senator george mcgovern. votes for our distinguished vice president hubert h humphrey. pplause] >> the north carolina vote is as follows. votes for vice president humphrey. two votes for senator mccarthy. one half vote for senator mcgovern and 12 votes for governor moore. north dakota. 25. dakota, the states that modestly admits being cleaner and greener in the summer and whiter and brighter in the winter, casts seven votes for senator mccarthy, 18 votes for vice president humphrey. [applause] walter: the north carolina but after governor dan moore released the delegates showed 11.5 fewer votes for humphrey than our delegate count indicated for the state which is the largest drop in any of their strength. the greatest difference we have had for any of them. they are 1, 2, or three votes at most except for the seven vote drop in georgia. >> 18 votes for senator eugene votes for vice president hubert humphrey. [applause] >> that was ohio. they also gave two votes to mcgovern and one to ted kennedy. >> they'll hire about is 94 votes for vice president are mccarthy, two to s

. >> senator george mcgovern of south dakota is said to be announcing tomorrow he is a candidate fornomination. >> george mcgovern ultimately feels that he has to come in and declare for the presidency to give the bobby kennedy people a place to go. >> representatives of senator mccarthy and of my office have been meeting together to work out language on which our supporters could join forces in terms of a plan on the end of the war in vietnam. >> you expected to be here with robert kennedy. >> yes, i think that all the time. someone who i know is sorry they had not participated in the campaign of robert kennedy and they were going do it later on in the summer. and that person said to me that one thing i've learned in life since the assassination of robert kennedy is never wait for summer. that's kind of the way i feel about american politics today. i think if you really feel about something, you don't put it off, you have to do something about it now. >> bobby kennedy's death changed the nature of the campaign. with him gone, whoever was going to be the nominee of the democratic par

this is two months before nixon's re-election race against george mcgovern. and john dean as white house counsel hands the irs commissioner a list of george mcgovern's staffers on his presidential campaign and george mcgovern's top donors, and he says to the irs commissioner, okay, go get them. and the irs commissioner, this guy johnny walters, despite the fact he was picked for this job supposedly on a recommendation of a guy who knew he'd do it, walters is not done with this. he says he was shocked by this request from john dean. he walked out of that meeting with john dean holding this envelope containing this enemies list, this list that nixon was ordering him to investigate. you, you're the healed of the irs, investigate this list of people, audit this list of people, my political enemies. he walks out of the white house with that list in an envelope. and what did johnny walters do with that list? took it back to the irs in that sealed envelope, and he locked it up in a safe in his office. he did not act on it at all. he did not follow nixon's orders. an

he was in a better position to navigate both sides of the party more than george mcgovern would have been. >> michael cullen and joining us from west palm beach florida, kathy kennedy townsend. >> mrs. town send, i was curious, in what ways were your father's views similar to his brother john toward richard nixon and in what ways were they differentin what ways were your father's views similar to his brother john toward richard nixon and in what ways were they different. >> that's a good question. when they were in the senate together, they got along as a republican and democrat. there was not the same animosity between the parties in the 50s as there is now, because they bought fought in world war ii. you may disagree on some policies but what you shared is the threat of death and seeing your fellow soldiers die, so i think that always creates a kind of bond. >>> my father, you know, running the campaign against nixon i don't think they supported him, so i think the president kennedy changed his views about nixon or changed his relationship to nixon in a sense during the campaign. >

nixon runs for reelection against george mcgovern, and there is george wallace again.allace, as you know, will be shot, so in the end he won't be a particularly big factor in the race. nixon wins handily in 1972. but in the process, he gets into constitutional trouble, trouble with the presidency, and you all know about watergate. i don't want to have to review that. but a break-in at the watergate complex and washington, d.c. by members or people who had been hired by the committee to reelect the president, ultimately unravel into a chain of events that lead back to the president, not so much for the break-in as the effort to cover up the break-in. people within the administration make that chain, that connection, possible. people like james mccord, john dean. the senate watergate committee begins to act, and two of the key figures, sam ervin and howard baker. ervin, a democrat, conservative. baker from tennessee, one of the up-and-coming stars in the south. it is notable that they are both from the south. the investigations again to -- begin to reveal more, including

you had a situation in which george mcgovern ends up being the nominee in '72, several of the unionsefused to endorse him, you had a lot of moderate conservative democrats who didn't support mcgovern's candidacy. you had huge divides in the party. and i shouldn't minimize vietnam because it was obviously important. mcgovern was a strong anti-war candidate and a lot of democrats didn't support that position. but i think also you had this huge divide between southern democrats and northern democrats particularly over civil rights, johnson -- mcgovern was much more liberal on civil rights issues and a whole lost of cult rat issues and that ended up i think creating huge divisions within the party. i do think for what it's worth if humphrey in '68 those divisions are not as severe. i think humphrey was better positioned to be able to navigate both sides of the party than george mcgovern would have been. >> for our radio audience our guests here in washington michael cohen and joining us from west palm beach, florida, kathleen kennedy townsend. jeff is on the phone from warm strings, geor

two months before nixon's re-election race and john dean hands a list of george mcgoverns staffers and top donors and says, go get him. and the irs commissioner, this guy johnny walters, despite the fact he was picked for this job on a recommendation from a guy who knew he would do it. he said he was shocked by this request and walked out of the meeting holding this envelope containing this enemy's list this list that nixon was ordering him to investigate. you are the head of the irs, audit this list. he walks out of the white house with the lists and what did johnny walleters do with the list? took it back to the irs and he locked it up in a safe in his office. he did not about on it at all. he did not follow nixon's orders and that list sat there in that safe in the commissioner's office at the irs. and eight months later, water gate starts to break open and john dean turned against nixon and started to testify and it was john dean who ended up telling the world that yeah, there was an enemies list and told them what the list was for. when he said it in the hearing room. you can hear

audited by the irs, this is two months against a race against mcgovern and he hands him a list of george mcgovern's staffers and top donors and says to the commissioner, okay, go get em. and the irs commissioner, this guy johnny walters, despite the fact that he was picked for this job on a recommendation of a guy who knew he would do it, walters says he's shocked by this request by john dean. he walked out of the meeting holding this envelope containing this enemy's list, this list he was ordering him to investigate. you're the head of the irs, investigate this list of people. what did johnny walters do with that list? took it back to the irs, in that sealed envelope, and he locked it up in a safe in his office. he did not act on it at all. he did not follow nixon's orders. and that list just sat there in that safe in the commissioner's office at the irs. and then eight months layeter, watergate opens. john dean turns against nixon and started to testify and it was john dean in his congressional testimony who ended up telling the world that, yeah, there was an enemy's list, and he told them what h

he was in a better position to navigate both sides of the party more than george mcgovern would have been. >> michael cullen and joining us from west palm beach florida, kathy kennedy townsend. >> mrs. town send, i was curious, in what ways were your father's views similar to his brother john toward richard nixon and in what ways were they differentin what ways were your father's views similar to his brother john toward richard nixon and in what ways were they different. >> that's a good question. when they were in the senate together, they got along as a republican and democrat. there was not the same animosity between the parties in the 50s as there is now, because they bought fought in world war ii. you may disagree on some policies but what you shared is the threat of death and seeing your fellow soldiers die, so i think that always creates a kind of bond. >>> my father, you know, running the campaign against nixon i don't think they supported him, so i think the president kennedy changed his views about nixon or changed his relationship to nixon in a sense during the campaign. >

candidate of the , and to seearty that the democrats nominated the weakest candidate, each was george mcgovern. the press were able to .stablish some ties we then had a real investigation by 77-0 vote in the senate. you could not get a 77-0 vote in the senate for anything today, nor could you have a legitimate bipartisan investigation, as we have seen. that is one of the big differences. of the other big differences between watergate and now is the response of the republican party . the defense of this president of the united states, without regard to the facts as they have developed so far, by republicans particularly, is very different than what occurred in watergate. quick, the internet age is really different and impatience and speed drives it. i talk to a reporter and said when you go out for an interview , and she said i never go out for interviews. what? ,e said i do it on the internet or sometimes the wonderful intimacy of the telephone. i thought, you know what, we are not getting out. working on the fourth bush book, there was a general who would so i found out where he lived in the

george mcgovern, bob dole, they took a commission across the country. mr. raskin: both from farm states. ms. delauro: that's right. they said there is a serious problem of hunger in the united states. ey came back to washington and democratic members, republican members came together to say that this address , we have to is crisis of hunger in the united states. and therein lies the genesis of nutrition programs crafted by men and women who came here, who understood what their job was and they understood what the power of this institution is. unfortunately, we do not have those giants in this body on aisle.des of the the people we have left. and i am so proud of the democrats who stood together on this farm bill and said, no, this is wrong. we're not going to be complicit in leaving millions of people hungry in the united states. robert kennedy took a mmission across this country and went and found children and babies who were hungry and came back and, again, on a bipartisan basis helped to craft the programs that we have today. these were men and women who

weakest candidate, who may have been a great man but was a really weak candidate, and that was george mcgovern. and then we in the press were able to establish some ties that nixon had indeed and those closest to him had engineered this. you then had a real vote byation by a 77-0 the senate of the united states, a bipartisan investigation of the president was undertaking. vote indn't get a 77-0 the senate for anything today nor could you have a bipartisan investigation. [applause] carl: that is one of the big differences. one of the other big differences is the response of the republican party, that the blind defense of this president of the toted states without regard the facts as they been developed so far by the republicans in congress particularly, is very different than what occurred in watergate. [applause] bob: really quick. the internet age is very different and patience and speed drives it. and i talked to a reporter and i said when you go out for an interview, and he said i never go out for interviews. what? he said i do it on the internet or sometimes the wonderful intimacy of the t

weakest candidate, who really may have been a great man, but a really weak candidate, and that was george mcgovern. and then we in the press were able to establish some ties that nixon had indeed, and those around and closest to him had engineered him. you then had a rel real investigation, you couldn't get a 77-0 vote in the senate for nothing today or could you have a legitimate bipartisan investigation as we have seen. and that is one of the big differences, and one of the differences between watergate and what we are witnessing now is the response of the republican party. that the blind defense of this president of the united states without regard to the facts as they have been exhibited so far by the republicans particularly, is very different than what occurred in watergate. >> we are not getting out. and if i do a quick anecdote with working on the fourth bush book, there was a general who wouldn't talk. and i wanted to and i emails, intermediaries, nothing. so i found out where he is in the washington area. and this is the technique i learned from carl, you just show up. and i have a littl

behind watergate and the break-in is that he went on in 1972, this crushing landslide win over george mcgoverni think he won 49 out of 50 states. and yet he was so desperate in a sense to ensure victory that he, you know, created the operation that allowed some of these crimes and transgressions to occur in terms of the plumbers and the break-in at the democratic national committee headquarters. so u know, nixon was really ultimately undone by many of his deep-seated insecurities. >> i think if i could just add this, i think it might be worth noting the difference between nixon and reagan in this regard. nixon thought that the media from mostly liberal. and he was right, they were. and therefore, they're going to be against me. and he took that very seriously, and he took it personally. and he read what they were saying. and he got outraged at the breakfast table. reagan felt the same thing. he thought the media were largely liberal, and therefore, they're not in favor of what i stand for, what i'm trying to accomplish. but he didn't care. and he pretty much ignored it. i covered reagan and i

for example he did not endorse george mcgovern in '72 and he endorsed george h.w.ng. so independence, longevity and a massive output of thinking, books, et cetera. >> fiercely independent, joe, and also fierce. >> fiercely independent, also very fierce towards critics and those his daughter knew at times on tv but a very kind and gentle man behind closed doors and i was wondering if you could draw out that part of his personality that always surprised me, that mika always talked about to friends when he would be fierce on television she always said we grew up around republicans because my father wanted to have everybody -- wanted everybody to have a seat at the table. >> to challenge him. >> condi rice, madeleine albright, bob gates, leaders from both parties worked on his staff and it's what he embraced. people that would challenge him. can you explain that part of his personality and leadership? >> an anecdote is that when -- he played tennis until very late in the 2000s when he was already in his early 80s and he didn't play just to enjoy the game, he played to

mcgovern carried the mantle. hubert humphrey from my state and george akin before that. these weren't ideologues. but they weren't pushovers either. each knew where their party stood. each also knew the value of making sure the length between people who grow the food -- link between people who grow the food and people who buy food and made sure that link was strong. so let me be as clear as i can be. in my opinion, breaking up that coalition, ruining a partnership that predates all of us, is a huge mistake. ore than that, this closed and one-sided nature of this process that we've been through is something that i have to call out. it does not bode well for farm and food legislation to come. no party can do this alone. it's too big of a job. so as ranking member on the house ag committee, i want you to know that i am willing to come back to the table, but only when the majority has the ability to sit down and figure this out together. i was told on this snap stuff by the chairman that he could not negotiate it, it was non-negotiable. that's what got use in this problem. when we get to the point wh

ray mcgovern, longtime worked for the cia, one of the top referrers for president george h.w. bush years ago. on wednesday night, president trump tweeted -- "gina haspel did a spectacular job today. there is nobody even close to run the cia!" but at least two republican senators have come out against haspel, rand paul and john mccain. mccain said her "role in overseeing the use of torture is disturbing & her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying." but haspel may still be confirmed with the help of democratic lawkers. democratic senator joe manch of west virginia has already announced he will back haspel. for more, we are joined by jeremy scahill, co-founder of the intercept and host of the weekly podcast "intercepted." he is the author of the books "blackwater: the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army," and "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield." jeremy, welcome back to democracy now! talk about what happened yesterday and talk about gina record. >> first of all, i think if we looked at the fact we are 17 years removed from 9/11 and we look

mcgovern carried the mantle. hubert humphrey from my state and george akin before that. these weren't ideologues. but they weren't pushovers either. each knew where their party stood. each also knew the value of making sure the length between people who grow the food -- link between people who grow the food and people who buy food and made sure that link was strong. so let me be as clear as i can be. in my opinion, breaking up that coalition, ruining a partnership that predates all of us, is a huge mistake. ore than that, this closed and one-sided nature of this process that we've been through is something that i have to call out. it does not bode well for farm and food legislation to come. no party can do this alone. it's too big of a job. so as ranking member on the house ag committee, i want you to know that i am willing to come back to the table, but only when the majority has the ability to sit down and figure this out together. i was told on this snap stuff by the chairman that he could not negotiate it, it was non-negotiable. that's what got use in this problem. when we get to the point wh

mcgovern carried the mantle. hubert humphrey from my state and george akin before that. these weren't ideologues. but they weren't pushovers either. each knew where their party stood. each also knew the value of making sure the length between people who grow the food -- link between people who grow the food and people who buy food and made sure that link was strong. so let me be as clear as i can be. in my opinion, breaking up that coalition, ruining a partnership that predates all of us, is a huge mistake. ore than that, this closed and one-sided nature of this process that we've been through is something that i have to call out. it does not bode well for farm and food legislation to come. no party can do this alone. it's too big of a job. so as ranking member on the house ag committee, i want you to know that i am willing to come back to the table, but only when the majority has the ability to sit down and figure this out together. i was told on this snap stuff by the chairman that he could not negotiate it, it was non-negotiable. that's what got use in this problem. when we get to the point wh