what that means is millard fillmore, who i'm sure you think about, andrew johnson, chester arthur, teddy roosevelt, callan kugel harry truman and lyndon , johnson could have ascended to the role of acting president instead of president. ,so that's the story of the first accidental president and what happened. now, what i want to do is juxtapose what i think is the biggest catastrophe with what i think is the biggest success story of an accidental president. i'm almost tempted to say despite the fact that we more or less winged presidential succession, and despite the fact that the founding fathers gave us a guide but nothing close a blueprint, i'm tempted to say we navigated through pretty well and got pretty lucky. it's a remarkable story and i can almost say that except for the fact that when abraham lincoln died we got andrew johnson. and we are supposed to get abraham lincoln's vision of reconstruction, instead the bullet of john wilkes booth gives us andrew johnson, man born a racist who died a racist, the last president to own slaves. a man who did not emancipate his own slaves unt

and the other, andrew johnson, did a bad job of administering reconstruction at the end of the civil war. no surprise, to date, the civil war is the biggest trauma in american history. so those are the two usual inhabitants of the basement, but , the finalle -- poll two candidates for worst president ever reflecting i'm sure the moment we all were living in, were george w bush and richard nixon. they would not have been necessarily my candidates, but that's came up the end. and then there was a vote taken. and by a pretty large majority, richard nixon won. [laughter] if that is the right word. why? because he had done the most damage to our political culture. for reasons not unrelated to what i was just talking about earlier in this hour, that he undermined confidence in the authority, legitimacy, and honesty of a major political institution, the presidency of the united states. and the vietnam war, over which he apparently presided, did a lot to undermine people's trust in the rectitude and legitimacy i daresay the morality of government. so yeah, i again, i'm not sure i want to cas

would be but then you have situations like when lincoln was shot in a member of the other party, andrew johnson becomes president facing two thirds majority of the opposition in the house and senate. more recently though i think we've done a good job of worrying less about balancing the ticket and more about qualifications and continuity. but ultimately it's up to the voters. they need to take that seriously. >> i want to come back to section four that you wrote an entire book about. a majority of the principal officers in the executive department or other bodies of congress transmit to the speaker of the house the written is unable to discharge the duties of his office and shall assume the powers and duties of the office as acting president. take us through who that constitutes. >> there is some confusion about this sometimes. what they mean is that 15 core members of the cabinets, people like the chief o chief of staffe trade representative, secretary of state and it's used in article two of the constitution where we talk about the cabinet but it's defined by statute so title five, section 10

early federalists tried to do it, and 1866it happened as well in when the republicans didn't want andrew johnson to get a nomination. they said the next couple of vacancies won't be filled. packing means adding, because that is the easiest thing to do if you want to get control of the court. what i have called depacking would prevent a president from getting a nomination. i am hoping that i am addressing the question. host: i suspect the motivations for the question are we sometimes seem to have a negative connotation to the word court packing. you could call it court but what happened with roosevelt it seems like the term court packing has a negative connotation. guest: that's right. you could just talk about adding. i don't think roosevelt ever used the term packing. i think the negative connotation is because it's understood to be .one for political purposes in the environment today, that's whatin the earlier days when the 1837, i don't in aipacit was so much i in that sense with that negative connotation, let's get control of the court. of course, it did give the democrats in power extra nom

i think they quickly become disenchanted with andrew johnson, and we don't need to go down that rabbit hole, but it's shermangrant and because everyone knew that those policies were done in consultation with abe lincoln. you've got a martyr president. it doesn't make for good politics to criticize a martyr president. more question, but do we have anymore questions from our audience? they can come to appomattox and see you in person. >> i do have a confession. i have never been to appomattox. >> john. >> i've been to so many eastern front battlefields. i've never been to appomattox. >> you haven't even seen the war. >> it's ok. you've been to ottawa. >> come on down anytime. >> after this pandemic is over -- >> we should do a live showdown there. >> i said i wanted to bring some folding chairs. >> bring bug spray. i don't like bugs. >> we will sit on the porch. that is up a bit from the bugs. >> talk to us about what it be a woman historian practicing civil war history in particular. problems.y the word i will say opportunity. i know there are challenges. i know there are problems. how

even after andrew johnson declared the civil war ended, people are trickling back. that is part of the reason why it has been difficult to find some of these men, because they are still held in captivity to some degree, even though technically they are not combatants anymore. that is definitely going on. and i do not know about specific documentation. but my feeling is that former confederates are not relate former confederates, there confederates for life and a lot of ways and they see themselves as entitled to black labor and black bodies. we see that through the rise of the prison system in the postwar as well. the ways in which slavery involves. it does not ever truly and in my opinion, it just transforms and shifts. so i do not quite know about specific documentation of that, but i have some guesses. >> that was a great answer, the idea that slavery did not have a neat endpoint, it evolved and shifted into different forms of domination. exactly righte there and that is a good way to answer the question, i think. so, unfortunately, we got to most of the question

not the last one, the only one, you would have to go back to andrew johnson to find such a common man. and not just a common man, but a fellow who has been a failure at business. his famed shop in downtown kansas city. he goes bust, and he pays all of the debts off for 20 years. he has a standard of honor. and it marks him in his earlier political career where he is the product, and known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spe spectacularly corrupt careers. he gets whooped and harry truman is the product of this machine in kansas city. he is the head of the county government for them. they steel millions and millions of collars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has to wink at what goes on in some cases. he would sit down and power out his soul in private letters that he never sent to anyone. as he would wrestle with these questions. am i a public servant or a crook. he is didn't with this, and he stays in the machine, and he decides to get out of local government and he wants to be a congressman. he is such a puppet, a nobod

you have to go back to andrew johnson, to abraham lincoln, to find such a comment man. and not just a common man, but a fellow who is been a failure at business. his famed haberdashery shop in downtown kansas city that goes bust. he's left to pay off those debts for 20 years. he pays them off. he will not declare bankruptcy. he has a standard of honor and he will pay all of his deaths. he also has a standard of honor which marks him in his earlier political career. he is the product, and he's known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spectacularly corrupt political machines. this is something that, like el smith in 1928, is never really able to transcend. he's a product of tammy. he gets warped by herbert hoover for that in a number of other reasons. harry truman is the product of this pendergast machine in kansas city. he's the head of the county government for them. they steal millions and millions of dollars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has to kind of wink at what goes on in some cases. he has to get th

it went up to 10 briefly under nixon and congress tried to cut that back under andrew johnson, who wasmpeached but not removed, but it is an active law. it is not something constitutional, it would just take a simple act of congress signed by the president. the senate would have to get rid of the filibuster first, there ule that says you need 60 senate votes to proceeded to a final vote on legislation. there is no more filibuster or judicial nominees, that was gotten rid of by the democrats. the senatecrats win by enough of margin and joe biden wins the white house, it becomes a possibility they could remove the filibuster and add however many seats they want. although they should be cautious. all of those 19th-century occasions i noted did not really benefit the country long-term and the last time something was tried was by fdr when the supreme court, the nine old men as they were called, were rejecting new deal programs and roosevelt proposed to add an assistant justice, how helpful, for the oldest men, over 70. that was usually unpopular and his vice president campaigned against it,

failed the tenant Ãbto give abraham lincoln more power although that was never filled and then andrew johnsoned lincoln and to prevent him from naming anyone he was kind of a political orphan by that point. congress cut the court down to seven members so that the next three departing justices wouldn't be replaced and eventually that was stabilized at nine in 1869. then of course we have franklin roosevelt, fdr's court packing scheme, hugely unpopular loss to the democrats an incredible number of seats in the 1938 midterms even though two years earlier fdr himself had been reelected overwhelmingly. the history of playing around with the numbers on the court there are definite negative consequences, maybe some short-term gain if it's successful the long-term loss book for the party that does it and certainly for the country as a whole. >> even president biden has suggest he would not be in favor of that. is accurately enough to rein in any efforts to change the number of the court the historical look back or do you think this is going to be a real push for democrats if president trump is able t

you have to go back to andrew johnson, to abraham lincoln to find such a common man and not just a common, but a fellow who has been a failure at business, his famed haberdashery shop and pays them all off. he won't declare bankruptcy. he has a standard of honor and he will pay all his debts. he also has a standard of honor which marks him in his earlier political career where he is the product and he's known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spectacularly corrupt, political machines this is something by al smith is never able to transcend. he's the product of tameny and he gets whooped by herbert hoover for that and many other reasons. he is the product of this machine in kansas city. he's the head of the county government for them. they steal millions and millions of dollars and harry truman never gives a dime and he has to wink at what goes on in some cases and he has to get things done. he would sit down. he would sit down and pour out his soul to private letters which he never sent to anyone. he was holed up in this hotel and

certainly, more of a say than those white southerners that andrew johnson was pardoning at such an extraordinary rate ring -- rate during the summer of 1865 so that by the fall of 1865, all but about 1500 of the former confederates have received residential pardons. they look at that and say wait a minute, how come these guys who picked up guns and tried to destroy the u.s. government have a say and we don't? you are going to see a similar pattern after world war ii when you get the second wave of women's activism out of world war ii out of a similar set of circumstances. so what happens is coming out of the war, women expect they are going to have a say in this new reconstructed government and that of course, is not what happens. what happens is coming out of the war, the focus is on african-american male suffrage. especially women suffragists look at this and they are willing to let that happen, but they also expected that they are going to be included as well. you hear more from me about julia ward, who put it this way, she said when we are writing that 14th amendment, women should be include

as late were being held as 1867, even after andrew johnson declares the war ended. and that is part of weight is difficult because they are still held in captivity to some degree, even though technically they are not combatants anymore. i don't know about specific documentation, but my feeling is the former confederates are not really former confederates. they still feel as entitled to and weabor and bodies see that in the rise of the prison system and the ways in which slavery if all. it does not really in. -- it does not really in. i do not know about the documentation of that, but i have some guesses. >> slavery did not have an endpoint. .t shifted that's a great answer to the question, i think. unfortunately, we've gotten .hrough most of the questions we are just about out of time. i really want to thank caroline very much for her presentation. i also want to thank the audience members for being near and attending the event and asking such great questions. >> lots of homework and new things to think about, which is great. there is that scope. trying new things.

president to suffer the same fate, after andrew johnson and bill clinton. >> will draw a sharp contrasteady to end it, almost as soon as it began. >> reporter: the senate impeachment trial began on january 16th, 2020. lasting two weeks. >> donald trump's legal team was very effective. >> you are being asked to remove a dually elected president of the united states and you are being asked to do it in an election year. in an election year. >> the yeas are 49. the nays are 51. >> all but two senate republicans blocked a dramatic vote at the beginning of the trial to call witnesses. it helped pave the way for an acquittal. former national security adviser, john bolton, who had been criticized by democrats for not testifying willingly in the house impeachment hearings, spoke out months later in a scathing tell-all. >> month of us understood, for quite some time, there was a quid pro quo at work when gordon sondland testified. >> everyone was in the loop. >> i think that's right. some of us were in the loop trying to stop it, however. and -- and mark esper, the defense secretary, mike pompeo,

it is currently under national restrictions, but councillor andrew johnson says the increase in cases figures. the care quality commission is warning that the number of "lost" appointments could mean cancer diagnosis has been delayed while other long—term conditions may have worsened. we will have continuing coverage on bbc news. we can say goodbye to viewers on bbc one now. you‘re watching bbc news. in the last hour or so, we have had another regular briefing now from the prime minister borisjohnson. the coronavirus briefing bring us up—to—date with the picture. the prime minister said that he is prepared to "intervene" in manchester to "save lives", if an agreement cannot be reached between the uk government and local representatives. talking about the ongoing discussions with local leaders in manchester, borisjohnson specifically urged mayor andy burnham to "reconsider and engage constructively", saying that "time is of the essence" while describing the situation in the city as being "grave" and that it "worsens with each passing day". the prime minister said he would resist anothe

and the good news about the presidency for a long time with some exceptions andrew johnson being therican presidency has managed to check just enough of those forces, just enough of the time to make the national enterprise as lincoln said worth fighting for. and that's really what we want in a president it seems to me and so look, and i'm not much of a numbers guy except the yank s yankees' score so i don't know where the numbers will end up. at 55, but i say one poll he was -- biden was at 57 or 55. even if he's at 53. that's george h.w. bush level in 1988. you know, that's in a structurally partisan era, a number, anything with a five on it is pretty good. and the two numbers to keep in mind are in 1964 lyndon johnson won 61% and 1972 nixon did and in 1984 regan won. they won above 60. if biden gets 54 or 55%, that's like the old 60. >> yeah. i agree with you. i'm going to warn you that i might need your wider lens on all of this pretty regularly between now and election day, jon meacham. >> i stand here ready. >> good luck tonight to your yankees. >>> when we come back as we do ev

suffered for over 100 years the way they did had lincoln been in charge of reconstruction instead of andrew johnson and a congress that wanted to take revenge on the south and didn't really care about the african-americans. so one of the reasons today is so interesting is the brilliance of garfield. and the second is, the other main character in our story, charles gitauld, and it shows the failure of our mental health treatment. there's no doubt he was mentally ill and it was not treated properly then, even though they knew, as we'll discuss, for example. they told his father he needs to be institutionalized. he's nuts. and the father said -- agreed. and then they said but you know that putting people in sanitariums you have to pay and the father says i can't afford it so they didn't institutionalize him. again, the contrast between garfield and his assassin is so astounding. last week when we were discussing lincoln after the talk a gentleman came up to me and asked me to recommend a book at each of the subsequent talks. i didn't do that last week, my failure. so i was asked -- when he said that i

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, boris johnson acknowledged the fatigue being felt by many areas ofcurrently under increased lockdown restrictions. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley said ministers are attempting to balance keeping the spread of the virus until control without doing any further damage to the uk economy. the government is reluctant to put in big national measures, instead focusing on local ones in different parts of the country. i think we got a slightly mixed message from boris johnson this morning. as you said, he was saying people should be fearless as long as they used common sense but he was also really cautious about what the next few months might look like. what we want people to do is to behave fearlessly but with common sense, fearlessly but with common sense, fearlessly but with common sense, to follow the guidance, whether national or local. get the virus down but allow us, as a country, to continue with our priorities. continue to keep kids in education, continue to keep our economy moving. and as far as we possibly can. and what i hope is that, and

john mecham tweeted, the lowest moment in the history of the presidency since andrew johns johnson's racist state papers. we will show you the debate moment that preceded that tweet. but this video unfortunately must come with a viewer warning. we are going to show you a racist old white man who is the most racist president of the united states who has ever spoken into a microphone. what donald trump says in this one minute of video and what he doesn't say has become the most important part of the debate in the first draft of history that we have been writing since immediately after the debate ended last night. you have probably already heard what donald trump said when he refused to condemn white supremacy, so you can use your mute button for the next minute. but you will want to hear what caroline randal williams has to say about this in a moment. so with the warning that you are about to hear a racist trying to appeal to racist voters, here is that video. >> are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups. >> sure. >> and to say that they need to stand dow

early federalists tried to do it, and 1866it happened as well in when the republicans didn't want andrew johnsono get a nomination. they said the next couple of vacancies won't be filled. packing means adding, because that is the easiest thing to do if you want to get control of the court. what i have called depacking would prevent a president from getting a nomination. i am hoping that i am addressing the question. host: i suspect the motivations for the question are we sometimes seem to have a negative connotation to the word court packing. you could call it court but what happened with roosevelt it seems like the term court packing has a negative connotation. guest: that's right. you could just talk about adding. i don't think roosevelt ever used the term packing. i think the negative connotation is because it's understood to be .one for political purposes in the environment today, that's whatin the earlier days when the 1837, i don't in aipacit was so much i in that sense with that negative connotation, let's get control of the court. of course, it did give the democrats in power extra nomin

. >> magic johnson in michigan. today andrew yang takes on wisconsin. following a campaign memo warning supporters the reality is this race is far closer than some of the punditry we are seeing would suggest. joe biden is trying to keep the focus on his campaign, but questions linger about the authenticity of the emails and veracity of their claims. >> i knew you would ask it. it's another smear campaign. it's right up your alley. a republican-led senate inquiry he says is prove that's he didn't enrich his family. chris: jacqui, thank you. joining us now, former mayor pete buttigieg, a member of the bind transition team. >> this is an example of why years in washington is not always the same thing as judgment. he supported the worst foreign policy decision made by the united states in my lifetime, which was the decision to invade iraq. chris: mayor, i understand you were running against bind then and the choice between you and bind is different than the choice between trump and biden. did you mean what you said then that former vice president biden back

of this event it appears biden plans to keep a lighter schedule, tapping surrogates like magic johnson, andrewlizabeth warren, and on wednesday president obama for key campaign stops in battlegrounds. biden's got plenty of preparation following allegations of impropriety in "the new york post". he faced no questions about his son hunter's business dealings, but as the paper is slow-dripping new claims from a trove of e-mails, the former vp has yet to formally respond. the campaign cited his tax returns, the schedule and a republican-led senate inquiry as proof that he didn't bend foreign policy to enrich his family. eric: he did say he believes those allegations are, in his words, a, quote, smear campaign. thank you. arthel: meanwhile, conservatives, well, they're slamming social media giant twitter after the platform limited the spread of new york post stories about hunter biden. they purport to show mails linked to his father, joe biden, to his ukraine business dealings. president trump spoke out against silicon valley in wisconsin last night. >> tech companies have have become critics. they

. >> saturday, magic johnson in michigan. today, andrewang takes on pennsylvania, a crucial battleground where president obama will make his first appearance on the trail later this week following a campaign memo warning supporters the reality is that this race is far closer than some of the punditry we are seeing on twitter and tv would suggest. facing fallout over those allegations in "the new york post," joe biden is trying to keep the focus on his campaign, but questions linger about the authenticity of the emails and the veracity of their claims. >> i have no response, as another smear campaign. >> the campaign cited biden's tax returns, official schedule, and republican-led senate inquiry as proved by it and bend u.s. foreign policy to enrich his family. >> , the hair is also trying to make up for lost time after two people in her campaign tested positive for coronavirus, keeping her home for four days. tomorrow, she will head to florida for the first person of earthly voting. >> chris: thank you. joining us now, former mayor pete bu

johnson's energy levels picked up? we saw him on the interim our programme, much more articulate —— andrew marr programme.ny change on how he is presenting?” think he's of all visits gone on. a lot of people like to say that he's out of energy, that has affected his response. tory mps complained he's not the usual self, but he is confident in his strategy. i think he knows it's one, but that's why the new york times is quite interesting because i think that actually, he speaks to tory mps, and they think he is being too cautious. i don't recognise when i've been in london, that have been really relax and ignoring all the rules. i think and ignoring all the rules. i think a lot of people are falling responsively. john, you are talking about the response where you are there. angela merkel, is she making daily announcements about this? no she's not. one of the strengths of the german system is devolution. the 16 states of germany pretty much make their own decisions, and the towns do too. what's happening is that they're learning from each other. no, she is not on the box that much. she is keeping herself in

stop republican senators are pushing feds to hand over all of andrew mccabe's text messages relating to the russia probe. senators ron johnson grassley writing a letter to christopher ray saying in part, quote, it is simply an acceptable we've waited so long to receive so little, text messages released earlier this month were given to them years ago. so far they've only received 8%, the 300 pages they now exist. michigan supreme court strikes down governor gretchen witmer's pandemic executive orders effective immediately, following the court actually but the governor violated the state constitution, they asked to delay the ruling from taking effect until october 30th for transition, michigan's health department issued separate orders on facemasks and limits on gatherings that are not affected by the decision. today is really leaders are set to debate how to reopen the economy from a nationwide covid-19 lockdown as british lawmakers vote on new restrictions. >> good morning, 38 million people around the world have been infected with covid-19 and now countries are tasked with not only fighting a second waiver trying to reopen

becky. >> andrew thanks, for more on the news from johnson & johnson, let's bring in dr.r white house, under president obama, and he's currently an informal adviser to the joe biden campaign and the covid-19 and vaccine recommendations. by the way, we coauthors a research letter for the journal of american medical association comparing u.s. covid-19 fatalities to those of larger countries. let's start with the news from j and j. does this concern you? >> well, anytime there's a serious adverse event, it has to concern you, but i think as j and j's cfo explained, you know, you have to let the process e involv evolve you have to examine what the situation was, the adverse event, was it related to the vaccine or pla see bcebo or preexisting condition. those are the questions researchers will look at and try to cover in the next few hours then we'll find out more if it's in the arm of the vaccine, it raises serious questions because you only have a few thousand people. one adverse event is serious, especially considering a vaccine that you're going to roll out to tens, hundre

here in the u.k., prime minister boris johnson is warning of a tough winter ahead. still with us, andrews from morgan stanley. if you look at the restrictions or possible lockdowns, does it make a difference for what asset classes or countries you want to be invested in? andrew: yeah, so actually think that here, it's important to keep in mind, what the market probably prefers longer-term, at the risk of stating the obvious, better control of the virus. so, more lockdowns can be fine, maybe even preferable if they result in a better long-term outcome. i think it's quite clear that if you don't lock down sufficiently, it's a false sense of security. it doesn't fix the problem and the market can see through that. moving to more restrictions, i don't think that's the real problem. i think the market would be more concerned if it felt like sufficient measures weren't being taken to prevent a second wave. for markets, we think this will drive a choppy period ahead of the election. you have covid uncertainty, alexion uncertainty. as we look towards -- election uncertainty. as we look towards t

. >> saturday magic johnson in michigan, elizabeth warren in wisconsin, today andrew yang takes on pennsylvania, a crucial battleground where president obama will make his first appearance on the trail later this week, following a campaign memo warning supporters the reality is this race is far closer than some of the punditry we're seeing on twitter and tv would suggest. facing fallout from the allegations in the new york post, biden is trying to keep the focus on his campaign but questions linger about the authenticity of the e-mails and the veracity of their claims. >> i have no response. it's another smear campaign. right up your ally. they are the questions you always ask. >> tax returns, republican led senate inquiry as proof biden didn't bend u.s. foreign policy to enrich his family. two people involved with senator harris's campaign tested positive for coronavirus keeping her home for four days. tomorrow she will head to florida for the first day of in person early voting. chris? chris: jackie, thank you. >>> joining us now, former mayor pete buttigieg, a member of the biden transition

well andrew simmons joins me now live from peta has and i'm joined u.k. prime minister boris johnsonas made thursday the 15th the deadline for reaching a post bank's a trade deal where to both parties stand on this. will something might be found out in the coming hours because the fun delay on is speaking on the phone with boris johnson we expect on this very issue there's lots of posturing going on bonnie a the chief negotiator for the e.u. is reported to have said to finance ministers in luxembourg on tuesday that britain is a really playing fair that there is still a long way to go and even more reportedly the u.k. prime minister saying this is the 3rd deadline that boris johnson has actually made previous ones he basically backtracked so we'll have to see whether or not the u.k. prime minister will actually come down from his hard line about a conclusion being made at the e.u. summit due to take place on thursday and friday but as i say there is posturing going on at the backdrop to this is the time running out because of the interim period after the brics it was agreed and brita

andrew simmons al-jazeera. britain's prime minister is warning it's time to repair for a no deal breaks it talks with the european union have again faltered bias johnson says there's no basis to resume discussions without fundamental changes journal reports from kent where local communities are preparing for the worse. i've concluded that we should get ready for january the 1st with the rangelands that are more like australia's. first as if they haven't been through enough already towns communities businesses they've seen deadlines missed and deals made only to find themselves wondering again when bricks it ends and a bright future begins it is an unprecedented situation so we've had the worst recession in decades and in centuries the pandemic and we're having new restrictions introduced on a kind of weekly basis members are having to get to grips with. their reassuring for the time and resource when it comes to. the end of the transition period the tiny village of mers i'm in kent is one place where reality is beginning to bite nobody knows do they really what's going to happen i think it's very very scary for a day even the people i think voted to l

lyndon johnson had an ad that had him standing next to lady retrained tobird andrews air force base after of president kennedy, but this is the first one i'm aware of that the candidate's wife is speaking talking, not only about how wonderful her husband's, but it is an effective use of the president -- of the candidate's secular candidate which softens the blow. here is ronald reagan's campaign saying that jimmy carter is attacking us, it's unfair and she pivots to attacking jimmy carter. seenense was they could be as attacking the other. the other thing about that spot is she isfective, clearly not reading from teleprompter -- when you see the candidate clearly conversing, i think they are always more effective. host: her message is a substantive policy criticism of vacillating foreign policy. she talks about jimmy carter, allies overseas, which as a reflection of the current tone of the 2020 .ampaign that is the thing about the spots. go look at those. at howld be gob smacked the themes are still the themes we are talking about today -- high energy prices, corruption .n government thes

can and andrew marr was very quick to say, what about when you tell everyone to pour out the pub at ten o'clock at night and all borisjohnson the pub at ten o'clock at night and all boris johnsont ten o'clock at night and all borisjohnson could repeat was that he was trying to balance the economy with the moral imperative to keep us healthy, so all he could tell us, once again, was to use common sense and wash our hands and give people as much space as possible and sorry to bang my personal drum but i feel that the credibility with which we receive these messages on a handbrake turn backin these messages on a handbrake turn back in the spring with that little trip to barnard castle, for me it's a lwa ys trip to barnard castle, for me it's always been a war of diminishing returns for the prime minister whatever he says to us so we are left washing our hands and crossing oui’ left washing our hands and crossing our fingers left washing our hands and crossing ourfingers and left washing our hands and crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. the police said there was nothing further to investigate in regard to that trip. tony, and the guardian, plan for a three tier lockdown

johnson sand j& johns blackrock. it is tuesday, october 13, "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrewand we were looking at strong moves yesterday primarily with the nasdaq and s&p was no slouch, it was up by about

lyndon johnson aired a spot in the 1964 that had him standing next to lady bird on the tarmac, returning to andrewsassassination of president kennedy, but it is the first time i am aware of that the candidate's wife is speaking speaking, tost talk about how wonderful her ,usband is, but it is a clever effective use of a candidate's wife to attack the other candidate, which kind of softens the blow. reagan's campaign saying jimmy carter's attacking us, it is unfair, and she quickly pivots to attacking jimmy carter. so, their sense was that they could be seen as protesting the attacks and attacking back, but doing it in a soft way. the sense was they could be seen as attacking the other. the other thing about that spot that is effective, is she is clearly not reading from teleprompter -- when you see the candidate clearly conversing, i think they are always more effective. they seem more authentic. what is more, her message, part of her criticism is a substantive policy criticism of a vacillating foreign policy she . talks about jimmy carter, ignoring our allies overseas, which has some reflection of

johnson in 2016. he is a registered republican. caitlin singleton, democrat from wisconsin, rental housing site manager, mom of three voted for hillary clinton last time around aunt andrewy of michigan, coo of a plastic manufacturing company. he is an independent. thank you so much for all of you for being here tonight. you spoke with us several weeks back and since the last time we spoke, a lot of things have happened and one of the biggest stories this week has been hearings for amy coney barrett, did you watch them and did they have any influence on how you are thinking now? >> yeah, i did watch them. i taped them and watch them when my kids went to bed, all of the hearings. i don't think they necessarily had an impact on how i'm voting. i'm still undecided at this point. i was hoping the debate would clear that up for me. they did not. i'm crossing my fingers the next debate coming up will clear it up for me as time is definitely taking now. i have mixed feelings about the hearing. i support the appointee, i think she's incredibly skilled, i think that was very evident in the hearing, i am also a catholic and pro-life so i do -- those personal aspects resonate with

senators ron johnson and chuck grassley have received 24 pages of text messages two months after they subpoenaed the fbi, two months. these newly-released texts show then-fbi deputy director andrewand then-fbi attorney lisa page talking about media reports unfavorable to donald trump. one text exchange shows that page forwarded mccaulk a law fair article -- mccabe a law fair article questioning whether trump was a russian agent. a newly-declassified fbi spread sheet shows the fbied had very little reason to ever believe christopher steele would be a credible source for anything, yet they chose to use him any and his phony dossier. that spread sheet was released, with redactions, but it shows how the fbi couldn't corroborate any of the dossier's claims and used their own media leaks to try to substantiate and build the credibility of their claims of trump-russia collusion. you know, the idea put forward by one hillary clinton. joining us now is "just the news" editor-in-chief john solomon, author of "fallout: nuclear bribes, russian spies and the washington lies that enriched the clinton and biden dynasties." this is, first, it's great to have you with us, john. >> thank you, lou

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johnson wants to know what his role really was, to hear what he has to say about his role in obamagate. that hearing is scheduled for october 20th. and we should remind everyone that andrewsing to appear on congress to answer their questions about obamagate. joining us tonight is ric grenell, former acting director of the national intelligence, of national intelligence and former u.s. ambassador to germany, now senior adviser to the republican national committee. john ratcliffe releasing documents today for john durham, and my first question has to be to you. why is he announcing that he's releasing documents and supports john durham at this moment? that, to me, has been a little confusing. can you help us out? >> well, first of all, lou, there are thousands of documents that need to be declassified and that need to be given to congress, the senate, to durham, to investigators. and those in oversight positions. we just haven't had the ability to be transparent yet. washington has tried to spoon feed this information for a very long time, and it's the ways of washington. it's -- they try to wear out the public so that when you hear russian collusion after at least three y

lyndon johnson aired a spot that had him standing next to lady bird returning to andrews air force basetion of president kennedy. it is the first time i'm aware of that the wife is actually speaking and not just speaking to talk about how wonderful her clever use oft a the candidate's wife to attack the other candidate, which kind of softens the blow. saying ronald reagan jimmy carter is attacking us and it is unfair and then she quickly sort of pivots to attacking jimmy carter. was a sense that they could be seen as protesting the attacks and attacking back but doing it in a soft way. nancy reagan was an actress, and the other thing that i think is effective, she is not reading from the teleprompter. she is just talking. when he see spots for the asdidate is just conversing opposed to reading the teleprompter, i think those are more effective because they seem more genuine. message, her criticism is a policy criticism of vacillating foreign policy. she talks about ignoring our allied interests overseas which has some reflection of the current tone of this campaign. guest: that is the t