here is david brokaw and david brinkley using it in the ronald reagan sweep.ans designated color at that time was dominant. let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not know until i got your book today. why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a pretty good color. back in the cold war i wouldn't want to be the red state if you were a democrat. >> that could have been one reason it changed. the electoral map was created at nbc in 1976 by john chancellor, an exec be tif named gordon manning. they wanted to make it more visual and make it not just about the numbers. when they picked the colors, they wanted to go by the rosettes

>> i remember, once a said to david brinkley -- once i said to david brinkley -- there was a move to raise the speed limit, in certain northwestern states. it was turned down because one man said, what used to be for me a two bottle of beer is not a full case of beer. crux long drive. >> the thought about the format. the town hall debate, i do not know if you will show this from 1992 were the experimented with this. it produces some inariculate questions. >> let us take a look at that. [video clip] i think the national debt affects everybody. it has a lot to do with interest rates. >> how has it affected you personally? >> i am sure it has. i have grandchildren. i want to think that they will be able to afford an education. i think that is important -- an important part of being a parent. are you suggesting that if someone has means, that the national debt does not affect them? help me with the question. >> i know people who cannot afford to pay their mortgage on their homes. their car payment. have had personal problems with the national debt -- i have had problems with the national

. >> a suburban swimming pool, that was tom brokaw and then david brinkley announcing ronald reagan's landslide election when we called republicans blue. >>> there's a new ebook coming out with video going back to 1940. we'll have that on tonight. >>> let me finish with this campaign that's really starting to smell. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ke longer. i'm done! [ chuckles ] sweet [ female announcer ] swiffer's wet mopping cloths can clean better than mops in half the time swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." in the closing days of the campaign, the two candidates for president are pursuing very different strategies. on the one hand president obama has gone on a virtual media blitz speaking to various radio shows, "rolling stone" magazine, as well as tv interviews with seven affiliates just today and sit-downs with jay leno, brian williams, and mtv. which he is doing today as well. in contrast, the romney campaign says the candidate has no plans for anyitional interviews before the election. he will apparently st

. >> a suburban swimming pool, that was tom brokaw and then david brinkley announcing ronald reagan's landslide election when we called republicans blue. there's a new e book coming out with video going all the way back to 1940. we'll have that on tonight. >>> let me finish with this campaign that's really starting to smell. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ want my recipe for healthier hair color? natural instincts! formulated with aloe, vitamin and antioxidants natural instincts has a system that's a healthier way to radiant color. indulge... with natural instincts. less guilt, more gorgeous. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. backyard. i found boomer's toy under the co

he thought i was david brinkley's son, which i am not. and i had to correct him. then later we would have lunch with arthur schlessinger, jr. in new york, and i got to know him and he did a blush for the history of the united states. he knew i was doing my book before he passed. i was with him six months before his taught some some dementia was setting in, and he was -- >> host: this book came out five or six months ago. what's the next book for you? >> guest: well, i have been working on what i'm calling the wilderness cycle. conservation history but i like the wilderness more than conservation, but i did the wilderness warrior on theodore roosevelt, and then the quiet world, on saving lack wilderness, and now i'm writing forester in chief, franklin roosevelt, the ccc, and wild america. i'm looking how fdr and gifford-pinchot got two billion trees planted through the youth car in the 1930s. so i'm waiting of the death bowl. everglades. >> we were indicating before this interview, you were telling me you spent seven hours with neil armstrong. >> guest: i did. i gr

what's interesting about the 1980 race is that reagan's sweep across the country led david brinkley to and there are a lot of fun moments like that throughout the book where you really get the look and feel of what election night was like over these different areas. >> brinkley, chancellor and brokaw sitting in front of that map, 2000, who can forget, that and really probably the iconic moment of that election night was the late great tim russert with the white board. >> so much confusion on the ground that night with the calls in florida and the tight race and the electoral college and really the simplest way for tim russert to explain it to have the white dry erase board, and -- and that iconic moment when he wrote florida, florida, florida on it. we all now know what that means, and one of those white boards ended up in the smithsonian institution. it was such a landmark in television history. >> for all the technology we had available it all came down that night to tim's white board. >> the simplest way to express it because it really -- it was almost a tv program about adding at t

. >> a suburban swimming pool, that was tom brokaw and then david brinkley announcing ronald reagan'sandslide election when we called republicans blue. >>> there's a new ebook coming out with video going back to 1940. we'll have that on tonight. >>> let me finish with this campaign that's really starting to smell. this is "hardball," the place for politics. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> let's check the hardball scoreboard. president obama is leading mitt romney up by 2, 46/44. also in ohio, a cnn poll has obama at 50 and romney at 46. in colorado, obama is leading by 1. what does that mean? 47/46. next to virginia. the race is dead even at 47 all. and finally in new hampshire, which will matter, a new england college poll shows the president up by 3. watch new hampshire e

>> i remember once i said to david brinkley in the republican platform committee there was a move to raise the speed limit through the northwestern states. it was turned down because one man said hell, what used to be for me at 2 bottled beer is now a full case of beer. [laughter] >> long drive. >> i just want to finish that thought about the format. the town hall debate, it produced sometimes a rather inarticulate question, but it does -- i think that debate reflected the interest of the voters. >> let's take a look at that. >> i think the national debt affects everybody. obviously. it has a lot to do with interest rates. >> you are saying you personally? >> has it affected you personally? >> i am sure it has. >> how? >> i want my grandchildren to be able to afford an education. are you suggesting that if someone has means that the national debt does not affect them? >> help me with the question. ] >> i know people that are not able to pay the mortgage on their home, their car payment. i have personal problems with the national debt, but how has it affected you? if you have no exper

>> i remember once i said to david brinkley in the republican platform committee there was a move to raise the speed limit through the northwestern states. it was turned down because one man said hell, what used to be for me at 2 bottled beer is now a full case of beer. [laughter] >> long drive. >> i just want to finish that thought about the format. the town hall debate, it produced sometimes a rather inarticulate question, but it does -- i think that debate reflected the interest of the voters. >> let's take a look at that. affects everybody. obviously. it has a lot to do with interest rates. >> you are saying you personally? personally? >> i am sure it has. >> how? >> i want my grandchildren to be able to afford an education. are you suggesting that if someone has means that the them? >> help me with the question. ] >> i know people that are not able to pay the mortgage on their home, their car payment. i have personal problems with the national debt, but how has it affected you? if you have no experience with it, how can you help us? >> i think she means more of the recession pro

but -- brought in david brinkley and diane sawyer. he brought peter back from overseas and had an amazing graphics on air, amazing look, and he was very, very aggressive and built it up into a real powerhouse petallides. >> what was his personality like? if you have to describe them. >> well, he was a genius. he was larger than life in his thinking, not in his demeanor. if he were here, he was a bit on the size i actually. and often totally absent. i mean, one of the running joke says he never returned phone calls, including the head of the company. in fact, throughout his life when you would call him at home at night because a news you have crises, there was an answering service. it wasn't even a voice mail. he never returned the phone calls. and after he died one of his close friends at the white said to me, you know why he never returned phone calls. why is that? because if you were calling him it was your problem, and he didn't care about your problem. he wanted to do with this problem. but he had this, i think, unique ability, be

hear from former abc news head david westin, douglas brinkley, walter cronkite. and robert draper side the house of representatives. the texas book festival live on book tv on c-span 2. >> and now a debate among the president of candidates, the libertarian party, the green party, the constitution party and the justice party. hosted by the elections foundation. this 90 minute event is moderated by the foundation's founder. >> we are here in chicago, our viewers watching and listening on line, our candidates come up local correspondent, broadcasting partners and sponsors, to every individual taking the time to watch this historic debate tonight, no matter where you are turning in, no matter what party or group to which you belong, this debate is for individuals. the voter, the taxpayer, the hard wrecking middle-class worker, the struggling single parent on minimum wage. the small-business owner, everyone. i am christina tobin. and i welcome and thank all of you for being here tonight. tonight we are all taking part in something good and real and honest and open, wi

to date, and:00 to 6:00 eastern hear from david westin on his 13 years in the network news network, douglas brinkley on walter cronkite and michael gillett on lbj and lady bird johnson and sunday noon to 6 h w brand on ulysses s. grant, at the mexico drug cartel and margaret draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. now on booktv actor tony danza recounts the year he spent teaching tenth grade english in philadelphia's largest bicycle. the author before becoming an actor wanted to be a teacher, recalls the initial troubles he had engaging his students and his later breakthroughs. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> hello, everyone. white neck. what are we going to do? i can't believe when i am standing backstage listening to carol say those things about me, i want you to know, by the way, the cameras in january, i want you to see, i thought i had figured out a way to make teaching a. make it a tv job. i could be a teacher and her tv job. they left in january and by was a real teacher. i went listening to ms. carroll say those things to

annual texas book festival, saturday from 11 to 6 eastern hear from former abc news head david westin, douglas brinkleyon walter cronkite, and texas natives lbj and ladybird johnson. and sunday, noon to 6, infiltrating mexico's drug cartels and robert draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival, live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >> senator bill nelson of florida this year faces a challenge from republican congressman connie mack. the candidates met for a debate last week in davy, florida, hosted by leadership florida and the florida press association. this is just under an hour. >> moderator: good evening and welcome to the campus of nova southeastern university. again, i'm michael williams, we're honored to have you joining us from across the state of florida and our live audience here in attendance this night. the format for this hourlong debate is simple. each candidate will be asked a question in alternate fashion, each will have one minute and 15 seconds to respond by their agreement. there then will be allowed up to 30 seconds of rebuttal, then we'll move on to other

. >>> coming up this morning, chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory, presidential historian douglas brinkleynd "the washington post's" eugene washington. is president obama losing his edge among women? that's one of the stories in the "politico playbook." first bill karins with the latest on hurricane sandy. >> good morning. if you want to know the latest on sandy, the trend was a little further to the south, a little more impact for areas like virginia, delaware and maryland and maybe a little less impact in northern new england. first things first, the hurricane is only about 150 miles due east of west palm beach this morning. florida's going to get brushed by the storm. periods of rain, gusty winds and definitely huge waves. you can look at the storm. it does not look much like a hurricane. you're going to hear the word "hybrid" a lot over the next three to four days. if it sucks in that cooler, drier air on the southern side, it will probably become an extra tropical or hybrid storm this weekend. here's the forecast from the hurricane center. of course, it parallels the southeast coast.

from 11:00 to 6:00 eastern hear from david westin on his 13 years in the network news business. douglas brinkley on walter cronkite and michael gillett on texas native lbj and lady bird johnson. sunday from noon to 6:00 each w brand on ulysses s. grant, infiltrating mexico's drug cartel and robert draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. .. [applause] >> well, one of the things that's fun for me about being here tonight, as gary mentioned, i am from san louis. it's always good to do these things in san louis. i have some wonderful people who shape my life in the front row. my second grade teacher. please help me to welcome that. [applause] and i know that if this book can have the kind of affect on just one person's life that pat and my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book. thank you very much for being matter tonight. i will begin the book reading cry from the very beginning where i asked jack people to imagine themselves in the navy seals training. this is out its starts. you stand in freezing water up

hear from david westen, douglas brinkley on the late cbs news anchor walter caron cite, and michael gillette on texas natives lbj and ladybird johnson. and sunday noon to 6, h.w. brands, infiltrating mexico's drug cartels, and robert draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival, live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >>> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> a look, now, at the importance of the hispanic vote in the key swing states of florida, colorado and north dakota. this event was held in washington tuesday by the national association of latino elected and appointed officials also known as naleo. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. we're going to get, we're going to get started with our briefing this morning. the presen

david westin. and douglas brinkley. and others on lbj and ladybird johnson.sunday from noon until 6:00, on ulysses s. grant infiltrating mexico's drug cartel, and inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival this weekend on c-span2. >> >> nats, the third debate in new mexico for the senate race. this is leaning democratic. we picked up the debate after the candidate opening statement. this is about an hour. >> good evening, and welcome to the u.s. senate debate. >> our sponsor is aarp. we are glad you are with us. this debate is being simulcast on 770 kkob am. joining us on the stage is democratic candidate martin heinrich and republican candidate heather wilson. both candidates have agreed to the debate rules. each candidate will have one minute to make an opening statement. later, they will have one minute for a closing statement. the candidates will be given one minute to answer each question and then 45 seconds each for rebuttals. later, the candidates will be allowed to ask the other candidate a question, which is often very enjoyable. th

leather from david weston on his 13 years in the network news business. douglas brinkley on the late news anchor, walter cronkite. and texas native l.b.j. and lady bird johnson >> the texas book festival live this weekend on book tv on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: look at the battleground state of wisconsin as part of an ongoing series that we are doing here at "washington journal." we'll take 10 battle ground steaks in over 10 days we'll bring you not only what's going on as far as the ground game is concerned, but also kind of get in perspectives on partisans as well as we set up to talk about wisconsin. wanted to give you the full line. if you wanted to talk about wisconsin specifically, maybe add it to the general election overall, here's how you can do so. 202-585-3881, those of you who are registered as republicans. 202-585-3880 for democrats. 202-585-3882 for independents. if you live in wisconsin and want to give a specific perspective on your state. give us a call at 202-585-3883. remember we have specialized that line for those of you who live

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david brinkley, diane sawyer , ted koppel, he brought peter from overseas.he had barbara walters already. amazing graphics and was very aggressive. he built it up to a powerhouse. >> what was his personality like? >> guest: he was 18 yes. not in his demeanor. he was on the shy side and totally absent he never returned phone calls of anybody. at night you have a crisis there is an answering service. he never returned a phone call. after he died you know, why he never return phone calls? if you were calling him it was your problem. he did not care about your problem. but besides having a very large vision a unique ability as if he had never watched television before. they know people on the air they spent a lot of money but with roone he acted he could look at it like anybody did at home and gave him a great sense of what worked and what didn't. >> host: how did you become a president of abc? >> guest: a great question. the people ask that at the time. believe me. [laughter] i will is the general counsel than oversaw production been president of the abc televi