trent lott would not have had to step down. >> guest: i think that's true.n: how often do you see new media doing that kind of thing today and how often have you done that? >> guest: you now, the media, because it's such a different world today than it was. is hard to believe that was 10 years ago. i think things like that happen all the time now. i know that there is certainly many big stories that tpm had over the last decade. more and more now we have an editorial staff of 20 people so we are breaking stories right and left. i think the thing is, it's almost become, at it's at some most become commonplace. it's not nearly as surprising today as it was back then. c-span: i want to show you some video of a man named henry copeland. see if you can tell us about him. >> everybody here knows he has been around since 98, 992,000 early days it was about authentic i'm going to write my stuff and no one else is going to read it. over time people started to write about stuff that interested them and said hey 1000 other people, 100,000 other people, 1 million people

i was struck by the fact that in interviewing trent lott and bob kerrey and joe lieberman and others and analyzing voting records in the national journal that we see today in 2012 dramatically more polarization that existed in your time in the senate. in fact dan evans's blockbuster new york times magazine piece about why he was leaving the united states senate and how frustrated he was. did not get into the bush cabinet as well. vanity fair has a new article in this man for -- this month's edition on how polarized things are. >> would sir elite appear to be that way. we have one other thing in a bipartisan way in the state and you came together again recently to redistrict our congressional boundary. and so we do not have things making 200 miles through the state. republicans have gerrymandered ohio and the democrats have gerrymandered illinois and republicans gerrymandered north carolina. we have a 221 system two people from each party and some serving opposite parties and a fifth person to break the tie. >> we do not have a tiebreaker. that is the genius of system. [talking over e

and a lott of this is goining to be an aggressive ground game to drive turnonout. ultimatetely it is the leg workrk that y you are not seeing below the surface about getting people toto the p polls which will decide who wins this. >> i went to a few swing states and the talked to voters and it is a amazing to see the number of people who are unenthusiastic.c. it is really about getting those people enenergized. there is only about 3% to 5% who are actually indendent vots. >> i would say one thing to pay attention to is we arere goi to hahave four debates. we saw a tremendous amount of volatility on opinions ababoutt the candidate between debate. if that patrn holds, that could be a major drdriver for what is ahead. >> i think the economy is e main issue that people are voting on. state unemployment rates are up in every key swing state except ohio which p preses a chahallenge for the president athis point. now adding paul ryan to the tick they do have a specific an they are running on. as much as mitt romy migight try to disistanchimself fromom that plan, it is som

did waves there'd be a base senator lott last year he has 30 days to decide whether to get this bill the green lights. joe vasquez cbs five. the nationwide computer glitch stranded thousands of airlines' passengers this afternoon united stick a desk at sfo was absolutely swamped. is it more than three hours just to see and agents the carrier says at least 200 flights were delayed was a lot of information. >>> the communications are sparse but i think this system went down around noontime. and we got here at 1215 so it 3:00 now also passengers were given free vouchers to but new flights to the airline says it's not sure what caused the severe outage united experience several computer problems since merging with continental. neil armstrong will always be remembered as the first man to step on to the moon. but december fell away sharing is far more personal connection with them john remo's tells us about the essay that touched the legendary astronauts just weeks of war is death. >>> sometimes when i look up at the moon i wonder if my mom and dad are watching me this 11 year-old rode his

did waves there'd be a base senator lott last year he has 30 days to decide whether to get this bill the green lights. joe vasquez cbs five. the nationwide computer glitch stranded thousands of airlines' passengers this afternoon united stick a desk at sfo was absolutely swamped. is it more than three hours just to see and agents the carrier says at least 200 flights were delayed was a lot of information. >>> the communications are sparse but i think this system went down around noontime. and we got here at 1215 so it 3:00 now also passengers were given free vouchers to but new flights to the airline says it's not sure what caused the severe outage united experience several computer problems since merging with continental. neil armstrong will always be remembered as the first man to step on to the moon. but december fell away sharing is far more personal connection with them john remo's tells us about the essay that touched the legendary astronauts just weeks of war is death. >>> sometimes when i look up at the moon i wonder if my mom and dad are watching me this 11 year-old rode his

then you had speaker gingrich, majority leader lott, and those guys worked very closely with dad in the late '70s and early '80s, but now there was an interesting tension between the governing that had to take place and the ideology from the outside. neil, frank lee it's a lot easier for you to be on television and tell politicians what to do despite the fact -- >> neil: the apple doesn't fall far from the kemp tree. >> i'm not trying to pick a fight with you. but there is a real tension. >> neil: there is. >> and so government absolutely has a role. but i would agree with you and my dad would agree with you, free markets need to flourish and government needs to reduce the limits to free markets working. >> neil: all right. i see that kemp dna. i'm not going to mess with it. thanks very much. the best to your family. >> thanks. >> neil: bracing for isaac, warnings and watches going up as the tropical storm bears down on the there fellow coast. form -- florida coast. michael brown on how bad this really gets after this ry and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and m

you know, direct deposit my amount of my contribution to trent lott's, you know, salary if that is the case. i have a feeling that if people actually got this menu and got to reallocate it, there would be more money going to the arts and less to expensive toilets at the pentagon or, like, failed mars expeditions. have you-- did you have any idea what you were getting into? did you know that it was going to be a decade-long battle, or did you think you'd be in and out of this fairly quickly, take your $6,000 and go home? i really didn't have-- i knew that getting involved in a lawsuit against the federal government was going to be involved, but i had no idea that it was going to go on for as long, that it would also implicate other people-- for example, the places that would present me would get death threats and lose funding and people would lose their jobs-- and that it would go on for ten years. i didn't know what i was getting myself into. in the course of those ten years, in addition to having "a member of the n.e.a. four" attached to your name in every reference, you won a couple

bush and carl loaf allowed trent lott to twist in the wind. must quick because we are offended." the first time i saw the white house's non-defense, he was done. you can see here -- >> it's usually kind of surprising because normally republicans stand by their own no matter what. it was slash and burn yesterday. they cut the legs out from under the guy. >> he deserved to have his legs cut out from under him, many times. >> maybe i'm asking for too much here. but i would have loved to have seen mitt romney or paul ryan say those comments were demeaning to women, they were insulting to our intelligence and they completely don't represent this ticket and the republican party and he should step down. >> except for the last part, i don't know that that's so far from what he said. >> want to play it again? i'm serious. i didn't see any of that. i saw him being very careful. >> it was more on the interview where he said -- where he was more vehement, i think. where he said these were insulting. >> offensive. >> you talk about the bush 2002 example. i

. >> and lott does -- a lot is going on right now. >> the board will vote on overturning that controversial ruling on pit bulls. >> we are at the ballpark. you can see the statue of frank robinson right behind me. there is one over there. that is the andy >> the state debate is raging in now on the governor's gambling bill. a final vote could come later this evening. >> the house is meeting for the first time for the special session and a number of delegates were m.i.a. >> house members are scrambling to get back to annapolis been some had to indications early. some were out of town for conferences. -- some had to end vacations early. some were out of town for conferences. the special session is interesting commerce on main street. he not only owns and operates a jewelry store, but he is the chairman of the anne arundel county delegation. he has to scramble to rework store hours and employee schedules to keep his business running. >> i am the appraiser. isolette everything. i am the designer. by -- designed everything. i am the designer. >> the business at hand is gambling. the delegate geo

get a window perhaps into their soul, they can sometimes be overread and this certainly hurt trent lotttruth that people see and a political context, and that's the problem here, it connects to a worry republicans have about women voters, so you can say a gaffe and sound stupid or say something that might be offensive if it doesn't have the second political piece it's not as damaging. >> how will this play itself out? what kind of pressure in the end might convince him that for the good of the party, for the good of his future, for the good of everybody, he has to get out of this race? >> well, in talking to a long time republican strategist who has been involved in the party, he highlighted one thing, which as you mentioned for the good of the party. todd akin didn't come up through the party, when you're in republican party politics or democratic party politics you learn that if this kind of thing happens there is an exit door and this person i was talking to said anthony weiner did the right thing, congressman chris lee did the right thing. congressman akin didn't come up through tha

. >> we are asking the chambers to resist putting lott on the bill. the bulk of the governor and i proposed upstroke -- struck a balance after consideration. >> the ways and means committee held a hearing this afternoon. the lieutenant governor is feeling good about the chances of the bill passing. right now the committee is still meeting. if they will get an up or down vote. it will go to the floor of the house of delegates monday morning. we spoke with baker about a fight he is having to get this bill passed in his own county. >> see you at 6:00. disturbing allegations about a day care. a man is a suspected serial child molester. he is charged with two accounts that investigators believe could grow dramatically. stephen tschida has the story. >> a little girl came board with allegations that thomas who live here at this house, he had molested her. they thought it was an isolated case. since then they have spoken with a number of boys and girls to tell them that thomas molested them as well. the playground sits empty. no children have been to the day

senator lott had a home there. they sustained a lot of damage. now, in this storm, well, we will check in with phil keating. phil: it is recovering, hopefully the rain has stopped as the outer bans have been raking the eastern and southern coast of mississippi for two straight days. most of the people in this neighborhood thought this morning the worst of the worst was over including a family would lives here. they returned from their own voluntary evacuation to be woken up at 7:00 a.m., by the roar of wind, a door made or straight line wind, yet to be determined but the house, which had been rebuilt after being flooded out by hurricane katrina, now, is absolutely a total loss. for two straight days the strong winds and pelting rain and long south to north bands of the tropical storm, first a hurricane, have been moving across southern coastal mississippi and has caused damage to houses, closed businesses, sending debris across the area. also, flooding, now, that is the major concern across certain mississippi and now moving up into central and n

. >> so what do you think in terms of looking at lott candidates policies, what's the most striking difference in what will move the needle, what do we need to see in terms of really getting us out of this rut? >> i think what we need to see is a visible statement of either administration that the administration is not anti-business. it doesn't favor state run initiatives verses private initiatives, it has faith in the private enterprise economy, it believes in capitalism and it doesn't want to punish those that succeed. look at all of the talk about mitt romney's personal wealth that he didn't inherit, he did good things, and he is painted as the enmy of the people because he made a lot of money. as long as that talk comes from an administration or the democratic party it scares people, it scares me. >> yeah. good to see you, bob. >> thank you so much. >>> heading to the close, about 45 minutes left, the dow holding steady right now. the nasdaq is the stand out today with a 2.25% gain right now. >> do you put money to work in this market or say on the sidelines. we'll look at the s&p index an

representation but they did not envision the republicans taking office in 1994 and you had gingrich and lottd they worked closely with dad in the late 70's and the early 80's. but, now, there was an interesting tension between the governing that had to take place and the ideology from the outside. frankly, it is easier for you to be on television and tell politicians what to do despite the fact --. >>neil: the apple does not fall far from the tree. >>guest: i am not trying to pick a fight. government has a role, and i would agree and my dad would agree, free markets need flourish and government needs to reduce the limits to free markets to work. >>neil: i see that kemp d.n.a. and i will not mess with it. my best to your family. thank you very much. bracing for isaac, wantings and watches going up as the tropical storm is on the coast. we have michael brown, former we have michael brown, former boss of fema. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and wifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one mil

. >>> joining me now is bernard zapor, a special agent with the atf, john lott, jr., the author of "moreland martin who has been very impassioned about the gang violence in places like chicago going on this summer. john, let me start with you. make the case in a nutshell. more guns, less crime, counterintuitive to a lot of people watching tonight. >> well, guns make it easier for bad things to happen but they also make it easier for people to protect themselves and prevent bad things from happening. my research shows the police are the single most important factor for reducing crime. but if you talk to the police, you'll find that they understand themselves that they virtually always arrive on the scene after the crime's been committed. look, virtually all of these multiple victim public shootings have occurred in places where guns are banned. and the question that you deal with, you know, we all want to keep guns away from criminals. but when you ban guns, the question is, who obeys the laws? it turns out it's the law abiding good citizens, not the criminals. when you have a gun free zo

money is the problem, and the real problem is you do not hear people like trent lott, bob dole, being polite and those sort of things on the senate floor. you certainly do not hear that from the house of representatives. that is just a food fight. i do not know how you get rid of it. maybe no labels is the answer. guest: the crux of your point is the whole system has become more politicized, more personal, less non-partisan. when i was a member of congress, one of the great trips i took was a trip to new york and next to me was sitting president richard nixon who was giving me advice as a young congressman and said one of the things you should do is travel a little bit. people paid when a member of congress travels, but they do -- people hate when a member of congress travels, but they do learn what they need to know and they get to know colleagues on the other side. i made close friends of the republican side because i went to pakistan or afghanistan with a member of the other side. if you need to find institutional ways to bring members together, and no labels has proposed a biparti

a new report comes out that trent lott has been invited to speak and will speak. is the former georgetown law student who testified to congress in february that paying for birth control is a crippling financial burden. >> without insurance coverage, contraception can cost a woman over $3000 during law school. for a lot of students who, like me, are on public scholarships, that is practically an entire summer salary. megyn: is that a good idea? joining me now is monica crowley and kirsten powers. both fox news contributors. now we have a better feel for what we will see at the democratic national convention. we will have missed sandra fluke, who is an advocate for women, only women who hold certain views. and we have elizabeth warren, who is an advocate of you did not build out and made it a little bit better than president obama made it. i will ask you on this first. whether you think this is the right approach for the democrats? >> well, there was a lot of different speakers, obviously. i think elizabeth warren was a little more meaningful because she will speak

democrats fled the democratic party because of the civil rights issue and became people like trent lottns. >> so, the republican party i'm seeing, it flipped personalities because democrats came over. let me just be clear about that. >> the southern whi-- >> that's just a historical fact and what's amazing about our politics when i'm reading eric's book on reconstruction right now. here's the 1860 republican platform adopted by the national convention in chicago. parties opposed to any change in naturalization laws and the rights of citizenship to immigrants from foreign land in favor of giving a full and efficient prediction to the rights of all classes of citizens republican party 1860. more on the future of the republican party when we come back. reat taste of untopped triscuit, register your complaint online [ screams ] for a free box. oh. [ male announcer ] 100% whole grain woven for an untoppable taste. [ crunch ] [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunct

if that had happened when bob dole was there or howard baker was there or george mitchell or trent lottns and democrats alike would have stood up and said, fire his ass. what if michael steele when he was republican chairman had called harry reid or any other senate leader who happened to be at the time a dirty liar? michael steele would have been fired. rince pribus should be fired or apology for that. >> that's a tang he want here you don't call people a dirty liar. here is my question back to rince prchlt ibus. how does he know harry reid is a dirty liar? does he know? he can't know. there is only one person who knows. there is only one person who can clear this up and that is mitt romney. so rinjepribus is wrong and he doesn't know what the hell he is talking about which gets me to reliable sources yesterday with howie garth. kirth. we were the panel talking about harry reid. and i made that point, that this is up to mitt romney. howie doesn't like it. he tries to jump back on me and i jump on him. here is our exchange. >> there is only one guy that can clear this up. it's not harry

i hate to ever in my lifetime agree with trent lott, ever in my lifetime. but one of the things that he said very recently, he talked about seersucker day which is a day that people on the hill would wear seersucker. now, heaven forbid, but it was a way of bringing people together, having a little bit of fun x people don't want to be together or have fun anymore. so i think that's what pushes that tea party group is almost dictating to the majority party. so, you know, when our friend from west virginia talks about spineless politicians, he's really got a point. some of these people have to stand up where they're democratic or republican to the tea party and say, you know, you guys are the minority of the republican party. you shouldn't have that much weight. but, you know, so many people are complacent until things come home to them. i was on a radio show with a tea party woman who wanted to get rid of everything. everything she wanted to get rid of. and i said how old's your mom? she was in my 50s, she said her mom was in her 80s. i said, does your mother

a lott of buyers are coming through this auction site today and the action happens tonight.were on the ground for the first round of the auction. two horses went for more than a million dollars. a lot of these horses will be sent to japan and middle east and europe to be raised. these are yearlings and this is a huge industry, guys. last year 10.7 billion wagered on horse racing. and we have a lot of notable people on the ground here. yesterday, we followed around, celebrity chef bobby flay. he is a good friendd of fox and friends. we asked him, why would a chef with plenty of money want to get in horse racing where there was a lot of risk. this is what he told us. >> i am looking at it as buying a building literally. it is like buying an expensive real estate. if i buy that horse tomorrow night, i am going to own her for 20 years and i know that she's not going to reap the benefits for me in the first year to five. but down the line she may as time goes on. >> juliet. you know me. i walked in the middle of the first viewing of the morning of the horse. this horse is about a

bush, going after trent lott, barack obama throwing reverend wright under the bus, they've got to saycosts us a senate seat we're going to kill this guy politically. >> makes it look like they don't care about people. the people who make comments like this and the people who are slow or weak in condemning it like they don't really care about real people in tough circumstances and george w. bush was on to something with the compassionate conservatism. a reason why that resonated with the electorate. >> and joe, you know the thing about this, the sister soldier moments. >> right. >> something mitt romney has not taken opportunities to do. they are politically cost-free. you attack people who are the crazies in your party, you look reasonable and broadly speaking the people who are the far right will vote for mitt romney. they don't like barack obama and come out. you're going to lose any voters by attacking someone for this. >> the last time the sister soldier moment rush limbaugh, rush limbaugh wasn't running for senate as a republican nominee from an important state and b, this vile c

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is the author of a recent book, debacle, with john lott. he wanted me to hold it up and i as an author myself, i always do that if i possibly can. then in 1985, grover founded americans for tax reform, whose aim was to reduce government receipts as a percentage of gdp. he believes in a smaller government. he believes in getting a handle on the debt overhang which i believe is the most serious problem facing the country today. he is most famous for the famous pledge, getting members of congress and other politicians who promise not to vote for an increase in marginal tax rates for either individuals or business. and not to vote for any net reductions and deductions and credits unless there's a commensurate reduction in rates. as of late last year, 238 i'm told, on google, of 242 house republicans who signed this pledge, and 4147 senate republicans. now, this pledge drives democrats and liberals crazy. he has been lauded and attacked for it. a few quotes, john stossel applauds him and locked him, known in modern times has fought harder to shr