kennedy must be given to president lyndon johnson and hubert humphrey. chris: then in 180, teddy, the last brother, spoke to an adoring convention after he lost the challenge, his challenge to jimmy carter. >> for me a few hours ago this campaign came to an end. for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. chris: when we come back, what both obama and romney and their camps could learn from history, and especially what they know they have to avoid. plus, scoops and predictions. be right back. chris: welcome back. both obama and romney will go into the conventions knowing they have to first do no harm. with so much riding on this moment in the sun on national tv, they can't trip up like some candidates have in the past. barry goldwater found out the hard way that what might excite folks in the hall might also sink your hopes in the fall. >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. >> that also backfired on fritz mondale in 1984. >> mr. reagan will raise tax

in 1968 hubert humphrey won the nomination without competing in a single primary. it's kind of unimaginable. the power was in the hand of the party establishment and they dismissed the voting preferences expressed for mccarthy and new hampshire and certainly bobby kennedy in the california primary and sadly assassinated the night he was to win the primary. then humphrey's lost to richard nixon in 1968 triggered the calls for reform, so we got the mcgovern frazier commission and minnesota representative donald frazier. together they worked to come up with a set of rules where women, young voters and minorities would be represented in proportion to population. in 1970 to just four years later, 40% of the delegates in miami at the convention were women. that was my first convention. i was an operator for "newsweek." i worked in the swing and a fountain hotel and i was starry night. was wonderful to watch the politicians, and politicians to me were stars and celebrities and in a way they still are. in 196813% of the delegates were women so that gives you an idea of how

richard nixon was a realist and he recognized he didn't win because he was deemed more likable than hubert humphrey. the parallel is it's interesting there's a 16-point difference in the romney numbers, favorable, unfavorable, likable, whatever. but no one think it is race is 16 points. in other words, romney is keeping this race very close notwithstanding the resignations that a lot of people may have about him why? because in times of perceived crisis when there is an appetite for change and 1968 would certainly qualify i think there's a lot of voters that are willing to look beyond traditional purely personal factors 40 years later we have the 24 hour news cycle and presidents are with us more than they were then. that's something to keep in mind. >> ifill: in fact, that has to be what the romney campaign is counting on. >> well, one thing has happened is many more voters are locked in than exited in 1960. you're locked into 47% if you're a republican or democrat so we're arguing a very small part. i think among to that small part who are undecided or persuadable likability matters. when they as

. >> inside hubert humphreys says the party unfairly shut them out of the delegation process.lection. >> between 68 and 72 a series of performances were put into place opened it up reduce the power of political party bosses and greatly increased the role of primary campaign. >> historians say those changes diminished the importance of the party. campaigns no longer relied heavily on party fundraising since they have to have so much cash to win the nomination. >> it is dueling consultants. >> the last time a convention started without a clear nominee was 36 years ago at the republican convention of 1976. >> 17 votes for ford, two for reagan. >> when gerald ford narrowly defeated ronald reagan relying on uncommitted delegates who weren't obligated to nominate based on results. >> today's conventions aren't nearly as suspenseful. it is still where candidates become nominees serving an important purpose heading into the november election. >> a lot of voters this is one place where concentrated voters can tune in for a couple of days and hear what it is he stands for >> we have jus

he beat hubert humphrey in the debate when she was the best debater in the democratic party or any partyso that if he can grow and i pray he can because i think that he could be our redeemer. thanking. [applause] that coincides with a significant occasion that happened that week in history. for more history programming checkout american history television. we feature 48 hours of people and events that will document the american story. watch american history tv on c-span3 or visit c-span.org/history. >>> off when the queen was at one of her yearly garden parties at buckingham palace making her way through a crowd of nearly 9,000 people had agreed to a selection of guests she was asking such standard questions as have you come far? when one woman looked at her and said what do you do -- [laughter] several days later at a friend's birthday party the clean described the exchange and confessed i had no idea what to say. it was the first time and all the years of meeting people that anybody had ever asked her that question. my job and was in the elizabeth the queen was not only to explain what

look at this -- we found this footage of hubert humphrey back in 1965. >> mr. chairman, mr. fellow americans, i ask you this. what did the sign on the door of the whorehouse say? wear clothes. beat it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you see what i'm saying? [ applause ] so that goes way back. i think dirty jokes should be an official duty of the vice president. you know, joe biden says a lot of nutty things when he speaks in public. never seems to get him down. he keeps doing it. he's figured out a way to capitalize on it and raise money from their campaign. >> this summer, don't miss your chance to see america's funniest number two. joe biden, vp of comedy. >> those walls were awful thin, i wonder how my parents did it. but that's a different story. >> every laugh. >> as barack says, a three-letter word. jobs. j-o-b-s. jobs. >> every gaffe. >> god rest your soul and, um -- wait, your mom -- your mom is still alive, your dad passed. god bless her soul. >> the joe biden vp of comedy tour. you'll vp your pants laughing. >> i promise you, the president has a big stick. [ laughter ] >>

just like in 1948 the democratic national convention led by hubert humphrey when it was time for the party to step forward on behalf of all people and build a coalition that serves the party and our country, this is one of those moments for our party. so, mr. president i'm pleased by the inclusion of this plank. i'm excited and looking forward to its ratification in charlotte and looking forward to the election on november 6. thank you. [applause] >> on a personal level we are grateful for your work. thank you very much. we now have the last speaker on this topic, somebody we all should pay a lot of attention to. this is one of the future leaders of our nation but right tpwhoupb of the leaders -- one of the leaders of the young democrats. >> thank you. i'm the national president of the college democrats of america. i can say our home is in the democratic party. i want to speak briefly on the dream act portion of the platform. i want to say that i get to travel across the country and meet with college students and the young people i meet who are dre possess such strong passion, talent

. >> this week, hubert humphrey. sunday at 7:30 p.m. "american history tv" on c- span3. >> next, your calls and comments on "washington journal." then, the democratic national committee platform meets in to -- meet in detroit to vote on a final version to preve

and it's, oh, i remember hubert humphrey said it's demeaning, degrading and disgusting, right? that was a long time ago, and it hasn't got cannen better. it's gotten worse, and it's gotten worse because if it's 24/7 and every day of the week is election day, you can use money to buy media time. and the supreme court hasn't helped on this a hot. on this a lot. the root of the problem is actually not money. the root of the problem is the permanent campaign which money facilitates, it greases the wheels of it. and now it's not just what president obama or candidate romney can raise, it's what the super pacs raise which is hundreds of millions of dollars now. >> one of your suggestions is a time limit, sort of a money ban for a period. >> yes. >> do you think that could pass constitutional muster within a legislative -- >> oh, i think it could pass constitutional muster. >> yeah. >> but whether it could pass disturb. >> yeah, that's -- [laughter] >> is part of the problem. all of these as you kindly pointed out that we have lots of good institutional reform suggestions, but most of

. >> the most historic moment and i wasn't there but reading it and hearing it was hubert humphrey's 1948 speech at the democratic national convention to take up civil rights for the first time. the party had not, it had been a party that was on a solid -- >> ifill: sorry to interrupt you. we're going back to the podium to a small business owner running for governor. >> two years ago i would never have imagined i would be here with you tonight speaking at the republican national convention. i've seen these on tv. what an honor to be with you tonight. i'm a mother from delaware. a co-owner with my husband, a first state manufacturing. and after this november, i plan on taking on a new title. the next lieutenant governor of the great state of delaware. [crowd cheering] tonight is my honor to talk about the three things that inspired me to run for office. my family, the business we built and my belief in america's unlimited potential. but it starts with a wonderful story. shortly after our son was borne, my husband and i received some news that would change our lives forever. we learned

and hubert humphrey and others were beginning to prepare for the filibusters in the '57 civil rights act. and hubert humphrey had a parliamentary inquiry of the speaker, of the president of the senate who happened to be richard m. nixon presiding in the senate deliberately because he wanted to respond to this inquiry knowing it was coming. it wasn't a point of order, and the senate parliamentarians would say for that reason it's not precedent. but it certainly speaks volumes. and nixon, the point of order -- the parliamentary inquiry was cannot the senate at the organization of a new senate adopt rules by majority vote under the constitution? and that, of course, is an ongoing debate. last year tom udall and others led an unsuccessful fight. they got a few minor concessions at the end. but nixon gives this long explanation on why absolutely he feels very strongly that the senate -- call it a continuing body with one-third turnover -- can by majority vote ignoring its two-thirds requirement for shutting off debates which is on rules changes which is still true on rules changes, can by

. >> this week hubert humphrey. sunday at 7:30, in american history tv on c-span 3. >> earlier today mitt romney announced paul ryan as his choice for his vice presidential running mate. it came at the beginning of a bus tour that will take the candidates through key battleground states. they began the tour early today in the virginia and later stopped at this rally in ashland. it began with an introduction of the gop ticket by bob mcdonnell. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor bob mcdonnell. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. good afternoon. what a treat to be here in the center of the universe. thank you for coming out so we can have a great rally for the mitt romney ryan team, the team that will win in the november. after all, this is the common wealth of of virginia, the cradle of democracy where we know a little bit about electing presidents here in virginia, do we not? let me say thanks to all of you for coming. let me salute all of you who have served in the military. raise

hubert humphrey had a parliamentary inquiry of the president of the senate, who happen to be richard m. nixon presiding in the senate, deliberately because he wanted to respond to this inquiry, knowing it was coming. it was not a point of order and the senate parliamentarians would say that, for that reason, it is not president. but it certainly speaks -- and nixon, the parliamentarian order cannot preside in the new senate. that is an ongoing debate. last year, tom udall and others tried an unsuccessful right. -- and unsuccessful fight. the got a few concessions at the end. but nixon gives this long explanation for why he feels strongly that the senate, call it a continuing body with one- third turnover, can, by majority vote, ignoring its two- thirds requirement for setting off a debate, which is on rule changes, which is still true, can, by majority vote, adopt new rules. and that was kind of hitting. i don't know on whose be has, but some much else has happened since then in the senate that the senate would never admit, certainly robert byrd would never have been admitted that th

just like in 1948, the democratic national convention led by hubert humphrey, when it was time to step forward and build a vital coalition that serves the party and our country, this is one of those moments for our party. i am extremely pleased by the inclusion of this in the platform. i am excited and looking forward to its ratification. i am looking forward to the election on november 6. thank you. [applause] >> we are very grateful for your work. thank you very much. we now have the last speaker on this topic. somebody we should all pay attention to because she is the leader of the young democrats. >> as a young american, i can say our home is in the democratic party. i want to speak on the dream act. i get to travel across the country and meet with college student. the young people i meet are dreamers and they possess such strong passion, talent, and love for this country. it astonishes me every time. i am about to start law school in the first phone call i received was from a fellow student who is a dreamer. she told me about her life as a dreamer. she told me working as a migrant

hubert humphrey had a parliamentary inquiry of the president of the senate, who happen to be richard. nixon presiding in the senate, deliberately because he wanted to respond to this inquiry, knowing it was coming. it was not a point of order and the senate parliamentarians would say that, for that reason, it is not president. but it certainly speaks -- and nixon, the parliamentarian order cannot preside in the new senate. that is an ongoing debate. last year, tom udall and others tried an unsuccessful right. -- and unsuccessful fight. the got a few concessions at the end. but nixon gives this long explanation for why he feels strongly that the senate, call it a continuing body with one- third turnover, can, by majority vote, ignoring its two-thirds requirement for setting off a debate, which is on rule changes, which is still true, can, by majority vote, adopt new rules. and that was kind of hitting. i don't know on whose be has, but some much else has happened since then in the senate that the senate would never admit, certainly robert byrd would never have been admitted that that

you are in a city of hubert humphrey or he was the mayor region where he was the mayor. this makes intensive policy very seriously. this is also the city of michele bachmann which shows we have a sense of humor. then there is jesse ventura. this is a community that deeply values the work you are doing. you may know minneapolis from the mary tyler moore show as a wonderful place. there's a certain bit here. this is a city that is very much about what the statue of liberty is about. we speak 100 languages. we have welcomed people from across the world. one of the most important things is that we have proven that a more diverse america is part of a global strategy. our program has invested in our young people. we have now taken 16,000 kids, 86% of color and move them through our summer jobs program and into college. when you're looking for arabic speakers to make us better able to deal with them, you have a large arabic speaking population. when you are looking to speak with china, we speak multiple african dialects. this is also about an economic policy of globalism. we ar

. >> this week, hubert humphrey.unday at 7:30, american history tv. >> the heritage foundation and -- looks set to fairness in election and voter identification of laws. the colorado and kansas secretaries of state. we will also hear from the president and founder of true the vote. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is todd gaziano. i am the director of the center for legal and judicial studies at the heritage foundation. welcome to our discussion. the heritage foundation is a very pleased to be able to co- sponsor today's discussion was such a distinguished panel with true the vote. i will introduce its founder and president, and i will let her introduced the speakers she has assembled. i will come back to the podium to pose a question or two and recognize audience members. we want to welcome those of you here in our auditorium, but those of you watching on the internet and those from c-span and cbs who are also watching today's event. the topic up-to-date's discussion is of significant conce

. >> this week former senator and lbj's vice president, hubert humphrey, later today at 7:30, american history tv, this weekend on c span three. tonight, look for our q & a interview with andrew nogorsky, his new release "hitlerland". >> i had no idea about the experiences of the people in the century, my correspondents -- my predecessors in berlin. the time i had to spend in germany, i spent time as what would it have been like to have an correspondent in the 1920s and 1930s, how would you have operated, what would you noticed, not noticed, much less, how would you have acted. >> andrew nogorski on c span's f an. >> joel goldstein joins us from st. louis to talk about the role of the presidency. professor goldstein is author of "modern america vice presidency, the transformation of a political institution" also a vice presidential scholar and law professor at the st. louis university school of law. welcome to the program sir. guest: well thank you for having me. host: how would you describe the selection of presidential ryan by governor romney to be his running mate? guest: i think it

senator and lbj's vice president hubert humphrey. sunday 7:30 p.m. on american history to be this weekend. "washington journal" continues. host: at the table, tom mcmillen, " best founder of an organization called no label, a former u.s. congressman, democrat from maryland from back of the late-1980s and their early 1990's. good to have you back. we are talking about your proposal to reform congress. the first natural question is, what's wrong? guest: first of all, no labels is a grass roots citizen organization with over half a million citizens across the united states. every state and every congressional district in -- where we -- we really focus on solutions to problems that face our nation, and particularly the structure of how congress operates. there is a lot of finger pointing and point scoring and the genesis of this is to come up with practical ideas that will make congress work better. host: finger-pointing -- take us back to your career, late-1980s and early 1990's up to the present day. has always been finger-pointing? when big bad or wor

s vice president hubert humphrey. this weekend on c-span 3. >> in a few moments, john brennan . and "washington journal squts live at 7:00 eastern. one of our guests this morning is former house speaker and g.o.p presidential candidate newt gingrich. president obama's counterterrorism advisor yesterday defended the use of drone attacks in yemen. remarks of the council on foreign relations in washington, he did not rule out u.s. involvement in syria. this is an hour. >> welcome everybody. welcome to today's council on foreign relations meeting. i think most of you are veterans of this. you know the rules. please turn off your cell phones and pagers which i am doing right this second, myself. i've been asked that you not even put it on vibrate because that can interveer with the sound system. this meeting is on the record. it is my pleasure today to introduce today's guest, john brennan . the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and a deputy national security advisor. that means they see chief advisor for the president on counterterrorism strategy

. >> the most historic moment and i wasn't there but reading it and hearing it was hubert humphrey's 1948 speech at the democratic national convention to take up civil rights for the first time. the party had not, it had been a party that was on a solid -- >> ifill: sorry to interrupt you. we're going back to the podium to a small business owner running for governor. >> two years ago i would never have imagined i would be here with you tonight speaking at the republican national convention. i've seen these on tv. what an honor to be with you tonight. i'm a mother from delaware. a co-owner with my husband, a first state manufacturing. and after this november, i plan on taking on a new title. the next lieutenant governor of the great state of delaware. [crowd cheering] tonight is my honor to talk about the three things that inspired me to run for office. my family, the business we built and my belief in america's unlimited potential. but it starts with a wonderful story. shortly after our son was borne, my husband and i received some news that would change our lives forever. we learned

just like in 1948, the democratic national convention led by hubert humphrey, when it was time to step forward and build a vital coalition that serves the party and our country, this is one of those moments for our party. i am extremely pleased by the inclusion of this in the platform. i am excited and looking forward to its ratification. i am looking forward to the election on november 6. thank you. >> we are very grateful for your work. thank you very much. we now have the last speaker on this topic. somebody we should all pay attention to because he is one of the leaders of the young democrats. -- she is the leader of the young democrats. >> as a young american, i can say our home is in the democratic party. i want to speak on the dream act. i get to travel across the country and meet with college student. the young people i meet are dreamers and they possess such strong passion, talent, and love for this country. it astonishes me every time. i am about to start law school in the first phone call i received was from a fellow student who is a dreamer. she told me about her life as a

senator in lbj's vice president, hubert humphrey sunday at 7:30 p.m. american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> we will continue live coverage live coverage of the airline pilots association safety conference when they written at about 1:10 p.m. for addressing pilot fatigue. right now will go back to a discussion from this conference earlier today focusing on security involving travelers who are considered high risk. >> good morning, everyone. i hope you had an enjoyable evening and are fully captivated for a day of very interesting discussions. i want to once again thank boeing, our sponsoring the reception last night and thanks to airlines for america, and all of our sponsors who, with the support can make this event possible. we appreciate your support. [applause] >> please mutual cellphones and other electronics to keep the muted while you were here in the hall. thank you. i don't think i will get an argument from this statement. nothing has changed more in the airline industry during the past 11 years and aviation security. whether it's the t

. >> this week, hubert humphrey. sunday at 7:30 p.m., "american history tv" on c-span3. >> date, look for our interview with andrew nagorski. >> i had no idea about the correspondence with diplomats in berlin. despite all the time i spent in germany, i have not spent a lot of time thinking about what it would have been to be like we did what it would have been like to be a correspondent and how you would have operated. what would you have noticed? much less, how would you of active? >> day at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: our next segment comes out of newspaper studies. income segregation rising rapidly changing cities. the stories came from research from the pew research center. richard fry the senior economist there and he is here to tell us about the numbers behind the stories. michael wallace is at the table, with the national league of cities, where he is a program director for community development. it will be interesting for him to talk about the challenges that cities a

welcome to the minnesota democratic our labour party, and as you know, this is a land of hubert humphrey walter mondale, paul wellstone, three great americans who worked hard in their role of providing moral clarity, and they also provided creative leadership on so many areas. their legacies have left behind a lasting mark on civil rights and human rights, social justice, not only at home, but around the world. today is my honor to be here representing one campaign, and it is 1.7 million members in the united states. the campaign is a global advocacy movement dedicated to fighting the extreme poverty and promoting development, particularly in africa. a o with me today is person from liverpool, uk, and she was out in the hall thinking the one campaign for the work they do. role as a force for gnity.ady human dick have the support of many people to fight and work on these issues, because of doppler one campaign. it is an organization that has succeeded in innovative policy makers to work on transforming people in poverty, to people with opportunity, to make people have hope and everlasting

senator and lbj vice-president hubert humphrey.merican history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> a group technology experts recently sat down to discuss the history, evolution, and future of the internet. the panetta institute for public policy as to this discussion in monterey, california. this is just under two hours. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the monterey conference center for the final event of the 15th anniversary season of the panetta institute lecture series. as you know, this year, we have been discussing the revolutionary changes that have affected our nation in this new century and have been reflecting on what the transformations' mean for our democracy and for the future. we discussed the arab spring in the middle east and the hope for peace and democratic reforms in the wake of some much turmoil. we heard the long and short perspective on economic changes that impact our future. and we look for inspiration from our founders and past presidents and as we witness the changes in the role

look at this -- we found this footage of hubert humphrey back in 1965. >> mr. chairman, mr.ow americans, i ask you this. what did the sign on the say?weth [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you see what i'm e anng?apay bause ]k. prident. duty of the vice eaks in public. never seems to get him down. he keeps doing it. he's figured out a way to capitalize on it a rse money from their campaign. >> this suer, don't miss your chance to see america's funniest number t joe biden, vp of comedy. se wls we awful i wonder how my parents did it. but that's a different story. >> every laugh. >> as barack says, a three-letter word. jobs. j-o-b-s. jobs. every gaffe. >> god rest your soul and, um -- wait, your mom -- your mom is still alive, your dad passed. god bless her soul. >> the joe biden vp of comedy tour.a big stick. [ laughter ] >> i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. tapplause ] show, frome kill musiht bk with wanda sykes, so stick around. [ sr. emt ] a manmergency this tragic calls for the stf no, something . [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, e