we all know, that the economic di
We will begin, though, this morning with of course stocks, futures indicate an additional testing of that 3220 level on the s p. Were also talking about the possibility, however remote it might seem, of a relief package coming out of congress,given some conversation, jim, between secretary mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi do you think there is a chance i know that they both care passionately about Small Business if you look at the testimony yesterday by secretary mnuchin, he mentioned restaurants a couple of times. Thats where the yelp numbers that we get, yelp yikes is our vc, where the real damage s youre starting to talk about 50 of the bars and nightlife being closed in this country, thats way too big and i think that the secretary is really alluding to that david, do i think there will be a deal i think there is a sense that both sides feel a deal is bad for them, in other words, if they give if theres a stalemate, they will somehow do better at the election i dont think thats true, but