the early political career of harry s. trumanpic she writes about in her book "citizen soldier." there's also a married couple who spoke about the story behind president truman's decision to recognize the state of israel. and paul read on the life of winston churchill as depicted in the final book of the three volume series he finished for the late historian william manchester. you can find those interviews and more online at c-span.org. announcer: the c-span bus continues its 50 capitals toward this month, with stops in raleigh, columbia, atlanta, and montgomery. on each visit we will speak with state officials during our live "washington journal" program. follow the tour and join us on wednesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern for a stop in raleigh, north carolina. our guest is north carolina attorney general josh stein. >> british prime minister theresa may faced questions about exit negotiations, the british economy, and unfair housing practices. this is 45 minutes. crimes and i promise her from the cabinet office to the home secretary.

[inaudible] q&a, ajy on c-span's "thewith his book accidental president, harry s truman and the four months that changed the world. quote truman was terrified to give his speech. >> he prayed to god that he would not mess it up. , he looksthe stairs out, and he sees his wife in the crowd as she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead. the nation is in shock, and she did not want to be the first lady. she is frightened for him. meanwhile he has to up there and inspire confidence in his administration and the whole world. the whole world has to understand that america will continue. that the war will continue. q and a on sunday night at 8 p.m. on c-span. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by television companies, and it is to you today by your cable or satellite provider. court heardreme oral argument. the ohio case of whether the state can purge voters from registration rolls for failing to vote for successful elections. watch it tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. facing a government shutdown deadline a week from today -- they wil

harry truman in our offices, it kind of resonates. and he dedicated this book to his father as follows: to judge david s. baime, my father, who has kept a portrait of harry s. truman on his office wall for more 40 years, which i city is a wonderful testament -- which i think is a wonderful testament to our president who we love so much. so that is it for me. please join me in welcoming a.j. baime to the podium to talk about our favorite president, harry truman. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. can you hear me okay? i want to start by saying this is a really special night for me. i -- this is my fourth book, and i travel around the country quite a bit standing on stages like this, and i've never -- there's no place in america, no place that has so much affection for a hometown hero. so just to play even the smallest part of that celebration is a blessing. another reason why this is a really special night is because there are a lot of people here -- [laughter] which is wonderful. i can remember a couple times speaking to more people than this, but only maybe one or two. and it's so much more fun to get u

harry s truman and the four months that changed the world. when did you get interested in making a book like this? a.j.: i grew up thinking that truman was this man of integrity. but i never really understood the trajectory of this man until i was writing my last book, the arsenal of democracy in. that book there was a book where senator truman goes to detroit to investigate the car companies and their failure to produce airplane pieces. it struck me as amazing that should become the most powerful president in the history of the world. even my last book was done i was beginning in my head to structure this one. brian: in your book to talk about a newest session. what does that mean and what were they? a.j.: when you research this book, you end up eating a lot of peanut butter sandwiches and going through cheap hotels. you talk about something newest asession. it just means this is a document that's new. and it will list the date when it showed up. so the great truman biographies all came out in the 1990's, right? anyway, so i knew if i found

harry s truman in the four months that changed the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman was terrified to give the speech. he talked about it the night before he laid in his bed and he prayed to god. he climbs the stairs, for stairs to the pulpit and looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead. the nation is in shock, and she never wanted to be the first lady. she never wanted her husband to be president purge she is frightened, she is writing for him purchase to get up there and inspire confidence in the whole world. the whole world has to understand that america will continue, that the war will continue. >> earlier this week the u.s. election commission hosted a summit with state and local officials on election system issues. it includes efficiency, security and voter assess ability. the commission is an independent federal agency created in 2002, charged with identifying best voting practices. >> what is the eac? glad you asked. it stands for election assistance commission and simply put our goal is to mak

d discusses harry s truman, a topic she writes about in "citizen soldier." haven" tells the story of president truman's decision to officially recognize the state of israel. and, the final book in a three book series. you can find those interviews and more online at c-span.org. c-span's "washington journal," live every day with policy issues that impacted. monday, a discussion of race relations in the u.s. with columnist armstrong williams and leonard stein horn. on president trump's handling of key foreign issues. live at 7:00 eastern, monday morning. join the discussion. coming up next, "prime minister's questions." then, a look at election integrity to make the processed more in efficient -- more efficient. for her first question time and the new year, british prime minister theresa may was asked about spending cuts to the uk's toional haircut system -- the uk's national system. she talked about brexit negotiations, the economy, and combating unfair housing practices. this is 45 minutes. order. questions to the prime minister. number one.

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"q&a" and on c-span's author with his book "the accidental president: harry s truman and the four months that changed the world. >> truman was terrified to give a speech after roosevelt died. he climbs the four stairs to the pulpit and looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is roosevelt ise dead, the nation is in shock and she never wanted to be the first lady, she never wanted her husband to be president. she is frightened for him. yes to get up there and inspire confidence in his administration -- he has to get up there and inspire conference -- inspire confidence in his administration. "q&a."ght on c-span's "afterwords"ht on shepherdstown university law professor peter edelman looks at the way the courts penalize the poor through excessive fines and fees. he is interviewed by georgia congressman hank johnson. >> is poverty an issue in terms of the war on drugs, on the victims of the war on drugs? how is poverty play into that? >> what happens to families, what happens to the men who have been locked up, all the collateral consequences, they cannot get jobs, they are not allo

, author and wall street journal contributor hh boehm with his book the accidental president, harry s truman and the four months that change the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman wasn't terrified to give the speech. he talks about it the night before he laid in his bed prayed to god that he would not mess it up. he climbed the stairs, for stairs to the public, it looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock, and she never wanted to be the first lady and never wanted her husband to be president. she is frightened and fight for him. meanwhile, he is to g

, author and wall street journal contributor hh boehm with his book the accidental president, harry s truman and the four months that change the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman wasn't terrified to give the speech. he talks about it the night before he laid in his bed prayed to god that he would not mess it up. he climbed the stairs, for stairs to the public, it looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock, and she never wanted to be the first lady and never wanted her husband to be president. she is frightened and fight for him. meanwhile, he is to get up there and inspire confidence in his administration of the world. the whole world pass to understand that america will continue and that the war will continue. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> the new russian investigative journalist has written a soon to be published book on government-sponsored hackers. he talks about russian hackers and their cyber attacks at the wilson center in washington dc. this is one hour. >>

qa day, auburn wall street journal contributor aj bain with his book the accidental president, harry s truman at the four month the changed the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman was terrified to give the speech, the night before he laid in his bed he prayed to god and would not mess it up. he climbed the stairs to the pulpit, looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock and she never wanted to be the first lady, never wanted her husband to be president, she is frightened for him. he has to get up and inspire confidence in his administration and the whole world, the world has to understand america will continue, that the war will continue. >> q and a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> a senate hearing looked at the mysterious illness affecting 24 of the staff at the us embassy in havana. state department officials testified they don't know the cause of the symptoms that resemble mild traumatic brain injury. the us government expelled cuban diplomats in response. marco rubio chairs

contributor aj with his book "the accidental president: harry s truman and the four months that changed the world." was terrified to give this speech. he talked about it the night before he prayed to god that he would not mess it up. he climbs the stairs to the public, he looks out and sees his wife in the crowd, she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead. the nation is in shock, and she never wanted to be the first lady, she never wanted her husband to be president. she is frightened for him. he has to get up there and for hisconfidence administration and the whole world. the whole world has to understand that america will continue, that the war will continue. 8:00&a" sunday night at eastern on c-span. in 2014, 5 former u.s. secretaries of state and secretary john kerry to part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the u.s. diplomacy center. a museum is scheduled to open in 2019. up next, we visit the center's artifact storage area to learn about the history of american diplomacy. historian selected key items from the artifacts to help tell the story. >> we love passports, we ha

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[inaudible conversations] announcer: sunday on c-span's president:ccidental harry s truman and the four months that changed the world." saturday andl was sunday. truman was terrified to give the speech. he laid in bed and prayed to god he would not mess up. he climbed the stairs to the pulpit, looked and saw his wife in the crowd and she was crying. she was crying because roosevelt was dead. the nation was in shock. she never wanted to be the first lady, she never wanted to have him be the president. she is frightened. meanwhile, he is trying to r will continue. announcer: sunday night on c-span. the houses back for morning hours business. in the afternoon, debate on changes for water rights in arizona. the senate returns at 9:30 a.m. eastern, then in the afternoon they will vote for the judicial nominee in tennessee. the defense department undergoing a full-scale audit and the house arms service committee gets an update from white house officials on c-span3. for more information on the criminal justice system, new america host a forum at 12:30 p.m. then terry mcauliffe with his final s

for some history, my family, a night cousin was harry s truman, and i had been a lifelong democrat. i switched parties recently just from being in los angeles, and seeing the way that politics has gone in -- in los angeles. i'm tired of it. we should put americans first. i'm a single mother and i pay taxes. i have two children and i don't think we should have daca involved in what is going on with our budget. this is not about our president. this is about congress, and if they cannot get it together, then i think they should all quit taking a paycheck. host: thank you for the call. evanakron, ohio, we have calling on the independent mine. hello. >> how are you tonight? host: good thank you. >> i want to explain what i think as a 30 euros mail with a wife who is a nurse practitioner. she works hard and what she does. looking at what is going on, everything future of going to be? we are not sure what anyone is going to vote for now. we are worried about people not being paid for the job they are doing. i do not understand how grown men cannot get together, even if they believe in diff

harry s. truman and the four months that changed the world. >> roosevelt's funeral was saturday and sunday. truman was terrified to give the speech. he talked about it the night before, he prayed to god that he would not mess it up. he climbs the four stairs to the pulpit, he looks out and sees his wife in the crowd and she's crying. she's crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock she never wanted to be the first

but the one that comes to mind is harry truman he his approval ratings dropped to twenty two percent and the country is just outraged now because donald trump used the s. word well harry truman took god's name in vain which in his day was absolutely horrific it would be like using the name mohammad or something as a curse word in public and five six american presidents used the n. word in referring to african-americans five of them were democrats truman among truman among them but not donald trump so we've had pretty pretty outrageous moments before and yet harry truman got reelected even unpopular president seem to get a lift after the state of the union who doesn't write yeah there's a number tells it the exposure it's an opportunity for them that's right now some years fate casts the president as consoler in chief thank you for allowing me to delay my address until this evening we pause together to mourn in honor of the valor of our seven challenger heroes and i hope that we are now ready to do what they would want us to do go forward america and reach for the stars at the. we will never forget those brave seven but we show go forward we last met i

and author and wall street journal could sure bitter with his book "the accidental president: harry s trumanhe four-month the change the world." >> truman was terrified to give this speech. he talks about it, he prayed to god that he would not mess it up. , he looksthe stairs out and sees his wife in the crowd crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead, the nation is in shock and she never wanted to be the first lady, she never wanted her husband to be the president. he has to get up there and inspire confidence in his new administration to the whole world. the whole world has to understand that america will continue, that the war will continue. >> the deadline for c-span's hidden the studentcam 2018 competition is around the corner. it is january 18. we are asking students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and create desecrated video illustrating why it's important to you. areents across the country in the final stretch sharing their experiences with us. up anroup wrapped interview on climate change and this student is learning a lot and having fun while editing. our compe

when harry truman did it television was doing it. in the 1990's when bill clinton was doing it, it was going out on the world wide web. the audience is now international. millions of citizens are watching this event. address isident's not just to the people who are in the room, but it is really to the nation, and he is trying to get the nation behind the programs that he is promoting. he is hoping that if they do, it could call on matters of -- members of congress to support him. host: we saw a picture earlier of the first lady's box. what is the protocol surrounding her box and does she have a reception there at some point? bill: no, the white house issues from us, we give them tickets to sit around the areas. we issue them tickets and some of them are the people that are going to stand up, that are guests of the president. host: who are going to be referred to and talk about? bill: my office escorts her and stays with the first lady just to handle any problems that may arise or so on. they have started introducing i think kathleen joyce from the

baime, you have a book called "the accidental president: harry s. trumannd the president that changed the world." when did you get interested in making a book like this? a.j.: i grew up thinking that truman was this man of integrity.