i think the master of the senate was mike mansfield. >> guest: mike mansfield. >> guest: master of the senate. >> everett dirksen. >> guest: indispensable player who knew when to oppose and went to join up in an unsung hero in the civil rights movement. >> guest: senator john sherman from kentucky. >> guest: role model is the young man, great conviction, very smart. >> host: ted kennedy. >> guest: she was the senate there's many books about him have been written and he roared and you and i both knew when he was passionate when she was about almost everything, but in many ways i think the most accomplished kennedy, he never got to be president, never was attorney general, but i think it almost every way the most accomplished candidate. >> host: 's really the most accomplished senator. >> guest: we used to laugh with him about going to lincoln dinners and all you have to do is mention ted kennedy's name to fire the crowd. when i made my first speech on the floor about american history he came over unsolicited, took my bill and get stomach 20 democratic cosponsors within a day. he knew ex

you know, i learned a lesson from senator mike mansfield when i was a kid. said i got elected when i was 29, november 7. i didn't become eligible to be sworn in until november 20th. and december 18 my wife was christmas shopping and was broad sided killed my wife, daughter, and my two boys were badly injured. i decided i wasn't going to the senate. we had a democratic governor, they could appoint a successer. a group of people including mike mansfield and hubert humphrey and fritz holland and ted stevens came to me and said, you've got to come be sworn in just be there for six months and help us organize. we had 58 democratic snarlingts for me to organize. but i used to have to report to the office of the majority leader every tuesday at 3:00 and i got an assignment. i honestly thought every senator got assignments from the majority leader. like i said, i'm the first senator i ever knew. and one day when i was walking in from my meeting i walked on the floor and jesse helms was ipping in to ted kennedy and bob dole. on the precurser for the america's with di

compassionate and grateful for every moment and appreciative of what matters he heeded the a price of mike mansfield and said never attack another man's motive because you don't know his motive. look for the good anyhow -- with is the basis of a simple philosophy in a very powerful one. he views his competitors has competitors with jesse helms or strom thurmond. or me. [laughter] over the years have worked together and with the of vote that was just took the 21st century cares and the cancer moonshot we also negotiated that would not have been possible without a negotiating partner about joe biden. i obviously don't always agree with him but i do trust him. he does them break his word or telling me why i'm wrong. there is a is a reason for a time to get serious in my office. he has a well-developedse sense of humor, and doesn't take himself too seriously with the mock photo washing a trans am. in america embraced it and so did he.nd it is hilarious said. see so you can see what i mean. be but the son of a used-car salesman little ways be a muscle guy. with the naval observatory to the senate his jou

you know, i've learned a lesson from senator mike mansfield when i was a kid. they said i got elected when i was 29, i remember i didn't come eligible to be sworn in until december 18, my wife was christmas shopping and a tractor killed my wife, my two daughters and my boys and i decided i wasn't ever going to the senate area the democratic gulf governor could appoint a successor. and the bipartisan group of people including mike mansfield, hubert humphrey, fritz holland and ted stevens came to me and said you've got to come get sworn in, just be there for six months and help us organize area 58 democratic senators. but i use to have to report to the office of the majority leader on tuesday at 3:00 and i got an assignment. i honest to god but every senator got assignments from the majority leader. and i'm the first senator that ever knew. and one day, in may when i was walking in from my meeting i walked on the floor and jesse helms was ripping into ted kennedy and bob dole on the precursor to the americans with disabilities act saying we have no obligation, we

in 1976 he traveled to china with the senate majority leader, mike mansfield.nterview. glenn's heart was with science and he became known as a tireless advocate for science, health issues and research in 1998 while still a senator, john glenn returned to space at the age of 77, to study the effects of space on the aging. did not slow him down, robert pearlman is a space historian itch wonder where the pace program would have been without john glenn. he was an incredible ambassador. >> well -- >> sounds like we're having phone issues. robert pearlman? we lost robert pearlman. he made his first transcontinental flight in 1956, when he flew from california to new york, in three hours, 23 minutes. john glenn was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1959. over the mercury seven, the u.s. military pilot selected in 1959 to be the first astronauts, john glenn was the oldest, even then. he served as backup pilot for alan sheperd and virgil grissom who made the first two u.s. suborbital flights into the united states. john glen was the first orbital flight in atlas 6 in 19

the floor before you were majority leader and said you wanted to run the senate the way senator mike mansfield rage who to was the major writ leader 16 years at the time we came here. what did you mean? >> guest: we were talking bit this earlier, my critique of harry reid's period as majority leader. you have to open the senate up. the last year of the majority, there were only 15 roll call votes on amendments the tirer into. the first year of the new majority in 2015 we had over 200. so open the senate up. let people vote. number two when we talk about regular order, which most people don't know what that means. >> host: blaze the eyes right there. >> guest: it means a bill is worked on together, come out to the floor with bipartisan support, and has a better chance of success. the best example appears to be your bill, to completely rewrite the so-called "no child left behind" bill passed in the early bush 43 years and was unworkable and unpopular and by the time you brought it out of commiteye you had the democrats and the republicans lined up, took today the floor. wait relatively open for

here in the senate, he heeded the advice of mike mansfield. or mansfield had to say. your job here is to find the good things in your colleagues, and joe, never attack another man's motive because you don't know his motive. look for the good. don't attack motives. it's the basis of a simple philosophy and a very powerful one. vice president biden says his views -- he views his competitors as competitors, not enemies, and he has been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle. with jesse helms, with strom thurmond, with me. over the years, we've worked together on issues of mutual interest like burma and regarding the vote we just took a few moments ago, 21st century cures and the cancer moonshot. we have also negotiated in good faith when the country needed bipartisan leadership. we got results that would not have been possible without a negotiating partner like joe biden. obviously, i don't always agree with him, but i do trust him implicitly. he doesn't break his word. he doesn't waste time telling me why i'm wrong. he gets

here in the senate, he heeded the advice of mike mansfield. here is what senator mansfield had to say. your job here is to find the good things in your colleagues, and joe, never attack another man's motive because you don't know his motive. look for the good. don't attack motives. it's the basis of a simple philosophy and a very powerful one. vice president biden says his views -- he views his competitors as competitors, not enemies, and he has been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle. with jesse helms, with strom thurmond, with me. over the years, we've worked together on issues of mutual interest like burma and regarding the vote we just took a few moments ago, 21st century cures and the cancer moonshot. we have also negotiated in good faith when the country needed bipartisan leadership. we got results that would not have been possible without a negotiating partner like joe biden. obviously, i don't always agree with him, but i do trust him implicitly. he doesn't break his word. he doesn't waste time telling me why

partner with rather than punish japan helped to forge between our two countries what senator mike mansfield described as the most important bilateral relationship in the world bar none. today japan is a leader in the western world. we cooperate as partners to maintain regional peace. our countries work together to stop the flow of extremism and arms in the indian ocean. we work side by side in humanitarian relief and to defend against ballistic missile threats. our relationship has never been stronger. president obama's trip in may to hiroshima and the prime minister's upcoming trip this month to pearl harbor demonstrates the endurance of this friendship and the importance of reconciliation. and so as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor, we remember the service and sacrifice of the men and women who lost their lives on that day in december. and in remembering them and the service of those who fought, we know that their sacrifices were not in vain. america and japan are forever joined in history. we move forward together in the memory of those who sacrificed for

you know, i learned a lesson from senator mike mansfield when i was a kid.he i was elected when i was 29, november 7th, didn't become eligible to be sworn in until november 20th, and december 18th my wife was christmas shopping, broadsided and killed my wife, my daughter, and my two boys were badly injured. decided i wasn't going to go to the senate. we had a democratic governor, could have appointed a successor. and on a bipartisan group of people, including mike mans field and hubert humphrey and fritz hole innings and ted stephens came to me and said you have to come get sworn in, just be there for six months and then help us organize. we had 58 democratic senators. had to be organized. but i used to have to report to the office of the majority leader every tuesday at 3:00, and i got an assignment. i honest to god thought every senator got assignments from the majority leader. like i said i'm the first senator who ever knew, and one day i was walking -- in may i was walking in from my meeting. walked on the floor and jesse helms was writtenning into ted k

here in the senate, he heeded the advice of mike mansfield. here is what senator mansfield had to say. your job here is to find the good things in your colleagues, and joe, never attack another man's motive because you don't know his motive. look for the good. don't attack motives. it's the basis of a simple philosophy and a very powerful one. vice president biden says his views -- he views his competitors as competitors, not enemies, and he has been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle. with jesse helms, with strom thurmond, with me. over the years, we've worked together on issues of mutual interest like burma and regarding the vote we just took a few moments ago, 21st century cures and the cancer moonshot. we have also negotiated in good faith when the country needed bipartisan leadership. we got results that would not have been possible without a negotiating partner like joe biden. obviously, i don't always agree with him, but i do trust him implicitly. he doesn't break his word. he doesn't waste time telling me why i