WNBC NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt September 21, 2015
Was not right. It was wrong. And hurtful. And america is better than that. Not long ago, some people thought that a catholic cannot be a president. And an africanamerican cannot be a president. They were wrong then and they are wrong now. Reporter the year before john f. Kennedy was elected one in four americans wouldnt vote for a catholic to be president. Nearly half said they wouldnt support a black candidate. 50 years later the pope set to meet with the first africanamerican president in the white house. Today four in ten americans wouldnt support a muslim in the office. Some people have sa...