for those of you from my generation, james carville needs no introduction. for any of you who are a little bit younger and not familiar with his history has a few key facts. in 1992 james carville was happy manager for little-known arkansas governor named bill clinton that's hillary suzman for anyone who -- [laughing] -- doesn't know. he helped clinton rhizome near tulsa obscurity to the whitest comes into middle in his reelection in 1996. there's a fantastic a fantastic and award-winning documentary called the war room about that campaign. still available on amazon i checked today. this was one of the most improbable presidential victories of all times. maybe until 2016 but james can comment on that. it really redefined presidential campaigns for decades to come. james is a proud united states marine, a proud lsu tiger, and a very proud father of two daughters. james is a recovering lawyer but we'll try not to hold that against him. best-selling author, movie star, tv commentator, and since he and his wife of two decades who was a senior advisor to bill cli

>> james carville was a keynote speaker at a conference held on the campus of the university of california irvine. frank cunningham not moderates the discussion that includes questions from students. >> there are some stragglers but this will be very long. for anyone who does not know, the pennsylvania house races on them sure jay will comment on that. for those of you from my generation, james needs no introduction. for any who are younger not familiar here some key facts. in 1992 he was campaign manager for governor and name bill clinton. that's hillary's husband. if you don't know. he helped him rise to the white house was instrumental in the reelection in 1996. is a fantastic document called the war room still available on amazon. one of the most improbable -- of all times. the redefined presidential campaigns. james is a proud united states marine, a proud lsu tiger at a proud father of two daughters. he's also a recovering lawyer. says he and his wife of two decades who is a senior advisor who battled it out and then presidential campaign, he's one half of the most successful enterta

the james carville stuff is all interesting to political insiders.s was a very similar situation here where you have two spouses that aren't necessarily lining up on their public positions and dana asked about it. >> jon: allie, nobody is asking mary madeline to talk about james carville's questions. they're opposing points of view. >> yes, it was fascinating television. the reason why is because it's so symbolic of the tension that we've seen between this administration and the media. we decry the negative aspects but it's a good thing. i think it's good that dana stood her ground and it's good that kellyanne conway voiced her opinion. it's good that the media and politicians are holding each other accountable, they can have these arguments openly. i don't think dana wanted to bash kellyanne conway. he has tens of thousands of followers on twitter and i agree with kellyann being able to stand her ground when she needed to. >> jon: she did well. you go back to the campaign when hillary clinton, donald trump was facing all kinds of accusations about t

. >> james carville was a keynote speaker at a conference held on the campus of the university of californiairvine. frank cunningham not moderates the discussion that includes questions from students. >> there are some stragglers but this will be very long. for anyone who does not know, the pennsylvania house races on them sure jay will comment on that. for those of you from my generation, james needs no introduction. for any who are younger not familiar here some key facts. in 1992 he was campaign manager fo

jesse: remember al gore, it's the economy, stupid from james carville.l gore took some years off and made some money and grew a beard and didn't get involved in the bedates that were happening. ed: mitt romney we saw at a taco bell and pumping his own gas. jesse: you don't even pump your own gas. ed: you no who has become hillary clinton? nancy pelosi. jesse: someone else not leaving the stage, roseanne barr returning to the stage after 20 years with a smash hit on abc. >> how could you have voted for him? >> he talked about jobs, he said he would shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house because of the way things are going. >> have you looked at the news? things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> jackie things every girl should grow up to be president even if they are a liar liar pants on fire. everybody this is the first dinner we have had as a family inning a long time. let's survive it. jky please protect gina and all the troops overseas, but most of all, lord, thank you for making america great aga

now to talk with us about the fate of pennsylvania house race tonight, welcome james carville. [applause] >> it's a delight to be here. >> i love being here and i love college. the best four years of my life. i tell my kid on graduation day had a four-point oh and my wife said quit line and i said that was my blood-alcohol level. if you hear me scream about four letter word that begins with the letter between eng the second and be good. if you hear me say there is a god than that will be good. one of the moments in life as a lawyer set of my desk but if i had to hire a lawyer, i would not hire me. but if i had to hire a cyber security where i would hire cunningham. [applause] 's experience to national sick security and prosecutor lawyer for any number of these is a real treasure. i'm delighted to be here on numerous occasions is always informative and knowledgeable so glad to be here. >> thank you. welcome we start off with a question, we've heard about the possibility that russia hacked votes their operations in 2016, let's say no votes were changed at the polls in 2016. becau

leland: you go back to the great democratic operatives of the time james carville who said it's the economye sign is you ought into the campaign headquarters in little rock. talking about the economy, one of the bellwethers they have used is the market. on friday, the market quite literally crashed more than 500 in this massive selloff, tony. does the president have an exposed flank here at the markets keep selling off base on the threats of trade wars? >> i think you've got more than a trade war. by the way, people say it's not a trade war. there is this fantastic tweet from president trump about when you're 500 billion down he's got nothing to lose. that sums up his weary on this and people might not call it a trade war. >> there's farmers as you point out, is leaving farmers who think they've got a lot to lose. >> the point that i make is president trump is sanely party had. it is worth trying something, but when we talk about the market themselves come you have to add in what's going on in the privacy issues regarding facebook has been massively detrimental to the market. people questio

that is going to continue. , we will hear from james carville tonight, when of the greatest lyrical tricksters of all time. all kinds of domestic best political tricksters of all time -- political tricksters of all time. you are pretty sure in most elections that it is the other side. you're not wondering if it is the russian government coming in. that is what has really changed. >> i understand that, but what we are talking about is influencing people and whether the influence comes from a foreign into the or within domestic, it still has an impact on our process for electing officials. if we are basing it on misinformation, regardless of where it comes from, isn't it subverting our basic voting process? >> let me take a crack at that one for a second. i think in my mind i make the distinction in the following way. if it is a purely domestic t organization or individual, i am happy to say that while it causes divisiveness and arguments and even violence, we do have the constitution to protect that. where we are making the distinction is many of those apparently domestic conversations -- black

and actually live with somebody that thinks completely differently from you, james car gill and -- carville and mary matlin live right around the corner and they do living to. i had dinner with them. it's i like ping-pong. this is a big democracy we live inch the constitution has a lot of room and the whole point of it, was to create a context in which people can all live together peacefully. not to see i'm bigger and stronger and i'm right and you're wrong and you have to leave and i get to stay. the genius of the united states of america is stated simply, out of many we are one ask there is power in that one. and so you have to just think about what steps each of us has to take, and we all have role to play. i like to say this and let in the just offer this to you and i'll end. i'm not smart enough or wise enough or willing to judge because i've made too many mistakes in my life, of trying to figure out whose fault anything was. that's hard to do. that -- you can let the intellectuals argue about that because you can really argue about it forever. that's a backward looking thing, whose fa

aggressive discussion and actually live with somebody who things completely differently from you james carvilleand mary matlin live right around the corner from my house. [laughter] they really do you should have dinner with them it is like ping-pong. so it is possible to have aggressive debate this is a big democracy the constitution is a big document with a lot of room and the whole point of it was to create a context in which people can all live together peacefull peacefully. that was the whole point not to say i'm bigger or stronger than you and i'm right and you're wrong you have to leave and i can stay the genius of united states of america is stated simply out of many, we are one the 17 so think about what steps each have to take and we all have a role to play. i am not smart enough or wise enough or willing to judge because it made too many mistakes in my life but trying to figure out whose fault anything was is hard to do. you can let the intellectuals argue about that whose fault was that? but it's not a great place building for the future so let me offer this to you as a possibility.

for those of you from my generation, james carville needs no introduction. for any of you who are a little bit younger and not familiar with his history