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harry truman died at christmas. johnson died in january. nixon is all alone. >> this picture tells you all you need to know about how goerge herbert walker bush is feeling. not every president gets along with members of the other party. jimmy carter had been a challenge for all of them. probably because it is in carter's nature to be my way or the highway kind of guy. he had another challenge. he left office at the age of 56 or 57 and jimmy carter becomes the longest living ex-president in american history. 31 years, eight month and 21 days surpassing herbert hoover's record. that is not an easy burden to bear. part of -- he worked hard at his second career and invented the modern post presidency. when he got out of office he was depressed. wasn't sure what to do. he was confused. i have a long life. this is going to be hard. writes some books and start doing charitable stuff. he has done huge amounts of things that at home and overseas in the last 31 years won the nobel prize and also has a way -- auld presidents have turned to him except

truman was furious about this. he called eisenhower a moral coward and he started campaigning across the country saying eisenhower was unfit for office and anyone who would not stand up to mccarthy did not deserve to the president of the united states. so therefore on inauguration day eisenhower was so angry he initially refused to come to the white house to pick up truman to go to the inauguration. they barely spoke throughout eisenhower's presidency. tremendous not step foot back in the white house, but these relationships again, it's never that simple. and the two men do find themselves again together mainly at funerals particularly in november of 1963 when they share a limousine back from arlington cemetery, the burial of president kennedy. and they start talking about their own burial plans. in that sort of shadow of their mortality, small things fall away and the big things come back. truman turned so eisenhower and says to you want to come in for a drink wax they end up back at warehouse talking and reconcil

fast forward a little bit to the truman administration and here's one of truman's agency officials describe how long he views his role as a presidential appointee. the department his must be regarded as an extension of the president's personality. he's expected to carry out any basic instructions which a president may provide for his guidance. political attitude, which this appointee describes as an important role to bear in mind. beliefs about the scope and magnitude of government activities and the ends and means of government action. the truman administration reflects agency officials describing to congress their understanding of the role of agency heads as folks who have not only an expert technical role, but also a role of engaging in political judgment. there is what i want to observe, clearly you're talking here about a long running effort on the part of presidents from both parties to figure out how to make sense of their responsibilities vis-a-vis a very large government. a large government, that i might add, notwithstanding effort fos get laws enacted was almost entirely created b

truman turns to ice announces joint command for a train?he end of active warehouse talking and reconciling. and so, a friendship that turns into a few, turns back into a reconciliation because ultimately what they both have been through, they both as president is much more important in the fight they had. >> that story had a happy ending. this one not so much. you have to tell this. >> you know, i don't know if there's ever been to political combatants more skilled and fighting for his stakes as high as nixon and lyndon johnson. the remarkable thing, you remember in the 1960 election, john and had decided not to run for another term. all he wanted was to return his presidency and make as a peacemaker. he wasetermined there should be. he had his own reasons for wearing that if there were a breakthrough via tom he did not have a good chance of winning the election. very sharp before election day 1968, johnson discovers that the allies had been secretly advertising peace talks. because these trees and privately. what does he do about it? this

the new speaker of the house newt gingrich reprised and revisited the republican strategy against truman and put it on steroids now with a block clinton's efforts they shut down the government and totally humiliated but clinton like truman went public with the whole thing and call them out accusing them of craven political activity that was harming the american people today as a most handfuls of federal government employees or. the government is partially show than them. because congress has failed to pass the straightforward legislation necessary to keep the government running without imposing sharp hikes in medicare premiums and deep cuts in education and the environment the republicans are following a very explicit strategy announced last april bus speaker gingrich to use the threat of a government shutdown to force america to accept their cuts in medicare and medicaid to accept their cuts in education and technology and the environment yesterday they sent me legislation that said we will only keep the government going and we will only let it pay its debts if and only if. we accept th

and it catholic now with this eighty congress passed by exposing the republican sabotage strategy truman got a real like that in a squeaker the next big democratic incumbent running for election as president was lyndon johnson's vice president hubert humphrey in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the vietnam war had become enormously unpopular and in the spring and summer of sixty eight l.b.j. had negotiated a peace a preliminary priest peace deal between the north and south it amaze the would have actually ended the war that year before the election so richard nixon had his operatives reach out to the south vietnamese and tell them that if they just refused to go to the peace meeting in paris or refused to sign the deal he'd give them a much better deal and make them all rich in the process the cia intercepted the conversations between nixon's campaign staff and the vietnamese and gave the tapes to l.b.j. president johnson was furious this was reason but he was afraid that if he went public with the fact that nixon was committing treason to win the presidency it would stain the presi

truman in 1948.expected that people would react that enthusiastically to -- the country would be that united over an effort to save our former enemies. >> right. and truman's opponent in that election famously, dewey and the man who was going to be his, everybody expected to be dewey's secretary of state, john foster dulles, both were oppose today the airlift. >> the republicans were opposed to the airlift, one, because they thought it wouldn't work and, two, because it was expensive. they had the same argument about anything. one of the great scenes -- lucius clay wasn't the easiest man in the world. his staff, which was terrified of him, would say that, you know, when he's relaxed, he's really a nice guy. the problem is, he never relaxes. [laughter] and he didn't get along particularly well with germans despite what we saw. and when john foster dulles who had already said the first act of a presidency would be to get rid of lucius clay came, it was a few weeks before the election. it was just assum

the idea was initiated by truman smith. that same junior military man who was in germany in the early 'twe '20s, was the first american to meet him. he has become concerned about the military build up under hitler. he has sources in the army, but no sources in the air force. so, he plants the idea with gerring's people, to have gerring to invite lindburg, he knows that gerring loves to show off and he will show lindburg everything. and that is what happens. and lindburg goes to the things and has assistants with him and provides inavailable generals on the air force for the u.s. you can ask about his motives and they were probably were that he wanted to convince the u.s. that you do not want to tangle with these guys. they are -- we want to keep -- we should stay out of the war, which of course was his political position later as in the american first movement. whatever the motives, he actually provided real time intelligence. and provided some amazing stories. one of the best ones i came across in the diaries of the wife o

the idea was initiated by truman smith. that same junior military man who was in germany in the early '20s, was the first american to meet hitler comes back in 1935 at the senior military, and at that time he's quite alarmed by the military build-up under hitler. he has a lot of sources in the army, but no sources in the air force. so, he plants the idea with gerring's people, to have gering the commander of the air force to invite lindbergh the biggest celebrity of the era because he knows gerring likes to show off. he'll show him all the factories the test flights and that's exactly what happens. and lindbergh goes to these things, usually brings the military atachays with him. his motives probably were he wanted to convince the u.s. that you don't want to tango with these guys, they're the most -- we should stay out of the war, which of course, was his political position later. whatever the motives, he actually provided realtime intelligence. and provided some amazing stories. est he bes i came across in the diaries the

. >>> and it's called the truman show. delusion. why psychiatrists are starting to see patients who are convinced they live in a reality show. >>> good evening. we begin with another scorcher. the two hottest days of the year hammered us. let's get details from chuck bell in storm center 4. >> two days in a row back-to-back 90s around here. our hottest weekend since last summer. yes, indeed, we need a little koo cooling relief to come our way. you'll start to notice the changes on monday. high temperature today in washington, 92 degrees. it was our first weekend with back-to-back 90ss since last year, august 6th and 7th. that was a hotter weekend than this. a 93 and 97-degree day that weekend. no worries first thing on monday. may have showers before your monday is through. the middle of the week looks awfully soggy. >>> how do people deal with this sneet the hot weather making it tough for any outdoor activity this weekend. hundreds of thousands of girl scouts were in town for their 100th anniversary celebration. today they visited

it works for dewey, and he almost beat harry truman in 1948. just like the empty speeches are working for mitt rom nay as he closed the gap on the president. watch the comparison. let's start with free enterprise. >> americans have come to pass under our free system of productive enterprise. >> not just because i love job creators. it's because i love jobs. >> the only way to win the peace is to provide strength. >> american strength is essentially for our kids, for us, and for the world. >> the only thing they're afraid of is strength greater than his. >> i have the force to communicate our strength. >> there will begin in washington the biggest unraveling, unsnarling, untangling operation in our nation's history. >> we got to have people who stop thinking of themselves of just republicans and democrats and think of themselves as americans. >> i thank you with all of my heart for your friendship and confidence. >> i love this country. >> we're out of time. >> i'm getting the sign you're ready for lunch. >> is our time gone? >> you're the best.

many times since world war ii, starting with harry truman. >> he wanted to increase the availability of doctors, hospitals, and have the government serve as a guarantor of insurance for all americans. >> but in congress truman's plan never got so much as a vote. >> the american medical association, very wealthy, very powerful lobby group, also vehemently campaigned against truman's health care plans. >> we do not want socialized medicine. >> in the 1960s, a similar fight. ronald reagan before becoming governor of california recorded this message. pass medicare and the united states would soon become like the communist soviet union. >> one of these days you and i are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in america when men were free. >> but reagan's efforts fell short. in 1965 president lyndon johnson signed the law creating medicare. health insurance for every american over the age of 65. and medicaid for the poor. it wasn't just democrats. richard nixon had thoughts on health care. >> richard nixon put together a very

truman first takes office and says "can you help me?d this after world war i, we have a problem, i need your help." and that was the start of what turned out to be a beautiful friendship. >> ifill: it also became tradition over time but it wasn't really about party lineage here. we had john kennedy trying to court eisenhower. >> right. we found over and over that actually presidents from different parties get along better than presidents from the same party which is not what we expected. we thought they'd branch out. they actually seemed to bond faster when they haveless in common. carter and ford get together. clinton and nixon.oeç even the current president obama seemed to get along best with the first bush. so we see that not because they're so much rivals inside their party for who's the greatest president of the era. >> reporter: but there is some intraparty rivalry which i found interesting including between future presidents reagan and nixon. >> there's no question that... both men are preparing for 1968. they're both from califo

well, the idea was -- initiated by truman smith, that same junior military attache who was in germany in the early '20s comes back in 1935 as a senior military attache. and by that time, he's quite alarmed by the military build up. so he plants the idea with people to have gurring, the commander of the air force to invite lind burg. he'll show all the test flights and that's exactly what happens. and lindburgh goes to these things, usually brings the military attaches with him, if not, he debriefs them and provides valuable for washington. now, you can ask about his motives and they probably were that they wanted to convince the u.s. that you don't want to tangle with these guys. we should stay out of the war, of course, was his political position later. but whatever the motive, one of the best ones is the wife of truman smith and the seed where he has an elaborate lunch for lindburgh. and he says -- and he says yes, i do. do you want to see it? and so they proceed to the library. he's this massive man in a white uniform. and this pet lion cub jumps up onto his lap. and the smiths and

called the truman show dilution. named after the film with jim cary. >> jersey shore. >> kardashians. >> the bachelor. >> reality shows are everywhere. >> a lot of times it is more exciting than my life. now a report shows how the impact of pop culture is shaping mental health. >> it's the truman show! >> a recent study by a pair of new york scientists claims there is a rise in the truman show delusion. named after the 1998 where jim carry's character realizes his life was a secret reality show taped for tv. one patient in the study was actually convinced that 9/11 attacks were faked for his own show. >> i would say it was mostly the last decade in which you are starting to see evidence of this, this syndrome as a reality show gets more publicity, as, as the public watches it so much more. >> beverly hills clinical psychologist, phillip pierce explains. >> paranoia. >> the syndrome isn't from watching too much tv. >> i don't think this is the coughs the disease the way an ill inn expresses itself. >> youtubers and tw

bush was the first president to be reelected with an approval rating under 50% since harry truman. polls today, came out today, have the president at 48%. hasn't really cracked 50 and stay there for any length of time in quite a while. he does win on likability over romney, and that matters, but i think you want to boil down the selection if somebody decide on two things, that unemployment number, asphalt as it is, is it going up or down? you know which candidate it benefits. and the debates. they've announced to debate three of them in october. october 3, 16, and 22nd. romney has got 20 of experience in debate and i think he did 20 of them. that's going to stand him in good stead. he's pretty good at it. i can't, there were a few moments he probably would like to take back, you know, the $10,000 bet and so forth. but for the most part he handled himself quite well. peter hart, who probably everyone in this room is money with, democratic pollster, said in a memo to his clients a week or so ago, six months out deadline, that the president has no better than a 50/50 chance, with one

i'm sure my friends at the truman library would not be mad at me if i made fun a little bit of the truman tapes because he didn't like the taping system at all. so most of what we hear on the tapes are the admiral clock that is in the oval office. there are a few conversations preserved. fdi didn't inherit the taping system, but he was accustomed to using a dictabelt so it could pick up conversations around the desk. there are a few of his tapes that survived. the big tapers, if you will, are john f. kennedy, lyndon johnson and president nixon. john f. kennedy left us about 270 hours of tape. in fact, kennedy library has, i believe, just released a few more tapes. they've almost released all of those tapes. lyndon johnson left us 800 hours. most of them are telephone tapes. and the johnson library has released all of the telephone tapes. there are still some tapes that were done in the cabinet room that are to be reviewed and released i'm sure in the next few years. we're talking about 800 hours for johnson and about 200 hours for kennedy. then nixon. in 1971, february, president nixon do

i believe truman is the first child to have been legally adopted by a corporation that's correct. but if everyone knew you was pretending. the gold brothers studied many patients suffering from this delusion including one man who believes he's the subject of a secret reality show on h.b.o. and everyone in a small illinois town is an actor for the show so it appears reality t.v. today isn't just trashy it's also making us go insane. it's thursday so let's get geek of fide wednesday the f.d.a. rejected pleas and pressure from the car refiners association to rename high fructose corn syrup as corn sugar after the ruling the corn refiners association issued a statement saying in part that the vast majority of american consumers are confused by high fructose corn syrup so i think it's time for a little reminder on just what this stuff really is so we can clear up the confusion i felt this corn syrup is a calorie providing sweetener used to sweeten foods and beverages mostly processed and store bought foods it's produced through an enzymatic process from glucose syrup derived from corn

it wasn't true, but these kinds of arguments resonated. >> like truman's plan, it never came to a full. around that time many republicans like house speaker newt gingrich started talking up something called a mandate, a requirement that every american buy his or her own health coverage. >> by having a mandate, you could have universal or near universal coverage and still preserve the private insurance system. so the idea of a mandate was a republican idea. >> by 2008, hillary clinton now running for president was pushing the mandate herself. >> i cannot stress to you how passionately i feel about fighting for universal health care. >> as she ran against the young senator, barack obama. back then, though, candidate obama was against it. >> senator clinton says, i'm going to make universal health care by mandating that everybody buy it. but if people can't afford it, it doesn't matter what the mandate is. they're not going to buy it. >> by election time, he came around to clinton's position. and now obamacare will likely rise or fall on that very pillar. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting.

truman and herbert hoover had become partners during truman's presidency once again against all odds. men were particularly keen about eisenhower yet. hoover went up to truman on the diaz at ike's swearing in, in '53 and said, i think we should start a president's club. truman said, you be the president. i'll be the secretary. that was kind of or shorthands but it turns out it's like a club. they talk about it like it's a club. each different president that comes along extends new membership privileges, whether it's, you know secret service or a pension or in the case of richard nixon in 1969, he created what every club needs, which is a club house. >> uh-huh. right across the street from the white house? correct? >> he did it pretty much to get lyndon johnson off of his back. johnson had repaired to the texas hill country in '69 and he kept calling and he wanted planes and cars and office space and an office place to stay and nixon said find him a place. get him something. they carved it out of an old townhouse and it's still in operation now 40 years later. >> they all had this cras

now truman wants somebody to say those things., in fact, sits with him at the podium but he can't say it. >> rose: this is the iron curtain speech. >> he's read that speech. he knows what churchill is going to say. >> an iron curtain has descended upon the continent. behind thati states (inaudible) warsaw, berlin vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest the populations around them lie in what are now called the soviet sphere. >> this is a convenient trial balloon for the administration. when there's a lot of complaints and protest in new york truman can stand back and say "it had nothing to do with me" but churchill has helped to change the weather. the other thing about the speech is it's a reminder of the power of words.8x(x churchill is... coined some of the most important soundbites in modern diplomacy." iron curtain is a phrase not unique to him but he popularizes it. special relationship. that's another churchillian phrase this which has become a general term. and the other one is summit. the term summit is another one churchi

truman where truman recognized israel's first government.nce peres says truman's secretary of state at the time, george marshall, strongly opposed recognizing israel and made that clear to israelis. >> i remember the first days, we didn't stand a chance. george marshall warned us, he told us, you can't win. you can't win. my god, what a painful experience. >> bret: peres says he is always mindful of the current threat israel faces every day. >> i think we shall survive. for me to survive is not just survive physically but to survive morally. to survive not just us, but enable our neighbors to survive as well. the better they will have it. better for all of us. >> bret: our thanks to president peres. you can see my entire interview with president peres on home page at foxnews.com/specialreport. click the videos tab at the top of the page. so is russia arming syrian troops? we talk about that and the middle east with the fox all-stars next. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had

along carries harry truman. a failure in business, by the way. it's a better sales pitch. he comes along, harry truman, without a lot of formal education, and goes across the country saying, we're going to do this. and then he goes at 1:00 in the run, i was no air-conditioning. all right, congress, i'm calling you back into session and you're going to pass. it wouldn't be a bad thing for him to say, come on back. but you would have to there are several people doing. many. the last thing you want speaking on your behalf is an elected official. >> i can't think of businesses around the country that would do it. action, right? >> obstruction or science, all of that. >> obstruction replace the smell of decay with the smell of construction. >> can't argue with that. >> thank you. >>> is the american system sitting on piles of cash that would help bring down. the republican tact at keeping voters in the voting boothsesment then a big wisconsin revote tomorrow. what effects will it have on november? how many miss. that's in the side show, and that is hardball. the place for polit

and truman successfully tied him to the do-nothing congress. and that gets me to today's politics, because mitt romney is broadly acceptable to the american people. in a way that his party isn't. and so his challenge is to establish himself as a really a centrist conservative, and to keep some distance from his party particularly the house republicans. the obama campaign's challenge is to morph the republican party and its agenda with romney and to paint romney as an extremist. and to make him own everyone of the positions he took on his way to securing the nomination. he vowed to get rid of planned parenthood funding for planned parenthood. he's taken some some pretty far right positions on immigration in order to get to the right of appraiser rick perry. that is the tension going open. you can see it playing out day to day-to-day. president obama has demographics on his side. big gender gap. 90 plus support from the african-american community, strong support from the hispanics, and two to one edge with young people. the wild card is how many