>> eugene mccarthy? >> that's beside the point. we know he is not going to make it. >> there were others in laconia who did not share anne's pessimistic appraisal of senator mccarthy. one was ron. like jim, ron owns a business. he runs a family-owned electronic firm. he is a member of the democratic party. in 1964, ron had voted for president johnson. but this year, deeply disturbed by the war in vietnam, he decided to work for the election of senator eugene mccarthy. mccarthy was opposed to the course of the war and had challenged the president for the democratic nomination. >> but the war has taken so much money out of the economy, taken so much. the war on poverty, what johnson called the great society, so much punch has been taken out of what he tried to do, because of the war, that it has become a mockery. put somebody else in if you think he is wrong. >> we will do that. [laughter] >> the laconia chamber of commerce wanted a series of breakfast with all the candidates and ron and jim and their wives attended them all. ron got

this year, he had decided to vote for eugene mccarthy. mccarthy was opposed to the course of the war and had challenged the president to the nomination. so muchar has taken money out of the economy, taken so much. johnsonon poverty, what called the great society, so much has been taken out of what he tried to do because of the -- put someecome real sin if you think he is wrong. >> we will do that. commerce once of did a series of breakfasts for all the candidates and run and jim and their wives attended them all. ron got his first close look at the man he wanted to see win. >> as i see the campaign and 68, the issue of vietnam is a vital one. you could pass a heart -- harsh judgment on that war if it were isolated from domestic consequences. underneath all of this, is a to questionjudgment america real role of is, what influence we wanted to have on the rest of the world. this is a fundamental test we have to face up to. [applause] richard nixon came to town a aw days later and jim had chance to meet and talk with the man who was his perso

year, deeply disturbed by the war in vietnam, he decided to work for the election of senator eugene mccarthy. mccarthy was opposed to the course of the war and had challenged the president for the democratic nomination. >> but the war has taken so much money out of the economy, taken so much. the war on poverty, what johnson called the great society, so much punch has been taken out of because ofed to do, the war, that it has become a mockery. put somebody else in if you think he is wrong. >> we will do that. [laughter] >> the laconia chamber of commerce wanted a series of breakfast with all the candidates and ron and jim and their wives attended them all. ron got his first close look at the man he wanted to see win. [applause] >> as i see the campaign in 1968, the issue of vietnam itself is a vital one, of course. you could pass harsh judgment on that war, if it were isolated from any domestic or international consequences. but underneath all of this, i think, is a fundamental judgment we are called upon to make as to what the real role of america is. to what direction do we want to give to

eugene mccarthy post office. the clerk: h.r. 4425, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service at power house road as the eugene mccarthy post office. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker and mrs. lawrence each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. walker: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to resize and extend their remarks including ex trabeyouse material. rise in support introduced by represent tiffer from minnesota. and he served his country as a code breaker for the army. after leaving the army he continued to serving in the public sector as a representative in the house and then for the democratic former labor party. senator mkt carty had a post office nailed after him. that post office has been closed and we will hear from senator mccarthy. i urge members to support this bill in remembrance of eugene a. mccarthy and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the chair -- t

mcgovern and i know both of those guys lost in either became president, but i think historically eugene mccarthy and mcgovern represent the sort of critical voice in mainstream politics a critical debate over policy. >> before we open up to the audience i would like you to comment on the impact of the defense industry. we are here in dallas-fort worth with a lot of major defense contractors just in the last year about $20 million in weapons arms with the middle east. what role does that play and how can you get around that? >> president eisenhower was bright. there is a military complex in the great question about president eisenhower is why did you wait until three days before to tell us about this problem, but he performed a service in identifying the problem and certainly the military complex exercises influence. it doesn't exercise as much influence today as it did back in the 1950s of the because if you look at the role of defense in proportion of spending with the federal budget is significant and smaller than it was in the 1950s and the percentage in terms of total gdp smaller,-- >> a lot

occurs to me being old enough to remember chicago in 1968, you had a whole lot of supporters of eugene mccarthyw up and no one could control them. if that's what this turns out to be, and i don't know that we're going there, but it sounds to me like, you know, people want to march. >> we've got to take a quick break. our election coverage continues after this quick break. you can fly across welcome town in minutes16, or across the globe in under an hour. whole communities are living on mars and solar satellites provide earth with unlimited clean power. in less than a century, boeing took the world from seaplanes to space planes, across the universe and beyond. and if you thought that was amazing, you just wait. ♪ i've been blind since birth. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. learn about non-24 by calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. >>> our election coverage continues right now with don lemon in new york. >> thank you very much, wolf. this is a special "cnn tonight." our breaking news, donald trump, the last man standing, wins west vi

david: the left in the democrat party was extremely frustrated because they lost with eugene mccarthybert kennedy was shot. they ended up with humphrey who was a moderate that led to craziness in chicago which is where their convention was in 1968, really riots. cot same thing happen this time? >> i don't think so. you don't have the vietnam war going on at the time. david: that's true. >> david what you're getting at is this -- david: by the way what we're looking at right now, forgive me, fred, we're looking at video of 1968. that is chicago of 1968 for those that don't remember. >> i do remember. anyway, look the democratic fight has been more raucous, bitter than the republican battle for the presidential nomination. this nevada thing, here it is we're getting toward the end of that battle on democratic side and it is getting worse. and i don't think that the clinton people are sure of winning all the platform fights because you're going to have, i don't know whether you call them trojan horse delegates or not, there will be a lot of delegates who are on hillary's side who will ac

he had not run in any primary and he defeats people like eugene mccarthy and others that run in the primaries. there are a million things going on. martin luther king costs assassination -- there's tremendous reaction against that convention, especially after humphrey loses the election and the democratic party decides that to revisit the rules for how nominees are chosen. >> we are going to take questions and just a couple of minutes with a transition to a conservative southern democrat. george wallace complicating things -- the democratic coalition that had held together with lyndon johnson from the south and jack kennedy from the north is breaking up before our very eyes in 1968. remember the democratic party for a long time had a solid south. who is franklin roosevelt's running mate? john nance garner from south texas. it's all cracking up before our eyes in 1968. >> the democratic party is really the leadership on this. there is a famous commission called the mcgovern fraser commission that looks into the rules to figure out how to make the party more legitimate and open up some. they pr

their establish vice president hubert humfry, they were led by eugene mccarthy, that led out on the streets of chicago and helped nixon take the white house. '76, gerald ford was challenged on the right to the convention by ronald reagan. the fight, arguably, some could say, helped put carter into the white house that fall. 1980, it was carter's turn. a bitter challenge from the left by senator ted kennedy. certainly helped reagaeagan win states and the presidency. 1992, george h.w. bush was president. hed the challenger in pat buchanan, and that helped make bush a one-term president. joining me now is a man whose emblematic of the split in the republican party. republican senator jeff flake of izona who said he's not ready to support trump, but he hasn't ruled it out. senator flake, welcome back to the show. >> thanks for having me on. >> you said he's got to earn your support. he's got to change his tone, particularly the issue on the temporary ban on muslims seems to be among the things you find most difficult to support because it doesn't pass constitutional muster. if he doesn't retrac

and most of the new hampshire delegates were pledged to vote for mccarthy, and they honored that pledge. >> i cast 20 votes for senator eugene and 6 votes for vice president humphrey. >> and vice president humphrey won the nomination. ron and dottie went back to laconia and talked about the convention with their friends. >> it is the differences of individual groups and everything else that saved this whole damn thing for us. we all thought the same, we wouldn't be able to -- if you believe in democracy you believe in two things, ration and reason. the other thing su realize all people don't look at what is right for human society the same way. it's a matter of degree. so somehow you have to -- politics are never 100%. you'll probably end up with 60% of what you really want. >> it is never easy to accept defeat, but ron endorsed the decision in chicago and supported the democratic nominee, realizing that humphrey had been nominated by the will of the majority. and before long a large humphrey poster appeared on the side of ron's house. as the campaign moved into its final weeks, the nation considered its choices. vice presid

it reminds me like eugene mccarthy or john anderson. idyllic viewpoint that young people have. is this our savior. in reality, it would never happen that the country would elect a socialist. >> i don't know what happens, i don't have any general election numbers on bernie sanders. >> the ones that he uses to argue he would be a better nominee than hillary clinton. that's -- i don't put a lot of stock in those numbers. >> i don't need to be told she's a better nominee than bernie sanders. i don't care about any of those stupid -- >> i'm inclined to agree with you. some are some people in politics who don't agree. >> and they should take a vacation in venezuela and try to get health care or something. and then there's the veep thing which i'm just fascinated by on the trump side of things. rubio said absolutely not. kasich, there's no way kasich would say yes to that. otherwise, in the general election, people would think that his lips were moving and that's how you can tell he's lying with what he's said about trump. i don't see how thos