over 30 points ahead of gerald ford. ford had a weak position in the national race.lenged jimmy carter to a debate. >> mr. president, i would look to explore a little more deeply our relationship with the russians. >> max frankle asked ford a question about whether the united states was accepting of soviet domination of eastern europe. >> there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under a ford administration. >> i'm sorry, could i just follow. did i understand-up to say that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own sphere of influence? >> everybody's jaw just dropped. are you alive? are you aware? what he meant to say is i will not accept any soviet domination of eastern europe. >> governor carter, have you a response? >> charitably that was a momentary slip. uncharitably it was a loss of touch with reality. >> clearly a huge moment where the country makes the judgment, you know what maybe we do need to go in a different direction and replace the president. >> ford had never lost an election in his life. won 15 straight term

she and gerald ford openly discussed her battle with breast cancer. she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. confronting her addiction defined her post white house years. betty ford, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, "first lady: influence an image." examining the lives of first ladies and their influence on the presidency, from our the washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. ♪ c-span presents landmark cases: the book, a guide to our landmark cases series, which explores 12 supreme court decisions, including marbury versus madison, korematsu versus united states, brown versus the board of education, miranda versus arizona, and roe versus wade. book features introductions, backgrounds, highlights, and the impacts of each case, written by veteran supreme court journalist torrent -- tony mauro, and published by c-span. landmark cases is available for a $.95 less shipping. -- $8.95 plus shipping. get your copy today. announcer: next, historian don doyle discusses his book, and internati

gerald ford then ascended to the presidency itself in 1974 after richard nixon's resignation, but gerald ford is a special case. he was never elected to either the number one job or the number two job in his own right. he just sort of stumbled into it. >>> being vice president in theory, it seems like the best possible warm-up to becoming president yourself, right? it almost feels like an understudy job in a way, but it almost never works out that way anymore that the vice president next becomes the president of the united states. it hasn't for a long while. and when barack obama chose then 67-year-old senator joe biden to be his vice presidential running mate in 2008, it isn't talked a lot about now, but it was all but implicitly understood at the time that joe biden probably would not be a contender to succeed president obama as president himself down the line. there's nothing particularly personal about joe biden. it said nothing about whether joe biden would be a good choice for vice president back in 2008. it was the same kind of choice we understood george bush to have made when he

the newest will be the gerald r. ford, cvn-79, the first new carrier design since the nimitz in 1967. it will be in service for 50 years in a three-ship class until almost 2080. it is, therefore, imperative, that this committee has so clearly impressed upon the department and reemphasized here today, that our future carrier have the capability necessary to defeat the future threat but, two, that it does so at a cost that the nation can bear. designing, building, manning, operating and maintaining these incredibly complex gifts are beyond any other nation's skr d undertaking. those have visited her appreciate tens of thousands of tons of structure, thousands of miles of kab ber and fiber optic, thousands of compartments, hundreds of ship systems, tens of thousands of sensors integrated to drive greater than 1,000 megawatts of nuclear power across the globe throughout its life. it is a remarkable demonstration of what american industry is able to achieve and a quantum increase in capability for our war fighter, capability r

. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes to squeaky that he'sthey want to do one big thing that's going to get the nation's attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret servicemen wrestle her to the ground, and squeaky's first words were, can you believe the gun didn't go off? >> following your own close brush with death in sacramento a few weeks ago, i wonder if this has convinced you at all that we need tough gun control legislation in this country? >> i prefer to go after the person who uses the gun for an illegal or criminal purpose. that to me is a far better approach than the one where you require registration of the individual or the gun. >> just minutes after making those statements, gerald ford walked into the street and heard the sound of gunfire. [ gun fire ] >> my god, there's been a shot! there's been a shot. we're being pushed back by the police. somebody has fired a shot here. we don't know if anybody has been hit. m

reagan almost overthrew gerald ford as a republican nominee in 1976 and allow the issue was reagan's combination of a move toward the panama canal treaties. i had bipartisan support and the boards that dealt with it, undecided senators, finally got enough to get things past. it was good. i think this has been one of the best examples on the sincerity and the competence of the united states and supporting human rights of a tangible nature that i can remember, because to give away the canal was a crime against the united states it. in my opinion, it was the right thing to do. reagan almost overthrew gerald ford as a republican nominee in 1976 and allow the issue was reagan's combination of a move toward the panama canal treaties. i had bipartisan support and the boards that dealt with it, undecided senators, finally got enough to get things past. it was good. it was still considered to be an unpopular deal in the year 2000. when it was time for us to turn over the canal to the panamanians, the president decided not to go down there and the vice president did not go down there and the s

army's elite division of the military police, protecting visiting presidents like gerald ford. >> the laying of the wreath, drew was there at one time. gerald ford went up and tripped, and drew was the only one in the honor guard that broke out with a chuckle and a laugh. that's drew peterson. >> after two years, he left the army and joined the bolingbrook police department in chicago, eventually becoming an undercover narcotics officer. it was the perfect assignment for peterson. >> drew was trained and was to be an expert in covering up and lying and presenting false information. >> but at one point, peterson went too far, organizing an unauthorized investigation. >> drew was charged with misconduct. he did lose his job. he was kicked off that narcotics unit. >> despite being indicted by a grand jury, he fought and got his job back. some say it would be only the first time he got away with a crime. >> he had a tendency to not give up. that's what happened him with some of these relationships. he'd lock on to a person of interest. >> early on, women were definitely peterson's people

gerald ford didn't know. jimmy carter certainly didn't know. jimmy carter blamed it on the inquisitiveness of the american people. right? so it was a miserable time. so jack kemp came up with this formula that -- everybody thought that, the classic keynesian economists' answer was to spend lots more money. we were already spending lots more money. kemp borrowing -- admitted borrowing from a later nobel prize winner economist -- and borrowing from john f. kennedy. democrats like to forget he proposed lowering the top tax rate from 90 to 70. it was enacted after his assassination and kemp went to his economic aide and said why don't we just copy the kennedy tax cuts? and that's what they did. the result of it was that the top rate went from 70, where it was in 1980, to 50% in the first instance, then down to 28 partisan when we had the tax reform of 1986. we had 25 years of pros tart.p n we had the tax reform of 1986. we had 25 years of pros tart.wh we had the tax reform of 1986. we had 25 years of pros tart.wh we had the tax reform of 1986. we h

newest of these carriers will be the gerald r. fordcvnp -- 78, first new design since the nimitz was authorized by congress in 1967. the ford itself will be in service for 50 years and three ship class until almost 2080. it is therefore imperative, as this committee has so clearly impressed upon the department and re-emphasizes here today, that our future carrier force have the capability necessary to defeat the future threat but, two, that it does so at a cost that the nation can bear. designing, building, manning operating, maintaining these incredibly complex ships is beyond any other nation's undertaking. those members that visited the ford under construction fully appreciate the daunting numbers that measure her. tens of thousand of tons of structure, thousands of miles of cable and fiberoptics. hundreds of thousands miles of pipe, thousands of compartments, hundreds of ship systems, tens of thousands of sensors integrated to drive a greater than 1,000 megawatt of nuclear power across the globe throughout its life. it is remarkabl

in the newest of these carriers will be the gerald r. ford, the nation's first new carrier design since the nimitz was authorized in 1967. the ford itself will be in service for 50 years in a three-ship class until almost 2080. it is therefore imperative as this committee has so clearly impressed upon the department and re-emphasizes here today that our future carrier force have the capability necessary to defeat the future threat but, too, that it does so at a cost that the nation can bear. designing, building, manning, operating and maintaining these incredibly complex ships is beyond any other nation's undertaking. those members who have visited the "ford" under construction fully appreciate the daunting numbers that measure her, tens of thousands of tons of structu structure, thousands of miles of cable and fiber optics, hundreds of miles of pipe, thousands of compartment, hundreds of ship systems, tens of thousands of sensors integrated to drive greater than 1,000 megawatt of nuclear power across the globe throughout its life. it's a rem

the newest is the gerald r. ford the new carrier design from 1967 it will be a service 50 years through a 20 adn therefore it is imperative that this committee has so clearly impressed upon the department better future force has the capability necessary and does so at a cost that the nation can bear. to operate and maintain these ships is beyond any of their nations undertaking. those members who have visited fully appreciate the daunting numbers that measure tens of thousands of structure of thousands of miles of cable and fiber-optic says thousands of departments of ship systems and integrated to air dry if nuclear power throughout its life in remarkable demonstration of what industry is able to achieve as a quantum increase that is required in the century ahead and to lou we clear this program has had significant challenges resulting of an acceptable cost growth it is important to a understand the carrier history to modernize beecher carriers will ship design and construction and the total capabilities were to be

. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes to squeaky that he'sant to do one big thing that's going to get the nation's attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret servicemen wrestle her to the ground, and squeaky's first words were, can you believe the gun didn't go off? >> following your own close brush with death a few weeks ago in sacramento, i wonder if this has convinced you at all that we need tough gun control legislation in this country? >> i prefer to go after the person who uses the gun for an illegal or criminal purpose. that to me is a far better approach than the one where you require registration of the individual or the gun. >> just minutes after making those statements, gerald ford walked into the street and heard the sound of gunfire. >> my god, there's been a shot! there's been a shot. we're being pushed back by the police. somebody has fired a shot here. we don't know if anybody has been hit. my god! somebody fir

reagan almost overthrew gerald ford as a republican nominee in 1976 and allow the issue was reagan's combination of a move toward the panama canal treaties. and thepartisan support boards that dealt with it, undecided senators, finally got enough to get things past. it was good. it was still considered to be an unpopular deal in the year 2000. when it was time for us to turn over the canal to the panamanians, the president decided not to go down there and the vice president did not go down there and the secretary of state decided not to go down there. they asked me to go down there. [laughter] host: sounds like a job for a vice president. and then, a little bit later when he decided to , there was anal ceremony down there and once again, the incoming vice president asked me to go to represent the united states, so i have been honored twice since i left the white house. host: congratulations. vp. mondale: i told a story earlier today about how we were trying to get all of those senators who had campaigned against the treaty. a senator who ran against it on the grounds that it is ours,

john paul stevens was supported by gerald ford. in the absence of moderation in the candidates running for president is reflected in their attitude towards the supreme court. you have a justice, like adam said, who has almost been -- with the only exception of the affordable care act cases -- ted cruz says, i would never have voted for him and he is a disappointment, even though he has voted the conservative line in every case, except the affordable care act cases. >> these are people who say whatever they want and they are unaffected by politics. charlie rose: let's talk about the affirmative action texas case. >> this looks like a case where the supreme court cuts back significantly on public universities to take race into account in admission decisions and it is the second trip for this case. i do not think they would have taken it a second time. at least somebody in the idiosyncratic university of likely very much at risk. >> the appellate court ruled for the university. , youe supreme court said guys did not take a hard enough

last time that happened, gerald ford was president. the undefeated owls play central florida next saturday night at the linc. go owls. >>> another half-hour of "action news" is just ahead. >> a hunter recounts his escape from the jaws of a black bear. >> the curtain is about to go up on a new season of the pennsylvania ballet. we'll preview opening night. those stories and more when "action news" continues. >> happening right now on "action news," a 22-year-old man is in critical condition with a head injury after a fight in the feltonville parking lot. >> a southwest auto tag business is targeted again, days after the owner is stabbed. >>> the dash cam captures terrifying moments a mother and her children become victims of an alleged drunk driver. >> let's check the accuweather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers, now you want to be outside, don't you? >> reporter: it is really, really nice out here, it was so chilly this morning, some of the areas saw the coldest temperatures in 6 months. down to 35, 36 degrees in the outlying s

and gerald ford had a gaffe in the debate and they do matter. the election in part of that one mistake. >> wow, yeah. >> history is a illustrative in situation like this. jam hampton cook, Ñijane, thank you. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called an emergency cabinet meeting amid escalation of violence. conner powell has the latest. conner. >> reporter: yeah, jenna, the wave of violence that we have seen continuing for today. and the attacks are are recent and brutal. and two palestinians opened up. and another drove a car in a bus stop and go out of the vehicle and went on a stabbing rampage. and in part three israelis and two palestinians were attacked. they are struggling on how to stop the growing blood set. that is more than two dozen were killed. and including several attackers. and prime minister netanyahu holding an emergency meeting. and promising a harsh response. tension has escalated here since the conservative and extremist pushed to pray in the temple mount. it is a holy site for jews and muslips and under the interna

>> gerald ford once fell down the steps coming out of air force one.ne was more cutting. it fed into a narrative, that she didn't understand the issues, and it made her a punch line. she went to a walking punch line. you don't want that if you're running for the second highest office. >> you see the tendencies of the "snl" writers coming through. they also want to make people laugh regardless of the politics. >> this election has a lot to laugh at. >> that's sadly true. thanks to both of you. >>> still to come, pats on the attack. did they get their deflategate revenge? there's something out there. that can be serious, even fatal to infants. it's whooping cough, and people can spread it without knowing it. understand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about a whooping cough vaccination today. be part of the conversation. queen. in a good way. with all the latest episodes of your favorite dramas, xfinity on demand let's you catch up and keep up with fall tv. don't get voted out of the tv gossip. be part of the conver

she and president gerald ford openly discussed her battle with breast cancer. her public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. confessing her addicted to find -- confronting her addictions defined her last years. betty ford on c-span's original series, "first ladies: influence an image" examining the first ladies and a influence on presidency, from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv on c-span3. a signature feature of the tv is all-day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with top nonfiction authors. here is our schedule beginning this weekend. we will be in nashville for the southern festival of books. at the start of november we are back on the east coast for the boston book festival. in the middle of the month is the louisiana book festival in baton rouge, and at the end of november we are live for the 18th year in a row from florida or the miami book fair international. and the national book awards from new york city. just some of the fairs and festivals this fall o

richard nixon and gerald ford were president and the last time temple started the season 4-o until lastthe owls in charlotte played miserable weather. anderson two touchdowns that put them up 24-3. the special teams blocking the punt took it back for the score. owls won 37-3. they won back-to-back road games. >>> phils were rain out yesterday, they play a double header with the marlins at 4:05. nascar rained out in dover. jeff gordon starts 10th. it will be his final rails at the monster mild. he was honored along with with his crew by these 09 monster mile trophies. he has won in dover five times. he's been good to the state of delaware. have a great saturday and hope the rain clears up. >> we have dramatic video for you this morning, a home swept away by flooding at the jersey shore, barely hanging on there, that's next on "action news" saturday morning at 9:00. sky6 live hd taking a live look at the waves as they crash down in atlantic city. more flooding is possible before high tide rumble also in at noon, the wind still a concern for most of us. >>> eva pilgrim is off, i'm alicia v

richard nixon and gerald ford were president. i have to admit i was not born then. 24-3.l teams, archbishop wood grad beat l.smith. owls won 37-3. they have won back-to-back to back road games for the firms in their football history. >>> phils will play double header with the marlins today starting at 4:05. nascar rained out in dover. jeff gordon will start 10th. it will be his final race. gordon and his entire crew were honored by these 90s monitor mile trophies. gordon has won in delaware five times. he has been good to the state of delaware. we hope the rain clears up. >> speaking of the rain. some members of the "action news" team took time off to play golf in the bad weather for a good cause, this is the annual protect the badge tournament. it's to raise money for the families of local police officers killed in the line of duty. it was held yesterday at jeffersonville golf course in norristown, chad perdelli, ducis rogers and annie mccormick and other 6abc employees did not let a little rain stop them from teeing off for a great cause and teeming up, too. we'll be ri

richard nixon and gerald ford were present which i was not -- and i was not born yet.s the last time the temple owls were 4-0. t.j. walker connected for a touchdown 24-3. smith took it back to for the score. owls won it 37-3. they won back-to-back to back road games for the first time. >>> great day for baseball yesterday, not so much, the phils were rained out. they start today with the more lynns 4:05. nascar was rained out in dover. jeff gordon starts 10th. it will be his final race at the monster mile. he was honored by the monster mile monument trophies. gordon has won in dover five times. he has been good to the state of delaware. all right, have a great saturday and let's hope the rain clears up. >>> we're getting worried crapey. a soldier returned home as expected, but decided it would make a nice surprise for mom. >> what are you doing here! >> love it, mom certainly surprised when her son knocked on the door in huntsville, alabama, he wasn't due home until next month. he love the tears and love her excitement there, what a nice reunion, he was deployed to afg

the nation awaits the swearing in at noon eastern time of our 38th president, gerald ford. and his family are expected to leave for his california home and we expect to see their departure from the white house. >> richard nixon is leaving us with one notable legacy, proof that the american system does work. that there is equal justice under the law. and the public office must always be regarded as a public trus trust. >> i walked out to the helicopter where the old man gave the double d, putting the best face on the worst moment of his life. trying to show that he was not broken. and so i go in the helicopter, and take off for the last time. it was over. >> we think that when we suffer a defeat that all has ended. not true. because only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. and so i say to you on this occasion others may hate you. those who hate you don't win. unless you hate them. and then you destroy yourself. >>> i must say to you that the state of the union is not good. >> well these people, somehow

and that's what we remember, the gaffes like when gerald ford makes a gaffe about saying the soviet union doesn't control eastern europe in 1976. so the candidates in some ways want to introduce themselves, says but the key is not to make an embarrassing mistake. >> i read hilary rosen's op-ed on cnn.com this week. i find it fascinating she's a big supporter of hillary clinton so a defenders of hers. here's what she wrote. hillary clinton needs to convince people that being a realist and a pragmatist isn't selling out, that it is building and positioning us for a better future. she's talking about the fact that here you've got bernie sanders who comes out tougher on the banks, and he wants to reinstitute glass-steagall, for example, and she doesn't. she has to convince people that sort of slow and steady wins the race here and not a radical change. >> to one likes politicians who say they're pragmatic and that's their selling point. this is what she faced in 2008 against barack obama. people love ideas. they love charisma. they love the tough fighters. but her selling point is i'll get th

gerald ford when he appointed justice stevens, that was probably his proudest achievement and he evenaid so and he said that justice stevens carried on his legacy for decades. not that the justices will always vote in the way that the president who appointed him or her wishes that they would. but you know, they are still always identified as a clinton appointee or a reagan appointee, so it really means something to the president. brian: as we look at the "landmark cases" book that you wrote, it has in it another 12 cases and our series goes on for 12 weeks. here's another little vignette. famous case. dred scott. this is from the minnesota historical society. >> another thing that is pretty significant about this place existed for this enslaved people on land where slavery wasn't legally recognized. that was actually one of the pieces of information that they used as a basis for the court case when they sued for their freedom in st. louis. this is the space that we speak about that was in the case. we refit this and outfitted the room and this is what we believed it would have looked

gerald ford once it in a peaceful defense is one of the majority of congress considers it to be at a given moment in history. this is not a normal trial. is a political trial. is his judge and jury. if you survive the hearings you are so president. if you don't, you are not. unique to talk to a lawyer now. >> it's going to be good. grab a glass of wine and watch "scandal" tonight at 9:00 you're on abc 7. i'm kidd o'shea and that is your "scandal" scoop. alison: before he gets started, don't miss "grey's anatomy." and then "scandal" and then abc 7 news it 11:00. coming up here on abc 7 news at 4:00, if you are looking for a new home, good luck. why it is difficult this fall for househunting. am live in manassas park where a massive renovation process is underway. why these crews are doing all this for free. jonathan: here is our pic of the day. barbara sent this in of meteors streaking across the sky. she spent two hours out in the cold this morning and tells us she will try to get more pictures tonight. if you do, ship them to us. we are hoping for clear skies in virginia tonight. if

before that, it was gerald ford,

if the chief of naval operations knew who was responsible for $2.4 billion st overrun on the uss gerald ford. i said who is responsible? he said i don't know. my friends, we now have a multibillion-dollar cost overrun and no one knows who is responsible. one of the major features of this legislation is that the service chiefs have to sign off when there is a cost overrun, and they have to sign off and they are responsible. and guess what? the service chiefs want that responsibility. they crave that responsibility because they want a better army, navy, air force and marine corps as well. as mac mentioned, we have a long, long way to go. both mac have been out to silicon valley and i'm sorry to tell you right now there's not a lot of interest in silicon valley being engaged in acquisition with the military and with the pentagon because they don't see any benefit in getting involved in defense acquisition. and that has got to be another one of our priorities and we are making the first step to make it so we can engage silicon valley because we know the nature of warfare when we read in the pape

nobody could be president, what was too big after lbj failed and nixon called and gerald ford failed and then jimmy carter failed. like ronald reagan or not he owned the job, he owned the white house. he owned the stage. you know again better than anybody else and for good rp because not onlile do you own the stage when you're on it but grew up in the shadow of jaumz brown. he owned the stage baby better than anybody. you have to go out there and own the stage. john boehner hasn't done that. kevin mccarthy wouldn't have done that. somebody else who can do it. nancy pelosi, we don't have to go back 20 or 30 years. nobody ever said that nancy pelosi is a weak speaker. she knew how to run the house of representatives whether you liked her politics or not. that's what the republicans need, a strong leader that knows how to run the stage. >> joe scarborough, thank you so much. >> always an honor. >> you remember you can catch "morning joe" every weekday starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> still ahead, trdonald trump makes a big promise and did joe biden take a shot at clinton clbt

of richard nixon's resignation, bob was here to give a presentation about the administration of gerald ford. these three programs, part of our beyond the gamut series were held in conjunction with our good friend at the truman library institute. but of course, we have another presidential library in the neighborhood, more or less just down i-70 in abilene, kansas. this year, which happens to be 125th anniversary year of eisenhower's birth, we have launched a series with the dwight eisenhower presidential library museum and boyhood home to examine the eisenhower era. thanks to the tremendous support from the foundation, commerzbank trustees. tonight, which marks the midpoint of that series, bob greene, the library's good friend and someone who is become my good friend over the last four years is back. he's back to give us a review of the 1952 presidential election pitting republican party nominee eisenhower against democratic candidate stephenson. it's no exaggeration to say that this talk has been in the making for more than 35 years. bob wrote his doctoral dissertation about it, which was

. >> and john paul stevens appointed by gerald ford. but the absence of any sort of moderation in the candidates running for president is reflected in their attitude toward the supreme court, that you have a justice, as adam said, who has been almost 100 percenter, with the only exception of the two affordable care act cases. and you have people like ted cruz saying, i would never have voted for him. he's a disappointment, even though he has voted the conservative line in every case except the two affordable care act cases. >> and these are the same people who say what they want are independent jourists unaffected by politics. and then when you have slight deviation, all of a sudden they are traitors. >> let's talk about affirmative action, the texas case, what does that say. >> this looks like the case in which the supreme court may well cut back significantly on the ability of at least public universities to take account of race in admissions decisions. it's the second trip for this case, fisher of the university of texas to the supre

>> not since president gerald ford defended his pardon of f richard nixon -- >> the purpose w w to change our national focus. >> -- has an active presidential candidate had so much on the ne in an appearance fore congress. but clinton can now quote house republicans when she tries to argue that questions about her handling of the 2012 benghazi attack that left four americans dead arereow nothing more than a political witch-hunt. >> this whole effort was set up for political partisan purposes. we now know to politically in a partisan way go after me. basically an arm of the republican national committee. a partisan arm of f e republican national committee. >> i iwas house majority leader kevin mccarthy who gave clinton her first assist last month. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. >> this week an assist from >> this may not be politically correct, but i think there is a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after peopop and a

it's worth remembering in 1976, reagan primary gerald ford. you want to tick off republican leadership in washington? come within an inch of beating the incumbent republican president, in a primary. washington politicians loathed reagan. now how did he change congress and change washington? because he took the case to people and the reagan revolution was a grassroots tidal wave. >> you're feeling that? >> that is exactly what our campaign is we announced today, 77,000 volunteers across this country. and i'll give an example. >> i got to run, senator. i'm going to wrap it up here. you feel good about last night's debate. but you have challenges ahead. you're in the middle of the pack. >> i feel terrific. yesterday i rolled out our tax plan. a 10% simple flat tax. on individuals across the board. the first 36,000 for a family of four. is tax zero. no income tax. no payroll tax no death tax and we abolish the irs. if you go to our website, tedcruz.org, you can see the details. >> you got it in three times. >> i'm doing my best. >> i appreciate yo