his 90th birthday, gerald ford came to the house, which is where he sprang from, he was the minority leader. soaid mr. president, i am honored to serve -- i was minority leader at the time -- i am so honored to serve in the position you served in. he said to me, i served with your father. he started to tell me stories about that. when he died, i was the incoming speaker and had the honor of opening up the speaker's office and all of the rest even though i would not be sworn in for a day or two, but i have possession of the office, i could open it up to his family, where he presided. we have a real personal connection to gerald ford, who filled this spot as determined by the 25th amendment to the constitution. we can do a couple of things at once. we can engage in our political activity for the public to make now,erdict 25 days from and at the same time, honor our responsibilities to have something in place that does not apply to this president but certainly raises the issue if a president -- and this is not with bad intentions -- if a president becomes incapacitated, whatever it happ

president chosen by the president but voted upon by the house and senate and that happened with gerald ford. after spear wagner and all that, was appointed the vice president and very popular in the congress on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the cabinet. the story of how that happened, on his ninetieth birthday gerald ford came to the house, he was the minority leader, and i said i'm so honored to serve in the position that you served in. he said to me i served with your father, he started to tell me stories about that. when he died i was the incoming speaker and we had the honor of opening up the speaker's office, had possession of the speaker's office open to his family who at the time he was minority leader, that is where he presided and his children came and did their homework so we have a real personal connection to gerald ford, this spot is determined by the 20 fifth amendment to the constitution. we can do a couple things at once. we can engage in political activity for the public to make its verdict 25 days from now and at the same time honored our responsibilities to have s

what is it about a guy who success running for public office made gerald ford say this is the guy i wentning my campaign? guest: he was inexperienced and naturallead to his abilities and that competitive ness comes from. he escaped the narrow constraints of houston life as a lawyer. he went to bigger and bigger playing fields, leading to international diplomacy. basically thed only experience he had before that was helping his friend ,eorge bush in a senate race where he ran in a county that included houston. and then he did some fundraising after that at the presidential level. he was bitten by the politics result of will, a that 1976 race. it was 1978 ran for texas attorney general in his one and only effort at elected office. not only did he lose, but it was clear to those who observed him heer.e was not a baby kiss history would've been different had he won that. host: tell us what you write in the book about his father and his guidance in terms of politics to james baker. guest: his family is part of .ouston by james baker the third and we can't tell you why. they explained because

gerald ford and his challenger ronald reagan.dent spoke for 36 minutes and was interrupted 65 times in 36 minutes long. the longest interruption, one minute, where he said he would debate jimmy carter. we'll have more on that, in a moment. his reference for being on the same side of ronald reagan took 39 seconds. and the most consistently applauded section of mr. ford's speech when he went after the democratic congress. not dissimilar to the attacks that harry truman made on the republican-controlled. i believe that turned his campaign against tom dewey around in 1948. ♪ and the polls they afford chances of reagan are just about the same, harry truman of 1948, perhaps a little better than that. the republican party can take heart in the fact that harry truman was able to turn those results around. even though on election night itself, dewey was conceded to have won. but that wasn't the one to call. >>> week nights this month on american history tv, we're looking at past presidential debates. tonight, we look at the presidential d

and of course, this is what happened with gerald ford. after spiro agnew and all of that, he was a wing to the vice , very popular in the congress on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the camera -- of the cabinet. house ford came to the which is where he came from. mr. president, i am so honored to serve -- i was minority leader at the time -- i , and he said i served with your father and he would tell me stories about that . of opening upor office and had it open to his family, and that is where he presided and again where his children came and did their homework and all the rest. so we have a real personal connection to gerald ford who determined byas the 25th amendment to the constitution. we can do a couple things at one. we can gauge in our activity for the public to make a decision 25 days from now, but also have something in place that raises the issue if a president, and this is not bad intentions. comesresident incapacitated, he would not have the ability, as ronald reagan had, as president george herbert walker bush had and

section two was used twice when spiro agnew resigned and gerald ford became president and when ford became president and needed a new vice president. section three for presidential disability has been used three times. once by president reagan in 1985, when he had surgery on his: and was under anesthesia for eight hours. and then twice by george dollar -- george w. bush when he had colonoscopies, he transferred power for a couple of hours to dick cheney. section four, when people talk about invoking the 25th amendment, that is the only part that has never been invoked. the vice president and cabinet have never declared a president unable except on tv and movies a lot. host: talking with brian kalt, law professor and michigan state , taking your phone calls and questions. phone lines split up this way. in the eastern or central time zones, (202) 748-8000. in the mountain or pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. we should note that brian kalt's book, unable, the law of politics and limits of section four of the 25th amendment, a good time to ask your questions about the 25th amendment. charles

in 1976 former california governor challenge gerald ford for the republican nomination, up next on american history tv, president ford's acceptance speech at the convention after narrowly defeating reagan. >> i am honored by your nomination and i accept it. [applause] with pride, with gratitude and a total will to win a great victory for the american people. we will wage a winning campaign in every region of this country from the snowy banks of minnesota to the sandy plains of georgia. [applause] we can see not a single state, we concede not a single vote. this evening, i am proud to stand before this great convention as the first incumbent president since dwight the highs and how or who can tell the american people, america is at peace. tonight i can tell you straight away, this nation is sound, this nation is secure, this nation is on the march to full economic recovery and a better quality of life for all americans. [applause], and i will tell you one more thing, this is the year the issues are on our side. i am ready. i am eager to go before the american people and debate the real issue

presidential elections starting now on c-span3 is a debate from the 1976 campaign between jimmy carter and gerald ford am a pauline frederick of npr, moderator of the debate of the a 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford and jimmy carter, democratic candidate for president. thank you, president ford and thank you governor carter for being with us tonight. this debate takes place in the fine arts theater in san francisco. an estimated 100 million americans are watching

it looked like 1960 was a one-off, it would never happen again but in 1976, gerald ford was president. who took over for nixon when he resigned. he was trailing his opponent but -- he was trailing his opponent by as much as 30 points that summer. they found their way around the fairness doctrine. if a third party, in 1976, it was the leak of women voters, if a third party held an event and the networks decided to cover that, it was not the networks giving the candidates a forum. it was covering a news event. see how lawyers work they find a way around it. we can do these debates with people we want. since 1976, we have had presidential and vice presidential debates every election. -- every election season. threeis usually presidential and one vice presidential debate. there used to be questions by a panel. -- why a panel of reporters. like four reporters asking questions. more recently they have gone to a single moderator. encouraging a lot more interaction between the candidates. 1980's, the 1990's, answers from candidates were pretty much well-prepared and thoughtful answers without

section two was used twice when spiro agnew resigned and gerald ford became president and when ford became president and needed a new vice president. section three for presidential disability has been used three times. once by president reagan in 1985, when he had surgery on his: and was under anesthesia for eight hours. and then twice by george dollar -- george w. bush when he had colonoscopies, he transferred power for a couple of hours to dick cheney. section four, when people talk about invoking the 25th amendment, that is the only part that has never been invoked. the vice president and cabinet have never declared a president unable except on tv and movies a lot. host: talking with brian kalt, law professor and michigan state , taking your phone calls and questions. phone lines split up this way. in the eastern or central time zones, (202) 748-8000. in the mountain or pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. we should note that brian kalt's book, unable, the law of politics and limits of section four of the 25th amendment, a good time to ask your questions about the 25th amendment. charles

i'm edwin newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford president, and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. we thank you, president ford, and we thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. there are to be three debates between the presidential candidates and one between the vice presidential candidates. all are being arranged by the league of women voters education fund.

many say gerald ford lost the race there. take a look. >> there's no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under a ford administration. >> i'm sorry. could i just -- did i understand you to say that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own sphere of influence? >> neil: even there, there was an incredulous response from the moderators. let's see if we have this right. an opportunity for him to explain himself. last night it was different. apples and oranges. but by going so far to say i would transition from the oil industry, the president was right to seize and say, did you hear that, pennsylvania? did you hear that, oklahoma and texas and et cetera? how much of a gaffe do you think this was or to hear the biden camp talk about oh, just semantics? what do you think? >> you know, it's a big deal not because we're talking about oil and energy. it's a big deal because it represents a problem that biden has in a much broader context. the first being a lot of people don't know how far left joe b

kennedy went on to win the election. 1976, gerald ford makes this blunder. there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and their never will be underreported ministration -- administration. >> it became a central theme in carter's campaign. 1980, reagan attacked carter. careeregan his political campaigning against medicare. >> reagan stayed cool. >> there you go again. >> four years later he also used humor to handle attacks. >> i will not make age an issue in this campaign. >> in the next election, michael dukakis was asked this question. rapedkitty dukakis were and murdered, would you favor and a revocable definitely -- an irrevocable death penalty. >> the public sees his answer as cold and dispassionate. debate, dan988 quayle elicited this blistering response. >> you are no john kennedy. >> body language plays a part. george h w bush deliberately looks at his watch. people see it is disrespectful. differencege makes a between george bush and al gore. both president and obama and governor romney are seasons debaters. if there is one thing that history t

think of salute cannon biography with time and chance on gerald ford. so it will be interesting to give rumsfeld a close up look at president ford. >> tom cole, republican of oklahoma's always thanks for joining us on book tv. >> hey i enjoyed it very much peter thanks for having me. >> you can watch this and all of our what are you reading interviews @booktv.org. using the search bar the top of the page. >> on her weekly author interview program "after words", the "washington post" mary jordan discussed her new book on alani at trump are here she talks about the relationship between the president and the first lady. >> he admires her because she is everything he is not. she is cool. when she gets angry she does not scream or do something impulsive preach she just walks away. he loves her cool. and she admires him. she admires what he is able to do, she admires his connection to people. they are both very distrustful of most people. but the same things and most ways of both value image. they both value beautiful things, wealthy things, they both like a l

i think it's lou cannon biography of him by time and chance on gerald ford so it will be interesting to get rumsfeld close-up look at president ford. >> tom cole, republican of oklahoma, thank you for joining us on book tv . >> thanks for having me. >> watch this and all of our what are you reading interviews at booktv.org using the search bar at the top of the page. tonight at 9 pm eastern on "after words" former cia director john brennan speaks about his life and career in his book undaunted: my fight against america's enemies at home and abroad. he's innervated by new york times national security reporter julian barnes. >> some people have said you've gone too far especially for someone who's held a traditionally nonpartisan post like the ia director area have you ever felt like you've gone too far ? >> it's not just a question of policy, we have policy differences with from in terms of what they've done or the iran nuclearagreements or paris accord . i wouldn't be speaking out so vociferously if it was just policy differences. it is his dishonesty. it is hispolitical corruption .

gerald ford's you would never imagine that would be possible.ically running against the corruption of the next and administration, promising, tying richard nixon to gerald ford, promising a new start and if we had more time we would want to show the bio spot the jimmy carter ran, anchoring the keen upeorgia, farmer, showing his hometown. they were very effective, but also, i think more so very effective in framing carter as a complete and total break. years.barely two a reminder to all of our callers, you can read robert mann's books about the topics. we can get to everything, but let's at least get to the 2000's some of thee are ads in the 2000 campaign of george bush and al gore. here is a look. [video clip] >> 1969, america in turmoil. al gore graduates from college. his father opposes the war. when he comes him from vietnam, the last thing he thinks he will ever do is enter politics. he becomes a reporter. in our court decided to change what was wrong in america, he had to fight for what was right. , andn for congress hearings on cleaning up

time and chance on gerald ford. i would be interesting to give rumsfeld close up look at president ford bird >> tom call republican thanks for joining us on book tv. >> thank you peter thanks for having me. >> you can watch the somebody reading interviews @booktv.org using the search bar top of the page. here's a look at some books being published this week for the purpose of lives black lives founder offers her thoughts on building grassroots political movements. tom finch and president judicial watch suggests of the deep state is trying too destroy the trump presidency and a republic under assault. and the debt of a rising delight journalists less pain and his daughter in primary researchers also and distracted, argued current teaching methods are at odds with how students learn. and.com senior staff member and the "washington post" examine the political career of democratic california representative maxine roberts and reclaiming her time. and political journalist edmund fossett provides a history of political con

order your copy today wherever books are sold. >>> the second 1976 presidential debate between gerald ford and jimmy carter focused on foreign and military issues. the debate is best remembered for president ford's statement that, quote, there is no soviet domination of eastern europe. >> good evening, i'm pauline frederick of npr. moderator of the second of the historic debates of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford of michigan, republican candidate for president, and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. thank you, president ford, and thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. this debate takes place befo

in 1976, gerald ford makes this blunder. domination of eastern europe and never will be under the present administration. >> carter's campaign. in 1980, reagan attacked carter. >> campaigning against medicare. >> reagan stayed cool. >> there you go again. >> humor to handle attacks. >> i want you to know that i will not make an issue in this campaign. i'm not going to exploit for political purposes what my opponents youthful inexperience. >> in the next election, governor with us this controversial question. governor >> governor if kitty dukakis was raped and murdered, would you favor and a rather cobble death penalty for the killer? >> no i don't bernard. >> the public sees answers cold in dispassionate. and that very night is plummer's. drop >> >> you are no john kennedy. >> body language plays a in part in the presidential debate of 1982. body language makes a difference between al gore and george w. bush. gore size over and over again. and bush wins the debate and the election. >> president obama and governor romney are

anything about 1976 for instance and jimmy carter versus gerald ford. jimmy carter at 76 portrays himself as sort of a plain spoken, former peanut farmer. not really the sort of seasoned politician or former governor of georgia that he in fact was. he portrays himself a sort of this honest outsider who is going to help clean things up in washington. and that is very very effective against gerald ford even though it's a close election. but one of the reasons why carter winds is because there's kind of a plain spoken us the comes out of card that comes out in the debates. this is in contrast of 1980. by 1980 the country is anomalies economically, financially culturally. ronald reagan who's a former motion picture after added two term governor of california really shows how to perform the presidency when you're not president. when you look at those debates with reagan and carter, irrespective what you might think of reagan's paul sees, ideological beliefs, he looks as though he's the president of the united states. and jimmy carter doesn't come off in the

me they are a gerald ford republican, there are people who find themselves struggling with republican they told me they don't feel at home anymore in the republican party. i want to talk to you about katie. she voted for donald trump in 2016, does not plan to do so again. she regrets that vote. she's going to vote for joe biden, but i want you to hear about her decisions down the ballot as well. take a listen to what she told me. >> so this is definitely the first time i'm going to vote blue all the way down the ballot, because i think it was really important for republicans to come up and denounce trump's behavior and who he was. i honestly think that republicans have put the nail in the coffin for the republican party. trump has allowed, i think, hidden, deep-seated hate and division to come back to the surface, things i didn't realize still existed today in america. it's not the america i want for our children and our future, and i'm not going to sit by and allow, you know, my vote to go for people who aren't going to stand up for the rights and liberties of all americans. >> repor

he talks about covering the 1976 presidential race against gerald ford and jimmy carter. washington is like a room with an enormous window, you are looking all over, anything and everything that happens is noticed. almost every single occurrence in the world has a repercussion in washington. as a foreign correspondent, if you can forewarn your readers to things that are important because they are going to experience a similar phenomenon in their respective countries, you are doing a good service. i have a priority express call to to rome, italy, the number is 65041 connect to the swich board for mr. de medici. i don't think there is a country in the world where there is so much access to information as in the united states because it is a matter of conduct in the government to try to respond to legitimate press queries as much as obviously. [speaking foreign language] >> in washington, something is happening all the time. technology, art, individual achievement, politics. all of these things attract my attention because in one way or the other, they have a relationship wi

this takes it to the next step as to -- at that time president nixon appointed gerald ford.f a president is incapacitat incapacitated, this has a path to have a continuity of government. it's a sive vicks lesson for america. we can do a couple things at once. the verdict on president trump is going to happen 25 days from now at the polls. this is not to take anybody's attention away from the fact that we will have an election and we'll have a new president. this will apply to the new president. if it's trump in the next term or if it's joe biden in the next term. >> let's talk about the covid relief talks here, madam speaker. a senior trump administration official tells nbc news that the door is back open to a bigger stimulus relief bill. our white house unit reports this is the administration's third position on this in four days. do you plan to talk to secretary mnuchin again today, and do you think we'll get a deal of any sort before election day? >> yes to your first question. we have time set aside to speak today. we're anticipating some answers to some questions that w

in 1976 former california governor challenge gerald ford for the republican nomination, up next on american president ford's acceptance

presidents who did peacefully, you know, surrender power to rivals who beat them in elections, gerald ford george w. bush. everybody in both parties respected that till now and it's hard to imagine we're in this position where that's even on the table. i think he would find that very distressing. baker was about order, institutions, norms, standards and about the way that government should operate, not just a constant battle for power. >> woodruff: and he was integrally involved in the 2000 election recount. george w. bush, at that moment, asked him to come on board and help him lead his team as he contested the election. it does make you wonder what jim baker is thinking abwhat's going on right now. >> well, look, he is a canny, canny tactician when it was clear florida was too close to call, baker got on the plane, ended up in florida. we talked to many democrats aware of his reputation who said they knew it was over as soon as baker got there, that he was such a formidable opponent. but both bush and al gore were prepared to accept the results of a process. they were not trying to under

presidential elections starting now on c-span3 is a debate from the 1976 campaign between jimmy carter and gerald ford. >> good evening. i am a pauline frederick of npr, moderator of the debate of the a 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford and jimmy carter, democratic candidate for president. thank you, president ford and thank you governor carter for being with us tonight. this debate takes place in the fine arts theater in san francisco. an estimated 100 million americans are watching on tv as well. san francisco was the sight of the signing of the -- it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. the questioners tonight are max trewhitt, and richard valeriani, diplomatic correspondent of and be seen news. news. the ground roles are the same -- questions will be alternated between candidates. governor carter will take the first question. each question sequence will be as follows. the question will be asked and the candidate will have three minutes to answer. his opponent will have two minutes to respond. prior to the response the questioner may as

it was nominated for every publication in the world, gerald ford years later will explore the same thing. a picture of jfk leaning over his reading desk behind his regular desk. a lot of people feel like he was reading the newspapers. as some of you know he had back problems and had a back brace. this posture position of his was very helpful in straightening out his back and at the same time reading the newspaper. before jfk, probably the most beloved president the united states had was franklin delano roosevelt, who was always in a wheelchair. he never wanted to be photographed in the wheelchair. whereas jfk, who had back problems, didn't mind being photographed, no matter whether he was able to run down the street or couldn't even move. this picture of him being hoisted into the airplane because he can't climb steps very well, even though he could walk down them. jfk was never afraid to be photographed. he wanted to be known as being human. that was something quite extraordinary about the kennedys. now we are getting into jfk's 100 days in his political years. one of the things that ca

ford's statement that there is no soviet domination of eastern europe. >> good evening. i'm pauline frederick of npr, moderator of this 2nd of the historic debates of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford of michigan, republican candidate for president, and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. thank you, president ford, and thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. this debate takes place before an audience in the palace of fine arts theater in san francisco. an estimated 100 million americans are watching on television as well. san francisco was the site of the signing of the united nations charter, 31 years ago. thus, it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. the questioners tonight are max frankel, associate editor of the new york times, henry l. trewhitt, diplomatic correspondent of the baltimore sun, and richard valeriani, diplomatic correspondent of nbc news. the ground rules are basically the same as they were for the first debate two weeks ago. the questions will be alternated between candidates. by the toss of a coin, governor carter will take the first question. each questio

what is it about a guy who success running for public office made gerald ford say this is the guy i went my campaign? guest: he was inexperienced and naturallead to his abilities and that competitive ness comes from. he escaped the narrow constraints of houston life as a lawyer. he went to bigger and bigger playing fields, leading to international diplomacy. basically thed only experience he had before that was helping his friend ,eorge bush in a senate race where he ran in a county that included houston. and then he did some fundraising after that at the presidential level. he was bitten by the politics result of will, a that 1976 race. it was 1978 ran for texas attorney general in his one and only effort at elected office. not only did he lose, but it was clear to those who observed him heer.e was not a baby kiss history would've been different had he won that. host: tell us what you write in the book about his father and his guidance in terms of politics to james baker. guest: his family is part of .ouston by james baker the third and we can't tell you why. they explained because they

he was deputy chief of staff for gerald ford. hat people don't realize about ford, ford had two assassination attempt against them in the span of 35 days. when squeaky from fire to point-blank range and a gun malfunctioned. and 35 days he was giving a speech outside a hotel he comes down the elevator. it's one of those elevators that open vertically. cheney talked about how the elevator door hit ford on the top of the head and cracked his goal open. he went back upstairs to get stitches, came downstairs and sarah taymor fired at him. a secret service agent got his trigger anden the prevent her from killing him. he described that as a bad day for the president. [laughter] this is kind of apropos of the question you said about ford. the question is, what is the process for selection or appointment of the vice president of the accidental president? jared: you mean, what was the process by which? with nelsonnded up rockefeller as vice president which was an accidental vice , president i guess you could say. so once the vice president,

actually be in part because of some of the republican voters in this county this is the hometown of gerald ford and i've spoken to a lot of folks who call themselves gerry ford republicans this is a slice of the electorate we've been focused on here they tell me they're feeling increasingly less at home with the republican party and they've been looking to the democrats to see if maybe that could be a new home for them. i want you to hear from a woman named katie moore. she's a mom of two here. she voted for donald trump in 2016 she's come to regret that vote since then but i want you to hear what she's planning to done just with her vote at the top of the ticket she's planning to vote for joe biden. but listen to what she's planning to do down the ballot >> so this is -- yeah, definitelit first time i'm going to vote blue all the way down the ballot because i think it was really important for republicans to come up and denounce trump's behavior and who he was and i honestly think that republicans have put the nail in the coffin for the republican party >> reporter: and lindsey, that down ballo

ok about puerto rico that is something completely different as far as i understand it was under gerald ford now you're there in this story and of the president. president i'm a general or general for 28 only up the option to become a state or from that mistake and. i don't know if you count me flat footed on this one all i do know is it's a bit of people have been calling for it ok. and there is a process and i'm not prepared to go through that right now because i don't want to be back to a state. that we have there are very different situations that you serve for puerto rico and for me washington c washington as he was specifically established as an independent federal city to be being seen by the government. the entire concept is that you should not have the federal government being assumed by state government if you didn't make washington d.c. a state that who is in charge the governor of the state of washington d.c. or the prez in the united states by being in federal jurisdiction something that is a. more more difficult question on the question of puerto rico puerto rico can be admitte

and 1976, president gerald ford to debated his democratic rival top jimmy carter. the debate focused on domestic issues because of a technical difficulty with the audio, there was a 28 minute delay in the middle of the debate. >> good evening i'm edward newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald are four and a republican candidate for president and jimmy carter a georgia democratic candidate for president. we thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. there there are to be three debates between the presidential candidates and one between the vice-presidential candidates. all are being arranged by the league of women voters education fund. tonight's debate, the first between presidential candidates in sixteen years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before an audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. the television audience may reach a hundred million in the united states and many millio

you think about 1976 and jimmy b aer versus gerald ford, peanut farmer. not really the sort of seasoned politician and governor, former governor of georgia, that he in fact was. he portrayed himself as an honest outsider who would help clean things up in washington and that is very effective against gerald ford, though it but onese election, reason carter rent -- wins is because there is a kind of plainspoken folk seen us to carter that comes out in the debate. in contrast to 1980 , financially and culturally, and ronald reagan, the former major motion picture actor and two-term governor of california, shows how to perform the presidency when you are president. the debatesk at with reagan and carter, your respective of what you might think about reagan's political policies, his ideological beliefs, he looks as if he is the president of the united states. jimmy carter does not come off in the same way. john anderson was in some of those debates and newness well. time you fast-forward to clinton versus george w. bush, clinton introduces what we might call p

we told you a little bit about the dust-up over what could be a gerald ford-like mistake. remember 1976 when he told jimmy carter that there is no soviet.com nation in eastern -- domination in eastern europe? that, many argue, cost him the election or at least slowed his momentum right before the election, and jimmy carter went on to win. now, it's a very different sort of analogy here. but when joe biden talked about phasing out the oil industry, was it an up -- an unforced error? take a look at how they're handling it since. >> when my mom would get in the car when there was a first frost to drive me to school, turn on the windshield wipers, there'd be an oil slick on the window. the fact is those front-line communities, doesn't matter what you're paying them, it matters how you keep them safe, what do you do, and you impose restrictions on the pollutants coming out of those fence-line communities. >> okay. i have one final -- >> would he close down the oil industry? would you close down the oil industry? >> by the way, or i would transition from the oil industry, yes. >

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understand it was under general or that you're there in the story and of the president president gerald ford or general clark when he gave them the the option to become unstable from that mistake and. i don't know i mean you coming flatfooted on this one all i do know is that people have been calling or it's ok. and there is a process and i'm not prepared to go through that right now because i don't want to be back. i think we have they're very different situations as you said for puerto rico and for the washington d.c. washington d.c. was the established as an independent federal city to be d.c. the government the entire concept is that you should not have the federal government being assumed by state government if you didn't make washington d.c. a state that who is in charge the governor of the state of washington d.c. or the president united states by being in federal jurisdiction something that is a. more more difficult question on the question of puerto rico puerto rico can be admitted the same way we made it a while your that we made in the. middle alaska or in the other territories i