any rate, he said nixon just told him they were going to see rock feller in new york. so nixon and rockefeller had a telephone conversation and rockefeller invited him to come down. he thought that he could bring him more his way, i think. so they suddenly ran to the airport and got on and airplane and the secret service surprised they had to use a car they'd just taken from a counterfeiter to drive him to rockefeller's place. and so they met for hours over dinner at rockefeller's apartment and at the end of it, why, hughes called and said that they changed the platform approach. all the things that we'd been working on now they had to change, including stance on some military issues. and i had no idea this was going on. eisenhower was in rhode island. there is a military school there and he just went for vacation for a few days, so he had no idea and he became very angry because the platform had been changed and he hadn't been consulted and he didn't agree with the positions that had been changed toward rockefeller's point of view. and we had the hard time of controlli

. >> it's like nixon coming in his third or fourth campaign and saying, there's a new nixon.t's newt coming in and say, i'm not going to be a dirtball guy this time. this time i'm going to do it clean. we're going completely legit this time. then mr. pure, mr. nice, he's killing him with trash ads, all night long, all day long. >> yeah. >> meanwhile, not getting his fingers dirty. wouldn't you get mad? >> i would. i would be furious. and when i saw romney on "morning joe" saying, well, we can't tell them to stop, because we'd go to jail for that, it was ludicrous. of course, it's true -- >> on another occasion, he said he could have told them to stop. >> of course it's true you can't coordinate, but there's nothing in the law that -- >> well, as the rumor mill would have said, more of the raw seat of the hurricane. he's going after liberal judges. where we going here? >> welcome to south carolina and new hampshire. >> look at the base, i'm not saying it's what he's going to do. newt is ready to go after romney tomorrow night and sunday. >> the positive campaign is over. a lot

the new nixon was in bad shape physically and they wanted that to be seen by the public out there. they were cruel and they also wanted to make sure they had to stand the whole time and they waited until the very last minute. as the lights are about to go on, he waits and waits. he hides in the screening room until five seconds before. he says what's going on here? second debate here in washington, nbc studios. nixon gets control. so he reaches a level of the temperature of the room to 40 degrees. it's a meat locker and kennedy arrives. my source on the story for tv guide. he goes racing down and find the guide and turned the thermostat. there's a nixon guy standing guard on the thermostat. he says if you don't get out of bed, let me turn that thing up to 65 or 70, i'm calling the police. so they had another stand out there and ended up compromising on the temperature. the whole idea was they didn't want nixon to sweat. so the nixon people had seen him sweat profusely in the first debate and they said were not going to let this happen again. they all knew what was going on. this ki

. >> it's like nixon coming in his third or fourth campaign and saying, there's a new nixon.newt coming in and say, i'm not going to be a dirtball guy this time. this time i'm going to do it clean. we're going completely legit this time. then mr. pure, mr. nice, he's killing him with trash ads, all night long, all day long. >> yeah. >> meanwhile, not getting his fingers dirty. wouldn't you get mad? >> i would. i would be furious. and when i saw romney on "morning joe" saying, well, we can't tell them to stop, because we'd go to jail for that, it was ludicrous. of course, it's true -- >> on another occasion, he said he could have told them to stop. >> of course it's true you can't coordinate, but there's nothing in the law that -- >> well, as the rumor mill would have said, more of the raw seat of the hurricane. here's newt again in his own description of his own campaign. he's doing some trashing here right in this interview. and his take on why the tea party can't stand romney. let's watch him, again. >> well, what was it like sitting in that hotel room, watching these ads?

he's the new nixon.e of this money is going to make any difference in this regard, particularly with the cuban community but only four years ago newt gingrich said spanish is the language of the ghetto. >> congressman, i want to talk to you though about the establishment and -- >> you notice there was no issue involved there. >> whether it's a fair establishment worry on the right about newt gingrich imploding. do you think that's fair, that people worry about that? he kept it together through south carolina, strongly pulling out of south carolina and going on to florida, but is that a fair worry? >> well, as you know, the things that people care about are jobs. we now have twice as many people unemployed as we had five years ago. we've shut down the opportunity for new energy by shutting down a pipeline. the effort that people are losing their jobs, losing their homes. 40% of all the homes that are underwater in florida. what are the answers to those things? newt has solutions and ideas, not just the sl

i don't know if obama is the new nixon. >> tony and sally, thank you so much. >> thanks, eric. >>> coming we have an update on a breaking news story we have been following. the crippled crude -- cruiseship and the death toll is rising. it is sparking serious concerns over travel safety, and in our take charge consumer protection segment, how to check out the cruiseline you travel before you go. >> and we will have much more on the death this morning on joe paterno. >>> there is word this morning that the death toll has risen in the tragic cruiseship tragedy off the italian coast. divers have recovered another body. that's the 13th victim. now u.s. lawmakers are taking steps to protect the lives of americans when you take a cruise vacation. they will actually hold hearings on this soon. in today's take charge consumer protection segment, we want to help you check a company's safety record before you board the boat. mike driscoll joins us now. good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> i wish it was under better circumstances, but let's look at this. people trying to figure out if they sho

new thing. it's not nixon versus kennedy. sometimes it's newt versus the moderator. >> no question. he had the debate last week where he really went after this question about his ex-wife. so, you know, that novelty is going to wear off. this is what gingrich does. >> will he jump the shark tonight. too much of it? >> it's possible but i think he knows how to restrain himself, too. i think the risk here is that romney will come out a little too hot and gingrich is going to be like bush was, remember in 2000 when gore walked up to him. just shoot him a look. >> he won the election with that if he did win it. >> who is most comfortable in their skin? it's going to be a battle with that. who is waiting to go after the media elite, so called. it's important for us to remember, as hard as this is for people in our business. this is not about us. this is not about us. this is what he does. this is not an argument on the moreits. >> let's watch him do it. here's thursday night in that debate. let's watch newt. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media ma

new thing. it's not nixon versus kennedy. sometimes it's newt versus the moderator.r know what to expect. joining us is david gregory. >> you had the debate where he went after the question about his ex-wife. so that novelty is going to wear off. this is what gingrich does. it's a game. i think he knows how to restrain himself too. the risk here is that romney is going to come out too hot. gingrich is going to be like bush was in 2000 when gore walked up to him and shot him a look. >> he won the election with that. >> who is most comfortable in their skin? it's going to be a battle of that. gingrich is waiting to go after the media elite. i think it's important for us to remember, as hard as this is, this is not about us. this is not about us. this is what he does. this is not an argument on the merits. >> let's watch him do it in the last debate. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder it govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for office, and i'm appalled that you would begin a presidential

this week the news hours "after words" and his new book, "tension city: inside the presidential debates from kennedy-nixon to mccain-obama," the better news man i prolific writer discusses some of the more memorable moments of televised presidential debates since 1960. he shares how he developed his questions and kept them secret, and reveals which he believes were better left unasked. he talks with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. >> host: welcome to "after words." i'm gloria borger of cnn, and with me is the executive editor of the "newshour," "after words," was just written a fabulous book called "tension city." my view from the middle seat. it's all about the presidential debate. in we will watch the presidential debate, some of us cover the presidential debate. but you're the only person i know who has moderate presidential debates. how many of them? >> guest: 11. >> host: and your the man, as you say, in the middle seat, at the center of the stage. you've written fiction about these debates. but you have never really told us what it's like to be in the middle of it. why did you decide to w

>> the nixon papers are being processed right new as we talk at the national archives in college park, maryland. the papers and tapes they have been for years and years. >> is that vein been mined thoroughly? >> apparently the news media has -- there was -- >> i'm not take thinking about bad stuff. i'm thinking about good stuff. he did introduce china into a relationship with us and that could read down to his credit. >> i'm not thinking bad stuff. i think once you have the nixon library in the presidential system the focus can become more balanced and people can look at the entire press. michael has done that with johnson as well. >> a couple of month ago you gave testimony saying e-commerce has inflated the risks documents or images will be stolen for monetary gain. are you blaming ebay for peddling the documents? >> no, they've been very cooperative to us window when we pound out certain documents for sale are documents that are part of our sole. they've been very cooperative with us, most of the community of documents, will go document sell weeks ago one of the individuals who did

>> the nixon papers are being processed right new as we talk at the national archives in college park, maryland. the papers and tapes they have been for years and years. >> is that vein been mined thoroughly? >> apparently the news media has -- there was -- >> i'm not take thinking about bad stuff. i'm thinking about good stuff. he did introduce china into a relationship with us and that could read down to his credit. >> i'm not thinking bad stuff. i think once you have the nixon library in the presidential system the focus can become more balanced and people can look at the entire press. michael has done that with johnson as well. >> a couple of month ago you gave testimony saying e-commerce has inflated the risks documents or images will be stolen for monetary gain. are you blaming ebay for peddling the documents? >> no, they've been very cooperative to us window when we pound out certain documents for sale are documents that are part of our sole. they've been very cooperative with us, most of the community of documents, will go document sell weeks ago one of the individuals who did

>> the nixon papers are being processed right new as we talk at the national archives in college park, maryland. the papers and tapes they have been for years and years. >> is that vein been mined thoroughly? >> apparently the news media has -- there was -- >> i'm not take thinking about bad stuff. i'm thinking about good stuff. he did introduce china into a relationship with us and that could read down to his credit. >> i'm not thinking bad stuff. i think once you have the nixon library in the presidential system the focus can become more balanced and people can look at the entire press. michael has done that with johnson as well. >> a couple of month ago you gave testimony saying e-commerce has inflated the risks documents or images will be stolen for monetary gain. are you blaming ebay for peddling the documents? >> no, they've been very cooperative to us window when we pound out certain documents for sale are documents that are part of our sole. they've been very cooperative with us, most of the community of documents, will go document sell weeks ago one of the individuals who did

his father went into new hampshire in 1967, late, and i was with richard nixon and we went in against him in 1967. we went in '68. and we had -- >> what happened? >> well, we -- beat him 7-1 when he jaquitta the race. his father was very energetic guy. >> what think of senior? >> i remember is looking at the motel window saying sir, he's going to be coming up the street looking for debate. he was really -- and we wouldn't debate him and have nixon go in for two or three days and take him to key biscayne and we run a terrific campaign, but his father was a good man. nixon put him in the cabinet as hud secretary. >>> think romney has the father's dna? of course he has the dna! >> he's very driven. he's a handsome man. he's a successful man. [not understandable] >> yes, he is, father is a tremendously committed -- [everyone talking at once] >> very poor? >> his fact came out of poverty but his father got rich very, very fast. >> but his father was truly self-made. [everyone talking at once] >> if you listen to mitt romney on the campaign trail the stories he tells about his family are al

new moon ulu nutritionists but jeff bingaman win the been ... when back when it but. but what has grown south of the attitude it is still blvd. even the nixon and a new head of the drive lins and part-time. she >> a san jose man arrested will be arraigned today. he is being sought for failing to report to jail for a misdemeanor petty theft conviction when he decided to run from police. khieu loss the whole and if upon the >>james: stolen mill was found inside the of the vehicle. the sheriff's deputy tried to pull over the honda civic. the car drove slowly for a few blocks and then the driver stopped suddenly and ran out. he was found a couple of blocks of life. he was arrested on possession of stolen property, identity theft, conspiracy and resisting arrest. a quick break and we will be right back. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. it's when for both groups >>james: the big stories this morning, the dry weather has made for dangerous conditions throughout the entire state. california fire has not increased its staff and canceled burn days in response to the increased fire danger all because of the unusually dry winter weather.

go back to the earliest example in the new media era for politics, the nixon and kennedy debate, peoplethink that nixon won, people on tv think that kennedy won. it's all very contextually driven. and we get tied up in the narrative and see these candidates as being -- >> but in the context of that personality type, in the context of a gerrymandered district with closed primaries and an auction-based democracy, can any individual in that situation really behave so far outside of that context that they're actually addressing the interest of 300 million americans instead of the 455 people who get to dictate everything americans get t to do. >> i think it's a tough question. the one who can emerge from that gerrymandered -- it's one of the frustrations that a lot of us have, i think, with the political process. so understanding the constraints on what we can and can't do in that system is the first step to get people to be more active in these movements that we're seeing now. >> well, congratulations on this. and i hope through my very subtle advocacy there, i've convinced you that we need

nixon running for re-election in 1972. that was the first time there was a serious iowa caucus in which george mcgovern did very well and of course new hampshire. but this stuff was almost wiped off the air waves by richard nixon making the first visit of an american president to china. so in the evening you think that people would be noticing iowa and new hampshire, mcgovern doing very well. instead there was an hour special each evening on most of the networks for a week, you know, richard nixon at the great wall, the great hall of the people. people were not thinking very much about domestic politics, thought a lot about nixon. >> brown: michael just said 1972, the first important iowa caucus. this wasn't around forever. >> it seems that way already. >> brown: what's your thought on the incumbent now and then? >> think of jimmy carter who experienced the highs and the lows of iowa. in many ways he's the man who defined the modern iowa caucuses coming out of no where with no money, no organization to speak of in 1976. to tap into the mood post watergate mood for change. but then four years later as an incumbent facing a very tough

new hampshire is the first primary and will stay that way. that is set in state law here. richard nixon won the phoebgs nemost new hampshire primaries. president obama became the third candidate in history to lose the new hampshire primary but win the presidency. the other two candidates, president bill clinton and george w. bush. we have got a jam-packed show today. presidential candidate rick santorum will be joining me live on the set 15, 20 minutes away, 1:30 eastern time. next hour rick perry will be join us live from south carolina. he's gone south already, folks, hoping to revie hi revive his campaign. i will ask him yes decided to skip new hampshire. the best coverage live right here tomorrow morning at 6pm earn time with special record. we will see you beginning 8:00pm right here on america's election headquarters. fox news. an alert coming in from you now on breaking news about a foiled terror plot in the u.s. federal police arresting this 25-year-old man in an alleged plot to attack several sites in tampa, florida. authorities say he is a naturalized u.s. citizen who was born

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nixon won in 1960. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> bret: the state department is expressing strong disagreementvernor rick perry's comment about turkey during monday's debate. >> when you have a country that is being ruled by what many would perceive to be islamic terrorists, you start seeing that type of activity against their own citizens. then yes, not only is it time for us to have a conversation about whether or not they belong to be in nato but time for the ic united states when we look at their foreign aid to go to zero with it. >> bret: turkey's foreign ministry said perry's comments were baseless and inappropriate and the u.s. has no time to waste with candidates who don't even know their allies. today perry was asked about it and he stuck by his statement. >>> trial began today in troy, new york, if two democratic officials accused of voter fraud. former city council man and the current county elections commissioner are two of the eight democrats who have been indicted in the investigation of alleged ballot box stuffing in 2009. >>> we will talk about winners and losers in the overall

nixon people to make him the nominee. they wanted to get rid of muskie and thought he was the toughest candidate and did a number of things, including spreading word in newpshire, which had a very, very heavy french-canadian population and used certain slurring words and they had another scheme where the nixon campaign had a number of black voters call in new york urging people to vote for muskie feeling that would be backlash against him. these things all came out but they weren't the reason he didn't get the nomination. he had problems just as troublesome for him as was mcgovern. >> we'll talk about the primary of 1971 and general election of 1972. first, we need to go back and talk first about why george mcgovern would run in the first place. what makes him decide to run for the presidency in 1972? >> it goes back to 1968 when he filled in for robert kennedy and standard bearer for his delegates because they wanted him to be the stand-in for kennedy. he participated in a debate before the california delegation between humphrey and mccarthy and himself and everyone thought mcgovern thought he had won that debate. he said he realized he had presidential

vice president nixon lost the general election that year, but came back to win the new hampshire primarywo more times, becoming the only man two threepeat. this is a first, everyone. we did not have a winner. maybe the question was too hard. i'll blame my producer, doug. i will not give you his twitter handle. >>> let's get right to the heart of the political debate, where everything is fair game. and right now mitt romney seems to be fair game for all of his republican rivals. one of the main attackers is newt gingrich and a super pac supporting him is behind an unflattering movie about romney's time at bain capital. but this is how gingrich describes the attacks as a necessary thing. >> whoever we nominate had better be tough enough and had better be thoroughly enough vetted before they get the nomination, because what you don't want to do is nominate somebody and find out in september that they have a fatal weakness, and then you can't do anything about it. >> joining me now are cnn contributors, maria cardona and will kaine. thank you to both of you. so is newt right? are these kinds

well, carl, thank you from florida and now fox news contributor, with campaign experience going back decades including time with presidents reagan, nixon, and george hw bush and worked on michele bachmann's campaign and for huckabee, and chairman of the a strategy group and a straight shooter. preside over the decay, how does that play? >>guest: not very well. how did you like the wine? good? >>shepard: it was good. i have all the details of this. i don't normally drink, that type wine. >>guest: the coffee comes straight from the mess. >>shepard: i would usually get a blanc, if i had a white wines but preside overtime decay, what are they thinking? >>guest: you know, first, the president is not a c.e.o., she a leader who gives the country a direction, makes this country feel good or not but he doesn't it is there day in and day out and micromanage the government. it is too big. that is what the cabinet secretaries do. at the end of the day, there are two views of people. obviously, both have had great successes. newt has had great success in washington world where he came from a back bencher to become one of the most significant speake

creating a moment to make the year look like 1968, which, on new year's day that year showed johnson unbeatable, the vietnam war won, and nixonhe fact is ten days later the whole world blew up and between what is happening, i heard you talk about europe, and the economy, and i am telling you the anger in the country, the republicans, listen to this, you have in the last 60 days, just said, 15 -- seven candidates like alice in wonderland, "a rise for everybody." >>eric: does matter? >>guest: peace the -- because who comes out it. no one has attacked romney, really, he could run the field quickly. if it is santorum -- by the way, the swarm that has gone from trump, to michele bachmann, to everyone, all the way down the line and landed on the one candidate who is the least plausible candidate clerk is santorum. >>eric: is he least plausible or ron paul? >>guest: well, ron paul is least plausible for the nomination and probably for the election but of a candidate that is serious for the nomination, or a regular republican he is an establishment republican defending earmarks and leading the antiestablishment movement suddenly pick