votes. a landslide. i did it. very impressive. then vice president walter mondale finding the humor with speaker tip o neill in the landslide defeat in the 1980 presidential election. in just a moment, we re going to speak with presidential historian michael beschloss about the extraordinary legacy of the former vice president who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, april 20th, along with joe, willie, and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee, now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. good to have you with us, michael. we re going to begin with the case against former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin for the death of george floyd. now in the hands of a sequestered jury. the panel of six white and six black were multi-racial jurors began deliberating at 4:00 central time yesterday and ended the day without a verdict following hours of closing and rebuttal arguments.
together and to defeat the common enemy. and that is up to you. we will be working together for victory and a great cause. victory has become a habit of our party. it has been elected four times in succession, and i am collect convinced it will be elected a fifth time this november. [applause] the reason is the people know the democratic party is the people s party and the republican party is the party of special interests, and it always has been, always will be. [applause] the record of the democratic party is written in the accomplishments of the last 16 years. i don t need to repeat them. they have been very ably place before this convention by the keynote speaker, the candidate or vice president and by the permanent chairman. look at onea short of our many programs available in its entirety at our website, c-span.org/history. american history tv , exploring our nation s past every weekend on c-span three. new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro was the first woman nom
gerald ferraro is the first woman nominated for a vice presidential ticket. she accepted the vice presidential nomination at the 1984 democratic national convention in san francisco. she and nominee lawn deal would lose the election to gop is ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. hello. (applause) (noise) (applause) (applause) ladies and gentlemen, of the convention. (applause) ladies and gentlemen of the convention. ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is gerald dean ferraro. (applause) i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. as i stand before the american people, and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. martin luther king jr., who made america stronger by making america more free. he said, occasionally in life, there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
(noise) hello! (noise) ladies and gentlemen of the convention. (noise) ladies and gentlemen of the convention. ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is gerald team furrow. i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. as i stand before the american people and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. martin luther king jr., who made america stronger thank making america more free. he said occasionally in life, there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. tonight is such a moment for me. my heart is filled with pride. my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. and. (noise) the wonderful. geraldine geraldine geraldine geraldine geraldine geraldine geraldine geraldine beyond, i am proud to run with a man who wi
listen on the free c-span radio app. for only the third time in u.s. history, a major political party is nominating a woman to be their vice presidential 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 presidential 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