next on the presidency, then will do dwight d. eisenhower except his party's nomination at the convention in chicago. he defeated democratic nominee adlai stevenson in the 1952 general election. this is courtesy of the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum. ♪ ♪ >> dwight eisenhower, the next president of the united states. >> mr. chairman, my fellow republicans, -- [applause] may i first thank you on behalf of misses eisenhower and myself for the warmth of your welcome. first both, this is our entry into a political convention and it is a most heartwarming one. thank you very much. [applause] and before i proceed with the thoughts i should like to address briefly to you, may i have the temerity to congratulate this convention on the selection of their nominee for vice president? [applause] a man who has shown qualities in many ways but as a special --ent and inability and the strength to get rid of it. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, you have summoned me on behalf of of millions-- behalf of of your fellow americans to lead a g

next on the presidency, then will do dwight d. eisenhowerxcept his party's nomination at the convention in chicago. he defeated democratic nominee adlai stevenson in the 1952 general election. this is courtesy of the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum. ♪

between sessions, president truman talked with general dwight d. eisenhower and omar and bradley.s also present at the white house. a meeting of the british and american chiefs of staff. on july 26, a joint declaration from president truman and retiring prime minister churchill issued with the concurrence of the chinese generalissimo, calls on the japanese to surrender unconditionally. the prodigious land, sea and air forces of the united states, british empire, and china many times reinforced by armies and fleets of the west are poised to strike the final blows upon japan. ♪ additional films on the invasion of borneo by troops of the australian seventh division. at one island, staging for the invasion, a supply of material is loaded as troops embarked on lci's. the operation is under joint command of australian and american officers. due to the shallow beaches, the australians are forced to wait -- weighed through -- wade through water above the waist to board the lci's. over 300 ships of the fleet and netherlands navy participate in the invasion. rocket ships help reduce shore i

general dwight d. eisenhower coordinating plans with the staff in the european theater of operations. general leslie mcnar. general omar bradley, soon to be given a top field command. general henry hap arnold. chief of the services of supply with the stupendous task of logistical support which would help armies deployed throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north ireland, england, australia, army troops relieved battle scarred marines to continue to fight. the united states was demonstrating not only a will to fight, be the capability of fighting a two-front war half a world apart. on the 8th of november, american forces struck the shore of north africa. we were to use an appropriate american phrase in business. the business of an all-out fight against powerful aggresrs who had reached out to conquer the world. we had come thousands of miles, but not for conquest. in 1942, the commander of our ground forces said it best. >> the united states is stretching out i

general dwight d. eisenhower european theater of operations. general mcnair, commanding ground forces. general omar bradley, soon to be given a top field command. general henry arnold, commanding air forces. general summerville moved up to chief of supplies with the task of statistical support, of what would be an army of millions of people sub throughout the world. the first of our troops began arriving at overseas staging areas. in north island, england, australia, army troops relieved battled marines, who continue to fight for the solomon islands. united states was not only demonstrating a will to fight, but the capability of fighting a two front odds half a world apart. (noise) on the 8th of november, 1942, american amphibious forces struck the shores of north africa. (noise) we were, to use an appropriate american phrase, in business. the business in an all out fight against powerful aggressors, who had reached out to conquer the world. we had come thousands of miles, but not for conquest. in 1942, the comma

. -- of the dwight d. eisenhower. [applause] nixon andes of -- this nation cannot afford.ord -- could after buchanan, this nation needed lincoln. after taft, we need wilson. after hoover, we need franklin roosevelt -- we needed franklin roosevelt. [applause] but we are not merely running against mr. nexen. our task -- mr. nixon. not one -- our task is of itemizing republican failures. nor is that wholly necessary. the family forced from their tell themt need us to of their plates. -- their plight. the families without a decent home. the parents of children without a decent school. they all know it is time for a change. [applause] we are not here to curse the darkness. we are here to light a candle. [applause] as winston churchill said, on taking office some 20 years ago, we shall be in danger of using the future. today, our concern must be with the future. the world is changing. the old era is ending. the old way on not do. the balance of power is shifting. new and more terrible weapons are coming into use. one third of the world may be free. one third is the victim of a c

they might add in future years that richard nixon did not measure up to the footsteps of dwight d. eisenhower[applause] he could carry on the party policies, the policies of nixon and dirksen and will water -- and goldwater, but this nation cannot afford such a luxury. perhaps we could afford a -- a coolidgeing after harding, and a peers after buchanan,but after this nation needed lincoln. after taft, we but we are not merely running against mr. nixon. our task is not one of itemizing republican failures. nor is that wholly necessary. the family forced from their farm do not need us to tell them of their plight. the families without a decent home. the parents of children without a decent school. they all know it is time for a change. [applause] we are not here to curse the darkness. we are here to light a candle. [applause] as winston churchill said, on taking office some 20 years ago, we shall be in danger of using -- losing the future. today, our concern must be with the future. the world is changing. the old era is ending. the old ways will not do. the balance of power is shifting. new and

between sessions, president truman talks with generals dwight d. eisenhower and omar n.ey, fleet admiral william lahey is president at the president's potsdam white house. a meeting of the of british and american chiefs of staff. on 26 july, a joint declaration from president truman and retiring prime minister churchill issued with the concurrence of the chinese general calls on the japanese government to surrender unconditionally. this order is prefaced as follows, the predid juice land, sea and air force of the united states, the british empire and of china many times reinforced by their armies and air fleets of the west are poised to strike the final blows upon japan. ♪ additional films on the invasion by troops of the australian 7th division at moratai island, staging area for the invasion a vast supply of material is loaded on the transports. the operation is under the joint command of australian and american officers. due to the shallow beaches the australians are forced to wade through water above the waist to board the lcis. over 300 ships of the u.s. 7th fleet a

dwight d. eisenhower's forces hit the normandy beaches in a massive amphibious assault. despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. our seventh army commanded by general alexander patch, landed in southern france and pushed northward along the rome river valley. ten days later, paris was liberated. in italy the fifth army crossed the arneau river and marched on. in the pacific general macarthur's forces invaded the island in a giant amphibious leap which put them within 300 miles of the philippines. phili. general still well was making progress in burma with hand-picked 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 nazi reich was soon to reach full measure of the dragon's teeth it had shown. ♪ ♪ >> the immensity of global war. on

evening, i am proud to stand before this great convention as the first incumbent president since dwight d. eisenhower who can tell the american people, america is at peace. [applause] tonight, i can tell you straight away, this nation is sound. this nation is secure. this nation is on the march to full economic recovery and a better quality of life for all americans. [applause] i will tell you one more thing, this year the issues are on our side. i am ready, i am eager to go before the american people and debate the real issues face-to-face with jimmy carter. [applause] [chanting] the american people have a right to know firsthand exactly where both of us stand. [applause] i am deeply grateful to those who stood with me in winning the in winning the nomination of the party whose cause i have served all of my adult life. i respect the convictions of those who want a change in washington. i want a change, too. after 22 long years of majority misrule, let's change the united states congress. my gratitude tonight reaches far beyond this arena to countless friends whose confidence, hard work, and unselfis

this is mamie eisenhower the wife of former us president dwight d. eisenhower. and this is very limited. phillips bangle has endless stories to tell over 30 guest books have been filled up in the course of time and if someone didn't appear in the guest book they might have left their mark on the tables time for our section needs a local and this week's edition will catch up with sundra corvette oh she's a teacher from germany living in monaco and today she'll show us the best science and the 2nd smallest nation on the planet. hello hello and welcome to monaco i'm sandra and have been living for over 25 years here in my adopted homeland i'm excited to show you my favorite spots here. this is life in monaco is like in a big city and yet also like in a village. in these small streets you'll see so many incredibly beautiful houses you can take time to enjoy a coffee it's so lovely here nearby you have both the sea and the mountains monaco has it all more that. is so here we are at the most important spots in monaco in the center of the old town is up prince's palace

when it was founded in 1959 former us president dwight d. eisenhower promised it would always be led by a latin american and it always has. but now just as latin america is projected to suffer the worst economic impact from the pandemic of any region in the world the white house is fielding a candidate to lead the region's most important development institution and the battle is on and it is a surprise it breaks a tradition. and written rule so this is what it cost these reaction in latin america we in chile former finest and foreign ministers you know signed a letter you know very respectfully i may say this very spectrally saying that we are asking for the election to people supposed to have a time to discuss a letter i mean a possible candidate himself is neutral loans the president done trump has picked hardline advisor mao diesel clabbered cardone as his choice to control the id be one reason for the sudden interest according to u.s. government sources is to counter a growing chinese influence in latin america. countries like argentina mexico and

nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or of any time, dwight d. eisenhoweruse] mr. nixon: eight years ago, i had the highest honor of accepting your nomination for president of the united states. [applause] mr. nixon: tonight, i again proudly accept the nomination for president of the united states. [applause] mr. nixon: i have news for you. this time, there is a difference. this time, we are going to win. [applause] mr. nixon: we're going to win for a number of reasons. first, a personal one. as you know, critical in the walter reed hospital tonight. i have talked with mrs. eisenhower on the telephone. she says his heart is with us. she says there is nothing that he lives more for, and it was nothing that would lift him more than for us to win in november, and i say let us win this one for ike. [applause] mr. nixon: we are going to win because this great convention has demonstrated as a nation that the republican party has the leadership, the platform, and the purpose that america needs. we are going to win because you have nominated as my running mate a st

presidenta dwight d. eisenhower 's mother was a black lotto from --many -- black mood lotto- mulatto. get educated like the biggest voting bloc of lack women which i am proud to be of and vote kamala. and jennifer lawless on black women voters in the country. guest: one of the reasons that joe biden focused on black women is because of this reason. the reality is that the democratic coalition that barack obama failed in 2008 and 2012 relied heavily on african-americans and in particular black women and given the bench of lack women in congress as governors across the board, there was no reason. they are still underrepresented, of course they are, but there was no reason not to tap into that talent because it was signaled that joe biden was not taking any for granted. host: you are also an author. why womenur books, " don't run for office." the bench of women in congress, some stats on that. early in the house, 101 women hold seats, 23% of the house. in the senate, 26 women currently serving. 26% of the senate. what

, they might add in future years that richard nixon did not measure up to the footsteps of dwight d. eisenhower. [applause] that he could carry on the party policies, the policies of nixon and benson and dirksen and goldwater, but the nation cannot afford such a luxury. we could afford a coolidge following harding, and perhaps we could afford a pierce following fillmore, but after buchanan, this nation needed lincoln. after taft, we needed wilson. and after hoover, we needed franklin roosevelt. [applause] but we are not merely running against mr. nixon. our task is not merely one of itemizing republican failures, nor is that only necessary, for the families forced from the farm do not need to tell them for the plight. the unemployed miners and textile workers know that the decision is before them. the families without a decent home, the parents of children without a decent school, they all know that it is time for a change. [applause] we are not here to curse the darkness, we are here to light a candle. [applause] as winston churchill said on taking office some 20 years ago, "if we open a quarr

supported by every democratic presidency since harry truman and every republican president .ince dwight d. eisenhowerhis radical and irresponsible plan could put the whole world in peril. you and i must never let this come to pass. [applause] it is simple to call for a new arms race, but when it threatens world peace, both tough sounding talk, the president must act responsibly. when soviet troops invaded afghanistan, we moved quickly to take action, suspending grain sales to the soviet union, we joined wholeheartedly with the congress. [booing] [shouting] and i join wholeheartedly with the congress and the u.s. olympic committee and 60 other theons and boycotting moscow olympics. [applause] the republican leader opposed and walkceful actions old on the third. when we asked him what he would do about southwest asia, he suggested blockading cuba. [laughter] even his running mate would not go along with that. [laughter] he does not know what to do with the refugees. he doesn't know whether to feed them, play with them, or fight with them. back in my first term, i'm withful we had a country full four ye

every democratic president since harry truman, and also by every republican president since dwight d. eisenhowerthis radical and irresponsible course would threaten our security and could put the whole world in peril. you and i must never let this come to pass. [applause] it's simple to call for a new arms race, but when armed aggression threatens world peace, tough-sounding talk like that is not enough. a president must act responsibly. when soviet troops invaded afghanistan, we moved quickly to take action. i suspended some grain sales to the soviet union. i called for draft registration. [booing] [shouting] and i joined wholeheartedly with the congress and with the u.s. olympic committee and led more than 60 other nations in boycotting the big propaganda show in russia, the moscow olympics. [applause] the republican leader opposed two of these forceful but peaceful actions, and he waffled on the third. but when we asked him what he would do about aggression in southwest asia, he suggested blockading cuba. [laughter] even his running mate wouldn't go along with that. [applause] he doesn't seem

and here is general to dwight d. eisenhower. it was not necessary to hit them with that awful thing. so, on and on and on, barbara i think can post 40 b statements by virtually every major military leader at the time. that is not definitive proof. but it opens the door to series questions of all the military leaders in the u.s. government, or most of them, they the thing was unnecessary and we should not have used it. the problem is you have a situation for historians, that the decision-making was highly concentrated, in 1945. the president of the united states was basically being advised by his very, very close friend, and a very complex washington figure named james f burns, became secretary of state at that time. do nots' view and we have records of this, they were private discussions, we have indication, bits and pieces. about how the targeting was done. but the actual decision-making was with burns and truman. what we know about burns' attitude is he saw the atomic on dutch bomb as what he saw as major leverage against the

ideals many revered republican presidents like dwight d. eisenhowerught to project as the cornerstone of the republican party. but in the attainment of power, the republican party readily traded in those core values and not only embraced but became the unconventionism, lack of decency and hatred spewed by donald trump. on the eve of the republican national convention is the grand old party at all redeemable or has it permanently morphed into the party of trump. joining me now is stuart stevens, whit ayres, elise jordan, msnbc political analyst and former rnc chairman, michael steele, david jolly, msnbc political contributor, and tom nichols, opinion columnist at usa today. this is a huge panel, a mega panel. stuart stevens, i have to start with you, i want to thank you for this book. i have it right here. and i want to read to the audience who might not have a chance to read it, in this one paragraph, you crystallized the thesis of your argument here. you write, how do you abandon deeply held beliefs about character, personal responsibility, foreign p

presidenta dwight d. eisenhoweras a black lotto from --many -- black mood lotto- mulatto. get educated like the biggest voting bloc of lack women which i am proud to be of and vote kamala. and jennifer lawless on black women voters in the country. guest: one of the reasons that joe biden focused on black women is because of this reason. the reality is that the democratic coalition that barack obama failed in 2008 and 2012 relied heavily on african-americans and in particular black women and given the bench of lack women in congress as governors across the board, there was no reason. they are still underrepresented, of course they are, but there was no reason not to tap into that talent because it was signaled that joe biden was not taking any for granted. host: you are also an author. why womenur books, " don't run for office." the bench of women in congress, some stats on that. early in the house, 101 women hold seats, 23% of the house. in the senate, 26 women currently serving. 26% of the senate. what are your tho

then a few days later, he has a meeting on july 20, with dwight eisenhower, the supreme allied commander in europe and that hero of d-day, and the conquest of the germans. and he asks, eisenhower, what he thinks. and he says i do not think you should use the bomb. i think one, the japanese will surrender anyway. and two, i do not think the u.s. should be the country to introduce this terrible technology to the world. those are two of the three things. i promise i will end quickly. first, the meticulousness of his decision-making. econdly the fact that sought out and was not afraid and was not put off by dissent. he did not was follow it but he listened to it. the third as, i think a lot of people have this perception, of truman as being famously decisive, the buck stops here, he made a decision and never looked back. in fact, he agonized over this decision. he complained of sleepless nights when he was in potsdam. he had terrible, searing headaches, which he had throughout his career whenever he was under what he considered heavy stress. and his diary, and that is one of the joys of doing a book about people who are

general dwight d. eisenhowerinating 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 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 8th of november 1942, american amphibious forces struck the shores