adopted that we saw he was never adopted by gerald r ford senior as i think of as my grandfather. he just changed his name and chose to change his name in his late teens and early twenties. but that is the grandfather that i know and loved. >> how did your parents meet? >> my parents were divorced and the stories that i have heard is she was dating quite a few men in grand rapids my dad had been in the war and and then my dad went up to one attorney general who was visiting before. >> where she dancer? >> she was. and so they saw this under the streetlight and then my dad said to the other gentleman how serious are you about betty? because i am extremely serious and i wish he would move on. [laughter] so he got what he wanted. host: how long between when they met and got married? >> not long at all. a very short engagement. he did not announce his engagement to her until much later because he was running for the first in the house and they were so afraid that she would taint his campaign. they were married october 15 and he won the election in october on —- november. host: i als

. >> welcome to the first of three televised presidential debates between president gerald r. ford and his challenger, governor jimmy carter of georgia. >> johnny carson did not like "saturday night live." they did a few jokes about him. and johnny thought that they were mean-spirited. >> "the tonight show" starring johnny carson will be broadcast live on the nbc tv network. carson, who has been doing the show dead for the past 15 years, could not explain how he was going to make that transition. >> "saturday night live" did not change my opinion of johnny carson. there's a sophistication there. he's wearing a tie. and then suddenly on "saturday night live" you have burt reynolds. it looked like he was just walking into a 7-eleven to buy some beef jerky. >> thank you! i know, i know. i have to live with it every day. >> the big revolution of "saturday night live," it's very hard to explain to people today. is that nobody's wearing a tie. >> lorne changed comedy forever with that show. and the proof of it, it's 43 years later and people are still watching it. with age comes mor

recently the aircraft carrier uss gerald r. ford went through what's called a shock trial surviving a huge charge detonated off its side. there are other measures the u.s. is taking to deal with the dangerous pace of the chinese military build-up. what we are focused on is that pacing challenge and make sure we maintain the right capabilities and the right operational concepts to meet our security commitments in that part of the world. >> one expert said ship mockups are more detailed. than they need to be. send a message to the u.s. about china's intent aerial photos. >> bret: up next biden's plummeting poll numbers as pieces of his agenda remain in limbo. beyond our borders tonight. iraqi officials say sunday's drone attack targeting the iraqi prime minister was carried out by one iran backed militia. the prime minister escaped unhurt after three drones carrying explosives were launched at his residence in baghdad. the tension stirring up in iraq where powerful iran backed forces are disputing the result of last month's gener