just down on i-70 in abilene, kansas. this year, which happens to be the 125 anniversary years of eisenhower's birth, we launched the boyhood home to examine the eisenhower era. tonight which marks the midpoint of that series out there on the corridor if you want to see the other two. bob greene and the library's good friend and someone who has became my good friend is baa k. he's back to give us a review of the 1952 presidential election of eisenhower against the democratic, adlai stevenson. this talk had been in the making for more than 35 years. bob wrote his dissertation about it shortly published there after his first book. the first of 17 that he has written or edited. a seriously revised version of that first book, the dissertation on the 1952 campaign is now forthcoming. it won't be available tonight. unfortunately. but, you will be able to order it on amazon soon enough. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, bob greene. [ applause ] >> you are not going to be able to quit this place, never in a million years. >>

she wanted him to go to denver, come back to abilene. she didn't win that battle. by the way, there is an excellent biography of mamie eisenhower in the first lady series from kansas. i recommend it to you highly. i had the occasion to review it. it's fleshed her out really well. hey. >> there's the story that a few years before truman tried to recruit eisenhower as his successor. so what happened in the interim, and why did eisenhower run as a republican if he could have easily run as a democrat in 1952? >> you're talking about an actual offer that was made to eisenhower before the 1948 convention where truman says "i will help you get anything you want including the presidency of the united states." eisenhower did not believe in 1948 that he had the constituency to run either as a democrat or republican. he puts out in a letter to a new hampshire publisher, harold finder, i believe was his name, a sherman-esque statement, i'm not going to run, period. what happened in between that was eisenhower fell into great dislike with larry truman. he did -- harry truman. h

she wanted him to go to denver, she wanted him to come back to abilene. she didn't win that battle. by the way, there is an excellent biography of mamie eisenhower in the first lady series from kansas. -recommend it to you very highly. i had the occasion to review it. it's fleshed her out really well. hey. >> there's the story that a few years before truman tried to recruit eisenhower as his successor. so what happened in the interim, and why did eisenhower run as a republican if he could have easily run as a democrat in 1952? >> you're talking about an actual offer that was made to eisenhower before the 1948 convention where truman says, "i will help you get anything you want including the presidency of the united states." eisenhower did not believe in 1948 that he had the constituency to run either as a democrat or republican. he puts out in a letter to a new hampshire publisher, harold finder, i believe was his name, a very sherman-esque statement, i'm not going to run, period. what happened in between that was eisenhower fell into great dislike with harry truman. he did not like

an 18-month- old girl was pronounced dead after she was found not breathing in a hot car outside abileneas. so far this summer, at least 26 kids in 15 states have died after being left in hot cars. that's two more than all of last year. >> we're really concerned about the numbers we're seeing this year. >> reporter: deborah hersman is the former chair of the ntsb and now runs the national safety council. >> it takes minutes for a car to heat up to dangerous levels. kids' bodies heat up four times faster than adults. and cracking the windows doesn't matter. >> reporter: the twins' death in carrollton are still under investigation. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> the georgia bureau of investigation plans to perform autopsies on the twins at its crime lab. >>> form brazilian volleyball player and olympic medalist carried the torch to the christ the redeemer statue this morning. the relay started in greece in april. it's of course in its final length the flame will be used to light the olympic cauldron tonight at the opening ceremony at maracana stadium tonight in brazil. >>> time for

course, we have another presidential library in the neighborhood, more or less, just down i-70 in abilene, kansas. and this year, which happens to be the 125th anniversary year of eisenhower's birth we've launched a series with the dwight eisenhower presidential library and museum and boyhood home to examine the eisenhower era. thanks to the kem douse support from the commerce bank trustee. tonight which marks the mid-point of that series, there's a brochure out there in the corridor if you want to see the other two, bob greene, the library's good friend and someone who has become my good friend over the last four years is back. he's back to give us a review of the 1952 presidential election pitting republican party nomineeines hour against democratic candidate adlai stevenson. it's no exaggeration to say that this talk has been in the making for more than 35 years. bob wrote his doctoral dissertation about it which was shortly published thereafter as his first book. the first of 17 that he has either written or edited. a seriously revised version of that first book, the doctoral disserta

living for the first time in a long time, and as a matter of fact the day i got a scholarship to go to abilenetian university is right around the same day my father called me and asked me, hey, how much does it cost to get this guy killed? >> brian says his father told him his distant cousin, an 8-year-old girl who lived in california, was being molested by her father. the girl's grandmother and mother wanted to pay brian to kill the man. >> so told my father i would call him back and after a few days of thinking about it, i decided to come out to california and kill paul myself. >> a short time later brian flew out to the west coast to carry out the hit. he knocked on the man's door, but when a young boy answered, he got nervous and left. he went back a second time, but nobody was home. >> and by this time the two ladies that paid me, they're crying on the phone, screaming, telling me that their daughter, she cannot spend another day around this guy. they're afraid of what he's going to do. by this time i'm so tired of it if i get caught or i don't, i just cannot let this guy spend another da

an 18-month-old girl was pronounced dead after she was found not breathing in a hot car outside of abilene, kansas. sore far this summer, 26 kids in 15 states have died after being left in hot cars. that is two more than all of last year. >> we are really concerned about the numbers that we are seeing this year. >> reporter: deborah hersman is council. >> it takes minutes for a car to heat up to dangerous levels. kids' bodies heat up four times faster than adults and cracking the windows doesn't matter. >> reporter: the twins' death in carrollton are still under investigation. the window difference. important to remember. >> a cargo plane overshot a runway at an italian runway overnight. it burst through an airport fence and blocked two lanes on the road. the accident delayed the flights for hours in italy's third busiest airport northeast of milan. the pilot and first officer were not hurt. >>> a cbs news investigation into used car dealerships sparks action. that is ahead. announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by chick-fil-a. we didn't invent the chicken, >>> the openin

earlier this week, an 18 month old girl was pronounced dead after she was found in abilene kansas.o far this summer, at least 26 kids and 15 states have died after being left in hot cars. that's two more than all of last year. >> we're really concerned about the numbers that we're seeing this year. >> debra herzman is the chair of the ntsb and runs the national safety council. >> it takes minutes for a car to heat up to dine injudangerous l. kids' bodies heat up four times faster, and cracking the windows doesn't matter. >> the childrens' death is still under investigation. mark strasman, atlanta. >> we have stories like this every summer. you hope people will get a system in place. cracking the window does not make a difference. >> take them out of the car. >> a cargo plane overshot a runway at an italian airport and came to a stop on the highway. dhl burst through a fence and blocked two lanes on the road. the pilot and first officer were not hurt. >>> a cbs news investigation into car leaderships sparks action. how one dealer is making sure his announcer: this portion of "cbs th