so alvin bobay, we call him the father of the republican party, he had a great relationship with horace greeley, editor of the new york tribune. they were in contact all the time. as soon as this meeting took place the letter went to horace greeley letting him know. we say the spark was lit here and it spread quickly through our newspapers of soon enough we saw more local meetings. we saw the first state meeting and then the first national convention. it really did move quickly. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. [captions copyright national satellite corp. 2024] [captiperformed by the national captioning institute, which is respo for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> democratic presidential nominee kamala harris is former republican congresswoman liz cheney. watch our ce here around 6:00 p.m. also watch on-span now, our free mobile video app and online at c-span.org. >> tonight, our campaign 2024 debate coverage includes the cen maine's second congressional district. the candidas e three-term democraticncbent jared golden andeplican state representi austin t