we opposed it, and robert ford will tell that you, and robert ford worked very hard to make sure we're not doing that. i'm glad you're going to hear from robert ford so he can give an analysis of who the non-isis opposition is, and we'll break it down point for point, and he did that for me on many occasions and articulated who they were, and he was a passionate supporter that the moderate opposition get support and he fought for more support than they did get, absolutely. i think he should do that for you. let me make it clear that th the--i'm glad that you can guarantee that there would be a vote if the president sent something up here. i got 60 nominees, some of which have been waiting more than a year to get a vote up here. the chair, the ranking member have been terrific in helping to break them out. but they can't get a vote. so if you can tell the president you can absolutely guarantee a vote i would be really amazed. >> i find it unbelievable that if the president came before a joint session of congress and asked for use of force he would get a vote. i find it unthinkable there

our second panel today is robert ford, senior fellow of the middle east institute and ambassador ford of course has a lot of interesting osha street in the foreign service of the united states which he did so exceptionally well in syria. and ben connable, international policy analyst at the rand corporation in washington. i appreciate both of you, both in the written statements will be included in the record in its entirety, without objection. and i appreciate your willingness to hang in there for the last several hours and to still be here to provide what i think is some critical testimony and insight. so with the thanks of the committee to both of you, i would recommend, i mean, i recognize senator, i mean i will recognize ambassador ford first. then we will turn to mr. connable. ambassador ford. >> mr. chairman, senator johnson, and other distinguished guests and members of the committee. it's a very big honor to be with you today. i thank you for the invitation. as you noted, i submitted a written statement. and so let me just make a few opening remarks. then i'll turn it over to

i think everybody knows that i had the pleasure of working with robert ford in the department from the day that i arrived there. >> we share admiration for him. >> i huge respect and admiration for him. and he and i worked many long hours with the syrian oppositi opposition, and i respect his opinion, etc. he is correct that he won't stop fighting the assad regime. i understand that. we understand that. >> not only will they stop fighting, it is their primary goal. >> well, it is. >> and i know too many of them, john. >> i understand. it is. i'm not denying that, but they also are fighting isil. they're up i in aleppo fighting isil. they're engaged in fighting isil. our belief is, and i think--i bet you, i hope robert ford believes that they will actually get stronger as a result of isil being removed from the field. >> are you not going to protect them from airstrikes. >> i think what we need--yes. that's a legitimate concern. it is a concern that i would need to address with you in a classified session for reasons you well understand and i think robert ford would understand that. >>

ambassador to syria, robert ford, will also appear this afternoon. senator robert men nen dez chairs this committee. senator bob corker serves as ranking member. and as you can see, right there in the front, and mixed among the crowd, members of the protest group, code pink, in the room. so we could see an interruption or two in the proceedings. they offered owe posing remarks yesterday while secretary of defense chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey, testified before the senate armed services committee on combatting isis. secretary of state john kerry expected here in just a moment. this is live coverage on c-span3. again waiting for secretary of state john kerry this afternoon, testifying on the administration's strategy to fight isis before the senate for ribbons relations committee here. of course, in the house this afternoon, members debating an amendment to the continuing resolution to keep the government operating past the end of this month. that amendment would provide funding to syrian militants to buy supplies t

we begin this evening with the former ambassador to syria, robert ford. >> i would tell the president that, for sure, the options in front of him all are difficult and there's no easy choice but that he should take heart and his administration should take heart that they have had some success in iraq in terms of finding friends on the ground, iraqi militia fighters -- peshmerga -- iraqi fighters, special operations forces, people on the ground we can help, and with a judicious use of american airstrikes, those friendly forces on the ground have been able to blunt the islamic state's advances in iraq. so at the same time the president said there must be a new government in iraq to replace the government of nouri al-maliki, and if they want more american help beyond what we with're doing, there has to be a political solution to the iraqi political crisis and i would say those elements, mr. president, are good elements, let's take them and apply them into syria. >> charlie: we continue with retired general anthony zeny. this is a crucial moment. the direction n.a.t.o. takes, the definiti

no, no -- >> the hero of this piece so far in my view is a guy who's going to testify after you, robert fordassador ford. he did a magnificent job at the risk of his own life, riding around damascus in his support of the free syrian army. here's what he's going to say in his testimony. the moderate armed opposition's biggest enemy is not the islamic state, it is the assad regime which has killed far more syrians than has the detestable islamic state, and they won't stop fighting the assad ren jet stream -- regime even as they advance against the islamic state. you're saying, isis first. we're going to drain and equip the free syrian army and they're going to be fighting against assad who te view as their number one enemy. i agree with ambassador ford's assessment. you're saying, isil first. so if this -- so we're telling the young syrian today, i want you to join the free syrian army, you've got to fight isil first, and by the way those barrel bombs that are being dropped on you and these attacks from the air that of hamas customered so many syrians, we're not going to do anything about that

. >> the hero of this piece so far in my view is a guy who will testify here after you, robert ford. ambassador ford. he did a magnificent job at the risk of his own life, riding around damascus and in support of the free syrian army. here's what he's going to say in his testimony. the moderate armed opposition's biggest enemy is not the islamic state. it is the assad regime which has killed far more syrians than has the detestable islamic state and they won't stop fighting the assad regime evensa they advance against the islamic state, but you're saying isil first. so we're going to train and equip the free syrian army and they're going to be fighting against assad who they view as well number one enemy. i agree with ambassador ford's asse assessment, but you're saying isil first. so we're telling syrians today, i want you to join the free syrian army, you have to fight isil first and by the the way, those barrel bombs that are being dropped on you and these attacks from the air that have massacred so many syrians are -- we're not going to do anything about that. i think at least we

and our belief is, i think, i bet you, i hope robert ford believe, that they will actually get stronger as a result of isil being removed from the field. >> are you not going to protect them from air strikes? >> i think what we need -- yes -- and i think what we need -- that's a legitimate concern and it's a concern i would need to address with you in a classified session for reasons i think you well-understand and i think robert ford would well understand. >> i think the free syrian army would like to well understand too. >> if we have a good classified session here, who knows. the important thing is for us to recognize for isil to continue what it is doing, i think you know this, without being stopped, if we didn't stand up when we did stand up and help them retake muscle damn, they were threatening baghdad and more. >> we're talking about syria. >> no but i'm sorry about to come back. >> thank you. i'm running out of time. >> because that pertains to their capacity then to focus on assad and it might be not the free syrian army by isil that you see in damascus and bringing others to

we begin this evening with the former ambassador to syria, robert ford. >> i would tell the presidentt, for sure, the options in front of him all are difficult and there's no easy choice but that he should take heart and his administration should take heart that they have had some success in iraq in terms of finding friends on the ground, iraqi militia fighters -- peshmerga -- iraqi fighters, special operations forces, people on the ground we can help, and with a judicious use of american airstrikes, those friendly forces on the ground have been able to blunt the islamic state's advances in iraq. so at the same time the president said there must be a new government in iraq to replace the government of nouri al-maliki, and if they want more ic

. >> pelley: today, toronto mayor robert walters ford dropped his bid for reelection.ing treated for a tumor in his abandon. it's a sad end to a term in office that inspired a lot of jokes. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: toronto's political zeppelin fell to earth today. mayor robert walters ford's statement from his hospital bed said, my heart is heavy when i tell you that i'm unable to continue my campaign for reelection." since taking office in 2010, the mayor's well-chronicled history of substance abuse has drawn international attention. one bleary-eyed session was captured on a cell phone camera. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine, but, no, do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it-- probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> reporter: intemperate behavior came along with it, whether it was ford bullrushing a city council woman or wrestling reportersed on his house. >> you can get off my driveway, please. >> reporter: he became the perfect late-night punch line but there was nothing funny about ford going into rehab earlier this year or his abject apology when

robert ford will tell you that. robert ford worked very hard to make sure that we weren't doing that. i also think it's good that you're going to hear from rob erd ford. he will give you about as good an a naturnalysis of who the no opposition is and he will break it down point for point. did he that for me on many occasions and articulated who they were and so forth. he was also a passionate supporter of making certain thatted moderate opposition god support. he fought hard to get more support than they did get. absolutely. i think he should do that for you. let me make it clear that -- i'm grad that you can guarantee there would be a vote if the president sent something up here. i have 60 nominees waiting more than a year to get a vote up here. the chair, the ranking member have been terrific at helping to try to break them out. but they can't get a vote. if you can tell a president you can guarantee a vote, i would be really amazed. >> i find it unbelievable that if the president came before a joint session of co

into ambassar robert ford said not arming the moderates, can they help? >> i'll let the president's words speak for themselves. but there is a sort of cottage industry to the effect that once upon a time, the syrian opposition consisted of all very moderate people but when they weren't given enough help the thugs came in. i'd like to see more evidence for this narrative. but whatever it is, this is what we know now. the moderate opposition is probably the weakest element within syria and yet, it's the only element that we can build around. >> that we can deal with. >> so i think we have no choice but to work with them or try to. >> right, and as he said that we'd go after the islamic state terrorists in syria if need be diplomatically how do we deal with bashar al-assad? he said he wants notification of u.s. air strikes in his country. >> well that's not going to happen. if this were a perfect world what you do is go to the russians and say look russians you need to sit on assad, don't let him to take any territory and you know make sure he doesn't try to

we are lucky to have ambassador robert ford.after 30 years of service, he resigned in february as our ambassador to syria. he is well-known to everyone in this room for his committment and dedication to service. we look forward to hearing to his remarks. then we we hear from hardon lang. he is a senior fellow here at the center. and then we will hear some remarks from andrew tabler. our friend at the washington institute for policy. anyonelso well-known to who is paying attention to syria. andrew and i met in 2007, and we engaged him early, back in 2010. this was when george bush was in office. his expertise is well-known. last, but not least, is doug oliphant. , ande lucky to have him thank you everyone. before we get underway, we have three points. the first point i wanted to make is to acknowledge the fundamental challenge that the iraqi and syrian people face. we sit here in think tanks, and we often forget that beneath these statistics of 3 million syrians and hundreds and in syria andled iraq, these are human stories. in o

joining me from washington is robert ford. he has had a distinct career and the foreign service of the united states at last served as ambassador r to dsyria. he resigned in june because he felt he could no longer defend america's polity. welcome. >> nice to be with you. >> i ask this question. the president calls you and says, ambassador, i know you disagree with some of the things i have done in the past, but i'm in a place, in between a rock and a hard place. tell me what you think i need to know and tell me what you think i need to do. what would you say? >> i would tell the president that, for sure, the options in front of him all are difficult and there is no easy choice but he should take heart that they have had some success in iraq in terms of finding friends on the ground. militia fighters. iraqi army fighters, special operations forces. people on the ground we can help and with a judicious use of american airstrikes, those friendly forces on the ground have been able to blunt the islamic state's advances. time, the

yesterday robert ford, our exceptional former u.s. ambassador to syria, probably our greatest expert on syria and the rebels, particularly, and until recently our senior state department official working with the moderate opposition, could not have had more compelling testimony. in response to questions i posed to him about whether a moderate armed opposition still exists for us to train and arm, he said, yes, they exist. yes, they are already fighting isil. and, yes, they share our view that a radical extremist islamic state should not be imposed on syria and that this conflict will only end with a political deal or negotiated settlement. in response to questions about whether there is recruitment potential, can we find enough fighters who are moderate who will pass our vetting standards to receive our training? he said, yes, we know them. we've provided them with nonlethal assistance which they have used responsibly. and, by the way, he described them as being pretty resill yep- resilient even in the face of being youth gunned, that

at that time his ambassador, robert ford, petraeus and hillary clinton are urging a forceful backing of the free syrian army. he says this is when these people must be backed. we don't do it now other forces will take over that role, precisely what happened. >> it would have been a terrible miss take go into syria. weep would have been siding with the opposition forces. martha: the president made two different speeches saying he wants to back these rebels. >> if we would have sided with the group it would have been a disaster. martha: as opposed to what it is now? >> we had at the time identified the free syrian army as the good guys, the moderate who could adequately take on assad. hillary clinton supported this and general petraeus indicated support for this. president obama got called out on the world stage as bluffing. that's the first time the united states of america and our presidency and sprenlt was exposed to be so weak was in that syrian conflict. now the president wants to say we can train sunni moderate in training cams in the jordan and other moderate sunni states. that'

ambassador to syria, robert ford, will also appear this afternoon. mittee. senator bob corker serves as ranking member. and as you can see, right there in the front, and mixed among the crowd, members of the protest group, code pink, in the room. so we could see an interruption or two in the proceedings. they offered owe posing remarks yesterday while secretary of defense chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey, testified before the senate armed services committee on combatting isis. secretary of state john kerry expected here in just a moment. this is live coverage on c-span3.

our second panel today is robert ford, senior fellow of the middle east institute and ambassador ford, of course, has a long and distinguished history in the foreign service of the united states which he did so exceptionally well in syria. and ben conable. i appreciate both of you, both in your written statements will be included in the record in its entirety without objection. and i appreciate your willingness to hang in there for the last several hours and to still be here to provide what i think is some critical testimony and insight. with the thanks of the committee to both of you, i will recommend -- i will recognize senator -- i will recognize ambassador ford first. then we'll turn to mr. coable. ambassador ford. >> mr. chairman, senator johnson and other distinguished guests and members of the committee, it's a very big honor to be with you today. i thank you for the invitation. as you noted, i submitted a written statement. so let me just make a few opening remarks. then i'll turn it over to my co-panelist ben. many have spoken about the dangers of the islamic state against us

ambassador to syria, robert ford, will take part in the discussion of the threat from isis.m the center for american progress begins at noon eastern. >> up next on c-span, debate for iowa's third congressional house estate. democrat stayi faces david young, and then a bree view of the upcoming u.s. supreme court term. then later, conversation about national security with the director of the non counter- -- national counterterrorism center. stays >>> now to a debate for the open seat in iowa's third congressional district, which covers the southwestern part of the state. democrat, staci appel, who served in the iowa state senate, is running against republican david young, former chief of staff to u.s. senator chuck grandsonley. the winner of the race replaces tom latham, who is retiring. this is courtesy of iowa public tv. [applause] >> welcome this is iowa's third congressional district, stretching from central iowa to the missouri border and the missouri river, too. that includes des moines, council bluffs, and creston, red oak, shen unanimous dough, and atlantic. republica

we are very lucky to have ambassador robert ford who after more than 30 years of service in the foreign service resigned in february as ambassador to syria. he is well-known to everyone in this room for the commitment and dedication to service. we really look forward to hearing his remarks. linell hear from part in -- hardin lang. he has been a leader in some of our field research. some remarks from fromw taylor, our friend the washington institute for near east policy. and we engaged early way back when when we were thinking about things like this on syria and the depth of his expertise is well-known. last but not least is our friend the newivant from america foundation. he's part of an informal working group we've had here and other institutions to try to wrestle with these tough issues. before we get underway, i thought i would make just three basic points just to kick off and maybe frame our discussion. in a policy discussion like this, the first point i wanted to make was to acknowledge and perhaps offer words to bear witness to the fundamental challenge of the syrian and iraqi peo

just yesterday our ambassador, our most recent ambassador to syria, robert ford, said that the moderate forces have and will tactically ally with al qaeda. with al qaeda-linked news are -- nusra. listen carefully. your representatives are sending $500 million to people who will tactically ally with al qaeda. so we asked them -- i asked secretary kerry yesterday, i said where do you get the authority to wage this war? and he says from 2001. some of the people fighting weren't born in 2001. many of the people who voted in 2001 are no longer living. we voted to go to war in afghanistan, and i supported going into that war because we were attacked and we had to do something about it. but the thing is that vote had nothing to do with this. absolutely nothing to do with this. you are a dishonest person if you say otherwise. that sounds pretty mean spirited. here and again, you are intellectually dishonest if you argue that something passed in 2001 to do with the people who attacked us in 9/11 has anything to do with sending arms into syria. it's intellectually dishonest, and to say otherwise

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mccain: i'd like to just add, again i found a quote from the testimony of robert ford, an unusual man, our ambassador to syria, a man who literally risked his own life. in his prepared statement, he said many americans question whether there are any moderates left in the syrian armed opposition. there are. they are fighting the islamic state and the assad regime both. they are not surprisingly hard pressed and they could very much use our help. i want to assure my colleagues from our many visits there and knowing these people, there are moderates in iraq today who will -- in syria today who will fight and are fighting, and unfortunately they are being attacked both from isis and from bashar assad, and that which brings me up, we need to negate bashar assad's air attacks and capability. otherwise, we're going to train and equip these young people and send them into death which would be needless. there are several articles, one of the new republic entitled we can't destroy isis without destroying bashar assad first. another one, assad's policies aided the rise of islamic state militant

ambassador to syria robert ford also testified. this is four hours. >> no more war! >> no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! no more war! >> the committee will come to order. mr. secretary, you have a warm welcome. [laughter] having just returned from a coalition-building mission that will determine the breadth of support and course of thesion anti-isil strategy in the near and long term, you're here at a critical moment for the iraqi and syrian people, for the region, and for the united states and the world.ra let meqi say at the outset in my view the coalition you are working hard to build will require fully engaged and fully contributing senior partners. a coalition that must be defineu not by words, but by deeds. par a coalition that must be defined not by words, but by deeds. the u.s. can lead this coalition, but our partners, particularly sunni partners, must be all-in. and i fully acknowledge that getting skin in the game will be different for different coalition partners, but congress cannot be providing a bla

ambassador to syria robert ford joins the panel discussion on his strategy for combating isis.s is hosted by the center for american progress. >> cermak we have had such a good turnout here today on an important topic, and for those watching on television. [inaudible] we are really lucky to have an excellent panel with us today. and i'm going to briefly introduce them come safety things and then get a discussion going here that we will then engage you. first and foremost, and i'm going to introduce in the order of speaking we are very lucky to have ambassador robert ford who, after more than 30 years of service in the foreign service, resigned in february as our ambassador to syria and is well-known i think everyone in this room for his commitment and dedication to service. and we really look forward to hearing his remarks. after ambassador ford will have for my colleague hardin lang was a senior fellow here at the center for american progress and who has been a lead in some of her field research which you will describe briefly before we get to the discussion. then we'll hear s

the ford wrapup show right now, with robert flores. >> chris, thank you. number one put to a severe test just moments ago. number two is being put to the test right now, as we speak, on espn. number two oregon, taking on washington state on the road. we pick this one up, tied at 14. marcus mariota to allen. second time this combo's worked for a touchdown. but washington state comes right back. connor halladay. we're tied at 21, late first half. you can see it on espn or the watch espn app. mississippi state hadn't beaten lsu since 1999. but third quarter, zach prescott. to jaken lewis. 74-yard touchdown, and the bulldogs have a 31-10 lead. in death valley, on saturday night. drive home safely, folks. but check this out. lsu comes back. fourth quarter, down just 12. brandon harris. up top to dupree. 31-yard score. here come the tigers. it's not a one-possession game. five seconds to go. hail mary time. prayer not answered. picked off by will redmond. mississippi state wins it. it's their first win in baton rouge since 1991. from the s.e.c. to the big 12. ok

ford wrapup coming up after the game with robert flores. recap of all the scores including kirk's correct pick of missouri over south carolina in columbia, partner. good job. that s.e.c. east is wild. >> kirk: wide open. >> chris: second loss for the gamecocks in the conference. they've played three home games. mcdaniel cuts it back, barrels down inside the 15, that's a first down. >> kirk: missouri lost to indiana, then going to columbia, south carolina, and winning a game. >> chris: what do you make of this notre dame performance now? 4-0. they have a back-loaded schedule. we talked about stanford and florida state, usc coming in. >> kirk: they're going to have to get better. for them to be able to beat teams like stanford or a florida state or a usc, going to have to be able to run the football better. and everett golson's going have to play the way he's capable of playing, which is avoiding mistakes. >> chris: our friend dick vital, huge notre dame fan, says, better than all you experts have said, baby. they'll win ten games this year.

ford former president nixon 40 years ago on september 8, 1974. after the only presidential resignation in american history. and ht at 8:00 p.m. midnight eastern on the presidency. author and history professor robert green considers the reasons why ford pardoned nixon and whether or not there was a two men.een the following mr. green's remarks, of l air archival footage president ford's address to the nation announcing the pardon. history eek, american tv's real america brings you films that tells the century. the 20th >> war in the middle east. steer forces drives heads across the sinai south to thest and block of akuba, and occupying old city of jerusalem. first crippling blow came early when the arab air force in destroyed on the ground air raids on 25 bases and three-countries, egypt, jordan, syria. israel's new general defense sinaier, hero of the 1956 campaign was instrumental in battle the nation's plan. the sudden swiftness of the israeli army crushed the forces combined air and ground one-two punch. u.s. and ges the british air units aided are denied and diplomatic nations are open. at the e-fire continues united nations. goldberg introduces the peace plan. debate is started representing

ford wrapup coming up after the game with robert flores. recap of all the scores including kirk's correct pick of missouri over south carolina in columbia, partner. good job. that s.e.c. east is wild. >> kirk: wide open. >> chris: second loss for the gamecocks in the conference. they've played three home games. mcdaniel cuts it back, barrels down inside the 15, that's a first down. >> kirk: missouri lost to indiana, then going to columbia, south carolina, and winning a game. >> chris: what do you make of this notre dame performance now? 4-0. they have a back-loaded schedule. we talked about stanford and florida state, usc coming in. >> kirk: they're going to have to get better. for them to be able to beat teams like stanford or a florida state or a usc, going to have to be able to run the football better. and everett golson's going have to play the way he's capable of playing, which is avoiding mistakes. >> chris: our friend dick vital, huge notre dame fan, says, better than all you experts have said, baby. they'll win ten games this year.

and midnight eastern, on the presidency, author and history professor john robert greene considers the reason why ford parking nix-- pardoned nixon. following the remarks, we will air archival footage of president ford's address to the nation. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places. 200 years ago on september 11, 1814, british and american naval forces clashed for two and a half hours in cumberland they their expert -- near plattsburgh . the battle was the culmination of six days of conflict. up x, we traveled to -- up next, we travel to plattsburgh where david fitz-enz, author of "the final invasion: plattsburgh, the war of 1812's most decisive battle," takes us on a tour of key locations to tell the story. >> joseph baron. ship saratoga. 1814.ber 11, battle of plattsburgh in cumberland bay. this is a battle that is lost to american history. it is the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a huge celebration. people knew how important the battle of plattsburgh was. but in the meantime, things have changed. that poem became the national anthe

crocker, robert s. ford, general jack m. keene and general david h. petraeus. dear, chairman mckeon and ranking member smith -- this letter was dated this morning -- we write to express our strong support for congressional authorization of the provision of assistance and training to properlyly vetted members of the syrian -- properly vetted members of the syrian opposition. the free syrian army is fighting both the murderous regime of assad and the barbaric islamic state in iraq and al-sham, which is isil. providing greater assistance to the free syrian army is the united states' best opportunity to develop a moderate force that's capable of defeating isil and bringing about a post-assad syria that is free of terror. as you may know, free syrian army forces have recently achieved some successes on the ground against isil forces in northern syria, but their effectiveness is limited by their lack of sufficient assistance and training. building up the moderate opposition in syria will be a key element of any successful strategy against isil. to be sure after three

ambassador to syria, robert forward -- ford.

>> president ford pardoned president nixon one month after the only presidential resignation in american history. tonight at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern on "the presidency," john robert greene considers the reason why he was pardoned and whether or not there was a deal between the two men. we will air archival footage of president ford's address to the nation announcing the pardon. environmental historian brian goldwater'ses barry commitment to conservation and looks at how his commitment evolved over time. the kansas city public the incomparable donald wurster. in history lecturer at the university of georgia. before i tell you about brian, let me introduce the topic of his talk by adapting an opening line that another one of our students usede every fall on the first day of the undergraduate history classes that he taught. 100 years from now, he would say , all of you will be dead. how's that for a wake up at 8:00 in the morning for sleepy undergraduates? 100 years from now, all of you will be dead, and unless you accomplish something extraordinary or perpetuate some evil, the odds are that no one alive will remember you. he went on to say, even if you do get into

author in history presenter john robert green considers the reasons why ford pardoned nixon and whether there is a deal between them. will hearremarks, we archival footage of president ford's address to the nation. >> next on american history >> next, we mark the anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks with retired lieutenant colonel robert darling. he talks about his experience inside the white house bunker where he worked alongside vice president dick cheney and national security advisor condoleezza rice. lieutenant colonel darling is the author of "24 hours inside 9-11-01:dent's bunker, the white house." this event was hosted by the college of the ozarks and is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you.

when we're done here, there will be lots to talk about in the ford wrapup after the game with robert flores. >> kirk: it's been eventful tonight for some of these scores that have come in, too. >> chris: it's a milestone for dan mullen and the bulldogs in baton rouge. and now we go to overtime. and clearly, florida state has an edge in the kicking department. but which offense is in better shape? >> kirk: think about the red zone tonight for clemson. think about, we'll look up the numbers just to be clear, but they've been twice inside the 5 yard line. came away with no points. so, i think dabo swinney, he's got to come up with a way to get his quarterback, deshaun watson, able to attack and be aggressive. but i think the reason jimbo fisher has decided take this thing into overtime, has everything to do with the way his defense has performed in the red zone and also with the way the kicking game has gone tonight. he'll take his chances. >> chris: that's it. we've played 60 minutes. overtime coming up at doak campbell stadium. five fingers in the air. back after this message and a wo

president ford pardoned former president nixon on september 8, 1970 4, 1 month after the only presidential resignation in american history. presidency,the author and history professor john robert green considers two questions. why did gerald ford pardoned richard nixon, and was there a deal between the two man? he discusses the days leading up to the pardon. mr. green is the author of the presidency of gerald ford. this hour-long event was hosted by the kansas city public libraryand the truman institute. following the program, here gerald ford's 10-minute speech here on american history tv. >> hello, and welcome to the kansas city public library. i am director of public affairs. i want to thank you in joining us for the latest iteration of our hail to the chief lecture series, cochaired by our partners at the truman library institute, the foundation arm of the harry s truman presidential inrary and museum independence. as many of you know, we here at the library just love to do programs commemorating anniversaries, and such is the case tonight. 40 years ago, well, technically, , butars and 363 days ago work with me on this, gerald ford became the first and to date the only une

president ford pardoned former president nixon on september 8, 1970 4, 1 month after the only presidential resignation in american history. presidency,the author and history professor john roberteen considers two questions. why did gerald ford pardoned richard nixon, and was there a deal between the two man? he discusses the days leading up to the pardon. mr. green is the author of the presidency of gerald ford. this hour-long event was hosted byhe

president ford pardoned former president nixon on september 8, 1974, one month after the only presidential resignation in american history. up next, on the presidency, author and history professor john roberteene considers two questions. why did gerald ford pardon richard nixon, and was there a deal between the two man? he discusses the days leading up to the pardon. and the 1974 address to the nation. mr. greene is the author of "the presidency of gerald r. ford." this hour-long event was hosted by the kansas city public library and the truman library institute. following the program, hear gerald ford's 10-minute speech here on american history tv.

>> president ford pardoned president nixon one month after the only presidential resignation in american history. tonight at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern on "the presidency," john robertconsiders the reason why he was pardoned and whether or not there was a deal between the two men. we will air archival footage of president ford's address to the nation announcing the pardon. environmental historian brian goldwater'ses barry commitment to conservation and looks at how his commitment evolved over time. the kansas city public

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ford. brandon lee crab to danny matthews. matthews waltzes in for the touchdown. springfield a winner. perkiomen valley at owen j robert.ven stahl finds justin jaworski for the touchdown. >>> we go pro after the break. flyers opening training camp with an injury to the captain. those details and more on the eagles matchup against desean jackson and the skins that's coming up >> ♪ >> desean jackson is listed as questionable for sunday's game against the eagles. you know he's going to do everything within his power to put on a show at lincoln financial field against his former team. he's a problem but more problematic is washington's defense. sproles is the nfc offensive player of the week and shady the reigning rushing camp. in my one-on-one with shady mcit talked to me about darren sproles. i have the majority of it and he picks up the rest and did a great job and i'm lucky to have him because without darren right now we would be in some trouble. >> that complete interview with shady sunday morning 11:30 on sunday kickoff lesley van arsdale, merrill reese and i will be on the side line at the linc getting you ready for

ford a winner 44 to 22. and finley, perkioman valley at owen j. roberts, steven strom find justin for the touchdown.perk valley won the game big 41 to zero. turning pro now, desean jackson is listed as questionable for tomorrow's game against the eagles, you know, he's going to do everything he can to put on a show, at lincoln financial field against his former team. he is a problem, but more problematic is washington's number one ranked defense, but can they stop the dynamic duo of sproles and mccoy? sproles offensive player of the week. shady the raining rushing champion, my exclusive one-on-one with shady mccoy. he talk to me about darren sproles. >> i have the majority of it, and he picks up the rest, and did great job, and i am lucky to have him. without darian right now, we would be in some trouble. >> check out my complete interview with shady sunday morning 11:30, sunday kickoff. leslie van arsdale, merrill reese, and i, will be on the side line to get you ready for the game. flyers started training camp friday, but the captain sustained minor injury, claude giroux, will miss time with lower

robert w. hamilton. >> carl max hammond jr. >> fredrick k.han. >> christopher james happenly. >> shaun hanly. >> valley joan hannah. >> thomas hannafin. >> kevin james han that ford> dana hannon. >> peter burton hanson. >> sue hanson. >> vassilios haramis. >> james haran. >> jeffrey pike hardy. >> tj hargrave. >> daniel harlin. >> melissa harrington hues. >> alicia harris. >> stewart d. harris. >> john patrick hart. >> eric hartono. >> john clintton hartz. >> my sister colleen anne. my everyday person. my days are not the same without you. i know you're shining down with pride at the amazing job jay has done with amanda and michael. they've grown into amazing young adults. we love you and miss you always. >> my uncle christopher whitten tech. chris, you're always more of an older brother to me and your other nieces. never a day goes by that you are not in our thoughts. you will always be missed. you'll always be in our hearts and minds. and i know chris is always with you. he sees the the brilliant job you've done raising your children. they're such amazing young adults. sarah, haley, molly, will and zack. i'm sure your father watches over you and is very proud o