in that tiny town of search light. and it certainly came out during his time as the state s chief gaming regulator when not only was that bribe attempt a part of history but his car, a bomb was planted in his car, and only by happenstance did that not blow up, and he told very poignantly of his little 5-year-old son peering out the window when law enforcement came to diffuse that bomb in his car. there is a famous video clip, i urge everyone to go see it, of harry reid confronting the mobster or mob front frank rosenthal during a gaming commission meeting. it is a fascinating piece of video. frank rosenthal, to make him more accessible, was the person
poverty with his family with an alcoholic father who would later commit suicide, and reid then committed himself to some legislation on suicide. and there s a lot more that he did. but that toughness, that grit, that no patience for anything or anyone except to continue moving forward in his life was forged in that tiny town of search light. and it certainly came out during his time as the state s chief gaming regulator when not only was that bribe attempt a part of history but his car, a bomb was planted in his car, and only by happenstance did that not blow up, and he told very poignantly of his little 5-year-old son peering out the window when law enforcement came to diffuse that bomb in his car. there is a famous video clip, i
in horrific poverty with with his family with an alcoholic father who would later commit suicide. and reid then committed himself to some legislation on suicide. and there s a lot more that he did. but that toughness, that grit that no patience for anything or anyone except to continue moving forward in his life was forged in in that tiny town of search light. and it certainly came out during his time as as the state s chief gaming regulator when when the not only was that bribe attempt part of history but his car a bomb was planted in his car. and only by by happenstance, did did that not blow up. and he told very poignantly of his little 5-year-old son appearing out the window when when law enforcement came to
0 thank you all. that was great. appreciate it. all right, that is allen in on this tuesday night. condolences of course to harry reid s good evening, ayman. good evening. rachel has the night off and we start tonight with that very important breaking news. one of the things that was almost most surprising about the former senate majority leader harry reid was just how quiet he was. in fact, during interviews, it was not uncommon to be almost unable to hear him. that s how soft-spoken he actually was. but there was another side to harry reid in all of this. in fact, in the late 1970s, harry reid was the chair of the nevada gaming commission, overseeing the state s very important casinos. this is the story of a man who tried to bribe him from a new yorker profile back in 2005. in part, it reads, in july of 1978, a man named jack gordon, who was later married to latoya jackson, offered reid $12,000 to approve two new gaming devices for casino use. reid reported the attempted brib