pat buchanan? mean, when you said what you said, how often were you not telling the truth and how often is he not telling the truth? patrick j. buchanan: i don't think -- i don't think trump -- i think trump says what he believes and twits what he believes. brian lamb: he believes you are a hitler follower? patrick j. buchanan: no, i would say, i think he was -- it was what he felt at the time. i think that was partly motivated by the fact that if he had decided on the reform party nomination that he was out of the race and it might have looked like -- i don't know his motives. it might look like that i had gotten in and he wasn't getting in. brian lamb: he called you a whacko. patrick j. buchanan: right, and i wish that was the worst thing i have been called. brian lamb: but if you always -- when you have taken points, i mean, points of view and all, have you always told the truth in politics? patrick j. buchanan: let's say this. look, when i worked for richard nixon, i am an assistant to the presi

he said that pat buchanan was a hit letter lover then he decided he loved pat buchanan. he has no ability to speak with moral clarity on racial issues. that's a problem because the president holds the bully pulpit and should speak with firmness of certainty when it comes to denouncing bigotry. >> rick i doentd disagree with you there are a lot of issues at hand to debate. which not just get past any sort of racist tendencies, racist commentary at all? why not put that behind you, which it seems that most republicans want to do and focus on issues and policies at hand. >> look, i have -- i have been wishing the president would do that a long, long time. but the president says a lot of inkrendary things. >> and racist things. >> you have some of the congress women who -- again i go back to my point they have made a point to go after the president. and they love the idea that they are getting a lot of focus on what they are saying and doing. fwrangly i don't think it hurts the president to have that focus on them. >> more, i have followed your career many years. i never onc

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan who served as a advisory and speechwriter to president nexen, discusses his book. i am -- you ought to, you have to keep the dean tapes, the five conversations of conversations with dean, i did not think they would be that damaging. keep the stuff you need. you should keep. take that list out and burn it. and shut down the special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. and i did not know it at the called inixon had haig and someone else and considered this. it would be obstruction of justice, they were not subpoenaed, they were his property, executive privilege existed, everyone need it, that's everyone knew it. and beaid in page dammed, he would have moved through it. president nixon said if he had burned the tapes, as i had urged him to do, he would have survived and i think that is right. a.m. --y night at 8:00 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the has been discussion about an appearance before congress. any testimony would not go beyond our report. it contains our findings and analysis and the reasons fo

. >> tomorrow, pat buchanan is announcing he'll be a candidate for the presidency on the reformed party>> i think it's ridiculous. >> why? >> i guess he's an anti-semite. he doesn't like the blacks. he doesn't like the gays. it's just incredible that anybody could embrace this guy. and maybe he'll get 25% of the vote and staunch right wacko vote. i'm not even sure it's right. it's just a wacko vote and i just can't imagine that anybody can take him seriously. >> what do you think when you see that? >> that's when we announced. i thought we could beat trump for the nomination and i think we could. >> reformed party? >> reformed party. we got the nomination. but i look upon those with trump, you find out these are terms of endearment. i look at that, and i do laugh. i will say this. a number of years ago, i got a call from donald trump, and he was very gracious and mentioned some things he had said way back there. he said he regretted it and was very gracious about it and i supported him almost, a hundred percent supported a lot of his positions. was elated that he came out with those pos

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killer move and put 2022 still yet but you still that idea from whom because as i say you are pat buchanan right that's exactly right and that would be an awesome awesome outcome and trump would win 2028 without a doubt if he did that it's go back to the debates alex i mean i thought the moderators were supremely awful i mean this was the most the ultimate softball debate that i think i've ever seen in my lifetime no hard questions at all i mean the i said they're in cahoots here they want to maintain this mano political culture this mano political conversation. here they're asking questions where they had the the candidates actually raise their hand yes. listen it was like like you were in school or something you did it to you one was really hands on top of it and we could not talk a little bit about joe biden joe biden would look around to see who was voting to phoebe would put his hand out i mean there is there is conviction but are you going to demon. in russia there was some criticism of this debate brain matter only because it looks like no one actually took into account the past or

and pat buchanan humbling george h.w. bush.ere was far more energy at the united we stand meetings which is perot's group than the republican party. most of the people that worked on my campaign, a long shot campaign were perot united we stand people. and i found out very quickly that the party of george h.w. bush was no longer the party of bush, it was an amalgamation of bush and perot. ien i think it still is. >> and i covered that 1992 race for "news day." and it applied to trump's surprise win in 2016, i don't think we took perot seriously enough as a credible candidate in 1992. it took a while for, i think, the news media to understand that if it was conceivable that he could win, unlikely, but conceivable, he led in june 1992. but he led what we needed to pay attention to. and it started the politics that we see today pop the pop puulis and the trade and it got intense with ross perot. even though he was an eccentric guy, he managed to tap it that told us about the coming days of donald trump. >> steve got 19% in 1992, ge

announcer: columnist pat buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior advisor to president nixon discusses his book "nixon's white house broke andbattles that made a president and divided america forever." >> i made a memo saying you have to keep the five tapes of conversations with dean. i did not think they would be that damaging to us. and keep the tapes with foreign policy stuff -- stuff you need -- you really should take. i said, take the risk down and burn it and shut down the special prosecutor's office now before this thing turns into a monster. i did not know it at the time, but nixon had called in hague and entertained this idea that he should burn the tapes. he said it would be obstruction of justice. i did not recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. secondly, they were his property. executive privilege existed. if he is simply got rid of them impeach and be damned, i think he would move right through it. president nixon said in his memoirs if he had burned the tapes, he would survive, and i think that's right. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." ann

. >> pat buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior advisor explained hisixon book, nixon's white house wars. >> i wrote him a memoir, saying i think you are going to have to keep the tapes. i did not think they were going to be that damaging to us. the stuff you need, you should tape. take the rest out and burn it. and shut down this special prosecutor's office for this thing grows into a monster. and i did not know it at the time. but nixon had called in fred was art and entertained this idea. they said it would be obstruction of justice. not recommend burning subpoena tate. second, they were his property. them andply got rid of said impeachment be dammed, i think he would have moved right through it. president nixon said if he had burned the tapes as i had urged him to do, he would have survived. i think that is right. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers make up their own minds. c-span bringing you unfiltered content. a lot has changed in 40 years but today, that big idea is more releva

announcer 2: columnist and political commentator pat buchanan who served as a speechwriter and seniorisor to president nixon discusses his book nixon's white house wars, the battles that made and broke a president and invited america forever. >> i wrote him a memo saying i -- you willght to have to keep the five tapes with dean. i did not think they would be that damaging. keep the tapes with brezhnev and the foreign policy stuff, the stuff you need. i said take the rest out and burn it. shut down this special prosecutor's office now before this grows into a monster. time,'t know it at the but nixon had called in fred bussard and entertained this idea that he should burn the tapes and they said it will be obstruction of justice. i didn't recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. second, they were his property. andimply got rid of them said in effect, impeachment be dammed, i think he would have moved right through it. president nixon said in his memoirs, if he had burned the tapes, he would have survived. i think that is right. announcer 2: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. in 1

david duke is a klansman who ran for president at a point in a runoff in a primary election with pat buchanan and president george george h.w. bush. buchanan said what we need to do about duke's work on trent look at what is happening in the platform. of courseut he became a significant challenger and bush. what we have is a clear movement from david duke all the way to the mainstream. we have that even of david duke can't win the election. tracing out all those push and pull moments, i think it's really important. my archive is over in 1986. someone needs to look at this very closely. >> i want to first thank you for your bravery. >> your voice will be heard more than anyone else's. thank you. my question is, i have two questions. as a historian who knows that this country, this sovereign nation was invaded by white people that now claim this to be there country, how do you see that affecting this movement that you write about. >> and ask your the one and i will get them both. >> yes. you are a historian. what do you see as an impetus for white people to expect the fact that their brothers a

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan who served as a speechwriter to president nixondiscusses his book nixon's white house wars, the battles that made and broke the president and divided america forever. >> i wrote him a memo saying i think you ought to keep the dean tape of conversation. i didn't think they would be that damaging to us. and keep the tapes and the foreign-policy stuff, the stuff you need. i said take the rest out and burn it. and shut down the special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. and i didn't know it at the time but nixon had called and haig and fred and entertained this idea that he should burn the tape and they said well, it will be obstruction of justice. i didn't recommend burning subpoena tapes, secondly they are his property. there was executive privilege and everybody knew it. if he had simply gotten rid of them and said in effect, impeach and be dams, i think he would have moved right through it. and president nixon said in his memoirs if he had burned the tapes, as i had urged him to do that he would have su

talk to pat buchanan, was the head of communications, or admiral poindexter the national security adviser, for example, and for them it's good memories. it was nice to have them talk about it, and dig a little bit. the feeling i have reading the notes, they were sending to each other at the time, within the white house, or between departments, it was really professional, it was really interesting. definitely they were not agreeing on many things. you could, as i'm sure it's true in many administrations, seeing the weight of defense, the military, and the diplomats not wanting the same thing, and that became the big issue in reykjavik. so, you have to deal with personalities indeed. and as you can see in the book, schultz and the two foreign affairs people, who are sitting with the presidents in the room, bring something different, bring a different kind of emotion or different kind of thinking things through. and that what the collaborative effort. at the end of the day it's two leaders choosing, which have all these people, sometimes with a different agenda, and it's really fascinate, sa

. >> pat buchanan, who served as a speechwriter to richard nixon discusses his book, white house wars. >> i wrote in the memo saying i think you're going to have to fivethe dean tapes, the tapes with dean and keep the zhnev,with bre and take the rest out and burn it. shut down the special prosecutor before this grows into a monster. i did not know it at the time, but nixon had called in hague thatntertained this idea he should burn the tapes. obstruction of justice. burnnot suggest he should subpoenaed tapes. i think if he had said impeach and be damned, he would have moved through it. his biography, if he tapes, he would have survived, and i think that is right. >> connor o'brien is a defense reporter for politico. he joins us for a look ahead at 2020eek ahead and the defense bill. remind us of what that means and why it is important. >> it is an authorization or policy bill. it does not spend any money, but it is one of the really big bills, one of the few major bills that passes congress reliably each year.

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i'm pat buchanan, the conservative in crossfire. >> the american people appreciated the new televisioney certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement, because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a break through. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business, that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard, you know. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> on special segment doesn'ton the network news. the profound changes taking part in television news. changes taking place by business and technology. >> there were a lot of reasons people were freaked out in the 1980s. one of them was cnn and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >> new owners spent billions buying

[laughs] john: along the way, kirk supported reagan, supported gene mccarthy's run in 1976, pat buchanan later on. bradley: he loved norman thomas. i think he was much more concerned with personality and who he thought was honest. john: you know, there's obviously a lot of names and influences that kirk enjoyed. it is very enjoyable in your book to go down all of those paths of all of these thinkers who influenced kirk's thought. this probably more ideas per page in this book than a year's worth of ted talks. it is fascinating intellectual history. by this token, russell kirk, as you alluded to, was an interesting character. he was not just a writer off in a room somewhere. lots of eccentricities, a little bit of a prickly nature. talk about the man himself and some of those peculiarities. bradley: yeah, thanks, john. it is a great question, and i don't think you could ever walk away from russell kirk without knowing his personality. he was bizarre. my favorite story -- and my wife's favorite story as well -- my favorite story about kirk, he is a bachelor all the way up until 1964. he ma

that was the year pat buchanan challenged george w. bush. that pitchfork, a lot of boaters around the country. he hit that in a way that surprised a lot of folks. he was able to get on the ballot in all 50 states which is not an easy task. he had the money to spend about the thing that we learned about ross perot is that he was authentic and was able to explain these subjects to voters and communicate with them in a way that is not dissimilar to donald trump. in a way that experts didn't see coming and he really was a leader for that time. had he not gotten out of the race, we don't know would have happened. 19 million votes in that year, in 1992, for a while he was winning. >> neil: tom bevan, thank you very much. i want you to think of that legacy and getting 19% of the vote. a little more than a few days after we lost lee iacocca. two legends, if you think about it, we defined greatness and bravery. whatever your politics, you cannot deny your wisdom of what both men offered and ross perot is a stark reminder that the two parties had fail

i was there when pat buchanan basically notched george w. bush -- h.w.off of his pins. 41 had 91% popularity in december before the february primary. of the vote,37% but he knocked him off of his pins. ross perot came in and the rest is history. in december the your before the election. things can happen fast. david: let's talk about the main things you want changed, besides this powerful accusation of racism. what do you oppose about the policies? bill: i don't think trump is not a real republican at all. i have no problem holding myself up as a republican standardbearer. this guy would not know how to lifece a budget if his depended on it. his last budget added $9 trillion to the accumulated deficit. aw instead of talking about $20 trillion accumulated deficit, we are talking $30 trillion. the thing that just went through looksis blessing, again, to me like no one in washington is looking out for the taxpayer. appropriation plus 10%, they think it is a cut. ,very governor in the country by constitution, has to balance a budget every year. every taxpayi

pat buchanan of pete buttigieg is down at the bottom at 1.t overwhelming lead in best chance of beating donald trump is joe biden's biggest asset. >> it has been and i think eugene is totally right when he came out of the box, basically making attacking trump his greatest weakness which is his response to charlottesville, xenophobia and racism. he was able to unite a desperate party in many ways behind him. people who were even liberal voters have been supporting joe biden. and you know, one debate, it's very early. he has the opportunity to come back and i think if he demonstrates in realtime that he can make the strong case, it will be a race. but eugene is right. i don't count out bernie sanders at all. he has a lot of resources to go the distance and he has very strong support. that support seems to be falling in iowa, but it can go the distance a long time as well. >> gene, this variance in the poll in the "washington post" poll, is the one that varies the most with the other polls. that's the kind of thing that will shake itself out ove

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who said no, no, no, we've got to not go down this path of rebel rousing and demagogue rousing, pat buchanan, george w. bush helped expel him from the republican party, and other republicans fought against him. it's really important, if you think this is really dangerous what trump is doing, and i think it undoubtedly is, a kind of divisive and bigoted demagoguery that could do serious damage to the country, to our politics and our society, it's very important the republicans step up. i hope they're watching right now, you know, it's a little tough vote for them to take politically. i know that more than just a handful do the right thing on the house floor. >> i have heard you criticize the president before. what i haven't heard in quite strong terms is you criticize other republicans. the want to be demagogues trying to curry favor by lamely echoing their most great leader, they're more on than the president hims. >> i read tweets pathetically trying to suck up to the president trying to echo him. it's one thing if you want to be timid and cowardly and stay silent, it's not the most admirab

i was around when pat buchanan fatally wounded george h.w.te in the primary. i was riding around with president bush. it's happened five times since the modern new hampshire primary that a sitting president running for re-election faced a primary. even if he didn't lose the primary, lost the general election. i think it's important that mr. trump not repeat as president of the united states. we can't afford five and a half, six more years of this guy. so i'm running to win. i think i can win. i think i'm qualified to take the job starting monday. but meanwhile, i'm going to do what i can to lessen the odds in mr. trump's favor. >> all right. governor, thank you for being here. >> thank you, kate. >> really appreciate it. much more to come. >>> we'll have much more on all the breaking news right after this. but dad, you've got allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. are you in good hands? who got an awful skin condition. with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczem

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a portion of this op-ed from pat buchanan. it is not a celebration of trump but of america.d. >> a unifying message, nothing you couldn't sit and listen to and say it was divisive, campaign speech, marginalizing -- talking about the country's history and always pays tribute to illegal immigrants and the powerful influence immigrants have had on our country. used establishing between those breaking the law and those who follow a process who deserve credit for following the process lawfully. it should be what an american president does. >> 3 or 4 appearance, no pride in the political system, persuade the nation to put it in charge of that system. extremely proud to be an american persuaded a majority of americans entrusted with the leadership of their nation from liberals and progressives who constantly hear grievances. when do we hear gratitude? there was also a tweet, airy fleischer said critics let their hatred of the president blind them to the fact that there are millions of americans who love that display for the military and celebrate that, love the flag and when they a

can you go back to wallace and pat buchanan taking on george . h.w. bush. then in that year george office with record unpopularity. john mccain picking sarah palin as his vice presidential running mate and pale exposing this enormous gulf between republican governing class and many conservative voters around the country who felt they had been ignored and taken for granted. then you have the economic collapse the fall of 2008 and the bank bailout which only exacerbated it and madele americans of all political stripes believe the system was rigged against they will. that washington and wall street were playing by one set of rules and everybody else was playing by a different set of rules. and then the election of barack obama. the first black president. when you layer all of this on itself, the cultural displeasure, the political disruption. and you move it forward and you connect the dots to the 2010 election, '12, '14, i think we saw, steve, that there was a powder keg here and this was all building towards something. when you look back with hindsight and c

all came >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan who served as a speechwriter and senior advisor to president nixon discusses his book, nixon's white house wars. the battles that made and broke a president and divided america forever. >> i wrote him a memo saying i think you are going to have to keep the five tapes of conversations with dean. i didn't think they were going to be that damaging to us. and keep the tapes with the foreign policy stuff. the stuff you need you really should tape. take the rest out and burn it and shut down the special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. i didn't notice at the time but nixon had called in hague and fred bizarre dad entertained this idea that he

. >> pat buchanan, who served as a senior advisor to president nixon discusses his book. >> i wrote him a memo saying, you're going to have to keep the tapes, conversations with dean, i did not think they would be that damaging to us. keep the tapes. the stuff you need you really should take. take the rest out and burn it and shutdown the special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. i didn't know it at the time but othersad called in the and entertain the idea, that he should burn the tapes. they said it would be obstruction of justice. i didn't recommend burning subpoenaed tapes. second, there has property, it was executive privilege and everyone knew it. if you just set in effect, impeachment be dammed, i think he would've moved through it. president nixon said in his memoirs if he had burned the do,s, as i had urged him to he would have survived. i think that is right. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, joe biden speaks to voters and supporters in marshalltown,

next sunday on q&a, pat buchanan on his book nixon's white house wars, the battles that made and brokeresident and divided america forever. that is next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific and on c-span. formerght, current and state judges including justice human sideussing the of judging. participants include ava guzman, the first latina elected to .tatewide office and author michael lewis who wrote "blindside" and "the big short." here's a preview. to -- itenced someone was a lengthy sentence. as soon as it came out of my mouth i knew it was a mistake. i walked off the bench. i got to the door. i turned to my courtroom deputy word i said, bring them back tomorrow. the law is -- every now and then you have to look at the law -- the law is you cannot change it -- >> is that right? you cannot change her mind? sentencingled remorse. you just can't do it, but i did it anyway. this is terrible. seated in my courtroom was the united states attorney, at that time a fellow named rob mueller. you may have heard of him. he is sitting there. i'm changing this tenets, right? he said, i meant

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. >> pat buchanan isn't coming out of right field to take away your nomination. have to expand your base and you have to learn how to govern. >> not only was there not a cls to go in and tell the president that doesn't work, then the president went and did something this morning that seems weird. what are triggered the president to go after knees four freshmen congresswomen who were, by the way, in their own fight with nancy pelosi. . >> it is unhinged behavior, which may be impossible for mulvaney or anyone else to check. but the thing is it's not only unhinged, it's not only and echo of the darkest days of vietnam, remember your country, love it or leave it. it's not only racist but it also echoes -- it's right out of the nixon playbook. it's ugly, divisive and stupid politically as well. >> thank you so much for being with us. author of "the white house chief of staff." >>> and now the judge will decide whether jeffrey epstein should be granted bail after charges he abused girls in the early to mid-2000s. prosecutors say he's a flight risk and danger to the co

. >> pat buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior advisor to president nixon, discusses his book.

host: why did you leave to work for had beginning -- pat buchanan?st: i believe he had the same values i grew up with, i may not agree with him on every issue but on basic core values i shared his vision of things and when i heard he was running for president in the republican primary against george herbert walker bush, i wanted to work for him. ofhought the experience actively being involved in a presidential campaign, i had read a lot about campaigns and presidents and the opportunity to be a part of it and experience the democratic process that way was a tremendous thing. i enjoyed it very much. host: lots of calls for you. alvin in houston, texas, democrat. caller: good morning. i am an afghan american. -- african-american. most of black american is immature. buttigieg has good ideas but they rejected. they give the money to the preachers, billions of dollars but when somebody comes along because their lifestyle is different, they reject it. they need to grow up. lynn, maryland, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for speaki

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior advisoro president nixon, discusses his book " nixon's white house worse, the battles that made them broke a president, and divided america forever." >> i remember saying, you will have to keep the dean tapes. i did not think they were going to be that damaging to us and keep the tapes, the foreign policy stuff. the stuff you need, you really should take. i said take the rest out and burn it and shut down the special prosecutor's office now before this thing grows into a monster. i did not know it at the time, but nixon had called in hague and entertainment decided that he should burn -- entertained this idea that he should burn the tapes. i did not recommend burning subpoenas. there was property that was executive privilege. everybody knew it. if you simply got rid of them and said, it in peach and be dammed, i think he would have -- impeach and be dammed, i think he would have moved. he said in his memoirs, if he had burned the tapes, as i urged him to do, he would have survived, and i thin

pat buchanan was another nativist republican who ran in 92 festival, again in 96. a fringe candidate really, he did get a lot of support but he had never chance of getting presidency, what we haven't seen before is this from a sitting american president. good to talk to you. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. we'll start with the open golf, and it's on irish soilfor the first time in nearly seven decades. not going to script. such a significant day. huge anticipation. sold out all four days. nearly a quarter of a million people. surrounding the tees at royal portrush. long been a place of famous golfers. rory mcilroy first played royal portrush on his 10th birthday. he was only ten. it was a quadruple bogey eight on the first hole. since then a couple of birdies have allowed him to fight back and he has improved his card a little bit. another northern irishman, another major winner as well, graeme mcdowell went through under but instead of an eight on the first, he finished with a seven on the last to end up on two over par. however at the top of the leaderboar

i think pat buchanan did that in some other ways.ght, yeah. >> i think there was just not the media savvy that president trump ended up having. he became the persona. neil: it's really social media. >> more than 24 hour cable cycle. >> he wouldn't have been able to hear his accent on twitter anyway. neil: the debt issue, i think even he would be surprised, interest rates are staying this low with all that debt. >> imagine where we would be had he been elected president and we would have tackled our debt. would we be talking about china being this preeminent competitor to the united states right now? would china be the same threat that it is now if our financial vulnerability wasn't where it is and growing? the rate of growth -- >> i actually think it's even more than that. we need china to fund the deficits. we need their dollars coming back in. we don't talk about it. i think it's somewhat a complicated subject for the american people to understand, but really, the subjects are much more intertwined. >> around that same time, warren

johnson, ford, carter and george bush 41 all lost because of a primary and george bush 41 lost when pat buchananot only 37% of the vote in the new hampshire primary which i plan to win so if everyone gets together in votes to the extent you can to see your way clear in the republic party we can send a strong two word message to donald j trump as he packs his golf clubs and that is, you're fired. [cheering and applause] >> governor, thank you. thank you so much. there you have it. presidential candidates, the choice is yours, go to the polls. what does the naacp say? when you fight, you win. when you fight, you win. the bottom line is this is a tool you have in the toolbox and if you are going to the polls -- you are going to the polls -- with that, thank you so much. over and out. ♪ >> tonight on "the communicators". ohio representative the ranking member on the house energy and commerce subcommittee on medications and technology. he talks about race and actions taken by the government regarding the tech industry. >> we think of the 50 billion robo calls made every year in this country it's goin

george bush 41 lost when pat buchanan got only 37% of the vote in the new hampshire primary, which iin. if everybody gets together and ines to the extent you can the republican party, we can send a strong toward message to donald trump, and that is, you are fired! [laughter] [applause] ms. ryan: governor weld, thank you so much. thank you so much. there you have it! 10 presidential candidates. the choice is yours, go to the polls. what does the naacp say the slogan is for this convention -- when you fight you win. when you fight? >> u.n.! >> so the bottom line is -- when you fight? >> you win. ms. ryan: so you are going to the polls armed with that. thank you so much. april ryan, over and out. ♪ [laughter] [applause] tv,uncer: sunday on book our coverage from freedom fest at 8:00 p.m.es with the georgia congressman bob barr talking about his book. >> would have allowed public discourse and political activity to sink to the level where we amountemand a requisite of understanding, education, civility and professionalism, an demande do with of our elected officials. and what happens the

the closest parallel was pat buchan buchanan. he is acting like a general election strategy.ay of looking at this that is interesting, we talk about is trump going to fire up his base. >> right. >> and the other angle on this, one other angle is this. this gets into our project. black voter turnout in general elections. this is the most recent four presidential elections. 2008, 2012. it spoked from 60% to mid to high 60s when obama was running. hillary clinton fell just short in 2016. it dropped down to 60% in 2016. one of the goals can you get it back? is he going to fire up blue collar white voters? what if it helps to raise black turnout for democrats? that could be an opposite effect that could hurt trump >> really interesting. go check out nbc news.com. steve, thank you. >> thank you. >>> ali vitale is out with senator elizabeth warren. ali, we are looking ahead here to tomorrow night, the big second round of debates here. and the back drop of the president's continued attacks on lawmakers. what do you hear from folks on the ground? >> i think a lot of democratic voters

. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan served as a speechwriter and senior advisor to president nixon, discusses the named -- the nixon white house wars. the battles that made and broke a president and divided america forever. >> i had written a memo saying, i thought you will have to testify. you have to keep the five types of conversation. i did not think they would be that damaging to us. and keep the foreign-policy stuff. the stuff you need. i said, take the rest out and burn it and shut down the special prosecutor's office before this grows into a monster. and i did not know it at the time but nixon had called in

. ♪ brian: pat buchanan, in the acknowledgements of your new book on your time with richard nixon, yourite, "this memoir and history of the nixon presidency is surely among the last to be written by a confidante who served in the white house from its first to its final days oveur

announcer: coming up tonight on pat n, this week on q & a, buchanan, columnist and former visor to terand ormer president richard nixon talks about his book. at 9:00, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. and at 10:00, kimberly whaley, uthor of "how to read the constitution and why." she joined us on "washington journal." >> sure among the last to be confidant.a [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]