thurber, well done on bomb-throwing extreme right-winger ted joe mccarthy cruz. is that analogy fair? >> i don't think it's fair. joe mccarthy was a person going after individuals in government that he felt were associated with communism. he mistreated a whole lot of people in due process. he ruined people's lives. he's been repudiated for the way he attacked people. so cruz doesn't do that. cruz is conservative. he's dynamic. he wants to run for the presidency. he's out there on the campaign trail helping people, building up chits so that when he runs -- and he is running now -- he will have the support. now, mccarthy didn't do that. >> he wielliott from mayorriott georgia, democrats line. caller: good pony, sir. i wanted do make a couple of points. one point is about immigration. i ha happen to be an immigrant from senegal and have a lot of friends who are illegal, but the thing people don't realize is that once you allow illegal immigrants to get their paperwork, what's going to happen is that they are going to be taking the $60 job anymore. they will ask abou

almost all the people who worked for him really liked joe mccarthy. he was a very nice guy. he was the only senator who gave one of the staff a christmas present, for instance. he was the kind of person who went out of his way to help people. he was always lending money to the capitol police. he was sort of hail fellow well met. but when he would get before the tv cameras, it was a dr. jekyll-mr. hyde. a different side of his personality came out. it shocked people who like him. >> i'm glad we're on television. i think the millions of people can see how low a man can sink. they can see how low an alleged m an can sink. >> when the cameras were turned off, he can throw his arm around the person he just attacked on the floor. a very odd person in a lot of ways. he was totally inept as an investigator. he was not focused enough to be able to do the hard work. cohn was also not a really great investigator in the long run. the records of the committee are a total mismatch for that time period. they called up hundreds of witnesses to come to talk in closed session. we have recentl

joe mccarthy had given a bad name to congressional investigati investigations. supreme court had to weigh in. it gave a certain stigma to congressional investigations. so there are a nm of books that came out from people who were real civil libertarians in the 1950s denouncing investigations in general and saying that they weren't good for the irresponsi they investigated. then the watergate break h-in happened. while "the washington post" covered it for months, the rest of the press let watergate story drop. they didn't think it was the big issue. they followed the campaign, president nixon versus george mcgovern. and in the end, nixon won an enormous victory over mcgovern in 1972, despite the vest -- "the washington post's" investigation of the stories that were appearing. by january of 1973, enough stories were coming out. a reporter for "the new york times" and had discovered the whitehouse connection to the hush money paid to the burglars to keep them from spilling the beans when they were being tried. congress realized they needed to look into it. mike man

senator proxmire was a senator from wisconsin who took the seat of joe mccarthy when mccarthy left office in 1957. proxmire won the election in 1958 and successively won all through the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's. he served for 25 years through until the end of 1988. one of the remarkable things about him is he was devoted to clean government. he thought campaign financing was one of the major sources of corruption, so he spent as little as possible. in his last two elections for the senate refused to accept any donations at all, and spent less than $200 out of his own pocket. he managed to get elected again and again because his constituents loved him and he managed the media well. he must have had iron hands because he was standing on sidewalks everywhere when not in washington shaking hands or giving speeches to local groups. thousands of voters felt like they had personal relationships with him. he understood there was unhappiness among his constituents with how things were done in washington. he himself was a frugal person. you see the euphemism "frugal" in many accounts of him.

probably best known in the veryc mind as one of the few, prayed senators who opposed mccarthy, joe mccarthy, and his tactics early on. thegave a speech called declaration of conscious in june, 1950, where she opposed his tactics. she goes on to serve a very long career to the early 1970's. b she is one of the women who kind of is pushingu the story of women of congress. if you're interested in this topic, you can learn more by going to our website which is history.house.gov. the women in congress publication along with the artifacts we do not have on the table today is available on the site. this was the first of a two-part program. you can view this and all other american artifact programs on our website, c-span.org/history. >> each week, american history erica" bringsi you archival films that help

those who want to be joe mccarthy or worse -- can't get worst -- bring their shotguns to the senate floor, wave it around, and go back and run for president, or do you want to be people -- it sounds like mitch mcconnell having won a tough election knows he's in his 70s. my experience is when guys -- women will be there soon -- once you hit your 70s, there's no b.s. you're in your final act. >> i have never seen mitch mcconnell so relaxed, so in command, so at ease, so willing to talk to reporters. he's not been a guy known to be accessible to reporters. this is ms. moment. he's not in the whacko bird category. he wants to legislate to get things done where deals can be cut. he's giving president obama an opening. it's no accident that his news conference comes 50 minutes before president obama is scheduled to do his own news conference. will president obama pick up on the themes that mitch mcconnell laid out? mitch mcconnell didn't say they were going to roll over. they'll take votes on appealing the individual mandate for affordable care act. that's something president obama will definit

exactly the same furniture they would have seen in 1923 when thomas walsh was sitting there or when joe mccarthyas sitting there in the 1950's. the original piece of furniture, a carved bench with eagles on either side. that was purposely brought for this -- bought for this room. that long table is a table the senators would have said that with the green felt top on it. sometimes with extension, depending about how many members of the committee were there. they would've sat there, and there would've been a chair facing them with a small table with the witnesses. then around them, would have been, not quite a semicircle but a box-like arrangement in which the first rows would be reporters. beyond that would be the family members of members of congress. beyond that would be the general public. you get 300 people squeezed into this room. add to that drama. >> please make whatever statement you would wish to make to the committee. >> mr. chair -- >> i instruct the officers, do not let anyone in or out of that door while professor hill is making her statement. >> in 1929, the stock market crashed. it

furniture you see is what you would have seen in 1923 when thomas walsh was sitting there or when joe mccarthy was sitting there or sam urban. it's original piece of furniture, the large bench with the eagles on either side. that was purposely bought for this room, one on either end. the long table is a table that the senators would have sat at, usually with a green felt top on it. sometimes with extensions, depending on how long -- how many members of the committee are up there. they would have sat there. then there would have been a chair facing them with a small table where the witnesses would have sat. around them, would have been sort of not quite a semicircle but a box-like arrangement in which the first rows would be reporters and then beyond that would be family members of the members of congress and beyond that would be the general public. would you get 300 people or so squeezed into this room. it adds to the drama of whatever the event is. >> make whatever statement you would wish to make to the committee. >> mr. chairman -- >> excuse me. i instruct the officers, do not let anyone in

what can we expect from the republicans, including ted cruz, the joe mccarthy of today.is is "hardball," a place for politics. >>> tomorrow night rachel maddow and i with live coverage with all the results, including the victories and the concession speeches as we find out who will control the u.s. senate. plus all the hot governors races on a night that could see a record number of incumbent governors knocked out of office. that's tomorrow night right here on msnbc. 'wóóÑt >>> welcome back to "hardball." this is what's at stake if democrats lose the u.s. senate. ted cruz said the first order of business should be a series of hearings on president obama himself. quote, looking at the abuse of power. the executive abuse, the lawlessness that has pervaded this administration. if democrats lose, here's what republicans will control, the senate judiciary committee. grassley would be a major figure in supreme court nominations. he's pro-life and voted against sonya sotomayor for the supreme court. and inhofe, a science denier, he does not believe in climate change at all. he'

if ted cruz gets that job he would be joe mccarthy. they look alike. it's frightening. [laughter] that's not fair but that's why i didn't. [laughter] got $200,000 from the north koreans, didn't you hear? that's ted cruz. or he might have, that's real mccarthy. --t committee has the power i found this out last week -- that subcommittee is the only panel in either house of congress where all it takes is the chairman of the committee to issue a subpoena. it has complete power year-round it never ends and has a mandate to investigate anything or everything. guess who is the ranking member on that domain will become the chairman of that committee in january? john mccain. mccain iss that john a serious person and is really angry a lot of times. he is not darrell issa. [laughter] when he moves through that subcommittee and goals under the chairmanship, he will use it. next year we may see real investigations of irs, real investigations of benghazi, anything they see on their scope that might be interesting even in a bipartisan sense to look at, they will go after that. what may

joe mccarthy. it wasn't the tea party that did that. that was the regular order of the republican party. and they've been richly rewarded. the electorate looked at a government unfunctional and rewarded them in he have mid-term. it is only their base that's voting. >> what joy said before, ill loom made the the republican party. there are you a few people who will talk to the president to pass legislation. then the other people had a would like to impeach him. >> is that what ted cruz, does he want the president to reach out there. use his parole power, whatever the legal term is. a lot of people came in illegally. does he really want to it get that rocky in this country where you have a left rallying to the president for being gutsy and a rate which is outraged so nothing gets done for two years. >> honestly, that's where we are rate now. if we're going to be honest about it. it is not where we're going to be in the future. >> then didn't mitch mcconnell sound better than that tonight? >> it is if we're talking about from yesterday to

thurber, well done on bomb-throwing extreme right-winger ted joe mccarthy cruz. is that analogy fair? >> i don't think it's fair. joe mccarthy was a person going after individuals in government that he felt were associated with communism. he mistreated a whole lot of people in due process. he ruined people's lives. he's been repudiated for the way he attacked people. so cruz doesn't do that. cruz is conservative. he's dynamic. he wants to run for the presidency. he's out there on the campaign trail helping people, building up chits so that when he runs -- and he is running now -- he will have the support. now, mccarthy didn't do that. >> he wielliott from mayorriott georgia, democrats line. caller: good pony, sir. i wanted do make a couple of points. one point is about immigration. i ha happen to be an immigrant from senegal and have a lot of friends who are illegal, but the thing people don't realize is that once you allow illegal immigrants to get their paperwork, what's going to happen is that they are going to be taking the $60 job anymore. they will ask abou

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it started with the biggest story, joe mccarthy on the eve of his censor as president. 60 years latert its approach is unchanged. find the key players, ask them the questions americans want to know. >> "face the nation" with chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. >> reporter: there have been eight moderators, but for 23 years shiver has been the face of "face the nation." >> implicit in that -- >> the newsmaker who's been on the most, arizona senator john mccain. >> i can't tell you whether bob schiffer is a democrat, libertarian, or vegetarian. he asks straight questions and tough questions and he's fair. >> reporter: going back to dwight eisenhower, "face" has interviewed everyone. some were testy. >> if you can say that, how can so many reputable professionals keep pressing along with this? >> that's your characterization, not mine. >> reporter: looking back at the show's over 3,000 broadcasts, you can see history being made. >> we feel that the time has come for a full-scale assault on the system of segregation in alabama. >> oh, yes, i believe in blame that we ought to hav

was responsible for the beginning of, he wasn't a heavyweight with the mccarthy hearings, and joe mccarthy was a threat. team missed something, but we prospered in those eight years and he left us with this special message, be aware there is building in our country and military-industrial complex which i see as feeding wars all over the place, and resulting in the 1%, and 99%, i don't have to tell you about, we are all living with, which derives, i think, from that complex. i am answering what questions? >> answering one that can be answered. i wasn't holding my knife right. to the book for a minute, and her lodged. >> may i read something from the book? >> i think you may. >> just so you get a better sense, even this i get to experience, i feel that way about this, look at that, the glorious faces, i will tell you something about why you are here. 71 said it, with two pockets and the first pocket should be a piece of paper which is written, i am dust and ashes, i am the proverbial grain of sand on the beach of life and the other pocket, the piece of paper on which is written for me the wo

anti-communist senator joe mccarthy on the eve of his sent chur by the senate. >> they wouldn't be conductingt but approach is unchanged. find the key players ask them the questions americans want to know. >> "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> reporter: there have been years schieffer has been the face of "face the nation." >> i'm police it -- >> reporter: the news maker who has been on the most arizona senator john mccain. >> i can't tell you whether bob schieffer is a republican or a democrat or a libertarian or a vegetarian. he asks straight questions and he asks tough questions and he's fair. >> reporter: going back to dwight eisenhower "face" has interviewed every president. some was testy. >> if as you say nothing is there, mr. president, how can so many respected professionals keep pressing along with this? >> well, that's your characterization, not mine. >> reporter: looking back over the show's 3,000 broadcasts you can see history being made. >> we feel that the time has come for a full-scale assault on the system of segregation in alabama. >> oh, yes i believe in alabama that

he's joe mccarthy. let me just tell you.go through what he said there, which is really untrue. first of all regulatory abuse means any regulation. lawlessness. what's he talking about? abuse of power. these are impeachable offenses. where's this lawlessness coming from? benghazi, benghazi benghazi. this guy makes these mccartyism accusations. >> i'm saying that he will substantively call the shots in the direction the senate chooses to behave because he has before because he did the shutdown and now he's going to be running for president, which is going to give him more incentive to and give him the other people like rand paul and people trying to outflank him also incentive to rush -- >> you think they'll be magnetized to the most extreme, destructive position? >> they have to win a primary. >> we're all trying to figure out the future. does anyone here -- we're just pundits. does anyone think -- >> and humans. >> does anyone think the man we just heard could be a serious nominee for president? >> no -- >> you believe it's

. >> joe, you'll have 15 seconds to answer. andrew mccarthynational view says the only way to stop this guy if he moves forward is impeachment. is that on the table? >> impeachment is indicting in the house and that's a possibility. but you still have to convict in the senate and that takes a 2/3 vote, but impeachment would be a consideration, yes, sir. >> joe barton making it clear impeachment remains a viable option if this president moves forward with executive amnesty. >> j.d. hayward reaching for the headline. he got it. he said it remains an option. [ all speak at once ] >> casually talking about impeachment. >> it's this word that gets thrown around more and more, ever since nixon. >> they're 40 votes away. >> they could be 32 shy, could have 32 people drop off and still impeach the guy. >> for the majority in the house, but like as was said, you got a 2/3 majority there, the republicans had a good night on tuesday. they didn't have a great night. >> so the fallback position is that the president avoids actual conviction in the senate,

and joe got the book during a the mccarthy years and it was originally called his mother's nightmare. this subtitle was the fall of the third reich. it had a jacket that the title was spelled out but had 30,001st printing nobody read it. i gave the timing from the gallery. and i said you have to read this book is better than anybody thinks. he came back and said you are right to approach it in a whole different way and the advertising director came up to put the subtitle as the title of the book in to do a black jacket with the swastika. nobody at that time ever put the swastika on the cover of a book let alone simon & schuster. you can imagine. so much fear and dislike and discussed in the book went on had a first printing at 20,000 copies probably one of the most successful books in the history of cyberdash schuster. millions of copies sold one-fourth -- in one form or another. but it does show it takes courage to hire him in those days. and another who was fired rights box after box page after page on the typewriter that it took courage to look at that and say no. throw away the ba

>> guest: huge successful came in to joe barnes who was a former new york herald tribune in those days, war correspondent. very nice day. savaged during the mccarthyl of book plushing, dick simon gave him a job when nobody else would. and joe got shire's book. shire's himself had been savaged during the mccarthy years and was unemployable. it was originally called hitler's nightmare empire, and the subtitle was the rise and fall of the third reich. and it had a red jacket in which the title was spelled out in barbed wire. and it was put down for something like a 3500-copy first printing, and nobody had read it. and i remember reading it in galley and showing it to my mentor who was then bob gottlieb, who later became editor of the new yorker and editor of -- [inaudible] and a are stunning, successful publishing figure. and saying, bob, i know it's not your kind of thing, but you have to read this book because it really is much better than anybody here thinks. and he read it, and he came back, and he said, you're right. we're going to approach it in a whole different way. and he and nina borden, our advertising director, came up with putting the su

and joe got the book during a the mccarthy years and it was originally called his mother's nightmare.itle was the fall of the third reich. it had a jacket that the title was spelled out but had 30,001st printing nobody read it. i gave the timing from the gallery. and i said you have to read this book is better than anybody thinks. he came back and said you are right to approach it in a whole different way and the advertising director came up to put the subtitle as the title of the book in to do a black jacket with the swastika. nobody at that time ever put the swastika on the cover of a book let alone simon & schuster. you can imagine. so much fear and dislike and discussed in the book went on had a first printing at 20,000 copies probably one of the most successful books in the history of cyberdash schuster. millions of copies sold one-fourth -- in one form or another. but it does show it takes courage to hire him in those days. and another who was fired rights box after box page after page on the typewriter that it took courage to look at that and say no. throw away the barbwire as

, majority leader kevin mccarthy with conference -- catherine rogers, elections are happening today. on the democratic side, same thing. nancy pelosi, any lawyer, jim cliburn, joe crowley, on the democratic side running unopposed. those are not until next week, those are tuesday but it is possible a challenger could emerge but even if one does it is not expected to be any kind of real challenge. it would just be a symbolic thing. >> host: on the house side couple people are campaigning to be head of the republican study committee. what is it and who is making the via for the position? >> guest: republican study committee is the conservative wing. honestly i haven't followed that closely at all. i don't know who's running for that right now. we do have the positive policy committee, james langford went to the senate following in his footsteps candidates have emerged. tom read -- in terms of the study committee i don't know the answer. >> host: when it comes to the lowest board, what are the scheduled events between now and what congress has to take? what will happen in both bodies aside from keystone which you talked about? >> on number of things must pass. you