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Any chance trump will do what tom eagleton did in 72 as nominee for vice president, throw it back to the republican national committee to pick someone else? >> reporter: ive heard tonight from several top republicans that they themselves are thinking about it. for example, i spoke to spencer zwick, top fundraiser for the speaker, a longtime confidante of mitt romney. that wing of the party tonight between 11:00 p.m. and now, theyre on the phone, theyre thinking through what are the options, what...

War that we ought to use on building up our own country. >> reporter: the liberal was in fashion, but his cant campaign was a mess. his pick for vice president, tom eagleton, was dropped by mcgovern once it came out eagleton had been hospitalized for mental illness. >> theres not much cause for dancing in the streets of sioux falls, south dakota tonight. >> reporter: on election day he lost every state but massachusetts, and the democratic party lost once loyal voters who would never return. so ...

0 in the neck with a paper towel over her neck, and she was very hurt. >> we saw some woman crawl out of the front door and roll down the hill. >> reporter: police did not say if haughtons wife was among the victim, but three women were killed and four others rushed to the hospital. >> all four patients are expected to survive. unfortunately be are becoming all too familiar with this situation and we treat victims with gun violence every day here at our hospital. >> reporter: president obama and...

of -- it is time for a change and so on and so on. well hear all those things and many more besides but we will hear nothing that we have nch heard before. -- that we have not heard before. [cheers and applause] i am not too much concerned with partisan denunciations with epithets or rebukes because all americans know they are better off than before, and they know that the greatest danger to free enterprise in this country died with the great depression under the hammer blows of the de...

2016. the numbers on the screen, 202-737-001 for democrats. 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-628-0205 for independence. if you are calling from outside of the united states, you can get in touch with us via social media, twitter, and the address there # csspan wa. the facebook.com/c-span or journal@c-span.org. this is an editorial, a piece in "the washington post" with the headline -- "after the party is over." hes talking about what he saw in the republican convention. he says conven...

depressing statistics. this introduction will start on a low but it will end on a high. the stats that i ran into were all about whos reading books these days and how often. some of the numbers concern me. dont hold me to them because my source was the internet but they are revealing and if close they are tough to swallow. what they say. one third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. 42% of college graduates never read another book after college...

Plan. and devicive and were getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obamas pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that-- >> i didnt see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is ch...

Plan. and devicive and were getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obamas pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that-- >> i didnt see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is ch...

governor romney yesterday in virginia. the numbers are on your screen. you can also reach out to us on social media. @cspanwj. facebook.com/cspan. and email -- journal@c-span.org. it is the lead story in the major newspapers across north america. here is "the oshkosh north western." >> the leader telegram in wisconsin -- "the leader- telelgram. "the baltimore sun." a strong voice for fiscal restraint. have other hand lens to look at as well from "the new york times," "the washington po...

i had over the last few weeks with retiring senators. with just five months left on their jobs, find out whats on their minds and what they would like to do to fix the senate. good morning from washington, yes, were bulk. dont worry, olympics will start in about an hour. so you can stick around with us. im chuck todd. lets get to my first reads of the morning. two weeks ago when the olympics kicked off we had a close presidential race or the feel of one, but if there was any doubt ho...