. >> road to the the white house rebind continues with howard baker of tennessee. the final interview in our look at the 1980 presidential campaign. this was taped by salem high school students in new hampshire and plaid on cable access in parts of new hampshire and massachusetts. this is the first time it's aired on national television. howard baker finished third in the 11980 primary u and he withdrew from the race a week later. mr. reagan would go on to win the nomination and defeat jimmy carter in the general election. this is about ten minutes. >> welcome to election '80. leadership is a quality people have demanded from their president. americans feel we are not receiving strong leadership from our president. . how would you define leadership? >> i expect leadership as difficult quantity or quality to define in any case, but in presidential settings and circumstances, the most difficult. let me give you examples of strong leaders and i'll give you maybe more direct answer. franklin roosevelt was a strong political leader. he could stake purposes and identify

bush, john anderson and howard baker. taped by students at salem high school in new hampshire, the interviews played on cable access and parts of new hampshire and massachusetts. it's the first time they've aired on national television. we start with ronald reagan who went on to win the new hampshire primary on his way to securing the gop preferential nomination. he defeated jimmy carter in the general election to win the presidency. this is just under 15 minutes. >>> governor reagan, welcome to election '80. many americans feel we're not receiving strong effective leadership today, how would you define leadership? >> that's not as easy as it sounds. there are great leaders who have been evil men. we usually think of leadership however in those who take -- lead the people in the right direction. i think that one of the main essentials for leadership is communication. we find that if we look back on men, presidents here in the united states or men overseas, men like winston churchill, we find so often that we remember them

we also had a couple of governors and two u-s senators---howard baker and bob dole. candidates with celebrity backgrounds too. like donald trump----ronald reagan was best known to many as an actor, tv host and in iowa, a sports broadcaster. but iowa was not particularly reagan campaign either----and he lost by two per cent to bush. jimmy carter tried for a second term in iowa----and clobbered ted kennedy two to one. but reagan roared back in new hampshire and south carolina----something trump is expected to do this time around. south carolina played a big role in 1980 to help reagan win the nomination. he beat texas governor john connally by a 25 point margin----helped in part possibly by a bit of political chicanery from south carolina's lee atwater, who cooked up a rumor about connally ying to buy the black vote. there was one constant from 1980 to today. nbc's tom brokaw working then and again today----still covering the big political story 36 years later. that photo snapped just a few feet away from our broadcast ahead of the "first in the south" primary here in

imagine eisenhower's reaction to the news that senator howard baker had given up his job as majority leader of the senate as well as his senate seat, four years before the presidential election. in order to campaign full-time. and imagine how all of these men would react to a democratic primary race in which two senior democratic senators, joe biden and chris dunn, who between them had logged 70 years in the united states congress, were never seriously considered for their party's nomination because all the attention and energy were consumed by a former first lady and the first -- and a first-term african-american senator. so, the point here is that the electoral college race is still very much the same as it has been throughout our history, but between 1968 and 1972, the democratic party was part and parcel of a huge reform system, a reform of the nomination system. the proximate cause of those reforms was the feeling on the part of antiwar democrats and women and minorities that the old system cut them out of the action. that the old system, famously categorized as old white men wi

senators, howard baker and bob dole. reagan stumped through our area a number of times----talking about cutting taxes and big government. he'd been helped to some extent by his roots as a broadcaster at who radio in des moines, where i worked. it helped maybe---but it wasn't enough. reagan ended up losing to george herbert walker bush in a squeaker-----32 to 30 per cent. baker pulled 15 per cent for third place. reagan later said iowa had been a "kick in the pants" for his campaign and by the time it got to south carolina----he clobbered his next closest competitor, governor connally---with 55 per cent of the vote here. bush later dropped out of the race. the democrats were little more predictable----with jimmy carter beating ted kennedy almost two to one. we did get a lot of media attention back then----including in person coverage by some giants of the tv news industry. tom brokaw covered his first iowa caucus vote that year----and he's still doing i also had a memorable moment passing by the hotel bar that night and s

imagine eisenhower's reaction to howard baker, as majority leader of the senate's as well as his senate seat four years before the presidential election in order to campaign some time. imagine how all these men would react to a democratic primary race in which two senior democratic senators, joe biden and chris dodd who between them had lost 70 years in the united states congress were never seriously considered for their party's nomination because all the attention and energy were consumed by a former first lady and first term african-american senator. so the point here is the alleged war college race, the general election is still very much the same as it has been throughout our history but between 1968 and 1972, the democratic party was part and parcel of a huge reform system, reform of the nomination system. the of proximate cause of those reforms was on the part of anti-war democrats and when and minorities that the old system cut them out of the action. the old system famously categorized as old white men talking to grooms was simply not representative of the party and what the par

imagine eisenhower's reaction to the news that senator howard baker had given up his job as majority leader of the senate as well as his senate seat for years before the presidential election in order to campaign both times. can imagine how all of these men would react to a democratic primary race in which two senior democratic senators who between them have lost 70 years in the united states congress were never seriously can figure for their party's nomination because all the attention and energy were consumed by a former first lady in a first-term african-american senator. so the point here is the elect are a college race, the general election is still very much the same as it has been throughout our history. but between 1968 and 1972, the democratic party was part and parcel of a day huge reform system. reform is a nominations system. the approximate cost of those reforms was on the part of antiwar democrats and women and minorities that deals system cut them out of the action, that deals system famously categorized as old white men talking in smoke-filled rooms was not representa

also campaign ads and 1980 interviews with john anderson, howard baker, and george h.w. bush and more. all of that tonight on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> hillary clinton's in nevada tonight at a get out the vote rally taking place at the laborers international union in las vegas. live coverage on c-span starts tonight at 11:30 eastern time. >>> c-span's coverage of the presidential candidates continues this week with campaign events in south carolina and nevada, leading up to the south carolina gop primary and the nevada democratic caucuses, on saturday, february 20th. our live coverage of the results starts on saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern with the candidate speeches and your reaction to the results on c-span, c-span radio and cspan.org. >>> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span, a debate on drone strikes as part of counterterrorism strategy. two former defense department officials take opposite sides of the issue. maryellen o'connell now a professor at notre dame university law school says the program increases national security threats. and depaul law school pro

i started with ronald reagan, howard baker, george bush. >> did we mention he has a photographic memoryicked up the camera at 14 with a childhood dream to be published in "life" magazine. he's done that three times. now he's focused on this primary. known for capturing the extraordinary moment out on the campaign trail. jeb bush stretching before a campaign event. chris christie staring down a bull. >> one thing i always try and do is come up with something that is more new hampshire primary than not. do i have great shots of all of them? no. not yet. >> covered just about everyone who has run for the last 30 something years. >> wmur political reporter john distaso is considered the most experienced political writer in the state and is moving into double digit primary territory. his will be his tenth. >> and on to the democratic convention. >> so many memories of a candidate. >> he is noticing more of a national press presence and how technology is speeding up the political presses. >> it is so much different now because of social media, because of the internet, because of the constant

and then ginsberg pulled out, i was chairman and reagan called me down to the oval office and howard bakeras then his chief of staff. the three of us sat in the oval. and he sat down. he was gregarious and he said okay, joe, who do you want. i said, mr. president, yours is a propose. mine is dispose. you tell me who you have in mind and i'll give you an honest idea of their chances. he read off to me the potential ideas he had in mind. with howard there, i told him, mr. president, i think that that person will have suffer the same fate as bork. this person i think would probably get nominated. that person would, and you know, that's part of the advice and consent process. >> should president obama do that with senator grassley? >> yes. >> do you think he will. >> yes, i'm confident he'll reach out to the senate and go through the process of advise and consent. >> i'm going to throw you a little bit of a curveball just this afternoon, a source told msnbc, it's beyond idle chatter. there's been some significant discussion you might be the president's choice especially under these usual polit

howard baker was his chief of staff. he sat down and said, joe, who do you want?aid yours is to propose and mine is to dispose. he read off to me the potential nominees he had in mind. with howard there, i said i think that person will suffer the same fate. this person, i think will probably get nominated. that person would. that's part of the advise and consent process. >> should president obama do that with senator grassley? >> yes. >> do you think he will? >> yes. i'm confident he will reach out to the senate. >> i'm going to throw you a curve ball. just this afternoon a senate source has told msnbc it's beyond just idle chatter that there's been some significant discussion that you might conceivably be the president's choice especially under these unusual political circumstances. talk about one person who could get through and nobody else could. if the president asked you to do it, would you say yes? >> you never say to a president for certain you wouldn't do anything. i have no -- look at me now. i have no desire to sit on the supreme court. none. it would be

howard baker carry that on while he was the minority leader. transition for a nicely in 1980 into becoming the majority leader. we have the senate -- the senate had much of -- much less of a germanic turnover when the republicans won over 26 -- after 26 years of being the minority. in the house, when the republicans won after 40 years of being the minority, it was like the french revolution. it was like changing the months of the year. they change the names of the committees, everything. everybody went from the historian went, the chaplain went. it was a traumatic difference. i do think you have to look at the psyches of the institutions when you factor that in. question over here. in 2015,e important and increased gas tax, increased to the minimum wage, they did away with the death penalty, and they retained the secret vote which is how they elected this chairmannd committee thomas a you had democratic speakers -- is there any lesson and that from capitol hill? i think nebraska is a fantastic exception. are you from nebraska? professor balogh:

and then ginsberg pulled out, i was chairman and reagan called me down to the oval office and howard baker. the three of us sat in the oval. and he sat down. he was gregarious and he said okay, joe, who do you want. i said, mr. president, yours is a propose. mine is dispose. you tell me who you have in mind and i'll give you an honest idea of their chances. he read off to me the potential ideas he had in mind. with howard there, i told him, mr. president, i think that that person will have suffer the same fate as bork. this person i think would probably get nominated. that person would, and you know, that's part of the advice and consent process. >> should president obama do that with senator grassley? >> yes. >> do you think he will. >> yes, i'm confident he'll reach out to the senate and go through the process of advise and consent. >> i'm going to throw you a little bit of a curveball just this afternoon, a source told msn msnbc, it's beyond idle chatter. there's been some significant discussion you might be the president's choice especially under these usual political circumstances. ta

campaign films and ads as well as interviews with such presidential candidates as john anderson, howard baker and george h.w. bush. again, that all starts thursday night at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3's american history tv. join us thursday for washington jury room. our guests will include james antle. he'll discus the impact antonin scalia's death will have on the 2016 presidential race. then a look at the proposed 2017 defense budget with todd harrison for the centsencenter strategic and international studies. and later, national urban league president mark morial will talk about african-americans and the 2016 elections. washington journal live thursday and every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. on our c-span. >> every weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, feature programs that tell the american story. some of highlights for this weekend include saturday afternoon at 2:00 eastern, presidential woodrow wilson nominated boston lawyer louie br bra brandeis for the u.s. supreme court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, brandeis university in massachusetts hos

also coming up, campaign ads, the 1980 interviews with john anderson, howard baker and george h.w.ush, and more. all of that tonight on american history tv. here on c-span3. >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen says the economy and labor market continue to grow despite a recent slowdown. she testified last week before the house financial services committee delivering the federal reserve's biannual report to congress on the state of the economy. >> committee will come to order. without objection the chair's authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is for the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governors of the federal reserve system on the conduct of monetary policy in the state of the economy. i recognize myself for three minutes for an opening statement. last month we all heard president obama attempt to take an economic victory lap in his state of the union speech but the american people are having none of it, though, they are tired of hearing from out-of-touch ruling class in washington just how good thing

campaign films and ads as well as interviews with such presidential candidates as john anderson, howard baker and george h.w. bush. again, that all starts thursday night at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3's american history tv. join us thursday for washington jury room. our guests will include james antle. he'll discus the impact antonin scalia's death will have on the 2016 presidential race. then a look at the proposed 2017 defense budget with todd harrison for the centsencenter strategic and international studies. and later, national urban league president mark morial will talk in maryland. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to cspan.org. >> american history tv on c-span3 features programs that tell the american story. and this weekend we continue our special series on the 1966 vietnam hearings, 50 years later. we'll hear special consultant to president johnson, general maxwell taylor's opening statement followed by committee member questions. >> our purpose is clear and defined. from his speech in 1965, president johnson did so in the following term. our objective is t

i started with ronald reagan, howard baker, george bush. >> he has a photographic memory.cked up the camera at 14 with a childhood dream to be published in life magazine. he has done that three times. now he's focused on this primary. known for capturing the extraordinary moment on the campaign trail, jeb bush stretching before a campaign event, chris christie staring down a double. bull.n a >> i try to get something that is more new hampshire primary than not. cover just about everyone who has run the lost 30 something years. reporter johncal is considered the most experienced political writer in the state and is moving into double-digit primary territory. this will be his 10th. >> on to the democratic convention. >> so many memories of a candidate. he's noticing more of a national press presence and how technology is speeding up the political press is. >> it's different now because of social media, the internet, the constant deadlines. >> candidates for president -- >> new hampshire has been an interesting phenomenon to watch. >> cokie roberts has covered her share of pr

state that went against obama more in '12 than he did in '08, it is still the state that sent howard bakernder to the senate and bob corcoran now to the senate. conservative republicans but who are also moderate when it comes to working with democrats. >> no, it's crew, although to go to your point about the establishment's potential cluelessness on this, i was talking to one of the most senior republicans in the state who has seen polling that actually shows trump significantly up in tennessee and then this senior republican said, but i don't know anyone who is for him. and that tells you what you need to know. >> you know, i always -- i always said what you can't find anybody now who says they're for donald trump and when we go to states where he wins by 20 points, just like you can't find anybody now that said they voted for richard nixon in 1972 despite the fact he won 49 states. >> exactly. >> it's a similar thing. >>> let's look at texas, tom. >> last poll there i think was early this month had cruz up 5. so trump is right on his heels there and it's not a sure fire win, but again, 1

i started with ronald reagan, howard baker, george bush. >> did we mention he has a photographic memoryshed in "life" magazine. he's done that three times. now he's focused on this primary. known for capturing the extraordinary moment out on the campaign trail. jeb bush stretching before a campaign event. chris christie staring down a bull. >> one thing i always try and do is come up with something that is more new hampshire primary than not. do i have great shots of all of them? no. not yet. >> covered just about everyone who has run for the last 30 something years. >> wmur political reporter john distaso is considered the most experienced political writer in the state and is moving into double digit primary territory. this will be his tenth. >> and on to the democratic convention. >> so many memories of a candidate. >> he is noticing more of a national press presence and how technology is speeding up the political presses. >> it is so much different now because of social media, because of the internet, because of the constant dead lanse. there is no deadline and yet every minute is a

terry's comment reminded me of when former senator howard baker was introducing me. he said lamar alexander was the greatest governor the state has ever had. he looked down the row and there was former governor winfield dunn. he said the greatest since governor dunn. thank you for having us. congratulations to the governors for improving the state of relations governor herbert mentioned. you led the charge and are organizing to lead the charge to see that it's implemented properly. during this next year by forming a coalition with all of the organizations that support it, which create a unique opportunity for the nea and aft and the governors and chief state school officers, everybody who ghot fed up with washington telling everybody what to do. you improved the relationships. second thing you could do to improve it better -- we talked about this yesterday. number one, implement the law. it's not worth the paper it is written on unless it's implemented, we get all the power out of washington back to you. second, the marketplace fairness act. how could you make it bet

we also had a couple of governors and two u-s senators---howard baker and bob dole. candidates with celebrity backgrounds too. like donald trump----ronald reagan was best known to many as an actor, tv host and in