rebecca: for example presidential candidates, bill bradley, amang resume, amazing intellect, and as a friend of mine said nothing kills t seal in a room like bill bradley speaking at a political r rally. bill: the key is connecting with the audience. you can connect th information, by shaking hands wi humor with a story, but you have to connect somehow. rebecca: there are my keys that you have. how do people contact your association? bill: an essayspeaeaker.org. and we have e a conference heree in july. rebecca: we'll be right back. rebecca: thanks for joing us. let us kw what you thought of this weeks show. yocan always reach out to us by liking g us on facebook following us on twitter, or watching past interviewsws at wjlw.comom or on our youtube channel. we will seyou next week. thanks for joining us. i'm rebecca cooper. >> this week on "government maers" -- >> we've got to adapt our technology much more rapidly than we have in the past. >> is the best defense a good offense? meeting the dema for uncle sam's cyber revolution. >> they are asking for eater flexibility in m moving in

we have seen at past events, al gore and bill bradley, a chance to say to the party and the press corps of iowa in the here is what i stand for, here is what i want to take the party and the country. big opportunity for all five. jennifer: we have seen people have fireworks and take off. it will be very crucial. mark: 1200 people. this will be one of the biggest events that anybody addresses this year. my question for you, is do you have a sense, is embedded going -- is anybody going to try to do something big tonight? something that changes the contours of the race? jennifer: it does not sound like there will be a lot of sharp elbows, but nobody will be saying anything explicit about the front runner hillary clinton. there will be a lot of subtle contrast. mark: the republicans fire back with 10 other candidates, taking questions. they open the floor to the 2700 spectators. same question. what are you expecting? jennifer: they have this one-two punch with the democrats one night, all the democrats, and then the very next day, almost all of the republicans. the emphasis tomorrow night w

what so many other insurgents before him tried and failed to do like gary hart, paul tsongas and bill bradley. sanders is technically an independent. self-described socialist which makes him pretty much the perfect candidate for the chunk of the democratic party where insurgents tend to draw their deepest support from those white liberal voters. sanders has been drawing huge crowds as a candidate. he's presented way more of a challenge to the establishment candidacy of clinton than most people had expected. but so far bernie sanders is nowhere when it comes to african-american voters. he's polled as low as 9% overall and as low as 2% among black voters. so with that kind of showing, sanders can't win or even make this a contest for too long. he says he's trying though. his campaign officials say they're making inroads and this weekend at the annual netroots nation conference of progressive activists, bernie sanders faced open opposition from the voters of color he is trying to win over and he needs to win over. watch this. >> "wall street journal" poll -- i will answer your question, but i wo

that is the hurdle that bill bradley never cleared, the hurdle gary hart never cleared, a hurdle governorch is you tap in to the progressive white liberal wing of the party. that is worth a good chunk. that can get you from zero to off the ground to competitive in places like iowa and new hampshire. the base of the democratic party is hispanic, african-american and that's usually been how a bradley didn't get there, gary hart didn't get there. what made barack obama unique? he fused that coalition together. i don't know if the fdr coalition exists anymore in the democratic party. >> we will leave it there. thank you all for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, alex wagner asks lindsey graham a question he cannot answer. hint -- it's about ted cruz. you wouldn't order szechuan without checking the spice level. it really opens the passages. waiter. water. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine

that is the hurdle that bill bradley never cleared, the hurdle gary hart never cleared, a hurdle governorch is you tap in to the progressive white liberal wing of the party. that is worth a good chunk. that can get you from zero to off the ground to competitive in places like iowa and new hampshire. the base of the democratic party is hispanic african-american and that's usually been how a bradley didn't get there, gary hart didn't get there. what made barack obama unique? he fused that coalition together. i don't know if the fdr coalition exists anymore in the democrat ic party. >> we will leave it there. thank you all for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, alex wagner asks lindsey graham a question he cannot answer. hint -- it's about ted cruz. ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. song: rachel platten "fight song" ♪ two million, four hundred thirty-four thousand three hundred eleven people in this city. and only one me. ♪ i'll take those odds. ♪ be unstoppabl

insurgents before him tried and had failed to do like gary hart back in 1984 paul tsongas in '92, bill bradleyst al gore in 2000. they all had their moments but they all fell victim to the same demographic trap. >> this year's insurgent candidate you know him, vermont senator bernie sanders. he's aid self-described socialist which makes him pretty much the perfect candidate for the chunk of the democratic party where insurgents tend to draw their deepest support. sanders been drawing huge crowds is an a candidate. he has presented way more of a challenge to the establishment candidacy of clinton that most people had expected. but so far, bernie sanders is nowhere when it comes to african-american voters. he polled as low as 9% among nonwhite vote ares and as low as 2% among black votes are. with that kind of showing he says he can't make this a contest for too long. this weekend, he faced open opposition from the vote ares of color he needs to win over. watch this. >> "wall street journal" poll -- i will answer your question, but i would like to speak for a few minutes. i was told that that --

if you think back at some point in american history john glenn was supposed to be president, bill bradley, mario cuomo, michele bachmann. all of these have a moment. we're more than a year away from election day, we're about six months from people starting to cast ballots in new hampshire, nevada and places like that. certainly this week it would suggest there is support for trump at least in iowa to potentially place second or third. ditto in new hampshire. whether people would do it remains to be seen. whether people are teasing poll sers saying wa the heck i'll vote for trump. we'll see. again, he's raising an issue that should be does skused. he's not raising it in a helpful way because it's incendiary. we'll see how democrats and republicans react to what he's saying. >> i want to talk quickly about ted cruz asking "the new york times" for apology. the paper did not list his book as a bestseller. i think it should have come in third. does he deserve apology? >> well i'm not the book editor of the new york times and i don't know exactly how they calculate their rankings. i think part

bill bradley did that. he went all over the country as senator from new jersey generating support for tax reform in 1986. and it was a fairly good piece of legislation, which ronald reagan endorsed. but he hit the hustings. >> well, didn't president obama do that with health care? wasn't he out there beating the drums and...? >> but the wrong kind. >> what do you mean? >> he wouldn't further what he said he believes in-- single payer, full medicare for all--because he said, "it's not practical." which is another way of saying, "i can't take on the supremely popular health insurance companies and drug companies," right? he wasn't worried. as a result, his system will not restrain the enormous costs that are increasing. it'll leave 30 million people still uninsured after it's fully implemented. and it's so complex that it opened itself up to attacks and parity by the republicans. you know, the canadians got full health care for everybody. they do it on half the cost--$4,500 per capita a year. we spend $8,500

even people like bill bradley said, yeah, we have to do this. the one thing that concerns me is the democrats don't team to be interested in this issue anymore. they don't seem to want to fix the tax system. they just want to keep raising rates, which i think would be very negative for the country. host: you say we, talking about president reagan, research director on privatization has held several different roles including how to president -- including founder and president. caller: out of a -- caller: morning on the that taxes are complicated. i have been looking at them since 1975. and so often, they change from year to year. which does make it difficult. i know that some people are talking about flat taxes. maybe that might help. and or the loopholes, but a taxes attacks. if it is taxed, then people will understand that this is attacks. so in general, people will pay that tax. but time to do change. what my real question is this. why don't we start thinking about tax system compared to health care? if we distribute the health care of the ent

i think we have seen from howard dean, bernie sanders, even bill bradley briefly, a number of candidates raise a more populist team in the primaries. it takes more than that to get over the top. host: this time is different for mr. sanders? paul: i think he is tapping into something that is real in the democratic party. there may be discomfort with people who are now turning out to sanders rallies, they will come around if she is the nominee. it is not out of some kind of dissatisfaction or dislike with her specifically. they like the fact that sanders is speaking to issues of political corruption and economic inequality which clinton is speaking on to. a lot of mixed feelings among liberals in washington with clinton. it is important to remember she is very popular with the democratic base. once this primary plays out and she ends up being the nominee, those supporting sanders will come around. he is a great vehicle for them to express those feelings they have about these kinds of issues and their dissatisfaction with the way they have been talked about the last few years. he is drawing

told me six months ago is the best bill he voted for tall and pink bill bradley voted for it. mr. death tax himself voted for it. the, what's his name from delaware, joe, joe biden he voted for it. teddy kennedy voted for it for god sakes. in the house back then barbara boxer voted for it. charlie rangle voted for it. why did they vote for it? why? because it's the right thing to do. and it was the right thing to do and they voted for it and believe me when you name the north star you believe in what you're doing, you can win that really easily. we are at a stage in history where we need to redefine the north star and go through tax codes and need a low rate broad base flat tax conceptionally clean. there is plenty of time to compromise in the middle of the legislative process. you don't have to compromise before you have even started. describe the north star and let the race be run on the north star and then when you get to the legislative process you can compromise. there are a couple others, we should have every other year we should be allowed to repeal legislation. i don't fee

bill bradley voted for it. mr. death tax himself howard metzenbaum he voted for it. what is his name from delaware, joe biden, he voted for it. chris dodd voted for it. teddy kennedy voted for it for god's sakes. in the house, back then, barbara boxer voted for it. harry reid voted for it. little dickey durbin he voted for it. charlie wrangle voted for it. chuck schumer voted for it. why did they vote for it? why? because it's the right thing to do. and it was the right thing to do when they voted for it. and believe me, when you name the north star, when you describe the tax codes correctly and you believe in what you're doing, you can win that really easily. we are at a stage in our history where we need to redefine the north star go through the tax codes correctly. we need a low rate, broad base, flat tax, conceptually clean. there is plenty time to compromise in the middle of the legislative process. you doesn't have to compromise before you even started. describe the north star and let the race be run on the north star and then when you get to the lidgetive proc

tall and pink what is his name, bill bradley, he voted for it. mr. death tax himself, howard metzenbaum, he voted for it. the -- what's his name from delaware, joe -- joe biden he voted for it. [ laughter ] chris dodd voted for it teddy kennedy voted for it for god's sakes. in the house back then, barbara boxer voted for it. harry reid voted for it. little dicky durbin, he voted for it. charlie rangel voted for it. chuck schumer voted for it. why did they vote for it? why? 'cause it's the right thing to do. and it was the right thing to do and they voted for it and believe me when you name the north star when you describe the tax codes correctly and you believe in what you're doing, you can win that really easily. we are at a stage in our history we need to redefine the north star, go through the tax codes correctly, we need a low-rate, blood-base flat tax, con separately clean. there's plenty of time to compromise in the middle of the legislative process. you don't have to compromise before you've even started. describe the north star and let the ra

even people like bill bradley said, yeah, we have to do this. one thing that concerns me is the democrats don't team to be interested in this issue anymore. they don't seem to want to fix the tax system. they just want to keep raising rates, which i think would be very negative for the country. host: you say we, talking about president reagan, research director on privatization has held several different roles including how to president -- including founder and president. caller: out of a -- caller: morning on the that taxes are complicated. i have been looking at them since 1975. and so often, they change from year to year. which does make it difficult. i know that some people are talking about flat taxes. maybe that might help. and or the loopholes, but a taxes attacks. if it is taxed, then people will understand that this is attacks. so in general, people will pay that tax. but time to do change. what my real question is this. why don't we start thinking about tax system compared to health care? if we distribute the health care of the entire

oregon madison, wisconsin, iowa new hampshire, and he consolidated the white progressive vote like bill bradleyon't have to get concerned yet. you get concerned when he gets into the 40s and the crowds get diverse. if the crowds start getting diverse, then all of a sudden you know -- >> then you have an issue. >> in oslo and also in stockholm stockholm. >> the clintons have a historic hold on that part of the party, up against barack obama, they couldn't get it. like i said earlier, he hasn't tried yet. bernie sanders on paper could make appeals to other voters as you said, he doesn't really try. >> is he going to do that? >> i don't see why not. >> he's got the resources. >> he's got to try, right? got to get a nomination. >> the burden is on bernie to make the case he's electable and presidential material. that's the next leap. he's consolidating the progressives who want to make a statement. the next leap is presidential material. >> these crowds i mean and think about it in selfie generation, how about this for a segue? but she's out with a new book the selfie vote where the millennials are

i think we have seen from howard dean, bernie sanders even bill bradley briefly, a number of candidatesaise a more populist team in the primaries. it takes more than that to get over the top. host: this time is different for mr. sanders? paul: i think he is tapping into something that is real in the democratic party. there may be discomfort with people who are now turning out to sanders rallies, they will come around if she is the nominee. it is not out of some kind of dissatisfaction or dislike with her specifically. they like the fact that sanders is speaking to issues of political corruption and economic inequality which clinton is speaking on too. a lot of mixed feelings among liberals in washington with clinton. it is important to remember she is very popular with the democratic base. once this primary plays out and she ends up being the nominee those supporting sanders will come around. he is a great vehicle for them to express those feelings they have about these kinds of issues and their dissatisfaction with the way they have been talked about the last few years. he is drawing o

bradley. halftime whistle the billing man, omar gonzalez getting his first international goal. >> and showing up again doing really well to bring that back, omar gonzalez. >> 63rd minute they kept the pedal to the metal. >> see the fine line there you can't do that. a little frustration. clint dempsey i love this. he's already got once. he goes for it again. as goalkeeper thought you would have saw that coming. he's just -- >> the deuce wasn't done there. tax on his third in the 78th. >> you know things are going right. you make mistakes it turns out already. michael bradley just laying that off. finishing it off. >> that outside the right foot shot. >> they practice that all summer long. update tournament bracket looks like this. off to the semi finals. they will face the winner of haiti-jamaica still to come your way later today at 8:00 eastern over on fox sports 2. two more quarterfinal matches. both live on fox sports 1. 4:30 eastern t and t taking on panama. let's temper our zeal for a moment it was 6-06789 it was against cuba team, the numbers one goal for 14 goals conceded. what can we

bill bradley voted for it. mr. death tax himself, howard musclebound voted for it. from delaware joe biden voted for. chris dodd voted for it. teddy kennedy voted for it for god sakes. in the house back then barbara boxer voted for it. harry reid voted for it. little dickie durbin voted for. charlie rangel voted for chuck schumer voted for it. why? why? because it was the right thing to do and it was the right thing to do command they voted for it. believe me when you name the north star when you describe the tax codes correctly and you believe in what you are doing you can win that really easily. we are at a stage in our history where we need to redefine in a star go through the tax code correctly, lower abroad -- entering a broad-based flat tax.tax. there is plenty of time to compromise in the middle of the legislative process. you do not have to compromise before you have even started. describe the north star and let the race be run on the north star. and when you get to legislative process you can compromise. there are a couple of others we should have one. ever

bill de blasio announced the parade along the canyon of heroes. >>> meanwhile the men began the tournament opener against honduras last night. two goals on crosses by michael bradleyericans now 13-0 in gold cup openers. u.s. downs honduras 2-1. great start for that team. hopefully they defend their title. >>> now to pittsburgh. last night's game against the padres and pirates. scary moment for one of the grounds crew as he's swept up in a tarp. it prompted several players to help out. they eventually did get things under control. play resumed after one hour 42 minute rain delay. let's jump to the fifth inning. pirates trailed 2-1. what an unbelievable catch. san diego's justin upton leaping reaching over the left field of mccutchen's go ahead run. pirates on top with the rbi triple. pittsburgh wins it 3-2. >>> let's get a check now on the weather with meteorologist. do you think you could make that catch over the wall? >> no. i could pull out the tarp. we are still looking at rain. a lot of baseball games today not on the east coast but midwest as well going to have rain delays. impressive july rainfall totals through the southern plains. abilene 8.3 inches. sprin

bradley square mall had a lockdown, that has been lifted. there's a report, by the way, that tennessee governor billsidence was shut down temporarily and additional security was in place in the tennessee capitol. we can only presume that was just as a precaution and not as a direct threat. we still with us bo dietl, also tom ruskin, former nypd detective as well. what do you make of this? >> i think chances are the situation has been, basically, the shooter's been taken either into custody or he's been shot and killed. if he attacked a recruiting center, most likely the marine or the guards there would have been armed and potentially could have shot him and taken him down. david: by the way, let's hope so, because we remember in fort hood a lot of the military personnel weren't allowed to have guns. >> correct. well, that has changed in certain recruiting centers and certain military installations around this country. but the fact that they're starting to lift these lockdowns shows me that chances are the situation has been remedied, and the guy, as i said, is in custody or has been shot and wounded

bradley gives us. we don't get the facts. nothing about the facts of this brutal massacre. he also tells us clearly, no incorporation of the bill of rights. at the same time he treats as constitutional the reconstruction statute under which cruickshank et. al. were prosecuted. statute becomes the basis for future successful prosecution. this decision in 1876 difficult to parse. it looks like it is decided taste on technicalities. the newspapers at the time say this decision was decided on a technicality. many of them are disappointed with this decision. they do not see it in the terms that people see today. they do not see it as those in -- as closing the door on right enforcement. part of understanding cruickshank means keeping the clock rolling. once we look at what happens after this decision. we start to get more clues about what might have been going on in 1876. what happens immediately after the attorney general sense -- sends marshals out to cover the 1876 election, which everybody knew would be bad in terms of violence and fraud. taft is writing up this circular and he's doing it expressly under the authority of cruicks

bradley d. mayers mark a. harris and monty l. harrelson. those in favor of confirmation signify by saying aye. opposed, na. the ayes have it. >> it is cleared of any requests for local bills. any requests for local bills? hearing none that takes us to the calendar. page 4, statewide third reading -- statewide third reading and senate bill 897. senate bill 897 the clerk will please read. >> this is a bill on many of the flags authorized to be flown atop the statehouse and on the capital complex to remove the south carolina confederate state of america to provide for the permanent removal of the flag and to the confederate soldier monument and provide the removal of the infantry for the confederate states of america for appropriate display. >> the question is third reading of the bill. this is senate bill 897. the question is third reading and senate of spartanburg. >> like to be heard. >> proceed. >> well president and members of the senate. first, before i go too long into this i want to thank my friend from richmond, senator sax ler, i didn't mention him yesterday, but he is my friend and i have to say in the south carolina senate, the democrats are the minority party bu

bradley d. mayers mark a. harris and monty l. harrelson. those in favor of confirmation signify by saying aye. opposed, na. the ayes have it. >> it is cleared of any requests for local bills. any requests for local bills? hearing none that takes us to the calendar. page 4, statewide third reading -- statewide third reading and senate bill 897. senate bill 897 the clerk will please read. >> this is a bill on many of the flags authorized to be flown atop the statehouse and on the capital complex to remove the south carolina confederate state of america to provide for the permanent removal of the flag and to the confederate soldier monument and provide the removal of the infantry for the confederate states of america for appropriate display. >> the question is third reading of the bill. this is senate bill 897. the question is third reading and senate of spartanburg. >> like to be heard. >> proceed. >> well president and members of the senate. first, before i go too long into this i want to thank my friend from richmond, senator sax ler, i didn't mention him yesterday, but he is my friend and i have to say in the south carolina senate, the democrats are the minority party bu

bradley d mares, mark a harris, and monte l harrelson. those in favor of confirmation signify by saying aye? ayes have it. the desk report is clear. any request for legal bills? -- local bills? i'm hearing none. that takes us to the caliber. page four, statewide third reading. senate bill 897. 897 -- the clerk will please read. clerk: flies to be flown above the state complex to remove symbols of the confederate state of america and remove permanently the flag and that it shall be transported to a confederate relic room for appropriate display. >> the question is third reading of the bill. this is senate bill 897, the third reading. >> i like to be heard. >> proceed. senator: members of the senate. first before i get into this, i want to thank my friends are bringing to my attention. i do not mention him yesterday but he is my friend. i have to say that in the south carolina senate, the democrats are the minority report -- party. i'm in the minority of the majority in many issues. i wanted to speak today, but the e-mails i received overnight from folks that were very upset. many of them said whether i could be someone in the south carolina senate. could i be