Convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ cheers and applause ] and now my friends that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and my soul. [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. [ cheers and applause ] help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonights happy vision. And we will justify our gorgeous past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. Thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have and 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 hold study in libertyville, illinois. Richard norton
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[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im crossing the Delaware River from pennsylvania into new jersey. Yes, im following the route that general George Washington took to his big victory during the revolutionary war the battle of trenton. Im tracking down what i believe is the most intriguing strange inheritance ive heard of so far, something the father of our country may have been carrying that fateful night his wallet. My name is Barbara Farwell, and this is my daughter, linda. I inherited something from my mother, and one day my daughter will inherit it from me. For reasons that will become clearer as we follow the twists and turns of this story, the farwells have let their heirloom go on display right here in trenton. Barbara, how are you . Im jamie. So nice to meet you. Im glad to meet you. Hi, linda. How are you . Hi. Im fine. Thank you. So, whered you bring me . This is the Old Barracks Museum. And you keep something from your family here . Yes, we do. Come in. During the revo
Day, the president s calendar is cleared. While joe biden pullsti negativ ad out of respect for the president s condition. Breonna taylor tapes released. Grand jury recordings where made public in the Breonna Taylor Police Shooting case. What they say happened in the final moments leading up to her death. And sounds of the game. We take you inside the socalled nba bubble to find out more about the technology thats making the game sound like its being held in a packed arena. See how savvy technicians are plling it off. They are. First we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I think im doing very well. But were going to make sure that things work out. The first lady is doing very well. Reporter the leader of the free world is in the hospital with covid19. The president of the United States flown to walter reed Medical Center. Im not going to get into the president s symptoms exactly. Mild symptoms, but he is hard at work. Were having to slow him down a little
Welcome back Kamala Harris to the great state of michigan. I remember the night before joe bidens primary victory, when we were all here together in detroit, proud to be standing together on the eve of a big day michigan, and how life has changed since then. Lets take one minute and show some gratitude to the detroit youth choir, who just entertained us, who is phenomenal. [applause] every one of us knows this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime, if not the most important. As my father would tell us, its also one of the most important elections in our nations history. Covid19 has shown us who is in office can be life or death. Who is in office determines ask whether or not weve got leaders who focus on or themselves. And their own agendas. We know this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing this past friday. Heartbreaking. But we also know that this is a moment where we see how much elections matter. They matter to us and our ability to show up at work and be safe. They ma