they said, and they really put pressure on bork to stay. bork describes it, but the beauty of these oral histories is you will see corroborating evidence from other people who do not have the same stake as bork in his reputation. >> what are you doing now? >> i am an independent historian. i had a book about kennedy i was meaning to write -- and needed time to write it. i have a couple of books i am working on now. >> when did you leave the library? >> november 2011. >> next is william safire. he is jewish. he was an observer and -- tell us what you -- >> this for me is hard. this is heartbreaking. he was really mad at me. >> for the interview? >> afterwards. i had a terrible conversation with william safire about a month before he died. >> died at 79. >> he was so angry i had invited john dean to the library. i explained to him that in order to establish this as a nonpartisan space that people would take seriously as a research center -- the fight there had been over access to the tapes, missing tapes, the documents -- it is essential to e

i interviewed john more -- richardson and ruckleshaus import bork -- implored bork to stay. bork had a different legal theory about what the president could and could not do. bork wanted to resign and go back to yale. he was convinced his college would never forgive him. ruckleshaus and richardson said, if you resign nobody is running this place. they were very afraid that alexander hauge, somebody in mistrusted, would choose a new attorney general who would be a disaster. they said, and they really put pressure on bork to stay. bork describes it, but the beauty of these oral histories is you will see corroborating evidence from other people who do not have the same mistake as bork in his investigation -- reputation. >> what are you doing now? >> i am an independent historian. i had a book about kennedy i was meaning to write -- and needed time to write it. i have a couple of books i am working on now. >> when did you leave the library? >> november 2011. >> next is william saffire. he is jewish. he was an observer and -- tell us what you -- >> this for me is hard. this is he

richardson and ruckelshaus implored bork to stay. now, bork had a different legal theory what the president could or could not do. but he wanted to resign. bork actually wanted to resign and go back to yale and he just was convinced his yale friend, his colleagues would never forgive him. ruckelhaus and richardson said no, if you resign nobody is running this place and they were afraid alexander haig, someone they mistrusted, would choose a new attorney general who would be a disaster for the country and they said -- they put pressure on bork to stay. bork describes it but the beauty of these oral histories, you'll see croob rating evidence from other people who don't have the same stake bork does in his own reputation. >> what are you doing now? >> i'm an independent historian. i left and i had a book about kennedy i had been meaning to write, i had a contract for it, and i needed time to write it. i went back to writing and i have a couple books i'm working on right now and i'm a fellow at the new america foundation. >> when did yo

>> the point is when the democrats took over the senate, they not only borked ronald bork, they almost got ronald reagan, attempted to impeach him. we had democrats we could work with. >> i'm saying that all things considered, he had remarkable success in dealing with democrats. >> no, he didn't. >> yes, he d. you saw the record. -- he did. you sawed record. >> he had success bringing the blue dogs whose congressional districts he carried. they came with him. the rest of the democrats fought him every single year-- >> he got the legislation passed. he got the deals cut. eleanor? >> john is right. it doesn't matter how you put the coalition together. if you win in the end, you've won. reagan and tip o'neal both understood the value of marketing this relationship they had. they probably had a cigar together maybe two times in eight years, but they put those pictures out and they wanted the world to know that these two ieshmen could get -- irishmen could get along. it was a valuable marketing tool. you could add another example to that president eisenhower who worked with democratic leade

remember when bork -- >> you have to give her fashion points for taking a risk. next, you were talking about lucy lu's dress. sorry, halle berry first. halle berry is wearing versace. we have a cut-out here at the hip. i would rather see it in a solid or darker color. let's take a look. i thought the darker color or something that wasn't as busy with the pattern and the cut-out might be a little better. what do you think? >> it's hard for her not to look utterly spectacular. >> she's stunning. >> right? >> she knows how to place her body for maximum effect. some of the actresses wear beautiful clothes, but they stand there in ways that aren't flattering. she always knows how to work it on the carpet. >> i don't see the cut-outs though. i wasn't crazy about those. >> it washes out a little bit with the print. i agree with you, kathie. she's so stunning, she could wear anything. >> i like her hair short, really short. >> bobbie, that was fun. did you have fun doing it? >> we didn't get to -- >> i thought she looked drop dead. okay. >> i loved the print, and i wante

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[applause] that earlier this day, joe biden was bork -- was sworn in as vice president of the united tomorrow, it will be ceremonial, but today it is official. what a great day. and at what a great day that we are celebrating emily's list's success and strength in numbers. women leading the way. isn't that exciting? 15 more democratic women in the united states senate. that is remarkable. in this cycle, with emily's list's help, 18 more democratic women in the house, bringing our no. 261 women in the house. how are some people going to reach women voters. we are asking them to serve. we're asking them to have a seat at the table. that is why of the congress of the united states that was just sworn in two weeks ago there was a minority congress fear . they have a seat at the head of the table. they have at the head of the table. isn't she spectacular? she was talking about a strategic thinking. we're talking about success. none of this would be possible is.hout th what this has done in its history has been chance formative for our country. there are making people more aware. every iss

not to say we don't like you to do bork in your homes, we -- to do work in your homes, but maintenance will help home repair. i have some slides here. let's take a quick peak here -- peek here. we'll look at the outside buildings first and inside buildings next. outside buildings are typical maintenance issues. a whole plethora of maintenance issues. the siding, the windows, the doors, the stairs, the sidewalk, the landscape. so let's just look at a couple different kinds of buildings and the typical problems they might have. so, for example, here's a building with final siding. what kind of maintenance do we need with the vinyl siding? we have to wash the thing, that's for darn sure. what do you think? >> it's got to be washed, caulked, checked to make sure water is not getting behind the siding. >> caulking is not a replacement for good flashing. caulk something sort of a -- an interim waterproofing material that has to be maintained. if somebody says, we have a leak, let's caulk it, what that means is we've got a temporary solution that's going to leak some more unless you maintain

we have borked extensively on marriage equality issues, the task force has been responsible for creating leadership in activists across the country. so we were involved in the developments in maine, minnesota, washington state, and maryland, and it's thrilling. one of the most incredible aspects of this change is that it's an opportunity for the country, for everyday americans to have conversations about our lives. and i believe that marriage is a starting point. it's incredibly symbolic. it's an opportunity for us to talk about our everyday lives, our everyday struggles, our everyday challenges. and we as a task force intend to expand that dialogue to include not only marriage but also health care issues, public safety, employment protections, a whole range of issues, and we're just thrilled that this momentum, this incredible momentum, is under way. >> we've seen this before. given the way these things play out, given the credence the president gave it in his inaugural, all these things are happening at statehouses, do you expect a backlash? is that going to be there? >> you know, that

24 hours later and he's going through the paperwork and he comes across this and notices the paper bork of this young man and picks up the phone and calls and says, has your son found a school yet and he said no and began to relate the story. he says, oh, i think we can get around that. i don't know what all they did but i think there's some scholarship money. wait a moment let me call you back. by the end of the day he got the phone call back. the guy that had retired and came into the office for no reason at all, said, we can give your son a scholarship. in fact, we'll delay the date because he's past the date to register but we'll expand the date so he can get in and register. the school costs $26,000 a year. and he said, i'll -- we'll you son a scholarship for $10,000, so all you have to come up with is $16,000. this was on a sunday he sowed the thousand-dollar seed. on monday he got the phone call. on wednesday he got the paperwork in and by saturday, god supernaturally gave him the money hand now his son, right now, is at college playing football! halleluj hallelujah! it doesn't t

there's been laws on the books against sharing people's rental history for years, connectwood robert borkhen he tried to become a justice and his rental laws were shared with journalists. this recent change in legislation sort of changed all that, made it easier for social and digital sites like netflix and hulu to use social media to share people's information. a lot of people will have fun on sharing their favorite tv shows or movies they watch. my only question is people should know and have full control of what information they're sharing and when this stuff gets implemented. so we have to keep a close eye on this. eric, thank you, we'll see what happens with this new law. >>> sports caster hannah storm returns to the air just three weeks after being burned in a propane grill accident. she talked about the moment when her clothes caught fire. people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before i

24 hours later and he's going through the paperwork and he comes across this and notices the paper bork of this young man and picks up the phone and calls and says has your son found a school yet and he said no and began to relate the story. he says oh i think we can get around that. i don't know what all they did but i think there's some scholarship money. wait a moment let me call you back. by the end of the day he got the phone call back. the guy that had retired and came into the office for no reason at all, said we can give your son a scholarship. in fact, we'll delay the date because he's past the date to register but we'll expand the date so he can get in and register. the school costs $26,000 a year. and he said, i'll -- we'll you son a scholarship for $10,000, so all you have to come up with is $16,000. this was on a sunday he sowed the thousand-dollar seed. on monday he got the phone call. on wednesday he got the paperwork in and by saturday god supernaturally gave him the money hand now his son, right now, is at college playing football! hallelujah hallelujah! it doesn't take

prior to the joseph story lectures have been and judge robert bork, professor john harrison at the university school of law, judge raymond randolph of the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit, and last year chief justice of the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit. tonight we are honored to have a fifth name to the prestigious list as we welcome justice anthony kennedy who will deliver this evening's joseph story distinguished lecture on the topic, the constitution and its promise. justice kennedy received his bachelor's of arts degree from stanford university and the london school of economics and then his law degree from harvard law school. prior to his public service, but justice served in private practice in both san francisco and sacramento. i can attest to his prowess as an attorney because on one very interesting occasion he represented me. [laughter] on a speeding ticket. and got me off with a minimum fine. [laughter] from 1965 to 1988 justice kennedy was a professor of constitutional law at the mcgeorge school of law the university of the pacific locate

and he's talking to robert bork and poor, the great district attorney of new york later, who was thenunited states attorney and one of his deputies. and suddenly they see a number of things happened simultaneously. they see it work at hickory hills of the white house and is being repainted and they see one of the workmen suddenly stopped. he is holding a transistor radio to easier and he comes running down toward the swimming pool were kennedy and morgan paul are spinning. at that very moment before the man with a radio arrives, the telephone rings and it's jay edgar hoover to tell robert kennedy that his brother has been shot, perhaps fatally. hoover did my kennedy and robert kennedy did like him. robert kennedy was later to say he didn't show any emotion at all. he just delivered the news. so they see on the other side of the pool b.c. robert kennedy slapped his hand to his face in shock and horror. c-span: the question was about the oath. what happened with lyndon johnson talked to robert kennedy right after he was shot? >> guest: well, he calls him from the plane. he calls them fr

he won't get borked. but why did the president pick this guy when he could picked somebody like michelle flourney who would be the first female secretary of defense who everybody likes a lot. >>gretchen: who is that? >>brian: she's been in the pentagon. >>gretchen: i never heard her name as an option. for me, there's two reasons why this will not be a problem for chuck hagel in the long run. first of all, are the american people paying attention to this? i mean, i think if you could get the american people involved and they start representatives and say i have a problem with this or i light chuck hagel, then it becomes a hotter topic and you might see some sort of possibility that it doesn't happen. but if you don't get the american people involved, i think it is an easy situation for him. people talk about political capital. why would the president do this kind of fight? he was elected for four more years. to me, this president has shown in the first four years that he's willing to go to battle for these