of the city it's especially popular with young people it's also changing for instance number 83 ronald carter was recently bought by an investor but none of the tenants know what his plans are. carlos martinez originally from the united states lives here with his wife and children. that $75.00 square metre flat has 2 rooms the kitchen and the bathroom. they pay less than $10.00 euros per square metre heat included that's now cheap for. the family is happy here. we know the people in the neighborhood we've seen their children grow up and now we have our own children and we. we just would like to stay here. will the new owner renovate the building raise the rents and put the individual apartments up for sale that's a common strategy the courtyard has become a meeting place everyone here is worried will they be forced to leave the neighborhood like so many others in berlin. the buildings previous owner who passed away in 2016 didn't want the building to be sold but his will was declared invalid due to formal irregularities the building eventual ended up on the open market. it was bought by henry

for example -- [applause] ronald reagan: mr. carter says he supports the volunteer army, but he lets military pay and benefits slip so low that many of our enlisted personnel are actually eligible for food stamps. re-enlistment rates drop and, just recently, after he fought all week against a proposed pay increase for our men and women in uniform, he helicoptered to our carrier, the u.s.s. nimitz, which was returning from long months of duty in the indian ocean, and told that crew that he advocated better pay for them and their comrades. where does he really stand, now that he's back on shore? [laughter] [applause] ronald reagan: well, i'll tell you where i stand. i do not favor a peacetime draft or registration. [cheers and applause] ronald reagan: but i do favor pay and benefit levels that will attract and keep highly motivated men and women in our volunteer forces. [applause] ronald reagan: and back them up with an active reserve trained and ready for an instant call in case of emergency. you know, there may be a sailor at the helm

we will show acceptant speeches by nominees, including jimmy carter, ronald reagan, and bob dole. here's a preview. year.s is the political there is a lot of danger in the world and you can be sure i will never let politics interfere with the foreign policy decision. forget the election. i will do what is right for the national security of the united states of america. [applause] 50 years ago, 50 years ago this summer, i was 18 years of age. i see some young people in the audience tonight. -- cheering] countrye deeply in this and we were faced with a war and i made a decision to go off and fight a battle. i was scared and i was willing and i was young and i was ready. beganbarely lived and i to see the special place of america in the world. then that see even the world would become a much smaller place in faraway places could become more like america. that0 years later, we know when freedom grows, america grows. a stronger america means a safer world. a safer world means a stronger america. [applause] >> catch up with more past presidential nominees this sunday here on american hi

up next, president jimmy carter accepts his party's presidential nomination at the 1980 democratic convention. ronald reagan defeated mr. carter in the general election. >> fellow democrats, fellow citizens, i thank you for the nomination you've offered me.

you go back as far as jimmy carter with ronald reagan and gerald ford with jimmy carter. it has been a pattern in a pattern i am sure the president hopes he will be able to break on september 29. >> how are the negotiations with the commission on presidential debates? is the president committed to showing up to all three debates? gov. christie: the president would love to have more debate if they can work out the timing. remember something, a lot of people are going to start voting before september 29. they will not see one presidential debate by then, seems ridiculous. i think we need to move the date up or add additional debates between the president and vice president, given the phenomenon of early voting that occurs in so many states. you will absolutely see the president onstage stage for all three debates. i am sure he would love to have more of them. >> is that in discussion right now? having an earlier debate? is there actually a chance of that happening? usually the c.p.d. is pretty firm with its plan with three presidential and one vice presidential. gov. christ

this was the backdrop for the political conventions that year and the speeches made by ronald reagan and jimmy carter. by the time ronald reagan ran for president, he had served two terms as governor of california, had an career -- had an early career in entertainment and became president of the screen actors guild. ronald reagan ended his can -- his acceptance speech in detroit with a moment of silent prayer. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. chanting] [cheering] >> thank you. [applause] >> you are singing our song. [applause] >> [indiscernible] to find cell for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. [applause] isthis, as you can imagine, the second big -- , mr. vice president , mye, this convention fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility inferred by your justice, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. [applause] >> our thanks to the people of detroit and michigan. [applause] and i thank you for your wholehearted response to my recommendations with regard to george

you come back as far as to jimmy carter with ronald reagan, and gerald ford with jimmy carter. it's been a pattern and the a pattern of should the president hopes he's going to be able to break on september 29. >> how are the negotiations going with the commission on presidential debates? is the president committed to showing up to all three debates? >> the the president would loveo have more debates. remember something, a lot of people are going to start voting before september 29 and the idea there will not be one presidential debate by then to me seems ridiculous. we need to move the date of or add additional debates between the president and the vice president given the phenomenon of early voting that occurs in many states. you will absolutely see the president on stage for all through this debates. quite frankly i'm sure he would love to have more of them. >> is that a discussion now having an early debate, expanded? is their chance of that happening? usually they affirm with its blend of three presidential plus one vice presidential. >> that's up to bill and the folks at

this was the backdrop for the speeches made by presidential nominees ronald reagan and jimmy carter. by the time ronald reagan ran for president, he had served two terms as governor of california. he had an early career in entertainment and became president of the screen actors. ronald reagan ended his nomination acceptance speech at the republican national convention in detroit with a moment of silent prayer. >> thank you very much thank you very much. thank you. >> you are singing our song. [applause] >> for the first [indiscernible] the firstd myself for time in a long time in a movie on primetime. [laughter] you can imagine, is the second big thrill. mr. chairman, mr. vice president to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. [applause] i do so with a deep sense of gratitude. our thanks to the people of detroit and michigan. [applause] and i thank you for your wholehearted response to my recommendations with regard to george bu

was the backdrop for the political that -- conventions that year and speeches made by ronald reagan and jimmy carter. by the time ronald reagan ran for president, he had served two terms as governor of california in had an early career entertainment and became the president of the screen actors guild. ronald reagan ended his expectancies -- acceptance speech with a moment of silent prayer. pres. reagan: thank you very much. thank you. [chanting] you're singing our song. define myself for the first time -- myong time in a movie first thrill tonight was to find myself for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. [applause] as you can imagine, is the second big thrill. chairman, mr. vice president this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust, i accept your nomination for the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] pres. reagan: i do so with deep gratitude, and i think also i might interject on behalf of all of us, our thanks to detroit and the people of michigan and to the city. [applause] and

you go back as far as jimmy carter with ronald reagan. and gerald ford of the jimmy carter. so intent is been a pattern. the pattern dimension president hopes is going to be able to break on september 29th. bob: power the negotiations going on the presidential debate. is the president committed at this point to showing up to all three debates. chris christie: i think motivates. if they could work out the timing. these are member something. a lot of people are going to start voting before september 29th. and they may not see one presidential debate by then to me seems ridiculous predict i think we should move the date up or add additional debates prayed between the president and the vice president. the phenomenon of early voting. i think you'll absolutely see him on stage for all three of those debates pretty quite rightly, he would've have more. bob: is that in discussion right now. is actually a chance of that happening. pretty firmlly the with his plan of three presidential and one vice presidential. chris christie: backup to the bill in the campaign to the negotiations. i

up next, president jimmy carter accepts his party's presidential nomination at the 1980 democratic convention. ronald reagan defeated mr. carter in the general election. >> fellow democrats, fellow citizens, i thank you for the nomination you've offered me. and i specially thank you for choosing as my running mate, the best partner anyone ever had. fruits model. , with gratitude i accept your nomination. and i am proud to run on a progressive and sound platform that you have found out about at this convention. fritz mondale and i will put on a campaign, we we'll put on a campaign that response the intelligence of the american people. a campaign that is sound. and we are going to beat the republicans. well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, franklin eleanor roosevelt. and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give them hell, harry truman. and as truman said, just told the truth and they thought it was hell. and we are the party of a gallant man, john fitzgerald kennedy. and we are the party of a great leader of compassion, lyndon johnson

>> president jimmy carter except as presidential nomination at the 1980 convention in new york city. ronald reagan defeated mr. carter in the general election. president carter: fellow democrats, fellow citizens -- i thank you for the nomination you have offered me. [applause] president carter: and i especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale. [applause] president carter: with gratitude and with determination, i accept your nomination. [cheers and applause] president carter: and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [applause] president carter: fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the american people, a campaign that talks sense. and we're going to beat the republicans in november! [applause] president carter: we'll win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, franklin delano roosevelt. [applause] president carter: and we are the party of a courageous fi

handling of the corona virus outbreak which is a hot button issue to women voters but jimmy carter led ronald reagan in mid october in 1980 so don't blink scottie the polls do give biden the edge among women some polls even reliably red texas what do you think president trump's message to women should be. well that's the thing holland the republican party as a whole has had a long time trouble with the female voter i mean how low romney put us all and binders so it's not just a trump eccentric problem with republican with republican or any female vote coming out to vote for him but for he himself the best thing he can do is actually focus on issues not necessarily female a sheet but everyone issues education right talking about safety those sorts of issues right there is what appeals to female also talking about small business as more females or small business owners today than any time ever before so when you talk about the economy when you talk about getting us back on working we're talking about males and females i think that right there is the trigger when you start talking. actually just

ronald reagan! of -- remember that time out days of carter's crafted ronald reagan the greatest peacetime economic recoveryory. three million new businesses and 20 million new jobs. under the reagan doctrine, one the communist dominoes that began to fall. grenada was liberated by u.s. airborne troops and the marine corps. [cheering] >> then the mighty red army was afghanistan. american weapons. thathen in nicaragua, squalid marxist regime was elections byd free ronald reagan's culture army and were thrown out of power! [cheering] >> fell hoe americans -- fellow americans, we've got to remember, it was under our party that the berlin wall came down europe was reunited. it was under our party that the and thempire collapsed captive nations broke through. every american president will be remembered in a singleith but sentence. george washington was the father country. abraham lincoln freed the slaves union.ed the and ronald reagan won the cold war. [cheering] is time -- [cheering] time, it is just about is just about time that my colleagues, the columnists and on ustators looking down tonight from their skybo

funny jimmy carter, ronald reagan one and only debate in 1980 really a couple weeks before election dayas expected to be -- ronald reagan would be this right wing, you know, shoot from the hip say anything and everything and they could pounce on him. of course the opposite occurred he looked very presidential. in retrospect i'm sure the carter folks regretted that one and only debate. that's the kind of stuff that happened. if you lower expectations to the degree just come out of there breathing you surprised everyone on the up side. right? >> you are exactly right. i was fortunate enough to cover the ronald reagan campaign in the fall of 1980, and i was there for that debate. and there was that moment where jimmy carter was talking about and that was exactly the theme then of the carter campaign is that reagan was kind of a right wing kim jon kook. he was wanting to cut all of the entitlement social security and medicare and he did that dip there you go again. it was the absolute opposite of right wing kook. he seemed in control and in good humored and shaking his head at these crazy t

ronald reagan. [cheers and applause] you know, out of -- remember that time, out of jimmy carter's days of malaise, reagan crafted -- ronald reagan crafted the greatest peacetime economic recovery in history, 3 million new businesses and 20 million new jobs. under the reagan doctrine, one by one, it was the communist dominos that began to fall. first, grenada was liberated by u.s. airborne troops and the u.s. marine corps. [cheers and applause] then, the mighty red army was driven out of afghanistan with american weapons. and then in nicaragua, that , squalid, marxist regime was forced to hold free elections by ronald reagan's contra army and the communists were thrown out of power. [cheers and applause] fellow americans, we ought to remember, it was under our party that the berlin wall came down and europe was reunited. it was under our party that the soviet empire collapsed and the captive nations broke free. you know, it is said that every american president will be remembered in history with but a single sentence. george washington was the father of his country. abraham lincoln freed the slaves

you have ronald reagan and jimmy carter who announced they would run again from the white house.re is plenty of precedent. i'm told the white house and campaign lawyers looked into this every which way from sunday to make sure they were on firm legal ground in terms of the way this was carried out and they believe they are. if there is an investigation to prove otherwise, that will be hashed out and it will be brought into the discussion as they try to iran that out. one thing i would say is that we are obviously in an unprecedented moment. the desire of the white house was to have their entire week be a big blowout convention in charlotte, north carolina. that was rebuffed, they were told that was not allowed to happen. they moved to jacksonville, florida, where you had a surge in coronavirus. they had to scramble and put this together in five weeks, this is what they decided ultimately to do. everyone is staying home across this country. all of this is absolutely the people's house and different rules do prevail here, they believe they are on firm legal ground here and this is

ronald reagan beats jumpy carter. 1992, at 16%, bill clinton beats george h.w. bush. in 2020, the asterisk, that's now -- not election day, but the numbers today tell you this incumbent president is likely to have one term unless he can turn it around. >> i'll tell you what, john, i'm very -- i'm very nervous always about relying on polls. you are the master of them and history of them. i think we have a lot of work to do and we're taking nothing for granted in the case of joe biden or the candidates for the senate. or for the house. but i think the important thing here, back to a point the congresswoman made is restoring and strengthening the economy. as joe biden wants to do, make it more fair, is a critical job of president. what this president doesn't understand is the connection between mastering the virus and getting the economy back going again. and his unwillingness to give us a national plan and to encourage fealty to that and real discipline is the reason the economy is on its back right now. and it is something he simply does not appreciate or has refused t

carter lost the election to ronald reagan, the gop's choice. reagan kept his party guessing. >> we may have a ticket, reagan and gerald ford. >> a night of suspense and then cooler heads prevailed. reagan chose george w.h. bush for his running mate. >> i am recommending that storm when the session reconvenes that george bush be nominated for vice president. >> when his turn came in 1988, bush made a fatale error in his acceptance speech. >> read my lips, no new taxes. >> whoops. as president he had to raise taxes and deal with a third party maverick ross per row. just when both parties nearly succeeded in making the convention as predictable as possible, along came covid and our new virtual reality. standby and stay tuned. >> i have often said it in the past, it's the best job in american broadcasting. to be a correspondent at a national convention. tom brokaw, nbc news. >>> the democrats kicking it off tomorrow. let's get back to our neck of the woods. and a heat wave of extraordinary proportions. >> yeah. and we're still seeing those temperat

this was the backdrop for the political conventions that year and the speeches made by ronald reagan and jimmy carter ronald reagan ran for president, he had served two terms as governor of california, had an career -- had an early

ronald reagan defeated incumbents president jimmy carter in the upcoming election. thank you very much.

effective attacks during all of those many debates well in 1980 let's go back to 1980 ronald reagan was running against jimmy carter and the candidate that's mounted the most effective attack against reagan was bush sr. who referred to reagan to do with a nomics reagan nonetheless the person who had attacked him in an effort to bring the republican party together i think you see some parallels here to that a candidate who despite the fact that you get attacked. biden very effectively now on the ticket and perhaps too as an effort to solidify full democratic support behind biden especially for among women among black americans among people who support the black one madam movement and people who 'd see it as long overdue for a woman to be all acted vice president and for black women as well. all right rob thank you for now rob reynolds in los angeles we just want to run through some of the key points from his background take a closer look at that now she is 55 years old she is the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants the 1st time senator from california had endorsed biden when she dropped out of the presidentia

ronald reagan. in 1980, amid stagflation, jimmy carter who we also remember as running amidst profound national crisis, he got 41% of the vote. that's the thing. if you run for president in a two party system with two candidates, two major candidates, you pretty much start at 40%. it is just the way it is. that's the floor. 40% is the floor for a major party candidate. but if donald trump only ends up around where he is now, with around 41% of the vote, it's still a huge deal. if he gets that vote, if that is what people vote, it is not only a historic repudiation, it will have huge implications for the entire federal government, for congress, because he will drag down his party with it. right now democrats are seeing some very encouraging state-based polls, even as the natural race looks to have tightened a little bit, maybe a tick or so. look at the senate. iowa, new poll as teresa greenfield with a lead on joni ernst. that was not seen as a top tier pick. south carolina was viewed as a hail mary. one of these things are democrating get excited but it's not going to happen. jaime harrison tied, tied

mondale who served as jimmy carter's vice president accepts the 1984 presidential nomination in san francisco. the incumbent president, ronald reagan, defeated mondale in the general election and served a second term. ♪ >> thank you very much. ♪ [cheering] >> thank you very much. mondale, mondale. >> thank you very much. mondale.e, mondale, >> thank you very much, thank you very much. thank you very, very much. my fellow democrats, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. [cheering and applause] behind us now is the most wide open race and political history. it was noisy, but our voices were heard. stamina was but our tested. heat wast, but the passion and not anger. it was a roller coaster, but it made me a better candidate and it will make me a stronger president of the united states. [cheering and applause] i do not envy the drowsy harmony of the republican party. [laughter] they squelched debate, we welcomed it. wey denied differences, appreciated them. they are uniform. we are united. [cheering and applause] they are a portrait of privilege and we are a mirror of america. [cheering and applause] look at us here to

really in hostage crisis jimmy carter was a real trouble and he was not winning the election quite far behind but by far the no we the most devastating attack was when ronald reagan said are you better off than you where 4 years ago that's what really ended jimmy carter and his campaign to be reelected as president so in the middle of a public health and economic crisis i'm not sure a victory in the foreign policy spear is what donald trump really needs an official life at the white house thank you all as i was saying in the past the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has denounced the deal as a betrayal of his course need to him is in ramallah for us a need to what else have the palestinians been saying about the data. we've heard from the palestinian president's spokesperson that today he read the statement on the palestinian t.v. just now saying that the palestinian leadership has met and considered this decision by the e.u. we have betrayal to jerusalem and the palestinian cause he said that this is a blow to the arab peace initiative and all the resolutions that have resulted from the arab and islamic beliefs summit namely because the arab peace initiat

ronald reagan had that in his debate with carter.just talking about how it introduces to the american people. >> i agree with you that it makes a huge difference, because that journalists who make it make a big difference appeared what i'm trying to argue is i'm not sure that it should be the ultimate standard for how we decide who becomes our president. television has made it that way. it is a great spectacle. it is what we talk about when someone makes a mistake or someone does a great thing. when you think about what it really takes to lead a nation, is not the most important quality? we should be looking at what kind of a leader are they? how do they surround themselves with what kind of people? the other things we talked about are much more important. i've been arguing this for years that has nothing to do with this election. sometimes these debates drive me crazy. >> neil: maybe you didn't hear me in the beginning when i said i like to surround myself with people who are agreeing with me. >> i did hear you. >> neil: all right,

as you say, 40 years ago now, a biblical 40 years ago, ronald reagan broke away from jimmy carter in the last week of the campaign, the debate in cleveland was on october 28th, on tuesday, the election was on november 4th. and reagan, you know, because he didn't show up and drool at the ancient age of 69. remember, that was way too old. you would be a junior pledge in the white house in the current demography of the presidential election today. and the question, are you better off than you were four years ago. is it easier for you to go to the stores and buy things four years ago. biden can say, can you go to the stores in the same way you did four years ago. and reagan ran through a series of things, more respected, secure, and he said if your answer is yes, he nodded that head at jimmy carter, then your vote is very clear. if your answer is no, you weren't better off than you were four years ago, i can suggest a different course and the numbers began to move in the last week. and there are two kinds of elections really in presidential politics. this is just my opinion and division

jimmy carter reigned supreme and an eraeard -- ushered in of ronald reagan and conservatism that governountry for 25 years. the good news about politics is there is always a second chapter but you have to be willing to work at it. the is the big question, if political leaders in the republican party will realize they had skin in the game and do something about it. anna: good morning, rick. these parties do reinvent themselves. we see that in many parts of the world. i'm in london and that is the case here. what do you expect to be the impact of what we hear from president trump later on today? do you think he can still win this? or do you go with the polling suggesting that biden is in the lead? rick: i think you have to dig into the polling a little bit. one of the things that is going to be happening, by september 4, a couple of states will start voting. there are close races there. donald trump is within shouting distance and most of the public polls. and he will claim in the private polls that he is leading. there are battleground states that are going to go to the ballot box in a v

next, former california governor ronald reagan excepts the nomination at the 1980 republican national convention in detroit. he defeated incumbent president jimmy cartere election. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. they are singing our song. thank you very much.

carter's big as a college meant was getting ronald reagan elected president. tonight's lineup was a time warp amalgam. it's what would've looked like if both parties held a joint convention in, let's say, 2004. first up, john kerry is the reporting for duty. >> for years in the obama america deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed at. >> laura: john kerry is bestin known for windsurfing, sending pallets of cash to behind the backsof the presidene state department. but sure, he really cares about americans. wait, there is one more. another night, another former republican. >> i support joe biden. he will restore americans leaderships and moral authority. a president with america's strongest win. we lead both by the power of example. >> laura: his endorsing biden is the most unshocking thing to happen in the last year. he backed obama twice and hillary in 2016. he is a nice man, a patriot, obviously. but colin powell talking about the example of a our power, really? the dems trot out the master mind behind a iraq?is this how joe's foreign y will be

the white house to announce their decision to run for re-election -- ronald reagan announced from the oval office in 1984 and jimmy carteroom. so there is a bit of precedence. this is a little different because conventions are inherently a political event despite being part of the democratic process for nomination. so it is out of character but, andrea, what has not been out of character with this administration since the campaign and since they got there? >> let's talk also about her role. she has been less high profile than a lot of her predecessors. i'm thinking of lausha bush going to afghanistan, starting the first cooed university there or helping launch that, the american university in kabul. and doing so much for the women, women's rights in afghanistan. her literacy projects, other first ladies obviously hillary clinton and health care very controversially, but she has had her be best program but this was really a coming out if you will in terms of her being very clear about where she stood in contrast to her husband. >> well, i think also very clear about what she addictionur iue that is raging you know, you wo

up next, walter mondale who served as jimmy carter's vice president accepts the 1984 presidential nomination in san francisco. the incumbent president, ronaldand served a second term. ♪ >> thank you very much. ♪

leading up to that debate, the carter campaign and carter team turned ronald reagan into, as you said, a stark raving right wing lunatic starting world war iii. expectations were so low all he had to do was go well, there you go, i'm a nice guy. and people are like, he doesn't look crazy, like he wants to nuke the world. so reagan so outpaced expectations. the low expectations put on him by his opponent that it was easy to score a huge win for reagan that night. now you have the same thing happening again but this time it's the republicans making the mistake. the republican campaign making the mistake, constantly talking about how crazy joe biden. how sleepy joe biden is. how out of it joe biden is. that's on their campaigns. they're cutting up tapes. they're finding -- again, the stupidity of donald trump's campaign doing this, just talk to comedy central about that. but mika, they're setting expectations so low for joe biden in the debates that if he shows up there like he shows up last night then the trump campaign has done an extraordinary favor for him by lowering expectations so

carter lost to ronald reagan. reagan kept his party guessing. a ticket, ronald reagan and gerald ford reported out of this 1980 republican national convention. a night of suspension and then cooler heads prevailed. reagan chose george h.w. bush as his running mate. >> i am recommending to this convention that tomorrow when the session reconvenes that george bush be nominated -- >> when his turn came in 1988, bush made a fatal error in his acceptance speech. >> read my lips. no new taxes. >> as president he had to raise taxes and deal with a third party maverick, ross perot. just when both parties nearly succeeded in making the conventions as predictable as possible along came covid and our new virtual reality. stand by and stay tuned. >> i've said it in the past and i'll say it again, that's the best job in american broadcasting is to be a floor consider. so dent at a national convention. >> tom brokaw, nbc news. >> tom brokaw, nbc news i'm looking for my client. i'm his accountant. i'm so sorry. hey! hey man, you're here! you don't trust me her

you go back to 1980 jimmy carter very famously involved in the really hostage siege he didn't lose it because of that donald trump sort of ronald reagan frame the argument at that point are you better than you were 4 years ago it was the economy so well donald trump is saying this is a good idea he's got to remember that the economy will be an important factor just one other thing a couple of people are suggesting with donald trump getting this agreement to stop an exemption he has perhaps protected the idea of a 2 state solution that will have to see how that actually plays out and it's certainly not something that the u.s. really is a ruling out at this stage but they're also not saying that they're stopping an exemption completely is how he was pointing out it's peace for peace not one for peace. thank you so much for that alan fischer live for us in washington d.c. it's. all moving on to some other news now and they have detained another 700 people in a fortnight of unrest of a sunday's disputed election they join 6000 already in custody bassett is to belarus have laid flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of the crac

carter? what does that say about their platform today? his biggest accomplishment was getting ronald reagan elected president. tonight's lineup was kind of a time warp amalgam. it's what it would've looked like if both parties held a joint convention in 2004. first up, john kerry is still reporting for duty. >> the eight years of the obama-biden administration, we lead by example. if america deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed a at. >> laura: it john kerry is best known for windsurfing, sending cash to iranians, and secretly advising the murderous regime behind the back of the president and the state department. sure, he really cares about america. wait, there's one more. another night, another former republican. >> i support joe biden because beginning on day one, he will restore american leadership and moral authority. he will be a president who knows that america is strongest when we lead to both by the power of example and the example of our power. >> laura: his endorsing biden is the most unshocking thing to have happened in the last year. he backed obama twice

you have can fast forward jimmy carter decided a little more than weak above the election to go ahead and have a debate with ronalduld crush him like a bug. the polls were oddly enough tight at the time. no hint. ronald reagan comported himself very, very well. the rest is history. things can change. >> that's right. you are right, neil. debates can be important. >> neil: what happens now? whose style tends to benefit in this environment? you always remind me that substance matters but sometimes style and approach and being quick on your feet, that can matter more. >> it did governor decaucus 1968 did poorly he and he the question very poorly when bernard shaw asked him if his wife were raped and murdered we still favor the death penalty and he was so calm and casual answering it people felt you needed to show a certain amount of emotion if those bad things happen to your wife. so style counted against decaucus and helped bush win the debate and the election. >> neil: very interesting. i read that in history books. i was too young to remember that myself. you are right. you can be pleasantly surprised or unpleasan

carter goes on national television to make the case to the american people watts important to give over control of the pandemic canal and he singles out for criticism private citizen ronaldreagan. the president of the united states singles at one person, one out of 240 million people, he singles out reagan. the next day, cbs news calls private citizen ronald reagan and they say would you like a half hour of national broadcast time to respond to the president of the united states? it would never happen today? right so reagan jumps of the chants and he goes on gives a half hour speech responding to the president of the united states to attacking him over the animal canal treaties. >> let's go from him attacking the president to his fight with the republican establishment at that time embodied in george h. w. bush. >> right. the party is split and it has been split since the fifties. in 1952, eisenhower or robert. soft senator taft represented the republican outsiders. nixon, lodge, goldwater rockefeller and again nixon, rockefeller. but there's always a split in the side center of the republican party bc the conservative outsiders the more moderate insiders. this happens a

ronald reagan faced some of the same questions and he was only 69 at the time. and he essentially put them away with one strong bait performance against jimmy carter. thinghink that is another people will be keeping their eyes on and tonight, probably even more importantly than good debates are going to -- debates are going to be the big opportunity for joe biden to put those concerns away. att: you can read her work washington post.com. thank you for your time this morning. as the trumka serves president of the afl-cio come here to talk about the role of unions in campaign 2020. good morning. what is the message to your members? guest: vote early. get out and vote because the rules of this economy determine the winners and losers and the people we elect determine the rules. it's time for those rules to be changed so that working people, all working people have a real opportunity to succeed in this country, so we need to get out and vote. to the trump comes administration, how has it impacted union members like the ones you serve and what will become different if joe biden becomes president? ourt: i think all of members had high hopes for president

ronald reagan would pick as his running mate with still a mystery. on the democratic side that year, senator ted kennedy came close to unseating jimmy carter. 1980 wasdipity. when the curtain lists, the nominee is well-known, and the only drama is the low-grade theater ticks frotheatericsthe cante lst. t even mh p ring a pandemic, you can't back slap from six feet away. we got a preview of that last week, when joe biden announced his running mate to a quiet room instead of billowing cheers. but if conventions have had to manufacture drama recently, this year's minimalist version is necessary because there is so much drama. america is in the middle of a pandemic, economic collapse, and a public reckoning with systemic racism. joe biden's message will be that he can build bridges to heal a fractured country. his choice of kamala harris, more than 20 years his junior, is a bridge to a future of aolike hers than of biden's youth in scranton, pennsylvania, where he was born 77 years ago, and which will be part of the week's reintroduction of a politician who has spent 48 years in public service. but biden wilsoll elas a bridge to the past. a past that re

ronald reagan would pick as his running mate was still a mystery. >> let's give them a surprise. >> on the democratic side that year, senator ted kennedy came close to unseating jimmy carter89 was the last time drama was allowed to attend. when the curtain lifts the nominee is well known and the only drama has been well known dramatics from the candidates who lost. the only surprise left in the convention was howong the evening would wear on as audiences on a hair trigger to holler with too much applause. even that will be gone this week. during a pandemic, you can't back slap from six feet away. we got a preview of that last week when joe biden announced his running made to a silent room instead of booming cheers. this minimalist version is necessary because there is so much drama. america is in the middle of a pap democratic, economic collapse, and a public reckoning with systemic racism. joe biden's message will be that he can build bridges to heal a fractured country. his choice of kamala harris more than 20 years his junior is a bridge to a future of a diversifying america. withit m l rs m tixned the america of bides youth in scranton, pitch, where he was born 77 yea

goes -- carter goes on national television to make the case to the american people why it's important to give over control of the panama canal. and he singles out for criticism private citizen ronald reagan. the president of the united states singles out one person, goes out one out of 240 million people, he singles out reagan. he's just a private citizen. and so, the next day cbs news calls private citizen ronald reagan, and they say, would you like a half hour of national broadcast time to respond to the president of the united states? i mean, it would never happen today, right? >> no. >> so reagan, of course, jumps at the chance. he goes on and gives a half hour speech responding to the president of the united states attacking him over the panama canal treaties. >> let's shift from him attacking the president to his fight then again with the republican establishment of the time embodied in george h.w. bush. >> right. well, is that the party is split. it has been split since the '50s. in '52, eisenhower or robert taft. eisenhower represented the establishment. senator taft, mr. republican, represented the conservative outsiders. then nixon and lodge, goldwater and rockefeller, a

good at it so much so that when ronald reagan wins he says to him from what i hear if you have had this position earlier i might not be in this position right now and if carter had gone with chief of staff early on he would have had an effective presidency and may have had a second term of the chief of staff is an important role under the reagan administration you have tim baker was regarded as the best chief of staff ever and once he comes in and he does a good job you see what a good chief of staff can do he basically has his chief of staff consecutively in every administration since. that doesn't mean there are problems. don reagan replaced jim baker as chief of staff who is not nearly as effective, did not get along as well with mrs. reagan and in fact during iran-contra he at one point hangs up on mrs. reagan when she's telling him to do something he doesn't want to do and jim baker hears about this and he says hanging up on the first lady, that's not just a firing offense, that they hanging offense but he was fired and it didn't last much longer after that so the chief of staff is an important position and can help actual conflict but sometimes they ge

much so that when ronald reagan wins, he moves jack watson and says from what i hear, if you had had this position earlier, i might not be in this position right now, meaning if carter that had gone with him early on, he wouldn't have had lost the presidency and may have won a second term. so the chief of staff is an important role. under the reagan administration you have jim baker who is widely regarded as the best chief of staff ever. and once he comes in and he does a really good job and you see what a good chief of staff can do, you basically had one consecutively in every administration. that doesn't mean that there respect problem -- aren't problems. jim baker's replacement did not get along are nearly as well with mrs. reagan and, in fact, during the iran contra scandal, hangs up on mrs. reagan when she is telling him to do something he doesn't want to do. that's not just a firing offense, that's a hanging offense, said jim baker. he was fired, he didn't last much longer after that. but the chief of staff is an important position, can help control conflict, but at the same time sometimes they get involved in conflict as well. >> great. so i asked you to give

thought i was going to be a superstar in the second carter administration and would be a more powerful person and then we lost the election to ronaldd i had to start my life over again and realized i wasn't a very good lawyer. practiced law and the clients didn't think i was so great and i didn't think i was so great either had to do something else start add private equity firm. starting any private equity firm in 1987 when i did it wasn't easy we struggled a while and had ups and downs but now it's a very successful firm. i've learned through the difficult election of 1980 that, you know, you can pick yourself up off the ground, but it's not easy to do and you know, anybody that has been through any kind of experience in life probably has failed at something and i failed at many things, and i got lucky in life. so now what i'm trying to do is essentially give away my money and thank the country for my good fortune, and one of the ways i give back, let other people know how others are successful, more successful than me by far and let people know about these people and ultimately maybe people can see them as role models and can may

ronald reagan faced some of the same questions, and he was only 69 at the time. he essentially put them away with one strong debate performance against jimmy carter.hink that's another thing that people are going to be keeping their eyes on. tonight, but probably more importantly, the debates are going to be the big opportunity for joe biden to put those questions away. you canren tumulty, read her work at washingtonpost.com. thank you for your time. guest: it is great to be here. host: for the next half hour we will revisit your thoughts on the democratic national convention in light of the events of yesterday concerning senator harris. if you support joe biden, (202) 748-8000. if you support donald trump (202) 748-8001. if you are undecided, (202) 748-8002. we will take those calls win "washington journal" continues. postmaster general louis dejoy testifies amid concern about changes to postal service operations and their impact on the upcoming november elections friday and 9:00 a.m. eastern before the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. on monday at 10 :00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, postmaster general dejoy and robert

carter lost the election to ronald reagan, the gop choice. his party guessing. >> we may have a ticket. ronald reagan and gerald ford reported out of this 1980 republican national convention. >> a night of suspense and then cooler heads prevailed. reagan chose george h.w. bush as his running mate. >> i am recommending to this convention that tomorrow when the session reconvenes that george bush be nominated. >> when his turn came in 1988, he made a fatal error in his acceptance speech. >> read my lips, no new taxes. >> whoops, as president he had to raise taxes and deal with a third party maverick, ross perot. just when both parties succeeded in making the convention as predictable as possible, along came covid and our new virtual reality. stand by and stay tuned. >> i've said it in the past and i'll say it again, it's the best job in american broadcasting to be a floor correspondent at a national convention. >> tom brokaw, nbc news. >>> when we come back, one of the weirdest nbirb ♪ add some resistance. sara, your movie plus trial is about t