John tower was the first republican elected to be a u. S. Senator from texas since the reconstruction era after the civil war. John tower served as a republican in the senate for more than 20 years. He ended up making history after his time in the senate, when he became the only nominee for secretary of defense who has ever been rejected by the United States senate. George h. W. Bush, poppy bush, nominated john tower to be defense secretary in january 1989, and the senate, remarkably, said, no. His nomination was basically doomed by multiple reports of alleged inappropriate behavior by him toward both women and alcohol. He told the ngoc times, when the senate rejected him, quote, have i ever drunk to excess . Yes. Am i alcohol dependent . No. Have i always been a good boy . Of course not. But had it not been for that historymaking failed nomination to be defense secretary, the senate has only ever rejected nine cabinet nominees in the history of the country, and he is one of them. Had
At the statewide level in texas was a senator tamed john tower. And he led that in the sense that in the sense of his election in 1961. John tower was the first republican elected to be a u. S. Senator from texas since the reconstruction era after the civil war. John tower served as a republican in the senate for more than 20 years. He ended up making history after his time in the senate, when he became the only nominee for secretary of defense who has ever been rejected by the United States senate. George h. W. Bush, poppy bush, nominated john tower to be defense secretary in january 1989, and the senate, remarkably, said, no. His nomination was basically doomed by multiple reports of alleged inappropriate behavior by him toward both women and alcohol. He told the nork norg times New York Times when the senate rejected him, quote, have i ever drunk to excess . Yes. Am i alcohol dependent . No. Have i always been a good boy . Of course not. But had it not been for that historymaking fa
And why some companies that dont pay a dime for super bowl ads could be the big winners in another big game tonight. Hey there, everyone. Its high noon here in the east 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Another developing story of winter at this hour. A winter storm bringing heavy snow to the midwest right now. The National Weather service has issued a blizzard warning for chicago this afternoon. Chicago airports are operating on a reduced schedule right now. More than 1,000 flights, though have been canceled. The city of madison, wisconsin, declared a snow emergency that will remain in effect until tuesday. And that storm is making its way toward the east coast. Lets bring in our msnbc meteorologist domenica davis. Lets talk about whats in store for folks who are in the storms path. Yeah, alex this is for 23 states right now under winter alerts. This is a lot of real estate being covered with Winter Weather over the next 24 hours. Right now the most active weath
Was a senator tamed john tower. And he led that in the sense that in the sense of his election in 1961. John tower was the first republican elected to be a u. S. Senator from texas since the reconstruction era after the civil war. John taurower served as a republican in the senate for more than 20 years. He ended up making history after his time in the senate when he became the only nominee for secretary of defense who has ever been rejected by the United States senate. George h. W. Bush poppy bush, nominated john tower to be defense secretary in january 1989, and the senate remarkably, said no. His nomination was basically doomed by multiple reports of alleged inappropriate behavior by him toward both women and alcohol. He told the ngoc times, when the senate rejected him, quote, have i ever drunk to excess . Yes. Am i alcohol dependent . No. Have i always been a good boy . Of course not. But had it not been for that historymaking failed nomination to be defense secretary, the senate
Topping 120 Miles Per Hour. In its path . The east coast. Record rain from a different system flooding cities from massachusetts to maine. Joaquin threatening to weaken not weaken, wreak even more havoc in the same towns. Huge surf already slamming the shores, growing fears this morning that joaquin could be the next sandy. Red cross workers in pennsylvania packing emergency bags like these, handing them out to people who are in the path of the storm. Farther south they are moving sand and lots of it. Chad myers joining us with the latest on the storm. For someone who went through sandy likef us here on the east coast to even bring that up is terrifying. And this storm will get to be a category 4 hurricane today. It will have the momentum that sandy had. But will it have the turning current to make it turn back to the left like sandy did back into the New England States and obviously into new york and new jersey . There is the eye of this joaquin right now. It will travel down into the