sneak. ♪ >>> back in 1987 former senator gary hart seemed a shoe-in for the presidential nomination untilors of infidelity were on the newspapers. the press frenzy derailed hart's political aspirations and ushered in a new era of goch-ya journalism. matt bai has written a poem about this "titled" all the truth is out. the week politics went tabloid. he is the national political columnist for yahoo news. the first thing i thought when i saw this book come across my desk, with all due respect to gary hart, what would have happened had they asked this very same questions of fdr, jfk, i could do this all night. >> yeah. theodore white, the most experienced presidential politics in the 20th century said he knew of three candidates that didn't have adulteries on the road. you know, as you say, look, if you went back -- we can go back and ask -- look at franklin roosevelt and john kennedy and johnson and decide they're moshlly deficient character and shouldn't be allowed to serve bhach will you do about getting through the great depression and world war ii and the cuban missile crisis and the gr

sneak. ♪ >>> back in 1987 former senator gary hart seemed a shoe-in for the presidential nomination untilf infidelity were on the newspapers. the press frenzy derailed hart's political aspirations and ushered in a new era of goch-ya journalism. matt bai has written a poem about this "titled" all the truth is out. the week politics went tabloid. he is the national political columnist for yahoo news. the first thing i thought when i saw this book come across my desk, with all due respect to gary hart, what would have happened had they asked this very same questions of fdr, jfk, i could do this all night. >> yeah. theodore white, the most experienced presidential politics in the 20th century said he knew of three candidates that didn't have adulteries on the road. you know, as you say, look, if you went back -- we can go back and ask -- look at franklin roosevelt and john kennedy and johnson and decide they're moshlly deficient character and shouldn't be allowed to serve bhach will you do about getting through the great depression and world war ii and the cuban missile crisis and the great s

we didn't know gary hart would gave challenge in 200 found.t know about the senator from new jersey. >> elizabeth warren. >> that's why people are talking about elizabeth warren. who by the way, is less than two years younger than hillary clinton. so it is not like she represents a new generation. >> but she has a different message. >> he's 73. >> he is thinking about running. >> all this raises the question, if it weren't for hillary clinton, where is the young blood in the democratic party? >> we have to go. >> okay. >> that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. you can always tweet me @wolf blitzer. join us tomorrow or dvr the show. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. the prime minister have israel warning the united states against a nuclear deal with iran as the ayatollah tweets about eliminating israel. plus, bringing back american prisoners from north korea. mechanical problems at the last hour changed the whole plan. and the problem with race in america is pathetic defeating self-underclass. that sto

gary hart consider.he will be speaking about chapman hall in miami-dade college and as you can see the room is starting to fill up a little bit and we'll bring that to you live. after that we'll talk with some more officer on our outdoor set and then charles blow, "new york times" columnist and richard blunk of whose the poet laureate of united states will be on a panel a little bit later. full schedule available at booktv.org. live coverage of the '70s year in a row at the miami book fair. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. please take your seats. we are about to begin. for those of you who are just joining us, well, to miami book fair international at miami-dade college. for those of you have been with us, welcome back. truly why cannot believe it's already afternoon. so welcome to all of you. as you know this book fair would not be possible without sponsors, very generous sponsors such as the knight foundation, and also american airlines. and so many more sponsors come including vo

who have not even held office before and their leader was a young charismatic guy in his name was gary hartand his slogan was we're not just a bunch of little hubert humphrey's that meant we are not new deal politicians. and he would have his liberals as the democrats and was praised from commentary magazine without rising coalition there was the abandoning of that lunchpail populism. with senator from wisconsin love to talk about how the government spent too much money on these social -- social programs now they are wasteful with that unilateral surrender the campaign finance then they see people like ronald reagan in winning and if you would get the agenda of the democratic party after world war ii a big part of it was we need to make the control of corporations more democratic that will change to control the workplace it is like something from another planet and robert wagner who was national labor relations act said unless we have stronger rules controlling what bosses can do to workers they can violate the 13th amendment they suffer involuntary servitude. is it any wonder that white wo

one day was going into the elevator and an aide came up to him and told him that the affair with gary hart was running for president was about to be in the paper the next day. reagan said boys will be boys and he went in the elevator and said boys will not be president. after reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's he said that an agent while there must be positive side to this. you made a new friend every day. that was the great atomism of president reagan. the book reveals that the reason john hinckley was able to shoot president reagan is that the reagan white house staff overruled the secret service to let spectators within 15 feet of reagan as he came out of washington totally unscreened and the secret service did not want that but they caved spine the sleep to what the reagan white house wanted. ironically was reagan's own staff that really caused the assassination attempt. this has never come out before and it was confirmed on the record both by the agent who was assigned to teach what they call the reagan attempt at the secret service training facility and also by peter wallison who

elevator at the residence and an aide came up to him and told him that donna rice affair with the gary hart who was running for president was about to be in the paper the next day. reagan said boys will be boys. but they went up in the elevator with his agent and has is getting out he said, but boys will not be president. after reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's he said to an agent there must be some positive side to this. maybe i will meet a new friend every day. that was the great optimism of president reagan. the book reveals the reason that john hinckley was able to shoot president reagan is that the reagan white house staff overruled the secret service to let spectators within 15 feet of break as he came out of the washington hilton, totally unscreened. the secret service did not want that but they caved spineless lead to what the secret, to what the reagan white house wanted. ironically it was reagan's own staff that really caused the assassination attempt. this has never come out before. it's confirmed on the record both by the agent who was assigned to teach what they call the re