[ cheers and applause ] jimmy very nice. Hi, im jimmy, im the host. Thank you for watching. Thank you for being here in hollywood. Please, relax. We are back to work after a week i took my family to japan this week, and i have to say, im still not sure how i feel about what happened over request there. Here in america, we know we have our faults. We know we have areas for improvement. But, overall, i think most of us believe that, compared to the rest of the world, were pretty buttonedup. I know i did. I go to europe where there are dirt holes where plumbing is supposed to be and i hold my breath and i go, im glad im not one of these people. Then i go back home, right . But now after traveling to japan, i realize that this place this usa were always chanting about . Is a filthy and disgusting place. [ laughter ] we were in japan for seven days. Not only did i not encounter a single dirty bathroom, the bathrooms in tokyo and kyoto are cleaner than our operating rooms here. [ laughter ]
This has just been terrific. Thanks for the conversation. Im looking forward to the book and going back and looking at your speech. I want to to see the real life ties between her life. Book tv is on facebook. Like us. Youll see behind the book videos and pictures. Facebook. Com book tv. They weigh in on Hillary Clintons campaign. That starts now here on book tv. [applause]. Thank you it is always a pleasure to be invited to speak in some cases when chris only gives me 15 minutes. I enjoy the audience at the library. Awful, engaging and respectful. It is a distinct honor to be able to introduce a longterm friend of the Nixon Library. During the nixon yearsthere are vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention. It was watched on a black and white tv late into the night hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and the marquee left on our country and the world. As i look at our state of the nation nixon now more than ever. Q is a frequent figu
A longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. My wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. I came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. We have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. Hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing Authors Panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. He served in the Nixon Administration as a speechwriter and was critical in the construction of this facility and for that a debt of gratitude by all who have benefited from it.
No one at this point is chart running against him. Josh romney considered and he was one of many people including jon huntsman junior who is asked to run against mike lee who declined to at that point you have a prominent banker and jonathan junior to announcing announced. The short answer is if you cant beat them, join them. I would like you to talk a little bit about the seniors and juniors relationship as lukewarm at best on the huntsman side of course. The last time i actually saw them together was during a dedication of a wing of the cancers to toot just a few months ago when john junior was on the stand at the time and that was one of the last times i have seen him with his father. Do you know what the relationship is . Sure an impact if you look at jonathan junior and senior are very close and they still talk every day. Whats complicated for them during the 2012 campaign because while they wanted to talk to each other every day and they did for the most part they had to be caref
With celebrate the most american of holidays each year years later he with a laugh about it. He was one dash she said it was the great line. But back then mitt romney appeared on the news on his own. As he was getting used to the spotlight and then he had his appendix out. Reporters once wrote he made 2,000 would actually she pointed firefighters in the direction of the fire. He just wanted to be a part of it. He said he idolized his father did he follow in the ideological footsteps as well politically . Yes. This is michigan and you have to learn how to ingratiate yourself. At the time as a politician of Race Relations and then to go to harvard than like massachusetts and if youre going to be a centrist republican to be successful you better figure out how to play nice. With the abortion i want try to repeal any thing and i wont take any action on cave marriage thatd since the direction of the liberal end of the scale. What about huntsman . There is of great picture of teesixteen but