so la follette ran on. that and through the connections he made, throughout the state and speaking, through the data he gathered about who would likely support him, he won that nomination. la follette was opposed by the conservative republicans in the legislature, didn't get the legislation that he wanted, tried again in 1902, was elected governor, he was still being blocked by the stallwart republicans. in 1904, he went on the campaign trail against members of his own party. he started reading roll calls at these meetings. who voted against regulating the railroads? who voted against the direct primary? in 1904, it was the tremendous victory for bob la follette, he not only won re-election, he won enough of the progressive supporters in the legislature. the other thing he was successful in doing is he believed in referendum, recall, and initiative. and he was able to get the legislature to agree that a primary bill would be passed, but only if it was passed by a referendum? well la follette when he campaig

so la follette ran on that. and through the connections he made throughout the state and speaking, he won that nomination. la follette was opposed by the conservative republicans and the legislature, did not get the legislation and try it again, but it was still being blocked by the stalworth republicans. he started reading roll calls at these, meaning who voted against regulating the railroads? who voted against the direct primary? in 1904 was the tremendous victory for bob la follette because he not only won reelection, but enough progressive supporters in the legislature. the other thing that he was successful in doing, was he believed in a referendum, recall and initiative. and he was able to get the legislature to agree that a primary bill would be passed, but only if it was passed by a referendum. well, la follette when he campaigned, he distributed literature on one side of it, and on the other side there was a reminder to vote yes on the referendum. so he would use his campaign machinery to campaign for

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. >> la follette's time in congress coincides with charles curtis of kansas, senate majority leader in 1924 to 1929 and from 1929 to 1933, he served as the 31st vice president, and broke ground as the first in that position to be of native american descent. we're going to leave this program and take you live to the white house, where president trump is going to speak about judicial nominations. >> the nomination, of a supreme court justice is the most important decision an american president can make. for this reason, candidates for president owe the american people a specific list of individuals they consider for the united states supreme court. four years ago, i announced my first list of highly qualified candidates and promised to fill justice scalia's vacant seat from among those names, and just days after my inauguration, i kept that promise, when i nominated judge neil gorsuch, and as you know, he has been very spectacular. a year later, i nominated and the senate confirmed another outstanding justice, brett kavanaugh. by the end of my first term, we will have confirmed a record

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was personally involved in the rescue of those, something that was later captured in a book by ken follett, "on wings of eagles," it became a national best seller and later a movie on television. can you talk about how this, and you've watched a lot of politicians, building the personal biography through the telling of stories like this and how he did it effectively. >> this is an amazing story. was 79 jimmy carter president. you had the beginnings of an iranian revolution, and two of his workers for his company for electronic data systems had been held captive. and he wanted them sprung free. he went in and hired a former special forces people to go in find a way to get them loose, and he ended up -- they ended up using an anti- -- an ayatollah khamenei rally, not just for his two employees who were released, but about 10,000 political prisoners got release had a rendezvous and got a very dangerous trip where, dagger kind ofnd story, but they were eventually able to smuggle out through turkey. so this was a highly successful extraction, you know, maneuver of getting in there and getting a