. >> dwight david eisenhower was one of seven sons of deeply religious parents.ennsylvania dutch who moved west and brought the bible with them. where did he takes them, he likes to get back home. paris,s paris -- even in his kitchen was texan. keeping close to the earth and fresh water. stories does he exercise the right to stretch the truth a little bit. you should've seen the one that got away, three feet long. >> if you ask eisenhower why he has dedicated his life to the service of america instead of retiring to gettysburg, he will point to a picture of this baby, a chip off the old block, and he will tell you -- >> i want my grandson and yours to grow up in a free america. >> he is proud of his three grandchildren. you can tell that he believes that the first line of defense and old-fashioned, well understood american idea. francis the first nation to hail eisenhower for his crusade in europe. the french love liberty, and under hitler they faced slavery. this ally likes ike, too. across the english channel, which hitler could not cross, the people of battere

democrats who place principle above party, for all the people of america mister american dwight david eisenhowernouncer: next on american reel america, a film detailing the accomplishments of jfk's first term serving the people of massachusetts as a democrat. senator kennedy won reelection that year with about 73% of the vote. >> we present the united states senator john f. kennedy's story. ♪ >> this is washington, d.c. -- official capital of the united states, unofficial capital of the free world, or the people of

frustrated and angry a lot >> if you look back in history, one of the last presidents we dwight david eisenhower. the biographies of eisenhower, his first term was extremely frustrating for him because, geske, commanded forces in world war ii but he was a general, and generals were used to pointing over there and having that moved over there, when you're in politics, you can't just have people follow your orders, you got to convince them to follow your orders >> you got to have concensus, compromise >> that's g fascinating as we look at this first term of the trump administration in that can he translate what he has known in the business world to the political world? because boy, you're in for a big change. it don't work in government like it >> here's my bigger concern, which is if you go on facebook right now and on twitter and you look at the news over the past week, it's like the republic is anger, you have a lot of racial tension, a lot of gender tension, there will be a million woman march right after the inauguration apparently. the kka is on the march in north carolina, when is the last

i have a great case study, dwight david eisenhower. in 1955, a as you all know, eisenhower has a massive heart attack. so the people around eisenhower bring in the most imminent paul dudley white. he examines eisenhower. tells people in the white house we'll be lucky if he lives long enough to complete his first term. there was no question in his mind that if eisenhower was lucky enough to survive that he would retire and live a very quiet life beginning in 1956. you know, the problem was eisenhower liked being president. mrs. eisenhower liked being first lady. there were a whole bunch of eisenhower friends, cronies. and they wanted to keep them. so what actually happens is both a fascinating story and a scandal. the political people beat up on paul dudley white so badly he signs a public letter stating the polar opposite of what he believes. he signs a public letter saying that eisenhower is a good candidate for a second term in the white house. there is another problem that all the tv reporters were pretty aggressive and they sure wa

statesman, soldier, citizen, esther american -- dwight david eisenhower. the u.s. senator john f. kennedy story, i campaign film from 1958 detailing the compliments of jfk's first term serving the people of massachusetts as a democrat. senator kennedy won reelection that year with about 73% of the vote. >> we present the united states senator john f. kennedy's story. ♪ >> this is washington, d.c. -- official capital of the united states, unofficial capital of the free world, where the people of massachusetts visit today with senator and mrs. john f. kennedy. in this historic building, each senate and democratic battle reaches its climax. it is here that senator kennedy debate its merits. ae senate office building is handsome, white marble structure just across historic constitution avenue from the capital. here, most committees, all senators, and the vice president of the united states maintain their actual working headquarters. it is here that scores of massachusetts visitors and hundreds of massachusetts letters, telegrams, and telephone calls are received each day. let's ask jo

of the army, receives orders to clear out the men against the advice of one of his aides, dwight david eisenhower who later becomes president a dons his uniform and goes off to command the troops. l3, among them one of the officers is george patton. soldiers and clear it out in a violent move. a few casualties and wounds. but the pictures of the burning of the camp and the way that the american army treated veterans of the previous battles was one of the darker moments of his career. he later tries to paint those will men as something of a communist uprising. he tries to buy the best face forward on it. but it remains one of the more controversial aspects of his career. the other thing about macarthur's career as chief of staff is budget. in -- and this is something we used to teach and exercise in judgment. they need leaders to think about the future of the organization. the army was the largest part of the federal budget. every year that he was chief of staff but for the last, it took a 10% cut every year. macarthur quickly had to prioritize. do i save programs or do i save people? and do i sav

in washington, gives orders to clear out the men against the advice of one of his aides, dwight david eisenhower who later becomes president , . he dons his uniform and goes off to command the troops. the third calvary. among home one of the officers was george patton. he sent tank and calvary into the anacostia flat and clears it out in a very violent evening. very few casualties, a few wounded here in their. the pictures of the burning of the camp and the way that the american army treated veterans of the previous american army is one of the darker moments in his career. he later tries to paint the bonus expeditionary force as a communist uprising. he tries to put the best foot forward on it. this remains one of the more controversial aspects of his career, certainly as chief of staff. the other thing about macarthur's career as chief of staff is budget. this is a leader lesson when we try to teach strategic leadership and exercise of judgment. not just thinking about the army today but 10 years from now. the army was the largest part of the federal budget. every year that macarthur was chief

experience was zachary taylor, grant and dwight david eisenhower. all three men were victorious generals. if you guessed william howard taft, he was elected as a judge to ohio superior court prior to his presidency but you still get points. thanks for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. >> hello, everyone, i'm fredericka whitfield, donald trump soon to make his first big decision as president-elect. trump's campaign manager telling -- one of networks this morning the announcement is imminent. >> it is imminent, means coming soon and perhaps means mr. trump is making a lot of important decisions, i think he can't go wrong with the decision. >> also happening, the president-elect is set to receive his first two top level intelligence briefings. trump will learn about the nation's most secretive intel gathering programs and u.s. spying operations overseas, but the timing of all of this is playing a part in trump's ongoing legal woes. his attorneys in the trump university lawsuit have asked a federal judge to postpone this month'

grant and dwight david eisenhower, however all three men were victorious generals. if you guessed william howard taft, he was elected as a judge to ohio's superior court prior to his presidency. but you still get points. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i will see you next week. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter, time for a special edition of "reliable sources." this is our weekly look at the story behind the story, how the media really works, how the news gets made. a special welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world on cnn international. first, something different. before i get to the tease, before i tell you about the great show we have in store today, let's level with each other. tuesday night was the culmination of one of the biggest media failures in many years. most journalists heading into tuesday night believing hillary clinton would be elected president at the end of the night. and most viewers had the same impression. you can see in this pre-election data most viewers, most americans believed clinton would win. now this d

the others with no elected experience was zachary taylor, grant and dwight david eisenhower.ctorious generals. if you guessed william howard taft, he was elected as a judge to ohio superior court prior to his presidency but you still get points. thanks for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. >> hello, everyone, i'm fredericka whitfield, donald trump soon to make his first big decision as president-elect. trump's campaign manager telling -- one of networks this morning the announcement is imminent. >> it is imminent, means coming soon and perhaps means mr. trump is making a lot of important decisions, i think he can't go wrong with

grant and dwight david eisenhower, however all three men were victorious generals.u guessed william howard taft, he was elected as a judge to ohio's superior court prior to his presidency. but you still get points. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i will see you next week. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter, time for a special edition of "reliable sources." this is our weekly look at the story behind the story, how the media really works, how the news gets made. a special welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world on cnn international. first, something different. before i get to the tease, before i tell you about the great show we have in store today, let's level with each other. tuesday night was the culmination of one of the biggest media failures in many years. most journalists heading into tuesday night believing hillary clinton would be elected president at the end of the night. and most viewers had the same

decision that came down from the supreme court and it was a republican president by the name of dwight david eisenhowero federalized the national guard to make sure that young black men and women got to have the opportunities for education. so when i look at what these gentlemen are doing, they're saying that they're going to put their own political ideology above the rule of law in the united states of america. that comes with consequences and i think they're challenging a president to say that we will undermine the constitution, which i think is not a good, high ground position for them. stuart: somebody has to ask them, who can stay? i mean, if you are an illegal person in this country, you're undocumented and illegal and you commit a felony, are these mayors in chicago and new york saying, that's okay, you can stay? are they really saying that? 'cause i think they are. i think that's what they're saying. >> you're exactly right, stuart, that's exactly what they're saying and again, that shows that they are willing to put the safety and security of the american people beneath that of their own polit

he picks up the phone and he invites dwight eisenhower to comp to camp david, and that do it all again. they sort of had to have a second transition to some extent. and so i think that's the great cautionary example. these men need to listen to each other. and learn quickly. >> woodruff: what's for sure is all eyes are on the two of them. we thank both of you, jon meacham, nancy gibbs, we appreciate it. >> thanks, judy. >> sreenivasan: after that transition to the white house, donald trump will settle in for his first day of work: january 21, 2017. he's already proposed the actions he wants to take within his first 100 days in office, but which campaign promises can he realistically tackle in that time? for more on this, we're joined by alan gomez, immigration reporter for "usa today," julie rovner, senior correspondent for kaiser health news and scott horsley, white house correspondent for npr who was at the white house today for trump's meeting with president obama. scott, let me start with you. he has specified, he has specified a contract with his voters that have a lot of things o

david rockefeller is one of the most prominent members of the world's wealthiest family a vice president since dwight eisenhower. he wrote in memoirs part of a second secret cab cabal. the sid -- >> host: what's your question? >> caller: well are talks about the super national sovereignty of the world bank which is surely josh all right. we appreciate your comment. we'll move on to tom in cal spell, mt.. tom, good afternoon. >> caller: hi. i'm just curious. there has been a book written about the clinton white house and the problems that the staff and the soldiers and they had with the clintons. is it a true book. >> host: kate anderson brouwer, referring to the secret service oath who came out with a book this year, gary. >> guest: yeah. >> host: there's been a couple of books, jed clean has had a couple out. -- ed clean has had a couple out. >> guest: departments on who you talk about. when i interviewed the head caught uhousekeep if at the white house she has only glowing things to say about hillary clinton and how kind she was to female staff. then i interviewed the head engineer at the time who describes h

david petraeus, bob corker and rudy giuliani. any singular message behind such a variation? >> look, donald trump on foreign policy represents a significant change of course from what has been the republican consensus since dwight eisenhowerft. on alliances and trade and immigration, over the last 60 years and it is unclear exactly where he can find someone who is compatible with that vision within a republican foreign policy infrastructure. there aren't that many people who express the views i ran on. then the other complication as explored in the extraordinary "new york times" story, multiple pages detailing the level of their engagement with countries abroad, their investments abroad. ivanka participating in a phone call with the leading of turkey where they are 3wi8dibuilder to with turkey. and you would have to deal with interest and trump interest and how they separate those. this is not an easy pick to make. someone like bob corker would be reassuring but would that be viewed as a betrayal by many of the trump supporters? finding someone who shares his vision and credible as secretary of state is not an easy needle to thread. >> if i can add on that, you saw kellyanne conway talk about appeasing the establishment a

host: historian david mccullough, also tarned ron was talking about donald trump, said this on youtube. >> president dwight d. eisenhower, who so admirably served his country his entire career, said there are four key qualities by which we should measure a leader, character, ability, responsibility, and experience. donald trump fails to qualify on all four counts. and it should be noted, eisenhower put character first. in the words of the ancient freaks, character is destiny. so much that donald trump spouts is so vulgar and so far from the truth and mean-spirited, it's on that question of character especial that will he's he does not measure up. he's unwise. he's plainly unprepared, unqualified, and he often seems unhinged. host: historian and author david mccullough, who's been featured so often on this network, weighing in in july before the nomination and the election of our 45th president, and donald trump weighing in after the cast of "hamilton" went after the trump-pence administration this is a tweet, the "hamilton" cast must have forgotten that mike pence caved to political correct innocence indiana. he softene

david rockefeller is one of the most prominent members of the world's wealthiest family a vice president since dwight eisenhower he wrote in memoirs part of a second secret cab cabal. the sid -- >> host: what's your question? >> caller: well are talks about the super national sovereignty of the world bank which is surely josh all right. we appreciate your comment. we'll move on to tom in cal spell, mt.. tom, good afternoon. >> caller: hi. i'm just curious. there has been a book written about the clinton white house and the problems that the staff and the soldiers and they had with the clintons. is it a true book. >> host: kate anderson brouwer, referring to the secret service oath who came out with a book this year, gary. >> guest: yeah. >> host: there's been a couple of books, jed clean has had a couple out. -- ed clean has had a couple out. >> guest: departments on who you talk about. when i interviewed the head caught uhousekeep if at the white house she has only glowing things to say about hillary clinton and how kind she was to female staff. then i interviewed the head engineer at the time who describes ha

david. >> there's sort of unwritten rules where the presidents don't engage in the political discussion when there's a next president there. however, you have -- it has happened in the past. dwight eisenhowert after john f. kennedy's domestic policy. it does happen. this, i think, is a little bit different. it sounds to me that president obama is going to become the ex-president community organizer hoping to fill in that leadership vacuum right now that you're seeing in the democratic party. >> ultimately, if you're organizing an opposition to the sitting president, it is because you don't like that guy. that's not very former presidential. >> it's one of those things where you would believe president obama becoming a private citizen would have him stay focused on his library, whether he's starting a foundation. but this is not in president obama's nature. he likes to campaign and be vocal. i think he sees the fact that donald trump is going to dismantle so many of his plans, so many of his, what he would consider his accomplishments and i think that he's just not going to stay quiet. >> we'll see. mercedes, thank you very much for getting up early on this tuesday. >> of course. thank you