Leslie stahl. Shes a cohost of 60 minutes. Also tonight we have new photos that have been uncovered. They show Franken Groping Huffington during a 2000 photo shoot. Here you can see franken grabbing her breath. The second photo shows are behind and shes rushing to her defense saying they were just having fun in that people shouldnt be offended by the photos. The rest of the Mainstream Media wont tell you this, but this kind of gross behavior is part of a pattern when it comes to al franken. Take a look at this photo from 2000. Franken is seen right there inappropriately touching joy behar while they are on the red carpet together. Just like huffington, she shares his politics and is downplaying the photo and defended his actions. Look, ive known arianna for a long time. She and joy behar, if they dont think anything is wrong with that, that is their choice. But from the outside, it looks kind of creepy. Its probably something most
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The Vice Presidency, which as you know surprised him, he always respected the role of the press. All right. Andrea mitchell joining us by phone. Andrea, appreciate that. And again, just continuing our coverage here. It is 1 00 in the east. We continue our coverage of the death of former president George Herbert walker bush, americas 41st commander in chief. He has died at the age of 94. That word came to us now just over an hour ago, the word being passed from a statement from his son, george w. Bush. We are joined by Hallie Jackson. Let me start with you because we have heard from the current im sorry. That is my mistake. We will be hearing from her in a minute. We are going to pause here just for a few seconds because were going to be joined by our Network Affiliates and pick up the network coverage. This is an nbc news special report. Steve kegeorge h. W. Bush has away at the age of 94. That word coming to us just over an hour ago. A Statement Released by his son, the 43rd president
Very important, 44% said that politics is very important to their life. 87% in other words said that politics in some way is important to their life. put that this way, 87% said it s important to some degree. 13%, not important. here s the part where i say it feels like it s different now than it was a few years ago. unfortunately this is not a poll question we ve been tracking year to year, but this is a poll question that the gallup organization asked about a generation ago. in the spring of 1990, may and june of 1990, take yourself back, if you can. same question was asked, what was the result? back then, 50/50. 50% said that politics really wasn t important to them a generation ago. now, 87% say it s important to them. that s a pretty big jump. i think it says a lot. by the way, there is a partisan difference on this.
Generation ago. in the spring of 1990, may and june of 1990, take yourself back, if you can. same question was asked, what was the result? back then, 50/50. 50% said that politics really wasn t important to them a generation ago. now, 87% say it s important to them. that s a pretty big jump. over the course of the last generation. i think it says a lot. by the way, there is a partisan difference on this. overall you can see most people saying it s important to some degree. but the folks who say it s very important, the ones who say it s the most important to them, there s a bit of a partisan divide. among independents, 36% right now say politics is very important to them. among republicans, 43% say it s very important to them. among democrats, 49% say that politics is very important to them right now. so there s a bit of a difference there. but overall, everyone or almost everyone is saying it s at least
Be dead meat if he did it that quickly. but he did signal actually in a conversation with michaay signalled that he thought he might have to break the pledge. so he was always prepared to do it. he did it at a breakfast meeting in late june of 1990. in many ways, that was kind of the pearl harbor of the current partisan particularly on the conservative side, the bolt of the right and of newt gingrich. one story i think says a lot about this is a story told by vin weber, the former minnesota congressman who had run newt gingrich s campaign to get into the house leadership in 1989. gingrich was not a bush figure, to say the least.