he approached mccarthy in the fall of '67 and mccarthy was interested. he had been traveling around the country. making his opposition to the war known. mccarthy was not a well-known figure. he was a mercurial figure, aloof, not terribly popular on capitol hill. he had actually been the -- the number two choice for johnson to be his vp nominee in '64. he lost that to hubert humphrey. so when mccarthy challenges johnson it's in part because of lowenstein's lobbying of him. and his activism and trying to get him involved. when mccarthy gets involved, this group of anti-war activists rallies around his campaign and basically becomes kind of his army, his political army. it's one of the reasons he did so well in vietnam, one of the reasons he did so well in primaries in wisconsin and oregon that came after. one of the things that mccarthy did, why he wanted to run was to create this outlet for anti-war activists to have their voices heard within the party. in some ways it's the most successful thing he did in '68, which he gave activists a voice, gave them a

we kept making appeals to mccarthy. mccarthy attended a meeting at sylvia's house. when he walked into the room, he said what is this? it looks like a government in exile. after a continued, david and gary kept putting pressure on mccarthy to get in the race. blair clark was very important to that. i think he was the chair at that point. on 2 january, gary david and i had dinner with blair clark, and david was called to the phone. the person said dave, i have decided that i will enter the new hampshire primary. that is just some background. this is from david [null]'s book by the way. he said, and this is really critical, in other words to be successful a drive to stop johnson had to come from inside the democratic party using persons familiar with the party processes with a legitimate political reputation. so, the people that we had, people like paul, they were established in the democratic party. i would then like to just challenge some of what my good friend paul mcintyre said. we did not destroy the democratic party. we added 90,000 voters, democratic voters, to

i met eugene mccarthy once. it is in line to ship -- as in lined -- in line to shake his hand, he was talking to someone and did not seem to knowledge my existence. i thought this guide may or may not have fire in the belly but he needs to be more attentive to the here and now and the people working very hard. it was very difficult campaign because we had very little money. in regularpport democrats. when i approach democrats in a , and suggest lbj, one of the prominent lawyers stood up and said who are you? i had been in town and came here in 1965. thank you for the call. guest: that is a great story. book, iesearched my went through my papers and found oral histories of people who work on the campaign, people would sort of say, staffers involved in the campaign, that they did not like mccarthy on a tosonal level but found him the distance and not really engaged in the campaign and yet, .hey all revered him it is interesting about mccarthy. though he was again a very he waslt person, courageous and had he not d

mccarthy is an interesting figure. >> mccarthy is an interesting figure. he was aloof, very intellectual. he had very liberal policies, there is a conservative demeanor to him. he was somebody who believed in the political process. one of the reasons he ran was that he believed that -- he was fearful that democrats opposed the war in vietnam were going to create a third or fourth party. he wants give them an outlet within the party, within the political process to make their voices known. he had a very sort of traditional view of politics, even though he espoused very radical policies as time went on during the campaign. he was also somebody who was a bit lazy, wasn't really up for something like campaigning. his campaign staff asked him to go to morning events and he was "i'm not a morning person." he would have a hard time talking to people sometimes. he could be very effective on tv and could be a very effective politician, but he didn't sort of like the details of campaigning. mccarthy was somebody who would have basically just given speeches the entir

kennedy. 42% for eugene mccarthy. and this ad from the 1968 democratic primary campaign by the rfk campaign. >> robert kennedy, and some people who aren't registered this year. in ten years, these americans will inherit the problems we don't solve today. >> it's suggested in the next several decades the people are going to have to start wearing gas masks in new york city because the air is becoming so polluted. 750 pounds of refuse you breathe every year and the same thing is true to a lesser degree in cities all across the united states. that will spread to the rural areas as well unless we stop it. there are things we can do about automobiles. there are laws we can pass about dumping and throwing refuse in lakes and streams and into the air. otherwise as secretary gardner says, we're all going to have to live underground. industry must do something and then individual citizens and then the demand, the interest that all of you might take in it i think that's what's going to make the difference in this country. >> neb

senator mccarthy opposed the vietnam war. and his strong challenge to president johnson in the nation's first primary. along with robert kennedy's entry soon thereafter is thought to have played a role in the president's decision to pull out of the race less than three weeks later. on the republican side, mr. nixon's victory launched him on a path to victory in november. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. welcome to all of you, being here in such an historic day for the new hampshire and its first in the nation presidential primary. the idea for this came about two years ago, when the person who wrote the first book about the new hampshire primary, chuck barretten, there was a memorial service for him. david hull, who was the number one in the democratic side in new hampshire, for eugene mccarthy was there. i met him for the first time and i as i was listening to him it made me think about having something on the exact day. here at the state house. to commemorate that primary. and i asked him if he would be willing to come

but mccarthy is, as mccarthy's campaign gains steam and a the although of the energy of the mccarthy campaign comes from young people, these young college people, who join on the, who care more about the war in vietnam than any other issue and have their first experience in organized politics, by jumping on the support of the mccarthy campaign, and one of the, they're encouraged by campaign organizers to get clean for gene, meaning cut your hair, shave your beard, wear tidy clothes, don't look like a long-haired young hippie, actually make yourself look like a clean-scrubbed campaign worker as a way to increase the support, the broaden the support for mccarthy jond just young people in their college dorm rooms. but mccarthy, once, as the mccarthy campaign gains steam and it becomes clearer and clearer that johnson and his vice president hubert humphrey, who would be another possible nominee for the 168 democratic nomination, that they are increasingly hobbled by the war in vietnam. robert kennedy reconsiders his ideas about not getting in the race. and so, by middle of march, too lat

her father's candidacy, senator eugene mccarthy for march of 1968. let's watch. >> what is your reaction as a politician? can you take him? glaxo haven't been moved to withdraw and i think i can certainly win in wisconsin and i see no reason to win -- to believe i couldn't go on and win another primaries. >> does this cause you in any way to reassess your overall position? >> i don't think there has been any reassessment. i have been committed since i first announced to run in the primaries to which i have responded and i made those changes in my plans, either because of new hampshire or in consequence of the announcement of senator kennedy. i keep hearing intimations of a deal at some point in the future. are you prepared to deal with bobby kennedy? >> are not prepared to deal with anybody as far as my candidacy is concerned. i committed myself to a group of young people and i thought rather idealistic adults and i said i would be their candidate. i intend to run as i committed myself to run, in the situation develops a convention where i can't win,

general mccarthy. we explain why that is off base. >>> one of the accuser of harvey weinste weinstein's role in the me too movement is at risk. >>> and president trump speaking at any moment to members of i.c.e. border and customs agency. we will be watching that and bring you any updates. you are watching cnn. 'biggest sale of the year'. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 24-month financing on all beds. only for a limited time. sleep number. proven, quality sleep. i knew at that exact moment ... i'm beating this. my main focus was to find a team of doctors. it's not just picking a surgeon, it's picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. visit cancercenter.com/breast ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. ♪ sharper vision, without limits. days that go from su

and that gene mccarthy was not going to win the nomination. in addition to that, we mentioned george mcgovern, he was drafted by some of the pro-kennedy forces. so even though robert kennedy was now gone, there was another person in the race. so he became rather embittered by what had happened to him in the race. and -- >> he didn't endorse humphrey until the end of the race. >> that is right, pat. he waited until late in the game. >> when i ran against the president, in new hampshire i ran into gene mccarthy and i was going to new hampshire, he said don't worry pat, when you get up there you know don't have to win, you just have to beat the points spread. >> larry from houston, texas on the democrats line. >> yeah. i'm also a veteran, and i think the thing that caused nixon to win is because he had a cause that all my friends and a couple of them died in vietnam, as a result of it. and what it was was that the draft just turned everybody away from the thought that we were going to have anything other than a war for the rest of our lives. >> t

but mccarthy, mccarthy -- the armey-mccarthy hearings took place roughly around the time that brown v board of education came down. eisenhower loathed mccarthy. but he never publicly rebuked him. and part of that was his approach to his, both as a military leader and as a president. he never rebuked people in public. if he had something to say, he would say it in private. and he said that's the way -- you do not want to get into an argument publicly with somebody like that. now, there's another reason for that, that he never rebuked mccarthy publicly, i think, and that is that mccarthy -- the republicans had a one-vote majority in the senate in 1954, and mccarthy was still quite powerful. and he, it was prominently known that he really influenced and may have controlled as many as 10 to 12 of the senators. and he wanted to keep his majority. so that would be another reason not to go after mccarthy. but he did, in private he did. there's a book, a very good book called "the hidden -- talking about how eisenhower worked behind the scenes, always behind the scenes to get his way. for exa

studied the late joseph mccarthy, we are now in period with mueller and his gang that makes mccarthy look like a baby. mccarthy was a demagogue who routinely twisted the truth. trump's former attorney and close friend was the lawyer roy cohn who helped mccarthy be that demagogue who routinely twisted the truth. robert mueller, until the president began taking shots at him, has always been known and praised for being the opposite of mccarthy. but the president would have you believe that mccarthy and mueller are on equal footing. that's the place we're in right now. the place where the gaslight is always on. and where the president and people speaking for him believe truth isn't truth. just listen to what the president's lawyer had to say about whether the president should talk to robert mueller. >> what i have to tell you is, i'm not going to be rushed in to having him testify so he gets trapped into perjury. when you tell me that he should testify because he's going to tell the truth, and he shouldn't worry. that's silly, because it's someone's version of the truth, not the truth. h

maybe i just can't win these folks and can't win the presidency because the mccarthy -- eugene mccarthy -- no better state than oregon for him. >> and no better state than kennedy for the constituency: well what was going on in the country after the assassination? >> well, you know, shock. and two weeks later, dr. mart kin luther king was assassinated. robert kennedy was campaigning for the indiana primary, which he would win, the first primary. he gets the word going to speak to an african american segment of indianapolis that martin luther king had been shot and he tells the people -- it's one of the best speeches in political history in the united states. off the cough, he had no -- he does not say our thoughts and prayers are with the king family. and you can hear the gasp in the audience. indianapolis is the only major city that does not go up in flames that night. and, so, then, two months later, he is assassinated. i have written a biography of his mother and his mother said, if this had been a story, if this had been a work of fiction that this family would lose two of its sons

to compare bob mueller to joseph mccarthy. >> joe mccarthy was a demagogue, and we haven't heard a public sill bell from bob mueller in more than a year. and i've got to add that mccarthy's lawyer, larry cohn, became donald trump's personal lawyer and mentor for decades. i mean the irony here, just amazing. >> all of what you said is factually accurate. director clapper, i want to talk about the focus on john brennan. after president trump's press conference with vladimir putin in helsinki brennan unleashed some pretty remarkable criticisms against the president saying it was quote, nothing short of treasonous. take a listen how brennan explained that comment just a couple days ago. >> and i did say it rises to and exceeds the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and there's nothing short of treasonous. i didn't mean he committed treason, but it was a term i used nothing short of treasonous. >> but you didn't mean he committed treason, though? >> i said it was nothing short of treasonous, yeah. >> we'll get into the president's behavior in a second. but do you think john brennan's hyperb

my dad would have in the editorial that said mccarthy is a vote for hanoi. as a matter fact, he did write that editorial. in it, here is the father's logic, he said that people should not be for johnson because he is not prosecuting the war correctly. they certainly should not be for mccarthy because he is a commie for hanoi. so if the good people for new hampshire and the democratic ballot to do something, they should write in richard nixon. richard nixon did not get a lot of votes on the democratic ballot. however, jean mccarthy got more than 5000 votes on the republicans ballot. this revisionist history that somehow a vote for mccarthy was still a vote in favor of the war, i think somebody at the new york times somebody is drinking the kool-aid. i was at unh when george romney was still in before he made his famous i got brainwashed remarks came down in my newspaper which was great on names for people with: romney chihuahua george. is there anybody in this room besides bill who knows what that means relative to romney? he was born in mexico. 's parents we

you were i was there with t mccarthy or bobby kennedy. kennedy and mccarthy did not like each other very much, either. mccarthy faced a far more well- financed opponent who would say things like while he plays touch football but i play football. kennedy was extremely good at calibrating himself to be the larger role -- cultural fight guys. to reach out not just to college students, nearly all of whom are white, but reaching out to a multiracial coalition of democratic voters, of people who had fond memories and loyalties to his brother john, and to these other members working class members of the roosevelt coalition, the new deal coalition, to build support to his candidacy. by the end of march, you have johnson realizing it is uncountable for him to stay in, and he is getting out. it just gets more crazy from there. if that had been all that happened in 1968, that will be enough of a story, right? but, there is so much more that happens that shaped what the election's outcome is, and also where american history goes from there. including

he is a mccarthy-ite figure. he hired joe mccarthy's lawyer to be his own personal lawyer.ses the scare tactics of mccarthy. where you see the similarities between trump and mccarthy is joseph mccarthy scapegoated the great secretary of state for truman and went after a nobel prize winning states person and just tried to smear them. you see trump doing the same thing with john brennan. it is because both mccarthy and trump have a fear of what we are calling the deep state. >> the president today also tweeting white house council don mcgahn is not a quote john dean type rat. i asked john dean what were his conversations with president nixon like after nixon found out dean had testified against him. >> unpleasant. >> seriously? >> i was very open when i broke rank in doing so. i think i told my predecessor and then president's top domestic adviser. i told the chief of staff. i told them what i was going to do after i failed to convince the president to stop the cover up. i said somebody has to go talk to the lawyers about this. this thing has got to end. i tried to convince m

mccarthy look like a baby, rigged witch hupt.meone needs a history lesson. >> i don't think donald trump knows his history very well. this is a real draw to find any comparisons between joseph mccarthy and bob mueller. it just doesn't fit at all. he just -- and his entire defense team, just talks in nonsequiturs. the business he could run the whole investigation. that is not true. the president does not control a grand jury. a grand jury's an independent body. that grand jury would toss him out if he tried to get in and tell them what to do. >> does the president really want the american people studying mccarthy? frank, i have to ask you because mccarthy was a demagogue, relied on baseless allegations. >> that's a great question. if the american people studied mccarthy, they'd say, wow, he bears a lot of resemblance to president trump. he would hurl accusations without asking questions or facts. mueller would not speak with the press, if anything he's going on forever to make sure he's getting all the facts. the accusations come

joseph mccarthy was a demagogue.baseless accusations. >> if the american people studied mccarthy they'd say, wow, he bears a lot of resemblance to president trump. he would hurl accusations without any questions or facts. mueller would not speak with the press, if anything he's going on forever to make sure he's getting all the facts. the accusations come after the research not before. that's the antonym of mccarthy. >> he said tough as he was he always had a lot of friends and i'm not embarrassed to say i was one. why did he hire his lawyer. >> my guess is donald trump learned a lot about mccarthyism from roy cohn and he learned the techniques of mccarthyism. in some ways you could argue trump is the most successful demagogue in politics since senator mccarthy. he was once reported to be as close to roy cohn as if roy cohn was a second father to him. we see again and again interestingly with trump this quality of projecting onto others, qualities he himself has. remember just last week when he withdrew brennen's sec

mccarthy joins us exclusively to talk about it next. ? ? leader kevin mccarthy isho helping lead the charge against destructive behavior and language and social media. perhaps none more so than on twitter. s case in point. this oregon house candidate mark roberts, he calls himself an interdependent, he's facing backlash after this disgusting tweet directed at melania trump. "did you know the first lady works by the hour?" i'm not going to read the hashtags. can you imagine if someone said that about michelle obama, what they be doing tonight? now leader mccarthy is calling on twitter to suspend roberts. the congressman joins is now exclusively with more on that and otherus issues. congressman mccarthy, this is so low, but it's one of the many things the left has said about conservative women over the last few years that have gone on with impunity. no repercussions, no boycotts they say it, they get away with it, and they are celebrated for it, congressman. >> exactly right. that is why he saying it. this is inappropriate on any platform to

mccarthy joins us exclusively to talk about it next.a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death. oh! no increased risk? ♪ ozempic®! ♪ ozempic® should not be the first medicine for treating diabetes, or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not share needles or pens. don't reuse needles. do not take ozempic® if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to ozempic®. stop taking ozempic® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, itching, rash, or trouble breathing. serious side effects may happen, including pancreatitis.

and his gang that make joseph mccarthy look like a baby. rigged witch hunt." and michael hayden called the comparison absurd. >> joe mccarthy was a demagogue. we haven't heard a public syllable from robert mueller in more than a year. >> harris: that is true. we have not heard from him. what do you make of it? >> charles: we have not heard from him but we have heard about the investigation and people complain about the leaks. at this point for me -- i haven't study mccarthy enough to be an expert but it seems like a bridge too far. earlier in the show we brought up the topic of the special counsel going forward. do you put guardrails on them or do you throw them out and they bomb the blob -- become the blob? unstoppable to go where they want to go. this is what i'm concerned about. if he has nothing or he is not close to getting something how long does he keep it going? how long does he push? he understands even the silence can be politicized and we head to midterm elections it can be an issue. >> harris: it can be politicized but not misqu

there is more of a parallel between mccarthy and trump versus mccarthy and muler? >> i'm suggesting what psychologists tell us is that sometimes when we have trouble, we have defects in our soul, we -- when we talk to somebody, we project aon to them things we're dealing with that we have -- that are deeply troubling to us inside and psychologically we haven't come to grip with it. is projection and that sounds a lot like what we're seeing here. >> david gergen, thank you very much for spending time. >> thank you. >> the other big story we're following is the colorado man arrested in the murder of his pregnant wife and two daughters. beginning to mount his defense now. his neighbors and the entire country express horror at this case. so what goes into defending public enemy number one? famed attorney mark geragos speaks from experience next. when i received the diagnoses, i knew at that exact moment ... i'm beating this. my main focus was to find a team of doctors. it's not just picking a surgeon, it's picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. visi

with mueller and his game that make joseph mccarthy look like a baby.ig witchhunt. >> it immediately brings back the whole concept of the enemies list under president nixon. and even before that in the early 50s, the mccarthy air a way the administration starts putting together lists of individuals that don't agree with him. >> i've got to add that mccarthy's lawyer became donald trump's personal voyeur and mentor for decades. the irony here is just amazing. >> after revoking the security clearance on nine others during the russia pro. meanwhile national security adviser and had misused classified information but refuse to provide any examples. >> in terms of what we said, i think the president trump and his so-called collusion with russia must he do these classified information. i don't know the specifics. >> if someone uses classified information or reveals classified information and misuse is not the way and while he's exercising the viewpoint and that crosses the line. if they leak classified information they should be the cia or even the justice de

we're going to turn now to andrew mccarthy.is "national review" contributing editor, but a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. what does that tell you? they have reached a verdict on eight. they can not reach a verdict on the other 10 they're saying. what is your take? >> well, it means melissa, they're still working, which means, they're following the judge's instruction to at least try to resolve the case. the importance procedurally of a partial verdict would be, if the judge were to allow them to return a verdict of eight counts, there would then be the question of whether they should continue deliberating to try to resolve the other 10 and the trick here would be, that the eight counts they would return, that would be final. if they went back to continue deliberating they would not be able to touch those eight counts. from perspective the court, even to the parties to some extent, always better to try to get them to resolve the whole thing because because a partial verdict could be very me

this is the commonality with hoover and with mccarthy.hey seek to same the same end. >> i think we can wrap this up. thanks very much. it's been a terrific session. we will reconvene again tomorrow -- at 1:00. thank you. these programs are from our c- span series 1960. america in turmoil. you can listen to the program as a podcast on spotify or watch them anytime@c-span.org on our 1968 page. wednesday american history to be continues with the development of the automotive industry in the u.s. and how cars changed american life. thursday martin luther king jr. will show the 50th commemoration of march. friday the world war i centennial ceremony and a look at aspects of the war from discussions at u.s. army heritage days. this weekend during our regular american history tv programming we will look at the murder of one of boston's richest men while he was visiting harvard university. the english professor specializes in 19th-century crimes and talks about his latest book. saturday night at a eastern during lectures in history a class by rutg

conner mccarthy is one of the first employees at marketing firm nina hale to use "furternity leave,"k from his apartment as he house trained his new pup.conner mccarthy/dog owner:"having bentley understand, hey, outside is where i go to the bathroom, is a big deal. also, understanding where he sleeps at night and his place in the house, that was really crucial."needless to say, he's thankful for his company's new age way of thinking.donna robinson/nina hale ceo:"we have a culture where we try our best to accommodate different things that happen in employees' lives."c-e-o donna robinson said they regularly conduct surveys to learn employees needs both at work and outside of it. "furternity leave" as well as two work from home days per month... are just the tip of the iceberg.donna robinson/nina hale ceo:"we really wanted to focus on what would make their life better, what would enrich their family time, what would make for a better day to day living- working environment for them." for mccarthy, that meant fulfilling his role as an account manager and new pet parent...natsat the same t

study the late joseph mccarthy.e are in period with mueller and his gang that makes joseph mccarthy look like a baby. rigged witch hunt. what do you make of that comparison? >> well, the irony is not lost on anyone except perhaps the president talking about mccarthy in a negative sense in the tweet when on the other hand you constantly hear him saying where's the roy cohen? who was joe mccarthy's right-hand man in saying i need somebody who defends me, i need somebody who will speak what i want to be spoken to. and will defend every word i say. so i'm not sure why the president would choose to go after joe mccarthy when at the same time saying he needs his roy cohen. >> there's more to discuss. sources are now saying that president trump is clearly rattled, his legal team in the dark over exactly what the white house counsel don mcgahn told the mueller team and the 30 hours of interviews. >>> plus, the president's former lawyer michael cohen visits his own lawyer on this day as federal prosecutors prepare charges, m

gina mccarthy, a former epa administrator. i'm ali velshi. i'll see you back here at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. now time for "andrea mitchell reports." >> right now, the truth is out there. today rudy giuliani trying to walk back what he said on "meet the press" to chuck todd on why he does not want the president talking to robert mueller. >> and when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he should worry. that's so silly because if somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a conversation -- >> truth is truth. i don't mean to -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> the big chill as the president compares bob mueller to joe mccarthy and threatens to revoke the clearance from a current justice department official. more than 175 former national security officials, most who have long avoided politics, speaking out signing a new letter today saying mr. trump has gone too far. >> that sends a signal to folks in the intelligence community and in the law enforcement community that if you cross this presi

he was elected right at the time joe mccarthy had his fight. mr. hunt hated joe mccarthy. joe mccarthy hated lester hunt. everybody knows that mccarthy that.ti-communist and all there was also a certain anti-gay movement, part of mccarthyism. at the time, lafayette square, lafayette park was a meeting place for gay men. who was in's son, wasearly 20's, i think, over there. the police, undercover police were out there trying to spare people looking for a good time. he was arrested. normally, this wouldn't lead to anything. to mccarthy and his henchmen found out about it. re's how we are going to get rid of lester hunt. him -- we were going to expose this in wyoming, that his son had been arrested. --first, lester hunt said flop that off -- fought that off. he was running for reelection and he was so distraught that he went into his office and shot himself with a rifle, committed suicide. that was a story i had not heard. a bit about the story of gay before thingsica changed. here, we are getting up to this bush. george h w at the beginning of his administration, crack cocai

mccarthy look like a baby. rigged witch hunt. if anyone in politics can claim the mantle of mccarthyism, it is president trump. let us remind ourselves with the men side by side, senator mccarthy was a demagogue. he relied on conspiracy theories and zen oh phobia to generate fear. sound familiar? not to mention, do you know who mccarthy's lawyer was? roy cohn. you know whose personal lawyer he became? donald trump's. now, some more proof. just listen to how desperate the efforts are. it reminds me of groucho marx. who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes. >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury. when you tell me he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's so silly because it's somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a conversation -- >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go like -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> so what was that? was that a one-off, a misstatement, or is it p

president trump tweeted, study the late joseph mccarthy.

the more you look at joe mccarthy, the more you realize that joe mccarthy has become president, not theccarthy was a junior senator from wisconsin on lincoln's birthday in 1950. he gave a speech in wheeling, west virginia where he said he had in his hand the names of 205 communists, the number wandered down in the state department, the number wandered down to 57, and ultimately he didn't find any. he came to anti-communism late. there were communist agents in the government but they'd been largely taken care of by the truman administration. the lesson was, mccarthy was a freelanced reporter entranced by his own name in print, on the radio and on television. he was a figure of a new modern media age that was unfolding in the early 1950s, and was ultimately undone according to his own rudy giuliani, a man named roy cohn, who was donald trump's lawyer, was undone because he exaggerated too much. he overstated. he didn't deliver on what he had promised. and the idea that donald trump would be offering the charge of mccarthyism toward anyone else, the word irony no longer that has any applic

the president tweeted, mueller and his gang make joseph mccarthy look like a baby. the sting goes both ways with national security professionals concerned by president trump's threat to revoke more security clearances. >> the mccarthy era where the administration starts putting together lists of individuals that don't agree with them. and that, historically, obviously, has proven incredibly problematic for the country. >> reporter: the president's legal team is publically taking the position that lengthy testimony given by the top white house lawyer to the russia investigation would ultimately be good for the presidency as a show of transparency. but the reality is they do not know what don mcgahn told investigators and, therefore, cannot know if his cooperation helps or hurts the president. kate? >> kelly o'donnell tonight. thank you. >>> to a developing story in nashville where a series of murders has residents on edge. the crimes appear to be random, but similarities have police wondering if they might be connected. we get the latest from maia rodriguez. >> repor

mccarthy look like a baby! rigged witch hunt! i really -- it's hard to understand what in the world he's talking about, but politico spoke to a mccarthy biographer and this is fascinating. according to biographer richard revere, mccarthy was a chronic opportunist, a political spec later, he was a republican who had started as a democrat. he was a skilled manipulator of public opinion and something like a genius at that essential american strategy, publicity. he was a vulgarian, he faked it all and could not understand anyone who didn't. also at the end of that they say he's a man who liked to use the third person. >> more than that -- >> sounds very familiar. >> there's a real connection. so mccarthy's top aide was roy cohn, who was donald trump's mentor in new york for many years before he died of aids. roy cohn. roy cohn died in 1986, the same year stephen miller was born. coincidence? i don't think so. he's got his own kind of roy cohn working for him now. they play by the same thuggish rules. >> there are n

make mccarthy look like a baby. he led a congressional inquisition back in the '50s. a senate subcommittee found his claims to be, quote, a fraud and a hoax. >>> the reality that a lot of farmers are facing. what the future of agriculture in the bay area may look like. >> reserving chairs for a very special group of customers. >> and the all-important back to work forecast looks a little foggy so far. it's all coming up after a break. it's time for the 'biggest sale of the year' on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. only for a limited time. devil's gulch ranch in nicasio >>> it's a sign of the times and it reads for sale. >> devil's gulch ranch is on the market. john ramos reports that a well- known rancher says he can't afford not to hang up his hat. >> reporter: 100 years ago, the value of most land in moren county was based on how much food

you are -- going on to a show, to basically tell two women that they are wrong, that mccarthy is wrong, vaccines don't call autism oprah wrong to have her on studio show one hundred percent women not home field advantage there, jenny is dramatic says my child was fine doctor peddle pulled out that shot said autism shot isn't it doctor said she screamed at her i don't believe pediatricians do not scream at people they get screamed at we are wimps but scream -- within seconds, you don't go on that show, i didn't go on the show a mistake, i think that is the lessons gotten on a show when the host isn't on your side i think of all the things actually that i have done with media, this is the one thing that i would like to take back the thing i still think about still haunts me i will tell you the first time i was on television. at issue on good day philadelphia was bruce williams and 11-year-old daughter whitney williams had a father believed she had acquired human immuno deficiency from polio vaccine never had tattoo never blood transfusion never had sex both parents hivnegative how did sh

my name is eugene mccarthy, and i was just calling him back. my wife, fortunately, knew her history and knew who eugene mccarthy was and turned into a very nice, accommodating person and worked with me to make sure i got to talk to him. but at that point, she was not sure he wasn't a telemarketer and was ready to give him an earful. so sometimes you get to see some living history in your life. sometimes it gives you a good story. in this case, it gave me a great story. but the one that johnson fears more, and we've already talked about this in great detail, is robert kennedy. now robert kennedy had come to johnson and said to johnson, if you will appoint a blue-ribbon committee to study the causes of the vietnam war, i'll probably wait until '72 to run. but johnson sees right through it because what do you think kennedy does? who is he going to put on the blue ribbon -- this commission? are they going to be hawks? no. he tries to load it with doves. and johnson says we need to have complete independence. and johnson sees right through it. you r

mccarthy at his worst. dems have refused to look at the real crimes on the other side.

he has endorsed mccarthy and he will bide his time.ee a fight over that if they are in the majority i think there will be a huge sigh of relief amongst republicans. if they are able to hold on. i think that will help mccarthy who has also built relationships through fundraising and through working as majority leader within the conference. he has increased his own popularity over the years. he is still young and still considered very much a representative kind of leader. people can go talk to him about things. i think you'll be able to use the popularity and his experience to hold onto the leadership. arthel: next time we'll talk about nancy pelosi.>> that will be a fight. arthel: okay, there you go! whether or not she will become speaker again. susan ferrechio, we have to go. we will talk to you soon, thank you. eric: with all the talk of waves it has been seriously wet for several days in the northeast. a relief in sight? and what about the rest of the country? adam klotz will tell us straight ahead. that helped keep people alive and