. - senator george h. mcgovernby by declared the 1972 democratic nominee for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] - come home, america. come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. come home to the conviction that we can move our country forward. come home to the belief that we can seek a newer world. - don't let the spirit die. don't let the enthusiasm die. just let's say, that this was a wonderful trip that we all took together during the past seven months. that we have learned from our errors. god knows there were plenty. that we have gained experience. and that if there is to be a next time, we will start a little bit differently because we will have learned and we would be able to continue. i am not downheartened. i'm not disillusioned. i am not bitter. the only thing that i continue to regret, of course, is that we didn't have the moolah. [laughter] - even the most liberal, even the most progressive individuals in this country, even women and women leaders in this country, could not rea

but, mondale told me the story that he asked george mcgovern, you know, how do you get over?govern said to him, when i figure it out, i'll let you know. >> but what i'm interested in this and there's no question that the human story is going to be interesting to people whether they're into how deep they're into politics or not. >> right. >> but, what you learned about why it didn't go your way. >> yes. >> is one of the most haunting things in politics, in whom they decide to blame and how much they put on themselves. mccain talking about wanting lieberman. if he had had lieberman in that race, it might have made a difference. >> right. >> but he felt that he had to do the hail mary pass with sarah palin. >> did he? or did he feel that he couldn't pick lieberman -- >> he felt he couldn't pick lieberman. he wanted lieberman. party said no. >> right. >> pro-choice. forget it. >> that's when the party mattered. not like now. >> exactly. these are the different times. so he picked sarah palin. it went in a different direction. the -- these candidates, what was stunning to me, and

. >> remember, ask george mcgovern, how long does it take to get over this? he said when i get over it, i'll call you. >> what a loser. >> right now donald trump can't even think about losing. >> i love this country and i know you do, too. >> neither can hillary clinton. but in a few short months, one of them will experience the most spectacular public failure in american life. this is the story of the people who have lived that moment. it is a story you have not heard before about what happens when the dream disappears. >> thank you, thank you. >> no problem. >> a sense of normalcy. >> we enjoyed every minute of it. >> god bless. >> thank you. >> this is what losing looks like. you go home alone. the secret service, the reporters, the crowds, all gone. >> all of a sudden, that's it. you're junk, you're going to costco. >> costco is exactly where the romneys went. >> the refrigerator was bare. >> live goes on. >> you go to the market and get some food. >> there are a lot of tears. >> it's very hard. it's a real heart-wrenching experience to say, we didn't get

and his way of explaining his answer was, "i called george mcgovern and i asked him when you get overand he said to me, when i figure it out, i'll let you know." >> an amazing documentary and excellent work, a lot of great interviews, gloria, thanks so much for doing it. >> thanks a lot. >> you can catch gloria's special report later tonight, "almost president, the agony of defeat." that airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific for that matter right here on cnn. >>> that's it for me, thanks very much for warming. i'll be back at 5:00 p.m. east american the situation room. for our international viewers, amanpour is coming up next, for our viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin will start right after a quick break. is is the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. and if you have more than one liberty mutual policy, you qualify for a multi-policy discount, saving you money

it cost george mcgovern terribly to not be transparent on that. member in 1992, when george herbert bush threw up on a japane japanese visitor. so that bite was very haunting. i think we have a right to know the medical history of somebody running for president. these candidates all have their own doctors who will say they're fit as a fiddle. it's important for hillary clinton not to do what john kennedy did in 1962 and try to hide a condition. she needs to be transparent where she is at, what happened with her concussion and just be frank with what happened. she needs to get on a plane and go to san francisco and keep get on the campaign trail, or will this make her cancel? we'll have to wait and see. >> why do you say it's key if she gets on the plane. if you're talking about -- these candidates are flying across the country back and forth and clearly what they do is exhausting. are you saying she has to get on that plane or else the optics are just going to be too tough for her? >> well, if she is not going to invite a doctor to chappaqua, for t

i was reading a piece that george mcgovern wrote, and he opened up a hotel in the northeast that wentankrupt, and he said he wished he was a businessman before he went into government so he could learn how the government policies affect business. i think it helps trump. >> why are you laughing? >> because it is clear that every trump supporter has gotten to the bottom of the barrel on the talking points, trying to defend the indefensible, not just when it comes to these kind of business practices because clearly what we have seen and what we saw that you ran, kellyanne conway admitted he spent money in cuba, that is patently illegal, was back then. so that coupled with the whole miss university ve debacle, it how temperamentally unfit this sort of shoot-from-the-hip, loose lipped, you know, what he has done is just completely indefensible. >> all right. >> he is not fit to be commander-in-chief. >> scottie, your response? >> 515 subsidiaries have mr. trump's name. five of them, not six like hillary clinton was fact checked, have gone bankrupt. that's a pretty good number right there.

hillary clinton could win this election with the lowest level of white support of anybody since george mcgovern lost in a both sides are appealing to a certain segment of the country dm a certain way to get 43 or 44% of the vote and another, as another part of this thing, that is not going to go well as we go through this and in the aftermath of this e legs. >> that's also part of just the party situation as well. democrats have been hemorrhaging white voters for decade. since knicksen, minorities have been fleeing the republican party. >> i have to give credit standards on the latino vote. unlike what the trump people said, it's the first time that a republican has gone to a black church. whites is are problems for democrats. nonwhites are problems for republicans. >> steve, moderators chose thn week. i will say, yes, i was chosen as a moderator. just to get that out there. >> first and last round of applause i'll get on that one. steve, can the debates reset this race? >> no. i mean, they don't. they don't. >> wait a minute. >> over time, you look over time, polls don't necessarily change tha

clinton administration, and in 1972 he basically was talking about replacing tom eagleton as george mcgovern's vp with sargent shriver. don fowler is no slouch. >> he's a serious guy. i don't remember any talk when george bush the dad or the son collapsed as president, while they were president, i don't remember any talk at all -- >> how did the son collapse, he choked on a pretzel? >> just watch the tape. he admitted he blacked out. he smacked his head. there was a big bruise. and the dad was recently. element of gender bias here. >> no charges about sexism, no, no, no, i hear what you're saying, richard, i understand. ford, we're talking about a candidate having health problems since she was 50 years old with multiple blood clots and other issues. so is there a possibility, ford, that joe biden could step in you? see it between joe biden and bernie sanders, right? >> the rubber is going meet the road, if clinton doesn't get back on the campaign trail in the next weereal possibility. right now the clinton campaign is dealing with the fact they've been serially dishonest throughout the situati

walter mondale, huge rally notice closing days in the 1984 campaign. 1927 george mcgovern man mouth rallies. this is the way in american politics. in the election i wrote about 1896, 75,000 people show up in the boston common to hear williams jennings brian who proceeds to get 24% of the vote. >> there was no tv or internet back then. they had nothing else to do they just went in to boston commons. >> even today people like to go see a presidential candidate. >> yeah, okay. now, you still believe that the hillary clinton email and the foundation, the clinton foundation will effect the election. now, we had our discussion with geraldo about it last week. roll the tape. >> a man like you. >> yeah. >> a reporter with the chops that you have, show me one example where there has really been pay for play. in other words, show me one example where someone took money, one of these clintons took money and as a result of taking that money they influenced some legislation or they directed the country in a place where the money giver wanted them to go? when you can prove that. >> it's the appearance. >

hillary clinton could win this election with the lowest level of white support of anybody since george mcgovern lost in a landslide to richard nixon. in a certain way to get 43 or 44% of the vote and another, as another part of this thing, that is not going to go well as we go through this and in the aftermath of this election. >> that's also part of just the party situation as well. democrats have been hemorrhaging white voters for decades. we know, basically since nixon, minorities have been fleeing the republican party. >> i have to give credit, george w. bush in 2000 and 2004 set new standards on the latino vote. and actually tried. unlike what the trump people are saying, it's the first time a republican has appeared in a black church is totally wrong. not true. the first time republicans have appealed to black voters, wrong in the course of this. whites is are problems for democrats. nonwhites are problems for republicans. >> steve, moderators chosen this week. i will say, yes, i was chosen as a moderator. >> awesome. >> just to get that out there. >> round of applause. >> first and last

didn't work too well for george mcgovern in 1972. so this is the challenge that trump faces. he's got a very loyal constituency that is sticking with him. he thrives off of the emotion in the room which is one of the reasons why he raised the temperature last night because he enjoys the feedback he gets from his audience. but he has got to figure out if he aims to win the election, ways to communicate in different ways to larger audiences than that. >> all right, cnbc's john harwood. appreciate it. >> you bet. >> in trump's immigration speech, not going over well with prominent latino republicans. katy tur just mentioning this a few minutes ago today in the wake of that speech several hispanic trump surrogates have begun questioning their affiliation with the campaign. jacob monty is a member of trump's national hispanic council. he resigned shortly after the speech in arizona last night. another trump supporter saying the speech likely cost him the election. i want that bring in daniel gar saturday, republican and executive director of the libre initiative. daniel, you are a

we mentioned the subject because we have not been here since 1972 when george mcgovern with his running mate and the controversy that developed around shock treatments. senator tom eagleton switched him out and went with sergeant shriver, but that's the closest i can see where we had a situation where they had to change something after convention. >> right. this is totally unchartered territory for the democratic party. and it would be a real mess, because as you know, early voting is much more pervasive now. early voting already started in north carolina and will start in alabama later this week. military and overseas votes are mailed 45 days before the election. that's ten days from now. and obviously the state ballots are close to getting a new name on the ballot. so it would be a logistical nightmare for the democratic party. >> do they have either party a procedure in place if the main candidate falls ill? we certainly have heard of presidents fallen with seconds of taking office. a couple names come to mind, either with a long speech, without an overcoat, i digress to make the poi

play a little bit of shirley chism in the debate she participated in with hubert humphrey and george mcgovernal. in 1972. >> exactly what's wrong with american politics. unless you can buy and unless you have the money, people that have ability, innovation, creativity in terms of putting new solutions into how government must work are left out. >> those same sh shoes were in play in the bernie sanders campaign. it does seem we are in this cycle talking about kind of the same things over and over again. we don't talk that much about her 1972 run. what was its significance? >> i think she's touching right then on what's the major problem right now in our political system, the fact that it costs so much to run for election, the fact that the politicians are spending so much time dialing for dollars, that maybe the best people aren't entering public life because they don't want to do that. everyone knows the system is flawed, a there's too much money, and nobody does anything about it. there she is pointing it out so many years ago. >> have women in your view in terms of the political advancement

. - you know, i remember something george mcgovern said. it was after he got beat in '72.ly fear "is not being beaten or defeated. "you fear being humiliated. "you don't wanna be humiliated. "you don't wanna have your dignity taken away from ya. "there's nothing wrong with getting in fistfight "and getting beat as long you conduct yourself well and walk away well," and i think that's right. (drum roll) - [voiceover] we stand before you today and declare war on nazi germany. - [voiceover] they knew that their mission was to help those in danger get out. - [voiceover] it is too late to turn our back on what we know is happening. - [voiceover] every life we touched had its own drama. - [voiceover] we shall never forget what you have done for us. - [voiceover] i owe mrs. sharp my life. (dramatic music) - this campaign is about saving the soul of america. - not only was he a guy worth a lot of money. he acted like a guy worth a lot money. - the most charitability generous candidate for president we've ever had was made to look like a coldhearted business man. - we have the demo

nixon's opponent was towards mcgovern who is to the left of -- george mcgovern who is to the left ofg from vietnam. hold your nose and vote for nixon. that andd readers of say that there is no need to hold your nose and voting for for johnsonn voting and 12. they are a commendable ticket who have experience and success in running government and you and across the aisle. are on thertarians ballot on all 50 states but have not reached that 15% benchmark in order to qualify for the first of what will be for presidential and bytes presidential debates. the first one is scheduled for a week from monday. as last summerad when the networks and cables inviteetermine who to further so-called debates and c-span was very nice to come up 16 cover our event with all of the republican candidates, minus trump who decided not to show up. we did not think then and we do not think now that some of these arbitrary decisions about who gets in and who gets out are the right ones for the country. andson and weld came in talk to us about that and said that what the commission might percentage inower the po

you look at 1972, board -- both george mcgovern us running mates were pro-life catholics. going forward 10 years, that would have been inconceivable. could see this with trade for integration. >> although we do have a pro-left democrat as the vice presidential candidate now. >> that's because moke position. that's the post-73 democratic position. >> he is pro-choice. he just chooses personally to be against abortion. >> jesse jackson was antiabortion. and republicans were much more pro-choice. there was a real flip and party .osition, and that does happen even with intervention versus isolation. >> that leads to i think the more likely outcome than a party break. i think it will be a reshuffling. we have seen that time and time again. the democratic and republican buildings stand. people move back-and-forth between them. we've seen that a number of times. >> it's hard to know what issues are going to stick from this year. immigration could very well be an issue because we have seen a drop in immigration in the united states recently. who were emigrants going the second and

and nixon's the plan was george mcgovern who was to the left of ed muskie, in terms of retreating from vietnam. so this advice on the front page to readers was hold your nose and vote for nixon. i remind readers of that in our editorial today and say that there's no need to hold your nose and voting for johnson. they are recommendable ticket of two guys who actually have experience and success in running government and dealing across the aisle. >> host: the libertarians on the ballot in all 50 states and yet they still have not reached any other national polls that 15% benchmark in order to qualify to participate in the first of what will be for presidential and vice presidential debates, the first unscheduled for a week from monday guesstimate that's as bad, steve, as last summer when the networks and the cables especially were determining who to invite to their so-called debates. and c-span was very nice to come up and cover our event with all 16 of the republican candidates, minus trump we decided not to show up. but we didn't think then and we don't think now that some of these arb

nixon is up on it was george george mcgovern to was to the left of ed muskie in terms of retreating fromietnam. the advice on the front page to readers was hold your nose and vote for nixon. i remind readers of that in the editorial today to say that there is no need to hold your nose. johnson and weld are commendable ticket of two guys who have experience and success in running government and dealing across the aisle. >> the libertarians are on the ballot in all 50 states but have not reached the 15% benchmark to qualify in the first of what will be four presidential and vice presidential debates. the first one is scheduled for a week from monday. >> that is as bad as last summer when the networks and the cables were determining who to invite to their debates and c-span was very nice to come up and cover our event with all 16 of the republican candidates, minus trump who decided not to show up. we did not think then and we don't think now that some of these arbitrary decisions about who gets in and who gets out are the right ones for the country. johnson and weld came in and talk to us

nixon beat george mcgovern in 72 after we had written most of the stories. nixon beat mcgovern, it was a landslide. people, i think the the sense that the president was a criminal and would order and carry out all of these illegal and abusive actions seemed impossible. so it was story after story, we wrote hundreds of stories in the end. it was the watergate committee, the house impeachment inquiry, the watergate prosecutor who really dug into the same eventually developed the documentation, testimony, and secret tape recordings. >> host: who is still alive from the next in white house, from from the house judiciary committee at, et cetera? >> guest: that is a good question. alexander butterfield is one of the few. >> john dean. >> guest: john dean is, who is nixon counsel who testified so dramatically and 73. he testified for days about his dealings with nixon and the crimes in the cover-up. you know, there are a few people but the main aids are gone. henry kissinger is still alive, he is a figure in this book. i think they're still work to be done on the v

george mcgovern told me before he died that i wish we just what a cap conservation because it sounds like conservative. and i can push things through in the senate. once that word environment came in it was tied up to the 60s cultural wars of hippies, tree huggers, marijuana, and it became seen as a left issue out of the 60s. we have not fully recovered with that. but there are congressman from idaho who just recently saved of older white clouds as a wilderness area. there are a few very, lamar alexander of tennessee has gotten into the conservation story quite a bit. unfortunately like so like so much in our culture it has become partisan and i'm hoping eventually it will come back. if i go to a group of conservatives, republicans somewhere and talk about saving the local lake or river, they love me, because i am praising local sites and we want to clean, we want our kids to fish and hunt, but if i if i start dropping the e bond, environmental, you lose half of your audience right now so a lot of it might be the way we package how we speak about it. but it is a frustration. >> barry

end of 1972 election, george mcgovern woken one state and district of columbia, was 41.eil: have the negatives narrowed? >> they have. eggs essentially at her high point on august 7th, in terms of the ballot up by7.9 points. his unfavorables was 60 something odd. in realpolitiks average, 3 yesterday, 2.8 today. his favorables gone up by four and unfavorables down by four. neil: look at north carolina poll surprised some people. it is one poll. first time he loads in the state that was state mitt romney won four years ago. >> three red states where mitt romney won where he has to worry. two he is slightly ahead, arizona and georgia. one in the rile politics average, slightly behind, 1.2% in north carolina. there are number of polls he is relatively close. he needs to win the states in order to start with the same base, mitt romney did, 206. he has to get from 206 to 270. fortunately he is competitive in two big states, florida, ohio. slightly ahead in iowa. took all the romney states plus those three, he would be 259. that leaves him short by 11 from the 270 number he lea

play a little bit of shirley chisholm in the debate she participated in with hubert humphrey and george mcgovernl. >> this is exactly what's wrong with american politics. unless you can buy or unless you have the money, people that have the ability, innovation, creativity in terms of putting new solutions into how government works are left out. >> those same issues were in play in the bernie sanders campaign. it does seem that we are in this sort of cycle where we're talking about kind of the same things over and over again. we don't talk much about shirley chisholm he's 1972 run. what was its significance? >> i think she's touching right then on what's the major problem right now in our political system, the fact that it costs so much for election, the fact that the politicians are spending so much time dialing for dollars, that maybe the best people aren't entering public life because they don't want to do that. everybody knows the system is flawed. everybody knows money is too present and nothing is being done and there she was some years ago pointing it right now. >> have women in your view,