. >> now, bob dole comes along a couple years later. >> not much later, that is right. >> did the younger members look out for still younger members? >> not really. >> how were they brought into the fold? >> we all knew dole was. many were surprised that he was elected. i was pleased he was elected. got acquainted with him first off. and we established an early and pretty warm friendship in the beginning. but, no, the older members -- it was more like a sophomore-freshmen relationship than anything else. sophomores are full of themselves, having gone through freshman year. sort of the way it was. but the senate is all about standing seniority or age. not very long before anyone is swimming in the same string. -- stream. but in my time, they developed an early understanding that we were part of this group. we were part of the senate. that is something special. we do not understand what, but we know it is. that continued, i think, until i left. i am not sure it is so now. but i am not there and cannot say. >> you are saying there is institutional loyalty to the senate as a body? >> almost.

bush from the oval office, reaction from senate leaders, bob dole and george mitchell on capitol hill, and east german ambassador gerhardt herder from the national press club in washington. we will also hear the speeches that president kennedy and president reagan delivered in berlin in 1963 and 1987 respectively that galvanized berliners and the free world. >> first, we go to the white house where president george h. w. bush held an informal oval office press conference on november 9, 1989. as events unfolded in berlin, he was criticized for not appearing to share in the jubilation. later, his closest aides, together with historians, described a president determined not to provoke a backlash by soviet hardliners. >> well, we just want to make a brief statement here. i have just been briefed by the secretary of state and national security adviser on the later news coming out of germany. and of course, i welcome the decision by the east german leadership to open the borders to those wishing to immigrate or travel. and this,s if the's implemented fully, certainly conforms with the helsi

a generation that for whom bob dole is a name in a history book, how do you think dole should be remembered? what is his -- >> that is a very good question, richard. i have given a little thought to that not because i want to write the history book just because it is a natural thing to think about. i think dole will be remembered first as emblematic of world war ii. and that he shed credit on those who survived the war and those who then went on to be of service in the country. that's no small achievement that is something to be remembered for. as i drive by the new world war ii memorial, i thought about that the other day. he will be remembered not just for the stones and pillars which were originally richly deserved but , he will be remembered as a legacy of that tradition. that's what he will be remembered for. and that the generation that fought world war ii came back and continued their service to the country in a variety of ways including in the senate. and bob dole is -- a good example of that. >> on c-span, former members of congress who died this year. next, a speech by jim jefford

history tv on c-span3, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. >>> at noon fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived at 10:00 tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> each week "american artifacts" visits museums and historic places. 200 years ago on september 11th, 1814, british and american naval forces clashed for 2 1/2 hours in cumberland bay near plaths'burgh. david fitz-enz, author of "the final" takes us on a tour of key locations to tell the story. >> pilot, joseph baron, ship "saratoga" september 11th, 1814, battle of plattsburgh in cumberland bay. this battle is lost to american history. at the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a human celebration. people knew how important the ballots was, but in the meantime things have changed. that poem became the nationa

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at nan, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choice and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10, wormer fwhbs news anchor, tom brokaw, on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events that's this christmas dane at c-span networks. than 50 years of repo world events that's this christmas dane at c-span networks. >>> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next, we take you inside the house wing of the u.s. capitol to learn about the history of women in congress in the second of a two-part program, we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare boothe luce. >> i'm farrah elliott, a curator for the house of representatives and that means that i take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the house's rich heritage. >> my nobody job is to collect bigraphical informatio

eastern the fall of the berlin wall with c-span foodage with george bush and bob dole. >>> and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived, and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day. for our complete schedule. go to cspan.org. >>> baltimore's ft. mchenry is celebrated at the birthplace of the star-spangled banner. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history after the star-spangled banner. >> i'm chief of interpretation here of the birthplace of "the star-spangled banner." one of the questions we good are the can knolls that were used to fight off the bring. of course, the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. is shows the great layers of ft. mchenry's history. the history begins with the words of francis scott key, but it's made contributions right up to the own present time, in the great way that the ame

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eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years on reporting events. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. 200 years ago on september 11th, 1814, british and naval forces clash for 2 1/2 hours near plattesburg, new york. the battle was the culmination of six days of army and navy conflict. up next, we travel to plattesburg where david fitz, the war of 1812's most decisive battle. takes us to kiey locations to tell the story. >> pilot joseph baron, september 11th, 1814. battle of plattesburg. this is a battle that's lost to american history. the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a huge celebration. people knew how important the battle of plattesburg was. but in the meantime, things have changed. that poem became

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as the wall came down on november 9, 1989 senate minority leader bob dole republican from kansas, and senate majority leader george mitchell, democrat from maine took to the senate floor to voice their thoughts. >> according to news reports, the east german government just announced the opening of its borders to all of its citizens to include the right to free passage of the berlin wall. it appears that the berlin wall and all it represents are crumbling, even as the communist state which built it crumbles too. with breadth of speed, the people of east germany sought to take their up destiny into their own hands. by the hundreds of thousands shall they have taken to the streets, asking only two things, freedom and opportunity. by the tens of thousands, they have fled their homeland seeking only two things, freedom and opportunity. decades of communist rule lie in shambles. the government resides one day the communist politburo the next and now we have today's dramatic announcement. the ragtag bag of communists left trying to regain control are fighting a fight they can't win, a fight

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eastern the fall of the berlin wall with c-span foot j of president george bush and bob dole. with ronald reagan. at 12:00 p.m. fashion experts on first lady's fashion choices. then at 10:00 p.m., tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. each week we go to historic sites around the country. baltimore's ft. mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the star-spangled banner where american forces with stood an bombardment. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history of ft. mchenry after the star-spanked banner. >> my name is vince bass. i'm chief of interpretation here at ft. mchenry national monument, the birthplace of "the star-spangled banner." one of the questions we good are the cannons that were used to fight off the british. of course, the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. is shows

bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the stilsz of the times in which they lived. and at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums, archives and historic places. next, we visit the national archives in college park, maryland, to learn about the kennedy assassination records collection. the warren report was released to the public 50 years ago on september 27, 1964. and we'll see video recorded by the national archives of many of the well-known artifacts from the investigation. including lee harvey oswald's rifle, the so-called magic bullet and the camera originals zapruder film. our guide is martha wagner murphy. >> the president john f. kennedy assassination records collection was created because of the president john f. kenn

bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they live. and then at 10:00, nbc news news anchor on his 30 years on the network.ímd@ >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on cspan and the senate on cspan 2, we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant hearings. and then on weekends, cspan is the home to american history tv, with programs that tell our nation's story. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic fsites, discovering what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf, with the best known american history writers, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. top college professors devilling into america's past, and our new series, real america. with educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. cspan 3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by you

bush and bob dole with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts and first ladies' fashion choices. and 10 p.m., tom brokaw. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better

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bob dole, during the trouble was asked if you would like to make an appearance in kansas and dole said a flyover would do. my nixon would have threw these guys. he knew kissinger was bad mouthing him. they said that 40 years from now people will know what it was like then. it can't be recaptured and i don't know if i wrote it any differently with that in mind. i didn't know where i would be in 40 years. it happened that it is 40 years from now. this isn't an anniversary book. the book was out of print and i wrote to peter mayor of overlook press and he wrote back saying he will issue it in hard back. and i said a little afterwards to clear it up and the afterwards is a 10,000 word edition of the new material and i look back on what was watergate and what was it really? it was crimes for a break in that was plotted by the way, this is when i was doing my reporting many years later, it was the fourth attempt of these burglars to get in the watergate. they planned a grand dinner the first time to get in the building and up to the head quarters and one thing led to another and it didn't ha

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived, and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span americas. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> 50 years ago on september 24th, 1964, supreme court chief justice earl warren handed a report of the president's commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president lyndon johnson in the oval office. the seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel jay lee rankin concluded that lee harvey oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. the warren commission worked for nine months in this building, the washington office of the vfw, a short walk from the supreme court building and the u.s. capitol. we set up a camera in a fourth floor conference room to talk

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices, and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> about 50 years ago on august 10th, 1964, president lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution, which in lieu of a declaration of war gave him broad powers to wage war in southeast asia. that resolution was passed by congress in response to an august 2nd attack, and an alleged august 4th incident in the golf of tonkin involving u.s. destroyers and vietnamese torpedo boats. american history visited the national security archive at george washington university to learn about numerous declassified documents that have shed more life on the gulf of tonkin incidents. >> i'm tom blanton, the dir

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall witt c-span footage with president george bush and bob dole and ronald reagan. fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times. at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> "american history tv" visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. the rise of the global power during world war i. describing japan as one of the few countries pulled into the r#lict as an because of a kcolonyial relationship. this is about 50 minutes. >>> okay. we'll shift our focus here a little bit to east asia. professor frederick dickinson teaches japanese history at the university of pennsylvania. he has m.a. degrees from kyoto university in japan where he's lived for quite a while. also yale university where he has a ph.d. in history. he's been a visiting professor at institutions in japan, in belgium, also at waswart more, d japan,

you saw that with bob dole or john mccain, or mitt romney. it's often the establishment choice that makes it through. i think the question is going to be, how much has the landscape changed? especially in some early states. i was just in south carolina, talked to sources on the ground who were paying attention to jeb bush's speech. they're saying, it's possible this state isn't the same state that cent george bush over the hurdle against john mccain . that could be a problem for bush in the long run. >> michelle, what do you think about that and what is the impact of people like rush limbaugh coming out strongly against jeb? >> well, look, this last election was the establishment reasserting itself to say, hey, we're not going to stand back and become a party of fringe candidates. so jeb will have some trouble in the primary because not such on immigration, but also on common core. this is something that makes the base down right crazy. they will go berserk about this sort of thing. so it will be interesting to see how he asserts himself and

history tv, at 8:00 a.m., the fall of the berlin wall with footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times. at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. >>> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. the smithsonian's national museum of the american indian opened in 2004. we visit the nation to nation exhibit, focusing on treaties between the united states and native americans. the curator explains that in the late 1700s, the federal government made treaties with six nations of the indians. she explains how it has changed and endured. >> i'm a founder of the national museum of the american indian. i'm guest occcurator of the nat to nation exhibit and editor for the book of the same title. i first proposed the nation to nation exhibit in 2003. i was thinking just a few months ago that we would just never get

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from john kennedy and robert reagan -- ronald reagan. theyon choices and how represented the styles of the times in which they live. at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. this month is the 10th anniversary of our sunday primetime program, q and day. we are featuring an encore presentation from each year, highlighting film makers, and reducing -- leading public policy makers. 2006, lonnie bunt on the importance of the african-american experience to u.s. history. from 2007, robert novak on reporting in washington. trunk 2008, when new couture, on the value of education american. from 2009, sc called. a decade of compelling conversations. december 22 through the 26th. at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren talking about economic policy and actions by wall street at an event hope that's hosted by the group americans for financial

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. then first ladies' fashion. and then tom brokaw on his years of reporting world events. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about history. it opened in 2004 on the national mall in washington, d.c. we visit the nation-to-nation exhibit focusing on treaties between the united states and native americans. she explains that in the late 1900s the government made treaties with the six nations of the iroquois. >> i'm suzan shown harjo and i'm cheyenne and muskogee and founder of the american museum of the american indian. and guest curator, proudly so of the nation-to-nation exhibit and general editor for the book of the same title. i first proposed the nation-to-nation exhibit in 2003, and i was thinking just a few months ago, that we would just never get to the end of it. and today, i'm thinking it's only been 11 years. amazing. nation-to-nation exhibit and book is really a gift

bush and bob dole with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan.at noon, fashion experts and first ladies' fashion choices. and 10 p.m., tom brokaw. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better d

bob dole, during the trouble was asked if you would like to make an appearance in kansas and dole said a flyover would do. my nixon would have threw these guys. he knew kissinger was bad mouthing him. john gardner said to me, elizabeth, write it so that 40 years from now people we will no what it was like. it cannot be recaptured. i don't no that i wrote it any differently with that in mind. i did not not no where or whether i would be in 40 years. this is not an anniversary book. i wrote to peter mayer of overlook press. he he wrote back and said it is idiotic. he wrote back saying he will issue it in hard back. and i said a little afterwards to clear it up and the afterwards is a 10,000 word edition of the new material and i look back on what was watergate and what was it really? it was crimes for a break in that was plotted by the way, this is when i was doing my reporting many years later, it was the fourth attempt of these burglars to get in the watergate. they planned a grand dinner the first time to get in the building and up to the head quarters and one thing led to another and

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. author sean mcmeekin talks about the events in 1914 that led to war, and how it might have turned out differently. he argues against the idea that an arms race between germany and britain provoked the war. instead, he describes a series of decisions made by heads of state that had a domino effect. this is about 50 minutes. >> professor sean mcmeekin did his ph.d. at uc berkeley and he talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russia

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they've nominated people like bob dole and john mccain. don't know that the piracy -- the party ever wants young and new. >> there is no doubt the republican party has changed in the last decade or so. the question is, how much? not just is the tea party stronger but is the republican party now where the democrat party was in 2008 and looking at jeb bush and saying, yeah, we respect you, but to carry the banner forward having lost five of the last six popular votes -- >> "the wall street journal" said jed bush is a strong candidate. he's got part of the establishment right. i think republicans like ted cruz and rand paul are going to attack him. democrats are going to say, oh my god, we can't let jeb bush get ahead. those attacks from his rivals some elements from the right rush limbaugh and others, they are going to make donors say you know what? this is the strongest guy we have. i think republicans are going to have to figure out a way to taken down early, or he may get a head of steam and become the defective front runner by june. >> t

and the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on choicesdies' fashion and how they represented the styles of the times in which 10:00,ved or it then at tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: in our last half-hour, we are asking questions about the relationship between police and minority communities. do you think in 2015 it will get better or worse, whether they will stay the same? that is a question that was asked in a recent few research center poll, -- a recent pew research center poll. among blacks, 52% said it would get worse in the coming year. 31% said it would stay the same. just 16% say it would get better. among white respondents, the pew poll, 34% said it will stay about the same in the coming year. 43% saying it will get better. 21% saying it will get better. 43% said it will stay about the sam

then on c-span3, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span coverage from president george bush and bob dole. ladyon experts on first style choices. at 10:00 p.m., tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is this christmas day on the c-span networks. schedule, go to c-span.org -- for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back. we will wrap up the show with your thoughts on the killing of the two new york police officers and the call for unity from the mayor of new york as well as police departments being on high alert. law enforcement we want to hear from you. -- number is 202-78 202-748-8000. the phone lines are open. on can join facebook, twitter, or e-mail us. we will get to your thoughts here in a second. first i want to show you what the new york mayor yesterday had to say at a news conference about the way forward. [video clip] i also think in a democracy people express their desire for a more fair society and that is right and proper but they must do it peacefully. there can be no violence against those wh

bob dole, secretary of state for clerical affairs. he said, we're worried about what intelligence is reporting to us about iraqi troops on the border of kuwait. and you might check with your interlocutor there to see what he knows about it. about that time, iraq was the client for the soviet union. i said, before we break for lunch, we have a report that saddam may be thinking of invading kuwait. and he said, oh, he would never be so foolish as to do that. you might want to check with the kgb because the cia tells us that the reports are genuine, a lot of troops out there. he said, i'll come back after lunch. no chance, he said, saddam would not be so foolish as to do that. i fly off to mongolia and we break up. then he invades. and the foreign minister is so embarrassed that he agrees after the invasion to meet me in moscow and condemn the actions of the soviet client state. in my view, that's when the cold war ended, is when that happened. he did that, by the way, without gorbachev's ok. and without if ok of the arabist in his forei

and on american history tv on c-span 3, the fall of the berlin wall with george bush and bob dole, speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. experts, first lady's fashion experts and representing the style of the times. and then former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on american events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, visit www.c-span.org. years ago on december 24, 1814, the treaty of ghent was signed by negotiators from great britain and the united states in ghent, belgium. next on american artifacts, we visit the octagon museum and the treaty room where president twoson signed the agreement months later on this table of february 1815. we join a tour with a group of belgians who traveled to the octagon to mark the treaty anniversary with a gift of special hybrid treaty of ghent rose plants. hi. being the honor of president of the american institute of architect for 24 team, now the -- 2014, now the steward of this property at 18th street and e street. if the location of the signing of the treaty of ghent. the

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eastern, the fall of the berlin wall, with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidency john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they live. at 10 a clock, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >> in his weekly address, president obama discusses jobs and the economy and his administration's legislative accomplishments. in the republican response, representative mike kelly of pennsylvania talks about energy policy. >> hi, everybody. as 2014 comes to an end, we can enter the new year with new confidence that america is making significant strides where it counts. the steps we took nearly six years ago to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped make 2014 the strongest year for job growth since the 1990s. over the past 57 months, our businesses have created nearly 11 million new jobs. and in

bob dole, trent lott and bill frist.every former president of the united states from jimmy carter to george h.w. bush, president clinton, president george w. bush and president obama all support this. so you'd think this would be a slam dunk, but there are a few that have blocked this from coming up. over 800 disability, civil rights, faith groups, 20 top veterans organizations -- i mentioned the chamber of commerce, the business round table all support this. well, it's a sad thing that on this international disability rights day that i'm sad to say that it looks like the clock is running out and that we will not even vote again on it this year, let alone adopt it. next year my friends, i will not be here. i'm retiring. next year my friends on the republican side will take over the senate. well, i hope that they will pick up on this and take this treaty, move it through their committee again and bring it out on the floor. it should not be a partisan issue. and if there are some things that need to be done with the reserv

but bob dole has never given up on this, never. well, i hope the next senate will take this up and join with the rest of the world in helping to make changes globally for people with disabilities. so i came to congress, the house in 1974 as one of the watergate babies. with my retirement and retirement in the house of congressman george miller and congressman henry waxman, we are the last of the so-called watergate babies. with two exceptions. among all the democrats elected in that landslide year of 1974, there were a few republicans, and one is left, my senior colleague from the state of iowa, senator chuck grassley. i have the greatest respect for and friendship with chuck. several weeks ago here on the floor, he said some very gracious things about me, and i thank him for that. i especially appreciated his observation, though, that even though he and i are like night and day when it comes to political views, there's no light between us when it comes to iowa. we have collaborated on so many important initiatives for the people o

eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at ten o'clock, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next biography lee craig talks about secretary of the navy josephus daniels as a key member of president wilson's cabinet he built up the fleet for war. the talk is about an hour. >> thank you. our first speaker today is dr. lee a. craig, an alumni distinguished professor and head of the department of economics at north carolina state university in raleigh. dr. craig is a graduate of ball state university and completed his m.a. and ph.d. work at indiana. 198