. >> the dewey story is a republican national committee film promoting governor thomas dewey of new york by telling his life story. this is part of the library of congress online national screening room. ♪ >> dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later, dewey was appointed special prosecutor for the governor. >> mr. dooley, you have been given the most difficult task. the opportunity of helping the people of the city. what can we do to help you? >> there is a detective in new york who i think is one of the best detectives in the united states. i would like to have him head my squad of effectives. >> from the beginning, dewey face and almost hopeless job, clearing out gangsters whose hold had been tightening over years. >> you have been looking for mason again. >> are you going to keep out of our territory? >> i am not. >> i do not need any protection. ♪ >> dewey's staff began the attack by getting the frightened victims of the racket to talk. after long months of hard, patient, dangerous work, dewey had collected enough evidence to move

thomas dewey new york governor, young in his mid-40s when he was running. he had already been governor before. he did what giuliani did but he took the road to public halls in which giuliani tried to do which is to be attorney general, when cases and then go on either to in this case to new york governor for a while and i know that giuliani played that card because when he was attorney general he came to speak and he made very clear he was going to play exactly the same political way because giuliani had his eye on the white house as everyone knows. in any case thomas dewey is quite a character and he had been an attack dog earlier on when he ran anywhere in a very different campaign so maybe talk a little bit about that won by 30 points or something like that at the beginning of the campaign. >> to me i was very fascinated by -- at that he was going to be a byproduct of the story and a minor character. he's very much a major character of the story that i wrote because the way that he came up into prominence was so extraordinary. he is from small town comes

conversation and hope that was useful. >> host: you can put up the pictures, start with dewey, thomas deweynew york governor in his mid-40s, already governed before and did what rudy giuliani - to be in attorney general, to win cases. and governor frei while. really giuliani played the dewey card. when he was attorney general he came to speak in new york and made it clear. he had his eye on the white house, only got the back room in the white house but he has yet to go there. thomas dewey quite a character and has been an attack dog earlier on when he ran but let's talk a little bit about that. he was 30 points ahead at the beginning of the campaign. i was fascinated how fascinating i found him. i thought he would be a byproduct of the story. he's not. is a major character in the story. the way he came up in prominence was so extraordinary, from a small town, comes out of nowhere and becomes a young prosecutor in new york city and finds himself on this trail, a prosecutor, a lawyer and becomes a figure who takes down the mafia during the depression when there was a lot of mafia around it be

thomas dewey, new york governor, in his mid-40s when he was running. he had been governor before.e did what rudy giuliani did, took the road rudy giuliani tried to do which was to be attorney general, when cases and go on to new york prominence, new york governor for a while and i know giuliani played the dewey card because when he was attorney general he came to speak and he was going to play the same political thing because giuliani had his eye on the white house. he only has the back room of the white house but doesn't get to go there. in any case thomas dewey quite a character and has been an attack dog, he ran a different campaign, talk about that and he was 30 points ahead at the beginning of the campaign. >> guest: i was fascinated how fascinating i found him. i thought he would be a byproduct, minor character, he's very much a major character in the story but i wrote -- because the way he came into prominence was so extraordinary. is from a small town comes out of nowhere, michigan, becomes a young prosecutor in new york city and finds himself on this trail, brilliant pros

thomas dewey, quite a character.e had been an attack dog, as you said earlier on when he ran but he ran a different campaign so talk about that and he was 30 points had or something like that at the beginning of the campaign. >> to me, i was very fascinated at how fascinating i found him and i thought he was going to be a byproduct story and a minor character and he is not and very much a merry major character because the way that he came up into prominence was so extraordinary and from a small town comes out of nowhere, michigan, comes down and becomes a young prosecutor in new york city and finds himself on the trail brilliant prosecutor, brilliant lawyer and becomes this figure who takes on the mafia in the 1930s during the depression where there was a lot of mafia around and he became famous as a prosecutor that in two different movies he's betrayed by humphrey bogart on the big screen and thomas dewey could successfully prosecute god and that is how he came up and that was giuliani so high that 1948 he had alrea

thomas dewey of new york. u.s. senator pat from ohio this was a convention in philadelphia that went for six hours. >> and nobody had come from a business side. nobody was actually doing that except for wendell willkie. he certainly rose up and had an electric personality and magnetic energy about him >> you obviously never do your grandfather. he died at the age of 52. we will learn more about his life. why did he ultimately decide to run for the nomination? he did set the groundwork in 1939 for a possible predator to bed in 1940. >> he was always interested in politics, even from growing up in his hometown. he talked about it in his life, in his childhood with his parents, when they got to college -- it was always an integral part of its life. >> we are in russellville, indiana, one of the homes of wendell willkie. hville, indiana, one of the homes of wendell willkie. >> this is a wooden post card sent to the united states mail, sent from aberdeen, washington. all of the people in the town actually signed the bac

three-time governor of new york, thomas dewey. the contenders. from columbus ohio is sean trende. that's began with the presidential race. we are 65 days before election day. early voting will begin. where does the race stand right now? we haven't have a lot of polling because of the conventions. the posters take a little bit of a break during the conventions and then try to measure afterwards. right now, it does look like joe biden is in the

monday, three-time governor of new york, thomas dewey. the contenders, this week at 8:00 p.m. n on c-span. you know, you read the things that were said about thomas jefferson. and anas an infidel agent of the french government. it sounds a little reminiscent, doesn't it? the things that were said about abraham lincoln, about fdr, that he wanted to be a dictator. it does kind of come with the territory, but in trump's case, at least in the modern political era, post world war ii, i've never seen anything like it. sunday, september 6, at noon eastern, our live, to ever conversation with ralph reed, whose books include awakening, act of, and his most recent, for god and country. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets. watch sunday, september six, at noon eastern on c-span2. bidens record is a shameful rollcall of the most catastrophic betrayals and blunders in our lifetime. he has spent his entire career on the wrong side of history. >> our current president has failed in his most basic duties treated he has failed to protect us. he has

so thomas dewey, new york governor. young, in his mid-40s something like that when he was running. he had already been governor before. giuliani imitated him but he took the road to publicpower that giuliani tried to do which was be an attorney general, attacked the mafia , win cases and go on to new york governor for a while and i know that giuliani played that card because when he was attorney general came to speak in new york and he made it very clear he was going to play exactly the same political thing because giuliani and his eyes on the white house as everyone knows and he's only got the back room of the white house right now but he does get to go there. and in any case thomas dewey, quite the character and he had been an attack dog as you said earlier on when he ran he ran a different campaign to talk a bit about that and he was 30 points ahead, something like that at the beginning of the campaign . >> dewey to me i was very excited at how fascinating i found him area and i thought he was going to be a byproduct of the story he's not, he's a major character in the story tha

the presidency at a loss but changed clinical history, tonight, three-time governor of new york, thomas deweye contenders, this we get it :00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. -- this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tuesday treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the house oversight and reform committee on the urgent need for coronavirus relief for children, workers and families, and the implementation of key stimulus programs approved earlier this year. watch live coverage beginning at on :00 p.m. on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org or listen wherever you are on the c-span radio app. >> next, a hearing on election security. topics include foreign interference and voting by mail. this house homeland security hearing was held last week by videoconference. >> the order. without objection. we are authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. good afternoon. before i begin todayan

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tom dewey's nomination at the republican convention last summer was a dramatic klein apps -- a genetic climax -- a dramatic climax. ♪ the story of thomass a representative american story of a young man, who with no special privileges but by ability and hard work alone, has climbed step-by-step up the ladder to fame and political greatness. americansory of which may be proud, for it is typical of the opportunity america affords. ♪ >> we continue our look back at past presidential conventions. next on the presidency, illinois governor adlai stevenson excepts the nomination at the 1952 democratic national convention in chicago.

. >> the dewey story is a republican national committee film promoting governor thomas dewey of new yorkhis life story. this is part of the library of congress online national screening room. ♪ >> dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later, dewey was appointed special prosecutor for the governor. >> mr. dooley, you have been given the most difficult task. the opportunity of helping the people of the city.

monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adelaide stephenson. wednesday, barry goldwater.hursday, hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace. and saturday, george mcgovern. the contenders, all next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> crowds gathered at the foot of the lincoln memorial on the national mall for a rally organized by reverend al sharpton to bring attention to police violence and racial unrest. the event coincides with the 57th anniversary of martin

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monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adlai stevenson. wednesday, barry goldwater.rsday, hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace. and saturday, george mcgovern. "the contenders" all next week at 8 p.m. next week eastern on c-span. >> president trump is touring storm damage caused by hurricane laura in louisiana and texas and will be receiving a briefing in lake charles. we will have live coverage at 2:30 pm he will also be in orange, texas, near the louisiana border, participating with local responders in a roundtable. that is live at 4:35 p.m. advisor robertty o'brien highlights the trump administration's foreign policy accomplishments, including the recent peace accord between israel and some arab states. he also identifies pressing security challenges. the atlantic council hosted this event.

there were in fact three democratic candidates that were facing thomas dewey.it turned out, harry truman appealed to the american people, put it back together and won a smashing victory. richard: take these into account, all it tells you about the convention and the convention system is we might make as many mistakes predicting that as we did last january what the result was going to be. these conventions will be assembling this summer in new york and kansas city. what else should people look for, steve? we have said that 95% is choosing the candidate. we pointed out something about the rules and the platform. is there any opportunity here for some new personality to thrust itself forward on the national scene, the way brian did with his cross of gold speech? stephen: the recent history of people who have been giving the keynote address, other national nominating speeches have not been very good. in terms of lightning strike. douglas macarthur for example, who was the keynote in 1952, a situation similar to this. and many thought in the press wrote thought he w

three-time governor of new york, thomas dewey. the contenders. from columbus ohio is sean trende. that's began with the presidential race. we are 65 days before election day. early voting will begin. where does the race stand right now? we haven't have a lot of polling because of the conventions. the posters take a little bit of a break during the conventions and then try to measure afterwards. right now, it does look like joe biden is in the lead with a very healthy lead both of the popular vote and the electoral college. it's not such a huge lead that it's impossible for donald trump to close the gap. what happens in the battleground states, with joe inen campaigning pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona. those of the key states for him. the president was in new hampshire friday. florida it a must when state for the republicans. walk us through those key battleground states. now, we have joe biden winning all of those states. off the top of my head it, i'm not sure about arizona, but i'm pretty sure. florida is a must win state. it's difficult to see a path through the presidency whe

you have to go back to 1948, late july of that year, thomas dewey was up by 12 points by harry trumantruman went on to win that election by 5. it's early still, trump's in trouble but things couldn't back shift. >> the democrats should not take anything for granted right now, good point. thank you very much for that analysis. there's more news we're following, much more on the coronavirus coming up, there's other important news right now, and it involves this, the chinese government accused this weekend of forcing women to be sty sterilized against their will. the voices of some of these women finally being heard. fe dr! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today. olay's new serum is so powerful, won. safe drivers do save 40%. it renews skin better than $300, $500, even $600 serums. pretty amazing. olay. face anything. history says: fine jewelry for occasions. we say: forget occasions. fine jewelry for your damn self. we're mejuri, the new luxury. handcrafted like the olde

monday thomas dewey. tuesday adlai stevenson. wednesday barry goldwater. thursday hubert humphrey. wallace. saturday george mcgovern. the contenders all next week 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. [applause] >> crowds gathered at the foot of the lincoln memorial or a rally organized by reverend al sharpton to bring attention to police violence and racial unrest. the event coincides with the 57th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. >> congresswoman ayana pressley. she is an activist, a legislator, survivor and the first woman of color to be elected to congress from the commonwealth of massachusetts. throughout her career as a public servant, she has fought to ensure those closest to the pain

tonight, thomas dewey. at 8contenders" this week p.m. eastern on c-span.resident trump: biden's record is a shameful role call is a -- of the most catastrophic betrayals and blunders of our lifetime. he's spent his entire career on the wrong side of history. mr. biden: our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation -- he has failed to protect us. he has failed to protect america. and, my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. >> the first presidential debate between donald trump and joe biden is tuesday, september 29th at 9 p.m. eastern. watch live coverage on c-span. watch live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. we are joined next by former federal emergency management agency administrator craig fugate. thank you for being with us on "washington journal" this morning. guest:

monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adlai stevenson. wednesday, very goldwater.hursday, hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace. and saturday, george mcgovern. the contenders, on next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. weeknights this month, we're featuring book tv programs as a preview of what available every weekend on c-span two. tuesday night, beginning on 8:00 eastern, we look at writing and publishing. anst, and this professor -- english professor looks at reading that was popularized. and then others talk about the future of books and book publishing in an era of technological and social change. later, roger rosenblatt discusses the importance of documenting everyday life during times of crisis. enjoy book tv on c-span2. >> this is president trump and other state and local officials looking over storm damage in lake charles, louisiana, where hurricane laura came ashore thursday morning. the storm was the most powerful ever to make landfall in the state and thousands remain without power in the area. [indistinct conversations] [sounds of chainsaws] [indis

neil: he kind of has this thomas dewey feel to him where he's taking advantage of something that mighted. >> i think there's a calculus that the more the president is out there, the more he can damage himself. i think that's part of the calculus. i go back to the fact we still have a long time and as we all know, look at 2016 as a great example, anything can happen. so the polls, yes, he's softening in three of the swing states, florida, pennsylvania and wisconsin but the fact we are even talking about texas or georgia or arizona as potential swing states, i still think says a lot about what's happening in the democratic party and the power they potentially have in this next election. neil: all right. we will see. it's still early, as you point out. thank you guys very very much. we are going to get more hurricane updates, with laura, category 3, soon potentially category 4 storm. there are growing concerns right now that the worst of this could be resonating just as republicans wrap up their convention tomorrow night. the confluence of events that have some republicans worrying but ot

of course a lot of people liken his strategy to that of republican thomas dewey in 1948 against harry truman. i covered that one, governor, just so you know. not really. played it real safe. saw a lead in the polls. took it for granted he would have it and whole thing fell apart. hillary clinton did four years ago. assumed she didn't have to go to battleground states like your own that were democrat gym gimmes we know what happened. now we're seeing remind earns, that joe biden will not take anything for granted but it is possible he might maintain that strategy. what do you think? >> i think you're right under normal circumstances. clearly the first three days they have gone over board on this issue of health. that is the great excuse. it's a little ironic if it was all about health why did kamala harris give the address in delaware, not at her home in california? democrats conveniently use health when they need it, not when they don't. like when they react or don't react to the health concerns about massive protests or react just to the riots that we've seen in several big cities ac

thomas dewey comes to mind in 1948. i remember covering that campaign. he blew it. he blew it. >> but he is confined quarters. he has made a hell a lot of out of being confined to his home in delaware. he will still come out. he managed to interact with a lot of very good people, people don't realize, they don't see it every day on national television. they don't have the forum donald trump has every single day making speeches but joe is on the virtual zoom, i would bet you, there are 10, 15, 20, a day with thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people. he is getting his message across. neil: all right. >> he is not taking anything for granted. neil: i don't know. i think he is, i think he is playing it a little safe alan. you might be right but he seems to be playing it safe. i get thoughts on colleagues in the venture capital world, some are quite concerned a biden election, particularly if he takes the senate with him, that it will be bad for the markets. that we'll look at higher corporate taxes, higher taxes in general. it might wallop this market, wallop th

monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adelaide stephenson. wednesday, barry goldwater.hursday, hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace. and saturday, george mcgovern. the contenders, all next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> crowds gathered at the foot of the lincoln memorial on the national mall for a rally organized by reverend al sharpton to bring attention to police violence and racial unrest. the event coincides with the 57th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. >> our next speaker really needs no introduction and stays on the frontline. congresswoman ayana pressley. she is an activist, a legislator, survivor and the first woman of color to be elected to congress from the commonwealth of massachusetts. throughout her career as a public servant, she has fought to ensure those closest to the pain are closest to the power. prior to her being elected to congress she served on the boston city council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and

tonight, three-time governor of new york, thomas dewey. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span.onight, on the communicators, congressman, will heard, talks about cyber issues facing the u.s. and why china wants to surpass the u.s. as a superpower. >> they want to surpass the u.s. of america as the sole superpower in the world. rule ins of communist mainland china and 2049. the way they will surpass the in. is by being a leader future technology, ai, quantum, 5g -- -- that's why they have been stealing intellectual property and bullying other countries it and trying to be a -- and trying to be a leader. announcer: tonight, on the communicators come on c-span2. announcer: on tuesday, treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, testifies on the urgent need for additional coronavirus economic relief for children, workers, and families and the administration's implementation of key stimulus programs approved earlier this year. watch live coverage beginning at 1:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen live

. >> governor thomas e. dewey of new york, republican nominee, reaches california on his whirwind campaign around the nation. making a plea for world peace and striking at communist elements in government, the gop leader draws big audiences. the next step is portland, oregon with mrs. dewey by his side. he makes another stirring bid he makes another stirring bid for the northwest ballots.

monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adlai stevenson. wednesday, barry goldwater.t humphrey. friday, george wallace. saturday, george mcgovern. weekcontenders," all next at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. monday, the u.s. postmaster general testified before the house oversight committee. he answered questions about the u.s. postal service's ability to deliver election-related mail during the coronavirus pandemic. this is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible] >> the committee will come to order. without objection if the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. without objection the gentlewoman from north carolina ms. adams as well as the gentleman from illinois mr. quigley will be permitted to join the committee and be recognized for questioning the witnesses. in addition the gentleman from north carolina mr. walker was recognized at the proper time to introduce his constituent. i know recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning. i would like to welcome

monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adlai stevenson. wednesday, perry goldwater.t humphrey. friday, george wallace. saturday, george mcgovern. all next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created as a public service and brought to you by your television provider. >> washington journal continues. host: rob smith is with us this morning. author of the book "always a soldier: service, sacrifice, and coming out as america's favorite black, gay republican." what is this book about? guest: this book is about my story of being born lower middle class in akron, ohio. basically joining the military at 17. i got a chance to see the world and do a lot of different things, but it is the journey askt serving in the don't don't tell era, and deploying to iraq and overseas and how i basically learned to love america. then came out as conservative in order to help save it. that is what "always a soldier" is about. me pressing through basic training, getting to know so many different types of people, and then i get o

monday, thomas dewey, tuesday, adelaide stephenson, wednesday, barry goldwater, thursday hubert humphreyiday, george wallace , and saturday george mcgovern, "the contenders" all next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. with darlene superville us, before we talk about the convention, the president announced yesterday that federal troops will be going into kenosha, wisconsin. can you talk about that decision-making and the announcement of that? guest: we have seen the president talking about sending federal troops into cities immediately in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis in may. , there was a death lot of protesting, peaceful, sometimes not so peaceful of his death at the hands of the minneapolis police department. they have been on a law and order team since then, and what happened in kenosha this week is a continuation of the president's focus on law & order, wanting to bring control back to the streets of american cities. the federal government is now sending in some federal law enforcement personnel into kenosha to bring

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but in any case thomas dewey is a character and was an attack dog. but he man a different campaign so talk about that. he was 30 points ahead? >> i was very fascinated how fascinating i found him. thought he would be a byproduct he's a major character but the way that he came into prominence was so extraordinary coming out of nowhere and becomes a young prosecutor and a brilliant prosecutor in the 1930s and how does that happen to say that he could successfully prosecute. by the time 1948 came because he was the guy everyone in and then he came closer than anybody did. but he felt in his heart he didn't want to suffer from losing a presidential election twice and had to be convinced to run. >> your book is very clear everybody thought all the newspapers predicted and in the 2016 election how did we get that wrong and that was another element and to become much more influential. >> but that time the communication industry so pollsters were powerful it was so touching on election night and then night he has his final campaign rally and so sure that you