when time president george h. w. bush was upgrading people at the gate of the white house, he liked to do that and schmooze. agents didn't like it. they wanted to scream them. but a few days later a story appeared in the "washington post," a few days after that agents noticed sort of a classic lone assassin individual, someone who fits the profile of a lone assassin, namely someone who isn't smiling when anyone else does not, or vice versa. everyone is smiling and he's frowning. everyone else is wearing summer clothes. he is wearing a winter overcoat they patted him down and sure enough he had a weapon, he had a pistol and most likely would have used it. one of the most bizarre stories in this book, "the first family detail," as when again george h. w. bush was going to need oklahoma when he was campaigning for election or the secret service dessert advance work. to talk to local law enforcement to see the any threats. local law enforcement said, yeah, there's a psychic in town who's been incredibly reliable in the past a

george w. bush, and the son of former president george h-w bush. the federal government is now recognizing same-sex marriage in six new states. they are: alaska, arizona, idaho, north carolina, west virginia and wyoming. same-sex couples in those states will now be able to receive a number of federal benefits, such as the ability to file a joint income tax return. the justice department announced the decision on saturday. it comes after the supreme court declined to hear appeals in cases that made gay marriage legal in those states. the world's second largest retailer is facing a major embarrassment, after its store brand of buttermilk showed up on the shelves with some questionable packaging. take a look. >> what is that? >> i can see your doodle. >>"tesco" apparently forgot to screen the artwork on the milk cartons. so they make tesco's buttermilk appear to be product of male genitalia. the cartons were distributed only in ireland. deathit's not clear whether they were displayed at eye-level. >> is that supposed to something else? >> this is all

george h. to be pushed in all of this? and what does that tell us about the pardons? >> well, actually question. george h. to the bush in my reading of it was -- george h. w. bush left no footprints in the sand. i can find the document you he as you are never came under a lot of scrutiny when he was running for president to succeed reagan in 1988, and his whole story was i didn't know anything. i was out of the loop. i wasn't in the cockpit. it was a difficult lion for him to tread because he's trying to show himself simultaneously as right there with the gipper, and yet coming, conveniently offstage when trouble hit. it turns out that bush left a diary of sorts that was not known about until way late in the investigation. this was a whole other aspect of the socket and that goes to question the kind answer what was the reaction of the administration to the investigation. sad to say, direction of several key officials was to take their personal notes and hide them and withhold them from the independent counsel he was treated as the devil by a lot of them. there's some controversy over whether weinberger's mature was a bill at the library of congress and so

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that era and then on the us choice and puts people at ease in the same way that when he chooses george h. w. bushor the grandkids with gerald ford and other vice presidential debacle is ignoring he could be an entering candidate as well. >> and humphrey has introduced that in the 1948 democratic convention. >> and interestingly, one of the people speaks on concrete's behalf in the election is none other than ronald reagan. [laughter] ronald reagan and hubert humphrey. an interesting thing about the campaign and i'm sorry we are jumping around here, the johnson and brown can't have a horrible strategy in 1966 as johnson puts it a hanging around his neck and bring him into the reincarnation of goldwater. they tried that strategy and it doesn't work so finally they send humphrey to try to save pat brown and he makes the case and that's what they are not seeing at this point is that's not for the a lot of people in california that's a an idea. >> two more questions. the gentleman back there. yes, sir. >> there was a piece a few days ago in "the new york times" by the boston university professor with

host: at to question, we remember that comment in the 1984 debate, in which she said she thought george h w bushas patronizing her, and she didn't need to be educated on foreign policy and military issues. tomorrow night, there will be a debate between senator mitch mcconnell, who is running with allison grimes in the kentucky senate race. have you thinking is to deal with his younger female candidate? guest: that is an interesting race. we have a man in his 70's running against a woman in her 30's. he has to tread pretty carefully, and i suspect he will. he is surrounded by powerful women. his wife is very powerful. i think he will do just fine. it is interesting. the polls in that state show he is actually very competitive with women. she may be leading by one or two points with women, but he is excellent doing very well. -- actually doing very well. as long as he addresses are respectfully, i think you will have no problems. host: we will have live coverage of that debate tomorrow evening an eta clock eastern here on c-span. -- heould you prepare prepare? uphill battle is that he is that he h

george h. kelly bush, and george w. bush. his book "when things went right" is drawn from his diary of the first years of the reagan administration. so please help me give an answer to our to authors, and we will get started. [applause] jonathan, since your book chronologically comes before chases i will ask you a twofold question. number one is, how did you find covering the campaign of 1964 in historical time after you have covered in real time the campaign of 2004 and 2008. that is part one. part two is, how do you perceive that politics changed in that 40 year time frame? >> thank you. i am happy to be here. the weather is not quite this nice in most places that have been talking about the book this fall, and i have not had need of the charlie crist fan, which i wish we had today under the table. [laughter] that aside, i am happy to be here. it is a great question. i would say that stepping back from present-day political reporting to look at the 1964 campaign has on the boast -- has on the most basic level made me see po

in the entire united states of america has been given to you, david, for saying president george h w but -- bush's group gave money to a terrorist group. in the actual hall of fame of pants on fire. >> this is what people have seen at home. she is correct in the sense that people who have judge in this is not part of the campaign said it was misleading and what was in her campaign memo is presented in the advertisement. >> it is right in the memo. it was in the memo. here's the other part of what you are not getting straight. michael bloomberg put $350,000 fight againstto our second amendment rights. you have millions of dollars given to you outside liberal parties who want to come and steal the selection. the i look at the race, outcome is too important for our country and direction for us to bigger about ad -- bicker about ads. i want to talk about how to get our veterans treated right. and whether president who is leading us from the front with the direction that we all believe in. congress is totally dysfunctional and i agree. i think i can make a difference. with only 10 people without -- wit

host: at to question, we remember that comment in the 1984 debate, in which she said she thought george h w bush was patronizing her, and she didn't need to be educated on foreign policy and military issues. tomorrow night, there will be a debate between senator mitch mcconnell, who is running with allison grimes in the kentucky senate race. have you thinking is to deal with his younger female candidate? guest: that is an interesting race. we have a man in his 70's running against a woman in her 30's. he has to tread pretty carefully, and i suspect he will. he is surrounded by powerful women. his wife is very powerful. i think he will do just fine. it is interesting. the polls in that state show he is actually very competitive with women. she may be leading by one or two points with women, but he is excellent doing very well. -- actually doing very well. as long as he addresses are respectfully, i think you will have no problems. host: we will have live coverage of that debate tomorrow evening an eta clock eastern here on c-span. -- heould you prepare prepare? uphill battle is that he is that he

away from president obama fast enough and is trying to align herself by showing pictures with george h. w. bushntradiction match up as we lead up to election day? >> well, she did unlike alison lundergan grimes, she did acknowledge she voted for him. >> they are walking a fine line. they want to attract and ignite young voters. she's also got her father campaigning for her. michelle obama has been campaigning for her. so she's less of running for obama. >> so is the feeling if she doesn't get to 50% that it's probable republicans. if the senate is on the line, everybody is paying to attention to this, it's not that expensive to advertise in georgia. you'll have a flood of money. >> thank you so much. >> we could be waiting for georgia. we could be waiting for louisiana. what other states? >> oh, god. >> waiting for alaska. >> coming up, everything you need to know about the day on wall street. business before the bell is next. >> everything? >> everything. and the story behind the walter white action figure. >> okay, toy crystal meth. >> you don't do that. >> no. not at toys "r" us. ♪ [ male an

discovering that in the >> host: 90s when he was in the solicitor general's office he actually advised george h. w. bush administration, low and behold what name comes before him, for district court seat, if they receding here is a would probably say i wasn't very ambitious but no one gets to the supreme court without an addition. the one person maybe should have an asterisk by his name would be david souter who should succeeded. he was an accidental justice but still did not lack for ambition. here you have john roberts and seemed to be always making the right moves and quite effectively so sonia sotomayor who came from a different background but really picked up on the political channels, and what you have to do to remain visible in nomination politics, she learned a lot from the first nomination. i also have to say she did acknowledge in her own memoir that once she was on the federal judiciary, once she knew she would be in some ways giving her career more emphasis than her home life she did not lack ambition said she will acknowledge it. just that i think sometimes people don't want to be perceived

discovering that in the early 1990s when he was in the solicitor general's office, he actually advised george h. w. bush administration on the judicial candidates and blue and the behold name comes before him but that is sotomayor for the seat so they are crossing paths and if they were sitting around they would say i wasn't that ambitious but no one gets to the supreme court without ambition. the one person i would say that should have an asterisk by his name would have been david souter who he succeeded. he was more of an accidental justice but he still did not lack ambition. but here you have john roberts seemed to always be making the right moves and always quite effectively. and sotomayor who came from a different background but who really picked up on the political channels. and to remain visible in the nomination politics she learned a lot from the first nomination. i also want to see that she did acknowledge in her own memoir that once she's at her feet on the path of the federal judiciary and once she knew that she would be in some ways giving her career more emphasis than her life she denounce

discovering in the early 1990s when he was in the solicitor general's office he actually advised george h. w. bush administration on judicial candidates. lo and behold what name comes before them but that sonia sotomayor for district court see. and they are crossing paths, if they were sitting around they would say i wasn't that ambitious. but face it, no one gets to the supreme court without impatience. one person i would say maybe should have an asterisk by his dimwitted in david souter, who she's succeeded he was all a bit more of an exit of justice but i think he still did not lack for ambition. but here you have john roberts who seem to be always making the right moves, and, obviously, quite effectively, and sonia sotomayor who came from a quite a bit different background but you really picked up on the political channels. what you have to do is remain visible, and nomination politics. and she learned a lot from that first nomination to i also have to say that she did acknowledge in her own memoir that once she set her feet on the path of the federal judiciary, and once she knew that she woul

attorney and debate coach for george h. w. bush during the 1988 presidential elections. stewart is a frequent commentator on cnbc and other outlets and his commentaries have appeared in the wall street journal and the los angeles times among others. was a graduate of pennsylvania state university and georgetown university law center. next we hear from nicholaz rosenkranz who is a professor of law at the university law center where he teaches constitutional law and federal courts. he served as an adviser and a variety of capacities, he worked for frank easterboard for the seventh circuit and justice anthony kennedy at the supreme court. he served as attorney adviser at the office of legal counsel and the department of justice during the bush administration and testified before congress numerous times most recently before the last judiciary committee in a hearing on the president's duty to faithfully execute the laws. his bachelor's and law degrees from yale university. with that i will turn it over to stewart. >> i love these introductions. they have all the benefits of a

in the entire united states of america has been given to you, david, for saying president george h w but -- bush's group gave money to a terrorist group. in the actual hall of fame of pants on fire. >> this is what people have seen at home. she is correct in the sense that people who have judge in this is not part of the campaign said it was misleading and what was in her campaign memo is presented in the advertisement. >> it is right in the memo. it was in the memo. here's the other part of what you are not getting straight. michael bloomberg put $350,000 fight againstto our second amendment rights. you have millions of dollars given to you outside liberal parties who want to come and steal the selection. the i look at the race, outcome is too important for our country and direction for us to bigger about ad -- bicker about ads. i want to talk about how to get our veterans treated right. and whether president who is leading us from the front with the direction that we all believe in. congress is totally dysfunctional and i agree. i think i can make a difference. with only 10 people without -- wit