david eisenhower's latest, going home to glory looks at president eisenhower's life after he left the white house. i thought it would be good to give the section of the speech that's relevant to our discussion and because sometimes we only hear a sentence of at this is a few minutes of it. it comes about midway. until the latest of the world conflict the united states had no armaments industry. the american makers of plowshares could with timing as required but now we can no longer risk the national defence. we have been compelled to create industry of vast proportions. added to this, 3.5 million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. we in least in the military security more than the net income of all of the united states corporations. this conjunction of the immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the american experience. the total influence, economic, political, even spiritual is felt in every city, every state house, every office of the federal government. we recognize the need for this development, yet we must not fail to compr

david eisenhower's latest going home to glory looks at president eisenhower's life after he left the white house. their conversation takes place at barnes and noble booksellers in new york city. it is just over 45 minutes. >> thank you for coming out. i will do my best impersonation of dwight eisenhower which doesn't make sense since i'm dealing one who's not an eisenhower but i thought it would be good to give the section of a speech that is relevant to our discussion because sometimes you only hear a sentence of it. this is a few minutes of it. it comes about midway. until the latest of our world conflicts the united states had no arms industry. american makers could with time and as required make swords as well. now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defence. we have been compelled to create a permanent industry of vast proportions. added to this, three million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. we annually spend another security more than the net income of all united states corporations. this conjunction of an immense military

. >> over 50 years ago general dwight david eisenhower, in his famous farewell speech, warned about the military-industrial complex. eyesight that you all of my friends. do you cover that in your bookmarks and the second half of my question is, i worked hard to elect barack obama. i thought he was a reconciler, and at all probably have been since you the book, but he bought hook, line, and sinker lock, stock and barrel the military-industrial complex that he inherited from bush. any comments on that? >> no. not really. on the military-industrial but i don't talk about that in my book. perhaps i should have. here are a couple of very good books that came out a little before mine that do, which i think is one reason i didn't go into it in more detail. tom englehart book, the death of victory culture, which is a very interesting book, talks about it. and there's another one of talks quite a lot about but i forget the name of the book right now. i will find it later and i will mention it to you. it's a very important statement. a statement that always struck me as amazingly innocent, that i

david eisenhower. >> and so we leave with high hopes, in good spirit, and with the deep humility.ose who hate you do not win unless you hate them. then you destroy yourself. >> nixon's farewell was many things. it was a wrenching personal experience. it was a farewell to his staff. it was also a peril to the white house family ended illustrated just how many roles the white house plays. >> even smaller countries are much. this is not the finest house, but this is the best house. >> it is interesting that richard nixon spoke about the house. by that, he meant the house on a personal level. the king is dead. long live the king. and also as a historical symbol. no one who spends time in that house until to appreciate your role -- either role. nixon was apologizing to the country for perhaps besmirching a little bit of the house and its history. >> it is the best house because this house has a great heart. that heart comes from those who serve. >> the home undergoes yet another series of changes reflecting both the new family and the events in the world that will begin to shape the co

david eisenhower. mr. and mrs.. >> we leave with high hopes, and in good spirit, and with deep humility. always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. and then, you destroy yourself. >> his farewell was many things. it was a wrenching personal experience, obviously. it was a farewell to his staff. but it was also a farewell to the white house family. illustrated just how many rules -- roles the house played. >> this is not the biggest house. this is not the finest house, but this is the best house. >> richard nixon talked about the house. by that, he meant the house on a personal level -- the king is dead. long live the king. and as a historic symbol. no one who spends any time in that house can fill to appreciate either role. -- can fail to appreciate either role. nixon and possibly it was -- implicitly was apologizing to the country. for besmirching that house. and it's history. >> it is the best house because this part -- this house has a great heart trade that card

eisenhower office building next door to the white house. president obama will take journalist questions this morning. davide press" standing by. david, dual backdrops you dealt with on this past sunday's "meet >>> the victory of the people's uprising in egypt, what the future looks like there, the rise of protest in the region, again this morning the president's budget. some cuts that kind of amazed his partisans that republicans say isn't enough. >> well, it is what is next on both of those story that is is so important, brian. the president will fuel questions on what responsibility the president has to influence events elsewhere in the middle east as the uprisings continue to spread and on the budget, $1.6 trillion deficit is what is projected in this document. are they really going to tackle it? the hard stuff is not in the budget. and there's a sense from both republicans and democrats that they want the other side to go first when it comes to dealing with entitlements, medicare, social security, big budget cuts when it comes to defense spending. it is a question of where the political will is in this

david inside the white house. and being invited into that room was being invited to the families in a sanctum. >> this delirium famously served as caroline kennedy's kindergarten classroom and a place for president eisenhowerbecued also on the patio. 25 years later, when president reagan returned to the white house following the assassination attempt, it serves as a place of recuperation. >> the solarium was there -- who did the did the college legacy is more than a cent. the physical white house -- the third floor, the old idec, -- attic , that was transformed. most importantly, it was called a skype parlor. today, it is called a solarium. >> it is a reflection of our country and the times in which we live. >> today, the secretary of the treasury will announce the from now on, the two blocks of pennsylvania avenue will be closed to motor vehicle traffic. it is a practical step to protect against the kind of attack we saw in oklahoma city. i will not allow the people's access to the white house and the president to be curtailed. this closing is necessary because of the changing nature and scope of the terrorist actions. >> 9/11 is one i will never forget, of course. it changed the president. a chance to na