Soon as possible so that we can start to heal the divisions of the campaign, and the contest through which we just passed. Almost a century and a half ago, senator Stephen Douglas told abraham lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presidency, part isnt feeling must yield to patriotism. Im with you, mister president , and god bless you. Well, in that same spirit, i say to president elect bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may god bless his stewardship of this country. Neither he nor i anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly, neither of us wanted it to happen. Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institutions of our democracy. Over the library of on one of our great law schools is inscribed them on, not undermanned but under god and law. That is a ruling principle of american freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. Ive tried to make it my guide throughout this contest, as it ha
History have paved the way for this moment tonight. Shattering the glass ceiling. While i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. The Campaign Ends with celebrations and protests across america. [ crowd chanting ] as President Trump confronts defeat, the president elect prepares to lead, grappling with a raging pandemic, a faltering economy, a nation divided by race, region and politics. Announcer from abc news, this is a special edition of this week, your voice, your vote 2020. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The week america chose to end the trump presidency. After four years of division and tumult, assaults on truth and treasured institutions, voters turned out in record numbers to turn the page, replacing a reality tv star raised in wealth with a career politician from the working class. In his first speech as president
This is Washington Week. Fundg is provided by were when the world gets complicated. With fidelity Wealth Management a adver can taylor recommendations to your life. Thats fidelity Wealth Management. Babel a teaches spanish, french, russian and more and less ops are available as an app ornle at babel. Com. Consumer cellular. Adtional funding is provided by committed to bridging cultural differences. The corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ce again, from washington, osderator robert. Robert od evening, with 25 days until the election, President Trumps conduct and health continue toll transfix washington with the Democratic House sme nancy pelosi so alarmed that she has raised the constitutional stakes. The speaker announced the creation of a commission of the amendment focused on evaluating whether the president is fito serve. In response, the president s allies have lashed out to her saying she might be or chest tra
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Greene discuss how roomy remember the civil war and whether to remove or contextualize confederate monuments. Then sunday, at 6 pm eastern, on american artifacts, we will preview photographs of native americans. Which includes more than a half million images. At 8 pm on the presidency, a look at president ial retreats, including abraham lincoln, harvard Hoover Mountain fishing camp, and stories of the kennedys. Clintons, and obamas, and marthas been yard. And monday night, at 8 pm eastern, august mark the 75th anniversary of the bombings up hiroshima and nagasaki. American history tv and washington journalist back of the events that led to the bombing and their legacy with author ian toll, and president trumans grandson, Clifton Truman daniel. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv, this Labor Day Weekend on cspan three. From our lectures in history series, San Diego State University Professor Pierre Asselin teaches a class on the vietnam war. Looking at the conflict f