gerald ford. or herbert hoover. i'm going to say gerald ford. >> i'm going -- fashion model, i'm going with the obvious, herbert hoover. what's the answer? gerald ford! did you cheat? >> i didn't know. i just thought -- in the '40s. >> gerald ford did a bit of modeling and even posed on the cover of "cosmopolitan"? >> does helen know that? >> his wife was a fashion model, betty ford. >> i'm 2 for 0? 0 for 2? which president was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast on washington street? >> horse. >> andrew johnson, ulysses s. grant, thomas jefferson -- >> i'm going with jefferson. >> ulysses s. grant. did they give him a ticket? >> i don't know. we don't know. another question. play along at home. there are eight left-handed presidents. name them. >> bill clinton. >> yes. >> barack obama. >> yes. two. >> the only two i know. >> okay. we only like multiple choice. don't ever do that again. >> james garfield. >> herbert hoover. >> harry s. truman. ronald reagan. george h.w. bush, bill clinton and b

i'm sitting down with patrick buchanan senior adviser to presidents which makes in gerald ford and ronald reagan he ran for the presidency three times he wrote many books and some of his books have really manage seeing titles his latest book is called suicide of a superpower a will america survive to twenty twenty five very pessimistic sir first of all thank you very much for joining me thank you with regards to foreign policy you're saying one of the ways to prevent that suicide from happening is to dismantle the empire first of all what do you mean by empire or you might call it the american imperium or the american empire. the united states has military bases dating back to the cold war in europe and asia the middle east africa all over the world and we're running a deficit of ten percent of our gross national product and quite frankly we can't afford any longer in my judgment to continue to carry this enormous burden of defending forty or fifty countries around the world and so i think we're going to have to dismantle these bases we're going to have to return back from asia come back

. >> generals ford, the day after watergate sat -- gerald ford, the day after watergate sat here. i was ordained a priest. it's got a thousand one associations. >> reporter: this is all that's left now. so historic, the city won't let them tear it down. >> you cannot have a seminary without a chapel. seminaries by definition need chapels. >> reporter: so thursday night the school unveiled its plans for a replacement, a chapel for the ages, roughly the same size but with better plumbing and a nursery. >> the place where we can pray, where god is invited to work on a human life, to work on the complexities and the doubts that we all live with and to turn us into vehicles to we can bring to countless congregations around this country the good news of god and christ. >> that was gary nurenberg reporting. that wide -- it has widespread impact because it trained 30% of the clergy in the episcopal church. expensive because $18 million it will cost for the new chapel. they have about $10 million so far. the campaign to raise the rest of the money got under way in ernest last night. >>> 4:

president carter at 7.5%, and gerald ford failed to win with unemployment at 7.8%. a student of history, the president is clearly trying to manage expectations. >> these numbers will go up and down in the coming months, and there are still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the one they have now. >> reporter: scott, one of the reasons the president is trying to manage expectations is because the nonpartisan congressional budget office this week estimated that unemployment could reach nearly 9% on election day. >> pelley: republicans, of course, had another take on the news. thank you, norah. the republican speaker of the house, john boehner, said that the recovery would be even better if it weren't for the president. mitt romney, the leading candidate for the republican presidential nomination, acknowledged the drop in unemployment but said that it's not what he called a true recovery. >> this recovery has been slower than it should have been. people have been suffering longer than they should have had to suffer. will it get be

gerald ford, george bush of texas, although a few hours before nexton chose agnew he was talking to rogers morton of maryland who i believe is rogers. he had a brother from kentucky and he said rogers, if you want the vice presidential -- i'll give it to you. morton said no, no. so he said over on agnew. there wasn't a real groundswell for anyone, but also nixon couldn't afford to alienate anyone. he still had a tiny bit of fear that if i nominate someone that the party doesn't like, the floor might revolt and maybe they might go for reagan, so yes, it defees common sense and consider nixon's options, he didn't have any. agnew alienated nobody because the question was spiro who? >> right. >> also, by the way, you use the word puzzle or 1968, look at those times, that year. the whole year was a total puzzle. you had the assassination of robert kennedy, martin luther king and total chaos and particularly at the democratic convention and vietnam war going crazy and a surprise announcement that lbj wasn't going to announce again and if you look at the times nothing made sense that particular y

and gerald ford said this about john anderson. he is the smartest guy in congress, but he insists on voting his conscience instead of party. john anderson who is 90 years old today. >>> we will continue the conversation as we always do tomorrow morning on c-span's "washington journal" 4:00 on the west coast. a chance to call in with questions for congressman barney frank. and the ranking member former chair of the financial houses committee. and two coauthors of a book called "the tea party patriot: the second american revolution." we'll take your calls about the tea party and its role in politics. tune in tomorrow. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. ♪ >>> in a few moments, more about the administration's 2013 budget request in a hearing with treasury secretary tim geithner. in a little less than two and a half hours, defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey justify about the pentagon's 2013 budget request. then another view of the 2013 budget from the acting direct

this is from gerald ford.minating george romney from the floor of the gop convention ask this is gerald ford speaking about why george romney is such a great figure. he says he has never let the temporary glitter of expediency obscure the path which is inegg integrity dictated. it is in every way the converse of the image that mitt romney now has. >> why. one wonders how much it impacts romney on the campaign trail because these -- these narratives are getting out there. this notion that his father was so -- not just moderate but like you say, so principled, whether it was about desegregation and being told by the church. leaders back off this -- >> mormon reprimanded him for his outspoken -- >> then he goes on to the streets in detroit and marching with civil rights protesters. and so -- you know, i don't know how it works in somebody's head like that. we all may be -- many men suffer from many issues with their dad. i mean -- hi, dad. but it is fascinating to watch. it is sort of -- there is some sort of poe

i'm sitting down with patrick buchanan senior adviser to presidents which nixon gerald ford and ronald reagan he ran for the presidency three times he wrote many books and some of his books have really manage seeing titles his latest book is called suicide of a superpower will america survive to twenty twenty five very pessimistic sir first of all thank you very much for joining me you were writing and speaking out extensively about the bush era in iraq crusade under the banner of ending terror name in the world do you think that crusade is still long or the idea that we're going to end tyranny in the world is utterly utopian we never are we've had tyrants from time immemorial and what the united states should do in my judgment in its foreign policies is build a defense establishment strong enough to protect our vital interests and our vital allies and when problems arise whether it's in zimbabwe or somewhere else the people there have got to deal with their own problems there no doubt about it that throughout history tyrants have a risen and seized power in one place or another and as

. >> rockefeller went on to become president with gerald ford. >> let's go to chris conway. >> hi, mr. buchanan. i had a question. i think it's fair to say that in 1968 you were fairly involved in the republican party, but by 2000, you ran as a reformed candidate and expressed some kind of dissatisfaction with the state of the party. could you tell me what kind of shift you saw and what you see as the state of the party today? >> well, there were about three or four issues i ran on in '92 and '96. one, 20 years ago now, i said if we don't get control of our border, you can have 10 to 20 million illegal aliens in the country, which we do. we didn't get control of it. i said your trade policies are going to destroy the manufacturing base of this country. we're going to lose all these factories to china, and in the first decade 21st century, we lost 65,000 factories. i opposed the gulf war. i said, if we get in there, this will be the only american held war we fight. there will be one after another after another, and that's happened. i said we'll be in a cultural war of america, and it l

he was considered a potential third-party candidate for the reform party in 2000 and gerald ford stayed about john anderson -- he's the smartest guy in congress but he insists on voting his conscience rather than his party. john anderson, 90 years old today. we'll continue that discussion in the morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time and 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. call in to talk to datic massachusetts, barney frank. and two co-authors of a book called "the tea party patriots." the second american revolution. they will be joining us to take your calls and comments about the tea party and its role in 2012 politics. tune in tomorrow morning on the washington journal. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> in a few moments, defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman, general martin december si dempsey talk about the pentagon's 2013 budget request, in a little more than three hours, c-span's "washington today" program and more about the administration's budget request in a hearing with trej a cr

gerald ford. george bush of texas. although a few hours before nixon chose agnew, he actually was talking to, i believe, rogers morton of maryland or i believe it's rogers. he had a brother from kentucky. was it thurston? and he said rogers, if you want the vice presidential nom, i'll give it to you. morton said no, no. so he centered on agnew. there wasn't a real ground swell for anyone. but also nixon couldn't afford to alienate anyone. there was -- he still had a tiny bit of fear that if i nominate someone that the party doesn't like, the floor might revolt, and maybe they might go for reagan. so yes, it defies common sense, but considers nixon's options. he didn't have any. and agnew alienated nobody. because the question was, spiro who? >> right. >> also, by the way, you used the word "puzzle." in 1968, i mean, look at those times, that year. the whole year was a total puzzle. you've got the assassination of robert kennedy, martin luther king, two conventions, total chaos at both of them, but particularly at the d

gerald ford spent time as a mod expel also washed dishes. johnson was an elevator boy and fruit picker. >> ronald reagan was a radio announce and you may remember also an actor. >>> in about four minutes, the latest on a deadly avalanche that happened in the mountains. >>> there could be a few slick spots, but once the sun comes up, it is going to be a really nice day. we'll end up mostly sunny today. a bit of a breeze at times. by midday though, sunshine temperature 44. we are going to top out near 50. in general a mild week ahead. details in just a few minutes. >>> i'm monika samtani here with your timesaver traffic. a live look from sky 9 at the beltway. no hov restrictions today. coming up in my next report another look at area roads. andrea and mike. >> steering turned deadly out west. >>> it happens sunday afternoon in washington state. the ski slopes are at stephens pass, washington about an hour outside of seattle. greg black has the story. >> reporter: the avalanche swallowed up about a dozen skiers, sweeping some as far as 2,000 fe

. >> gerald ford asked bush what he wanted to do and suggested ambassadorships and named especiallily, london and paris. >> but bush turned it down. >> he really wanted to go to china. >> he would ride his bicycle into tienanmen square often. he was so friendly and outgoing that i think he was kind of a surprising emissary to the chinese. >> bush was actually creating the groundwork for a future strong u.s. relationship with china. >> he loved the job in china. but when they called him back to take over the cia, which was imploding at that time. >> in 1975, the senate's church committee was investigating abuses by cia operatives abroad. >> a lot of people think he was signaling his political deght nel to go to the cia in a troubled time. it was natural for him to say, if there were abuses, we are going to clean it up. >> when jimmy carter was elected president, that would mean bush was out. >> george bush was nothing but an asterisk in the polls. nobody thought he had a chance. everybody said john connelly was the central casting president. >> but connelly fizzled out early. >> bush a

gregg: last time that there was a brokered convention in 1976 for the republicans, it badly damaged gerald fordt as a result of that. we could be seeing the same thing. >> it certainly would not be good for republicans. best things for republicans for to get a nominee early and to start fighting a general election. on the other hand, in 2008, it did not hurt democrats to have a protracted battle. >> gregg: and 1980 when it badly damaged jimmy carter because ted kennedy challenged. got to leave it there. doug and nancy, thanks for answering my 16-year-old daughter's question. >> heather: she is smart one. >> gregg: she is, she is ten times smarter than i will ever be. >> heather: we are continuing to look back at career of whitney houston. coming up our power panel weighs in on the sad end of the pop superstar and leg electric si she leaves behind as hollywood continues to speak out -- legacy she leaves behind. >> we remember the songs she gave us and tough times with her. we were all praying for her and hoping she conquer this problem the addiction she had. everyone loved her and was routing fo

look at gerald ford. look at the senior george bush. we yanked them. we liked them. but when it came to it, we had no problem pulling them. why? because it's not about who is in the bull pen. it's not how hard that guy out there is throwing. it's about the guy on the mound. the pitcher in the game. if we figure he's got the stuff to get the job done, we keep him in. if not, we don't. so it's not about romney or anyone else who gets to run against the president. it's about the president. and just as we've said all along that romney solved his newt problem and now has to solve his mitt problem, the president has to meet his own challenge, before focusing on romney. president obama will be re-elected if he convinces a majority of the voters he's got the stuff to finish the job and get this country up there on its feet again. will he get us back to the kind of economy, the kind of employment outlook we had before all that happened in the last administration? people want it back. if obama looks like he'll get it back for us, he'll get

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gerald ford, the incumbent president, the light color and reagan challenged him. took 1130 to win the nomination. remember this. reagan won in the south, not all of them. ford won in florida and here, reagan won the south and texas in the west and mountain west. jerry ford won the midwest and what i call the rockefeller in the northeast. remember that map, jerry ford in the end won. reagan came up short. >> an incumbent challenged. >> two candidates. that's why that santorum vote matters. two candidates went all the way to the convention. let's look at our own delegate map. here's where we are tonight. three states voting. play this out. this is what the romney campaign wanted. let's say this happens tonight. santorum, change that to purple, there we do, let's say santorum does both of these state, leading now. we will award some delegates based on what we think will happen at results. let's for the sake of argument, romney wins colorado. spe speaker gingrich hasn't done anything. i will fast forward, maine, give that to ron paul for the sake of argument take deleg

has any understanding of the plight of the common man. >> the second night gerald ford was presidentwhite house which he and betty ford and among the things talked about at the dinner table, tip o'neill related the story to me, he said, tip, do you have any idea what the boost in pay in this job is going to do for my pension? >> it's a working guy. >> yeah. yeah. >> you know, though, rick stengel, joe in washington here. i always talk about my parents and how they were very poor from the south from rome, georgia, and how they revered fdr. and there's that great story about fdr that's an extraordinarily wealthy new yorker and he died and somebody in washington was crying and they were asked, did you know fdr? and the answer allegedly was, no, but he knew me. >> i know the story well, joe. >> yeah. >> but he -- in analyzing that. i'd be curious to see what you think about this. a lot of people think because of fdr's polio that somehow made him more like a regular guy than he would've otherwise been. do you agree with that? >> you know, i think that's part of it. but i also -- i don't t

. >> gerald ford asked bush what he wanted to do.mbassador ships and he named specifically the prime in paris. >> bush turned down his token of appreciation. >> he really wanted to go to china. >> he would ride his bicycle into ten man square often. he was so friendly and outgoing that i think he was kind of a surprising emissary to the chinese. >> bush was creating the frowned work for a strong u.s. relationship with china. >> he loved the job in china. but when he told him he had to take over the cia which was imploding at that time. >> in 1975 the senate church committee was investigating abuses of cia abroad. >> a lot of people think he was signaling at a time good for george bush to say if there were abuses we are going to clean it up. >> it meant bush would be out as head of the cia. he would set his sitghts on his run for the white house. >> nobody thought he had a chance. everybody said john connolly was the idea of president. connolly fizzled out early. bush and reagan were rivals. >> bush and reagan slugged it out. eventual

the 1976 race came close with ronald reagan taking the fight against gerald ford all the way to the convention. but then ford squeaked by, clinched the nomination before losing to jimmy carter. a brokered convention is a much more elusive animal. the various candidates have to attract delegate thes because they are bound by state rules to vote for a specific candidate based on showing in a primary caucus or convention, that has to fail first. if it did fail, if the ballot dead locked, these delegates could be released from those rules if the contest drags on and on at the convention. but it gets more complicated. plus states have their own rules. alabama can unbind their delegates from the candy da who won the popular vote if two thirds of them agree to do that. mississippi delegates don't have to vote for the winner of the popular vote if the candy day releases them to vote for someone else. a committee member said the truth is our rules are set up so the delegates are all independent. brokered convention not impossible but improbable republicans could stage one. that would it accomplish. whe

that started back in the mid- 70s with president gerald ford making it official. good morning. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. thank you for watching. we have a great way to kick off black history month. it is a beautiful day out. >> it is fantastic. >> right now, it is nice. not just later in the day. >> it is raining right now. >> it is raining everywhere right now? >> much of the area seeing showers. >> butt temperatures are nice. >> that's where you're going. she's right. >> eventually, it will stop raining. >> support me here, tucker. >> and the sun will come out. >> i got your back, sarah. >> the sun will come out. let's go to hd radar. the light showers across the area as we speak. wisdom and sarah are both right. it will be a beautiful day. high temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. >> right there is the rain. >> sorry, haven't been outside in hours. >> hears the bottom line. you head out the door here, there will be some showers that are moving through. not going to be with us much longer. i think the next hour or two, these will be east of the city and t

it was ronald reagan down and out to gerald ford and came back after super tuesday. does he have a point? i'm going to leave it up to the viewers. let us know what you think about that. should he drop out now or continue? >> here's newt gingrich. he never really talks about mitt romney. he does mention a massachusetts moderate, but that's about it, though. here's his winning speech last nature. >> florida did something very important coming on top of south carolina. it's now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader, newt gingrich, and the massachusetts moderate. when the voters of florida really made that clear. >> uh-huh. >> massachusetts moderate is pretty much the only reference. he was talking about president obama the rest of the time and they ever said anything that negative from there on in and said he vowed to fight through and as you mentioned, when is super tuesday? march 6th. that's a long month. we'll see if that will bring newt life. >> the big thing will be money, whether or not he can continue. can newt gingrich and ric