and so i would go every tuesday and sometimes wednesday, 3:00, mike's mansfield the majority leader and he would give men assignment. and i thought all these freshmen got assignments for real and it wasn't until three months then i realized no one had gotten assignments, he was taking my pulse. and one day i walked on the floor of the senate and jesse helms was excoriating a guy i'm about to call, setting up a call, about bob dole and ted kennedy for introducing what was the precursor to the americans with disabilities act. and jesse helms was ripping him to shreds about it's not the government's obligation to care for them and on and on, burden on business, etc. and thank god i had a meeting and i didn't stop on the floor to talk. i probably would have said something impolitic, not that i ever do that and i went in and i sat down in front of them for my weekly meeting and they could tell i was upset about something and they said what's the matter? what's the matter joe? and i went on for about three minutes at and i said jesse helms had no redeeming social value, i understand how he co

. ♪ senator edward dirkson, minority leader, senator mike mansfield majority leader lead the membersthe united states senate. ♪ former president truman escorted by senator clinton anderson. ♪ more members of the united states senate. former senator from rhode island, theodore francis green. robert kennedy, who was to be the next attorney general. ted kennedy, another brother of the president to be. ♪ members of the united states supreme court arrive on the stands. ♪ mrs. eisenhower and mrs. nixon, followed by mrs. johnson and followed by mrs. kennedy. ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] [cheers] ♪ >> the joint congressional inaugural committee having escorted, now seat the presidential parties on the platform. [applause] [cheers] >> mr. president, mr. vice president, distinguished guests and fellow citizens of this great representative republic, we are here today to inaugurate the 35th president of this union of free people. it is my high honor to begin this event by presenting the united states marine band under the direction of lieutenant colonel albert sholper, which will play a special arr

loyaltity of speaker mccormick and albert. [ applause ] i have benefitted from the wisdom of senator mike mansfield. and i'm sure that i have avoided many dangerous pitfalls by the good common sense counsel of the president pro tem of the senate. i have received the most generous cooperation from the leaders of the republican party in the congress of the united states, senator dirksen, and congressman -- [ applause ] and congressman gerald ford, the -- [ applause ] no president should ask for more, although i did upon occasion. [ laughter ] but few presidents have ever been blessed with so much. president-elect nixon, in the days ahead, is going to need your understand iing, just as i did. and he's entitled to have it. [ applause ] i hope every member will remember that the burdens he will bear as our president will be born fe for all of us. each of us should try not to increase these burdens for the sake of narrow personal or partisan advantage. and now it's time to leave. i hope it may be said a hundred years from now that by working together we help to make our country more just. more just for a

one of the most famous ambassadors that was held over from one term to the other was mike mansfield of japan. and that really helped the region team maintain a solid relationship with japan. donald trump isn't going to have the opportunity of that. >> always a pleasure talking to you. that's going to go it for me. thank you so much for watching. i'll see you tomorrow on morning joe first look. meet the press is next. lindy gram and john mccain. have a great sunday, everyone. >>> this sunda >>> this sunday the battle over russia's election interference. >> russia has clearly assumed an even more aggressive posture by increasing cyber else peonage. >> president-elect trump got an intel briefing on friday but says he's still not sure. this morning i sit down with lindsey graham of south carolina. >> if after the briefing he is still unsure, that will shake me to my core about his judgment. >> and john mccain of arizona. >> and if they were able to succeed doing that, then you destroy democracies. >> plus, the secretary of

he said he was surrounded by the support of republican and democratic leaders, mike mansfield was onewho persuaded him he had to do this and his sister, frankly, stepped in and mothered the children and he commuted for his entire career, commuting daily back to delaware, you know, the amtrak senator. but the fact is, this is a long career and one with a lot of ups and downs, and obviously the tragedy of beau biden. he said he had no regrets about the decision not to run for president. the fact was he knew with his family that that was the right decision for him at the time. he wouldn't discuss whether he could have defeated donald trump as president obama opined that he could have defeated trump. obviously, a reflection on hillary clinton. he wasn't going to go there. but he did talk a lot, defending the intelligence community, saying that what they had been told by the intelligence community was that they included that basically unvetted smear campaign, the opposition research, the two-page synopsis of that as a separate item in the briefing materials for both the president, the vice