when jerry ford was president in the final quarter of his administration, the final three months, inflation was at less than 5% we are year. it's now running at more than 13% per year. i think the second thing is to have a frugal and careful scrutiny of federal accounts to make sure we hold the rate of increase of federal spending at least down to more modest levels. the third thing we have to do is to try to increase productivity in this country. we rank dead last of the ten great industrial nations o of the west in the rate of increase and productivity. what that means is we no longer

when jerry ford was president in the final quarter of his administration, the final three months, inflation was at less than 5% we are year. it's now running at more than 13% per year. i think the second thing is to have a frugal and careful scrutiny of federal accounts to make sure we hold the rate of increase of federal spending at least down to more modest levels. the third thing we have to do is to try to increase productivity in this country. we rank dead last of the ten great industrial nations o of the west in the rate of increase and productivity. what that means is we no longer compete with japan and other countries. we're losing jobs. we're losing our competitive advantage. to do that it requires a number of things. a an adjustment to the tax code to reinstill the incentive to save for the average citizen. to invest, to install new plant and equipment to create new jobs. you have to reduce the burden of paperwork of regulation in this nation. . i'd like to see us make a distinction between reporting requirements to the agencies o of the federal government for small business versus

back in 1976, ronald reagan was way behind jerry ford.e came up with a winning issue, the panama canal, turned it around and won primary. reagan got clobbered in iowa. he put a big proposal for big tax cuts on the table and won against george h.w. bush. charles: i know you are not a donald trump fan. do you have an alternative you prefer? >> i have been backing marco rubio in this race. i think marco rubio is our best chance to take on and beat hillary clinton. charles: rubio, he hasn't won any state yet. he's overperformed the last couple states. but you have to win. we are looking at a super tuesday map. >> marco rubio has just gotten jeb bush out of the race. and he has been competing with jeb bush, john kasich and other candidates for a particular voting bloc. donald trump has had a voting lane to him self and everything is consolidating. >> here is the deal. it's running out of time. trump is not inevitable. i would point his percentage of winning at 70%. i do believe he can be stopped and i believe marco rubio gives the republican p

it was jerry ford and jimmy carter. had anotherse person do that work for them. always felt it ought to be done face to face. brian lamb: another incident tore you talk about, i want know what you would do about this as secretary of defense. this is a famous point before the iraq war started where he talks about the number of troops needed in iraq if we went in there, and this would have been back in february of 2003, the war started in march of that year. listen to what he said. to the us some ideas magnitude of the army's force requirement in the occupation of iraq following to fiscal completion of the war -- successful completion of the war. >> i would say what has been mobilized at this point, something on the order of several hundred thousand -- troops will be needed. we are talking about a piece of geography that is fairly significant with the kinds of ethnic tensions which could lead to other problems, and so it takes a significant amount of troops present. brian lamb: you were not there, but was he fired for that statement? secretary gates: what i heard i

there was a big contest between jerry ford and ronald reagan at that time. end, the difference was , sot 125 votes of delegates that was the last cliffhanger, the one it gave people excitement. in my book i say in talking airt the convention, "the was electric as the opening day of the convention drew near. times alerted its leaders that this will be unlike any convention you have was tched. the rollcall delegates took place on wednesday and the suspense before and during the polling was a most unbearable. not until the last two states was there a sure winner. 1187-1070. againonium broke out while the frenzy bounced colorful, lightweight beach balls. i had lots the battle to keep rockefeller at the president's side. still, i released every moment of the challenge and made a difference. i enjoyed the power that is both real and strong. as the commission close, the new york times chief political writer wrote that it does not but richard, rosenbaum and the head of the new york delegation proved to be the dominant figures overshadowing such heavyweights as the v

it was jerry ford and jimmy carter. everybody else had another person do that work for them. hatchet man. but i always felt it ought to be done face-to-face. brian: another incident you talk about in the book, i want to know what you would do about this as secretary of defense. here is a general. this is a famous point before the iraq war started where he talks about the number of troops needed in iraq if we went in there, and this would have been back in february of 2003, the war started in march of that year. listen to what he said. [video clip] >> could you give us some ideas to the magnitude of the army's force requirement in the occupation of iraq following to successful completion of the war? >> i would say what has been mobilized at this point, something on the order of areral hundred soldiers probably a figure that would be a requirement. moste talking about hostilities controlled over a piece of geography that is fairly significant with the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to with other problems, so it takes a significant ground force present. >> as i said, i

could engage in spending that hypothetical $10 million that you referred to advocating election of jerry ford or jimmy carter. nobody realized that they could do that necessarily or wanted to do that or were certain in the post-watergate environment that that was the right thing to do. but when we got to the 1980 election, now all of a sudden we started having political groups starting to organize, something called national conservative political action committee was created and its only purpose was to engage in independent expenditures and there was a reaction to that because people -- the reform community started filing complaints and said we're not sure what you're doing is constitutional. because buckley said, an individual may make an independent expenditure but we're not sure that a political committee can do this. and that had to be litigated. and then there were other litigation fights, including the one that i was involved in for the colorado republican party, which finally established principle that political parties had a constitutional right to engage in independent spending. that

there s-you know, a jerry ford said something early on and he said there's a host ofco-c co-conspiratorser in norway said i would buy it. >> why do you think that's -- >> exactly. >> are you surprised the credit agencies have not been fixed. >> if i start a restaurant and people go to the arrest rant and eat and get sick it doesn't do so well. if they eat and die the restaurant should be closed. nothing has been done. >> why do you think that is? >> i don't care. i don't know why. i don't cover. i don't know. it's totally wrong. >> why didn't we just have hire capital requirements than dodd-frank. >> you should look at the leverage in the system. you're an 80-1 over a period of time you'll have a problem. you can run for crazy like 20 years. at some point in time something will go wrong. first thing they should rechoose the. what is the real leverage. what is really -- that's where we'll come apart. flying. >> and then do higher. >> higher capital. i'm not saying everything is perfect. there used to be 6% now required 8.5%. that's a third more. that's a lot. you know that's a lot. >> i m

. >> but jerry ford said governor reagan can't start world war iii, president reagan can: he was fallgan was vilified pretty roundly by even the republican establishment. >> the other thing about reagan was from the beginning when he was running for the republican nomination for governor of california he was always congeni congenial. whatever he had to say, everybody had a kind of a he's our guy, friendly approach to him and he could do the every man thing better than anybody i'd ever seen. at the end of the recession, they had to do something so they sent him up to southie in boston, they sent him into a working man's bar, all irish southies and we thought he was going to get his head handed to him in there. 20 minutes later he emerges with a schooner of beer and all these guys around him cheering him because he could pull that off unlike anyone else. >> up like anyone else except maybe who we're talking about today. >> the same thing trump can do with evangelicals, for example, not his natural constituency, he misquotes the bible but evangelicals say he may not be pure evangelical b

. >> jerry ford's congressional district. and by the way, one point of clarification.t the bottom of the screen you might have seen under the breaking news banner reports of confusion at some caucus sites. that's a lot like saying an election broke out. we have no reason to believe these caucuses, party run, have had any crippling confusion or anything enough to soil tonight's result which we still wait on. another break. we'll be back from this trip right after this. man 1: [ gasps ] man 1: he just got fired. man 2: why? man 1: network breach. man 2: since when do they fire ceos for computer problems? man 1: they got in through a vendor. man 1: do you know how many vendors have access to our systems? man 2: no. man 1: hundreds, if you don't count the freelancers. man 2: should i be worried? man 1: you are the ceo. it's not just security. it's defense. bae systems. hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wi

it reflects global car maker's attraction to mexico, neither ford more mexico commented. >>> ben and jerry's is ditching dairy to create a cold treat for vegans and lactose intolerant. they will make chunky monkey, chocolate fudge brownie, pb and fudge. they will hit stores in the next 4 to 6 weeks. >>> using a tanning bed may affect your mood. they surveyed 74 women ranging in age from 19 to 63. they found those who tanned at least 10 times in the past year the women were also more likely to suffer from a seasonable affect disorder. >>> one of the largest celebrations are is drawing crowds from all over the world to brazil. rio's annual carnival, elaborate costumes and floats are must sees in this parade. . what you won't see is a lot of clothes. they're bearing wearing anything. it must be really hot. this is a big reminder that rio will host the 2016 olympics in august. >>> a different kind of celebration at home. nine couples married for more than 50 years renewed their vows during a special celebration in clear water. it was part of horizon bay assisted living and memory the event inclu

ford is set to expand in mexico. they will expand outside of the news reflects the attraction to mexico. neither for nor mexico commented. >>> ben and jerry's will make 4flavors for a new line. chunky monkey, chocolate fudge browny and coffee carmel fudge. they will hit shelves in the next 4 to 6 weeks. >>> one of the largest celebrations is drawing crowds from all over to brazil. the elaborate costumes and huge parade. [ music ] . >> this is pretty cool. a mock olympic flame which stood next to the grandstand to remind parents that rio is hosting the hosting the olympics. >> love is in the air. >> we'll all share valentine's day stories with you. here is what you can see at lot. >> heck yeah, how technology can help your relationship. it will share some of the apps that can help you get closer. >> is that kid rock? >> it looked like him. that. >> old school rock. >> all this week it will be quite chilly. uptighter. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. we'll have warmed up a bit at 8:00 a.m. to 45 degrees but it will still be chilly. the one thing you'll notice is the winds will be lighter today warm up. 59 degrees at noon. 65 at 3:00 p.m. and

he ended up picking ford because he figures ford is the vice president nobody wants that jerry to becomepresident. no, slice he's a decent fellow, and on the sky, general form would be fine. that's what he did not understand. now he himself will have to assassination attempts. on september 5 and 20 second, 1975. two and 75. two in one my. seventeen days apart. amazing. both by women. the only other cases running the boardinghouse to lincoln. here we have lynette, a follower of charles manson confronting president ford when he is in sacramento california, the state capital she has a weapon but she doesn't withdraw it. so it's not as direct. but 17 days later sarah jane is actually going to point a weapon at the president and is going to lead to she gets a life sentence in 2007 with their jane more and here's the scene i had in the book with their jane more shot and for looking stunned actually marine knocked her hands and therefore she was not hurt. i mention people look at how he's done there and some of my friends would say was and he always love when you look what is that that's in my

in september, jerry falwell recently supported donald trump. miguel in miami, fordppeared republican. -- miguel in miami, florida. republican. who scares me the most is hillary because of what i lies a lots that she . she's being investigated by the or the fbi is conducting an thattigation of her server she had at home. a private server. host: luis in san antonio. democrat. good morning to you. which candidate scares you? caller: ted cruz a scares me for several reasons. i am an avid c-span watcher. i watch a program that was put on in november by the national religious liberty conference where a minister was up there running around jumping up and down on the stage talking about how the bible says they should kill homosexuals. gaze.s, he used the term .- the term gays ted cruz was a speaker at that conference. san antonio life put out a long all the candidates and how much money they were receiving from texas. ted cruz is receiving $31.8 million from four families, three having to do with oil, fracking and one who is a yacht builder and hedge fund manager. host: who