dignity of work campaign he s an interesting guy, he s a yaly. he s marketed himself as a working class hero. it s not a choice between appealing to progressive voters in the party. those working class voters who some of whom drifted over to president trump in 2016 oh, by the way, i happen to be a senator from ohio, who won by a strong margin, and just last year the difference with sherrod brown is that a year ago, during the state of the union, he wasn t one of those democrats who was already charting a path to the white house. last summer i think, he most likely expected to just seek re-election, win another term
trying to build bridges. he was liked, but he wasn t feared. i wonder if he didn t have the leverage during those four years that could have gotten him farther, with even his modest program and his agenda. well, if you look, you know, some colleagues have noted, oh, my god, he had so many bipartisan achievements he didn t have a choice otherwise. what was going to do that? which is the epitome of george h.w. bush, which is, look, you work with the people that are there, not the ones you wish were there. it s profoundly important, in the face of everything else, that we re dealing with today, in government and leaders, not just anyone specifically, but leadership, generally speaking, and i couldn t help, chuck, in listening to some of the attributes and the kind words, when people talk about his generosity, his sense of duty, his decency, i couldn t help but think, are they sort of mourning the passing of that?
that he would make the tough decision. and i always appreciated his affability. i had the occasion a couple of years ago to kennebunkport to see the president and barbara. that very morning, he d been out on a cigarette boat. when i went over to visit with him and ask him how he was doing, his first question was, how s my old friend thad cochran, my colleague from mississippi who was having health problems. it was sort of typical of george bush. so, he set a great example. of course, wonderful family that we all would like to emulate. now, we re watching the family pour out of the capitol right now. you know, one of the things, trent, that struck me while we were talking, he wasn t one of those presidents that just would bash congress to bash congress, because it was easy for political gain. you almost got the sense he felt like, well, i m not going to do that, i like those people and those are my friends, what am i doing? yeah. i was always proud of the fact that one of his best f
if he were alive, he would say, we had a good marriage. i do miss him. i miss what we had. there s not anybody that would ever be able to replace him. . murder is strictly a local event. this one skipped across the windy prairie to a place called langdon, north dakota. this is where the major was from. this is where he grew up, where he became an unusual young man. he was quiet. he wasn t one that was dating. he didn t have a lot of friends. brenda strong is david s older sister. he wasn t into sports. he just was introspective. but his mother shirley says david always knew exactly what he wanted to do. i am going to be an army man. that s what he said. how old was he when he first started saying that?
working on? what kind of law do you practice? i had actually kind of looked at todd as kind of a guy s guy . reporter: you enjoyed their company. we did. enjoyed todd a little more than rachel, maybe. i knew her less well than i knew todd, i feel. i feel like we were both in the same place in our lives, but sort of moving in different circles and reporter: and she wasn t one of those people who kind you immediately were attracted to or talked to her in or or- - or what? no. i don t i really liked her but she always seemed a little bit distant. very polite, very friendly but a little bit distant. you want to go over there? yeah. let s go over there. by 2009, rachel and todd had two little daughters eva and ariel. he always seemed very involved and very engaged with the kids and to me, always seemed to be trying to help rachel and give her a break. rachel and todd to us were like the perfect little family. reporter: mh-mm. they were both very proac