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
Well, good evening, everyone, welcome to nbc news live coverage of night one of the Republican National convention. As with the democrat last week, this convention will look a lot different than the ones in the past, of course, due to the pandemic. The republicans make their case to hit back at joe biden and the democrats. We will be hearing from a variety of speakers over the next four nights, office holders, family member, trump loyalists. We start with the headliner governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. We will also hear from the president s oldest son, donald trump, jr. And republican senator tim scott. We expect to hear from President Trump. On each of these four nights, including in a video with american hostages freed during his administration earlier in charlotte, north carolina, where the entire convention was originally scheduled. They will renominate donald trump and mike pence for president and Vice President. We will start with chuck todd and andrea mitchell.
The second hour will focus on Bernie Sanders and former first Lady Michelle obama. Watch all of the Democratic National convention on cspan, cspan. Org, or listen live with the freeseas been radio app. Free cspan radio app. Holly otterbein joining us from philadelphia today. Good morning. Host what would be the goal of the d c . Nc. Ahead and iiden is think his main goal is to do no harm. It is the democrats opportunity to present a vision they are unified. This is something the party has worked hard at. They did not want a repeat of , there6 convention where was a lot of commotion protests, Bernie Sanders supporters were upset. They wanted something very different this time around so it was an opportunity to showcase that. You will see that with bernie and making his case for joe biden. Host as well as michelle obama, we expect to hear from governor john kasich. Guest absolutely. Right there that shows you the unity they are trying to present. You have john kasich on one side of the s
About the campaign and the federal judiciary. And tony perkins looks at evangelical voters in the november election. We will also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. 550 for president donald j. Trump. President trump and Vice President mike pence were officially renominated for the gop ticket this november. We will get your thoughts on the first day of the Republican Convention, from rollcall call to the speeches last night, and a preview of tonights lineup. Here are your lines. If you are supporting the president this november, dial in 202 7488000. If you are supporting joe biden, your line is 202 7488001. If you are undecided, please call us at 202 7488002. Your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or facebook tor join the conversation. We will begin with one of the keynote speakers, the president s son, donald trump, jr. [video clip] after eight years of slow growth, trumps policies have been rocket fuel to th
Our email newsletter offers a synopsis of the days event. Tonight, President Trump will accept the publican partys nomination. Be first nonpolitician to nominated since dwight eisenhower. His acceptance speech was on the final day of the rnc in cleveland. Togive a very warm welcome ivanka trump. [applause] ivanka good evening. Thank you. One year ago, i introduced my father when he declared his candidacy. Through hisay and he sheer force of will, sacrificed greatly to enter the political arena as an outsider and he prepared he prevailed against 16 very talented competitors. Year, donald a trump has been the peoples champion. Peopleshe is the nominee. My fellowof millennials, i do not consider myself categorically republican or democrat. More than party affiliation, i vote aced on what i believe is right for my family and country. Sometimes, it is a tough choice. That is not the case this time. I am here to tell you that this is the moment and donald trump americaerson to make great aga