University of louisville to become a senator, did and then set out to become the majority leader of the United States senate and did but mitch, i have a confession to make. When i was asked to do this your was what i thought. How can anyone get Mitch Mcconnell to talk for an hour . Because in your own book you point out that you only the press when its to your advantage. You talk about a time when bill gates came in to see you and the two of you just sat there and people are uncomfortable waiting for one of you to speak and your account someone once told resident george w. Bush that you were excited over certain boat and he said really . How can you tell so why so few words . Guest im not afraid of talking but i found i learned a lot more by listening so frequently i start out listening and think about what i want to say before i do it. I think its fair to say that im in an era of trump, probably a very different approach to commenting on Public Affairs. Are not the first one. I rememb
Into their subject s book tv weekends. They bring you author after author afterauthor. Its all the work of fascinating people. I love book tv and im a cspan fan. Cspan created by americas Television Companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. Afterwords is next on tv with senator Mitch Mcconnell talk about his life and politics with senator lamar alexander. This is a book about a shy boy who grew up in alabama, overcame polio, was inspired by henry clay at the university of louisville to become a senator, did. Then set out to be the majority leader of the United States senate and did but mitch, i have a confession to make. When i was asked to do this, here is what i thought. How can anyone get Mitch Mcconnell to talk for an hour . Because in your own book, you point out that you only the press when its to your advantage. You talk about a time when bill gates came in to see you and the two of you just sat there and people are uncomfortable waiti
From nonaligned movement. You may have to stand alone to adequately defend u. S. Security interests. I hope you will explain how you plan to defend these and your ability to successfully represent the u. S. While we have the opportunity, i would like for you to discuss our governments efforts to counter smuggle something how you may use if confirmed to further ensure the security of Nuclear Material globally. I appreciate your attendance before the committee today and look forward to growing our relationship should you be confirmed. Let me also welcome laura holgate. Thank you for your longstanding public service. A as was pointed out by the previous witness, this is a family commitment. We thank you for your willingness to serve our country in this critically important position. You bring a host of kwaufrgzs to this nomination. Senior position at the department of energy and department of defense, career that prevents states and terrorists from requiring and using weapons of mass dest
And Lindsey Graham and former Texas Governor rick perry. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [applause] lets make sure we win and america wins this primary season. Will you and South Carolina join us in New Hampshire and iowa and make sure that happens. . [applause] thank you. And god bless you. What a great lineup of speakers so far. I can tell you backstage the energy is incredible. The next person i want to introduce as a colleague of mine from washington, someone who probably needs no introduction someone who hosted the iowa Freedom Summit. Someone who is rocksolid in his belief in the constitution of the United States and in his belief or america. Please welcome, my good friend from america, congressman steve king. Rep. King thank you. Thank you all so very much for the South Carolina welcome. [applause] im so pleased when t
Moms and kids shouldnt suffer because Senate Democrats have shut down the government. Will they deny food to women, infants and children . Look to your heart. Were not talking about defunding obama care. And will say that we dont want to provide this funding for women and children . I have six kids of my own. Reporter the united front displayed by republicans in recent days stands in stark contrast to the division that preceded their shutdown. I think thats a horrific outcome for the republicans. Reporter once the shutdown began, the establishment fell in line with the insurgents. This is going to make the democrats look out of touch and intransigent and ugly. Reporter but that was just for public consumption. Today the behindthescenes discontent is once again taking center stage. The house suicide caucus finding itself besieged by the establishment and bigbusiness interests that have dictated the republican agenda for decades. There is one element that does not reflect the views of th