one on robert kennedy and one on george wallace, around 24 hours or 48 hur were to come. the national guard was involved. the attorney general and in that panel was dan rather that covered the events and then did a 60 minutes piece ten years later. there was peggy wallace that was george wallace's daughter that is now a civil rights activist. there was sharon malone that's vivian malone's youngest sister that's the wife of eric holder. we had the attorney then on the film and the attorney general that day in the audience, who was a journalist and also integrated the university of mississippi, or georgia. so it was very powerful. so we named this award after vivian and we're giving it to a young boy showing a lot of courage in what he is writing so we're really excited about that. >> black intellectual. >> yes. >> jackie. tell us about some of the folks who are coming tor and help you again. it's called ed sullivan in black and white. >> diane carol will join our panel. also the very talented and please forgive me for blanking out on mrs. reese's first name, responsible fo

the only thing george wallace is a right winger on is race. let me tell you why. but a of the welfare populace and says let's look at wallace's budget. he's for every federal program. 60% of the alabama bug comes from washington. he is a fake conservative. the only thing he does to get people to support him in a big way is he doesn't want black people to get benefits from the largest from washington, and calls him a phony and says real conservatives want fewer programs and he writes this article that those of you tempted to support george wallace and call yourself asivetive and saying they're ain't a dime's differs between the two parties, vote for me, buckley counselor -- counters by there's a lot of difference. how the runs the state, and opposed to minorities and that makes nixon respectable a second time. >> remarkable to think that george wallace was competing with whom in these southern states? robert f. kennedy. that was the situation. that brings the racial issue up. buckley was not a racist and he is the guy who drove the racists out of the conservative m

and he's stuck on honor, what doesbuckley do, he says the only thing george wallace is a right-winger on his race . will tell you why, because of the welfare and he says let's look at wallace's budget. he says for every federal program, 50 percent of the alabama budget is washington, he's a fake conservative. the only thing he does to get people supporting them in a big way, he doesn't want black people to get benefits. and he calls on the phone and says real conservatives want fewer programs, less government but no racial tension. and he writes this article, that those of you supporting george wallace, who call yourself conservatives and saying there was a vast difference between the two parties, there's a difference between the two parties but for me, buckley encountered this bysaying there's a lot of different . if you look at how he's governed alabama and you look at the kind of president he will be to minorities and others and that makes nixon respectable. people didn't like him to begin with. >> it's always remarkable to think back that george wallace was cheating with whom in t

now muskie's wiped out by a george wallace and has swept every county in florida on busing issue andiping the floor with the six liberal democrats. so he was pretty much out of the race. so i just put that into my notes to do the analysis for him of humphrey and nixon and scoop jackson to study and research of press clippings and i had that done they are the only credible ones that we see as a candidate because no president is so virtuous as judge mcgovern to run against so by 1972 we had george mcgovern said now heading down to watergate with the break-in of june june 17, let me put it this way the whole fate of watergate lasted 22 months from the break-in and tell the presentation. but they get i got a call a june 17 saying five people brokage into the of watergate headquarters surely it was probably from our folks. but none tell the spraying of 1973 from the time we decapitated the entire white house staff then with the watergate hearings i testified five hours because of that pack of lies that were released with dirty tricks. that became to october slated signifier in of james co

looked every the '72 election, wallace at one precinct where he got 173 votes, nixon got 172 of them. in other words they didn't go to george mcgovern, they came to us. their whole idea of the southern protestant strategy. you need to get wallace not to run. to do that as third-party candidate but as rising any higher he couldn't do it but in a way nixon couldn't compete with him. he couldn't compete with him. in '68 we sent spiro agnew to the south, i went there with him because he competed very well in getting the votes, and frankly, there's a quote in my book from frank gannon where hundred -- lyndon johnson told mr. nixon on the trade inaugural, everybody wag praising mr. muskie and how good he did and johnson didn't think about muskie but helped news north carolina, tennessee, and states like that. >> question in the center. >> right here. you speak a lot about what president nixon inherited in vietnam. next monday's memorial day and i actually lost my dad in vietnam vietnam. looking back at hindsight there are a couple of thing that president kennedy, president johnson or president nixon might have done to either chan

wallace, where he had gone 173 votes, nixon got 172 of them. in other words, they didn't go to georgeern, they came to us. so this was the whole idea of the southern protestant strategy. we need to get wallace not to run. to do that as a third-party candidate, but rising any higher he couldn't do it but in a way nixon couldn't compete with it. he couldn't compete with it. we sent agnew down there and i with him because he competed very well getting the votes and frankly, there's a quote - in my book. when lyndon johnson told mr. nixon on the right up to the inaugural, where everybody was praising muskie and what a wonderful job is done. and johnson didn't think anything of it. but he thought i knew had really done a way and they helped us in north carolina, tennessee. against north carolina, tennessee and states like that. >> a question in the center. right here. >> okay. >> he speak a lot about what president nixon inherited in vietnam. i lost my go to vietnam. looking back in hindsight of the things that kennedy, johnson or nixon might have done to either change the outcome of the w

george wallace. who was the governor who presided over, over those state troopers who attacked you. on the edmond pettis bridge. pretty tough criticism. >> well, you know -- i think that -- the person we have in washington, today, is uncaring. know very, very little about the struggle and the history of the civil rights movement. black and white people died, gave their lives. i think about andy goodman. james shany. i think about a whi housewife who came from detroit who was, shot, murdered, on the highway between selma and montgomery. by the klan. and countless individuals just gave everything they had. george wallace. what about the president and his actions suggest to you that he is in that tradition, tradition of a fame notorious, segregationist. >> well i think, this president, right now, is, asking, for the records. the voter registration records. of people all over america. that is a foufrm intimidation. a form of harassment. >> voter. integrity commission. vice president. >> some of the peopl

you at times compared him to george wallace who was the governor who presided over those state troopersttacked you on the edmond pettis bridge. that's pretty tough criticism. >> well, you know, i think the person we have in washington today is uncaring, knows very, very little about the struggle and the history of the civil rights movement, that black and white people died. they gave their lives. i think about andy goodman, james chainy. i think about this white house wife who came from detroit who was shot, murdered on a highway between selma and montgomery by the klan and countless individuals just gave everything they had. >> but george wallace, i mean, what about the president and his actions suggests to you that he is in that tradition, the tradition of a famed notorious segregationist? >> well, i think this president right now is asking for the records, the voter registration records of people all over america. that is a form of intimidation. that's a form of harassment. >> this is his voter integrity commission, vice-president is leading. >> and some of the people that makeup thi

my view george wallace in 68 wasn't all wrong when he said the slogan was win or get out.ted states of america that had reduced the japanese empire, the greatest empire seen in four years could have won that for that i think what happened is the american establishment was broken on vietnam and lost the will and would take the measures necessary to win the war and therefore when president nixon came in he decided we have to get out and he had to know the consequences could be bad. my view was he talked to me after he left office and said he should have gon done in 69 whate did in 72 which was bombed hanoi and unleash full power of the united states to win the war or break the north vietnamese. i don't know why he didn't do that. i don't think you can blame kennedy but it was raised to 500,000 troops into the new national security adviser i just read yesterday in the book he wrote a book about 20 years ago which he blames the johnson mcnamara and the other is as having behaved dishonorably during that war and not realizing what the outcome was going to be. so that's somethin

candidacies on the left with a gene mccarthy and on the farthest right of the spectrum at that time, george wallace. southern segregationist, governor, running for president in the hope of turning back the clock on integration and then that side of the politics being sort of discreetly piggybacked on the republican nominee eventually, richard nixon, who didn't want to say anything to alienate what had become the logs-- wallace faction in our politics and fell with a combination of basic republican support and maybe some of the southern anti- civil rights support he could squeak out a victory, which he ultimately did , but the culture war continued and continues to this day. you can listen to it-- it's fireworks every night in various sectors of cable news about whatever those horrible liberals are of to today and whatever neanderthal things those conservatives want to do today. that culture war began in 1968. >> is there any parallel between senator mccarthy in 68 and senator sanders and 2016? >> guest: exactly. i don't think there would be a bernie sanders candidacy and 2016 if gene mccarthy had n

the governors and mayors, they are george wallace's of our day. abby: yeah.abby: some things are just common sense. outgoing chief of staff reince priebus says that the senate confirmation of justice neil gorsuch is the greatest accomplishment. >> he's also set in motion a change in shift in the federal judiciary that is going to affect our kids for the good. abby: priebus telling breitbart news that gorsuch is many historic accomplishments in just the first six months of the trump administration. new abortion restrictions in arkansas blocked by a federal judge. u.s. district court judge kristin baker issuing injunction against four new laws set to go into effect on tuesday, one of the newly approved rules ban certain procedures during second trimester. amazon under federal investigation after company missed selling hundreds of dollars worth of goods to a person on the u.s. terror watch list. million billion dollar digital retainer -- retailer is accused of violating u.s. sanctions against iran after report claimed that it sold products to iranian embassy. am

there were letters back and forth with george wallace and helping and the gubernatorial campaign. he walked a tightrope between the south and what you needed for a vote. in doing that he and dangers his standing among african-american voters. it is a very interesting approach that he took on this issue. he was a real latecomer on civil rights. only at the very end did he have a dramatic part of the book. >> we ran into this ambivalence i guess you would say on several topics. cuba, many of the domestic issues. you cannot speculate about other peoples's motives. we were brought up in journalism believing that is not something you should do. with kennedy what makes him so challenging is that you see him approach a issue like say french colonialism in africa. or even health care among older people. you are trying to separate out the political from the substantive. with kennedy they are so blended that it becomes a challenge. all you can do is say how he approached the issue and how he did. as well as other people advised him. there is always this mixture. >> it seemed to me that the

separation and not integration and he once said f he voted, if he voted he would have voted for george wallace. he wanted a segregated society where the black man would have -- they would give him a state or something, a couple of states and it would be almost a separate country and so he, in fact, you know, he would -- he would call the people that were marching under reverend martin luther king. if people don't want you, you shouldn't be force yourself upon him, you should go off on a different direction. he had a very different viewpoint than he had later in life and he was very tron -- controversial. the funny happened he was doing all these kinds of dates and 1968 came along when martin luther king was assassinated, robert kennedy was assassinated. it was that convention with merrick in chicago and just the whole bunch of stuff, a guy tried to assassinate andy warhal and muhammad ali just didn't seem that controversial anymore and as the war had ground along, more and more kids had convinced their parents that maybe this wasn't the greatest war in the world for them to be involved in and

if he could vote, he would've voted for george wallace. he wanted a segregated society where they would give them a state or something and it would be a separate country. the one fact, he would call the people that were marching under reverend martin luther king. he would say whether you doing? this is the nothing you should be doing. he should be trying to force yourself upon them. you should go off in a different direction. so we have a very different viewpoint than he had later in life. it was very controversial in the funny thing happened in a couple years went by. 1968 came along where everything went crazy and i was maybe the craziest year when martin luther king was assassinated, robert kennedy was assassinated. the convention with mayor daley in chicago arriving in 110 cities in chicago. stuff which is going on everywhere and mohammed ali just didn't seem that controversial anymore. more and more kids had convinced their parents maybe this wasn't the greatest war in the world for them to be involved in and kind of a valid against.

i said to my uncle, and that must mean that george wallace can't win. i knew in my six-year-old ways that we don't want him to win. and so michael said, oh no, where minority in size and why do they bother because one day that beaufort will matter as i went around the world and south africans, latin america voting, sometimes for the first time they know that one day that boat will matter. and we are blessed with the extraordinary gift, democracy. americans in particular were blessed with founding fathers who understood an institutional design that would protect our liberties, our right to say what we think, to worship as we please, to be free from the knock of the secret place at night. to have the dignity that comes with those who are going to govern you have test for their consent. if we were blessed with that and believe we are in town by our creator with those rights, cannot be true for us and not for them. one of the marvelous legacies of the united states of america and the building in which we sit, one of the most marvelous legacies of ronald rea

separation, not integration and he once said if he voted, if he could vote he would've voted for george wallace . he wanted a segregated society where the black man, that you would go to state or something or a couple state and it would be almost a separate country. and so he in fact, you know, he would call the people that were marching under the reverend martin luther king, he would say what are you doing, this isn't a thing you should be doing. if people don't want want you you should be trying to force yourself upon them. he said we should go off in a different direction. so he had a really different viewpoint than he had later in life, i think. and he was very controversial . and a funny thing happened as he was doing all these college dates and a couple years went by. 1968 came along where everything went crazy. maybe crazy if you're going when martin luther king was assassinated, robert kennedy was assassinated. there was that convention with merit daily in chicago. there were riots in 110 cities in america, just a whole bunch of stuff. this guy tried to assassinate andy warhol. stuff wa

black people waiting to vote dick and i said to my uncle, well, this must mean that man wallace, george wallace can't win. i knew in my own six-year-old way that we probably didn't want him to win. and so my uncle said oh, no, no. he said, we are a minority so he's going to win. i looked at my uncle and i said, then why do they bother? and my uncle said because they know that one day that vote will matter. and as i went around the world as secretary of state and i saw long lines of liberians are afghans or iraqis, south africans, in latin america, people voting sometimes for the first time can i thought to myself they know that one day that love will matter. and we are blessed with this extraordinary gift, democracy. americans in particular were blessed with founding fathers who understood and institutional design that would protect our liberties, our right to say what we think, to worship as we please, to be free from the knock of the secret police at night, to have the dignity that comes with having those who are going to go when you have to ask for your consent. but if we were blessed with t

we found in files letters back and forth between jfk and george wallace and kennedy is offering wallace help in his gubernatorial campaign. he walked a tightrope between the south, which he needed for electoral votes, but by doing that he endangered his standing among african-american voters. in the northern industrial states. it is a very interesting road he took on this issue. he was a real latecomer on civil rights and only at the very end did he throw in what he thought was a dramatic part of the book and the whole story was to call loretta king. >> we ran into this ambivalence i guess you would say on several topics. cuba. many of the domestic issues. you can't speculate about other people's motives. we were brought up in journalism believing that is not something you should do. but with kennedy what makes him so challenging is that you see sayapproach an issue like french colonialism in africa. or health care among older people in america. you are trying to separate out the political from the substantive. with kennedy they are so blended that it becomes a challenge. all you can do

to say, david axelrod the other day in an interview had this to say in pushback on this whole george wallace actions suggest to you that he is in the tradition of a famed, notorious segregation? >> i think for the record, the voter registration records. that's a form of harassment. >> dr. king, your thought. >> well, first i would like to say my president is leading the charge for civil rights today for the little unborn persons in the world who have a right to live. i'm director of civil rights for the unborn and i say that everybody civil rights count around the world to the tune coming young, old, sick, elderly, babies and a woman everything. the president is certainly fighting for civil rights. with african-american leaders and everyone there is supporting. i believe president trump might agree that we are defending america. you're supporting him. as the african american museum for example, he was knowledgeable of much of the history when we stopped and looked at the slave manacles them things. he said this is terrible. you can't do that to people. president trump is surrounding himself

george w. bush nicole wallace.unter terrorism analyst and former director of the national counter terrorism center mike at leiter joins us as well. >> thank you. >> nicole, your thoughts on the president's speech in poland. >> well, i think i we heard from probably the same kind of folks as the speech was happening is the desire and the affirmation of our support for article 5 and for donald trump tough words for russia t. truth is they started with the president of the united states the leader of the free world and poland attacking nbc and cnn, name checking two news networks. so the professionals who had to sacrifice their first born to get that affirmation for article 5 in the speech to get the toughening line on russia in the speech have to compete with the president's instinct, his primal instincts to constantly war with the american media. >> and the intelligence media. >> and you have to always acknowledge the bar is so low, it's buried beneath the ground. >> so, michael, let's look at obviously we were high

george w. bush as well as on the 2008 mccain presidential campaign. she's currently the host of nicolle wallacens us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] so it's a very exciting night! before we get to all of that, senate republicans have been engaged in one of the most shameless, breathtakingly cynical exercises in political history, writing a health care bill behind closed doors without telling anyone what's in it. and now there are reports that they may vote on it next week. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: you might remember that last month after narrowly passing their healthcare bill in the house, republicans held a giddy celebration in the white house rose garden with president trump, who was so happy to finally get a bill passed, no matter how unpopular, that he could hardly contain himself. >> coming from a different world and only being a politician for a short period of time, how am i doing? am i doing okay? i'm president. hey, i'm president! could you believe it, right? i don't know. it's -- i thought you needed a little bit more -- more t

george washington. yonder. get your favorites on top of your favorites. only at applebee's. elizabeth: back to our top story. to delete the debate. mitch mcconnell's decision may give him more time to gain supporters. chris wallaceenator rand paul about that this morning. >> the senate majority leader mcconnell have the votes to pass this revised bill? >> you know, i don't think right now he does. the real problem is he's won four elections on repealing obamacare. this bill keeps most of the obamacare taxes, most of the regulations, most of the subsidies. >> so what is next? our fair and balanced political panel. the washington director is the executive director of america raising pac. thank you for being with us. >> i want to say this is a do or die time for a lot of republicans and some are saying this is an advantage in other sandisk cutbacks as a disadvantage. what do you think? >> first time i want to say that senator john mccain is an american hero and really glad to see he's doing well. i don't think that this delay changes anything for either side. for the republicans, they still have an obligation to repeal and replace obamacare. a signature issue they ran on. this is a broken law they put into place an

did look after the 73 election, wallace one present where wallace had gotten 173 votes, nixon got 172. in other words, they didn't go to george mcgovern, they came to us. this was the whole idea of the southern protestant strategy, bringing in votes but you need to get wallace not to run. to do that as a third-party candidate but as rising any higher, he couldn't do it but in a way nixon couldn't compete with him. he couldn't compete. in 68 we sent spiro agnew to the upper east side and i went there with him because he did very well getting those votes and frankly, there's a quote in my book from frank gannon who got it from mister nixon where lyndon johnson told mister nixon on the ride up to the inaugural that where everybody was praising musty, one wonderful job he had done and johnson didn't think anything of musky but he said agnew had done away with the job and had one states like that helped us in north carolina, tennessee. north carolina, tennessee and states like that. >> you have a question for the center? >> right here. >> people think a lot about what president nixon inherited in vietnam, next monday is memorial d