i said yeah. on the way to nashville i said we get there and going to look him up and get it out of the way right now. so we went to this and that club and finally found him with a bandana around his head with microphone plugged into a tape recorder. so i was like this coming when we found him. so jack told me he said he's just going to meet you and say you're one of those n-words that trying to sing country music. i said okay i'll be ready for that too. so i got by here, he ran up ahead of me, my only manager, he said baron, i want you to meet charley his shoulders went like that and turned and said charley pride you sing a fine song, i said you do too. we shook hand. i don't know where the guitar came from but he would sing one and i would sing one. and finally he i'm singing i thought you were going to say the n-word, i said i'm going to come back at you you foul mouth, he said you were going to say that, i said that's the way i was going to come back at you. now i was 50 years in what you call

i said, "i cannot go home." fired me. so then, that day, at night, i went on the river. we had a big bridge. and i said, i am going to jump in the river. haslinda: what went through your mind? wolfgang: i am not going home. he doesn't want me. what else am i going to do? i am going to kill myself and jump in the river." after standing for an hour, i said, "you know, maybe the chef was drunk. maybe he didn't mean it. i am going to go back the next day." so, i would home and went to sleep, and did not sleep all night. the second apprentice saw me coming in and said, "i thought you got fired." i said, "i cannot go home." he said, "i will hide you in the vegetable cellar and you can peel potatoes." [laughter] haslinda: back to potatoes. [laughter] wolfgang: back to potatoes, really? two weeks later, the chef came down, and i was sitting down there peeling potatoes. he said, "what are you doing here?" and i said, "i cannot go home. i will jump in the river before going home." he called the owner of the hotel. the owne

i said i want to do that one. but i wanted to do it not because of location, but because as you know, i am the big, big believer and admirer of the people in law enforcement, ok, from day one. from day one. [applause] we love our police. we love our sheriffs and we love our i.c.e. officers. and they have been working hard. thank you. they have been working hard. together, we're going to restore safety to our streets and peace to our communities and we're going to destroy the criminal cartel ms-13 and many other gangs. but ms-13 is particularly violent. they don't like shooting people because it's too quick, it's too fast. i was reading one of these animals was caught and explaining they like to knife them and cut them and let them die slowly because that way it's more painful and enjoy watching it that much more. these are animals. we are joined today by police and sheriffs from suffolk, nassau, duchess counties. state police from new york and new jersey. many of you, i know, great friends. immigration and customs

i said, "try this product. try it, and if at 30 days it doesn't work for you, you give it back to me -- no harm, no foul." >> sure. >> i didn't see her for about two months. we didn't have any parties, didn't see her for about two months. bumped into her at the grocery store. mike, she came right up to me and said, "i've been looking for you. i was trying to call brad to get your telephone number. where can i get this product? for the first time," she said, "i've been able to compete in the triathletes," and she said, "i'll be honest. at about five weeks, all the pain wasn't gone, but," she said, "jim, it was livable. i was able to compete, and i could enjoy my quality of life. it wasn't all gone, but i felt so much better." and i said, "robin, you're only talking about a month. as this natural product goes into your body, it's gonna get better, and it's gonna get better." why? and that's what we're going to show today, mike. unlike pharmaceutical drugs that do cause harm, damage to the body, an all-natural prod

i really said i am in trouble. there was a police cadet program 17, then start at age you worked in different police station and you answered switchboards at all kinds of stuff. i said maybe if i became a police cadet i will forget -- quit getting all of these tickets. my buddy's father worked in the cruiser. there were three plane closed officers. story. told us the they had the sotos and buicks. i thought this is great. -- i apply for the police cadet program and i made it. 17, right out of high school. >> you took it very seriously. was scholastically, that was a lot of fun. >> why was it important to achieve like that? anthony: i wanted to be the best at whatever i did. i said if i'm going to be a i have to tell you another story. there was an italian inspector. he used to live with my dad and said what precinct would you like to go to? i can send you anywhere. i said it doesn't make any difference. he sent me to the tent precinct and i worked the area where the riots started. but i said that. therefore, that i

and i said -- [cheers and applause] and i said, with the exception of the late great abraham lincoln, i can be more presidential than any president that has ever held this office, that i can tell you. it's really easy. but sadly, we have to move a little faster than that. we will never be beholden to the lobbyists or the special interests. we will never be silenced by the media. i want to protect america, and i want to protect the citizens of america. your hopes are my hopes. your dreams are my dreams. i have had a great, successful career. i have built a great, great business. this is the only thing that matters. this is the only thing that matters. there is nothing. your future is what i am fighting for each and every day. here is just a small sample of what we have accomplished in just our first six months in office. and i'll say this and, you know, they always like to say, well, i don't know. but i think that with few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what we've done in his first six months. not even close. but they don't let you know. they don't want to write about

i said, who point add gun at you? he said that, described who it was. to be honest, i didn't really believe him at the time. i asked the three guys i was with. they all said they didn't see him do it. i got back to my hotel. we waited for these two security guys to show up. and the minute they drove up, the first thing i said, man, did you pull a gun in that room? and he swore, no didn't. and i asked walter alexander, for the cell phone, and he kind of threw the cell phone to me. but -- well, i wasn't aware until, until i was in the car driving back to our hotel that this guy had actually point add gun at him. now, earlier in the day when he had -- when he was talking to me trying to get me to let him come, i didn't hire him. he said it was for free and all of that, he did show me -- i didn't know this guy. you know? i knew the alexander guy but not this guy. he showed me hit his license, his ccr. i assume a guy gives him a ccr and stuff, they vetted him. i should have vetted him. i didn't need him. i knew these guys weren't dangerous. >> you know, your

he was never in air force one, i said how do you like it? he said i like it. tom, let me ask you a question, how tough of these guys, ms-13? he said they're nothing compared to my guy. nothing. that's what you need. sometimes that's what you need, right? for many years, they exploited america's weak borders and lacks immigration enforcement to bring drugs and violence to cities and towns all across america. they're there right now because of weak political leadership, weak leadership, weak policing, and in many cases because the police weren't allowed to do their job, i've met police that are great police that aren't allowed to do their job because they have a pathetic mayor or the mayor doesn't know what's going on. [applause] were you applauding for someone in particular? [laughter] it's sad. it's sad. you look at what's happening. it's sad. but hopefully, certainly in the country, those days are over. you may have a little bit longer to wait. but from now on, we're going to enforce our laws, protect our borders, and support our police like our police have ne

i had to come out, the man was smiling and said are you from india and i said yes i am. which part? we are from mumbai and have a question. my son is in medical school, we are visiting and now going back the lady said and then scanned me top to bottom. what can i help you with, i said trying to avoid the next question. my friends often volunteered her son's salary and quickly asked mine. it was a way of judging. we are trying to buy a dvd player but want to make sure that it will work in india. are you studying at the university, the man asked. no, so what are you doing here he said. i'm working here i said. he fired the next question. what's your background. yes, this dvd will work in india i said coming into my background is in media. i am new in america trying to find a better job. >> yes, you seem to be educated. you can do better than this high he replied. i don't know why but i thought they would fly back and tell my parents what i was doing. out of a billion of us in the world the chances of them turning out to know my parents were next to zero but it didn't matter i couldn't

i went home and went to sleep. a friend saw me coming in. he said, "i thought you got fired." i said, "i cannot go home." said, "i will hide you in the vegetable cellar and you can peel potatoes." back to potato peeling without cooking them? two weeks later, the chef came down, and i was sitting down there peeling potatoes. he said, "what are you doing here?" and i said, "i cannot go home. i will jump in the river before going home." the owner came down and the chef said, "i don't know what to do with this little guy. i fired him, and he doesn't want to leave." the owner actually said, "we have another hotel." he sent me to the other hotel. there was a lady chef over there. she had kids my age. she was nice to me. she looked that i ate breakfast in the morning and that i did my work and did not say anything. then i started to move up. haslinda: your 100-mile journey is quite something. you went from austria to paris. wolfgang: and then to america. haslinda: and then to the u.s. when was the turning point? wolfgang: i left austria for france when i was 17. i found out there were three-star restaurants. na

i said you've got to be kidding, this is a year and a half ago, i said give me your card. and he gave me his card. and i sent it to the mirror. i said you ought to try using this guy. guess what happened? never heard, and last week, they had another record. it's horrible. but we are just getting started. we will restore law and order on long island, will bring back justice to the united states, i am very happy to have gotten a great, great to justice of the united states supreme court, not only nominated, but approved, and by the way, your second amendment is safe. your second amendment is safe. i feel very good about that, wasn't looking so good for the second amendment, was it? trump doesn't win, your second amendment is gone. your second amendment would be gone. but i have a simple message today for every gang member and a criminal alien that are threatening so violently our people. we will find you, we will arrest you know, we will jell you, and we will deport you. [cheers and applause] and you know, we had some problems with certain countries, we still do with a couple

i said i'd think about it. meantime, president bush did a news conference in which he looked directly into the camera and said, we do not torture. i said to my wife who at the time was also a senior cia officer, i said, he is a bold-faced lawyer. he's looking the american people in the eye and lying to us. a couple of days later in response to a reporter's question, president bush said, well, if there is torture, it's the result of a rogue cia officer. and this is where the selfishness comes in. i said to my wife, brian ross' source is at the white house. and they're going to try to pin this on me. so i called brian ross, i said, i'll give you your interview. i decided in the three or four days between that call and the interview that no matter what he asked me, i was going to tell the truth. and i came to that conclusion for a number of reasons. first of all, torture is patently illegal. we have something in this country called the federal torture act of 1946 and it specifically prohibits exactly the technique

i said i didn't know security. later that day when they arrived at his hotel with my property, he called and said they are here, if you come here i will meet you in the lobby. you need security, this guy beardsley, big guy. i think anybody who knows him knows he's a little different. i told him this guy is not dangerous but he said bring some security. during the day he was there and he met somebody from the wedding. one guy, mcclinton said he did security in las vegas and it would help his business if he had me as a client. after he insisted i said i could use his help. i went to the hotel, i met mr. riccio in the lobby. the two guys, they also met us there which was a big mistake, obviously. i realized that quite soon after this. mr. riccio led us to his room, put the key in the door and let us in. i've seen the media reporting we broke into the room but we didn't break into any room, riccio brought us in there. when i came into the room, i noticed spread out everywhere was my personal property. the only thing i s

i was on it. past the oral exam with flying colors. he said after the three hours, i would like to hire you for one year. here is the reason. i want you to help write the column i have to write once a month, get this mail pile down, to press work, do the other things. wait outside my office. he said one year because i am going to campaign for the republicans in 1966. if we do not get back some of these massive losses from the goldwater campaign, the nomination in 1968 is not going to be worth anything. he predicted we would win 40 seats in the house and the returns came in, we won 47 in the house. this was november, 1966, and we were on our way to the white house. brian: when did you see him at his angriest moment for you? and how did he react when he was angry? mr. buchanan: you know, he never yelled at me. if he got angry, he would yell generically at the wall or sort of, why can't i get some people to do these things? but again, i cannot recall him really enraged at me or maybe, i don't know why, in the book i don't have great recollections

i responded and said how is your day and i took a teep death and she said it is all right. we can talk again later. >> do you have a question? >> so are you still selling and how is it going? >> this happened ten years ago. i am not selling. 2004-2006. i was working with bbc and went back radio and writing and i am a full-time writer now. >> when during the process of did you write this book? was it after? or during? >> i wasn't thinking of writing the book when i was working because it was too overwhelming to sell and not get fired. i wasn't thinking about that. about three years later, i started thinking i don't think i would do that again. that kind of job or go back to selling batteries and stuff i didn't know existed like shower radio. i don't know why people listen to radio in the shower. it was hard to convince someone to buy a shower radio and not know what it was more. you step out of the shower and then listen to the radio. so i started writing the book and five years later i finished: i went back to india and thought about it a lot. i wanted to write for me, and m

then i saw one guy come out, a customs offers who a monster and i said, so general, you think i could take that guy in a fight. he said, mr. president, sir i don't even want to think about it. i said you're right, actually. we have tough people. our people are tougher than their people. our people are tougher and stronger and meaner and smarter than the gangs. one by one we are finding the illegal gang members, drug dealers, thieves, robbers, criminals and killers. and we are sending them the hell back home where they came from. and once they are gone, we will never let them back in. believe me. the predators and criminal aliens who poison our communities with drugs and prey on innocent young people, these beautiful, beautiful, innocent young people will, will find no safe haven anywhere in our country. and you've seen the stories about some of these animals. they don't want to use guns, because it's too fast and it's not painful enough. so they'll take a young, beautiful girl, 16, 15, and others and they slice them and dies them with a knife because they want them to go through excru

i said i think you are 12-year-old boys but okay. that was different. what was the mentality, the difference between those two? >> the funny thing you the way you introduce that is that zimmer wasn't even the ceo. >> also real nice. >> but we all go with what we've got. and i think lyft, that's who they are and uber is who they are. >> that's the difference of uber, the obnoxious nest that's pushing around regulators, the ugly statements that he would make and he would even talk about on the book, he would pop off thestatement that was usually somewhere between appalling and disgusting at anyone point . >> i think that this is who travis is. it's not a corporate strategy. >> but i'm curious if you think it has incentives that made them successful and the reason they've been able to blare all the way through city through city. >> there's no question in my mind although it's hard to separate the bravado or the attitude from the actions because again, it's worth pointing out that lyft was the first to do a damn the regulators strategy, that we don't think

i said come here.ook him over to a table where guys were working on some building, i said i got to go take a phone call, i'll be right back. gave it about 20 minutes, came back, he was cutting paper with the guys. then he followed me the rest of the time. the teacher asked him what he was doing he said i'm working for frank. [ laughter ] i said now that kid went on to high school and i'm dieing to connect with him again. >> are you. and there's ten stories like that. >> and see part of what i am enjoyed when i hear you share these stories about what you and david hockney and other private citizens giving of your time, and treasure quite frankly and are doing it in part because as a society we've deemed art education less important as it used to be. >> why? >> i was about to ask you that question. >> i don't know. it's embarrassing. it's reading, writing, amath. it's like business mentality prevails, like what's going on in washington. back to that. it's like denial of feeling. it erases feelings from i

i think as a man said, i have said what i came to say.rian: so you have done everything you wanted to do? pat: well, yes. i am -- i feel i am very fortunate being around still you know. brian: you mentioned, by the way in here that you had open heart surgery at one point? pat: sure, it was right after the california primary in 1992 that's why guys said, why are you staying in the race? that's because the doctor told me i have got to in for heart -- open heart surgery right after the primaries that you couldn't last -- this was a surgery i had that made me so nervous when i gave that culture and war speech in the convention whether i could really have the energy to do it, so yes. brian: what was wrong with the heart? pat: the heart valve was leaking badly, very, very bad and started to deteriorate. the doctor that described, he said, it will get worse, worse, worse, and suddenly it will take a turn down like that and you get the valve in just as it makes the turn. brian: you mentioned bill safire earlier and i want to show folks bill safir

and i said, "yes, i think so," and he said, "well, good." he said, "if you want to change the world "change the metaphor. "change the story." - as joseph campbell would say meta-pher, instead of metaphor, the heroes journey is one as he describes it as, "the person man or woman "who goes out to an unknown place, "faces dangers and terrors and drama, "returns with the prize after the fight "and tells the story and from the story "we then the heroes of it can begin our own heroes journey." bill moyers i speak for a lot of people, but this is very personal, you are the metaphor. you are the heroes journey, and i thank you so much for being a part of this evening. - well thank you. (audience applause) the important information that you receive on this television station can be entertaining. it has been entertaining. it's entertained your children, it's entertained you. some of the great dramas, "masterpiece theater," all of that is entertainment. but when it comes to public affairs journalism, this is the place you turn when you want to create f

and i said, what you mean i'm a woman now? oh, you are -- this is a good day, and then she said, listen, i'm going to make you the -- among your cousins. was short and dark and young and still short and dark, but she said i'm going to make you more beautiful than all of you. she was dark like me. so she used to suffer from migraine and her relatives would bring her leeches and a jar of water who when she get the migraine, she get the leeches on her head and they would draw blood and drop. you never use leeches, are you? she said, don't worry but this is a secret between us. so, okay. take me down stairs and put me in the kitchen, asked me with this heavy wool blanket. this is damascus in the summer, must be 100. i said i'm hot. you shouldn't get called when you get your first period. how aim going to get cold in his house? don't worry, just listen to me. love you. so she is some hot water and something in the hot water and she said, drink this. what is this? she said, it won't kill you. it was -- she said, this is going to make

i said, you know what? my friend david started a record company, and the ten years before that we had been having lunch all the time and hanging out. i knew nothing about business, but he taught me the arc and the culture and the art of business. so i had a feel going and i said, david, can i start a record company? he said, absolutely, of course you can. i said, okay. i asked him a few questions here and there. he offered to help me start it. then atlanta came and he said go to your thing, god speed. he taught me how to jump from a creative guy to a creative business person. >> rose: what david has and repeats to me what others have said, you have taste and judgment. >> yes. and the shortest distance between here and there. >> rose: meaning what? meaning, if you ask him a question, he goes right for it. the answer is clear, abundantly clearenned always a fact. >> rose: what else did you need to make this film? you've got dr. dre, the history in a fascinating business, music. >> mm-hmm. >> rose: what else do

i said, i think this guy's going to win.t a pretty popular guy, and i said i think he's going to win, and went heavy for him and he won, and he won pretty easily, didn't you? pretty good. i'm proud of you. great job. and of course a legend, somebody that we all know very well, sort of my neighbor because i consider him a neighbor, but he's really a great and highly respected man in washington, congressman peter king. very respected guy. he is a -- a respected man that people like to ask opinions of. i do. congressman king and his colleagues know the terrible pain and violence ms-13 has inflicted upon this communicate and this country. and if you remember, just a little more than two years ago, when i came down the escalator with melania and i made the speech, people coming into this country, everyone says, what does he know? what's he talking about? and there was bedlam, remember bedlam, and then about two months later, they said, you know, he's right. so, i'm honored to have brought it to everybody's attention, but the suff

i said what's going on. he said the problem.ow long would it take you to straighten out this problem. he said if you give me the authority, a couple days. i really mean it. i said you really think so, he said we normal. the officers clean all the bad ones your area. we know mall. a couple of days, i said you've got to be kidding. commute card. he gave me his card and i sent it may or. i said you want to try using the sky. guess what happened never heard and last week they had another record. it's horrible that we are just getting started. we will restore law and order on long island. we will bring back justice to the united states. i'm happy to have a great justice of the united states from court, not only nominated but approved. your second amendment is safe. your second amendment is safe. i feel very good about that. it wasn't looking so good for the second amendment. trump doesn't win, your second amendment is gone. i have a simple message today for every gang member and criminal alien letter threatening so violently are peop

i went to the guy with the fake blood tube and he said, i can't do this.w what it says about me, but literally with no qualms in any shape or form, i blasted what might have been an 80-year-old woman in the face with a healthy serving of fake movie blood. >> stephen: as an actress, how did she feel about it? >> she felt good. she was a trooper, and the scene is fantastic. so, yeah, that's show business. ( laughter ) >> stephen: see what you're missing, donald trump, jr.? >> exactly, you could have these interactions with me. ( laughter ) >> stephen: please come back. >> i would love to. >> stephen: it's so fun having you. >> i love being here so much. congratulations on your success. >> stephen: our friend seth rogen, his show "preacher" returns on a.m.c. sunday. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) lilly. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and do

i said, very much. he said, anything surprise you? i said, yes. i can't get over how normal he is. >> oh. >> and he said, oh, he does normal very well. [ laughter ] >> you were on set for some of the filming? >> oh yeah. >> did they solicit your advice for it? i recall reading this. >> yeah. >> you were pleased overall with all the por trals? >> absolutely. a little -- well, i don't want to go into that, no. one of them i thought wasn't quite right but that's all right. that was minor. and the -- >> yeah. tell us. >> well, it was the man who played jefferson. >> oh, okay. >> i didn't think he was right for the part. >> yeah. >> you would have been much better. >> but i don't know. we'll get the -- i wouldn't wear the wig so -- back to your selecting of your topics. has there been anything in your books you said the process of discovery is what drives you and i suspect that part of your -- the appeal of your writing is you're writing it as if you, wow i just discovered this. is there something about the john adams book you were really shocked to fi

and i said, so, general, you think i can take that guy in a fight? he said, mr. esident, sir, i don't even want to think about it. i said you are right, actually. we have tough people. our people are tougher than their people. our people are tougher and strong and meaner and smarter than the gangs. one by one we are finding the illegal gang members, drug dealers, thieves, robbers, criminals and killers, and we are sending them the hell back home where they came from. [cheers and applause] and once they are gone, we'll never let them back in, believe me. the presented towards and criminal aliens who poison our community with drugs and prey on innocent young people, these beautiful, beautiful young people will finds no safe haven anywhere in our country. and you have seen the stories about some of these animals. they don't want to use guns because it's too fast and it's not painful enough. so they will take a young, beautiful girl, 16, 15, and others and they slice them and dice them with a knife because they want them to go through excruciating pain before they die

as i said earlier, i think the partnership with those colleges and universities that are charged with actually enforcing and implementing is such an important part of it, as well. final question. does working under a president who admitted to sexual assault make your job harder? is important to get right on behalf of our students. our focus on the department education is to do right by students. that is my commitment. thank you all. >> c-span coverage of the national governors association summer meeting continues friday. virginia's governor will lead a discussion on cyber security live from providence, rhode island at 9:45 a.m. eastern. and senate republicans put out a new version of the health care law replacement bill thursday. the congressional budget office will release its analysis of the bill next week and the senate is expected to debate and vote on it next week according to majority leader mitch mcconnell. we have a link to the new version of the bill on our website, c-span.org. weekend on book tv on c-span two. saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, former -- a former chess ,hampion

i said stand by that window with you have time i will put you on television. he was beaming. just been shawn kennedy walks in and and smacks the kid in the back he thinks he is having a great date he said what about eric bolling what about my show? he is such a nice guy he was so nice and he got a pitcher with him might assistant said he is just like the regular guy. the most successful cable loose hose on air right now. he is a philanthropic, and then we will go celebrate somebody's birthday but sean will pickup pull tab and leave like a one else in dollar tip and walkout. >> the last fox question the death of roger ailes. you really seemed to be the of four that were profoundly impact it. >> yes. >> but with politics you don't think shepard would be in mind with the media he is not right wing by any means. >> not even close. >> roger saw something in him. >> shep is not your typical conservative right wing human being person and shep had a great relationship. i was sad day for the july barbecue but he is gay and talks about it and brought his partner and roger put his arm ar

and i said, mr. leavitt, i'm donald trump, he said i know. i said mr. leavitt, how are you doing? he goes not well, not well at all. and i knew that. but he said not well at all. and he explained what was happening and how bad it's been and how hard it's been. and i said, what exactly happened? why did this happen to you? you're one of the greats ever in our industry. why did this happen to you? and he said, donald, i lost my momentum. i lost my momentum. a word you never hear when you're talking about success, when some of these guys that never made 10 cents, they're on television giving you things about how you're going to be successful. and the only thing they ever did was a book and a tape. but i'll tell you, it was very sad and i never forgot that moment. and i thought about it. and it's exactly true. he lost his momentum. meaning he took this period of time off, long years, and when he got back, he didn't have that same momentum. in life, i always tell this to people, you have to know whether or not you continue to have the momentum, and if you don't have it, that's okay, bec

i said how do you like it? he said i like it. i said how tough are these guys, he said they're nothing compared to my guys, nothing. that's what you need. sometimes that what you need, right? for many years they exploited america's weak borders and lax immigration enforcement to bring drugs and violence to cities across america. they're there because of weak political leadership, weak leadership, weak policing, and in many cases because the police were not allowed to do their job, i have met great police that have not been able to do their job because they have a pathetic mayor or a mayor that doesn't know what's going on. >> were you applauding for someone in particular? it is sad. it is sad. you look at what is happening and it is sad. but hopefully certainly in the country those days are over. you may have a little longer to wait. from now on we will force our laws, protect our borders and support our police like our police have never been supported before. we're going to support you like you have never been supported before.

i said there's two things i would really insist on. one, it isn't a costume pageant that you show people had bad teeth and suffered from bad limps and life was gritty and dirty, literally. and he said, all right, no problem. i said the other is that you stick to the english language of the 18th century and you don't have tossing off little cute phrases of our time. yeah, you be the bad cop, i be the good cop, stuff like that. he said, you can count on it. and we never had a complaint that i know of of people not being able to understand the 18th century english language. but we'd been working on the set down in virginia for about three or four days, and tom hanks is a brilliant man. and he's not just a great actor. he's smart as hell, and a good man. so i went to lunch one day with -- and he said what do you think about tom, do you like working with him? and i said very much. i can't get over how normal he is. and he said, oh, he does normal very well. >> you were on set for some of the filming. and did they solicit your advice for -- i

or why i said it. that is a boldfaced lie told to the iranians. i would have offered the iranians a free trip to disneyland if we could have gotten americans home for it. mr. nields: the question is, did you say it? lt. col. north: i did say it. i said a lot of other things to the iranians. mr. nields: and when a hostage claim went down in nicaragua, the u.s. government told the american people that the united states government had no connection whatsoever with that airplane. is that also true? when thenorth: airplane went down i was in the air headed for europe, so i don't know if the initial statements and i cannot comment. >> who and when? did someone in the government generally make a statement? yes sir. >> i think we would make more progress if he asked what the colonel did, what he heard in respect to his actions. a statement indicating what someone in the american government has said seems to be a little far afield. that is my,. -- my comment. mr. nields: that was not true, was it colonel north?

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but the history of this unit has been encapsulated, as i said, in this book. i did it for the guys who served there, for their families. it has only been as a result of writing the book that i have come out to talk to people. that in a net shell, because it is 34 years of history, is special forces berlin. so, can i entertain any questions? >> [indiscernible] >> somebody raises his hand. sir? >> was surprised you the most? >> when writing the book, what surprised you the most? >> i think what surprised me the most was the fact that we had a nuclear mission when i never knew that before. that was very classified. i was in a pretty good position though. i worked in both units. i worked in the operations center and got to see a lot of the documentation, so i knew a lot of the history before. what surprised me, i think, more was the fact that a lot of the guys that served in the unit that i talked with did not know where they had come from, where their predecessors were, did not know the connection with the office of strategic service. that is another reason to put

i said, i mean it, i'll have it in tomorrow. he said, gordon, you better have it in tomorrow. it's like no time has passed. when we broke up -- i don't know how many of you remember this -- sam dash had a final meeting. he said this has been the most important thing that has happened in my life and i'm sure will ever happen in my life and will ever happen in yours. i'm thinking of 21, 22 years old. i hope something happens. looking back, it becomes very real. then, the truth was solid. something you worked on. you found it. every couple of years, it became more and more relative, and now, it is like water or air. i think it's important to come back in this room together to think about what happened during that period of time. i don't know how many of you remember that i took pictures and had a camera around a lot. this was one you just will not see when a news photographer shows up, and i saw that picture. these republicans, they pose better than the democrats. well, i have to tell you, i've been through all the pictures. i realized this 43 years ago. i put away 600 negatives i

, or why i had said it. at is a bald-faced lie, told to the iranians, and i will tell you right now, i'd have offered the iranians a free trip to disneyland if we could have gotten americans home for it. mr. nields: question was, did you say it? lt. col. north: i absolutely said it. i said a lot of other things to the iranians, to get -- mr. nields: and, when the hasenfus plane went down in nicaragua, the united states government told the american people that the united states government had no connection whatsoever with that airplane. is that also true? lt. col. north: i, i, when i, when the hasenfus airplane went down, i was in the air headed for europe, so i do not know what the initial statements were, and i couldn't comment on them. mr. sullivan: but who in the government, and when, sir? are you asking him generally did someone in the government make the statement? i think we've made -- mr. nields: we've had testimony that elliott abrams, chairman hamilton -- mr. sullivan: yes, sir. i think that we'd per

and i said yes, sir. i believe we did. d, there are other questions in the briefing book that were not asked. and i paused and then he said, next time leave those out. [laughter] one other time goes to one of my various - in 1992 i decided to take a leave from crossfire -- my sister and i put together a little organization we went up to new hampshire and nixon was i think president bush was about 70 percent i was at 15 and - was at five. so went up there and we did well. and sure enough, we cut it down to where president bush be me but it was only 51 to 37. so we did that 10 weeks. we went to georgia and did as well. but then came super tuesday and there were eight primaries. and i was wiped out in all eight. so we were sort of feeling down and so i called nixon and he came on the line. i said mr. president, 10 for 10, not bad. and it nixon said buchanan, you're the only extremist i know with a sense of humor. [laughter] >> thank you very much, appreciate it! [applause] >> thank you pat. have has agreed to answer some of yo

i said i will check you for a herd the and he shrugged his shoulders and said okay. fair enough plywood press up and have him cough i said yes that is a hernia. he said well hack and i said yeah. well heck she said it is broken. >> yes ma'am. we can fix it. >> danehy it he said putting his hands on his hips i hope that she can fix that that's right progressive you can pluck your shorts i stepped out and found it in his office i city has a hernia he got it picking up the hay bale. its lopsided indirect and you checked him for it? i did that with researchers irritation will good for you he said the back of the zero -- in the zeroth is a hernia. well pac. he said he sure did learn. yes, sir.. thank you she did a really good job. yes sir she sure did. you can pull up your jeans now i reckon we will schedule you for surgery will heck. then she pointed to his general does -- genitals. will they still were? yes ma'am don't let him fool you they will work for perot all right then. then ushered dr. waved and we stepped out. [laughter] so the doctor you just cared so much abou