vice president al gore spent two days in new hampshire last month. the state hosts the first februaryial primary in 2000. [applause] >> you come back again. we have a poker game next friday. thank you very much. mr. gore: thank you so much. >> thank you again. this is my mom. mr. gore: how are you? nice to see you. how are you? [indiscernible] mr. gore: thank you. how are you? what's your name? how old are you guys? are you buddies? the pleasure is all mine. do?do you good to be back. how are you? >> he doesn't know what to think. she's the big boy. nice to meet you all. [applause] >> the vice president's last stop of the day was a private home in nashua. [applause] mr. gore: thank you. thank you very much. and -- thank you very much. thank you so much. i want to shake hands and talk with everybody here and then we will figure out a way to have an open discussion. so, be patient. thank you for coming this evening. nice to see you. thank you so much. [indiscernible] >> good to see you. how have you been? i have heard a lot about you. nice to meet you.

bush and al gore. if al gore had won that election, al gore would have probably had the afghanistan war because of 9/11, which happened the following september but would not have invaded iraq. so my point is, isn't it true that because of the republicans and george w. bush -- i'm saying that's as a liberal progressive democrat myself -- that george w. bush's invasion of iraq, as here able as a dictator as saddam hussein was, at least having saddam hussein in iraq, kept that as a stable country without isis emerging. so is the iraqi war had not happened and if george w. bush and dick cheney had not invade iraq or al gore had won, there was no iraq war, would there be -- >> host: all right, bill, we government the point. that's bill in connecticut. >> guest: that a really good question, and as a journalist i try to avoid putting political labels on it, but the book argues and i strongly believe that the iraq invasion was really the original sin. not just the invasion itself which gave the jihaddists this

al gore gonna shame, al gore gonna get in shape. al gore gonna be there. [ laughter ] airwaves with wall to wall coverage of this deal? hardly. in fact, some of the media dismissed the entire exercise as a waste of time. fox news, for example, said that because the summit wasn't about terrorism, the president shouldn't have even attended. >> instead of dealing with this terrorist attack that we had, the president is more so concerned about being a leader on the weather. >> he feels sorry for criminals. he thinks they were pushing to this terrorist stuff, because of a lack of jobs and hot weather. >> he is so disappointed in the fact that all the other countries, all the other cool kids, they care a lot about climate change. we're talking about fighting a war. why can't we be like the other people and focus on what they're focused on, which is the >> seth: did he call the other country cool kids? [ laughter ] no one there was cool. did you see the gavel they used? [ laughter ] you know what, i respect fox news for at least using scie

i did talk to lord simpson and al gore -- lloyd simpson and al gore. in fact, i talked to gary hart. he and i served together. we were close, but not very close. and he called me back and my secretary said, gary hart is on the line. i went back in, got on the phone, and said, hi, gary. and he started laughing. the last sort of rolled and rolled. not a word had been spoken between us. almost like there is a new brotherhood now. [laughter] rather raucous laughter that had no basis to it , i said, why are we laughing? he said, it is life. so it is a unique experience. and this is my turn. >> what do you think you will be facing the next few months? mr. tsongas: timmy, this is really a campaign of a message. so i am a candidate and the usual kind of thing, but that message has to get out there. there is so much of this is i'm getting opinionated leaders in the united states, whether they are academic, political activists, those people to read the ideas and have a sense of that, a sense of direction. in essence, it is a campaign of people who believe not on

speakers include mark warner, al gore, and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we have got to banish the word he is helping. at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistant. if we are going to get to where we need to go, men have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> a bust of former vice president dick cheney was placed in the capital joining other similar statues honoring vice presidents for their role as president of the senate. former president george to be bush, vice president joe biden, and congressional leaders spoke at the unveiling. this is one hour.

speakers include mark warner, al gore, and anne-marie slager. >> we have to banish the word he is "helping" at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you're asking him to help. he is not the agent. is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parent or legal coparents. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. announcer: this holiday weekend, book tv brings you three days of nonfiction books and authors. friday, back airings of "afterwards." arthur brooks discusses his latest book, "the conservative heart." that weiggest mistake make on the conservative side a lot, the one that trips people

>> sunday morning at 10:00, we the 2000 campaign of al gore as he tours the state of new hampshire. >> for the last six and a half years, you have seen new hampshire change from a time when you were losing 10,000 jobs a year to a time now where you are gaining 12,000 jobs a year, and that is partly because we've responsibility. president clinton and i put in plan.an economic >> al gore went on to win the democratic nomination but lost to george bush in one of america's most highly contested presidential elections. american history tv all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. on wednesday, president obama joined congressional leaders in the u.s. capitol to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment's ratification. 1860 five,first, congress passed the amendment, formally abolishing slavery in the united states. it was ratified into summer six -- it was ratified on december 6 of that year. this program is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states armed forces colorguard, the performance of o

thanks so much to vice president al gore for joining us.e has done a lot of traveling so thanks for making the effort. as i promised yesterday, the vice president has nothing to talk about you might not be expecting. there are things you probably will expect, given his political expertise, the things you know about what he has been doing in the years since his vice presidency. the nobel peace prize, the two oscars, the two number one bestsellers, other things of that sort. blah, blah, blah as they say. [laughter] i got to immerse myself in these things in an article about what vice president gore has been up to, which will be in "the atlantic" in 10 days. those of you here at the conference had it in your conference application. that's what i want to ask you about. i have to cue up the question, because you are not supposed to talk about your achievements in the realm yourself. there's a company called generation investment management based in london, which vice president gore was a cofounder of, the chairman, and it is now reporting what i

bill clinton and al gore. how much of your legacy is tied.important part is not the rhetoric. it's the actual policy. you are right. you can throw anything out there about where you stand on things, but it's the specifics and where she is struggling is not on whether the mantra is don't do stupid stuff or not it's the fact when she gave her major speech on isis strategy a couple months ago, it was not much different than president obama's. if you want real separation you have got to say more than just do more air strikes and arab allies and more diplomacy. step all that up. have to have a real break on some of these issues to show that she substantively will be different. not just in speech but in actual substance. >> i see some more real crucial vulnerabilities for mrs. clintons, also that that i think could be exploited. have gitmo. does president obama think we should down gitmo and bring down terrorists. does hillary clinton believe we should allow you sanctuary cities to flourish just like president obama and does hillary clinton agree w

we've been watching pitchers of al gore, who was behind "the inconvenient truth," the film that rallied so many to the cause of climate change. we watched the delegates filling the plenary hall, the he had of the final examination, if you like, of the text that was issued earlier today. this is the text that lace the foundation of the deal. if it is approved, the agreements will be in place. the paris agreements will be in place. what happened earlier today it's around 12:30 that the text was released. it was the third draft text, and then we were expecting this plenary to take place around quarter to 3:00, quarter to 4:00, i forget thou, in the afternoon. that was postponed. we believe that more procedural matters that were contentious had to be resolved, then it was delayed to now. what you're watching right now is delegates and politicians and negotiators, and those who have been around this whole climate movement for a long time like al gore and mary robinson, who we were just talking about, are now assembling in the plenary hall ahead of the french foreign minister and president of

if al gore had been president, global warming would've been taken more seriously. and also the united states would not have falsified evidence to justify invading oil-rich iraq is starting an eight year war and together with afghanistan convincing some in islamic countries that the united states is waging war on islam. and without george w. bush there would not be the biggest transfer of wealth into private hands in the history of this nation and ap ratio in which the average ceo earns 470 times more than the average worker in canada it is only 20 times more. an executive order giving an estimated 40 billion in tax dollars to catholic evangelical and other religious groups without congressional approval often with the appearance of turning this into a vote delivery system. and without clarence thomas to supply the one vote majority to the supreme court, they may not have ruled that corporations are people in the right to unlimited political spending in order to continue all of the above. and the list goes on. we must not only vote but we must fight to vote. the vot

one suspects the virgin importalized will be al gore and not william howard taft al gore.flattering after all. that is why the cheney bust the handsome rendering from the artist not what the left side of the aisle might dream up. >>> be sure to join me for the oval office address this evening. you can catch me here every sunday and weekdays. i'm jake tapper in washington. fareed zakaria gps starts right after this. when i lay in my tempur-pedic contour- the next thing i know it's morning. with tempur-flex you've got the spring and bounce of a traditional mattress and it also adjusts to my body. my cloud feels... it's like somebody's hugging you. how can a bed do that? (vo) there's a tempur-pedic for everyone. it begins from the the second we're born.er. because, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned every day. using wellness to keep away illness. and believing a single life can be made better by millions of others. as a health services and innovation company optum powers modern healthcare by connecting every part of it. so while the world keeps sear

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that post-florida recount william howard taft al gore.the goal is to be flattering and that's why the chaney bust is the handsome, rendering by the artist not what the left side of the aisle might dream up. >> be sure to join me for special edition of president obama's state of the union address. i'm jake tapper in washington. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your d

if al gore and not george w. bush had been president, global warming would have been taken more seriously. over the united states wouldn't have falsified evidence to justify invading the iraq by starting an eight year war, and together with afghanistan, convincing some in islamic countries that the united states was waging war on islam. there wouldn't be the transfer of wealth to private hands in the history of the nation. the pay ratio in which the average ceo earns 470 times more than the average worker. and in canada it is 20 times more. and giving an estimated 40 billion in tax dollars to catholic evangelical and other religious groups without congressional approval often with the appearance of turning churches into a booth delivery system. the one vote majority in the supreme court. and in order to continue all of the above. you get the idea. the list goes on. we must not only vote we must fight to vote. the voting booth is the one place on earth where the least powerful and the most powerful are equal. i st

speakers include mark warner former vice president al gore, , and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we have to banish the word, he is "helping" at home. helping is not taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, men need to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. announcer: c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. our student cam documentary contest asks students to say what issues they would like to hear from the presidential candidates. follow the road to the white house coverage, and get details on c-span.org. announcer: up next, first lady michelle obama welcomes families to the white house for a look at the holiday decorations. during her remarks, she spoke about the importance of community and serving others during the holiday season. this is about 10 minutes. >> hello. i am a navy spouse and my husband is currently stationed at fort balfour, virginia. voir, vir

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al gore went on to win the democratic nomination but lost the general election to george w. bush and one of the most highly contested presidential elections. -- alln history tv weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. today, president obama signed the education bill the senate approved yesterday. knoller tweed: -- tweeted: reported:o'donnel the president was joined by arne several members of congress in a ceremony that ran about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president, please welcome mr. antonio martin. [applause] my name is antonio martin. i am an eighth grader at kenmore middle school. years ago, president obama came to kenmore to talk about making the education system better for all students. i care about education because it opens a world of possibilities. i want to be an engineer. i work really hard in school. i love science and math. all my teachers have helped me in rich my love of learning. kenmore has opened new possibilities because it is an art-s focused school. my drama teacher is amazing. she wants the cast to do well. is integratedt into

speakers include al gore and author, and murray slaughter. >> we have to banish the word, he is helping. helping is not actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him for help. he is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, men need to be full equal coparent. >> for a full schedule, go to www.c-span.org. the kennedy center honors those who have contributed to american culture. president obama hosted honorees at the white house. king,roup included carole george lucas, sicily tyson, and ozawa.or seiji >> ladies and gentlemen, the 2015 kennedy center honorees. carole king. [applause] >> george lucas. [applause] rita maorena. [applause] seiji ozawa. [applause] cicely tyson. >[applause] [laughter] [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. ♪ [applause] president obama: thank you. please, everybody have a seat. welcome to the white house. this is a good-looking group. wants -- onceedy said, there is a connection. it is hard to ask why but easy to feel

i don't know if al gore has won. but i also don't know if toni morrison has won. >> so here's where you are in the game. no more lifelines. you're at $30,000. you can walk away with that money. this is obviously a chance to get to 50 and that threshold. but at this point, with an incorrect answer, you're giving up $25,000. you walk out of here with 5. >> i'm guaranteed $5,000. i'm gonna take a guess, and i'm gonna go with the audience. c. final answer. >> unfortunately, this time, audience isn't right. neither are you. it's actually d, stephen hawking, believe it or not, stephen hawking. but you are taking home $5,000. you took a shot at it. you took a shot. thank you for being here. it was really nice to meet you. we're gonna be back with armed "millionaire" right after this. antlers on reindeer, gifts tied with laces polar bear noses, colorful faces candy canes wrapped up to the top, how many ways can you snap, crackle, pop? snowmen with buttons, snowflakes with icing candy corn feathers, sure look enticing rice kr

and with the arbitrary search and seizure of all personal communications former vice president al gore said correctly that snowden disclosed evidence of crimes against the united states constitution. we have been fighting have made no headway by a appealing to the traditional centers of power only after he documents the crimes committed by the state a genuine public debate began. in the president where previously dismissed from state surveillance by insisting of judicial oversight three judges have ruled on mass surveillance saying it was unconstitutional and the third to back it. none of this would have happened without snowden. he had access to the full roster of everyone working at the nsa and could have made public the entire intelligence community to undercover assets worldwide. he could have revealed their freedom station and mission in shutdown intelligence system in one afternoon. but this was never his intention. he wanted only that until he documented to be carried out without our consent or knowledge. our politicians including clinton argued that snowden could have turned in

when bill clinton is popular now, but when he left, al gore's assessment was, this guy is so unpopular and controversial, i can't even use him. if he could channel and bring bill clinton back to 1998 and make us remember that, and bring us all the episodes and lawsuits that followed and the accusations that were there, then i think donald trump has done something not only for himself but the entire republican field. >> a lot of people think, and i think this as well, and al gourmet even think it today that that was a mistake. it wasn't just that he felt he was problematic because of what happened, it was that al gore had a lot of animosity toward him because of what happened, and i think that got in the way of bill clinton campaigning for him. >> absolutely, but the fact there was even a thought in his mind as opposed to ronald reagan when he left, he was at 44, 45% then, and he brought with him a lot of baggage, a bad marriage o or a marriage that didn't seem effective where it wasn't a factor. and people are going to be going, wow, do we really want this chaos again? the circus is ba

speakers include former vice president al gore and author anne-marie slaughter. anne-marie: we have to banish the word, he is "helping," at home. helping is not taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, right? he is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, men need to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. president obama spoke at the 93rd annual national christmas tree lighting in washington. we also hear from national park service director jonathan jarvis and the oldest living ranger, and michelle obama. witherspoon is the host of the ceremony. ♪ reese: good evening. welcome to the annual christmas tree lighting. pretty exciting. we are in a historic national park across from the white house and a wonderful winter night in our nation's capital. millions of americans will be celebrating the season with their own holiday traditions, but tonight, we are glad that you joined us here for a ter

that year al gore lost home state of tennessee. reviously represented gore in the state. >> and tevl years ago today troops in iraq captured saddam hussein. months before he was found he was changed by power from u.s. british troops. he was executed for the deaths of more than 140 men in his country in 198 2. many americans put lives on the line to bring him to justice. >> on this date in 1978 philadelphia men struck the susan b. anthony leader and production was limited because susan a. anthony was not a quitter. almost 900 million susan b. quitter. almost 900 million susan b. anthony was produce >> welcome back everyone, 7:23, sunday morning the month of december opening up the same way november finished. every single day above average. numbers represent how many degrees above average the day in fact was. thursday and friday, 10, 11 degrees and yesterday 7 degrees above seasonal averages and when you take the numbers here and add them up you average them up 9 degrees above the normal for month of december which is unheard of. usua

with the response to al gore is not in the original of the two volume biography with the fall of the old liberal order he is also written books of leadership "the national review" "wall street journal" so welcome. >> at the very end is dr. green an associate professor at u.n.l.v. ph.d. from columbia, author of three books of u.s. civil war is most recent published the scheerer -- this year ended is on sale here. [laughter] he writes a column on politics also some of the segments on 89.5 and teaches honors courses slavery emancipation and civil rights. [applause] we're in here to talk about issues still matter in politics there is a question if they ever mattered. [laughter] but a good place to start is to see the line between politics and entertainment come closer and closer ever since the first televised election. perhaps they have finally intersected with donald trump were we have a person who is a current entertainer running for president and is the republican front runner if the polls are to believed. the shows taking issue oriented positions like these link the papers and others

in 2000, an example, some polls had bill bradley beating al gore and he ended up losing to gore because of independents decided not to participate. and the democratic primary -- i feel like get those caveats aside. what we don't know about new hampshire whether it is does it end up doing its sort of this intellectual republican quirkiness of the mccains, christies or does it go with the pop u populist roots, pitchfork vixryes like pat buchanan saw. >> at this stage, trump has been leading there by so much. i think the question to me is like, not about who is in first, he's really in first but speaking dante's language, his book, moderate and liberal republicans, 47% of the republicans who have voted in new hampshire 2012 were moderates or liberals. who is second, christie or rubio? it's a big problem with the republican establishment. christie ahead of rubio, it's like when is rubio going to finish second in a state even. >> bob, i've had this theory, i've said this before, that what happens in new hampshire stays in new hampshire. i say it this way because the new hampshire republican

the texas governor went on to win the republican nomination, and then defeated vice president al gore in the general election. the race was among one of the most tightly contested in u.s. history was not decided until five weeks after voters went to the polls when the u.s. supreme court stopped the florida recount, ultimately winning the electoral votes and presidency to governor bush. >> really good job. nice to see you. thanks. you bet. thanks. >> [indiscernible] >> great campaign. knowe w. bush: i don't about relaxing, but trying to enjoy myself. george w. bush: i'm ready to go. i know that being the governor of texas is not close to being president of the united states. it is a huge step. if texas were a country, it would be the 11th largest economy in the world. i have learned to lead. i know where i want to lead america. i want to lead america to a better day. i know you cannot lead by dividing. people tried to put people in groups and pit one group against another. you cannot achieve what is right for america by dividing people up into camps. i'm a uniter, negative divider. peo

speakers include al gore and author and-marie slaughter. anne-marie: we have to banish the word, he is helping. helping is not actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him for help. he is not the agent, right? he is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, men need to be fully equal coparents. announcer: for a full schedule, go to www.c-span.org. this holiday weekend, book tv brings you three days of nonfiction. at 7 p.m. eastern, president arthur brooks discusses his latest book on how to build a fairer and happier america. biggest mistake we make on the conservative side, the one the trips people of the most, is the one that should be the easiest -- get happy. west examinesnell martin luther king jr.. being whoor any human was to reach a level of integrity, honesty, and decency as a long-distance runner, you have to kill something in yourself -- fear. you have to kill your obsession with status and wealth. how faithful people can change politics. >>

speakers include marco warner, al gore come in anne-marie slaughter. word heve to interstate is helping at home. actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you're asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistant. men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> this holiday weekend, book tv brings you three days of nonfiction books and authors. friday, a range of afterwards. at 7:00 amaga brooks discusses his book "the conservative heart." >> the biggest mistake we make thehe conservative side is one that should be the easiest, to get happy. >> cornell west examines the life of dr. martin luther king jr.. that for understood any human being who once to reach a level of integrity, toesty, decency, you have kill something in yourself -- fear. your obsession with position and status and wealth. >> followed by the author of the "relevant to of the relevance of religion." >> religion does point us beyond ourselves and for faithful people,

. >>> al gore among those in the crowd in france applauding a worldwide agreement to fight climate change. the deal comes two weekdz after the leaders of nearly 200 nations convened to cut greenhouse gases. critics say it doesn't go far enough. hundreds rallied in downtown boston today hunting for stricter rules. but as bryan explains, negotiators in paris say it's a good start. >>reporter: after 10 days of talks, nearly 200 countries agreed to fight global warming by eliminating greenhouse gases. they plan to switch from coal renewable sources like solar power for decades to come. >> this demonstrates solidarity in this ambitious flexible and durable. >> it calls for the temperature rise to be held to less than 2 degrees celsius. that's 3 degrees fayrnite and even lower if possible. $100 billion will be given to poorer countries to help them move away from fossil fuels. >> this agreement begins to think about the way we power our planet. >> after the agreement, they argued the pact doesn't go far enough. others argue it will restrict the u.s. too much. other countries including nick raug

responsibility -- president clinton and i put in place an economic plan that has .alanced the budget an >> al gore went on to win the democratic nomination, but george bush. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. ♪ >> three months ago, the first air cavalry division ships all from charleston, south carolina. young men trained in a new concept of war, proud, sure of themselves, but still to be tested in battle. they were destined for the high country of central vietnam. last week, some of them came home. were the price of victory in battle. cbs news correspondents were there. >> this is where it all began. .he special forces cap on the night of october 19, at 11:00 p.m., the first mortar rounds fell. >> what kind of fighters are the viet cong that you met here? >> i would give anything to have 200 of them under my command. they are the finest soldiers i have ever seen. >> it was clear that the enemy had been hurt badly, but we paid dearly. it was almost like looking at old newsreels of korea and the .acific war the same faces, the same agony. >> it was pretty bad. we kind of

did al gore really have any role in that? he is going to be here tomorrow morning. >> you should ask him than. in fact he played an incredibly important role. darpa's role traces back to the late '60s where some of the folks at darpa had this crazy idea we might want to connect computers together. computers were these massive beasts of machines. and the first was darpa net. the first idea was could you share these resources. and also at darpa, in our part of this story was the people who wrote the first protocols that essentially defined the internet. but al gore played an incredibly important role after that as to the national science foundation in getting it from the research community out to the whole rest of the world. >> now you generously gave walter isackson a great deal of credit. walter, whom you saw earlier here wrote a book called "the innovators." and you said finally someone got the story right. >> yeah, i got that book for christmas. i was reading it. it's a wonderful book by walter. and there is this chant they

let's bring it to ines and get an early look at what is happening as you head al gore. ines:you are fine westchester bound. your commute in new jersey looking pretty good. route 3 and the parkway, looking at the long island expressway, george washington bridge, construction on the upper level slowing things down and that is wrapping up, 10 minute delay on the upper level, no delays on the lower level, lincoln and holland tunnels looking good, trains running on or close. ben: developing overnight in brooklyn four apartment buildings had to evacuate juliet: an active scene between 11 and twelfth avenue, national greek crews making repairs, the of the ny found elevated levels of carbon monoxide. no one was hurt, no word when people will be allowed back in their homes. ben: deliberations are expected today in the federal corruption trial of dean scelos ed his son adam. the jury heard closing arguments yesterday, prosecutors said scelos used his office to strong arm three businesses and giving his son $300,000 in fees and benefits for no show jobs. his attorney says scelos n

ruled, they installed bush who didn't windshield win the sf florida, one can obviously criticize al gore's strategy of not asking for a statewide recount, which was foolish for statistcal reasons. you would imagine a more democratic undercount in republican counties than there would be in democratic counties. soy wondered how gore's math skills are, but i still -- the thing that's still amazing to me, he was installed. i remember when that decision came through. i lived on morning side drive overlooking harlem. i expect today hear glass start breaking and expect today hear people screaming in the streets, i expected what would have happened in any number of countries around the world in terms of unrest protests and so on, and nothing happened. i'm wondering of the american character and society and stuck in political structure or all been propagandized to not react, just take it and keep going on. >> well t problem is that when they carry out, you know, a violation of it's not immediately apparent what they have done. there's a great book called defying hitler by sebastian, in 1933, on the

bush for al gore? not hard to figure those out. you keep going to the present, it is true. are we being lied to or are we being told we can do it? that took care of that. >> the answer is yes. >> by the way i am still happily married. >> have we hit some inflexion point where people are so concerned and so worried and so freaked out that they want someone who is no longer an optimist because that doesn't seem like the reality to them? not saying that is the case but interesting to see barry sanders, i don't think is an optimist. i think he has a very dismal view of what is happening in our society. donald trump says we are getting killed by china, killed by the mess of the world, america is in the toilet according to both these men only one of whom is the actual front runner of his party. something we have to keep in mind when we make historical analogies is the sample side of presidential elections is very small. there are no hard and fast rules and something could be different. >> there was a moment during the democratic debate when martin o'malley said something he also

thatnday at 10:00, we look to the 2000 campaign of al gore as he tours the state of new hampshire. >> for the last six and a half years, you have seen new hampshire change from a time when you were losing 10,000 jobs a year to a time now where you are gaining 12,000 jobs a year, and that is partly because we fiscal responsibility president clinton and i put in place an economic plan that has balanced the budget and turned the biggest deficit into the biggest surplus. >> al gore went on to win the democratic nomination but lost the presidential race to george bush in one of america's most highly contested elections. >> next on american artifacts, we'd tour colonial williamsburg. a historical interpreter brings us through the house and gives us the story of the governor and his family who fled on the eve of the american revolution. >> i one of the curators of textiles and historic interiors here at colonial williamsburg foundation. i work with not only our textile and quilts and needlework exhibition. right now we are at the governor's palace. it would have been the symbol of power and

to theer: we looked back 2000 campaign of al gore as he toured the state of new hampshire. mr. gore: you have seen new hampshire change from a time when you were losing 10,000 jobs a year to a time now where you are gaining 12,000 jobs a year. and that is partly because we have had fiscal responsibility. president clinton and i have put in place an economic plan that has balanced the budget, turned the biggest deficit into the biggest surplus. announcer: al gore went on to win the democratic nomination, but lost the general election to george bush, in one of america's highly contested presidential elections. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. announcer: the senate energy and national -- natural resources committee held a hearing on how terrorism is impacting oil markets. witnesses explained that one of isis'main sources of revenue is mainales -- of isis' sources of revenue is oil sales. this is about two hours. >> calling the committee to order this morning, this should be an interesting and informative hearing as we do and oversight on the inters

and the ghost of al gore may rest in peace! i know what you're saying, ghost, but i'm not dead! shhhh! quiet, ghost... rest. i know some people may be going, but, trevor, how can you be excited about the prospect of a thing that hasn't happened yet and has no guarantees? well, the earth has been unhealthy for a long time. it has a problem. so what the paris agreement has done is basically signed the earth up for a gym membership. look, we still have a long way to. go we have to follow through and actually work out. but this is still a huge step in the right direction. because now we have to get in the gym and drop 3 degrees celsius, people. the important thing is we do the reps, work the negative and stay focused, unlike people at planet fitness on 34th street who don't understand the importance of carrying around a towel with you while working out because your sweat is not supposed to be my sweat! the point is wipe down the machines, people, or global warming will kill us all. (laughter) the problem with actually getting healthy is there is always that irritating voice in your