when george was 11 his father dies. i always think at this point if his father had died at 11 and he had a close relationship with his mother, and his older brother whom he reviewed who died in his 20 from tuberculosis i think he would have been less than vicious and felt more anchored or settled in the world but when he's young he's very strident. so when he is 11 he leaves almost all of the plantation land to george's older half-brothers which leaves george with very little formal education without a way to make a living so he and his older half-brother warren suggest you go to use to sail with the royal navy with the mission to south america. george's mother writes to his blather in london what you think at the age of 14? the brother writes back don't let him do it they will treat him like a slave like a dog so mother says no way. he is not at sea but on land. at 14 or 15 he took up the survey instruments and taught himself how to survey. he was really focused only from a very early age that focus and dedication and

go, george, go!- national reporters started coming to texas to see the governor who was so popular. in his first term, he overhauled the welfare system and the edation code, in tort reform--es - there is tremendous speculation that you're going to run for the white house - i'll tell you this, d i know what i'm going i'm going to run for re-election, and i intend to win. - he won reelection with a huge margin, carrying e very democratic parts of the state of texas, winning a huge percentage of the hispanic vote. - how are you all? mucho gusto. - he campaigned very vigorously fothe latino vote in texas which was crucial to his winning the governorship in e those elections in texas. - there was a lot of goodwill for him among republicans. a lot of goodwill for him among republican donors, among republican officials. it didn't hurt that brother was also, by 1999, or the governor of a, another big state that's important in republican presidential primaries. - it was very that his fellow governors viewed g

george. >> reporter:? >> and you'll be bringing us these stories live later on. >>> now southern india, thousands of people there stranded or trapped, their flooded homes, many waiting on rooftops for any help they can get. it's the worst flooding to hit the southern state in nearly a century. in this video you see soldiers who have been dropping packages from helicopters. it's an uphill battle. many trapped are running out of food, drinking water, and medicine. 345 people have died since the monsoon season started in may. and there's this. the added dang, he. thetor cent e rent chal rain has triggered landslides. hundreds of thousands of people are staying in shelleders. derek is here to tell us about the weather situation. weather is key and plays into what happens next. >> there are 14 districts in this state, and 13 of them have been described as nearly fully submerged, over 16,000 kilometers of roadways have also been flooded. this is incredible, unprecedented here, worst flooding in nearly a century.

you think george is to you. wait until you see allen. >> reporter: he has worked for trump for decades, as one employee puts it, he knows where every every of the proverbial financial bodies are buried. he personally gave trump updates on these matters. a source says his interview with versions took place weeks ago and focused on cohen and the hush money payments with two women claiming to have affairs with trump, which he denies. >> i spoke to allen about it. >> reporter: weiselberg figures prominently in the secret recording cohen released last month of a conversation he had with trump two months be every the 2016 presidential election to former playboy model karen mcdougal. >> i spoke to allen weiselberg how to set the whole thing up with funding. >> reporter: another person mentioned on that tape, national enquirer chief david pecker. a long-time friend of trump's, who also received an up mient deal. according to "wall street journal," he told prosecutors trump was aware of the deals at the time despite clai

george washington wanted carving. he said in a letter to the commissioners, he said i don't think it is in fashion anymore. however he wanted it. he said i require it. he had a way. he got it. the stonemasons gave him what he wanted. there were two of them who remain, and most of the masons went back home. two did remain in one remained permanently. they carried out this incredible out of style carving. it is so beautiful. the greatest part of it is the 14 foot swagger over the front door. which is carved with lilies and flowers and ribbons and acorns. everything you can think of. it is very lush over the front door. probably the finest example of carving in america. it is beautiful. the columns that they did, it is not godly done. when you walk down the street on pennsylvania avenue you do not see the carving. it is too far from me. you see the bulk of the house. the carving is really special. one thing that was worked out this time in research is i always wonder what those cabbage roses were on the top of the column

it's been a special summer for students taking part in a local program in prince george's funty that works hard to keep those studentsm losing in summer what they gain during the school year. it's called summer bridge academy. it uses summer camp to stimulate the interest in s.e.m. our guests are with community youth advance and joining us now are a site coordinator, cindy martin is director of academic programs, and also with uss t morning is sheritala iter, a site coordinator. welcome. i know you finished up successful summer bridge session recently. 200 students. tell us how summer bridge works, cindy? >> it's a program that's open to students. they engage in academics and have summertime fun. in the a.m. students are in class, in math and literally and s.t.e.m. programs. in t afternoon we offer them a tsbust number of programs in culinary s.t.e.m. and sports. so they can have academic and summertime fun. >> which grade are your sdents in? >> we started them k through 8 during the summertime. >> and they all go to the same location? >> all of our students -- we meet at high point

george, we have a personal message for you from the author. >> george, i think you'll enjoy my novelk to their hometown on the same night. through their stories, it explores the generation, and a coming of age journey during the great recession. >> i look forward to that. >> you don't even have to go to the store. i'm going to give you the beach towel and the book and the bag. >> i'm looking forward to this. thank you, michael. >> enjoy that summer reading. you're all set for the beach. george and paula have their summer reads. every book you see is recommended by our producers at abc. you can see the full selection and the exclusive messages from the authors. that's on our website. >>> coming up next, disney's new breakout star, sabrina carpenter, is here. new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. only for a limited time. enough with mouthwash that burns. in fact, most mouthwashes contain more alcohol than you think. but

president george w. bush just into us here at msnbc. he says this in his statement, some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. some voices are so vibrant, it is hard to think of them stilled. john mccain was a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order. president george w. bush goes on to say, he was a public servant in the finest traditions of our country. and to me, he was a friend who i'll deeply miss. laura and i send our heartfelt sympathies to cindy and the entire mccain family. and our thanks to god for the life of john mccain. that statement, just into us from president george w. bush on the passing of senator john mccain. tom brokaw now joins us on the phone. veteran anchor here at nbc news and, tom, you just heard the statement coming from george w. bush. so heartfelt. >> it's the nature of politics. they had a very bitter fight for the republican nomination for president. and you may remember that john mccain beat george bush in new hampshire. and that was s

we talked about the passing of george -- george w. bush. he's a beacon of character at a time when we need humility and civility and the notion of service over self. it's what these people represent and we aspire to be as americans that we celebrate around the passing of these people. >> mrs. bush's funeral it was like america's mom had passed. we were reminiscing about who she was. you were both at that funeral. tell us your thoughts and impressions of a first lady's funeral how that and how that differs from a president? >> she was like a mother and grandmother to the nation. she left and imprint through her examples. she loved her husband and family and loved her country. she lived her life openly and with such great joy. to be those things, she was a great -- gracious second lady. in the shadows of mrs. reagan which must have not been easy. she presided over the white house with such joy. one of the things she said to her staff and people knew this about her when she became first lady. she gathered her stuff together and said, i want to

george sykes is not helping out. more soldiers will arrive on the edge of the field but it turns into george -- john caldwell, who will stop his men on the line. within 15 minutes, he has expended his ammunition. his first brigade decides they will charge forward, led by edward cross. cross comes out of the battlefield, told by winfield scott that he will earn his star today. he said this is the day he will dive. normally he where -- he wore a red bandanna, today he wore a black bandanna. cross will try to go into the woods to get his brigade moving forward to charge. as he goes into his area, he is shot and mortally wounded near the area of the fifth new hampshire monument. one of the sergeants from fifth new hampshire is tasked with killing a sharpshooter. most likely the one who shot across. he will talk down to the smoke, find a man, shoot him and return the favor. cross will lose momentum. to the north side of stony hill, two brigades were going under patrick kelly. they are under samuel zook, he will be shot in

george was set up.se is manufactured to justify the mueller investigation, the conversation -- it happened in may 2016 and he was interviewed in january 2017. after six months at the fbi, already used the fisa order to issue warrants on many people in the campaign. so how to justify the original investigation, why george papadopoulos came up as a little player -- >> sean: let me just say a last thing. and for those that don't think there's a perjury trap for donald trump, look at your life and your husband's life. look at lieutenant generale flynn's life and what happened to him. they didn't even think he was lying. i wish you a lot of luck with your lawyers in this. i know it's hard. thank you for sharing your story. joining us now with more reaction, ohio congressman jim jordan.y would paul manafort, michael cohen, george papadopoulos, any of them, what any of them be in any issues today but for robert mueller going well beyond no trump, no russia, no collusion. it not even campaign issue. and this is

thus far, let's roll was a shooting involving a trins georges pole officer. don't know if the officer was in uniform or plain clothes. this happened on th 7800 block of scherff road. 9:15.ndover around no word on the condition of the man or woman who was shot.gh now, we're waiting for more information and the police chief. he is in the middle of the street with his detectives. you can see them walking toward us. we will get more information it becomes available. we don't know what led up to this shooting. there were people in this arede inheir homes right now. some of them wondering what is gog on. we're here and the police chief is on the way. we'll bring you apd newe as it becomes available. back to you. >> we'll check back then. thank you. >>> a n growingber of counterprotests to this weekend's white sremacist rally. >> george washington university students have plain to speak out against hate and fight discriminationg. > news4' jackie bensen joins us live with a closer look. >> reporter: w the unite the right participants will likely t walk r through the

county, southern pritye george's co south and east of clinton. heads up, that storm moving your way. starts in 67. >>> tonight, it's now an historic emergency, the largest fire ever in california now bigger than the size of los angeles. a monumental fight for f crews on theront line, why experts are warning, this is the new normal >>> breaking news, late word a grim discovery, that desert compound where 11 children were rescued in a police raid. >>> the staritness back on the stand. dramatic new tur in e trial of president trump's former campaign chairman. >>> nbc news exclusive, parents anguished over the tragic loss of their son who died waiting for help but never found him. >> it's really hard to -- it's hard to go on everyday without him. >> tonight, their ne

>> george, i think if you take a couple things. the chaos that seems to surround donald trump has unnerved a lot of people. suburban women in particular here are the ones that are really turned off. add to that the millennials, you have it very close. it's really kind of shocking because this should be just a slam dunk and it's not. what i also will tell you, george, is the democrats have a weak candidate. this guy's just not doing it because there's no message. so it's likely in the end that balderson should be able to win narrowly but it's pretty surprising. but it really doesn't bode well for the republican party because this shouldn't even be contested. >> you're in kind of an unusual position in this race. you've endorsed troy balderson but on his website, i want to read it. he says troy balderson believes he must repeal and replace obamacare once and for all, has consistently voted to keep obamacare out of ohio, opposing the governor's efforts to bring it to the state. danny o'connor, in his ad, seems to support you. let's ta

george w. bush went on to win. the presiden >> the president-elect, george w.h, will become the 43rd t president united states. >> narrator: as john mccain returned to the senate, to manyu icans, he was an outsider. >> it had been bad for him in the repuican caucus. he had been booed at one point when he walked in. he really felt like these are not the guys he was comfortable with. they didn't have that much in common. he was really a bitter man in those days. >> he was angry for the way he was treated. he was angry bause his staff were not asked to be part of the new administration. he was angry, because he thought george bush was playing to the most conservative elements within his own party.th and foose reasons, he felt alienated. >> narrator: mccain positioned himself as the voice of dissentl in bush's rean party. >> mccain came out of the 2000 campaign drawn to th that he had become a brand.ep hesented something to the american public of independence, pragmatism, bipartisanand he moved very aggressively to maximize the leverage of the brand legislatively.

while george w. bush was president he might not have been universally popular but it wasn't the singular obsession of the country to dissect george w. bush every second and it wasn't with barack obama either except maybe over at fox news. jeremy's report is very important because he's identifying something that i've seen over the course of the last two years, doing focus groups with lord ashcroft polls and that's just the rupture that this election has had on friendships, on family, how people feel very silenced about their political views especially if they are a trump supporter that they can't necessarily share those views because of the judgment that they will receive and the negative judgment that they will receive. so at this point it really seems

it was effective. >> governor george romney was the first in the race. and he was the first to leave in february. what happened? >> romney didn't manage to graduate from state politics to national politics. i covered a lot of governors and national politics. it was a totally different situation between governing estate and running for president. you were in a day illusion have to move so fast and you can't make a mistake. when he said he had been brainwashed in vietnam, he made himself a figure. he said it devastatingly -- >> the issue of civil rights pert romney and rockefeller perked. the civil rights act of 1964, the republican party increasingly becomes the party opposed to mandatory busing, opposed to federal desegregation efforts, the war on poverty. targeting african-americans. and government overreaching. that is not the only issue but i think it is central. it is hard to see how romney and the brainwashing gaffe but it's hard to see how romney in 1968 version of the republican party being opposed to civil rights and how he would them are just th

george: i agree. that is why assets are in high demand.ll, you need income to offset the losses in the principal side, because we are going to see one more leg of the bear market. you want as much cash flow as possible. jonathan: talk about this on-bear market, where is it? >> it is in hibernation. jonathan: i do not see this market. do you? kevin: i do not. it is on it's probably fifth iteration in the last three years. it's lacking the principal legs it needs and that is inflation. primarily, wage inflation. as i said before, when you throw a stronger dollar on top of it, you are going to create demand globally and that is why every auction is oversubscribed and better than the last one and will continue to be that way until we see a change in prices. where is this inflation that the tariffs is supposed to bring in, where are all these other things we had thought? jonathan: give it time is the message that comes. we are talking about this almost through the prism of looking at u.s. markets. externally, foreign investors, are they startin

president george w. bush writes this. the unite the nations. his voice of experience will be missed around the world. the president of russia, vladimir putin, also praising annan saying this. i sincerely admire his wisdom and courage and his ability to make balanced decisions even in the most complicated and critical situations. and the president of annan's native ghana says he was the first from subsa hairian africa to okay ny kmaulted position. he brought considerable renown to our country through this position and his conduct and comportment in the global arena. it wasn't just dignitaries paying tribute. sesame street tweeted annan visiting the kids on ha show along with its condolences tweeting this. we mourn the losses of kofi annan. a relentless champion for peace and passionate ambassador for sessa if i street and the world's children. here's a bit of annan's is hamy street appearance. >> is there a problem i can help you with? >> that depends. who are you? >> my name is kofi annan i'm the secretary general of the

do you want president trump to pardon george?t deserve the pardon above any other in trump campaign adviser. first of all, he's not involved with any, any financial crimes. his responsibility is limited to dnc and timing of the meeting. we know the role in the russia interference unless the prosecutor will show otherwise. i don't see why if the president says this is a witch hunt he would allow george to be sacrificial lamb of this witch hunt. >> all right. thank you very much for your time. i appreciate you coming on and explaining your position. >> thank you very much. thank you. >>> with me now is former watergate prosecutor. first of all your reaction to what you just heard there and argument that she was making. >> none of the arguments make sense. they're all over the board. he committed a very serious crime. if you read the government sentencing memo. it's quite clear he told the truth about the professor t russian he met in i think land and come clean with the fbi in january of 2017. the fbi would have been able to assess

>> i do not know, george. i do not know.epte a btled brain cancer during his final months in the senate, he called out his colleagues for partisanship. >> both sides have let this happen. let's trust each other. let's return to regular order. >> reporter: and cast the deciding vote against repealing obamacare. in his last major public speech, mccain summed up a lifetime of service. >> i have had the good fortune to spend 60 years in service to this wondrous land. it's not been perfect to be sure, and there are times when the country might have benefitted with a little less of my help, but i have tried to deserve the privilege as best i can, and i have been repaid a thousand times over with adventures, with good company, with the satisfaction of serving something more important than myself, of being a big player in the extraordinary story of america, and i am so grateful. >> senator john mccain. we're joined now by his fellow senator from arizona, senator jeff flake joining us this morning. thank you for joinin

george washington breaks with five famous virginians. and don't think that they are all sitting around holding hands singing "we shall overcome" because there is a lot of friction among the founding fathers. go ahead. i can't see, but i can listen. >> how accurate do you think that the play is? >> how accurate the play is. in the general themes, pretty accurate, and there is a lot of -- and miranda knows that he is not accurate and he knows that washington didn't write to hamilton and say there are soldiers in the field waiting for you and come on back. he knows that hamilton is pulling at the door, please let me leave, please, let me leave. but for there is a lot of literary license, but the general thrust of the experiment and the desire for freedom and the portrayal of washington as a strong charismatic individual, and i liked the portrayal of washington very much. anyone else before we close up shop? one last question, and then we'll -- >> so, back to hamilton and the sort of the formative ideas around economics. >> yes. go on. >> an

george washington breaks with five famous virginians, he completely broke with george mason, edmund randolphnk they are sitting around holding hands singing we shall overcome. there is a lot of friction. among the founding fathers. >> go ahead. >> how active dacian accurate do you think the play is? >> in his general theme it is very accurate. and maranda knows he is not accurate. he knows that washington didn't write to hamilton and say there are soldiers in the field waiting for you, come on back. he knows that hamilton is pulling at the door, please let me leave. but there is a lot of little lori -- literary license. but the general thrust of the experiment and desire for the freedom and the portrayal of washington as a strong, charismatic individual. i like the portrayal of washington very much. anyone else? before we close up shop which in mark -- shop? >> formative ideas around economics, it applies that his. working for the clerk of a trading company kind of made him unique among the founding fathers about having the commercial education. where's the other founding fathers were plante

. >>> a man tried to cross a prince george's county highway. dan t man late last night on landover road and bright seat road in high yachtsvill -- hyattsville. he died at the hospital. police say the driver stay on the scene. officers are not sure why the man was trying to cross the road at that location. >> a family frantic after this 72-year-old woman went mising in fairf -- missing in fairfax county. health problems could puter in serious danger. she may be driving a volvo with virginia tags. please call police if you see her. >>>ll right, next at 6:00, no time for horsing around for some fifighters in prince george's they had to corral a couple wild animals before they got away. and northern virginiaoman is -- we're going to show you why that means so many people in our area won't go to sleep hung. > and we're following a devastating situation on a tourist island in indonesia after an rthquake. the death toll approaching 100. what officials are telling r people to ht now. know what? no, what? i just switched to geico and got more. more? got

george: sure.externally, foreign investors, are they starting to allocate more in the united states? lull thatere was a foreign investors were not participating. this is an investment driven bond market. it has been more u.s. investors over foreign investors and since the fed started hiking. if we see foreigners coming back in, i am not sure we are there yet. yields are getting high enough that there could be a traction for foreign capital and the dollar story, but i am not sure. jon: kevin? kevin: it has been domestically driven on the buy side but the lack of selling on china and japan is the reason we are not so much higher. is selling u.s. treasury's -- is not a big deal. n the top three are two sellers that is not a big deal it is going to drive yields higher. jon: high yield is trading to its tightest in investment grade in the united states. your view one, that chart and how you think this plays out from here. so, in the context that we are slowly getting less and less bullish rather than mo

this is video from the prince george's county fire department. this was not the only area that had flashflooding. this is the area that ritchie a marlboro hads well and several vehicles had to bef taken out o rushing water and some of those vehicles occupied by people that had to be a rescu well. same thing happened here. there was a rescue that happened here and just off of suitland road. his store ended up being flooded and so was the roadway. >>hat happened? they had to come get you? >> and the thing to remember here is turn around, don't drown. don't matter what kind of vehicle you have. n't try to drive through it. you can easily be swept away. with flash flooding, as quickly as theater rises it goes right back down again. luckily no injuries reporting. reporting in morningside, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> hold on, folks. moreng up out there. amelia tells us they are coming from the west and south again. >> tracking is thunderstorms and some from the west thunderstorms coming up from the south, and we actually have a new sere thunderstorm war

metro area dn through southern maryland, stafford, king george counties. i really think you stay dry tonight. you can see parts of frederick, loudoun and fauquier counties could deal with flooding issues. remember, you never drive through a flooded road, especially at night when it's dark and you don't know howeep that water is. the evening hours, storms really stay around and wt of i-81. most of us are dry tonight. everybody is mild and humid with a temperature of 80egrees at 11:00 p.m. as we look to tomorrow and friday,caered showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon and especially the evenings. ho some heavy rain is possible here in the d.c. metro area later in the day tomorrow. that's the latest on flooding issues. i'll be here tracking th tomorrow. tracking the latest on saturday d sunday. only an isolated chance for a shower and thunderstorm. monday, we're gng to keep it completely dry. i'll have the ten-day forecast coming up at 6:50. tomorrow and friday, 60% cha re fon and thunderstorms. mainly the afternoon and evening hours. unshine out ud and

george washington wanted the carving.>> it's decorativel because george washington wanted the carving. he got it. the stone masons gave him what he wanted. there were two of them who remained. they carried out this incredible out of style carving. it's so beautiful. it is carved with lilies and flowers and acorns. it's very lush over the front door. it's probably. the columns they did, cresting the columns, it's not gaudily done. when you walk down the street on pennsylvania avenue, you don't really see the carving. it's too far from you. you see the bulk of the house. the carving is really special. they are usually flat like a dogwood. that's what you usually find on the classical column. thee these are lush with lots of petals. in the 1780s, the scotts propagated a rose, double rose. it's called the scottish double rose. it swept europe like crazy. everybody had to have one. 12k3 >> the house was completed in 1800 and then the british had something to say about it not long after. what happened in the war of 1 2 1812? >>

we talked about governor george romney. he was the first to formerally enter the race and this is what the time line looked in that year. the tet offensive took place on january 30, 1968. vice president richard nixon joins it on the isst. nixon wins on the new hampshire primary on march the 12th and then president johnson announcing march 31st that he will not seek re-election and he earns the race on august 8th of that year and he was elected president on november 8th. maryland, democrats line. good morning. >> good morning. can you hear me? >> we can. >> yes. one of the things that i hear when i hear nixon speaking is the thread of what nixon is beginning to craft taken along the lines that he can't come out and speak the words as harshly as george wallace is speaking and he begins to use politics, being able to speak the unspoken thing that to the white new southern strategy that cannot be, that cannot be spoken, in a way, but eloquently is spoken by nixon in a way that has been carried out and picked up by ronald reagan

and george w. bush looked at her portrait, he leaned over and he said, if you look carefully, you can see her eyes move. may i relate one more? >> yeah. >> i was relieved at the funeral that it was so short. that's what she would -- >> she planned it. >> she absolutely planned it, meticulously that way. >> everything, yes. >> and i'll never forget, it was a couple of years before her death, i was -- the bushes asked me to do a fund-raiser in kenny bunkport for the kenny bunkport public library, and the evening before, my wife and i had dinner with the bushes and i walked her to her car. the bushes came in separate cars, and she -- as she was getting into the car, she said, george and i are coming tomorrow. and i said, yeah, yeah, i'm honored. she said, tell me about the format, wlhat are you doing? i said, i'll speak for about 40 minutes and take about 10 minutes worth of questions. and as she was going to the car, she said, make it about a half hour, no questions. >> well, we talked about presiden

the doctor once treated former president george h.w.atholic crch back in the headlines after they change the teachings on theeath penalty. >> pope francis calling the death penalty inadmissible because it attacked the inherent dignity of all humans. the new policy was approved in may. the previous catechism or church teaching said it didn't exclusion capital punishment if it was, quote, the only possibly way o effectively defending human life against the unjust aggressor. the vatican calling the new teaching an evolution of the rm former policy. >> what pope francis is saying is that no matter howrious the crime, there's nothing so t bat it takes away the human dignity and certainly the church always a teachut redemption, too, and some hope for rredemption. orter: pope francis has long been against the death penalty, insisting that it can never be justified no matter the crime as youim just heard mention. prison ministry continues to be a mainstay of thepontiff's vocation. pat? >> thanks, erika. >>> now an update to a story we told you

that is information coming from prince george's cou police. it appears someone inside the liquor store as well ashe suspect. i did speak with a witness who saw some of this unfold. let's listen. >> pretty much saw a crowd of young kids, you guys running, and it was about seven shots. when i pulled up, you know, eventually i saw the police officer out with his gun out and heard the seven shots. everybody was running. so then i had to turn back arnd and make sure that the store that i work at was okay. when i was pulling around, i happened to see the suspect or the guy, you know, laying down on the ground over there behind the liquor store. >> reporter: all of this happened around 1:15 in the afternoon. witnesses say they wered surprihat this happened in broad daylight. again, a very active and busy shopping area here. this is right near the oxon hill plaza, where there is a shopper's grocery store, as well as a marshall's clothing store. it's very active. we'v seen a lot of people here since we've been here just millingse about, of co wondering

host: the first to enter the race in 1968 was a governor george romney. he was the first to leave in february of 1968. what happened? guest: romney did not manage to graduate from state politics. lot of governors, and it is a totally different situation from being the governor of the state and running for the presidency. the stuff comes at you in a deluge. the margin for error is is very low. mccarthy expressed it pretty well devastatingly when he said, probably a light rise would have been -- rinse would have been adequate. romney, pro-civil rights after the 1964-1965 voting rights act, the republican party increasingly becomes a party in 1968 opposed to mandatory busing, opposed to federal desegregation efforts, argues that the war on poverty targeting african-americans is a total failure. that it is an example of the government overreaching. that is not the only issue, but it is a central issue. it is hard to see how romney and the brainwashing gaffe, it was hard to see how romney in the 1968 version of the republican party, being pro-civil rights, wou

in this case, president george w. bush. indeed, the white house staff secretary, is essentially the inbox in outbox for the president of the united states. now, that's not to say that is not a very important position but it does not get involved in much policy in the senate current task force is to evaluate the qualifications for judge kavanaugh, not to relitigate every political and policy disagreement from president george w. bush's eight years in the white house. as my democratic colleagues keep pointing out judge kavanaugh has described how his time as staff secretary was a formative experience for him. well, justice kagan said the same thing about her time as solicitor general but in the case of justice kagan the democrats refused to request for records.le on top of the undisputed relevance of solicitor general's material judge kagan, however, backed by judicial record. in other words, unlike the more than 300 opinions that judge kavanaugh altered and the hundreds more opinions he joined in his 12 years of service on t

area and i like to see both my kids go to george mason university for what it's worth. okay, so how do we know as civilians was really launching these attacks? and why can we not have oversight over the people that tell us who are launching these attacks? do we know for sure who attacked in the subway, who attacked -- i can remember the country name, next to russia you were referring to. >> guest: well, you know, i look at the media coverage of these 12 russian gru people were accused of being directly involved in the attacks on the u.s. electrical system and you read the judicial proceedings underway. we are able to go to not only specific locations physically, but buildings, , compute a

kennedy, richard nixon, ronald reagan, george romney, nelson rockefeller and third party candidate george wallace. our guests are pat buchanan who worked on richard nixon's presidential campaign in 1968 and barbara perry, presidential studies director at the university of virginia miller center. first, president lynn done b. johnson in a televised oval address from march 31, 1968, when he surprised the nation with his announcement that he would not run for reelection. >>> on the last evening in march, 1968, the stage was set. shortly before 9:00 p.m., washington time, in the midst of last-minute electronic preparations, president johnson put the finishing touches on his address to the nation. finally, with the reassuring presence of his family, seated nearby, the president was ready to deliver one of the most important speeches of his entire life. a speech that would alter the course of world history. >> good evening, my fellow americans. tonight, i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. no other question so pre occupies our people. no other grief so absorbs the 250

and george w. bush looked at the portrait and leaned over to me if you look carefully you can see her eyes move. [ laughter ] and i was relieved at the funeral that it was so short. that's what she would want. >> she planned it. >> she absolutely planned it meticulously that way. and i'll never forget, it was a couple years before her death, the bushes asked me to did a fundraiser in the public library. and the evening before we had dinner, my wife and i had dinner with the bushes, and i walked her to her car, the bushes came in separate cars. as she was getting into the car, she said george and i are many coulding tomorrow. i said i'm honored. she said tell me about the format. what are you doing. i said i'll speak about 40 minutes and take ten minutes of questions. as she was going to the car she said make it a half hour, no questions. [ laughter ] >> well, we talked about presidents and first ladies and their roles. but we have 45 descendants that have been with us this week going back to james

america he'd run a positive campaign. >> we were running negative ads against george bush, george bush was running negative ads against john mccain. >> governor bush's tax plan isn't true, and mccain knows it. >> it was the fight of the century. >> the war of words between george w. bush and john mccain is heating up even further as they battle for votes in south carolina. mccain is accusing the bush campaign of making misleading phone calls to voters. >> governor george w. bush still denies anyone in his campaign is making negative phone calls. but mccain's supporters are pointing to a conversation videotaped on saturday between governor bush and a supporter in south carolina. they claim it shows the governor promising more negative attacks on mccain. >> you all haven't even hit his soft spot? somebody needs to. >> the phone calls went out all over south carolina, do you know the mccains have a black baby? >> john and cindy had adopted from one of mother teresa's orch orphanages, in bangladesh, a baby daughter, a person of color. and people were getting calls that they were saying she

richard nixon at 301, hubert humphrey at 191 and george wallace at 46. what was the nixon strategy in the general election? >> well, one, it was to try to not talk a whole lot of specifics about vietnam. he didn't really know -- he didn't really have a plan for how he was going to, you know, end the war with peace, with honor, for example. he wanted to keep the focus on the unrest in the country and how he was going to be a voice really for as he said in his convention address the forgotten americans, what he would later term during his presidency the silent majority. and that included some of the wallace voters, although they obviously -- a lot of them went for wallace, but, you know, working class primarily white americans in the south, in the north, all over the country, middle class, suburban iets. the idea, too, that the cities were out of control, that campuses were out of control, that these were really kind of hot beds of really a fronts to fundamental american values. i think he really tapped into that strain and as well the strategy was that, y

in terms of brennan, george, i just think that was an empty gesture.not going to stop the criticism. you've elevated the platform of a critic like brennan. i do understand -- >> that sounds worse than empty. >> well, empty gesture on the part of president trump to do it. i don't know what it gets him. i think that -- he's right to be upset with brennan. i mean, it's understandable that he would be upset. brennan has been out there pushing the russian interference, helped elect trump narrative. brennan has been pushing the h narrative. brennan has been pushing the steele dossier narrative but this looks more about political payback than national security. >> let's go to that because it does seem like -- you've seen how the president has taken off on anyone having to do with the early stages of the russia more emboldened than ever on this front. he's not worried at all that this might get played into an obstruction investigation. >> i don't think he is because i think at bottom he believes that he didn't do anything wrong and that by doing these things,