he's older than harry truman and harry truman is not a young man. they both come from border states. it doesn't look like much of a ticket, doesn't look like much of a ticket. but harry truman goes to the convention, he waits for hours to give his speech. he doesn't give it until like 1:00 in the morning. and the convention has just been all roiled up with everything. hubert humphrey had gone to the floor and forced a floor fight on the civil rights plank. the southern democrats were mad enough going into this convention. then hubert humphrey says, our plank on civil rights is not as strong as the republicans'! it's the same mush that we were pedalling in 1944. no, we need to move out of the shadow of states' rights into the bright sunlight of civil rights. and he forces a floor fight onto the floor of the convention, first one since prohibition, and he wins. he wins and the southern democrats, some of them, anyway, walk out. they walk out. the convention is just dragging into chaos. then when they announce harry truman is coming to the hall at 1:00

up next, a panel of historians discuss president harry truman's leadership and how he interacted with three prominent national politicians from texas. former secretary of state madeleine albright opens the comments. it is about 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the harry s truman scholarship foundation, former secretary of state, madeleine albright. [applause] ms. albright: thank you. good afternoon and welcome. i am truly delighted to be here with all of you in to celebrate public service and the legacy of harry truman. as someone who believes passionately in the importance of america's global leadership, i have a natural love and affinity for harry truman. but my affection for him is rooted in something more basic. he was my first american president. my family and i arrived in america november 11, 1948. a week after he narrowly beat his opponent in 1948. that was some time ago. in fact, i tell my students now that i went to college about halfway between the invention of the ipad in the discovery of fire. [laughter] ms. albright: so, it was much later when i becam

harry truman was sufficiently registered that the party accepted harry truman. truman's appreciation of the vice presidency and was elected. 's lowred john garner opinion of it. while he was try to find what to do with himself, he used to hang out with sam rayburn. rayburn had this hideaway deep in the bowels of the capital where what he called the board of education used to meet late in the afternoon. they would share their favorite drink and they would ruminate on politics in washington and the state of the democratic party. harry truman was in sam rayburn's office on a moment to stay in 1945 in april when he got word that a call had come from the white house and it was important he called the white house so be good. he called the white house. the first thing he said, according to somebody that was there, he puts on the phone and christ andesus general jack." he knew that something was up. he went to the white house and discovered franklin roosevelt had died and he was now president of the united states. he realized that his relationship with sam rayburn all o

harry truman did something. that was the part that was so important in terms of stating what america's position was going to be. and whether it had to do with the .4 program or the truman doctrine or nato, everything that would indicate that america would be playing a leading role in being out there and doing something. so in that regard. the other part that i thought about was institutionally everything that i kind of -- we were talking about public service. i do teach. in talking about the national security act, it was basically design because of the way roosevelt made decisions. it was a punishment by the bureaucracy. michael: tell a little bit about it. secretary albright: he made decisions by pitting people against each other and i getting a sense of where decisions are coming from. and the bureaucracy was fed up with it. ad forestalls revenge set national security -- harry truman was the first one that had to operate under the national security act during he was the one that dealt with the fact of how decis

what happened in between is that eisenhower fell into great dislike with harry truman. he did not like the way that truman's administration was running. he thought he was more of a republican than a democrat, and he was not going to allow himself to be manipulated. this is eisenhower's view, manipulated by harry truman in the race at all. so there was never any doubt in anybody's mind, although they tried to make a bit of a deal out of it. there was never any doubt in anybody's mind in 1952 that ike would run as a republican. to distance himself from harry truman as adlai stevenson did. yes, sir? >> yes. question. general marshall had been the yoda for eisenhower for a number of years having to appoint him as the commander in europe. >> uh-huh. >> i was just wondering, it seems like mccarthy could take shots at people, and eisenhower did nothing about that. i ask you of that question. >> uh-huh. >> the other one, it almost seems like reagan and eisenhower's elections overall could have been eerily similar. >> i'll take a pass on the last

it reminded harry truman don't get a swelled head. don't think you're better than the people that elected you because one of these days you're going back home. and harry never ever lost that concept. he never forgot who he was nor where he was going and he always was one of us. at the moment we're in the recognize room or wrap around porch. this is where the president relaxed with his staff after hours. it was made for the president as a gift from the navy back in 1949. the president had already been here for four other vacation prior to that so the president relaxed by playing poker with his closest staff. they played cards from about 7:00 to 11:00 every night. to president truman this was a team building exercise. this was all about comma a derry and had nothing to do with winning or losing money. two of his staff are still living. mr. ellsey made eight of the 11 trips to key west. when they boarded the plane they threw $50 into the pot. the banker would save back part of the winnings so if they ran out of money the banker advanced y

harry truman is wonderful in that he wrote letters to himself. these are extraordinary letters and they're also letters that truman wrote where he would -- because best went to bed very early and harry truman would stay up very late, he would write a letter to put on her pillow so she would see it in the morning. and it was almost like a diary entry. he said he didn't want to run in 1952, but he was not about to give up his control of the democratic party. he was going to name an heir apparent, and this is almost like a comedy errors because nobody wants it. what we need to keep in context, nobody wanted to run against bob taft. not eisenhower, but bob taft, they figured they'd end up losing. truman's first choice is the chief justice of the supreme court, fred vinson, there in the picture. vinson dressed for business and i don't know what truman's dressed for. [ laughter ] this was actually down in key west. vinson came to the conclusion that his health would preclude him from running. and he dies just a few years later. so he must have known som

who ended up being the vice presidential candidate in '56. >> who harry truman liked to call cow feverruman is regarded as a dear, great president, someone we all look up to for his decisiveness, for his ability to make big decisions. and commit the united states in the cold war. the fact is at the time he was a very unpopular president. the korean war was an unpopular war. he had fired douglas macarthur, which again, today, basically there's a consensus he did the right thing for the right reason but at great political cost. harry truman had been in power seven years, and he had decided seven years was enough. he had the power to prevent cow fever from becoming the nominee. he probably had the power to make adlai stevenson the nominee, but with that power went in some ways the dead weight of the truman administration. and i think -- my sense is that truman and stevenson's relationship never quite recovered from that fact. >> i think it was worse than that. the -- there was another factor. there have been a lot of corruption in the democratic party. there have been a scandal with one o

i mean, it's a new big three now with harry truman being the president now instead of roosevelt. truman's attitude is going to be very different from that of roosevelt. and some indication of that change of u.s. policy comes right away. remember i mentioned to you that even vice president harry truman had not been kept informed of the manhattan project. there are probably a few things you need to know, one of them is we have been working on a bomb. you know what, it is the biggest, baddest bomb around. here in potsdam, truman gets the word that it works. we have successfully detonated an atomic bomb. it works. and so he goes over to stalin and says to him, yeah, hitler's been defeated. we want to cooperate with you, but i need to let you in on a little secret. the secret is, we're going to end this war with japan because we have an atomic weapon, the likes of which, again, the world has never seen. that was supposed to be news to stalin. it wasn't. he already knew. really ironic, our own vice president harry truman was sort of kept in the dark about the whole development. yet stal

then madeleine albright speaks with michael about harry truman's commitment to public service. >> this is someone who should have gone to college, graduate school. deeply wanted to. could not do it because of his family's economic circumstances. one thing i think he felt strongly was when he became president, he wanted to help others. one of the ways he did that was to strengthen the community college system. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv is marking the centennial of the national park service. they asked members of congress about which national park service sites in their states and the most significance for them. bill pascrell: this has a special significance. i have lived all my life in paterson, new jersey. it is part of my congressional district. i do not live too far from the falls. so i have a lot of great fond memories. this is where alexander hamilton brought george washington to develop the first industrial city in the united states, with the technology that was brought from europe. so this site, this national site, which has been named

i mean, it's a new big three now with harry truman being the president now instead of roosevelt. truman's attitude is going to be very different from that of roosevelt. and some indication of that change of u.s. policy comes right away. remember i mentioned to you that even vice president harry truman had not been kept informed of the manhattan project. there are probably a few things you need to know, one of them is we have been working on a bomb. you know what, it is the biggest, baddest bomb around. here in potsdam, truman gets the word that it works. we have successfully detonated an atomic bomb. it works. and so he goes over to stalin and says to him, yeah, hitler's been defeated. we want to cooperate with you, but i need to let you in on a little secret. the secret is, we're going to end this war with japan because we have an atomic weapon, the likes of which, again, the world has never seen. that was supposed to be news to stalin. it wasn't. he already knew. really ironic, our own vice president harry truman was sort of kept in the dark about the whole development. yet, sta

state secretary of madeleine albright speaks with beshlocshmichael about harry truman's commitment to public service. life, this is someone who should have gone to college, a great college, should have school, deeplye wanted to but could do it economicf his family's circumstances. if there was one thing he felt strongly was if he became president, he wanted to help others. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. watchc-span.org, you can our public affairs and political programming any time at your convenience on your desktop, laptop or mobile advice. go to c-span.org and click on bar.ideo library search you can type in the name of a speaker, sponsor of a bill or event topic. review the list of search results and click on the program you'd like to watch or refine your search with many search tools. if you're looking for the most current programs and don't want to search the video library, many current programs ready for immediate viewing. is a public service of your cable or satellite provider. c-span.org. at >> each week american history america brings you films that provide context

harry truman -- and harry truman had been in power seven years.g the nominee. he probably had the power to make adlai stevenson from being the nominee. with the power came the dead weight of the truman administration. my sense is that truman and stevenson's relationship never quite recovered from that fact. >> i think it was worse than that. there was another factor. there had been a lot of corruption in the democratic party. there had been a scandal with one of president truman's assistants. and there had been -- it was not a happy things to become the democratic candidate for president in 1952. especially if you had harry truman's imprimatur on you. >> as i left the supreme court to work for stevenson, i went to see the chief justice to say good-bye, and he was very, very close to president truman, chief justice vinson. and the chief said, your guy's not going to make it. and i said, what? he said, no, he said, i was with the president last night. and he told me that he's lost patience with adlai. he doesn't say yes, doesn't say no. he's going -

what happened in between that was eisenhower fell into great dislike with harry truman. he did not like the way the truman's administration was running. he felt that he was more of a republican than a democrat, and he was not going to allow himself to be manipulated -- this is eisenhower's view, manipulated bihary truman in the race at all. so there was never any doubt in anybody's mind, although they tried to make a different dial out of it. there was never doubt in anybody's mind in 1952 that ike would run as a republican. to distance himself from harry truman like adlai stevenson did. yes, sir? >> yes. question -- general marshall had been the yoda for eisenhower for a number of years, having appointed him as the commander in europe. i was just wondering, it seemed like mccarthy could take shots at people and eisenhower did nothing about that. i ask of that question, the other one, it almost seems like reagan and eisenhower's elections overall could have been eerily similar. >> i'll take a pass on the last one for a moment. not because it's not an interesting question

stateormer secretary of madeleine albright speaks about harry truman's commitment to public service asident. >> in his life, this is someone who should have gone to college, a great college, should have to graduate school. deeply wanted to. couldn't do it mainly because of his family's economic circumstances. and if there's one thing i think he felt strongly, it was that when he became president, he to help others. one of the ways he did that was to strengthen the community college system. >> for our complete american totory tv schedule, go c-span.org. for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> we need serious leadership. a reality tv show. this is as real as it gets. >> we will make america great again! ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debate on c-span, the c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday, september 26, is the presidential debate live hofstra university in hempstead, new york. candidatesesidential debate at longwood university in virginia. october 9, washington university st. louis hosts the second presidential debate l

the great issue was which republican party would replace harry truman if harry truman were to leave? be isolationist conservative midwestern party or would it be the international modern republican of the eisenhower? stevenson had to calculate the chances of which party he might be running against. he was very reluctant to iran. he did not want to run. -- he was very reluctant to iran. >> he did not want to run. he did not want to run against dwight eisenhower. it was like running against jesus christ. if it had been robert taft as the opponent, adlai stevenson would have relished running. there would have been a clear difference in philosophy. you have to remember the democrats tried to draft general eisenhower. the democrats tried to give eisenhower to run as a democrat. eisenhower was a candidate of both parties. >> newton minow, when adlai stevenson did the welcoming address at the democratic national convention in chicago in 1962 -- in 1962, was he considered a candidate? >> he was not that well known. i remember the first time he appeared on national television. he was on "meet

harry truman later said to her, mrs. smith, your declaration of conscience was one of the finest things that's happened here in washington in all my years in the senate and in the white house. as should be appreciated, too, there is here and rightfully an enduring pride that comes with serving one's country, of navigating with skill and good intentions and to good effect within this political institution. congressman barbara jordan once put if proudly, i am neither a black politician nor a woman politician. just a politician. a professional politician. my friend senator patrick leahy of vermont while standing outside the capitol on 9/11 said to himself, lord, let us get back in there. we had to say to the american people that we were here including our loyal and brave staff. we have an old expression about those who have departed the scene. gone but not forgotten. if not forgotten, they're not gone. think about those who passed through these very doors. think of the turning points in our history that have taken place her

it's a long and drawn-out story, but ultimately, wallace is dumped from the ticket, and it is harry truman who will replace him as roosevelt's running mate. so, in 1944, it will be a roosevelt and truman ticket. any other questions or concerns? well, sensitive to the wartime setting of this election, both roosevelt and dewey early in their campaigns adopted dignified and low-key electoral strategies. after all, when dewey spoke in accepting the republican nomination in late june of 1944, this is literally just days after d-day. it's a couple of weeks. and it's roughly around the time that a lot of families would be notified of the fate of their loved ones. and so, the republican convention in 1944 is not especially raucous. it's going to be more subdued. the democratic one in july is a little more energetic and a little more old-fashioned, in its rambunctiousness, but both roosevelt and dewey attempt to at least adopt dignified and low-key electoral strategies early in the election contest. by late september, however, politics as usual returned as the campaigns degenerated into what one ne

eastern on the presidency, historians look at president harry truman's leadership and how he interactedith three international politicians and madeleine albright speaks with a historian about harry truman's commitment to public service as vice president and president. >> in his life, this is someone who should have gone to a great college, should have gone to graduate school, deeply wanted to. couldn't do it mainly because of his family's economic circumstances and if there is one thing i think he felt strongly it was that when he became president, he wanted to help others. one of the ways he did that was to strengthen the community college system. for a of american history go, to c-span.org. >> american history tv is marking the centennial of the national park service. we asked members of congress about which parks in their states have the most significance for them. senator wyden: oregon has so many special places, for example haystack rock on the oregon coast where my wife and i were married, and it is a treasure to s. i think from the standpoint of parks, i mentioned crater lake nat

people were content with record high employment, but they did not attribute it to harry truman. also, global issues were eight huge factor here. one of the things that truman has been criticized in retrospect but at the time was widely praised was running a campaign of national unity in which he tried -- first of all, the idea of bipartisan foreign policy is part of thomas e. dewey's political allegis -- legacy. it is something that began in the 1944 campaign. he supported truman on the airlift to berlin. he supported truman on recognizing the state of israel. at the same time, he wanted to increase the defense budget by $5 billion. there is no doubt he would have been -- he supported the marshall plan, but he would have asked more questions before just turning american tax dollars over two left-wing governments in europe. it was a campaign that in many ways is what we claim we want in a candidates. it was not hitting below the belt, there were not a lot of possible -- personalities, there were not a lot of name- calling. >> is that showing up in the polls? in a do we vs. truman

i would also restore the involvement of the congress when harry truman was president. he was not afraid to have a strong secretary of defense. george marshall was a strong secretary of state. he also made sure there was a bipartisan support. members of congress were part of the process. before the nation made a secret agreement, before we made a blessing statement, we would make sure we had the backing of the president and secretary of state, also congress and the people. damaging to our country to have mr. ford turn this responsibly to the secretary of state. >> governor carter contradict himself. he complains about secrecy and is quoted as saying that in the attempt to find a solution in the middle east, he would hold unpublicized meetings with the subunit -- soviet union. i presume that the purpose of imposing a settlement on israel and arab nations. let me talk about what we have done to avoid secrecy in the port administration. after the united states -- ford administration. after the united states were to achieve the agreement and i'm proud to say there is not a

harry truman was truly human. harry truman was one of us. it certainly would've been so out of keeping with his character had they gilded furniture or something. it would have been inconceivable to harry truman to ever have anything like that. >> 100 years ago this august 25, president woodrow wilson signed legislation creating the national park service. american history tv is featuring natural and historic sites throughout the country. this is american history tv. only on c-span3. >> i think most people are like i was when i first saw it. when you see it from a distance, you think that is interesting, that is kind of cool. the closer you get to it you realize how massive it is and getting to the base of it and touching it and looking up to the top, it is really very impressive. the closer you get to the more impressed you become. we're standing very close to the gateway arch in st. louis. 630-foot tall stainless steel structure designed in 1947 but not built into the mid 1960's and completed in 1965. each year we get 2.5 million visitors to

but harry s truman says that. >> i don't know about that story. but she says harry s truman, what do you think? block this thing, i think i know where you're going next. >> john wilson for the block. >> do me right, john. >> as an actor, this famous republican presidential candidate earned a razzi award for worst supporting actor. >> that's me. no. that's obviously donald trump. >> all right. he's saying it's obviously donald trump. it could be ronald reagan. is john >> i think john wilson is bluffing. [buzz] . >> it's donald trump. >> let's look at the clip that earned him the razzi. >> in this work the knife is sharp enough to cut you in the bone. in hearts, cold enough to eat you as hors d'oeuvres. >> we're going to have a fourth there you go. i think he's trash talking over there. >> i think he is. >> it's all going to come down to the final round. thank you for joining us. we will see you all for political squares next week. >> check out our youtube channel for more political squares and parody and satire. you can also check out our show's mai

his vice president was, of course harry truman. man became president the day fdr died on april 12th. truman had been vice president for a while, and a u.s. senator for ten years, including key roles on important committee, overseeing the military. he wasn't an understudy, he >>> fdr, president franklin dell no roosevelt was sworn into his fourth term as president in january 1445, world war ii still in full swing. by april of that year, the 12th, 1945, fdr was dead. he died in office while we were still at war. his vice president was, of course harry truman. truman became president the day fdr died on april 12th. truman had been vice president for a while, and a u.s. senator for ten years, including key roles on important committee, overseeing the military. he wasn't an understudy, he wasn't out of the loop. he was involved in u.s. government at a high level for a long time. even so, once he got sworn in as president, they let him be president for 12 days before anybody bothered to tell him that the united states had this little proj

the fact of the matter is, neither mcarthur had come to develop a strong dislike of harry truman.and that's number one. even though one was president and the other one was given the power, of u.n. forces of a north korea invaded south corey a. mcarthur believed that the way in which to end this conflict, as he began the process of pushing back up the peninsula, after chinese intervention he begins the process, pushing back up, reliberating south korea again, second time. that's a landmark, the highlight of mcarthur's military career was that landing, on the peninsula that really shattered north korea's ability to conduct a war. mcarthur and general ridgeway pushed the chinese back, approached the 38th parallel, he wanted to end with a victory. we'll defeat not just north korea but the chinese forces and we have to take the necessary steps, bombing and perhaps the use of nuclear weapons, as to means to create it so the chinese cannot resupply their armies. famous statement, there is no substitute for victory the truman administration disagreed. they thought stalemate. to return u.n

service and bravery that'll find him in the history of the republic and the democratic party of harry truman. [ applause ]

but the great issue was which republican party would replace harry truman, if harry truman were to leaveinternationalist, if you will, modern republicanism of dwight eisenhower. and stevenson had to among other things weigh and calculate the chances of which party he might be running against. he was very reluctant to run, wasn't he? >> he did not want to run. who could have beat dwight eisenhower? it was like running against jesus christ. it was an impossible thing to win. and as richard said, he's got it exactly right. if it had been robert taft as the opponent, i think adlai would have relished running because there would have been a clear difference in philosophy about america's place in the world. but you got to remember the democrats tried to draft general eisenhower. the democrats tried to get eisenhower to run as a democrat. eisenhower was a candidate of both parties. >> well, newton minow, when adlai stevenson gave the welcoming address at the democratic national convention in chicago, in 1952, was he a nationally known figure at the time? was he considered a candidate? >> he was

and in three hours david petrusia talks about his book about the 18948 presidential race when harry trumant thomas dewey. tomorrow night, american history tv in prime time focuses on the presidential campaign of adlai stevenson. we begin with "the contenders," our c-span series of candidates who didn't win. that's followed by adlai stevenson's democratic nomination acceptance speech and a discussion on the election of 1952. american history tv primetime starts at 8:00 eastern each night this week. at c-span.org you can watch our public affairs and political programming anytime at your convenience. on your desktop, laptop, or mobile device. here's how. go to our home page, c-span.org, and click on the video library search bar. here you can type in the name of a speaker, the sponsor of a bill, or even the event topic. review the list of search results and click on the program you'd like to watch or refine your search with our many search tools. if you're looking for our most current programs and you don't want to search the video library, our home page has many current programs ready for you

harry truman. we forget today, but truman, in his first term, was a very unpopular president. the crack to err is truman. there was talk of the little man from missouri. truman had a very difficult assignment. every president after a war has the process of readjusting economically, culturally the agriculture sector. ifrtsz very difficult. inflation strikes, all of that came due on truman's watch. and the consensus in '46 and '47 was he wasn't handling it so well. it was so bad that republicans took congress in 1946 which, of course, only fed their expectation that the presidency would fall into their lap two years later. >> so how are republicans viewing the truman administration at this point heading into '48? >> it's a great question. the problem is there was no such thing as the republican. and that was part of dewey's problem. the republican party then, much more than now, was split, almost evenly split between what's called the eastern establishment, the old teddy roosevelt wing of the party. charles evans hughes was very much part of that tradition. thomas dewey represen

so harry truman, they were dead before they knew what was happening, just. in seconds. dave johnson was watching it approaching and they both had the time to communicate with people. the scientists are studying the volcano as it came toward them they had about a minute or so to look at it. it must have looked like the infoworld to them. when it hit it got them and their vehicles and everything they had. into the next valley then it covered them with debris and ash and trees. they had been taken out of the vehicle. they never detected any of it. to the west they had time to take a couple of photographs as the last battle was approaching and adjust before he could go anywhere the blast hit the car and blew out the windows and quickly filled with hot ash. so it contained essentially no oxygen and filled up with ash. i still have a jar brought back from the wedding and it sort of has a taste like chalk come a sort of metallic taste from deep inside the earth. and that must'v must have been e sensation that a lot of people have. it was 9 miles away from the volcano and was c

cspan: moving to the next war video people have seen that harry truman. >> i looked long and hard tove discussed that many times with the military advisers in the country will believe the course you're following is the best course whenever of the events that general macarthur did not agree with that policy. i have therefore considered did essentials to relieve general macarthur so there is no doubt or confusion to the real purpose of our policies. with the deepest regret i felt compelled his mother greatest military commanders that that is much more important than any individual. cspan: what happened? this is where the clash of personalities is a clash of ideology was or collision of defense even though one was president the heather gave the power of the supreme commander after north korea invaded south korea. macarthur believe toby -- the way to / backup the peninsula with chinese intervention that is the process liberating the second time around that is not highlight of the military career the use of nuclear weapons through which the chinese cannot be supplied their armies in north

we've had them ever since harry truman. these are the current ones. today "the wall street journal" did an interesting thing. they tracked down every single living person who has ever served on the white house council of economic advisors ever. it turns out they're a pretty healthy bunch. 45 of these people, these economists who have advised presidents, 45 of them are still alive. their tenure spans over eight presidents, back to richard nixon. "the wall street journal" surveyed this entire category of people who served under obama and bush and clinton and the other bush and reagan and carter and ford and nixon. they're a diverse group. the one thing they all have in common is that not a single one of them supports donald trump for president. one guy who was an economic advisor to reagan is now at the libertarian cato institute. he says he likes gary johnson. he's going to vote for gary johnson, but other than that guy voting for gary johnson, every single living veteran of the council of advisors. all the way back to nixon supports clinton or they wi

it's not a good fall/early winter for harry truman. the largest territorial state in the world has an atomic world and the most populous state in the world has fallen to communism. in our minds, they are linked. and, in fact, in early 1950, the chinese and the soviets, they sign a treaty of mutual assistance which just solidifies the fact that a communist is a communist is a communist. what we know today is chinese communism and soviet communism, there are some real differences. but back in 1949, 1950, this is panic starting to envelope in the united states. we have stopped the spread of communism in europe, but look what happened in other parts of the world. we have to respond, some way, somehow. this is containment. instead of containing communist expansion in europe, we have to contain it in another part of the world. what do we do? one is that we simply refuse to recognize the legitimacy of mao. for over 30 years the united states is not going to have any sort of diplomatic relationship with communist china. we will continue to rec

eastern on "the presidency," historians look at president harry truman's leadership and how he interacted with three prominent national politicians. then-former secretary of state madeleine albright speaks with a historian about harry truman's commitment to public service as vice president and president. >> in his life, this is someone who should have gone to college, a great college. should have gone to graduate school. deeply wanted to. couldn't do it mainly because of his family's economic circumstances. if there's one thing i think he felt strongly was that when he became president, he wanted to help others. one of the ways he did that was to strengthen the community college system. >> for our complete american history tv schedule dpr, go to c-span.org. >>> each week during the 2016 election, "road to the white house rewind" brings archival coverage of presidential races. up next from the 2000 presidential race, vice president glal gore and george bush have the third and final debate in the campaign with candidates taking questions from undecided voters on domestic issues and foreign

america had nothing to fear but fear itself. [ applause ] it is in the tradition of one and only harry truman who let them have it and told it like it was. [ applause [ applause ] that's the way we are going to do it from here on out. [ applause ] it is in the tradition of that beloved man, adlai stevenson who talks sentense to the american people. oh, tonight how we miss this great good and gentleman of peace in america. [ applause ] and my fellow americans, all that we do and all that we ever hope to do must be in the tradition of john f. kennedy who said to us, who said to us "ask not what your country can do to you, but what you can do for your country." [ applause ] my fellow democrats and america americans, let us ask together what we can do for the freedom of man. [ applause [ applause ] what we are doing is in the tradition of lyndon b. johnson who rallied the nation. >> said to you and said to me and said to all the world, let us continue. [ applause ] >> in the space -- and in the space of five years since that tragic moment, president johnson has accomplished war of the unfinished

>> guest: they've been doing briefings like this since 1952nc when harry truman was president. truman recognized that the candidates that year, dwight eyes of an adlai stevenson, should be briefed on foreign policy before they walk into the oval office in order to be prepared for what was then a very small jewels world. it's been going on all of the time since. while i was in office i did visit several times, briefed candidate bush in 2000 beenca briefed john kerry a couple of times in 2004. been pres and had been president clinton'd briefer after was elected in the period when he was president-elect. >> host: in this atmosphere of these reported russian hacks, how does a cia director or a briefer ensure that briefing states classified first in terms of where it's done and in terms of other people allowed in the room? >> guest: at the end of the day you are trusting the discussion of the candidate and other people who may accompany him are typically a candidate in these briefings is not accompanied by a large number of people. there might be one or two close aides who are allow