and he is the nominee. >> now it's true what george wallace said.s to end this war, there isn't a dime of difference there between humphrey and nixon. >> vice president humphrey remains by any basis of measurement available a complete underdog. >> my feeling is if he could cut himself off from the president, be his own man, that he has a chance of winning this election and would make it very easy for all of us to support him. >> humphrey desperately needed to separate himself from the administration, and he did. >> i think the greatest task of statesmanship is to find a way to conclude and bring that war in southeast asia to an end. >> the public was so happy that there was some movement towards peace in vietnam. humphrey was back in the game, and it was neck and neck. >> from nbc news election central, nixon is the one. that's the natural banner for any spritely front page tonight. 94% of the popular vote is counted. there are the numbers. >> it was one of the closest elections in american history. closer even than when nixon lost to kennedy eight

. >> there was a third-party candidate in this election, george wallace.allace was not affected by the vietnam issue. he was going to have a certain amount of support in the south come what may. >> there's not a dime's worth of difference in either one of the two parties. and if they don't give the people a choice, we're going to give them a choice by having a new party. >> it was just a plain, ordinary, anti-government streak in him. it was his act. you bastards in washington are not going to tell me what to do. >> and you anarchists had better have your day now, because i tell you again, you're through after november 5th in this country. ♪ ♪here i am. rock you like a hurricane♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. >>> you go ahead. >> ladies and gentlemen, could you lower those signs, please? i have some very sad news for all of you. and i think sad news for all of our fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world. and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. [ audience s

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wallace was -- george wallace was a former governor of california.he has been essentially his whole life running for office. his early political career had been known in alabama politics as according to one press account "the number one do-gooder and the legislature." he was a little voice in alabama politics. until he ran for governor in 1958 and was defeated by an opponent holster is racial -- who stressed racial segregation as the main issue and famously after that election and i have to say an ugly word to quote wallace accurately, he said "i will never be out-niggered again." he was the candidate of racial segregation and elected. he stood in the schoolhouse door if you will of the university of alabama in symbolic resistance to integration of the university. in 1964, entered democratic primary against president johnson in the north who thought like robert e lee taking the offensive and to pennsylvania. wallace took his campaign and to the north in 1964 and won 30% or 40%. in 1968, he was term limited, so he couldn't run for another term as gove

in the florida primary, thereby effectively ending george wallace's ten -- ten year to run for the presidency nearby vanquishing the nation's most meritorious segregationist from political viability. and i don't think jimmy carter gives the credit he deserves for having done that in 1976. he goes on to the democratic national convention where he wins the nomination on the first ballot and then into the general election. he is flying high until he decides to give an interview to playboy magazine which appears on september 20th just a few weeks before the election. and this is the famous interview where he said that he ignores that he had lost after a woman other than his own wife, a statement that for evangelicals is the only on remarkable, utterly and remarkable, but the press picked up on this and made a huge spectacle of it. then carter began to sink in the polls. he lost 15 percentage points an approval rating on favorability rating after the playboy interview. the election over gerald ford and begins his presidency. i am happy to talk about the presidency itself. i'm conscious of time her

. >>> our guest today on "meet the press" is governor george c. wallace of alabama.tate is the only one in the country today whose schools are completely segregated. next week the issue heads for a climax when two negro students will seek to enroll at the university of alabama. governor wallace has been quoted as saying he will personally bar their entrance despite a federal court order and a threat of federal troops. >> can they be enrolled without the use of troops? >> of course i -- we'll have to wait and see exactly what transpires on that occasion. >> at the center of this potential storm are two young negro students. vivian malone and jimmy hood. she's 20 years old, made the national honor society when she attended a segregated high school in her hometown of mobile, alabama. he's also 20, was president of his class in high school at gadsston, alabama, and president of the student council. >> well, i feel like it won't be as much trouble as has been on other campuses. but it will be bad news when the n-- comes in. >> does the government plan to use federal marsh

1968 the simmering anger that attended the third-party candidacy of former alabama governor george c wallace, which always seemed to be on the threshold of breaking violence.ctual 1968 was by any reckoning a turbulent year. i have talked about the democratic side of this. the republicans, meanwhile, were conducting a fairly conventional contest for their party's nomination in which the three beingcontenders ended up governor nelson rockefeller of new york, what an unlikely , aracter he was third-generation rockefeller. when he was born, his birth was announced on the first -- on the front page of the new york times. he ended up spending a career in public service. in some point, he decided he wanted to go out and ask people for their votes and ran for governor of new york and turned out to have a wonderful sort of common touch. the novelty of seeing a rockefeller even hotdog on a street corner in new york city was just a resting -- arresting. was reelected in 1962 and reelected in 1966. he played a kind of hamlet role during the first few months of 1968. will he get into the contest for the

people say seasonically on the issues of race is trying to appeal what was known in 72 as the george wallacevoters. the regul the segregationists. pair doxically nixon is fighting but as like reagan you had to win over some of blue collar workers and go group by group. for example the teamsters were more apt to vote republican than say the united mine workers were. >> robby calling in from florida, independent line. how, robby. >> caller: hi, there. i want to thank you mr. brinkley on his hard work in putting out his book. i wanted to say one thing. nixon was the beginning of party against party. according to george washington in his fair well addresses when he was leaving office. our founder said that the spirit although inacceseneinaccepterab nature that without looking forward to an extremity of this kind which would never be entirely out-of-sight, the spirit of this party is sufficient to make the interested duty of wise people discouraged. it serves to distract the public counsel in favor of the public administration. agitate the community. >> all right robby. i think we got the point.

about investigation about george wallace and his brother. he gave assurances that the report was for the president. the report from i.r.s. commissioner thrower was requested on this basis received and given to halderman. material contained in that report was there after transmitted to jack anderson a syndicated columnist. portions of the material was potentially dangerous to wallace, published nationally on april 19, several weeks before the primary election. both of these actions were a gross abuse of the i.r.s. as an agency of government and incidentally a violation of federal law. now i ask you, who was it that maintained political enemies left in an effort to get back at them? it was the administration of richard nixon. who was it that released potentially damaging tax information about the governor of alabama, the aids of richard nixon. on another subject of gross abuse, who was it that frustrated that ultimate date with justice that awaited daniel elseberg and anthony russo. was it some left wing radical liberal plot, no my friends it

law and order matter of fact one richard nixon's main concern was that george wallace my outlaw in order richard nixon who wanted most of these dixiecrats who you know who could no longer use racial terminology and racism to gain power so they used law in order busing and the and that type of thing so bad that sort of that sort of push the kerner commission off to the off to the side but you know what i can love for us to go back and dust the kerner commission off because there are some excellent recommendations in that report well and that applied and yeah much like back then we have unemployment in the african-american community among young young people is what in the neighborhood of fifty percent on recalling correctly and in across the board in that it's in the high twenty's and they don't want to know and i. suppose it probably depends on geography but. this is not just a moral crime it's an economic or it's not just an economic crime it's a more crime what do we do about that i mean it's interesting because the so part of my work looks at the screen look at the school to prison pip

in the spring of 1970, george wallace was not governor of alabama, but engaged in a heated contest with then-governor brewer who had succeeded governor wallace on her death in 1968. the decision was made by whom i don't know, but i think you can be certain it was in the highest counsels of the white house, that this success of governor wallace in a democratic primary in the state of alabama would somehow incompatible with the interests of the nixon administration. so what did they do? well, it's a specific instance of mr. higbee, primary assistant to mr. haulderman, chief of staff to the president, $400,000 in funds left over from the 1968 presidential campaign was funneled into alabama in a devious and undercover manner in an unsuccessful effort to defeat governor wallace. there's direct evidence to this from mr. krommback before this committee in this room. then in early 1970, hr haulderman directed a special counsel from the president to obtain a report from the irs about the investigation of george wallace and his brothers. haulderman gave assurances the report was for the president

when george wallace ran as a democrat, was out of the race in november, and civil rights as an issue was over. protestantouthern moved into the nixon coalition and the northern catholics and the goldwaterites and nixon ites. that is how we did it. wereey thing here -- we talking earlier -- that was revolution in 1968. social, cultural, moral, everything was up for grabs. the whole revolution was contained inside the democratic party. the demonstrators at columbia, the liberal democrats, occupying professors offices, cops beating up demonstrators. e wallace folks and the urban writers were both democrats -- rioters were both democrats. >> you were friends with him for the rest of his life. adams -- i d, dr. would heads down, 60 miles south of montgomery, i would get off the plane in a state trooper was there. "the governor like to see you, mr. b cannon. -- buchanan." i got to know him very well. he had been up on the mountaintop. we talked about the campaigns and things he did. he didn't like the press, either. >> you are a friend of barry goldwater's until the end. for goldwateren ba

christian movement for human rights. 100 business men signed that, even though it was against george wallace's. but it worked and changed and people suddenly acted different and we never had problems at the lunch counters. the reason was that the south was basically comfortable racially. and but for a few hoodlums and once established citizens and good folk reigned in the if you hoodlum, we were able to move forward and with the help of a courageous congress and coming together of the churches and business community behind the congress with the president, they were able to pass the 1964 civil rights act. don't forget the 100 businessmen agreed to it a year before congress passed. so when i said that to harry oppenheimer in south africa, he said do you think that would work in south africa? i said sure. any time 100 business men decide that they are going to change the society and they are far more vulnerable than congressmen, takes 50% to change 51 to change congressmen. you hit a businessman in the pocketbook and you got his soul. [ applause ] at least his attention. so we took some of the sa

george wallace saying shout out to my friend robin williams 63 great years of laughter, rest in peace and jenny mccarthy saying rest in peace to one of the greatest comedic and dramatic actors of our time miss you very much. greta. >> trace, if you will stand by with us. he we will go with michael tamara who is host of in the fox light. michael? >> hey, greta. good evening. can you hear me. >> good evening. live right now at the red carpet for the new movie freedomming and premiering. it's tough news. people are in shock tonight. >> i imagine -- i can't even imagine a red carpet. i imagine this is going down the red carpet so quickly everyone hearing the news statement from his life is heart breaking. he made us laugh so much. tonight he does the opposite to us. >> one of the great, great talents. so many good movies. goodwill hunting, fisher king, oscar for goodwill hunting one those roles made us laugh and made us cry. a lot of people wrapped their arms around this news tonight as it breaks. >> if he were here the question i would always want to act why are you such a great actor? h

democratic party which was the overwhelmingly dominant party was crack apart into four parts, george wallace, bobby kennedy on the left, joining the social revolution and lyndon johnson in the center. i don't see the possibility for any more 49-state landslides like nixon got in 1972 but i do think there's a narrow path to victory in 2016. >> one last question about nixon. we recently had doug brinkley on the show, to talk about his new book, how callus nixon sounded about the juice, japanese, and those from india. you paint a much more compassionate picture than what some of those tapes show. was he any more callus than some of his predecessors and sit fair to judge him by today's standards? >> i'm sure lyndon johnson used language in his private moments that would shock nixon. you mention negative comments about jewish folks in the oval office. at the same time richard nixon launched the air lift that saved israel in the yom kippur war. golda maier said richard nixon was the best friend israel ever had. so there's no doubts that there are moments in there with haldeman and er ehrlichman. h

. >> george wallace saw the growing civil rights movement as part of a communist conspiracy. >> they'veert on every possible issue that could be used to exploit the american negro. in its effort to influence the negro by the purpose of stirring up racial hatred. >> in the name of national security, attorney general robert kennedy gave the fbi permission to tap the telephones of martin luther king and his colleagues. j. edgar hoover chief of the fbi was convinced that the civil rights movement had been infiltrated by communists. >> a truly fascinating portion of history. you can tune in saturday for the next installment of the landmark series. >>> coming up next here a check of the international weather. plus this 99-year-old woman could put you to shame errol. how she manages to keep sprinting on at her age. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. so i get invited to quite a few f

following the controversial shooting of candidate george wallace whether they were candidates for thepresidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. you've got one u.s. senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. you give him secret service coverage throughout the campaign. he said, i understand. i don't like to give him something but at the same time -- >> if he gets shot it's our fault. >> you understand what the problem is. if you the son of a -- gets shot they'll say he didn't furnish it. we buy his insurance. after the election he won't get a thing. if he gets shot, it's too bad. >> there's the tough thing. he can't stand ted kennedy. he trails kennedy around. he said i will get a secret service guy but i want him to be a spy for me. he even uses secret service guy not to use. after the election pull the secret service guy and who cares if he gets killed. that's the kind of quote, parts of the tape that just damages nixon's representation terribly because, you know, a dead kennedy is not -- talking about it in that kind of fashion after we ex

have equal rights to think of it another way if there had been a foreign aid program that's why george wallace both suffered for his segregation regime in alabama what we object to that because it was in fact financing the material welfare products to improve the well-being of blacks in alabama or do we object to death because they have their own principles that they had the segregationist principles and it has to be one first and then we will talk about operationalizing i know that it's not going to help you do your job if you are working on for development but i hope it is the point of view that will open things that indirectly will help you do your job in the long run. but in addressing the roots of the poverty, we need not just the right operations, we need the right principles. we need to get the principals right before asking. and that's what has not been happening in the economic development that we fundamentally are not at the level that we really do care enough about the rights of the poor and we would protest when there is a rights violation in uganda. that is a debate that must have

like george wallace campaigning in harlem. >> have you seen my face? >> you guys be careful.hat's your name? >> louis striker. >> thank you, brother striker. >> john dunham. >> feels like a mouseketeer show, annette. you guys take care of yourself. i won't forget you. >> i imagine him being like that on the uso tours. was he? >> he was. and, you know what? when you're on the inside and we're traveling so much and we were just -- the travel to get to those extreme places. you see when somebody really wants to turn it on when they're in front of a crowd. and when they retreat or they're in their own space, then you see if they're into it or not. the guy was so into it. i mean, those soldiers and those troops and the men and women that serve our country that. >> should know he was obsessed with them. he loved them. he loved being there. and to be a part of it and just cruise along and watch his passion and see him interact with people, and even when we had downtime, so he is just cracking the rest of us up, whether it be me orchid rock or louis black or whoever, it's some of the

in 1968 alabama and mississippi voted for segregationist george wallace.governor of alabama and four-time presidential candidate who became a symbol of resistance to the civil rights movement. well known for famously blocking a door at the university of alabama in 1963 to prevent black students from enrolling. since 1972 when richard nixon carried 78% of the vote in mississippi and 72% in alabama, both states have voted solidly republican. that was, of course, the nikds southern strategy. the exception was in 1976 when jimmy carter swept the south. in 2012, president obama won just 38% of the vote in alabama and 44% in mississippi. alabama didn't elect republican senator by popular vote until 1980. now the state hasn't elected a democrat since 1992, when voters picked richard shelby. he switched to gop two years later. this year jeff sessions is running unopposed after alabama democrats failed to field a candidate against him. the only state where a major party did not run a nominee. wow. republicans have held both senate seats in mississippi since the ret

the two students, vivian malone, and james hood, for the expected confrontation with governor george wallace're being admitted to the university of alabama. vivian, by the way, is the sister of sharon malone, the wife of the current attorney general, eric holder. >> meetings will be held in this particular area. and you should dress as if you were going to church, for example, modestly, neatly, or like you're going to school the first day and you should remember that it's a very dignified, orderly procedure, and it won't take very long, and i'll be there, undoubtedly the governor of the state will be there. >> finally, here's the nation-changing speech president kennedy gave on national television that very evening. a speech and a moment many americans, especially those still being denied their civil rights, will never forget. a u.s. president putting his full moral authority behind the cause. >> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and it is clear as the american constitution. >> wow. it's because of robert drew, the documentarian that the story of

and then presidential candidate george wallace spoke at fancy farm in '75, three years after survivingation attempt. >> i feel that government in the last number of years -- i hope you can get that fixed. that was just a bull -- bulb, but i'm a little gunshy. >> fancy farm isn't so quiet any more. last year organizers warned crowds this is a church picnic. we want everyone to enjoy themselves, but please no profanity. that was a warning because that came after this memorable moment from kentucky attorney general jack conway invoking former kentucky senator wendell ford back in 2009. >> you all with holler all you want at me and i can hear you. just like wendell used to say, you know what, go ahead and chew on my hide. chew on it. it only grows back tougher. i've been around a while and you're looking at one tough son of a bitch. >> conway will be there again because he's running for governor. so will his opponent, rand paul. but of course the main event is the matchup between republican senator mitch mcconnell and his democratic chal earn, alison grimes who last shared a stage at fancy

cynically on issues of race that he's trying to appeal to, you know, to what becomes known s george wallace voters, segregation in some ways, yet pair docks i canly, nixon is fighting for desegregation and for even affirmative action. figure, ry paradoxical but he thought, like reagan, today win over some of the blue-collar labor workers and go group by group. for example, the teamsters were more apt to vote republican than, say, the united nine workers were. host: robby calling in from florida, independent line. hi, robby. caller: hi there. can you hear me? host: we're listening, ma'am. caller: i just wanted to thank mr. brinkley on his hard work, and i just wanted to say one thing, that nixon was the beginning of party against party. according to george washington in his farewell address as he was leaving office, our founder said that the spirit of our nature is rooted in the strongest passions of the human mind, but the alternate domination of one faction over another sharpened by the spirit of revenge had perpetrated the and without looking forward to an extremity of his time, what shou

cynically on issues of race that he's trying to appeal to, you know, to what becomes known s george wallaceers, segregation in some ways, yet pair docks i canly, nixon is fighting for desegregation and for even affirmative action. figure, ry paradoxical but he thought, like reagan, today win over some of the blue-collar labor workers and go group by group. for example, the teamsters were more apt to vote republican than, say, the united nine workers were. host: robby calling in from florida, independent line. hi, robby. caller: hi there. can you hear me? host: we're listening, ma'am. caller: i just wanted to thank mr. brinkley on his hard work, and i just wanted to say one thing, that nixon was the beginning of party against party. according to george washington in his farewell address as he was leaving office, our founder said that the spirit of our nature is rooted in the strongest passions of the human mind, but the alternate domination of one faction over another sharpened by the spirit of revenge had perpetrated the and without looking forward to an extremity of his time, what should n

george wallace energized a backlash at that time.inntually ronald reagan won 1980, and this is well chronicled by various historians. swing one wayto too far without swinging right back in the other direction. we are in that backward swing period as far as the rise of conservatives. at the same time, i don't think that barack obama energization is going to go away. i know that because i look at my own son, who is in his 20's, and his generation. these millennials that come along -- dagnab these kids! you all have different attitudes than us older folks do. realists more of a about barack obama's election than i am. host: good morning, lawrence. caller: good morning. i would like to say, when are we going to stop all of this foolishness? we are a mixed nation of people. ehere is no pure white and pur black in this country could we have been together for 400 years? you actually believe that there is black-and-white? what is the real push behind that? it looks like agreed him and that is what it looks like -- it looks like greed, that's

this is alabama governor george wallace.llace was perhaps one of the most fiery segregationist figures of the era. and wallace also went to gettysburg. but wallace, of course, was already famous for one particular line, the one we associate with him. when told that the university of alabama had to desegregate, he gave a speech, and i will quote it. in the name of the greatest people that have every trod this earth, can you hear the echoes of the american race there? i draw the line in the dust, and toss the gauntlet at the feet of tierney and say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. of course, by the time that wallace went to gettysburg in june of 1863, or actually, slightly after, the federal government had already forced the university of alabama to desegregate. wallace had to sort of stand aside as the national guard admitted two students into the school. but wallace went to gettysburg. hef attended a redead tags of the alabama monument, which had been placed in 1933. he gave a speech which i won't

. >> recount for us the episode after george wallace had been shot. >> we were absolutely panicked that bremmer would have turned out to have been an ailing lie of some right wing group or somehow some crazy involve with us. i figured any connection with us, the president would be impeached on the spot. he called me in his office. this will be on the tapes, i suppose jokingly said, well, you should have finished the job. he said, this is bad if any of our people have anything to do with this, it would be great if it came from the left. so he said, what can we find out about it? i sat down at the table in the executive office and called mark felt at the fbi and said, mark, tell me what you can -- this is probably 5:30 at night, it's been three hours since the shooting. they had his apartment cordoned off. they're following a series of phone conversations with mark, in which the president was sitting pantomime telling me what to say. whispering loudly, i'm sure mark must have heard it, and relaying all these instructions. find out if there's any literature inside? is there any political l

we're joined by comedian and robin williams' friend george wallace., thanks for being with us today. >> good morning everybody. >> it's a sad dy. a lot of people waking up to hear the news. you worked with robin. you knew a lot about him. what do you want everybody to know? >> first of all, it is a sad day but i come to you with happiness because i'm so blessed to have known a great actor/comedian standup-improv guy. i'm blessed to have known robin williams. these days are going to come to all of us. robin and i loved each other growing up. we shared the same birthday, july 1. we grew upment days of david letterman, richard pryor. the last show we worked together was a tribute to sam kennyson. i'm blessed to have known robin williams, what a great guy. we just did good morning vietnam, the bird cage and misdoubt fire. was he great in that or what? if you were to see all of those movies -- have you ever seen robin do improv? the greatest of everybody. the quickest mind of anybody. he's with the greats right now. lucille ball, red foxx, jonathan winter.

. >> recount for us the episode after george wallace had been shot. >> we were absolutely panicked that bremmer would have turned out to have been an ailing lie of some right wing group or somehow some crazy involve with us. i figured any connection with us, the president would be impeached on the spot. he called me in his office. this will be on the tapes, i suppose jokingly said, well, you should have finished the job. he said, this is bad if any of our people have anything to do with this, it would be great if it came from the left. so he said, what can we find out about it? i sat down at the table in the executive office and called mark felt at the fbi and said, mark, tell me what you can -- this is probably 5:30 at night, it's been three hours since the shooting. they had his apartment cordoned off. they're following a series of phone conversations with mark, in which the president was sitting pantomime telling me what to say. whispering loudly, i'm sure mark must have heard it, and relaying all these instructions. find out if there's any literature inside? is there any political l

. >> recount for us the episode after george wallace had been shot. >> we were absolutely panicked that bremmer would have turned out to have been an ailing lie of some right wing group or somehow some crazy involve with us. i figured any connection with us, the president would be impeached on the spot. he called me in his office. this will be on the tapes, i suppose jokingly said, well, you should have finished the job. he said, this is bad if any of our people have anything to do with this, it would be great if it came from the left. so he said, what can we find out about it? i sat down at the table in the executive office and called mark felt at the fbi and said, mark, tell me what you can -- this is probably 5:30 at night, it's been three hours since the shooting. they had his apartment cordoned off. they're following a series of phone conversations with mark, in which the president was sitting pantomime telling me what to say. whispering loudly, i'm sure mark must have heard it, and relaying all these instructions. find out if there's any literature inside? is there any political l

september 7, 1972, 10:32 a.m., following the shooting of controversial presidential candidate george wallace, prominent politicians, whether they were candidates for the presidency or not, were offered temporary secret service protection. this is bob haldeman, jon erlichman, and richard nixon. you've got one u.s. senator, kennedy, a secondary factor in the campaign. you give him secret service coverage throughout the ampaign, at the same time, haldeman, if he gets shot, it's our fault. nixon, you understand what the problem is? if he gets shot, they'll say we didn't fun initial it, so you just buy his insurance. then after the election, he doesn't get a g.d. thing. if he gets shot, too damn bad. guest: there's the tough language of nixon. it's eye-opening, right? he can't stand ted kennedy, and he trails ted kennedy around, but in this case, with the secret service, he says it goes on, and he'll say, i won't get a secret service, but i want him to be a spy for me, he even named secret service guys not to use. well, we'll put somebody so we'll get dirt on what kennedy is doing around the coun

wallace still has the gun he used. and might use it again. at prince georges county police headquarters, scott broom, wusa9. >> there is a $25,000 reward for any information that can lead to the capture and arrest of davon wallace. >> president obama condemned in the strongest terms the islamic militants who beheaded james foley. the entire world is appalled and he called on countries across the middle east to join in extracting a cancer to make sure that the group known as isis and isil does not spread. >> no faith teaches people to massacre innocence. no just god would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day. isil has no ideology, any value to human beings. one thing we can all agree on is a group like isil has no place in the 21st century. >> president obama said the united states will be vigilant and relentless in protecting americans and in seeking justice against those who do them harm. the president spoke with the family of james foley today to offer his condolences. >>> now to the unrest in ferguson. right now, the grand jur

george wallace energized a backlash at that time. inntually ronald reagan won 1980, and this is well chronicled by various historians. swing one wayto too far without swinging right back in the other direction. we are in that backward swing period as far as the rise of conservatives. at the same time, i don't think that barack obama energization is going to go away. i know that because i look at my own son, who is in his 20's, and his generation. these millennials that come along -- dagnab these kids! you all have different attitudes than us older folks do. realists more of a about barack obama's election than i am. host: good morning, lawrence. caller: good morning. i would like to say, when are we going to stop all of this foolishness? we are a mixed nation of people. ehere is no pure white and pur black in this country could we have been together for 400 years? you actually believe that there is black-and-white? what is the real push behind that? it looks like agreed him and that is what it looks like -- it looks like greed, that'

if you look at the legislative , remember that african-americans voted for george wallace in his later days. african-americans voted for strom thurmond in his later days. it happens. this was different. it was unusual, but not unique. >> we are also seeing some similar tactics being used in example, thefor republican candidate in illinois is targeting african-americans a way cochrane did in mississippi, and also tim scott is targeting in an attemptrida to reach the governor's mansion. picking a few off here and there, and they add up to big numbers, which is the obama strategy. prince reavis has made a concerted effort to [indiscernible] american voters. they have people who go into states and train republican candidates to interact with to gon-american voters, into african-american churches, to learn how to ask for that vote. not goingze they are to get -- they will not win the african-american vote, but if you can pick off a few -- the perfect example would be the bush campaign in 2004. what his overall african-american numbers were. i believe he got 14% of the african-american vote

this is alabama governor george wallace.lace was perhaps one of the most fiery segregationist figures of the era. and wallace also went to gettysburg. but wallace, of course, was already famous for one particular line, the one we associate with him. when told that the university of alabama had to desegregate, he gave a speech, and i will quote it. in the name of the greatest people that have every trod this earth, can you hear the echoes of the american race there? i draw the line in the dust, and toss the gauntlet at the feet of tierney and say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. of course, by the time that wallace went to gettysburg in june of 1863, or actually, slightly after, the federal government had already forced the university of alabama to desegregate. wallace had to sort of stand aside as the national guard admitted two students into the school. but wallace went to gettysburg. hef attended a redead tags of the alabama monument, which had been placed i