senator john overton of louisiana and richard russell of georgia even amended that select i have service -- selective service bill to allow the governors to seize industrial plants if their owners refused to accept government defense contracts. and in 1950 a dozen year after the purge, tidings was virtually the only senator with the courage to stand up to joe mccarthy. after mccarthy's committee -- sorry, after tidings' committee investigated mccarthy's reckless accusations, tidings stood up on the senate floor and announced that they were a fraud and a hoax. and even harold ickies, one of the purge's most fervent champions, made an bout face and praised tidings. but in 1950 tidings lost his seat in the senate to mccarthy's own hand-picked candidate. by taking down the prime target on roosevelt's hit list of 1938, mccarthy accomplished what roosevelt could not. and i wonder what fdr would have thought about the defeat of his new deal foe at the hands of joe mccarthy. there are many lessons to be learned from the purge that i discuss in my book, but the simplest ones may be that, first, i

c-span: you also told a story about richard russell and lyndon johnson and the warren commission. >> guest: and the war in -- there were lots of those. no, i have a first photograph there is of president johnson with his knows about this far away from richard russell, right after he becomes president, telling him you know, i love you. i don't know the exact quote, but you're like a father to me but i want to give you warning going to pass this civil rights bill. you're my dearest friend but i will run you down if i have to do it and i just want to let you know that in advance. then heels tricked him into going on the warren commission within just a few days of that because russell did not -- as the premier southerner, did not want to sit on a war in -- on a commission headed by earl warren who was the architect of the brown decision, outlawing segregation in the southcom and johnson just would not take the no for an answer, kind of tricky maneuver and basically said, you know, you are my mama come in your my daddy, you're everything else, you are darn well going to go on that commiss

between the president, secretary of state dean rusk, and senate armed services committee chair richard russell. >> i am trying as hard as i know how to get peace in viet nam as quickly as i can. for that reason, i am not running. >> listen to cspan radio at 90.1 kent and online at c- span.orradio.org. >> the center for retirement security meets today to discuss innovations in retirement security. it is part of their annual conference. the speakers include two of the trustees overseeing social security and medicare with live coverage at noon eastern on c- span 2. we'll show you a portion of yesterday's conference. this is not enough americans are contributing to an aunt -- to a retirement account and the obama administration is pushing congress to make ira enrollment automatic. the conference was hosted by boston college and is happening here in washington and this is half an hour. >> i am honored to introduce mark every. i have had the pleasure of knowing mark for a very long time very his influence on public policy calls to mind the quote by harry truman," it is amazing what you can accomplis

between the president, secretary of state dean rusk, and senate armed services committee chairman richard russell am trying as hard as i know how to get peace in viet nam as quickly as i can. for that reason, i am not running. >> nationwide on channel 19. online at c-span.org. quite the nascent but the economy added one of its 17,000 jobs in july, dropping the unemployment rate slightly to #1%. keith hall testifies about the report before the joint economic committee on capitol hill. this runs about 55 minutes. >> we are grateful for your many years of service. he has been working at the bureau of labor statistics since 1974. he served as the deputy commissioner since 2003, including 1.5 years as acting commissioner during the bush administration. thank you for your years of service and your dedicated commitment to the united states of america. we are grateful for that service. is this your last hearing in congress? we will try to make it memorable for you. [laughter] in the past few weeks we have gotten a number of economic reports, including today's employment report about which we will talk mo

this saturday, hear conversations between the president and senate armed services chairman richard russell. >> i am trying to get to peace in viet nam as quickly as i can. for that reason, i am not running. >> listen to c-span radio at 90.1 fm and online at c-span radio.org. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of god's children can live. where to go into the night. we must either love each other or we must die. vote for president johnson on november 3. >> we will look at the history of political campaign ads with robert mann. also former homicide detective james about on the day jack ruby kill the man under his protection and former speechwriters for nixon reveal how his messages were crafted. american history tv. kitty schedule -- get s schedule at c-span.org/history. >> the food and humanitarian crisis in the horn of africa. was somalia having a drought, relief efforts have been complicated by the fact that al qaeda controls part of the country. this is less than two hours. >> i would like to focus -- called today's hearing. i am privileged to se

senate after richard russell's dad and various others whose names would eventually become household words but at that time of course nobody had any idea who they were. nobody knew how the election was going to turn out until the very day that he was sworn in as a member of the senate. he was a there ready to be sworn in, not knowing whether he would be sworn in bidding for his name to be called and it was called and sure enough he became a state senator. rosalynn was there with him, but after the ceremony she went back to plains and runs the business and apparently ran it very well. on weekends chimney with go home. he wanted to talk about the business with her and she wanted to talk about politics with him because she discovered she had a major interest in politics. he decided that he wanted a more advanced political position and after considering various options, he decided that he would run for governor in 1966. at first he was going to run for congress because there was a republican congress named bo callaway. the callaway's and carders for battle rifles. the callaway's were very weal

conversations between the president, secretary of state, and senate armed services committee chair, richard russell>> i'm trying as hard as i know how to get piece in vietnam as quickly as i can. for that reason, i am not running. >> get more in walt more/washington 90.1, xm satellite and web site. >> this panel is an hour and a half. >> hello. thank you all so much for joining us this afternoon. my name is michael gutkowski, i'm going to moderate a discussion about the evolution of digital and digital media. and this is a pretty esteemed, yet lose group here. so we want lots of questions and lots of participation and we are really excited to chat with you about some of the things that we see from a consumer perspective, what's happening in the marketplace, and how things are evolving. quick introductions at the very end. please meet christine cook. she is the advertising for "the daily" which was developed around -- >> february 2nd. >> christine has market roles with "financial times" "martha stewart living." and we are delighted to have you. [applause] >> next to her is anthony riscicato. he has

. >> hear conversations from richard russell and dean rusk. >> i'm trying as hard as i know how to get peace in vietnam as quickly as i can. for that reason i am not running. >> listen to c-span radio in the baltimore/dc area, online at cspanradio.org. >> the head of customs and border protections says the u.s. is moving toward what he calls satisfactory control of the u.s.-mexico border. allen burson was one of the speakers at the event hosted by the americans for progress. this is an hour and a half. >> i think we'll get started. welcome, everybody. my name is marshall fitz, i'm the director of immigration policy here at the center for american progress. thank you all so much for coming. we obviously have a packed house, and i think it's going to be well worth your time. for the next hour or so i'll be moderating the conversation between our two highly distinguished panelists. we're going to be focusing on u.s.-mexico border security, evaluating the past, present and future. the last 30 minutes i will open up to questions from all of you and so keep your questions ready. we'll pass t

hear conversations between the president and the secretary of state and richard russell. >> i am trying as hard as i know how to get peace in viet nam as quickly as i can. for the reason i am not running. >> listen to c-span radio in the washington d.c. area at 91 f m and satellite channel 119 and online at c-spanradio.org. >> with thises before a senate banking committee said 30 year fixed mortgages could become a thing of the past if government backing for home mortgages goes away. those low in terms our product of the to be announced market where government-backed securities are sold. those securities are issued by fannie mae and freddie mac, companies controlled by the government since the 2008 financial crisis lawmakers are exploring different options for reducing government's role in the home mortgage market. this is just over an hour. >> in may the subcommittee conducted a hearing on the securitization. this morning's hearing continues examination of the securitization market with particular focus on part of the securitization system important to for housing finance and this is p

capital fund the richard mellon scaife foundation and linden harry bradley foundation the newton and michelle backer found a. the new international backer charitable trust the russell barry foundation the anchorage charitable fund and william rosenwald family fund and the fair book foundation that is now moving on the report also highlight the five so called experts these would be frank gaffney daniel pipes david your shalvey robert spencer and steven emerson so these are the people that in the report are accused of taking the foundations money spreading islamophobia on air online and a number of events so as you can imagine this report kind of pitstop right wing land here in america including eric bolling take a look at me the point this out i'm reading this directly from from this report the obama center for american progress has released a report that blames islamophobia in america on a small group of jews in israel supporters in america whose use are being backed by millions of dollars. so eric says there's a lot of that support the blames islamophobia in america on a small group of jews in israel supporters in america whose views are backed by millions of doll

daughters capital of richard mellon scaife foundation linden harry bradley foundation the newton and rachelle bakker foundation and new rochelle becker charitable trust the russell barry foundation charitable fund and william rosenwald family fund and the foundation now this report also highlights five so called experts frank gaffney daniel pipes david year shalmi robert spencer and steven emerson so how exactly does this money flow and what is the purpose behind it joining me to discuss it is here the editor in chief of think progress and vice president of the center for american progress thanks so much for being here tonight for having me and i'm very curious this was a six month long investigation this is quite an extensive report you guys put out how do you put all the pieces together and how do you make the direct line between the snow nations and these experts how exactly does the money get to them was started saying we wanted to be and with that as our goal we said how do we end it well let's look at the money trail let's start with the people who are propping up the conspirators of paid the five people that you mentioned and when we looked at that we fou

richard will have to wait if you know what i'm saying. that will make sense. >> i wasn't sure that was someone you knew. >> kevin wants me to ask masa how she really feels about referee russell mora. >> i hate him. he is the worst ref ever. he totally -- in the past fight he let this guy do like 80 low blows and he took points away from the guy who kept getting hit. it was horrific. worst ref ever. >> i don't even know what sport we are talking about. >> boxing. >> and finally tom tweets, would you ask matthew if i scan can -- if i can swing by and pick up my issue? >> sure, nobody else swings by. i make a heck of a risoto. >> i don't think it worked. >> really? >> i thought it wasfi embarassing. i don't like your ideas. powerss presidential campaign. president obama takes a bus tour he says is business. but looks like

megyn: russell's attorney had warned him of the potential harmful consequences long before he signed onto do the show. that attorney, ronald richards joins us live. ronald, thank you so much for being here. what specifically did you warn him about? >> i warned him that the reality show process would end up being a very destructive force on his marriage. megyn: why did he want to do it? >> well his wife wanted to do it, and he was supportive of her, and he felt ultimately there could be some brand marketing value. megyn: he was portrayed unfavorably in the show i think it's fair to say in the first season. their marital problems were a theme that were discussed during season one. he didn't come off looking good. how did that affect him? >> he wasn't really made up to be pounded by the average person that he didn't know, and as the fear of more prospective statements were in the horizon labeling him an abuser it started to really weigh in on him. megyn: didn't she already allege that? you were his divorce lawyer, and didn't taylor already allege in their divorce proceeding that he was an abuser? >> i never saw that in the petition, b