But certainly since he was a significant general in the civil war, everyone understood he wasnt physically there. [ applause ] so i will hang out. Some of you are wanting to go and find out whats happening in the hockey game. Next week is mckinley. Another set of really fascinating stories. On saturday, cspans issues spotlight looks at police and Race Relations. Well show you president obama at the Memorial Service for Police Officers shot and killed in dallas. When the bullets started flying, the men and women of the dallas police, they did not flinch and they did not react recklessly. And South Carolina republican senator tim scott giving a speech on the senate floor about his own interactions with police. But the vast majority of the time i was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood or some other reason just as trivial. Our program also includes one familys story about an encounter with police in washington, d. C. , followed by a badge the city
Ho you are looking at some of the images from the 1884 president ial electionthey discud his time. 1884 against cleveland. Ironically, in 1876, it was b laine who prevented Ulysses Grant from making a comeback and winning a third term. Besides being secretary of state for James Garfield and Chester Arthur he was secretary of state under three president s. What else did he do . He was a speaker of the house. He was a governor. He changed some of the rules in the house. The speakers are always changing the rules somewhat to their advantage is. This was after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. Their reaction against the strong executive said in. To be the secret the speaker of the house, to be a power in congress meant a lot more fun than it would today. Do you have anything to say . What do you think would have happened if he won . I think he would be regarded as the best president between lincoln and tr. He was assertive, he had intelle
Significant general in the civil war, everyone understood he wasnt physically there. So i will hang out. Some of you are wanting to go and find out whats happening in the hockey game. Next week is mckinley. Another set of really fascinating stories. On saturday, cspans issues spotlight looks at police and Race Relations. Well show you president obama at the Memorial Service for Police Officers killed in dallas. A speech by senator tim scott about his own interactions with the police. And washington, d. C. , police chief kathy lanier describing her agencys community policing. Heres a review. In the course of one year, ive been stopped seven times by Law Enforcement officers. Not four. Not five. Not six. But seven times. In one year. As an elected official. Was i speeding sometimes . Sure. But the vast majority of the time i was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood, or some other reason just as trivial. Watch issue spotlight on police and Race Rel
Candidate to the senate. This is two hours and begins with charles grassley. Yesterday the minority leader came to the floor to disparage the work the Senate Judiciary committee and disparage the work of the senate as a whole. Has he does from time to time he launched into a personal attack against me. That is okay. I dont intend to return the favor. I love senator reed. I dont want to talk about the Nuclear Option and the damage that did to the sen achlt over the years and years the democrat senators had had to endure his leadership without being able to offer an amendment we had the story about one democratic senator who was defeated in the last election. He never got a chance to make a vote during the entire time in the United States senate. We know that is how some people act when they dont get to wait. Tantrums are in appropriate for the senate. I think if my friend senator biden had been in the chamber today he would have said, as you have heard him say so many times, that is a b
It was at a student political meeting in ohio in 1962, the summer between my sophomore and junior years of a college, and we were writing notes back and forth to each other during some very important session or whatever students do, and he had something sort of typically 19yearold boy pompous, and i wrote back, im the youngest of five. I have an insane family. Host who are they . Guest my family is a wonderful family. My father and mother were some of the most dedicated public servantses in the history of the country, and my father, hail boggs, elected before i was born. 26 years old. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl, the day of his elects, and eight days later a baby boy, and they came here, and i think about it now, you know, in my old age, and think about these kids coming to washington. In this day and age theyd still be on their Parents Health insurance, and there they were, the member of congress and his wife. Of course they werent kids in that era. They were fully grownup