tells the little-known story of friendship that developed and ultimately a mentorship between dwight d. eisenhower and ronald reagan. i will not steal the thunder, but dwight d. eisenhower was really instrumental in ronald reagan's early political career. we all know how that ended with reagan's election as president to decade later. so, he will tell that story. he will talk for about 45-50 minutes. there will be some audio and presentations. we will do our best to make sure that we are adjusting it in the back and he can hear it. after he is done, we will open it up to a q and a paid leave -- q&a. please join me in welcoming gene kopelson. [applause] gene: thank you for coming on a beautiful sunny seattle day. the audience should know that it really was. thank you to the other people here at the discovery center. keith, who originally helped, tessa, and also c-span. i would like to go back to give you the rationale for why i wrote this book. to me, the 1980's, the age of ronald reagan was really a golden age for america and for the world. ronald reagan, unlike today, had a strong military, he cre

♪ >> in england, general dwight d eisenhower chart the liberation of the lost continent.hey plan when and where the miter -- the mighty armies of the united nations will strike. northern france is that battleground. to the building of their defense system the so-called west wall, the nazis board the slave labor up conquered nations, pictures made by the germans himself to impress their satellites with the strength and invincibility of their fortifications. ♪ ♪ within steel and concrete emplacements, the germans have amassed every known weapon of defense, whether those weapons are enough to face the allied onslaught will be proven in the struggle that waits ahead. ♪ here is the other side of the channel, britain, and armed camp bristling with guns and tanks. here is the fruition of four years of planning and production or if you are the claims of england as the allied armies awaited d-day. ♪ locomotives built to run on continental railways, freight cars and tank cars to replace rolling stock destroyed by the germans. all this and more is included in the gigantic preparatio

author gene kopelson on the behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the role that dwight d. eisenhower blade in the 1950's -- played in the 1960's. his book is, "reagan's 1968 dress rehearsal: ike, rfk, and reagan's emergence as a world statesman." the discovery institute hosted this program. >> we are joined by dr. gene kopelson. he is a cancer doctor by trade, but also an accomplished historian. he has written about theodore roosevelt, about washington state politics ie

you have the dwight d. eisenhower building and a lot of folks who work in federal buildings around here. they cannot go into their offices right now. at least that's what they're telling me. they're waiting on this s i want to introduce you to lamont. he is an actor who starred in a movie called "why did i get married." he was going in with an organization. they were supposed to receive a presidential award for their community service. you're from the d.c. area. what's going through your mind right now? >> unfortunately, this isn't new to me. being here, you see these kind of procedures happen from time to time for whatever reason, but unfortunately we've seen this a little more frequently in recent years. you're just hoping nobody is hurt. you're hoping our law enforcement officers and that our public officials are all in good shape. this looks like it is pretty much coming to a close, so that's encouraging. >> reporter: someone was shot. you were about to go into the white house, so you didn't know what was going on

dwight eisenhower's atoms for peace speech that his administration endorsed completely, and that is what we are dedicated to. the vice president -- the president had made dwight eisenhower's goals his policy. june 1984, the day -- d-day, ronald reagan flies to normandy to honor american troops. and eisenhower had been in charge of d-day. he said, i will forever stand for ike's victims, they are -- they are my heroes. and an aircraft carrier half by -- passed by while president reagan spoke. after he spoke, he was flown by helicopter over the aircraft carrier. the sailors on the ship formed the letters, ike. ronald reagan said, the detailing it was the heroic operation that was planned and commanded by general d eisenhower. he spoken to the microphone, after they formed the ike, and he shouted, i like ike, i love ike. lastly, we will hear ronald reagan's farewell address from 1989. i would like you to listen to his reflections on his own presidency and him bringing back the years of dwight eisenhower. he does not mention eisenhower, but i would like you to hear his reflections back, the citizen politician, common sense, and a multiple times he honors ike's troops at the day and in korea. [indiscernible] >> and com

. ♪ >> in england, general dwight d eisenhower chart the liberation of the lost continent.an when and where the miter -- the mighty armies of the united nations will strike. northern france is that battleground. to the building of their defense system the so-called west wall, the nazis board the slave labor up conquered nations, pictures made by the germans himself to impress their satellites with the strength and invincibility of their fortifications. ♪

the writers say even former president dwight d. eisenhower and u.s. generals stated the attacks were not necessary to end the war. >>> japanese officials are taking action in response to a violent crime involving a former u.s. marine. last week police in the southern prefecture of okinawa arrested kenneth franklin shinzato after he admitted strangling a woman. general nakatani lodged a protest with defense detective ash carter. carter hoped the perpetrator will be held responsible under the japanese legal system and apologized. >> translator: we are discussing with the u.s. ways to prevent incidents like this from happening again. >> japan's minister in charge of okinawa affairs also spoke about the incident. she has indicated she'll seek a revision to the status of forces agreement. the pact includes rules governing crimes committed by u.s. military personnel and civilian employees. she said the current agreement could stand in the way of bringing people suspected of such heinous crimes to justice. >>> an international human rights group is accusing

dwight d. eisenhower's behind the scenes mentoring of ronald reagan. the formeres of -- president in reagan's political evolution in the 1960's. here's a preview. followed mike's advice. reagan made eisenhower seem of common sense in the first letter that ike advised him to do twice as his actual campaign theme in 66. eisenhower admitted he had been studying reagan and did not view reagan as an extreme right-winger. he was well within the broad tenet of modern republicanism. he actually ended up advising reagan on polling to emphasize northern california in his campaign for the governorship. to bring in his primary opponent, the former mayor of san francisco, to bring in his supporters into reagan's campaign. twice, dwight eisenhower health ronald reagan fight false charges of being an anti-semi. eisenhower meant toward reagan on speech delivery. this is a well-known speaker and actor, ronald reagan. eisenhower actually critique some of his speeches and reagan thanked him. again, he should seek out democrats and independents and in my opinion, this is

this weekend on the presidency, we talk about dwight d eisenhower's mentoring of ronald reagan. here is a preview. followed ike'sn advice. , thatheme of common sense was his actual campaign theme. eisenhower admitted he had been studying reagan but did not view him as an extreme right-winger. he actually ended up advising reagan in emphasizing northern california as his campaign for the governorship. and also twice eisenhower helped ronald reagan fight false charges. ronald reagan on speech delivery. eisenhower actually critique some of his speeches and reagan then thanked him. you should seek out independents and democrats. >> watch the entire lecture on sunday. here on american history tv, only on c-span3. america, 40eal years ago in the wake of watergate the united states senate created a commission to look into the u.s. intelligence service. it is known as the senate select committee. it is best done as the church committee. the committee met for 60 months reviewing more than 10,000 documents

think of dwight d. eisenhower sending troops to little rock and coming back to newport to speak to the nation on television from the present's house, he said from the office of roosevelt and lincoln. think of jfk one day in june, 1962, he turned on the tv and he saw george wallace standing in a school has door. and kennedy up to that time tried to avoid becoming ensnared in the political cycle of civil rights. he sent word to the television networks that he wanted a half hour of time that evening. when he went on, he had a speech that wasn't finished to introduce a bill that had been written, but he had committed himself. he had grasped the fact that ultimately, there is a moral component to the presidency that cannot be served, not if you -- cannot be shirked, not if you want history's approval. no one better captured the heroic presidency at the height of his powers then clinton rossiter, the premier political scientist of his age. this is how he put it in 1951. "the president is not a gulliver, immobilized by 1

dwight d. eisenhower's role in reagan'sith ronald political evolution. year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to san bernardino, california. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. mr. valdivia: just behind me here at the intersection, this is a barricaded entry point where police and sheriff were here, and no one can cross the line. watermanrsection at was a place for individuals to put their tokens and their memories for these tragic victims of the december 2 event. well, as you can see behind me, things that people left behind are obviously teddy bears, pictures, mementos, certain objects of affections for these victims, the atmosphere grew quite large, in fact, all four corners appear to have mourners that were just watching, waiting, praying, kneeling, there were members of the clergy from our community who were waiting on site consolation and counseling services, and so our city was really experiencing a traumatic event, and our communit

either major party nominated a total outsider, someone who had never held elected office, was dwight d eisenhower. and that only happened because he beat hitler. so back then you had to win world war ii. now you just have to win twitter. it's become a totally different race. when i first started "the daily show." a lot of people asked me the same question. hey, are you ready, trevor, are you ready for american politics, "the daily show," are you ready, are you ready? but now seeing all of this [bleep] happen i think i should have asked if you were ready. yeah, because i'm from a third world country. it looks like you are headed to one. (applause) and here's how serious this has become. when someone becomes a nominee of a major party, i didn't know this until today. they start getting classified intelligence briefings from the cia. which means america now has to give donald trump secrets about u.s. and foreign military operations. this is the same man who leaked lindsay graham's private phone number because he thought it was funny. and don't get me wrong. it was funny. but there's a big difference

located on the banks of the potomac river in washington d.c., date back to 1958 when president dwight d. eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation creating a national cultural center. two months after president kennedy's assassination, congress designated the cultural center a memorial to president kennedy. today, the center continues his vision by producing all genres of theatre, music and dance and is the nation's busiest arts facility. the kennedy center honors was started in 1978 and recognizes a lifelong achievements and talents of artists. past honorees have included barbara streisand, oprah winfrey and aretha franklin. it has redefined the way the nation rewards its artists just as president kennedy envisioned decades ago. "i look forward to an america which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. i look forward to an america which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all of our citizens. and i look forward to an america which commands respect throughout the world

he focuses on the role of dwight d. eisenhower as a military man and president. the new york historical society hosted this event. it is an hour and 15 minutes. mr. black: ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming out on a wet morning. i will try to do my best to warm us all up with solace. what i want to try and do is to use eisenhower to look at the cold war and look at the cold war to look at eisenhower. it is worth bearing in mind those were periods of time that caused conflict. the 1950's of the united states are the eisenhower years. these are the years in which represent a high point, that the only high point, but a high point for the cold war. speaking about the cold war and thinking about the united states, it is worth bearing in mind that the legacy, the history of the cold war was one of much of america's 20th century. the only time american forces actually fought soviet forces was not during the time you think of the cold war, 1945 through 1947 or 1948, running up to 1989, because the cold war actually begin in 1917. indeed, much of eisenho

dwight d. eisenhower's military role as a man and president. here's a preview. >> eisenhower becomes the very ican candidate in a interesting fashion. eer only only former former general to become president in the 20th century. it had been a common practice prior to that in american history. many american presidents, both well known presidents, like grant, jackson and washington had been generals, and people known,ybe are not so well like william henry harrison, for are le, you know, there been many presidents who have been generals. four union generals of the civil nt in the lateside 19th century but this practice had gone. had had a velt military background but his military background had been not in of being a general and practical terms, his military experience was rather of a civil servant and politician in the navy, and not, for example, an admiral. he would have liked to have an admiral but was not the admiral. it would be interesting to imagine what he was like as an admiral. a general as ving president did not see that implausible to p

up in our wallets or in our mailing addresses, our highway system is officially named the dwight d. eisenhower system of internate and defense highways. and there's that statue in alexandria, virginia, as the start to the highway system. the man who wrote "this land is your land" is woodrow wilson guthrie. interestingly, the one person who always comes to mind as a famous person named for a president, george washington carver, was actually named for george washington. there are these serious connections and then there are ones that are just plain inexplicable, and i bring you some news from the world of commerce. there's a whole set of presidential pez dispensers so you can open up zachary taylor's head and pull out a candy and the teddy bear named for president teddy roosevelt, and this i saw in cleveland, ohio. it's from the 19th century, garfield tea, laxative and diuretic. the slogan, flush your bowels with garfield tea. but there are some things that connect to us even today. far beyond, you know, what happened 100 or 150 years ago. we saw an example of that last year when president obama

. >> in the history of the republican party, this is a history, you're talking about dwight d. eisenhowerchard nixon, ronald reagan. i've gotten more votes than anybody has ever gotten. and -- think of it, think of it. and very importantly we have ten states left. >> go ahead, michael. >> well, we have a lot more americans alive today. i don't think that's his best line when he says, that it sounds so brag doeshs. donald trump has done very well by this style michael was talking about that many people are shocked at but that's demolition derby style. and anybody who pops into his scope he seems to want to be off with their heads. that's worse in this environment after eight years of barack obama and frustration in the country with the war on terror but it's yet to be seen whether this can play out in the fall and be the movement he is at this juncture. >> he's invoking your father. can he unify republicans in a way your father didn't? is it a fair comparison to say he's won more votes than your father. >> there's no ronald reagan out there. but i write this in my book, my father didn't mi

on the weekend presidency, dwight d. eisenhower behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the role the former president played in reagan's political revolution. here's a preview. reagan followed his advice. he made eisenhower seek the common sense in that first letter that ike advised him to do twice as the actual campaign fame in 1966. eisenhower admitted he had been studying reagan and did not give the mass and extreme white wrangler -- extreme right-winger. he ended up advising reagan on polling and emphasized northern california in his campaign for the governorship. to bring in his primary opponent, the former mayor of san francisco, to bring in his supporters to reagan's campaign. dwight eisenhower helped ronald reagan fight charges of being an anti-semite. onenhower mentor drake and speech delivery. this is the well-known speaker and actor ronald reagan. eisenhower critique some of his speeches and thanked him. seek oute should democrats and independents. in my opinion, this is the true origin of her reagan democrats b

the first nominee who has not served in elective office since dwight d eisenhower.simply stunning. this is somebody that tapped into something the republican establishment overlooked, which was that their electret was angry. their electret felt betrayed. their electret felt they weren't being represented by the establishment in washington, and donald trump like him or hate him tapped into it and able to shape the race and win it and looks like there isn't going to be a contested convention and ted cruz is going to have a difficult time convincing people there will be. >> david, have you seen a candidate so discounted and written off at every step of the way, he's not going to enter or release financials and get above the window of 30 e%, 35%. one thing after another. >> i absolutely have not and i was guilty like everyone else of thinking that he would be a summer fling and gone by the winter and the fact is he tapped into his that is very, very strong among americans that feel like they are been disadvantaged in the economy and distaned by the establishment. donald

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multi-step political plan for romd reagan to follow. ronald would end up following eisenhower's advice to the letter. >> author gene cope lson examined dwight d. eisenhower's behind the scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and pivotal role the former president played in reagan's political evolution in the 1960s. for the complete american history tv special, go to c-span.org. >>> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend and here are some programs to watch for this weekend. on saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards" don watkins author of "equal is unfair." >> what we're concerned with is not how much money do you have but how did you get it? did you get it through something that was fair or did you get it through a process that was unfair? and when you try to equal iize people who earn their money honestly, that's something we're challenging saying that's not a their way to treat people. >> he says the american dream is threatened not by income inequality but limiting success. sunday afternoon at 4:30, pete hegseth, iraq and afghanistan war veteran and former ceo of vets for freedom, he talks about theodore rooseve

he focuses on the role of dwight d. eisenhower. both as a military man and as president. the newark historical society hosted dissipated. -- this event. is one hour 15 minutes. mr. black: ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming out on a wet morning. i will try to do my best to warm us all up with solace. what i want to try and do is to use eisenhower to look at the cold war and look at the cold war to look at eisenhower. these are the years which represents the high point of the cold war. it is worth bearing in mind the legacy of the cold war was much of america's 20th century. forcesy times american actually fought soviet forces was not during the time you think of the cold war, 1945 through 1947 or 1948, running up to 1989, because the cold war actually begin in 1917. indeed, much of eisenhower's life of the army which served with him and the american political society was framed by the fact that america was one of the coalition of powers that went to war with the communist and the russians, that the idea that russia represented communism or bolshevism, rep

papers were opened, and a great journalist wrote a seminal essay called "the underestimation of dwight d. eisenhower." and ever since, we have discovered the man scrambled his syntax and gave the impression of an amiable duffer playing a much morefact skillful, behind the scenes, hands-on administrator and indeed political strategist. so it is bipartisan. harry truman's reputation rose dramatically over time, and so has dwight eisenhower's. iat you may be referring to, am not familiar with the survey you are mentioning, it may be the reaction. remember, this is a cyclical process. then asrevisionism and the bubble reaches too high, then comes back to earth again. there are waves are scholarly -- of scholarly consensus. at thereagan left office meteor of his reputation but within 10 years was talking on the -- was knocking on the doors of the top 10 presidents. so this factors into the electorate during the judging, the odds are he does better than that. last -- yeah. >> it seems to me that the problem with drudging presidents -- judging presidents is you are who are onlypeople in office for four or

. >> this weekend on the an author talks about dwight d eisenhower's behind the scenes mentoring of ronald reagan. here is a preview. ike'sald reagan followed advisory he made the team of common sense in that first letter that ike advised him to do first as the actual campaign theme in 1996 -- 66. he did not view reagan as an extreme right winger. he was well within modern republicanism. he ended up advising reagan in one polling to advance size -- to emphasize early californians, to bring the primary opponent the mayor of san francisco to his campaign. and also twice, dwight eisenhower helped ronald reagan by full charges of being anti-semite. he mentored him on speech delivery. this was a will known speaker and actor ronald reagan. eisenhower critique some of the speeches and reagan thanked him. seek out democrats and independents and in my opinion, this is the true origin of where to reagan in a kratz -- the reagan democrats began. he donated to the campaign. announcer: watch the entire lecture on sunday at 8:00 eastern. only on c-span3. >> the campaign 2016 bus continues and troubles t

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dwight d. eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan, and the pivotal role before president paid in reagan's political revolution. for the complete american history tv we can schedule, go to c-span.org. >> the senate that come on q&a, his book spain and our hearts on the american involvement in the spanish civil war in the late 1930's. >> all over the country, the right-wing army officers tried to seize power. in parts of the country succeeded in seizing power in 1936. allent a shockwave of alarm over the world. he was a major country in europe , quickly backed by mussolini who sent arms, airplanes, pilots, tanks, he officially sent 80,000 ground troops. he was the spanish right making a grab for power. people all over the world thought it odd to be resisted. if not here, where? >> said that, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the campaign 2016 bus continues its travel to honor winners from this year student cam competition. it made a stop at new jersey to recognize a six-time student cam winner for a second prize video on a house becomes a home. she was honored in front of her

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multi-step political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up following eisenhower's advice to the letter. >> author examines dwight d. eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the pivotal role the former president played in reagan's political evolution in the 1960s. for the complete "american history tv" schedule, go to c-spspan.or cspan.org. >>> cspan.org is a video-rich complement to your c. fan vi-c-. most hearings stream live on the site, so if you're away from your television, you can watch on your desktop or laptop or smartphone or tablet and c-span archives all of its programs online in the c-span video library. if you miss an episode of "washington journal" "book tv" or other favorites, you can find them online. the powerful search engine helps you find and watch programs going back many years. to watch on your television c-span publishes its onair schedule for its three platforms and radio. check it out. it's on the web at cspan.org. >>> the state of the russian economy is dire and facing recession for another year according to the world bank's lead economist for russia. this forum looks

he focuses on the role of dwight d. eisenhower. both as a military man and as president. the newark historical society hosted dissipated. -- this event. is one hour 15 minutes. mr. black: ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming out on a wet morning. i will try to do my best to warm us all up with solace. what i want to try and do is to use eisenhower to look at the cold war and look at the cold war to look at eisenhower.

> military historian jeremy black relates the origins of world war i -- he also focuses on dwight d eisenhower's role as military president. here's a preview. >> eisenhower becomes the republican candidate in a very interesting fashion. former general to become president. many american presidents had been generals. and people who are maybe not so well known. there had been many presidents who were generals. teddy roosevelt had a military background. she would have liked to have been the admiral. the idea of having a general as president does not seem as implausible. america had fought the war with a civilian male population. it has been a national experience. singularly benign. >> you can watch the entire lecture sunday on 8:00 p.m. on c-span3 american history tv. >> independent media is the -- essential. holding those in power accountable. we are not there to serve some kind of corporate agenda. >> tonight on q and a, executive producer of democracy now. covering the movement changing america. which looks back at some of the stories and some of the people covered. >> it really hasn't changed. t

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multistep political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up following eisenhower's advice to the letter. >> we examine dwight d. eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the pivotal role he played in reagan's political evolution in the 1960s. for the complete "american history tv" weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >>> house speaker paul ryan says the republican party needs to be unified to beat the likely democratic candidate hillary clinton in the november election. he spoke at a briefing earlier today on the opioid bills the house is considering this week. speaker ryan and house republican leadership will meet with donald trump tomorrow morning. house minority leader nancy pelosi's briefing follows the speaker. >>> good morning. good morning, everyone. i'm susan brooks. i represent indiana's fifth congressional district. before i came to congress in 2013, i'd spent about 22 years in the criminal justice system. first as a criminal defense attorney representing people often afflicted with drug addiction. then as a u.s. attorney prosecuting drug traffickers in indiana. but i will tell you af

. >> major nominee, someone who never held elective office since dwight d. eisenhower>> eisenhower faced down hitler in world war ii. trump faced down -- >> i think you should put some money on. ♪ ain't no hola back, girl. ♪ it's bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s. >> announcer: presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." the republican party is sharply divided over its presumptive nomine >>> welcome to "cbs this morning" this morning. republican party sharply divided over it's candidate donald trump. the billionaire businessman knocked out 16 opponents and is the last candidate standing. are republicans still hesitating to stand around him. the last two presidents have no plans to endorse trump. george h.w. bush and george w. bush intend to sit out this election. >> nebraska senator against trump so is lindsey graham. governor charlie baker of massachusetts told reporters, the things trump said about women and muslims and religious freedom, i just can't support. >> other republicans like new hampshire center kelly ayotte will support the nominee but w

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multi-step political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up following eisenhower's advice to the letter. >> author gene cope ellison examines dwight d eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the pivotal role he played in reagan's cal . for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> earlier this week, the house oversight committee held a hearing on management practices and leadership challenges at the transportation security administration. we heard testimony from tsa administrator peter neffenger who has said his main focus is on counterterrorism and security issues. this is 2 hours 50 minutes. >> we will come to order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare a recess at any time. an important hearing today, the public comes in regular contact with the transportation security administration. we have a fairly new administrator who i've had a chance to visit with, but it is important as the oversight committee that we continue to take a look at what's happening or not happening at the tsa. so today we're going to have our second hearing examining the management practic

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multi-step political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would follow eisenhower's advice to the letter. ofouncer: an investigation dwight d. eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan, and the critical role former president played in reagan's revolution. for more, go to c-span.org. announcer: c-span.org is a video-rich complement to your c-span viewing. most of our government related programs stream live on the site. if you are away from your television, you can watch on your desktop, laptop, even your smartphone or tablet. c-span archives all of its programs on live in the c-span video library, so if you miss an episode of "washington journal" or any program, you can find it online and watch at your convenience. in fact, the library contains 200,000 hours of c-span programs, and its powerful search engine helps you find and watch programs going back many years. to watch on your television, c-span publishes its on-air schedule for networks and its radio station. c-span.org is a public service. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out. >> treasury secretary jack lew discusses the global economies that shot a

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multistep political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up following eisenhower's advice to the letter. >> >> author gene copelson examples dwight d. eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the pivotal role the former president played in reagan's political evolution in the 1960s. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >> now part of a conference on national security and counterterrorism efforts. former national intelligence director dennis blair outlines the future of counter he said he said that the internet of things is a real security risk, talking about the challenges of ensuring security for a smart refrigerator or a smart car and the potential for criminals to steal personal data. >> all right, we're going to kick-start this. i know some are on break, but just given the hour time crunch, i want to be able to cover enough time for this panel to share some of their insights and this is this is a bit of a -- it covers a wide range of issues from insiders' threats to counterintelligence to cyber but i think but i think one of the things we hope to be able to do is show how

dwight eisenhower wrote back a multistep political plan for ronald reagan to follow. reagan would end up following eisenhower's advice to the letter. >> author gene koppel son examines dwight d. eisenhower's behind the scenes mentor of of ronald reagan, and the pivotal role he played in the 1960s. for the complete american weekend schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> this sunday night on q&a, historian adam hochshield and his book on the american involvement in the spanish civil war in the late 1930s. >> this coup attempt happened in spain when all over the country right-wing army officers tried to seize power, and in parts of the country succeeded in seizing power in 1936. it sent a shockwave of alater in the world. here was a major country in the europe, the right-wing military quickly backed by hitler and muse lynni who sent arms, airplanes, pilots, tank, tank drivers and muse lynni eventually sent 80,000 ground troops. here was the spanish right making a grab for power, and people all over the world felt it auditor resisted. if not here, where? otherwise, we're next. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> donald trump and house speaker paul ryan pled

dwight d. eisenhower's behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the pivotal role the former president playto the complete schedule, go c-span.org. >> on thursday, james baker and tom donilon testified before the senate foreign relations committee. they discussed international affairs and issues for the next to administration to consider. this is two hours and 10 minutes.

i voted for dwight eisenhower the first time i ever voted, i voted for nixon the last time. but when we come to senator g der, now it seems to me we're up against a very different kind of a man. this man scares me. maybe i'm wrong. a friend of mine said to me, listen, just because a man sounds a little irresponsible during a campaign doesn't mean he's going to act irresponsibly. you know that theory the white house makes the man. i don't buy that. you know what i think makes a president, aside from his judgment, his experience, are the men behind him, his advis advisors, the cabinet. and so many men with strange ideas are working for goldwater. you'll hear a lot about what these guys are against. seem to be against just about everything but what are they for? the hardest thing for me about this whole campaign is to sort out one goldwater statement from another. a reporter goes to goldwater, senator, on such-and-such a day you said, i quote blah blah blah and goldwater says, i wouldn't put it that way. i can't follow that. was he serious when he did put it that way or sers when he says he wouldn't put it th