and jerry ford gave it away. >> this was ain 73? john lehman: yeah. i'm not sure. was it 1973 or 1974? this was the cambodia amendment. this was to cut off support for cambodia, i'm fuzzy on the dates. and then yes, it would have been 1973, yeah. and so that was a key juncture. but the reality, the larger picture was that watergate, we -- watergate, by then had so provoked the presidency that -- so crippled the presidency that we couldn't deliver the votes that we needed to prevent these cutoffs. whether tactically we did some wrong things, i do not know. the bottom line was that the president had lost all power by then. and his ability to block things, his ability to use the carrots and sticks that presidents have to deal with the congress was gone. and of course, the deal that henry had cut for the peace settlement with the north vietnamese also dependent on a strong president because it was dependent on a threat to resume bombing if they violated the truce. and invaded the south. of course by 74, late summer before they knew that there was no way the president w

ford fusion hybrid, right there. [applause] let's play "feud"! let's go. give me ted. give me jerry.emen here we go. we got the top 7 answers on the board. ha ha ha! sorry about this, pastor. before a date, name something a guy who works in a deli might shove down his pants. jerry: a pickle. [laughter] steve: all right, pastor. a pickle. [buzzer] that was a good answer. ted: uh...salami. [buzzer] ooh! steve: salami. [applause] pass or play? ted: oh, we'll play it. we're gonna play. steve: yeah. they're gonna play. [applause] before a date, uh, ma'am name something a guy who works in a deli might shove down his pants.

ford theater symposium on abraham lincoln's life and legacy. talking about lincoln's dreams of death. steven goldman discusses troops. also jerryincoln's assassin, john wilkes booth. all of this coming up tonight on american history tv on c-span3. >>> here are some of our featured programs for this holiday weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, former texas state senator and gubernatorial candidate wendy davis. on the challenges facing women in politics. and easter sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, golfing legend jack niklas receives the congressional gold medal for his contributions to the game and community service. on c-span2's book tv saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, actor and author cornell west on the radical thinking of martin luther king jr. sunday at noon on in-depth our live three-hour conversation with former investigative reporter for the "washington post" and "new york times" best-selling author ronald kezler. he's written 20 books, including escape from the cia, the sins of the father, and the first family detail. and on "american history tv" on c-span3, saturday at

ford theater symposium on abraham lincoln's life and history. jonathon white talks about lincoln's dreams of death. ap that stephen goldman discusses troops and lincoln's assassination. also jerryal fer on lincoln's assassin assassin, john wilkes booth. all of this coming up tonight on american history tv on c-span3. >>> freelance journalist james foley was beheaded by isis terrorists in august 2014. he was the first american killed by isis. in late february foley's parents appeared at the university of arizona on a panel discussion about journalists in conflict zones. the panel also includes terry anderson who was held hostage by iran for seven years. here's a preview. >> we really had no person in the government to go to. we had no one who was accountable for jim if you will, or any of the others who were kidnapped. i started a series of trips to washington going to state department and to fbi, you know, just to remind them that jim was still missing. we didn't know if $e was alive or not and such. and we were very disappointed. and you know, we had no access to anyone with any power or who had any information. and we were not allowed to be part of the effort to get our son o