well, i say this is ford's time now more than ever. he was good then back in the 1970s, and he's even better now. now. his example and message are exactly the message we need to hear today. so i don't think it's an accident that richard's book comes out. now, let me use the word. i think it's providential no one was better fitted to write this book than richard. richard, do president and mrs. ford very well. he interned for president ford. he he wrote for president ford. he directed the ford presidential foundation library and museum, along with a half dozen other similar organizations. he's lived over the ford's burial site right there, river house, looking down on the the building and the burial site for more than a decade, but not looking down in a sense of pride, but in great humility. he has, you know, to write this book. he spent more than ten years reading thousands of source documents. oh, my gosh. so much that he read conducting more than 170 interviews, writing four drafts, 40 drafts, and whittling the whole down to 700 narrat

ford? president carter said no. fundamentally, i don't have any major disagreements with any decision president ford made as president. and this helps explain you know, president ford was known to deregulate. you know, the economy. the federal government had a lot of rules and regulations back in the early and mid seventies, and he started to deregulate. carter picked right up and then reagan became president, took all the credit. but the deregulation did actually start ford and carter. yeah, absolutely. so there were a number of things where president carter so respects and and president carter is keeping president ford in all the briefings, you know, the monthly briefings. in fact, he said to the former president, whenever you're in washington, d.c. and president ford would go back to washington, a lot to speak and teach in the classroom. and also, he was a member of american enterprise institute. whenever you're back, you're welcome to have lunch with me in the white house at any time. and this this wonderful friendship arose, i

a trickle of fuel will begin to enter gauze that from that f i ford across that decision coming from israel's workout company. he wanted me to come, are they going with the mean? i know the war cabinet degrade to a special request by the united states to supply to tank is per day for the waste water treatment facilities in the gaza strip, which you're facing collapse due to the lack of electricity and the lack of the ability to operate the sewage and water systems operated by en route. this fuel is meant for the treatment of sewage to avoid the spread of diseases. we fear for our soldiers operating inside gaza. that's why we do not wish to see an outbreak. any outbreak will undermine our war operations. while the government insists the fuel will be utilized by the united nations and valves, it will not end up in the hands of from us. that hasn't stopped far right wing politicians from lashing out like finance minister it but is a law smart rich who released the statement saying allowing fuel into gaza is a grave mistake. and against the cabinets decision, it reflects weakness. it's gi

i used to be an autoworker and i worked for four months at ford and i thought it was something out of a slave camp. the auto industry needs to redo the whole thing. there are too many cars, we need to get more into public transportation. host: we will start with the first point as far as the addiction to cars in the u.s. versus the desire -- i know from the administration and others, for more public transportation. guest: roland lives here in detroit, anybody who lives in this area, this is an area with little public transportation. you have buses, one light rail and one elevated rail line, and it is a motor city so it was designed with freeways for people to drive, so that is an issue that is above my pay grade , a government kind of issue. you talk about ev's and learning how to operate them, but i have driven a lot and there is a learning curve was charging but it is fairly small and they drove like any other vehicle. the other issue he had with them being for the elite, that goes back to what we were talking about earlier, they are more expensive to make. rewind your brain another

certainly this follows in nixon and ford steps. but i would argue that it also illuminates key difference in the nature of the entertainer in chief in the age of cable television. clinton accepted the invitation to appear on the program of sheer desperation. it was july 1992. he was waving in the polls and his campaign was just hemorrhaging money and struggling to raise any money. and he he wanted he was to try anything. he went on talk radio. he went on all sorts of daytime talk shows. and he even accepted an invitation by mtv to in this town conversation and a program called choose or lose. and it was on this show that seemed to get his groove back. a according to one observer. clinton was, quote, click so quick, not slick, sympathetic, condescending, imaginative, not wordy. his appearance on this show uplifted the entire campaign, argued many observers as they're watching this because it is dated the elitist news programing of network broadcast television and it had real conversations they were framed again this idea of authenticity.

ford jr. are both former members of congress, i bet they are just as baffled as i am, congressman ford, i could not get through the entire congressional crime report, this is just a one hour show. i had to just hit the highlights of the crime committed. what is up with that. >> first, thank you for having me, happy sunday. i smiled as you introduced a segment but really this is not funny, the kind of restraint you would hope that leaders of our country would show on television and respect and decorum to people coming to testify before their committee and back and forth between the members of congress it is eembarrassing and unfortunate. i understand that the moment can get the worst of you at times, but about what was most surprises to me in both episodes, when they were confronted about this four times after what they did, they doubled and tripled down on it, this is re-- these kinds of activities, you would expect in a third world banana republic but not these united states of america, i hope that weekend they are able to cool off a bit. trey: we used to jokingly refer to parts of congress as

so gerald ford during the 1970s was at the center of all this stuff going on and. i think he remains somebody who is very instructive us today and indeed, well, i'llut it this way and this is prably an audience that might be more inclined toward jerry ford than other audiences. but if jerry ford were on the tick in 2024, how many of you uld for him? okay. yeah, i mean, he'd be a breath of fresh air compared to most of what we can expect. anyway, i'm to stop there. and now we have time. we have time for questions. okay? questions, please. yes. the question it's not a oy comment. it's a couple comments to enroll in your class with, all you freshmen students. okay. i'm going to tell you if you can, to austin, 10:00 omonday or wednesday morning. my door is open. i know you must realize inspiring you are to the students because you make history vibrant exciting fun factual and not dry and boring well. thank you for that comment. that's a very kind comment. but i you haven't seen the full of it yet because i don't think in grand rapids i have done to the audiences here at

i think we have some trustees from the gerald ford presidenal foundation to recognize. i think i see bob hooker and i think j.c. rising is here. we have one of the ford president ford's family members, greg ford, a nephew of president. mrs. ford, welcome. glad you're always glad you're here. so, yeah, go ahead and applaud. absolutely absolutely. now, those of you who ve been to this gig before know thai have tried every which way possible humanly possible to introduce bill in new way. so one year, in fact, we used hihaiku poetry. remeer that year? haiku etry to. introduce him because he's the author of a lot of haiku poetry thatnded up in a boo another year we looked at, oh, this was this was rich. we looked at his student evaluate options. and i had never managed the two decades i've known bill to embarrass him in a goonatured way until i read the last student evaluation from a young woman who said, and you know, the best thing besides the great storytelling. he's hot. right? so i' run out of ideas for introducing him. so here's what i'd like to do. you all though, bill

>> oh, i love ford. stuart: they just reported truck sales down 10%. >> yeah, i know. from the strike which is over. ford is trading at six times earnings. that's one-third the valuation of the s&p 500. the stock yields a 6% dividend, all right? and if you're worried about having to pay workers, you know, all this money because of the new settlement, don't be worried. labor is only 10% of the cost of a car. ford can afford this. it's about $800 per car. they're just going to raise prices and pass it on. it's about a 2 hit to earnings. 2%. and that was the uaw's whole point. ford, you can afford this. yes, ford can afford. i own the stock. it's trading way too cheap, and it pays a dividend. buy it. stuart: okay. prologics. that's real estate, right? >> it's the largest industrial reit, real estate investment trust, and they focus on warehouses. they've been hot. occupancy, stuart, is 98 president, and they're -- # 8%, and they're renewing leases, up 8%. real estate's been trash thed because of rising rates, but i think those are a thing of the past. the fed is done, and

i am sticking with this. you know, lockable stocks were hurt. based on everything that we have. it continues to hold ford. the last straw and it will break my back if it does not work out. jim in colorado. hey, jim. >> hey, jim. >> i'm thinking about getting invested in a medical device company. i wanted to know your thoughts on them. one of them is meg tronics. because of the hard dividends. >> they could be bottoming. i do think they are better run right now than they usually would. that does surprise me how they have not done a very good job. they have been a company for a very long time. when i don't speak my mind, i end up losing my mind. the s&p 500 is back in full mode. it is thanks in part to a bond market. i am getting a read on the consumer as a ceo. i will tell you why it is time to pull the plug on the data. when it comes to tonight's edition of the lightning round. stay with cramer. all right. 60 seconds to draw the perfect gift. what's it gonna be? a bottle of don julio, 1942, delivered. delivered with drizly. gifting without the guessing. drizly. only sleep number smart beds let you each cho

i was finishing the richard norton smith about gerald ford because and i love this story in the 1960s 1976 presidential race against carter, gerald ford signs up a lot of these legend football legends to help him on the campaign and one of them is woody hayes of ohio state and. he wants to help out ford and stuff, but he calls gerald ford on the phone and says, i'll help you because i want you to president because you're a great man, but i will not say anything nice about michigan michigan. no, i hope we can undo. this terrible decision to to widen the big ten. it's it's should be a midwest conference every year here. another question. yes, you have talked a lot about the progressive nature of, education, midwest. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about the land grant universities. was this unique just in the northwest? did it also spread in other parts of the country? well, it's unique and an important sense. well, first of all, ohio state, south dakota state, michigan university, minnesota, these are all land grant schools vary be important for our part of the country these ar

have ultimately undermined having an informed citizens. >> on the half of the gerald r ford presidential library museum, i would like to thank you very much for coming here. it is a gentleman, please. >> [ applause ] >> thank you. we met a little gift from both the gerald r ford foundation as well is a library. a couple nice things in here, including the brand-new christmas ornaments. >> excellent. >> please, enjoy that. >> thank you. thank you so much for what you do as an archivist and a museum to encourage these conversations and encourage the study of history. it is incredible. thank you. >> [ applause ]

association is honoring the gerald ford white house with the new book out about gerald ford from richard norton smith. i went to the ford library last week and i was lucky enough to go there and see the exhibits and hear an excellent presentation. when i read your book, really ford, political culture is not kind to gerald ford, tell us about that. >> there are two things going on. what is he had some well- publicized stumbles where he fell. they were really his fault. he was trying to help betty on a slippery floor. regardless, the stumbles led to the impression of him as a klutz. gerald ford was probably the best athletes already present. he was an expert here in tennis player and he was drafted into the nfl. he did not play but he was drafted. ford was a tremendous athlete but there was perception of him as a klutz for people who know his history. that is one aspect and second is that the culture was changing at the time. that's what i'm trying to get into the book. the culture is changing and that 10 or 15 years before you could not make fun of the president on tv. with an attempt to do a skit show a

continuous divorce, and so on. with words and without words, i broke off a lot of branches, i broke a lot of fords friend, you and me, you and me, you and me. with you, it’s great when there are friends in the world, if everyone lived alone, then the earth would probably fall to pieces long ago, if everyone lived alone, then the earth would probably fall apart long ago. you, yes, i, yes, you and i, you, yes, i, yes, you and me, you, yes, me, ladies , yes, you and i, we’ll go around the earth, then we’ll invite you to live by the orange river, there are already little people loading from the fact that it’s too much for a long time we don't have orange. the little people there are already sad because we have been gone for too long. everything was mixed up, everything was going on in this hall, you and i intertwined ourselves, all the dances, every single song, about the two of us, about the two of us, the music gets over you, moms and dads don’t go to the disco, our music is played by the young, for the young , for the young! and tomorrow, and now, everything is being decided for us , it’s being dec

i mean ford truck, the problem here or the challenge for trump is or will be to come out of all of this without a conviction, because as soon as there is a conviction, that's what also the pulse and they will be a change in, in, in, in the whole nature of how voters look at donald trump if he's going to get convicted the, the surgery phone numbers that they prompted an inside or from the obama white house, former advisor jim x or rod to suggest that joe biden should drop out of the race altogether, when it show you the what he tweeted, he wrote only and joe biden can make this decision. if he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the democratic party. what he needs to decide is whether that is wise, whether it's in his best interest or the countries. there it is right there. so we should have on our democrats, or are they questioning whether or not spies in should run to get yes, more and more. so there is a lot of democrats who get increasingly uneasy with the prospect of joe biden running in this presidential elections. and the overall paradigm here, or the big problem if you wa

so a lot of people are thinking about ford this year as i went to the ford library last week and lucky enough to be able to go there and see the exhibits and hear a very excellent presentation. but when i read your book. i mean really, ford, their political culture is not kind to gerald ford. talk to us a little bit about that? >> well, there are two things that are going on with gerald ford. number one, he has a couple of well publicized stumbles, where he falls. one of them, they were not really his fault. one of them he was trying to help steady and the slippery floor. but regardless, these stumbles led to this impression of him as a klutz. he was probably the best athlete to become president. at the time, and he's a tremendous athlete, butut theres a perception of him as a klutz and because people didn't know his history, and so that is one aspect. but the second thing is the culture that was changing at the time. that's what i'm trying to get at with the book and what's happening to the president and the evolution of the culture, they are both important factors in what is going on

ford. the last part of that, that last sentence, like, i knew it. when you read it in your book, when you reencounter henry ford on the subject of the jews, and what, and the lengths he went to, i really don't think that he -- i think that you need to kind of reverse the order of that bio. in the two sentences. it's like, this guy was wildly dangerous and bad, and aligned with the worst forces basically in history. >> i knew about ford's anti-semitism, i think, as if it were a private vice. no, he was a different thing. it was one of the things he contributed to this world. you want mead to read that part. do you mind if i read that? see who's coming to town. happy holidays! [crying] and with ring cameras, capture all the holiday magic. with ring, you're always home for the holidays. shop black friday deals now at ring.com. (aidyl) hi, i'm aidyl, and i lost 90 pounds on golo. i struggled with weight loss and weight gain my entire life. with all the yo-yo dieting i did in the past, i would lose 20, 30, 50 pounds just to gain them over and over again.

a new book out about gerald ford from richard norton smith to a lot of people thinking about ford this year. i went to the ford library last week. is lucky enough to be able to go there and see the exhibits and and hear a very excellent presentation. but when i read your book, i mean really. ford it's political culture is not kind to gerald ford. talk to us a little bit about that. well, there's two things going on with gerry ford. number one is that he has a couple of well-publicized stumbles where he falls and one of them was they weren't really his fault. one of them, he was trying to help betty. and a slippery floor. but regardless, these stumbles led to this impress of him as a klutz. now, mind you, gerald ford was probably the best athlete ever to become president. he was expert skier. he was a good tennis player. he was a football player in college and was drafted into the nfl. he didn't play, but he was drafted and so ford was a tremendous athlete. but there was this perception of him as a klutz and because people didn't know his history. so that's one aspect. but the second thing is t

hitler explained to the newspaper woman, i regard henry ford as planes parisian. he was antisemitic. he said without hesitation, somebody has to be blamed for our troubles. i feel like if you go back in time to then, the worst thing that you could find, if you could time machine yourself back to the future style and see your family or people you are interested in. the worst thing that you can imagine is that they have a portrait of hitler at that time. i think hitler having a portrait of you is -- >> actually worse. >> i did know that was an option, but that's worse. oh... stuffed up again? so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, breathe, ahhhh! what is — wow! sinex. breathe. ahhhhhh! sleep more deeply. and wake up rejuvenated. purple mattresses exclusive gel flex grid draws away heat. relives pressure and instantly adapts. sleep better live purple. right now save up to $900 dollars off mattress sets during purple's black friday sale. visit purple.com or a store near you today. [coughing] copd isn't pretty. i'm out of breath, and often out of th

other at events and library dedications come over there has never been that closeness that i had with betty ford. >> when you were first lady, you had a weekly luncheon with your husband and what attend cabinet meetings. what was the purpose of that? >> well, i had a luncheon with jimmy. there were always things i wanted to ask him, and some of it was about the family and the financial things going on back home, but we also talked about issues. i would say it was more family and personal things going on. but i gave us time to do that. after we were there until about august, jimmy stated -- stayed at the oval office a good bit in the daytime. did not come back much at night. started calling me at about 4:30 in the afternoon. my office was in the east wing. he started calling me and said, let's go jog or do something. i wanted to be home when amy got home from school. we would jog and exercise and swim and sit on the truman balcony and talk about what he had done during the day and what i had done during the day. we just had a good relationship. but what i learned in the white house was that there

other at events and library dedications come over there has never been that closeness that i had with betty ford. >> when you were first lady, you had a weekly luncheon with your husband and what attend cabinet meetings. what was the purpose of that? >> well, i had a luncheon with jimm there were always things i wanted to ask him, and some of it was about the family and the financial things going on back home, but we also talked about issues. i would say it was more family and personal things going on. but i gave us time to do that. after we were there until about august, jimmy stated -- stayed at the oval office a good bit in the daytime. did not come back much at night. started calling me at about 4:30 in the afternoon. my office was in the east wing. he started calling me and said, let's go jog or do something. i wanted to be home when amy got home from school. we would jog and exercise and swim and sit on the truman balcony and talk about what he had done during the day and what i had done during the day. we just had a good relationship. but what i learned in the white house was that there i

i think palo alto is doing better than ford met. cisco reports this. this is a huge company that had a good quarter, i think cisco has a lot going for it. but, ford should be able to close on vn next week. the president is going to meet on this day and that i think we could get an olive branch that will allow these companies to merge. thursday, walmart reports and consumers have been shifted to their spending to wherever the, get the best. it is hard to meet the prices of walmart. macy's, it is so cheap at walmart expects them to miss the numbers by a mile. but i care about the next dashboard that includes the holiday season. i want to hear what macy's has to say. company called applied materials, it is a capital equipment maker and they saw stocks soared today. i have been a huge supporter. the route the chip -- i have said they would be fine and now i feel good about it. this is had a very solid winning streak. it would not be happening if interest rates were climbing. companies that report good news, they have higher stock prices but the market is st

i don't know the democrats will swallow that but that's only path i see ford agreement on that part of the proposal. larry: yes, sir, i with you what a present. senator cruz you are wonderful thank you for your time and sanctions and your good sense. thank you for your history. how's that. after all of that, coming upon "kudlow" we will look at some of the details of israel's highly successful strike in northern gaza this is very important we have a great and later on derek van orden a former navy seal just came back from israel he says is isis times a thousand. we are going to hear his stories, all of that when he joins us. this is "kudlow", ted cruz is right, he is a good history man. we'll be right back. ♪ the biggest ideas inspire new ones. 30 years ago, state street created an etf that inspired the world to invest differently. it still does. what can you do with spy? ♪ (fisher investments) in this market, you'll find fisher investments is different than other money managers. (other money manager) different how? aren't we all just looking for the hottest stocks? (fisher investments

ultimately undermined having an informed citizens . >> on the half of the gerald r.w ford presidential library museum, i would like to thank you very much for coming here. ladies and gentlemen, please. >> thank you. >> [ applause ] nt >> we met a little gift from both the gerald r ford foundation as well the library. a couple nice things in here, including the brand-new christmas ornaments. >> excellent. >> please, enjoy that. >> thank you. thank you so much for what you do as an archivist and a museum to encourage tse conversations and encourage the study of history. it is incredible. thank you. >> [ applause ] >>> if you are enjoying american history tv sign up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the weekly schedule and upcoming programs lectures in history, the presidency and more. sign up for the american history tv newsletter today and watch american history tv every saturday or anytime online at 11/history.

ford worked on that together. tha's right. and tewe left the white house bid, and iwould go to washington, she would get to republicans and democrats and we we made some progress. your hs were known as become best friends are very good frien did you and betty ford have the same relationship? yes, we a really good relationship. it started the jimmy and gerald ford were on the we went to sadat's funeral in september after we left the white house and that's when jimmy and gerald ford began talking. had a lot of time and and so how much each one. well, they they thought similarly and and then betty i started working with betty and we developed a really wonderful relationship. mrs. carter, there are several first ladies still living. are is there a sorority of first ladies in a sense. well, i had a good relationship with betty ford and with lady bird. as long as she was alive. but that's about it. i don't think there's never been a real we see each other at the event and at the library dedication. so in the new what new first ladies. but there's never been that, uh, close

sounded so forced and so juvenile and really sounded like someone de completely out of his step and i feel bad ford. and i feel bad for all the s mayors because the white house won't helpd them. >> greg: i felt sorry for him. and i never feel sorry for people >> jessica: wow you had 'em peace? >> greg: yeah i thought i had the flu but it was empathy. judge the great thing about republicans you can make fun of them all you want but we still will help you. he can yell at us but why doesn't he just say, okay, help us. what should we do because republicans will help. we're used to getting yelled at. >> judge jeanine: he knows what to do. he knows thaatt there were 30 peopleno whows were shot this pe weekend after thanksgiving. he is the person who appointed the superintendent of police. he is the one who can say to the police superintendent, sit down, let's talk about policy here. i don't really like your policy, where the police are not going to be punished for not chasing a criminal. i mean, that is a policy in at chicago. so a ipos people are losing the wallets and what we saw in the first video whe

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i regard henry ford as my inspiration. the reporter asked hitler that day blank why he was, he said, without. somebody has to be blamed for our troubles. so. the very basic idea of democracy is that everybody gets a say, right? we all together, all the citizens, use the democratic to elect our leaders, make manifest our preferences for what our country should do and how it should be run. and lately, there are a lot of very smart and sadly very busy people who study the rise of who study the fall of democracies. and all of those scholars will have slightly different versions what to look for in a country that is risk of losing its democracy. so i will concede there's lot of different ways to look at this and i don't you should take my view as definitive but my own sort of back of the envelope checklist is that there are things to watch for sort of four corners stones. one of them is probably the most obvious the technical, literal part of democracy. people able to vote do their votes cast as counted. do people believe that