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Oct 15, 2012

to suppose that richard nixon might have fought. if you're a novelist you go inside his head and haven't ticket. is that history. it's more entertaining than is educational. it's one thing that genre can add to actual history. >> what is your day job? >> i teach at george washington university. >> talking here with thomas mallon.

KRCB - To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe

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Oct 20, 2012

staunch john f. kennedy liberals to voting for richard nixon. >> walsh says white middle class men blamed problems in the country on feminism and the civil rights movement. they jumped to the republican party and soon after many of their wives followed. >> we on the left, liberals like to say that the white working class left because of racism and certainly richard nixon and pat buchanan were brilliant in convincing the white working class that government only cared about black people and women to some extent and didn't care about them. >> but walsh says it's more complex than that. >> my mother was a civil rights liberal. but as the 60s turned to the 70s she saw the social disorder and she became afraid. and so white working class women did move with their husbands. the gap to this day that the democrats have enjoyed with women is much bigger with single women. the gender gap originated with reagan and white women started being a little bit more white working class women, a little bit more susceptible to the appeals of democrats. >> today women's issues are considered by many to be econo

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Oct 15, 2012

. >> guest: yeah, really when people say oil independence, going all the way back to richard nixon, it's really been about oil independence. and i think we have turned the corner. i think we have the opportunity to be a lot less dependent. and if you tie it together with canada and elsewhere in the western hemisphere, i think we could see a western hemisphere isn't necessarily in fife or ten years importing as much oil from the eastern hemisphere. that's a big change. and we'll feel we're more resilient, we will be, and we'll get the economic benefits of development in our country, but i think it's a little too soon to actually proclaim the imminence of oil independence. >> host: well, and you mentioned this issue about the western hemisphere m becoming more independent, but this is another issue that i think is challenging because it seems to me as lock -- as long as there's 17 million barrels of oil a day flowing through the strait of hormuz, isn't that going to be a red line in terms of geopolitical strategy? we're not going to let japan and europe, if they're buying oil from that a

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Oct 21, 2012

this morning is george mcgovern. he was known probably best for losing the presidential race to richard nixon in 1972. in that election, he won two states and had a long career. he died this morning in his home state of south dakota. he was 90 years old. >> he was a lawmaker who served the country more than two decades. susan macinnis has more on his passion for people and the world. >> reporter: senator george mcgovern from south dakota was the democrat's choice for president in 1972. >> i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. >> reporter: he promised to end the war in vietnam and bring about social and economic reform. mcgovern had a strong grassroots following, but his nomination split the democratic party ideologically. on election day, incumbent richard nixon beat him in a landslide. >> i have never known a national election when i would be able to go to bed earlier than tonight. >> reporter: mcgovern wants only the district of columbia and -- won only the district of columbia and massachusetts. >> we're not going to shed any tears tonight about the great joy this campai

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Oct 21, 2012

was a democratic candidate in 1972, ran against richard nixon, against the war. as you would call it at that time, the vietnam war drove all the politics, and george mcgovern, although he was an army fighter pilot during world war ii and won the distinguished cross, was an unabashed dove. he wanted the war ended right away, and he ran on that platform, and he got smoked by richard nixon. i was amazed looking back at the numbers in that 1972 race. 60.7% went to richard nixon. 37.5% went to george mcgovern, so it was -- that was quite a race, and quite a landslide for richard nixon, and the rest is history, as we say. george mcgovern was an unabashed liberal voice m u.s. senate. he was a gentleman -- i know that sounds a little strange in the harshness of politics, but personally i always found him to be quiet. what you would think of as south dakota. he was born and raised in south dakota. he was certainly in some ways out of step with that state's presidential politics at the very least. he didn't even win the state in his own presidential race. but he was unabashed liberal, loved his home state,

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Oct 21, 2012

govern was a liberal icon. he ran for president in 1972. he lost in a landslide to richard nixon. we're going to take a look back at his long career in politics this morning. >>> also, we are just 16 days until the election. one day until the third and final presidential debate. this morning, so many questions. how will this big headline about iran play in the debate? and can this face-off shift the dynamic in what appears to be an extremely tight race? >> the timing so interesting on that one. we'll get to that in just a few minutes. >>> we'll begin, though, with that breaking news. the former senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern die d today at the age of 90. family and lifelong friends and >> he was surrounded by relatives and lifelong friends and george stephanopoulos looks back at his life dedicated to public service. >> i will haunt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. >> he was the first senator to oppose the vietnam war. calling it a policy of moral debacle and political defeat. that cause would go to the democratic nomination for president in 1972. >> truth and c

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Oct 18, 2012

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Oct 18, 2012

don't have health insurance, don't want health insurance. my confusion is always--richard nixon initiated health insurance to make a profit. he said if it makes a profit it's a good thing. i don't know if that profit incentive vis-a-vis how they chartcharacterize it, or the anti-government thing or entrepreneur thing balances out. i don't want to be disengenius but i don't understand it. i support t but i don't understand obama-care. >> cenk: i think you're having a lot of issues that the progressives have. i don't want to be mandated. that was literally from richard nixon and the heritage foundation and mitt romney. then they call him a socialist any way. >> yeah, well. >> cenk: these where the confusion comes in. they call him a socialist no matter what. >> they call him a lot of things. >> cenk: yeah, any other issue that moves you politically where you get worked up. >> yeah, corporate. i mean, i think there should be a third party in america called the corporation party. we need to stop pitting democrat against democrat against republican. if people really believe that corp

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Oct 21, 2012

falls, south dakota. he's best known for his landslide defeat against richard nixon in the neant 7 1972 presil election. he is also remembered as a tireless advocate for the poor and all of those in need. also a progressive voice that helped shape the democratic party and inspire a generation of democrats. mcgovern was a world war ii b-24 bomber pilot and served in the internet as wel senate fromr 18 years. george mcgovern was 90 years old. >>> but first, here we are. it is the final countdown and the final presidential debate upcoming. it may be the most critical night of the entire 2012 election. looming over it, of course, is the new fallout from the deadly terrorist attack in libya. good morning to all of you. i'm jamie colby. >> i'm eric shawn. welcome to america's election headquarters for this sunday morning. the obama administration's response to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi is a major flash point of the presidential campaign. of course, it's expected to be front and center in the foreign policy debate that will occur in florida tomorrow night as accusations cont

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Oct 21, 2012

that like richard nixon did me in 1972. the whole country swung against them. that is what led him to not running for reelection. >> had you considered running against johnson? >> i had considered. the anti-war people were after me running against him. i was perhaps the most outspoken critic of the war. i was somewhat of a folk hero on university campuses. they were asking me to run. i did not see how i could do that because i was up for reelection to the senate. i won the first race in 1962 in a recount. i barely nosed out my opponent. and now i am up for reelection. i just thought, i cannot give that up. i cannot sacrifice my position in the senate for what is an uphill race. i did not have any money. i was not a wealthy man. i did not have any big financial backers. i told this crowd that was after me, why do you not get a hold of the senator that is against the war, but it is not up for reelection. if he loses the presidential election, at least he will stay on in the senate. i suggested senator metcalf of montana and senator mccarthy of minnesota. neither one of whom had to fa

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Oct 16, 2012

and his daughter says he is nearing the end of his life. mcgovern lost the 1972 race to richard nixon. >>> the families of those killed in the colorado theater shooting massacre will receive about 70% of the money from a $5 million donation fund. the rest of the money will go to those injured if they were hospitalized overnight. >>> hey, look, the sun is out. all four of them. amateur astronomers have stumbled on to a distant planet about the size of neptune that orbits around a pair of stars and even crazier, another pair of stars revolves around the planet. this is the craziest. incredible video from norway. it's painful to watch. the bar holding a base jumper gives way and flengs the man over the side of a 4,000-foot cliff. he was able to open his parachute, amazingly and he did survive. unreal. >>> last night on the "rachel maddow show," robert gibbs says the tax cut just doesn't add up. >> there's a $4.8 trillion tax cut that no study that actually looks at the real numbers can come up with a way of paying for it. into that, $2 trillion for pentagon spending and that's how they w

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Oct 16, 2012

of his life. the senator who is now 90, lost to richard nixon in a landslide in 1972. he served in the senate since 1981 and has fought to end world hunger. >>> a stunningly close call to show you here this morning. thanks to some american youngsters. they're riding a train. and the young woman is encouraged to stick her head, right there, out of the window. luckily, she ducks back inside, just before -- just a second before being hit by that train that was coming from the opposite direction. don't try that one on your next train trip. look at that. >> just don't hang your head out the window, period. >> that could have been beyond bad. >> close your eyes and go to sleep on the train. >>> time, now, for the weather across the nation. a rainy day in the northwest, around seattle, portland, billings and jackson, wyoming. scattered showers from grand rapids to chicago. much warmer than normal in the nation's midsection. >> kansas city and omaha hover near 80 degrees. 60s in the northwest and east. 80s in new orleans. 85 in sacramento. >>> coming up, the google exec who is saying ya

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Oct 16, 2012

life. mcgovern lost the 1972 race to richard nixon. >>> the families of those killed in the colorado theater shooting massacre will receive about 70% of the money from a $5 million donation fund. the rest of the money will go to those injured if they were hospitalized overnight. >>> hey, look out. the sun is out. all four of them. amateur astronomers using data from a nasa telescope have stumbled on to a distant planet about the size of neptune that orbits around a pair of stars and even crazier, another pair of stars revolves around the planet. >>> and incredible video out of norway. watch this, the bar holding a base jumper gives way and it flings the man over the side of a 4,000 foot cliff. well, if you can believe it, he was able to open his parachute and he survived. >>> one of the top health stories on nbcnews.com, the government is investigating two more drugs made by that massachusetts pharmacy at the heart of the meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 and sickened hundreds more. the fda is looking into three new cases, one a possible case of meningitis that may be tied to a

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Oct 16, 2012

gay? why was jack kennedy so reckless in his personal life? richard nixon, bill clinton, no shortage of material. i read an annal sa i read an annal nnalanalysis, t first debate who had a strong father versus who didn't. >> romney was very comfortable being assertive, taking charge, eye contact. also that romney has five sons and we know five sons you got to be tough. >> reporter: a conversation with dr. frank offers not the usual election analysis. >> both applied psychoanalysis. >> romney is what is called a narcissistic fighter, he fights by taking a superior position and talking down to the other person. >> reporter: that could describe most of the political discourse out there today, of course. >> i have a lot of history doing what is called applied psychoanalysis, looking at the past, looking at patterns, behavior, repetitive thinks. >> reporter: politicians might have another take on it. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> reporter: long ago stuff. buried in the psyche stuff. frank posits that obama's belief he could change washington had its genesis in his childhood. >> he was fe

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Oct 21, 2012

campaign against richard nixon but the liberal could not escape mistakes in his own campaign. mcgovern was 90 years old. >>> well, the san mateo bridge is closed this weekend for seismic updates and repairs. it is expected to open up tomorrow in time for the morning commute. and there is good news for drivers, crews have been so efficient they will not need to close the bridge again next weekend as they planned. they are replacing 60 feet of deck. but, with this weekend's closure we have seen a lot of traffic on the bay bridge. here is a live look right now at the plaza ts it is still backed up as it has been most of the weekend. >>> if you need to try to avoid the traffic messes getting around the closure this weekend head to our web site, and click on current traffic conditions on the front page. >>> all righty. another must win for the giants with game 6 of the national championship series against the card nals already under way. we are at the ballpark with a look at pitcher's secret recipe for winning that is an interest net trend, don? >> reporter: -- internet trend, don? >

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Oct 21, 2012

lost in a landslide to then president richard nixon, after winning just one state, massachusetts. >> we're to the going to shed any tears tonight about the great joys that this campaign has brought to us. >> reporter: one of the great ironies of this race was that president nixon ordered the break-in to the democratic party headquarters in the watergate hotel because he feared being bested by whoever his democratic opponent might be. that break-in lead to nixon's resignation, just two years after overwhelming mcgovern in the election. before entering politics, mcgovern flew 35 combat missions as a b-24 bomber pilot during world war ii. and was award the distinguished flying cross. he married his college sweetheart eleanor during the war. and they had five children together. eleanor passed away in 2008. mcgovern represent his home state of south dakotah for more than 20 years, first in the house of representatives, and then in the senate where he championed liberal social and economic reforms. he was tapped by three presidents to represent the u.s. at the united nations, on issues rangin

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Oct 14, 2012

is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looked tired and ragged. the general observation was they just spent too much time with a 70-year-old guy trying to beat every factoid into his brain. >> people said ronald reagan is too old for the office. >> you're already th

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Oct 21, 2012

richard nixon because this is a family library and the family television tonight. but there was a time. just very briefly and clinton as a family with a certain kind of character here on page 150 assembling about the draft one subject only and the identity sometimes he outright lie. more often he shaded the truth ceasing to feel entitled to constructive events in ways that work to his own benefits. i happen to be at yale in the number of graduate when they were in law school together and the one wonders about the attraction and then one reads the second which is about tenet start interviewing hillary clinton. i could tell you a story who i had dinner with at precisely this time but this would go on too long. in the end he determined that he didn't have enough evidence to indict hillary clinton. examples of disingenuous statements of disclaimers and outright confiscation were abundant. something your regular and perhaps illegal had taken place with of the first lady much more than her husband at the heart of it. and we to understand the attraction the clintons had for each other. [laugh

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Oct 20, 2012

gold water talking about richard nixon? i can't tell you what he said, it's a family library and family television tonight. but there was a time when there were great liers. i want to quote from will chafe's book briefly. it's a dual biography of hillary clinton and bill. the clinton as a family with a certain kind of character. here on page 150 one subject only here. but bill displayed his inability to come clean about issues that were core of identity. sometimes he layed. more often he shaded the truth. awsmsz he -- worked to his own benefit. and you wonder, i have happen to be at yale as a undergraduate when they were in law school together and one wonders about the attraction and one reads this second bit from page 256 which is interviewing about hillary clinton. i can tell you about ken star who had dinner with at this time. i won't because it would make it go on too long. in the end he determined he did not have enough evidence to indict hillary clinton. the camps of disingenuous statements were abundant. something irregular later, and perhaps illegal had taken place in arkansas f

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Oct 21, 2012

skis. he was the 1972 democratic nominee for president. he lost to richard nixon. george mcgovern was 90. >>> lance armstrong, still a rock star to people who support the livestrong organization. he spoke to these charity psych lists today in texas, calling the past few weeks interesting and at times very difficult. a growing doping scandal forced armstrong to give up chairmanship of livestrong and a bunch of sponsors gave him up too. >>> police or a manhunt west of milwaukee looking for a willer. brookfield, wisconsin. witnesses say a man walked into a nail and hair salon and started shooting. this is an active investigation right now. susan candiotti is on it. fast-moving developments. what do we know about the suspect? >> reporter: a special tragedy this morning. we know this man is 45 years old. his name is radcliffe hougten. police have been trying to locate him since this tragic shooting began. shortly after that nail and hair salon was scheduled to open at about 11:00 local time, noon eastern time, law enforcement officials tell us the shooting began when a gunman wal

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Oct 21, 2012

to richard nixon by a huge landslide, but he remained a liberal firebrand and an icon to many in his party. peter doocy now with a look back at his life. >> reporter: harris, george mcgovern lost the 1972 presidential election to richard nixon by more than 500 electoral votes but former president clinton said in 2006 in the storied history of american politics, i believe no other presidential candidate ever had such an enduring impact in defeat. a bomber pilot in world war ii, mcgovern was elected to the senate in south dakota in 1962 and became the democratic party's noom kneparty's nomineea decade later. >> they want to believe in their country. >> reporter: mcgovern dropped his running mate, thomas eagle ton, when it was revealed he received electro shock therapy for depression years earlier. he was replaced on the secretary oticket bysargent shriver and tn a platform that pushed for withdrawal from vietnam. >> the first time i spoke against vietnam, my son was then nine years old. he's now 19 and faced with the draft. never occurred to me when i started speaking out against the war tha

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Oct 21, 2012

night george mcgovern was crushed by richard nixon. >> we can see the dimensions of nixon's landslide tonight. >> he didn't even win his home state. a new years later the reagan revolution ended him off and he lost his united states senate seat. >> i leave the senate and the service of south dakota with very deep personal satisfaction. >> after such crushing defeat he kept working especially on world hunger. jfk put mcgovern in charge of a new program called food for peace and he went on to become a hero in the effort to feed the world, often working with bob dole, two men from farm states but pulled apart politically, working on the same cause. >> don't send them into needless war. >> he railed against the iraq war and called for the impeachment of both bush and cheney. his daughter terry and son steve both dies of alcohol ifl. mcgovern lost his wife years ago and his own health started to fail soon afterwards. it took him 50 years to talk about what he did in the war long ago, his political scars, he took to his grave, he once said hel couldn't be any worse than the skies he piloted

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Oct 15, 2012

: if only richard nixon could find a good scout. >> he didn't havv a woman 92 that is true. lou: they were lacking in courage. >> this is strange coming out of the woodwork this way. without expectation or what it means, why is she saying ttis, what should she have known. i don't think this ends the political bleeding, i don't think it will answer all of the questions, it does put her in play, and puts onus on her to explain why she made the statement. lou: judy, you shake your head. >> there is so much that needs to be explained. it is hard to imagine how you can address it in a simple statement or a town hall meeting tomorrow. lou: 5 weeks from those attacks, 4 americans and now secretary of state seps up to take responsibility, ron? >> a couple thin are striking about this this past weekend, and sunday talk shows you saw no person defend what had been taking place they sent their campaign folks out. number two, narrative heading into detail tomorrow will be hillary clinton taking full responsibility, not barack obama heads into a very decisive debate, this is a bad, bad timing for the a

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Oct 16, 2012

to the end of his life. he lost every state in the 72 election to richard nixon except massachusetts and district of columbia. >> getting behind the push to vote michelle obama already submitting her ballot. she showed off that completed absentee ballot on twitter monday before she rallied supporters in ohio to do the same thing. >> i have to tell you that i am pretty fired up and ready to go myself especially because this morning i cast my vote early for barack obama. today i voted for my husband. >> the president making history by not voting on election day he will vote early in chicago on october 25th. that is your 5@5:00. >> not having people go to the ballot box. >> as long as you vote that is what counts. >> the september 11th attack on consulate in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton talking to wendell goaler about the incident, the security concerns leading up to the attack and administration's actions following. >> secretary clinton making news there. she takes full responsibility for the attacks in benghazi and the buck stops with her. >> i am responsible at the state

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Oct 18, 2012

to president richard nixon and served as ambassador hunger. >>> a woman in hercules was found dead inside her home. two people were arrested last week in seattle, they were suspects and had stolen a car from the victim's home. the church memorial starts at 6:00 p.m. >>> that fire in richmond will attain. -- with will retain. they will also coming up with ways to improve the system. it is geared towards learning anything long-term other many many releases. more than 9 million people around the state are expected to participate in this morning's drill. >> all right, that is a big deal. time now 5:07, are you ready to shake things up in the commute? >> no, i am not. >> yes, i am. i am ready for anything, and we are hoping dave and pam we have a better commute. we are doing well around the bay area, let's go to live pictures and 880 looks good and we always hope it stays just this way. traffic looks but traffic also looks good on 280, let's go to steve. >>> clear skies right up here. right up there, a leading edge of our cooling trend is working its way into the forecast. it is not close enough y

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Oct 18, 2012

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Oct 18, 2012

, richard nixon campaigned in all 50 states. john kennedy in 45. so how did the presidential battleground get so small? we asked our political direct john dickerson to explain it all tonight. john. >> reporter: scott, those toss-up states in gray are the only ones where both candidates have a shot at winning the majority of the vote. in the battle to get 270 electoral votes, in the vast majority of states you just need to win by one vote to get all the electoral votes in the state. in all the other nontoss had up states, one party dominates by enough that a candidate of the minority party would never have a realistic chance. >> john, thank you very much. at tuesday's dthe long battle over the keystone pipeline briefly came up. tonight, the owner, transcanada, has temporarily shut down the existing section which carries oil from alberta canada to illinois to oklahoma. tests show possible safety issues. you may recall president obama blocked a proposed extension of the pipeline to port arthur, texas, citing a lack of environmental studies. we go inside the cdc, as it races to stop a deadly

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Oct 20, 2012

stein's money." but before all that, he was a presidential speech writer. did he write for richard nixon, jimmy carter, ronald reagan, or george bush sr.? anyone? anyone? i'll have the answer after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> ben stein is a well-known economist. he was a speech writer for president nixon. and oh yeah, this. >> bueller? bueller? bueller? >> now ben stein is advising all of us to slack off a little like ferris bueller. he writes financial basics are boring, it's much better to be adventurous. i bet he doesn't mean it, considering his new

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Oct 20, 2012

from 1964 from 2012 comes from the state from the sun belt. richard nixon from california. gerald ford was never elected he doesn't count. he was from michigan. jimmy cart -- -- it end the forty years period of sun belt dominance. there were issues critical in the politics that go oned that came out of the sun belt. they tended to have a conservative cast to them. they tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense of an opposition to unions and defense of free enterprise politics and it's in the sun belt in the south and southwest we see the rise by the 1970 would be coming to as at religious rise. the rise of e van gel call and the political process and new and important ways. so thurmond was the forefront at all of those issues in the own politicses. national defense he was a staunch anticommunist and played a important role in right-wing anticommunist politics. it was one of the things that lead him to switch parties in 1964. he was a key figure in opposing labor unions. he did so alongside bike barry goldwater starting in the 1950s. early in the career he would be

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Oct 21, 2012

govern has died. he lost the 1972 election to richard nixon in a landslide. he was 90 years old >>> the "new york times" is reporting that iran is making moves toward holding one-on-one talks with the white house over its nuclear talks. >>> that report will most certainly come up at tomorrow night's third and final debate between president obama and mitt romney. both are taking time off from campaigning to focus on the debate. >>> finally eight-time grammy winner adele is a mom. the singer reportedly gave birth to a baby boy last week, as you expect, he's said to be ecstatic with the new arrival. >>> and time now for the weather and ginger zee. >>> good morning, everybody. we have to start with the meteor shower last night. we got pictures in and nasa took some of the best pictures. this was taken in georgia. some clear skies up and down the east coast. that happened when the earth passes through haley's comet orbit. >>> into the weather forecast, there's a very small area for severe weather including midland, texas, toward the mexican board. lubbock could get some thunderstorms and then thi

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Oct 21, 2012

to suppose that richard nixon might have thought, et cetera, et cetera. if you're a novelist you go inside his head and have him think it. it is not history. it is more entertaining than it is educational but it's one thing i think that the genre can add to actual history. >> what is your day job? >> i teach at george washington university. i direct the creative writing problem there. >> we've been talking here with thomas mallon and here is his novel, "weight gate".

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Oct 21, 2012

defeat to president richard nixon in 1972 dieded this morning in sioux falls south dakota. he was 90. we'll have a look back from nancy cordes. >> reporter: three-time democratic presidential candidate george mcgovern won his party's nomination in 1972. >> i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: mcgovern, 9nbñrÑ)Ñi for anÑiçó immedipnqhq >> you, richard milhous nixon reporter: but he lost in a landslide to then president richard nixon. winning just one state massachusetts. >> we're not going to shed any tears tonight about the great joys that this campaign has brought to us >> reporter: he married his collegy sweetheart, eleanor, they had five children togetheri eleanor passed away in 2008. >> i believe we are going to prevail. >> reporter: mcgovern represented his home state of south dakota for more than 20 senate wherew3m$jçó championedçi reforms. >> we wa' front awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2000 and the world food prize in 2008. he stayed active until the end, backing then senator obama in the 2008 election

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Oct 16, 2012

are richard nixon sweating. the other person comes out with a dark coat, and he's got great eye contact. i a few look at richard it -- if you look at richard nixon, his eyes roll, whereas kennedy is looking right at him. he refuses make up because he hears that kennedy refuses make up. he has a bad knee, and he is moving all over the place. i on -- on television, if you want to look good, you stay reasonably steady and drop the voice a little bit and do not do this like i do all the time. so we are going to take a look at what they look like. by the way, the last three debates, which nobody talks about, nixon has a dark coat, so he learns. they are beginning to learn the effects of the visual. do not take that coat. it is too valuable. >> 25 years, the republican leadership has opposed federal -- >> [indiscernible] but how is the eye contact? i mean, he is right with us. >> medical care for the ages, development of our natural resources. i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. i hope he would grant me the same peer the question before us is -- which point of view and which p

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Oct 21, 2012

govern died this morning in sioux falls. he was an influential leader for americans. losing to richard nixon in '72, he was 90 years old. voice for peace, decorated war hero and we acknowledge his passing. >>> iran and the united states agreed to one-on-one nuclear talks. joining me, we have alli a blogger and marie slaughter, professor of politics and affairs at princeton and the former policy planner for obama state department. joe sestak from pennsylvania, three star admiral for the clinton national security council and former speech writer for condoleezza rice. the defining moment of tuesday night's presidential debate came between president obama and mitt romney on last month's attack in benghazi, libya. the issue was seen as a slam dunk for romney, but quickly turned into a political disaster. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror. >> i think it was interesting, the president said on the day after the attack, he went into the rose

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Oct 21, 2012

's foremost colony. this is richard nixon. so when we look back at richard nixon, it was from nostalgia. you can see how we've declined since then. [laughter] and this brings me to this effort and this book with, "17 solutions." sometimes when we just deal with exposes, they either alarm people, astonish people, anger people or overwhelm people. and the result is no follow-up. we don't have that many people in congress or in the courts or in the white house as we did in the '60s and '70s so connect with these exposes. when they saw them on tv or the books came out, there were hearings, there was litigation, there were statements from the white house. we don't have that anymore. and, therefore, we can't just rely on exposes. we got to recognize there's a banality now to exposes, although they're very, very important. they're the predicate for doing something and changing something. we've got to focus on solutions that embody as their rationale the descriptions that come out of the exposes. in that sense we sort of leap over the mere anger or alarm or feeling overwhelmed, the passivity of it a

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Oct 21, 2012

liberal, he lost the election to richard nixon in the biggest landslide ever. >> come home, america, come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. >> reporter: in 1972, with the nation bitterly divided by the vietnam war, george mcgovern accepted the presidential nomination. his grass roots campaign had taken over the party ending the control of back room bosses and forever changing presidential politics, he went on to one of the biggest losses in history. the son of a methodist minister, george stanley grew up in the dust bowl of south dakota. the experience shaped his later work on behalf of farms and against hunger. world war ii i was a fighter pilot. he safely landed his crippled bomber when he was shot over complex slovakia. six years later he was elected to the senate. he was one of the -- in the 1968 campaign when front-runner robert kennedy was assassinated, he launched a symbolic candidacy of his own. >> the number one priority in his campaign is to end the war in vietnam. >> mcgovern's opposition intensified after richard nixon expanded the war. in 1972, he was the leader o

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Oct 14, 2012

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Oct 14, 2012

. it was the in-crowd. they could be snooty. richard nixon never quite recovered from going up to one of these parties and being snubbed. his resentment was rooted in part in going to this dinner. >> to talk about you for a moment, back when we did "book notes"in 1995. [video clip] my background growing up in the 60's, going to harvard, i had a liberal sensibility but i came from a conservative background. the combination gave me a sense of capital -- skeptical curiosity and fascination with the workings of the american aristocracy. >> have those terms changed any since 1995? >> no. \ i am still curious. i look younger. i have not really changed. i did come from a liberal background. i got more conservative. i am a moderate now. i am unpredictable. i politics have become more unpredictable. the source of my curiosity, coming from a liberal background but having grown up in a fairly rich, conservative environment, created a kind of yang yang thing for me that helped spur my curiosity. i grew up in a town full of lawyers. they voted republican. my parents voted democrat. i grew up in a

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Oct 15, 2012

have an affordable accessible child care law that can't pass congress in 1961. and richard nixon vetoed it because he thought it would destroy the nuclear family. there has never been another legislative push for coming and coming indie kind of public or private support for working families. and i'm hoping that table as young men have got now more involved in their families and have much more different values now, have lots of careers as well, that somehow we can get that back onto the political agenda because that's what's really keeping the talent pool. it's called for the key pipeline. we have a pipeline but it leads because so many women can't do both jobs well. it's really difficult. [inaudible] >> i think that is something we can all -- i'm not quite sure how to do. i think even get within companies. we have to get more flexible. i just flew out of with a woman from a price waterhouse big accounting firm. and accountants have been more feminine organization for many, many years. young women have graduated in accounting for a long time, and the accounting firms are one of the first

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Oct 19, 2012

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Oct 19, 2012

, no one is not funny at those things because you have a lot time to prepare. >>neil: how was richard nixon in 1960? >> the guy was a knee slapper. you could not beat him. when he told the blond jokes i method -- a blond was told most accidents happen a mile from your house and she moved. nasa what his best line. >>neil: you are almost as funny as you were with my buddy imus. >> i will tell you why i had to be on division talking about this poll if gallup for the last three days and it is sightly depressing. now, so that is something to do with it. >> we look at the far greater number ramifications and i don't like you just to slop me in with everyone else. >> have i ever done that? you would not fit any place else. you would not fit any place else and the dinner have it takes are probably down but i think that the idea that you can take the gallup poll and say that is it, i said yesterday as a joke, but --. >>neil: you are all overtime map. >> all over the map? coming from you, that is a compliment. >>neil: it is fine. i citizen that. we are both vulnerable. we node a group electronning hu

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Oct 20, 2012

of the sunbelt. lyndon johnson, from texas. richard nixon, from california. gerald ford was never elected so he doesn't count. he was from michigan. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. the first george bush from texas via connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas, and the second bush from texas. so 2008 is in some ways a watershed election and ends the 40-year period of sunbelt dominance. there were issues that were critical in the politics that developed, that came out of the sunbelt. they tended to have a conservative cast. they tended to be oriented around issued of strong national defense, of an opposition to unions and a defense of free enterprise politics, and also it's in the sunbelt, in the south and southwest, that we see the rise of what -- by the 1970s, the religious right, evangelical and fundamental list voters in the process in a new and important way. so thurmond was at the forefront of all those issues and his own politics. national defense. a staunch anticommunist and played an important role in the -- led him to switch parties in 1964. he was the key figure

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Oct 21, 2012

in 1972 against incumbent richard nixon. nixon won by a landslide. but still his white house bid attract add new breed of democrat, including gary heart and bill clinton. senator george mcgovern, dead at age 90. >>> the confusion and lack of phone numbers equal 11 digit dialing starting in the south bay. and the red and goal are giving back to the community. i moved to new york to work in fashion. i came here with just a suitcase, maybe two. and luckily i found an apartment just three blocks away from t.j.maxx, which was perfect because i needed everything and i still needed to make rent. t.j.maxx is such a great place cause i know when i go in there i'm gonna score. they've got such great deals on all my favorite brands. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. this maxxinista can make it anywhere. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >>> if your phone number has a 408 area code, you have to change how you dial. the 408 area code serves people in san jose and the surrounding areas. here's what you need to know if you have a 408 number. from a land line dial 1-408,

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Oct 21, 2012

that kind of faith. >> reporter: mcgovern won 17 electoral votes to richard nixon's 520. he had a campaign catastrophe when he had to drop his running malt, after it was revealed that he underwent electroshock therapy for depression. shriver joined the ticket and they pushed for a withdrawal from vietnam. >> the first time i spoke against vietnam, my son was then 9 years old. he is now 19. and faced with the draft. it never occurred to me when i started speaking out against that war, that it would some day catch my own son, 10 days later. >> reporter: president bill clinton said that he believes no other presidential candidate has had such an enduring impact in defeat. two years later, he endorsed hillary clinton and then backed barack obama saying at the time, an obama win would be a victory for moderate liberalism. he was born in 1922. services will be held in sioux falls, south dakota. >> jamie: we appreciate the remembrance. we will be talking about him throughout the day. thank you, peter. >> eric: we have a fox news extreme weather alert. there is severe flooding, forcing the evacuat

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Oct 21, 2012

lost in a landslide to richard nixon. i spoke to senator mcgovern about that fateful campaign and we talked about his service in world war ii. >> i didn't go around tooting my horn about what a hero i was. i feel self conscious talking about my war record, but it was better than anybody else's who has run for president in the 20th century in terms of what i went through. so how we got to be known as the party that, the movement that is weak on defense, weak on crime, weak on welfare sheets, irresponsible in handling money, but i'm ready to rest my case with history. >> mcgovern later served as the first u.n. global ambassador on hunger. president obama remembered him as a statesman of great conscience and conviction. his family said the senator died peacefully in a south dakota hospice. >>> mitt romney's formal fund-raising season is over. the republican presidential nominee held his final fund-raiser last night. he raised $361 million this election cycle. he will continue to the accept donations through election davie ya his campaign website, by mail and text message. >>> president

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Oct 21, 2012

richard nixon. he was 90 years old. >>> next, the granddaddy of all polling helps us sort out the conflicting numbers on the presidential horse race. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. [ male announcer ] it's time for medicare open enrollment. are you ready? time to compare plans and see what's new. you don't have to make changes, but it's good to look. maybe you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the

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Oct 21, 2012

govern died that morning, the democratic nominee for president in 1972 lose to go richard nixon. he was 90 years old. >>> next, the granddaddy of all polling helps us sort out the conflicting numbers on the presidential horse race. ♪ na, na... ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ goodbye [ flushing ] ♪ [ both ] ♪ na, na... [ woman ] ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye [ male announcer ] with kohler's powerful, high-efficiency toilets. flush. and done. [ all ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye the gallup organization as polled presidential races since 1936. the latest survey is attracting a lot of attention. the poll shows romney leading obama 51% to 45%. in comparison, real clear politics average shows a dead heat with obama leading by one tenth of a point. joining us, frank newport. how do you explain the fact your poll is so out of line with seven others national polls which show obama with a small lead or romney with a lead of just one point? >> well, there are many different explanation. we spend most of our time looking at our own method doling, how

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Oct 21, 2012

and then to the senate in the '60s. he was a 1972 democratic nominee for president. he lost to richard nixon. george mcgovern was 90. >>> a newly released picture of fidel castro may put an end to rumors that he is near death. the photo shows castro with the former venezuelan vice president that he said was taken the day before. speculation has been surging in recent weeks about the former cuban leader's health. mops of it came after castro failed to publicly congratulate his closest ally, hugo chavez, on his election victory. >>> violent protests erupted in beirut after the funeral of lebanon's assassinated intelligence chief. general what seem al asan was killed in broad daylight in a car bombing on friday. he was a critic of syria's regime. some protesters are blaming syria are for the assassination around pointing fingers at the government. lebanon's prime minister, syrias a government, and hezbollah have condemned the assassination. much more from beirut is ahead here on cnn. >>> it has never happened before, but pope benedict xvi canonized the first native american saint at st. peter's today. lil

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Oct 16, 2012

president richard nixon in 1972. >>> stunning announcement this morning. citigroup ceo vikram pandit announced he's stepping down. he says it's take the helm. citigroup's chief operating officer also resigned. the bank offered no explanation for the sudden departure of its top two executives. >>> some are calling it a genius move. saturday night live stars and two of the funniest women on tv, amy poehler and tina fey, will be hosting the 70th annual golden globe awards come january. fey won for 30 rock. poehler was nominated for parks and recreation. they replace ricky gervais who hosted the last three years. >>> and more good news on the jobs front. a holiday hiring spree. brian sullivan is here. amazon just announcing their big hiring plans for the holidays. >> and it's a good sign because it shows that they're optimistic about sales. we are a consumer driven economy after all. amazon saying it will ad about 50,000 temporary workers. it adds to others saying they'll add more works than the previous year and amazon says thousands of those jobs whether hopefully become permanent not

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Oct 17, 2012

who wanted a chance to get ahead. richard nixon saw to it they were divided. mcgovern, the preacher's son, was the candidate of amnesty and abortion. that's what nixon told his silent majority and they believed him. it was a horribly unfair chair caricature. nixon himself resigned in disgrace. there are worse things than losing, mcgovern would tell people. this country's politics were better with george mcgovern a part of them. this country is a better place because of him. that does it for "the cycle." martin bashir, it's all yours. >> here here. thank you for that. >>> it's wednesday, october 17th. today we have a binder full of facts that team romney just doesn't want to hear about. ♪ >> um get your chance in a moment. i'm still speaking. you get the first question so i let the last question. >> he doesn't have a one point plan. he has a fife point plan. >> women's groups brought us binders of women. have you looked at your pension? >> it's not as big as yours. >> let me give you some advice. isle you'll get your chance in a moment. i'm still speaking. to tell our kids before t

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Oct 17, 2012

candidates have been coming to it since jack kennedy and richard nixon were invited in 1960. tomorrow mitt romney and president obama will be be on the stage within a couple feet of each other and it may not get as hot as it did last night, we can expect the two rivals to exchange brabs over the dinner table. a prom queen, zeebox would be a stretch limo. with this enchanting union, comes a sunroof she can scream from... i'm goin' to prom! [ male announcer ] ...and a driver named bruce that she can re-name james... faster, james! [ male announcer ] ...just 'cause. download zeebox free, and have the night of your life with your tv. just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. plus a valuable coupon. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher educatio

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Oct 17, 2012

attempt to oust president richard nixon in 1972. >>> still ahead, rolling the dice to get a u.s. senate seat in nevada. going inside what was first thought to be another deadly insider attack in afghanistan. ♪ [ male announcer ] start with nothing, build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash, give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home, his work here is done. destroy time machine. win some awards, send in brady. that's how you do it. easy. customer erin swenson wbought so, i'm happy. today.y. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm hi'm ha

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Oct 17, 2012

. the presidential candidates have been coming to it since jack kennedy and richard nixon were invited in 1960. tomorrow mitt romney and president obama will be on the stage within a couple feet of each other and it may not get as hot as it did last night, we can expect the two rivals to exchange barbs over the dinner table. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. plus a valuable coupon. online outfit piccolo headphones buy now broadway show megapixels place to sleep little roadster war and peace deep sea diving ninja app hipster glasses 5% cash back sign up to get 5% everywhere online through december. only from discover. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's als

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