. >> former utah republican senator robert bennett passed away this year at the age of 82. he delivered his farewell address to the senate in september of 2010 after losing his bid for reelection to a fellow republican. senator bennett: the first thing i've learned is this is an extraordinary place filled with extraordinary people. and the caricature that we get from the press and the movies and other places -- this is filled with people who have self--- self-serving agendas and a very low standard of ethics, is simply not true. the senate is filled with people with the highest standard of ethics. we have a few clunkers. i will admit that. but overall, the highest standard of ethics the american people could want. and, if i may dip back in my history, give you this example of how much better the present senate is then some of the older ones, i remember when i was prowling the halls, i ran into a friend was distraught. i said to him, what is the problem? he said, i'm taking a group of schoolchildren through the capital, and i sent a note to a senator to ask if he would come

senator robert bennett and banywhere mikva. >> the cold war that president reagan did so much to end brought them together. in 1950 the name nancy davis a list of communist sympathizers. would the hollywood black listers know that this was a different person and not the young actress? she took her problem to her union boss, the president of screen actors guild ronald reagan. they met at a hollywood restaurant. the dinner would be brief, they agreed, because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call was the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. >> do you think that ronald reagan could have been elected resident without nancy reagan? > oh. >> oh. oh, my. well, i think i may have helped a little, maybe. >> a little? > i hope so. >> we'll have more on nancy reagan and other prominent figures tonight. that's at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. at c-span.org and on the c-span radio app. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day wit

show you special programming from the lives and careers of nancy reagan, gwen eiffel, senator robert bennett, abner mcvie, and anton scalia. from the reagan presidential library in ca valley, california, this is about an hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> i am the resurrection and the life, so the lord. in me, yetieveth that he was dead, shall live. and he that believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer live stand of the latter days on the earth and yet robust body may be destroyed, i shall see god. none of us lives to themselves and no man dies to himself. four if we live, we live on to unto the lord and if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live or die, we are the lord's. blessed are those who died for -- they, for the rest rest from their labors. >> holt. -- halt. enter. down. ready. up. ready. face. step. up. up . >> a reading from the book of proverbs. wife,ne finds a worthy her value is far beyond p earls. she brings him good and not evil, all the days of her life. and flax andl makes cloth with skillful hands. secures provisions from afar. she rises while it is the light

also look at the lives of supreme court justice antonin scalia, journalist gwen isil, senator robert bennett, and judge abner mikva. >> new year's night on q&a. >> while people were starving, van buren were having these fancy parties in the white house, so it's part of the image making where harrison was the candidate for men, for the poor people, and here was this rich man in washington sneering at the four people. of acreshad thousands and an estate, so he was very wealthy, but he was portrayed as the champion of the poor. women came to the parades, waved handkerchiefs, some gave speeches, some wrote pamphlets. it was very shocking, they were criticized by the democrats who said these women should be homemaking putting. ronald schaffer, author of "the carnival campaign." how the campaign changed presidential elections forever. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. with donald trump putting his cabinet together, gavel-to-gavel c-span coverage of all caps level confirmation hearings on tv, on the c-span review app, and online at c-span.org, live as they happen, and again each night in prime t

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it emerged from two ideas independently of dean and professor robert bennett at the northwestern law school and yours truly in 2001 and way back when i saw the promise of it, but there are these technical problems and the system will not work without congressional oversight which will require national recount possibilities, that's different to say oh, that's different from the governors, so point taken. finally, it is not a partisan measure and i'm delighted that we have republicans as well as democrats here testifying, in 2004, john kerry could have easily, had he had more popularity in ohio, had he been born in ohio or something, 60,000 votes changed hands in ohio, he wins the electoral college while losing the national popular vote by 3 million. i don't think there is a partisan skew today, that's why i was joking earlier, there would be a partisan skew if we went to congressional districts, if we went to state proportion nalt. that would in fact skew the system to the republican party in ways i could go into. right now, it's not particularly partisan. we have on regional candidat

who died this you we look at the lives and careers of first lady nancy ifill, journalist gwen robert bennett, and justice antonin scalia. we begin with the funeral service of nancy reagan. she died in march at the age of 94. ♪ ♪ [choir singing] [applause] >> i am the resurrection and the life, said the lord. he that believes in me, yet shall he live. and whoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer liveth and he shall stand upon the earth and though this body has been destroyed quite yet i will see god. and my eyes behold, not of a stranger. where none of us liveth to himself. and no man dies to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. and if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live therefore or die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the lord. even so, says the spirit, for they rest from their labors. >> a reading from the book of proverbs. when one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. her husband has an unfailing prize. she brings him good, not evil, all the days of her life. she obtains wool and flax and makes clot

popular vote interstate compact was emerged from two ideas in infinitely of dean and professor robert bennett at the northwestern law school inures truly back in 2001 and way back when i saw the promise that it but there are these technical problems in the system will amount work without the congressional oversight which will require national recount possibilities and that is the reason to say that's different from the governors. point taken. finally, it is not a partisan masher and i'm delighted that we have republican as well as democrats here testifying. in 2004, john kerry could've easily have yet he had more popularity and ohio. $60,000 changes hands in ohio. he went the elect roh college while losing the national popular vote by 3 million. i don't think there's a partisan skew today. that's why i was joking earlier. there would be a partisan skew if we went to congressional districts. if we went to stay proportionality printouts to the system to the republican party in ways that i could go in to. right now it is not particularly partisan. we have vibrational candidates who don't have th

programs with supreme court justice antonin scalia, news anchor gwen ifill and former utah senator robert bennett, all who died this year. see it tonight at eight eastern on c-span. >> new year's night on q&a -- >> while people were starving, van dohrn was having these fancy parties in the white house. so it was part of the image making where harrison was the candidate poor man for the poor people, and here was this rich man in washington sneering at the poor people. harrison had thousands of acres in his estate, so he was actually a very wealthy man, but he was portrayed as the champion of the poor. women came to the parades, and they waved handkerchiefs, some gave speeches, some wrote pamphlets, and it was very shocking. they were criticized by the democrats. it said that these women should be home making pudding. >> ronald schafer, author of "the carnival campaign: how the rollicking campaign changed presidential elections forever." sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the george w. bush institute recently held a forum looking at u.s. policy toward north north a and national sec

programs with supreme court justice and tony scalia, news anchor grin when eiffel and utah senator robert bennett all who died this year. we will see you tonight at eight eastern on c-span. sunday, in depth will feature a live discussion of the presidency of barack obama. we are taking your phone calls, emails and facebook actions during the program. the panel includes rachel ryan, white house respondent for urban radio network and author of the presidency in black and white, my up was view of three presidents and race in america. princeton university is or any well, author of democracy in black, how race will enslave the american soul and pulitzer prize-winning journalist and editor of the washington post, david meredith, author of barack obama. watch what in-depth live at 2 pm eastern sunday on book tv on c-span2.>> join us on tuesday for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. the official swearing-in of the newly reelected members of the house and senate and the election ofthe speaker of the house . we will have live coverage of the days events from capitol hill beginning at 7 a

this emerged from two ideas independently of dean and professor robert benny and here's truly -- robert bennett and yours truly. there are these technical problems. the system will not work without congressional oversight, which will require national recount possibilities. that is a reason to say that is different from the governors. point taken. finally, it is not a partisan measure. i'm delighted to have republicans as well as democrats. in 2004, john kerry could ,asily, had he been in ohio 60,000 votes changes hands in ohio, he wins the electoral college while losing a national popular vote by 3 million. i don't think there is a partisan skew today. would be a partisan skew if we want to congressional districts, everyone's to state proportionality. that would in fact skew the system to the republican party in ways that i could go into. right now, it is not particularly partisan. we do not have regional candidates for governor's. we do have them for the electoral college. names are strom thurmond and george wallace and evan mcmullen. we have the more for the electoral college than states. the

it merged from two ideas dean andntly of professor robert bennett and yours truly.omise of it, but there are these technical problems. the system will not work without congressional oversight, which will require national recount possibilities. that is a reason to say that is different from the governors. point taken. finally, it is not a partisan measure. i'm delighted to have republicans as well as democrats here testifying. in 2004, john kerry could easily, had he been in ohio, 60,000 votes changes hands in ohio, he wins the electoral college while losing a national popular vote by 3 million. i don't think there is a partisan skew today. there would be a partisan skew if we want to congressional districts, everyone's to state proportionality. that would in fact skew the system to the republican party in ways that i could go into. right now, it is not particularly partisan. we have on regional candidates, we do not have them for ohio, texas, pennsylvania. we actually do have them for the electoral college. their names are strom thurmond and george wallace and evan

robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> i would not want to make up like that. >> i don't want to see you mad when you're woken up like that. >>> tony bennett may not be coming back to san francisco, but he is coming to nbc. details on a special tribute next. ki r newscast. william scott has been named the new police chief of san >>> recapping our breaking news from the top of our news cast, this happened about 50 minutes or so ago. william scott has been named the new police chief of san francisco after a seven-month-long search. he served with the lapd for 25 years, currently as deputy chief there. he oversaw reforms for that police department when it was under doj oversight much like san francisco's police department is right now. >> on a personal note. he brought in his family, his sons and his wife also. they said that they always wanted to live in san francisco, so that's good too. >> you know who also liked to live in san francisco? >> tony bennett. >> some of the biggest names in music taking the stage to honor that legendary crooner tonight. ♪ the best is yet to come >> for many tony bennett fans the best will no doubt come later tonight when nbc airs it

journalists that died in 2016. ,his will look at nancy reagan antonin scalia, gwen eiffel, senator robert bennett, and more. we will show you nancy reagan's funeral and remarks from james baker. the cold war that president reagan did so much to and brought them together -- end brought them together. in 1950, the name nancy davis appeared on a list of communist sympathizers. with the hollywood blacklist or is no this was a different -- black blisters -- blacklisters no this was a different person? she went to the president of the screen actors guild, roger reagan. they met at a restaurant. the dinner would be brief because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call with the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she wrote later, i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. >> do you think that ronald reagan could have been elected president without nancy reagan? >> no. [laughter] >> oh my. helped think i may have a little, maybe. [laughter] [applause] announcer 1: and other prominent figures

journalists that died in 2016. ,his will look at nancy reagan antonin scalia, gwen eiffel, senator robert bennett, and more. we will show you nancy reagan's funeral and remarks from james baker. the cold war that president reagan did so much to and brought them together -- end brought them together. in 1950, the name nancy davis appeared on a list of communist sympathizers. with the hollywood blacklist or is no this was a different -- black blisters -- blacklisters no this was a different person? she went to the president of the screen actors guild, roger reagan. they met at a restaurant. the dinner would be brief because each had an early casting call. in fact, neither had an early casting call. an early casting call with the standard hollywood excuse to put a quick end to unpleasant dinners. but when i opened the door, she wrote later, i knew he was the man i wanted to marry. >> do you think that ronald reagan could have been elected president without nancy reagan? >> no. [laughter] >> oh my. helped think i may have a little, maybe. [laughter] [applause] announcer 1: and other prominent figures