have you called donna rice, her mother, are you planning to apologize? >> no. i think for obvious reasons. i think that just raises all kinds of other questions of have you talked to her since. i will do so publicly and say that i very much regret the events that have negatively impacted her life, her friends' lives, her daughter's life, and all the others that i mentioned earlier. i have stated that i made a mistake. probably made a series of mistakes. but i happen to believe had other people done their job and everybody not made mistakes, none of us would be in this circumstance tonight. there is plenty of -- >> is it your understanding that donna rice went to ibmanie. >> she didn't force her way onto the boat. we decided, mr. broadhurst and i to go over to his boat. and she was on board the boat, and we asked her to go with us. >> did you or mr. broadhurst invite her on the trip? >> i don't recall. three or four of us were standing around. >> how did you get on the boat? >> just walked on the boat. >> she said you called on the phone and invited her on the b

that. >> senator can you tell us specifically when in the course of this campaign you have seen donna rice? and tell us exactly when, and all the times. >> all very repetitious. i met miss rice at a party of 40 or 50 people or more and asked her, i think new year's day or the next day. i did not remember her name. subsequently, and not any time before, i went aboard the boat after a fund-raising event in miami with mr. broadhurst and mr. broadhurst alone. there was no -- there were no invitations for anyone to join us. there was no plan for anyone to join us. i was there for a day and a half or two to relax. about 11:30 that night, a group of about a dozen or 15 people showed up at the boat. then having dinner the man who came on board the boat knew the owner and said i want to show my friends this boat can we come aboard. we said of course. the crew took them aboard. they circulated on the boat. we talked to a few of them, said hello, how are you. talked about miami or anything else. i don't know. miss rice came up, introduced herself, said we met -- you won't recall this but we met at mr

that. >> senator can you tell us specifically when in the course of this campaign you have seen donna rice? and tell us exactly when, and all the times. >> all very repetitious. i met miss rice at a party of 40 or 50 people or more and asked her, i think new year's day or the next day. i did not remember her name. subsequently, and not any time before, i went aboard the boat after a fund-raising event in miami with mr. broadhurst and mr. broadhurst alone. there was no -- there were no invitations for anyone to join us. there was no plan for anyone to join us. i was there for a day and a half or two to relax. about 11:30 that night, a group of about a dozen or 15 people showed up at the boat. then having dinner the man who came on board the boat knew the owner and said i want to show my friends this boat can we come aboard. we said of course. the crew took them aboard. they circulated on the boat. we talked to a few of them, said hello, how are you. talked about miami or anything else. i don't know. miss rice came up, introduced herself, said we met -- you won't recall this but we met at mr

was that donna rice. >> what plane were we on? >> the plane from austin to denver. >> no. there was not donna rice. >> where do you rank adultery on the list of acts by which you judge a politician or a president. ? >> i'd like to follow up on julia's question, how are you to persuade us or anyone who has looked at this story given that you did sign a book with this woman, did you go on a cruise with her, you spent relaxed casual time with her in washington -- how can you convince us or anyone that your story is true? what can you tell us. >> i can tell you the facts and leave it up to you and the public to believe them. if you don't believe me, there is nothing i can do. i have told you the facts, mr. broadhurst told you the facts, ms. rice has told you the facts. that's the best we can do. >>> next on road to the white house rewind, democratic candidate gary hart withdraws from the 1988 presidential race less than a month after his campaign began. the former colorado senator facedle gagss of a extramarital affair with a miami woman named donna rice. in this ten minute ev

that. >> senator can you tell us specifically when in the course of this campaign you have seen donna ricetly when, and all the times. >> all very repetitious. i met miss rice at a party of 40 or 50 people or more and asked her, i think new year's day or the next day. i did not remember her name. subsequently, and not any time before, i went aboard the boat after a fund-raising event in miami with mr.

the former colorado senator faced allegations of an extramarital affair with a miami woman named donna riceesses the charges at a news conference in hand over, new hampshire. our coverage picks up as the news conference gets underway this. portion is just under 40 minutes. >> as i have made clear, i think, to everyone, i have nothing to hide. i made a mistake. i made a series of mistakes in mistakes, in fact. i regret those very much not just for myself but for all

the former colorado senator facedle gagss of a extramarital affair with a miami woman named donna rice. in this ten minute event in denver, the former colorado senator continued to deny the affair saying he was quitting the race to spare his family and friends from quote further rumors and gossip. michael dukakis won the 1988 democratic nomination but lost to george h.w. bush in the general election. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] apologize fore being late. there was a little traffic coming down bear creek canyon this morning. i intended, quite frankly, to come down here this morning and read a short carefully worded political statement saying that i was withdrawing from the race, and then quietly disappear from the stage. and then after frankly tossing and turning all night, as i have for the last three or four nights, i woke up about 4:00 or 5:00 this morning with a start. and i said to myself, hell no! [ cheers and applause ] and i'm not going to do that -- i'm not going to do that because it's not my style, and because i'm a proud man and i'm proud of what i've accomplished.

the former colorado senator faced allegations of an extramarital affair with a miami woman named donna riceesses the charges at a news conference in hand over, new hampshire. our coverage picks up as the news conference gets underway this. portion is just under 40 minutes. >> as i have made clear, i think, to everyone, i have nothing to hide. i made a mistake. i made a series of mistakes in mistakes, in fact. i regret those very much not just for myself but for all those individuals and the individuals who have been unfairly maligned. my own family, first of all, and for my supporters. we still believe, and i would be willing to go into these at any length you wish, that some very fundamental facts about the events are still not clearly known. i just mentioned three or four since they have been mentioned to me by key supporters and spokespersons on my behalf that they were not aware of. those were, including this, in the events of the evening in question on last saturday, reporters did not confront me. icon fronted them. there was a report that i was, i think, in their words, walking aimles

and then and subsequent years you had gary hart bringing donna rice and other people who were media figures, not just political figures. the media organization been started to bring a host of very, very big stars. in fact, we get lobbied very intensely by big stars. host: so people magazine has tables at this dinner? j.d.: correct. we have tables a hand we have been going to the white house correspondents dinner for many years. host: who do you have? d.: the president of gallaudet university. jenna fischer from a "the office." and people who are working with hillary clinton on her campaign. it is pretty glamorous. a lot of celebrities are ascinated by washington and lot of washington is fascinated by hollywood. we do not have any trouble attracting guests. it is an enormous event. there are thousands of people in this room. it is an intimate cocktail party. you go from the carpet. the actress who plays the first lady in "scandal." posts: the dinner is set to start at 8:30. let's watch the more arrivals. -- let's watch some more arrivals. [indiscernible crowd mingling] >> as we continue to w

the former colorado senator facedle gagss of a extramarital affair with a miami woman named donna rice. in this ten minute event in denver, the former colorado senator continued to deny the affair saying he was quitting the race to spare his family and friends from quote further rumors and gossip. michael dukakis won the 1988 democratic nomination but lost to george h.w. bush in the general election. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] apologize fore being late. there was a little traffic coming down bear creek canyon this morning. i intended, quite frankly, to come down here this morning and read a short carefully worded political statement saying that i was withdrawing from the race, and then quietly disappear from the stage. and then after frankly tossing and turning all night, as i have for the last three or four nights, i woke up about 4:00 or 5:00 this morning with a start. and i said to myself, hell no! [ cheers and applause ] and i'm not going to do that -- i'm not going to do that because it's not my style, and because i'm a proud man and i'm proud of what i've accomplished.

osgood: a media frenzy many remember today solely by this photograph of hart and a woman named donna riceto a yacht called "monkey business." >> i do not have to answer that question. >> the question was: have you ever committed dull try, and gary hart never really answered it. >> osgood: just a few days before he dropped out, an anonymous tip about a possible affair had led "miami herald" reporters to confront hart outside his washington townhouse. their story ran the next day, the very same day "the new york times" printed quotes from an earlier hart interview. when asked about rumors of infidelity, he had answered, "follow me around. i don't care. i'm serious. if anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. they'd be very bored." >> gary hart fled to his mountain retreat in colorado thursday. >> osgood: boring it was not. theay,ing himcense, theediahedne >> iuse tomityamyriends andentpe ateast be you. much.lause] >> icha. icha. justad,inghome. whatpain?advil. te sses.homersan.ir™ t thele... gate.ended ient.sibl. >>r:tyan fewserursi youidod. sh. , ♪ i'm a sunday morning i'm a mama and d

ever since then it became -- >> actually it was fawn hall with oliver north and gary hart with donna rice who's fawn? >> i should have stuck with the original thing. should have stuck with monica lewinsky. >> you need so say more things like beyonce. >> i'll work on that. >> that was a rush for all these news outlets to get the biggest names they could get. you have everyone in the room from nene leakes. to morgan freeman. >> a real housewife of atlanta is in the room tonight. >> what are we doing wrong. >> somebody who is very hot at that moment is always at the dinner. when the o.j. simpson trial was going on. cato kaelin was the big guest. and greta van sustren's guest. every single attendee at that party, running after him. he was the hottest guest of the night. >> as you can see, president obama has taken his seat there at the dais. it appears as if they are for the most part on schedule inside that room. again we've been told that the president will be delivering his remarks somewhere, somewhere in the, 10, 20, 10:20 area. and right after that we'll get, we'll get larry wilmore up w