The life of Wendell Willkie. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with David Willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. Was seeking a third term. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac. Grew up in elwood. When they married, this was the place they generally call home. In the family, my great great grandfather had lost his shirt during the depression. Instead of giving his father in law a handout, when the willkie and bought a farm land. He asked his fatherinlaw if he would manage it. How much time did he spend no ques
The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Education act borrower defense provisions. 10 republicans joined with the democrats in march to reject this rule in the state to pass this resolution, and i thank those who stood up for the veterans and students who have been defrauded. I urge President Trump to sign this bill without delay. More importantly, for my urging, 30 different veterans organizations urged the president to sign our resolution. Were going to be giving a lot of speeches about veterans on the senate floor and back home over memorial day weekend. Here is a chance for the president to stand up for the veterans on memorial day weekend. In a march 13 letter to President Trump these veterans asked him to ensure, quote, the men and women who serve their country honorably are not burdened with Student Loans that result from fraud. I ask this letter be included in the record. Without objection. Thank you. And President Trump would be the ones to free them from the rule that the American Legion has entitled fundamentally
Its thursday, december 12th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is the most corrupt, rigged railroad job ive seen in my entire life. The House Judiciary Committee prepares to vote. A heavy heart, clear in my duty to our country, i support these articles of impeachment. Reporter the Justice Departments top watchdog testified his report did not vindicate the fbi. 25 of the way through, i thought id dropped acid. Reporter investigators are saying the deadly attack at the jewish kosher deli in new jersey was a possible hate crime. Theres no question it was an attack on the jewish community. Theres no other way to interpret it. Reporter an indiana family is suing Royal Caribbean cruise line after their daughter fell to her death from a ship in summer. We want them to fix their cruise ships. We dont want any other kids to get hurt. Reporter Harvey Weinstein reached a tentative settlement with his accusers. The faa failed to ground the 737 boeing max despite two cra
So include us too t. Happy birthday, madam mayor. It is my great honor to introduce the conference leadership, Vice President of Steve Benjamin of colombia south carolina. Brian, of row chester hills, and executive director tom coke ran, thank you so much. We have with us in the audience, the past president s, president mccormack, thank you for your leadership. Elizabeth and several former mayors who have served in the audience today and many newly elected mayors who are with us for the first time. New mayors, we are thrilled to have you. Thank you. Wee look forward to it, thank you. And to those mayors joining us in washington, d. C. From canada, germany, ireland, italy and the united kingdom, welcome to our meeting and thank you for being here m im going to introduce our speakers as we move through todayess agenda. Our recessions are live streamed and available at usmayors. Org and the you tube channel. Use our hashtag, uscmwinter 18 which posting about it or gathering. Download and