Scene. Crisis at home and abroad, threatening to upend the race for the White House as we look into Southern Lebanon there overseas. Good morning, everybody. Bill hemmer. We have a ton to get to on this tuesday. Thank you for being with us today. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. Well take you through the breaking news. Israel launching a limited Ground Invasion to fight hezbollah in lebanon. At home american Dock Workers beginning to strike which could send ports and the economy reeling. Recovery efforts from a catastrophic storm still underway in the southeast. The stories are evolving by the minute and all three could impact the election. Bill 35 days until america votes and despite these major developments at home and abroad the Vice President , Kamala Harris, still has yet to hold a formal news conference. Rnc cochair Michael Whatley is with us today. Steve harrigan reports on the Recovery Efforts in North Carolina. First to Brooke Taylor covering the Port Strike
people as the central players shush, don t tell them. well, cats out of the bag. it s happening. i think it happened today. thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, who helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back. and this is what they came up with. this ad. you needed that job. you are the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority tick is of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says he supports ted kennedy s racial quota law but makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. you ll vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, i began. it against racial quotas, jesse helms. that added, with
the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
here tonight. and i m proud to be for san diego s 49th congressional district. make no mistake, there are big differences between we, democrats, and our opponents. and to gather, with president clinton, we will protect medicare and social security, and a woman s right to choose. we will bring hope and pride and immunity and opportunity and responsibility to our future. thank you very much. good luck. he was proud to be carrying the clinton gold banner. in fact, first lady hillary clinton personally came to san diego to campaign for him. still not recognizing him? well, he was younger than. we all could miss how times changed. you could not win that 1986 congressional race. in fact, he didn t win any of the five races he ran in the 1990s, for various san diego political offices, all of them as a liberal. that gentleman s name was peter navarro. the very same beecher navarro who 20 years later would become a top official in donald trump white house. the very same peter nava
town. on that note, i wish you all are very good night. and a safe weekend. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us all week long. i ll see you on monday. ou on monday happy friday. so the year was 1996. president bill clinton was running for reelection. two years earlier, republicans have taken over the house of representatives for the first time in over 40 years. so democrats were focused on every single house seat they could possibly win back. one seat they had their eye on was in southern california. it was their candidate for that seat, speaking at the 1996 democratic convention. see if he looks familiar. it s a great honor to be here tonight. and i m proud to be carrying the clinton gold banner for san diego s 49th congressional district. make no mistake, there are big differences between we, democrats, and our opponents. and together, with president clinton, we will protect medicare and social security, and a wom