this is news to richard nixon. and richard nixon responds by kind of fleeing from the thing. and the whole episode has the effect of alienating both southerners and blacks. it wins for nobody because of the way nixon has handled it and the whole thing was done so heartlessly. the civil rights issue is very, very important. the way that richard nixon loses both the white south and the black voting population of the north is very, very key to the election. and one of the keys to how that happens involves dr. martin luther king. now, as the south had been trending republican under eisenhower, the black vote, which had historically been republican and had gone democratic starting with franklin roosevelt, was coming back to the gop. in 1956, blacks voted 40% for dwight eisenhower. and it looked like it could have held up that way in 1960. but towards the end, what happens is this. moved tother king has atlanta, georgia from alabama. he is arrested and goes to jail for the night. it's the first time he spent the night in jail. and he would be out the next morning, not a big deal, ex

[laughter] this was richard nixon we are talking about. someone found out about it, a camera crew showed up. but richard nixon was always scheming and planning and hoping that goldwater or rockefeller would knock themselves out. there is a great cartoon which showed rockefeller and goldwater having a shoot out in the middle of an old western town and nixon was rubbing his hands in richard nixon's political undertaker

all of that was lost unfortunately. >> richard nixon won. e war raged on for a couple other years. what about cuba humphries life after this? >> nixon did not say he was going to end the war. he said he was going to win the war. he had a secret plan. that was the effort that appeal to the silent majority. the problem for humphrey again, we talk about how he is trapped in being lbj vice-president and lbj is feeling he needs to win this war. he is also trapped with the larger argument with nixon were he wants to say, i am for stability. i am not for things going out of control. this is at the same time nixon really says he is a law-and- order candidate. humphrey can never be that because nixon has the space occupied. he is alienating people who would be his supporters. >> i will take a call. this is cavan from new york. >> hello. you touched a part -- you touched upon this earlier. if george wallace had been out of the 1968 presidential race, would you have seen the outcome be in even closer than it was? in all of your opinions, who would it ha

>> has a tattoo of richard nixon. and since i have seen that tattoo in person and i assure you it's richard nixon, not ronald reagan. >> i won't ask how you saw it in person. >> for my sins, the one thing i can certain certainly claim as i am the world for most authority on roger stone.

richard nixon was rubbing his hands. richard nixon's political undertaker's parlor. we as alwaywant to hear from you. our phone lines are open. if you live in the eastern or central time zone. 202-737-0002 if you live in the pacific time sons. we also will get questions from the audience. it will show you political ads from 1964. you remember this campaign. how did lyndon johnson run against barry goldwater? was his tactic? >> rottenness. he ran a very smart campaign. he made barry goldwater the issue as opposed to the issues being the issue. the barry goldwater was painted as a crazy person. there were things put out by the johnson campaign that some groups of psychiatrists and a america came out with a statement that barry goldwater was mentally ill. some of you probably remember that. the nuclear bomb commercial which only aired one time. it got a lot of attention. it was designed by bill morris actually. it was a totally do the guy in kind of campaign. >> it is important to realize the nuclear stuff did not come out of nowhere. in his book he made a strong argume

ford do grant a full, free and absolute pardon on to richard nixon. >> i thought at the time it was absolutely the right decision to make. >> dad felt that america needed recovery, not revenge. the idea was to get nixon out of the way and heal the nation and go forward. the pardon was an unexploded grenell aid. no one knew exactlily how it would play out. >> when gerald ford pardons richard nixon, holy hell breaks out. >> i think that the american public wanted some sort of a pound of flesh. and in an instant, in a heartbeat, ford goes from being a regular guy to just being a type of president they've always had. >> ford, who had been around 70% approval, plummeted something, 30, 35 points in the polls almost immediately. it was one of the worst blows to hit any presidency in my lifetime. >> while ford takes a hit, one democrat believes he can lead america out of the political swamp. there is a problem. nobody knows who he is. >> all i can tell you about mr. x is that he provides a service -- >> is it a service that has anything to do with the way a woman looks? >> not really. >> is this anyth

kennedy and richard nixon. september 26, 1960, the first one, october 7, 1960, the second, october 13, 1960, the third. and the final one, october 21 before the election. 13, 1960, . if final o how did these four debates come together and what were the hurdles to putting them on television? barbara perry, are you still with us? we might have had a sound issue there. as we work on getting barbara perry back this morning, that me give the phone numbers to our viewers, asking you to join this discussion. (202) 748-8000 for democrats to call in. (202) 748-8001 for republicans to call in. independents, it's (202) 748-8002. we are talking about the history, the legacy, the presidential debates that took place in the fall of 1960, debates between john f. kennedy and richard nixon. asking for your thoughts on it this morning, asking for you to call in and give us your take from 60 years ago if you watch them, or if you have watched them since. want to play a little bit from during the second debate. candidates asked on

i think that is going to convince as many people to vote for richard nixon. ♪ >> in chicago, a post nominationearance with pat nixon, his two daughters and his mother is made by the gop presidential candidate. ♪ mr. nixon speaks of president eisenhower. >> when i think of the burdens he has carried, the responsibility that has been has -- his, and also of the splendid record he has made in every way, particularly the dignity and the decency. and the immense goodwill and feeling and affection for people that he has brought to the office of the presidency. i realize that for any man, whether it be mr. kennedy or myself to follow in his footsteps, will be a tremendous responsibility and a challenge, which it would be very difficult for us to meet. ♪ >> you are watching american history tv, exploring our nation's past every weekend on 3.span this week, we are looking back at this date in history. >> the 1964 presidential campaign has officially launched as 100,000 people assembled in detroit to hear president johnson's first did for reelection. concerned was mainly with nuclear weapons. while not

or as richard nixon would call them the silent majority. and what we see in agnew as a walking talking personificaton of the silent majority is that while on the outside the experience looked very comfortable, tv in the living room, air-conditioning, two cars in the garage. for many of these middle class drivers life felt precarious and unstable. as a sociologist pileum white wrote at the time in this dawning class of consumerism somewhere lies the good life, but it vanishes as quickly as one finds it. agnew himself in the early '60s said the following. "in our homes we are bombarded with demands. watch this show, read that book, listen to this program, attend that meeting, go to this lecture, take that course, join this club, play with the children, mow the lawn, fix the screen. the list seemed endless. it's no wonder, he added, we feel harassed and frustrated we have no time to think." in his political career, then, spiro agnew offered moral clarity and utter certainty. he must be right, he's so certain. that struck a chord with this nerv

[laughter] this was richard nixon we are talking about. someone found out about it, a camera crew showed up. but richard nixon was always scheming and planning and hoping that goldwater or rockefeller would knock themselves out. there is a great cartoon which showed rockefeller and goldwater having a shoot out in the middle of an old western town and nixon was rubbing his hands in richard nixon's political undertaker parlor. [laughter] host: we always want to hear from you. i will for lines are open, -- our phone lines are open. 202-737-0002 if you live in the pacific time sons. 202-737-000 one, if you live in the eastern or central time zone. we also will get questions from the audience. it will show you political ads from 1964. you remember this campaign. how did lyndon johnson run against barry goldwater? what was his tactic? >> rottenness. [laughter] johnson ran a very smart campaign. he made barry goldwater the issue as opposed to the issues being the issue. barry goldwater was painted as a crazy person. there were things put out by t

kennedy and richard nixon. will play a little bit from the second debate, candidate asked on their positions on the issue of civil rights. here is what they said. >> mr. vice president, you have accused senator kennedy of avoiding the civil rights issue in the south and he has accused you of the same. with both north and south listening, will you sum up your intentions? >> why do i talk every time i speak about civil rights in the south? it is because i am preaching. it is a problem for all of us. it is a responsibility of leadership. i do it because we have to solve this problem together. i do it at this time particularly because khrushchev, a man who has enslaved millions, man who has slaughtered thousands, we cannot have a situation where he can continue to point a finger at the usa and say we are denying rights to our citizens. >> giving aid to those trying to carry out the situation -- what will he do to provide fair employment? he has been the head of the committee on government contracts and he has not i

so what richard nixon is saying is quite true. it is quite ironic though because we know how nixon's career and presidency ended and he was not the kind of person people could look up to because of the scandal of the watergate. but talking about harry truman and his colorful language, both kennedy and nixon could swear like the sailors they had been in world war ii. host: this is lynn, a democrat. caller: my question is more of a general one. in a presidential debate, what should we be listening for? ms. perry: really important question, isn't it? i would be listening for facts. it is always good to know that those who might be sitting in the oval office are informed. they obviously can have different approaches to the facts and different ideologies and different partisanship and different policies, but it is really helpful to understand that they know what is happening, and especially since we are facing at least three crises at this time with covid, with racial unrest, and obviously an economy that is lagging in part because of

the republicans were solidifying around richard nixon. nixon's -- probably the high point of the nixon presidency was 1972 when he went to china among other things. >> we will talk more about that as well later on. part of senator mcgovern's acceptance speech on that night in 1972 was about reforming the democratic party. he also takes aim at the republican party and what they are doing at their convention, which is being held shortly after the democrats, also in miami. take a look. >> we have had our fury and frustrations in this past month and at this convention. frankly, i welcome the contract with the empty events which will undoubtedly take place in miami next month. [applause] we chose this struggle. we reformed our party. we let the people in. [applause] so we stand today, not as a collection of back room and strategist, not as a tool of itt or any other special interest. [applause] >> scott farris, george mcgovern in 1972 saying "we let the people in." take us back to the 1968 convention when hubert humphrey gets the nomination. dr

it would help contribute to the landslide electoral victory of richard nixon in 1972. there is a wonderful tape of a conversation when nixon calls hasinger up after kissinger given his piece of hand press conference in october of 1972. nixon calls kissinger up and says, henry has notice on all three networks. they were watching the television news as well. he remarked, on all three networks there is an interesting story. says, we have wiped mcgovern out. there is this political theirility about understanding of foreign policy that i think is something that i thek is a large part of first nixon term. not to say that there aren't other considerations, but it comes up in the discussion. it certainly is there. getsext part of the book into, you might say, the happy nixon, but a successful time for henry kissinger. nixon wanted to keep kissinger doing the same thing for the second term, the watergate would destroy his political credibility and power, and effectively reverse the roles, kissinger became the indispensable man. -1974, he was the most admired american, particular

governor wallace always suspected that richard nixon was trying to destroy him, which he was, because nixon saw wallace as his greatest threat in 1972. he made every effort that he could and governor wallace was aware of that. >> in your book, in the 1972 campaign, george wallace started strong before he was shot, correct? >> absolutely. he got more votes at the end of the day he was shot. he had more votes than any other democratic candidate at the time. i do not think he would have got a nomination, but it was a tremendous problem for the democratic party. >> after he was shot in 1972, richard nixon went to see him, correct? >> that is correct. >> who else went to see him? >> hubert humphrey went to see him, george mcgovern went to see him, at the kennedy went to see him. in her case, it was a sense of compassion after what had happened. in other cases, it was the politics of it. they would like to have his support. nixon did more than go and see him go. he manipulated the shooting of governor wallace by trying to blame -- trying to link the man shot him to george mcgovern. >> de re

so reporters took it as a badge of honor, but they never trusted richard nixon again. d what followed, nixon trying to prevent publication of the pentagon papers, losing in the supreme court, affirming the freedom of the press, really quite consequentially, and of course the watergate cover-up in which he said very few true things to the press and the final year and a half of this presidency. susan: by the time watergate broke, was the relationship with the press corps at large just so fractured that there was no reservoir of goodwill towards him? is that fair to say? mr. holzer: i would absolutely agree with that. there was no sympathy for richard nixon. he was too dark a figure, he was too calculating a figure, he was too aggressive and secretive. watergate was the latest and greatest manifestation of the general hostility against societal norms. once the press smells blood, they never relented on watergate, justly so because he tried to destroy norms over the election process, clumsily, defensively, and the cover-up was worse than the crime. by the way, nixon has --

the polls, facing a powerful opponent: united states senator cale boggs, an ally of president richard nixon. >> joe biden asked me about getting involved in his campaign. i started off by telling him that "there's no way you can

and all this while richard nixon is largely quiet. he doesn't have to be the person out there talking. he gives lincoln day dinner speeches all over the south and the midwest. and the tones of these talks are clearly pre-trumpian. in the 1970 midterm elections, he goes after liberal republicans, people like senator charles goodell of new york who was against the war in new york. nixon doesn't like agnew. he thinks he's a bore. he ridicules agnew and wants to drop him and chuck alluded that he wants to replace him with john conley on the 1972 ticket. but republicans, barry gold water, strom thurmond among others wouldn't let this happen. nixon and agnew are reelected in 1972 and agnew is the front runner for 1976. in fact the bumper sticker reads the spiro of '76. and he's given the important -- i put this in quotes -- responsibility by nixon of running the bicentennial. he thinks it's a loser of an issue. he wants something more prominent. as watergate begins to unspool, agnew all of a sudden looks like he's in a very good position be

one of my assignments was working with the judiciary committee on the impeachment of president richard nixon. after president nixon resigned, through a of landmark laws and reforms to change the way politics was conducted and to prevent a future president from similarly abusing the power of his office. these measures prevented executive abuses, increased transparency, and ethics requirements through campaign finance disclosure and enhanced congressional oversight. in large part, they worked pretty well until now. president trump throughout his term of office has shown zero regard to the safeguards designed to protect our democracy and the rule of law. in fact, he's subverted them. today as it was in the time of richard nixon, it's now necessary for the congress to enact new reforms that restore our system of checks and balances. an important aspect of these reforms is to protect our elections from foreign interference. most americans already now that if a foreign adversary reaches out about interfering with elections, we should report that contact. instead the trump campaign and white house

many people believed richard nixon was a knockoff of joe mccarthy. annot understand how the appeal to middle america. but because senator mcgovern had gone back and forth and maybe not been totally honest about eagleton, nixon now seemed more trustworthy. that hurt him very deeply. he was very sad about that. he now realize that the question was about his character, not nixon's. that was one of the factors that kept water gate from being a big story. people could not put watergate in context, initially. why would they break into democratic headquarters? nobody knew it was part of a broader strategy of sabotaging democratic campaigns. the bigger story was the eagleton affair, not watergate, and that is one of the reasons the democrats could not capitalize on watergate. >> we'll talk more about what is happening with nixon at this time, but first, let me show you a couple of campaign ads from this. >> one of the reasons i am disturbed by the president's $10 million secret election fund is that it indicates that there is something he is afraid to disclos

i am with the richard nixon foundation and welcome to the richard nixon library. before we introduce our speaker i wanted to mention a couple of special guests. e have our speakers' daughter and her husband. [applause] we have the wife of our president and ceo. [applause] joined kissinger's national security staff in 1969 and traveled the world on every major diplomatic initiative in the midst of the vietnam war and greater cold war. he was with dr. kissinger with negotiators in paris that culminated in the paris peace accords. he was with president nixon in moscow during his first in 1972 and heip 1973 yom after the kippur war. he was a key actor in the historic trip to china in 1972 known popularly as the week that changed the world. severalto hold positions. from 2015 to 2016 he conducted oral histories with dr. kissinger on behalf of the nixon foundation. the collection of interviews cover a variety of subject matter. be readussia, and can in this book called "kissinger on kissinger: reflections of diplomacy, grand, strategy, and leadership." it is available f

richard nixon covered up the pool. use the word cover up, because that's what it was and it seemed to be his mo, covering up. gave the presshe a theater style setting for daily briefings. theit really changed operations of the white house press corps. moving out of closer proximity to the oval office. but also giving them a state of the art and television broadcasting to allow more to be allowed in the daily coverage of the white house. it also created a briefing room. which we know too well today. think, when we see those briefings that they are standing over the old swimming poor that roosevelt used to swim in for rehabilitation. lyndon johnson used to take .eporters in for nude swimming look magazine reporters and others. andn ended swimming replaced it. susan: i know that you spoke to president bill clinton from your notes and newt gingrich, who they famously squared after in the clinton presidency. i will ask one question to capture the flavor of the clinton years. hillary clinton famously complained regularly ove

a young political staffer named crappy cannon, began to feed information on magnet to his boss richard nixonnixon had rehabilitated his career. after the defeat with jon kennedy in 1960. and a stunning loss, of the governor's race in 1962. by 1968, he had emerged as a clear front runner for the republican nomination and even more surprising development that year however was the rise of george wallace, as an independent candidate and with his bombastic style walls appealing to the anti civil rights and pro vietnam war voter that the republicans had to have. but nixon wanted to maintain the statesman like image that he had worked so hard to create since the dark days of 1962 and how to reach those wallace supporters while appearing to be above the fray? he took a running mate to do it. so it was that spiral and new became the surprise choice of vice president at the republican national convention. in their appeal to white middle class and working class voters, nixon and agony was helped immensely by the disastrous national democratic convention in chicago that year. the television audience wit

the book is "rage," but we are really going to focus on all of the illusions back to richard nixon fromard another time and place. it really speaks to the folded to whaton kevin cirilli says is the number one issue for americans, and that is their economic well-being. jonathan: exactly, and that is the issue that matters. we explored this just yesterday. let's explore it again. whether books like this matter over the long-term, they come with a lot of fanfare, and then he week later it is what book? it never sticks. what is amazing, the political analysts are all saying it, the stability of the polling has been remarkable. what shakes that up? can this debate check that up? i think that is a big question. tom: stunning to see the 42% leveling for mr. trump, even as he is challenged in a number of the battleground states. right now we start strong in this hour. withuinlan with us maryland bank of america private bank -- with marrow and with errill and bank of america private bank. joe: on down days, there's opportunities that we are still out there buying the companies, some of these smalle

already perished. 27,000 more will die while richard nixon is president. because nixon does not quickly, easily effectively end the war in vietnam the anti-war movement in the years ahead will radicalize and explode and create incredible polarization among the american people. that's for next time. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span 3 explore our nation's past. c-span 3 created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview what's available every weekendoon c-span 3. the u.s. capitol has been home to the house and senate since 1800 but its their home districts and states that send members to washington, d.c. today c-span's cities tour takes a look at pivotal politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span 3. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern go inside a different

at richard nixon foundation hosted this event. internet since foundation hosted this event. foundationard nixon hosted this event. >> before we introduce our distinguished speaker this evening i just wanted to mention a couple special guests. we have our distinguished speakers daughter here and her husband jack wild. [applause] have betsy hewitt, the wife of our president newly elected hugh hewitt. [applause] our distinguished speaker was to dr. kissinger as dr. kissinger was to president nixon. he joined kissinger's security staff in 1969 as special assistant traveling the world on virtually every major initiative in the greater cold war. he was with dr. kissinger during the talks with go she ate her in purse that culminated in the paris peace accords. he was with president nixon in moscow in -- during his first trip there in 1972 and he was therefore kissinger's shuttles between the arabs and israelis after the yom kippur war. he was a key actor in nixon's trip to china in 1972 known as the week that changed the world. was president of the council on formal relations and as

the republican, richard nixon and the democratic candidate, senator john kennedy. according to rules set by the candidates themselves, each mentioned make an opening statement of approximately eight minutes duration and a closing statement of approximately three minutes duration. in between, the candidate will answer or comment on answers to questions put by a panel of correspondence. in this, the first discussion of a series of four, the subject matter has been agreed to be restricted to internal or domestic matters. now for the first opening statement by senator john f. kennedy. sen. kennedy: in the election of 1860, abraham lincoln said the question was whether this nation could exist half slave or half free. in the election of 1960, the question is whether the world will exist half slave or half free, whether it will move in the direction of freedom and in the direction that we are taking, or whether it would move in the direction of slavery. i think it will depend in great measure upon what we do here in the united states. on the kind of society that we build,

it's been happening since richard nixon was president. n h richard nixon was president.basic norms of modern democracy. he has resisted it, lied about his excuses for not doing so. now we see that. now we know it. i think this will give new life to congressional investigations that have tried to look at some of his business enterprises, and i think it will put him back on his heels and he'll continue with more lies as he started this afternoon by saying they never contacted me throughout this story. his lawyer is quoted throughout the story. it's full of highly questionable actions. it's not a surprise. in october 2018 "new york times" did a 30,000 word piece showing the trump family had engaged -- this "the new york times'" word they had engaged in fraud to m's pay damages. it involves daughter ivanka, personal family property, how much business with india, philippines, turkey. , how much business with india, philippines, turkey. so we can sit here for hours and go over all the ramifications. basically it gets to the heart of the story. >> he triggers the liberals. if 4

who is running in 1968 but richard nixon? he was not going to go back and debate after his experience in 1960. host: we go to nicole in england incoal in england -- cole england this morning. jfk, john f. think kennedy is the best orator? do you think that's why he won the 1960 election? guest: possibly one of the best rhetoricians in the presidency, i would say yes to that. he did not start that way. he was not a natural public speaker. he had taken public speaking lessons. i studied the relationship he had with eleanor roosevelt. she wrote to him in the early part of his presidency and said "you need to take more voice lessons." as we look back now and contrast him with some more recent candidates, he does seem to be a smooth talker, a fluent speaker, a great rhetorician, a great orator. he had a lot going for him the time he got to 1960 and did to the presidency. i would rank him up there among the top rhetoricians in the presidency. host: did nixon and kennedy dislike each other in 1960? guest: no, they did not. congress

the republican candidate, vice president richard m. nixond the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. according to rules set by the candidates themselves, each man shall make an opening statement of approxi

they are set to lift off next fall for the first ever film shoot in outer space. >>> next up, richard nixons kept a half eaten buffalo chicken sandwich that nixon munched over 60 years ago. he left the sandwich behind. >> the sandwich has been kept frozen in a container labeled, don't throw away. >>> finally, a colorado family captured a wild scene on their security cameras in a two-hour period. there was a spontaneous wildlife parade. first a bear wandered onto their patio, and then a lion casually as one does strolled by. >> no. >> eventually a deer dropped in. the deer we have to think is grateful that it all unfolded in that order. >> a bear, a lion -- >> and a deer just for kicks. >> oh, deer. >> oh, deer. >> oh, deer. >> oh, deer. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed

marines and sailors as well. 27,000 more will die while richard nixon is president. because nixon does not quickly, easily, effectively end the war in vietnam, the antiwar movement in the years ahead will radicalize and explode and create an incredible polarization of the american people. that is for next time. up next on lectures in history. professor melissa teaches a class about southeast asian migration to the united states and post vietnam war refugees. she examines outlaws and public opinion on refugees have changed over the past five decades. her class lasts about one hour. >> today, we are going to talk about topic 18 which is a southeast asian refugee migrations. if you have been following the

in 1960, the republican party nominated richard nixon. and senator john f.candidate of massachusetts was the candidate of the doubt democrats. the democratic romney was elected in one of the closest votes in history. following the election, president eisenhower invited president kennedy to arrange the orderly power transfer of power elected -- after 1961, i could retire to his farm after a half century of dedicated service to his country as soldier and as president. it finished it finished but i got it i got it right here up next to u.s. military film and tracing the career of dwight tiaras and her from. finally's efforts in organizing nato. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. walter matthau. >> you enter the continent of europe, and undertake operations aimed at the heart of germany and the destruction of armed forces. this was the most difficult assignment given to one man. the brilliance with which he answered this challenge marks him as one of our greatest soldiers. mr. raymond massey brings you some of the finest moments in

kennedy and incumbent vice president richard nixon took the stage for the first ever televised presidentialate. next on american history tv, we see

and now the opening statement by vice president richard m nixon. v.p. nixon: the things that senator kennedy have said, many of us can agree. but that wequestion cannot discuss our internal affairs in the united states without recognizing that they have a tremendous bearing on our international position. there is no question whether this nation cannot stand still because we are in a deadly competition. a competition not only with the men in the kremlin, but here. we are in competition. thewhen you are in a race only way to stay ahead is to move ahead. to whatibe completely senator kennedy expressed tonight and that the united states should move ahead. i think we disagree on the implication of his remarks tonight and on the statements that he has made on many occasions during his campaign. to the effect that the united states has been standing still. statement made in our growth in national product last year was the lowest in any industrial nation in the world. last year was 1958. that happened to be a recession year. but when we look at the growth this

she looked back at the four debates in the fall of 1960 between incumbent vice president richard nixon and massachusetts senator john f. kennedy. the first-ever televised debates between presidential candidates. first, a brief look at mr. nixon and mr. kennedy during their first meeting in chicago on september 26, 1960. >> the television and radio stations of the u.s. and their

yes, this place back to the republican playbook first employed by richard nixon and i think donald trump research shows that something like law and order, getting tough on crime, or talking about welfare, is a coded rhetoric which is part of a racist conversation without necessarily having to say black people. this speech from the progressive and of the democratic party, it is a slight problem, isn't it? to find the police is visited caricature even though in fact it seems to divert funds so it is not always arming police who a working in traffic? i think it is suffering from a branding problem, you might say. the notion of the police and donald trump is trying to use this and people are worried that you would abolish police and he's playing to those affairs whereas it is really about diverging funds, maybe to social workers and other resources so social workers and other resources so police can handle thejob of resources so police can handle the job of policing and not ta ke the job of policing and not take a multifaceted approach for things they are not really trained in. joe biden has

radio listeners couldn't see richard nixon's pale face, the nervous pats. age, moments tend to be more powerful. >> mr. trump, i want to start with you. >> reporter: "60 minutes" correspondent john dickerson has had a front row seat. >> whole binders full of women. >> reporter: in 2012 president obama criticized romney for his fofrp. >> what was seen as a winning moment for president obama in 2012 over years has not survived so well. >> reporter: but the department h format has held up. do you consider these to be debates? >> these are not really debates. really, they are joint appearances or they are interviews held in parallel. >> reporter: but joe biden's first question in the 2008 vp debate came from sarah palin. >> hey, can i call you joe? a setup for this line. >> say it ain't so, joe. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. . >> reporter: and it's not just candidates in the hot seat. >> more astronauts have actually travelled to outer space than have sat in a moderator's chair for a presidential or vi

that would make in the first republic until win it since 1972, richard nixon even in his 49th state winn 1984, ronald reagan couldn't do it. we can expect the president will go after joe biden tonight in bemidji, a law and order issue, on outsourcing jobs, the president has charged the obama-biden administration did to china and other places, the president will pledge he is the one that can bring these back. the president looking to improve his margin in the hispanic communities, about 300,000 hispanics in the state of minnesota. earlier today, the white house and fema announced the single biggest emergency relief grant ever put out there to the island nation of puerto rico, $11.6 billion to rebuild the power, infrastructure as well as improvements to education on the third anniversary of hurricane maria slamming puerto rico. winds literally destroying the island, certainly destroying the electrical grid there, politicians in puerto rico very happy to have this money but some question about the timing, what the president is doing when we are within 50 days of the election. >> the mask m

kennedy and richard nixon met for their second televised debate and took onstions from a panel u.s., combating communism, and civil rights in america. american history tv will be airing the debate this sunday. here's a preview. has not discussed the two basic questions. position on --s of 1984? second, what will he do to provide fair employment? he has been the head of the committee on government contracts carried out to a case, both in the district of columbia. he has not indicated his support of any intent to provide fair employment practices around the country so everyone can get a job, regardless of their race or color. nor has he indicated he would support title iii, which would give the attorney general additional powers to protect constitutional rights. these are the great questions. quality of education in our schools. 2% of our population, white oursus 10% of colored population. what will be the leadership of the president in these areas? done and all federal supported housing by --. what will be done to provide quality of education in all sections of the united states? tho

i believed that richard nixon was going to do the right thing.one had told me, hey, richard nixon, just a cynic, he just wants to see you guys over there so nothing happens to him politically, doesn't care anything about you, you're a loser for having served, that would have really hurt, and these comments really hurt people who are in uniform today. plus, they feel like a betrayal to those of us who have worn the uniform and have put our lives on the line for the country. a man who has the authority of the commander of chief and responsibilities for the leading nation shouldn't speak like that. he shouldn't be thinking like that. >> yeah. well, general clark, we appreciate you and others you've commanded on this broadcast for the service you've done to this country. thank you very much. >> thank had you, jim. >> we certainly do. >>> ahead to california where nearly two dozen wildfires are ravaging the state prompting hundred of evacuations an rescues. we'll take you live on the ground there. is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's. fo

richard nixon was a candidate in 68 and refused to debate. we finally had debates resume again in 1976. there's another debate series where some blunders by gerald i thinkthe 1976 debate influenced the perception of his knowledge and performance as president. we can look at other moments and make some assessments. if the dynamics of the race are set, and that it will needs of the race close enough going into the debate series, are there enough undecided voters, if we look at some of those battleground states, where we know the race is won or lost, are there enough undecided voters that it may be influenced by the debate to have an outcome? there are a number of those historic moments that we point to and claim that they were influential in the eventual outcome of the race. host: we can go back to 1960 if you want, but you said, richard nixon and john kennedy. the topic, the issue of civil rights. you can see that on our website at c-span.org. we will show you a bit of it. what we will show you, apologies for that, let's take effect back to 19

and say, "all right." ( laughter ) of course, there's only one way to be sure this is really richard nixon'swich for nixon's d.n.a., then obviously, once they have the dna, they have to clone richard nixon and make him fight that "gundam" robot. ( laughter ) quarantine-while, a poll of 1,000 smartphone users found that "40% of americans would give up their dog for a month to keep their smartphone." sounds heartless, until you realize 100% of dogs would give up their owner forever for half a ritz cracker. we'll be right back with congresswoman katie porter. you know benny would just turn us in. ♪ ♪ unitedhealthcare medicare plans offer more. like the "visit a doctor anywhere our rv takes us" plan. and the "zero copays means more money for rumba lessons" plan. find the right plan for you from unitedhealthcare. get medicare with more. find the right plan for you from unitedhealthcare. this piece is talking yeah?. so what do you see? i see an unbelievable opportunity. i see best-in-class platforms and education. i see award-winning service, and a trade desk full of experts, available to answer y

thanks to this new reporting from "the new york times," we know president trump paid even less than richard nixondid in federal income taxes. even if you don't adjust for inflation between 1970 and now, nixon paid more. i mean, nixon paid, what was it, 780-something? now we know the year he was elected in 2016, trump paid $750 in federal income taxes. and, again, in 2017, that year he paid $750 in federal income taxes. that's it. the biden campaign has already turned just that fact into a new ad contrasting what president trump contributes to this country financially compared to what you contribute to this country financially, compared to a nurse, a teacher, a construction manager, a firefighter, basically anyone. and, you know, i think that the american people have learned enough about how the rich rig the systems of this country in their favor to know that people expect now that rich people find ways not to pay taxes. i think the american people broadly expect that rich people will make the system work for them and come up with complex tax avoidance or tax evasion schemes. but even though we ha