>> dwight refused. says she endured eight years of escalating hostility and verbal abuse before telling dwight she wanted a divorce. >> and he laid on the floor for three days crying and said that it was his mental illness, that he loved me, that he didn't want to lose me, and that he would do whatever he needed to do. >> so connie stayed, and in 1997 she gave birth to a son. >> after the child was born, he actually seemed to be better. >> being a father was good for him? >> it was. it did seem to give him a purpose. >> dwight watched their child during the day, but connie says he still left most of the care giving to her, and soon enough, connie says dwight's emotional abuse worsened. he became obsessive and controlling. >> after i had my son, i thought it was my obligation to try to make this work. i mean, i really did not see myself in life as a divorced person. >> but how do you make things work when you have no idea who's coming home at night? >> the garage door would open, and we didn't know what

no wonder that dwight d. am from abilene. in closing, i take you back to the moment just before eisenhower address. he asked the crowd for the privilege of offering a prayer of his own. i share some of that with you now. almighty god give us as we pray the power to discern clearly right from wrong and allow all of our words and actions to be governed there by. by the laws of this land especially we pray that our concern shall be for all people regardless of station, race, or calling. may cooperation be permitted and be the mutual aim of those under the concepts of our constitution, different political face, so we all may work for the good of our country and glory. amen. may the united states of america mean something more to each of us because of eisenhower's legacy and reflections at this memorial. thank you. >> announcer: please welcome former secretary of state and national security adviser condoleezza rice. >> hello. i'm so grateful to have this opportunity to participate, even if virtually, in the long o

dwight d.enhower memorial. for everyone's health and safety, please exercise safe social distancing and ensure that your masks remain on when you are not eating or drinking. to begin our program, we're honored to be joined by the soldiers of the 101st airborne division as they were with general eisenhower the night before d day, to present tonight's colors. they will be accompanied by the president's own u.s. marine band. the national anthem will be performed by voices of service who will then be followed by kansas' own rachel mast who will honor our flag with her rendition of the pledge of allegiance. please rise for the presentation of colors and please remain standing for the national anthem and the pledge of allegiance. ♪ ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare

in september, the dwight d. eisenhower memorial was dedicated to the nation's 34th president, whose world war ii leadership and two-term presidency are remembered at a site just off the national mall and at the base of capitol hill. among those intend, it's memorial designer frank garry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, family members david and susan eisenhower and eisenhower memorial commission chair sen. pat roberts. for health and safety reasons, a portion of the event was held by video conference. [bugle] >> [inaudible] love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the welfare of others, and conviction that each individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. it is the firm duty of each of our free citizens to place the cause of his country before himself. we must be ready to give out to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the weak or timid. we must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required

dwight is a police officer.oes into building a case, and that's not a step that you skip. dan nash had specifically asked for that test to be done. >> so by now dwight was looking carefully at dan nash. he talked to a retired judge. >> and he made it very clear that he had a lot of problems with mr. nash's reputation for truth and honesty under oath, and from there we started interviewing former prosecutors, and the number of former court personnel who expressed concerns about his reputation for truth and veracity. >> remember how at the trial nash was presented as a blood spatter expert? he wasn't. in fact, nash had not even taken a basic blood stain analysis class when he investigated lisa's death. he took a 40-hour course the following year, but was still not an expert when he testified at trial. dwight sought out the best in the field. >> i found two of the world's most renowned blood spatter experts. >> he sent the crime scene photos to both of them. >> and they both independently came to the same conclusio

dwight schrute: excuse me?course i will go. it's just i have a personal training session. dwight schrute: ok, that's stop. oscar martinez: i get red dirt. nobody is getting red dirt. i should have kept my mouth shut. we're not even that close. i've only known dwight 12 years. 12 years?

. >> authorized by congress in 1999 the dwight d. eisenhower memorial occupies a four acre park near the u.s. capitol, across the street from the smithsonian's national air and space museum. up next a 30-minute tour of the new memorial. we talked to philip kennicott to learn about the debates over the design and to hear his thoughts on the architect and the completed work. >> hi, i'm victoria tigwell. i'm the deputy executive director of the eisenhower memorial commission. and we're here tonight in washington, d.c. at the northwest corner of the new presidential memorial for dwight d. eisenhower. but this story starts about a thousand miles west of washington, d.c. in abilene, kansas. and while eisenhower was born in dennison, texas, his family moved back to abilene, kansas when he was just a toddler. he stayed there through high school. i want to direct your view over here to this speech that is inscribed on this wall in the northwest corner of the memorial. when world war ii ended eisenhower came home to abilene and was given a her

i want to say that some of the decisions that torn is making is dwighting the taxi industry rather than uniting us. the problem is the exclusion of the classification of the airport is dividing us and not going to make the purchase medallion holders richer. the numbers don't lay it out. the number of trips have gone up and the number of short trips have gone up at the airport. it is not a good decision. it is going to continue to divide drivers among ourselves and now we are getting publicity there will be a shortage of cabs at the airport which is not the truth. i urge you to get involved in order to help with the purchase medallion holders. there has got to be loan relief. there were 49 foreclosures over the last self-months and there will be more they were waiting to see if it passed to see if they can continue to drive. i urge you to please get involved. we are trying to help provide financial leap for the purchase medallion holders. thank you very much. >> next caller, please. >> welcome, caller. i understand we have two listeners. if they are both silent that might end public comm

dwight! just shut up, phyllis. get outta here. (stanley) what are you doing?arket up by dunmore high school. 20 bucks for the whole spool. crazy. what a deal. oh, he'll be fine.

easen hour in 1952. -- dwight eisenhower in 1952. we will never forget spetch and the global war on terrorism. our sympathy for the family of the visionary business leader arthur brown jr. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate national adoption month. along with national adoption day on november 21. this recognition aims to increase awareness for the 122,000 foster children in america awaiting adoption and to celebrate the children and families brought together through the adoption process. i want to honor the numerous organizations and individuals throughout the first congressional district that offer vital assistance to the children in the foster care system. their efforts to help adoptive children and provide resource force young daults aging out of the system go a long way in ensuring the safety and well-being of this vull initial population. their tireless efforts and exappings for others formed the back bone of

that is congressman dwight evans of pennsylvania.kers contribute to the outcome of this election, and what doesn't mean for workers now that it is over? we ask richard trumka of the afl-cio. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. a key part of the democratic strategy for this election was rebuilding the so-called blue wall across the rust belt. it appears to have accomplished that task with wisconsin and michigan going for joe biden, and pennsylvania headed -- apparently headed in that direction. we welcome someone who was committed to have the midwest workers turn out and vote joe biden. is the president of the afl-cio, representing 12 million workers. too simplistic to say that you got the blue wall backup? richard: member support for biden grew over all, and in specific states, and savino, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada. in the battleground states, union members made the difference. support data was about the same,

in 1946 again we had general dwight eisenhower was our muster speaker and he did the muster here in 1946. >> tradition is such a broad true traditions will point you back to your core values. some of the biggest traditions they have started as corps traditions and has evolved -- and developed. some of those include the 12 men. in 1922, a former football athlete during the postseason, he transitioned into basketball. during the first half of a game, they realized they had so many injuries that they did not know if they could feel the full team. so they brought him out of the stands and orders satisfy the requirement. she did not actually play but it was the idea that i will be ready to serve my community, serve my team, and my school in whatever capacity they need. that is where we get the 12 men. what we found is that the 12 man is not just in athletics and being ready to participate, but across the community it is about selfless service. how can you be of service to someone else? my first week here, i had no idea where my classes were. a girl took the time to take me all the way across

. >> in california, a distinguished core room, dwight d eisenhower, president of the united states of america. [applause] >> this happy occasion, a tradition which began with the other roosevelt, they have addressed this audience but tonight we will, man whom history will record among world leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] >> i have in mind the rapid succession of communists aggression his millions of people were involved behind far-reaching iron curtain. the stalemate in korea, a rampaging inflation in the homeland, the traveling motors of our free enterprise economy. here is the land framed in war who will be acclaimed by different generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] >> and more is our presence who we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] ♪ >> welcome. i'm george hammond, chair of the humanities forum. along with the staff, putting together these online programs, doesn't since the covid-19 crisis began. i'm glad to introduce susan eisenhower, granddaughter of president eisenhower it has written a great book, "how ike led:

, who had serious concerns about dwight eisenhower, mainly that he was a communist in the making.nd he found him to be charming and charismatic. after a few days in washington, he went 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, shook hands with jackie robinson, went to city hall, columbia university. having less fun where the policeman in new york city, assigned to protect him because there were these fascination plots surrounding castro, and these were reported in the press every day. none turned out to be real, but the press did not know that. castro was impossible to protect. he would throw himself into crowds, hugging and kissing people with no concern for safety. on the way, one afternoon, he decided to go to the bronx zoo. the press followed, federal agents, new york city police followed, and castro did what everybody does at the zoo, he ate a hot dog, fed peanuts to the elephants, rode a train, and before anybody could stop him, he climbed over

they felt same after dwight eisenhower became president in 1953.en one of the most powerful people in the world for about 20 years. and gerald ford coming in -- and after richard nixon's resignation saying our long national nightmare is over. a lot of people said how wonderful it is we got someone who knows how to operate in government and knows how to bring the country together. i think sometimes, brian, historians give too much credit to presidents who wage wars and do things that are dramatic and not enough credit to people like lyndon johnson in '63 or dwight eisenhower or gerald ford who healed the nation after the kind of traumas we have seen during the last four years. >> michael beschloss, always a pleasure. thanks for the context and perspective you offer on this day. >>> my friend joy reid takes over at the top of the next hour. remember, joe biden speaks 8:00 this evening. i'll be back with you 9:00 to 11:00 eastern time following his remarks. our live coverage continues. er ? next time try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. the world's

. >> from california welcomes to it a distinguished forum dwight d eisenhower, president of the united states of america. [applause] yermak. [cheering] this occasion reserves unbroken tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. the great and the new great have addressed this audience. but tonight, we welcome the man who history will record among world leaders in the hour of our greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid succession of communist aggression and millions of people were involved behind the far-reaching iron curtain. i have in mind the stalemate of fertility in korea, the rampaging inflation in our homelands. which was eating up the savings, and traveling the enterprise economy. then is the man, will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] [applause] and more, he is our president only love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪'s direct welcome too the commonwealth quoth i'm george amateur of the humanities for much put together today's program. along with the staff at the commonwealth club

i have not mentioned dwight eisenhower. he is a better president. he was not a man as historians would tell you of many words. he was not one of the greater communicators, but he did have some vision. it's because of eisenhower that we have the interstate road system that we have. so i don't know that i, you know, i would put him as one of the more successful presidents. but the other things that we might consider with these less than successful presidents is that they were not prague gna n enough to make the deals to really, really lead. so as we look at all of these i think you can see certain elements in every president, even those who we would call failures, had some of these qualities, probably not in great amount, but perhaps there was a part of him that was pragmatic. but the people that we remember are those with all of the characteristics that was mentioned. are there any questions? oreg otherwise i'm going to tell you about presidential campaigns, but any questions? >> you said that president wilson passed social justice legislation while

i haven't mentioned dwight eisenhower. he was one of the better presidents. he was not a man has historians would tell you have many words. it was not one of the greater communicators. but, he did have some vision. it's because of eisenhower that we have the interstate road system that we have. i don't know i would put him as one of the more successful presidents. the other things that we might consider with these less than successful presidents is that they were not pragmatic enough to make the deals. that needed to bring the country in. they lacked the charisma and character to really lead. so as we look at qualities, i think we could see certain elements in every president even those who we would call failures had some of these qualities. probably not in great amount, but perhaps there was a part of harding that was pragmatic. perhaps coolidge did have some ability to have people trust in him. the people that we remember, are those that have had all of the characteristics that professor dallick mentioned. are there any questions? otherwise i'm a tell you a

thank you, dwight evans, for speaking today, and for all of you, all you do to fight for the people ofhiladelphia every day in congress. i want to say thank you to bishop hunter, reverend mark tyler, state representative morgan -- where is morgan? thank you for being here. and bishop lewis felton. i want to thank sharon baptist church choir. aren't they great? [honking] mr. biden: one of the things i most enjoyed about being back on the campaign trail was meeting with black faith leaders around the country. the churches i get to go to during the primaries and over 400 black leaders, church leaders, supporting us. almost every sunday, i get inspired. i go to mass early in the morning, then i go to the black church to get some hope and invigoration. i talked to people and hear what is on their minds, pray with them, and guess what? it was renewing. it was not about me, but our entire family. jill would be with me and my grandkids, one of my grandkids is with me today, a senior in college. i thought a lot about this campaign, it has been unlike any campaign in history. there is one thing

using eisenhower examines her grandfather dwight eisenhower's leadership style and the important decisions he made during his presidency and then a second lady lynn cheney chronicles the leadership of four of the first five presidents who hailed from virginia, washington, jefferson, madison and monroe and later historian aj bain account the 1944 presidential election. what's tonight: 30 eastern and enjoyable tv this weekend every week on c-span2. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors . c-span2: created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you by yourtelevision provider . >> tomorrow is election day, november 3. stay with us to learn who is selected to lead the country as president and which parties will control congress. life coverage starts at 9 pm eastern andcontinues through the washington journal at 7 am eastern . join the conversation, share your experiences as the results come in and hear from the candidates. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio at. your plac

. >> reporter: it predicted the night's winner, general dwight d. eisenhower. speaking that night before, add lee stevenson, resoundedly defeated, gave the first nationally televised concession speech in american history. >> it is american to fight hard for an election. it is equally traditional to close rent as soon as the people have spoken. >> he's got that understanding of his responsibility and setting a tone, i think, that becomes an example for all the people who concede after. >> senator obama and i have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. >> those same things you hear throughout -- >> we have fought the good fight. >> -- we fought hard, we've come to an end, we accept this result, we will work together. >> and once this decision is made, we unite behind the man who gets elected. >> reporter: but not every election night has a concession speech. >> bulletin, senior gore aide confirms gore withdraws concession. that's bulletin material with a capital b. >> reporter: some elections don't even end on election night. >> about ten minutes a

. >> california welcomes to its distinguished forum dwight dwig. eisenhower, president of the united states of america. [applause] this occasion -- [inaudible] a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. the great and the new great have addressed this audience, but tonight we welcome a man whom history will record as renowned among world leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] i had in mind the rapid secession communist aggression as millions of people were involved behind the far-reaching iron curtain. ivan mine the stalemate of korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings, and traveling our free enterprise economy. here then is the man trained in war, who will be unclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to t common with clifford on george hammond, chair of the communities from ich put together today's program, along with the staff at theo

thank you for all you do to get out the vote and thank you congressman dwight evans and for all of youl you do to fight for the people of philadelphia and every single day in congress. i would like to thank reverend .ike tyler where is morgan? thank you for being here. felton, sharon baptist church choir, aren't they great? enjoyedhe things i most about being back on the campaign trail was meeting with the black faith leaders all around the country, the churches i get to go to during the primaries and over 400 black church leaders supporting us. every sunday i would get to sit supported.and get i would go to church early in the morning -- i talk to people here about what is on their minds, pray with them. it was renewing. it was not about me, but our entire family. with mey grandkids is here who is a senior at philadelphia college. this campaign has been unlike any campaign in history. there is one thing that remains the same -- we have to earn our democracy. we have to get out and vote. as my late friend john lewis reminded us, freedom is not a state. it is an act. have to defend it.

by the commonwealth club susan eisenhower talked about the life and leadership of her grandfather dwight eisenhower. >> eisenhower was very conscious of what it would be to be a diminished president. we have to remember that president wilson , there was almost a scandal that people in the country know how ill that president was so i was determined not just for himself but for the country and after he had 33 only houses during his presidency and after each one of them he would give himself an arduous test like a round the world trip or a trip to europe that required lots of immunity and lots of stress and he told his own advisors if i don't perform at top level, you have to tell me becausethen i'll resign . in any case, that never happened. he became actually rather adroit at managing his time, managing his stress and generally positioning himself to get through his second term. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website booktv.org and look for author stephen eisenhower's book how i lead. >> book tv c-span2 has top nine fiction books and authors every weekend. today at 1 pm ea

. >> california welcomes to its distinguished forum dwight d eisenhower,president of the united states of america . [applause] this happy occasion preserves unbroken, a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. the great and the near great have addressed this audience. and tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as preeminent among world leaders in our of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid ascension of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped the hide of far-reaching iron curtain . i have in mind the stalemate of futility in korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the many and troubling thevoters of our free enterprise economy . here then is the man trained in war who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundation of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with adeep and abiding affection . [applause] [music] >> welcome to the commonwealth club, i'm george hammond chair of the humanities forum that put together today's program along with

the mandaberg family, we have a picture there of dwight billy hobbs. his first name is dwight. everyone called him billy. he was a guy who just loved aviation. his sister, nancy, said billy was born to fly. as a kid, he made planes out of balsa wood. that may be before your time. i don't know. i used to love playing with those things. he would make aircraft out of anything. a nearby airfield, he would run out to watch the planes land, or especially when barnstormers were coming through town in kokomo, indiana. so, everything about him was, "i want to fly." i love the excitement and the thrill, so that was what billy hobbs is all about. then i contacted the mandaberg family. you have a photo there of eugene manda berg -- mandaberg. and he was quite opposite from billy. whereas billy was all excitement and action, he had a good time dating girls and things like that. eugene was someone you called eugene. you didn't say hey, gene -- it was eugene. serious, studious, he loved reading books. he wanted to be a writer. he was. he wrote some columns for the michigan daily paper, on the

the manda burg family, we have a picture there of dwight billy hobbs. first name was dwight. everyone called him billy and he was a guy who just loved aviation. his sister nancy said billy was born to fly. as a kid he made those planes out of balsa wood, jeremy, that may be before your time but i used to love playing with those things. he'd make aircraft out of anything. a nearby airfield, he would run out to watch the planes land or especially when barn stormers were coming through town in kokomo, indiana. he just always -- everything about him was, hey, i want to fly. i love the excitement, the thrill. and so that was what billy hobbs was all about. then i contacted the mandeberg family, and you have a photo there of eugene mandeberg and he was quite opposite from billy. billy was all excitement, action. you know, he had a good time, dating girls and things like that. eugene, he was someone who, you know, you called you yeeeugene, didn't say, hey, gene, come over here, it was eugene. it was serious. studious. he loved reading books. he wanted to be a writer. and, in fact, w

commonwealth club of san francisco susan eisenhower discusses the life and leadership of her grandfather, dwights a portion. >> eisenhower was very conscious of what it would be to be a diminished president. we have to member the president wilson, it was really almost a scandal. people in the country did not know how bad the president was. so i was determined to not find himself in that situation for the good of the country. and after he had three illnesses during his presidency, gives a very arduous test. a round the world trip or a trip to europe that required lots of meetings and lots of stress. tells advisors that they don't perform at top level you have to tell me. because then i will resign. in any case, that never happene happened. he became rather adroit at managing his time, managing his stress, and generally positioning himself to get through his second term. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website but tb.org and search for author susan eisenhower or the title of her book, how i can lead. using the box at the top of the page. >> here's what's coming up this evening on bo

. >> reporter: it predicted the night's winner, general dwight d. eisenhower. speaking that night before, add lee stevenson, resoundedly defeated, gave the first nationally televised concession speech in american history. >> it is american to fight hard for an election. it is equally traditional to close rent as soon as the people ha

accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or anytime, dwightg, there were radical differences in the campaign styles of the two major party candidates. humphrey's was hot, nixon's cool. nixon held a wide lead in public opinion polls until late in the campaign. until the closing days of the sureign, his campaign so about the race. he would occasionally look beyond the clouds and into the future. nixon's campaign oratory often had the sweep and dimension of the president's. he dealt largely with accumulated grievances of the american people and plans to avoid the misfortunes of the past. ♪ [applause] mr. nixon: i have also received a very gracious wire from president johnson in texas in which he congratulated me and indicated his desire to be of assistance in the next administration. i, and turn, pledge him my assistance and cooperation in the interim period between now in any wayuguration that may be helpful in bringing the piece to the world that we peace to the world that we all want. [applause] richard nixon had earned his right to be preside

. >>> the first presidential campaign ads aired during the 1952 contest between republican dwight d. eisenhower and democrat adlai stevenson. ads have been essential to every presidential campaign since. here is a look. ♪ ike for president, ike for president ♪ ♪ let's get in step with the guy that's hep, get in step with ike ♪ ♪ everybody likes for ike for president ♪ ♪ you like ike, i like ike, everybody likes ike ♪ ♪ hang out the banner, beat the drum, we'll take ike to washington ♪ow is >> now is the time for all good americans to come to the aid of their country. i am so glad we s again, bob. >>> ike. bob. i'm so glad we're friends again, bob. ike, we agree on everything. >> let's never separate again, bob. >> never again, ike.>> ike >> bob. >> ike. >> bob. >> ike. >> will ike and bob really live happily ever after?or a m is the white house big enough for both of them? stay tuned for a musical interlude. ♪ reuben, i've been thinkin' a'' >>> a joint production of american history tv on c-span3 y and c-span's washington journal. we're pleased to be joined by professor robert mann,

accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time, or anytime, dwightuse] we are going to win. [applause] ♪ beginning, there were radical differences and the two campaign styles of the two different candidates. humphrey's hot. nixon's cool. he wanted to avoid the mistakes that led to his defeat in 1960. ♪ until the closing date of the campaign, nixon seemed to show sure about the race. lookuld occasionally beyond the clouds and into the future. nixon's campaign or terry often had the nixon's campaign oratory -- often had the -- he dealt largely with accumulated grievances of the american people and plans to move forward from the misfortunes of the past. ♪ [applause] richard nixon: i have also received a very gracious wire from johnson in texas in which he congratulated me and indicated his desire to be of assistance in the next administration. i in turn pledge my assistance and cooperation in the interim. between now and the operation and any way that may be helpful in bringing the piece to the -- bringing the peace to the world that we all want. [appla

this photos lyndon johnson captures a behind the seam role with five consecutive presidents from dwight eisenhower through gerald ford. here in this photo on the south lawn lodge and johnson must've escaped the oval office undetected, containing their conversation outside away from johnson's taping system. once the press figured out they were on the loose, they quickly work to catch up. it is a theme throughout lodges career. and in the photo, this is the one of the one that appears in the book. he could see a number of familiar faces in the crowd including his son george in the back of the room. and then as you move aright from their secretary of state dean rusk. secretary state mcnamara and vice president hubert humphrey. if you could please advance the next slide. the next one is also something i noticed a lot in the various white house photo collections. for a period of nearly 20 years lodge was often in the room when important decisions were made. while not always in cabinet, he consistently operated at that level or even as a second secretary of state at times. having the actual t

dwight eisenhower at the time of joe mccarthy's effort to suggest wrongly that the government of theilled with hidden communists, eisenhower went to dartmouth in 1953, 1954 gave a commencement speech saying don't join the book burners. we've relied on a president to explain what is going on and to say to conspiracy theorists, you're unamerican, get lost. >> michael, let's say for the purposes of this conversation that joe biden prevails, that in the next 12 to 24 hours he goes up over 270. what would norms dictate that a sitting president would do and say during that period? >> well, what norms would dictate that a president that lost election which doesn't happen that often, less than a dozen times, that you have the sitting president be as helpful as possible. for instance in 1980 jimmy carter was defeated by ronald reagan by about 10 points in 1980. the first thing he did was he called reagan and in pacific palisades in california and he and mrs. reagan were taking showers at the time, they had to be gotten out of the showers to take the president's call. and what is the first thi

dwight evans, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. evans will vote yes on s. 327. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. blumenauer, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. blumenauer will vote yes on s. 327. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on s. 327. as the member designated by mr. pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on s. 327. as the member designated by ms. barragan, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. barragan will vote yes on s. 327. as the member designated by mr. kind, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. kind will vote yes on s. 327. as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on s. 327. as the member designated by mr. cohen, pursuant to house resolutio

the spartans host unlv saturday night for a chance to go 4-0 the first time since dwight eisenhower wasice and the head coach's phone was blowing up after the last win. how many texts did he get? >> 592 from the end of the game to when i sat on the plane. so you're talking about like an hour and 20 minutes. so i haven't even gone through them all st wianto belike a je you know, there's someone out there who is like coach brennan wins a game and he's such a jerk he can't text me back. >>> check out the size of this gator strutting around the golf course in naples, florida. pictures of this beast went viral today and the pro at the course confirmed that is the real deal. i understand tee times are 50% off at that course tom like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. >

the spartans host unlv saturday night for a chance to go 4-0 the first time since dwight eisenhower was in the oval office and the head coach's phone was blowing up after the last win. how many texts did he get? >> 592 from the end of the game to when i sat on the plane. so you're talking about like an hour and 20 minutes. so i haven't even gone through them all to be honest with you and i feel like a jerk because, you know, there's someone out there who is like coach brennan wins a game and he's such a jerk he can't text me back. >>> check out the size of this gator strutting around the golf course in naples, florida. pictures of this beast went viral today and the pro at the course confirmed that is the real deal. i understand tee times are 50% off at that course tom >>> an elderly couple married for 70 years is finally reunited tonight after covid-19 kept them apart. >> it's a real tear jerker moment. take a look. oh, look at that love, a lot of emotion of that was kenneth who turned the corner to meet his wife betty. kenneth who has dementia moved into a care home in birmingham five

he saw the importance of connecting park interpreters with academics and he put together with dwight decay fully, chief historian at the national park service, a program where we brought in david dwight silver, and, nina some other historians whose broughtforget, but we them in and we had these workshops with park interpreters and i will also add that we brought in a young and very bright academic -- peter: no gray hair back then. carmichaeld pete doing workshops with park staff in the morning and then doing public programs and commenting on what we were doing as far as interpretive programs. the whole experience proved to be very eye-opening. it revealed one of the challenges of broadening your interpretation and the national park service and do that is the people doing the interpretation. i learned that many of the people out there doing beliefs about had the war that were not grounded in the scholarship. they learned that years ago. maybe it was their cultural background that they wanted to believe it, but they had a very difficult time coming to grips with some of the realities o

television as a way to give speeches. 1952, even though adlai stevenson, the democratic nominee, and dwight the republican nominee were airing some spot of advertising, the vast majority of the people seeing them, suddenly for stevenson, were seeing him give 30-minute speeches. 1830-minute speeches at 10:30 last night on tuesdays and thursdays in the latter part of the campaign. both candidates were very reluctant to do this kind of spot advertising. they saw politics as being more saw spots as the way to sell soup, soap them and serial, not lofty political ideas. host: we will see a lot of ads in the next hour and a half here mann fromssor bob lsu. we welcome your calls, your comments and your questions on ads that are politically notable for you. we have opened up the lines. for republicans, it is 202-748-8001, democrats, 202-748-8000, and independents, 202-748-8002. it is fair to say that eisenhower and stevenson had to be pushed to do advertising, correct? yes.: there was an advertising executive who was fairly prominent, fairly famous for his innovations at the time. russell reeves. he

i think that story is important to because to understand dwight eisenhower is to understand that he was trained as a military mind you he was strategic leader. he was somebody who was highly self discipline area he didn't like histrionics. he didn't like over emotionalism. the lead in self-discipline and process and process for him was extremely important because he didn't want to his subordinates out freelancing and he certainly didn't want to make any impetuous uninformed decisions. and that is all training that comes out of a lifelong experience inthe military , especially at the highest level. >> great stories about how he dealt with the whole atomic weaponry issue with everything, making three different commissions. he did this in this very elaborate way but let's move on to the next picture. here he is talking to the soldiers. he had several great stories, not only at the time during world war ii after, 10 years afterwards. second airborne, he met with them and he had met with them i think this is the group is meeting with now on their way off. i think it's interesting because i d

some lawmakers are calling for a mask mandate on capitol hill this should pennsylvania congressman dwightns supports the idea and questions why anyone would disagree understood is the lack. >>was trying to prove on republicans like virginia congressman rob wittman say forcing members to wear a mask is unnecessary i think that it should be up to each individual member of congress. >>i i don't think that we should be. at a point where where we have to be told what to do with says he supports mask-wearing but has every member of congress should be allowed to make their own decision leaving giving clear direction from the house position we begin a clear direction from the cdc. we know clearly what each of us can do to protect ourselves and others but evan says some lawmakers are careless and are not setting a good example as the house focuses on passing a much needed covid relief bill you certainly can do take health. >>reporting in washington, i'm diesel job. >>still ahead on the kron 4 morning news president trump finally approving the formal transition of power will have details on this pl