and honoring our president dwight d. eisenhower, it was dedicated in september of 2020 during the pandemic, not a lot of americans knew it, but here we've got dozens of tourists on this gorgeous day coming down here to take a look at it, checking us out. it's going to be a wonderful saturday. jacqui: love to see it and last night got to kick it off right with a few hot dogs on my roof and hopefully nor cookout to come later on this weekend. all right, some tense moments in massachusetts this morning, we're going to start with you. a group of heavily armed men were just arrested a short time ago after a standoff with police that shut down part of america's busiest highway, i-95. lucas tomlinson is covering it from our d.c. bureau. >> hi, massachusetts state police say 11 suspects some armed, are now in custody after an armed standoff that closed i-95 outside of boston both directions on a busy holiday weekend. 95 is now open. 1:30 a.m., a group of heavily armed men dressed in military uniforms. two men were arrest this had morning a

he belongs to president dwight d eisenhower.nication equipment for air force one's i was told it's still a stable safe airplane. in the 1950s, helicopters reliably get but resident eisenhower wanted a plane to fly to his ranch in gettysburg so he asked generals to find him a twin engine plane so they put a bid and the air force bought five of them but the planes we got to see is the last one of the five still flying today. >> back in the 50s, helicopters were not reliably get so eisenhower wanted a plane to fly down to his grandson gettysburg he told his generals to find a twin engine airplane to land on the grass strip that's reliable and safe. >> many of the instruments inside are still original and i got an up close look. so this is where president eisenhower would typically sit, first lady would be here in a fun fact, this is the smallest airplane who ever called air force one and. >> i was his the cabin but he had his pilots often you would see him flying his own air force one plane and today the owners offered rewrite to v

all they have to do is google in dwight d eisenhower. january 17th, 1961 as well. address warning, the american people that the military industrial complex is robbing the nation of the genius of the scientists labors in the future, the children. so now shina, what did they been doing? oh, the belgian road initiative. oh china look at look at. oh, how about when are they going to spend a couple of when you really look at the numbers, a couple $100000.00 in america's infrastructure. they call it the infrastructure bill with only about $300000.00 going to the infrastructure. and what's the speed of our our, you know, am tracks on average about as fast as they go about 60 miles an hour on how fairs they go and shine a little over 300 miles an hour. no, no, china is taking over. and again, as you mentioned, it thanks to slick willy, clinton and n biden, and all the rest, the dumb of the republic pulse of games. they gave them all our high check in every industry manufacturing skills and needs and designs. so they could bring over everything over there and when they brou

all they have to do is google in dwight d eisenhower. january 17th, 1961 as well address warning, the american people that the military industrial complex is robbing the nation of the genius of the scientist whether the labors in the future, the children. so now shina, what did they been doing? oh, the delta route initiative. oh, china look at look at, oh, how about what are they going to spend a couple of when you really look at the numbers a couple $100000.00 in america's infrastructure. they call it the infrastructure bill. with only about $300000.00 going to the infrastructure and what's the speed of our our, you know, am tracks on average about as fast as they go about 60 miles an hour on how fairs they go and shine a little over 300 miles an hour no, no, china is taking over. and again, as you mentioned it, thanks to slick willy, clinton and n biden, and all the rest, the dumb of the republic pulse of games. they gave them all our high check in every industry manufacturing skills and needs and designs. so they could bring over ever

significant difference and of course by 1953 as well we held a presidential election year and dwight d eisenhowerwas elected president. eisenhower threatened that he would go over too korea personally and if necessary he would use nuclear weapons to bring this thing to an end. i think the combination of white house and eisenhower threats reveille brought everyone to negotiating table to very serious way and ultimately the prisoners were exchanged. but those who did not want to go back did not have too. so, anyone have questions about the korean war? okay. you are out of here. >> a jew know you can listen to lectures and history on the go? stream as a podcast anywhere, anytime. you are watching american history tv. >> ♪ ♪ watch book tv now on sundays on cspan2. or find it online anytime @booktv.org. it is television for serious readers. >> you can look back to the state in history. >> my name is geraldine ferrero. >> i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [cheering] as i stand before the american people and think of the honor this great c

you are seeing in the polling the rise of dwight d. eisenhower who was ranked in the middle not too long ago. people thought he did not do much as president, but with the archives open we can see he was a hands-on president. the rise of eisenhower i found particularly interesting. he is now one of the american greats! host: round out the top 10, in sixth place truman, jefferson, reagan, the 10th spot this year, barack obama. president trump coming in at 41st overall, the first year he is part of this historian survey of presidential leadership. edna greene medford, why do this? is it helpful historically? guest: absolutely. it is always important to talk about what is happening in terms of government aid or ship -- leadership. it is important to look at them over a period of time because historians like to view history from a far. we do not like to look at current events so much. if you look at the rankings of these presidents over a period of time, you get appreciation for how they are doing in terms 'of the country -- terms of the country's mem

significant difference once and of course by 1953 as well we had a presidential election year on dwight d eisenhower was elected president. eisenhower threatened that he would go over too korea and personally and if necessary he would use nuclear weapons to bring this thing to an end. so i think the combination of stalin's death, : : : >> okay, you are here. did you know you listen to the lectures in history on the go so as a podcast anywhere, anytime. you are watching american history tv. watch book to be now on sundays on "c-span2", or find it online anytime apple tv .org. it is television for serious readers. this week we are looking back to the state in history. >> my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheering]. i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. [cheering]. >> is a standard before you now and i think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of doctor martin luther and king jr who made america stronger by making america more brave. he said, occasionally in life, there are moments which cannot be comple

is that this is carol commander around thousand pounds and ozzie mentioned, it belonged to dwight d eisenhowerurrent president have but i was told it is a stable safe airplane. in the 1950s, helicopters reliable yet president eisenhower wanted a plane to fly to his ranch in gettysburg so he asked to find a twin airplane so they put them up to meet air force but five of them planes we got to see is the last one of the five step flying today. >> the way it came off the factory assembly line and modifications were not made, it was painted the color when it came off the assembly line, the only thing the government, they put the stripes on it u.s. air force on. >> the instruments inside are still rational and i got an up close look this is where president eisenhower would typically sit, first lady would be here in front back from the smallest airplane to ever have been called air force one. now is in the cabin eisenhower had pilot fights and, he would see him fly his own air force one plane. today the owners offered rewrites for veterans at no cost. jon: ferry whole. thank you. we'll have more box

. >> laura: former general and outgoing president dwight d. eisenhower saw the looming danger of a military that had grown so large and so powerful that it restrains far beyond its role and even risks the very values it is charged to uphold. now, i could no doubt see our troops as the selfless, dedicated, and brave people that they are, but what would you think about how our national security establishment has ballooned? and about the billions of dollars lost annually, fraud and abuse that marks the pentagon. traditionally, our military has been one of the most trusted groups in the united states. but lately, that has been changing. in 2018, 70% of americans reported having a great deal of confidence in the military. three years later, it's down to 56%, with the largest dip among independents and republicans. so, why is this happening? now undoubtedly come our schools increasingly anti-american curricular are having some effect. then there is the entertainment industry in big tech, which are usually apologizing for america, that certainly does not inspir

the urgent and important part is from dwight d. eisenhower. i know i didn't come up with it, i just use as a framework. but as you know when you have a contract they either want the book or their money back. there's nothing really relaxing about -- like, , the money is gone. i've got to produce the book. that said, i enjoyed the process of writing. i enjoy better when it's done. i build on my calendar for days and supposed right and i'm not going to. if it takes me 35 or 45 days to write, i will add dates to my calendar, five days while take the english-language and don't ever want to use it again, the day where i ignored my life choices i don't want to do this. so if i sell the my kidney i can pay them the money back. you build in the days and the rest of the time you have got to get it done by i love writing. it's part of who i am and there's no way for me to not have it but it also watch and inordinate amount of television. i read voraciously and i love movies. >> i will say i have long been an admirer of yours but you are a nerd and i fell

team of folks within the intelligence would disseminate that delivery reports on a daily basis dwight d eisenhower so my grandfather would have reported to donovan i think we would put up a picture right now -- he was considered the osf and the father of the cia as you mentioned intelligence didn't exist here in the united states prior to world war ii and certainly these guys were instrumental in getting fat rolling post war. >> i think he was probably of our intelligence organization, 1941 we were intercepting japanese traffic, we had broken the diplomatic cycles which was a breakthrough but we knew pearl harbor was coming or we had a feeling because of an abrupt change in messaging and cryptic messaging but all that was in 1939 and 40, what puzzles me is the war that occurred and this is organizing an operation like this. >> we all love to see that. if you get your hands on it, let us know. >> somewhat available, i have had several projects university of pennsylvania where it continues, i've been there for years. i had a project where we have gone and i recommend this to people in the audience i

from dwight d eisenhower i know i didn't come up with that i just used it as a framework. but when you have a contract they either want their book or their money back. there is nothing really relaxing about it. so i'm going to produce a book that says i enjoy the process of writing better when it's done. i build days into my calendar where i'm supposed to write and i'm not going to and so if it takes me 35 or 45 days to write, i will and 50 days to my calendar, to take the english language and don't ever want to use it again to my life choices and i don't want to do this and if i sell my kidney i can pay them their money back. then the rest of the time you've got to get it done but i love writing it. it's part of who i am and there's no way for me to not have it but there's also an inordinate amount of television and i love. >> and i will say that i have long been an admirer of yours. you said she grew up and obviously should be with spike. you know george is the one that asked about juggling everything and i want to say specifically if you want to read from the outside an

you are seeing in the polling the rise of dwight d. eisenhoweras ranked in the middle not too long ago. people thought he did not do much as president, but with the archives open we can see he was a hands-on president. the rise of eisenhower i found particularly interesting. he is now one of the american greats! host: round out the top 10, in sixth place truman, jefferson, reagan, the 10th spot this year, barack obama. president trump coming in at 41st overall, the first year he is part of this historian survey of presidential leadership. edna greene medford, why do this? is it helpful historically? guest: absolutely. it is always important to talk about what is happening in terms of government aid or ship -- leadership. it is important to look at them over a period of time because historians like to view history from a far. we do not like to look at current events so much. if you look at the rankings of these presidents over a period of time, you get appreciation for how they are doing in terms 'of the country -- terms of the country's memory of

host: roger in kansas, dwight d eisenhower.hen it comes to administrative skills, president eisenhower coming in fourth in this year's survey. enjoying the fifth-place position in 2009, and then into thousand the first year this was released, he came in at number six. before that, it is becoming familiar, abraham lincoln topping that list. george washington, franklin roosevelt followed after president eisenhower followed by thomas jefferson, lyndon johnson, harry truman, james polk, james monroe. daniel schoonover -- apologies if i'm miss pronouncing your name -- he said ronald reagan. he knew how to talk, he was a leader, people respected him. these are from facebook says grant is up there, of course lincoln, fdr, carter, and obama. no perfect people but they did their best and put the country first. from gina batterson -- from gina patterson, it will be biden. provided he puts some student loan reform in place. and then grant, who had the sexiest beard. our greatest president who gathered around him, the men who could have ch

host: roger in kansas, dwight d eisenhower. comes to administrative skills, president eisenhower coming in fourth in this year's survey. enjoying the fifth-place position in 2009, and then into thousand the first year this was released, he came in at number six. before that, it is becoming familiar, abraham lincoln topping that list. george washington, franklin roosevelt followed after president eisenhower followed by thomas jefferson, lyndon johnson, harry truman, james polk, james monroe. daniel schoonover -- apologies if i'm miss pronouncing your name -- he said ronald reagan. he knew how to talk, he was a leader, people respected him. these are from facebook says grant is up there, of course lincoln, fdr, carter, and obama. no perfect people but they did their best and put the country first. from gina batterson -- from gina patterson, it will be biden. provided he puts some student loan reform in place. and then grant, who had the sexiest beard. our greatest president who gathered around him, the men who could have challeng