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President in 1972 for democrats. He lost in a landslide election to republican richard nixon. In a statement, the mcgovern family said we are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life. Advocating for the hungry, fighting for peace. Mcgovern long will be remembered for his unwavering opposition to war and war is where we begin this morning. Today were taking you back to june 28th, 1914. Yes. June 28, 1914. That was the day that a foreign emissary was assassinate...

And even though it is always a bad idea to do math on television, this one isnt that hard. If you add up 43 and 37 you do not get anywhere near 100 of the vote. What happened to the rest of the vote . The wacky thing about the 1992 election in terms of thinking about american binary red versus blue Party Politics is that another guy who ran that year, a third person, got almost 20 of the vote. It was ross perot, right . Giant sucking sound. Ross perot got a very large proportion of the vote for ...

The last resort. In my 12 years in the senate, my one guiding principle on every security decision ive made and every vote i cast was always this, simply this. Is our policy worthy of our troops and their families and the sacrifices that we asked them to make. I saw it from the bottom. I saw what happens. I saw the consequences and the suffering and the horror of war. Hagel seen the suffering, the horror of war up close. President obama wants him to help lead our country out of war and into peac...

About that losing run, about that losing attempt at winning the republican president ial nomination, what seems more salient now is who john mccains national cochair was for that run. It was republican senator chuck hagel. There he is. You can see him in the little circle on the left there. With john mccains entourage as john mccain was getting ready to launch his president ial bid back in 2000. This is the same chuck hagel who is president obamas nominee for defense secretary now and who john m...

That year, now what is starting to become the more salient thing about that losing run, about that losing attempt at winning the republican president ial nomination, what seems more salient now is who john mccains national cochair was for that run. It was republican senator chuck hagel. There he is. You can see him in the little circle on the left there. With john mccains entourage as john mccain was getting ready to launch his president ial bid back in 2000. This is the same chuck hagel who is ...

Block richard cadre, president obamas pick to head the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Thats the agency Elizabeth Warren set up to make sure big banks dont prey on regular americans. But, today, 43 republicans sent a letter saying theyre worried the agency has too much power over the banks. And they wont allow the nomination to go ahe. This is outrageous. The right wing is doing everything it can to block this president. To stand against working class people. And to stand up for wall stree...

This is so great to be here to thank the oscar winners. And as we have all discussed it has been an extraordinary two years talking about the 2020 election but in 2020 you are prepared for the election in the middle of the once of the century pandemic so lets go back a little bit. And preparing for 2020 and how it went. So when i took office we passed a bill that allowed us to get through and it was a mad dash to get in place to get that all in place with the president ial primary. [applause]la ...

Welcome to today, on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Happy groundhog day. Does it feel like weve been here before, once or twice . A live picture from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where, of course, the most famous resident is Punxsutawney Phil. Later we will find out whether he is predicting six more weeks of winter or perhaps an early spring. There are people in both camps. Keep your fingers crossed for whichever one youre hoping for. I wouldnt pack away the longjohns yet. Not...

Years old, i was living on the streets of new york. I got involved with drugs and alcohol, and for many of those years, i was an alcoholic and a drug addict. I wound up doing about 6, 6 1 2 years in prison. Finally, a judge sent me to a drug treatment center. They focused on me becoming accountable for my behavior, and thats when my career as a therapist really began. Its a long way from a jail cell to a masters degree in social work. Absolutely. And im only telling you this because i want to gi...

Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose the 47th super bowl will kick off on sunday, february 3, at the superdome in new orleans. The a. F. C. Champion Baltimore Ravens will meet the n. F. C. Champion San Francisco 49ers in a game filled with intrigue. Its whats being called the harbowl. Its the first time brothers will face each other from a opposing sidelines. The game also marks the end of one of the n. F. L. s great careers wi...