would you say just like the military industrial complex that dwight eisenhower warned against? >> yeah. but we should remember the first version of dwight eisenhower's speech, which was not the industrial complex, it was the military industrial congressional complex. and they talked about dropping the congress al from that story. but i think that's the most important one, the way in which the military industrial complex is in bed with congress, and makes it so hard for congress to make any sensible policy. so long as they're dependent on the military and the industry to fuel their political survival. >> look at these facts. bruce allen, a company for which edward snowden was an employee, or contractor, the company snowden worked for made $1.3 billion last year, 23% of the company's total revenue from intelligence work, a former director of national intelligence john mccobble is now an executive at booze allen. he's gone through the revolving door. the chief intelligence official james clapper jr. used to work at booze allen. and earlier this year booze allen said it's working o

what was the relationship to hammarskjold had with dwight dwight eisenhower i think that eisenhower saw eye to eye with him on the suez crisis. >> well, he was privately -- he was not very patient about it. i think that he shared that end he pressured him in ways that are not sensible. but i think that he was surely grateful when eisenhower gave the four piece speech and he was grateful for policy and proposals and actions that eisenhower took. he thought it was unconscionably stupid to send 10,000 troops and he wrote a funny letter about that. but it wasn't -- it really didn't need an amphibious landing. hammarskjold wrote a funny letter and he said the american troops had nothing to do but drink coca-cola. that cover your question, sir? [laughter] >> okay. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book the you'd like to see featured on booktv? senescent e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> an insider's history. richard baker and the former chief congressional correspondent for "time" magazine ended up providing a history of the united states senate. a

it did not know it -- perceive the notoriety or famine glory of george patton or dwight eisenhower. he was the reason why the united states won world war two. he became pro council and had a heart attack. he thought his career was over. they shipped him back to a desk job, deputy chief of staff to the army. he should have ended up in two years. that should be it. you might remember from history what happened. people were -- 13 military americans were in the military. we ended the war but dropping to atomic bombs. the air force cannot and said this is a new way of war. nuclear command a clear, and it clear. airforce jets, strategic air command's, submarines, old-fashioned assets like the army and especially the marine corps. what is the use. it is going to go nuclear. louis johnson wanted to slash conventional forces. he was acting as if the clerk named matthew ridgway was writing brilliant memos saying young mothers stand. conventional war will be more likely because no one will go to war with the clear weapons. we have to build up the conventional forces, but in a bright and sophis

. >> pelley: in 1953 dwight eisenhower was sworn in as president and elizabeth ii was crowned queen of've had 11 presidents but there's only been one queen who celebrated her 60th anniversary today. elizabeth palmer was there. >> reporter: queen elizabeth arrived at westminster abbey as britain's head of state for 60 years and head of a thriving family. her son prince charles was there, so was her grandson prince william along with his very pregnant wife catherine who is due to give birth to yet another royal heir next month. this ceremony echoed the original coronation service 60 years ago. the solid gold saint edwards crown displayed on the altar hasn't been out of the tower of london since 1953. when the archbishop much canterbury placed a five-pound jewel-encrusted weight on elizabeth's head. back then there had been a fight to get tv cameras into the abbey. what if anything went wrong argued conservative politicians. but it didn't and 20 million people watched around the world. cbs news chartered a mustang fighter plane to fly the freshly developed film reels to the u.s. at record

>> that is the order that was given to dwight eisenhower was the supreme commander of the allied force. it comes from the combined chiefs of staff. the top generals and admirals and counterparts in britain. this is what you will do, you will invade the german armed forces and you are just set for german surrender. the decision had been made in january of 1943. the only way the war could end was through complete surrender, unconditional surrender by the axis powers. this had happened and now the determination was it was going to happen with japan and germany. to batter them enough so that they would surrender unconditionally. >> host: what does this stand for? >> guest: it stands for nothing. it could stand for death, it could stand for it today, it is a code. people have tried retrospectively. >> host: about 69 years ago today. >> guest: that is right. that is the david eisenhower picked. it is very tricky to invade the coast. the ties are extraordinary. it has to be right if you're going to go at night to be able to pursue this proficiently. the winds have to be right, or whether has

million packs of cigarettes a day. >> and dwight eisenhower did more than his share. he is smoking four packs of cigarettes a day himself. the had to have it. cigarettes were included, he got several cigarettes in every ration pack it. you can take away their ammunition but don't take away your cigarettes. there was a shortage, serious shortage, had more to do with shipping issues than actual physical shortage of cigarettes and the troops were riotous. this was a big problem for eisenhower. eisenhower one point switch brands to a lesser, a cheaper brand to show solidarity with soldiers instead of the camels he was usually smoking. hadden was a cigar smoker. he would smokes as many cigars as churchill, 20 cigars a day sometimes and and and give up the cigar's for a while to show solidarity with a long-suffering troops who had a tobacco shortage. it is part of the culture. you look back and think my god, what we doing to those guys, no wonder they were shorter bread climbing the hills in the mountains or fighting in december of 1944 but it was a different age and that w

you, and dwight eisenhower did more than his share.i mean, here's a guy spoking four packs of cigarettes a day himself. yeah, cigarettes included in rations. soldiers got several cigarettes in every ration pact, and you could take the ammunition, but, lord, not the cigarettes. there was a shortage, a serious shortage. it more to do with shipping issues than natural, physical shortage of cigarettes, and the troops were rioting. this was a big problem for eisenhower. he switched brands to a lesser, cheaper brand in order to show sol solidarity with the soldiers rather than the camels he usually smoked. patton smoked as many cigar z as churchill, 20 a day sometimes, patton gave them up to show long suffering with the troops who had tobacco shortages. it was part of the culture. you know, you look back and think, my god, what were we doing? they were short of breath climbing the hills of the mountains or fighting in december, but it was a different age, and that was part and parcel of the entitlement a gi expected. >> host: hard to find pi

he'll join kansas greats like dwight eisenhower. >>> the interim mayor of montreal, canada, held hisnovember when the mayor had to resign over corruption claims. today michael applebalm w$o vowed to end an era of sleaze was accused of taking bribes related to real estate deals. >> one of the persons arrested is the current mayor of the city of montreal. michael applebaum faces 14 criminal charges of fraud, breach of trust, conspiracy, municipal corruption. >> it is time for mayors of canada of the two largest cities. in toronto a major recently denied claims he was spotted in an online video allegedly using a crack pipe. ford has called thjut claims ridiculous. >>> okay. call it a college basketball edition of if you can't say it out loud, say it on twitter. overton is going pro. drafted by the oakland a's. he has some parting shots for his coach, sonny galloway, also leaving the school. thanks for being two faced the entire time i knew you. i hope all the talking behind my back to my teammates comes back to you in some way. then this. you really disappointed me and all my teammates.

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dwight eisenhower had to resolve the korean war that harry truman had started.n had to deal with vietnam that had begun under president kennedy. and obviously president obama had to contend with the wars in afghanistan and iraq that were begun under president bush. and it isn't as though any president can take office and easily suddenly change the course of foreign policy overnight. and so, you know, in that sense, i think candidates are entirely sincere. president obama, i suspect, was entire lly sincere with his intentions to defend civil liberties, to close guantanamo bay. once you're in office and the barriers to doing that, the price to be paid for doing it, looks very different. >> it is a fascinating look at the evolution, each one of these men, each one of the presidents as they go from candidate to leader and one with a second term. nancy gibbs, thank you, very good discussion. really appreciate it. >>> she's one of the most popular women in the world. hillary clinton, many are wondering if she's going to run for president in 2016. others are asking who

several lawmakers have come up with rival plans for highway program, in january of '56, president dwight eisenhowerd for national system of roads in his state of the union address. so one congressman drafted a revised bill, funding some 41,000 miles of interstate. it passed the senate and the house nearly uncontested. eisenhower signed off on it three days later. work began almost immediately. the program created 10s of thousands of jobs and turned america into a nation of drivers. and congress helped pave the way 57 years ago today. were oh the 405. thank goodness. hope you have a good night. >> laura: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: thank you to the constitution and thank you to justice that was served today in this court. it was aan amazing day. >> laura: the supreme court hands down two major decisions on gay marriage, striking down parts of the defense of marriage act and clearing the way for same sex couples to tie the knot in california. >> what does this mean for america? we'll have a debate. >> nobody worries or cares about what obama says because it carries no weight. >> laura: barack

. >> so tonight, krystal ball, bill o'reilly has a big problem with dwight eisenhower for creating this very shady position, where you don't have to beg the senate for your job. >> how dare the president be able to hire people to advise him. shady. incredibly shady. only under the obama administration would we have this lack of transparency. one thing that's interesting here, this is being read as a defiant, aggressive move, which it is. i am sure the president has awareness that republicans aren't too into susan rice, and they're seething over the fact there's nothing they can do about him appointing her national security adviser, but it is also remarkable that appointing, hiring someone to advise you who is well qualified, who has been a trusted voice, who will be a fabulous addition to the team, that that should be seen as somehow controversial and aggressive. to me it is just logical and makes a lot of sense. >> i hope there's no defiance at all. i hope the president isn't doing it because the republicans criticizing her really bothered me and i want to defy them with this appointme

because as an american what would dag hammarskjold's relationship with john foster dulles and dwight eisenhower? and it appears briefly eisenhower saw eye to eye with him on the suez crisis. >> yeah. he was, privately, he was not very patient about dulles. i mean, someone -- i don't think it was him -- said dull dulles. [laughter] but i think he rather shared that view. and dulles pressured him in ways that were just not sensible. but with eisenhower it was different. he was, i think, sincerely grateful when eisenhower gave the atoms for peace speech. he was sincerely for numbers of things, of policy, of proposals or actions that eisenhower took. he thought it was unconscionably stupid on the part of the americans to send 10,000 troops to the lebanon. he wrote a very funny let or about that that you'll -- letter about that that you'll find in my book. this was 1958 when there was a problem in the lebanon, but it wasn't -- it really didn't need an amphibious landing. hammarskjold wrote a very funny letter saying that the americans, because things worked out quite well there diplomatically, he sa

dingell came to congress in 1955 when dwight eisenhower was president.ant to ask you a little bit about as you look back on those years how many presidents? >> 11 presidents and 11 speakers i served with. >> schieffer: you'll notice i do not say that you served that long. >> you're wise but i know some folks do. >> schieffer: as you look back on it, who were you favorites? >> if you look there's a picture signed to john dingell. franklin delano roosevelt. i didn't serve with him but he was to me right after god. he'd speak to the fire side chats. the country stopped, people wanted to listen to him. and he had that wonderful speaking style. after him i think truman who is an extraordinary guy who has the remarkable ability to simplify enormously complex questions into a simple yes or no. >> schieffer: what about l.b.j.? >> he was a tremendous president. there was only one thing that destroyed l.b.j. and that was vietnam. probably at the bottom of that have was his ego because he was i think very much afraid the people were going to see who lost vietnam. j

the first person -- first president re-elected twice with more than 51% of the vote since dwight eisenhowerin half a century. so the point is that he has to focus on college completion. because if they don't get a college degree, they are road kill in the global economy. and he has to focus on rebuilding america and bringing the republican party, the party of lincoln, who is a big infrastructure man, built the railroads, teddy roosevelt, big infrastructure man, bring the republican party back to its roots, come together on a big infrastructure plan. >> ana, looking at the democrats from where you sit, you're seeing democrats who are critical of the president. saying, look, the second term is getting away from you. things you've tried, you've made a big stand on, like guns and such have not panned out. you got to get back to jobs. >> look, i think absolutely he's got to focus on jobs. and we all have to focus on jobs. the entire government has to. but we've got to walk and chew gum at the same time. we cannot look the other way when you've got things like government overreach. when you've go

for the first 24 hours dwight eisenhower did not know if his troops were winning or losing. >> eisenhower landings. and he never had to use it. >> reporter: last week general defense secretary chuck hagel read the words eisenhower never used to the graduating class at west point as the standard for all who would lead. >> the troops, the air and the navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. if any blame or fault attaches to this attempt, it is mine alone. >> it is clear that the allies have their foothold however pre-tear use. >> at stake was liberation from nazi germany. an heroic story but one which had a dark underside. 15,000 french citizens were killed by allied bombings leading up to d-day. once the allied forces were ashore, some g.i.s were left wondering whether they had liberated or obliterated french villages. the laipt andy rooney who covered the invasion as a reporter wrote of the french, "it was true they were being freed but at the cost of everything they had." and beyond that, not all american soldiers conducted themselves like members of the greatest generati

reason that omar bradley wes sober injudicious thinker and talker this so is george marshall in dwight d. eisenhower and their research in areas to stop the 58 parallel of had to fight a conventional war he thought he could appeal to reason or the merits of the argument rather than the political instincts he did not care about being liked and he suffered for it he would have been valuable a few more years in the military but was alienated from the discourse because of that. but david petraeus fought he could navigate through the impossible political situation with the senate and bush at 32% and everybody umbel sides will honor him and he did that successfully i think that explains why he took the unenviable task in afghanistan willing to do trade positions with the general and came back but from a historical point of view you could tell there were larger forces at work like politics with the political residents of petraeus that would conspire in the way i am not sure he appreciated or wanted to but i think it's some point although they are a good survivalist they're not quite sure how fame and atten

general dwight david eisenhower. and his running mate was this handsome fellow.

they used to say about dwight eisenhower, a call to the hidden hand residency. would not go that for about a rock obama. know that if he raised his profile to high it would raise more opposition. sometimes on the deficit whence hecommission, was for it -- whence he was for it, the republicans were against it. he understands he can become an pediment do something he wants. to somethingment he wants. indid something like that the first few cases. they were some complaints he was not active enough in shaping a healthcare reform bill. he let congress take the lead. is he thought there would be a better chance of passage. taking a step back on that, and also work on ending don't ask don't tell in the military. incident is taking the lead on gays in the military, he had admiral mullen and the joints chief of staff make statements on it. they would have to change the law to make the change possible. at the endwas made of 2010. now you are seeing a similar situation. he is trying not to get to out front. his people are very involved quietly on the hell in getting immigr

and he was, of course, first serving under president dwight david eisenhower in 1955.ng you need to know. >> remarkable. >> and still active, as active as he's ever been. thank you, chris, it's been a big news day. we're on top of it here on msnbc. that does it for "andrea mitchell reports." thomas reports as a look at what's next on "news nation". >>> thousands without power, thousands of flights canceled after a massive storm continues to move east. 60,000 people in this storm's track. we'll track it for you, bring you the updates on bad weather. >>> destructive wildfires. zero containment in colorado. it's one of the worst in the state's history. we have new pictures from behind the fire lines. >>> potential juror in the george zimmerman murder trial. not hiding what she thinks. you'll hear what the woman said about trayvon martin and why george zimmerman should, quote, go home. it's all up next on "news nation ". [ male announcer ] here's a word you should keep in mind. unbiased. some brokerage firms are. but way too many aren't. why? because selling their funds ma

general dwight david eisenhower. and his running mate was this handsome fellow. it was a contentious choice to pick richard nixon as ike's running mate. there were lots of other republicans who wanted on the ticket and big powerful factions of republicans who wanted people other than richard nixon to get the nod, but ike picked nixon. senator nixon who was known as an anti-corruption crusader at the time. which is hilarious. and a couple months after ike picked nixon, vice presidential nominee richard nixon got himself into his own corruption scandal. this was the headline, right? "secret rich men's trust fund keeps nixon in style far beyond his salary." the "new york post" slaying richard nixon going right at what was supposed to be his strong suit saying he was not some anti-corruption crusading man of the people, he was a puppet of a millionaire's club that secretly paid not only for him but for his whole family's lavish lifestyle. it just looked terrible for ike and for nixon. people started protesting at his campaign events holding up sarcastic signs like "d

in fact, 1945, journal of the army dwight d. eisenhower deemed air evacuation as important other medical innovations as world war ii including penicillin and sulfur drugs. okay. this is a photograph of the 87th. all the enlisted men as was the nurses. the group was made up of 90 personnel including 25 nurses. that included their head nurse as was 24 medics. they came from across the country and all received special training at bowman field which is in louisville, kentucky. while some of the medics had volunteered for service, of course others have been drafted. all of the nurses were volunteer force. and interesting note about the nurses, some have been stewardesses before the war and airlines required stewardesses to be nurses. so it was an easy transition for them to make. this is a photograph of harold hayes who, at the time of the crash of any was 21. 21 and today he is 91. he lives in medford, oregon, and work very closely with me on the story. he has an incredible memory which helped a lot, and very willing to share all of his experi

on the republican side that year, the presidential nominee was ike, general dwight david eisenhower.ate was this handsome fellow. it was a contentious choice to pick richard nixon as ike's running mate.

. >> another republican, dwight eisenhower, what was one of the biggest contributions he made as president the interstate highway system. it was expensive. we spent a lot. in today's dollars about $500,000,000,000. we god a lot of it. that fueled our productivity growth. >> i love it. jennifer, where can people read this report? >> they can go to the cap website right on the main page 30 million engines of growth. that's important because the idea is that the economy will be doing better when sorrel americans are doing better. >> the economy will do better when all americans are doing better. >> that's a tweetable thing. the economy does better when all americans do better. >> we have tweeted out a link to the report. 1ri67 arrested a fowler so you can find the report. jennifer erickson for the center for american progress. >> okay. >> director of competitiveness. tell the world about the support. >> thanked for being on the show. we will be right back after the break. >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support

so dwight eisenhower, he didn't challenge roosevelt's social programs. deal programs that started then. and he, of course, did a lot of infrastructure. nixon did a lot of things that today would be considered radical liberal things. so there was this 20th century consensus but if you look at the ryan plan and paul ryan would have been in charge of the budget. this was determined by the transition team for mitt romney. basically does rewrite the american social contract. and they would have had the votes to get that through had romney won. because they could have used an obscure rule in the senate to get it through on 51 votes in the same way they would repeal obamacare. obamacare gotten through with 51 votes. and they would have not gotten everything they wanted but they would have gone a long way to -- as ryan said, by his own account, rewriting the american social contract so that it was no longer what he called a hammock that was coddling the 47%. >> never heard that. >> the stakes were big. and this was a class-based election. remember when romney sa

it did soe irs -- during the administration of dwight eisenhower in 1959. in more recent years, particularly after the decision in citizens united suggested we would have tens of millions, indeed hundreds of millions of tax subsidized money poured in with secret, undisclosed contributors into the election process to dilute our democracy, an organization before the last election, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, petitioned the iressa act about this. ,o go back to the original clear, unequivocal wording of the statute that had existed since 1913. the irs did not respond except with a, we will think about a type of letter. these citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington has petitioned again, this year, for the treasury department to act on this matter. i have asked them, as have other members of this congress, to do the same. the not believe that internal revenue service, the treasury department, should be providing tax subsidies to organizations that are not engaged exclusively in social welfare, whether their name is progress

it did so during the administration of president dwight eisenhower in 1959. and in more recent years, particularly after the decision and citizens united come suggested that we would have tens of billions, indeed hundreds of millions of tax subsidize money pouring in with secret undisclosed contributors into the election process to pollute our democracy, an organization before the last election, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, petition the irs to act about this, and to go back to the original clear unequivocal wording of the statute that had existed since 1913. the irs did not respond except with a, we will think about it, type letter. the citizens for responsibly and ethics in washington has petitioned again this year for the treasury department to act on this matter. i have asked them, as have other members of this congress to do the same. i don't believe that the internal revenue service, the treasury department should be providing tax subsidies to organizations that are not engaged exclusively in social welfare, whether the name is p

yeah i am thinking about in my years, dwight eisenhower when he went to office his stern warning aboutndustrial complex. >> the easiest way, you screw up. you forget to do something or you -- whatever. something goes wrong. the easiest way to cover it up is to say its national security. right? or classify it. >> yeah. >> it's so broad. >> right. it is. >> that's why first amendment experts are saying this media shield law it sounds really good and it's getting out there in the press, but some are really concerned about what it actually means. >> bill: but i like the idea and conseptember, at least, of having a judge who would be the ultimate decider and have the government make its case. here is why this story, if this story got out, it would put lives at risk and then having to prove it in front of a judge and the judge will say, you know when? okay. in this case, you know, reporters have to back off because i think in the two cases that we are now talking about, the associated press, a successful intelligence plot to prevent throwing up of an airliner, which the white house was going

it did so during the administration of president dwight eisenhower in 1959 ended her recent years, particularlyafter this decision and citizens united suggested we would have tens of billions, hundreds of millions of tax subsidize money poured in the secret undisclosed contributors into the election process to pollute our democracy. an organization before the last election, citizen's responsibility and ethics in washington petitioned the irs to ask about this and go back to the original, clear, unequivocal wording of the statute that existed since 1913. the irs did not respond, except with it we will think about it type letter. the citizens first and stability and ethics in washington has petitioned again this year for the treasury department to act on this matter. i have asked them, as have other members of the congress to do the same. i don't believe the internal revenue service, the treasury department should be providing tax subsidies to organizations not engaged and social welfare whether it's progress texas or any other name they want to apply to themselves. this is the second hearing in

the first person -- first president re-elected twice with more than 51% of the vote since dwight eisenhower a century. so the point is that he has to focus on college completion. because if they don't get a college degree, they are road kill in the global economy. and he has to focus on rebuilding america and bringing the republican party, the party of lincoln, who is a big infrastructure man, built the railroads, teddy roosevelt, big infrastructure man, bring the republican party back to its roots, come together on a big infrastructure plan. >> ana, looking at the democrats from where you sit, you're seeing democrats who are critical of the president. saying, look, the second term is getting away from you. things you've tried, you've made a big stand on, like guns and such have not panned out. you've got to get back to jobs. >> look, i think absolutely he's got to focus on jobs. and we all have to focus on jobs. the entire government has to. but we've got to walk and chew gum at the same time. we cannot look the other way when you've got things like government overreach. when you've got th

>> work continues on thentinuesn memorial to president dwight d eisenhower and now organizers oa area film to highlight the anniversary of the d-day invasion. >> the film as well as as interactive features are beingg launched today as part of the digital memorial. meria they will accompany the memorial being built at the international mall. it will be one of seven pivotalo moments of eisenhower's legacy.. eventually they will be able to access the video using the smart phone while visiting the memorial. >>> we will take a look all of the biggest beltway issues when we sit down with our team of political insiders. >>> here is a look inside, we iw will get the latest weather, and traffic from julie in just a couple of minutes. it's 726.  >>> i was conner wondering whath were going to do with that. tha. >> got a banana finger. fi >> she is hiding a banana behini the computer. >> at least i'm eating something healthy. >> you don't want to see what wt i'm hiding.i'm >> you don't want to see it. >> it's a terrible habit. >> they're so yummy. >> pop