george mitchell: i don't know that. i can only report the objective facts as they occurred in my presence and as they exist. the threat was made specifically to oppose gatt if any effort was made on health care. my hope is that, since we will not be proceeding on health care, there will be support for gatt, but i've made no effort to negotiate an agreement to that effect. >> senator, when the congress comes back next year, they will be starting from a point where the mainstream group left off and where senators harkin and levin left off, where a lot of these people left off. what is to say the republicans will be more accepting of working with the democrats or, what is to say they are going to be more desirous of doing a health care reform bill next year? george mitchell: there is nothing to say that. >> senator, could this bill have passed last year? >> can you give us some idea? what would your advice be to the incoming congress as to what they might be able to do to make it work next year? george mitchell: do the bes

when the bush administration finished, george mitchell stood in the way of a lot of things president bush wanted to do. now you seem to be standing in the way of some of the things mitchell would like to get done. when does it end? if you take over next time, they'll stand in front of you. when does it ever end, when do you come together? sen. dole: i don't know where i'm -- what i'm standing in the way of. is there something i'm standing in the way of? >> campaign reform or -- sen. dole: that's not campaign reform. >> california desert. sen. dole: i voted for cloture. >> why are we going through this 30-hour nonsense? >> you indicated the lobbying form and gift ban and the -- and the congressional compliance bill also might be blocked. sen. dole: i don't know anybody blocking those things. i don't know if you had a meeting up here. i just got to town, got to leave again. >> but you've been sort of ambivalent and equivocative about whether you're going to allow them to come up. sen. dole: we always tie to be ambivalent. >> why? when we first came in here you said you should listen to

join our live three hour conversations live today at noon eastern on in depth on c-span 2. 1994, george mitchell announced the end of efforts to pass a health care bill that year. press conference followed a year and a half long effort by the clinton administration and members of congress. up next on american is your tv, senator mitchell's press conference followed by reaction from republican leader robert dold. e. it is about an hour. sen. mitchell: at the beginning of this congress, i said the

last -- when the bush administration finished, george mitchell stood in the way of a lot of the things that president bush wanted to do. and now, for whatever reasons, you seem to be standing in the way of some of the things that mitchell would like to get done. president clinton -- when does it end? if you take over next time, then they're going to stand in front of you. when does it ever -- when do you ever -- bob dole: well, that's the way it works. [laughter] bob dole: i mean, i don't know what i'm standing in the way of except coverdell and packwood who are going to take over here in a minute, but -- >> senator dole, for a solid week -- bob dole: i mean, i -- is there something we're standing in the way of? name one. >> campaign reform california , desert. bob dole: well, that's not campaign reform. that's democrat -- >> california desert. bob dole: i voted for cloture on the california desert. >> so why are we going through this 30 hour nonsense? bob dole: we haven't done that yet. >> you've just indicated too that the lobbying reform -- bob dole: i voted for cloture. >> pardon?

to block most anything. >> i don't have any objection to either one of those. >> george mitchell made a big deal that republicans for the ones who killed health care reform, did you see any fallout with this and the election? >> i saw in the washington post something about congressional coverage. the democrats were run as positive. i have not read the book but it should be a best seller. in my view it is like when to sell. i didn't know there was a check. i don't think senator mitchell made a with check. the point is they connected together. the mainstream could not get an agreement. the right reason being the american people said to slow down, we will be back next year and make it right. we covered others on the floor saying they did not know what was in the bill, nobody knew what was in it. now you are telling us you knew exactly what was in it. which is it? >> it is two things, when you walk in to the drugstore and you read the label, you are not going to buy it. some people thought it was more complicated. i think you have two categories. other people understood and were for it. e

join our live three hour conversations live today at noon eastern on in depth on c-span 2. 1994, george mitchell announced the end of efforts to pass a health care bill that year. press conference followed a year and a half long effort by the clinton administration and members of congress. up next on american is your tv, senator mitchell's press conference followed by reaction from republican leader robert dold. e. it is about an hour. sen. mitchell: at the beginning of this congress, i said the passage of comprehensive health care reform would be a high priority. i repeated that goal at the beginning of this year and sai d i would give it my close attention in all of my energy. two years ago, americans faced a judgment at the polls that the nation's problems had been subordinated for too long to problems abroad. working middle income families from a corporate downsizing, defense industry conversion, violent crime, college costs, and inflated health insurance costs all made americans ask us here in washington to focus on america needs. president clinton and the democratic congress responded with

telling them our own colleagues in the united states senate won't allow us to have a meeting with george mitchellj mitchell comes out and the whole country whichever side they are on is pounding on her. she gets fairly mistreated in my opinion. and at the end of the day, here is what i think . they opened up the hearing and she spoke and it was shot down. i found later on many women were waiting to collaborate the story. i write: i blame myself more for not focusing on what happened behind the scenes. i might have learned in real time what i learned later. the committee refused to allow the testimony of two women who were prepared to say thomas are made unsolicited sexual advances. moreover, an article in the new yorker in may of '93 stated joe boyd n ad -- biden advocated for the claims. the women claimed thomas lied under oath. i blame myself for not focusing more. marched up the steps, got the hearings and i thought that was it. looking back i failed to full follow through. i failed big time. women of the house was the enemy. i believe my dear friend joe biden had to sucomb to the vast majorit

george mitchell in texas, george wright and colorado and several other people. that has done more to change the energy future than any other thing and it's made the united states the superpower planned. everybody said we're running out of gas and now we have hundreds of years of it. hunost: independent find. >> caller: and the only nex explanation i can find for him to be on the show is greeted. i didn't catch the beginning [inaudible]] this is all about greed and gaining money and extracting. there's this thing people talk t about a frog in a pan of water and he doesn't realize it is flailing and is already dead. now they will have to deal with the consequences of that. thank you. >> guest: my organization has an $8 million budget or less. fromave several hundred thousand donors. there's a lot more from the industry let's be clear aboutry? that.mental greed is a motivator in the industry. i try t tried to promote the pot that i think are best and ihe wd think we are over regulated and have too much government. the fact is one of the things president trump said

george mitchell from the middle east peace under president obama. he also is a former democratic senator. so senator mitchell, an honor and privilege to have you on, sir. welcome back. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> just hearing phil say, well, at least things didn't get worse, was the bar that low? >> well, i think president trump has a great opportunity today in his meeting with the secretary general of nato. for the past few months, president trump has been critical of nato and very praising and supportive of president putin. >> correct. now it's like -- >> right. >> but during that time, his appointee, secretary of state, united nations have had the opposite statements. i hope that the president himself personally today will bring american policy into the line that has been set by his appointees, that we are friends and supporters of nato. it's an important alliance. not just for the europeans but for the united states of america. this was part of an effort after the second war led by the united states to encourage stability and peace in euro

george mitchell would come to trump tower, and he would tell you here is how it works. he would happily tell you that, if you just took the time during the transition to have this kind of inquisitive mind what is it i'm getting into. >> i don't think he has that inquisitive mind. i don't think there is any national politician i've ever known in my journalistic career who has been uninterested in policy or as ill informed about policy as president trump. and i think this was compounded by the fact that he essentially wanted to blow up system that he didn't understand and was trying to recruit allies who also wanted to blow it up because they had that instinct were unfamiliar with what they were trying to blow up. that's why he indeed of the top 550 positions of the administration he has only nominated 10% of them. he doesn't have allies around the gofrt. >> 200 vacant jobs at the state department. charlie sykes, the incoming presidents have all somewhere been on the scale of egomaniac to go off in that direction in the first place. but they have all had some measure of h

george mitchell had been on the ground. we were looking at banks whether it was u.s.an banks opening up branches bridges in syria. i did a report exclusively on at the time. we went to the domestic's domestics stock exchange which open at the time. we went to restaurants. we were of course followed by our government in france. this is an interview. and at i producer at the top. he at the time was his number two. at the time before the attack wanted the economy of syria to grow and prosper they wanted to build the middle class. of course all of that changed in 2011. he is now working with united nations. there are several reports that he is working now with the opposition and i have several contacts that i don't name of safety concerns but that are in turkey now. 500,000 dead. and finally the united states is walking the talk. ths what needed to happen. we launched as the nation. a nation. the creation of the dictator. i like what the senator just told us earlier. the era of leading from behind is over. how that redline response compares to former president obama's in

george spoke about efforts to end a bill. up next on american history tv, senator mitchell's press conference followed by reaction from republican leader robert dole. it is about one hour. the beginning of this congress, i said

george w. bush refused to criticize him. although that is frustrating some democratic activists, lester? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> there is new information about a pair of incidents on airplanes which passengers were mistreated caught on videotape sparking outrage. the latest on an american airlines flight when a misunderstanding over a stroller turned physical. it comes after the infamous dragging of a passenger on a united flight. here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: tonight, the mother of twins involved in the confrontation with an american flight attendant that went viral. >> just give me back my stroller, please. >> reporter: hired an attorney. >> she is a typical mother traveling with two children with all sorts of stuff, and the fact is she was treated very, very shabbily. >> reporter: thomas is the same attorney representing dr. david dao. the united passenger who suffered serious injuries while being dragged off a plane in chicago. and tonight, for the first time we're hearing the radio traffic telling security officers to head to dr. dao's plane. >> disturbance, charlie three on the

george spoke about efforts to end a bill. up next on american history tv, senator mitchell's press conference followed by reaction from republican leader robert dole. it is about one hour. the beginning of this congress, i said that passing health care reform would be a hype priority. i repeated that at the beginning of this year and said i would give it my close attention. two years ago, americans faced a judgment at the polls. the nations problems had been subordinated for too long to problems abroad. the pressure on middle income families, violent crime, college health crimeflated cost all made americans ask is here in washington to focus on american needs. resident clinton with a budget that cuts the deficit and has contributed to the cuts of more than 4 million jobs in the last two years and legislation to increase college loans, speed up the introduction of new technology and the economic prosperity they promise. we made a strong effort to reform the existing system so that every american can afford private health care insurance as good as that which covers senators and members of the house of representatives. the resident

mitchell: these were tanks that the french provided the americans. although he was not in charge of the tank corps, the most famous anker was george s patton. susan: here again, there was no air force, this was the army air corps? how significant was their ontribution to the effort? mitchell: it really depended on the battle. as you can see, it was often cloudy in northern france. sometimes planes did not get up into the air because the cloud cover was so low. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] bombing was in its infancy, but planes would have been used more for reconnaissance alerting the troops. the artillery, where the enemy was, or where there was a large concentration of enemy rucks. they mentioned the barrage, the idea of the barrage was an artillery fire that provides some cover for the american troops. they would time it so the artillery would go ahead of the troops and move it forward. it did not always work out that way and you did have instances of friendly fire. allison: a

george w. bush administration. during their meeting, the american press corps was on the outskirts of the photo op between condi rice and andrea mitchellgan to ask questions which is what they do but the sudanese did not like that and started shouting at the reporter. watch the way the u.s. people in the room responded. watch how the state department responded. >> don't ever touch our journalists again. >> did you catch that? we put a subtitle on that so you can catch that. i want to replay this. this is one of the american people on the trip with the secretary of state and watch -- just watch what he does when the sudanese start pushing around the reporters. just watch. what happened in sudan in 2005 is that andrea mitchell shouts out this question. the sudanese grab her and she gets thrown out. and this official from the u.s. state department steps up, as you saw there, never touch our journalists again. now, that was news itself when it happened. but after that happened, the secretary of state at the time, condoleezza rice to her credit but also because it's what you expect of an american secretary of state, she made a huge issue of

. >> local i'm george i work for d s t it's been a good experience for me helped me reestablish mitchels being my work ethic and helped me try to regain a status in life to where i have housing and a full-time job opportunities and its been a good thing to beautiful the civic center area union square and other areas so we feel good about that and hopefully, we're a positive force for the city and whoever is involved in our existence in our future thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is otto and support mayday in its fullest meaning if you look at the image here who know that he was a chemist i hope that some of the people practicing the religion if we continue to take as important a focus on the things he i am not i don't believe in kick california comes around but jose recognizes a problem with superficial like alternating traffic parents is not remotely enough how hard to get electrical vehicles we are scraping the surface an approach to global climatic change will not displace people long term residents not at that particular time w

mitchell report." i did get the memo about socks, but my argyles were at the laundry. there is one name that hasn't come up yet. where is george h.w. bush in all this? what does that tell us about the pardons? malcolm: excellent question. george h.w. bush was making sure he left no footprints in the sand wherever he went. if i can find a document here -- he, as you remember, came under -- as you remember, 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 wasn't in the loop, i wasn't in the cockpit. he was trying to show himself simultaneously as right there with the gipper and yet conveniently offstage when trouble hit. 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 saga that partly answers your question of, what was the reaction of the administration to the investigations? sad to say, the reaction of several key officials was to take their personal note and hide them and withhold them from the independent counsel who was treated as the devil in

. >> local i'm george i work for d s t it's been a good experience for me helped me reestablish mitchels being my work ethic and helped me try to regain a status in life to where i have housing and a full-time job opportunities and its been a good thing to beautiful the civic center area union square and other areas so we feel good about that and hopefully, we're a positive force for the city and whoever is involved in our existence in our future thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is otto and support mayday in its fullest meaning if you look at the image here who know that he was a chemist i hope that some of the people practicing the religion if we continue to take as important a focus on the things he i am not i don't believe in kick california comes around but jose recognizes a problem with superficial like alternating traffic parents is not remotely enough how hard to get electrical vehicles we are scraping the surface an approach to global climatic change will not displace people long term residents not at that particular time w

. >> local i'm george i work for d s t it's been a good experience for me helped me reestablish mitchels being my work ethic and helped me try to regain a status in life to where i have housing and a full-time job opportunities and its been a good thing to beautiful the civic center area union square and other areas so we feel good about that and hopefully, we're a positive force for the city and whoever is involved in our existence in our future thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is otto and support mayday in its fullest meaning if you look at the image here who know that he was a chemist i hope that some of the people practicing the religion if we continue to take as important a focus on the things he i am not i don't believe in kick california comes around but jose recognizes a problem with superficial like alternating traffic parents is not remotely enough how hard to get electrical vehicles we are scraping the surface an approach to global climatic change will not displace people long term residents not at that particular time w