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Washington Journal: 08/15/2020
3 hours, 2 minutesAuthor and Howard University associate political science professor Keneshia Grant and Washington Times' online opinion editor Cheryl Chumley discuss Campaign 2020.
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Speeches From 1960 Political Conventions
1 hour, 26 minutesWith the Democratic National Convention getting underway next week, C-SPAN presented historic speeches from the 1960 Political Conventions with Presidential nominees Sen. John F. Kennedy (D) and Vice President Richard Nixon (R).
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Campaign 2020: Vice President Pence Hosts "Cops for Trump" Event in Arizona
51 minutesVice President Pence accepted the endorsement of President Trump's reelection by the Arizona Police Association at a "Cops for Trump" event hosted by the campaign in the city of Tucson. Vice President Pence was introduced by Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R), who both talked about why they were supporting the Trump/Pence ticket in 2020. During his remarks, the vice president said the Trump administration was committed to supporting law enforcement in its second term and thanked the police association for its support.
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Democratic Attorneys General Discuss Racial Inequity
1 hour, 35 minutesDemocratic attorneys general from several states spoke about what they're doing to address racial inequities in communities at the Netroots Nation virtual conference. Other topics discussed included the importance of elections and voting in local elections, police reform, pandemic racial disparities and consumer protection.
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President Trump Holds News Conference
21 minutesPresident Trump said he would agree to Democrats additional election funding for the U.S. Postal Service if they were to accept some of his proposals concerning additional pandemic economic aid legislation. His comments came as he gave a brief update on the federal response to COVID-19 before departing for New Jersey. Other topics discussed included the review of the FBI Russia investigation and the Middle East peace deal between Israel and United Arab Emirates.
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Campaign 2020: Joe Biden Introduces Sen. Kamala Harris D-CA As Running Mate
43 minutesJoe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, formally introduced Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his vice presidential running mate. During his remarks, Mr. Biden talked about why he selected Senator Harris to be his running mate, and how she complemented him as a running mate. Afterward, Senator Harris thanked Mr. Biden for selecting her and talked about her relationship with Beau Biden, Joe Biden's son who died from cancer in 2015, and how she came to know the elder Mr. Biden. "Joe and I are cut from the same cloth," Senator Harris said. Following their remarks, the candidates' spouses, Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, appeared to briefly greet them before leaving the high school gynasium that served as venue for the event.
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Campaign 2020: Joe Biden & Sen. Kamala Harris Speak to Reporters Before COVID-19 Briefing
3 minutesJoe Biden, the 2020 presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) spoke briefly to the press before receiving a briefing from public health experts on the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Biden was asked by a reporter about earlier comments from President Trump expressing his lack of support for a tranche of funding for the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Biden called that "pure Trump" and said the president "doesn't want an election."
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Campaign 2020: Joe Biden & Sen. Kamala Harris Speak to Reporters Following COVID-19 Briefing
10 minutesJoe Biden, the 2020 presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) spoke briefly to the press after receiving a briefing from public health experts on the coronavirus pandemic. Their remarks were delivered at the Hotel Du Pont, a historic property near Mr. Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware. He first explained that the briefing for himself and Senator Harris was an expanded version of one he receives four times weekly. He also notably called on Americans to all wear masks to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. After that, Senator Harris talked about the need for leadership during the pandemic, including having federal leaders asking citizens to wear masks. They answered no questions from reporters.
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Campaign 2020: Sen. Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Candidate Profile
1 hour, 6 minutesPolitical reporters Holly Otterbein and Seema Mehta joined to discuss the political career of Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), 2020 Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden's pick as a vice presidential running mate, looking back at video from her career as a public official. This included her first appearance on C-SPAN, at a discussion on the state of Black America in 2006, which she spoke at while in her second year as the San Francisco District Attorney. Also discussed was her rise to be California's Attorney General, and then her election to the U.S. Senate in 2016 and her subsequent service on Capitol Hill before entering the arena of presidential politics in January 2019. The reporters also talked about her relationship with Joe Biden, and the importance of their relationship to their campaign.
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Discussion on the U.S. Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
54 minutesEd Yong, a staff writer for the Atlantic, discussed his recent article, "How the Pandemic Defeated America," on the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Yong talked about some of the shortcomings of the Trump administration's response to the outbreak, including mixed messaging, the failure to set up proper testing and tracing protocols, and the marginalization of public health experts, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also talked about how the U.S. could improve its response and how a Biden administration might be able handle the crisis, if elected in November.
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President Trump on Middle East Policy
16 minutesPresident Trump announced a Middle East peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Other senior administration officials joined the president for the announcement including National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.
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President Trump News Conference from Bedminster, NJ
34 minutesPresident Trump holds a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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American Artifacts: Votes for Women
32 minutesHistorian Kate Clarke Lemay gave American History TV a guided tour of a National Portrait Gallery exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment. Using images of early suffrage leaders, Lemay showed how the movement intersected with the abolitionist and temperance movements. This was the first of a two-part program.
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The Communicators: Expansion of Rural Broadband
28 minutesNTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield discusses how small-town and rural broadband providers have adapted to COVID-19, along with their efforts to bridge the digital divide and to extend broadband infrastructure across the U.S.
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Washington Journal: Keneshia Grant
26 minutesAuthor and Howard University associate political science professor Keneshia Grant discussed the role of race and gender in Campaign 2020.
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President Trump News Conference from Bedminster, NJ
35 minutesPresident Trump held a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and took questions on COVID, the 2020 election, the economy and his cabinet.
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The Contenders: Al Smith
2 hours, 3 minutesHistorians Beverly Gage and John Evers talked about the life and career of 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith, Jr. (1873-1944). Nicknamed the "Happy Warrior," Al Smith never went to high school or college, yet he was speaker of the New York State Assembly and four-term governor. He was the first Catholic ever nominated by a major party and is honored at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner, at which presidential nominees of both parties speak. Video clips of past dinners were shown as well as clips of Al Smith and a 1932 newsreel. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Al Smith's great-grandson gave taped interviews. The historians responded to telephone calls, electronic communications, and the audience in the New York State Assembly Chamber.
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Speeches From 1960 Political Conventions
1 hour, 26 minutesWith the Democratic National Convention getting underway next week, C-SPAN presented historic speeches from the 1960 Political Conventions with Presidential nominees Sen. John F. Kennedy (D) and Vice President Richard Nixon (R).
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President Trump News Conference from Bedminster, NJ
36 minutesPresident Trump held a news conference from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to update on the federal response to the pandemic. The president said that rates of positive cases and COVID-related hospitalizations have been going down across the country. He also expressed his hope for the return of college football, saying that the players want to play. When asked about claims calling into question Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-CA) eligibitlity to run for vice president, President Trump said he had "nothing to do with that," later adding "you would have thought that she would have been vetted by sleepy Joe."
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Sen. Gary Peters D-MI
3 minutesSenator Gary Peteres (D-MI) delivered the Weekly Democratic Address.
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The Contenders: Al Smith
2 hours, 4 minutesHistorians Beverly Gage and John Evers talked about the life and career of 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith, Jr. (1873-1944). Nicknamed the "Happy Warrior," Al Smith never went to high school or college, yet he was speaker of the New York State Assembly and four-term governor. He was the first Catholic ever nominated by a major party and is honored at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner, at which presidential nominees of both parties speak. Video clips of past dinners were shown as well as clips of Al Smith and a 1932 newsreel. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Al Smith's great-grandson gave taped interviews. The historians responded to telephone calls, electronic communications, and the audience in the New York State Assembly Chamber.
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Speeches From 1960 Political Conventions
1 hour, 25 minutesWith the Democratic National Convention getting underway next week, C-SPAN presented historic speeches from the 1960 Political Conventions with Presidential nominees Sen. John F. Kennedy (D) and Vice President Richard Nixon (R).
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American Artifacts: K "Rightfully Hers, American Women & the Vote"
50 minutesCurator Corinne Porter gave American History TV a guided tour of a National Archives exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment.
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C-SPAN Cities Tour- Women's Suffrage
1 hour, 0 minuteThe C-SPAN Cities Tour explores the American story with a look at the Women's Suffrage movement which led to the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote.
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Campaign 2020: Donald Trump Jr. Holds Sportsmen Campaign Event
56 minutesDonald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, both advisers to President Trump's reelection campaign, hosted an event to launch the "Sportsmen for Trump" group at a clay shooting range in Coplay, Pennsylvania. They talked about the Trump administration's support of various issues of interest to gun owners and hunters, including the opening of more than 4 million acres of federally managed public lands to sports uses. Also speaking briefly were Rep. Dan Mueser (R-PA), and Lisa Scheller, a Republican challenger to Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) in the Keystone State's 7th Congressional District.
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President Trump News Conference from Bedminster, NJ
35 minutesPresident Trump held a news conference from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to update on the federal response to the pandemic. The president said that rates of positive cases and COVID-related hospitalizations have been going down across the country. He also expressed his hope for the return of college football, saying that the players want to play. When asked about claims calling into question Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-CA) eligibitlity to run for vice president, President Trump said he had "nothing to do with that," later adding "you would have thought that she would have been vetted by sleepy Joe."