And his wife, until the day he died, he died in his sleep, almost at the age of 80, two days before my wife and i were supposed to have dinner with him and his wife here in washington with his other friends to celebrate his impending 80th birthday. But he had the courage to keep out of step when everybody was marching to the wrong tune. He how do i say this . He would face wad dilemma, like maybe voting with his caucus or voting with the president , and something that he just thought was wrong, he was amazingly he would, like, say, what is the right thing to do . Ive heard him say this moreen this a few times. As governor, chairman of the National Governors association, here, he would say, what is the right thing to do . He wouldnt say, what is the easy thing to do, what is the expedient thing to do, but what is the right thing to do . He was a person of deep faith. We have a Bible Study Group that meets here every thursday, just upstairs not far from this floor, about seven or eight o
Would want to welcome our viewers on cspan3s American History tv. Coming up in the next hour, a look back of the coverage of the day that unfolded to president fords nomination. Here is a portion. The Republican Party is here to nominate a president ial candidate for 1976. An incumbent president for the First Time Since 1912. Faces a serious challenge from within his own party. It comes tomorrow night. Ccording to the schedule matter to be settled out here at the floor of the convention. There will be a vote tonight that both sides knowledgeable test their strength which could make or break the candidates. Theill be on the chain of party rule. 16 c is the number of the role. It would force president for to name his Vice President running mate i tomorrow morning. 12 hours before the alateen is scheduled. Balloting isal scheduled. Ronald reagan had artie announced his running mate. 16 c was designed to do what . Force president for to name his running mate ahead of the balloting. Politic
Lieutenant governor was presiding there. I had oneonone meeting with every senator to say what do you expect to see in a precider . And i just listened. It really proved to be really helpful. Virginia was a oneterm governor. I knew mark would be governor for four years. I learned everything i could from him. I hopefully would be better at it. And mark was a really good governor. He was a governor during some tough times. But then i was the governor during the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. The horrible shooting at Virginia Tech that occurred when i was governor. The experience of having been mayor which was really tough ecause of some Public Safety issues and dealing with challenging issues being at marks right hand as Lieutenant Governor helped me prepare to be governor. Where were you that day . What did that tell you about guns in virginia, guns in america and the issue of mental ealth . Senator tim kaine i had been an elected official in a place where i went to too many cri
Thank you, my brothers, my sisters. We all family. There are differences. Some can do more. Some can do less. But we all are part of humanity. We are part of the human society. Particularly america, i would consider this nation a leading nation of free world. You can really make some serious contribution for better world. First, you yourself, your own place, you should create certain positive thing. Then more other people get more inspiration. Like that. So please, think seriously at whatever way you can do, implement into practice, into action like that. Ok. Do you agree . [laughter] dalai lama then on the black african sister, one time in south africa i visit one african family. Then i told her now south africa now already get the democratic constitution and revolution. Nelson mandela president , wonderful. Now emotionally, it take time to change. Now the black people with such confidence and work hard. One of the guests told me, we black people, brain level inferior. I shout and arg
See, over 2000u years. Religious harmony. Homegrown tradition. From all sides. Ancient, then judaism. Christianity. Islam. Homegrown citizen. His family was hindu but he deliberately take homage to mecca to show nonsectarian. So, india, still harmony there. So, why such a big nation, india, still can mention disharmony. So why not the rest of the world. If you make attempt. Reduce sectarian feeling. Day, education. Secondly, personal contact. Contact. I notice indian muslim. Same follow of koran. And, religion, muslim. Indian hindu muslim. Then arab muslim. You see, the follower of mohammed, same teaching. You see, in indian muslim, acting from the childhood, they already take for granted. Different traditions. Different religions. Also, large number of chinese. This chinese of people are buddhist. Also, quite big number indians. Hindus. Like that. So therefore, you see, that makes differences. In arab countries, there is only one religion. Maybe some christian. Anyway,e, you see quite