. >> i just want to say word about dick gephardt who is here today. his leadership was so invaluable getting us through the darkest period in auto history and in ford's history. our two competitors went bankrupt and we didn't. i will always believe it was because of the leadership we had and take a part was an absolute -- dick gephardt was an absolute hero. [applause] >> right for the great recession happen, you thought something would happen and decided to borrow money? >> i went to my board at the time i was chairman, i was ceo, look,ent and coo i said, tough times are coming, i need help. and they said, what do you need? do you need a ceo or coo? haved, i don't care, we got to get the right person. but we also had to borrow a lot of money because restructuring is expensive. get a massive restructuring ahead of us. this money all of and then we went to work. thankfully, it did work. >> when the great recession happened, ultimately, your two major competitors were bailed out by the u.s. government. did it kind of piss you off that they were bailed ou

that's something that democrats remember here, that someone like dick gephardt never got them the majority. >> are there other potential successors waiting in the wings on the democratic side? >> first you look at steny hoyer. he will be 79 at that point. pelosi will be 78. ramhm emanuel, chris van hollen. steve israel is retiring. the first who might be the last man standing by javier beccera. he considers himself to be a man of the house. if nancy pelosi and still around, maybe steny hoyer leaves, maybe it is in fact javier beccera. >> chad, we appreciate it, thank you. >>> up next, our "issues that matter" series continues. tonight, climate change. >>> welcome back to >>> welcome back to our special sunday prime time "special report." during the final days of this campaign, we're counting down the issues that matter most to you. tonight, number seven in the top ten: climate change. remember, the top ten are taken from recent polls asking what is important to americans. correspondent phil keating tells us from miami that the two parties couldn't be further apart when it comes to this iss

there were calls in the late 1990s and dick gephardt was the minority leader, and it never happened.u know, republicans often use pelosi in ads and they see her as this figure that they can run again. i mean does her continued presence somehow hurt democrats' chances to take over. >> that's something that they do use against her. there's only been a couple of ads used against her. but i bet if she's still in power in 2018, you could see that in the mid terms coming up there. this is one of the things here is that it is a liberal caucus. there are very few conservatives in the house of representatives on the democratic side now like heath schuler. that's something the democrats remember here, that someone like dick gephardt never got them the majority. >> are there other potential successors waiting in the wings on the democratic side? >> well, first of all, you would like at steny hoyer. but as i said, there's probably not going to be any movement until 2018. he will be 79 at that point. he's the democratic whip. pelosi would be 78. then you have people who she's already burned throu

. >> i just want to say a word about dick gephardt is here today. his leadership was so invaluable getting us through the darkest period in auto history and our two competitors went bankrupt and we didn't and i will always believe that it was because of the leadership we have become and he was an absolute hero back then. [applause] i should put in context right before the great recession happened you thought maybe something that would have been and you had to borrow money, write? >> exactly. a couple things happened. at the time i was the chairman and the ceo and president and ceo and i went to my board and i said what, tough times are coming. i need help and they said what do you need to come and do you need a ceo or coo and i said i don't care we have to get the right person. but we also had to borrow a lot of money because restructuring is expensive. we had a massive restructuring ahead of us and hired allen who turned out to be a terrific ceo. he borrowed all this money and then we went to work and thankfully it did work. >> your two major compe

ford: i just want to say word about dick gephardt who is here today. leadership was so invaluable getting us through the darkest period in auto history and in ford's history. our two competitors went bankrupt and we didn't. i will always believe it was because of the leadership we had in our board and dick gephardt was an absolute hero. [applause] david: right before the great recession happened, you thought something would happen and decided to borrow money? mr. ford: i went to my board. at the time, i was chairman, i was ceo, president and coo i said, look, tough times are coming, i need help. and they said, what do you need? do you need a ceo or coo? i said, i don't care, we have got to get the right person. but we also had to borrow a lot of money because restructuring is expensive. we had a massive restructuring ahead of us. we hired a terrific ceo. we borrowed all of this money and then we went to work. thankfully, it did work. david: when the great recession happened, ultimately, your two major competitors were bailed out by the u.s. government.

. >> i called up dick gephardt, and i said, dick, i know you can't talk about this.e said, it never happened. i said, dick, i understand you have to deny it to me and everybody else. he said, steve, it didn't happen. >> why wouldn't you believe him when he said so-so emphatically, there was no meeting? >> you absolutely must keep the conversation going on with the nominee and -- >> lying is okay in politics, running for office? >> lying is not okay unless you're asked an inappropriate question. >> politicians have always lied. >> i'm not a crook. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> the media used to give candidates privacy. even keep their secrets. they rarely pictured fdr in his wheelchair. they kept jfk's sexual activities secret. but now everything's game. that's a good thing. even though we reporters are obnoxious. >> the next time i prefer you let me finish my statement before you ask that question. >> next, you ready for presidential debates? we'll show you secrets behind life's taught me a lot, and i'm ready for more. well, you're not the ty

. >> i just want to say a word about dick gephardt who is here today.eadership getting us through the darkest period in history and our two competitors went bankrupt and i will always believe it was because of the leadership. [applause] >> a couple things happened. i went to the board and was the ceo and president and ceo i said tough times are coming i need help. do you need a coo or ceo? i said i don't care we just have to get the right person that we had to borrow a lot of money because it is expensive as you know. he turned out to be a terrific ceo and we borrowed all this money and then we went to work and thankfully it did work. >> the competitors were bailed out by the u.s. government. did that kind of tick you off that they were bailed out and you didn't happen to be? [laughter] >> at a certain point, yes. we were in this position having to support our biggest competitors because the entire industrial supply base in the country was under tremendous stress and particularly if general motors had gone under, it would have taken under a number of su

i would remind people it was dick gephardt who refused to say bush was the legitimately elected president of the united states even in december of 2000, and we have de-enders bike paul begala and others who go around and say bush was not the democratically elected president. >> i like the image of begala coming out of a cave somewhere. we asked you for questions for the panelist. phillip tweeted this, considering the dnc history of voter fraud schemes, isn't it wise for trump to wait for the election results to be verified? kim, how do you answer philip? >> i think this argument that trump is making is also a mistake, that there is widespread voter fraud, that this is rigged. it's a very dangerous argument to make. i mean, there is always some amount of fraud out there. we can't ever be perfectly certain with elections, but to go that far, you're suggesting that there's a giant plot to stop him from becoming a president, and it goes along with not accepting peaceful transition of power. that all being said, i think that trump is onto something with his broader claim about the system being