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How do you think your husband would have reacted by being portrayed by this guy? >> i think he might have been speechless. [ laughter ] he saw "forrest gump" 40 times, ill bet. >> reporter: what do you think he saw in tom? >> what i could say is what i think of tom. easy to be a friend. >> reporter: born in 1928 in latrobe, pennsylvania, fred rogers was an ordained minister. in 1968, he developed "mister rogers neighborhood." >> its not so much what we have in this life that matters, its what we...

>> why was someone breaking into the democrats campaign offices? >> i again proudly accept that nomination for president of the united states. >> well, richard nixon won the presidency in 1968 by promising to get america out of vietnam. ♪ all we are saying >> are you listening, nixon? ♪ is give peace a chance >> but as the war dragged on, the anti-war movement exploded. as nixon campaigned for his second term, he feared vietnam might give his enemies the ammunition to defeat him. and so his ...

Save at trelegy.com 1968, the summer before junior high school, and i dont mind saying i was a pretty fair little athlete. >> "the wonder years" was a guy in modern times looking back on his childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by

You know that zambia had a space program of its own in the early 1960 s. . lack of funding may have spilled its doom but the vision has retained its explosive political force to the present day. the most famous image in the exhibition isnt an artwork on december 24th 1968 apollo 8 astronaut william enders made the earth rise photo revealing a shining yet fragile world. the summit site that was at the time of the vietnam war of terrible conflicts and the 1st environmental problems and of the hipp...

Explosive political force to the present day. the most famous image in the exhibition isnt an artwork on december 24th 1968 apollo 8 and still not william menders made the earth rise photo revealing a shining yet fragile world. the sun the side that was at the time of the vietnam war of terrible conflicts in the 1st environmental problems and of the hippie movement that expressed the desire for alternatives which we live on a planet on which we somehow have to get along and put an end to all the...

>> he really brought country into the mainstream. >> the record he got out is i guess one of the biggest records hes ever had called "rhinestone cowboy." somebody told me its on the way to sell 2 million copies of one record. >> thats the first number one record. >> thats incredible. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. im glen campbell. ♪ ♪ >> in 1968, the entertainer of the year was glen campbell. ♪ >> are you a beach boy?

Those moderate voters, though, that alex talked about who were for joe biden, theyre essentially two groups of folks, african americans and working class whites. i literally dont know, but i have my suspicions about mayor bloombergs ability to appeal to them. the path to the democratic nomination lies through african americans, especially black women, and i went back today and looked. since 1968, since they started having primaries in my party, the winner of the black vote has always been the no...

>> he certainly has the resource. and first, congratulations to alex for his reporting on this. those moderate voters, though, that alex talked about who were for joe biden, theyre essentially two groups of folks, african americans and working class whites. i literally dont know, but i have my suspicions about mayor bloombergs ability to appeal to them. the path to the democratic nomination lies through african americans, especially black women, and i went back today and looked. since 1968, sinc...

A safe red state in presidential elections from 1968 clear through 2004 without sbur ruint. that started to change in 2008, barack obama carried it, and obama carried it again in 2012. it was sort of a quintessential swing state in 2012. the outcome in virginia mirrored what the national result was. and now its become more democratic than the rest of the nation. hillary clinton won by six points in 2016 in virginia, even though nationally her popular vote was a little less than 3%. now you see t...

State senate side coming in tonight. democrats really needed one because if you get to a 20-20 tie and control the lieutenant governorship as the democrats do in virginia, the lieutenant governor can break the tie. democrats needed a net gain of one coming into tonight. the a.p. saying they have a net gain of two on the senate side. the senate called. the house of delegates called. that adds up to control of the legislature and control of the governorship for democrats in virginia. and, really, ...