In so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of the campaign includes hula end up as the President Ial spouse, traditionally known as the office of the First Lady. If former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the east wing for the second time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White Houses reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter. It can be easy to overlook the First Lady but that role, and those who have occupied it have long had a deep influence on the west wing. And the country. It can be part diplomat, not you coach steps america First
Welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper in so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of that campaign includes who end up as the President Ial spouse traditionally known as the Office Of The First Lady if former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the East Rain For The Second Time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White House reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter, it can be easy to overlook the First Lady, but that role, and those who have occupied id have long had a deep influence on the West Wing and the country. It can be part
Youre watching American History tv. Every weekend on cspan 3, explore our nations past. Cspan 3, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. We are four trillion dollars in debt, going into debt an additional one billion dollars every working day of the year. While we sit here tonight, we will go into debt an additional 50 Million Dollars an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault. Its not the democrats fault. What im looking for is who did it. They are the two folks involved, so maybe together they didnt. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there, there is an extra terrestrial doing this to us i guess. Everyone says they take responsibility. Someone, somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three president ial debates on october 15th, 1992. He was talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In the election, t
Cspan3, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Were 4 trillion in debt. Were going into debt on an additional 1 billion every working day of the year. As we sit here tonight, we will go into debt an additional 50 million in an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault, of course, and its not the democrats fault, and what im looking for is who did it. Now, theyre the two folks involved, so maybe if you put them together, they did it. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there there is an extraterrestrial doing this to us, i guess. Everybody said they will take responsibility. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during three separate debates in 1992 talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In that election the texas businessman won 90 of the popular vote, the largest vote for an independent candidate since. Thanks
This. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three residential debates in 1992 talking about the u. S. Debt. The alexion biz the taxes businessmen won 19 of the vote. He ran a second independent president ial campaign in 1986. Tonight, he is our focus on the contenders. Thanks for being with us. We are doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but had an impact on American History. Ross perot is our final 14 people we are profiling. Tonight, joining us for our discussion is historian and biographer Doug Brinkley. As a person who has done a number of powder fees on 20thcentury political figures, what interest you about ross perot . He has a pioneer spirit in him. He harkens back to the 19th century. He is not politics as usual. He cares about the country. Patriotism has become a cheap word. Ross perot is a super patriot. He is less interested in money and polit