Thats followed by prime ministers questions from the british house of commons. Then, joe biden, winter in South Carolina on saturday, campaigns in norfolk, virginia, ahead of tuesdays primary. Nearly a third of democratic president ial delegates will be chosen this super tuesday. 14 states, democrats abroad and American Samoa will all be voting. Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. You saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that
Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. You saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that the person with the most elegant going into delegates going into milwaukee would be the nominee. I do know if it will be decisive. But it will be quite a story the day after super tuesday, when you have all of these states picking all of these delegates. 1357 pledged delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday. 1991 are needed for nomination on
Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac that carter was so good at mastering the symbols of the office and in order to win our support, thats how high he was riding at the time. But as ken pointed out, his election as president marks a transition. We had been electing washington figures president ever since world war ii and with 1976, the fact that he had never been in washington which he reminded us of turned out to be a political virtue. He was from georgia and was going to bring that sense of fresh blood and fresh spirit into washington, d. C. , and that marks a kind of historic turning point at which governor and in the most recent election complete outsider began to become a more appealing political persona for those who are running for president. The other way cartoonists responded is by drawing things about his southern and rural heritage. There was a famous cartoon of a white house limousine outside the whitehouse up on cinder blocks and there was jody powell, who
Attack began. They were over the walls and soon the chain on the main gate was cut. This was filmed by a student. Here showing the area being overrun. The motor pool was behind the main gate to the embassy compound. To their right was the chancellory. The operational hub of the embassy that housed the Sensitive Communications systems. The heavy front doors of the chancellory had been bolted shut. Inside were 45 americans and plus iranian staff and some visitors. The marine guards inside fired tear gas to buy time. When it was realized help wasnt coming, one of the chancellory Security Officers went outside to try to persuade the students to leave. He was immediately captured. The besieged staff retreated floor by floor. One american, john limbert, who spoke farsi went out to try to save the life. He was immediately blindfolded and threatened with death. The americans surrendered. Just a portion of a canadian documentary which will be seen on cspan3s American History tv later on today.
Stanly godbold is Professor Emeritus of history, Mississippi State university. Hes the author now of two volumes of history, jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. The first the georgia years. 1924 through 1974. And now jimmy and Rosalynn Carter power and human rights. As i say, he was professor of emeritus at Mississippi State. Hes the author of three other books. Alan gas, glasgow and the woman within and Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution and confederate colonel and cherokee chief. The life of William Holland thomas. But its biographies of jimmy and rosalynn that brings us here tonight. And, you know, i think there is probably better person to be in congress with stan lee than steve. Steve has been to president carter since 81. He helped research and edit carters book, keeping faith, and has really had a hand in every book too. Carter has written or projects or classes at emory university, so sit back, enjoy its time to learn a lot about president and mrs. Carter. Steve stanley. Th