e.j. dionne and bill kristol, co-author of "bush v. gore: the court cases and the commentary." >> i say to president-elect bush that what remains a partisan rancor must now be put aside and god bless his spew stewardship of this country. neither he nor i anticipated this long and difficult road. certainly neither of us wanted it to happen. yet it came and now it has ended. resolved as it must be resolved through the honored institutions of our democracy. over the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto not under man but under god and law. that's the ruling principle of american freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. i've tried to make it my guide throughout this contest as it has guided america's deliberations of all the complexed issues of the past five weeks. now the u.s. supreme court has spoken. let there be no doubt, while i strongly disagree with the court's decision, i accept it. i accept the finality of this outcome, which will be ratified next monday in t

host: e.j. dionne, same question. did the correct person when election 2000 -- win election 2000? not.: i think everything showed al gore winning by more than 100 votes in the end. there were all kinds of problems i am sure we will get into. the butterfly ballot, with thousands of votes were cast for pat buchanan but intended route gore because the structure of the ballot was bad. retrospect% clear in ,s the u.s. supreme court conservative majority, discredited itself was a decision that said we are going to take the decision about who is president out of the hands of the 4-2 voters -- florida voters and stop the recount abruptly. ruth bader ginsburg had a magnificent dissent and so did david souter who said there is no justification for denying florida the opportunity to count all the disputed ballots now. i think he was right then, he is right now. i think bush v. gore encouraged donald trump to pursue this strategy. this is something bill and i agree on 20 years later, that what trump has done is bo

saturday morning at 8:30 eastern we look back at the election with columnist e.j. dionne and william kristol, the bulwark editor at large. watch saturday at 8:30 a.m. on c-span3 and c span's washington journal. ♪ ♪ >>> and now, let us go back 300 years to a london of samuel peeps. in his famous diary, we read of a catastrophe that was typical of that and the preceding ages. an epidemic of the plague that had been raging in europe broke out in a huge frenzy in the capital in 1665. hundreds fell ill every day. many of them died. people were stricken on the streets. everyone fled from the victims for fear of the dreaded disease. but by far the most horrible element of the tragedy was the mystery of its origins. no one knew who or what carried the plague. the solution finally came by way of this odd little contraption. does anyone know what this is? >> it looks like a can opener. [ laughter ] >> no, it isn't a can opener. it's the first microscope. it may look like a toy to us, its importance to human life is tremendous. it's the connecting link between our science and the di

host: e.j. dionne, same question. did the correct person when election 2000 -- win election 2000? not.: i think everything showed al gore winning by more than 100 votes in the end. there were all kinds of problems i am sure we will get into. the butterfly ballot, with thousands of votes were cast for pat buchanan but intended route gore because the structure of the ballot was bad. retrospect% clear in ,s the u.s. supreme court conservative majority, discredited itself was a decision that said we are going to take the decision about who is president out of the hands of the 4-2 voters -- florida voters and stop the recount abruptly. ruth bader ginsburg had a magnificent dissent and so did david souter who said there is no justification for denying florida the opportunity to count all the disputed ballots now. i think he was right then, he is right now. i think bush v. gore encouraged donald trump to pursue this strategy. this is something bill and i agree on 20 years later, that what trump has done is bo

we have got about an hour left this morning with e.j. dionne william kristol, co-editors of the book, "bush v. gore: the court cases and the commentary," taking your calls throughout this morning. phone lines for republicans, democrats, independents, and that special line for florida voters. florida voters from the 2000 election, i should say, we want to hear your stories, your memories, from that day here on "washington journal" on c-span and american history tv's c-span3. -- want to come back to the comment you made about the moment vote counting was stopped. before the supreme court argument when they decided to take up the case, the injunction came down to hold the recounts that were happening in the state of florida as the case was being argued. it was long time supreme court reporter david savage in a recent interview argued that gore lost the election then and there, lost the recount. i want to play a clip and come back and get your thoughts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] everybody understood that this had to b

saturday morning at 8:30 eastern we look back at the election with columnist e.j. dionne and william kristol, the bulwark

c-span's "washington journal" and c-span3 's american history tv, we are pleased to be joined by e.j. dionne and william kristol. 20 years since the bush v. gore decision was handed down, since the concession speech by al gore any victory speech by george w. bush. do you think today that the correct person w

history tv looks back 20 years to the 2000 election and landmark bush versus gore decision with e.j. dionne and william kristol, co- editors of the book , the bulwark. >> i say to president-elect bush,

gore decision with journalists e.j. dionne and bill kristol, co-author of "bush v.e: the court cases and the commentary." >> i say to president-elect bush that what remains a partisan rancor must now be put aside and god bless his spew stewardship of this country.

gore decision with journalist e.j. dionne and bill kristol, co-out-e author of "bush v. gore". >> i say to president-elect bush that what remains

history tv looks back 20 years to the 2000 election and landmark bush versus gore decision with e.j. dionne and william kristol, co- editors of the book , the bulwark. >> i say to president-elect bush, what remains must be put aside and may god bless his stewardship to this country. neither he nor i anticipated this long and difficult road. certainly neither one of us wanted it to happen and now it has came and ended. resolved as it must be resolved through the honored institutions of our democracy. over the library of one of our great law schools is described the motto, not undermanned but under god and law. that is the ruling principle of american freedom, source of our democratic liberties. i try to make it my guide throughout the contest as it has guided american deliberations of all the complex issues of the past five weeks. now the u.s. supreme court has spoken. let there be no doubt while i strongly disagree with the court decision, i accepted. i accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next monday in the electoral college and tonight for the sake of our unity as th