of service and bravery that will find him an imperishable page of the of the democratic party, harry s. truman. [cheers and applause] and finally my friends in the staggering task that you have assigned me, i shall always try to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my god. [cheers and applause] >> watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the democratic convention live here on c-span. next is the speech of george mcgovern in 1972. jimmy carter's 1976 acceptance speech scomprks barack obama from 2008. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" rob christian son from the "news news and political observer." the political dynamics in north carolina heading into the november election. that by susan roberts. and ryan butler discusses gay and lesbian issues. >> c-span's gavel-to-gavel coverage next week and online at c-span.org. featured speakers in >> we will build an american community again. the choice we offer is not conservative or liberal. in many ways, it is not even republican or democratic. it is different, it is new, and it will work. [cheers and applause] >> count your own opinion and connect

the party of a fighting democrat who showed us that a common man could be an uncommon leader -- harry s. truman. [applause] ours is the party of a brave young president who called the young at heart, regardless of age, to seek a "new frontier" of national greatness -- john f. kennedy. [applause] and ours is also the party of a great-hearted texan who took office in a tragic hour and who went on to do more than any other president in this century to advance the cause of human rights. lyndon johnson. [applause] our party was built out of the sweatshops of the old lower east side, the dark mills of new hampshire, the blazing hearths of illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania, the hard- scrabble farms of the southern coastal plains, and the unlimited frontiers of america. ours is the party that welcomed generations of immigrants -- the jews, the irish, the italians, the poles, and all the others, enlisted them in its ranks and fought the political battles that helped bring them into the american mainstream. and they have shaped the character of our party. that is our heritage. our party has not be

relationship in the high regard of every other president since harry s. truman. so i think it's in line with the administration's effort to distance itself, which has been manifest so many ways. >> it may be just bad manners and pales in consideration of the more important issues of nuclear weapons. ra ambassador, thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, is governor romney taking the lead? that could be true? dick morris says there is more to the poll than meets the eye. he is here to tell you next. also, former secretary of state kissinger -- does he think the u.s. should draw a red line to stop iran's nuclear buildup? hear straight from dr. kissinger. and mark fly and ann coulter take on the ladies. view. you have to see this one. and you will be talking about this tomorrow. dont move. "on the"on the record" back in 0 seconds. >> the estion who hats edge. polls in swing states showing president obama pulling ahead of governor mitt romney, but not so fast. dick morris, author of new book "here come the black helicopters" has something to say about the po

you got richard nixon shoes and harry s. truman, the buck skin stops here.'s airborne global command center. >> steve: you're the only guy i know who owns his own air force one. way to go. >> any mother says you own an airplane and it doesn't have any wings in how smart is that? that's an exact replica of air force one. it's got the top secret documents, i'm talking on the orange phone. the only thing i haven't found and brian wanted me to look around for, was that escape pod, you know the one i'm talking about? >> this is air force one! >> steve: there is no real escape pod on the air force one. unlike the movie "national treasure," there is no secret compartment, unless you count this. aha! carpet pad! that's not what nicholas cage found, is it? mr. president, mr. president, we have questions about the debt. >> change my diaper! [ laughter ] >> gretchen: change my diaper. so cute. i love that shot of him coming out of air force one. >> steve: after this convention, apparently they're going to move to the carolina aviation museum 'til the end of november an

we know that down at the harry s. truman building there is a plaque that list the name of the 231 u.s. diplomats who have been killed since 1780. madam speaker, i have to say that the news that we have of the tragic death of ambassador chris stevens in benghazi, the u.s. consulate in libya, is very sad news for all of us. now the upheaval in the arab world has brought about many great things for the first time in millennia, there have been individuals who have been able to participate in elections. and make decisions. but then we get the sad and tragic news that ambassador stevens and, according to the early reports, two marines, maybe another foreign officer was killed in this tragic attack and i'd like to say that we have spent time there. we were just in libya, mr. price and i, before ambassador stevens arrived and libya has held out great promise. i'm determined, as i know mr. price is, to ensure that the promise we saw several weeks ago in libya will not be shaurd by the tragic -- shattered by the tragic death of ambass

s. an era in which politics was every bit as ugly and confrontational as this country has seen before or since. president harry truman was a loyal democrat and a tough partisan. in his 1948 acceptance speech at the democratic convention, he referred to republicans as the common enemy who wanted to stick a knife in the back of the board. republicans called for truman's impeachment on a regular basis. it was said, the purpose of the opposition was to oppose. in the end, in that earlier, hyper partisan environment, it was members of the opposition, republicans like vandenburg and senator richard nixon who helped truman pass the marshall plan that saved western europe from soviet domination. republican support was also critical for the passage of aid to greece and turkey that took the plan of containment into action. and there is nato, which has sustained american security for the past several decades. looking ahead, it is unrealistic to expect partisanship to disappear or dissipate. when push comes to shove, when the feature of our country is at stake, ideological zeal and short-term political calculations on the part o

s, john kennedy speaking. lyndon johnson, bill clinton, then 1948 with harry truman.your calls later this afternoon. president obama speaking at 2:20 eastern time. for now, members of congress and advisers to mitt romney's campaign discuss challenges facing government this fall and the styles of president obama and mitt romney. this is from florida, the same week as the republican convention in tampa. >> while they are getting settled, i am the editorial director of "national journal." i wanted to give you a quick order of business. we're here to talk about iran the agenda and how mitt romney and the republican party will govern if they win in november. we have three panels. we will talk with john kyl. then we will talk to senior adviser to mitt romney. then major and i will talk to others about how these ideas may be received in congress if romney is elected. with no further ado, let me turn it over to major and david for the opening bell. >> senator kyl, it is great to have you with us. i will not go through your bio. we will go to questions about the way the electi