that jumped up to the race the former secretary who was president clinton's secretary and also chris mcdanielof mississippi who ran in 2014 and particularly they went to a runoff and there were all kinds of questions about his tactics but also just like the future of the republican party which are legitimate in any primary and he's also thrown in for the special election so itel could e interesting come november. >> we also lost a former senator last week passed away. you've covered a long time what do you remember? >> guest: i felt very strongly about writing the obituary. on c-span itself when you were watching or when you were in the chamber of the senate it always started off with mr. akaka and it's just this reminder for people he had been in the senate since 1990 and in the senate and was sort of this gentle figure. he was also the chairman of the veteranss affairs committee and was always seen as a junior partner. he was always going to be sort of a large discussion but as he said he was a workhorse and was always able to find a way to work with colleagues and it's very difficult to fi

chris mcdaniel, a former state senator in mississippi, ran in 1998.he cochran it was particularly nasty. there were questions about his tactics and the future of the republican party. mcdaniel was also thrown in for the special election. it could be interesting in this is it. host: we also lost a former senator last week. what do you remember about daniel akaka? guest: i felt strongly about writing the obituary, not because i knew senator have to -- akaka, but because on c-span when you are watching the senate, the roll call always started with mr. akaka. it is this reminder for people akaka had been in the senate since 1990. he was this gentle figure, chairman of the veterans committee, always seeing as a junior partner to daniel, this powerful democratic senator and his colleagues. they represented hawaii since hawaii was a territory. akaka was, as he said, he was a workhorse. he was always able to find a way to work with colleagues. it is difficult to find anybody to say anything bad about him. it is this reminder of the passages of some of these cycles that we are going through of c

think you know chris mcdaniel? think again. >> another big story.a man who talks trash about your wife and suggests your dad helped kill jfk? senator ted cruz calling the president that in the paper. >> he sends tweets attacking my wife, attacking heidi. it is inappropriate, it is wrong, it is frankly disgusting. >> they played a clip of ted's father and then i just asked about stories that were appearing all over the place, not just in the national enquirer, a fact that a picture was taken of him and lee harvey oswald. >>> and the list is long and growing. concern on capitol hill that he's not read did they're not ready to gear up. he says, hold on, let's get through the midterms yet. >> i have no idea what the field will be on the republican side, so i think it's way too early to weigh in on who won my support. >> it could be a completely different world by 2020. >> are you prepared at this point to endorse the president for reelection in 2020? >> i haven't even thought about that election. i'm worried about the midterm election. >> i think it is

they say things like "i was trump before trump was trump" which is what chris mcdaniel in mississippisaying. so there's this race to define yourself not just as trump-like but the originator of his style of politics. >> jeremy, so i'm reading your article a few minutes after we had a couple of segments about the bush funeral and the photo of the bushes together and i'm thinking about the unwilling passing of the torch from the bush family to trump politics and it seems to me reading your story that the republican party of the bushes is done. it's gone. and what i see in your story is that it is donald trump's party and it's going to be for the foreseeable future. so talk about why that works for them. >> well, it works because when they're no longer running on ideas, they're running on attitude and right now donald trump doesn't have a coherent ideology for candidates to unite around other than being tough on immigration. his trade policy still splits the republican party so there's just a lot of disagreement over exactly which of his ideas should carry the day. what do they do? what

chris mcdaniel, a former state senator in mississippi, ran in 1998.he cochran it was particularly nastyere were questions about his tactics and the future of the republican party. mcdaniel was also thrown in for the special election. it could be interesting in this is it. host: we also lost a former senator last week. what do you remember about daniel akaka? guest: i felt strongly about writing the obituary, not because i knew senator have to -- akaka, but because on c-span when you are watching the senate, the roll call always started with mr. akaka. it is this reminder for people akaka had been in the senate since 1990. he was this gentle figure, chairman of the veterans committee, always seeing as a junior partner to daniel, this powerful democratic senator and his colleagues. they represented hawaii since hawaii was a territory. akaka was, as he said, he was a workhorse. he was always able to find a way to work with colleagues. it is difficult to find anybody to say anything bad about him. it is this reminder of the passages of some of these cycles that we are going through of cochr