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. >> you had senators like chris dodd, john edwards, bill richardson, in the end, you thought, this willhillary clinton's time. >> for some time it would be no secret hillary clinton would run for president. today on her website she made it official. >> i'm not just starting a campaign, i'm beginning a conversation. >> after six years as a senator, people believe in overwhelming margins she has credentials and leadership skills to win it. >> she and her president, a very popular president. she had all the money and backers and big names, it looked like a sure bet. >> senator barack obama threw his hat into the crowded ring today in springfield, illinois. >> one ning you can say for certainty about illinois senator barack obama is there has never been another presidential candidate like him he has a foreign name that rhyme and he has admitted to using -- and he is half white, half black and political experience, green. >> as a senator, barack obama stepped onto the national stage. >> there is not a liberal america, conservative america, there is the united states of america. there is not

all you need to know was that it was the brain child of chuck hagel and chris dodd. we are on the eve of the conclusion of the special council of robert f. mueller investigation and the commencement of the investigations of the president and administration. we urge current and future senators to be steadfast and zealous guardians of the democracy. well, kind of high-minded malarkey signifying nothing. i will salute chuck's military service, but that doesn't give him immunity from thoughts that are brain dead. what was it when we needed guardians of the rule of law and transparency during the obama years? fast and furious, benghazi, the clinton e-mail cover up, the horrors at the va, and companies like solyndra to name a few. where were they when we needed guardians against the border. and where were they when we needed guardians against activist judges that reached far beyond their article iii are. trump isn't perfect. none of us are, none of us is to be grammatically correct. all of the senators who signed that combined, the media, and failed politicos are guardians

>> well, chuck paigel and chris dodd perhaps were a generating force in it and contacted me, sent meof it. i said, sounds good to me, sign me up. there will be others who will come aboard. i feel quite sure they did it in a short period of time. i didn't know what their timetable was, but once approved it, i didn't care what they did with it. i don't know that there is anything sinister in it. when you look at a body you loved, where you worked where you visited, laughed together and ate lunch together. they had a private dining room that was, you know, separated into democrat and republican. that's gone. they don't -- nobody would go in and sit with anybody on the other side. you go over and talk. you know, we integrated. we talked to each other. that dining room, i was surprised a few years ago, it is just a storage room. >> that is really a testament. yeah, senator. there is a loss of that comradery. that dining room, i think, does tell you something about where we are, as does this exchange. i want to play it for you with one of your former colleagues, orrin hatch, the senator of

chris dodd on january 11th. and hillary clinton on january 20th. >> so let the conversation begin.ve a feeling it's going to be very interesting. >> so who will be the first big-name democrat to take the plunge for 2020? it could be california senator kamala harris, who said she'd make her decision over the holidays, or it could be former hud secretary julian castro, who told chuck to expect a decision in about two weeks. >> on january 12th, i'm going to make an announcement about my plans. >> it is worth noting that joe biden made his announcement on the sunday edition of meet the press. if you're a democrat, weighing a presidential run, i'm quite sure chuck will find some room for you in the rundown. we'll be right back with more "mtp daily" after this. ♪ ♪ the greatest wish of all is one that brings us together. the final days of wish list are here. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. only at your lincoln dealer. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish.

the reasons why 44 senators signed that letter -- and i have to give credit to chuck hagel and to chris dodd for initiating the conversation amongst all of us -- is that we are fearful that we are starting down the road to a non-democratic society. namely if you start looking about the road to fascism as such, you have the president who has been attacking the press. that is one of the first things that dictators and tyrants want to do. to attack the intelligence community, to attack the fbi, to attack immigrants, to set up an us against them confrontation all to give power to the president, who then can dictate the rules of the game as such. and that's something that's fundamental to this country. it's why 44 senators said -- and we don't do this lightly -- to call upon our former colleagues and say, remember what the institution is about. remember what the senate stands for. remember why you have six years instead of two. you have six years in which to act on behalf of the country, for them, certainly a statesman, the last two perhaps as politician. but you've got a six-year term because yo

he received phone calls from chris dodd, a senator from connecticut, from former president jimmy carter, and from the secretary of state at the time. they were all asking him to vote for the law. but this much is interesting because it is his nose on the conversation. carter, he expressed concern for his reelection the next year. the secretary of state called to yet.f i had come to it so his personal notes on what people were calling him about. we brought out some stuff to of --bout, brown's record on norton air force base. norton air force base was a base near downtown san bernardino, which is a big city in the inland empire. part of it was in brown's just right. in 1988, the air force decided to close five basis as part of their defense realignment and base closure. it was something they had been doing periodically just to save costs for the air force after world war ii and the cold war. they thought they were spending too much money on basis. norton air force base and george air force base, a smaller base, were both on that list of five. both of those were in seminar dinner county. -

career that we are honoring this morning, and ted kennedy used to tell me all the ted kennedy and chris dodd used to tell me all the time, well, you know, we're to orrin.king you should keep that up. ell, that's one of the things we won't have in the u.s. senate want to be i just nancy say, and i know joins me in this. we're expecting to see the wonderful d his elaine, nancy's going to see you store, and there will be plenty of books on hand. we want to wish them all the years ahead. we know that they are going to issues and lots of lots of projects, but i want to his friendship, i want to thank him for staying in winter of 2017 that the chairman wanted to buy the odds defy the odds and make sure that the finance of ittee was on the side folks that so often didn't have have political't action committees, that the chairman made sure that they got shake, and i want to thank him for it. >> good morning. bill hoglan. had the pleasure of working with our health team here, and that oud of the work as erine haste and -- hayes dlin and shley r id others. their policy recommendations orking with a nu

ted kennedy used to tell all the time, ted kennedy and chris dodd is to count all the time, well, you know, we are always talking to all in. you should keep that up. well, one of the things we won't have in the united states senate in 2019, and i just want to be able to say and i know nancy joins me in this, we are expecting to see the chairman and his wonderful wife elaine. nancy will see at the store. there would be plenty of books on hand, we want to wish them all the best for the years ahead. we know that they are going to be active on lots of issues and lots of projects, and i want to thank him for his friendship. i want to thank him for saying in the winter 2017 that the chairman wanted to defy the odds, wanted to defy the odds and make sure that the finance committee was on the side of folks so often didn't have lobbyists and didn't have political action committees. the chairman make sure that they got a fair shake. [applause] >> i'm going to take off. [applause] >> good morning. i'm bill hoagland. i had the pleasure of working with our health team here, and a proud of the work

people like barney frank and chris dodd and richard shelby and many other people who did kron tributeth these presidents were willing to try to let a bunch of people around them figure out what was best for the country, despite the terrible political costs of most of those choices. and willing to have people debate what made sense. figure out what was best of the terrible options available. and focus on what was right and what was effective, not their political interest. >> final thoughts, mr. chairman? >> we're doing this -- we participated in this documentary ten years later. we thing it's important for people to remember this. you know, the enemy is forgetting. if we forget about what happened, it's going to be too easy to say well, you know, we can unwind protections. it's important to keep alert and make sure our system is strong enough so whatever new shocks hit, we'll be able to absorb them without having consequences for the economy. >> all right, the special report, panic, the untold story of the 2008 financial crisis is available to watch on hbo go and hbo now. henry paulson

and then i give credit to the leadership in the congress, people like barney frank and chris dodd and they had to do. >> and he reappointed ben bernanke as chairman of the fed. and what ben did was incredibly courageous, because what you saw, that monetary policy, extraordinary monetary policy, and we were growing at 2% from the third quarter of 2009 on while we delivered, and there are all kinds of naysayers. he took incredible criticism. he had the courage to do that, and that's a big reason for the recovery. it's not something really dramatic to talk about like some of these rescues, but it played a huge role. >> can i just say i think both these presidents were willing to try to let a bunch of people around them figure out what was best for the country despite the terrible political costs of most of those choices, and they are willing to have people debate what made sense to try to figure out what was the best of the terrible options available, and to try to focus on what was right and what was effective, not their near term political interests. and that was a rare and remarkable