a senator: vice president biden, earlier hubert humphrey's name was mentioned. you know the love the people of minnesota have for you. vice president humphrey was your mentor when you first got to the senate when you didn't know you were going to last a few months there. he was there for you. ms. klobuchar: and you have extended that kindness to so many since then. vice president mondale, another minnesotan has great affection and love if you and i'll report back to him tonight that i was here with you today. and when i first got elected to the senate and made one of my first speeches about police funding to a completely empty chamber and i thought even my mom wasn't watching on c-span, i walked out of this place and i got a phone call on my cell phone and it was joe biden, then a senator saying, that was a really great speech. and when you came to my state and one of my best friends suddenly lost her husband and you heard about it, you did not know who she was. you just heard the story and two weeks on her first day back at work, she was driving home and she got

talking about richard nixon 1968 worrying that johnson talking about peace in vietnam would help hubert humphrey win the election because he was gaining on him. he was conspiring secretly telling him to reject any overture from johnson. but johnson found out and did use the word trees and 1.while angrily talking to a senator if you listen to loud johnson's white house he swears a lot when he talks. [laughter] but lbj did consider using the logan act but they did not fully have the evidence they needed to go public and that point they decided it would be bad for the country as a new president coming in. medium rare can do better what they were getting into had that come out but they learned eventually. >> joseph mccarthy and the name roy cohn comes to mind did you write about them? because it turns out a big time mentor to the president-elect. >> i believe that was mentioned only in passing with that chapter talking about the mccarthy era and having no sense of decency but really is only mentioned in passing as a part of that era. >> did you ever look at the assertion that they met with the irani

i come from a state -- in a know you're proud of your states to -- that there was a man named hubert humphrey. he is worth applause, y'all. [applause] rep. ellison: hubert h humphrey 1948 at the democratic national convention in philadelphia that america needed to walk out of the shadow of states rights into the bright sunshine of human rights. goesthe democratic party for human rights for all, some like strom thurmond walked out the door, because they did not want human rights for all. the democratic party must always be a party that says do we stand for the respect and dignity of all people? we must always be at party. we will never stop being that party. said at walter reuther -- 1963 march on washington which was not only for civil rights, but for jobs as well -- when he got up there and said the breadbox -- there is a direct line between the breadbox and the ballot box. he was right, too. we have to fight for economic justice. we have to make sure prosperity for working people is available to them and that they haven't. we don't need to decide between social justice and economic justice.

i guess i considered myself a hubert humphrey liberal typically politically in perspective when i ask the following question. it's about thinking of corporate america as monolithic and i'm wondering if the progressives don't need to find more alliances within the various business and corporate communities. the affordable care act was supposed to hurt small business. i don't know if it did or didn't. if it did, then you need to find a way to make it better when they are trying to dismantle it and have the business people have petitions to the new small-business chairman. if it didn't, then there's an example that needs to be counted by the small business and in north carolina we have a democratic governor because corporate america weighed in so strongly. so in the communities like philadelphia, you have corporations not all of whom are adverse to a hubert humphrey agenda. don't you need to find new partners and get out of the bubble? >> it is a very good question with the assault not only on the affordable care act that food stamps which wal-mart doesn't want to see cut any more than f

ellison: hubert h. humphrey said in 1948 at the democratic national convention in philadelphia that america needed to walk out of the shadow of states rights into the bright sunshine of human rights. when the democratic party goes for human rights for all, some like strom thurmond walked out the door, because they did not want human rights for all. the democratic party must always be a party that says do we stand for the respect and dignity of all people? we must always be that party. we will never stop being that party. but when walter reuther said at the 1963 march on washington -- which was not only for civil rights, but for jobs as well -- when he got up there and said the breadbox -- there is a direct line between the breadbox and the ballot box. he was right, too. we have to fight for economic justice. we have to make sure prosperity for working people is available to them and that they haven't. have its.ey had it -- we don't need to decide between social justice and economic justice. we have to have all o

not all of whom are averse to a human hump -- a hubert humphrey agenda. fantastic question and a very apt one for this conversation, particularly with the assault on the affordable care act and food stamps, which walmart doesn't want to see cut any more than folks on the stage. all, the folks who for theo build support afford will care act relied very strongly on small business and they were very outspoken. many of them were outspoken. i do think that there are specific corporations, businesses, small businesses who will speak up on a number of these issues either because it is in their self-interest -- like agricultural interests supporting food stamps because it expands demand for the goods -- but i don't think we are living in a bubble to recognize that groups like the chamber of and the and the nfib national retailers association have incredible power and are working every day against workers rights and workers well-being and security. we should look for corporate and small business allies but ultimately, i think the main alliances that we need to bui

fantastic performance as hubert humphrey, one of our old heroes. >> well, thank you. >> anyway, let's. because i don't know what he believes and what he used as cat nip to get the working white guy out there to vote for him in places like youngstown and erie. do you think he's intellectually incapable of understanding what experts say is real, that mankind and our behavior with fossil fuels is hurting our environment perhaps permanently? >> well, i don't know. i think it's very dangerous to give trump the cohesion of intention because there doesn't seem to be a strategy, there doesn't seem to be principles except for ever-changing self-interests. so it's alarm iing. should we be grateful that he says he has an open mind now? yes, in the same way that a kindergartner says they have an open mind. of course he should have an open mind on this. the consensus is absolutely universal. you know, if -- the frustrating thing to me about this issue is that it has become a political football. george bush sr. in, i believe, 1990 said climate change is real. we need to lead. in 2006 john mccain ha

a senator: vice president biden, earlier hubert humphrey's name was mentioned. you know the love the people of minnesota have for you. vice president humphrey was your mentor when you first got to the senate when you didn't know you were going to last a few months there. he was there for you. ms. klobuchar: and you have extended that kindness to so many since then. vice president mondale, another minnesotan has great affection and love if you and i'll report back to him tonight that i was here with you today. and when i first got elected to the senate and made one of my first speeches about police funding to a completely empty chamber and i thought even my mom wasn't watching on c-span, i walked out of this place and i got a phone call on my cell phone and it was joe biden, then a senator saying, that was a really great speech. and when you came to my state and one of my best friends suddenly lost her husband and you heard about it, you did not know who she was. you just heard the story and two weeks on her first day back at work, she was driving home and she got

not all of whom are averse to a hubert humphrey agenda. don't you need to find new partners? >> that is a fantastic question and a very apt one for this conversation, particularly with the assault on the affordable care act and food stamps, which walmart doesn't want to see cut any more than folks on the stage. >> first of all, the folks who worked to build support for the afford will care act relied very strongly on small business and they were very outspoken. many of them were outspoken. i do think that there are specific corporations, businesses, small businesses who will speak up on a number of these issues either because it is in their self-interest -- like agricultural interests supporting food stamps because it expands demand for the goods -- but i don't think we are living in a bubble to recognize that groups like the chamber of commerce and the nfib and the national retailers association have incredible power and are working every day against workers rights and workers well-being and security. i think that we should look for corporate and small business allies but ul

i've considered myself a hubert humphrey liberal, to put me politically in perspective when i ask the following question. it's about thinking of corporate america as monolithic. i'm wondering if the progress i was don't mean to find more alliances within various business and corporate communities. the affordable care act was supposed to hurt small business. i don't know if it did or it didn't. if it did, you need to find the ways to make it better when they are trying to dismantle it and have small business people have petitions to the new small business chairman. if it didn't, then as an example, that needs to be touted by small business. in north carolina, we have a democratic governor because corporate america weighed in so strongly on what some of what hb 2 is it called? so in communities like philadelphia, you have universities, you have corporations, not all of whom are adverse to a hubert humphrey agenda. so don't you need to find new partners and kind of get out of your bubble. >> the fantastic question, and i think a very apt one for this conversation, particularly with assau

a group of people including mike mansfield and hubert humphrey and fritz holland and ted stevens came to me and said, you've got to come be sworn in just be there for six months and help us organize. we had 58 democratic snarlingts for me to organize. but i used to have to report to the office of the majority leader every tuesday at 3:00 and i got an assignment. i honestly thought every senator got assignments from the majority leader. like i said, i'm the first senator i ever knew. and one day when i was walking in from my meeting i walked on the floor and jesse helms was ipping in to ted kennedy and bob dole. on the precurser for the america's with disabilities act saying we have no obligation, we have no requirement. it's wrong to mandate businesses have curb can you tell us and elevators et cetera. i thought it was heartless. and i walked in, i sat down. i didn't realize until about then is the reason he was seeing me was to take my pulse to see how i was doing, how i was handling going home every day. he said, what's the the matter, joe? and i went on and i ripped in to jesse hel

mike commandfield and he would ask him a question ask he way said, yep, and he thissest one was hubert humphrey. >> guest: do you don't net get in trouble for what you don't say and theirs wrong with being cautious about your comments. certainly don't mind talking but i like to know what i'm takenning about before i venture down the path. >> host: you're not so cautious in your book. a lot of unexpected material in there the polio, your fistfight we dicky mcgrew. your vote forline don johnson in 1964 over several rights and then win it gets to professor obama and senator harry reid, your tell tell derek cars port you don't hold back there, and then i think most people would be surprised to learn you'ren all-american tailgater at the university of louisville. let's start with polio. 1944. your two years old, living with your mom and identify points, alabama, and thank your dades os in the world and your doctor says, mitch has polio. it's hard today to imagine how terrifying those words must have been for a parent then. >> guest: absolutely. subsequently learned that there was a serious epidemic

i will never forget the day hubert humphrey walked on the floor. it was clear he didn't have many days left. his hair was gone and they walked down the well to vote and your dad was there, man in barry goldwater walked up to him and embraced him. you hug each other and they cried. not letting go. i think you were there, john. i remember the absolute silence in the chamber. two men who could not have been further apart. they loved each other. one of the things i learned from some of my senior colleagues if you were here long enough and you listen you learn the other woman or man's perspective. you learn that no one's perspective is the only perspective. each of us understands our actions if you are here long enough and you have to represent decency and reflect on her. and the capacity of the american people who we are privileged to serve its the only way we could satisfy them. my guess is harry you believe and i believe that this is the greatest profession. it's the honor of my life to serve as united states senator. i never have a high honor and gr

a senator: vice president biden, earlier hubert humphrey's name was mentioned. you know the love the people of minnesota have for you. vice president humphrey was your mentor when you first got to the senate when you didn't know you were going to last a few months there. he was there for you. ms. klobuchar: and you have extended that kindness to so many since then. vice president mondale, another minnesotan has great affection and love if you and i'll report back to him tonight that i was here with you today. and when i first got elected to the senate and made one of my first speeches about police funding to a completely empty chamber and i thought even my mom wasn't watching on c-span, i walked out of this place and i got a phone call on my cell phone and it was joe biden, then a senator saying, that was a really great speech. and when you came to my state and one of my best friends suddenly lost her husband and you heard about it, you did not know who she was. you just heard the story and two weeks on her first day back at work, she was driving home and she got

ellison: hubert h. humphrey said in 1948 at the democratic national convention in philadelphia that america needed to walk out of the shadow of states rights into the bright sunshine of human rights. when the democratic party goes for human rights for all, some like strom thurmond walked out the door, because they did not want human rights for all. the democratic party must always be a party that says do we stand for the respect and dignity of all people? we must always be that party. we will never stop being that party. but when walter reuther said at the 1963 march on washington -- which was not only for civil rights, but for jobs as well -- when he got up there and said the breadbox -- there is a direct line between the breadbox and the ballot box. he was right, too. we have to fight for economic justice. we have to make sure prosperity for working people is available to them and that they haven't. -- that they had it -- have its. we don't need to decide between social justice and economic justice. we have to

. >> again, why -- >> hubert you -- humphrey. >> if much of you go out and buy the book, you increase a chance of sequel. >> yes. >> did not have room to include. >> a torch flickering but not quite then. [laughter] >> please join me in thanking james rosen and chris bub lick for joining us. [applause] >> thank you all very much for coming. i'm lindsey craig, president for national review, as jack said, we are grateful to all of you for your support so that we can bring programming like this. thank you to james for writing this book, we really appreciate it. christopher, of course, we love having you come to our events and participate in them. you're a dear friend and rahan, great moderatorring job. thank you all around have a great weekend. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> this is book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. here is our christmas time prime time line-up, tonight mit film and media professor remembers william f buckley television program, firing line and after words, 9:00 p.m. eastern ellen reports on how new farming methods affect consumers. at 10:00, s

when we and richard nixon in 68, hubert humphrey, what he did, how they used race then, after dr. king was assassinated, how the peace movement was upset because humphrey was not radical enough. looking at him, they said that he was too much mainstream, coming in as vice president. nation was saying that he was the law and order candidate at the time and 68. was playing the role and the movement came forth and said the same, this is the lesser of two evils. people did not vote. that in one. well, they can begin supporting -- they soon began to wage war. i will come back to this. while obama is still in office. i digress. humphrey was there, in that , theys, what he lost came. that is important because we dealt with race then. this was the rest of the black caucus. dylan with things of race. onceould ask ourselves they came, it was a bernie moment. they put forward george mcgovern. george mcgovern got lambasted. nixon got almost 5000 votes. he won everything in 72. he was a car. -- a crook. are we in the same place that we were then? how can we be having this same argument in 72? b

and the bipartisan group of people including mike mansfield, hubert humphrey, fritz holland and ted stevens came to me and said you've got to come get sworn in, just be there for six months and help us organize area 58 democratic senators. but i use to have to report to the office of the majority leader on tuesday at 3:00 and i got an assignment. i honest to god but every senator got assignments from the majority leader. and i'm the first senator that ever knew. and one day, in may when i was walking in from my meeting i walked on the floor and jesse helms was ripping into ted kennedy and bob dole on the precursor to the americans with disabilities act saying we have no obligation, we have no requirement that businesses have curb cuts and elevators, etc. and i thought it was heartless and i walked in, i sat down, i didn't realize back then that he was taking my pulse to see what i was doing. how i was handling it, going home that day. he said what's the matter joe? and i went on and i ripped into jesse helms area i said he has no socially redeeming value and i went on and on and he doesn't

barry goldwater, was accused of, quote, hitler-ism by nonother than martin luther king. 1968, hubert humphreyose of the campaign said keeping richard nixon out of the white house in 1968, is every bit as critical to civilization as the british people keeping nazis out of london in 1940. in 1972, george mcgovern said that richard nixon's foreign policy was the most evil since adolf hitler roamed the earth. i'm not even going to get into all the nazi analogies for ronald reagan and george w. bush. like seriously. when does this tire? i mean, should we not have a -- >> i -- >> throughout the 1972 campaign. you were stoned. >> so -- i mean seriously can we not really talk about the things we have to be nervous about, an e pa director coming in that is a climate change denier? or a guy running the labor department that wants robots to replace people? >> or his right-hand man that has retweeted anti-se met tick things or general flynn, jew jew jews. to compare in any way donald trump to hitler is an insult to donald trump and to me. >> good. >> but -- >> then we agree. >> there was a lot of race ba

and on a bipartisan group of people, including mike mans field and hubert humphrey and fritz hole inningsnd ted stephens came to me and said you have to come get sworn in, just be there for six months and then help us organize. we had 58 democratic senators. had to be organized. but i used to have to report to the office of the majority leader every tuesday at 3:00, and i got an assignment. i honest to god thought every senator got assignments from the majority leader. like i said i'm the first senator who ever knew, and one day i was walking -- in may i was walking in from my meeting. walked on the floor and jesse helms was writtenning into ted kennedy and bob dole. on the precursor for the american's with disabilities act, saying we had no obligation no required, wrong to mandate businesses have curb cuts and elevators, et cetera. thought it was heartless and i sat down and didn't realize until then that the reason he was seeing me was to take my pulse to see how i was doing, how i was handling going home every day. he said, what's the matter, joe? i went on and i ripped into jesse helm

and cried i will never forget the day hubert humphrey walked on the floor it was clear he did not have many days left he walked down to vote and and barry goldwater embraced him and they held each other and they cried. not letting go. i remember that silence in the chamber to men who cannot have been further part they loved each other one of the things that i learned from my colleagues if he were here long enough you learn there other prospective that no one's perspective is the only perspective and each of us understand our actions if you are here long enough to represent decency and reflect honor. through the capacity of the american people whoever privilege to serve it is the honor of my life to serve fast senate use served at the behest of the people of your state who trust did you consecutively to represent them provide can take. you have to and it is the well. in a quotation from john adams but the senate deeply and strongly is routed to bear up against all popular storms and passions. that is the place i am the proudest of. because of all of these ups and downs than men and wome