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
convinced this kind of crisis can be avoided again down the road. senator kirsten gillibrand live on capitol hill. in just a minute. also this hour, new details in pennsylvania, one candidate pulling in big money since election day. while the count continues on the gop senate race. and new reporting from team nbc on the fallout on that. look at this, more on wall street, the dow pretty flat. the economy is headed towards the r word recession. here in the next hour, the head of the economic council live from the white house. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start in washington with the latest over the crisis on infant formula. let s bring in kristen welker and sala kapur. sala, let me start with you, about the recall that has led to the shortage talk about the response from lawmakers because some of them did not seem satisfied with the answers he gave. reporter: no, some certainly weren t, halle, the commissioner in the hot seat with the growing response abo
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Hes currently the most improved player in the world and set about showing it. He eased to the first then broke at a decisive moment in the second and again in the third. Evans wrapped it up in straight sets 6 3, 6 3, 6 4 to put Great Britain one up with kyle edmund next to play. Parliament will next week debate how english football is governed as mps try to improve the way the sport is run. The culture, media and Sport Committee will bring a motion of no confidence in the Football Associations ability to restructure itself. The fa have responded saying theyre committed to working with the government. Heres our sports news correspondent Richard Conway with more. This is the culture, media and Sports Committee who have had their patients warned by the Football Association in recent years. They have had two reports into the governance of football and as they see it, the sa needs to reform and look at how it governs itself admits to look at that make up of its board level. Fa. They think t
Hes currently the most improved player in the world and set about showing it. He eased to the first then broke at a decisive moment in the second and again in the third. Evans wrapped it up in straight sets 6 3, 6 3, 6 4 to put Great Britain one up with kyle edmund next to play. Parliament will next week debate how english football is governed as mps try to improve the way the sport is run. The culture, media and Sport Committee will bring a motion of no confidence in the Football Associations ability to restructure itself. The fa have responded saying theyre committed to working with the government. Heres our sports news correspondent Richard Conway with more. This is the culture, media and Sports Committee who have had their patients warned by the Football Association in recent years. They have had two reports into the governance of football and as they see it, the sa needs to reform and look at how it governs itself admits to look at that make up of its board level. Fa. They think t