a handsome boy scout of a firefighter named george tiaffay. george was the genuine article. an all american good guy. he'd overcame early obstacles to become a top notch student in high school, a star athlete. this is his sister maria mcgrew. >> a valedictorian and on the football team. i -- >> yeah. you'd think he'd be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jorks mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. i wanna go out and do something with my life." >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious appointment to west point, and after graduation became a combat engineer, served as a nation builder in panama. his childhood friend, aaron solano, went down for a visit. >> the stories he told me about the missions that he accomplished, building schools, clinics, roadways and bridges, really had an impact on his life. he fin

>> yeah, call me george. >> reporter: george said, sure, he knew greyhound.ut said he'd never heard him called noel stevens before. >> you knew him as something else? >> i knew him as neal smith. >> reporter: george told detectives how he and shauna had befriended this neal smith. tried to help him get back on his feet. >> me and the wife kind of looked at him like our little charity case because he was a nice guy and was down on his luck. >> reporter: by now the detectives knew greyhound was an addict and a big drinker. so they asked george. >> was he a drug user? >> nothing. >> okay. alcohol? >> yes. he would drink alcohol, but not a lot. just a beer or two? >> just a beer or two every now and then? >> yeah. >> reporter: that raised the antenna a bit. in his interview with detectives, greyhound said he and george were great friends, worked out together, drank together a lot. but then, listen to this. as george kept talking, the man he said he knew as neal became noel. >> she said, "can noel help us out with this?" if it was something i wasn't good at, well

george: yes. charlie: popular is ok with you? george: popular is ok with me. think it is an important part of society. if you are making a work of art or a film or what ever and nobody sees it, i don't see where it does anybody any good. charlie: francis is making movies that satisfy one person, him. george: i'm not sure with society at large, that it is helping much. that is what i'm going to do. i'm going to make movies i only want to do. i always wanted to do that. i fell into popular movies by accident. i always disliked theatrical hollywood movies. i didn't want anything to do with them. charlie: but you know how to make them. george: i guess it was embedded in my dna. it is -- that particular thing -- i'm not sure whether it is a coincidence that some people like steven and i grew up and -- in the same environment. charlie: steven spielberg. george: steven spielberg. we liked the movies. there was a whole generation that were, that came of age in the 1960's that grew up on movies. i didn't really grow up on movies but it was a part of my up atn terms of,

george: all directors. they are vaguely like emperors, which is, i want to build society to reflect me and what i want. the great thing about it -- you don't have to kill people and spend a lot of money if you want to do that. it is good for society. a director can do it with less money and just say i'm going to create a world where people can fly. does star wars and indiana jones say about the world you want to create? george: star wars and indiana jones, especially star wars, indiana jones was done for fun to entertain people. there were some messages about archaeology and also about what we believe in in terms of mythsm , but star wars was done in the vein that the patron creates the propaganda. what i wanted to do was go back to some of the older propaganda, which was consistent through all of these societies, mythology, to say what did they all believe? this propaganda was created independently. what are the things they all actually believed? relationships with your father, with society, your history,

george has snake oil. he's got these great ideas and a cornucopia in the background dumping out free land, money, you know, that he's going to give these things away and so the way that the powers at be in the late 19th century tried to derail george, couldn't say workers are stupid, right, because they need a worker's vote. they need to say workers you're being dideluded. don't be fooled by this wolf in sheep's clothing and a lot of that imagery and an image of the statue of liberty which was unveiled that fall. the statue of liberty sun veiled in october of 1886 and the election of 1886 takes place a few days later. our stat you've liberty can stand and around the statue of liberty are forces of communism and forces of socialism and forces of anachromism and forces of, as you can see in the -- in the blowup there, forces of georgism. they are lumping him in there, kind of tarring him with will that idea that he's right up there with the anarchists and violent insurrectionists. here's another tactic that

george has got snake oil. he's got these great ideas about -- and his corn cornucopia in the background, money he's going to give it away. the way the powers that be in the late 19th century is tried to derail george, they couldn't say workers are stupid, right? because they need the workers' vote. they say workers, you're being deluded, don't be fooled by the wolf in sheep's clothing. there's a lot of this kind of imagery. here's an image of the statue of liberty which was unveiled that fall. it's unveiled in late october of '86 and the election of '86 takes place a couple days later so it's a very new symbol. she can stand it and around the statue of liberty are forces of communism, forces of socialism, forces of anarchism and forces of, as you can see in the blowup, there forces of georgism, right? lumping him in there with all this -- what they say -- kind of tarring him with that idea that he's right up there with the anarchists and the violent insurrectionists. here is another stack tick they used, that

collections that is related to george wallace. and the larger time frame of 1963 or the 1960s and alabama. george wallace is one of probably the most influential and well known politicians that comes out of the state. he -- he's governor for four terms, two consecutive terms and then two additional terms. and is involved in a lot of what is happening in the early '60s. he also makes two very influential runs for president in 1968 and 1972. he makes additional runs in 1964 and 1976. but the two that really shape american politics were the 1968 and 1972 campaigns. >> first thing i'd like to show you is governor wallace's inaugural address. this is his first inaugural address that he presented on january 14th, 1963. so this is the moment where we really see his first stance as sort of a hard-line segregationist, and where we start to see this rhetoric that is going to make him a notable figure, not only in alabama politics, but in national politics. >> elections in d.c. is distressing and revealing. we will not sacrifice our children

>> they did not endorse george wallace. we supported george mac miller. >> blacks running for county commissions and legislatures and everything. we told people straight democratic ticket because we did not have -- that was no republican out there and i can tell you right now someone raised a question, i will try to be brief about this. somebody raised a question that both of them are racist. one is a rising sun and one is asseting s as setting sun. >> we are out where george wallace live. don, in virginia, good evening. you are in c-span. >> caller: good evening, 1970s, i left pennsylvania and got down to the south and i was amazed how the southerners were treating, you know, everybody and i saw the movie "help" which i thought it was a picture shot of what the south was like and the way that the blacks were b subjugated. it was phenomenon. >> the teacher union are giving the idea of what's happening. i teach out here in california and i try to bring up what the democrats were in control of the south and caused all this. t

and george says that's great. but the longer we develop as a notice there is an economic dimension to citizenship and without it your vote is useless, it is worthless. if you are starving and unable to feed your family, your vote is worthless. so that is a concept that i think really unflunss broadly, not specifically but broadly a lot of reformers in the progressive area. justy of it. i've got a rot of fbr quotes and when fdr comes out with the four freedoms articulating what are core freedoms in that period, one of them is freedom from want, and that was controversial. people said how socialist can you get? but his point was -- he says exactly the same thing. people that don't have basic material needs met are the stuff of which dictatorship are made. he's saying that in the '40s. i would say two things, the state is an important instrument of reform. and that citizenship has an immaterial and modern nengs that you can't ignore. yes. >> regarding george's contemporary relevance, there is an argument out there th

reid talk about george wallace junior there. >> who is george wallace iv or george wallace junior. >> he's the son? >> he's a son. he ran for state treasury twice and got elected. alabama congress endorsed the son, later on he switched to the republican party and we opposed him. but overall he was a nice fellow. >> he's currently a republican, correct? >> yes. >> and peggy wallace kennedy is honorary chairperson of the democratic party, is that correct? >> i think that's what she told us earlier. >> yes, she was chair of the democratic party of the state of alabama and he's done a good job and he's got a uphill fight like all of us. democrats have in the state of alabama now. but the bottom line is that george wallace jr. did run for the states treasure and the day we endorse him, george wallace sr. came to the alabama democratic convention, and of course, the rest is history. >> well, we want to show you one more ad from our one more piece of video from 1968. this is an ad that george wallace was running. >> why are more and more millions of americans turn to governor wallace? follow

>> they did not endorse george wallace. we supported george mac miller. >> blacks running for county commissions and legislatures and everything. we told people straight democratic ticket because we did not have -- that was no republican out there and i can tell you right now someone raised a question, i will try to be brief about this. somebody raised a question that both of them are racist. one is a rising sun and one is asseting s as setting sun. >> we are out where george wallace live. don, in virginia, good evening. you are in c-span. >> caller: good evening, 1970s, i left pennsylvania and got down to the south and i was amazed how the southerners were treating, you know, everybody and i saw the movie "help" which i thought it was a picture shot of what the south was like and the way that the blacks were b subjugated. it was phenomenon. >> the teacher union are giving the idea of what's happening. i teach out here in california and i try to bring up what the democrats were in control of the south and caused all this. t

for george wallace, it was great fun. like a high-level poker game in which he ultimately held the high cards as he carefully choreographed the upcoming confrontation. governor wallace did not anticipate and, in fact, was initially surprised by the boycott and demonstrations that rocked birmingham beginning that april. he was even more surprised by their growing intensity in a worldwide publicity they engendered. and birmingham was quite different to stand in the schoolhouse door. not least because governor wallace was never the ringmaster. martin luther king, greg shuttlesworth, wyatt t. walker, james bell and other black activists set the agenda, and alabama state and birmingham city officials could only react. that does not mean that the governor was aloof from events. he, in fact, followed those very closely. he was personally and almost daily contact with mayor art hanes and his later successor, disputed successor, the slightly more moderate. and his constantly issued statements were hardly marked by public respect.

what was george wallace's reaction? what did he do? blacks he made perfunctory -- >> the may perfunctory remarks about how tragic it was and talk about it a couple of times. he really did not respond publicly very much. he responded earlier much more to the assassination of john kennedy, despite the fact that he always saw kennedy his foil for standing in the schoolhouse door, trying to keep out black students in 1963. he really respected him. when kennedy was assassinated, it disturbed him deeply, i think, in part because he realizes that the assassination of a public figure like kennedy could happen to him as well >> you have a picture in your book of president kennedy touring alabama in 1963. not a picture that jfk wanted to have published. >> he made every effort to make sure he was not photographed side-by-side with george wallace. he may have not liked wallace. in some ways, he admired his political skills. he did not like him, but he realized that politically this was not going to do him any good to have this picture next to gov

here was george c.political force in america. ♪ sing a little sunshine song >> everything said about 48-year-old george c. wallace would fill volumes. one constant comment heard, however, whether it be pro or con, is that i admire his courage. courage is certainly one basis of his appeal. but there's another part, too. wallace is a southerner who has universal support and appeal that is not clearly obvious at first glance. he communicates, he talks in a language that people can understand. and few politicians can match his uncanny ability to grasp the real issues and concerns of the american people in any area. he is truly a man of the people. it is because of these talents that he caught political observers off-balance in 1964, when he captured more than a quarter million votes in the wisconsin primary. then, 30% of the democratic preferential primary vote in indiana. and 43% of the primary vote in maryland. but if he is underestimated by some, it's not because he side-steps any issues. he gets right d

carter, that sounds more like george wallace. it is an attempt to take a little bit of the edge of the harshness of the speech itself. it is an interesting part of that speech. it becomes a constant motif, and that is the reference to communism. we do not think about that so much today in terms of anything except the cold war, spies. but for white southerners and many americans around the country. -- and many americans around the country, the civil rights movement was an act of congress. it is hard to remember how frightened americans were and how much they believed the communist infiltration had taken place. civil rights seem to be a place they would operate. it's was a useful weapon against the movement to emphasize that. what george wallace's running mate in 1968 was air force general, curtis lemay. our next call comes from oakland, maryland. good evening. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> i remember in 1972 as a college student at allegheny college in cumberland, md., he came to the campus one day. the following day he was sh

legacy of george wallace. they look at whether political concerns or racism motivated him to oppose integration. this event took place at the birmingham public library in birmingham, alabama. it's about 90 minutes. >> in birmingham, they loved the governor. this line from lynyrd skynyrd's 1974 home "sweet home alabama" may be one of the most debated lines from one of the most debated songs in american music. george wallace was so taken with the song when he first heard it that he planned to issue a special gubernatorial citation to lynyrd skynyrd. but then one of the governor's aides suggest he listen more closely to the line that follows "in birmingham they love the governor." the next line -- anybody remember? "boo, boo, boo." sung by a group of female african-american backup singers. including, by the way, the great mary clayton who originated the role of the acid queen in the who's "tommy." that has nothing to do with what we're talking about tonight. i just think that's a cool fact. so ronny and the boys

the original architect was named george hadfield, who george washington personally invited to america from england to do design work on the nation's capital building. george hadfield was one of the most prominent architects of his day. so this house has a great history and architecture in the history of this country as well. it is not just because of the people lived here and the events that took place here, but the structure itself a great meaning. it is one of those places, sometimes a house or structure takes on a meaning because of the events that happened there and the people who lived there. but this house was built to be consequential. so it has that history to it as well. robert e. lee married into that in this parlor on june 30, 1831. under the archway where you can dress onniform and display, 24-year-old lieutenant robert e. lee married 22-year-old mary anna randolph custis, the only surviving child of the owner the heiress , to the property. a childhood sweetheart of robert e. lee as well as a great-granddaughter of martha washington. this wasn't the only wedding that took

not get in but george did so. george was a fourth-generation legacy at yale, his grandfather, his father, his great-grandfather had gone to yale and at the time george applied yale was admitting 52%, 52% of the legacy affluence. princeton and harvard were admitting 14%. brewster became president of yale during the freshman year and changed the rules. from that point on yale would take the same amount of students princeton and harvard took, 14%. bush's three brothers and sister had the same legacy that he did, none of them got in because the rules were changed. bush didn't know better at yale, than he did at handover, returned to texas and spent the next five years in the oil business. he was commissioned in the texas air national guard which secured him from service in vietnam and his career and the guard has become a matter of controversy. it was during these five years that bush drank heavily and used drugs. he was admitted to the harvard business school in september 1973, one of the few graduates of harvard bus

there is only one george wallace.lems of distance and traffic precludes fewer rallies than wallace wants. where wallace does appear returns gather momentum, tripling and often quadrupling. each day becomes a race within itself to cover as much ground as possible. and all the while there are problems in established areas. new areas, phone calls, meetings. business from alabama. all important. and each taking valuable time. morale, enthusiasm. a constant problem in any campaign. and california was no different. high or low, it can ignite anywhere in the campaign organization, spreading quickly from staff to workers. two primary factors boosted wallace workers in the golden state -- the realization that the 1968 presidential race is going to be a close one and the ever-increasing waves of support for governor wallace. california law, aimed at keeping new parties out of california, proved not enough to stop the wallace grassroots movement. victory in california clearly pointed the way to new successes in other parts of th

here is george mcgovern. at the convention in miami joking about his -- >> chairman o'brien, chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton, and my fellow citizens , i am happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. [laughter] [applause] i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention and that my choice for vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [laughter] >> and we are back live from south dakota at the museum. scott ferris, presidential author. speech atives his 2:30 in the morning. tie that back to some in you touched on briefly and that was hubert humphrey's challenge to mcgovern in the state of california. how did that impacted the convention in the late-night speech. >> what happened in california was the mcgovern commission as i mentioned earlier had decided to do away with winner take all primaries. they did that at the urging of the antiwar insurgents who realized there is a lot of strong insurgent feeling in that benefits wh

what was george wallace's reaction? what did he do? blacks he made perfunctory -- >> the may perfunctory remarks about how tragic it was and talk about it a couple of times. he really did not respond publicly very much. he responded earlier much more to the assassination of john kennedy, despite the fact that he always saw kennedy his foil for standing in the schoolhouse door, trying to keep out black students in 1963. he really respected him. when kennedy was assassinated, it disturbed him deeply, i think, in part because he realizes that the assassination of a public figure like kennedy could happen to him as well >> you have a picture in your book of president kennedy touring alabama in 1963. not a picture that jfk wanted to have published. >> he made every effort to make sure he was not photographed side-by-side with george wallace. he may have not liked wallace. in some ways, he admired his political skills. he did not like him, but he realized that politically this was not going to do him any good to have this picture next to gov

remembering that george washington wanted this house to be a memorial to george washington. he had the house designed to be like a gallery, to be very monumental, to impress what he thought would be some of the most important people of the country who would visit. and over the years, presidents, congressmen, and senators would visit him here at arlington house to learn more about george washington. the original architect of the mansion was a man named george hadfield, whom george washington personally invited to america from england to do design work on the nation's capitol, the capitol building. so george hadfield was one of the most prominent architects of his day, so this house has a great history in architecture in the history of this country, as well. it's not just because of people who lived here and the events that took place here, but the structure itself had great meaning. and it's one of those places -- sometimes a historic house or a structure takes on a meaning because of the events that happen or the people who live there, but this house was built to be conseque

remembering the george washington parke custis wanted this house to be a memorial to george washington, he had the house design to be like a gallery. to be very monumental. to impress what he thought would be some of the most important people in the country. over the years presidents, congressmen and senators would visit arlington house to learn more about george washington. the regional architect -- original architect was named george hadfield, to george washington personally invited to america from england to do design work on the nation's capital building. george hadfield was one of the most prominent architects. of the day this house has a architecture and in the history of this country as well. it is not just because of the people who live here in the events that took place here, of the structure itself a great meaning. it is one of those places, sometimes a house or structure take on a meeting because of the events that happened there and the people who lived there. this house was built to be consequential. it has that history to it as well. thatt e. lee married into in this parl

george wallace received nearly 10 million votes and 46 electoral votes. here is george wallace discussing the 1968 campaign. >> the support we have in at this region of the country gives us an excellent base. it will go forth in the beginning with at least the 177 at laurel boats that comprise the states of the south -- electoral votes that comprise the states of the south. no new party movement has ever had the grass roots support that our movement has. there are movements that are movements of personalities of some small group represented -- representing only a small fraction of the public vote. but our movement does represent the majority thinking of the american people at this moment. >> we are back live in montgomery, alabama. this is a live picture of the governor's mansion, two miles south of downtown montgomery. dan carper, how is it that george wallace got 10 million votes and 46 electoral votes? >> all the states he won were in the deep south. to him, that was a disappointment. he had hoped to break into some of the border states. it was close i

today we'll look at materials from our george wallace collection and material tavars wallace. >> georgeallace is one of the most flun sinfluential and well politicians out of the state. he's involved in a lot of what's happening in the early '60s. he also makes two very influential runs for president in 1968 and 1962. he made additional runs in 1964 and 1966. the two that shaped american politics were the 1968 and 1962 campaigns. first thing is governor wallace's inaugural address. this is his first inaugural address that he presented on january 14, 1963. >> we see his first stand as a hard line segregation and where we start to see this rhetoric that's going to make him a notable figure and not only an alabama politics but national politics. >> we will not sacrifice your children. >> wlhen we look at his 1958 inaugural camcampaign, we see a interesting shift that happens after 1958. in 1958, he runs for governor against john patterson. in this first gubernatorial election, george wallace, runs as a racial novel. he's arguing against this hard and trenched segregation that's holding the

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george: in this case, yes.een in the past where the organizations are so big, one does not necessarily talk to the other arm. or one arm is in contention with the other arm given the political landscape of this country. emily: so russian intelligence agencies are behind this. that said, it is not so clear who leaked this information to wikileaks and julian assange. you believe it was the russians, these same hackers? george: we associated the attack with the russian government. where the documents came from, how they got there, there is a number of excellent nations for that. emily: like what? george: when you have a network that has been around for a while, does not mean there won't be other adversaries. we do know the documents are out there, and what we have seen in the past certainly with the russians is this information campaign, and i think the transcript is going to be written in the future how this unfolds. emily: how likely is that they have more information? george: it is very likely. between now and

there is only one george wallace.lems, where wallace does appear returns gather momentum and tripling and often quadrupling and each day is a race within himself covering much ground as possible and all the while, there are problems in the established area and new areas and phone calls and meetings and business from alabama and each taking valuable time. >> moral and neenthusiasm. a constant problem of campaigns and california was no different. high or low of the campaign organizations. spreading quickly to staffs and workers. primary factors boosted workers in the golden state. the realization of the 1968, the presidential race is going to be a close one. the increasing waves of support for governor wallace. >> california law aim at keeping new parties out of california provered not enough to stop the grass root movement. some experts were willing to state that governor george c. wallace could be elected as president in 1968. the reco a giant steppingstone towards the 270 electoral votes needed to put george wallace

george one in texas job lost in florida and from that point on george became the likely successor to his father. texas are really the largest, the second-largest in the state of the union in terms of area and the second largest in terms of population. >> 1876 stripped power from the governor. the governor of texas is essentially a symbolic figure a little like the queen of england most political science scholars in state government consider the texas governorship the weakest in the united states per the governor of texas cannot even issue pardons. that's. [inaudible] as the symbolic leader of texas he was overwhelmingly reelected in 1998 and he also built a political machine led by carl and erin hughes and was quite quietly exploring the possibility of running for president in 2000. bush announced his candidacy in june 1999, defeated john mccain in the primaries, was nominated almost unanimously at the convention. al gore was the democratic nominee and was heavily favored to win the election. core fumbled almost immediately when he chose the most conservative democrat in the senate a

if they know george washington's president, that's enough for them. >> long live george washington!oesn't share the public's enthusiasm. >> my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. i do solemnly swear to faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> it is done! long live george washington, president of the united states. >> while george washington is the trusted head of the powerful federal government, he will not be in power forever. men like james madison and thomas jefferson worry that a new leader could constrain individual rights. for them and their fellow democratic republicans, it's vitally important that personal freedoms are not simply implied but expressly written into the constitution as the bill of rights we so value today. >> well, the genesis of the bill of rights is several states being suspicious of the power of the new central governme

one of george washington slave was bought as a young child specifically to serve as a valet for george washington in today's dollars it would have been about $5 for him but he was very young. a fully grown slave, someone who you are going to buy in the field, they could go for much more. someone who was a cook, for example the hemings family with thomas jefferson, if someone was buying a fully grown slave who was trained in french cuisine as a lot of the hemings ended up being trained they would be much more but for a lot of the presents they either inherited their their slaves or bought them as children to work inside the white house. that way they knew what the slave was taught to do because they have potted to them themselves. c-span: what kind of a contract was there with the individual and who was the contract with to own that other person? >> guest: well it depends on where you bought them from. a lot of slaves in the presidential households, they ended up eating the sons and daughters of previous slaves. a lot of the slaves the presence used inside the white house, white house,

tell us about george mcgovern. what through his life, starting early on influenced him, defines him? mr. farris: first of all, it is important to remember his father was a minister in the wesleyan methodist denomination. ofa very strict denomination the methodist church. restricts dancing. what george mcgovern got from his father was a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong to the point that he is often accused of not being moral, but moralistic. he got the notion of right and wrong and the notion of doing good. he wrote a lot of of the social gospel, how you apply christianity to social affairs. feeding the hungry, etc. he also interestingly was a very shy child, which would later at influence him. he had some teachers who at first thought he perhaps even had a learning disability and was slow. teachers realized he was a very intelligent lad, just very shy. they encouraged him to read in class, do more things in public. when he got to high school, he a teacher that was a history and social studies teacher

i love the george washington book. i know how much research you did on that, says and i was reading a henry cabbot lodge two-part biography and it begins with the funeral and the affect it was having in france and england and how he was honored in those two countries. is that true? >> you know, it's interesting that george washington has really had a tremendous worldwide reputation. it was very swg to me when the book was published in england. i didn't know what the reception was, and the gist of so many of the reviews was, number one, extraordinary admiration that they have for washington. two, that they had terribly mismanaged the relationship. here washington was a raging aglophile. coveted commission in the regular army. he could have been coopted into this global military machine that the british had and they didn't. i think that george washington, like abraham lincoln, is a figure who has become kind of universal figure. i think that is true. >> yes, sir. >> you guys write biographies for presidents. in the last

long-lived george washington.tes. >> while george washington is the trusted head of the government, he will not be in power for ever. then like james madison and thomas jefferson worked, that a new leader could have rights and for them and the democratic rights, it's vital that personal freedoms are not replayed but written into the constitution as the bill of rights we still value today. >> well the genesis bill of right social security the central government and several states said if we can add individual rights to this document, then we will finally support it. >> it's james madison that sits down and writes the ten amendments that's the bill of rights. >> one, congress shall make no law respects a status or a freedom of speech or the press. >> our country is in danger. the measure taken by our congress must be ashoed. a well regulated and that and to bare arms should not be pursued. the right shall not be violated. then the power is not dell gietd the united states by the constitution are reserved to the stat

. >>> right now, summer is over for students in prince george's county. david culver has what they can expect. good morning, everybody. it's 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center with more on that chuck. >> back to school, kids. what a great day it's going to be for going out to the bus stops and getting your learning years we're in the 50s and 60s across most of the metro area. 69 in arlington and falls church. hourly temperatures nice and cool and comfy here for the next little bit. we'll be in the upper 70s by lunchtime and afternoon highs, a high of 80 degrees in gaithersburg and damascus. 81 in new market, maryland. 84 down on the national mall. we'll break it down hour by hour and look farther down into the week in a few more minutes. let's head over to traffic. >>> breaking news continuing here. take a look. this backup has started to build. 2.5 miles. 95 north, 3 fredericksburg. as we zoom in you can see how bad that is and some of the backups we're starting to see on both sides of the

i'm george howell. >> it is friday. i'm christine romans. 4:00 a.m. in the east. donald trump like we have never seen him before. the republican nominee in north carolina last night making his first appearance since the campaign reboot. his speech did unveil a new trump, but not the way many expected. instead, after hiring new campaign executives famous for being combative. trump came as close to he ever has to an apology. also making news is a last minute schedule change. adding a stop in louisiana to tour areas devastated by flooding. this as republicans try to paint obama as out of touch for sticking to his golf schedule in martha's vineyard. more from jason carroll. >> reporter: christine and george, this was a different donald trump in charlotte with the rally speech. after it was over, i spoke to a number of people who were here. one woman told me donald trump in her words was not just running his mouth. he sounded more presidential. he had more substance. another man telling me he seemed to speak

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i think the george h.w. bush people worried about it, not because they can't stand ridicule, but because that was too close of george h.w. bush's real image overall, or the lack thereof when it comes to an image. it was a big deal for his campaign that he was basically invisible in ronald reagan's big, dark shadow. we know that was part of their concern about him as a candidate at the time. we know that in part because of the very next thing that happened that night on nbc's broadcast from the republican convention, in august 1988 in new orleans. you just saw at the start, tom brokaw tosses to chris wallace and they go to surprise interview, wow, it's donald trump on the floor of the convention. and donald trump says in 1988, that, yeah, he thinks he might want to be president and if he does run, he'll win because he always wins. then it goes back to tom brokaw. and the next thing that tom brokaw does is bring on this guy. >> we want to go down to lisa meyers, who is with the media wizard of the vice preside