thank you very much for joining me tonight, dick.ou, my brother. peace and love to you. what a festivity. >> dick, you march with martin luther king and you heard what for you is a young president on sunday. >> yes. >> saying if he were here today. what are your thoughts of what dr. king would have to tell us if he were here today? >> he would say the same thing the president said, but it don't work. remember, white folks is born in america with 300 years of white privilege, so you don't deal with that the same way you deal with people that come out of th slaves. you have a different dna out there today and this is where america is making a mistake. they don't realize that they're dealing with -- their children escalated in the civil rights movement. do you know white folks are not going to put hoses on their children and beat them down under the ground? i live in a country that praises for being nonviolent. if we decided we were going to the war during the draft, we're going to jail. it's okay when you're dealing with me. so i would

would you agree, dick? don't know that she didn't get involved in domestic politics because for instance the talk about the monuments from the s1 dam flooding, i remember going to see congressman from brooklyn who was in charge of the appropriations. >> now, would he have brn politically eager to help egypt at that point? >> no, he was not. he was politically, he was not at all answer, to help the president -- at all anxious to help the president because he was the unruly type -- [laughter] and -- but he was in -- i went up to call him off the floor to ask him to please vote the thing that the president wanted, and he eventually said, yes, he would, but he never forgave me for it. >> another question for michael. as a presidential historian, are you aware of any first lady prior to jacqueline kennedy who provided a candid public relation of her experience in the white house? >> no, and one thing that if you study her life, she always broke the mold. she was always innovating and perhaps maybe putting near t

this is for you, dick. she talks about joseph p. kennedy and rose kennedy.u must have known those two individuals. do her impressions match with your memories of them and her interaction with them in public? >> yes. [laughter] >> you have a very long career in political life, huh? and distinguished. [laughter] >> well, no, mr. kennedy was very much a dominant figure in almost everything that went on in the political life. his mother was even more dominant family life and kept after them for all the reasons that good mothers do. i mean, to make responsible children. and -- but they kept very, very close track of what each was doing. and so i would not disagree that anybody who thinks that they were enormously influential. the only thing i am conscious of, however, is that ambassador kennedy could not influence certain people in the democratic party. i mean, people that we were supporting, he frequently did not. >> who are you thinking of? >> well, i'm just really thinking about one fight that we had. and he just was not responsive. i mean, well, bobby was the

dick, did you feel there were stores that were not told in the?luding anything that arthur told. because arthur was the greatest author of stories about himself. [laughter] and i know specifically because kenny o'donnell told me when dean rusk came to visit the president, he had a particular message, would you please get arthur schlesinger off the list of people who get my cables? why? because author was tasha arthur was about the most garrulous parter -- party going person in all of white house. listen, anything you get by cable has around town by nightfall. then he said to kenny, no, you better not. i'll have to do it. you're going to come out poorly in his book as it is a. [laughter] spin and one thing she says in here is how in many ways compartmentalize president kennedy's life was, and she explicitly mentioned success. >> you know, one of the things that i found remarkable, was real, and nobody on the staff really did business in the most. we communicated by phone and conversation and that's it. so there are not great records. >> one reason

so dick durbin is playing to a sympathetic crowd, no? >> seriously. i mean, these banks can afford the fees. citibanks 26 billion in revenues. bofa yes, reported a loss in the latest quarter due to costs to the legacy mortgage issues . but core business. 5.6 billion. they can afford a few regulation. they racked in 940 billion dollars since the credit crisis so let's not feel sorry for them. >> on the other hand we have bank of america tock going down to close to 50. if it is below five dollars a share. they are in trouble, no? >> i think government involvement is keeping the sector down and the economy as the whole. i think it is irresponsible to call runos bank especially bank of america. they are forced by regulation to liquitate their assets and laying off tens of thousands of people and now revenue cuts from another end from the same regulation. it is bad for the business and economy and people who are hurt the worst by this are you and me the consumers. we have checking account that is are costing money and we have given the banks another incent

now i think the immediate reaction the lot of people have is to want to scoff at dick cheney and ask how he could possibly ask for an apology from somebody when the majority of us want an apology for the war in iraq for they for having torture on our record but by conducting many of these policies has obama opened the door to this even made people like dick cheney stronger. well i think you know it's opera the opportunistic dick cheney i think on this one you know even his even this party leader john mccain's calling him out for the nonsense of this claim but you know fair point there you know he can argue that as obama is pursuing ninety five percent the policies of the bush cheney white house it's very very difficult for obama to criticize that white house but we also have to note there were important distinctions you know torture was a distinction the black site prisons were a distinction and there are a number of other tactics that were adopted during that period they're different but still the core of the policies we're seeing straight line continuity. and you know adding of cou

well i think you know it's opera the opportunistic dick cheney i think on this one you know even his even this party leader john mccain's calling him out for the nonsense of this claim but you know fair point there you know he can argue that as obama is pursuing in ninety five percent the policies of the bush cheney white house it's very very difficult for obama to criticize that white house but we also have to note there were important distinctions you know torture was a distinction the black site prisons were a distinction and there are a number of other tactics that were adopted during that period they're different but still the core of the policies we're seeing straight line continuity and adding of course extrajudicial killing on to the last i don't think really makes the case that much better for the obama administration i really do think that this is a huge scandal we'll see if they end up you know putting any of that legal just in case any of the evidence that they have out there for the public to see is god i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight great to be with

dick alan, marty anderson. they were all around him. when he moved into the white house, conservatives move in with him. i challenge you to name one conservative, anybody out there, name one conservative right now around romney or who has been around romney the last 15 years. why should we think if he's elected president that conservatives would have any say in this administration? >> so how do conservatives hold the line at this point? how do you get your kind of candidate? can rick perry make a comeback? >> absolutely. i think, you know, there are good candidates running but i think at the end of the day it could very well be a two-person race between rick perry and romney. and remember, ed, something is different about the republican primary process this year that hasn't been true for about 40 years. that is, we'll have proportionate representation of delegates until april 1st so that, you know, mccain had won the nomination by march because he was getting 30%, 35% of the vote. and the conservative vote was divided among the remainin

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bring in the purveyor of dick morris.com mr. morris. i think president obama who once again equated the tea party with the occupiers last night on leno, okay, i think he and the democratic party are going to have to start distancing themselves. they are going to get caught. >> yeah, it's their demonstrating in oakland which used to be run by jerry brown, former mayor of oakland. you have to assume that he has hired radicals up and down the city government. and the oakland police need to use tear gas. imagine what happens when they get to a city with a more robust police force like chicago. i think that there is a very good chance that this one devolve into violence as the tea party never did. it's going to demonize the left in a way the tea party never did to the right. >> bill: all right, now, i agree with you. i see the picture is clear as i have seen anything in my analysis of the past 15 years. this movement did start as a populist movement. all right? people are discouraged, can't get jobs. not making any i'm teed off. that was gen

. >> larry silva, followed by dick noble. >> good afternoon. i would like to start by thanking you need for their service. they are on our front door, and we love them. we support the alliance and wanted to come where we are. we are nervous about the location of a stop. we have a big intersection right in front of us. traffic was, blockage wise, we are very nervous about it. what makes us nervous is hearing from many representatives, referring to the eir and the public, and then, which we do not feel we were meaningfully and notified. we want this measure to release take our input, not just where we missed public comment. we want our concerns heard after that. we like what the cac has done, and we trust them. listening to you guys, we kind of trust you guys. our fate is in your hand. >> i want to be clear i understand. are you here representing the business community generally down there, or just a boy in a vista? >> buena vista. we are like one family there. >> your position is you want the f train coming to that area, but stopping at a differ

we'll talk more about this with dick armey.of the fiscally conservative freedom works group and a flat tax supporter. dick, good to see you. >> nice to be with you. >> all right, well, we have, we have herman cain's 9-9-9 plan and now he's saying 9-0-9 for some folks. you have rick perry talking about an optional 20% flat tax and newt gingrich talking about an optional 15% flat tax. who do you think, right now, has the better plan? >> well, actually, i would have preferred the plan that was written by holland in 1984, even the one i introduced in 1994. but at this point, i think the governor's plan is a very bold plan by way of comparison with anything else that's out there and i think it is possible that it could achieve the growth of the american economy and the job creation that would follow that growth. so, right now, i think that's the best plan standing. no doubt in my mind that this is the best single policy option available to the government to inspire growth of the american economy. and rick perry's gotten pretty close

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and still, something eats at dick c dick cheney and something that president obama said in cairo in 2009reaction to the 9/11 attacks. >> the fear and inger that it provokeded was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our traditions and our ideals. we are taking concrete actions to change course. i have prohibited the use of torture by the united states. >> reporter: cheney says that the obama administration now trying to protect the country approved the killing of an american citizen, says that president should reconsider his decisions. >> they said that in effect we had walked away from the ideals or the policies contrary to the ideals when we had enhanced interrogation techniques, but they have clearly moved to the way of taking robust action when they feel it is appropriate. >> you would like an apology? >> well, not for me, but the bush administration. >> reporter: and asked if the obama administration is waging a successful war against terror, cheney says yes. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> thank you, candy. >>> missing. lost and missing for a week afte

dick cheney is a member of the board of trustees. we are so glad to have them as part of our family and we thank them and you all for joining us here today. [applause] >> thank you. i won't interrupt. >> remember you are a reporter. >> i get my payback. a just wanted to say a word and turn it over to mr. hays. the book and wrote is a memoir. it covers all 70 years of my life, the early years are short but a lot of good stuff to write about in that period of time. the last half of the book focuses on the george w. bush administration and my years as vice president and the book open the prologue with recounting the events as i saw them on 9/11. and then much of that last half of the book deals with what we had to do during the course of our subsequent seven years to keep the country safe and the controversies we were involved in on things like terrorist surveillance programs and so forth. that is a large part of the book, relevant with respect to 9/11 and the aftermath. i don't want to mislead anybody but there are other subjects going

but i want to play some of what the former vice president dick cheney said early on cnn's state of thenion about president obama's stance on gay issues. >> i think it was the right decision to repeal don't ask don't tell. i suspect there are a lot of people who are watching the speech in the room last night wondering if they could believe what he was saying. his position on the issues hasn't that been that different. he hasn't come out and advocated gay marriage, for example. i think this was sort of one more example where he's trying to have it both ways. >> so does cheney and the person there with cheney, do they have a point? some gay activists they might agree? >> yes, perhaps. it's extraordinary to hear her say that though, sitting next to her father. >> right. >> the architect of a very divisive strategy in 2004 where they put all kinds of anti-same sex referenda all across the country in order to win that re-election. i mean, it's a tough issue. >> but it does say something because lynne cheney is there with her father and she is making a point. she is making a point. and she --

jobs. >> sean: joining me with analysis is the author of the "new york times" best seller "revolt" dick morris is with us. welcome back. let's start with herman cain, rasmussen poll today shows he is in fact beating obama head to head. is he going to be able to do what perry was not able to do so far or bachmann or pawlenty, rise in the polls and sustain it? is he able to do that? >> yes. i'm not saying he will beat romney i think the final two will be romney against cain. because his spurt is not based on some personality or something, some statistic in his record or something. it's based on very solid proposal, his 999 proposal. you know what i was thinking of the other day, sean, in 1980 ronald reagan ran on 10-10-10. that was the kempf ross tax bill. 10% tax cuts for each of three years. he passed 5-10-10 and the rates are gon up a little since then they used to be 50 and now they are 35. >> sean: 70. by the end of his presidency they were 28%. >> right. that -- the concept that animates cain's plan is so fundamental and so important in changing the way the united states economy is.

but he said, the day after i made the case against dick cheney to he and dick cheney. he called me and said, i am going to go with cheney and the reason is i am thinking through the lens of who would be the best partner to me in the oval office and if something terrible would happen to me, i want somebody that the country has confidence in. i understand the politics. you go solve them. >> but vice-president biden was a government decision, so it was a governing decision -- but it's good politically, because it filled the void -- >> i think it was a waste -- >> you do?! >> joe biden's advice on afghanistan, you know, there is a new article out about the decision on libya, in which again, joe biden is on the losing end of all of these arguments. >> the president went the other way. >> so if it was so important to -- to senator obama, why is president obama basically dismissing all of his advice. >> i think that it looked good -- >> it looked good. >> politically, it looked like it was a governing decision. >> but it wasn't. it wasn't. who thinks -- who would be confident

but i learned in 2000, i was opposed to dick cheney being chosen because i thought it was a political mistake. we didn't need to worry about wyoming, he was an oil man, we were trying to develop the i willage of bush 43 as his own man but then bush decided to go with dick cheney, and the reason was he said the day after i made the case against dick cheney to both he and dick cheney, the governor of texas called me and said i'm going to go with cheney and the reason i'm going to go with him because i'm thinking through the lens who would be the best with me in the over value office and if something terrible happened to me, who would the public have the most confidence in? >> the decision to select vice president biten, that was a government decision because he had been chairman of the foreign relations for a long time. but it's also a good political decision because it filled the void. >> i think it was a wasted call. >> you do? >> joe biden's advice on afghanistan, there's a new article out about the decision on libya, in which once again joe biden is on the losingen of all of these a

dick, thank you. i'll take a look at that iryou raised about medicare. >> it's so important. >> i'll take a look at it. thank you, dick. >>> any chance the race to the white house is going to get more crowded? is donald trump going to jump in the race as a third party candidate? listen carefully. >> if we choose the right person, i am all for it and i will be the happiest guy in the world and i intend to endorse somebody, i believe, but if we don't, if we choose somebody that's not right, and if the economy continues to be bad which i think it will because we have leadership that doesn't know what it's doing, i would certainly consider running as an independent. >> okay. that's a couple days ago. now there's more. just last night congressman ron paul told our own bret baer that while he did not intend to run as a third party candidate, he would not rule it out. meanwhile, some tea party activists are real disappointed with governor sarah palin. did she really say she's not running? listen carefully. t

dick morris must be getting analogy tips from hank williams, jr.o comparison between the occupy movement and the kkk. one is fighting for an end to the vast inequality of wealth in this country through largely peaceful protests. the other fought against racial equality and killed people they didn't like.f for dick morris to compare the two is outrageous psycho talk. coming up next, more debate and analysis with former congressman alan grayson who is running again. he is a major right wing player, and now liz cheney is using the family name to kill workers' rights in ohio. john nichols of the nation will explain with an exclusive story. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call allstate now and you'll get a free lifetime membership in good hands roadside assistance. [ dennis ] shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. with advanced power, the verizon 4g lte network makes your business run faster: smartphones, laptops, tablets, mobile hotspots. but not all 4g is created equal. among

dick, thanks very much. >> can i pick a fight with you?bill: what. >> can i pick one small fight with you. >> bill: 30 seconds. >> money won't matter. what is going to matter is the debates and fox news coverage. the money will follow that. >> bill: i disagree. i think money is going to matter in south carolina and florida big time. but, you know, morris and i always disagree he has been feeding with me for years with dinners i have won. a look at the republic debate from the democratic side fair and balanced. then dennis miller has some thoughts about what went on last night and it should be interesting. it's up ahead. >> bill: continuing now with lead story, analyzing the republic debate. joining us from washington bill burton former white house press secretary for president obama currently working at priorities u.s.a. so, morris says that romney wins the debate and you say? >> i would hand it to rick perry, actually. i think him showing a little bit of energy, showing a little bit of fight and landing a couple of punches. he did as well

so dick may say i'm whistling in the dark, but, dick, you've got to come to the reality. look at the polls. the national polls and individual polls of the states, this president is being lost not only to his base, but to independents who he needs to win. megyn: and yet, dick, let me ask you this. if president isn't connecting, and i know you say he is, these articles suggest he's not, if he's not connecting, is somebody like mitt romney likely to connect more with the voters? >> no, flip-flop mitt is not going to connect with anybody. this was a guy that was for obamacare before obama. he's taken two different positions on abortion, on the economy. this is a guy that had a company that laid off workers and sent the jobs overseas. no, no, no. he is, i pray that he is the nominee because then you'll have barack obama standing against, standing next to mitt romney. and by the way, the republicans are getting ready the learn the basic rule of political science alchemy. one may not take, make chicken salad out of chicken manure. [laughter] megyn: brad, it's an interesting ques

for dick morris to compare the two is outrageous psycho talk.more debate and analysis with former congressman alan grayson who is running again. he is a major right wing player, and now liz cheney is using the family name to kill workers' rights in ohio. john nichols of the nation will explain with an exclusive story. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. -- delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains 5 billion a year from post-office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. but you've got a meat and potatoes guy? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do. a