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explain how he got hold of the private tax records of george wallace, the alabama governor who is going to run for president against nixon in '7 and what he ultimately did to the source? >> that was a bizarre story and led to an article of proposed article of impeachment against nixon because he actually for a time anderson managed to cultivate nixon as a source, and nixon through his -- >> top people? >> with nixon's go ahead clearly with the green light from the president illegally leaked the confidential tax records of a nixon rival, george wallace. >> irs documents? >> secret irs documents, and the irs went berserk when they discovered what the white house this done but anderson and nixon both benefited. anderson, he got the great scoop, nixon because he helped sideline a rival for his re-election. >> after that story exploded, anderson revealed where he got the documents, didn't he? >> he bit the hand that leaked to him and jack anderson in his own way had a certain integrity. he would take dirt from anybody, but if he found something bigger on you, he'd burn you, too, because his

and at 5:00 p.m., george wallace the king of comedy in clubs now on television and the vegas strip. george is in the "cnn newsroom" today talking about his unique las vegas act. hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. it's sunday, october 3rd. let's get started with the new travel alert. if you or your family members are headed to kwraourpb ed ted state department wants you to be extra vigilant. al qaeda and its affiliates continue to plan terrorist attacks. the alert urges americans to be conscious of their surroundings and to be aware of the potential for terrorists to target tourist sites, airports and mass transit. americans aren't the only ones on alert. britain is changing its travel advisory for its citizens in france and in germany from a substantial threat of terrorism to a high threat. cnn senior international correspondent nic robertson is in hamburg, germany, what kind of precautions are people being asked to take, nic? >> reporter: the main one is really to beville lent. that's what we hear across europe and specifically for americans right now is to avoid t

comic george wallace is in the house with me today talking about his unique act in las vegas. you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. if you are traveling to europe or you have loved ones there, the u.s. state department wants you to be particularly vigilant. an alert issued by the u.s. state department says information indicates that al qaeda and its affiliates continue to plan terrorist attacks. it urges americans to be aware of their surroundings and to be aware of the potential for terrorist who attack public transportation systems and other tourist relate locations. what do you do to keep your family safe if in europe? does this alert mean that americans at this juncture should cancel or avoid plans to travel to europe all-together? >> reporter: no not at all. the state department is emphasizing that it is not saying don't visit europe or even that favorite tourist attraction in europe but avoid large crowds, demonstrations. terrorists are like car thieves looking for the easiest target. don't frequent areas americans are known to congregate. if there's a h

as soon as we go to commercial break, so i interviewed george wallace, right after the martin lutherg rally, iave a dream. why didn't we talk about that? you've got it all in your head. what are we talking about? pervez musharraf. they set up a kevlar front to the desk. there were two guys with pakistani secret service. i said, what is that for exactly? he said, if anyone does get a weapon in here and they make a move, we will dive on the president and put him below the kevlar. and i said, you know, i'm going to be actually also sitting out there. and the guy, he gets real quiet and he goes, you should duck. what? >> larry: this whole mess -- and it is a mess in many areas. >> sure. >> larry: why did it -- is it obama's failure to -- >> i don't know that the -- he did not arrive in a pristine environment and throw mud on the walls. i think it's hard to unravel. i think the difficulty of the mess is that the problem solving apparatus is not really rewarded for pragmatic solutions. it's rewarded to keep sort of very entrenched interests that occupy washington afloat. it's a -- >> larry

governor george wallace is who he is like when it comes down to gay adoption. he said he thought it was inappropriate. when he ran in 2006, he said that jim davis did not have the values he possessed. that is not in the state statute. that is his opinion. you want a leader that can stand on behalf of the people in a time of need, not when it is politically convenient. marco rubio is willing to go along with the tea party and everyone else on the radical right on issues verses standing with floridians. >> we have less than one minute left he just called to governor wallace. you have 15 seconds to respond. >> nobody has fought hard for minorities in the state that i have. i've fought for civil rights change. >> this is the issue of gay adoption and now you want to be the biggest cheerleader. >> if you want somebody on the far right, you get marco rubio, on the far left kendrickmeek. >> we could go on all night. we have 15 seconds left, thank you all very much thank you to my colleagues as well. we will see you later. [captioning performed by national captioning i

george wallace could win the south in 1968, but for whatever reason, and it may be his own shortcomingsoric is getting fierce and ugly and i am not seeing where our country is headed in a positive way. >> two quick things. there is the reason they were called the greatest generation. they dealt with enormous crises. crises that threatened to the survival of the country. they destroyed extraordinary character in the process in a boomer -- in the process. in a boomer. i am not proud of the attitude of a lot of boomers who are at 9.5% unemployment. to put it in context with earlier economic threats to the survival of the country, imagine how things might have been different if barack obama, in his first week of presidency, imply that that he was a different kind of liberal and that he knows that we are spending money to meet the emergency. we cannot sustain this. we all know that. i am going to appoint a hoover commission. i would say the jimmy carter and h. w. bush. maybe jimmy carter and colin powell, to figures that are of enormous public respect. they're going to come back to me in 18

then you have to go back to george wallace. many americans will say it is a good idea, but i do not know how viable it is. host: richard, on the republican line. caller: i have a question for you. isn't the president of the united states supposed to represent the whole nation? this guy is running around the country campaigning and raising money for the democrats. how about the republicans of? he is not representing the republicans at all guest: that is a good question. and of course, obama is not the first. george bush was campaigning while in the white house for public in candidates. if you go back, richard nixon as well. it is a time-honored tradition. who is not paid for by the federal government. those are private funds raised for those campaigns. and president obama is certainly out a lot now campaigning for democratic candidates and makes no bones about it. whether or not it is excessive will have to wait for people to comment. host: and what about the president's role in the voters' choices? guest: is a good question and

then you have to go back to george wallace.ricans will say it is a good idea, but i do not know how viable it is. host: richard, on the republican line. caller: i have a question for you. isn't the president of the united states supposed to represent the whole nation? this guy is running around the country campaigning and raising money for the democrats. how about the republicans of? he is not representing the republicans at all guest: that is a good question. and of course, obama is not the first. george bush was campaigning while in the white house for public in candidates. if you go back, richard nixon as well. it is a time-honored tradition. who is not paid for by the federal government. the are private funds raised for those campaigns. and president obama is certainly out a lot now campaigning for democratic candidates and makes no bones about it. whether or not it is excessive will have to wait for people to comment. host: and what about the president's role in the voters' choices? guest: is a good question and, in fact,

who called from alabama reminded me that back in the 60's -- i'm old enough to remember when george wallace ran for president and he ran as both a democrat and a republican. host: in 1968. caller: he said there's not a dime's worth of difference between the parties. that's why her point about showing the picture that includes mcconnell and boehner is critical in that. the democrats and republicans are the problem, they're not the solution. that's why i wouldn't join either one of them with a gun to my head. and my point is this, those of us who know american history, the lady from cuba she's calling in throwing around all these europeanisms, because she has to get out of cuba behind fide el castro. the simple fact of the matter is that the united states of america was a compromised country 150 years before the constitution. the way i live here in witched, virginia, i see the thing -- richmond virginia i see the thing on the wall every day about thomas jefferson. it states specifically that you don't have to pass any religious test to serve in office in america, yet and still you've got peop

state which has led some scholars to position the conservative movement buckley created in the george wallace camp. but buckley also understood that politics was the art of the possible. here we support of the most conservative candidate who could win an election. never forgetting that she could not advance conservative and politically if you asked an election entirely on principle. it's quick that quote i would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the boston phone book then by all the two dozen at harvard, unquote, would've been unimaginable coming from the mouth of a conservative two decades earlier. buckley also imposed order to conservative son, tennessee conservative pote, excavating those figures from the movement like ivory and rubber welch of the birch society whose views were too extreme for political success. and welcoming those whose views weren't extreme, such as the neoconservatives in the 1970's. an additional crucial development for conservative political organization in the 1950's and 1960's was the entry of youth into the ruling. armor to row once wrote about the old

i think that the republican establishment, the democratic establishment, it is like the old george wallaceference between the two of them. >> ok, hey, glenn, let me ask you. in your mind, what high profile person represents a truly independent voice? >> there have actually been several in history, and if you think of them, there was ralph nader and pat buchanan and other people like that ", not allowed in the debates because they are controlled by the two parties who are controlled by the big corporations, and none of this, there is not going to treat -- not going to be any serious a big change until the citizens start breaking up the two-party system. it is kind of amazing. >> ok, does that mean that you are neither going to vote for a democrat or republican? >> in no case. one other point, if i may. in some of the western european nations, for example, they have 1/10 or less of our population and in some cases 1% or 2% of our population, which is, like, god, 300 million people now, and some of the nation's have 5% for viable political parties. >> we are going to leave it here. we are goi

he is saying that that george governor wallace to came down on gay adoptions for the state. he stood and fought was inappropriate. when he ran against jim davidson in 2006, he said that jim davis did not have the values that he possessed. that is not in the state statute. that is his opinion. we get a leader that will stand on behalf of the people of the state of florida in their time of need, not when it is politically convenient. marco rubio raised another good point here. the fact that he is willing to go along with the tea party and everyone else on the radical right. >> he just called you governor wallace. take 15 seconds to respond. >> he stood in the schoolhouse door on this issue. >> could i just answer? >> no one fought harder for non art is in the state and i have. i also rise. [unintelligible] >> you stood firm on the issue of gay adoption and now you want to be the big cheerleader. >> if you want someone on the far right, marco rubio. someone on the far left, kendrick meet. >> we could go on all night but we have to live there. thank you all very much. it was a s

wallace. you've seen here before. she was communications director for george w. bush. senior adviser to john mccain and sarah palin. great to have you again this morning. i love this book. i read it straight through. and that makes sense. i'm a junkie. i worked in the white house. you get all of the details right. but it's also much more than that. it's like a fantasy thriller for women. >> it was a fantasy. after two presidential campaigns. one where we won, and one where we lost and 5 1/2 years in the white house, i was ready for a little fantasy myself. i created a fictional world. and lived out my fantasies, about a woman becoming president. she was a moderate republican from northern california. i've been struck that there's not been a woman chief of staff. >> and your character is a very experienced chief of staff. how do you explain there hasn't been a woman chief of staff? >> this is something. you and i have talked about this. this is almost more inexplicable to me. women in the staff level, are quite powerful. with george w. bush, the white house was ruled by woman. and president obama has strong, smart w

a new politico george washington university poll shows that republicans now held a 14-point edge among in thes. that is a big switch. nicolle wallacee house communications director under president george w. bush and senior adviser to senator john mccain's presidential campaign. her new book "18 acres" is a novel, fiction here about the united states first female president. nicolle, congratulations. if i seem tired today it's because i was up until 4:00 in the morning. >> i told you, andrea mitchell read my book. >> so much fun. it's the white house land, you don't realize when you're driving along how big it is. >> right. >> how big the campus is. we'll talk about the book in a second. i wanted to ask you about this extraordinary election because republicans have staged quite a comeback. what are the risks for republicans if they take over the house, let's just say, and just decide that they, as mitch mcconnell told a national journal he was going to do, just focus on defeating barack obama rather than figuring out tou to gove gov next two years. >> defeating obama's agenda is going to be sufficient for republican voters and suffic

george? >> neal karlinsky, thanks very much. >>> so much to talk about in the final days before the elections. let's bring in donna brazile, democratic strategist, one of our guests here at abc. and nicolle wallace, author "eighteen acres." donna, i'll start with you. the president going on jon stewart last night. do you think he made the sale with stewart and his viewers? >> i think so, george. the president is trying to reach out to those who are still undecided and perhaps those who are uninspired about the choices they face in five days. but president obama is a strong closer. he understands what's at stake. and i believe, showing up on the jon stewart show, with over a million viewers, will help the president reach the base that he needs to keep control of the house and senate. >> now, the base viewers of jon stewart are not base republican voters. they're going to see a lot of clips today. what do you think the average republican voter in this midterm election is going to see when they watch that interview? >> i'm a fan of jon stewart. and i think it's always impressive and admirable when a president goes outside the political press corps. but i think the optics of begging jon stewart's fo

wallace j. -- the "wall street journal." now, onto karen hughes. she served as counselor to president george of the bush from 2001 through 2002, advising the president on communications. she returned to texas on 2002 but continued serving as an informal advisor for the president and she served as a consultant for the 2004 bush /cheney reelection campaign. she served as director of communications for the governor bush in texas and was a past executive director of the republican party in texas and a former tv news reporter for the nbc affiliate in dallas-fort worth. both mark and karen have opening remarks to make. we will begin with mark. >> i think as we look at the likely results of the midterms, i think karen was going to go through in a little bit more detailed the current republican projections, and every day, the republicans come out another 10, 50, 60, 70. i do not know where it will come out, but we think expectations have run away a little bit from the polling, which shows most of the race is very close, within the margin of error and where turnout and the final five days are going t