dole: well, i'd say the first homeless bill in the senate was the dole-byrd -- probably the byrd-doleill, i can't remember who was in control then. i remember working with senator ribicoff from connecticut on the hospice program. we now have 2500 hospices. as i said, i've worked all my life when i was in the congress. i left on june 11th because i wanted the american people to know that i was willing to give up something. president clinton ran for governor in 1990 and said he's going to fill out his term, but he didn't. he's president so i guess it's a little better deal. but i wanted the american people to know i was willing to give up something. i wasn't just getting more power and more power. so i rolled the dice, i put my career on the line because i really believe the future of america is on the line. we can give you all these numbers, they don't mean a thing. if you are out of work, you have nothing to eat or you can't have medical care, or you're holding a crack baby in your arms right now, what do you do next? you know, america's best days are ahead of us. i've seen the tough

like senator dole. you can probably tell we like each other. we just see world in different ways. you folks out there are going to have to choose who you think is right. >> i'd say that the first homeless bill in the senate was dole-bird bill, or bird-dole bill. can't remember who was in control there. i remember working on the hospice program. we now have 2,500 hospices. i left congress on june 11th because i wanted the american people to know i was willing to give up something. president clinton ran for governor in 1990 and said he was going to fill out his term. he didn't. he's president so i guess it is a little better deal. but i wanted the american people to know i was willing to give up something. not just getting more power and more power. so i rolled the dice. i put my career on the line because i really believe the future of america is on the line. we can give you all these numbers. they don't mean a thing. if you are out of work, you have nothing to eat or you can't have medical care, or you'

president clinton defeated bob dole with 49% of the popular vote to senator dole's 41%. this is just over 90 minutes. >> good evening from the bushnell theater in hartford, connecticut. welcome to the first of the 1996 presidential debates between president bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and senator bob dole, the republican nominee. this event is sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. it will last 90 minutes following a format and ruled worked out by the two campaigns. there will be two-minute opening and closing statements. in between, a series of questions, each having three parts. a 90-second answer, a 60-second rebuttal and a 30-second response. i will assist the candidates in adhering to the time limits with a help of series of lights visible to both. under their rules, the candidates are not allowed to question each other directly. i will ask the questions. there are no limitations on the subjects. the order for everything tonight was determined by coin toss. now, to the opening statements and the president clinton. mr. president. >> thank you,

and also to senator dole and mrs. dole. senator dole of course famously said when president ford picked him and they did the press conference right after they picked him, he said, dole is a four letter word you can say in public. so our panelists today are jerry fogel, who is chairman of the jackson county republican party, the boy wonder chair of the jackson county republican party of 1976 and part of the host committee for the onvention. besides being chair of the republican party in 76 he has worked in the danforth and bond campaigns over the years in enior roles. part of the america boy scout council and chairman of the aviation committee of the greater kansas city chamber of ommerce. he may have some interesting things on say about our airport. steve winn, steve winn has held several writing positions as a kansas city star, he has written about local education in the kansas city public library. he covered the national onvention. today he is the communications director of the concorde coalition, a nonpartisan organizati

and also to senator dole and mrs. dole.or dole of course famously said, when president ford picked him and they did the press conference right after they picked him, he said, dole is a

resident clinton defeated bob dole at 49% of the popular vote. to dole's 41%. ross perot finished third with 8.4%. this is just over 90 minutes. >> good evening from the theater in hartford, connecticut. welcome to the first of the 1996 presidential debate between presidential

so, ok, we are going to do drug testing for welfare recipients, but dole -- dole was a big states flexibility guy, so dole says -- they have a big press conference -- you probably remember this -- they roll out this big new initiative. we are going to require drug testing, except it will be a state option, at which point, clinton says -- and three minutes he says, ok. you can have a waiver. and the whole welfare thing just collapses. mr. talent: of course, in that kind of dynamic, you have the list of things that you want and the exchanges to that point should have given you a pretty good idea what the president and his people are going to have heartburn over. of course, you are going to push him as far to the edge -- the fact he had to think about it shows we made good judgments and put a lot in there he had to guide on -- there are things we wanted we knew he did not want. it does not mean we wanted him to veto it. it just means we thought, well, we can put him in a position where we can get some things we want we could not have gotten any other way. i'm sure that was the dynamic. mr. haski

agree with everything that john mccain does but i tell you what, he's an american hero, just like bob dole was and to attack them -- and he's in your same party. to attack them and say he's some type of -- he's not an american hero and to put that out to the american psyche, is that where we want to go with this country? is that the type of message that the gop wants their presidential

in 1996 republicans used that towards the end of the election because they were nervous bob dole was going to lose. they did that to try to preserve their majority in the house. is this a message from paul ryan to republicans around the country we think we're going to lose the white house now, it's time to take evasive action? >> it's not unusual for fund-raising e-mails to have such do or die language like this, it's a call to action, it's an urgent plea for funds quickly and large sums. they had a great fund-raising month last month. this kind of language is not unusual. after the last seven days or so, there is some concern, based on being off message in the poll numbers, and so clearly the plea

i was talking to dole just recently. i talk to lott frequent. and frist, bill frist, who succeeded trent lott is back on this wall. he was the one who put andrew jackson up outside. and that's leading to my story about clay and jackson. >> how do you use this room? >> well, we're having meetings in here all the time. the republican leadership meetings are in here. we have a particular issue we try and advance, i bring the leaders of both sides typically in to discuss ways to go forward. it is a beehive of activity. there are also constituent meetings in here, too. but mostly members. >> are you willing to share a story? doesn't have to be contemporary and give away anything, but a memory in this room? >> oh, my goodness. i'd have to think about that, there have been so many. well, one moment you'd be interested in. i think when president bush wanted to -- ordered the surge in iraq toward the end of his tenure, the democrats had just come to the majority and they believed that the unpopularity of the iraq war was the principal reason they had com

president clinton said you were a major asset in prep because you knew bob dole so well. take us behind the scenes. what was that process like, and who do you think would be a good equivalent for secretary clinton today? >> well, i'm not sure on the last point, but in terms of preparation, it's really not rocket science. quite a bit of research was done to identify statements made by senator dole to identify the issues that were likely to arise. the purpose really is to achieve three discreet but overlapping things. first, one of the issues that are likely to come up so the candidate can be fully briefed, fully informed on the iues and address any aspec or question of them. secondly, what you anticipate your opponent will try to use against you. what will the attack be? and to dry to respond to prepare responses to all of those. and third and finally, of course, to do the same thing in reverse. what areas is your opponent vulnerable on, and what should your candidate do to prepare and deal with that aspect of the debate? so it can be done. i think in every case, campaigns

that's what happened in october, as you know, in 1996 with bob dole and it looked like dole couldn'tat have to happen this year as well and how early does that have to happen? >> it may very well happen this year, paul. we'll have to talk to the officials in charge of that. let me give you one data point from 1996. bob dole lost to bill clinton by 8 1/2 percentage points. the average republican house incumbent ran 16 points ahead of bob dole in that year and they lost only five seats. there is a record of people doing this in difficult environments, and that's why i'm more optimistic. >> but they'll need to spend a lot more money, would you agree with that? >> of course, of course. >> thank you for being here. >>> when we come back, with the 2016 olympics wrapping up this weekend, a look at the highs and the lows of the rio games. for lower back pain sufferers, the search for relief often leads... here... here... or here. today, there's a new option. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors

when his chances were down to nothing. >> back to that election, clinton huge win over bob dole, 18s ahead of him all summer but republicans held onto the house and senate. it never even seemed threatened. >> it's interesting because bob dole was by comparison such an honorable person, the idea they were able to separate themselves from bob dole and did that with qui quickness, are going all in for trump because that's the only way to keep the bottom from dropping out. >> who knows what this new immigration shift will do for turnout. it could have the opposite effect with trump's most hard core supporters which immigration and the wall are the big reason to be behind trump and now listening to that than supporters like ann coulter, will that cause to it split. >> some people you're not sure if you want to turn them out or not. if you have a woman in the suburbs of philadelphia, and will vote for clinton, do you want her to vote for chnt and then for republicans all the way down? >> you made it too complex. >>> donald trump and the obscure group of republican supporters known as the

rick: the best example was bob dole's campaign in 1996.m the day of the convention, the high point, you got within five points of bill clinton to the rest of the campaign were that was her high watermark. every single day your polling came back and said you are losing ground, not gaining ground. guys like bob dole, they are creatures of the political system. they have seen these polls before. they have won and lost elections. he had a maturity that said i go out every day, hammer away, and ultimately came to the conclusion he could do more positive for the down ballot races and committed all the resources, in his campaign the rnc, that senate committee, the house committee to do that instead of pursuing to the bitter end is need to be president. mark: what is it like when you're behind all the time? harold: it is not good. one of the differences with the dole campaign, republicans did elevate paul ryan. it would be a different kind of race. you talked about it earlier. how do you think about rejuvenating and changing the course of your cam

it never bothered them when bob dole was the majority leader and elizabeth dole was the red cross.t never bothered them and it didn't bother me, by the way, when president bush started the points of light. they have to have the victory. they're going to have the victory. people are going to die. >> what about the obama white house? >> what about him? >> the obama white house imposed limitations on the clinton foundation. >> what about it? >> they're not the press. if the express doing it, what about the white house? >> they can pose, they should impose whatever limitations. i am sick that as a human being, that i would say, you need to shut it down to satisfy a bunch of ravenous press that can't distinguish what's going. on i think i'm a sorry human being. i apologize to my children that i think that we should shut this down and let people die to satisfy some people in manhattan and georgetown. >> so you look at the trump campaign. you look at three big figures around donald trump now. steve banning, from breitbart, roger ailes. three right wing media -- >> poobahs. what does that

bob dole never showed up for the interview. andy rooney was just interviewing an empty chair. i thought it was quite interesting. dole,estion he asked bob the question was, "the public does not seem to be much influenced by bad things politicians do. there been so many politicians who got caught stealing or did something else wrong and were reelected. but it seems sometimes as if the people just don't care about the , whitewater, gennifer flowers, or anything like that. if any of these charges are true about the clintons, with that really matter to voters -- with that really matter to voters? do we just get tired in these elections were all the questions are back and forth question mark doesn't really seem to matter? guest: that is a really good point. we've talked about how the 2016 election is the post-trip post-truth election. history repeats. apparently 20 years ago, it was exactly the same way. and rooney interviewing an empty chair is not the most andy rooney thing ever. he was my college graduation speaker. host: on twitter, they asked the same kind of question. are eit

that's the decision they have made, but listen, i was there when that happened to bob dole, and i tell you something else. barack obama defined john mccain in a bad way in the summer of '08 and barack obama defined mitt romney in a bad way in the summer of 2012, because he had sue period resources. what the trump campaign has the rnc are doing is starting labor day, there will be no superior resources on the democratic side. this race is very loose. if you look at the likely voters in those polls, it's much closer, if you look at the measurements on the economy, who could do the best, and security who could do the best, it's very close. mrs. clinton could not have a worse image. and so, as i said earlier, mr. trump just needs to become the acceptable alternative, and he can. >> heather, the clinton campaign at this moment with the polls looking the way they are, is guarding pretty clearly against complacency, sending all the right public messages out there about not taking it for granted, still working. when you look at the next 80-plus days, what is the biggest vulnerability you see f

the next campaign we ran against bob dole. he runs the u.s.e, his wife runs the american red cross. lots of people donate there. we never looked into it. neither did the press. the press has this thing where they get with the republicans -- i'm serious. it's a double standard the clintons have to face. >> i will point out today, i have both been accused by donald trump of backing hillary clinton and also -- >> i'm saying nobody did stories about the bushes and doles. >> as long as i'm attacked by all sides i'm happy. >> we will take a break, talk to each other during the break and get it out of our systems. i love that my shop is part of the morning ritual around here. people rely on that first cup and i wouldn't want to mess with that. but when (my) back pain got bad, i couldn't sleep. i had trouble getting there on time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. for pain relief that can last into the morning. ♪ look up at a new day... hey guys! now i'm back. aleve pm for a

the next campaign we ran against bob dole. he runs the u.s. senate, his wife runs the american red cross. lots of people donate there. we never looked into it. neither did the press. the press has this thing where they get with the republicans -- i'm serious. it's a double standard the clintons have to face. >> i will point out today, i have both been accused by donald trump of backing hillary clinton and also -- >> i'm saying nobody did stories about the bushes and doles. >> as long as i'm attacked by all sides i'm happy. >> we will take a break, talk to each other during the break and get it out of our systems. >>> welcome back. ♪ the ford freedom sales event is on! our biggest event of the year just got better! ♪ announcing zero for seventy-two across the entire lineup of ford cars, trucks and suvs. plus, tagged vehicles now get a thousand smart bonus. that's freedom from interest... and freedom to choose with ford. america's best selling brand. ♪ now get 0% financing for 72 months across the entire ford lineup, plus specially tagged vehicl

hillary clinton giving credit to bob dole, john mccain, george w. bush. she knows what she's doing. >> reporter: yes, trying to convince moderate republicans that donald trump is outside of appeal or he won't win. >> jon, thank you. >>> tonight, the outspoken governor of maine is now igniting a new political firestorm tonight. leaving a profanity-laced voice mail, threatening a lawmaker. david wright tonight with that audio. >> reporter: tonight, the governor paul lepage is in hot water for being a little too outspoken. he left this voice mail. >> you [ bleep ]. i want to talk to you. i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping black people and you little son of a >> reporter: earlier this week, lepage was talking about known drug dealers. when he said this. >> 90% of the pictures in my book, and it's a three-ring binder, are black and hispanic people. >> reporter: tonight, the governor is firing back at his critics. >> the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of or people of hispanic or gin. >> reporter: one of maine's top dem

but bob dole lost by eight and a half points.ould cause serious problems. >> in colorado we see that add up on a member of congress running to say keep me -- send me so i can keep a check on hillary clinton. >> yeah, and so he's -- >> not trump. >> he's in an almost even-split district so realizes he's going to be in a lot of trouble, given that clinton is going to lose in a wider margin. i'm going to be interested to see if any candidates make the sale. i think it's skrenly hard to convince voirts to split their tickets. over the last few decades f. this works, it's going to be unusual. but then donald trump is an unusual candidate. and there may be a lot of people who almost always vote republican who abandon him, open to that message they should vote republican in other races. >> so as we look at the post convention numbers, guys, and most could dismiss this as part of the bump or not part of the bump, but when we look at just the monmouth poll, the first one since the trump public spat with the khan family played out. ken, is

because the fact is that bob dole actually cared if republicans lost the senate. donald trump has said he really doesn't. >> that's a good point. >> if republicans start pulling away from donald trump then donald trump simply says i'm going to stop raising money for the rnc all the money disappears and now you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. that's the problem with the rnc having gone along with this ridiculous candidacy from the outset. and now the fact that trum has basically made the head of his own fan club the new campaign manager and this is supposed to be some sort of campaign strategy, i mean, this is a website that five minutes ago was campaigning heartily against the speaker of the house paul ryan and in favor of the contender that ended up getting shellacked in that particular house primary race. this is obviously a move by trump to double down. i thought charlie sykes of wisconsin had a great tweet today. he said this looks like a campaign on hospice care. he's dying. he's just looking to surround himself with friends and family. >> ben, tell

hillary clinton giving credit to bob dole, john mccain, george w. bush. she knows what she's trying to do here. >> reporter: oh, she sure does. hillary clinton is trying to convince moderate republicans that donald trump is outside of the mainstream. trump knows he has to broaden his appeal or he won't win. david? >> jon, thank you. governor of maine is now igniting a new political firestorm tonight. while defending himself from allegations of racism, governor paul lepage leaving a profanity-laced voice mail threatening a lawmaker. david wright tonight with that audio. >> this is governor paul richard lepage. >> reporter: tonight, the outspoken governor of maine, a favorite of donald trump's -- >> you happen to have a truly great governor. >> reporter: is in hot water for being a little too outspoken. he left this voice mail for a state representative. >> i want you to prove that i'm a racist. i've spent my life helping black people and you little son of a [ bleep ], socialist [ bleep ]. i want you to record this and make it public, because i am after you

bob dole lost to bill clinton. average republican house incumbent ran 16 points ahead of bob dole in that year and lost only five seats. there is a record of people doing this in difficult environments and that's why i'm more optimistic about the republicans holding the house. >> they're going to spend a lot of money. >> yes. >> would you agree with that? >> of course. of course. >> all right. thank you very much for being here. we'll see if you're right. >> good to be with you. >> when we come back, with the 2016 olympics wrapping up, a look at the highs and the lows of the rio games. for those who can't imagine life without two wheels, allstate offers a genuine parts guarantee, that promises to fix your bike with original parts. talk to an allstate agent about all the things they do to keep riders riding. trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax constipated? use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax,

didn't have to do with dole's flagging fortunes. the old one of the issue versus clinton, so he was happy with the veto -- mr. haskins: that was a factor. that became a factor. that became effective. the republicans on the ways and means committee, they requested himeting with newt and told straight up, our bill, achievements by the republican revolution -- which had not done anything -- was way more important mental's candidacy. let him worry about his candidacy. we were going to pass this bill. and we did. mr. talent: we did not take the campaign into account. they seeok at this and the linear connections -- of course, politicians are always thinking politically. you have to, because if you don't have a sustainable political base for what you're i was ao achieve -- second term congressman. i never thought we sent it over he would veto it so dole could win the election. i know -- i have been in enough of those tables to know -- i don't care what happens on tv, that is not what, you know -- and i never thought the president said, oh

it is clear that dole is not going to win the presidential.h means operatives, mail, some paid med media. it worked. bob dole lost. i think we have to have the same mind set now. if you have your reasons for hanging onto trump for moerl reasons, i mean he is crude, erratic, dangerous. i mean i did it two nights ago with a friend whose during has autism. he told me that his son asked him if donald trump would make fun of his sister, my friend's daughter the way donald trump mocks the disabled reporter. there are more reasons you're constantly reminded but for purely survival reasons it's in the interest of republican leaders to make sure we don't lose the majority. >> but he is still the g.o.p. candidate. >> and healthcaillary clinton c have a rocky road ahead. bowl it be wise for the g.o.p. leaders to leave their candidate for dead because the poll numbers don't look good or they think he talks crazy? >> if you're concerned that she could -- the exact scenario. we should work on replacing trump. i'm all for replacing trump. >> you have been al

pilot, a teacher, congressman, senator, first director of food for peace, author with senator dole of the food stamp program, courageous critic of the vietnam war, first and only person from south dakota so far to be nominated for president, united nations delegate under presidents ford and carter, advocate for disarmament and peace in the middle east. when i was president, united nations ambassador to the food and agriculture organization, recipient of the medal of freedom, and with senator dole, the inspiration for the school funding program. george did not tell you what happened with the $300 million. there are 130 million children in this world who never darkened a schoolhouse door. their idea was to say to poor kids across the world and to their parents, you can have one good nutritious meal a day no matter how poor you are, but you have to come to school to get it. after we passed that little bit the initiative in a multi- trillion dollar budget, schoolroom and around the world in the first year went up by more than -- school enrollment around the worldn, he had a lot of influen

and of course other farm state , senators like senator dole saw the opportunity in this as well. one of the things senator mcgovern did, when the food for peace program was first initiated under the eisenhower administration, it was seen as a way to get rid of agricultural surpluses that the government had purchased, a program from the new deal. george mcgovern said it is a humanitarian thing. it is about feeding the hungry, especially children. and so he took the food for peace program, which was a minor program under eisenhower, and dramatically increased its scope. in six months, he distributed six times as much food as the eisenhower administration had delivered in six years. but within six months of taking over the program, 35 million children around the world got a school lunch. and within another year, another 30 million did. it was probably the greatest humanitarian effort of the kennedy administration, including the peace corps. and it really is almost all linked to george mcgovern. ms. brawner: we have about 10 minutes left, talking about george mcgovern. as we told you

now, no one said -- if bob dole was the majority leader, if george w. bush is raising money for his library when his son was president, that is fine. a lady sent me an e-mail from a charity watchdog group and pointed out that -- started by george h.w. bush while he was still in office. i think the foundation is -- i will say this -- all the things bill clinton has done, he stop the genocide. the human genome project will end up with our grandchildren and the foundation. but congress has said that they don't like it. >> no one thinks the clinton foundation doesn't do good work. no one argues that. >> they say it is just a clinton lifestyle. something for nothing. >> there are some people on the far right to say that but by and large peak, people acknowledge it is good work. but what we are concerned about is that the clintons have acknowledged they will effectively get out of that business. people look back at the time when she was secretary of state and donors had access to her. it is about the access. >> give me an example of access, -- >> there was a

. -- he pops the ball up and dlyan dole is their for the pick -- then later in the quarter -- matt huff on the run -- he's a sprinter -- and shows why there -- and that would set up this - evan filtz pass to oliver martin -- he caught 2 td passes and threw another -- west rolls -- 42 to 17. back up 3-80 -- to kingston stadium -- jefferson taking on pleasant valleytrailing in the fourth quarter -- jefferson q-b dylan hart keeps it himself-- to the far sideline he goes -- but just short of the first down the heartbreak off by p-v's dajour lester-- his second of the night -- as jefferson falls 31-to-7.... the highway 1 rivalry -- hasn't been much of one -- solon has dominated the series -- winning 13 straight games over mount vernon -- this year could be the one that ends the streak because the mustangs are primed for a deep run to the domebut the spartans came to play -- first quarter -- kendrick harris -- takes the hand off -- and sets up solon -- knocking on the door of endzone -- harris rumbles down to the 5and on the very next play -- graeson dall dives in from 5 yards out -- solon ta

. >> reporter: she cited examples from bob dole from the 1996 convention when he said racists should leave the party. she talked about george bush. she talked about john mccain who criticized those who question president obama's faith back in 2008. she said that trump is a different kind of republican. a different conservatively. she called it dangerous. the question, of course, is she a credible messenger? will they follow her heed? >> jeff zeleny. a new hillary clinton campaign video is also accusing donald trump of racism. trying to connect donald trump to the kkk and charging him to being slow to disavow david duke. in a tweet, trump responded saying of hillary clinton, she should be ashamed of herself. and last night he rejected the support of racist voters. >> do you want white supremac t supremacists to vote for you? >> not at all. we love our country. we want our country to come back. >> other news, a federal judge set a deadline for the state department to deliver some of hillary clinton's e-mails uncovered by the fbi with the clock ticking toward election day in november. t

a reference to bob dole in there. he said donald trump is inviting them in, but is she a good messenger for this? there are some in the middle that could be listening to the speech. it has been a rocky week for her campaign. >> she mentioned george w. bush has well. i want to hash out what hillary clinton just said in a speech. what was their goal with the speech and did she achieve that goal? >> i think -- i talked to officials beforehand, but in listening to her speech, there was not a lot of nuance there. she practically hit everyone over the ahead with what her message was. donald trump is intolerant, he is not who you want to look at and listen to in your living room every day. as president of the united states, never mind the issues that she talked about in the past with regard to his personality and temperament. this was much more about tolerance. so did she achieve it? i agree, it is unclear how much people who fear for themselves about what donald trump has said. district trying to emphasize that changing the

look, guys like bob dole, they are creatures of the political system.have seen these polls before. they have won and lost elections and he had a maturity about him that said you know what, i go out every day, i'm going to hammer away and ultimately, came to the conclusion that he could do more positive for the down ballot races and committed basically all the resources of the campaign, the rnc and senate and house committees to do that rather than pursue to the bitter end his ambition to be president. that was an impressive decision. >> what's it like for the candidate, the team around a candidate when you're behind all the time? >> not good. one of the ironies and differences with the dole campaign, remember in '96 clinton ran against gingrich. in this go-round if republicans could elevate paul ryan they would love that. it would be a different kind of race. if you are getting those kind of polls back, you talked bit earlier, how do you think about rejuvenating and changing the course of your campaign. both of you had some positive things and perhaps h

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