. ♪ ♪ it's adlai to you adlai to me i don't care how you quote it adlai, adlai, just go out and voteon ♪ >> stevenson. even if you can't pronounce adlai, just remember stevenson. he was the democratic nominee for president in 1962, but he didn't win. he lost to dwight eisenhower that year. four years later, 1956, he tried again. he campaigned in part on the promise that he would stop the testing of nuclear weapons. he would stop making new nukes. he would slow down the arms race we were in with the soviet union for holding that position in the 1956 race against then incumbent president eisenhower. adlai stevenson got hammered. his opponent said that stopping nuclear tests would give russia the upper hand, we would fall behind in the arms race, russia would win. stevenson got called soft on the soviet union. and he lost his second presidential race against eisenhower. he lost in '52 against eisenhower. he lost again against eisenhower in '56, two times in a row. but adlai stevenson remained a powerful figure in democratic politics. when 1960 rolled around, you remember, he ran in '52,

♪ i like ike ♪ everybody likes ike ♪ for president >> eisenhower, facing his democratic opponent, adlai, won in a landslide. >> so help me god. >> on inauguration day, eisenhower came walking down. and i said, "mr. president, may i take a picture?" the flashbulb didn't work. he stopped. and he said, "fix the flashbulb and take the picture." and i did. this was a very kind and caring man. >> 1953 beckoned. ike had run world war ii. but he'd never held office before. america held its breath and wondered what would happen next. ron! soh really? going on at schwab. thank you clients? well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms...again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't have low cost and be full service. it's impossible. it's like having your cake and eating it too. ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs. how am i going to explain this? if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. schwab, a modern approach to wealth management. retail. under pressure like never before. an

guess the adlai pine is 35 years old.n the hinterland of the west where she's probably the only federal agent for 300 miles and she prefers it that way. i wrote the first or of this book in longhand. felt right. the very first line listeners are trying in the mean he my name zero. wherever you start you are dealing with two different people. that's the way the word count works out and for adlai pine it was a disaster. somebody was counting on her and hit her sisters were ahead. she has grown up without her twin and this is the first time i've ever had a series where the lead protagonist is a female. i've written about lots of female characters in my novels but adlai pine the name popped into my head and herb background pops into my head and i'm 70,000 words into it and i'm super psyched. >> host: how do you get the authenticity and a woman character's voice? >> guest: strong independent women which are the ones i read about -- i have never met one in my entire life. my mother was a force of nature. my sister was strong in

government example with teachers andrew and daniel larson from the alkali stephen -- adlai stevensonigh school. ♪ host: good morning. it is saturday, may 5, 2018. yesterday, president donald trump gave a campaign style speech at the nra's annual meeting in dallas, praising the group and its supporters and vowing to protect america's gun rights. it is the first annual meeting of the nra since the shooting at a parkland, florida high school. gun control advocates are vowing to make none reform a key campaign issue in the 2018 midterms. president trump's

government example with teachers andrew and daniel larson from the alkali stephen -- adlai stevenson high school. ♪ host: good morning. it is saturday, may 5, 2018. yesterday, president donald trump gave a campaign style speech at the nra's annual meeting in dallas, praising the group and its supporters and vowing to protect america's gun rights. it is the first annual meeting of the nra since the shooting at a parkland, florida high school. gun control advocates are vowing to make none reform a key campaign issue in the 2018 midterms. speechnt trump's yesterday made clear that he messagenter that on the campaign stump. will the gun control debate have an impact on your vote in this year's midterms? democrats can call 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents can call 202-748-8002. you can also reach us on social media. more from the front page -- inside today's "wall street journal." it's as president donald trump gave a full throated defense of gun rights friday and reiterated his call for arming teachers in a speech at the nra's annual conference. it was the first time

host: all right, from adlai e. stevenson high school, andrew , aseen and daniel larsen always, this has been a delightfully informative c-span cram for the exam. in the lastadvice few seconds? guest: again, think of the great teachers, mr. pelikan, mr. richart, thank you for not just teaching and prepping students for the test, but we know how much work you do, getting the students really excited about civics both in the classroom and out of the classroom. we like to say that, you know, make democracy a verb, and make civics more than a class. they get a civics lifestyle so that the students are participating not just in understanding the minutia of the american government by participating in american government, county board, politics, local politics there entire life. guest: the very success of democracy depends on the knowledge and skills of the citizens and the young people. been on watche this morning, and you are more than prepared to sustain your democracy for another generation. thank you so much. [captions

vice president adlai stevenson once said of blackburn he was the hero of more interesting narratives than any a congressman that crossed the blue ridge mountains. his colorful personality makes it unfortunate that he is mostly forgotten today. little is known of his childhood other than that he was born in 1838, to a farmer and political figure in wilford county. , joseph was a young brother of blackburn who preceded him in politics and rose to be governor of kentucky in 1879. as a young man, joseph blackburn matriculated in frankfurt at sayre institute before going to center college from which he graduated in 1857. moving to lexington, he set out to learn the law and was admitted to practice in 1858. in 1861, blackburn joined the confederate army as a private. by the end of the war, he had been promoted to lieutenant colonel and led forces in mississippi and louisiana. of the unit, it was later written that its activities were such to make it equally of -- obnoxious to friend and foe. blackburn moved to versailles. upon reaching the state has, he -- statehouse, he experienced a rapi

brian: adlai stevenson lost. melissa: some of you weighed in. we have a tweet from salvatore. learn today? if you don't like what you hear, confront the teacher and school board. wake up america. steve: that is local level. any attendees and graduates know prejudice existed for decades, now complete indoctrination dominates. brian: here is a woman who will not be indoctrinated jillian mele. jillian: if i were in college i don't know i want my parents to confront my teachers. steve: you have to fight your own fights at some point. jillian: fox news alert. florida sheriff's deputy fighting for his life after being shot in the head. deputy william gentry responding to a call about a cat being shot when the suspect pulled the trigger in lake placid. >> we would just ask that you continue to pray for deputy gentry and hopefully that will if i have him the strength to pull through this. jillian: the gunman identified as joseph ables is charged with attempted murder. he is a convicted felon with a history of violence towards police. genty is a nine-year veteran with the force and ser