we begin with programs on dwight d. eisenhower.upreme allied commander. first we hear from louis galambos, editor of the papers of dwight d. eisenhower, he talks about if evolution of his leadership stale from west point cadet to president of the united states, afterward we'll hear from william hitchcock, discussing his book, the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s, later, a look at eisenhower's role as army general. american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> every started night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who liz zi borden and is raise your hand if you ever heard of this gene harris murder trial before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story, the tools, the tech neegs of slave owner power and we'll talk about the tools a

advertising in the 1950s, highlighting dwight eisenhower's political campaign. she examines what components made them successful. her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan, i like ike. this idea, this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956, conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. it really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era of prosperity. and the american people were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. i like ike. it's so simple and it conveys that happiness. this idea, however, is a myth. and it is a political construction. the 1950s, in fact, it was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. it was a time in which anti- communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and often anti-communists took away civil liberties. these are all areas of political pressure

dwight d. eisenhower made decisions which ended the war in korea and avoided war in the middle east. john f. kennedy, in his finest hour, made the great decision which removed soviet nuclear missiles from cuba and the western hemisphere. i have noted that there's been a great deal of discussion with regard to this decision that i have made. and i should point out i do not contend that it is in the same magnitude as these decisions that i have just mentioned. but between those decisions and this decision, there is a difference that is very fundamental. in those decisions the american people were not assailed by counsels of doubt and defeat from some of the most widely known opinion leaders of the nation. i have noted, for example, that a republican senator has said that this action i have taken means that my party has lost all chance of winning the november elections. and others are saying today that this move against enemy sanctuaries will make me a one-term president. no one is more aware than

but in fact, it was dwight eisenhower. ld ike harnessed the power of television to win the presidency and to put forth his vision of america and the world. and this is what we are goingng to look at today. presto dwight eisenhower brough several important developments to the modern ei americanth presidency throughe his leadership style and his organizational approach. in doing this, he built on at lot of the transformations that already looked at this semester. for example, franklin roosevelt launched the inexecutive office of the re presidency, and last week, we looked at how harry truman expanded it with the national ansecurity state. formalized it.wer, however, he ran his office very much like he did the military. the bureaucracy became a veryvey entrenched component of the american presidency under eisenhower. for example, he had weeklyut cabinet meetings anded he formed the office of congressional liaison so that he could have a formal linkwe to the legislative process. was especiallyof important because throughoutlin

some of these people included omar bradley and dwight eisenhower. unfortunately, this was a terrible misjudgment. as we got closer to the german border, basically, resistance stiffened. in this german bunker, we learned the story of the battle of forest. a brutal nasty affair that held us up and should have let us know that things were not going swimming. on top of the bunker, concrete here, you can see a fabrication of church steeples and buildings. what the germans used to do from the bunkers was actually use chalk and markers to write out the distances of these various landmarks in the landscape around them. this is how they would zero in and use their artillery and weapons to fire on advancing forces. over here in the bunker, we have a map used by the third armor division. so, this particular map was the property of lieutenant dalton cooper who went on to write a memoir about what it was like to fight in tanks. his memory was entitled "death traps." you get an idea of the fast moving advancement that the allied forces were making through tanks a

-- dwight d eisenhower. leslie mcnair, commanding general of all .merican ground forces general omar bradley, commandant of the infantry school, soon to be given a top field command. general henry halleck arnold, commanding army air forces. chief of services of supply with the stupendous task of logistical support for what would finally be an army of many millions deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. england,ireland, .ustralia on bloody guadalcanal, army troops relieved battle scarred and weary marines to continue the fight. united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight, but the capability of fighting a two-front war against great odds on far-flung battle fronts. on the eighth of november, 19 42, american amphibious forces struck the shores of north africa. [explosions] [gunshots] we were, to use an appropriate american phrase, and business -- the business of an all-out fight against powerful aggressors who had reached out to conquer the

army's chief of staff george marshall and general dwight d eisenhower. he examines their tactical decisions to win the war. mr. mills is a military history professor with the u.s. army command. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >> good evening. i'm the public affairs staff here at the kansas city public library and thank you all for being here tonight. it's great to have you. great to have david mills, our speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february but was grounded by bad weather, by winter weather, and we are so happy that he hung with us and so happy to have him here now. this happens to be kind of a happy confluence of kansas city public library programming. it's the latest in our series with the u.s. army command and general staff college in fort leavenworth on marking 75 years since world war ii, but it also comes in the middle of the library's partnership, and it's from january through may with the eisenhower presidential library and founda

a dozen regiments are too much for dwight's 70th new york.hey get a second wind and start screaming "bull run, bull run" as they come out of the ravine. the 70th breaks. the new jersey brigade, what is left of them, breaks. grover's guys start to fall back, little by little shoving the union army back over the road, and you see wainwright's guns in the center. wainwright says this. "i held fire until the head of the column was within 150 yards." three rounds to a gun blew the whole thing away. he is talking about triple canister. now, as we talked about before, some of these guys liked to embellish official reports. at one time i give that quote and everybody went, it is powerful, three rounds to a gun blew it all away. however, the virginians have a different opinion. try this on for size. this is what we call in the history field a pucker factor. [laughter] mr. gruber: salem dutcher from the seventh virginia says, and this should show you how confused and close the combat was, "a terrific roar and a jar as a hot breath of a furnace warned m

some people included omar bradley and dwight eisenhower. ouf however, this was a terrible misjudgement. as we got closer to the german border, basically resistance stiffened. in this german bunker that we're standing in, we learned the story of the battle of forest ash, a brutal, nasty affair that held us up and should have let us know that things were not going swimmingly. you can see a fabrication of the church steep willes and they wo write out the distances of the various landmarks in the landscape around them and this is how they would zero in and use their artillery and weapons to fire on advancing forces. over here in the bunker we have a map used by the third armored division. so this particular map was the property of lieutenant belton cooper that went on to write a memoir about what it was like to fight in tanks. his memoir was titled death traps. and so you get an idea of the terrain & the allied forces were making through tanks, with tanks and through the war up until this point. we were slowing up on the german border at this p

and we have a series of programs running on dwight eisenhower through may. next one of those, in fact, is next wednesday. tonight we focus on eisenhower and george marshall. the army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent, because among others, with ike, you know, he spied george patton. he spied omar bradley and he became one of ike's primary mentors as the army chief of staff from 1939 to 1945. marshall of course went on to become the secretary of state and win a noble peace prize. david mills assistant of military history and has phd in history from north dakota state university and the distinction of being the first person to earn a doctorate in history from the school in 2009. he spoke at the library two years ago on operation snow bound. about the mammoth federal response to the blizzard of 1949 which stretched from kansas into the canadian border. we're so pleased to have david back tonight. please welcome david mills. [ applause ] >> well thanks everybody for coming out tonight. as steve mentioned i

tonight beginning at 8:00 programs on dwight d. eisenhower.anniversary of the end of world war ii and eisenhower is being remembered as supreme alliesed commander. editor of the papers of dwight eisenhower talks about the leadership style from the west point cadet to president of the united states. american history tv, now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial before this class. >> a deepest cause where we find the tree meaning of the revolution was in the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and we're also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their stude

tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern, programs on dwight d. eisenhower. marks the anniversary of the end of world war ii, and dwight eisenhower is being remembered as supreme commander. dwight david eisenhower talks about the evolution of ike's leadership style from west point cadet to president of the united states. american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for "lectures in history." >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial, before this class. >>> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >>> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussio

special skills résumé, and dwight schrute trivia.eady to face any challenges that might be foolish enough to face me. how would i describe myself? three words: hardworking, alpha male, jackhammer. merciless. insatiable. there's nothing on my horizon except everything. everything is on my horizon. i got this job to make some money while i continue my employment search. and, uh... it's fine for the time being. oops. break's over. big turkey. (andy's cell phone) ♪ twiddley diddley dee ♪ twiddley dee, dee-dee ♪ ♪ twiddley diddley dee ♪ twiddley dee, dee-dee ♪ ♪ he rocks in the treetops all the day long ♪ ♪ hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singing this song ♪ ♪ all the little birds is that you singing? all four parts. recorded it on my computer. it took me forever. ♪ tweet-tweet, rockin' robin ♪ nice job. thank you muchly. ♪ tweet-tweet tweet ♪ go rockin' robin ♪ boy, you're really gonna rock tonight ♪ ♪ buhm buhm buhm buhm buhm-buhm ♪ ♪ boda pah ♪ every little swallow you gonna answer it? ♪ every little bird ♪ [chuckles] i called it myself. i

when americans looked at dwight eisenhower -- i love this picture of ike. this is 1946. it's after the war. he's chief of staff. he's in hawaii. what's one word that comes to mind? maybe there are many. he's confident. he's relaxed. the word that comes to mind is winner. this guy is a winner. that's what americans saw when they looked at eisenhower. they saw a man playing football at army and then running the second world war and winning, liberating europe. being the first commander of nato. he never really looked like he was trying all that hard. the guy was a winner. people loved being around him. his optimism, his personal quality. one of the things that struck me was the reports about his personal physical charisma. he had enormous charisma. he was one of these guys that every head in the room turned and said there he is. it's total star power. he was very forward. carried himself like the athlete he was. people loved his persona. that's a big part of his early political magic, if you will. another reason for his appeal surely was his authenticity. ike knew where he

. >>> before dwight eisenhower became president, he was an army general. up next, historian david mills discusses the partnership he had with u.s. army chief of staff george marshall during world war ii. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >>> good evening. >> good evening. great to have you, great to have david mill as our speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february, but was grounded bye-bye bad weather. kansas city library programming, it's the latest in our series with the u.s. army command of general staff in ft. leavenworth. but it also comes in the middle of the library's partnership from january through may with the eisenhower presidential library and foundation in abilene. and it's on the dwight eisenhower exhibit that's up on the second floor gallery. we had a series of programs running on dwight eisenhower. the next one is next wednesday. tonight we focus on icen how are and george marshall. the army chief of staff who targeted ike for advan

army's chief of staff george marshall and general dwight d eisenhower. he examines their tactical decisions to win the war. mr. mills is a military history professor with the u.s. army command. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >> good evening. i'm the public affairs staff here at the kansas city public library and thank you all for being here tonight. it's great to have you. great to have david mills, our speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february but was grounded by bad weather, by winter weather, and we are so happy that he hung with us and

that was the day dwight collapsed. >> my honey is back. i can embrace him and squeeze him and hold him, knowing he is going to be all right. >> be thankful for every day you take for granted. >> so glad they are back together. the first thing they are going to do once they are home is pray for each other. the separation felt like a lifetime for them and they are high school sweethearts, now married 40 years. that is amazing. >>> speaking of high school, we are honoring the class of 2020. a we are giving special shout outs all month long. up first, kayla is graduating as an honor student in san jose. she played basketball. and then she is a listing in the marines. best of luck to you. we are also looking at cassidy. she is graduating from nevada high school. it was no easy task. her grandmother said she grew up in shelters and worked full- time to support herself and got into all 11 colleges to apply for. congratulations, cassidy. keep sharing your photos with us. email us or use the hashtag kpix and include their name, where they are going

i was a kid back there, but my parents sure remember dwight eisenhow eisenhower.i always thought he was one of the cool ones. >> cool is not a word they often associated. great maybe but -- >> we're going to open this up to question and answer. we have microphones in the aisle, or coming around to you. and just catch the young ladies eyes when you're ready to ask a question. i want to start out, will, by asking you, ieisenhower's son, john, said the worst time in his preside presidency was late 1957, when weeks after he had sent federal troops into little rock, just two weeks later, sputnik was launched. and then a few weeks after that, eisenhower is in the oval office, waiting to greet a king and gets woozy and dizzy and cold and numb, and can't call his secretary. he was having a stroke. his health at that moment. and that was after his big heart attack. >> it was, a couple of years later. >> how did dwight david eisenhower handle the multitasking of things which today is considered part of the -- how did he, as a person, handle that kind of onslaught of unexpec

dwight schrute (voiceover): for the inaugural sabre store. schrute, am in charge of the entire operation. if i can prove myself today and the store is a hit with the media and nellie sees this, the vice-presidency is mine. hey, are you holding this chair? because i feel like i'm going to fall off. yes. yes. i'm not wearing the right shoes for this. ok. we went over this. ok? your tiny fingers make the best knots. hey, strangers. so stoked for the sabre store opening. hey. my name's tabitha. i'm camped out in front of the sabre store so i can be first in line for the new pyramid. psst. it's me, erin. dwight had me pretend to be a hipster to create hype. and it's working. there's already people camped out behind me. [theme music] nellie bertram: test launch day, people. now, i would like to fill you in on a little secret about me to inspire you today. now i know you probably all think i'm this patrician goddess. but here's the truth. i was born in the little working class town of basildon. and until the age of 32, (chav accent) i talked like th

david: thank you so much, congressman dwight evans, democrat of pennsylvania.es it for the first hour of balance of power. we will continue on the radio, speaking with the former head of the cdc's immunization program, talking about the moderna vaccine. i'm david westin. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 6:00 p.m. in london, and 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i'm vonnie quinn. welcome to bloomberg markets. here are the top stories we are following from around the world. stocks are searching today with the s&p 500 up more than 3% now. the index on track for his best game in a month. coming on the heels of some encouraging news in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. saying anch moderna experimental vaccine showed promising signs and a small human trial. 24% now.e up more than a rebound in the oil markets, crude extending its rally as chinese demand bounces back. let's get into the markets. the s&p 500 up 86 points. 2950. that is a gain of 3%.

i lived with dwight eisenhower metaphorically for 15 years. he was an extraordinary capable leader.neral. his primary job was to hold together this coalition of more than 50 countries and what franklin roosevelt called the united nations. eisenhower was brilliant at holding together that coalition. against all of the forces that tried to pull apart every coalition, every wartime coalition. eisenhower's laurels of the end of the war, he showed himself to be a capable allied commander. his was worthof at least in army corps in morale terms. towas earned when you get may, 1944. watch it here on american history tv. watching c-span's daily unfiltered coverage of the government's response of the pandemic with briefings from the white house. congress, and governors from across the country. plus, join in the conversation on our live call-in program, washington journal. if you missed any of our live coverage watch any time on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. memorial day on american history tv, we feature 24 hours of military history from the civil war to vietnam. tors,able discussions, fi

. >> that man was dwight clark who impressed walsh at a workout for his college teammate steep fuller>> he introduced himself and he said he was looking for steve fuller and then he asked me who i was and i told him. he said did you play wide receiver? i said yeah, i did. he said, would you mind coming and running routes while stevethrosis? >> two years later dwight paid according to the howell family: auntie jenn's friend and her son can live with them as long as they want. according to the census: it doesn't matter if you're related or not. shape your future. start here. complete the census at 2020census.gov 16. (laughter) how many pints of iced tea are left in the pitcher? times... ten... so, wait... (errhhhhh) do you want to show us the continents on the... no. it is not going good. my mom is getting stressed out. (speaks hebrew) mos tid. i, i'm, like... woooo... (screams) (sighs heavily) so, starting just quickly by breathing in... i never thought i'd say this, but i kind of miss school! the teachers, i mean, y'all are gifted people! i thank you so much for what you're doing. the

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(dwight) yes. michael. oscar is out sick. on a friday?ringing] can i do some of the talking? i will do the talking. okay, let him know that i'm here though. (oscar) [on phone] hello? what diffhello? does it make whether you're here? hi, oscar, it's michael. and dwight. yeah, um, heard you were under the weather. (oscar) yeah, i think i came down with the flu. really. oh, that is a shame. you know, it's cleaning day here today. could've used some of that famous hispanic cleaning ethic. (oscar) yeah, i feel terrible about it. ask for his symptoms-- i'm on webmd. what are your symptoms? (oscar) i have the chills, i'm feeling nauseous, and my head's killing. checks out. (oscar) michael, is there anything you need from me? i would like to go back to bed. i need you to go to bed. i need you to get better. see you monday, unless you're still sick. so, have a great long weekend. (oscar) i'll just be sleep-- okay, first impressions. he sounded sick. which is exactly how you'd want to sound if you wanted someone to think you were sick. that's exact

dwight pitcaithley is a former national park service chief historian and editor of "the u.s. constitution and secession." up next, he offers an analysis of the 67 constitutional amendments considered by congress right before the outbreak of the the civil war that sought to address the secession crisis. the ulysses s. grant national historic site in st. louis posted this talk. >> so, to introduce dr. dwight pitcaithley -- he is kind he worked for the national park service for 30 years. the last 10 years, he was the chief historian of the national park service. kind of a rock star for us. [laughter] nick: so since he retired, he teaches at new mexico state university, teaches about history and civil war history and he had a book that came out this week, "the u.s. constitution and secession." it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce you to dr. dwight pitcaithley. dr. pitcaithley: he promised he was not going to include the rockstar part. best laid plans. thank you for coming tonight. thanks to nick that wonderful introduction and thanks to the grant site for hosting thi

dwight eisenhower was still president. richard nixon was vice president. john kennedy was still a junior senator from massachusetts. castro came to deliver a speech to some newspaper editors, but the visit was something like an invasion in its own right, a charm offensive. he and his bearded ent raourage arrived in washington with cuban cigars and cases of cuban rum and castro spent most of his visit hugging, smiling and saying the right things. some americans, including some in the eisenhower administration, including dwight eisenhower himself had serious concerns about eisenhower, maybe he was a communist in the making. but many found him to be quite charming and certainly charismatic. after a few days, castro took a train to new york city. from the moment he arrived at penn station where he was greeted by 20,000 people, he had a grand old-time. he went to the top of the empire state building, he shook hands with jackie robinson, he went down to city hall, went up to columbia university. having less fun in new york were the policemen who were assigned to

general dwiegt general dwight d. eisenhower.eral leslie mcmayor, commander general of all american ground forces. general omar bradley commandant of the infantry school soon to be given a top field command. general henry hap arnold, commanding air armed forces. the general moved up to the chief of services of supply with for what would finally be an army of many millions deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north ireland, england, australia, and army troops relieved battle scarred and weary marines who continued the fight for the solomon islands. the united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight but a capability of fighting a two-front war against great odds on far-flung battlefronts half a world apart. on the 8th of november, 1942, american amphibious forces struck the shores of north africa. we were to use an appropriate american phrase, in business. the business of an all out fight against powerful aggressors who had reached out to conquer the world. we

general dwight d.ting momentous plans with the allied combined staff in the european theater of operations. general lesley mcnair, commanding general of all american ground forces. general omar bradley, commandant of the infantry school, soon to be given a top field command. general henry "hap" arnold, commanding army air forces. general brian summervale, moved up to the chief of the services of supply with the stupendous task of logistical support for what would finally be an army of many millions deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north ireland, england, australia, on bloody guatal canal, army troops relieved battle-scarred and weary marines who continued the fight for the solomon islands. the united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight, but the capability of fighting a two-front war against great odds on far-flung battlefronts half a world apart. ♪ >> on the eighth of november 1942, american amphibious forces struck the sh

two days after general mark prats's fifth army captured the eternal city, dwight d. eisenhower's envision forces hit the normandie beaches in a massive am amphibious assault. despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. our seventh army

enlist their support by what would appear to of ye ike,e,ik ike ♪tion asere ♪ >> reporter: by the time dwightr decided to run in 1952, his republican backers convinced ike to try his new hand at this new medium television. >> he agreed to participate in a campaign, isenhour answers america. and they're completely staged, but he went into a studio and off of cue cards he read these answers to americans' questions. >> what party put prices up? >> and days later the advertising agency picked up people who were waiting in line for tickets at radio city music hall, brought them in and had them read t swers are cut toget. >> general, the democrats are telling me i never had it so good. >> can that be true when america is billions in debts, when prices are double and break our backs? >> isenhour says, no, it's time foray change. >> it's time for a change. >> reporter: crude, but effective. he won. >> i do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: and would become the first president to hold a televised press conference. >> we're trying a new experiment this morning. i hope it doesn't prove to be a disturbing i

tonight programs on dwight d. eisenhower. this year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, and dwight eisenhower is being remembered as supreme allied commander. the editor of the papers of dwight david eisenhower talks about the evolution of ike's leadership style from west point cadet to president of the united states. american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is? raise your hand if you heard of this murder trial before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we'll talk about both sides of the story. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics fr

i‘m not asking for dwight to be released permanently, do you understand?he conditions in prison make it impossible for him to shield safely, and he is appealing the decision on health grounds. it is life—threatening because the conditions that he is under now without having much exercise means that his circulation is reduced. the stress levels now, mentally and physically, will affect his body. so he might have not severe crises, but more frequent crises. more than 4.000 prisoners have been identified as eligible for temporary release because of the coronavirus outbreak. but only seven have been, on the grounds that they are extremely vulnerable. i‘ve spoken to a number of other families of prisoners who have applied for temporary release on health grounds. many of them say they haven‘t even had a response yet, and their families are concerned that every extra day they spend in prison puts their lives at risk. i think that it‘s even more important that these initial decisions, whether it‘s a yes or no, the initial determination is given within a matter of

two days after general mark clark's capture, general dwight the eisenhower's invasion forces hit the normandy beaches and a massive amphibious assault. despite bitter german resistance, we built up and i'm enormous beach head and finally broke through. our seventh army commanded by general alexander patch landed in southern france and pushed northward along the roman river valley. ten days later, paris was liberated. in italy, the fifth army crossed the river and swept on towards bologna. in the pacific, general mcarthur's forces made a giant amphibious leap that put them within 300 miles of the philippines. general stillwell was making progress in burma with his mixed command of handpicked american infantrymen and british and chinese units. the tide of war was turning against the aggressors with a vengeance. just 97 days after the first army had led the assault on omaha beach, it had driven 500 miles inland and crossed the german border. the battle for france was nearing its end. the battle for germany was about to begin. . the immensity of global war. as it occurred at the height o

general dwight d.enhower was coordinating momentous plans with the combined allied staff of the europeans. general leslie mcnair, commanding general of all american ground forces. general omar bradley, commandant of the infantry school, soon to be given a top field command. general henry "hap" arnold, commanding army air forces. john c.h. lee, chief of services of supply with the stupendous task of logistical support for what would finally be an army of many millions deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north ireland, england, australia. on bloody guadalcanal, army troops relieved battle scarred and weary marines to continue the fight. united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight, but the capability of fighting a two-front war against great odds on far-flung battle fronts. on the eighth of november, 1942, american amphibious forces struck the shores of north africa. [explosions] [gunshots] we were, to use an appropriate american

but the points down the general dwight eisenhower.nd in retrospect, what a fantastic appointment that was, because the president, unlike some other presidents we could name, believed in coalition, believed that you couldn't just when a modern war on your own. not even hitler could do that. so, the remarkable thing about the president is that he not only saved d-day, but he appoints the man who commanded. the supreme commander. and it doesn't just send him a table or telegram from cairo, he gets on his plane, which was wonderfully nicknamed the sacred cow, and flies to see eisenhower in person and explained to him why he's chosen him and what ina dangerous evil face, not only across but also from ten downing street where there is a magnificent minister who is one of the great debaters and arguers of all time. so the president spent several days with eisenhower, takes eisenhower on board the sacred cow, they fly to sicily, and in sicily when they land, he awards the distinguished service medal to general mark clark for his bravery at sa

take a look. 63-year-old dwight patterson and his wife ruth had been separated for the past six weeks he was fighting his battle on a ventilator in a kansas icu. ruth knows exactly what that is like she had just returned from a month long hospital stay the day dwight collapsed. >> my honey is back. i can embrace him and squeeze him and hold him and know that he is going to be all right. >> we need to be thankful for everything we take for granted. >> is a the first thing they are going to do once they are home is pray for each other. the separation felt like a lifetime for them and they are high school sweethearts and they have been married 40 years. we are so glad they are reunited. >>> speaking of high school, we are honoring the class of 2020.? we are doing special shout outs. up first, caleb is graduating as an honor student from independence high school in san jose, where he played basketball four years. his family says he is enlisting in the marines. >>> we also sang congrats to cassidy newman. she is graduating from high school here. she grew up in shelters and works full-time

dwight eisenhower has gone up. a theory had been emerging about his hidden hand presidency. he went from ninth ranked up to fifth-place today. bill clinton came in at 21 when we first surveyed, on the heels of his impeachment process. he then on the second survey, he went to the 15th spot and remains there today. and this is interesting. ulysses asked grant moving up 11 spots from 33 to 22. and again, when we look at the big biographies that have come out and change public perspective on these presidents, that is some of the reasoning behind it, because historians are subjected to the changing society we are in and so grant benefited from that. so who are the top five? dwight eisenhower, as i mentioned, theodore roosevelt -- this will look like mount rushmore. [laughter] franklin roosevelt, george washington, and guess who is number one? abraham lincoln. earning a 903 out of a possible 1000 perfect score. not surprising, everyone who does presidential rankings, abraham lincoln generally comes in the top. far and above. so who were the bottom five? [laughter] john tyler, son

and back in the bronx in 1986 the reclamation of dwight goodman was complete. >> he makes the catch, no hitter for dwight goodman. >> after a two-year absence and a drug suspension he pitched the only no hitter of his 16 year career. that's this day in sports.i am joe fonzi. >> thank goodness we have joe fonzi digging up all this material. is still strange to see willie mays and that mets uniform. back to you. >> it's all good stuff to see. we need that. thank you. thank you for joining us tonight. we will be back tonight at 10:00. the news continues on ktvu fox 2 news plus. sheldon, it's not a great time! what do you want? hello to you, too. i'm sorry, but this is important. what is it? back to the future ii was in the back to the future iii case... and back to the future iii was-- get this-- in the back to the future ii case. so? so, did you do that, or am i in the house with an intruder? sheldon, i got to go inside. it's getting rough out here. you're dodging the question; i knew it was you. (deep rumbling growl) what was that? what was what? this isn't ve good connection, but it

that maybe dwight killed my cat. hmm. when i got home,