This. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three residential debates in 1992 talking about the u. S. Debt. The alexion biz the taxes businessmen won 19 of the vote. He ran a second independent president ial campaign in 1986. Tonight, he is our focus on the contenders. Thanks for being with us. We are doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but had an impact on American History. Ross perot is our final 14 people we are profiling. Tonight, joining us for our discussion is historian and biographer Doug Brinkley. As a person who has done a number of powder fees on 20thcentury political figures, what interest you about ross perot . He has a pioneer spirit in him. He harkens back to the 19th century. He is not politics as usual. He cares about the country. Patriotism has become a cheap word. Ross perot is a super patriot. He is less interested in money and polit
The facts are we have to fixette. There is an extra trest yell doing it to us i guess. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was ross perot during the second of three president ial debates talking about one of his favorite issues the u. S. Debt. In that election, the texas businessman won 19 of the popular vote. He ran a second president ial campaign in 1996 and tonight he is our focus on the contenders. Gooned good night and thanks for being with us. Were doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but have an outside impact on American History. Ss perot is our final of 14 people that were proniling this series. Tonight joining us is Doug Brinkley. He is not politics as usual. He is less interested in money and politics than doing right for our country. I believe this comes out of his Naval Academy background. Looking for p. O. W. s and m. I. A. s during vietnam
Cook. Thank you for joining us. We are glad that youre here with us. So many people are joining with us us, working from home, the roads are clear. We have a lot of good weather that is in store for writing your bike and walking, lets check in with steve. It is pretty nice today, it is not going to be that warm, next week it could be warm, as we look ahead, towards the weekend and early next week, patchy low clouds are around. When you get the low clouds it is tough to warm up too much. Santa rosa, 50s for everyone, livermore, napa, walnut creek, 78 degrees. These are pretty close to seasonal averages this time of year. Overall we are looking for the fog, san mateo, the low will be reinforced on friday, hi is on its way for the weekend and most of next week. 60s and 70s on the temperatures, your average is slightly above. Lets go over to sal and see if there is read on the maps. My guess is maybe not, but lets ask. I am looking at the commute, steve, and i see a little bit of slowing,
Those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 1989. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. We are live from the berlin wall gallery, from the newseum and washington, d. C. It is our home for the next three hours on washington journal on cspan and cspan3. Were asking you to share your own memories. Give us a call and let us know what the fall of the berlin wall meant to you. If you live in eastern or central time zones, the number to call is 202 7488000. Mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. A special phone number for germanamericans this morning that number 202 7488002. If you want to send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and of course you can catch up with us on social media, on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook. We welcome you to the berlin wall gallery here at the newseum. The largest unaltered portions of t
Across the globe. Well bring you insights into what voters and World Leaders are hoping to hearfrom the us president this evening. The speech marks a crucial moment in his presidency. This will be his third State Of The Union as president and last planned National Address before voters head to the polls this november. Withjust under eight months until election day, the us is preparing for a 2020 Rematch Betweenjoe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Its a match up that 48 say they feel negative about and 42 call depressing. Will President Biden be able to reassure voters hes best able to tackle the countrys issues and that the State Of The Union is still strong . We will hear all about but a little later. Well bejoined tonight by our experts, reporters, white house veterans and lawmakers attending the speech on capitol hill. First, lets go to our reporter Helena Humphrey live on capitol hill. This is one of the busiest nights on the hill. Of all of the knights of the year, what is