prominent committees were chaired by moderates and even into the 1980s and 90s, liberal republicans and conservative democrats were numerous enough that their votes were needed and they had to pass policies and have leverage as a result. the decline is a part of why the ideological goal between the republican and democratic parties is now a post reconstruction high. partisahide. partisan polarization has been one of the topics in the debate for the last decade. the policymaking process is completely divided among the party lines and the discourse that now prevails congress fueled the government and impedes the legislative productivity. i also want to mention wit whata growing number of scholars have called asymmetric polarization this is the idea that while both parties moved away from the centers the republicans moved further to the right but i'm happy to talk about this as we well. my book examines the type of individuals who run for office and put differently the choices that the voters are given a. it's persisted to increase the end it's due to the ideological make about the supply and congressional candi

i get things done. -- iked the public and work with republicans and democrats. fight for the state, get bills passed, whether it is agriculture industry and getting thatf crazy regulations will regulate waste omissions. >> moving on. it is time to ask each other a question. by a drawing of cards, senator fischer, you are first. deb fischer: i am a champion for paid family leave . i would ask my opponent, do your stores provide paid family leave for your hourly employees, for employees who need it the most? jane raybould: we are proud of our company. we have been in business for 54 years. we are an employee owned company, meaning our employees contribute their blood, sweat, tears, and years and we provide benefits. we provide paid time off which families can use at their own discretion. we give them independence of choosing what matters. we are also part of family medical leave. ouronor that and work with employees to make sure they can take the time to spend and help their loved one or parents and take care of their children. it is something i am very proud of. i

so i hope we can see from the , and it was developed by republicans and democrats. it is the most in depth required of a nominee, totaling 17,500 pages, all of which are publicly available. i'm sure the staff of both republican and democrat senators are already going to work on those pages and those cases. but somehow minority leader thinks that this is not good enough. he and many ons his side have already voiced their opposition to the nominee come as the senator has already pointed out. i question the sincerity of demands for more documents. knowmore do they need to to vote no? they continue to throw every argument against capital at the wall and make unreasonable demands. we will work hard reviewing all all of his record as a lawyer and a judge. i hope they will put it away their election season talking points to get a qualified person on the supreme court. >> when you look at judge kavanaugh if you want a fire boy to be on the court, from a reputation standpoint exists. he is a very fine person. he has lived a very fine life. he has got all of the legal credenti

they are available to everybody, republicans and democrats alike, on this committee. similarly, for justice sotomayor, i joined senator sessions and requested records from her time working with a civil rights organization in the 1980's. for a civil rights organization in the 1980's, republicans want ed to see that record. i say ok, fine. that was despite the fact that in between, she had issued more than 3000 opinions over 17 years as an appellate and district court federal judge. i didn't say those opinions weren't worth looking at. we also, because republicans wanted all of the background on her, i said of course, supreme court nomination, let's get it. it would appear to be blatantly partisan if the american people didn't see the same from judge kavanaugh. every document of public interest should be made public. there should be no abuse of executive privilege, no hiding. the american people deserve the asarnished truth, just republicans rightly demanded of president obama's nominees. it does not make any difference whether they are republican or democrat nominees. y

thatre basically saying all of these honorable people who have come out, republican and democrat, who have come out and said, this president has done to the office of the presidency is heinous and you are saying, our entire justice system is incompetent. you are saying, someone who commits bank fraud, and i am a banker. you are saying someone who commits bank fraud and tax evasion, is complicit with the president to commit fraud. you are basically laughing it all away. i find you to be heinous. guest: a lot of anger. you may want to see someone about that. the idea that it is the country first and not republican and democrat, that is why people like me were so excited about the trout residency. -- donald trump presidency. i do not think it is republicans versus democrats and the donald trump tennessee -- candidacy supported that, i think he exposed things and had people behind him. that --with the theory what about america first? 90% of republicans and 100% of democrats, all they care about who is pulling the strings. primary,ent news, the the primary for governor in wyoming, had the

who is running for a second term and democratic challenger jane labeled, a city councilwoman in lincoln. >> at 9:00 a.m. and 10 a clock easton, sitting u.s. republican senator deb fischer is preparing to debate the democratic challenger, lincoln city councilmember jane raybould and we take you to live coverage here on c-span. ♪ >> welcome to today's debate in the race for u.s. senate in nebraska. i am craig . >> we will be the moderators for your hour-long debate. off with deb fischer and democrat lincoln city councilmember jane raybould. rules before you start. we will give equal time to each candidate. we are asking you to keep your answers to 60 seconds each. when we ask you to move on, please do so. in addition we reserve the right to follow up. also want to give the candidates a time to respond if you are directly attacked. without further ado, let's get started. nebraskans are struggling with rising health care. the democratic plan, has not been fixed and republicans have not passed a replacement pair what would you do in the next six years to address the issue. for thecher: thank you question. i want to thank everyone for being here. it is wo

republicans and democrats are united against the people and trump exposed that. he came into office with people behind him, i agree in theory, though clearly not with what the implication is, what about america first? 90% of republicans, 100% of democrats, all they care about is who is pulling the strings, their donors. more current news in the primary -- i have one more point on nadia. , we're comingsm back to that. the primary for governor in wyoming pitted, uh, i think it is the state treasurer against a very, very wealthy man. a donor to a lot of causes that i think are fantastic and i completely wholeheartedly support. i was going around washington doing interviews and people were chatting about it. saying, everyone i talked to 100% thought he was going to win and i thought isn't he a little old? and they said he spent so much money. that is washington. they still think you win elections with money. trump spent less money than sanders did. see, everybody else was wrong and ann was right. why have they not learned that trump was right? push popular ideas and y

know, i think the democrats have to concede the fact that and republicans -- they don't mind lying or changing the rules. think the messaging for democrats needs to be more focused on what is wrong with the republican party. in other words, what you get when you vote republican. i think it off a lot of people voted against their own self interest when they vote republican. i think we've done a really poor job of messaging what the republican party really stands for. in the states they control, there are clear examples to .2, women's rights issues on health care issues, the refusal to take medicaid money. over and over, the breaking up of unions, republicans have shown what they really stand for. out.ges is not point that i think people need to understand what they get when they vote republican. i disagree with you here a little bit at least. gof course think we should after republicans on the things they're doing wrong and they are doing so many different things wrong that it is easy to do. tolso think democrats need tell people what they believe in, who they will fight or, which side

i talked to calais republicans and democrats who tell me that countless republicans and democrats whol me it is simply not enough. shery: thank you very much. coming up, mark kearney speaks out after the bank of england raises interest rates in what may be a final pre-brexit push. this is bloomberg. ♪ out of those potential outcomes, they would be consistent with the rate set current levels, if not higher. there could be certain circumstances where it would make sense to adjust all say. we all know what those circumstances are. the fec at that point will take them into account. francine: why would it not automatically be a rate cut? >> certain circumstances, like what happened post-referendum, where the balance of what happened to the future supply of the economy demand, which was more of a business hit than a consumer hit and the exchange rate, the culmination of those things made sense for us to extend the horizon in which we brought inflation back to target, support the economy, fast-forward two years to today, but it does look like the right call. we have inflation coming back to

the gerrymandering is a terrible problem that republicans and democrats are both guilty of. you end up with districts that are not competitive so the most are right republican owned this district, the most far left democrat wins that district and they go down there opposite sides, never, will never speak to one another. most people in america are somewhere in the middle. they are moderate or left of center or right of center. they are not extreme leftist here they are not right wing crazies. they are somewhere in the middle and that's more than 70% of whether people are. >> title one more question. one more question here. final question right here. >> former montgomery county executive bob duncan. [applause] >> one of those good democrats would reach across the aisle with. >> the primary issue with a situation where the person who won the race for county executive got 29% of vote and really is a socialist, not a democrat. so what are your thoughts on changing the primary process to get people sort of a second chance like to do in california and other places in the south of ma

i think it's this town, republicans and democrats, united against the people. and trump totally exposed that. he came into office with the people behind him. yes, i agree in theory, though, clearly not with the ick mix indication of what nadia was saying, that, yeah, what but america first? i think 9 posers republicans and 100% of democrats all they care about who is pulling the strings, donors and more current news, in the primary for -- i have one more point on indianaa. the what-about-ism. a crucial point. but primary for governor in wyoming, pitted -- i think it's the state treasurer against a very, very wealthy man, foster frees, don't know for a lot of causes that i think are fantastic, and i completely wholeheartedly support. going around wafers doing interviews and people were chitchatting out it. i'm in washington and i kept saying, a i talked to yes, 100%, foster fries was going to win i kept saying isn't he a little old? oh, but he spends so much money. that's washington for you. they still think you win elections with money. trump spent less money th

and i think women respond to women, too, whether you are republican or democrat. and they are the matriarch in us suggests that. >> is there anything else that you wanted to add? that's all we have for our questions. >> i'm going to end the sermon on that. i felt like i was preaching, but i apologize for that. but, anyhow, i have great loep for th hope for this institution, so i want them to come to their senses and to be the great institution they are designed to be. and i think women can be part of that bringing that sensitivity and that potential. >> well, we thank you for spending time was. this has been delightful. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> yes. >> tomorrow in prime time american history tv takes a special look at world war i with our coverage of the centennial of world war i. start with the tour of library of congress echoes of the great war. then we take you to northeastern france to where american monuments, battlefields anselm tarry mark several battles during the german spring offensive. it starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern. sunday night on q&a, hi

has the nation's attention ahead of the midterms — now set for a very tight race between republicans and democratsction race between republican troy balderson and democratic danny o'connor in ohio's 12th district is too close to call. balderson leads o'connor by fewer than 2,000 votes but more than 8,000 provisional and absentee ballots have to be counted which could trigger a mandatory recount. that didn't stop balderson from claiming victory. it's time to get to work. over the next three months, i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. president tramp handed him the district in 2016. he put the full weight of his support behind balderson, going to ohio over the weekend to campaign for him. can you believe how close this is? we are in a tied ball game. regardless of who comes out on top, the two men will face each other again in november's general election. four other states held primaries yesterday. in missouri, democratic senator claire mccaskill will face attorney generaljosh hawley, a republican, in what is expected to be a close race. this is a state that voted for pres

i did not -- i was not prepared for the kind of demarcations of republicans and democrats. when i first went republican i quickly learned that i would be in it. my husband and i both moved to participate. i am democrat all the way. early in the black community many of the older blacks all felt the obligation and depreciation for what lincoln had done. that is the reason or i think that is the reason. many registered early in their lives. i saw both sides of it. republicans and democrats were embracing the blacks and what party you are in. i fortunately had to be able to communicate on both sides. achieve something that i knew i had to talk to people. >> people don't always meet. people who are not in my party or church. it is a surprising how that was the division. what will be the lasting legacy in regards to the health service? >> i would think of my role in nutrition. i had one of the comments that she shared with me. she is in the first committee meeting they said to her i hope you can fulfill eva clayton 's legacy. interesting. >> i had a quick follow-up question becaus

yeah he's wrong we're right in that process you just look at the wisconsin numbers between republicans and democrats alike who won the presidential election and it literally swings back to who ever said they were going to get more wars by the way oh well for the next democrat who is going to look at with guns and and this is the thing that you're also seeing is that john johnson affair pointed out on that the m.s.n. b.c. coverage i think it's really important thing that we talk about covered stormy daniels over four hundred times compared next to zero coverage of the u.s. involvement in a war in yemen and so we asked as on the what important issues are being ignored or forgotten in the media's obsession over donald trump and russia. one of the things that we've been trying to call attention to this very bad. elements of corporate media. democrats for elements. of state. keep in detention or. a personality or. its roots. there's been a continuation of governance in the u.s. . government that has resulted in policies that had a measurable negative impact it will have a future or or. mary working class

if you go back the 1950s and 6 odd, the republican party then, liberals like jacob javits, and conservatives like barry gold water, you halt conservative southern democrats, james eastland of mississippi who is as conservative as any republican and certainly on civil rights issues he was and then within the democratic party you hale had very liberal democrats as well ump you don't have those divisions in either party today but if the munch lessigant in terms of the policy divide than they used to be. >> want to thank you very much. >> want to thank a lively audience for being here, and to remind you that the moderator and author book signings will be taking place on the lawn and also to thank our sponsors, congressman greg harper and capitol resources. anybody from capital resources? please stand. [applause] >> i'll also invite you to stay a few minutes before we have to clear the room if you have more questions if i saw somebody still standing and and i asked congressman harper three time if he was sure he wanted to sit up here. >> welcome to our last panel of the day. i would like to take this time to ask you to silence your cell phones, also to remind

in 2014 with republicans and democrats 949,000, not quite a million. in 2018 in mid-term election primary you had this huge turnout, 1.6 million for republicans and 1.5 million for democrats. does that give you any indication of the level of interest in politics this year? >> i would say look, florida has a republican leaning, a swing state with a republican lean. the republicans did out perform but man, both parties are energized and activated by this race because it cuts so close to the bone. >> dana: miami wrote today. they need a florida-focused leader and demand that desantis and gillum make clear of the challenges they face, quality education, affordable healthcare and everglades. if one person is talking about impeachment probably not going to happen. >> i hate to break it to the editorial board. it will go to desantis calling gillum -- >> dana: the other big one was arizona, congressman mcsally won the primary and she will take on the democrat kristin sinema sitting back just waiting. now the general election is on. martha mcsally saying this du

and no hiding. the american people deserve death for public is rightly demanded president of alma's nominees. it does not make any difference whether they are republican or democrat nominees. you should have all the facts. but, every up -- every republican applauded at the time these efforts. we had this bipartisan openness and join for all the records when republicans applauded at the time, now they have a different view. trackmmittee is not on with partisan standard of transparency. just weeks ago, some of my republican friends expressed a willingness to express white house documents that the judge kavanaugh author -- white house secretary. i applaud that. whips, and probably one of the fastest turns i've ever seen outside of a racetrack, that abruptly changed after a private house --ith the white on house -- on giants -- july 24. same republicans thought it was great to have these records -- that was a few minutes ago and this is now. suddenly, all of the judge kavanaugh's records were off-limits, even those he authored. secretary going in, we are off the table and coming out. what was the quiet conversation -- every single record. staff secretary over one mil

reality is there's one more item on process you just look at the wisconsin numbers between republicans and democrats on who won the presidential election and it literally swings back to who ever said they were going to get more wars by the way. for the next democrat who is going to look at what's going on and this is the thing that you're also seeing is that john johnson affair pointed out on the m.s.n. b.c. coverage i think it's really important thing that we have to talk about covered stormy daniels over food. four hundred times compared to next to zero copies of the u.s. involvement in a war in yemen and so we are as on what important issues are being ignored or forgotten in the media's obsession over donald trump and all rush. one of the things that we've been trying to call attention to the fact that while the elements of corporate media along there are democrats and powerful elements. in the state. keeping their attention on the personality of donald trump just the ads for it's. been a continuation of governance in the us and new governance that has resulted in policy the path of measurable ne

chris: there is growing pressure for both republicans and democrats to get their voters out in november's congressional elections. that is partly because the president has been forced to address the possibility of impeachment. it is 7:00 in the evening, and there is a line of people to get into this church, and it stretches down the street. they are here to talk not just about gun control, but also politics in america. >> is there anybody here that maybe you are not registered to vote? chris: congress would vote for impeachment proceedings, making the next elections crucial. for democrats, the youth vote really could matter. >> it is disappointing and heartbreaking to see the united states president who has such disregard for the youth of our country. chris: this event in georgia was one of dozens of stops on a nationwide tour by students from parkland in florida. they became famous in the worst circumstances, when 17 people from their school were shot dead. but despite months of campaigning, president trump has avoided the gun reforms they want. >> it is about human lives. no matter what

primarily is that republicans and democrats have moved so far apart they literally fear and loathe one another. 5% of republicans would be unhappy today is 50% abuse survey found 49% of republicans said the other party makes them afraid. it isn't a level of partisan hatred unseen. people do not loathe one another over healthcare and taxes fees run much deeper it is about a way of life. both parties have changed dramatically over our lifetime go back to the 60s or the 70s when we were growing up the two parties were almost unmistakable from one another overwhelmingly white and protestant with those fundamental issues of god race were very similar. three changes occurred over the last half-century with massive migration and of course with the enfranchisement of african-american they became overwhelmingly democrat second with a wave of immigration there is a democratic party that since reagan for one they distributed evenly so in stark contrast democrats and republicans are culturally very different of course they are a rainbow coalition with that diversity republicans by contrast remaine

sometimes you look at the different aspects of it and we wanted to make sure that in this ndaa and democrats and republicans said we were not at all lifting any of the pressure for example on sanctions as a relates to russia. but, at the same time the trump administration's national defense strategy is no lot only been increasing our military capabilities which we are doing significantly but deepening and expanding our alliances. a number of us in discussions with some of our allies, some countries like india that we are looking to expand corporation all over military, economic technology, people-to-people. we saw this as this could inhibit that. i worked closely with democratic senators including mark warner, secretary mattis who i can tell you made the same top priority. ambassador sarna who is still here. we all worked together. we want to make sure from the u.s. perspective at least we are not at all looking like we are lifting the pressure on the countries that this legislation was originally targeted for like russia but at the same time let's be smart here. let's think through ways to make sure we are

i come from a family of democrats and republicans and independents. lou: you must have had a good time in your family with democrats and republicans, particularly over the last decade or so. you've resolved it in favor of the trump agenda. >> yes, sir. lou: what you're describing is the trump agenda and the trump achievements. >> yes, sir. lou: of the first 20 months in office. it's remarkable. michigan. also, your race, we were looking at the highest -- we are looking at the highest turnout for a primary election in 20 years. >> yes. lou: there's a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of interest. intensity as the savants in politics say. what do you think is driving that? >> i've said this many times before in the weeks leading up to tuesday and of course all week, that this 2018 midterm election, the battleground will be michigan's 11th congressional district. it will be one of the top ten most highly contested races. but i am ready for the general election fight of a lifetime. it will be my goal to represent all citizens in southeast michigan, republicans, ind

democrat and ad strictly party person. i was not prepared for demarcation between republicans and democrats. interesting, i was a pelican mike pence are republicans. i quickly learned that me and my husband had both. when he was in law school. when he moved to a rural area. i'm a democrat all the way. the demarcation of early in the black community, many of the older blacks had obligation and lincolntion for what had done. i think that is the reason why they were republican. early, i registered saw both sides of it. neither republicans or democrats for that embracing when i was growing up. just look party are you in? it was a surprise to how strong. fortunately, for me. as able to can make it on both sides. it just has him to do is my demeanor. something, i don't or peoplelk to people who don't agree with me. it is not necessarily in my church. it is surprising. andmuch -- all the policies the divisions were. what do think will be a lasting legacy are guards to your health service? i would think my role in nutrition. had one of the comments that might -- shared with me. she is on the agricult

electing republicans is better than electing democrats, so i drew this map to help foster what i think is better for the country. i think we should give a partisan advantage to ten republicans andee democrats. they captured ten house seats to the democrats three. 13 states have been the subject of litigation. they should have republicans plotting to create a safe 9-5 outing. they want to make it easier to cram all of the dem garbage into only four districts. while they found they can yesterday, north carolina said they would ask for a stay to avoid having to redraw their districts arguing it will cause chaos. that is because the rigged system of redistricting makes the congress more divided and dysfunctional. but ironically, this should not be a partisan issue. in fact ronald reagan railed against it in his final interview as president. >> holding office, elected from districts, to change the lines of that district to fit the new population. >> and so did barack obama. >> i think we have to end the practice of drawing our districts so our politicians can pick voters and not the other way around. >> that is fascinating, and fascinating to hear the candor of the people invested i

each of the presidents from this decade, two republicans and one democrat, believes that ditente offered the best strategic option to rebuild american strength in the aftermath of vietnam. they argued that by reaching armed agreements with the soviet union, opening relations to china, and improving america's standing at certain can tench as parts of the world, such as latin america, the united states could actually increase its military strength. at the moment, after the truce of the early cold war, these were bold ideas that cut across the gray of the conventional wisdom in foreign policy. richard nixon had been the president to make ditente the policy of the united states. before watergate, this is what many americans knew about his presidency. they believed that he was trying to rebuild the strength of the united states overseas, that had been weakened as a result of the turmoil of the 60s. the secure u.s. influence in the post-1960s era, nixon was convinced that he would need to make a series of dramatic moves, like ringing the war in vietnam to a total end, and thawing relations wit

like me growing up in a single-parent household so we didn't know the difference between republican and democrat. and she is an amazing woman most of you in the audience. is easier when you get a little older. and then to appreciate that i won the lottery. being an american is winning the lottery. the greatest undeserved present with our lord and savior that they can ask. so between seven and 14 all good things lead in the right direction. so as a freshman in high school i had no appreciation of what was possible. and i dropped out of high school. i failed world geography as a first editor in politics. and i can see however five years after entering into the senate i'm not the only person. oh whole lot of others up and down the aisle. i will not drop the names. but with world geography and civic with spanish and english. nobody calls you bilingual. you can't eat any language. [laughter] so then they call you all kinds of names. another believes that prayer is the key and i am thankful. whatever you believe. we don't have to believe the same thing but i am thankful my mama prayed for me. but afte

it reflects the very sharp political dividing lines right now in our country and not just between the democrats and republicans but between within the parties themselves i think the democrats are struggling to reestablish their identity to decide what hard or wing of the democratic party will move forward into the next election cycles and i think the republican party is trying to decide how much it supports the president some do some don't as you know i'm not the true betraying any secrets here so i think there is there are various conflict and tensions and instabilities within both parties i again having watched this for much of my over sixty years i have seen other times in our country when we've seen just as confused and days and we generally emerge out of it stronger than we enter that so i'm overall confident that we'll get out of this phase that we're in stronger than we were before we entered it so one terror attack has already been prevented thanks to the cia sharing intelligence with moscow and put it has personally thanked the americans for their help in that how does that work what the intelligence

now, one thing we can all agree upon, republicans and democrats, like many supreme court nominees before him, judge kavanaugh has impressive academic credentials and judicial experience, but unlike most of his predecessors, judge kavanaugh also has a lengthy, partisan career. prior to his time on the bench, judge kavanaugh was a political operative engaged in some of the most divisive fights in our nation's recent history, including kenneth starr's investigation of president clinton, including bush i's gore, and five contentious years has a senior official in president george w. bush's administration. so it's really no surprise that judge kavanaugh has quite a paper trail. actually, over one million pages. his lengthy, controversial record was something the white house was well aware of when the president selected him. the president selected him, nonetheless. that means that under the advise and consent clause of the constitution, the burden falls first to the judiciary committee to review his record. it should be self-evident that records related to a n especially significant period of

republican. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. andhat special line for members of law enforcement, 202-748-8003. we will get right to it. david is in springfield, missouri, a democrat. go ahead. caller: yes, i want to say thanks to c-span all of these years. you are one of the few moderate voices out of washington. i want to support jeff sessions and i commend him for being able to stand up to this. i want to try to be as nice as i can be. this president that has no idea what he is doing. i think the best thing that could happen is a couple two or three prominent republicans would do with him exactly what barry goldwater and different once did as far as richard nixon . i think everything that has been disrupted so much by this president is shown exactly how he treats jeff sessions. i feel for the guy. i don't want to say i feel sorry for him. i just think he is a good human being in his heart and that is what i wanted to say. host: did you support jeff sessions to be attorney general when that pic was announced -- pick was announced?

i'm disgusted with both republicans and democrats.ou take the colleges, how civil rights has been suspended on freedom of speech. they have the authority to suspend money to the colleges and straighten that out instantly, but they won't do it. that means they are involved in it. look at what's going on with facebook, people getting banned, freedom of speech being interfered with. congress gave these people all kinds of tax breaks and everything else. they have the authority to straighten this out. i seem immigration as maybe third or fourth most important. i'm really fed up. the only reason we are in this mess is because the democratic motion --going on a emotion, allowing us to get to a tipping point where 76% of the immigrants are getting some type of social benefits. this is ridiculous, this is insane. the constitution states that congress shall pass decisions and authority over immigration. it doesn't say judges can say anything about the numbers, the paperwork or anything. get this mess, straightened out and get is a this balance

hawkish republicans and neoconservative democrats started to support reagan. the carter campaign could not meet the challenge and behind the scenes there wasn't enough progress to deliver before the election. was a defining in the history of american conservatism. after a three decade struggle against liberal internationalism, right-wing isolationism, hawkish republicans within the conservative movement captured the white house and the senate with gop victories in 1980. the next few years would have many ironic turns and twists as we're going to talk about. the conservative attacks on detant would end up leelecting president. that irony was not really visible on the horizon of the 1980 election. instead, this was a moment when the cold war seemed to be heating up. and the effort to calm things down through detant had failed instead of a more militaristic path that reagan supported. as you leave today you will hear a song from the classic band pink floyd that captured the feeling many had and fears of nuclear war. ♪ ♪ >>> you're watching american history tv. pro

when there's only 21 and that means 21 democrats and republicans the women's caucus started that and republicans and democrats met together. you knew the 21 very well. >> were there any in the group of 21 that you spent more time with? >> oh, yes, linney boggs. she was beloved. a hale boggs and lyndy had been very friendly to my parents so she was wonderful. when i got to congress there was no woman on ways and means and no woman on preparations and we went to see tip, we set up a meeting to see tip o'neill tunnel, the speaker, and the 21 of us went and talked to him and then we left and lindy boggs said barbara, make an appointment with tip and go back and see him by yourself. couldn't have better advice. and i got on ways and means. >> do you remember any of the pitch that the group made to speaker tip o'neill? >> of course, there wouldn't be women, social security, ways and means, pays for everything. social security raises all the money by taxes and then it has the audacity to spend half and the appropriations distributes all the money. >> did you mention that you wanted to be on

quite frankly republicans in the progress alike disagree if republicans and democrats alike disagree rankly, republicans and democrats alike disagree with the nafta talks. how does that work out? katia: very good question, especially because we have seen canada taking this back seat in the current negotiations also both mexico and canada, interestingly enough, see the same issues at play. the sunset clause, for example. they don't want to have to keep renegotiating every five years going back to the table after making significant progress. after we see the economy minister from mexico leaving, it is going to be the same issue with canada. that is going to play into the midterms which are coming soon after the holidays. shery: not to mention the dispute settlement panels. when it comes to canada, the u.s. is adamant that it wants to see it's very market opened up. market -- its dairy market opened up. katia: from the most recent negotiations it is focus on the auto issue and the components. one thing that will come up is when we have canada coming back in -- as you remember, this was a

republican democrats democrat this is why people like me were so excited about the trump presidency.own, i don't think it's republicans versus democrats i think the trump candidacy proved that. this town republicans and, t democrats trump totally expose n that. but i do i do agree in theory clearly. what about america first? 90% of americans all day careris about is who pulls the strings?. but that what about is we are coming back to that that is a crucial point. w and and donor to a lot of caused and i wholeheartedly support but then i kept saying isn't that a little.: yeah. >> that treasurer mike gordon.h >> from was right.building. but i'm pointing to the capitol hill building.modify? why do you still think election are one with money? tax he is not a down the line republican. relati >> what is your relationship with the trump administration? y >> it is for the people paying attention to so massivelyy unfair.drop everyy precedent ively unfair. every precedent being dropped right and left to say we don't want to hear about bill clinton. what aboutism is also the rule of law white cases are treated alike that is why lady justice is blindfolded it doesn't and doesn't matter trump or clinton what abou

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these are democrat and republican administrations. are they people who are fans of john brennan? s interesting. democrats and republicans, obviously. but some of them took pains to make clear in the letter they weren't necessarily signing up to john brennan's view of the president, of the administration, of the russia investigation. in fact, i would imagine some of the people who signed that letter are not necessarily comfortable with the degree to which john has been outspoep spoken and in the political domain. there are officials past and present who expressed concerns about whether intelligence officials should be speaking out in such a political way. but even with that, even with that these officials, some who probably had that discomfort, felt compelled to speak out and say the matter of the security e as beyond the pale in their regard, that this was an attempt to politicize a process that simply shouldn't be politicized. >> let me -- let me get your take on one other thing. i know you're going to speak towards this in an intelligence realm rather than a military realm but w

changed maryland which is a nonpartisan grassroots organization made of democratic -- democrats, independents and republicans. was a message that wasn't about republicans and democrats. it was about maryland's future and focusing on the economic issues and helping us grow the private sector and put more people to work and turn our economy around. i went into it not as a partisan republican but as close as you can get to an independent. i knew the legislature in both houses is more than two thirds very liberal democrats who might not agree with me on everything. i thought if we just reached across the island came up with common sense bipartisan solutions we could make progress. from the very first day i talked about trying to find that middle stand where we could all together. i talked about ushering in a new era of bipartisanship. that's exactly what we have done and in spite of the fact that we are of different parties. i think we've gotten more done than any previous governor in maryland. i think it's why more than two thirds of all marylanders thought we were heading in the wrong direction and now as you

who would soon be called neoconservatives believed the tragedy of vietnam was causing democrats and some republicans like nixon to lose confidence and america's military capacity to fight communism. the democratic nomination of george mcgovern in 1972 as the presidential candidate convinced jackson that the party was headed in the right direction. -- in the wrong direction. the permanent subcommittee of government operations and was a high-ranking member of the armed services committee attacked and criticized nixon and kissinger for the policies of the time. jackson focused on the flight -- plate of soviet fury as the centerpiece of the problem. in 1972 and 1973, jackson argued that the soviets could be forced to allow or choose to leave the country. when the soviets imposed a new tax, those who wanted to leave essentially making it impossible for those to do so, jackson condemned what they were doing is a violation of human rights. there was a vibrant movement within the american jewish community who mobilized behind this cause. nixon and kissinger were extremely frustrated with senator jackson bel

when you look at that list of officials on the list, they served republican and democratic presidents, they have decades -- we did a count. nearly 300 years of experience in national security. and on the front lines literally of many, many of the operations, counter terrorism operations, overseeing those through the years so you cannot look at this group and say that this is a partisan group that has a bias against the president. so that is remarkable. you can now add to the list someone who was a supporter of the president's in the campaign. jim woolsey. former director of the cia. he didn't sign on to the letter because he wasn't reached in time and released a statement about this. he said the following. it is my view that security clearances to be granted or rescinded based on criteria that reflect whether an individual is trusted to maintain classified information. of course, implicit in the letter saying that they were not objective criteria gnat president used and highlighting the issue, just in the last few moments we have the democratic ranking member of the senate intelligenc

so we wrote this bill, again republicans and democrats voted for it. it could be brought up any time by the leadership if they wished. i am hoping that it will be brought up. i'm hoping that we can bring it up and vote. i know we had a good debate, again republicans and democrats in the judiciary committee. and i would -- i would like to see a vote on it to keep from having another watergate. i know we're at the hour of 3:30, mr. president. i know the presiding officer has a ruling to make. so i will with hold. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 4:30 p.m. >> the u.s. senate now going into recess for about an hour for an all members briefing on election security. with national intelligence director dan coats, homeland security secretary nielsen and fbi director christopher wray. later today, senate lawmakers will continue their work on amendments to the 857 billion dollars federal spending package, containing the two largest appropriations bills for 2019. debate and possible votes on amendments today and to