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henry clay, daniel webster, john c. calhoun -- i have it up not only because i'm an admirer of clay but i did my senior thesis in college of the -- on henry clay and the compromise of 1850. host: was it because he was a kentuckian that you did that? senator mcconnell: yeah. i recently reread it. it wasn't very good. frankly, they should have made me rewrite it so i'm not exactly sending it around for publication. but it was one of the three sort of major compromises that clay was involved in, widely attributed to holding the union together as long as it held together before the inevitable conflict blew things up. host: and gave him the nickname "the great compromiser." correct? senator mcconnell: yeah. that's what he was known as. host: what does that message mean for you for the senate today? senator mcconnell: because you have to compromise. and we do a lot of that. unfortunately in today's world , the things we agree on never make any news. it's only when we have differences. or something goes off the track or something's controversial that it seems to be important enough to be noticed, which is a great frustration.

thesis, i did my senior in college on henry clay and the compromise compromise of 1850. i have a depiction of that, which i'll show you, subsequently. so i've always had an interest in it. and once i moved into this office and became republican theer, we got interested in history of this space and produced a pamphlet that sort of outlines the various things that have occurred here over the years. int: what did it look like 1800? senator mcconnell: well, you smallererything was then. there's a plaque in the hall that points out that in 1800 this would have been shortly after they got here the house of met inntatives actually this space and conducted the 36 ballot election that determined that thomas jefferson would be occurred in this space. host: right here. senator mcconnell: right in this space. course, that was historically of enormous because bird was a scoundrel. actually did a lot to influence jefferson's selection. he couldn't stand him. but he knew bird was a scoundrel and the country need to be saved from him. that occurred in here. and then they developed the l

henry rossoff, cbs news. >>> the csu's board of trustees recommended charging higher tuition and students aren't happy about that. on top of tuition increases they are also protesting cuts at the school's college of ethnic studies. at san francisco state students will meet at malcolm x plaza this afternoon. >>> it's monday, right? >> it's monday. >> what happened to the weekend? >> of course every weekend. >> we have a beautiful view this morning looking out from our kpix5 studios out towards the embarcadero where we have the buildings all lit up and blue and -- in blue and gold to salute our golden state warriors. my husband from a former life, klay thompson, 47 points yesterday. >> what about your future life? >> thank you. i love your optimism. there's hope. currently 49 degrees in santa rosa, 56 degrees in oakland. the winds are relatively on the slight side, bank clouds. a difference today in these temperatures, they will be coming down but they are a little bit more seasonal. 60s at the beaches today, 70s with the sunshine around the peninsula to 76 degrees morgan hill. far inland towards brentwood, tracy, discovery bay, 60s in north bay coast, 71 novato. full forecast still ahead but ri

henry jackson, scoop jackson, of washington state, john f. kennedy. here is a test. all your listeners, all your viewers should take john f. kennedy's inaugural address and hand it to a college student that they know. not with the title of the president. say this was an inaugural address given by an american president. was it a republican or a democrat? and i am willing to bet that 90% would say, oh, this is a republican. because every theme in it, much of the themes -- he believed deeply in lowering taxes to stimulate the economy. he believed america had a moral obligation to fight anywhere at any cost for liberty on earth. those aren't ideas that are held by the left. those are ideas that were held by liberals. >> host: dennis prager is our guest. nationally-syndicated talk show host, author of about seven books, co-founder of prager university. gaye in upland, california, you are the first call for mr. prager. go ahead, gaye. >> caller: hi, thank you very much. wow, where to begin, mr. prager. i am mostly troubled by his infantile and simplistic viewpoint that if all humans would merely live by the ten commandments, we would be hunky dory. that's just the child-like view