that was how george wallace campaigned for president in 1968. wallace finds attack on press and tv is a successful campaign tactic. sound familiar? "the ridicule and content mr. wallace expressed for the baltimore sun, the milwaukee journal and the television networks in general got nearly as strong an audience response at a rally." that was 1968. this is now. >> these are just lying people. they're bad people. the press is really bad. >> so "the new york times," i call it the failing "new york times," i call it the failing at "new york times." i put it in the twitter. they are so dishonest. a lot of them are dishonest. "washington post" is very dishonest. today, in the "new york times," they had a report on the front page that was false. really false. >> reporter who's covered george wallace in 196 like l. a. times reporter jack nelson said at the time that wallace would often make the reporters the target at his campaign rallies. jack nelson wrote at the time that wallace spoke so angrily at times he inflamed the emotions of supporters and heck

> thank you, sir. >> tom, give us your sense, or tell us how you would compare, if you would, george wallacee seeing with donald trump. >> well, they both use -- there not the first ones that ever did it, the politics of fear. of course, they're so different in a lot of ways. wallace was like a farm boy, kind of a poor guy to begin with and so forth, but he understood -- people don't know this, but he started out as a real progressive guy. and he was progressive on a lot of issues. but on race, the first time he ran for governor, he was endorsed by the naacp and his opponent john patterson was endorsed by the klu klux klan. and governor wallace got beat the first time he wan. so then he allegedly said, somebody quoted him saying that he would never be, just saying it out-niggered again. the black folks are taking over. trump, the mexicans who come in and the chinese. fear is a motivator number one in many other ways. so they're a lot alike in that. you had to play on fear, you know, fear of this group or that group. they're going to get you and so forth. motivate people to vote. >> i would l

of -- thoughts on what wallace's daughter said and your own feelings and transformation around george wallaceth her 100%. it is really interesting. governor wallace's number one media target, believe it or not, was "the new york times." "thnewtrump jumped yo times" st night did yonotice tt? nyway, gernor waace was a poor k, middlelass kid om southst alabama. at first, he was just a populist without racism. he ran for governor and was endorsed by, believe it or not, the naacp. as a point, john patterson was endorsed by the ku klux klan and patterson won. i understand that wallace told one of his staff people that i'll never be out n-worded again. from then on, he stood in the schoolhouse door and blah blah blah. wasn't economically, even though what he did was just fighting thefar as separation -- segregation and so forth and making those speeches and standing in schoolhouse doors, he put more money into the poor school districts, which included african-americans, too, and community colleges than any other governor ever has. he was like an economic populist. , one of thernipseed things i would

but some people who were closest to george wallace, including his daughter and two of his top former to say that actually, yes, donald trump is running a very wallace-esque campaign. well, tonight, on "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, a gentleman named tom turn nipseed, director of his 196 presidential campaign and his wife judy, a top staffer on that campaign, they're going to be guests of lawrence's on "the last word" to talk about whether or not, in fact, donald trump is, in fact, the second coming of george wallace. everybody freak out. that's coming up next on "the last word." stay with us here, though. there's more here first. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airwa

but some people who were closest to george wallace, including his daughter and two of his top former ward to say that actually, yes, donald trump is running a very wallace-esque campaign. well, tonight, on "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, a gentleman named tom turn nipseed, director of his 196 presidential campaign and his wife judy, a top staffer on that campaign, they're going to be guests of lawrence's on "the last word" to talk about whether or not, in fact, donald trump is, in fact, the second coming of george wallace. everybody freak out. that's coming up next on "the last word." stay with us here, though. there's more here first. i take pictures of sunrises, but with my back pain i couldn't sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am. we said goodbye the day. and to the city. and drifted off into the twilight. ♪ melodic, calm music. and when we woke, we found that the whole world had reinvented itself. sail with princess cruises

but some people who were closest to george wallace, including his daughter and two of his top former ers have come forward to say that actually, yes, donald trump is running a very wallace-esque campaign. well, tonight, on "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, a gentleman named tom turn nipseed, director of his 196 presidential campaign and his wife judy, a top staffer on that campaign, they're going to be guests of lawrence's on "the last word" to talk about whether or not, in fact, donald trump is, in fact, the second coming of george wallace. everybody freak out. that's coming up next on "the last word." stay with us here, though. there's more here first. but grandmcause we uses we don't charmin ultra soft.clean. charmin ultra soft gets you clean without the wasteful wadding. it has comfort cushions you can see that are softer and more absorbent, and you can use up to 4 times less. enjoy the go with charmin. aren't moving in the right direction,bers it can be a burden. but what if you could wake up to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®.

everything about it stylistically is the george wallace campaign, has exactly the same spirit. y turned against what we call wallacism of that era. he became a civil rights lawyer himself. very changed man. but i don't remember anybody, you know, where i come from who was even slightly confused about why people were voting for george wallace in 1968. nobody tried to make up any fancy explanations for that. >> i don't think frankly lawrence that our colleagues in the industry, the broadcast business, the news business, i don't think they're confused either. i think what's happening here is we've got a horse race. and the media loves covering the horse race. they love covering the cat fight. who knew a few weeks ago, a few months ago. the republican nomination might be decided before the democratic nomination. people thought hillary had that locked down. we may get a republican nominee before we get a democratic. they love the fighting. we love the fact that we've got some outsiders trump is entertaining. let's be honest, we're getting ratings off of this. we're selling newspapers

all but one of the following quotes was said by george wallace in 1968.e is the trump quote. a, speaking about protesters, there are two four-letter words they don't know. w-o-r-k and s-o-a-p. b, speaking to a protester, you're a little punk. that's all you are. c, again speaking to a protester, you are a loser. you really are a loser. or d, speaking about reporters, quote, they're more interested in two or three pickets now than thousands of people here, and that's what they show on television. which of those was not said by alabama governor george wallace but was, in fact, said by donald trump? >> i i'm going to say it's the huge number c, you are a loser. >> you are a loser. steve, did billy get that right? >> let's check tuesday's show. >> two four-letter words they don't know. w-o-r-k and s-o-a-p. you're a little punk. they're interested in two or three pickets not the thousands of people here. that's what they show on television. >> you are a loser. you really are a loser. >> billy is not a loser. he's correct. he's 1-1. >> exactly right. a huge win

tonight george wallace's family, his daughter and two of his top former staffers have said they think donald trump indeed is squarely in the tradition of george wallace, he is running the same kind of campaign and he is the same kind of politician. so welcome to your southern heavy world of republican presidential politics this year. new york real estate developer morphs into 1960s era southern governor for the win. because he really is playing to win, though, front-runner donald trump is not only going for it in these unlikely venues in the deep south. this is this nutty map of all the states voting on march 1st on super duper tuesday this year. donald trump has been working this map, which is why this week was his third big rally in the otherwise unlikely venue of massachusetts. donald trump keeps doing big massachusetts events, which is weird for a republican presidential contender unless they're making a super tuesday play because massachusetts is one of those states outside the south that will also be voting on march 1st. another state outside the south that will be voting at the

i also reached out to hampton city mayor george wallace -he also had no comment. live in the studio, liz kilmer, 10 on your side. it was a messy commute for many heading home this evening. chopper 10 was above a deadly seven vehicle crash on tidewater drive near widgeon road in norfolk. the tractor-trailer driver died. several other people had minor injuries. investigators say the rig was heading southbound on tidewater-- and crossed the median into oncoming traffic, in the northbound lanes. that caused a chain reaction. the road is back open tonight. now this10 time saver traffic alert involving a bridge-tunnel. vdot says crews started scheduled emergency road work eastbound 64 at the hampton roads bridge-tunnel. one lane is closed tonight until tomorrow at 10 in the morning. you can use 6-64 southbound to the monitor-merrimac memorial bridge- tunnel as an alternative route. switching gears now to the weather, it was rainy earlier today, but will it last? chief meteorologist don slater is in the super doppler 10 weather center with a peek at your weekend forecast

last february, he was doing his own version of george wallace standing in the school house door.ate of alabama into a state of confusion by telling probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a federal judge who said the marriages could proceed. we all know how that story ended. most of those probate judges went ahead and allowed the couples to marry in accordance with the federal court's ruling. the u.s. supreme court ultimately made any lingering confusion crystal clear with its june decision that made same-sex marriage the law of the land. a constitutionally protected right in every one of these united states. but on wednesday, roy moore decided alabama should be the exception to the rule of law when he, once again, issued an order to the state's probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. what is at stake here, jean? >> what is at stake is do we want judges sort of acting in their own religious views, in their own political views? so certainly it has these historical resonances that feel very scary. i also think ther

talked to several political scientists who liken the so-called trump phenomenon to, you know, the george wallace campaign of, you know, yesteryear. he's tapped into that anger people are feeling. people are still hurting from the 2008 financial crisis. they feel that every day. he's tapped into that and found a way to keep it going. when he came out everybody thought it was, you know, a joke or a publicity stunt. and you know, he's going a weekend to iowa. the new poll released yesterday by abc in "washington post" him in, you know, ahead of ted cruz after ted cruz climbed to the top. it is the strange phenomenon to see, you know -- never been a politician in his life and he's doing so well. it is interesting because as a businessman it is almost like a politician already because you are playing the game. you know, the amount of money he's put into various campaigns. and it is interesting to hear him talking about with hillary clinton, you know, how much campaign contributions that he's made and he's made them on both sides of the aisle. that's what successful business people do. on -- looking a

george wallace came around, and the kkk became a force for good, america loves a good redemption story>> damn, mike, why you got to love the kkk so much. that's just weird. >> larry: yeah, i mean. >> hold up, time out. >> surprised. >> larry: where did all that come from, mike, that's very surprising. >> hold on, time out, time out. i'm just following the rules. you said switch sides. >> you know who else followed the rules, mike, the germans. >> that is bull [bleep] that is some bull [bleep]. i condition believe are you going to do that. >> larry: i can't believe how much you love the kkk, man. >> i agree. >> what! >> mike, here is what bothers me and larry so much. >> that is some bull [bleep]. >> the truth is the kkk is a dinosaur, all right. no matter how hard you defend it shall. >> i'm not defend tk. >> look, if you want to wear robes and hang out with creeps in a backwards institution, just become a priest, all right. >> what the [bleep] >> larry: okay. >> timeout! >> larry: all right. that's all the time we have. and. >> [bleep]. >> the win certificate rory. >> i knew it. >> la

i also reached out to hampton city mayor george wallace -he also had no comment. live in the studio, liz kilmer, 10 on your side. it was a messy commute for many heading home this evening. chopper 10 was above a deadly seven vehicle crash on tidewater drive in norfolk. police closed the road in both directions to investigate. state police tell us-- the tractor-trailer driver died. several other people had minor injuries. investigators say the rig was heading southbound on tidewater and crossed the median into oncoming traffic, in the northbound lanes. it caused a chain not avoid. the road is back open tonight. now this10 time saver traffic alert involving a bridge-tunnel. vdot says crews started scheduled emergency road work eastbound 64 at the hampton roads bridge-tunnel. one lane is closed tonight until tomorrow at 10 in the morning. you can use 6-64 southbound to the monitor-merrimac memorial bridge- tunnel as an alternative route. switching gears now to the weather, it was rainy earlier today, but will it last? chief meteorologist don slater is in the super do

troops and i took george wallace overseas. he is a great guy. >> i wish his -- he is on tour, and he is going overseas for the troops. he may be popping in next week. >> oh! >> i can't say when. >> jokers there. >> we'll have all kinds of celebrities dropping in. the irony we sent a national guard troop over there. we will be going to the same place that we are remodelling over there. we are terrible decorators. entertainment. that's the best release while they are serving our country. guy and he was one of the first groups over there. i don't mind putting my life on the line, he said, my wife is pregnant and i won't be there for the birth of my son. i said where you are based? he said colorado springs. and he said come to my show. he said one condition, and he says something in my ear. and they come to the show, and he comes to breakfast. and she brings me the baby, and i said this is from your dad when i kissed him on the head. and i said this is from your dad. >> oh, you are going to make me cry. >> it is an honor and a pri

trump that we've seen before is somebody like pat buchanon from 20 years ago or before that, george wallacees that strike you as a reasonable comparison? >> i think it is a reasonable comparison. i don't think wallace believed in all of the stuff he was preaching. i think wallace said a lot of stuff just to get ahead. i don't think trump believes in all of this stuff. but he thinks this could be his ticket to the white house. >> what conclusion to you draw from the proposal that trump has made, for example, to temporarily bar muslims from entering the united states. >> that is not in keeping with the american dream or what we believe as a people. it is demagoguery and it is to set people up to be targets and cause hundreds and thousands of millions of people to live in fear. >> do you there trump a racist? >> i don't like -- i don't like calling people -- i never call george wallace a racist because i never believed that he believed in what he was preaching. it is not something in their spirit. it is not in their dna. but they use it as a mean, as a method to get ahead or to win a political

george wallace did that in 1968. huey long certainly was doing that. father coughlin was doing that in his radio broadcasts of that era. people can tap in to angst and anger, but when they then try to aggressive, to utter words like not allowing a person of the muslim faith to enter or reenter the united states, or to condemn all mexicans or, for that matter, hispanics as rapists and drug dealers, i mean, these are very dangerous concepts and ideas that he has not only put forth but are the basis of his campaign. and i think that that's sad. >> of course, you're a governor. you know that you don't have a legal right to do that, to withhold entry by refugees that are okayed by the federal government into your state. >> well, now, there you go. you're actually telling the truth. that's just terrible. >> okay. you are also, i find out today, doing the research on you, the head of the democratic governors association, which means you're going to run around the country during this presidential campaign, being something of a surrogate campaigner for whoever

that's like a black american saying they would vote for george wallace. the trump movement, and the republican movement are becoming almost exclusively the party of white americans, that they feel they are losing the country to nonwhite americans >>> a lot of republicans say listen, donald trump is popular, he does not speak for other republicans. a lot spoke out against trump. >> we'll see when the i rr caucuses and the iowa caucuses happen. he is leading. we have to look at ourselves in the mirror in this country and say we have to take a stand. i would disagree, thinking that hanging out with people like donald trump, and hoping that they are more educated. that it's not the way to change the minds. we need to work to eradicate the way racism works, and not apiece it. >> your reaction to that - does me raise a good point? >> i agree, it's why we are meeting with donald trump, he needs to meet with muslim americans, we are having an interfaith meeting with donald trump here in new york city. >> you will be meeting with donald trump. >> yes, we will. >>

rutgers professor who lived in philadelphia, and then as a young journalist interviewing governor george wallace in montgomery as he mused about the prospebcts of jimmy carter's presidential bid. my wife, lucy, and i have even worked for the u.s. government as an advisor to the resolution trust corporation in the early 1990s, i came to this town. and of course, as a partner of goldman sachs, i used to be affectionately greeted as taxpayer by your ambassador in australia. we co-founded the first big australian internet company and we floated it on the nasdaq 20 years ago. and since then, so many visits on business and to family, including visiting our son when he was studying at harvard college. and of course, for the last decade or so, as a politician in and out of office, and now as the prime minister. now since i became prime minister my message has been that this is the most exciting time to be in australia. the pace of change and disruption has never been greater. the opportunities are of a scale that our parents could barely imagine and we seize them with confidence, innovation, imagination

however i will tell you it does remind me of what the candidates in the past, particularly like george wallace who had a lot of protests, folks, and people didn't want to say. i have made a lifetime career out of proving that he was going to win when everyone said he wasn't. >> thank you, mike, even owe you dissed me. pat codell here with his final appearance with us. >>> we got tray gowdy with us right now, he's a big backer of marco rubio. congressman, i don't believe the senator is going to be in the chamber for the state of the union. >> i can assure you, it won't bother me either way. i'm more likely to be wrong, but it won't bother me if he's there or not. >> you know the dust up that this has created with the senator, this happened with senator obama. they didn't make nearly an extent of it. john kennedy, when he was running for president. some of these republican rivals are champing at the bit to point that out. what do you make of that? >> well, i think almost anything is fair in politics, that's what i've lenaarned. i think marco is running to help make those votes consequential. one

. >> other third-party challenges, george wallace, john anderson and ross perot. many want bloomberg to go for it in 2016. >> i would vote for hill. i like him -- for him. i like him. he's not on anybody's side but the right side or what he thinks is the right side. he's not always right. >> at least bloomberg seems to be a balanced man. >> i would vote for him. >> i think he would be great. >> michael bloomberg, that would be awful. i like donald trump. >> okay. so you can't please all of the people. admittedly a third-party race would be pardon but maybe no harder than the race bloomberg faced when he ran for mayor in 2001. in any event, he said there are only three jobs in the public sector worth having, mayor president of the world bank and president of the united states. he might get one of his wishes. >> anything is possible as we're seeing every day. >> very strange election. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> an increase in reported sexual assaults is creating more concern for women across new york city. many don't feel safe and a commissioner is raising a fe

american business, some political jurors, including -- john lewis who compares donald trump to george wallacernor in the 1960s. he says he doesn't think trump actually is convinced that he wants to do these things, that he is saying right now. >> thanks. this one drove me a little bit nuts. it's because of all of the pc manufacturers apple actually is trying to build google tried this with a nexus q device. they were going to build that stereo device in the u.s. this didn't work. then again with motorola with the motox. that fell apart. actually hurt american workers. the problem is the skills, the tooling skills, the engineering skills aren't here anymore to do that sort of work. also, there's all this talk about manufacturing, but most of apple's employees are retail employees now, and i'll bet the retail employees here get paid better than the factory workers over in china, so why exactly do we want those jobs again? dow at 110. the same cannot be said for twitter. we'll talk about why in a minute. then, woosh, it's gone. i swear i saw it swallow seven people. seven. i just wish one of tho

this is george wallace in 1968 and those were five southern states. the game has now changed dramatically. there are republican states. my sense is it won't be a collapse of either party at the end of the day. there could be some unhappiness. >> i want to bring up something that has been a part of the conversation, the political piece, and that's the second amendment and guns. primarily because president obama has decided that the fiat of executive order is to try to deal with the issue of gun control. that is something that michael bloomberg has been widely criticized for. his anti-gun stance. and second amendment stance. and that's something i would imagine donald trump would hit him pretty hard on. >> well, i think so. but it makes a difference to democrats and independents. if he gets in, there's a possibility of a fourth party. this is a populist year. chaos is in the mix. as i've said, that on chaos is at every stage. and i believe that, you know, bloomberg is in this notion of making things work, the country wants somebody who will shake things

. >>> finally want to give a shout-out to wtop's george wallace, guys. today, d.c.'ortscaster of the year. the award announced today. >> good for him. >> isn't that so cool? >> way to go, george. >> king george. he helps us out here. we want to say hello. >> indeed. we'll see him again soon we hope. >> that's right. >> he's the kind of guy you never want to get mad at you. >> no. >> can you -- >> i've never seen him mad. >> every time we interview him, >>> there is breaking news tonight. iran seizes americans. ten u.s. sailors on two navy boats taken into custody by iranian authorities. tonight the scramble to free them. >>> one last time. president obama's final state of the union address. what he will tell the nation. why he is aiming for a more hopeful tone and what he told matt lauer about donald trump. >>> and our interview with joe biden. the generous offer the president made in one of his darkest hours. >>> tourists murdered a deadly suicide bomb at a center where thousands of visitors flock every day. now isis is claiming responsibility. >>> and massive pile-

you have to take on george wallace's spirit in reverse. as george wallace stood at the gate in an act of evil to stop black people from going to school in defiance of federal law, the city has to say, unequivocally, these officers in their racist, homophobic anti-woman, anti-black rent will never come back to work in this city. >>[applause] >> that's a statement. these officers that murdered mariel woods, at the very least should be suspended without pay while these investigations are taking place. these are bold steps that you can take him a that will give this community a measure of confidence that you hear the cry of mariel woods his mother and all of these mothers in the black and brown community, whose blood has been spilt but they're no longer forsaken because we have taken on their fight and we plan to fight until justice rolls down the mountain like a mighty stream. thank you. >>[applause] >> thank you. and thank you everyone for being here today. i'm sorry, circuit we have not opened up public comment yet. i'm sorry, sir. when not

the same people supported george wallace, some ross perot. there's an angry, lower class white vote that can go either way. this is a swing vote. ronald reagan was able to get those voters in 1980. actually, george w. bush was able to do well with them in the 2000s. the question is, today, does either one have a solution that is workable? in my view, neither of them does. >> thank you guys both. first, i want to correct the know men clayture here. i said to my father blue collar worker with my father. he went crazy. where are you getting that crap from. they are voters like most of us. they may not have had the opportunities we did. nbcs katy tur is on the phone, inside the theater, where we expect donald trump to start his rally any minute. what is it like inside? >> reporter: it is calm. a steady stream of people are coming in. the reports they were turning people away. some told us they were turned away. right now, we are not seeing anyone turned away at the door, we are not seeing visible bernie sanders supporters. questions about why he w

i mean great, comparing george wallace and donald trump. just amazing video you lined up there. i couldn't take my eyes off of it. >> thank you very much. my script ended up upside down and backwards in the tell prompter so i had to wing it a little bit but the tape speaks for itself. >> i couldn't tell. >> yay! >> ted cruz says he doesn't want a fight with donald trump, but donald trump is going to start the day tomorrow with an old, familiar trump attack line. this time, trump will be questioning ted cruz's citizenship. >> we had a big, big breaking story a few minutes ago. >> trump took a huge swipe at ted cruz. >> asking whether ted cruz can be legally elected president because he was born in canada. >> i tweeted out a reference to fonzi jumping the shark. and i think i'm going to let my response stick with that tweet. >> is this a sign that trump sees cruz as a real threat here? >> why does he do whatever he does? trump shows no signs of stopping his attacks on both hillary and bill clinton. >> it's going to be when they attack me, i'm going to attack them. >> he can say wh

i think donald trump just like george wallace in 1972 and 1968 just like many other candidates he speaks for a certain number of issues, he does represent a certain level of this country that we all don't want to see happen in the course of the presidency. but i think donald trump, you have to acknowledge the tectonic shifts going on in this country that allows somebody like donald trump to rise and somebody like bernie sanders to take on the dominant character in this race, hillary clinton, and probably beat her in iowa and new hampshire. that represents a huge amount of frustration. >> has come so close in iowa, donna. i mean, it looks like a real race right now, real race in new hampshire. >> i've been to both states, george, and let me just tell you, bernie sanders is running a textbook campaign. he has, you know, 28 offices across the state. i've run iowa, so i know a little how to win there. he has 101 field staff. more importantly, he has advertisement and he has momentum. he is trying to do what president obama did in 2008 and enlarge the electorate. try to get young voters and d