gerald ford used to have prayer sessions on capitol hill.are the kind of men we like to believe should be president if you're looking for the idea that character matters. those two have a character that you cannot besmirch. >> reporter: many call the january 6th insurrection a turning point in our times, an effort to overturn a presidential election. jonathan holloway is president of rutgers university and an historian of african american culture who saw a sinister message aimed at black america. what went through your mind when you saw the confederate flag being waved inside the u.s. capitol? >> i understand that people declare that this is a flag that speaks about tradition. it speaks about culture. okay. but other people, people who have my background in this country, african american see that often as a flag of treason or a flag of terror. certainly a flag of threat. >> reporter: threat personally? >> personally. >> reporter: alter sees a different threat in our times. his newest book is "american reckoning," written after he attended ev

thereafter, president gerald ford gave him a pardon.riminal charges, whether it should have or not is a different question, even though he didn't face criminal charges, the threat of impeachment and the effect of the long—running criminal investigation into watergate was to drive him from political life. 0bviously, that is not what is happening with mr trump. in what is happening with mr trum -. l. , what is happening with mr trum -. u, , ., trump. in the case of the wider im acts trump. in the case of the wider impacts and — trump. in the case of the wider impacts and consequences - trump. in the case of the wider impacts and consequences of. trump. in the case of the widerl impacts and consequences of us law, is there anything once in office that donald trump could do to change the constitution that would mean that he never faces any charges if they were to be refiled? we have seen similar moves. he did say he was going to make changes at the doj. but we saw how he placed people in his favour at the supreme court. would he have that p

there was a brief moment when it looked like gerald ford might wind up on the ticket, but when reagan found out that ford was hoping to be a sort of co-president rather than just vice president, that ended that. and bush went to the convention hall to stop the rumors and announced his selection of bush. now on the democratic side, jimmy carter faced opposition, correct? he did. so the main opponent, it was ted kennedy, the younger brother, youngest brother of former president john f kennedy. ted kennedy was the liberal senator from massachusetts and he never really liked carter. he thought that carter was too much of a technocrat and too conservative and not not bold enough. and so. so kennedy got in the race. california governor jerry brown also ran as a kind of third candidate in there. but was mostly between kennedy and carter. carter won the early primaries and it looked like he was just going to run away with the thing by. kennedy came from behind and won in connecticut and new york, sort of guts. got a second renewed. his campaign and then it looked like you know again carter wa

there was a brief moment when it looked like gerald ford might wind up on the ticket, but when reagan found out that ford was hoping to be a sort of co-president rather than just vice president, that ended that. and bush went to the convention hall to stop the rumors and announced his selection of bush. now on the democratic side, jimmy carter faced opposition, correct? he did. so the main opponent, it was ted kennedy, the younger brother, youngest brother of former president john f kennedy. ted kennedy was the liberal senator from massachusetts and he never really liked carter. he thought that carter was too much of a technocrat and too conservative and not not bold enough. and so. so kennedy got in the race. california governor jerry brown also ran as a kind of third candidate in there. but was mostly between kennedy and carter. carter won the early primaries and it looked like he was just going to run away with the thing by. kennedy came from behind and won in connecticut and new york, sort of guts. got a second renewed. his campaign and then it looked like you know again carter wa

there was a brief moment when it looked like gerald ford might wind up on the ticket, but when reagan found out that ford was hoping to be a sort of co-president rather than just vice president, that ended that. and bush went to the convention hall to stop the rumors and announced his selection of bush. now on the democratic side, jimmy carter faced opposition, correct? he did. so the main opponent, it was ted kennedy, the younger brother, youngest brother of former president john f kennedy. ted kennedy was the liberal senator from massachusetts and he never really liked carter. he thought that carter was too much of a technocrat and too conservative and not not bold enough. and so. so kennedy got in the race. california governor jerry brown also ran as a kind of third candidate in there. but was mostly between kennedy and carter. carter won the early primaries and it looked like he was just going to run away with the thing by. kennedy came from behind and won in connecticut and new york, sort of guts. got a second renewed. his campaign and then it looked like you know again carter wa

conservatives who have called for president biden to simply pardon him citing the precedent of gerald ford pardoning richard nixon. as you look back now, did the nixon pardon help heal the country or did it just reinforce the notion that presidents are above the law? - it did both. - how? - that's an anglican answer for you. it did both. it ended the watergate drama and it underscored the fact that presidents would not have to face prosecution for their acts. i don't know what i would say about pardoning president trump. i will say that i would be flabbergasted if it happened. - but would pardoning trump heal the nation in any way? - i don't think so, i... perhaps, perhaps, i mean, i... i don't see... i think you would have half the country, as decisive as this victory was, right? still half the country would say this is proving that we are trending toward a monarchical system as opposed to a democratic one. - how so? - well, if you're saying a pardon would suggest that someone is above the law and that all the attempts to hold president trump accountable in these sundry cases, that there

and then when he resigned in august 1974, his vice president gerald ford, became president and part is richard dickson for any future possible litigation once he was out in the presidency. but again, that's the closest we can get, but everything that relates to donald trump, including the supreme court decision, granting him immunity, is also a historical and unprecedented that this is uncharted territory. drunk attorneys argue that even these charges against him, these proceedings, they all have to stop while he is in office. i'm wondering do trump's legal boys, do they disappear when he assumes the 2nd presidential term in january? is that black and white to i think it is particularly in the federal cases and you had an excellent report leading up to our conversation. because even if the decisions of course would be to carry on with these federal cases. and i don't think that they will be, and as you said, jack smith, the special prosecutor in both the federal cases, is already saying that he will resign and step down from that. before trump is inaugurated, i think that those cases w

proporciÓn de votos no blancos de cualquier candidato presidencial republicano, desde al menos gerald fordepublicanos estÁn cerca de tomar control de washington d.c. esta tendencia a la derecha del electorado hispano se ha ido marcando en los Últimos ciclos electorales y estÁ tambiÉn vinculada a creencias religiosas en la comunidad latina. >> julio bien, gracias. bueno, todavÍa una mayorÍa votÓ demÓcrata, pero el margen mucho mÁs pequeÑo. lourdes gracias. y escuchÁbamos a lourdes. los republicanos recuperaron el control del senado y hasta ahora mantienen la ventaja en la cÁmara de representantes. vamos con johanna suÁrez. ella tiene los Últimos resultados de la contienda por el control legislativo. nos dice cÓmo va el balance del poder. johanna julio. >> muy buenas tardes. a un dÍa de la elecciÓn. la balanza de poder se inclina a favor de los republicanos. no solo en el ejecutivo. hasta el momento, tambiÉn en el congreso. y es que despuÉs de cuatro aÑos retoman el control de la cÁmara alta. pero vamos a revisar cÓmo va la distribuciÓn de la cÁmara de representantes, donde los republicanos

and then when you resigned in august of 1974, his vice president, gerald ford became president and part is richard dickson for any future possible litigation once he was not in the presidency. but again, that's the closest we can get, but everything that relates to donald trump, including the supreme court decision, granting him immunity, is also a historical and unprecedented that this is uncharted territory. drunk attorneys argue that even these charges against him, these proceedings, they all have to stop while he is in office. i'm wondering do trump's legal boys, do they disappear when he assumes the 2nd presidential term in january? is that black and white, or i think it is particularly in the federal cases and you had an excellent report leading up to our conversation. because even if the decisions of course would be to carry on with these federal cases. and i don't think that they will be, and as you said, jack smith, the special prosecutor in both the federal cases, is already saying that he will resign and step down from that. before trump is inaugurated, i think that those cas

gerald ford's pardoning nixon is the pres it was politically unpopular at it was the right thing to do.tord's pardon put a bandage on a festering national w. donald trump should accept such a pardon if offered by joe biden. trump should then find a way to, at least rhetorically, extend an olive branch to the outgoing resident. here is a portion of president ford's speech to the nation in september of 1974, on his decision to pardon his predecessor, richard nixon. >> i deeply believe in equal justice for all americans. the law, whether human or divine, is no respecter of persons. the law is a respecter of reality. the facts as i see them are that a former president of the united states, instead of enjoying equal treatment with any other citizen accused of violating the law would be cruelly and excessively penalized, either in preserving the presumption of his innocence or in obtaining a speedy determination of his guilt. in order to repay a legal debt to society. ugly passions would again be aroused. and our people would again be polarized in their opinions. and the credibility of our fre

jon kennedy 53 times, richard nixon 41 times, gerald ford 12 times, of course he was in office abouttes but nonetheless. jimmy carter 68 times. ronald reagan has the record 243 times. 243 times. george h.w. bush, 77 times for it william clinton 139 times for george bush 171 times, that is a lot. barack obama who was abusing the idea of what a racist is, he had a 28 times. and so this is nothing new. it is not the end of the world. donald trump is looking for ways to carry out his mandate. he is looking for constitutional ways to do it. and so i just want to underscore this point because that media, do not know what they are talking about. certain commentators beat their chest about how brilliant they are they certainly do not know what they are talking about. this is the reality the constitution does not being used as intended by the framers of the constitution. they are being used to cripple an incoming president of the opposite party or an incoming president of the same party with whom the establishment of that party disagrees. and remember again, only one third of the senate is up

still looking for more people in this, but he can say those people are off limits, too, just as gerald fordto richard nixon, your pardon, even though you haven't been charged with a crime yet. >> there are some of these people who have multiple year sentences. very long sentences. >> yes. there is a bit of debate even some republican elected officials say anybody who touched a police officer, attacked a police officer, shouldn't be pardoned. so there are people talking about in those sort of terms, but again, if you go back to how, if you talk to some trump supporters, they'll say the only people that did bad things at the capitol that day were the police or imagined black lives matter and antifa supporter. so for trump to leave a lot of these people in prison. >> still people claiming it was antifa. >> absolutely. the cognitive dissidence here is remarkable. the people who are still in prison are for the most part, are the people who beat on the cops. 1500 arrested. 750 were never sentenced to prison in the first place. many of the lesser people have served their sentences and are now home

a very complaining about that as a chief of staff of gerald ford for a long period time he's a stafferss a long time party but a member of congress. he served in the navy allstate site and so forth which is fine. he became the youngest defense secretary since we had a defense department he was 43 years old. forty-three years old. they did not attack him. they did not attack robert kennedy. no. james mattis was 36 years old see this constitution would not of been possible without the delegates. but especially james mattis 36 when did he know? apparently knew a lot. thomas jefferson was 33 when he drafted the declaration of independence i would say he did a pretty good job wouldn't you? think youngethe ganga's justicee supreme court nominating confirmed in american history a scholar who has written books that are still read today 32 years old in 18121 of the greatest. barack obama was elected president, pretty young man in his 40s what was his experience? none really. the economy of guy helped raise him and so forth but was his accomplishments? zero. talked about job item is elected to t

at the other end of the spectrum, jimmy carter and gerald ford. ford lost in this painfully close election. 1976. yet, the meeting they had led to what they both called, i talked to them both about it. they felt they had the closest relationship between ex-pets in american history. that will not happen here. they felt rocky campaigns would lead to the best candidates. and to join together in the end. this was a hint when donald trump talked on election night about healing the nation, don't know how serious he was. but if he was, here is a great start. >> adding to that the grace note of jill biden greeting donald trump in melania's absence. i want to make a point to all of you the transition for all of the politeness and the grace of today which is certainly welcome. the trump administration has still not signed the memoranda of understandings. giving space and help and communication with the incoming teams. so while there is a desire on the part of the state department we are told to reach out, they are not legally permitted to reach out and offe

complement in the theater like the navy assault ships, the uss wasp and the aircraft carrier uss gerald fordan. the first time since russia invaded ukraine, ukrainian military officials, and in the western kursk region of russia. ukrainian intelligence did confirm further details besides the actual location. the presidential election shapes foreign policy and america's role in conflict across the globe. joining us is billionaire owner of the new york jets, former ambassador to the united kingdom and donald trump supporter woody johnson. there is all kinds of diplomacy or lack thereof that is fracturing the situation with benjamin netanyahu and gallant. what do you think donald trump's first move would be with the israeli/gaza conflict? if he were president? >> yeah,k a little bit. i don't think any of this would have happened had he been commander in chief at the time. liz: that's factual. who could tell. all the thousands of terrorists may still have swarmed through to israel and attacked them. >> maybe. maybe. but i suspect it would not have happened because as commander in chief, he would

he seemed like gerald ford. >> snl never got biden right until carvey came in in the last couple weeksey never got it right. >> i think comedians actually have a different problem. i think people are a little bored of donald trump in both directions. you see this in the cable news ratings, sorry, in subscription numbers for publications that are not "the new york times." i think the level of sustained interest in following day to day who did he fire today, that kind of stuff, i think is a lot lower. i think it's not just a problem for news. it's a problem for the late night shows. if the late night shows were broadly of interest to people who can't stand donald trump, their ratings would be a lot higher. if you're a comedian who does not do a daily show that pertains to the news, i think the solution is you are probably less political than comedy has generally been the last few years because i think people are exhausted. >> people might want an escape and also given that elon musk kind of lost it about dana carvey's impression of him this weekend, it's not going to go over well with th

. >> okay i came here almost half a century ago and i thought i came to paradise and that was gerald forder and that was different very different years we got the shaw of iran betrayed by carter and the hostage situation and he started to treat israel like an enemy and inflation was huge i remember it was like 10 or 12 percent inflation every time you go to the store it's more and more expensive and i thought maybe i did the wrong thing that i came here i was dreaming about and all of a sudden what's happening and then came reagan and the whole atmosphere in the country changed and it became you understood that things would be quieter and life would be much better and it became much better and that's why so many words before because that's how i feel now. >> griff: well we have to leave it there thank you for taking time it's been a treat to have you and it's been remarkable to see you play in the movie reagan i suggest our viewers go and watch it if you haven't. thank you have a great weekend. >> thank you for having me. >> law enforcement is warning shoppers about safety concerns this f

jack and jonathan porter, we appreciate your time and gerald ford played football michigan in ohio state beating houston, texas, 21-13 and breaking a losing streak that that man garrett wilson incredible one-handed catch many are calling the nfl catch of the year. watch. >> 4-man rushed. rogers and the end zone and wilson! can he stay in bounds? >> todd: i mean, that is ridiculous. wilson's catch being compared to that patch. beckham jr. against the dallas cowboys. i'm a giants fan that wilson's catch, that catch looks better. >> carley: pretty impressive if you asked me. >> todd: this is not necessarily impressive, carley. chuck schumer a trader telling staff at columbia university witticism during handling of anti-semitism on campus. the details about next. >> carley: we will get into that pressure. donald trump elected and the main street extreme media is dead? joe concha will react to that coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ have you always had trouble losing weight and keeping it off? same. discover the power of wegovy®. ♪ ♪ with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. ♪ ♪ and

and he could say they are off-limits just as gerald ford said to richard nixon you are pardoned evenugh you haven't been charged with a crime yet. >> there are some of these people who have multiple year sentences, very long sentences. >> yes. there is a bit of debate that says anybody who touched a police officer or attacked a police officer should not be pardoned. there are people talking about it in those terms. but if you go back to some trump supporters they will say the only people that did bad things that the u.s. capitol that they were the police or nt for -- and to for -- antifa supporters. >> the people in prison for the most part of the people who beat on the cops. 1500 people were arrested and 750 were never sentenced to prison in the first place. many of the lesser people have served their sentences and are now home. only a few hundred are still in prison. they are for the most part people like stuart rhodes the head of the oathkeepers serving 18 years and the head of the proud boys serving 22 years and will trump pardoned them too? that is why when you start getting int

among black voters in the best performance for republican candidate for president in 48 years since gerald fordn 1976 and among hispanic voters the exit polls go only to 1972 but his performance tuesday was the best for a presidential candidate for a republican an exit poll history and literally goes all the way back through history and breaks history and this is what we are talking about, groups you never thought he would do well among even for republican candidate which is what he did and if the 2016 election was about him with white working-class voters this one was about going through the democratic coalition and tearing it apart. >> it wasn't just what he did for his own support but it trickled down to helping in the senate and house? >> yes. a lot of talk this morning and this week in the gop will have a senate majority and we don't know if the republicans will have a house majority but we do think it is the most likely to be the case but look at the 2024 house gop national vote so this is in the popular vote and currently it is ahead by five points and expect that to shrink a bit as some

still looking for more people in this but he can say those people are off-limits as well just as gerald ford said to nixon, you are pardoned even though you have not been charged with a crime yet. >> there is some of these people who have multiple year sentences. >> yes, there is a bit of debate, even some republican elected officials say anybody who touched a police officer or attacked a police officer should not be pardoned right? there are people talking about it in those terms but if you go back and talk to some trump supporters they will say the only people that did bad things at the capital that they were the police or imagined black lives matter or nt for supporters. so for trump to leave a lot of them in prison -- >> there is still people claiming it was nt for? >> absolutely the cognitive dissonance here is remarkable but the people still in prison are for the most part the people who beat on the cops. 1500 people arrested, 750 whenever sentenced to prison in the first place. many of the lesser people have served their sentences and are now home. only a few hundred are still in pris

. ♪ i love gerald ford ♪ ♪ so sign another pardon ♪ ♪ for nixon, baby! applause] [laughter] but soon we won't have to talk about politics at all, because we're going to be spending time with our families for thanksgiving. and one good way to avoid conversation is watching the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade, which this year is celebrating 100 years. happy anniversary! [cheers and applause] that's exciting. 100 years. in a tribute to the first macy's parade, they're bringing back the original santa claus. the parade is also getting some new balloons, including minnie mouse, who is making her macy's thanksgiving parade debut. you go, girl! you go! she broke that glass ceiling! and then she popped because she is a balloon. there's also a couple other new floats this year, including one from the "pasta knight," a play on the words "pasta night." that's nice. i wasn't aware that eating pasta was limited to certain hours of the day. i'll have to reschedule my breakfast carbonara. and we need to cram in all the comfort food we can get this holiday season.

i forgot to mention, gerald ford, his staff did not at all support bay ford on the e.r.a., but he as president, like dick cheney would come and complained to him, he would say go talk to betty ford. very similar to what fdr first got criticized for eleanor roosevelt. she said racism is equivalent to fascism, he got a lot of criticism for being so outspoken, and he would always say go talk to my mrs.. so those are two examples of president who actually supported with their wives redoing by just saying i can't control my wife, so it will be defined a lot by the relationship and passion. >> i think context is important. the first first gentleman and is going to be a totally different position than any subsequent ones. and as we've seen from the very beginning, the evolution continues to take place, but the contact is also going to impact what they might choose to do. eleanor roosevelt was in a unique situation. you had a major depression, a world war, you have everything going on the south, a lynching, the jim crow laws, and eleanor pulled that altogether in a way that no one else could

back to 2000, how about the black performers best for the republican candidate and 48 years since gerald fordback in 1976, and among the hispanic veterans exit polls go back since 1972. >> on the domestic front predict this political science term for they did this week the country and they have a mandate to govern one thing and a blessing that do come is getting hit on the bureaucracy, the meeting at the pentagon right now, but possibly fording double company of rogue, fema employee out here from were not going to get paid to people with donald trump sign bureaucracy they were the people of the leaders on see donald trump follow through on this idea taming the federal bureaucracy. liz: congressman mills your reaction. >> looking about is actually spoken of in the fifth and we have seen it just as this position between a strong economy robot by gunfire in a secure border and lower insurance money comes to well so the government to ka kamala hars the american dream some affordable pretty and so, were ready to look for years for building this country. liz: congressman cory mills, read about his

i mean, he has the largest black support since gerald ford, 1976, and among hispanics, the most for aesident since richard nixon's landslide, 1972. i want to say, ari, if the democrats want to come back at some point in the next 2, 4, 8 years, they should listen to you. because i've been listening the a lot of democrats, and there's a lot of back biting. but people are not saying what you're saying which is it's important that what used to be liberal or liberal-moderate is no longer the case. in this current party not just the left wing of your party but, frankly, it's the biden white house, it's the biden-harris white house, it's the dnc that went down this path that was so extreme that it led, you know, i listened to senator johnsonned today on the round table on wabc. he said people felt of all types, they felt marginalized, trolled, and they felt like they wanted their country back. and that, to me, is why donald trump won in this land are slide. mike: all right. i want to play a clip from bernie sanders, and i'll get you to react. >> the working class of this country is angry, an

. >> always good if you don't fall out of the bus like ford, gerald ford, do you remember?w are you? nice seeing you, terrific, terrific. >> that is donald trump, that is who he is. it was unfamiliar for some voters who were too young for that video when it came out, you would not play that for children, probably. many are discovering the "access hollywood" tape for the first time on tiktok and are sharing their audio with their reactions to it. >> no, no, nancy, and i moved on her very heavily. in fact, i took her out furniture shopping. she wanted to get some furniture , i will show you where they have nice furniture. i moved on her like a. and she was married. suddenly, i see her and she has got the phony and everything it has totally changed her looks. i better get some tech tax in case i start kissing her. i'm automatically attracted, i just start kissing, when you are a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the. you can do anything. >> washington post interview 21- year-old kate sullivan, a student in ohio who had just turned the access hollywood

and it will be repeated all the way through to the end and to gerald ford, the last president to preside over vietnam. so the orthodox school says domino theory is is incorrect for a few reasons. first, they say because it the importance of credibility, the concept of credibility and concept of as it's used by success of presidents holds that what the united states does in one country will be interpreted by american is as indicative of american willpower elsewhere. so if if the united states bails out in one place, maybe we can't be sure that they won't bail out on us as well. and is at a time where the us numerous alliances all over the world and its containment strategy is dependent on all these alliances so they say and its credibility thing is exaggerated countries don't really work that way. they're not going think ill the united states if it loses country over here because our countries different the second point they make in of dismissing the domino theory is that when you look at the end of the war 1975 most of the dominoes don't fall, including in southeast, which was always the

the gerald ford museum is there.e talked about the re-alignment of america in the south carolina, north carolina, georgia. you don't think about a realignment in michigan. this is an area that donald trump wanted to win, a reason why he started his tradition in 2016 by concluding his campaign in kent county. he did it in 2020 in a losing effort. he did again this past weekend monday night in midnight, right? he rolled in to -- wow, yeah, he rolled in to florida at 5:30 yesterday morning. it was this morning, wasn't it? yeah. you follow me on the calendar? okay. it's been stubborn. it appears that it will stick that way as well. kent county will stay in the blue column. it's a changing area, this west coast of michigan. what i'm seeing right now, even though you have just ant 60% of the vote in, i'm seeing a lot of red lining up and down lake michigan. for a while, you know, that had changed. seemed to be shifting a little bit. a county called muskegon. a beautiful part of the world. that had seemed to be drifting in

that's gerald ford's hometown, west michigan. this is a place where the republican senate candidate in 2020 carried the county but donald trump lost it. he had won it in 2016. we talk about the republican base a lot but the republican base is not joe rogan's audience. the republican base is actually suburban always republican voters, these stalwarts and donald trump struggled with them in 2020. i want to know if they're back. >> i will pick erie county which actually might be an easy bellwether but also will give us some sense of, you know, maybe, donald trump is topped out in terms of white working class voters or maybe he's not. so that's a county that is very close to the national average, but also in an important state. ok, let's go again, let's go. we'll move around the room. how about we'll go here, . >> michael. i'm a west michigan native. >> good to hear that. >> if we come back a month from now, particularly kristen and jeff. to what extent do you expect that you would agree about why, what happened happened? so if i ask

gerald ford signed the bill into law that started before then there was a court case.hey argued that the school receive federal funds. so you discriminate against these women by not allowing them to come to the school. so the school opened up to women in 76 coming up on a major anniversary. and there were 80 women in the first class, 81 women, one black. janie, there's a wonderful book called. audacity. yes, i got a blank. i'm sorry, but it's about her life at the naval academy. it's very well done. it's very detailed. it's very transparent about what that was like for her. her sister went to the academy after her. things like a civil rights movement, the women's rights. they didn't influence the women who were coming into the service because of these restrictions on you mentioned, what was the status? all women were segregated because you could probably make lieutenant, you were an officer, but you weren't going. they couldn't have too many lieutenant commanders or commanders because you got one captain and the entire navy. and that's why a lot of them left. it was st

the gerald ford museum is that we talked about five hours ago at the realignment of american the southe north carolina, georgia, perhaps parts of florida pretty don't think about realignment in michigan necessarily. but this has been an area that donald trump wanted to win. there is a reason why he started his tradition in 2016 by concluding his campaign in kent county, grand rapids for he did again in 2020 to losing effort he did it again this past week and monday night at midnight and rolled into florida at 5:30 a.m. in the morning those yesterday morning. no it wasn't, that was this morning, wasn't it? right okay are you following me on the calendar? it has been stubborn. it appears it will stick that way as well. kent county and grand rabbits will stay in the blue column. it's a changing area in michigan. what i'm seeing right now even though he about 60% of the vote in i'm seeing a lot of a red lining up and down lake michigan. for a while that change seemed to be shifting a little bit. there's a county here, beautiful part of the world. that had seemed to drift in the democratic

and he when he finally stepped down as a running mate for, gerald ford, he said, i won't have anybody to argue with anymore. yeah. and then do you remember how he died all of a sudden having a heart attack in and i thought at his office and i when i saw the wire story, i went, oh, my god, because i really sad because i really liked him. but then realized he he died at like with his boots on. yeah it was a very soft story that he died in his office and he was supposedly working in his office at midnight and i knew him very pretty. he doesn't work at his office and i. well, you could read about you could draw your conclusion conclusion he is bad boy. so here you are. you're on the rise you know, you're not a third rate reporter anymore anymore, by the way, who told that one time that you were a third rate reporter? i think the current presidential. in one particular party, you're not the person who ever said that to you. no. no, no. i know you're talking about. uh, he we do have one thing in common. i'm. i'm balding, too, and i to do the comb over. but i'll tell you one other thing abou

gerald ford's pardoning nixon is the president. it was politically unpopular at the time.enraged nixon's enemies but it was the right thing to do. ford's pardon put a bandage on a festering national wound. donald trump should accept such a pardon if offered by joe biden. trump should then find a way to, at least rhetorically, extend an olive branch to the outgoing resident. here is a portion of president ford's speech to the nation in september of 1974, on his decision to pardon his predecessor, richard nixon. >> i deeply believe in equal justice for all americans. the law, whether human or divine, is no respecter of persons. the law is a respecter of reality. the facts as i see them are that a former president of the united states, instead of enjoying equal treatment with any other citizen accused of violating the law would be cruelly and excessively penalized, either in preserving the presumption of his innocence or in obtaining a speedy determination of his guilt. in order to repay a legal debt to society. ugly passions would again be aroused. and our people would again