i think the same was true for geraldine ferraro, which was earlier. it was a different time and notion of what women could do. i think some of the issues she had had to do with that. i think in both instances, you have to have a strong residential candidate. i would hesitate to put the blame or too much weight on these two individuals as people who were responsible for the winning or losing of the campaign. i feel the same way about harris. i think it is important to think about the top of the ticket and the strategy as you think about what might have gotten in their way. host: i want to read from what sarah palin actually said to senator harris when harris' nomi was announced. congrats to the democratic vp pick. climb a dong -- climb on geraldine ferraro and my shoulders. palen offered six pieces of advice. it included out of the chute trust no one knew. don't get muzzled, and don't forget the women who came before you. what do you think about sarah palin's advice to harris? guest: i think that is good advice. i think some of these things, harris wil

the first was a 1984, when democrats told geraldine ferraro -- chose geraldine ferraro. alaska governor sarah palin three here either convention speeches. when nominated, geraldine ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u.s. house. she took night classes at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district

the first was a 1984, when democrats told geraldine ferraro -- chose geraldine ferraro. alaska governor sarah palin three here either convention speeches. when nominated, geraldine ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u.s. house. 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 basis for the u.s. senate and was the u.s. ambassador to the un human rights commission. geraldine ferraro accepted the buys presidential nomination in san francisco -- the vice presidential nomination in san francisco. ♪ [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention -- [cheering] ladies and gentlemen of the , ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] as i stand before the american people and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall

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 for the u.s. senate and 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, my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] 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, junior, who made america stronger by making america more free. he said, "occasionally in life

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, my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] 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, junior, who made america stronger by making america more free. he said, "occasionally in life, there are moment

[cheering and appaluse] my vice president will be geraldine ferraro. [cheering and appaluse] tonight, we opened a new door to the future. "tokenism."alls it "america." [cheering and appaluse] ever since i graduated from elmore high i have been a democrat. i was the attorney general of my stateshen a united senator and then a caring man, jimmy carter, picked me as running mate. [cheering and appaluse] in 1976, i was elected vice president. beat theronald reagan pants off us. [laughter] tonight, i want to say something to those of you across the country who voted for ronald reagan. republicans, independents, and yes, some democrats, i heard you and our party heard you. tell we lost we did not the american people they were wrong. instead we began asking you what our mistakes have been and for four years i listened to all of the people of our country. i traveled everywhere. visited every i area of america. it was not easy. i remember late one night, as i headed from a speech in one city to a hotel 1000 miles away, a friend of mine came up and said, fritz,

[applause and cheers] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is geraldine ferraro. [applause and cheers] i stand before you to proclaim tonight, america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause and cheers] 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." tonight is such a moment for me. [applause and cheers] my heart is filled with pride. my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. [applause and cheers] [chanting "gerry"] >> who do we want? >> gerry. [repeated] [chanting "gerry"] ms. ferraro: and -- and -- and i am proud to run with a man who will be one of the great presidents of this century, walter f. mondale. [applause and cheers] tonight, the daughter of a w

the first time was in 1984, when democrats chose geraldine ferraro. 24 years later, republicans nominated then alaska governor

in 1984, democrat geraldine ferraro who ferraro and in 2008, republican sarah palin. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> harriet tubman is celebrated for her work as an abolitionist, underground railroad conductor. next karen hill of the harriet tubman house talking about tubman's lesser known role as an activist in the women's suffrage movement. the woodrow wilson house in washington, d.c., hosted this conversation as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right

in 1984 democrat geraldine ferraro who ran with walter mondale and in 2008 republican sarah palin who ran with john mccain. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend

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to 1984,ing back geraldine ferraro and more recently hillary clinton and sarah palin. debbie voss is the director of the center for american women in politics at rutgers university, part of the fulton institute. thanks for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: a reminder, q and a heirs tonight. tv."re to check out "book the democratic convention, a virtual convention gets underway tomorrow evening at 9:00 eastern. this is a live view from the wisconsin center in milwaukee. a very different scene than it would have been if they could mention had been there, with the delegates now virtually. by joeeches concluded biden thursday will be done virtually. 9:00vents get underway at p.m. eastern time. your reactions live on c-span, c-span radio, the free c-span radio app and on the web at c-span.org. thank you for joining us. enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. ♪ announcer: monday, dnc chairman tom perez and joe biden's campaign manager jennifer o'malley dillon offer a preview of day one of the democratic national convention live at 10:45 a.m

ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is gerald geraldine ferraro. 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 con evening has vent 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. tonight is such a moment for me. my heart is filled with pride. my fellow citizens i proudly acce accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. and -- they're wonderful. and -- and -- i am proud to run with a man who will be one of the great presidents of this century, walter mondale. tonight, the daughter of a woman whose highest goal was the future of her child, talks to a woman about a future for us waa. tonight, the daughter of working americans tells all americans that the future i

what should she remember about you and geraldine ferraro? >> well, you know, i would like to think that both geraldine ferraro and i, in our respective parties, we were able to kind of bust down some doors and show some american voters who perhaps were hesitant to believe that women are capable of doing a whole lot of things all at once, you know. i had just had a baby and my oldest son was enlisted in the army. he was headed off to his first deployment. i had a teenage daughter who was pregnant, in case you didn't notice that one on the front page of "the national enquirer." i had a lot of family things going on and in addition to that, though, being able to serve the great state of alaska as governor, and geraldine ferraro too in her run being able to do so much in her personal life and in her political and professional life. i think we were able to show some voters again who maybe are neanderthalish in not believing women aren't capable of doing a whole lot at once. we were able to prove that. >> governor palin, obviously you and senator

others have made history like geraldine ferraro nominated here in san francisco. i was chair of the host committee. it was thunderous when she was nominated as vice president. the republicans had their nominee but this nominee will be more than history. she will be vice president. she will be history and she will be progress. >> we are here in the middle of this convention week, a celebratory time for democrats. many can't shake the feeling that trump is going to potentially win again. in 2016, he surprised a lot of us. what do you say to those who are concerned the president could pull off a win in november? house speaker pelosi: let me congratulate the democratic national committee on a great opening night. i was overwhelmed by every aspect of it, inspirational he -- speech by michelle obama and what a masterful presentation of her values and what a display of generosity of spirit that she would present the way she did. it was really a tour de force. and bernie sanders, was he not fabulous? he really put it out there with all of the values and the practical poli

this is what she had to say when comparing it to geraldine ferraro or sarah palin. think in both those cases, putting a woman on the ticket felt like a hail mary. which i don't get the sense that it has that same field this time around. what are your thoughts on that? guest: i agree with that entirely. he1984 walter mondale knew was going to lose the election. a very, he lost by regrettable margin for democrats. putting geraldine ferraro on the ticket was a way to signal that he stood for change. it wasn't enough. sarah palin, this was a situation where john mccain and the people who worked on john mccain's campaign acknowledged, he didn't know what they were getting with palin, but they were willing to take a shot because they knew they were facing a very uphill. this time around, that is not the case. if you look at the media coverage, if you look at the responses to kamala harris being named vice president, there is no discussion of this being a hail mary pass. this has just been seen as a strong woman put on the ticket because it makes the ticket stronger. cindy

i think the same was true for geraldine ferraro, which was earlier. it was a different time and notion of what women could do. i think some of the issues she had had to do with that. i think in both instances, you have to have a strong residential candidate. i would hesitate to put the blame or too much weight on these two individuals as people who were responsible for the winning or losing of the campaign. i feel the same way about harris. i think it is important to think about the top of the ticket and the strategy as you think about what might have gotten in their way. host: i want to read from what sarah palin actually said to senator harris when harris' nomi was announced. congrats to the democratic vp pick. climb a dong -- climb on geraldine ferraro and my shoulders. palen offered six pieces of advice. it included out of the chute trust no one knew. don't get muzzled, and don't forget the women who came before you. what do you think about sarah palin's advice to harris? guest: i think that is good advice. i think some of these things, harris wil

geral geraldine ferraro. do you think kamala harris brings the kind of energy to the biden campaign that they needed? we know the enthusiasm behind the trump campaign is quite robust and the enthusiasm numbers for joe biden have been lagging. does she fix any of that for the biden campaign? >> it's an interesting question. obviously that's part of the reason for this pick. you want somebody that will get enthusiasm and excitement surrounding your campaign. remind me a little bit -- they're very different people of the sarah palin pick, a strong woman, a reputation for leadership. we know that kamala harris has played very well in her home state of california. she has had an ascending star that has risen quickly there. we saw some of this over the primary, how does she play across the country. that is what joe biden needs from her at this point. he needs her to be able to help him bring out those voters in swing states where he needs to really resonate with folks in the middle of this country and some people l

ferraro and sarah palin. she's making history of her own as first women of color to be vice presidential nominee for a major party. harris is the daughter of immigrants. her mother from india. her father from jamaica. this is quite the historic ticket as biden had faced some pressure to select a woman of color as his running mate. biden and harris will appear together for the first time as the democratic ticket here in wilmington, delaware. they are delivering remarks later in the day on wednesday and following that they will hold a grassroots virtual fundraiser with their supporters as they are trying to energize democrats and supporters heading in to the november election. >>> thank you so much for that. it didn't take long for president trump to offer his assessment of kamala harris as joe biden's running mate. >> a little surprised he picked her. i've been watching her for a longtime and afc little surprised. she was extraordinarily nasty to kavanaugh and i won't forget that. so she did very poorly in the

and she said you know what i remember about geraldine ferraro. i was there with my mom, and the day, the evening she accepted the vice presidential nomination as the first female nominee vice president for a major party, all the men on the floor gave their floor passes to women. and i remember getting that pass and going with my mom and watching geraldine ferraro stride to the stage in her white suffrajette paint suit or blazer, that is an incredible memory. >> stephen: reasons like that that i hope the conventions don't go away. it is important to get together. >> it is. >> very quaint. >> stephen: we have to take a quick break, but stick around, we'll be right back with more alex wagner and mark mckinnon from the circus. some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. rpls, a rare, potentially fatal brain condition, may be possible. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. lasti

that was geraldine ferraro, democratic party. the first time a jewish candidate was on a presidential ticket in the united states, 2000, joe lieberman, democratic party. the first time an african american was on a presidential ticket in the united states it was 2008, barack obama, democratic party. the first time a woman was at the top of a presidential ticket as the presidential nominee of a major party, that was 2016, hillary clinton, democratic party. the democratic party keeps breaking these barriers, keeps making these landmark choices in terms of leadership. that said, only one of those pioneering tickets i just described actually won the presidency. barack obama in 2008. with his running mate, of course, joe biden. and now here comes joe biden with the running mate decision of his own and he has chosen the first black woman, the first woman of color to ever serve on a presidential ticket in our country. the first south asian american to serve on a presidential ticket in our country. kamala harris is the daughter of immigra

geraldine ferraro in not been for 84 and sarah palin in 2008. spin in 2008, the moment was too inexperienced. the question heading into november for voters, is the 3rd time a charm? or will he be three strikes and out? >> even though he will be the 3rd man to put a woman on the ticket, biden can make history in another way. spin this would be a game changer for women of color. no woman has ever been, no black woman has ever been governor, but they could potentially be a vice president. >> former vice president biden's wife jill, was asked where her husband is in making a decision on the running met and she said, he is close. >>> how the state is working to keep students connected for distance learning and advice for parents who may get stumped while playing the role of teacher at home. >>> testing a new approach to treating coronavirus. what maitho soon it can be used. >>> it is taking longer than it has recently to get rid of these clouds. plenty of gray out there from the camera on treasure island looking at the city. this is the coolest state

that was geraldine ferraro, democratic party. the first time a jewish candidate was on a presidential ticket in the united states, that was the year 2000. joe lieberman, democratic party. the first time an african-american was on a presidential ticket in the united states, it was 2008, barack obama, democratic party. the first time a woman was at the top of a presidential ticket as the presidential nominee of a major party, that was 2016, hillary clinton, democratic party. the democratic party keeps breaking these barriers, keeps making these landmark choices in terms of leadership. that said, only one of those pioneering tickets i just described actually won the presidency, barack obama in 2008 with his running mate, of course, joe biden. and now here comes joe biden with the running mate decision of his own, and he has chosen the first black woman, the first woman of color to ever serve on a presidential ticket in our country, the first south asian-american to serve on a presidential ticket in our country. kamala harris is the

he's got to make sure that it's not a woman that will get into the trap that, say, geraldine ferraro did and sarah palin. we need to make sure that it's somebody that will complement the ticket, somebody that will instill confidence in the american people, and somebody who will be able to step in and be president if need. >> do you believe that that needs to be an african-american woman? >> well, you know, i've said from the beginning it would be a plus for me. i'm the father of three african-american women, and i'm very proud of african-american women. i'm very proud of what they've done for this party and for this country. but i've also said that is not necessarily a must. it is a plus, and i really believe that. what is a must for me is to win this election and put in place someone to run this country who will provide leadership so that when we have something like this pandemic, we can look to the white house for a coordinated, comprehensive, and compassionate leadership. that is what's lacking today. that's what's a must for me. >> congressman, good to see you. thank you, sir, fo

we got geraldine ferraro that year. he helped set that climate. and now, to be able to see a black woman on the ticket is historic, and it comes in a trajectory of people that came before her, and she will live up to those dreams. and i think she will make america better. i think donald trump, if he thinks this is good for him, the angry, white american voter that he thinks is there, is there, and they're angry at him for putting us in the pandemic. he's right about that anger. he's wrong about what they're angry about. >> all right, so -- >> that's correct. >> let's talk about kamala harris, though. and you brought up the debate, so let's talk about the fact that a lot of people thought she demagogued the race issue with joe biden. seemed like she was calling for a return to bussing. she flip-flopped on medicare for all. she corrected herself during the campaign, but after a great launch, her campaign faltered and it never really took off. you've tukd kamala harris. you know her. is she someone who learned from those experiences? >> i think -- >>

he's got to make sure that it's not a woman that will get into the trap that say geraldine ferraro did and sarah palin. we need to make sure that it's somebody that will compliment the ticket, somebody that will instill confidence in the american people, and somebody who will be able to step in and be president if needed. >> do you believe that needs to be an african american woman? >> well, you know, i said from the beginning it would be a plus for me. i'm the father of three african american women, and i'm very proud of african american women. i'm very proud of what they've done for this party and for this country. but i've also said that is not necessarily a must. it is a plus. and i really believe that. what is a must for me is to win this election and put in place someone that can run this country who will provide leadership so that when we have something like this pandemic, we can look to the white house for a coordinated, comprehensive and compassionate leadership. that is what's lacking today. that's what's a must for me. >> congressman, good to see you. thank you, sir, for bei

ferraro and that was in that was in 1904 and then it was like another 24 years until you had governor sarah palin in 2008 course we all remember her. you would think that this would have happened before now i mean it's being described as progress is a major step forward but of course you know from a an international perspective perhaps you would be wondering why there hasn't been someone representing this segment of the population in the united states why it's it's taken so long to get to this point. oh yes the united states has very little to be proud of with respect to its treatment of women in politics the history is bad and the 2 previous times that a woman was identified as the vice president they were chosen by candidates who are losing and want to shake up the race in fact there is a book game changer because the whole idea was that sarah palin would be change a game for john mccain that looked to be inevitably going down to defeat geraldine ferraro was chosen by walter mondale against the extremely popular ronald reagan this is a very different choice you know 5 minutes by any

she follows geraldine ferraro in 1984. republican, vice president, sara palin in 2008, then hillary clinton nn for president four years ago. harris is the first woman of color. her running mate has renewed the debate over gender politics with women from both of the left and the right reflecting on how her identity as a woman and person of color will factor into the election. >> i think that is a non-issue. i think people are mower focused on, what will this mean for them? >> we must push and hold our elected officials, women and people of color, i counted to our communities. >> women are 51% of the population. we do not hold 51% of elected offices. it is our time to run for these offices, to win for these offices, to lead our country. >> political analysts point out another historic first, if joe biden wins the presidency and democrats maintain control of the house, the next two people in line for the presidency would be two women, kamala harris and nancy pelosi. >>> many bay area leaders are supporting mullah harris, incl

geraldine ferraro in 1984, sarah palin in 2008 and hillary clinton as a presidential nominee in 2016. the democrats unleashing some other boundary breakers added harris taking the virtual states, including house speaker nancy pelosi and hillary clinton both using their platform to criticize president trump's performance as president. >> that as speaker of the house i have seen donald trump's disrespect for facts, working families and women in particular. >> reporter: and barack obama, the first black resident, embracing the nights team, a more perfect union, arguing the very democracy of this country is on the line. >> tonight i am asking you to believe in joe and camilla's ability to lead this country out of these dark times and build it back better. >> reporter: biden accepts his nomination in person here tomorrow night. that is followed by the virtual after party hosted by andy: cohen. >>> the gop is finalizing its plans for the republican national convention coming up next monday. at is expected to virtual conte scheduled speakers are former u.n. ambassador nikki haley and house m

picks there was geraldine ferraro i think in 1000 for sarah payne in 2008 why do you think it's taken so long to get to this point in america what does that say about the treatment of women in u.s. politics. wow america is sexist just in the mix is right right and so the reason why it's taken that long is because people operate not only in a political on the political stage with racist and sexist views but they operate in that way in their workplace or education bases in universities right though this is not just isolated politics race of the myths that. permeate throughout our society and when you have individuals that hold these beliefs and well again you have leadership that is not willing to step up to. nip it in the bud when you see it whether it's in a hardware store that somebody owned that wall how your particular people whether it's in a law firm that is produced predominantly are white or how we prosecute or not prosecutor hold people accountable now that we are at this moment we demand more from our leadership to actually meet this moment with actual change joy williams rea

yeah and obviously walter mondale choosing geraldine ferraro was a bit of a hail mary pass clear what do you think what do you make of it. well i'm very excited about coming being our nominee because i feel that it's not so much about her bringing out the vote or whatever it's really about the team what does this new team look like to us as democrats who's coming back are we going to get back on track when joe biden was barack obama's vice presidential nominee we saw well this is what the team is going to look like it's going to be the senator with all this experience and he knows how to build coalitions and all that and so i think with senator harris as well she's an awesome pick because i want to see a really strong team come back into the white house that's what's most important to me. how about the age issue with v.p. biden clarity do you think that this addresses that. yeah you know he's a little old and so were a lot of people in the running like bernie sanders and donald trump is not a spring chicken either so it's funny how we're seeing these top candidates well in their seven

this woman, geraldine ferraro of new york, was the first back in 1984. >>> we have seen kamala harris firsthand climb the political ladder. even tonight there's already speculation that she'll run for president in 2024. she doesn't shy away from her ambition, but she does keep her expectations in check. here's an interview from 2012 when she was california's attorney general. >> is it flat ring to hear your name? every hot list that comes up, it's kamala harris with senator, governor, supreme court, attorney general of the united states. flattering, or do you kind of put it on the side? >> i am so superstitious, truly. i am completely focused on what i'm doing now. so many people who are focused on that thing out there and they trip over this thing here. it's not >> she says she's learned from her single mother to always achieve. her family journey also took her to india to visit her grandparents. there she is on the left side there. to watch the entire interview with kamala harris, go to nbcbayarea.com. look under the trending tab. >>> it is something that the election, the fight aga

others have made history like geraldine ferraro nominated here in san francisco. it was thunderous when she was nominated as vice president. the republicans had their nominee but this nominee will be more than history. she will be vice president. she will be history and she will be progress. middle ofhere in the this convention week, a celebratory time for democrats. many can't shake the feeling that trump will potentially men again -- win again. he surprised a lot of us in 2016. what do you say to those who are concerned the president could pull off a win in november? house speaker pelosi: let me congratulate the democratic national committee on a great opening night. i was overwhelmed by every aspect of it, inspirational he by michelle obama and what a masterful presentation of her values and what a display of generosity of spirit that she would present the way she did. it was really a tour de force. and bernie sanders, was he not fabulous? he really put it out there with all of the values and the practical politics of what we have to do. of course, i was proud

we think of sarah palin, geraldine ferraro all those years ago. and now we have kamala harris. where getting a few more details about the process thatjoe biden went through. we know he's been involved in this process of selecting his running mate for the best out of three maybe four months now. backin of three maybe four months now. back in march he narrowed it down. he said it would be a woman and he's interviewed almost a dozen people. it's been suggested in the last weeks and months. in some cases face—to—face and other cases online. we are told that it came down to about 90 minutes before the announcement today that he telephoned kamala harris and offered her thejob as his running mate. she accepted, of course. and he spent the rest of the time it ringing around the other u nsuccessful ringing around the other unsuccessful candidates. people like susan rice, the former national security adviser, a congressman from california and quite a few other people. joe biden has gone through this process very meticulously. he clearly believes that kamala harris who ran for the dem

in 1984, democrat geraldine ferraro who ran with walter mondale and sara pailen who ran with john mccain. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, a visit to the smithsonian's national portrait gallery. an exhibit marking the cen ten val of the 19th amendment using images of early suffrage leaders, miss lemay shows how the movement interacted with the abolitionist and tetraum presen movement. >> welcome to the national portrait gallery. i'm kate lemay, the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence. for this exhibition i worked about 3 1/2 years researching and teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. in the exhibition we have 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and i was hoping to commemorate the 19th amendment and tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified, but also ask questions about it and ask what does it do and what does it not do. and why 1965 and the vote rights act is considered another sort of part two of the 19th amendment. if you'll follow me i

ferraro syria appeal and there are 2 examples of that camel harris doesn't fit into that mold a tall she is what many people would regard as a safe pick and that 55 certainly helped liberals who are looking at joe biden and think you're pretty old me think well could she do the job or speak and if you're independent voters last night the are certainly reassured that the choice was coming the house it seems like a good pick for joe biden he will undoubtedly get a bounce in the opinion polls that's what happens when you pick your v.p. but the republicans are more concerned that donald trump is behind even though he has tweeted this morning that he's got 96 percent approval rating the problem party that's probably true but he says we're also ahead in many swing states not in any of the polls i've seen to be honest taiwan's president has called on china to use dialogue instead of oppression in hong kong on monday hong kong police arrested 10 people including a newspaper owner and a high profile pro-democracy activist under the new beijing imposed national security law saying when promise

womenspeeches from other vice president nominees, geraldine ferraro and sarah palin, past convention speeches today at 6:00 p.m. eastern only on c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ our live coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with former secretary of state hillary clinton, democratic vice president shall nominee, lie , ands, -- kamala harris former president barack obama. tonight on c-span, lives stream -- live streaming on c-span.org relisten with the free c-span radio app. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. earlier today, press secretary kayleigh mcenany held a briefing with reporters at the white spg spoke about the coronavirus response, the presidential campaign, and present and's trump -- and president trump's tweet about goodyear and political speech.

active inlinically part because i saw geraldine for our -- geraldine ferraro talking about how the party needed to be more inclusive. it was shameful to see how she was treated then had not changed so much with hillary clinton in 2016. to be honest, i don't know if things have changed all that much now in 2020. the fact that she is on this ticket is going to force america to reckon with all of its ism's. if there was no other reason donald trump is in office, it forces us to look at all of our institutions, political and economic structures, understand the disparities within them and how to fix that, or at least provide a pathway. maybe that is what they are doing with this particular ticket, force the country to reckon with its sins, concerns, and opportunity or potential. up whatto sort of wrap you think the key issues would be, you have mentioned criminal justice reform of course, in this moment when we are seeing protests continue across the country. a keyo you think would be issue that she can really hang her hat on? basil: i think justice reform. i think particularly coming from ca

in 1984, democrat geraldine ferraro, who ran with walter mondale, and in 2008, republican sarah palin, who ran with john mccain. watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 eastern, and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv, three authors explore the role of men in the women's suffrage movement and the reasons these men supported the 19th amendment. this national archives event is one of a series associated with their exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote. >> well, good evening. welcome to the william g. mcgowan theater at the national archives. i'm debra wall. deputy archivist of the united states and i'm pleased you could join us for tonight's program, whether you're here in the theater or joining us through facebook, youtube, or c-span. tonight's discussion of women's suffragists and the men who supported them, the suffragents is part of the series events related to our current exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote. our partners are the 2020 women's vote centennial initiative, and the one woman one vot

watch speeches from other women vice president nominees, geraldine ferraro and sarah palin, passed convention speeches today at 6:00 p.m. eastern only on c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ our live coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with former secretary of state hillary clinton, democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris, and former president barack obama. watch live coverage tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org/dnc or listen with the free c-span radio app. your unfiltered view of politics. >> president trump spoke yesterday on border security and immigration at a campaign style event held in an airplane hangar in yuma, arizona. the president talked about the border wall, the decline in illegal crossings, and policies his administration has put in place, like ending catch and release. he also spoke about the democratic national convention, calling former first lady michelle obama's speech "divisive and obsolete." ♪ ♪ ["proud to be an american" p lays] ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] [

picks i mean look there was geraldine ferraro back in 84 sarah palin in 2008 why do you think it's taken so long to get to this point in america and what does that say about the treatment of women in u.s. politics. and in the day women are continuing to broaden our our political leadership i will speak particularly to black women so last week was the 55th anniversary of the out voting rights act and next week will be commemorating the 100th year of the 1900 the mint black women have always put more into this democracy than we have gotten back in so when 2020 we are demanding our seats demanding our return on our voting investment and that is in the form of policies that directly impact black women and we're cleaning seats from the v.p. seat to local elections in a way that we can help build a country that we can believe in him move it to higher heights and that's the work of higher heights we are building a national movement of black women parties and their political power from the voting booth to elected office so what you've seen is recent gains among women but particularly black women

ferraro and others were subjected to personal attack. we are seeing this growing movement of women say that enough is enough, and we are not going to tolerate some of these personal attacks and double standards that a lot of female playings are subjected to, and they are going to call it out and keep calling it out. i think this is important for people to pay attention to because it doesn't just affect female politicians. this is also a reflection of the way people see women in soto. as we move towards the election, the coverage of kamala harris, the way people talk about her, the way that other politicians talk about her and describe her will be something that we are paying attention to. >> absolutely. legendary investor jeff saying she was too charismatic and might be a little dominant with her personality was disappointing to say the least. you spoke with the c.e.o. and president of times up as well, which fights against work place harassment. what did she tell you? >> it was fascinating. within a few minutes of the announcement, time

in 1984, democrat geraldine ferraro, who ran with walter mondale and sarah palin, who ran with john mccain. join american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span 3. >> announcer: next, we visit the national archives in washington, d.c. to tour the exhibit rightfully hers, american women and the vote, with museum cur e tcht curator corrine porter. >> hi, i'm corrine porter. i'm the curator here at the national archives museum. before we head into the gallery, i wanted to talk about this out in the lobby in front of the entrance. it has a photograph of the 1913 woman's suffrage march looking up pennsylvania avenue toward the united states capital. it is overlaid with the photograph from the 2017 women's march from pennsylvania avenue as well. it's an intellect linticular so as you walk by, the image changes between the two. we really wanted to have it in the exhibit to help grab the public's attention and also to signal that this is an historic exhibit, but one that continues to have contemporary relevance today. so, let's head now into the gallery where rightfully hers is on displa

in 1984, democrat geraldine ferraro who ran with walter mandala and in 2008, republican sarah palin who ran with john mccain. watch tonight beginning at eight eastern and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span three. >> next, we visit the national archives in washington, d.c. to tour the exhibit rightfully hers: american women and the vote. with museum curator corinne porter. >> hi i am corinne porter, i am a curator here at the national archives museum. i'm going to show you around the rightfully hers exhibition today which is at the lawrence f. bryan gallery. before we head into the gallery, i want to talk about this particular that is out in the lobby in front of the entrance. it has a photograph of the 1913 women's suffrage march. looking a pennsylvania avenue towards the united states capital. it is overlaid with a photograph from the 2017 women's march from pennsylvania avenue as well. what it was is a lenticular, which has a special effect so that as you walk by, the image changes between the two and we really wanted to have it in the exhibit to help grab

geraldine ferraro. >> i looked for the best vice president and i geraldine ferraro. >> i looked for the best vice president and i found her in geri >> reporter: but she was forced to defend her finances and her husband's business practices. >> at no time did i violate any trust that was placed in me by my constituents. >> reporter: in 2008 john mccain picked an untested governor whom he barely knew for the ticket. >> governor sarah palin of the great state of alaska. >> reporter: sarah palin had a successful rollout firing up conservatives, but she stumbled in interviews raising questions about her knowledge and experience when asked by katie couric what newspaper she read >> i've read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media >> but what ones specifically? i'm curious. >> all of them any of them. >> andrea, what are some of the factors guiding biden's decision it's always a consequential one. and how soon with we expect it you usually break the story. >> reporter: well, we certainly hope to. clearly joe biden wants someone who will be a joe biden just as

and we landed in 1984 with the first one, geraldine ferraro was asked if she would be picked for that slot if her name was gerald as opposed to geraldine sort of highlighting was she qualified enough and the sexism in that moment. it does sort of hammer home now all of these decades later as we land in this new space the per physician structure here is that we always knew that a woman was going to be the vice-presidential pick. but it highlights again these women in this space has been treated differently when they're there. >> thank you for your great reporting and analysis to help us kick off this hour's deep dive into the vp candidates. stay with us. >>> joining us now is the political strategic who is a former senior aid to elizabeth warren's campaign. and the professor of social and director of graduate studies at new york university. last hour we talked about val demings and duckworth. we're going to talk about kamala harris and elizabeth warren. christina, let me start with you. a few months ago you and i had a conversation beyond you said to me, this is going to be a different

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geraldine ferraro was on the ticket, and it was huge. he wrote about it, spoke about it. back then, a woman. imagine if it was an indian black woman. forget it. and now, here we are. that is not a left/right issue. that's a reasonable positive sign about this country. and an act of faith in our future. regardless of our politics, you don't have to vote for her. the fact that she exists, is taken seriously, and rewarded by a party this way on the merits, it's a good night for us. kamala harris, the senator, now the vice presidential nominee for the democratic party. angela and karen, a big deal for me, bigger deal for you. proof positive of the promise. not just we can, we did. and as americans, she wins, she doesn't win. you like her, you don't like her. what she represent as a human being is not disqualifying, that's proof positive in this country, no? >> yes. and kamala started her speech standing on the shoulders of many great women. diane nash, constance motley, mary church terrell, and others. she knew exactly who set the stage for her to get there tonight. and she a

ferraro was a result of that in 1984, all the way to winning with barack obama twice, both his election and reelection. never stopped. and at the same time, kept having the masses that would involve themselves in activism where we became the thermostats as those that would go in the rooms that the temperature was changed because those of us on the outside was turning up the heat, would go to places others couldn't go. i know that mrs. c is looking at kamala harris knowing that it was all worthwhile, that now we have a black woman that has gone to the top of the ticket. that's why we won't stop being thermostats. that's why we're marching august 28th and the 57th anniversary of the march in washington. marching for the john lewis voting rights bill, marching for the george floyd and police justice bill, marching to keep our voices loud and clear that america can be great. it's not there yet for everybody, but it can be. we're going be covid-19 specific in all directions that day, but we're going to be there to stand up, because some of us know that without struggle, there is no progress.