With just over seven weeks to go before Election Day, the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has tightened to a razor-thin margin. What are both campaigns doing to pull ahead in the final stretch? We’ll ask them Sunday on Face the Nation. We’ll talk with the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, about the Democrats’ strategy in the coming weeks. Does he think the questions about Clinton’s health and transparency are taking a toll? How are he and Clinton preparing for the debates? And what can they do to close the deal by November? We’ll also talk with Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway. Can the GOP nominee can get away from the controversies and build an affirmative case for his candidacy in these final few weeks. And what does Conway make of the recent flap over Trump’s role in the “birther” movement? We’ll talk with Republican National Committee chairman Reince … [Read more...] about Sunday: Tim Kaine, Kellyanne Conway, Reince Priebus, John Lewis
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John Lewis reflects on Civil Rights Movement: “The story is an American story”
When it comes to the civil rights movement, Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) has been there through it all—and just before the opening of the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture, he told CBS’ “Face the Nation” what the moment means to him. “To walk in here, to be here, to see this magnificent museum. It’s going to continue to take me back,” he said in an interview taped Friday. “Just walking through here, I almost cried. I don’t want you to make me cry.” Lewis, first elected to Congress in 1986, was a major figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, working alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to help advocate for landmark civil rights legislation. He said African American history is essential to the history of the United States because it is essentially an “American story.” “The story is an American story. It tells of our history, our struggle, through segregation, racial … [Read more...] about John Lewis reflects on Civil Rights Movement: “The story is an American story”
John Lewis on the pace of progress: It’s a struggle of a lifetime
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will open its doors on Saturday September 24th on the National Mall. Georgia Congressman John Lewis spent 15 years working on the establishment and is referred to as the “godfather” of the museum. He and Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson spoke inside of the museum about a variety of topics. During the conversation, Dickerson asked the Civil Rights activist to teach people about the pace of progress and what he has learned throughout his life fighting for equality. “We must understand that the struggle for change is not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks or a few months.” The congressman said. “It’s a struggle of a lifetime.” Lewis, a former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, spent much of his youth organizing sit-ins and marches combating racial inequality in the Jim … [Read more...] about John Lewis on the pace of progress: It’s a struggle of a lifetime
Senate Democrat Joe Manchin says John Lewis’ decision to skip inauguration is “uncalled for”
Rep. John Lewis has announced he won’t attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the first time he’s skipping the ceremony in three decades -- and one top Senate Democrat says Lewis’s move is “uncalled for.” “I’ve got the utmost respect for Congressman Lewis, he’s an icon if you will and we all have the most respect for him,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “I just think that was uncalled for. Maybe -- I just wish that rhetoric would tone down from both back and forth.” Manchin added that the rhetoric from both Lewis and Trump -- who lambasted Lewis on Twitter -- is “non-productive,” and would play into Russia’s desire to undermine American political institutions. “The bottom line is if we’re concerned about the Russians and we know the Russians want to be involved, Putin wants to be involved in altering our process, then he … [Read more...] about Senate Democrat Joe Manchin says John Lewis’ decision to skip inauguration is “uncalled for”
CBS News Logo John Lewis to skip inauguration for second time in congressional career
Georgia Rep. John Lewis’ absence at the inauguration of Donald Trump on Friday will mark the second time he has skipped an inauguration since he was elected to Congress 30 years ago. President-elect Trump is not, in Lewis’ view a “legitimate president,” he told NBC’s Chuck Todd last week, a comment which aroused a predictable response from Mr. Trump -- a trio of angry tweets. At the time, Lewis said it would be the first time he’d be skipping an inauguration as a congressman, but in fact, there was another missed inauguration -- also a protest -- and that was the 2001 swearing in of President George W. Bush. “His absence at that time was also a form of dissent,” Lewis’ communications director, Brenda Jones, told CBS News’ Walt Cronkite in an email. “He did not believe the outcome of the election, including the controversies around the results in Florida and the unprecedented intervention of the US Supreme Court, … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo John Lewis to skip inauguration for second time in congressional career