I stand before you i stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. [applause] as your nominee, i will have an aggressive fighting campaign. [applause] the republicans l 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. Here we are just entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the Roosevelt Administration. President roosevelt was right at the height of its power. That opened up a tie for a dark horse candidate. Keep in mind the state of the Republican Party. It was a party defeated by roosevelt in 1932. What were the republicans looking for and why was your grandfat
Saying it should be left up to the states. Why hes now facing bipartisan backlash. President biden announcing new Student Debt Relief for up to 25 million americans. Will it help with his slipping performance among Younger Voters . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now saying there is a date for the rafah offensive, defying warnings from President Biden. The terrifying midair scare. The engine cover ripped off a Southwest Airlines plane. The faa launching an investigation. And South Carolina getting their perfect ending, but for iowas Caitlin Clark this historic season was just the beginning as womens sports reached new heights. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome from indianapolis. It was a view quite literally that was out of this world. Tens of millions of us getting a once in a generation look at a total Solar Eclipse. The moon coming between the earth and sun, Casting A Path Of Total Darkness Extending Diagonally across the eastern
Totality. Norah crowds cheer as the rare astronomical phenomenon passes overhead where on The Path Of Totality with the sites. There is a diamond ring, diamond ring. Norah sounds. It was mindblowing. Norah and science. That is amazing. Its unbelievable. Theres nothing like it. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, i am norah odonnell. And thank you for being with us. We are here tonight at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Great American eclipse of 2024. This place was packed with Tens Of Thousands from all 50 states and 33 countries Around The World to watch this cosmic spectacle as the moon slipped between the earth and the sun turning Day Into Night and then sunlight into total darkness. You know the word monday actually means day of the moon, and that certainly held true today. The historic path of totality crossed into the u. S. And texas at 2 27 p. M. Eastern time and then traveled over parts of 15 states through maine before heading into canada at 3 35 p. M.
Towns to big cities looking to the sky. Massive crowds like the one here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway gathering to witness history. Our team along the path of totality, stretching from texas to maine and even 20,000 feet in the air for a view like no other. Also tonight, the deadly shooting inside a law office in las vegas. Two victims and the shooter dead. What were learning. Also tonight, former President Donald Trump weighing in on abortion. The gop frontrunner declining to endorse a national ban and saying it should be left up to the states. Why hes now facing bipartisan backlash. President biden announcing new Student Debt Relief for up to 25 million americans. Will it help with his slipping performance among Younger Voters . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now saying there is a date for the rafah offensive, defying warnings from President Biden. The terrifying midair scare. The engine cover ripped off a Southwest Airlines plane. The faa launching an investigation.
coming up in an hour, representative dunn rodney davis representative rodney davis of illinois, top republican on the house administration committee, discusses election security. and oregon representative earl blumenauer discusses the future of health care. and it never really stopped. we have been going through this now for over three years. it was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops. kers and liars, and this should never happen to another president ever. i don t know that other presidents would have been able to take it. some people said no, they wouldn t have. host: this is the washington journal for february 7. that was president trump from yesterday, at the white house democratic processes during impeachment and other aspects. what house speaker nancy pelosi said about the president post acquittal, and we will hear from you too. a two-hour program today, so in the first hour you can let us know about the events of yesterday on one of two lines. if you consider