on the "gerald ford" they don't use steam, which is the first one i've heard of that doesn't use team. i know they have some difficulties, which i'm not happy about, and they spent a lot of money. i was just curious, the steam system is tried and true for many, many years, as long as we've had aircraft carriers. how do you find steam versus what they're doing on the "gerald ford," which is digital, if you can believe it. >> yes, sir. all of our nemitz super carriers have been using steam. however the catapults offer great benefits. >> do you see any hostility in the region? you're hearing a little about aggression. what are you feeling? >> yes, sir. we have safe and independent operations out here throughout the theater. we do feel safe. >> he was certainly asking many operational questions in nature, something that should not have been done on a live, televised event. this is an unscripted event. the president taking the reins of all this. largely he's unsupervised here in florida. the senior staff is elsewhere. he was also asked for what he's thankful for. he said he was thankful fo

ford. mike is the oldest son of former president gerald r. and betty ford mike and his wife killed three daughters and a grandchildren. he currently chairs the gerald r. ford presidential foundation served on the visiting committee for many, many years. like a da from wake forest and a masters in divinity and for the last 36 years he's built a long and successful career in student affairs serving multiple leadership roles in wake forest. as he retired earlier this year, wake forest presented mike with the medallion of merit award in honor of his many years in service to the school and its students. commenting on not award one of my colleagues, university chaplain said he models for students what it means to be a person of integrity, to be a truth teller, to be a person who values service. my coming thank you thank you for your friendship to the fourth zero and of course for being with us here today. now our special guest, the highly successful award-winning journalist, lisa mccubbin has been a television news anchor and reporter hosted her own

the gerald ford will be joining you pretty soon. how does this compare in size and scope with the gerald ford? you know all about that. that is the new one, right? pat: yes, sir. size and scope, a good friend of my left command of that. the size and scope, about the same. certainly some improvements of their to the -- there to the radars and even the catapults and gears are slightly different as well. pres. trump: tell me about the catapult system. on the gerald ford, they don't use steam which is the first i've ever heard of that does not use steam. i know they have some difficulties which i'm not happy about. and they spent a lot of money. i was just curious, the steam system is tried and true for many years, as long as we have had aircraft carriers. how do you find esteem versus what they are doing on gerald ford which is digital, if you can believe it? pat: yes, sir. all of our super carriers have been using steam for decades. we find it pretty reliable. however, the electromagnetic catapults they are running their offers great

you know, we have another big one, the gerald ford, is going to be joining you soon. how does this compare in size and scope with the gerald ford? you know all about that. that's the new one, right? >> yes, sir. size and scope, a good friend of mine just left command of that. but size and scope are about the same. certainly some improvements there to the plants and a few of the radars and even the catapults and gear are slightly different as well. >> hey pat, tell me about the catapult system. so on the "gerald ford" they don't use steam, which is the first one i have ever heard of that doesn't use steam. and i know that have some difficulties which i'm not happy about. and they spent a lot of money. and i was just curious, the steam system is tried and true for many, many years, as long as we had aircraft carriers. how do you find steam versus what they're doing on the "gerald ford" which is digital, if you can believe it. >> yes, sir. all of our supercarriers have been using steam for decades. and we find it pretty reliable. however, the electromagnetic catapults th

you know we have another big one, the gerald ford will be joining you pretty soon. how does this compare in size and scope with the gerald ford? you know all about that. that's the new one. right? >> yes, sir. size and scope, good friend of mine just left command of that. but size and scope about the same. certainly some improvements there to the radars and even the catapults and gear are slightly different as well. >> so talk to me pat -- tell me about the catapult system. on the gerald ford they don't use steam, which is the first one i've ever heard of that doesn't use steam. i know any have some difficulties, which i'm not happy about. they spent a lot of money. the steam system is tried and true for many years. how do you find steam versus what they're doing on the gerald ford, which is digital, if can you believe it? >> yes, sir. all of our super carriers have been using steam for decades. and we find it pretty reliable. however, the electromagnetic catapults they're running offer great benefits. obviously like any new piece, you have to work through the bugs,

. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes to squeaky he's gotto do one big 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 a couple of weeks ago, i wonder if this has convinced you at all that we need tough gun control 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 into 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

on the "gerald ford," they don't use steam, which is the first one i've heard of that doesn't use steam. i know they have some difficulties, which i'm not happy about and they spent a lot of money. i was just curious, the steam system is tried and true for many, many years, as long as we've had aircraft carriers. how do you find seam versus what they're doing on the gerald ford, which is digital, if you can believe it. >> yes, sir. all of our nemitz super carriers have been using steam for decades. we found it pretty reliable. the electromagnetic catapults after benefits in the region. >> do you see hostility? you hear a little bit about aggression from a couple of the players. what are you feeling? >> yes, sir. we have safe and independent operations out here throughout the theater. we do feel safe. >> let's start the hour with cnn senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. he's in south florida where the president is spending his thanksgiving. jeff, happy thanksgiving to you. talking to the president there and listening to part of his phone call, he answered a lot of reporter quest

how do you find steam versus what they are doing on the gerald ford which is electronic and digical. >> all the super carriers have been using steam for decades and we find it reliable. >> do you feel safe in the region? do you see aggression and hostility. i hear about aggression from a couple of the players. >> yes, sir. we have operations out here and we do feel safe. >> senior white house corresp d correspondent jeff is in west palm beach where the president is with his family for the holiday. if you listen to this hour, it's extraordinary. he thanked the troops, but there were so many high brow-raising moments. >> there certainly were. it's a sign that he is comfo comfortable in his surroundings in the opulence of mar a lago. he likes to be in that ballroom there. he invited reporters in and had all the time in the world to talk and consider questions. so many headlines, but he was talking to armed service members as the commander in chief and going beyond the comfort level and normality of what most commanders in chief have done. he showed how he is thinking and that he's full

this was in the wake of richard nixon's resignation and gerald ford's elevation to president.hat was at a time when the nation was in turbulence and there was some instability nationally and a concern, as , whyr later said, about not look for somebody who has integrity and will try to raise our ideals? somebody not from washington, but from the deep south? raisee who might try to country.to be a better i think carter had a couple advantages. he was the outsider, not the incumbent. ford also had tremendous integrity but inherited the nixon administration and that weighed him down. in anlso pardoned nixon attempt to put watergate behind us. that might have connected ford more closely with nixon in a way that was not good for ford. and ford might have made a mistake or two in presidential debates. he was in it -- he was a good might have been a little bit bland in terms of demeanor. television was beginning to capture people's imagination. ford had some things working against him and carter had the idea of freshness and newness and a commitment to ethics, which was a very importa

gallup poll and no president has had that low approval rating heading into a midterm election since gerald ford in one nine hundred seventy four there are some signs that trump's style and policies have turned off and alienated some formerly loyal republican voters especially women living in suburban areas those voters now appear to be moving towards the democrats so that is one of the reasons why the consensus among political analysts pollsters and pundits is that the house of representatives will switch hands to the democratic party on election day with the republican party maintaining its hold over the senate. a voting has ended in the french territory of new caledonia where people had the chance to decide whether to seek independence the last referendum thirty years ago ended in violence the territory is a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific this time the french government says it wants the process to be peaceful and fair official results are expected on monday andrew thomas has been watching the vote from sydney turnout across new caledonia as islands was very high

. >> gerald ford. kennedy: the last time we had a trade surplus. gerald ford.'s not as important to the health of the economy as free trade is. we need more free trade and can work stuff out with china. i think pressing china, this is one area where i disagree with the president and look at what's happening with the stock market. so there will be a single chamber for the democrats. is there anything they can do to gain leverage going into 2020, or do you think they're going to be hyperobsessed with subpoenas and hearings and impeachment and all the stuff. >> i can't believe socialism is good for their country, they're not going to move forward and the american people are going to step away from that. we need to go back to our roots. america first and what's best for the american people and making sure america is economically better every single day than before. that's what we're doing internationally and locally. i'm very excited about that. we got to stand our ground and follow what the american people want. they want to be protected. they want to be rich, hel

he's going to be the new vice resident and lo and behold, richard nixon tidbits and he chooses gerald ford from michigan and iraq are worlds. i'll tell you that. >> so yes, all of a sudden we go into depth in the book about how this all happened in the phone call and everything and that he is overwhelmed because she really didn't expect this. in december of 1974. am i getting my years right? 73. he is confirmed as vice president. what is the deal? he plants a big kiss on betty right afterwards and you can see the speaker of the house looking like whoa. but there's so many pictures of jerry and betty in these wonderful embraces and they really had a wonderful loves tori. but when this happened, your dad apparently said your mother, don't worry, vice presidents don't do anything anyway. [laughter] unless the president -- [inaudible] so, now were you when you find that your dad was going to become president? >> right number so this is in august of 74. gail at night, my wife, had just married july 5th, a month earlier. we were supposed to be married in august, okay. it was coming in now, so no

gerald ford faced a tough primary challenge, and eventually lost to carter.was weakened by the candidacy of eugene mccarthy, and dropped out of the race. we're back with heidi, jonathan, donna and john. let's talk about the president and his own party, how does he stand? is this all over, no matter what happens, is trump the nominee of the republican party, if he chooses to be so? >> if he's on the ballot and he runs, he's going to be the nominee of the republican party. if you've seen a narrowing of the republican party, but they're very excited about him to the joint john was making earlier. 90% of republicans are with donald trump. that's not going to change. he's got them. nobody's going to pull that away from him. the danger to him is an independent candidacy that is aimed as a kamikaze mission to keep him from staying president. >> what is the sticky glue that keeps him popular? >> it's conservative republicans that matter when it comes to this. that's the base. and so number one, he gave them tax cuts. number two, he got them two supreme court justices

. >> by the way in the midterm elections in 1974, nixon was out of office and gerald ford was in officebout three months. >>> and today we changed our clocks for daylight savings, but there's a bill that could spark a national debate. >> reporter: today is as good day day as any to talk about daylight saving time and prop 7. love it or hate it, even if prop 7 passes, california still has a big uphill battle to climb before getting rid of the time change. if approved, sacramento lawmakers would still have to vote to abolish the time change, and even then it's not a done deal. california would still need congressional aapproval. do you -- approval. do you think that will happen? >> it's possible. >> reporter: the country is outgrowing the need for daylight saving time. marco rubio introduced a bill earlier in the year to change the whole country time change. >> i think it would go a long way. we tend to set the trend in california whether it's alternative energy or lgbtq rights. >> the problem is it would be dark quite late in the morning. >> reporter: this professor says doing away with

tremendous individuals, a guy name bill stiger from wisconsin and don rumsfeld from illinois and gerald ford i went back to the white house to work on the transition, i finished the period of time, sort of the nixon-ford years having to make a decision about what you want to do, what are you going to do next, as i thought about it, i could go make money and stay be a lobbyist or other options but i wanted to do is put my own name on the ballot. if i was going to be involved in public arena, public service i didn't want to just be working for somebody and put name on the ballot, i didn't like it when i lost a job because somebody else lost an election, so i really wanted to do it myself and went home to wyoming and announced and did it, served 10 years but i started 10 years in the house, four years at the feds, 8 years as vice president, i obviously, well, junky and i loved it. >> secretary panetta. >> well, it gets down to the ability to really change other people's lives for the better. in publicreat reward service. [inaudible] >> you know, what was your favorite job? and people are kind o

in response to this immediate crisis, president gerald ford gave the green light to parole in or admit 200,000 vietnamese refugees. some of them were evacuated through the help of american military forces. others fled on their own, and were later taken into protective custody by the united states. these vietnamese refugees in 1975 were placed in several military-run refugee camps on military bases here in the united states. and they stayed there until sponsors could assist their resettlement elsewhere. now when 1976 began, americans thought they were done with the refugee crisis. they had handled those couple hundred thousand refugees who went to the military-run refugee camps but the crisis was only beginning to heat up at this point. violence and political conflict in southeast asia continued to escalate. and continued to spur new refugee migrations. for example, in cambodia, the vietnamese invasion of 1978 brought the downfall of the paner rouge and the removal of pollpot in january of 1979. during pollpot's 3 1/2 years in power, the kamir rouge had killed 1.7 million people, which

the us government and defense contractors like case and point the thirteen billion dollars us as gerald ford super carrier which paralegal was delivered last year with some pretty major shall we say issues bloom.

president gerald ford and the republicans were squashed in that election so that's a historical note and then there were indications that previously reliable supporters of the republican party such as especially white women who live in the suburbs of major cities have soured on trump to the extent that they are actually turning towards the democratic party side in a lot of incumbent republicans in those suburban areas are running hard or running more difficult campaigns than they have in many years and rob lots of talk about this blue wave expected by the democrats but as you say the polls have been wrong in the process how the democrats expected to do. well yeah you're absolutely right there and i mean let's the when we talk about polls let's remember two thousand and sixteen and now spectacularly wrong all the pollsters were about donald trump winning in the electoral college with the consensus among the pundits and the pollsters and the analysts is that the democratic party will take the house of representatives and that the republican party will retain control of the senate

dick cheney was of course, people forget, but he was gerald ford's 35-year-old white house chief of staff way back when, in the 70's. obviously, later became may be most powerful vice president in modern history. cheney told me that the white house chief of staff has more power than the vice president. that's true, except when cheney was vice president. general, vice presidents are really like spare tires. they really do not do much in terms of governing. they famously attend funerals. the vice president was once compared to a warm bucket of spit back in the day. and that really has not changed very much. without important job any doubt as white house chief. host: the president recently tweeted about the vice president, vice president pence, his relationship, saying that the new york times has a phony story as usual about his relationship with him. they made up sources and refuse to ask me, the only one that would know, for a quote. the white house is running very smoothly and the results are obviously very good. we are the envy of the world but anytime i even think about making changes,

he was nominated by resident gerald ford to the ninth circuit court -- ninth circuit of appeals and confirmed by the united states and it. after 12 years of service, justice kennedy ascended to the supreme court in 1988. when president reagan nominated an associate justice. on the occasion of his retirement, this past july, of his 30 years of service, some of his former reminisced about their experiences. they had found in him, a leader who never shied away from disagreement. yet, thought at all times, to avoid being disagreeable. there is no doubt, justice kennedy that they would or could ever match. among his many other activities, justice kennedy served on a colonial williamsburg foundation board of trustees, where he is chairman of architecture and divine -- design review committee. as such, he has been a consistent driving force behind the architectural vision for the $14 million expansion of the art museum, and the renovation of the five-star, rated williamsburg in. of those who have worked with him, on these and other projects, have noted, his mind is something of a steel trap. never f

the us government and defense contractors like case in point the thirteen billion dollars us as gerald ford super carrier which barely was delivered last year with some pretty major. issues bloomberg is reporting that the u.s. navy's costliest warship ever was delivered last year without elevators needed to lift bombs from below deck magazines were loading on fighter jets and that my friends was just the latest in a rather long list of issues with the beast of a boat that includes longstanding reliability and technical problems with two other core systems the electromagnetic system the launch planes and the arresting gear to catch them when they land really think about that for a second we the taxpaying citizens of the united states of america all of us over here just ford over thirteen billion tax dollars are an aircraft carrier that has serious problems outfitting landing and launching aircrafts. the one thing that basically is it exists to do because of an aircraft carrier can arm launch and land planes then what good is it for. i mean besides providing good photo ops for politicians who

when gerald ford became president after nixon resigned, he refused to meet alexander solzhenitsyn because of fears of offending the soviet union. jimmy carter gave a speech at notre dame in which he talked about overcoming our, quote, inordinate fear of communism. and then, this is absolutely the dominant mode of thinking in both parties. carter, then in 1977, ronald reagan is a former governor, he has not declared for president yet, they are talking about foreign policy, and he said, would you like to hear my theory of the cold war? my theory is simple. we win and they lose. himquestion is, what gave whatever it was, the courage, so selfght, how did he confidently place himself in opposition to the entire mindset? >> he was not just being facetious as some people accused him of the time. i have aas saying is, strategy which is not just or allowing a moral equivalency between marxism and freedom. it is a matter of knowing their vulnerability, both from an ideological standpoint and economic standpoint. it was his feeling that they can be beaten and that freedom can win. it was a believe i

the us government and defense contractors like case in point the thirteen billion dollars us as gerald ford super carrier which parent lee was delivered last year with some pretty major shall we say issues bloomberg is reporting that the u.s. navy's costliest warship ever was delivered last year without elevators needed to lift bombs from below deck magazines were loading on fighter jets and that my friends was just the latest in a rather long list of issues with the beast of a boat that includes longstanding reliability and technical problems with two other core systems the electromagnetic system the launch planes and the arresting gear to catch them when they land really.

in 1975, he was nominated by president gerald ford to the ninth circuit court of appeals and was unanimously confirmed by the united states senate. after 12 years of service, justice kennedy ascended to the supreme court in 1988 when president reagan nominated him as an associate justice. on the occasion of his retirement this past july, after 30 years of service, some of his former colleagues talked about their experiences and found in him a leader who never shied away from disagreements, but sought at all times to avoid being disagreeable. there is no doubt that justice kennedy left a lasting imprint on the high court that few others could or will ever match. among his memorable activities, justice kennedy served from the foundation board of trustees or he is chairman of architecture and design. as such, he has seen a consistent and been a consistent driving force behind the architectural vision for the 40 me dollar expansion of the art museum and the renovation of the five star rated williamsburg in. of those who have worked with him on these and other projects, that have noted, his mind

that is now in the gerald ford library. mrs. ford, like many of her predecessors, broke away from the first lady tradition of wearing solid monochromatic colors. she loved all kinds of different patterns from plaids to florals, zigzags, geometric designs. even sort of piping, where there was white piping as you see in the yellow dress above and the blue one below. or the red piping as she wore on the actual bicentennial day of july 4, 1976. that is a little bit of the overview of these two women and what they wore and why they wore it. i would say, in concluding not just today's lecture, but the series, i start where i began on the stage. it was on this date in 1990 -- stage in 1990 that i had a chance, my only chance, to interact with pat nixon. it was the night before the richard nixon presidential library was dedicated. there was a reception for former nixon white house staff. at that point i had written my two books. mrs. nixon, although very frail and not doing interviews or granting them, agreed to answer questions that i s

gallup poll and no president has had that low approval rating heading into a midterm election since gerald ford in one nine hundred seventy four there are some signs that trump's style and policies have turned off and alienated some formerly loyal republican voters especially women living in suburban areas those voters now appear to be moving towards the democrats so that is one of the reasons why the consensus among political analysts pollsters and pundits is that the house of representatives will switch hands to the democratic party on election day with the republican party maintaining its hold over the senate. of the targets of trump's anti immigration rhetoric include thousands of central american migrants walking north towards mexico city the group of mostly honduras is aiming to reach the united states and seek asylum. reports. after weeks of walking thousands of pondering migrants in southern mexico have been told they'll have to walk some more they were promised free transportation to mexico city by the governor. but the offer was later withdrawn. well worn down they promised us somethi

the us government and defense contractors like case in point the thirteen billion dollar us as gerald ford super carrier which apparently was delivered last year with some pretty major shall we say issues bloomberg is reporting that the u.s. navy's costliest warship ever was delivered last year without elevators needed to lift bombs from below deck magazines were loading on fighter jets and that my friends was just the latest in a rather long list of issues with the beast of a boat that includes longstanding reliability and technical problems with two other core systems the electromagnetic system the launch planes and the arresting gear to catch them when they land. really think about that for a second we the taxpaying citizens of the united states of america all of us over here just ford over thirteen billion tax dollars for an aircraft carrier that has serious problems outfitting landing and launching aircrafts. the one thing that basically is it exists to do because if an aircraft carrier can arm launch and land planes then what good is it for. i mean besides providing good photo ops fo

president gerald ford on the left. the helsinki accords, which recognized the boundaries as they had been set after world war ii. many people thought ford had handed the associated a big victory. but the courts also committed the signatories, the united states, soviet union, most of the other countries of europe, including the communist countries, to recognize human rights. that human rights existed. to recognize freedom of conscious and it sounded to many like so much hot air, but in fact out of this event in 1975, dissident groups began banding together, often in the face of tremendous harassment in the soviet union, in poland, throughout eastern europe, often calling themselves helsinki watch and standing up for the rights of individual humans. standing up for the rights woodrow wilson had first enunciated back in 1917. i would argue that this event in 1975 had more to do with the downfall of communism in 1989 in eastern europe than any other single event. this was a triumph of the wilsonianism. as a journalist, i sh

it's at forty percent according to the latest gallup poll that is at a historic low no one since gerald ford in one thousand nine hundred seventy four has been president that low facing a midterm and there are some indications as well that the president's. combative confrontational behavior is his is well known controversies have turned off many previously. solid republican voters especially a white women in suburban areas say around pits of philadelphia pennsylvania denver other places like that these are places where incumbent republicans are now finding they're having a hard time in the race of their lives when previously they had been quite secure so it is we're seeing it double edged sword president from. his efforts riling up the base but turning off some of the more moderate republicans who had previously been loyal to the party yeah but lots of talk about this blue wave expected by the democrats but the polls have been wrong in the past haven't they saw how the democrats expected to do yeah they sure have we only need to remember this time two years ago in two thousand and sixteen wh

descendents of presidents from james monro to gerald r. ford convened in washington dc for a conference hosted by the white house historical association. interview kristin truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. the last time you and i talked, you had just come back from japan. you are with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. your grandfather's legacy. you've been up to something else associated with his legacy. to me about your project. >> people were beginning to say things like, you are starting to look like your grandfather. i must've had that play in the back of my head. i mentioned it to a few people. they encourage that. a friend of mine in north carolina said, let's do it. we did the play in october last year. eight shows and had a successful run. now i have an agent. i'm going to try to sell it. my retirement may be playing my own grandfather. >> which is kind of spooky. >> it is weird and spooky. it is also fun. it has been fun doing the play, trying to sound like him, trying to be like him

descendents of presidents from james monro to gerald r. ford convened in washington dc for a conference hosted by the white house historical association. interview kristin truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. the last time you and i talked, you had just come back from japan. you are with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. your grandfather's legacy. you've been up to something else associated with his legacy. to me about your project. >>