travelers to vegas will now fly into harry reid international airport. joining us now is ceo of the nevada independent and the dean of nevada political reporting, the first to report the news of reid s passing tonight. it s great to have you with us. i know it s such a sad night for your state and certainly for people across this country. let me start by getting your reaction and the reaction of people you are talking to in nevada tonight, the family and the constituents of that great state. well, you know, it is a sad night no matter how you felt about harry reid, he was a remarkable figure in nevada s history. i m writing a book about reid, and it s been clear to me for a while and even more so after the research i did that he is the most influential, most important public figure in the history of nevada, and obviously because of his time in the u.s. senate, one of the most influential of the last quarter century or so. and you mentioned a lot in your
and get jeffords to make that leap. but, of course, harry reid was not just a senate leader. he was a senator from nevada, and so of course he left his mark most especially on his home state and his constituents. in fact, just two weeks ago, las vegas renamed its airport in reid s honor. travelers to vegas will now fly into harry reid international airport. joining us now is john walton, ceo of the nevada independent and the dean of nevada political reporting. the first to report the news of reid s passing tonight. it s great to have you with us. i know it s such a sad night for your state and certainly for people across this country. let me start by getting your reaction and the reaction of people you are talking to in nevada tonight, the family and the constituents of that great state. well, you know, ayman, it is a sad night no matter how you felt about harry reid. he was a remarkable figure in
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