after a lifetime spent in public service, bob dole returned to thank the public at age 90 and harry smith was along for the ride so tonight, mr. smith goes to the heart of dole country in kansas. >> reporter: the body may be frail but the voice is unmistakable. >> i'm not running for anything, though, i'm thinking about 2016. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> reporter: yeah, that's bob dole, once known as an attack dog, at 90 he purrs. >> i want to thank y'all for coming, one time i can say to you i don't want any of your money. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the republican senator, vice presidential and presidential nominee is on a county by county thank you tour of his beloved kansas. >> well, thanks for coming. >> thank you for being here. >> reporter: he wants to show gratitude to the people who placed so much faith in him. >> well, isle be darne be darne. >> well, isle be darne be darnl. >> reporter: it's not a one-way street. >> i've always been a fan of bob dole. i wish he could have been president. >> reporter: the all american boy from russell went to college to study medicine but soon, du

and bob dole was running for president. and he came to salt lake city. and i drove up from mayberry, the little town i lived in, mount pilot, and i was standing there. and i was so excited. i was going to meet bob dole. i found out later he was not doing well. so orrin hatch bailed on him. he was supposed to introduce him. i'm stuck in a vote. and senator bennett, i've got busy with the constituent. i go, great, governor leavitt. three-time governor, secretary of health and human services, big deal, well spoken. they go, he couldn't make it got stuck in traffic in salt lake city he got stuck in traffic? [laughter] so they said, burns, you're running for attorney general, you need to introduce him. i'm like, i'm going to introduce bob dole? there's like 500 people here. i'm like, no -- so i walked up there. i remember, do you have orrin's notes? what should i say? no, this is easy. it's on a teleprompter. just read what orrin was going to say. and said, oh, that's what that is? i watched all of those state of the unions. i thought it was to keep the presi

bob dole was, he lost. >> different america. it is. >> no, senator. >> yes. >> we are one america. >> hey, joe. hey, joe. could you imagine the chuck schumer ads that are going to get run against them? he just endorsed chris christie. >> no. they can push off the tea party. that's true. >> note to self. always book chuck schumer after the white house correspondents dinner because he is loopy and possibly inebriated. >> any republican candidate that pushes off the tea party will not only lose the primary. even if they pass the primary -- you need both sides. >> that's why we're going to win. you can't push off the tea party and win the general. >> senator, you know what? you're fighting the last war. >> okay. we'll see. we will see. pinky bet. >> oh, my god. okay. senator chuck schumer, thank you. chuck todd, thank you as well. we'll watch you on "the daily

i'm like, i'm going to introduce bob dole? here.s like 500 people i'm like, no -- so i walked up there. orrin'ser, do you have notes? what should i say? no, this is easy. teleprompter. just read what orrin was going to say. and said, oh, that's what that is? those state off the unions. i thought it was to keep the president from being shot. [laughter] i always remember as a kid, i could never be president because they do knees long quotes. said -- as lincoln reposed under a tree in -- i'm like, wow, how did they remember that? they were reading it. and so just as i'm going up, inningleman who knew had he, orrin hatch's advance guy he burns. me and goes, what? don't blow this. don't ad lib. don't go off. won't. he goes, no, i'm serious. this is bob dole. read it word for word. so now i'm nervous. said, all right. he came up. he's standing next to me. says, bob dole. how's it going? good. yeah, yeah. how's your campaign going? i'm going, not too well. [laughter] i'm like, you either, buddy. [laughter] came up.rds and i said, wel

i was standing there, so excited i was going to meet bob dole. i found out later he was not doing welcome to orrin hatch bailed on him. he was supposed to introduce them. senator bennet, got busy with the constituent issue. i love it. governor, big deal, well spoken. they go he couldn't make it. you get stuck in traffic. in salt lake city got stuck in traffic? they said it burns, you're running for attorney general, you need to introduce him. i'm going to introduce bob dole? there's like 500 people there. no shit. i walked up there. what should i say? this is easy. it's on a helicopter. just read what orrin hatch was going to say. i said oh, that's what it is? i once saw the state of union -- i thought it was just to keep the president from getting shot. i thought as a kid i could never be president, abraham lincoln said -- how did he remember that? they were reading it. imac and to just as i'm going up, greg who knew me, orrin hatch is advanc advance kentucky grabbing and he said burns, look, don't blow this. don't ad lib., don't go off. i said

it was 1996 when bob dole was running for president. he came to salt lake city and i drove up from mayberry up to mt. pilot and was standing there but it is so excited i was going to meet bob dole and i found out later he was not doing well so orrin hatch bailed on him. senator bennett i got busy with an issue. three-time governor secretary of health and services. they go he could make it. he got stuck in traffic. in salt lake city got stuck in traffic? he said you are running for attorney general. i'm going to introduce bob dole. there were 500 people there. no kidding. i walked up there and i have orin's notes and what should i say? they said is easy. it's on the teleprompter. just read what orin would have said. that's what that is? i thought it was to keep the president from being shot. i remember as a kid thinking i could never be president because he did these long notes. how did they remember that? they were reading it. just as i'm going up greg edelman who knew me warren hatches advance guy grabbed me and said don't blow this. d

this is bob dole. read it word for word. now i'm nervous. all right. came up, bob dole, how's it going? good. azure campaign going? not too well. unlike, you either, buddy. so the words came up and i said welcome to salt lake international airport. pause. today, it is my distinct pleasure, pause -- [laughter] to introduce to you a son of kansas, applause. the next president of the united states, bob dole, applause. [laughter] and he said, who are you? [laughter] it didn't go that well but i wanted to try it. collateral consequences, first introduced to me on a panel made a year, year and a half ago and i googled it, did deep research, read about it, tried to apply it to my life as a prosecutor for 15 years and the world that we live in. i was on the panel. i sat at the end. we have the aclu and amnesty international and i'm sure others. they talked about how terrible it was and the city -- was going to be deported. wasn't told about it and it's a big deal. i think everybody agreed if you're going to be deported it's a big deal. as they went on the pane

in 1996, he ran bob dole's presidential campaign. now a political consultant, he decided to get aggressively involved in primaries so the party won't end up with nominees who can't win in november. >> if you say something stupid, we're not going to support you. because if it crosses the line and it's disrespectful, we're out. >> this week, the chamber's president, tom donahue, took another controversial stand, saying the gop must pass immigration reform. >> if republicans don't do it, they shouldn't bother to run a candidate in 2016. >> the argument is that splits the party. >> we're in the solution business at the chamber. that's what makes the world go round economically. >> one more sign the chamber and reed intend to turn the debate inside the gop their way. >> in this business, somebody wins and somebody loses. and we're focused on trying to win this year. >> but it's not just about republicans. the chamber prides itself on being nonpartisan and reed says they'll back pro-business democrats this election. that's it for today. ha

lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and former senator and world war ii hero bob dole are calling for a shake-up. >> i think it's a disaster right now. so i think it's a culture that's been built up over the year. now it's gone to a boiling point. and i'm not certain where it's going to end. but you shouldn't keep a veteran waiting three months to see a doctor. >> and a salute to our heroes as we honor the military service and sacrifice. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. vladimir putin live on cnbc slamming president obama and also unclear on whether he would support the results of this weekend's voting in ukraine. president putin answered questions posed by cnbc's europe jeff cutmore including about edward snowden. >> translator: he turned up on our territory because of nonprofessional actions of the americans themselves who tried to catch him. i used to work for special services why did they scare the entire world? they downed the planes with presidents on board and the plane with snowden on board could be down anywhere. he arrives in our transit zone and turns out no

you've had john boehner who is as measured as bob dole.had a lot of democrats -- there have been a few issues on the hill that is kind of bipartisan. >> i sure hope so because it should be about our men and women who have served our country who we made promises to and it's time for us to keep our promise to them. our veterans need to be the first in line for employment, for quality health care, for housing, and right now that is not happening. they're waiting too long and it needs to stop. it needs to end, and we need to fix the problem now. >> i would be remiss on having you here on a completely different note. you are obviously the representative whose district includes the home of one cliven bundy. zi have been working with the local sheriff. we talk on a regular basis. we now have a smaller fringe group that is remaining according to cliven bundy and others that have broken federal law will be held accountable like any other u.s. citizen that's broken federal law or refuse to pay their fines or their fees to the federal government. >>

. >> former world war ii veteran and senator bob dole regularly greet visitors at the the world war ii memorial in washington. monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. >> this month c-span showing commencement addresses from graduation ceremonies around the country. next we'll show facebook chief operating officer sheryl sandberg. her speech lasted 15 minutes. >> welcome to all of you. most importantly, congratulations to the magnificent class of 2014. it is a privilege to be with you here today honoring 2000 students from schools across chicago. colleges named after giants who dare to imagine a better city, cannot and world. .....

a bigger blow may have been dealt by form are republican bob dole, a monday who introduced shinseki at his confirmation hearing. dole has helped shinseki in the past. dole backed shinseki earlier this week but said yesterday he admitted he's now conflicted. >> i have mixed feelings because i know general shinseki. i said i think i think he should stay and particularly until the white house gets this investigative report that they're doing, until we get the facts and see what you can lay at his feet. >> interview there with "usa today." speaker boehner is not calling for shinseki's resignation yet. he said the problem is much bigger than just one man. >> this isn't about the secretary. it's about the entire system underneath him. and, you know, the general can leave and we can wait around for months to go through a nomination process and we get a new person, but the disaster continues. >> meanwhile the administration and its allies are in damage control mode from congressional leaders to the secretary of defense, officials are trying to focus on fixing the problem, not on changing the m

well, every saturday, bob dole goes down to the world war ii memorial here in washington, d.c. where he greets veterans. and you can see video of the former senator dole there greeting veterans. he does this every saturday. his wife goes down with him. our american history tv channel, which is c-span3 every weekend covered senator dole. and this will air. the full segment will air on american history tv this weekend at 7:00 p.m. on saturday. so you can see senator dole. he's 90 years old, down there, greeting veterans. it's very, very, very watchable segment to see the former senator greeting the veterans. from the daily caller this morning, mother jones reporter caws out harry reid almost mccarty ithe on the heels of jon stewart's mockery of harry reid. this time, from daniel shulman, a senior editor at mother jones and author of the new book, "sons of wichita, how the coke brothers became the most powerful and private dynasty." during a recent interview, the host asks the reporter and author about reid's over-the-top attack and shulman responded saying -- you'll see the author

defense secretary chuck hagel and former senator bob dole addressed the crowd. dole is the founder of a program for older veterans and their families. the organization raises money to send those vets to washington to visit the memorial. >>> the number one killer of americans who have served in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, it isn't combat, it's suicide. after they return home. tonight in the middle of the memorial day weekend, a local group is trying to stop that from happening. >> reporter: post-traumatic stress is such a powerful force. >> combat veterans never come back the same. they're changed. >> reporter: the va estimates 22 veterans kill themselves each day. >> 8,000 a year. in the united states. that has to stop. >> reporter: that's more than the number of troops killed in combat during the entire wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> i see these little kids out here. and the blankets. running around, having a good time. and some of my post-traumatic stress comes up when i see that. >> reporter: vets who still suffer the effects of combat lit candles at

senator and world war ii veteran bob dole was also there. hagel said that special place exists in hopes that we never see this kind of a global conflict ever again. all the states represented there. >> that's why the memorial is so important. like all memorials, it was built to honor the sacrifices of those who have gone before us, but also do instruct future generations that war is not an abstraction. war is real, with real consequences. >> and tomorrow night, the national mall will be packed with people honoring our war heroes at the annual memorial day concert. a lot of people come on motorcycles. a friend of the military gary sinise will co-host. sinise has been doing uso tours with the lieutenant dan band, which we all know from the very famous movie, he's been doing that for years since his oscar nominated role in "forrest gump." he started the foundation to bring even more support to the troops. he joins me now live from washington. gary, it is such an incredible thing that you do every single year, and all these veterans who come out

defense secretary chuck hagel and former senator bob dole addressed the crowd today.hey said the memorial on the national mall is a fitting tribute to the legacy. >> and there are a lot of tears shed by these rugged older guys. they're so thankful that the memorial is here. >> dole is also a founder of the honor flight program for older veterans and their families. the organization raises money to bring them to washington and visit the memorial. >>> making headlines nowadays, many stories about the lack of affordable housing and working class folks being pushed out. it's nothing new in the bay area. in fact, ten years ago, such a fight but brewing in east palo alto with one nun at the forefront. nbc bay area's garvin thomas shows us what it looks like a decade later. >> reporter: you'd never know just by looking at it, but the foundation of the building at 1760 bay road in east palo alto is not concrete. no, the true rock this building stands on is a 76-year-old daughter of charity they call sister t. >> those people are doing very well. >> reporter: it was 16 years a

. >>> on the road again at age 90, bob dole has gone home embarking on a mission across kansas, where are happy to see a native son return. "nightly news" begins now.

you know, ronald reagan dealt with this in 1984, bob dole in 1996, john mccain in 2008.the difference this time is that it's an older woman running for president. we've never really had that before. and i think rove here is suggesting, at least trying to sew seeds of doubt about the possibility that an older woman can do it. >> well, i want to speak to that point, because if we look at history now, let's take president reagan, for example. >> okay. >> he was, what, just shy of 70 during his first inauguration, right? and then 73 when entering into his second term. that being the case, does it really kind of allude to the fact that these comments might surely be a bit sexist, as you just mentioned? >> i think some people will see it that way. others pointed out after he said this that, look, age, health, fitness for office has always been a concern. again, i think the reason some might suggest it's sexist is simply because we've never had an older woman run before. clinton herself has tried to turn this into a positive, suggesting that, you know, as people get older, men

similar to other presidential contenders, like bob dole and john mccain, mr. reagan's age did become a campaign issue. not only when he was originally elected, but when at age 73 he sought reelection against walter mondale in 1984. here's how reagan handled the age issue. >> i'm not going to exploit for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> question. can hillary afford to shrug off concerns that she will be too old for the job in 2017? i ask you, mitch. >> she can't afford to shrug it off. one of the things where you demonstrate by doing. in 1979, reagan had a light campaign schedule, so the word was out, you know, he may not be up for it anymore and he put that to rest by going out there very aggressively and showing he was up for the rigors of the campaign and important for an older candidate to have a forward looking optimistic campaign so you don't get hit the way mccain and dole did. >> what about the democratic coalition? isn't it youth centered? >> look. it is -- it may or may not be youth centered. the bottom line is, in the demo

it is whether you are talking of bob dole, romney, mitch mcconnell. look around them. look at who they walk with. i saw the friends of conservatives all around reagan. conservatives moved with him. conservatives moved into. boehner, and you don't see any conservatives around him. i do not see any conservatives around mitch mcconnell or mccain. they may say they are conservatives, but they don't walk with conservatives. on the next "washington journal, political news of the week. a huffington post reporter. iraq tom tarantino from veterans of america. he talks about why members of congress are calling for the resignation of top ba officials. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. c-span's newest book. a collection of interviews with some of the top storytellers. >> it is people who have come and immigrated to this country. some of them legally and some of them illegally. i came with no documentation and no ability to get a job or an education. when i first came to the united states in the

. >> bob dole and others pulled reagan to a pretty strong support and all along the republicans and others who oppose the king holiday mostly did so on the this is a very boring reasons that did not meet good copy. if it would be expensive very and economic crisis to give the whole nation's workforce another day off. they calculated that that would be quite costly. ill advised as well. and they said that not enough time had passed for the nation to get enough distance and i had conservatives like strom thurmond landed of voting for the king holiday. and it is established by those who testified with those for the holiday. the very existence shows that not enough has passed for us to get the proper distance for deciding whether this is a person who we really want to angle out more than george washington carver order to the roosevelt or someone else. and it was because mcdonald and finally helms took the position that they did. they made it untenable for people to oppose the holiday. you just didn't get it loaded in the paper if you talked about the cost and the importance of the passage of t

greetstor bob dole visitors at the world war ii memorial. it is part of the three-day holiday weekend tonight at 8 p.m. on c-span3. , theuren bush granddaughter of george h.w. bush excepted the jfk profile in courage award on behalf of her grandfather. also honored, paul bridges. against federal lawsuit a law targeting undocumented immigrants. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. i am ceo of the john f. kennedy library foundation and it is my pleasure to welcome you today encourage14 profiles ceremony. -- profile in courage ceremony. please join me and -- in welcoming our guests.

former world war ii veteran and senator bob dole regularly greet visitors at the world war ii memorial in washington. it is part of the three-day holiday weekend in american history television tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. president obama participated in a memorial day commemoration at arlington national cemetery. speaking to veterans following an unannounced visit with u.s. troops in afghanistan, he paid tribute to those that made the ultimate sacrifice and said the country's owes the veterans the care they need. for the ceremony, he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. ♪ anthem] national ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the introduction of the president, honors, and national anthem. >> national cap little regent and united states army district of washington. s.or general jeffrey buchanan. commanding general united states army, district of washington. her army national military cemeteries. . dempsey, joint chiefs of staff. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, cha

. >> let's see,ed media -- the media talked about mccain's age, bob dole, reagan's age. >> i have to give credit to fox for holding his feet to the fire. bill hemmer had an interview with him the next day in which he said, okay, karl, let's talk about this inaccuracy, where you said she was in the hospital for 30 days. she was only in the hospital for 3 days, this could have been an issue because karl rove is a fox news contributor we could have swept under the rug and not dealt with. >> the difference between mccain and hillary clinton, because the media was curious and reported on mccain's age whether there was any type of scandal. they are only focusing on the hillary issue because karl rove raised it. they are acting like she's a frontrunner. >> he had to overstate it in order to get the saturation coverage he wanted. otherwise, she had this small incident and a health problem. >> this is not unique to fox, when you have somebody playing two roles both a cable comment tater and a partisan fund-raiser, there's no secret he helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the repub

and sometimes our opponents look like teddy roosevelt, sometimes tom dewey or nixon or ford or bob doleor john mccain or mitt romney. but that's -- and today it's john boehner, eric cantor, mitch mcconnell, lamar alexander. we're fighting that wing of the party. and as i said earlier, the voters reject them. and only when the face of the opposition to the democrats is a limited government constitutional conservatives do we score big victories. this very weekend, as a matter of fact, republican leaders eric cantor, kevin mccarthy are meeting at the ritz carlton in amelia island, florida, meeting with the main street partnership. and their objective, the main street partnership, is to in mitch mcconnell's words, to crush them everywhere. that means us conservatives. so the main street partnership that eric cantor and kevin mccarthy are meeting with this weekend are designed to crush conservatives. so make no mistake about it, our opponents in the republican party, the big government republicans, they understand the problem, okay? and they understand that we are their opponents. we hear in

john mccain, bob dole is starting to walk back in. we have these red state democ t democrats calling for him to go. when you look at this mproblem? >> in a word, no. >> it is irrelevant if he runs the outfit or no. at the end of the day, the results will be the same. the rveterans network is in capable of what we need. >> it is a bur rock see. they do routine things in a routine way. any doctor will tell you delivering medicine is not routine. when we did not have a more efficient means of delivering health care to our country. >> do you agree with that? gentlem right. we put emphasis on the political side of it. in terms of voter reform. >> i love him. but i disagree with him. he he needs to get on stop top this. when you look at the metrics. whether it is a joint commission, they do a pretty good job. there is a difference here on the scandal. once you are in, vet erans are happy. they are affiliated with high education institutions. the clinic where i'm from is partnered with hit. they have a academic that they are affiliated. if y

. >> former world war ii senator and veteran bob dole regularly visitors to the memorials. the george w. bush institute in dallas hosted a symposium on supporting veterans returning from war. i and othersl talked about ptsd and jobs for veterans returning home. >> we want to talk in this panel about some of the obstacles are veterans face. some of the obstacles the wounded face. empoweropportunities to those veterans. with generalrt pete correlli. we went through a lot together. ed have visited the wound together. since retiring as vice chief of staff of the army where he was deeply involved in issues of posttraumatic stress, dramatic brain injury --i truly think no one cares more than peter chiarelli about the future of our wounded veterans. he is now with one mind, where they dedicate their time to continue to help those same veterans. general, i want you to talk and theose obstacles health and wellness of our veterans as they go forward into civilian life. this discussion is a double-edged sword. in 265,000 soldiers that have come back from these conflicts with ptsd. 3.4

the man with the answers is the chief strategist bob dole. people questioned in this rally for a long time. no volume but it keeps chugging along. so for how much longer? >> it depends on what you just mentioned will earnings me reasonably good? the whole market is five years old now it has been in lockstep. we need better economic growth and i think it is on the horizon but especially in misery mode before we get there but i think it is around the corner. charles: but is there something to be said that in my lifetime is the most hated bull market in history ? >> i could not agree more. i cannot remember a bull market that is lusby lead to a and this one. that is good news. they end when people are confident to think that stocks are the best thing since sliced bread. >> but the american institute for individual investors says it is the highest in a decade. nobody believes it exists. now to bring in our business all-star panel. listen nobody believes in the rally. >> maybe it is due on tax stocks they will not achieve a profit anytime soon. wi

bob dole, letterman drived him nuts with old age jokes. is this fair? race, it it wasn't an age issue, it was a tea party issue. that was also 19,000 to 21,000 was the vote. it was a low turn out. in each individual race, there was an individual story. but in general, i think if anything, average or median age is 60 and the house is just under 60. and we are an ageing population. so when reagan was elected as a 73-year-old in 1984, america is a lot older. but still you talk about the school lunch program. how many congressmen have school age kids? i do think we are a little too old when it comes to our congress and we have age limits, but there are lower limits, you have to have at least 25 and 30 to be a senator. >> joy, let me ask you this. we have a couple polling bits. are you less likely to support a candidate many their 70s? in 2007, democrats, 60%, republicans, 42%, the context there is mccain looked like he was going to be the nominee. they asked the question a few weeks ago. democrats, 44%, republicans, 32%. i don't know when you look at voters

iowa in 1980, the e goes to new hampshire and says in ttis debate it is governor reagan and me and bob doleward baker and john anderson and phil crane, you are off the stage. you can't cut these guys out, i paid for this microphone, that finished off george hw bush in 1980. neil: you are so modest. you didn't mention your own example. didn't get a chance. final thoughts? >> even in the last election cycle you were one of the few talking pundits who actually covered gary johnson's election hope that he wasn't included in the debate. i think the entire debate would have benefited from his participation. neil: by the way, they had 58 candidates. what was the harm in inviting a 59th? i digress. guys, thank you all very much. we have a problem now with government workers, a lot of people have been very suspicious, but now the various computers they are using sometimes to spy on you or get things on you or legibly to help you, they are so riddled with porn, they are actually hurting you. go figure. is all ready the brand ofstate the year.d berkshire hathaway home services. good to know. when folk

all within a matter of days. 10 days later there was a presidential commission led by bob dole and donna shalala, bipartisan, republican, democrat and make recommendations how to avoid this happening the army and military health system. the president is not taking decisive action and not embracing this as a leader truly should. jon: joe, the president urged everybody, let's not make this political but if it is about how his administration is handling the tasks that have been entrusted to it, how can you have an argument about that without making it political? >> well i mean, look everybody is, going to use the crisis, any crisis or scandal to for political purposes on both sides. that's going to happen of the problem here with this one, look, everybody's to blame for this. the congressional oversight. these problems have been known for a long time. whether, by, multiple administrations, by congressional oversight, by this president and this va and general shinseki, from the day they got in there knew that this was a problem. maybe not the extent of the list, playing games with the waitin

defense secretary chuck hagel and bob dole addressed the crowds there.ole is a world war ii veteran. hagel served in vietnam. dole is also a founder of a program for older veterans and their families. the organization raises money to send those vets to washington to visit the memorial. >>> the number one killer of americans who have served in the wars in iraq and afghanistan is not combat. it is suicide after they return home. and on this memorial day weekend, a local group is trying to stop that from happening. bob redell reports. >>> post traumatic stress is such a powerful force. >> combat veterans never come back the same. they're changed. >> the v.a. estimates that 22 veterans kill themselves each day. >> 8,000 a year. in the united states. that has to stop. >> that's more than the number of troops killed in combat in the entire wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> i see these little kids out here running around, having a good time, and some of my post traumatic stress comes up when i see that. >> vets who suffer the stress of combat, they lit candles a

bob dole regularly greets visitors at the world war ii memorial in washington.is part of this three-day memorial day weekend, monday night at eight eastern on c-span3. for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, readings, and conferences. in offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago, and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. washington journal continues. host: john herbst is currently at the united defense -- he served as ambassador to ukraine until 2006. iq for being with us. what are you looking for in the election? guest: turnout. i high turnout would give legitimacy to the outcome of the referendum. the second most important thing is who's going to win, and will someone win outright in this vote. -- poroshenko has high po

this was raised as a sub text issue, bob dole. >> but maggie it was raised by the republicans in 2008t the democrats. it was raised by -- >> it was raised by everybody, in 2008, about mccain. there were conversations in the primary about them just as much as in the general election. >> karl rove did this first, he has a history of doing this. >> how is it reasonable to bring up secretary clinton's health in all context? because to be fair they were very coy about what happened with her fall, with the flu, what she was doing in the hospital. >> they were initially not forthcoming about the information. they were ultimately very forthcoming about the information the problem -- the problem with rove, saying she was in the hospital for 30 days is wrong. she was in the hospital for three days. you saw her leave. she testified the whole time, she was not going to testify in the benghazi hearings, that didn't happen. she was perceived as doing pretty well. so at the end of the day when you overreach that is a real problem. >> so kevin madden, end this off here and elevate this conversation.

. >> it seems to me, firstly, this is a party which nominated bob dole, george w.ush, john mccain and mitt romney, none on the right, none authentically on the right. every four years, we're asked can somebody who is not hard right get the nomination. it seems to me this is very wide open. i don't think we know yet what the mood of the country will be when people start to vote in early 2016. >> quickly, because we've got to take a break and i want to talk about tuesday races. should shinseki resign. yes or no? >> yes. >> i can't. >> how did he do on capitol hill? >> not good. >> he's going to make that decision with the president. what is true is that people need -- you know, this administration needs to deal with this and they need to not just send management over there. but they need to address the real problems of those backlogs and quickly. >> newt gingrich, amy walter, anita dunn, thank you. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ build! we're investing big to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep mo

sometimes you have people who have personal experiences and bob dole would be upset if i told you about prostate cancer screenings because he is convinced a screening saved his life. that is the emotional conflict of interest. but it may have. he'd probably says i am clearly a democrat right now but where people get their money is important. the one thing i have learned. next to be smart enough to understand i.m. heavily controlled. i will talk to after. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and former senator and world war ii hero bob dole are calling forke-up. >> i think it's a disaster right now. so i think it's a culture that's been built up over the year. now it's gone to a boiling point. and i'm not certain where it's going to end. but you shouldn't keep a veteran waiting three months to see a doctor. >> and a salute to our heroes as we honor the military service and sacrifice.

. >> this is a party which nominated bob dole, george w.mitt romney, none on the right. every four years we're asked can somebody who is not hard right get the nomination. it seems to me this is very wide open. i don't think we know yet what the mood of the country will be when people start to vote in early 2016. >> we've got to take a break and i want to talk about tuesday races. should shinseki resign. yes or no? >> yes. >> i can't. >> how did he do on capitol hill? >> not good. >> he's going to make that decision with the president. what is true is that people need -- this administration needs to deal with this and they need to not just send management over there. but they need to address the real problems of those backlogs and quickly. >> hang on for me a bit. when we return, a preview of tuesday's hot primary races and what it means for the future of the republican party. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. how much money do you think you'll need when

we don't know if she's going to or not, but it was certainly on the table for ronald reagan, bob dolejohn mccain, and every other democrat who's ever run. >> we didn't know the six months, sally. that comes out. is that a problem? bill clinton says -- in fact, let's listen to what bill clinton said. this is how he responded to karl rove's comments. >> they went to all this trouble to say that she had stayed, what was a terrible concussion that required six months of very serious work to get over. >> okay, so two points. one is that he used humor, which i thought was effective, but he also did reveal in his comments it took six months, and he was trying to say she had been very straightforward about the process that she went through, but he also sort of revealed a fact. do you think she was being really straightforward? >> well, there wasn't a full vetting of this conversation yet. it's sort of interesting, of course, hillary clinton hasn't had her say on this moment and it's interesting what bill pointed out. there was a time when republicans' conspiracy theory was she faked this to g

perhaps the biggest blow now comes from one of our country's most revered veterans, bob dole, the man who introduced shinseki at his confirmation hearing. he backed him this week and now admits he's conflicted. >> i have mixed feelings because i know general shinseki, i've said i think he should stay and i think particularly he should stay until the white house gets this investigative report they are doing, until we get the facts and see what you can lay at his feet. >> the scandal is real but how much of the outrage and bandwagoning will produce results? thank you both for being here. sam, we're here on this friday afternoon, the holiday weekend coming up. is there any chance shinseki is fired or leaves office today? >> i don't think so. the white house seems committed to letting the investigation go through and see what transpired and making a judgment after that. i think that's basically what former senator dole was saying, you have to figure out what the facts are before moving forward with the judgment. that being said, his standing is very perilous, obviously, there's a growing