[applause] al gore. [applause] over a lifetime of service, al gore has been an army serviceman , senator, vice president, presidential nominee, and visionary climate statesmen. in a historic act of selflessness and love for country he accepted the outcome a -- of a disputed election for the sake of unity and democracy. through his nobel peace prize winning leadership he inspires millions to confront the existential threat of climate change. he is a model of american resilience. he proves that what matters most is the courage to take on a cause bigger than ourselves. [applause] clarence b jones. [applause] the philadelphia son of domestic workers and a former foster child he became the wordsmiths for a movement. he was an army soldier on the front lines in the battlefield. and a civil rights law you're on the front lines of the courtroom. wise and unflinching, clarence jones' lyrical prose and prophetic life shows us the enduring power of the idea of america. an advisor and speechwriter to dr. martin luth

al gore. you got to know him a bit. what kind of leader was he, or is he? dr.i worked less closely with al gore. i was a very junior member of his campaign. i have gotten to know him more in recent years as we have focused on climate change. i just think he is extraordinarily smart, very, very disciplined and extremely persistent in his beliefs. david: what about barack obama, how do you find him as a leader? dr. shah: president obama i learned a lot from just by watching the way he worked. in my view, he had this unique ability to be extremely determined, passionate, and also preternaturally calm in any given moment. let you sort of knew that underneath that calm was an absolute determination to win in the long run, whether winning was a major foreign policy issue or some domestic transformation of our economy. david: what about joe biden? dr. shah: at the time, vice president biden was so personable, especially during my tough moments -- i gave a speech called the national prayer breakfast speech and i was quite nervous about it for a number of reasons. and h

i want add about al gore. al gore, when he created the concept of ukraine, it was him.ou need to create a concept. americanization. if you want to gain knowledge, the knowledge must be in english only. traditions must be destroyed. if you read literature in russian, it is backward communist. all. all those bases that you have scientific knowledge, this, of course, from onion, albert gore will become there the person who will intellectually beat ukraine, it is under albertegor and our hero today that a record number of brilliant people will leave for the united states of america, it is al gore, together with soros , who will distribute money to create inventory labs to invite ukrainian specialists, he it will simply collect all the minds of ukraine like a vacuum cleaner. soviet minds and will send them to the united states of america, our current president, he will approve this and sign lists for the departure of closed specialists, with those specialists who had, as he will say, two earrings, who had top secret status, and these people from ukraine left for the united s

he worked on the al gore speech for the 2000 concession speech. he wrote a play and we hadn't gotten to those boxes yet. in fact, at one point he said, "i wonder, who would you bet on? would you bet on the boxes or me?" as he got older, which one would be finished first. but i made him a promise before he died that i would finish the work that we were going to be doing, that i was gonna help him do. - what does it take for a participant in history to remain clear-eyed about your subjects and the events? - i don't know that you're ever fully clear-eyed. i mean, you go, i choose my subjects in the first place, somebody that i want to live with. i don't think i could ever write about mussolini or hitler. i have to have a basic respect for them and an affection. they're gonna disappoint you. everybody has flaws, as indeed my husband did, as well. but as long as i have a basic respect and liking for them, then i feel like i'll give them a fair shake. but by choosing them, that means you are already on their side. and that's okay with me. but that doesn

al gore for many of you are familiar with, he was a student at harvard and he latched onto a professorwho was very interested in this. he decided this is going to be a critical thing for the united states global warming. he really moved ahead and when he got to congress he started building up an entire, i would say, group of fellow members that would support this agenda here and they moved quickly to really start the first almost advocacy and activist movement on global warming and green energy. and with that, when he became a senator he led the first senate delegation to the first rio summit, which was one of those cops you about the u.n. summit, cops, that we have each year. he then came back to the united states as vice president. he really drove a lot of these negotiations for this, and for the climate agenda. and then when he left, he started a movie and made a movie and got an academy award from that, from that he got a nobel peace prize. so it really was to his benefit to really keep driving this agenda. at the same time in china in the 1960s, mao zedong was leading the cultural

bush over vice president al gore. george w.rst candidate in history who did not get the most votes but won the presidency. al gore got more votes than the person who won the electoral college. or was awarded the electoral college. by the supreme court. that was the first time in my life i heard people who spent their lives respecting the supreme court suddenly saying that the supreme court had become just another partisan institution. many people, me included, tried to think of it as a single decision that was a close call that looked partisan. but might not be. time would tell. if the supreme court had become another warm of republican governments. now, 24 years later, it is worse than anyone thought in 2000. after the bush v gore decision. samuel alito was the first and only supreme court heckler during a state of the union address. samuel alito disgraced himself and the supreme court when he decided he had something to say during the state of the union by the first black president of the united states. >> last week, the supr

nancy pelosi, al gore, john kerry and mike bloomberg.hese people earn the highest honour in the land? they have dedicated their careers to knee capping freedom in pursuit of their own self interests. al gore and john kerry spent their careers killing our economy with government-funded climate junk. they got rich. bloomberg created a nanny state in new york regulating what you can eat and drink. no big gulp for you. that does not sound a lot like freedom. and nancy pelosi lifelong politician as you know with a perfectly timed stock trades, why does she get a metal? january 6th. >> on january 6th, she stood in the breach and defend a democracy. with her husband paul, they set up to extremism and it took absolute courage. history will remember you as the greatest speaker the house ever had. >> pete: rachel is the cohost of fox and friends weekend any perfect guest for this. i thought you may have some suggestions and reactions. >> i do have some suggestions. but first i want to say i had not thought about the middle of freedom until the las

that it's kind of my point, which is, if what we take away from it is al gore sighed and wore rouge,es me as a methodology that is terribly flawed. >> well, you tie that with the answers to the questions were also. >> jon: but no one remembers those. >> [laughs] >> jon: and isn't -- because i think the point is, you have this sort of system set up for tradition, but the media has changed so drastically, it is so polarized, it is so sensationalized, they are not looking to accomplish what maybe the commission is even looking to accomplish. is that now at odds? i guess, my worry is, we have this, are we clinging to an institution that nobody is particularly satisfied with, whether they think the moderators are too partisan, whether they think the rules are too archaic, or too steeped in robert's rules of order? and we are not working hard enough to design a system that will help our democracy flourish rather than just become sensationalistic? >> i think that is a criticism that has been there. but we have changed. what we do now wasn't what happened, how we did it back when it started

i remember al gore used to have this joke. he would he would get up there. he would say, you know, i like the vice presidential seal. he says, if you cover your left, i say it becomes even better. but it's also true that aside from being next in line to the presidency, the office of the vice presidency has evolved a lot in the modern times. it's evolved a lot in the last few decades into a much more substantive and significant role. our favorite, thomas marshall, we just talked about it, call it call himself the spare tire of the white house. but in fact, as these date has become more of a partner riding shotgun for a president heading into into a political administration, you have much more responsibility and sometimes even more visibility than in the past. and if that's not important enough to understand the vice presidency, then all we have to do is turn our attention back three years to january six, 2021, when we had a sitting president, united states effectively try to seize power after losing an election by strong arming who his vice president into cla

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couple of people and also, i remember in the year chief thousand i'm old enough to remember in 2000 al gore coming before the country, when it was clear to us as democrats that he had been robbed and ripped off and mistreated by the supreme court. we were angry. people would have gone to the streets in an instant, and al gore said, i accept the supreme court's decision let's move forward. it was an act of courage. it was an act of patriotism. and we've seen nothing of the kind from this republican party, despite the fact that there's plenty of evidence at al gore could have pointed to and none that they can point to. so what is, what is patriotism mean if you only love the country when you win, you're not a patriot and jeff that's what is kinda confounding about. >> this is i was looking at how different republicans have answered this. senator jd vance in an interview, i believe with dana bash said, yeah, if it's a free and fair election republicans will louisiana sickly it accept the results of it. but why is it so difficult for the others to just say yes? to that question because they're

we saw al gore who did the same thing.have not seen anything like what we have seen what amna just talked about, the violence in these last four years, and i think that's an important difference. the false equivalence should not confuse people as to what happened here. >> amna, to some of the points you've made, there's an erosion in faith. it shows many are not confident. >> a third don't believe the results will be counted accurately. a third still believe in the big lie that president joe biden did not win the 2020 election. a third at least believe our democracy is not functions well. this is in the context, we should know, of a decline in trust of all american institutions. congress, the supreme court, the proceed ya as well. and we shouldn't lose sight here. these institutions are made up of people. i don't believe it's about reversing the trends as much as it is move through this moment and if i find any sign of hope anywhere, it's two things. one, we had the highest level of voter turnout in 2020, two-thirds of the

there were millions of people that supported al gore. we were crushed. the people that worked on the campaign were crushed. that did not give us a license to ignore what the court had found. we accepted the results. that is why these folks in the trump orbit, that is what they should have done. instead, they ignore the facts and worked around the law. that is why they are on the cusp of criminal accountability right now. >> to the much to that point, you had rudy giuliani doing a live stream of his birthday party with his guests which of course included steve bannon and roger stone. unfortunately, the last few did not show him being served. that would have been really fun. i do want to play for you a little sound from steve bannon making a promise to rudy giuliani on his birthday. >> this is how dangerous the guy is. every instrument of state power from bankrupting to smearing him, we are not going to let it happen. >> rudy, it 80 years old, how many people at 80 years old come your moment will come. we are not going to win in 2024 unless you are a major

typically a former presidents bill clinton is going to be her, george bush, obama even go down to al goreare all too old to be present or younger than two people who are running for president. think the country like >>'s 1960s elected people in her 40s the senate is having reauthorizing fa bill right now. it's going to go out in a couple of days. i going to extend extend the age shoot fly a plane that got knocked out to 65. i out of congress and 59 result i can wait in a decade still run for the senate be young. it is a subliminal. >> you would be. >> there's something frustrating. why is that? i'm sorry no disrespect to anyone over the age of 78 here but why do we have these two old men one is going to be 86 if he serves at another trip and what's going to be what 82 or 83? why are we in this situation? >> this about defending democracy, they vent everything to deny democracy the next election. they have their part in court were no one can say what law he broke but sensationalism and you go home at night to all you hear about is biden is speaking. the new strategies let's not have them t

and the person i had to tell to wait was al gore. he didn't do it for partisan purposes or tell anyone about it but he cared about this kid in our country. i want some and can be proud of. when it comes to those issues it is a huge difference. host: thanks for your time. we will get other issues tackling time with representative tim burchett . >> today, what c-span's 2024 campaign trail, a weekly round up of c-span's campaign coverage , combining -- providing one shop stop to it candidates the same to voters in first-hand accounts from political reporters, updated phone numbers, and campaign ads. watch c-span's 2024 campaign trail. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span two, exploring the people and invents that tell the american story. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, our series congress investigates looks at historic congressional investigations that led to changes in policy and law. health committees for 1993 and 1995 examine events around the daily 1993 siege carried out by the federal governme

al gore who many of you are familiar with was a student at harvard and he latched onto a professor whowas very interested in this and decided this was going to be a critical thing for the united states and so he moved ahead and when he got to congress he started building up an entire group of fellow members that would support this agenda and they moved quickly to start the first advocacy and activist movement on global warming and green energy and with that, when he became a senator, he led the first senate delegation, the first rio summits, that we had this year and he came back to the united states as vice president, drove a lot of the negotiations for this, and then when he left he started a movie and made a movie and got an academy award from that and from that he got a surprise. it was to his benefit to keep driving this agenda. at the same time in china in the 1960s, the cultural revolution, looking at where china wasn't aware al gore was, the godfather of the climate movement and now, after the cultural revolution 16 years later china became involved in this agenda in terms of c

we know what john kerry, not john kerry, but al gore, i have actually talked to al gore about how heded, i mean, in florida, and the debate that was going around that. but, you know, he chose to put the country first, and what we're hearing now, the bar has been lowered, chris. used to be the bar was up here. unfortunately, in politics, we have seen it lowered. my concern, we have seen it lowered in a number of areas. we need some sort of an awakening in this country to get the bar back up, based on the values the country was founded on. >> we've only got a minute. what does it mean for this election, if both the republican nominee and his vice president running mate deny election results? >> well, and that will be the litmus test throughout the republican party. governor kasich is absolutely right. i think people ought to be very concerned about the after math of this election. there's no chance that donald trump will graciously concede that he was defeated. what does that mean for the post election period? what will he tell his followers. for donald trump, you know, he's faced with

presents vice president with the highest award - the medal of freedom, and while studying in college , al gored against the vietnam war. another recipient, former secretary of state john key, also took part in anti-war rallies in the late sixties. many of them do not like to remember the mistakes of their youth, but another holder of the order of freedom, congressman james clyburn, is not afraid of historical analogies. "i was part of the events that happened during the vietnam war. everything that made us a great society during the president johnson, everything went downhill from vietnam, and it could happen now. we need to be careful not to push these protests into a corner. a wave of anti-israeli or pro-palestinian protests has already hit more than 50 campuses across the country, and after two weeks it shows no sign of abating. tent cities, keffiyeh shawls, they are also called arafat. and unshakable confidence in their rightness, america has not seen such anti-war demonstrations in universities for the last half century, and the participants themselves admit that the spirit of these prote

al gore, john kerry. elizabeth dole, very respectable. but a lot of it is partisan giveaways at this point. rachel: yeah. pete: here's how -- can keep looking, this you go. here's how joe biden described his medal for john kerry at the white house yesterday. >> i've served and worked closely as senator and as vice president, then as president with this guy, john kerry. john kerry. [applause] i was vice president when he was secretary secretary of state and in my administering he led our efforts -- administration, he led as first presidentialen soy for climate. throughout six decades of service to the nation, john, as a soldier, senator, statesman. rachel: you know, pete, we were talking about this last night, you were hosting on jesse watters, and topic came up, and you kind of focused in on john kerry, nancy pelosi and michael bloomberg who are three people who have tried to take people's freedoms away. pete: yeah. rachel: t really quite ironic through environmental policy. michael bloom are berg, he's actually the president of the board

you know, remember the sign from al gore, al gore -- >> the physical back and forth. but one point about the kennedy that is not there. the today. and interesting aspect of june versus accepts. when you read the cnn rules, they clearly have a couple caveats here. because it is possible kennedy does poll poor before. but he might not be on enough balance to get to 270 electoral votes. he will be there by the fall. i'm actually one of those -- i'm in the minority. i think if you've ever spent a lot of time watching robert kennedy jr. speak, i think if you were joe biden, you will want them on the debate stage. i think that there will be a point in the fall that they will see that as an asset. i'm sort of in the minority on this, but i think that -- >> let's face it, he has a vocal issue. it is an ailment. >> and i think it is weirdly help bine look less -- any of his issues come across less. i don't think a lot of people realize this about robert kennedy jr. it will be interesting. but i'm not ruling out the possibility that he makes it to the second debate. >> he's alr

al gore excepted the results of the election and he moved on.ou license to try to burn everything down. that's what they are still trying to do. >> and vice president concession speech is one of the best speeches he has ever given and one of the best political speeches in american history. governor westmore was on meet the press today and listen to what he had to say about now the republican nominee for senate from maryland. >> this is a person who when roe v. wade fell, under his watch, when he was governor, he veto legislation to increase privacy for women. he veto legislation that increased abortion protections for women and i think people are starting to be able to notice that what he is saying now is not just disingenuous, but, frankly, it is the same type of a problem with politics that he rails on. he is actually the prime example of what people are so frustrated about. >> that is governor wes more talking about former governor larry hogan the republican candidate for senate was now changing his stance on abortion saying now he is pro-cho

he was able to rounds of few extra jewish votes and nearly one al gore, the state of florida, becauseid so well in ponte gauge and broward county. >> so it doesn't who tim scott is four. and in fact, if we look at the numbers, black voters actually punished him. scott more so than they punish republican white republican voters who hold similar politics right there, punishing him because because he's black, attempt, scott pick is for white moderate voters who are deeply uncomfortable with the racial politics of the trump administration. that's the kind of asset that he brings in. that's where he would be really and i think incredibly important. >> i tend to agree with you on that one, but we'll see what happens on his name tag tomorrow at the vip stake said mar-a-lago. thank you, everyone. and thanks so much for watching our coverage continues. >> so they anderson cooper three 60, that's so which like are we operating asking the right question can greatly impact your future sure. >> you're an orthopedist, especially when it comes to your final the answer is yes, certified financial fin

. >> al gore conceding to former president george w. bush.en, and how does that moment compare to this moment? >> it says how far we've come as a country, the differences between a defeated candidate in a very contentious election, accepting that because the institution produces a result we need to believe in for the peaceful transfer of power. and fast-forward to today, in 2024, where without evidence, without close elections, we're calling into question the fundamental accuracy of our elections and the difficulties that that can cause. what it says, i think, is that we are in a very different position, maybe a precipice, for the 2024 elections because of the third of the country that won't accept election results, because you have, for the first time, a major political candidate saying the election is rigged without any proof of that, despite numerous court cases and other opportunities. >> evelyn, what are your biggest concerns as we head toward november? >> i mean, i think that my biggest concern, like all of us probably, is that there is

among the other 18 names on the list, former vice president al gore and actress michelle yeoh, who recently became the first asian american to win oscars best actress. also two stanford connections. one is olympic swimmer katie ledecky and the other is civil rights activist and scholar clarence b jones. the recipients will receive their awards at the white house later today. all right, let's take a live look out at downtown san jose, which is going to be a lot busier this weekend with not one, but two cinco de mayo parades and festivals happening pretty much at the same time. the city faced some criticism last year when police closed several streets and off ramps and businesses say it really made it hard for them and their sales. parade organizers promised that this year, things are going to be different. for one, police are part of the festivities and also leaders are promising more police patrols and greater outreach. we are communicating more than ever doing you know, partnering with members of the community, with the small business owners and for the first time doing a city sponsored pa

al gore famously $560000000.00 from the u . s. energy department for his companies, while he was writing these books, judging the importance of something must be done about climate change. but why in poor countries? because you've written eloquently about how se accounts and then like have for k suffers under the dictatorship of the ip easy see movement is it? well, uh, so that they cannot develop a while. the rich countries, which people in which countries get very wealthy off these policies as well. international development age for the last several decades has been tied to the climate change agenda to eliminate fossil fuel emissions. money that used to be used to eradicate, try to eradicate poverty and reduce vulnerability to extreme weather about some help you eliminate world hunger. i mean, all of that has been, is now ignored in the zeal to eliminate possible fuels. and, you know, there's 4000000000 people on the planet, mostly in africa, who don't have access to grid electricity. and more people in africa. they do have a