This episode of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour provides live coverage of the 1984 Republican National Convention. Reporting live from the show floor in Dallas, Texas, the majority of the program covers the release of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro and her husbands tax documents, and how it impacts the campaign. This coverage is followed by an interview with Anne Armstrong, a report on the Kansas delegation, and a video essay looking at the origins of prominent men in Dallas.
