think we could do it >> that is the kind of foreign policy he will get under the dukakis administration. announcer: at 8:00 -- >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had particular entree to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. announcer: with the release of , historians offs index nixon presidential library discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. he can see our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. we take you to learn more about colorado fuel and iron, one of the earlier steel producers. we are at the steelworks center of the west in pueblo, colorado. our mission of our organization is to interpret the history of the cf&i, colorado fuel and iron company, which was the american west's largest industrial leader. it was headquartered right here in pueblo. the main steel mill was located here in pueblo. as the industry began, it of course relied heavily on mineral resources and those mines were located al

seen under this administration we have seen them using eight cabinet officers, twenty-eight different agencies, all fighting over turf and that is one thing we would correct under a dukakis-bentsen administration. we would put one person in charge in the war against drugs, and we would commit the resources to get that job done. now, mike dukakis has been able to do that type of thing in the state of massachusetts by cutting the drug use in the high schools while it's going up around the rest of the country, by putting in a drug educational program that the drug enforcement agency said was a model to the country. we would be doing that around the rest of the country. that's a positive attack against drugs. woodruff: brit hume, a question for senator quayle. hume: senator, i want to take you back to the question that i asked you earlier about what would happen if you were to take over in an emergency, and what you would do first and why. you said you would say a prayer, and you said something about a meeting. what would you do next? [laughter] quayle: i don't believe that it's proper for me to get into the specifics of a hypothetical situation like that. the situation is t

not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the kind of farm policy will get under a dukakis administrationne i think the american farmer will rightfully reject. >> and on the presidency. >> henry kissinger to make sure no agency had particular entre to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence flow and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the cra at 2500 presidential daily brief of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the library and museum discuss the changes president's have made to the daily briefs. for our complete american schedule, go to c-span.org. each week, american history brings youamerica" archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. [sound of

and i think we can do it with a dukakis administration. [applause] judy: senator quayle? sen. quayle: the senator talks about recapturing foreign markets. one way we can do that is that if in fact we have another jimmy carter grain embargo. embargo set grain the american farmer back. with the farm is interested in, interestpercent an rate increases another $1 billion. another thing the farmer is not interested in is the democratic platform. but the governor of massachusetts as a farm program. he went to the farmers of the midwest and told him not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, but to grow belgium endive. that is what he and his harvard buddies think of the american farmer. grow belgium endive. to comment and tell our farmers not to grow corn, soybeans, that is the kind of farm policy you get under a dukakis administration and one the american farmer will likely reject. : tom brokaw. tom: lower interest rates, lower unemployment, lower inflation, arms-control deal with the soviet union. now, two guys come through and say would like you to change without offering a lot of s

not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans -- that is the kind of policy you will get under a dukakis administration. thet 8:00 p.m. eastern on presidency -- >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure no agency had entree to president-elect nixon. he and kissinger wanted to control the intelligence flow and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the release of 2500 daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> leading up to tuesday's debate between senator tim kaine and governor mike pence, we look at past vice presidential debates, starting with the 1984 debate between george h.w. bush and geraldine ferraro. geraldine ferraro: you can walk around saying things are great -- that is what we are going to be hearing. i expect they expect the american people to hear that. i will become a one-woman truth squad. bush: they delivered what they called malaise -- interest rates off the charts.

seen under this administration we have seen them using eight cabinet officers, twenty-eight different agencies, all fighting over turf and that is one thing we would correct under a dukakis-bentsen administration. we would put one person in charge in the war against drugs, and we would commit the resources to get that job done. now, mike dukakis has been able to do that type of thing in the state of massachusetts by cutting the drug use in the high schools while it's going up around the rest of the country, by putting in a drug educational program that the drug enforcement agency said was a model to the country. we would be doing that around the rest of the country. that's a positive attack against drugs. ms. woodruff: brit hume, a question for senator quayle. mr. hume: senator, i want to take you back to the question that i asked you earlier about what would happen if you were to take over in an emergency, and what you would do first and why. you said you would say a prayer, and you said something about a meeting. what would you do next? mr. quayle: i don't believe that it's proper for me to get into the specifics of a hypothetical situation like that. the situation is

not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the kind of farm policy you will get under a dukakis administrator and one that i think the american farmer will rightfully reject. >> at 8:00 eastern on the presidency. >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure no agency had particular entre to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence float and he did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier after in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the c.i.a. of 2500 presidential daily brief of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the nixon presidential library and museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily briefs. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. weekend, we visit peirce mill. built in the early 1800s along rock creek harkin washington, d.c. -- park in washington, d.c. here is a preview. >> i'm standing in front of peirce mill in rock creek park. this is one of the last vestiges of the rural past of washington. this mill is the only one of its type left. it was part of the way of life o

"we must have and in the dukakis administration we will have, strategic forces that are strong and modern and versatile." national defense was one of dukakis' biggest weaknesses and the bush campaign knew it. they went after his inexperience relentlessly so to fight back , the dukakis campaign arranged a photo-op at a general dynamics plant in michigan and on september 13, 1988 with the presre dukakis emerged riding atop a giant m-1 tank. "biff, bang, powy, it's not a bird, it's not a plane, it's presidential candidate michael dukakis in an m-1 tank as staff and reporters whoop it up." dukakis in the tank completely backfired. "when you see mike dukakis on a tank i think the first think you wonder is why is mike dukakis on a tank?" by the time the evening news rolled around that night, universal ridicule. "so what did you think? did i look like i belonged up there on that tank, huh?" rather than considering his credibility as a commander in chief most were left scratching their heads over what amounted to an embarassing p-r stunt. "mindful of what the polls are saying, the bush people are

think we could do it >> that is the kind of foreign policy he will get under the dukakis administration. announcer: at 8:00 -- >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had particular entree to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. announcer: with the release of , historians offs index nixon presidential library discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. he can see our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. we take you to learn more about colorado fuel and ironon

not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the kind of policy you will get under the dukakis administration and what i think the american farmer will rightfully reject. >> henry kissinger, as he said, one to make sure no agency had particular entree to president-elect nixon. he and kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the cia and some 2500 presidential daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the nixon presidential library and use and discuss changes president made to the daily brief. for a complete american history tv schedule, go to .ww.c-span.org >> a weekend long, we are joining cable partners to showcase the history of pueblo, colorado. to learn more about the six -- the cities on our tour, visit us online. we continue now with our look at the history of pueblo. >> pueblo gets its start as an adobe trading post back in 1842, as a commercial enterprise. a small group of people come together and see the success they are hav

is that a priority that you feel has been ignored by this administration, or are the pentagon officials making too much of it? gov. dukakis: well, it's a great concern of mine and i think of all americans, and perhaps the vice president can tell us what's been going on. this is another example of misplaced priorities. an administration which wants to billions on weapons systems that we don't need and can't afford, and now confronts us with a very serious problem, and plants that are supposed to be producing tritium and plutonium and providing the necessary materials for existing weapons. yes, if we don't do something about it, we may find ourselves unilaterally, if i may use that term, dismantling some of these weapons. what's been going on? who's been in charge? who's been managing this system? why have there been these safety violations? why are these plants being closed down? i don't know what the latest cost estimates are, but it's going to be in the range of 25, 50, 75, $100 billion. now, somebody has to bear the responsibility for this. maybe the vice president has an answer. but i'm somebody who believes very stron

administration? madeleine albright: what happened is -- i had met him originally during debate prep with michael dukakisbecause you got to georgetown and we had got to know each other. i was asked to do the transition for the nsc. lighthousein the does the white house until the last minute with president carter. they had fixed it up a bit. it was very strange, and the photographs were all different. i did work on the transition with rick and averred. job. hoped to get a i did wish that i would get a job, but it was unclear to me whether i would get one or not. then sandy called me and said that the president was going to offer me the ambassadorship to the u.n. i knew that one of my very good it.nds wanted the first was on my word would take gardner would kill me and set of thank you very much. i was waiting for it to happen officially, but nothing was happening. i went to the white house to kepton a sunday, and i calling my message missing, and finally there was a message from the man in charge of the whole transition is saying get your stuff -- get yourself that it -- vetted. that he said come down to

administration? madeleine albright: what happened is -- i had met him originally during debate prep with michael dukakisbecause you got to georgetown and we had got to know each other. i was asked to do the transition for the nsc. i had been in the lighthouse does the white house until the last minute with president carter. -- in the white house until the last minute with president carter. and that was the first clinton person to go back to the white house. they had fixed it up a bit. it was very strange, and the photographs were all different. i did work on the transition was rick and sandy berger kind of an overall person on it. i had hoped to get a job. i did wish that i would get a job, but it was unclear to me whether i would get one or not. then sandy called me and said that the president was going to offer me the ambassadorship to the u.n. i knew that one of my very good friends wanted it. the first was on my word would take gardner would kill me and set of thank you very much. -- instead of thank you very much. i was waiting for it to happen officially, but nothing was happening. i went to the w

administration. and i never said that. >> why? >> because i wasn't going to respond to the attack. which in retrospect sounds crazy, doesn't it? >> despite all of it, bush hadn't knocked dukakisy entered the final presidential debate, bush was only slightly ahead in the polls. >> the first question goes to governor dukakis. >> right out of the gate, bernie shaw threw a grenade. >> governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered. would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't. and i think you know that i opposed the death penalty all of my life. i don't see any evidence that it is a deterrent. i think there are better ask more effective ways to deal with violent crime. >> the candidate treated it like a policy question. not a personal one. >> you didn't seem to have a natural human impulse. >> i've been asked that question a thousand times. the answer is i would like the kill the guy. i don't think there's any doubt about how i feel about my wife. >> finally, at the end of the campaign, he started to punch back. >> friends, this is garbage. this is political garbage. >> but it was too late. >> a good chance. >> the man who had once been up by 18