even when he realized it was harming his marriage, his relationships with his children and his finances. also failed to realize how much addiction to politics tarnishes historical reputation which is particularly ironic given ultimately chose a career in politics because it offered him the best chance to achieve historical renowned and leave a lasting mark. looking at tyler's addiction to politics also allows us to calibrate the impact of his father on his life and career. his father was the most important person in his life. judge tyler shown here on the right was a minor figure in the founding of the nation played a significant role as a federals at the virginia convention called in 1788 of the ratification of the constitution. judge tyler had served in the virginia house of delegates and had even been elected speaker on several occasions. you can see judge tyler supported a rather prominent nose but she passed on to his son the future president. anyone who tried to describe john tyler usually began by noting his prominent nose variously referred to aquiline a lot of the sources. john

can you describe his humanity and his humility? >> oh, gosh. we talked about his upbringing.t, close to his heart. her name was vina dole. and she told him as a boy, pat never can do anything. if you want to trace his origins of his can-do approach to politics and so much of his life in confronting so much of the adversity from boyhood through and after the war, and, yes, politically -- by the way, one thing we haven't mentioned, you know, his post-political life, he was anything but retired. and part of his legacy we'll see tomorrow after the service at washington cathedral. there is to be a public ceremony at the world war ii memorial, and of course it was bob dole who took the lead at the request of bill clinton, another great example of bipartisanship, in raising the funds to build that extraordinary shrine to the 16 million citizen soldiers, bob dole included, who fought the nazi menace. i think back to something he said in accepting his nomination in 1996, and it was certainly an occasion by the political opinion polls, anything but encouraging, he described himself as

bob dole was a man of his word. he loved his country. which he served his whole life. bob dole, for all his hardship, believed he had been given the greatest gift of all. he was an american. he was an american. and he felt it. let's be honest, bob dole was always honest. sometimes to a fault. he once endured the wrath of his fellow republicans when there was a legitimate fight going on to defund amtrak. i have traveled over a million, 200,000 miles on amtrak because i commuted every single day. came time for literally the deciding vote, the deciding vote on whether we were going to defund amtrak. and he cast a vote against his party deciding to keep funding amtrak. and obviously my guess he was asked why. why would you do that? he said, the best way to get joe biden the tell hell out of here at night so he's not here. excuse my language. true story. absolutely true story. god, i love the guy. as i said he was always honest. but bob relished a good political fight. as much as anybody i ever served with in the 36 years i was in the senate. bob gave as good or better than

his spinal cord was severely damaged, and he was unable to move either his arms or his legs. soldier, frank, reached out and dragged lieutenant dole, dragged him back behind a nearby stone wall and thereby saved his life. lieutenant dole lay there facing up in the dirt, not knowing whether he would live or die, unable to move as the battle raged around him and he lay there for 10 consecutive hours before medics were able to reach him. india company fought all through the day into the next day and they finally took hill 913. in the end, india company, bob dole's company, and the other 10th mountain units fight are for hill 913, suffered 650 casualties of which 98 were killed in action. medics eventually got to lieutenant dole and they evacuated him. he left the battlefields of italy and his war was over, but his fight was really just beginning. for months he was largely confined to a bed, as tom hanks mentioned, in a full body cast. he fought blood clots and life-threatening infections and he fought despair and hope. but just as he did in the dirt on hill 913, lieutenant dole

. >> hi, buddy. i am john tracy, a newer member of emerging civil war no small part of the recruitment efforts of the present i am introducing here is dan welch, a very long time seasonal ranger at military park where i have the absolute pleasure of meeting and working with him for a couple of years. he's also co-author of last road north, the book on the gettysburg campaign, co-author of immediately coming up book on ohio and introduce paintballs who's here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope so here is dan welch, a man with too many class and not enough free time. [laughter] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. one of the things i've not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the sovereign rock bands leonard skynyrd. [applause] -fortunate to meet some of the plane crash survivors who visited all the graves of those who perished october 1977, i've heard wonderful stories from some of their former managers and group is one of the stories i heard as he was getting popular, 70s w

his lips, his wrestling with what do i do when it comes to slavery? didn't want create a situation for martha, it was so complicated. i think he recognized this would be the biggest challenge, his involvement with slavery. one of the things i did people to get from this book is a sense of how far washington travels not in terms of miles across the country but as a human being. he is almost born into the institution of slavery. he comes to doubt the assumptions of his childhood. but he's not able to completely free himself from them given the entangled nature of his personal life and yes, he freezes enslaved workers, the only slave owning founding father to do that. and yet in the final year of his life he is actively pursuing the enslaved servant of martha's who have escaped from philadelphia to portsmouth, new hampshire in search of freedom. how to reconcile? washington is a paradox like all of us. he's not consistent like all of us. i don't think it negates everything he's working towards. the concept of the union that would inspire lincoln to issue

life and his legacy. i think the speaker and leader mcconnell and helping make these ceremonies possible. for today i'd take destroyed all my colleagues in mourning this great sentence i wish all of the family my deepest condolences. >> is hard to believe it is been 25 years since senator dole took leave of the senate. it is even harder to believe he passed away this past weekend. not become as a shock to say goodbye to an older statesman at age 98 because her colleague was still so energetic, so involved and so forward-looking right through to his final months. if you did not know bob dole, if you just read a summary of his impressive t senate career, his leadership tenure, has presidential campaign he might sound like a man of contrast. on one hand our friend from kansas to preach conservative values, personal responsibility and fiscal ordiscipline was also a laser focus on caring for the most vulnerable from food insecurities to the rights of the disabled americans. on the one hand senator dole and a r

with his latest victory at blackwater, he now has proof to back up his claims of his reputation, of how good he is as a commanding officer. and he's going to utilize something he hasn't done yet by the end of 1861. he's going to utilize the press. he's going to bring more attention to him and more braggadocio. the more the press plays into how good he is, the more he makes those claims of just what a brilliant officer he is. and it's beginning to work, because attention is beginning to be drawn to him. all of that attention will folking on replacing john c. fremaupt. who to replace him? that attention is coming from none other than major general hallic. now, as he's slowly but surely rising through the ranks, setting him up for an even more drastic fall less than a year later, as the historical later of the last 159 years would argue. pope is an interesting fellow. adjectives that would describe pope as a person in 1861. gruff, bombastic, foul-mouthed, direct in speech, decisive in actions. blunt, despondent and silent. be agnative ohioen, myself, i couldn't ignore this quote, describin

family, lay out a little bit for us, talk about his relationship with his father and his father's absence>> to be technical, harry lee or henry lee the first third, a leaf from the cadet branch of the family. he was from the leaves of lisa peÑa. what difference does that make? the major dominant strain of the family, the lee family around thomas lee and descended from richard lee, the first immigrant but sometimes called richard the immigrant. in the 1640s and 50s, thomas lee is the lee who built stratford hall, the place where robert was born. they built a small empire for the leaves on the northern coverage enough. henry lee was from a western part of family, that's why i call cadet branch of the family. harry quest if nothing else, ambitious. intelligent, he was skillful, he was brave almost to the place of recklessness. he went to princeton college, i get harry lee as part of the princeton heritage but he no sooner graduated from princeton in the revolutionary war breaks out. he volunteers service and takes command of a company of course that grows into a mixed lesion of infantry and

thinking loyal for his faithfulness to his mentor, for his instinctive and unblinking loyalty to his country, and his quick thinking in a crisis. so, what about the sky? i wanted to talk about nimitz this morning partly because i think he fits the point i am trying to make about the application of history to the leadership, but also to be honest because i have just finished writing a wartime biography of chester nimitz, due out in the spring. great father's day present. nimitz at war. just about his years in command in the pacific. now, interestingly, nimitz is the son of immigrants as well, first generation american, in this case german immigrants who lived in the hill country of texas. the town where he was born, fedex bergh, was named for the german prince frederik, and still has a german flavor to it. if you had not been there on main street, there are german restaurants, your halls, you would think you are in munich. there is also a wonderful museum there, the national museum of the pacific war, served on the board of directors there for six years. people often perplexed as to w

shatters his collarbone and part of his spine. his quote is this. i lay face down in the dirt. they were missing. he was paralyzed from the neck down, transported later to a military hospital in kansas, went through physical therapy, dana, in chicago and in michigan and just on and on. he was basically left for dead and it was the sheer strength of this man from russell, kansas, that got him through all of this. i don't know how often he talked about that in his political professional life, josh. >> well, it is so interesting, bill, i asked nim our final interview, i asked him you've got an incredible body of work. you have lived a life that very few americans can even hope to achieve. you have been a vice presidential nominee, presidential nominee, senate majority leader, sort of the pinnacle of american politics. what is your greatest accomplishment? what he said is what you just outlined. recovery from war wounds. his ability to not give up, to not quit, to know what his life is never going to be the same but do the very best he could do with what he had. and he considered t

he did not wear his religion on his sleeves.en necessary, use words. he believed the sentiment of edgar gest, i would rather see your sermon than hear it any day. i would rather it should walk with me than merely tell the way. this covert spiritual agent believed that he was cared for by a great shepherd who left the chance of cherubims and seraphim and a rainbow encircled throne, in a land where night never comes to make a breakthrough at bethlehem, to see about bob, to see about you, to see about me. and he could say, even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil, for you are with me. he knew, i firmly believe, elizabeth -- he knew that there was brevity, as robin put it, in that valley. i'm not going to be walking around in that valley. i'm not going to be having a picnic in that valley. ye, though, i walk. remember, they will walk and not faint. ye, though, i walk through. it's temporary. he knew that he was not in that valley to stay. 2 corinthians 5:1, if this earthly tent that we live i

this is true for his wife, and his steadfast supporter, his daughter robin. elizabeth, god has given you the gift of hospitality, great faith and grace. bob dole was decisive for 46 years. we were so blessed by your presence and robin, your dad was so proud of you. every time i asked how the family was doing, he would say robin and jojo are doing fine. and your remarks yesterday were truly from the heart and we are so grateful. i have got to share a quick story i have not shared with the family yet, i got to visit with senator dole at home maybe six weeks ago. i did not think it would be my last visit, but it turned out to be that way. we went to his office and he had on kansas city chiefs stuff. we went to the super bowl together and watch the victory and there was crimson and blue in the room as you can imagine. maybe a jayhawk. we got to talking about family and he mentioned your dog, jojo. i knew his middle name was joseph. i said it was so kind to name your dog after a ku basketball player. jojo white was a great basket ballplayer who led the americans t

harrod made his first serious calculation. he married his brother's wife. in violation of a law which says a man must not uncover the nakedness of his brother's wife. >> he's the wife of your brother. >> john the baptist is critical of the regime and he was critical of harrod for having married his brother's wife. he was critical of their immorality and their treatment of the people. >> do you feel yourself oppress by a foreign power that you can't do anything about. john gives them a vision of someone who can do something about it. >> john openly accuses aharrod and his wife of violating the jewish law. >> give up this woman, send her away. >> if john the baptist said out loud what everybody else was murmuring about, then that puts him in the category of someone who could be accused of sedition of treason. he would be like a terrorist. if john the baptist is successful in his campaign against harrod, it could spark a political revolution. he enters a duo with the leader. >> you shall be ban niched. >> you have done this before and you know what you are doi

freedom, bestowed upon him by president clinton, his electoral rival, but certainly his fan. upon receiving this medal senator dole challenged us in his words, not to question american ideals or replace them but to act worthy of them. senator dole lived up to this challenge devoting his entire life and service to the country he loved and to our cherished national values for which he fought. i remember when we were gathered here honoring president george herbert walker bush and how moved the whole nation was to see senator dole salute president bush. so generous he was. so as we honor his life this morning, let us resolve to meet his challenge, he said, to act worthy of our ideals and carry on his mission. when we in congress gave senator dole the congressional gold medal, he brought luster to the award. just as his service and sacrifice brought luster to the congress and to the country. may it be a comfort to you robin, to elizabeth, and all who love him that so many people across the congress, the country, and his beloved state of kansas, that a grateful nation mourns with t

this is help us gain insight into his mentality and how his thinking might have imparted his actions on the battlefield and if he thought he might not live through this war would change the way he fights? it's possible that he -- it does. pelham weaves west point and he has to get back to alabama. he takes the >> route shall we say to avoid capture but he goes through pennsylvania ohio indiana kentucky tennessee and finally into alabama. on may 10 he reported to the confederacy foreign assignment and on may 15 the commissioned as a first lieutenant and was sent to virginia. he goes to harpers ferry where he hopes to organize and train what is known as alert as battery. although he helped to raise his artillery unit and he wants to lead it he ends up sick on the day of the first battle of low rent in manassas so this puts pelham in command for the first major battle of the war. they are commission in the battle is on the far right side of the confederate line on henry house hill near the robinson house. there's a photograph on the scene taken out in that area. pelham does move around

george peters to inquire about using his farmland to graze his cavalry horses.the doctor is out but up rides the lady of the house. after introductions, mrs. peters offers the general the use of a cabin. van dorn doesn't -- he would rather be in town where all the social stuff is happening. eventually, he does need paperwork does. he goes outside. when she finds out, what else is there to do? when dr. peters arrived back in town, he is about 51 years old. he has been out doing the rounds. he is 51 in 1863. jessie was his third wife. this is the only picture i could find. she's not 25. she was the local dark-haired beauty, intelligent, the daughter of a prominent family and 25. besides the age difference, which was twice between the two, apparently the married couple were not well suited for each other. can you imagine, she wanted to go out and socialize and he wanted to sit at the house. you can see what's coming, don't you? all right. he had -- the doctor had land holdings in arkansas. would take him over there. i think he had plantations during this time that

with his latest victory at blackwater, he now has proof to back up his claims of his reputation, of how good he is as a commanding officer. and he is going to utilize something he hasn't done yet by the end of 1861. he's going to utilize the press. and it will bring more attention to him and more raggedy show -- the more the press plays into the how good he is the more he makes those planes of just water really an officer he is. and it's beginning to work. because attention is beginning to be drawn to him. and all of that attention will focus on replacing john c fremont. and who to replace him? that attention will come from henry w headache. now as pope is slowly but surely rising through the ranks, his stars on the rise. setting him up for an even more drastic followed less than a year later as the historical narrative of the last 159 years would argue. pope himself is a very interesting fellow. i'll give you some of the adjectives that would describe general pope as a person in 1861. gruff, bombastic, foul mouthed, direct in speech, decisive in action, blunt, despondent, and silent. -

note movement of his hand or i betrayed him. but soon his and begin to drop and his head drooped.ant jones and eight standing by explain good god, the general is struck. i sprang forward and put my hand under his head to support and i felt a gruesome damp liquid oozing out. the ball had entered the back of the left ear. on searching we saw pushed out below the right temple and that passed through the brain by that stopped just short of emerging. the general never knew what hit him. he was unconscious the course and soon a comatose sleep developed. an hour or so he died. in the span of that hour, adjutant charles mills wrote a letter home which would be carried by the same officer assigned to escort stevenson's body. he had been on hand when stevenson had been shot although he admitted to having his back to the general at the exact moment of impact. general stevenson was killed this a.m. by a rebel sharpshooter while we were all lying to get after breakfast. he was shot through the head and although not dead it at last accounts will be so in a few hours without doubt. as a terrible

in one of his last public appearances he summoned all his strength to stand from his wheelchair to salute a fallen veteran, former president george h.w. bush. even after leaving politics, he never stopped helping those who serve this country. kelly o'donnell has this tonight. >> reporter: at the u.s. capitol the american flag that bob dole long served now flies at half staff in his honor. >> at every stage of my life i've been a witness to the greatness of this country. >> reporter: senator, presidential candidate, champion for veterans and people with disabilities. >> the disability community is not large but it's important. >> reporter: from a kansas farm to fields of combat. bob dole carried grave wounds of world war ii through decades of public service. tonight, remembered by presidents of both parties. president biden writing, may our nation draw upon his legacy of decency, dignity, good humor, and patriotism for all time. donald trump called dole a true patriot. george w. bush, i will always remember bob's salute to my late dad at the capitol. and now we bush's salute bob. from bara

these are mostly guys from both his own unit, mostly officers from his own unit and also the battalions. i can't see it clearly but i think his commanding officer, major gates who were on at least a couple of occasions went to bat for truman when truman was clouding orders not to fighter fire into the neighboring sector which he kind of had to do and purging later gave him a thumbs up on that, on his activities. major gates had to intervene and help make sure truman literally did not get corpse marshaled but anyway, face is after the fighting here, different areas, the officers pretty much went as a group, unfortunately, he probably had a bit of a reputation. truman was able to keep them in line, very effective, increased their food rations while at the tank same time, there was a lot of character to his approach and it did work very well and they really expected this guy, gave him data for different things during the fighting which they probably should have given two major gates but that's another story again. truman did keep them in line as safe as he could and was pretty successful a

his love for his third infantry division randy -- no soldier will be left behind on his watch. when helicopters began to arrive, he insisted his troops be evacuated before he would go. later, at brooke army medical center in texas, where he and other members of his team were taken for treatment, when he regained the ability to speak his first thoughts were for his unit, he asked, how are my boys? how are my boys? cash was a soldier's soldier, a warrior who literally walked through fire for his troops. he succumbed to's industries on november 8 -- to his injuries on november 8. he was a hero. he was a beloved son and brother, a proud husband and a father of three children. sergeant cash in his family gave everything for our country, devotion to his memory and years working to make sure his courage and selflessness were properly documented and honored is a testament to the love he inspired and a legacy he left behind. sergeant first class cash is now the sum of the individual to receive the medal of honor for his action in iraqi freedom into the first african-american to receive

s concern in all of his planning and that of his son's and his departure from his own predilection forrate cottages and larger structures based upon sylvan lanes and clearings. in his correspondence regarding trinity college in hartford in 1872 he had earlier explained why a quadrangle didn't seem a good idea because of the particular topography but he noted, quote, the quadrangle is an expedient for securing by means of an inner court an abundance of light and air consistently with a sense of retreat from the outer world. cathy is bound to say a lot more about that and about the brilliance and so i'm just going to move on. but i will say that in 1884, nine years after he joined the firm, john charles olmsted, jc as he is sometimes referred to, became a full partner. so by 1884 he's a full partner. he had been sent west when he was young to spend summers with the geological survey crew in the rocky mountains, then he attended college classes in botany and science. he was a brilliant natural designer and some of his drawings have been -- were earlier misidentified at a time for being th

he sent his family for his children to switzerland. all settled. he was the only one in his family who stayed in paris can wont go here. my father put him up and paid him it as a full time employee up front on the elevator is wrought. iron grille is the work of leo. lemme as are many other features still in existence at the bestowed today for a full 4 years left mall lived in hiding here. and during this time he renovated a large part of the hotel assistant. he was an extraordinary man. even today, you can't walk through this hotel without mentioning him, body dri, though, left em all himself had to keep his wanderings here to a minimum. ah, let me just explain to you. i thought you probably started melanie. a could don't is the funniest thing is that he kept on working for la bristol just at night where you like. so he walked through the hallways at night story. he designed the wrought iron grill on the bristol's elevator during this time. i left and like at the end of the more he left the hotel as a free man. lima ah ah, laughed mall renovated 50

[laughter] why was his first big hit? >> his book?d say probably america which came out in 1981, a very big hit, a tremendous amount of coverage sold a lot of copies. a book about different ethnic groups that came to the u.s. and traces his history and the importance of culture and a group of upward mobility and if you have right human capitol if you develop the right attitudes and skills and behaviors conducive to this economic advancement, you're going to be okay even if society discriminates, you can see examplesum, when it comes to groups like japanese, you can see it in other countries, ethnic chinese and southeast asia and eastern europe human capitol, even with certain schools or occupations, these groups that have human capitol seem to have but nonetheless. >> in my understanding, the moment you say values determine behavior, you are no longer on the left. [laughter] >> i think that is a pretty fair statement. >> i know that book, i didn't realize i was his first big one. when did basic economics come out? >> the first edition

with his latest victory at blackwater he now has proof to back up his claims of his reputation of how good he is as a commander officer and is going to utilize something he hasn't done yet by the end of 1861. he'll utilize the press. the more the press plays into how good he is the more he makes those claims of when a brilliant officer he is and it's beginning to work, because a tension is beginning to be drawn to him. and all of that attention will focus on replacing john c fremont, and who to replace him, that attention is going to be coming from none other than major general henry w hallock. as pope is rising through the ranks, et is him up for an even more drastic fall a year later as the narrative of the past 100 years argue. pope is an interesting fellow. some of the adjectives that describe him, foulmouth, direct in speech and actions, blunt, despondent and silent. being a native ohioen myself, i couldn't ignore the quote from the soldier, describing pope in 1861, saying those who served under pope know what a universal knowledge he had of cuss words and with what artistic ease

and carry on his mission. when we in congress gave senator dole congressional gold medal, in receiving, it he brought lustre to the award just as his service and sacrifice brought lustre to the congress and to the country. may it be a comfort to you, robin, to elizabeth and all who love him that all, so many people across the congress, the country and his beloved state of kansas that a grateful nation mourns with them, and are praying for you at this sad time. may senator dole rest in the peace that he deserves. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen the honorable joseph r. biden, jr., president of the united states. >> vice president harris, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer, minority leader mcconnell, members of congress, distinguished guests, most importantly, elizabeth and robin. i know this is not easy. thank you for letting us do this. we meet here in the very heart of american democracy, the capital of the united states of america to receive a hero of that democracy for a final time. robert joseph dol

now his competence was derived from his own intelligence gathering abilities. with beauregard's line of scouts that were allegedly down the banks of the river. and with the army of virginia. and then to move to the pontoon bridge that the confederates maintained at the bluff just in case those federal should appear on the south side of the river. and his grand arranged and to speculate of the intention of their enemy and to respond to an inquiry earlier that afternoon by speculating that the enemy must be preparing to go south of the james. some of course the new all large body had moved south but then he could also be at harrison's landing just like two years earlier he could be resupplied for another movement against richmond south of the river. and all of those federal's boarding boats might be the regiments that had their terms of enlistment expire and headed home was thousands were doing that. we have to be guarded but that did not equate changing focus yet from richmond to petersburg so beauregard so he beseech the department was some combination of the a

the army has become his family. these are his brothers in arms. as we know he does make the tough decision and fights for the confederacy. we have this reasoning in a letter that appears in the sun's military service records in the national archives but armistead is writing a letter trying to get his son in the cadet ship. armistead had beautiful handwriting but here are the key phrases. i've been a soldier on my life but i was an officer in the army of the u.s. which service i love to fight grant country and ford with my own people and because they were right in the press. for my own country and with my own people. that's what lummis -- louis armistead joined the confederacy which leads us to famous farewell get-together in california. lots of questions about this. some people believe it didn't happen at all and i believe something did happen. when you look at exactly what she wrote she only identifies three people. she said more were there but she'll only i'd been advised armistead and hancock. could they have all been in the same place? the ans

his coffin was adorned with his personal standard and mounted with his sword and naval cap.de her way to st george's chapel in the state bentley, accompanied by a lady in waiting. the duke's children and grandchildren, led by prince charles, walked behind the coffin as it slowly made its way through the castle grounds. the queen paused to watch as the hearse passed. choir sings. inside the chapel, in accordance with covid restrictions, just 30 members of the congregation were present. all of them masked. the service began with a tribute from the dean of windsor. we have been inspired by his unwavering loyalty to our queen, by his service to the nation and the commonwealth, by his courage, fortitude and faith. watching on, close family members and, seated alone, the queen. we remember before thee this day, philip, duke of edinburgh, rendering thanks unto thee for his resolute faith and loyalty, for his high sense of duty and integrity, for his life of service to the nation and commonwealth, and for the courage and inspiration of his leadership. slowly, the duke's coffin was l

that is his mark, that is his trademark is humor. and so we watched during the campaign, there was a woodness to him. there was a look that would come across his face like he would like to punch one out and say something about an area or a person and the clock would go off in his head like no, they told me not to use humor. i thought that was the worst thing i had ever heard from a presidential advisor. i still remember the guys name who pulled him into that one. you either go with what you got or forget it. and so those are the things that i remember. he would have been a great president. he was an administrator, followed things, paid attention. he loved politics. you cannot hate democracy and love politics or vice versa. he loved democracy and he loved politics. both of them. he was very good at both of them. host: what did you make of his nickname "the hatchet man?" guest: put it this way, i have been called everything. if you don't have a thick skin -- when he said that to george bush, and let us all remember that when he said th

it tore his heart out of his body as it exited. we have slightly different version from an artilleryman, philip d. stefansson, a member of the washington, who described the incident, general polk walked off by himself, his hands behind him. his left side was to the enemy. a second shot came, struck polk in the left arm, tore through his heart and his body. it then struck a tree and exploded. polk obviously was dead instantly. his influence in the army of tennessee was over. and his legacy is always -- modern historians have by and large been very critical of leonidas polk. the army, however, loved him. he was -- he was first and foremost important in their religious life, when the army of tennessee went through a major religious revival in the winter of 1864, polk was at the heart of it. he baptized john bell hood. he baptized joseph e. johnson. hood on the 16th of june will write that i had grown to love general polk with my whole heart. he was so noble, so generous, and such an able soldier. general sherman on june 15th had a mor

the bullet hit his horse. it probably couldn't have been worse because you hit a kentuckian horse, we got problems. and so frye and the men fire back and zolacoffer is killed. why didn't they know who i zolacoffer rus? he was wearing a raincoat and couldn't see his uniform. and he sounded like officer. so what the heck. when officer says stop shooting you stop shooting. quite a number of instance of friendly fire and that's common thing that can happen. uniform confusion everything and else. this quote actually comes from at the end of that long day of fighting, thomas is closing in on beach grove which is a fortified camp. earth worked but it is fortified. and he's trying to bring everything up and get in position. remember i told you he's detail oriented. a grant, a sherman or forest would have probably kept pushing till they pushed him in the river. that is the difference. i pushed all day long we need to replace losses and fresh ammunition, get an order. get swatd, bring up some artillery. they are in a fo

he would kind of come and go from his office, his house several times a day. but is not going to go to baseball games he saw, throw out first pitches he's not going to go to social events. as one of the most beautiful countries in the world and he never goes anywhere. he is very remote, he works seven days a week but he is an ever present unseen power throughout the country. i think being very removed by not humiliate in the japanese by fitting into a mode of power that's very recognizable by the japanese people gives spiritual and psychological space to accept the occupation and comes to terms with an defeat in this war. there is no quest for vengeance and daily life. japanese people do not feel that from the occupying forces. that is going to be saved for war criminals will talk about that in a little while. so how does this go from the start? well, the japanese journalist writes an autobiography of macarthur at the start of the occupation. he describes macarthur as a reincarnation of the first japanese emperor's comeback to restore japan to the community of

bob dole was a man of his word. he loved his country, which he served his whole life.d bob dole, for all his hardship, believed he'd been given the greatest gift of all -- he was an american. he was an american. and he felt it. let's be honest, bob dome was always honest, sometimes to a fault. he once endured the wrath of his fellow republicans when there was a legitimate fight going on to defund amtrak. now, i have traveled over 1,200,000 miles on amtrak because i commuted every single day. it came time for literally the deciding vote, the deciding vote on whether we were going to defund amtrak. and he cast the vote against his party, deciding to keep funding amtrak. and obviously he was asked why. why would you do that? he says, "the best way to get joe biden the hell out of here at night so he's not hanging around." excuse my language. true story. absolutely true story. god, i loved the guy. as i said, he was always honest. but bob relished a good political fight, much as anybody i've ever served with in the 36 years i was in the senate. and bob gave as good or bett

for veterans, americans with disability and his love for his country. for the information of all, senator dole will lie in state this thursday under the capital rotunda where we will pay tribute to his life, and to his legacy. i thank the speaker and leader mcconnell in helping make this event ceremonies possible. for today, i join all my colleagues in mourning the loss of this great public servant and i wish all of senator dole's family, my deepest condolences. >> it's hard to believe it's been 25 years since senator dole took leave of the senate. it's even harder to believe he passed away this past weekend. not because it comes as a shock to say goodbye to an elder statesman at age 98, but because our colleague was still so energetic, so involved, and so forward-looking right through to his final months. if you didn't know bob dole, if you just read a summary of his impressive senate career, his leadership, tenure, his presidential campaign, he might sound like a man of contrasts. on one hand, our friend from kansas preached conservative values, perso

bob dole was a man of his word. he loved his country. which he served his whole with life.red the wrath of his fellow republicans when there was a legitimate fight going on to defund amtrak. now, i have traveled over 1,200,000 miles on amtrak because i use it every single day. when it came time to the deciding vote on whether we were with going to defund amtrak. and he cast the vote against his party deciding to keep funding amtrak. obviously, my guess, he was asked why. why would you do that? he said the best way to get joe biden the hell out of here at night so he's not -- excuse my language. true story. absolutely true story. god, i loved the guy. as i said, he was always honest. but bob relished a good political fight, as much as anybody i've ever served with in the 36 years i was in the senate. and bob gave as good or better than he got. he was a proud republican. he chaired his party. he led his caucus in the united states senate. and he bore the banner as nominee for vice president and president of the united states. he could be partisan, and that's fine. americans h

his behavior in school, given his attitude, had already been flagged. why was nothing more concretely done to change his behavior? well, 1st of all, we really don't know enough about what that issue that behavior issue was about. i mean, i had a, i had a 2nd grade son who was, i was called in for because he was drawing swords and his teacher was saying, you know, this is really dangerous. but he just was really into every kind of sword, you know, smithers and japanese ninja swords and all of that. and he drew them very well, but you'd sat there drawing him and she thought it was a terrible, you know, he was like, likely to cause, you know, some crime and it can work the other way where, you know, teachers all say, all you know, kids will be kids is just talking big and he saw a threat. i mean if they're actually talking about plans or the parents read something or a teacher read something, that's one thing. but you don't know what his problems were. was he just being acting up in school or was he actually talking threats? indeed, i remember. i remember

his love for kansas and his people were on display. on that day, he was thoughtful, committed, and energetic champion for our nation and our way of life in rural kansas. he always treated others with respect and kindness, especially his fellow veterans. as he attended nearly every honor flight that came to d.c. to tour the world war ii memorial. he was a fierce advocate for his political views but equally committed to cross-aisle friendship and camaraderie. in our meeting he spoke of the kansas approach. the markers of which he identified as honesty, hard work, respect for your roots, common sense, service, simplicity, and genuine thoughtful care for people. i left our time as senator dole made it clear we must never forget where we come from. he knew deep down that the heartbeat of our nation lies in hometowns like his russell, kansas. i know we are all working actively for ways -- on looking for ways to honor bob dole's legacy. and that is to support the child nutrition program which aims to address childhood hunger, improve literacy

washington was very sophisticated of his time. he used the technology of his day to his advantage. particularly when it came to the industrial revolution he saw that needed to come. and his new england tour of massachusetts and he saw that, and all the technology, you know, was all over the place when it came to mount vernon, farm of mount vernon. so i think, you know, if he was here today and was grown up in this whatever, he would have been a very highly functioning person. >> sure. >> who would have, you know, figured it out. but that's not the washington who was then. and so, you know -- you know to -- to plant someone from that age here, i think probably blood would start coming out of their ears at you know what has happened. the country we started 230 years ago. but that, you know, i think washington might have been a professional athlete if you brought him here today. he was incredibly physically gifted. >> powerful thighs from riding. >> yeah. >> another question. was washington's shyness and humility part of the reason he felt he shouldn't serve more than two terms not th

right shoulder, fracturing his neck and filling his body with shrapnel. he was left for dead on the battlefield, but survived. he spent nearly a year in a body cast unable to feed himself, recovering but losing the use of his right arm. dole eventually turned to politics. first elected to the kansas legislature, and then to the house and the senate. he was tapped as gerald ford's running mate in 1976 and ran for president in 1980, 1988, and again in 1996, when he won the republican nomination. >> i say that in politics, honorable compromise is no sin. it is what protects us from absolutism and intolerance. >> reporter: in the general election, he lost decisively to bill clinton. but it was at the senate that dole made his mark. a tough republican partisan, he took greatest pride in his bipartisan accomplishments. shoring up social security, passing the americans with disabilities act. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: one of his last public appearances was at the memorial for george h.w. bush, his old political rival and fellow war hero. getting up to hi

bob dole was a man of his word. he loved his country. which he served his whole life. the bible tells us to whom much is given, much is expected. and bob dole, for all his hardship, believed he had been given the greatest gift of all. he was an american. he was an american. and he felt it. let's be honest, bob dole was always honest. sometimes to a fault. he once endured the wrath of his fellow republicans when there was a legitimate fight going on to defund amtrak. i have traveled over a million, 200,000 miles on amtrak because i commuted every single day. came time for literally the deciding vote, the deciding vote on whether we were going to defund amtrak. and he cast a vote against his party deciding to keep funding amtrak. and obviously my guess he was asked why. why would you do that? he said, the best way to get joe biden the tell hell out of here at night so he's not here. excuse my language. true story. absolutely true story. god, i love the guy. as i said he was always honest. but bob relished a good political fight. as much as anybody i ever served with in t