after a school shooting in florida, he pinned an op-ed calling for the repeal of the second amendment. he was 97 years old at the time. but john paul stevens mind and his words were still razor sharp. joining us now by phone, joan biskupic. you know the history of the court, let s talk about john paul stevens, his legacy. you know, anderson, just what pam said right now about how razor sharp he was, i just talked to him about a month ago. he had just finished his latest book, and he still wanted to be so much a part of the dialogue in america. and i think one thing he did was offer exhibit a to the kind of promise that chief justice john roberts has said, there are no such thing as obama judges or trump judges because jerald
are you going to primary donald trump? well, you know, i don t right now, how do you think the primary could go? not great. so are you going to run as an independent? all options are on the table. we re back with heidi, donna, john and phil. let me ask you, donna, it s always been said when you re challenged within your party for a presidential reknoll nation for a second term, look out, you re probably not going to be re-elected. your thoughts? i think jerald ford would have some thoughts on that and jimmy carter would have some thoughts on that. you re right. it s a bad news george sr., too. george sr. had a problem with it, as well. i think the biggest danger for donald trump is not necessarily a primary from his own party, but a independent run by somebody in his own party that takes votes away, that basically dbs him the presidency by pulling votes away in big states and prevents him from winning those in the electoral college. i ve never seen a political
their own party don t fare very well in the general election come november. in 1992 george herbert walker bush had to defend himself against patrick buchanan and later lost to bill clinton. . jimmy carter was dogged by senator ted kennedy. he lost to ronald reagan that november. four years earlier in 1976, president gerald ford faced a tough challenge from ronald reagan and lost to carter. in 1968 lyndon johnson was weakened by the candidacy of eugene mccarthy and dropped out of the race. let s talk about the president and his own party, how does he stand. is this all over? no matter what happens is trump the republican nominee if he chooses so? yes. if you see a narrowing in the republican party but they are very excited about him to the point john was making earlier.
you go, we did learn today from kellyanne conway some pretty important news regarding the preside president s tax returns? reporter: indeed, she said that the public does not care about these tax returns, that president trump won the election without releasing them and she said that he has no plans of releasing his tax returns. now we do believe that he is still under audit, that was always the reason he gave during the campaign, but it seems like audit or not, they he has no plan of releasing that. we ll see if that actually is what happens or if he ll change course on this. but don t expect the criticism of this to stop. but they may be right, even our surveys show that people care about it. it is not one of their top concerns here, but it certainly is not going to go away, because it s a change of precedent, the first president since jimmy carter to not return his full returns and jerald ford even
massachusetts and the district of columbia. we have pushed this country in the direction of peace and i think each one of us loves the title of peacemaker more than any other office in the land. two years later, nixon and his vice president both left office in disgrace and by 1975, president jerald ford was presiding over america s chaotic exit from vietnam. george mcgovern in his later years spoke out about what mattered to him the most, ending military operations in iraq and afghanistan. to breathe, but with advair, i m breathing better. so now i can be in the scene.