who was strom thurmond and who was trent lott? what is interesting is how other republicans and conservatives respond to that issue. respond to the controversy. that is part of the analysis. they are interpreting thurmond. what a lot of national leaders were doing is trying to keep thurmond as a crazy old uncle of the conservative resolution -- revolution, a guy who is not important to the conservative movement in the last 50 years. what my book argues is that he was there, all along, at key moments, he was a key figure. people took him seriously, not just like a republican strategist kook. goldwater didn't think he was a kook. nixon didn't think he was a kook. that's important. that controversy raised broader issues about thurmond's role in modern conservative history. it is one of the things that brought me to write the book and -- write the book in the first place. before wright and thurmond were on the same ticket, they were rivals. early on, the whole dixiecrats thing was a result of proposals truman gave and 48 -- gave in 19

i did the floor and he did the political stuff and that's where i got to know trent lott is a well. was on the floor from the moment they came in and i took care of the republicans and i would make sure there was a unanimous consent request. but if they did nothing there is no one to work with anymore. they are afraid. what they will do is democrats and republicans will introduce a bill knowing that it is going nowhere so the issue a press release.com. >> one last question. >> senator, i wanted to see how concerned are you that democratic turnout in the presidential primary has been been lower than the republican turnout? you talked about doubling down on ideas ideas but how does that translate into votes? >> it's something we can't ignore that most pundits and political scientists believe that the massive turnouts have been as a result of the rivalry within the republican party. with the democrats we've had this going with hillary and bernie for a long time and it was kind of a lovefest in the last month or so they had a little negative stuff back and forth so not as much interest

that's why i got to know trent lott so well.i was on the floor from the day -- the moment came in until left and i took care of the republicans. democrats got something, the republicans got something. i was welshed by the run ares -- well-liked by the run are bas i protect themed but there's no one to work with anymore. they're afraid. the democrat and republican will introduce a bill, knowing it's going to go nowhere so we can issue a press release at home. >> one last question. >> senator, alice. i wanted to see how concerned are you that democratic turnout in the presidential primary has been lower than republican turnout and you talked about doubling down on ideas but how does that translate into votes? >> it's something we can't ignore. it's something that -- but most pundits and political scientists believe that the massive turnouts have been as a result of the rivalry within the republican party, but the democrats have had this thing going with hillary and bernie for a long time and it was just kind of a lovefest. wouldn'

. >> rose: tom daschle, trent lott, jony ive when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. from our studios captioning sponsored by rose communications city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the ongoing presidential campaign has brought this country's deepening ideal logical riff into stark relief. a recent pe-w poll found that republicans and democrats are more divided today than at any point in the last two decades. this polarizing atmosphere has inevitably impacted congress' ability to work productively. former senate majority leaders tom daschle and trent lott address that issue in this new book. the book is called crisis point. why we must and how we can overcome our broken politics in washington and across america. i am pleased to have them both at this table. welcome. >> thank you very much charlie. >> thank you, nice to be with you. >> rose: first of all, how do you two get together to write a book? >> well, you know, we served tog

trent lott came to pay homage to senator thurmond. in his remarks, he praised senator thurmond's career in the senate and recalled in 1948, senator thurmond ran for president against harry truman. >> i want to say this about my state. when strom thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. we are proud of him. [applause] >> if the rest of our country had followed our lead, we would not have all these problems. don: which seems a relatively mild statement except that senator lott forgot senator thurmond ran as the segregationist candidate in 1948 against truman, who wanted to integrate the armed services. as a result, there was a huge amount of pressure within senator lott's party for him to step down as the leader of his party. eventually, he did resign as majority leader of the senate as a result of this one statement made in this one room. it is a reminder that just about everything a politician says is probably going to be recorded and everything they say is going to be analyzed. just about everything they say will be held against

former senate majority leaders tom daschle and trent lott address that issue in this new book, calledcrisis point: why we must -- and how we can -- overcome our broken politics in washington and across america." i am pleased to have them both at this table. first of all, how do you get together to write a book? mr. lott: we served together in the senate long time, both of us. through it all, we developed a good chemistry. it really involved our respect. we have different views, quite often. we developed a real trust for tom. we became friends. we were together with our wives, and tom said, it is time to put our experiences -- mr. daschle: we could not write a book like that if it were not majority leaders who could share perspectives about how we got here and the different views we have on issues to come to a consensus on what we need to do. charlie: people always talk about president obama, it was a priority for him, he wanted to come here and bridge the bipartisan rift. says heot do it and wishes he had the political skills of abraham lincoln or roosevelt to accomplish it. is other

mikedingell was great, tozan.billy toes in the senate, fritz hollings and trent lott agreeing on everything, amazing. they would clear the pathway to make this possible legislatively and a relatively short. of time. you can keep going down the line. including jay rockefeller and olympia snowe working on it with so that theuse side bills for every computer in every school in america for poor children would be paid for out of this bill so we could speed up the pace at which kids get the new skill set. behind the most vulnerable kids so the bill includes now what is $40 billion spent on those poor kids. the largest single education technology program still. if there's one thing i could do differently, i underestimated how much the phone companies would try to gobble each other up first. to gobble up all of these names that used to be well-known companies, rather than try to compete, their first goal was to gobble each other up and spend their first couple years trying to do that. if i could do it over again i would put a limitation on how many lines each company could have which would have for

with the: i look back style just working with trent lott, who was extremely .onservative he was a super nice guy. he wanted to do the right thing for the country. i cannt not have a people work with in that regard. i do not dislike mitch mcconnell , i don't have patriots in my whole body against mitch mcconnell. a part of allowing people like trump to be around. because of what they have done, there's tremendous concern by the american people. they think the system is broken. it is broken. i have hope that the next congress can be better. it will only come back if there soa return to collegiality that we can get done. right now, there is a path of getting nothing done. >> to think there is a place for moderates in the republican party today? ied a lotave primar of them. moderates.go to the one said to tip o'neill, i'm going to start a hispanic caucus. he said, are you going to meet in a phone booth? boothter be a small phone because they don't have anybody to fill it right now. i would say a few things, we got a lot done. >> ferry productive. -- very productive. sen. reid: the first con

former senate majority leaders tom daschle and trent lott

trent lott agreeing on everything, and they just were going to clear the pathway to make this possible legislatively in a relatively short period of time. larry pressler. you can keep going down the line including jay rockefeller and olympia snowe working on the e-rate with me over on the house side so that the bills for every computer in every school in america for poor children would be paid for out of this bill so that we could speed up the pace at which kids get the new be skill set as we're speeding up the pace at which we're going to see technological innovation occur in our country. so the bill includes what is now $40 billion which has been spent on those poor kids, the largest single educational technology program still in the history of our country. if there's one thing i could do differently, i underestimated how much the phone companies would just try to gobble each other up first. all these names that used to be well known companies. rather than trying to compete against each other, their first goal was to try to gobble each other up and spend their first couple years tryi

. >> trent lott did a public speech say no member of the united states senate outside the gulf coast area of either party had done as much to help the people he represented as hillary. courtis: janel walton is there. she is live with more on those being honored tonight. reporter: we have not heard from john boehner since he resigned he' s going to make his first public appearance tonight at the lincoln day dinner. people excited to hear the event is sold out. this year they sold 500. people excited to have donald trump in town. he will not be here but other local names are here including sheriff rick jones. john boehner is receiving a special honor. >> we knew months ago it would be a great day to have it. we just decided to schedule it then. reporter: john boehner is scheduled to speak for 10-15 minutes. we have not heard from him since he resigned. courtis: come tuesday, 17 euros will be allowed to vote in the ohio primary. ohio allows those who will be 18 years old before the general election to vote tuesday. with some limits. that meant teenagers could not vote for presidential c

former senate majority leaders tom daschle and trent lott address that issue in this new book, calledisis point: why we must -- and how we can -- overcome our broken politics in washington and across america.”

is this trump and cruz, or did kasich with the trent lott support get any traction? did rubio get any traction? >> well, kasich -- governor kasich has had a team here in mississippi early on, probably one of the first to create a team. he's hoping to get some traction. i think for him, though, he's shooting for 15%, so he can get a share of some statewide delegates. i think anything beyond that would surprise them as much as anyone. >> so in your mind, it's a two-person race, really. it's trump and cruz? >> it's a two-person race and most folks think it's probably a matter of how much trump is going to win by. >> i put up a map -- >> -- polling here -- >> i want to put up a map of the 2012 republican primary. that was a very competitive three-way race between gingrich, santorum, and romney. what's interesting here is in the big media markets, as you can see there, santorum only carried -- of the five biggest counties, he only carried one of the five, because he did so well in rural territory. i guess, and you tell me if i'm wrong, i would suspect cruz and santorum wi

and what trent lott said, he's not alone.ormer republican senator from indiana, someone we all liked a lot, dick lugar, is urging senate republicans to do the right thing, honor their constitutional duty. here's what he said, and i quote reluctance given the controversy that surrounds all the debate that's already occurred, but that's not sufficient reason to forgo your duty." close quote. but richard lugar is saying do your jobs. you have a constitutional obligation to do that. there are two quotes that i just gave from strong republican leaders telling senate republicans do their jobs, so why won't they? the six nominations made to vacancies have existed during presidential election years since 1900, well more than 100 years ago. since that date, each of the six have been confirmed by the senate. that's what the senate has done in the past and they should do now. so i say to my friends across the aisle listen to reason. heed your constitutional duties. listen to what the american people are saying. this is not a popular sta

wins, he's a deal maker, we're deal makers and you see the former spokesmen for dennis hastert and trent lott, get along with trump. we'll see how well it works. i don't know. >> thanks very much for sticking with us throughout the show. >>> in today's installment of america's debt and the economy, foreign governments are dumping u.s. debt like never before. figures just released show foreign governments sold close to $60 billion of u.s. treasury debt and other notes in january. the highest monthly tally on record going back to 1978. and china, which happens to be the largest owner of u.s. debt, is leading the way. analysts say it's all an effort by nations to raise cash of their own and keep their economies afloat during this global economic slowdown. >>> for the first time in more than 80 years, a sitting american president will visit cuba. cnn got a behind-the-scenes look at what life is really like on the island nation ahead of obama's historic visit. that's right after this break. with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thin

i love to say that name -- trent lott. it is another time and place for your republican party.two-do list for europe of them party? that the race is being tightened between hillary clinton and donald trump. there are multiple republican candidates. donald trump will continue to vacuum up those delegates, and i will make it difficult for the others. it is not a two-person race. you have ted cruz, marco rubio, and even john kasich at the party. said he can get to the nomination. do you see evidence that he can beat tech terry clinton? ron: the polling shows that clinton would actually beat trumpet this point it however, trump is a chameleon, as we have seen over the last several must. i could see him switching out to be more of a center-left candidate in order to win the nomination. right now, no, i do not think he could beat secretary clinton. but eventually he potentially could. we just do not know when it comes to donald trump. i will translate for you. we grew up with southern democrats. the idea of southern republicans is just as germane. francine: trying to figure out what

. >> that's john kasich with the support of trent lott and the establishment figures not doing that greatid he's going to have to dial it down a bit to appear more presidential and presume bpresumebly to win over the 8% of people in the middle of the countly who will decide this election. what do you mean? we saw him do it at that press conference after tuesday. he didn't sustain it, though. it lasted, what, 25 hours? not much more than that. at some point beyond having that temperamental thing, he's going to have to address policy questions. we were talking about this earlier and saw in the the debate last night. you push him on taxes and trade or foreign policy and there's no answers. there's no platform, that has to happen, too, doesn't it? or does that alienate thousands of people who love him because he doesn't have that. >> there are three phases of communications for future presidents. the first phase is talk to your party. second phase talk to the country. that's called the general election. the third phase, talk to the world. each of them require you to stay true to your core pri

at's how i got to know trent lott so well. i was in and i took care of the republicans. if there was a unanimous consent request, democrats got something, and republicans got something. and i was well liked by the republicans because i will protected them. there is no one to work with anymore. they are afraid. they are afraid. what they'll do is democrat and republican will introduce a bill knowing it's not going to go anywhere. host: one last question. >> i wanted to see how concerned are you that democratic turnout in the presidential primary has been lower than republican turnout. you talked about doubling down on ideas, but how does that translate into votes? senator reid: it's something we can't ignore. but most pundits and political science believes that the massive turnouts have been as a within thehe rivalry republican party. with the democrats we had this thing going with hillary and bernie for a long time, but it was a love fest. criticize each other. had a little so back and forth. so there wasn't much interest in the democrats versus republicans. i think dona

remember when clinton was president in the late years of data nominee came up in california that trent lott fired closed 0 on the nomination to move forward and i voted for cloture. we didn't believe in filibuster. only after president bush won and republicans had a slim majority in the senate that the democrats held those nominees systematically and quickly got a majority. he nominated 11 judges for the court of appeals and i am talking about the court of appeals. renominated even. two were three nominations, president clinton had put up for democrats and they confirmed those two quickly and everybody else was blocked. two or three years, then when we got the majority back it was filibustered. it went on and on until the american people got frustrated with it. they wanted judges who would follow the law, good judges they could trust and they believed these were, senator gramm and the gang of 14, they cut this deal and said we won't filibuster anymore except in extraordinary circumstances. we can vote no but won't filibuster except in extraordinary circumstances. >> we debated it. i opposed

our lineup includes matt lewis and trent lott. on c-span3, american history tv at theetime with a look u.s. supreme court. focusing on the nomination of louis brandeis 100 years ago and bush.00 court case of again, that is tomorrow night on c-span3. >> i am a history buff. i do enjoy the fabric of our country and how things work and how they are made. >> i love american history tv. a fantastic show. >> i had no idea. >> with american history tv a gives you that perspective. >> i am a c-span fan. broderick johnson is the white house cabinet secretary. he recently went back to his all matter, university of michigan it school to talk about what is like working for the president. he also talked about the task force of my brother's keeper which he chairs. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome. i am susan collins. it is wonderful to have all of you to invest this afternoon. today, it is an honor to be introducing broderick johnson, who joins us as part of the university's month-long martin luther king jr. symposium. it is a specia

hillary clinton does what her husband did in the '90s when newt gingrich pretty much ran the show and trent lottll president clinton did was sign his name to that beautiful conservative legislation -- >> well, there sure were jobs created during the clinton presidency. >> well, that's my point, is because of what the republicans did in congress. so clinton, if you look at some of her policies, she's a moderate. she's not a far left liberal. she's appealing to the far left -- now, i'm going to get in so much trouble for saying that. i'm not saying i would. i'm saying i don't know what i would do if trump became the nominee. >> on hillary clinton, we've heard from donald trump, he repeatedly said hillary clinton lacks the strength and stamina to be president. hearing that, is that a sexist comment? >> absolutely, absolutely. again, i've gotten in trouble for saying this. i, as a woman in politics, hillary clinton has proven that she has the strength. it is not easy to be a woman in a man's world. and face it, the political arena is definitely still a man's world. i'm not saying i support her polic

trent lott fired a cloture on the nomination to move it or rude and i voted for cloture. because we did not believe in filibusters. it was only after president bush won and the republicans had a slim majority in the senate that the democrats held those nominees systematically and then they quickly got a majority. nobody moved. none of them. theominated 11 judges for court of appeals. i'm talking about the court of appeals nominated 11. two of them work re-nominations that president clinton had put up. .nd we confirmed those quickly everybody else was blocked. it was two or three years. when we got the majority back it was filibustered. it went on and on until finally the american people got frustrated with it. they wanted judges who would follow the law. good judges they could trust. senator graham and others in the gang of 14. they cut this deal and said, we will not filibustered anymore except in extraordinary circumstances. we can vote no but we will won'tster except -- filibuster except in extraordinary circumstances. we debated it unopposed. i didn't previously belie

supporters versus phil bryant supporters, for instance, with our lieutenant governor and governor, or trent lott in these kind of one-party states. so there is an attraction to the strongest personality. and what i'm seeing on the gop side is, it's as much about personality and attitude as it is on -- over substance. >> curtis wilke, marvin king, thank you both. great conversation and thank you for having me on your campus, which is beautiful. >>> ted cruz is speaking right now, we're listening into that to see what he has to say. he's taking questions from reporters. and still ahead, candidates from both parties out to win the youth vote. up next, we'll talk to a couple of student leaders here, republican and democrat from right here at ole miss. at safelite, we know how busy your life can be. oh no this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshield. so she scheduled at safelite.com and with safelite's exclusive "on my way text" she knew exactly when i'd be there. so she didn't miss a single shot. (cheering crowd) i replaced her windshield... giving her more time for what matters mos

i lament not having people like that to work with in that regard including trent lott.are of what he has been a part of to allow people like donald trump to be around. because of what they have done, there is tremendous concern by the american people. they think the system is broken and if it continues, it is broken. i have hope the next congress can do better. but it will only come about to return to college yalt and so we -- a return to collegiality. and so we can get things done. right now, republicans have chosen of not getting anything done and that can't continue. host: do you think there is a place for moderates in the republican party today? senator reid: primaries in a lot of them and moderates used to go to but the moderates 100th birthday of ed roy ball and he said i'm going to start a hispanic caucus. and tip said to him, in the phone booth. there better be a small booth. and the reason we were able to get a few things with all their obstruction in the first congress -- got a lot done -- first congress. it was the best ever. and we had people to work with. s