and he looks at churchill and churchill says magnificent. magnificent. [laughter] >> i think for churchill in a way, de gaulle did symbolize the owner of france. and that's why he gave him the leeway that he did. that he could extremely irritating, and if churchill believe in victory magnanimity, general de gaulle did not. and when he becomes president of france as you all know, he twice vetoes britain's application to join the european union. and he does so on the grounds that he claims mr. churchill has always told him that he was choose the atlantic rather than the cd, rather than the land. we don't know. but i do believe that de gaulle of vetoes and his resentment, he seems to have bothered after the second world war and had a profound effect on my country's relationship with the european union. of course, i will never forget the time when angela merkel, the german chancellor, and to address both houses of parliament in westminster. she said at one point in her speech to the parliamentarians, great britain has no need to prove its european credential

churchill weeping were relished. and so they should be. they show an intensely emotional man, completely at odds with the stiff upper lip of the time. i would like to thank john for pointing out that churchill was recently diagnosed with a specific illness, pseudo-bulbar effect. however, as john points out, this condition could only have taken place after he spoke in 1953, when his specialist noticed an increase in emotionality. as we have seen, he was profoundly emotional throughout his life. he felt things with a profundity and lachrymosity again and again. if anyone can think of other moments when he cried, i would love to know them. i have been building up this file the last 20 years. in that letter to brown clayton, churchill told his mother, i think the keen sense of necessity was burning wrong and injustice would make me sister, but i really detect genuine emotion in myself. all this has been taken at face value, but considering the number of times that he cried, we can discard it. plenty of people get emotion

churchill father was lord churchill. truman was born ten years after churchill in a small area.s father john truman was a farmer and life speculator. in england he might've been a tenant on the property of the duke. the trumans relocated to the town of independence missouri, just outside kansas city, in large part to provide better education for their son. young harry was a strong student in high school. his family could not afford to send him even to a public university. instead, he worked as a railroad timekeeper and a bank clerk with no clear plan for advancement. whatever opportunities the city may have offered him seem canceled when his father called him back to the country to help with the management of a farm that was owned by harry's grandmother. john to the military experience, young harry was turned down by an army recruiter because of his myopic eyesight which required thick corrective glasses. instead he joined a national local guard unit, maintained his membership there after leaving kansas city. by 1914, he was a well-liked local farmer, active in his masonic lodge

book, churchill and the bomb charts churchill's evolution as a nuclear statement. it has been described as hugely impressive and the best book yet written on the nuclear churchill. go buy your copy immediately. today, we will be looking at churchill's relationship with a man he describes as unjustly unsung, sir john anderson. hissecond speaker began career in english banking and continued in canada. his interest in a relationship between winston churchill and the united kingdom and canada. king andpeak on churchill. winston churchill and mackenzie king, so somewhere and king so different. our final speaker is a british import and scotsman. he served his adopted country in the u.s. army for 30 years. he has been elected to the fellowship of several medical organizations, and living the royal society of medicine and the united kingdom. biographer who studies the effects of illness on leaders and is an acknowledged expert on the medical issues that affected winston churchill. he was both on a -- he will speak on an expert who coordinated the care for winston churchill

randolph churchill delivers a speech and then a look at the churchill statute. we will be back in a few minutes with a live coverage. >> signed the act of unconditional surrender of all forces in europe to the allies. today is victory in europe today. officially will end at one minute of the midnight tonight. ,n the interest of saving lives the cease-fire starting yesterday to be summoned all along the front. and our islands are also to be freed today. war is at an end after years of intense preparation, germany at the beginning

in 1993, churchill's last secretary was interviewed about churchill's tendency to weep. in his early days when i was with him about three months, he wept a lot and he said to him after dinner, i blubber an awful lot. you will have to get used to that. john asked, what would stimulate that? anthony replied, tales of heroism, the emotions of tales of heroism. he loved animals, a noble dog struggling through the snow to his master would inspire tears. it was touching and i found it perfectly acceptable. when it came to tears and sweat, churchill knew about all of them, and especially tears. lord halifax described him as having a child's emotion and a man's reason. here are a few occasions through churchill's life in which he is recorded as crying. the 30th of september, 1897, he wrote to his mother, i really -- rarely detect a genuine emotion myself of this great friend, lieutenant william brent clayton, who was killed close to him on the expedition. i must rank it as a rare instance the fact that i cried when i saw brown clayton literally cut to pieces on the stretcher. ch

churchill exploded to his wife. king talked more stupidly about the navy then i have ever heard him do before. it was so disheartening to hear this cheapened rebel for which he lets himself be filled up. churchill did not give way on that issue and in the end, he prevailed. what is going on in this first phase of his career was that all was not well. edward the seventh and george the fifth disliked churchill because they thought he was insufficiently respectful of their person, their position and he thought his views were right and theirs were wrong and they didn't like that. churchill was on intimidated and discussed what he thought were inappropriate interference with the politics. all that meant that when churchill fell over the disaster 1915, that news was greeted at buckingham palace with scarcely concealed belief wording on expressions of joy and pleasure. it is queen alexander who informed her son george the fifth, winston's fault who has upset almost everybody. george v took essentially essentially the same

the churchill war room museum, the archives of churchill college cambridge. all of these splendid facilities protect churchill's legacy in the uk for each new generation to discover. however, within the u.s. the only physical assets of the national churchill museum located on the campus of westminster college in missouri, the site of churchill's 1946 iron curtain speech. this museum was part of a separate organization and needed much more support to expand its reach and attract more visitors. we knew that without a significant platform here in washington, to educate succeeding generations and inject the lessons of churchill's examples into the mightiest corridors of power, interest in churchill would wane. aging would take its inevitable toll on us, and we would simply fade into unpalatable obscurity. our duty to churchill unfulfilled. so in a depth of the global economic crisis that began in 2008 i developed a plan to the future to be accomplished in 2015, the 50th anniversary of churchill's death. i presented this rather over ambitious but much-needed plan

churchill writes a letter. that's my halftime entertainment now, third quarter, this is a bit busier, this quarter. more people on the field. churchill is very much in charge he did it his way. they become friends in the late stages. they learn to trust each other. they decided. [inaudible] it acts as his host. [inaudible] [inaudible] was about a million dollars a day. when the crash hit, he was down a million dollars. legend has it that they paid the whole of his losses. i could find no evidence but i could find that he transferred a trade to churchville worth about $800,000 in today's money. so i think churchill's losses would've been more but because he transferred, they were contained to a million dollars. thereafter, his advice to churchill in the immediate aftermath of the crash was not great. he said i am getting back involved. churchill got back involved and lost half as much again in 1930. [inaudible] he was and important friend jack churchill, jack was a partner. in the first days of winston churchill

sir winston churchill. sir winston was born into a family with a long and distinguished military history. one of his ancestors was the first duke of marlborough. after the duke's spectacular battle of blenheim in 1704, a grateful english queen granted him this amazing palace. the duke dutifully named it blenheim. it was here in 1874 that winston leonard spencer-churchill was born. today blenheim and its sprawling grounds are open to the public to visit. sir winston grew up to become a war correspondent, a soldier, and eventually a politician. when he became prime minister, england was in its darkest hour. hitler's aggression had triggered world war ii. the germans defeated every european country that stood against them except the british isles. every day, the brave british expected the nazis to invade. more than tanks and soldiers, it was the words of prime minister churchill that heartening. >> "we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds. we shall fight in the fields and in the st

it was here in 1874 that winston leonard spencer-churchill was born. today blenheim and its sprawling grounds are open to the public to visit. sir winston grew up to become a war condent, a soldier, and eventually a politician. when he became prime minister, england was in itsst hour. darkd triggered world war ii. the germans defeated every european country that stood against them except the british isles. more thanks and soldiers, itn ta was the words of prime minister churchill thate t thartening. he >> "we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds. we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. we shall fight in the hills. we shall never surrender. >> that "never surrender" attitude gave the british theco. roughout the war, churchil speeches and radio broadcasts rallied a nation. >> let us therefore brace ouelves to our duties and sors bear ourselves, that if the british empire and its commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, "tthis was their fines hour." never gave up nor gave in. the power of sir w ins

sir winston churchill. sir winston was born into a family with a long and distinguished military history. after the duke's spectacular victory over the french at the battle of blenheim in 1704, a grateful english queen granted him this amazing palace. the duke dutifully named it blenheim. it was here in 1874 that winston leonard spencer-churchill was born. today blenheim and its sprawling grounds are open to the public to visit. sir winston grew up to become a war co and eventually a politician. when he became prime minister, england was in its darkest hour. hitler's aggression had triggered world war ii. the germans defeated every european country that stood against them except the british isles. every day, the brave british expected the nazis to invade. was the words of prime minister churchill that the british found most heartening. >> "we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds. we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. we shall fight in the hills. we shall never surrend

>> yes he is winston churchill. it's a big responsibility to play these people. >> and you're an playing sir winston churchill. >> they were incredibly welcoming. in fact, they had more confidence in me than i had in my myself. >> i was told they wanted an american because they wanted a different perspective. true? >> well, our writer pete morgan, he coined the term churchill fatigue over there in england. all of the major actors have played churchill so they needed something else so they hired a clown from america. her father unexpectedly dies at age 56? >> yes. i think sort of a presepgs. i suppose she knows exactly what she is doing and i certainly think she does now but i think at that point she had no apprenticeship into the roll and had no real idea of the day-to-day job or the running of the kind of the crown. and so she was massively unprepared, i think. and understandably grieving, nervous. sort of help her. >> is that what she found in churchill? >> definitely, i think. but what she really found in churchi

winston churchill. wait, what? >> well, you know, i immediately dived into an enormous amount of research. i listened to lots of video and lots of audio, but it only really took hold when i worked with these brilliant costume, make-up, and hair people in england. after they got through with me, i was a passable winston. >> jimmy: i want to show everybody how amazing this is. it's available next friday on it's worth it. we have a clip from "the crown." check this out. >> do sit down, prime minister. i've ordered tea or something stronger, perhaps. >> oh dear. did no one explain? a sovereign never offers a a prime minister refreshment, nor a chair. the precedent set by your great-great-grandmother was to keep us standing like privy counselors. to waste time is a grievous sin. if there is one thing i've learned in 52 years of public service, it is that there is no problem so complex, no crisis so grave that it cannot be satisfactorily resolved within 20 minutes. so, shall we make a start? [ applause ] but somewhere in

. >> and i got to play winston churchill. i was the only american in the whole cast, and --. >> jimmy: what an honor. that's fantastic. >> an honor. i was incredibly excited. >> jimmy: but you do an amazing churchill. did you know that you had one in you? >> no, i never would have cast myself as churchill. >> jimmy: no, i mean, how would you know? >> it was a complete surprise to me. >> jimmy: you know who i can do a i winston churchill. wait, what? >> well, you know, i immediately dived into an enormous amount of research. i listened to lots of video and lots of audio, but it only really took hold when i worked with these brilliant costume, make-up, and hair people in england. after they got through with me, i was a passable winston. >> jimmy: i want to show everybody how amazing this is. it's available next friday on netflix and you'll binge the we have a clip from "the crown." check this out. >> do sit down, prime minister. i've ordered tea or something stronger, perhaps. >> oh dear. did no one explain? a sovereign never o

. >> churchill spoke for all history to remember. >> ladies and gentlemen, you have just seen and listenedo the words of a great commander. man who has proved not only his capacity to organize and regulate the movements of our heartst to stir men's and who has shown a capacity for making great nations march together, more united than ever have been before. >> by sincerity and simplicity, a kansan conquered britain. >> back in america the wife all , the world calls mamie was the first to say, i like ike. >> the rest of us shouted it too. not hail the conquering hero but bursting with pride and a great friend, who understands that washington belongs not to a president but to the people. president eisenhower: i stand before the elected federal lawmakers of our republic. the very core of our political life and a symbol of those things we call the american heritage. >> watch what a country boy can do to the biggest city in the world -- new york. [cheering] >> watch the women, watch the young people. >> watch all the people who make votee surging independent a victory at the polls in , november.

did eleanor have a relationship with churchill, yes. she didn't like churchill at a all.they often celebrated christmas but not on the same day so they would have their own little celebrations they were supposed to have it on christmas eve and he came to the white house to celebrate and she seemed very annoyed and said our whole celebration has been brewing at which point it was hilarious, you know. she disliked the way they talked about the war and said it was like two little boys playing with their pens and maps. she hated his whole imperialist view of the world and spanish civil war which asked that the spanish civil war both of us would have had our heads handed to us by the republicans and so they thought about things and didn't really like each other very much at all. >> did your opinion change over time as you were researching the book? connected your opinion change as you were writing the book, very much. and i went through different phases of it. i had to get over seeing her as a real person with all her work but especially after franklin died in that blast perio

, whom buckley had gob to see speak personally in 1949, is not -- for winston churchill. he celebrates the accomplishment offered churchill up through and you including the victory in world war ii and then faults churchill for continuing to stay in office when he didn't have the stamina to prosecute the cold war properly with the ensuing result that a third of the world's people wound up behind the iron kurta, similarly for martin luther king, who in today's landscape, we conceive of in almost godly terms. when bill buckley wrote his remembrance of martin luther king in april 1968 after his assassination, buckley wrote a column that was tough on martin luther king celebratory of this accomplishments in civil rights but at the same time condemn na tory of some statement that martin luther king made about america at the height of the vietnam war and its role in the world that he thought were utterly inappropriate. so he didn't always pull his punches, even when we cass discussing people who i lion rised another the raith and that speaks to his intellectual integrity. >> the

>> winston churchill often visited dow white house. she did not like churchill at all. laugh laugh there is some very funny incidence. hick celebrated christmas together but not on that day began she could not stand to be in competition with everybody also they would have their own private celebration it was supposed to be christmas eve. and to seem very annoyed by whole celebration has been ruined because winston churchill had shown up. [laughter] sociology disliked it was like two little boys playing now for with their maps. with his whole imperialists in view of the world and they argued about that. >> then in the spanish civil war we would have heads handed to us by the republicans. they did not like each other very much at all. >> negative you're researching the book. >> i went through different phases for go to get past the as hero but toward the end especially after franklin guys in the last period of life it sounds heroic pdf to admirer her profoundly. from watching from the sidelines. >> i find it interesting how eleanor cars out a public brawl of the first lad

churchill's relationship with u.s. presidents. his relationship with british royalty and churchill's financial team. >>> this weekend on american history tv on cspan 3, saturday morning from 9:00 eastern to just after afternoon. >> the british empire and its common wealths last for a thousand years, men will still say this was their finest hour. >> we're live for the 33rd international churchill conference in washington, d.c. focusing on the former british prime minister's friends and contemporaries. speakers include andrew roberts, author of masters and commanders. how four titans won the war in the west. 1941-1945. and later on saturday, at 7:00, texas general land office commissioner george p. bush. and musician phil collins talk about the alamo at the 2016 text tribune festival at austin. >> the memories i have were that this group of people were going and knew they were going to die and they went. they were there. crockett went. they kind of -- there was something very noble and very, you know, romantic. i've learnt that it w

stalin used to say after negotiating with churchill and fdr, churchill will work with you and then try to sneak his hand in your pocket to steal a coin. fdr smiles and greets you, jams of both hansen and pulls out everything all at once. it is very true, fdr loved -- people when he tried to pack the supreme court for example, people were were all saying is he in 1937, he would sign an executive orders left and right saving wild places because nobody knew what was going on. then he got revenge on that pipe picking william douglas, the most environmental conservation driven person of the 60s and 70s who saved the cn oak canal incidentally and he put him to the supreme court, also should tell you, the mall here that we are honoring at the national book festival, that that is fdr months after he becomes president he grabs all of the monuments, the mall, the, the white house, and puts it into interior department that used to be run by other war department, agriculture. agriculture. he made it, he built today's interior department. franklin roosevelt and now our national park service keeps g

churchill's relationships with u.s. presidents. also with british royalty and churchill's financial team. >>> c-span brings you more debates from key u.s. house, senate and governors' races. tonight live on c-span. kelly ayotte and maggie hassan debate for the new senate seat. then at 9:00, the iowa senate debate between chuck grassley and democrat patty judge. and at 10:00, a debate for new york's 24th district seat. friday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. the georgia senate debate between republican senator johnny isaacson, democratic challenger jim barksdale and libertarian allen buckley. then just before 9:00, rick nolan and republican stewart mills debate for minnesota's eighth district seat. at 9:30, a debate for colorado's sixth congressional district between republican representative mike kaufman and democrat morgan carroll. and saturday night at 10:00, the pennsylvania senate debate between pat toomey and katie mcginty. then at 11:00, a date in the new hampshire governor's race. and at midnight on c-span, the north carolin