there s serious stuff in the world as well as a little fun with nicole. the big news come out of doj, formally requesting evidence and transcripts from the january 6th committee. that is a clear sign that the criminal probe of the insurrection is intensifying, linking with some of the leads in congress. we ll bring that to you tonight. also, tucker carlson dodging and weaving account ability after a mass shooter cited the same thing he s been pushing. we ll get into that, but right now, election night in america. firstle tos closing in kentucky. there s been primary voting in five states, and james carville is part of our special coverage kicking off the beat tonight. in addition to kentucky, polls are still open in idaho, north carolina, oregon, and p.a. we begin in pennsylvania because it is a big one, the showcase where gop senate candidates have been kplashing all the way through the homestretch of an election that started as a primary to really split the party in a key
and i m your host, bill kurtis. this is through the decades. these days, presidential conventions are generally a demonstration of political pageantry. several days for each party to showcase their best to the nation, to dress up in niceties, to firmly dispense with whatever the primary campaigns have wrought and focus on the election at hand. but, the political convention has not always played such a congenial role in presidential politics. over the next hour, we ll remember some of the most influential conventions to shape modern politics. we ll recall the raucous behavior that infiltrated chicago in 1912. the 1964 convention that had republicans questioning the direction of their party. we ll also recall those moments that became the retrospective sign posts for a nation in the midst of change. but we begin with, the convention that fell during the most tumultuous year. the convention that devolved into violence both inside and out. the convention that left the democrati
not find mitt romney business experience attractive. not find the tax plan attractive. didn t like the president. they needed an alternative and campaign didn t .resent an economic growth plan host: reince priebus putting together an autopsy, learning from 2012. what was your take away from that report and has the party heeded the lesson? party is heeding the lesson. the autopsy was inefficiently deep. the idea was correctly diagnosed the republicans need to show that they re compassionate. what they didn t do was take the next step to talk about the recap the economic policy that people s sense compassion. we need to show we re good on immigration and other things. then people would agree with us on our core economics. the coreact it s economics that s one of the ing blocks. host: we ve seen what happened in paris. changed orthat pivoted the debate. how has that set up the in 2016?ns guest: right now it s made national security much more issue.nt that s one thing they hold a
this week filing a lawsuit against the president for his use of executive orders. have relations between the white house and congressional republicans reached a new low? that is our question. our phone lines are open at (202) 585-3880, our line for democrats. for) 585-3881, our line republicans, and if you are independent, (202) 585-3882. join us on social media, send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org or send us a tweet @cspanwj . good sunday morning. above the fold in the new york times, the news from afghanistan secretary of state john kerry brokering a deal to audit the afghan votes. this comes 12 hours of often tense negotiations, the secretary of state announcing yesterday that afghanistan would audit all 8 million votes. host: we will have more with shane harris on the situation in afghanistan. also the latest calming raids by hamas and israel and the israeli army indicating it is prepared to send boots on the ground as early as today or tomorrow. let s been with anoth
. washington journal continues. host: welcome back author richard norton smith. a pleasure to have you. thanked for being with us. guest: my pleasure host: taking a look back 50 years ago, nomination of barry goldwater which would rock the gop convention. lee edwards called him the most consequential loser in american politics. it all began 50 years ago today in san francisco. let s take a look back at one of the news reels reflect okay what happened in california. the man who came from san francisco expecting to win in a walk appears heading that direction. barry goldwater is claiming more than he needs to win on the first ballot. when he addresses the platform committee, he appears to be a man who exudes confidence. he gives the committee at preview of his campaign tactic. he calls for less government at home. a rear guard, william scranton attempted a floor fight over the seating of a negro delegate from tennessee. he was defeated in a voice vote and his followers gird