Biden. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens, i will be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much Harder Missions and met far graver challenges and knows how tough fights are won, the next president of the United States, john s. Mccain. [ cheers and applause ] it was just a year ago when all of the experts in washington counted out our nominee bec
Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher she took night classes , at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races for the u. S. Senate and was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geraldine Ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of
History tv, every weekend on cspan three explore our nations past. Cspan 3. Created by americas Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Up next Alaska Governor sarah palin accepts the nomination for Vice President at the Republican National convention in st. Paul, minnesota, her and president ial nominee senator mccain would lose the general election to democrats brock obama and joe biden. noise noise thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. noise so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. noise thank you so much. Thank you thank you. Thank you so much. noise mister chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens i would be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. Thank you. applause i accept the call to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at the crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man whos
Listen on the free cspan radio app. For only the third time in u. S. History, a Major Political party is nominating a woman to be their Vice President ial candidate. The first time was in 1984, when democrats chose Geraldine Ferraro. 24 years later, republicans nominated then Alaska Governor sarah palin. Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher, she took night classes at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races th was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geral
Rain dozens of missiles onto isis targets. Its a major escalation in the fight against isis militants, and the first time the u. S. Has taken action inside of syria. Good morning from washington. Im luke russert. This is the daily rundown. President obama is expected to speak for the first time about the air strikes. The white house just under an hour from now at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Well, of course, bring that to you live. And we are keeping our eyes on secretary of state john kerry, who is already meeting with International Leaders in new york ahead of the president s arrival fuelling the United Nations meeting. The u. S. Officials say more than 20 targets were struck. Amateur video unverified shows some of the explosions as the first missiles began to fall more than 12 hours ago. And a new video this morning claims to show the aftermath of strikes. Syrian activists say 70 isis fighters were killed. And the u. S. Insists that this is just the beginning. Heres pentagon spokesman admir