To the outbreak. There are 285 total cases including three joint infecti s infections. Former United States senator George Mcgovern has died. His family made the announcement saying mcgovern died before dawn at a hospice in south dakota. A decorated bomber pilot in world war ii, he was elected to the house in the 50s and then to the senate in the 60s. He was a 1972 democratic nominee for president. He lost to richard nixon. George mcgovern was 90. A newly released picture of fidel castro may put an end to rumors that he is near death. The photo shows castro with the former venezuelan Vice President that he said was taken the day before. Speculation has been surging in recent weeks about the former cuban leaders health. Mops of it came after castro failed to publicly congratulate his closest ally, hugo chavez, on his election victory. Violent protests erupted in beirut after the funeral of lebanons assassinated intelligence chief. General what seem al asan was killed in broad daylight i
Im randi kaye. Its 7 00 in austin, texas. Thanks for starting your morning with us. We begin with breaking news. George mcgovern, the threeteam democratic senator who sought his nomination twice died. He entered hospice care earlier this week. State of the unions Candy Crowley talks more about this. Good morning. A big loss for the political world no doubt. What are your memories of George Mcgovern . He was a democratic candidate in 1972, ran against Richard Nixon, against the war. As you would call it at that time, the vietnam war drove all the politics, and George Mcgovern, although he was an Army Fighter Pilot during world war ii and won the distinguished cross, was an unabashed dove. He wanted the war ended right away, and he ran on that platform, and he got smoked by Richard Nixon. I was amazed looking back at the numbers in that 1972 race. 60. 7 went to Richard Nixon. 37. 5 went to George Mcgovern, so it was that was quite a race, and quite a landslide for Richard Nixon, and the
Thats a step that i have worked on every single day. Number two people can succeed. The genius of america is the Free Enterprise and freedom and the fact that people can go out there and start a business, work on an idea, make their own decisions. As Abraham Lincoln understood, there are also some things we do better together. In the middle of the civil war, Abraham Lincoln said, lets help to finance the transcontinental railroad. Lets start the National Academy of sciences. Lets start land grant colleges. We want to give these gateways of opportunities to all americans. If all americans are getting an opportunity, we will all be better off. That does not restrict freedom, that enhances it. What i have tried to do as president is to apply the same principles. When it comes to education, what i have said is we have to reform schools that are not working. We do something called race to the top. We have said states we will give you more money if you initiate reforms. We have had 46 states
First catholic president but he was the first catholic nominee for president. This dinner, which is a benefit for Catholic Charities here in new york city, has ended up becoming a really important thing in american president ial politics. Honestly, the biggest reason it is really important is because of its timing. There are other dinners like this. The gridiron dinner in washington or the alfalfa dinner or the correspondence dinner. There are other dinners that are fancy politics proms, essentially. Where you get a sitting president or very highlevel politician showing up in tuxedos and gowns and telling jokes and sharing stages with people they otherwise would not be sharing stages with. That happens. Right . There are those events in washington and elsewhere around the country. But this one that you are looking at right here is different. Because this one happens now. A couple of weeks before the election. And its always timed like that. Every time. And traditionally, both president
And final president ial debate. Backtracking, side stepping. Every time he opened his mouth on Foreign Policy, he does make a misstep. So much to redistribute. Were not in a position to start to call who has the most definite edge here. Maybe many days after the polls close. Remove funding for planned parenthood. If you really want to make a choice, those choices are about reproductive rights, thats your choice. You dont want someone who needs to ask for binders of women. Women are not binders. I just got shelved like a binder. Hes forgoting what his own positions are. I think its called romnesia. Romnesia. If you say youll protect a womans right to choose. I will preserve and protect a womans right to choose, hell be delighted to sign that bill. Man, you definitely got romnesia. Want to give a tax cut to the top 1 . I dont know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks. I dont have a 5 trillion tax cut. You probably got romnesia. Heres the good news. Obama care covers preexisting c