robert c. byrd is truly a legend in his own time. like his statue in the state capitol, he stands larger than life, not only for the accomplishments but also for his principles. guided by his conscious and deep understanding of the constitution he's taken some lonely stands speaking candidly about controversial nominations and treaties and calling for senators to step down when their actions were detrimental to the senate. as you know, senator byrd's highest compliment to another senator, a compliment he awards most sparingly is to refer to that colleague as a senator's senator. in the 200-year history of this body, no one has deserved that more than tonight's speaker, the distinguished and legendary robert c. byrd. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you very much. i am deeply grateful for the overly charitable and generous words from our leader. who initiated these -- this series of lectures. and i thank my leader on the democratic side. also more than kind. always overlooking my thoughts, word

mike mansfield is very different from robert byrd. even though they are both in the same party mansfield is more laid back, byrd is much more hands on aggressive type of leadership. you can see that in the republican party as well. the leadership of bob dole or trent lott or a bill frist will have a different style different advisors, getting a different tactics. mcconnell and read -- reid are both whips of their party. they both had images of what they wanted the body to do. it will be interesting to see now with the switch of leadership if there is much of a change of the style of the senate operations. senator mcconnell gave a speech at the beginning of the last session in which he talked about what he would like to see in the senate. more regular order or more monday and friday sessions, a variety of proposals. and i think he will act to carry out that in the coming congress. >> we are going to hear from leaders bob dole, bob mitchell and robert byrd to. can you say a word about each man? >> after 1980, there was a big shock when t

mike mansfield is very different from robert byrd. even though they are both in the same party, mansfield is more laid back, byrd is much more hands on aggressive type of leadership. you can see that in the republican party as well. the leadership of bob dole or trent lott or a bill frist will have a different style different advisors, getting a different tactics. mcconnell and read -- reid are both whips of their party. they both had images of what they wanted the body to do. it will be interesting to see now with the switch of leadership if there is much of a change of the style of the senate operations. senator mcconnell gave a speech at the beginning of the last session in which he talked about what he would like to see in the senate. more regular order or more monday and friday sessions, a and i think he will act to carry out that in the coming congress. >> we are going to hear from the leaders of howard baker dole bob mitchell and robert byrd too. can you say a word about each man? >> after 1980, there was a big shock when the re

. >> i worked with robert byrd more than any of the others. the same is true with my predecessor, dig baker. -- dick baker. senator byrd was unique in the senate. he never got a college degree. he went to law school as a senator at night. the american university law school recognized the service in the senate as an equivalent of a college degree.

. >> i worked with robert byrd more than any of the others. senator byrd was unique in the senate. he never got a college degree. he went to law school as a senator at night. and american university law school recognized the service in the senate as an equivalent of a college degree. he went to get the law degree and president kennedy come to present his diploma at his graduation. but i thought here he was in a body full of rhodes scholars and yale and stanford and harvard graduates and all of the ivy leaguers with terrific education. he never felt inferior about that. he was always studying. i looked at the back of his car and it was the count of month cristo and i was surprised and he said i never got to read it. irma byrd complained she could never dust her table because she was bringing books home from the library of congress always stacked up and he was working on them. in 1980 he gave an impromptu speech bhaz grand daughter's school class was in the gallery. he gave a speech about the historical chamber of the senate. several senators cam

. >> finally robert byrd. >> i worked with robert byrd more than any of the others. the same is true with my predecessor, dig baker. -- dick baker. senator byrd was unique in the senate. he never got a college degree. he went to law school as a senator at night. the american university law school recognized the service in the senate as an equivalent of a college degree. he went on to get his law degree, and he had president kennedy come to present his diploma at his graduation. but i thought here he was in a body full of rhodes scholars and yale and stanford and harvard graduates and all of the ivy leaguers with terrific education. he never felt inferior about that. he felt that he never ended his education. he was always reading, he was always studying. i once went with him to an event, and i looked at the back of his car and there was "the count of month cristo," and i was surprised, and he said, i never got to read it. irma byrd complained she could never dust her table because she was bringing books home from the library of congress always stacked up and he was wo

robert byrd was a 20 year long member of the klan.recruited people to go out and terrorized blacks. he was fourth in line to be present at one time. the double standards are amazing to me. as a conservative, i am like that one guy who wants the government to get out of my way. the affordable care act, aat my textile plant where i worked up until november, the job was outsourced. my hsa, i had never had that before, they put $1400 in my account. under obamacare, the plan was cut in half. now, that lost my job, cobra is something like $460 per month. now, looking at the exchange, being a single male, i have to pay for abortion, contraception __ i cannot afford it. a conservative is a person that conserves. we believe in conserving tradition. i look at all the democrat places where democrats run things __ inner cities, california __ i see people fleeing. businesses fleeing to texas, north dakota. democrats do not have a good track record of running things. i do not think anything will get done. host: as republicans take over statehouses

you mentioned robert byrd and the other is how the process works through regular order. he was a great defender as the senate institution and was not afraid to stand up to is gay executive even of his own party. and at the end when he passed away this seemed there was nobody left in the senate willing or able to do that. senator levin stood up to harry reid with a filibuster but he was the only one. wide you believe that a return to regular order so lee will on tuesday damage that it appears the senate has done to itself to weaken itself through the president? is it even possible for the congress to restore the historic balanced given the way the senate has caved in to the president almost protecting the president at the expense at the power of the senate? >> excellent question. and i think it can be restored senate rules are very important and i hope we go back to the 60 vote majority but just to give you an example that is a humongous transfer of power to the executive branch to go from 6251. harry rigo of those nominations but if you're president in ultraliberal left

. >> of all the senators i've worked with, i worked with robert byrd more than any of the others. senator byrd was unique in the senate. he never went to college. he never got a degree. he went to law school as a senator at night. at the american university law school, who recognized the service in the senate as an equivalent of a college degree. he went to get the law degree and president kennedy come to present his diploma at his graduation. but, i have always thought here he was in a body full of rhodes scholars and yale and stanford and harvard graduates and all of these ivy leaguers with terrific education. he never felt inferior about that. instead, he never ended his education. he was always reading. he was always studying. once i rode with them to an event and in the backseat of a car was a copy of the count of month cristo, and i was surprised and he said i never got to read it. he was constantly reading. his wife, irma byrd complained she could never dust her table because she was bringing books home from the library of congress always stacked up and he was working on t

from my friend robert byrd, i learned a lot of roman history. none i have been able to use but i learned a lot of roman history. [laughter] we all continue to learn this institution can only survive if it offerings by rules. no one knows the rules of the senate he loves more than robert byrd. from mike mansfield, i learned straight talk is as truthful as taciturn. mike mansfield without question holds the record for the most questions answered in media appearances. the press would ask countless questions, and he would say yep nope maybe. ready soon, they were out of questions and the program had better really -- had barely started. mike mansfield did not have to say much. if you got the votes, you don't need a speech. if you need a speech, you don't have the votes. since senator mansfield led majorities of 64 66, and even 68 senators, he rarely needed a speech. while some people count sheep when they go to sleep, i used to count senators. i would lie awake at night trying to get to 51 or 60. i would occasionally dream about how much easier it wo

way because he's dealing with a whole new political dynamic on the hill. >> speaking of the late robert byrdrginia democrats seem to have forgotten his past because byrd was a former high level member of the ku klux klan. he made these comments back to tony snow in 2001. >> there are white [ bleep ], i understand a lot of white [ bleep ] in my time use that word. >> he received a pass because he was what a democrat? hear what president obama had to say about the late senator at his memorial back in 2010. >> he was a senate icon, a party leader, he was an elder statesman. and he was my friend. we know there are things he said and things he did that he came to regret. i remember talking about that the first time i visited with him. he said there are things i regretted in my youth. you may know that. and i said, none of us are absent some regrets senator. >> none of us are absent some regrets. here with reaction fox news political analyst juan williams when josh earnest says this says a lot about the gop's values, what does that say about the democrats taking on a former klans member? >> well,

from my friend robert byrd, i learned a lot of roman history. none of it have i been able to use, but i learned a lot of it. [laughter] we all continue to learn that this institution can only survive if it operates by rules. and no one knows the rules of the senate he loves more than robert byrd. and from mike mansfield, i learned to value straight talk as truthful as it was taciturn. mike mansfield, without question, holds the record for the most questions answered in media appearances. the press would ask countless questions, and he would say: "yep," "nope," or "maybe." [laughter] pretty soon they were out of questions. the program had barely started. of course, mike mansfield didn't have to say much. as the late warren magnuson pointed out, "if you've got the votes, you don't need a speech. if you need a speech, you don't have the votes." [laughter] and since senator mansfield led majorities of 64, 66, and in one congress even 68 senators, he rarely needed a speech. in fact, while some people count sheep as they go to sleep, i used to count s

way of deciding that there were solutions to these problems that you could find. >> and finally robert byrd spent of all the senators i've worked with i probably work more with senator burr than the others. detection historical office on a regular basis and senator byrd was unique in the senate. he never went to college. hehe took a class a with her but he never got a college degree. he actually went to law school as a senator at night at the american university law school recognized his service in the house and the senate as a equipment of a college degree, and he went on to get his law degree and get president kennedy come to present his diploma at his graduation. but i have always thought that harry was in the body full of rhodes scholars and joe mack and harvard graduate, stanford graduates and all these ivy leaguers and people with terrific education. he never felt inferior about that. instead what he felt was he never ended his education. he was always reading. he was always studying the ones i wrote with into an event, and in the backseat of his car was a copy of the count of monte c

here is president obama with robert byrd when he died. and clinton was there. >> you are still -- whatever. come on. >> no. when you defend the rights of all-americans -- >> wait. the label of the group. sending a message. european union. >> it is the same message. >> look. i have known you for a long time. we don't have enough time for to you answer. >> of course you don't. >> don't sit there and tell me you are not a white -- your organization is not looking out for the white europeans. >> i tell you what. i am looking out for the rights of all-americans. i believe european americans shouldn't be discriminated against in jobs or scholarships or other ways. >> that is a position being debated all over the place. >> there is nothing wrong with that. scalise was there. he wasn't at a klan meeting. here is the perfect example. nelson mandela. this is a picture of nelson mandela at a communist party meeting. >> i reported that. and i reported that. >> exactly. let me ask you the question. does any of the mass media in this country -- >> what

mike mansfield is very different from a robert byrd even though they're both from the same party, mansfieldh more laid-back. byrd was much more hands-on, aggressive type leadership. you see that in the republican party as well in the types of leaderships of bob dole or trent lott or bill frist will each have a different style different advisors. they will have different tactics so senator mcconnell and senator reid were both the whips of their party. they both spent a lot of time on the floor and no the rules and precedence very well. each has images what they want the body to do. it is interesting to see in the shift of leadership if there is much of a change in the style of operations. senator mcconnell gave a speech at the beginning of the last session which he talked about what he would like to see in the senate. more regular order. more monday and friday sessions. variety of proposals and i think he will act to carry out that in the coming congress. >> we'll hear from former senate majority leaders howard baker bob dole and robert byrd. can you say a word or two about each man and the

and here is president obama with robert byrd.there clinton was there. >> you are still head of the european whatever group it is -- come on. >> when you defend the rights of all-americans -- >> wait. just relabeling the group, sending a message the european union. >> it is the same message. >> i have known you for a long time. >> you are not letting me answer. >> we do not have enough time. >> of course you don't. >> we are talking about scalise. do not tell me you are not a white -- your organization is not looking out for the white european. that is who you are looking out for. >> i am looking out for the rights of all-americans. i believe european americans should not be discriminated against in jobs or scholarships or any other way. >> that is a position being debated all over the place. >> there is nothing wrong with that. scalise was there. he wasn't at a klan meeting. here is a perfect example. here is nelson mandela. a picture of nelson mandela at a communist party meeting. >> and i reported that. and i reported that. >>

on the question of robert byrd it wasn't that he dropped by and went to a hotel ball room where the kkks to the kkk in west virginia, he also wrote a letter to one of the klan leaders and said he didn't want to serve in the u.s. military if it got integrated saying i don't want to serve with race mongrels, meaning black people. and he was the senate democrat leader for years. you saw that wonderful glowing funeral he had with democrats lining up. >> juan is right this is about politics. the president's going to veto the keystone pipeline says he's going to veto the gop's move on obama care reforms, raising the work week from 30 to 40 hours by definition, probably a medical device tax. i actually think this is good because republicans are laying down their marker. in my opinion, make this president veto everything. thoughts? >> i think that's absolutely correct. they should be putting a fresh piece of paper on his desk every single day. let obama decide with what little time he has left, does he want to have a positive legacy or be president no and just block one reform after another man

our look at the historical role of the senate majority leader with a lecture from former leader robert byrd from west virginia. first a conversation from 2010 with senator mitch mcconnell, the incoming senate majority leader for the 114th congress that convenes on january 6. he talks about the history and traditions of the united states senate. >> senator mcconnell, as you come to work each day, you look at this building, what does it represent to you? >> the history of the united states. and the symbol of the greatest democracy and the oldest democracy in the world. and i think about it really almost every day as i walk into a structure2 and had been developing in phases. the greatest development, i guess, prior to the civil war. >> this office itself, describe it for someone who's never been here and what is happened in here in the past. >> this particular space on the capitol is actually habitable right at the beginning when the government came down here from philadelphia. i don't know whether the walls were in place in the same way. but the house of representatives which was obviously m

we will hear from former majority leader's robert byrd, howard baker abdul, and -- bob dole, and george mitchell. find our programs on c-span.org and let us know what you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. the 114th congress gavels and tuesday at noon eastern. watch live coverage and track the gop-led congress and have your say as events unfold. new congress, best access on c-span. >> up next on american history tv, "project runway" cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion on white house holidays and traditions from the kennedy to the obama administrations. we will hear from lyndon johnson robb, daughter of president johnson and former white house chief usher gary walter. the white house archives hosted this event. it is about 90 minutes. [applause] >> wow, we have a packed house.

sunday night at 8:00 we'll hear everywhere robert byrd, be robert baker, bob dole and george mitchell. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments comments @c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. the c-span cities tour takes book tv and "american history tv" on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to austin, texas. >> we are in the private suite of lyndon and lady bird johnson. this was a private quarters for the president and first lady. when i say private, i do mean that. this is not part of a tour that is offered to the public. this is -- this has never been open to the public. and you're seeing it because of c-span's special access. vips come into this space just as they did in lyndon johnson's day, but it's not open to our visitors on a daily basis. and the remarkable thing about this space is it's really a l

mike mansfield is very different from a robert byrd even though they're bothro the same party. mansfield was much more laid ckbyrd was much more hands-on aggressive type of adersh. you can e at in the republican party as well, types of leadship of bob de or trent lott or bill frist each have a different style different advisers different tactics. so senator mcconnell and senator reid were both the wips of the party. th both sent a lot of timen the floorings they both -- floo they both know the rules and precedents very well and they each have iges for wh they want the body to do. so it'll be interesting to see with t switch in leadership if ere is much of a change in style of the senate operations. senator mcconnl ge a speech at the beginningf the last ssion in ich heald about what he would like to e see in t senate more regular order, more monday and friday sessions, a variety of proposals. and i think he wil act to car out thatnthis coming congress >> we're going toear from former sena mari leader howard baker, bob dole george mitchell and robert by. can you say a word or two

at the historical role of the senate majority leader and its four former leaders, robert byrd, harold baker, and we hear from donald richie and mitch mcconnell. a republican from kentucky. >> donald richie, thank you for being with us. the senate majority leader is not a position in the constitution. how did the job evolve?

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representatives 1980 3-1995 and he is now at the shepherd university where he is the director of the robert byrd study for legislative study. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, susan. >> you mentioned that tonight is an anniversary for the address. >> this is the 225th annual message. it started with george washington in 1790. he gave the first one and he and john adams gave them in person before the congress. then jefferson became president in 1801 and he said that he thought going before congress was too much like the king going before parliament in being a good small republican, he said he would send his message in writing and not appear. there was another reason for why he did not. he was not a very good public speaker, jefferson. he was a great writer but not a good public speaker. after that, every president sent their message in writing. it was sent to the congress where he would be read out loud by clerks. then fast-forward to 1913. woodrow wilson decides to do it in person. >> we're going to stop you there because we want to talk a little bit more in detail about the evolving media an

national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> up next, we will hear from trent lott and an interview with robert byrd. this was part of the c-span 2006 documentary, "the capitol." flex from the rotunda -- >> from the rotunda you enter the building and then enter the extension built in the 1850's. you see a stark contrast in the decorative nature of the old and new as the senate of the 1850's wanted to showcase their part of the capital from around the world. it is into this artistic and intellectual design that you find the chamber surrounded by ornately decorated halls from the winter of 1859. >> i was always enthralled by the senate chamber. what could they tell us? it if they could speak, what could they tell us? i think of the great men and women who have served. >> there is something special about seeing it when it is empty. it is an empty theater, in a sense. you stop, you look around you look at the presidents and vice presidents, look at the desks and imagine the people that stood there. the lyndon johnson's, the hubert humphrey's, the people who have had a huge impact on this institution. th

plus, an interview with the late senator robert byrd. -- the rotunda bridges the capital. when you make your way into the extension, you see a stark contrast in the decorative nature of the old and new. the senate of the 1850's desire to showcase their part of the capital to visitors from around the world. it opened in the winter of 1859. >> i'm always enthralled by the senate chambers. the walls themselves. if they could speak what could they tell us? what would they tell us? i think of the great men and women who have served their. -- tehrhere. >> there is something special about seeing it when it is empty. it is an empty theater, and some sense. you look at the desks. you imagine the people who stood there. the people who have really had a huge impact on this institution and the american political history. this was the chamber in which they fought their battles. >> the senate is almost a living creature. it has a tempo and an atmosphereyou can watch it and feel it. if you treat it like you would treat another person, i think it responds well. even when you are trying to

he also had away of deciding there were solutions to these problems. >> and finally robert byrd. >> of senators i worked with i probably worked more with senator than the others in the same thing as truth my predecessor baker. senator byrd is a testament on a regular basement. senator byrd was unique in the senate. he never went to college but he took a class here or there. he never got a college degree. he actually went to law school as a senator at night at the american university law school who recognize his service in a house in the senate as the equivalent of a college degree. he went on to get a law degree and he had president kennedy present his diploma as graduation. i have always thought that here he was in a body full of rhodes scholars and yale and harvard graduates and stanford graduates in all these ivy leaguers in people with terrific educations. he never felt inferior about that. instead what he felt was he never ended his education. he was always reading. once i rode with him to an event and in the backseat of his car was a copy of the dash monte christo. he said i neve

sunday night at 8:00, we would hear from senate majority leaders robert byrd, howard dole -- bob dole, howard baker and george mitchell. call us at 202-6 26-3400. e-mail us at comments at c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. the 100 14th congress gavels in this tuesday at noon eastern. watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. check the gop-led congress, and have your say as events unfold on the c-span networks, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest is with "the atlantic congo the associate editor -- with "the atlantic," and your new report takes a look at 2015. some of the map we will show the audience is in red. what is the significance? guest: the red signifies conflict that could happen in 2015. the council on foreign relations told 2000 experts of 30 scenarios, rate how probable they are, how likely they are to happen. and secondly, how much they will affect u.s. interests. u.s. interests are an attack on u.s. homeland, a conflict that could draw in the

suing his former employee 20-year-old robert williford for medical bills after robert assaulted him with a baseball bat. >> byrd

at the historical role of the senate majority leader and its four former leaders, robert byrd, harold baker, and we hear from donald richie and mitch mcconnell. a republican from kentucky. >> donald richie, thank you for being with us. the senate majority leader is not a position in the constitution. how did the job evolve?

we'll hear from robert byrd, howard baker bob dole and george mitchell. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are watching at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org and send us a tweet. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitterer. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archived films that tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ >> when we think about the geography of cuba, we might keep in mind two important ideas. first, cuba is an island. second, cuba has a tropical climate. let's learn more about this island and its people . here are some of the people of rural cuba. there are many different types of cuban people including those descended from original spanish settlers, those descended from negro slaves and some from various european and west indies people s. what relationships can we find between the people and the big island on which they live? the tropical island of uhcuba lies this the caribbean sea south of the united states and east of mentionxi