listen to sam donaldson describing push polling. >> lee was one of the first advocates of the push poll. the first few questions are routine. the next question is, well, if you came to believe that governor x was a pedophile, would that change your opinion? the poller hasn't said that governor x is a pedophile. simply planted the idea that if he were. >> they did a poll which would ask would you vote for a jew who did not believe in the lord jesus christ? >> anything you want to know? >> i think tife heard quite a bit about -- i've heard quite a bit about you. what do you know about the lord? i'm a little bit prejudiced toward people knowing my lord. >> lee atwateraries candidate won. -- chris: lee at water's push polling played out in the year 2000 when opponents of john mccain used phone calls to spread a whisper campaign that he had a -- a reference to mccain's adopted dautfrr bangladesh. lee atwater's techniques played a huge role in 1988 when he was campaign manager for george bush 41. atwater was the guy who helped champion those ads about michael dukakis' message -- massachusetts

he's really a journalistic legend, sam donaldson. so i wouldn't want to say anything negative about him and i can't see the context of what you're talking about. but the spirit of it is i understand, and you're making a good point. sometimes the washington media people think that nobody is accomplished at their -- if they're not part of a kind of new york-washington-boston axis. and here's ross perot, a legend at that time, and in texas, which everybody in texas knew quite a bit about. because he had worked on education reform and most well- known person in the state of texas. so it just seems to be donaldson -- the spirit of it is what you're saying. just screwed up. >> carry lynn barta, from 19 -- carolyn barta, from 1996 after he lost the second time how involved was ross perot? did he exit from the national stage or did he stay involved? >> pretty much exited, i think. he was not -- not particularly involved in issues or in the reform party after that. i think -- 1992 was really the unique time. because of the -- the sense of ali

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clip: sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on his new book saturday night on c-span2 book tv.shington journal" continues. host: our guests are tavis smiley and cornel west. guest: nice to be here. host: i want to talk to about your symposium coming up called "remaking america: from poverty to prosperity." you talk about how the word "poor" or "poverty" are words that have not come up bunch. guest: the word does not come up one time. "poverty" does not come up one time. there is an arrangement for " poverty" not to be discussed. that was four years ago. the number of pork in this country are abysmal -- the number of poor. they keep climbing. the new poor of the former middle class. i do not know who they are going to speak to. we cannot go through this campaign not addressing the concern of the poor. it is the telling of truth that allow the suffering to speak. we have to address the angst of the poor. host: reflect on the new hampshire primary and what you heard talked about and debated and we took away from the results. guest: i think we see concerned about fears and anxiety

he discussed with sam donaldson. >> host: chris mathews, bochum. we've been friends for what? 35 years? but no deals. talk about a man who has faded into history really for most americans have to be a certain age to remember what john kennedy looked like in the flesh. why did you write this book? >> guest: first of all, that may be true what you say in terms of fresh memories. they asked people this time of year two years ago when "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes he should be on mount rushmore who is not there. guess who won? so in terms of heroic stature, he is fair. he is the president-elect to. that goes back to the arc of this life. saving his crew, the cuban missile crisis, getting the rope that a missile war. a lot of it has to heroic stature. the people have in their minds. i think also you may not come to mind as much of the day, when he does come to mind there is a stirring mayor. postcode let's talk later about kennedy for president. what did he do right? what did he do wrong? let's talk about kennedy man. who was the? >> guest: that's a great question. a hand in han

he discusses his discoveries with veteran journalist, sam donaldson. >> host: chris matthews, welcomeand we have been friends for 35 years? >> guest: at least. >> host: at least. talk about a man who is faded into history for most americans, you have to be of a certain age to remember what john kennedy looked like in the flesh. how did you read this book? >> guest: first of all that may be true what you say in terms of fresh memories but they asked people, this time of year, two years ago, "vanity fair" and cbs 60 minutes, who should be on mount rushmore and who is not there? guess who won? beating out at trn reg in. in terms of heroic stature he is there. he is the president they look to him that goes back to the archivist life from the the heroism saving his crew, the cuba missile crisis, getting us through that without a nuclear war. i think getting killed the way he was killed. people deals to have in their mind so i think he is in our hearts as well and i think that although you may not come to mind as much as he did, when he does come to mind there is a stirring there. >> host:

. >> ab in the suits but abc news sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on jack kennedy:elusive hero at 10:00 eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> now a panel presents a history of politics in the film industry examining the impact hollywood has played on the american political landscape. >> good evening. pleasure to see for a discussion of hollywood:left and right. i will be introducing the distinguished panel. i am louise steinman, curator of all-out and program director of the library foundation los angeles which presents all these programs. some of your members of the library foundation. the library foundation presents almost 80 or 90 all-out programs a year plus literacy programs, reading programs and if you want to be, member of the great work of the los angeles public library please give me a run of our staff members tonight and we also have one of steve ross's books we can give you. i am sure he will sign it for you if you in at the $100 level tonight and we appreciate your support. it goes to a great cause. we have a panel discussion after our panelists to this over, we will open

. >> this weekend, abc news' sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on "after words," saturday night on c-span2's booktv. >> once again trgs u.s. senate is about to gavel into session, they're meeting in a quick pro forma session, no legislative work expected today and it's likely, again, to be very quick. now we go live to the u.s. senate floor. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, january 10, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mark begich, a senator from the state of alaska, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 12:00 noon on friday, january 13, 2012. >> a number of governors are addressing their state legislatures on the economic condition of their state. addressing the years goals. coming up at 11:30 a.m., rick scott will deliver his state of the state address

. >> sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on his book on jack kennedy on book tv. >> now we will hearromney. he spoke to supporters at southern new hampshire's university in manchester. [cheers and applause] >> oh. well. [applause] >> there are so many friends here. what a great night this is. thank you, new hampshire. [applause] this could not have happened without the help lot of people. i just need to mention a few of them. special thanks to senator kelly ayotte, governor john sununu -- i don't know where he went. senator judd gregg, congressman charlie bass. they have spoken for us and they have fought for us across the state. thank you also, mayor. the senate president. the many state legislators who have been tireless workers on our behalf. one state senator deserves special mention. jeb bradley is out there somewhere. he has fired up audiences everywhere we go. thanks to ray burton, and others who have been there for us from the very beginning. we are grateful to the people who lead our campaign in new hampshire. jim merrill. jason mcbride, and a special thanks to the thousands

this is about who will rule america. >> this weekend abc news sam donaldson interviews chris matthewsnumber of scientists who have manipulated data. >> what i'd do is i wage different comments on all what or scale. if you say something really outrageous that is completely inaccurate you will get for pinocchio's. did he say something slightly misleading or out of context you might get as little as one. >> in his "washington post" fact checker : glenn kessler evaluates and the rates the truthfulness of political figures. >> whether or not they are deliberately lying, i do think that if a politician says the same thing over and over again, even when the has been pointed out it is untrue, they know they're saying something untrue. they're just going to say it anyway. >> the "washington post" glenn kessler sunday night at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> the country with the most secure nuclear arsenal as australia. with the united states drinking 13th, and north korea and last place. those are the findings of the nuclear materials security index, a joint report by the nuclear threat in asia to of a

. >> sam donaldson interviews chris matthews saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table, david chavern, chamber of commerce. thank you for being here. guest: great to be here. host: in "the mihill" -- the hill, " today -- explained keystone. why is this important to you? guest: we are talking about a proposed pipeline from the oil sands area again western canada down through the midwestern u.s., for the gulf states where there are refineries. this pipeline, which by the light which by the way, there are pipelines and follow this -- with this pipeline, which there are along this line, it would add jobs. we think it is important. host: described the onslaught as "the hill" puts it. guest: i would not describe it as an unsolved -- onslaught. it is passed the tests. we are educating the public and policymakers about the important -- importance of the project. we are encouraging the president to act in the next 60 days and let's get going, creating jobs. host: phone numbers are on the screen. our guest is david ch

. >> this weekend, "abc news" sam donaldson, interviews chris matthews, jack kennedy. on saturday night on "book tv". >> on c-span2 tonight, author lisa randall writes about cutting-edge physics research in the book, "knocking on heaven's door". the a book the obamas. and former head of fbi counter intelligence reviews significant espionage events of 2011. >> it is interesting. we sort of thought we knew what the commission's rules might be although i don't know i can go anywhere beyond the bewilderment position you've taken. the commission changes. now we have no idea what the new commission he is perspective may be. >> the commission's, indecency regulations have a safe harbor for programing after 10:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. and the fact is that any broadcaster who is under some confusion in their own mind about whether a particular broadcast would be found indecent by the commission or not is simply to put the programing in the safe harbor. in her book, knocking on heaven's door, lisa randall describes the latest research in particle physics and cosmology and ta

. >> this weekend abc news sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on his book quote coach jack kennedy elusive hero," on "after words" c-span light on book tv. white house press secretary confirmed today president obama was surprised by the resignation of white house chief of staff bill bailey. in a briefing with reporters, he says that incoming chief of staff jack lewd with a smooth transition. this is 45 minutes. >> i apologize for that. maybe there's some announcement we are going to make right after i finish. i apologize for that. scheduling is a complicated business, and a lot of moving parts here in the west wing of the white house. >> tell us about them. >> i will, will be telling -- >> what have you got? >> well, let me begin if i may. i wanted to mention this yesterday and forgot. i just wanted to offer my condolences to tony blankley's family. i knew him reasonably well. we spend a lot of time in greenrooms together -- a very decent gentleman and smart man who served both the reagan administration and in speaker newt gingrich well. and we will miss him -- i will come personal

. >> sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on his new book on "after words at saturday night at 10 eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> back to the old executive office build anything washington where the white house held a forum yesterday on job creation. in this hourlong panel, small business leaders talk about what the government can do to help them create jobs. [inaudible conversations] >> well, um, thanks, and thanks to john for that introduction. and for all of the work, um, that we're doing together to focus on manufacturing and now to focus on bringing that manufacturing back to this country. um, we have a great panel, and we're going to ask for some of your questions, and we're going to be, take as many as possible. i do want to just say a couple words about some of the things we talked about this morning and the small business administration. one of the things the president said this morning is that what we want to do with large companies and small companies is give those folks who are going to choose to manufacture here, who are going to choose to provide services here all th

. >> this weekend abc news sam donaldson interviews chris matthews on his new book jack kennedy elusive hero on "after words" saturday night at 10:00 pm eastern on booktv. >> the attorney's national task force on children's exposure to violence is holding hearings across the country. they were in baltimore recently to hear from experts and the community. the task force plans to release its final recommendations at the end of this year. in this person, members look at how violence impacts the community and the impact of teens in an adult prison system. this is about an hour. >> thank you. would everybody be seated, please, so we can have our last panel discussion. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. the impact on people and communities of children's exposure to violence. that's what this panel will be focused on. this panel will explore the effects of cev on the bodies and minds of young people and on the social fabric they live within. panelists will discuss a wide range of questions about the impact of cev from brain development to juvenile justice system contact. this panel will a

. >> sam donaldson interviews him. sarin added to the club p.m.astern on a book tv. >> newt gingrich signed a pledge earlier stating that as president to keep the federal mortgage tax deduction in place to encourage home ownership. this was organized by the homebuilders association as south carolina and the national association of home builders. the south carolina primary will be held on saturday january 21. their remarks are about 15 minutes. >> i want to start for a minute and talk about home ownership on a personal level. i cannot of a family in central pennsylvania. my dad ultimately became a career soldier, but before that, he went to college. while he was doing that, we lived in an apartment above a gas station right on the square, and we rented. when my dad was in the army, we went wherever of sam sent us, and we were always in army housing. i remember the feeling my mother had after my dad retired and they finally were able to buy a house and moved into their property that was their house that they could take care of that they were proud o