brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richardixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high school or, and he had never kissed anybody. he had to go kiss. the never kissed anybody before and he lumbers across the states to kiss her and the high school students arrived in laughter derision mocking. it was an early case of nixon having to deal with adversity. he was humiliated. he tries to make up with the girl who becomes his girlfriend and he learned to deal with diversity and to come back and show people. brian: his girlfriend ola florence weltz. evan: there are hundreds of oral histories about his high school and college years at whittier college and at cal state fullerton. she was quite touching about nixon. she found him to be impressive and not to normal high school kid. she first wrote in her diary, i hate richard nixon, but she was his girlfriend for four years. she finally dumped him and he was sad about that, but he found pat and was pretty happy. evan: i came away

going to china that was richard nixon's idea. when oiks open herd nixon was thinking of going to china, he said nice plant. but now next on, the guy calling the shots was richard nixon. true that kissinger was the great strategytician and what was that strategy? why did nixon go tohina? why did nixon because the first president to set foot in the -- was it an attempt to bring the end of the war -- he thought that he could convince chairman mao and prime minister zhaou and the communist leader brezhnev to be nice, to be our friends. he was making toasts with the people in an absolutely futile attempt to bring war to an end. >> 3w50 l. he came away with communiques, shanghai communique from china ais a meaningless document where they say we said this and we say we think that. the arm control agreements. saltgreements from 1972, jim schlesinger who was nixon's secretary. >> and also the head of the talk energy that -- 1972, we produced more nuclear war reds than in history. china and russia today are not our friends. heid not bring u

the idea to go to china was richard nixon's idea. kissinger heard that in was gone ago to china -- nixon was going to go to china, he said, fat chance. next in was -- nixon was lucky to have someone like him. but he was the one calling the shots. tim: kissinger was the tactician that carried out the strategy. but what was the strategy? why did nixon go to china? why did he become the first president to set foot in the kremlin. it was part of the grand strategy to bring the vietnam war to an end. that he could convince chairman mao and the communist leader of the soviet union to be nice and be our friends. he was thinking glasses and making toasts with the men arming our enemies and killing american soldiers in an absolutely futile attempt to bring the war to an end. he came away with communiques. the shanghai communique is a completely meaningless document. the arms control agreements. the year that they were signed. 1972. jim/injure -- schlesinger was head of the atomic energy commission. 1972, we produced the united states, more nu

the idea to go to china was richard nixon's idea. act when kissinger heard that nixon was going to go to china, he said, fat chance. kissinger brilliantly executed nixon's policy, and nixon was lucky to have somebody as smart as kissinger with him. but he was the one calling the shots. tim: it is true that nixon was the great strategists and kissinger was the tactician that carried out the strategy. but what was the strategy? why did nixon go to china? why did nixon become the first president to set foot in the kremlin. it was part of the grand strategy to bring the vietnam war to an end. he thought he could play the russians against the chinese. he thought he could convince chairman mao and the communist leader of the soviet union to be nice and be our friends. he was clinking evan: glasses and making toasts with the men arming our enemies and killing american soldiers in an absolutely futile attempt to bring the war to an end. he came away with nicely worded communiquÉs. the shanghai communiquÉ is a completely meaningless document.

for 53 seconds, richard nixon did not say a word during that phone call. as mitchell waited attorney general mitchell waited for an answer. president nixon was clearly mulling over what a baker appointment would offer. the need to decide brought her knees -- unease, almost pain, as he sighed several times. as he said to his attorney general "rehnquist has a hell of a record. first in his class. law clerk to one of the great judges of the century and practiced law is a lawyer's lawyer." and with that statement, the decision was made. he was convinced by his own argument. howard baker would stay in the senate and william rehnquist would become the fourth and final nixon justice. in private conversation, however, the president still yearned for some political payoff with regard to rehnquist. at one point, he was upset to learn that rehnquist was a wasp. joking that he should switch religions. at another point, the president joked again, suggesting that rehnquist get a sex change operation. john ehrlichman responded "takes too long." in the end, nixon's liberal

richard nixon won 35% of democrats. he was peeling away democrats -- >> working class voters. >> the so-called reagan democrats were nixon democrats. and they tapped into their anxiety about the future the feeling of the bureaucrats in washington the media telling them what to do he had a great instengt for lugging into that. >> could that have been -- the other way we look back at that is he was remarkably pro government on things do you think he was being responsive? he had a core that was conservative like him, but they needed government to help them -- >> you know the famous clip where he says you tell the government to get their hands off of my medicare? he would have understanded. he expanded social security for the disabled that came in under nixon. he spent more money on federal programs than lbj. people really do like government benefits. >> was he driven by a pair know ya of the kennedys? was that a fair assessment? >> yeah he had been a friend of jack kennedy's. they were across the hall from each other. he sh

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. >> in 1972, richard nixon is very much at the top of his game and is in a position to achieve his goalbeing the greatest president in american history. >> the comments about mao and joe. >> he had desegregated the southern schools, snuted the -- instituted the draft, and he had the greatest arms control agreement in history. not a bad record, and the american people thought so. >> air force one has just landed. it's an historic moment. the official beginning of his visit to china. >> china was considered almost a different planet. and the idea that any american president would go to china was considered a fantasy at best. in terms of foreign policy, it was a moon landing. >> i think one of the results of our trip we hope may be the walls that are erected whether they are physical walls like this, or other walls of ideology or philosophy will not divide peoples of the world. >> in richard nixon's own mind this was a script. it was designed to result in an overwhelming election victory. >> who do you think you'll vote for this year? >> nixon. >> nixon. >> nixon. >> yeah, nixon. >> nixon.

you can't top richard nixon. you can't top his american story, a poor kid who climbs to the very top, and overcoming all obstacles, defeated many times, and then destroys himself. brian: in the last five minutes, i want to switch to evan thomas and run some video now. you may or may not have seen this. we will listen to about a minute, then i want you to talk about it. i want the audience to look closely at this person talking. [video] norman thomas: eisenhower's great and very well-deserved reputation in europe was made by his extraordinary success in pulling together men of different nations and different points of view. and therefore, i expected from him at least a greater effort than we have had to pull together our allies and friends. the one fact you can't escape is that we have simply got to stay with the non-communists asia and europe. not just the british, not just the french, not just the indians, but the whole lot of them. i don't think they are always reasonable or right, but we are not strong enough

richard nixon was one of the greatest chip -- greenwich care -- carriers of all time. he could be very on self reflective. that hurt him. >> evan thomas, offer -- author of nixon, a man divided, talks about the inner turmoil's in richard nixon. tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> this morning, ezekiel emanuel, former supreme court and health care advisor discusses the recent supreme court decision to uphold subsidies in the aca, and how subsidies have a working overall. >> then, armstrong williams examines the current state of race relations in the u.s.. later, gary seymore talks about the iran nuclear program and negotiations. as always, you can join us on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning. congress in recess for the july 4 holiday. negotiations continue between secretary of state carrie and iran foreign minister on that country'snuclea -- that country's nuclear capabilities. the greek prime minister calling for nationwide reefer random -- referendum that could decide

you learned a great deal when they are talking. >> one of the many tragedies of richard nixon he was not very self-aware. nixon, endless ironies the nixon did have a psychiatrist. he was an intern not technical psychiatrist and taylor said he was careful not to nixon think he was analyzing them so it wasn't -- but nixon went to because it's psychosomatic illnesses in the '50s. his head hurt and is knackered and he couldn't sleep and he gave him some mild therapy but nixon -- even though he went to one he hated psychiatrist and was always denouncing them. he was afraid in a way of looking at himself in a realistic way. one of the reasons to use to write i don't carry grudges. i don't carry grudges. hello? richard nixon was one of the great bridge carries of all time. he could be very un-self-inflicted and is hurting because his lashing out at enemies of course is what destroyed him. >> evan thomas author of "being nixon: a man divided" talks about the victories and defeats and into turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories associate with our nation's 37th president sund

amazingly, the only time i ever met richard nixon when i was at "newsweek" and nixon came over

brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richard nixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high schooler, and he had never kissed anybody. he was doing "dido and aeneas," and he had never kissed anybody before. he was dido, and he had to kiss aeneas. he never kissed anybody before and he lumbers across the stage to kiss her and the high school students erupted in laughter, derision, mocking him. and, it was an early case of nixon having to deal with real adversity. he was humiliated. the girl hated him for it. and yet, it interested me. afterwards, he tries to make up with the girl -- who becomes his girlfriend -- and he learns to deal with diversity and to be mocked and jeered, but come back and show people. brian: his first girlfriend, i don't know -- ola florence welch. [chuckling] where did you find this stuff about her? evan: there are hundreds of oral histories about his high school and college years at whittier college and at cal state fullerton. i mean, literally hundr

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then evan, discusses his book about richard nixon. -- evan thomas discusses his book about richard nixon. greta: we have emily badger, a correspondent with washington post and john prior with politico. go ahead with the first question. jon: i want to ask about the supreme court ruling in the housing case. using data analysis alone and set of a proven 10. what does that mean for your agency? are we going to see more aggressive breaking news cases? if you could just pick about that. julian: this has been just a tremendously important tool in ensuring communities can ensure themselves fair housing opportunities across the board whether it is race or disability or other protected classes. for hhud, we have been doing this for 40 years now. what it does do is it gives us certainty as we go forward with complaints that we can fully use this tool of impact, and we will use it. i believe in using it we will ensure that more people of different backgrounds have the kind of housing opportunity they ought to have in america. emily: it is not about getting it over discrimination, the kind of discrim

tell us about richard nixon. what do you remember about him? senator alexander: i remember how private, focused intelligent he was. i had just by stroke of providence, i was the aide to bryce harlow, who was his first appointee. so i literally sat in the west wing in the office of the vice president. i absorbed this, all t wisdom from mr.h harlow. i was around president nixon a lot. and i saw mr. harlow. what i remember about them is how far reaching he was at i have on my wall some notes he used in the congressional leadership meeting that he would have on tuesdays. where he described the environmental movement, which was developing in the united states in 1970 or 1971. and president next and was trying to explain the republican senators in congress --president nixon was trying to explain that it was coming. that is when earth day was created. that is when the clean air and clean water acts were passed unanimously. president nixon was far ahead of this time in understanding the importance of the environment. his administration created the epa,

richard and nixon served -- richard nixon served in the pacific as well. born in 1913, he graduated from a quaker founded college and with the aid of a scholarship was admitted to duke law school. following a short time of practicing law in his hometown he accepted a job in the office of administration in late 1941, but disgusted by what he encountered in washington -- as he later confessed desiring to obtain a war record to support his political ambitions nixon was inducted into the u.s. navy in august 1942. he was commissioned as an ensign in october 1942. after a brief time i a naval air station in iowa, he requested sea duty. he served as the officer in charge of a combat -- air transport command. in locales subject to japanese bombing, nixon never saw,, earning two service stars for " efficient performance." returning to the united states in august 1945, he served as administrative officer of the alameda california naval air station, neighbor -- later function as a negotiator terminating work contracts, and then resigned on january 1 1946, munching hi

. >> one of the atrocities of richard nixon is that he was not very self-aware, that he was self-consciousxing did have a psychiatrist. he was not technically a psychiatrist. the doctor said he was careful not to have make something he was analyzing him. but nixon had psychosomatic illnesses in the 1950's. his head and neck hurt and he could not sleep. he was given mild therapy. even though went to one, he hated psychiatrists. he was afraid of looking at himself in a realistic way. he used to say i do not carry grudges. hello? he was another great guards carriers of all time. he could be very on-self reflective. this hurt him. his lashing out at enemies is what destroyed him. >> evan thomas author of "being nixon" talks about the inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories associated with our 37th president. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> prior to california becoming a state in 1850 it was rolled by mexico. the majority of the population immigrated from that country including many with african ancestry. up next, professor carlos salomon t

president richard nixon had the opportunity to fill four seats on the u.s. supreme court.p next, on american history tv author kevin mcmahon discusses the strategy between -- nine nixon's court appointments and the impact he had on the court and american politics. mr. mcmahon's book is it since court -- his challenge to do just will -- judicial liberalism. justice scalia makes remarks. >> good evening, my name is don air. i am a lawyer here in washington and i am also the chairman of the supreme court historical association. i was lucky enough to serve as a member this year of the selection committee of the griswold prize. i am pleased to welcome you to the prize lecture. before we proceed, given the surroundings we are in, i have to make sure that everyone turns up their cell phones tablets. if we do not do that, the system may not function right among other things. erwin griswold was surely one of the most remarkable lawyers of the last century.

the trouble is that richard nixon never trusted anybody.is admirals, his spies, to come up with a winning strategy in vietnam. and what i finally understand now after listening to all these tapgs tapes and reading all these new materials is that there never would have been a watergate if there hadn't have been a vietnam. >> why? >> why? because he can't come up with a winning strategy in vietnam. he can use b-52 bombers over there as a weapon. over here against his domestic enemies, he's got to use bugs wire taps black bag jobs and that's what takes him down the rolled. >> so it's a credible book. thank you so much for being with us, tim. "one man against the world, the tragedy of richard nixon." i'd love to get you back and talk more. >> any time. >>> all right. coming up next what, if anything, did we learn today? >> that's a good question. what do you think of when you think of the united states postal service? exactly. that's what pushes us to deliver smarter simpler faster sleeker earlier fresher harder farther quicker and yeah even on

everybody jump in. >> there was an enormous political risk for both mao and for richard nixon. one would have to say nixon managed his internal politics more effectively. after the secret initiative, there was a coup attempt by a man we thought had been designated as mao's successor, the defense minister. we now know, i forget the exact date, but after the coup attempt he got in a plane fearing arrest, and the plane crashed in my goalie. >> -- crashed in mongolia. >> there was a very heavy police presence. we didn't know why. >> it had already happened. >> we later got the intelligence reporting that there were poeople in the chinese leadership who were strongly opposed to this initiative. they kept referring to mao as the b-52, the heavy bomber of their politics. those included in what later became known as the "gang of four."m mao's wife and others were opposed to some of the developments that brought influence, worried about the future of the revolution. this gets beyond the immediate story, but beginning around 1974, particularly after en lai was her place by deng xiaoping,

-- and defeat and inner turmoil of richard nixon. sunday night on q&a. >> the battle of gettysburg in 1863 was a turning point in the american civil war. up next, jared frederick a penn state instructor discusses a different account of women during the gettysburg and how the residents, mainly women and children were affected and shaped by the battle. the journey through hallowed ground partnership. >> welcome, everybody. my name is shown a butcher. i am the director of journey through hallowed ground partnership. welcome to the afternoon session. we are pleased that this session is being taped and aired on c-span sobel welcome our c-span viewers. for those in the audience, you can follow along or learn more on twitter. i am pleased to introduce our speaker, jared frederick. jared has been highly involved in the world of public history conducting oral history interviews, writing grants, in interpreting sites. receiving a masters from west virginia, he is served as a seasonal part ranger a gettysburg national park. an artist as well, h

. >> many tragedies of richard nixon -- although very self-conscious, he was not very self-aware. nixon did have a psychiatrist. he was an internist. the doctor said he was careful to have nixon not think he was analyzing him. nixon went to him because his head hurt and could not sleep and he gave him mild therapy. but nixon even though he went to one, he hated psychiatrists and was always denouncing the. he was afraid of looking at himself in a realistic way. he used to say, i do not carry grudges. hello? he was one of the great grudge carriers of all time. he could be very uns elf-reflective, and this hurt him. >> evan

brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richardixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high school or

richard nixon was one of the great grudge carriers of all time. he can beat on self reflective. >> evan thomas, author of being nixon. the inner turmoil of richard nixon, focusing on the personal stories associated with our nation's 37th president. tonight on c-span's q and a. >> next and how -- next a house oversight hearing on breaches an employee records at the office of personnel management. the witnesses include the agency's director and opm's inspector general and chief information officer. so far two data breaches have been confirmed by the white house. estimates suggest 32 million current and former federal workers may have been affected. this year -- this hearing is under three hours. >>> morning. the oversight committee is coming to $529 billion, $529 billion is how much the federal government has spent on i.t. since 2008. roughly $277 million has been spent at the office of personnel management, roughly 80% of that money has been spent on legacy systems and we're in a situation here where the hurricane has come and gone and just now opm

brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richardixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high school or, and

richard nixon was one of the great grudge carriers of all type. he could be very unself-reflective, and this hurt him because his lashing out at enemies, of course is what destroyed him. >> evan thomas, author of "being nixon: a man divided" talks about the inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories associated with our nation's 37th president. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> next a discussion with leaders from some of the largest corporations in the united states on the challenges their companies and the global economy face. in this portion the ceo of an employment agency talks about his transition to chief financial officer of his firm. the cfo series was hosted by "the wall street journal." >> so you guys have all spent about a day and a half hearing about the external forces in the world, the things that are shaping politics and trade deals and emerging markets. then we have some time, just a little bit, to talk about you and your career. with me is gary burneson who was once among your number.

many tragedies of richard nixon -- although very self-conscious, he was not very self-aware. nixon did have a psychiatrist. he was an internist. the doctor said he was careful to have nixon not think he was analyzing him. nixon went to him because his head hurt and could not sleep and he gave him mild therapy. but nixon even though he went to one, he hated psychiatrists and was always denouncing the. he was afraid of looking at himself in a realistic way. he used to say, i do not carry grudges. hello? he was one of the great grudge carriers of all time. he could be very uns elf-reflective, and this hurt him. >> evan thomas talks about the victories and defeats and inter-turmoil -- inner turmoil of richard nixon, focusing on the personal stories associated with our nation's 37th president tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historical artifacts. next we travel to witness the tall sailing ship hermione. it was a replicant of the military forget that carried marquis de lafayette general in 1780 with a m

richard nixon was one of the great grudge carriers of all time.un-self reflective. and this hurt him. his lashing out at his enemies was what destroyed him.

richard nixon was one of the great grudge carriers of all-time.emies is what destroyed him. >> evan thomas talks about the victories and defeats and inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories of the nation's 37th president. sunday night at 8:00. who asked him or credit presidential candidate martin o'malley spoke recently about national security. the former maryland governor talks about his idea on homeland security. the event was hosted by the truman national security project in washington, d.c. this is one hour. fmr. gov. o'malley: thank you very much. when i left the pentagon in 2012, i said no to a lot of tempting -- but i said yes to the prospects of being part of the truman national security project and center for national policy. i did so because i thought then and convinced now this organization and its members throughout the country are dedicated to one thing -- making a difference. your political members are dedicated to making things happen while governing. your policy members are dedicated to strong, smart and prin

then evan, discusses his book about richard nixon. -- evan thomas discusses his book about richard nixone have emily badger, a correspondent with washington post and john prior with politico. go ahead with the first question. jon: i want to ask

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we say a lot of bad things about richard nixon.d out what it's like to be nixon. >> i fount out he was a more optimistic person. when he came home at night, he would come in whistling, turn on all the lights he would put a broadway tune on the record player and insist at the dinner table only happy small talk. he was fighting the dark all the time. but at night, he would go off with his yellow pad -- >> did he have clinical depression. >> he hated psychiatrist. he had one, but he hated them. i won't be shrunk. no, he was highly functional. i don't think he was -- >> you said he was always optimistic. >> he wanted to be optimistb. >> you said he could be boorish. he pursued her like a mad man. >> it was sad. that was a great marriage in many ways. their early love letters are really tender. he was happy, married the cutest girl in high school couldn't imagine his good luck that someone as pretty as her married him. by the time he was president, the stresses of the job, the loneyness of the job does separate him. when he resigns, he

why you would use a phrase that's associated in most people's minds with richard nixon, i don't know.ark: a lot of people have used their announcements to rise in the polls. i don't think this will help him out. you drain yourself with some of the coverage. john: he the 13th candidate. the bar is higher and he is -- and he way underperformed. mark: we are going to listen to some extended expert -- excerpts from the speech. ted cruz spoke at an event in d.c. today. he tried to sound like a presidential candidate who has nothing to do with the nation's capital. the secret word is "cartel." >> the only people we ever nominate are people who never take on the washington cartel. if you never have, you are not magically going to start. john: he's been getting high marks, but he doesn't appear to be catching on in the early states of polling. he and his fellow senator rand paul have had trouble reaching double digits in national polls while marco rubio has been on the rise and getting more buzz. have they hit some sort of ceiling or are they biting their time? neither. i do not think they ar

three new books about richard nixon are first up. in "being nixon," evan thomas recalls the life of our 37th president. william burr and jeffrey kimball report on the nixon administration's plan to use nuclear weapons to end the vietnam war in "nixon's nuclear specter." and tim wiener examines the causes of richard nixon's downfall in "one man against the world." also being released this week, hugh hewitt looks at the political ambition of hillary clinton in "the queen." in "getting real, fox news anchor gretchen carlson recounts her life and the challenges she's faced as a woman in broadcast television. garland tucker iii profiles 14 leaders who helped shape american conservativism in "conservative heroes." and in "unfair," law professor adam veratto examines what he claims are the hidden biases of the criminal justice system. look for the titles in this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'm readi

why you would use a phrase that is associated firmly with richard nixon, i do not know. >> look, a lotf people have used the announcement to rise in the polls. i don't think this will help them in the polls. he chose to do it in the evening, which others have done. >> you are going 13th. the bar is higher, he is way underperforming. after the segment, we are going to listen to extended excerpts and talk more about bobby jindal into the race. moving on to other stuff, ted cruz spoke. he sounded like a president of candidate who had nothing to do with the capital. the secret word is cartel. ted cruz: the only people we ever nominate are people who never take on the washington are tell. you know what, if you have never taken on the washington cartel, you are not medically going to start a new office. >> he has been getting high marks for recent speeches. he does not appear to be catching on in the early states, he hovers around 5% in new hampshire and i will hold. he and fellow senator rand paul have had trouble reaching double digits. marco rubio has been on the rise and getting more don

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there is a problem with richard nixon. the enticement for the biographer is that nixon has that dark streak in his personality that the biographer is really like. so it is the unhappy individuals the ones that have the dark streak that are appealing to the biographer but they are not necessarily appealing to those publishers because just as there is a rule with broadway musicals, you know that you have a success when the audience comes out whistling the theme song. publishers like it if your readers can be doing the equivalent. anybody that would be whistling i don't know what the watergate theme song would be. if you lead them down then they don't go tell all go to walter for tell all their friends with wonderful book and everybody ought to go read it and be uplifted. it might be instructive that it would be uplifting. because of the period in his life that worked well for him it was still in 2004 but the other reason is i had just written about franklin roosevelt and franklin roosevelt is the iconic president for the firs

as richard nixon once said the only worse thing in politics than being wrong is dull.donald trump is certainly not dull. killing could not take my eyes off of his press conference today. >> he didn't have a press conference. >> well, his announcement today. the reason is i think trump is giving voice to a lot of hard truth about the state of this country how we are increasingly weak. >> let me just stop you there. it's easy to do that because fair minded people know this country is not in good shape. 66% feel it's on the wrong track according to all a the polls. but the solution to the vexing problems, did you hear anything in that interview that gave you pause, that made you happy? >> well, nothing really gave me pause because he lays out a broad vision for the country i in a no b.s. style which people find refreshing. >> how about restoring mexico economically. >> coming at problems from economic point of view. he wants to use america's economic leverage. >> power. >> against iran, mexico and china and is he not wrong. what gave me pause watching this is is he very s

in the very first tv debate richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him.nt than what you say is how you look on television into and so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember the amount of time we spent debating the debate sh all the logistics of it how high the podiums were going to be -- >> days. >> days. >> days? >> oh, yeah we had teams negotiating. >> like how many time where they are, you know -- >> color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions in certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan. >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 fight and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came and reagan struggled. >> two-thirds of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and pension. >> he looked a little tired, he looked a little ragged. the general organization was that t

. >> you were a vocal supporter of richard nixon at age nine?> what kind of political freak are you? this is not healthy. >> well i've always been interested in politics. i was fornix i don't know and i scored a bumper sticker somehow and put it on the wire basket of my bike and i rode it up and down the street hoping to generate support fornix i don't know. this had worked really well until the catholic girl across the street who was on fire for kennedy literally pulled me off my bicycle put me down on the pavement and wailed the heck out of me and i've never liked losing a political fight win. >> his op thents often hate him. >> karl rove politics will finally be over next year. >> angry stuff. and beckel and rollins are fought each other viciously for years. and yet weirdly these tough guys came to this interview together. >> you guys spent a career trying to kill each other's careers, but you're friends. >> we're great friends. >> great friends for 25 years. >> why? >> you come to appreciate what the other guy, your counterpart has had to go

. >> the october moratorium made richard nixon go to the mountain top literally.went to camp david for two weeks to write a speech. to answer the anti-war movement. the elites had gotten on the anti-war bandwagon. the press. harvard, the universities, the east coast establishment. by 1969 they were all anti-war. >> hell no, we won't go! >> nixon wanted to rise up and show there was another side. his side. the outsiders. the people who didn't go to harvard. who revered the flag and supported our soldiers. and he want to rally them. >> to you, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. north vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the united states. only americans can do that. >> the term silent majority clicked with middle america because they were never represented on television and they didn't feel they were represented in washington and didn't really have a voice. >> president nixon, received telegrams from people who supported him. >> it is time for the great silent majority just stew stand up and be counted. >> at that point he went t

and tonight at 9:00 15 -- 9:15, richard nixon's supreme court appointments.y night at 6:00 p.m., on "american artifacts," newly restored marrows from alabama's kelly take a college -- murals from alabama's teller they get college. get the full schedule at c-span.org. up next on "american history tv," a discussion he took some 7000 photographs that captures the experiences of combat soldiers, sometimes processing film it helmets and hate negatives in trees. he served with the 83rd infantry division. he landed at normandy six days after d-day and stayed on after germany's surrender to rebuild -- photograph the rebuilding of the country. we will hear the stories behind his images. this was hosted by the museum of jewish heritage. alex: i would like to say a few words about tony just to , introduce what i would describe as an artist warrior. he is a truly remarkable gentleman. i have met quite a few veterans of world war ii, and not many have spent as long in combat as you, sir. he spent 227 days in combat and