dorothy married gerald ford senior it was a paint salesman. ford was ambitious and wanted to start his own company. he bought part of the company he worked for and turned it into the ford paint and varnish company. it was a company he started two weeks before the stock market crash in october, 1929. he was able to hold on to the company through the depression. it stayed in the family until the 1960's. it was one he struggled to hold onto. but it was that kind of family that ford grew up in. ford himself was made to work, to earn his money. one of the jobs he had was at a burger joint across the street from south high. a place called bill's place. hired star athletes from the high school to entice other kids to come to his burger joint and spend their lunch money. one of the star athletes was junior forward. -- junior ford. people would come to see the friday night stars whatever eating their lunch. it was at bill's place where one of the important events, formative events in junior's life took place. he was 16 years old. it was in the spring of

over 30 points ahead of gerald ford. ford had a weak position in the national race.llenged jimmy carter to a debate. >> mr. president, i would like to explore a little more deeply our relationship with the russians. max frankel asked ford a question about whether the united states was accepting of soviet domination of eastern europe. >> there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under a ford administration. >> i'm sorry, could i just follow. did i understand you to say that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own spirit of influence? >> everybody's jaw just dropped. are you alive? are you aware? what he meant to say is i will not accept any soviet domination of eastern europe. >> governor carter, have you a response? >> charitably that was a momentary blip. uncharitably it was a loss of touch with reality. >> clearly a huge moment where the country makes the judgment, you know, that maybe we do need to go in a different direction and replace the president. [ indiscernible ] >> ford had never lost an election in his life. wo

so we looked around and, sure enough, both gerald and betty ford, president gerald ford and the first lady, betty ford, had written biographies. we said, well, maybe we'll find something. they're going to be writing mostly about their years in washington. not so much. they both had very good insights, and i think probably as they were putting their biographies together wanted to make sure that their hometown was very much included. and the story that caught my eye, the one that we used -- among others, because we gave gerald ford in particular good coverage -- was when he talked about, first of all, he's adopted. his mother remarried, his birth father had not been a part of his life. and then when he was maybe 16 years old in high school and he worked during the noon hour at a little cafÉ across the street from the high school waiting tables and all of that, one day he looks up, and this fellow comes in and says i'm your father. the man that he really did not know. and it turned out it was his birth father who lived in wyoming, but he happened -- he had gone to detroit to buy a car an

one was gerald ford. he had thatse reputation of being able to work together with people of differing ideas, to reach reasonable conclusions. he was one of the seven warren commissioners. after he completes that he and another man by the name of jack stiles worked on a book called a portrait of the assassin. firmly in the commission's finding at least harvey oswald had acted alone as the loan gunman. there was no evidence that was brought to the commission that would refute the finding. he remains open to other evidence that might prove otherwise that might counter that opinion. during his lifetime he never saw could show that it was lee harvey oswald alone who acted as the assassin of resident kennedy. he is earning his reputation through hard work, not a piece of legislation that he is known for. he is known for being able to move legislation, to craft the coalitions necessary to get legislation passed. it's that reputation that moves him forward in con stations -- conversations about leadership. he ann

i think there's a measure of -- gerald ford's birth. i think there's a measure of pride and appreciation, respect for the fords and what they mean to grand rapids, what they -- the attention that they brought to this town. not just during the funeral but during the entirety of his professional career and of her activity. they were very much a product of grand rapids. people from grand rapids recognize that. the world, i think, saw that in him during his presidency and her in her battle with addiction and her reaching out to help other people, as a consequence of experiences she had in life with breast cancer and with chemical dependency. mounted onto the tomb above their names is a phrase they chose that says, lives dedicated to god, country and love. they both were deep believers, had a strong spiritual lives, that also can be seen in another plaque that's near the gravesite where they have their erse from proverbs etched. they were lives dedicated to their country, is in public service -- his in public service. hers in service to those

gerald ford is a surprising figure. the fact that he wasn't just a party royalist and he ended career at insurgent at the end of his life in a republican party that was hostile to the pro-choice views, for example, he told someone not long before he died that people had better prepare themselves for the coming of same-sex marriage. he expected it to be the norm and in relatively short order. he's the first american president to sign his name to a petition for gay rights. i mean, he, in my eulogy said most of us as we get older our attitudes harden along with our arteries. we have more concern and become conservative. yesterday was better than today. all those come into play. he wasn't like that. liberal so too simple. he was remarkably open minded and compassionate. the schedule i'm working on would allow me to basically recreate the ford presidency in something close to real-time. over two years or so. but beyond that, i'm living with them as i say in the kind of unique intimacy that any behavior has with his or her su

and he said no, i'm gerald ford jr. and he said well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. the c-span city's tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday then on c-span 3. >> each week leading to the 2016 election road to the white house rewind brings the coverage of the presidential races. of the first debate debate between george bush, bill clinton and ross perot. they take on foreign policy and national security following the collapse to have soviet union. governor clinton defeated president bush during the election. ross perot finished third with 19%. this debate is just over an hour and a half.

gerald ford only released a summary of his taxes. baldwin's claim was rated mostly the major party nominees have released tax returns, but there is the one exception, that being gerald ford in 1976. >> reporter: you can see all our stories online. right now former wisconsin senator bob caston is speaking here before donald trump begins in the next half hour. we're live at the waukesha county expo, charles benson, today's tmj4. >> steve: thanks so much. we'll see you at ten. >> shannonol temperatures continue tonight. and a warmup is on the way. >> steve: chief meteorologist john malan joins us with -- it is fall like -- >> shannon: the warmup? >> john: it certainly is, but we're excited in the weather center about the storms over lake michigan. you're right about the cooler air. look at that. sunday we were 75. we've gone down to 62 today. tomorrow, still in the 60s. 63 on friday and only 64 on saturday. our average at 67. high temperatures across the 66 in la crosse, closer to lake michigan much cooler there. but that cooler air is

on november 2nd that year, gerald ford lost texas. lost texas to jimmy carter. he also lost ohio to jimmy carter. he did pull off a squeaker in illinois even if nbc had trouble finding angry polish americans who were angry at ford forever for what he said in the debate. he did narrowly win illinois that year. but he lost overall. all those swing state races were close. eastern europeans, hungarians, poles, czechs, and all the rest, they were sub groups that a candidate couldn't afford to lose in that hard-fought election year. that flub in that debate, yeah, he'd probably be remembered for that anyway, that's a pretty bad one. but the way it affected him electorally, a lot of sleepless nights in the ford campaign and for good reason. hard to know how individual flubs, bad debate moments, how they shift a candidate's overall electoral prospects. it's easier to gain those out when a candidate's offense doesn't hit everyone equally. it offends and upsets an important interest group from whom that candidate needs votes in a specific particularly important swing stat

first debate6, the between gerald ford and jimmy carter. it was held in philadelphia and focused on domestic issues, taxes and the economy, and marked the first time since 1960 the major party nominees squared off in a presidential debate. it was best remember for technical problems with the audio feed, causing a 28 minute delay where the candidates remained in the podiums. jimmy carter defeated president ford in 1976 general election, winning 50% of the popular vote to ford's 48%. the league of women voters sponsor the event. our coverage is from nbc news. it is just under two hours. edwin newman: good evening. i'm edwin newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford of michigan, republican candidate for president, and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. we thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter,

that debate when gerald ford misspoke about eastern europe not being under soviet domination. and it just devastated ford. so it can be a turning point. i think with trump he's got to deal with the not releasing of his taxes. he miff a trick up his -- he might have a trick up his sleeve. he might have the audit and say i have the letter. something to control the immediate sound bite. just important, people using twitter while's going on. people on both sides will be trying to get their message off in realtime at the debate. i think this makes this different from four years ago. >> alan dershowitz, the most important things you would tell hillary clinton and donald trump? >> i would tell donald trump to avoid the gerald ford mistake. don't not know where aleppo is, things that we think probably you don't know, but maybe you can learn them between now and then. i don't think he's properly preparing for the debate. i think he's over confident. i think he thinks he can win on style and personality. i don't think he's preparing properly. hillary, i think she has to forget the facts

she was kind of an odd duck. >> when gerald ford became president, within the space of one month werepts on his life, squeaky fromme and sara jane moore. both tried to shoot him. it's like, what's going on? why can't this be stopped? >> once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the trauma of the assassination of our president. above all else, this points out the need for some additional measures, some additional precautions to protect the life of the highest elected official in the country. will it take another assassination in our lifetime to finally force some action? it's less useful like a hat for your cat surface has touch and a beautiful screen you can see things like they've never been seen this mac doesn't quite compare it's slower, heavy, and a bit square fold it in half, hello when you start lighter than air, you can doodle a heart yes it's plain to see the surface pro 4 is made for me marcopolo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! sì? polo! marco...! polo! scusa? ma io sono marco polo, ma... marco...! playing "marco polo" with marco polo

donald trump touring with those guides from the gerald ford museum. that's a wonderful place. that. at the same time there is not a single former republican president who endorsed donald trump. we have confirmed that george herbert walker bush is not going to vote for donald trump and jeb bush said he won't vote. >> don't look for me to criticize the bush family. i worked for president george w. bush. i revere the family. my wife does as well. wonderful people. we have former republican presidents with the last name of bush. obviously jeb bush, that's a personal thing for them. i forgive them. their family understanding of trying to support their brother more than people like mitt romney. here's the fact. the last poll showed nine of ten romney supporters are with trump. this party and the conservative party is getting behind trump. it is happening. hillary has bigger problems with millennials. only 8 of 10 are with her. there should be focus on that as well. >> she's got a big issue with that and her speech was aimed at millennials and a video they put out. they have a proble

it was gerald ford at the time. i wrote him a letter and said, dear, congressman ford, i found that there will be many made available for sculptures in cities in america. can you help me get some of that money for grand rapids? the next thing i knew it was roger stevenson calling me from the chair of the national endowments of the arts of the time and he said, i just had a call from your congressman. apparently, he would like to have a piece of arts in your city. i think it is a very good idea. that can happen. let's meet in chicago. grantsto apply for the in the city and county had to fill out an additional grant application, send it to washington and then the council reviewed it and voted on whether to give the city of grand rapids the money or not. were the first city to ever received a grant from the endowments to be used specifically to submit an original work of art for a specific civic site. you put together a panel of people who would select artist. there was really only one person considered, alexander cald

. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie writes he has new rules. thing that's going to get the nation's attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret servicemen wrestle her to the ground and squeaky's first words were, can you believe the gun didn't go off? >> following your own close brush with death in sacramento i wonder if this has convinced you all that we need tough gun legislation in this country? >> i prefer to go after the person who uses the gun for an illegal or criminal purpose. that to me is a far better approach than the one where you require registration of the individual or the gun. >> just minutes after making those statements, gerald ford walked in to the street and heard the sound of gunfire. >> my god, there's been a shot! there's been a shot. they're being pushed back by the police. somebody has fired a shot here. we don't know if anybody has been hit. my god! somebody fired a shot. >> the president was not hit. wi

drexel university political science professor points to a 1976 debate with jimmy carter versus gerald ford who made a foreign policy gaffe. >> it was basically a brain mistake. you know, he knew that poland was an oern block country but just didn't express himself that well. >> reporter: among those that had come before this presidential debate will be a first because one of the major party presidential candidates is a woman. >> it's going to be interesting to see, particularly because of the gender issues, i think, whether or not trump is overly aggressive against hillary clinton and whether that's going to be perceived as a negative. >> reporter: clinton and trump have been on stage back to back at nbc's commander in chief forum but this time they'll share the stage. expectations are building. >> i think hillary is going to come out being very aggressive and trump is going to be his normal self but he's going to try to be a little bit more calm and collected. >> i just hope she really makes him come out and tell people about issues because he has not talked about issues. >> i'm looking f

i would also say the biography of gerald ford obviously because even though he was a president, very much a creature of the house. >> host: i think you're right. >> guest: vpn. i think it was timed chance or something like that. but who is a wonderful book and you had asked in the politics of the era because this guy comes in the 40s is minority leader when he is elevated to this president. that's an awful lot of history. years ago i worked for a guy now that not enough people remember. they should. a creator of the modern political campaign committee over at the nrcc. he arrived in a 1066 and lost the republican primary in 92. a guy that understood the institution because he was involved in campaigns across the country was very consequential legislature. deliver the nomination speech for ronald reagan at the ed convention. pretty cool guy. his ability to tell stories that recount these petition, i used to call him knows this because he got a spray to the edge of the promised land and had he not lost his 92 primary, he would then reelected and would've had the opportunity to be here

it was selected by gerald ford and betty ford while they were building the museum here.rchitect asked them if they had considered a burial site on the grounds. they had not really considered it. they asked the architect to investigate that. he went to other residential library sites and came back with a report of what others did, including eisenhower and treatment -- truman. the decision was made. it is a beautiful site that overlooks the river and the city of their youth. it was an easy decision for them to make. as part of the museum construction, this was constructed as well. betty ford laid to rest on july 8, 2011. she was very next to her husband -- barry to husband -- buried next her husband. there is a measure of pride and for thetion, respect andards and -- the fords what they need to grand rapids, the attention they brought to this town, not just during the funeral but during the entirety of his professional career and of her activity. they were very much a product of grand rapids. they recognize that. the world saw that. him during his presidency, in her during

be make-or-break, creating moments in history that become game changers, like for then president gerald ford in 1976 -- (former president gerald r. ford) there is no soviet domination of eastern europe. and michael dukakis in 1988. (bernard shaw, moderator) dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? (former gov. michael dukakis) i don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. both responses, considered major missteps. neither would win in november. a well-placed laugh line, however, can win over an audience, maybe even an electorate. like ronald reagan on concerns about his age, during his 1984 re-election bid, at age 73. (president r reagan) i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. there's no consitutional mandatethat says the presidential and vice presidential candidates have to debate one another. but the audiences are often too great to pass up. during the last ele

it had been cut in two by president gerald ford. it is now running at 12.7%. president carter also has spoken of the new jobs created. well, we always, with the normal growth in our country and increase in population, increase the number of jobs. but that can't hide the fact that there are 8 million men and women out of work in america today, and 2 million of those lost their jobs in just the last few months. mr. carter had also promised that he would not use unemployment as a tool to fight against inflation. and yet, his 1980 economic message stated that we would reduce productivity and gross national product and increase unemployment in order to get a handle on inflation, because in january, at the beginning of the year, it was more than 18%. since then, he has blamed the people for inflation, opec, he has blamed the federal reserve system, he has blamed the lack of productivity of the american people, he has then accused the people of living too well and that we must share in scarcity, we must sacrifice and get used to doing with less. we don't have inflati

not the one in washington - the replica at the gerald ford presidential library ... in michigan. but his efforts to look presidential weren't exactly helped by his pre-dawn twitter blast."mr. trump, what was with the 3 a.m. tweets?" :13- :15 at 3:20 a-m ... he cast doubt on the media use of unnamed sources ...then he alicia machado, who says trump insulted her for gaining weight. he said clinton was duped ... and machado has a terrible past ... clinton has bad judgment - machado's a con. and finally ... labeling machado disgusting - alleging she had a sex tape - and asking whether clinton helped her become a u.s. citizen to be used as debate fodder. clinton responded with a tweet of her own: this is...unginged, even for trump. really. who gets up at three o'clock in the morning to engage in a twitter attack against a former miss universe? it proves yet again that he is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief." vice-presidential candidates mike pence and tim kaine hold their one and only debate live here on today's t-m-j four. wisconsin governor scott walker h

the man looked at him and said you are leslie -- junior and he said no i am gerald ford junior.and he said well, you, you are my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. >> the c-span city store grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern on c-span twos book tv and send afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span three. working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> adams was not a good president. he is not a successful president. if his career had ended at the end of his presidency, if his father screw had ended at the end of his presidency i don't thing i would've written a book about it. >> sunday night on q&a, we talk about the book "john quincy adams, militant spirit". about the president and his life afterward. >> the thing that strikes you not as a politician, he has done whatever he you do, he did not form alliances. he did not to anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do still. so his four years in the white house were just pain. everyth

it was 1976, jimmy carter, gerald ford having a presidential debate on tv for the first time since nixon/kennedy. and something went really, really wrong. it happened right after this sort of weird little moment where president ford inexplicably called the nsa nasa, which was weird. then right after he did that and the moderator turned the it over to jimmy carter, he started in on his answer about intelligence agencies but then, watch what happened. >> and i'm glad that we have a good director in george bush. we have good executive orders and the cia and the dia and nasa or the nsa are now doing a good job under proper supervision. >> governor carter? >> well, one of the very serious things that's happened in our government in recent years and has continued up until now is a breakdown in the trust among our people in the -- >> the pool of broadcasters from philadelphia have temporarily lost the audio. it is not a conspiracy against governor carter or governor ford and they'll fix it as soon as possible. >> the pool audio from philadelphia has been lost momentarily. we hope to have it bac

be make-or-break, creating moments in history that become game changers, like for then president gerald ford in 1976 -- (former president gerald r. ford) there is no soviet domination of eastern europe. and michael dukakis in 1988. (bernard shaw, moderator) governor, if kitty and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? (former gov. michael dukakis) i don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. both responses, considered major missteps. neither would win in november. a well-placed laugh line, however, can win over an audience, maybe even an electorate. like ronald reagan on concerns about his age, during his 1984 re-election bid, at age 73. (president ronald reagan) i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. there's no consitutional mandatethat says the presidential and vice presidential candidates have to debate one another. but the audiences are often too great to pass up. during the las

i talked directly with president gerald ford at his home in palm springs and he showed me his full volume edition of the report on his book shelf. he was adamant that there was nothing new to find. quote, "bring me the new bullet, the second rifle so we can go back to court. but no one has done that because it isn't out there." there have been more than 600 books written on the assassination, examining every new suggestion of conspiracy wrong. when we continue, we'll move from conspiracy theories to outright hoaxes. from when a new york paper had americans convinced life was discovered on the moon to a faked photo that was as a stunt, an excuse for bragging rights, a tantilizing three minutes in 1931. that was the day an airship reportedly docked at the very top of the tallest building in the world. history has shown that, even before photoshop, the so-called photo evidence was a fake. glimpse of what was to become the future of air travel or so everyone thought. "the german zeppelin hindenburg, queen of the skies seen here from a universal news reel camera plane as it sped over new york

nixon leaves the white house and says farewell to gerald ford and walks to the chopper. young david michael then 32 steps out onto the balcony toe watch an extended fly away and there's two people standing nexp to him. if you've ever been to the white house is quite nice, just enough space for the three of us to be there. one is this young aid, one is the chef that is about 6-foot to six and the other is the secretary of defense, james schlessinger smoking his pipe. nixon flashed his signal of departure and then he turned and entered the helicopter. they cranked up very slowly, lifted off and disappeared into the gloom of the morning. as it faded, the three men looked at each other, schlessinger takes the pipe out of his mouth, brings it on the railing and says it's an interesting constitutional question, but i think i'm still the secretary of defense. so i'm going to go back to my office. he looks and says what are you going to do and he says i'm going to prepare lunch with thel president.lu and the young staffer remembers later the king is dead lon kinge the king. he h

i remember way back in 1976 when gerald ford was president having succeeded nixon. ford has been a national class athlete when he was younger. but he stumbled a couple of times and chevy chase made his career on saturday night live predending to be gerald ford falling all over the place. part of the problem is when the comedians start going after her on the grounds that she can't remember this, she can't show up for this or that. all of the sudden that begins the definition -- remember, she ran originally as the very experienced, very knowledgeable insider against this amateur donald trump. now she's lost the national security debate, decisively on the opinion of most people to donald trump. and that should have been her strength. and now we have of course this vivid exam. that for any normal reasonable person, at least raises legitimate concerns. >> let's go to her other comment of the weekend. apparently we're a member of a club, we didn't know that until this weekend. but her comments about the basket of deplorables of which we belong to, at least i do. i won't p

over 2002 --leased pages from the richard nixon and gerald ford administration. the documents were part of the daily briefings, documents seen only by the president and a few others, that discuss national security threats and issues. next, a discussion with cia director john's brennan and national intelligence director james clapper. the nixon foundation hosted the event. it is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, everyone. on behalf of all my colleagues, i want to welcome you to today's event, the president's daily brief, delivering intelligence to presidents nixon and ford. my name is joe lambert. i'm the director of information management at eia. -- at cia. events like this take a lot of work and i want to acknowledge the efforts of the cia officers who reviewed and declassified these 28,000 pages over the last year. they are assisted by a number of agencies, but the work of one in particular deserves special thanks, the national security agency. today's event marks the cia's 25th major declassification and release event since 2007. the first was last septem

nixon leaves the white house, says farewell to gerald ford and walks to the chopper. young david michael ransom, then 32 steps out onto the balcony on the south to watch nixon fly away and there are two people standing next to him on the little balcony, just enough space for the three of us to be there. one is this young nsc aid, 6 x 6, and the others, secretary of defense, james lessons are --'s lessons are, he signaled his departure with two fingers raising the v sign and he entered the helicopter, it cranked up very slowly, lifted off and disappeared into the gloom of the morning, almost a hunted seen. as the helicopter faded, the three men looked at each other, he takes a pipe out of his mouth, bangs it on the railing of the portico and says it is an interesting constitutional question but i think i am still the secretary of defense. i will go back to my office. he looks at the chef and says what are you going to do? the chef says i will prepare lunch for the president. the young nsc staff are said i thought of course the king is dead, long live the king. the cook

because before he had this event he stopped by the gerald ford presidential library and museum.course, gerald ford gave a pardon to richard nixon and he comes to the podium here just a little while after that visit. and challenges president obama to not do the same thing for hillary clinton which is something no one has discussed other than donald trump tonight, brit. >> carl, thank you very much. now to florida where there is a new mason dixon poll of likely voters. showing hillary clinton up four points over donald trump in a four-way race. this report comes as there are reports the clinton campaign is almost desperate to get black voters to turn out in november. that is not the only minority group clinton is focused thereon in light of recent revelations about donald trump and the cuba embargo. fox news jennifer griffin is in choral springs tonight. jennifer? >> brit, it's also that the clinton campaign is courting the cuban community. this is interesting because cubans in florida typically vote republican. it's an interesting strategy. part of that campaign -- part of that s

over 2002 --leased pages from the richard nixon and gerald ford administration.uments were part of the daily briefings, documents seen only by the president and a few others, that discuss national security threats and issues.

recently released over 2000 pages of previously classified material from the richard nixon and gerald fordtrations. the documents were part of the daily briefings, documents seen only by the president and a few others, that discuss national security threats and issues. next, a discussion with cia director john's brennan and james clapper. the nixon foundation hosted the event. it is an hour and a half.

moments ago he was at the gerald ford museum in grand rapids. a new poll out today shows hillary clinton maintaining a healthy seven-point lead. in a few hours she's expected to go after trump at her next event after trump's morning twitter tirade against alicia machado. she is now calling trump's accusations of a sex tape false on instagram. at 3:00 in the morning on twitter he lashed out again at machado. he's previously called her over weight and miss piggy. today it is allegations, unfounded we should add, of a sex tape. machado responding on her instagram account calling it false. take a look at the trump tweet and machado's response on instagram. she said the republican candidate insists on demoralizing women. >> he believes in a strong man approach. he stood on stage and described a hopeless, broken nation. i'm sorry. i'm looking at you. i don't see that. >> we have reports from detroit, d.c., florida covering both major party candidates. let's start with jacob rascon. before anything else, unpack what happened for us here. the trump twee

take gerald ford in 1976, during the cold war. >> there is no soviet domination of eastern europe. >> reporter: a good line can defuse a liability. for reagan, his age. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. [ laughter ] >> reporter: tonight attacks, an unpredictable face-off. their first real face to face interaction since trump's wedding 11 years ago. peter alexander, nbc news, hempstead, new york. >> that's going to do it for us on a monday night. a reminder, the presidential debate airing live right here on nbc, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. i'm savannah guthrie. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> it's time to vote for america and america first. >> america's destiny is ours to choose. >> we will make america safe again. >> we join together to get rid of the threats we face. >> jobs, jobs, president for all americans. >> from nbc news. decision 2016. the first presidential debate. live from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. here now, savannah guthrie and chuck todd. >> and good evening, everybody. nice to have you

i'm gerald ford, jr. he said well, i'm your son, you're my father and i want to take you to lunch working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> now, it's a look at u.s. views on refugees and their treatment. photographers who captured images and refugee communities talk about how their pictures have influenced the public perception, refugees and other migrant communities. gonzalez correspondent for pbs moderates this discussion for center, from last month, this runs about an hour 15 minutes. see, mike work greats. one challenge. first off, thank you for the generous introduction and that run down of my -- some of my bio, appreciate that. and thank you all for coming. it's a beautiful day in southern california. there are many things you can be doing other than hearing a conversation about refugees and photo exhibit. i hope you've all seen the exhibit, which is fantastic, i saw it myself last week. and i come to the photo space as frequently as i can. and i tell every visitor

onouncer: sunday night c-span's q&a. 1976 debate between gerald ford and jimmy carter. then, jimmy carter and ronald reagan in 1980. after that, the debate when al gore in george w. bush. president gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter debated in philadelphia. it was the first presidential sittingeaturing eight president. debate, tvend of the interviewers interviewed during an audio loss. this is to hours. edwin newman, moderator: good evening. i'm edwin newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford of michigan, republican candidate for president, and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. we thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. there are to be three debates between the presidential candidates and one between the vice-presidential candidates. all are being arranged by the league of women voters education fund. tonight's debate, the first between presidential candidates in sixteen years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has partici

we'll take you to the newly renovated exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a big car pulled up and this big fellow stepped into the entryway of the store and paused there for a long time. and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you're leslie lynch king junior. and he said, no, i'm gerald ford junior. and he said, well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. >>> the c-span cities tour of grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. former congressman pete hoekstra is criticizing is the obama administration's foreign policy toward libya. he chaired the house intelligence committee after 9/11 and he spoke about the threat of radical jihadism recently during a national security conference hosted by the group act for america. this is about an hour. >> thanks. it's great to be with you today

during aour today of the gerald ford presidtial muse: >> mr. trump, why did you go on a late-nhtettoast night. >> reporter: trumpgnored questions about his preda twitter antics and at a later rally tried on return attention to his adversary. >> mr. president, will you pledge not to issue a pardono coconspirators for their many crimes against our country? ? high enough? reporter: but clinton has seized on the machado story, telefoang the beauty queen today and on twitter asking, "what kind of man stays up all night to sneer a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?" >> he called this woman "miss piggy." >> reporter: it was clinton who brought up machado at monday's debate in hopes of worsening trump's image with female voters and she hit the same point again today in >> i mean, his latest twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him. it proves yet again gathat he is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. >> reporter: at this rally, trump said his debate performance was uneven at times because of a faulty microphone. and tod

take gerald ford in 1976, during the cold war. >> there is no soviet domination of eastern europe. >>orter: a good line can defuse a liability. for reagan, his age. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. [ laughter ] >> reporter: tonight after months of fierce attacks, an unpredictable face-off. their first real face to face interaction since trump's wedding 11 years ago. peter alexander, nbc news, hempstead, new york. >> that's going to do it for us on a monday night. a reminder, the presidential debate airing live right here on nbc, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. i'm savannah guthrie. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and have a good evening. from the debate...hillary clinton and donald trump -- will take the stage in just moments. raj/shot we'll bring you the debate live -- right here in nbc bay area. janelle/2shot but first -- an update on the wildfire that can be seen across the south bay. live the fire, now 400-to 0 acres,isz mountains, south of los gatos. 300 structures threatened. evacuations orders underway alon

and newly renovated exhibits at gerald ford museum. >> a car parked outside and a big fellow stepped out of it and into the entryway and paused there for a long time and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said you're leslie lynch king, jr. he said no, i'm gerald ford, jr. he said, well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. >> c-span city's tour of grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on book tv working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> back now to the first foreign policy symposium held by are not paul institute for peace and prosperity. this includes four libertarian policy scholars and bloggers speak about their push for less government and better fiscal policy. it's about 50 minutes. >> i know a lot of you want to have dr. paul sign a book for you. fortunately because we did probably squeeze too many speakers in it's slightly difficult. but if you aren't able to get your book signed, you can -- we have 3 by 5 cards and

i would also say the biography of gerald ford because he was a creature of the house. i can't remember. i think you're right with lou cannon. but time in chance or something like that. this guy comes in the 40s. that is an awful lot of history a guy who was a creator of the modern political campaign committee arrived in 1966 of the lost of the republican 1952. he was involved in campaigns all across the country was a very consequential legislator delivered at the the nomination speech for ronald reagan at the convention. he was a pretty cool guy. and his ability to tell stories with the institution has observations even though i used to call him moses he got us right to the edge of the promised land and have he not lost his 92 primary he would have been reelected as an rc chairman. he would've have the opportunity to be there with a the modern republican majority. you pick up some of that listening to members. >> when you read some of the older biographies to do you ever say to yourself the house doesn't work that way anymore. obviously the house changes with the times

we bring you the second debate between gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter. the debate focused on foreign policy and defense issues. it also covered u.s. and soviet relations. the credibility of the u.s. in the wake of vietnam and watergate. president jimmy carter defeated