richard nixon and eisenhower, dwight d. eisenhower, didn't like one another. they may have hated one another. they may have gone even lower than that. they both may have been in dante's circle of hell. button the story that is told is done for one reason and one reason only, and it's to prove that both richard nixon and dwight eisenhower didn't get along for a reason. and the reason was if they couldn't get along, their party couldn't get along, and they themselves as representatives of the republican party could not get along. and that people that write this, i hope you're not shocked, are democrats. and it's a story that is done purposefully. it's not a story that's done because of some mistake. it's a story that is done because if you are a democrat and your partisan, or if you are a liberal persuasion and your partisan, the story fits. it is a good story of where to start with the animosity within the republican party. and what's a better place to start with animosity within the republican party than dwight eisenhower and richard nixon? it may make sense t

number two, there was nothing that said that dwight eisenhower could get rid of richard nixon. and like so many other problems when you have a ticket if you did get rid of richard nixon as vice president, then you would have to start all over again, find another vice presidential candidate that the people would be happy with and think about what you have to go through to do that. it would be virtually a war zone so they have a story out there on september 18 and the other thing that was a huge problem -- and i'm sure some of you have heard of cell phones. [laughter] there were no cell phones in 1952. you had two men running separate campaigns were separate trains that don't stop at the same time and they couldn't get in touch with each other at the same time. so here is dwight eisenhower moving along who doesn't even hear about the charge of the secret fund and here's richard nixon going along figuring so what this is the normal partisan stuff we have to deal with and nothing is going to happen. well all of a sudden there are movements get rid of richard nixon for doing this ev

then the letter says commentary vice president, this is a copy of the seven pages of notes that dwight eisenhower took as he watched your speech at the cleveland auditorium on september 21. eisenhower watch the speech in the manager. he may notes. once more the story, and again, this is the story, as dwight eisenhower was watching the speech, he was so angry that he took his pencil and stabbed it into the pad he was looking at and tour the paper. and wrote awful things about richard nixon. any of you see any? any rips? how about a little many tear rips. only i found that document the 320 series 847 bucks. it amounts to about a million and a half pages. you'll never guess who is the only one every go through every page. well, i can't believe this. they looked at those documents that they thought they thought it would give him the worst possible position. surrendering go from a dizzy , they want to box a sermon adams, box b so-and-so, boxy carboxy, eisenhower, r, rockefeller, whatever. to show you how bad it was, i liked of the last 50 boxes that no one else has ever looked at. i don't know how man

dwight d. eisenhower.0 he answered his country's call once more and once more he was on european soil to assume supreme command of the land, the sea, and the air forces of a grand, defensive alliance. against the new threat rising from the soviets who had once been his nation's ally he had to create in the war-weary european soul, the will to defend itself so that freedom so dearly bought would not be lost. for more than a year he labored diligently at his task of coalition. when he turned over the reins of command to general matthew ridgeway the structure of military unity among free nations on which rested the hope for continued peace, was established. once again with the accomplishment of substantial victory behind him, this might well have been the end of his public career and in a sense it was. the closing chapter in the story of eisenhower the soldier. history is recording today the story of eisenhower the statesman. the stories may be separate but soldier and statesman they are the same man, dwight

dwight eisenhower was drafted. he didn't want to run. by a group that was fronted by the citizens for eisenhower, that was organized by tom dewey who i'm going to talk about a little more later, and he was drafted against his will. and adlai stevenson who didn't want to run, was drafted by a group of people who were fronted by walter johnson of the university of chicago, leo lerner of the volunteers in illinois. so he was drafted against his well. so what did i say in this first book? none of this happened. that's what i said, none of this happened. i said that neither one of them were drafted, that it was a myth. i thought it was great. the reviews were pretty good. and then i went to a conference in 1992. now, this is a where's waldo? you got to find me in this picture. i'm the guy fifth from the left with black hair. standing next to mr. and mrs. john miner wisdom, you might see herb brownel, earl stason. and for a good three hours at the eisenhower library, they beat me up senseless about how wrong i was with my book. it was a very h

dwight d. eisenhower's grandchildren. they talked about his military and political career, his legacy, and about the grandfather they remember. this discussion was part of the eisenhower institute ike 125 celebration, commemorating the 125th anniversary of his birth. this is 90 minutes. them in the singing of our national anthem. oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, at the proudly we twilight's last gleaming? brightraod stripes and thro' the perilous fight, ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. star-spangledat banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] >> tonight continues a wonderful weekend and year-long of programming and activities as the eisenhower institute celebrates the 125th birth date of dwight d. eisenhower. we have had film makers, members ofterans, the shape organization, and members of the eisenhower administration. we still like ike.

dwight d. eisenhower.0 he answered his country's call once more and once more he was on european soil to assume supreme command of the land, the sea, and the air forces of a grand, defensive alliance. against the new threat rising from the soviets who had once been his nation's ally he had to create in the war-weary european soul, the will to defend itself so that freedom so dearly bought would not be lost. for more than a year he labored diligently at his task of coalition. when he turned over the reins of command to general matthew ridgeway the structure of military unity among free nations on which rested the hope for continued peace, was established. once again with the accomplishment of substantial victory behind him, this might well have been the end of his public career and in a sense it was. the closing chapter in the story of eisenhower the soldier. history is recording today the story of eisenhower the statesman. the stories may be separate but soldier and statesman they are the same man, dwight

you know what it is, dwight eisenhower was drafted. he didn't want to run. he was drafted by a group fronted by the citizens for eisenhower. organized by tom dewey, whom i will talk about later. he was drafted against his will. and adlai stevenson, who didn't want to run, was drafted by a group of people fronted by walter johnson from the university of chicago, leo learners in illinois. he was drafted against his will. what did i say in the first book? none of this happened. and i said, neither one of them were drafted. that it was a myth. i thought it was great. the reviews were pretty good. then i went to a conference in 1992. this is where's waldo. you have to find me in this picture. i am the guy, fifth from the left, with black hair. standing next to mr. and mrs. john minor wisdom. for a good three hours, they beat me up senseless about how wrong i was with my book. it was a very humbling experience. i kind of thought that by fighting -- hiding behind an "i like ike" button would make me more objective. but i seriously wondered if what i had said a few y

dwight eisenhower was drafted. he didn't want to run. and he was drafted by a group that was fronted by the citizens for eisenhower, that was organized by tom dewey who i'm going to talk about a little more later, and he was drafted against his will. and adlai stevenson who didn't want to run, was drafted by a group of people who were fronted by walter johnson of the university of chicago, leo lerner of the volunteers in illinois. so he was drafted against his well. so what did i say in this first book? none of this happened. that's what i said, none of this happened. i said that neither one of them were drafted, that it was a myth. i thought it was great. the reviews were pretty good. and then i went to a conference in 1992. now, this is a where's waldo? you got to find me in this picture. i'm the guy fifth from the left with black hair. standing next to mr. and mrs. john miner wisdom, you might see herb brownel, earl stason. and for a good three hours at the eisenhower library, they beat me up senseless about how wrong i was with my boo

dwight d. eisenhower's grandchildren. they talked about his military and political career, his relevance for us today, his legacy and about the grandfather they remember. this discussion was part of the eisenhower institute's ike 125 celebration, commemorating the 125th anniversary of his birth. it's about two hours. ♪ oh, say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪o o'er the ramparts we watched were soie gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rocket's red glare ♪, the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ [applause ] >>> tonight continues a wonderful weekend, and for that matter yearlong of programming and activities that the eisenhower institute is celebrating the 125th birthday of eisenhower. we've been honored to have members of the ei

dwight d. eisenhower's grandchildren. they talked about his political career, his legacy, and about the grandfather they remember. this discussion was part of the ike 125 celebration commemorating the 125th anniversary of his birth. it's about two hours. ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ [ applause ] >>> tonight continues a wonderful weekend and for that matter yearlong of programming and activities at the eisenhower institute that is celebrating the 125th birthday of dwight d. eisenhower. it's been a team effort and we are grateful to all of them. in short, at gettysburg college we sti

televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president dwight eisenhowerced his bid for reelection. tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady mamie eisenhower. good evening and welcome to c-span series, "first ladies: influence and image." tonight is mamie eisenhower's turn. and here to tell us about her life are two people who have spent a lot of time with first ladies, and in particular in marilyn holt's case, mamie eisenhower. she's a historian and author of a biography called, "mamie eisenhower, the general's first lady." we also welcome back edith mayo to the table. edie's been one of our guiding forces among academic historians on first ladies for this whole series. it's nice to see you again. edith mayo: nice to be back. susan: well, what should we take away watching that piece of video from the 1950s? [laughter] about her popularity? about the use of television? marilyn irvin holt: the film clip you showed from the birthday celebration in march, 1956, this is shown. and obviously, it's an election year. and immediately, the democr

his biggest problem is he hated to listen to dwight eisenhower because dwight, who was a great guy but at the lower part of his class, and mcarthur was the smartest guy ever at west point according to academics, and he could not he had to take orders from twice. -- dwight. could you imagine general douglas macarthur being on television saying the following -- the question was by a very good man asking the questions said, what do you think of isis? can we win? in the general looked at him and said, oh, it is going to be very tough. it is going to be very, very tough. i don't know. it is going to take a very, very long time. i looked at the sky and say, he is a weak person. deals are not deals, deals are people. when you do deals, it is people. everybody always says deals, deals are people. remember it. i tell kids, deals are not deals, deals are people. i looked at this general and said, i do not want him. i will find the smartest and spot is very important. toughest. we got rid of the guy, remember, because he was using, and get -- foul language to a magazine. he was me, tough, and nas

we had a great economy under dwightiz dwight eisenhower. >> we had a 90% tax rate, didn't we?> at the top which would only apply to you, neil. we want a balanced budget at least in sight. >> we had a great economy under john kennedy, by the way, who cut taxes. >> after his death. >> related to simplifying the tax road. we have an irs that's dangerous. it's been wielded as a political weapon. if you simplify the tax code and reduce it from the tens of thousands of pages that it is, you basically take the power away from the irs. >> i understand but is it unrealistic for carly fiorina to say to reduce it to three pages. is that realistic? >> i mean, every -- they all make that promise. the thing we haven't hit on is the spending. we have seen talk about revenue to the government. if they get 4 trillion they spend 5 trillion. that's what we have to deal with. >> i would have liked to have heard more of the other side. >> from a political messaging standpoint i think they fell down. maybe julie can help us with this because she does this stuff for a living. this is our money, not

there never was a unanimous vote for dwight eisenhower. because warren didn't let it happen. >> thank you very much. please give our when taliban a round of applause. [applause] -- irwin gellman. he will be in the lobby designed your books. thank you, everyone for coming. please come back for dick cheney next week and 9/11. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on instagram. follow was for publishing news, schedule updates and behind the scenes teachers and videos. instagram.com/book underscore tv. specters lucas the books are being published this week your >> so i was covering the serious crisis for more less the '70s, long before there was any isa's presence or at least acknowledged their presence. and i got to know a lot of the opposition which in the beginning had been peaceful protesters and activists. when it became an armed regarding against the assad regime, i started do a lot of reporting from the syrian-turkish border region with refugees, meeting with rebels. southern turkey has become a kind of barracks fo

dwight eisenhower comes to mind.nd as a guy who came from the business world, i cannot denigrate business experience as preparation for government service. but having had some experience dealing with the legislature and the government would be of value, but i would not disqualify someone just because they had not served in the state house. brackets, some people say. the insurgent bracket and the mainstream conservative bracket. i recognize that right now there is a lot of attention given to but isurgent bracket, think you will see one or two emerge on the other side and they will get the visibility. ultimately it will come down to a race between one from each. host: in this scenario, are you comparing donald trump to dwight eisenhower? [laughter] gov. romney: the parallel does not immediately jump to mind. [laughter] but, that said, i don't think you'd necessarily have to have government or washington experience to serve as president. host: one of the areas were donald trump has been getting traction is with his crit

his biggest problem is he hated to listen to dwight eisenhower because dwight, who was a great guy but at the lower part of his class, and mcarthur was the smartest guy ever at west point according to academics, and he could not he had to take orders from twice. -- dwight. could you imagine general douglas macarthur being on television saying the following -- the question was by a very good man asking the questions said, what do you think of isis? can we win? in the general looked at him and said, oh, it is going to be very tough. it is going to be very, very tough. i don't know. it is going to take a very, very long time. i looked at the sky and say, he is a weak person. deals are not deals, deals are people. when you do deals, it is people. everybody always says deals, deals are people. remember it. i took it, deals are not deals, deals are people. i tell kids, deals are not deals, deals are people. i looked at this general and said, i do not want him. i will find the smartest and spot is very important. toughest. ,e got rid of the guy, remember because he was using, and get -- foul

and then roosevelt also shows dwight eisenhower's as the commander of forces. so with that the conference was a success. far away from the bloodsoaked battlefields of europe, far away from them and dialing -- dying daily day after day and believe i hopes for the future, hopes of success, fdr returned home feeling that all would be well. he was deeply ailing. i coffee would not go away, doctors said it's nothing more than the after effects of influenza. whatever it was it would not quit. here is a man who obtain depression, held held adolf hitler at bay and was deeply sick. he began to lose his ability to taste food as uniquely depicted. he will developed a hacking cough it would not stop. stop. his mouth hung open when he signed his correspondence and he could barely do more than a squirrel. when you asked how he felt, this normally stoic president would say rotten or i feel like hell. in other words, he was sick. again, his personal dr. in the white house wrote it off as nothing more than the influenza, but at a workup at the tustin naval hospital he said no,

next, their majesties fly by helicopter to call on former united states president dwight eisenhower, o visited kabul in 1959. the retired general and statesman now lives on a farm in the state of pennsylvania. general eisenhower raises price cattle. -- prize cattle. his majesty's plane flies south to cape canaveral in the state of florida. from here the epic voyages of the astronauts began. and from here, other giant manned rockets will soar to the moon and beyond. hundreds of millions of people have watched these rockets take off. the united states makes rocket launching's open to the public. in the breaking room of the launch operations center, the dreams and plans for the space age come alive, with all their excitement, challenges, and importance to mankind. united states satellites circle the earth right now, as you hear these words. they sent back to earth communications and weather reports. the great machines of space demand special metals and fuels, and much knowledge and skill. our king asks many questions. to visit cape canaveral is to visit a new frontier. the state of flori

it was the is second bestseller that year to dwight eisenhower's memoir of world war ii, but it was not nearly as good as how to win friends. >> host: if you said to somebody dale carnegie in 1946 in the u.s., would they know immediately who you were talking about? >> guest: i think they would have. he became a kind of household name, i think, in the late '30s and the 1940s. and then with his course which continued on through the '40s and through his death in the '50s, he was a person who got a lot of publicity around the country as a teacher. and i think what the book did that people responded to, what they remembered him for is carnegie reoriented the old traditional message of american success. benjamin franklin, horatio alger, all of those guys. the old message had been hard work, firm moral character, thrift. that was the road to success. what carnegie did, i think, was to touch a modern vein because he presented a message that was different. he still talked about hard work and all of that, but increasingly what he emphasized is that in a white collar world, in a bureaucratic world

one man, president dwight eisenhower kept his cool, even though it sank his poll numbers. the kennedy administration ended what they saw in cuba and vietnam with disastrous results. i believe that decades from now, we will be glad that barack obama chose dwight eisenhower's path to power, not putin's. let's get started. >>> when malaysian airlines flight 17 was shot down over ukraine 15 months ago, 193 dutch citizens perished. this week, their nation released a damning investigative report on how and why its citizens and others died. it said that a russian-made buk missile is what downed the airliner. but the report also puts some lesser blame on ukraine, saying the nation had sufficient reason to close its air space before the shootdown occurred. joining me now for an exclusive interview is ukraine's president petro poroshenko. thank you for joining me, mr. president. >> thank you for the invitation. >> do you believe that ukraine should have shut down its air space given the violence that was already afoot? >> yeah, of course ukraine is strictly follow all recommendation

dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan, jack kennedy, there is a consensus there that basically brought outand they didn't always agree on everything in their differences between the parties oftentimes at election time, brock obama was clear outside that basic consensus that in my opinion and my study of history was fundamentally disagreed was not in accord with what i think is a bipartisan accord the u.s. role in the world, that i think has dominated our history and our policies, and our actions over that. of time. that is partly what stimulated our thinking about the book. if you look at the book and go through, i think you'll find we have document very carefully where we believe he has in fact, done things that aren't not the way would have been done by earlier presidents. he is outside the mainstream, if you will of presidential leadership and even raising questions about how big of a role the u.s. should play in the world. the policies over the course of the last six or seven years now are remarkable at odds with our history, what we believe as a nation, and with what will have to be a

i think his problem was he hated to listen to dwight eisenhower because dwight work is a great guy, but he was at the lower part of his class, and macarthur was the smartest guy probably ever at west point, and he couldn't believe that he had to take orders from ike. there's so many interesting stories. could you imagine, could you imagine, general douglas macarthur being on television, saying the following. the question was by a very good man asking the question. said: what do you think of isis? can we win? and the general looked at him and said, oh, it's going to be very tough. it's going to be very, very tough. i don't know. it's going to take a very, very long time. i looked at this guy and i said, number one, he is a weak person. i'm very good. deals deals. deals are people. when you do deals, it's people. not deals. everybody always says, deals, deals are people. remember it. i tell kids, deals are not deals. deals are people. but i looked at this general, i said, don't want him. i don't want him. i will find the smartest -- and smart is very important -- tough -- we got rid of a

and this is the situation that pertains when the new president takes office in 1953, dwight eisenhower. now being a military man by career, he organizes his national security apparatus quite differently, and this is one of the constant variables in the history of the president's document is how he chooses to run his national security process. whether the agency or dni is prominent in it or whether the national security adviser is pretty much running the show. eisenhower makes it clear at the start that he's suspicious of any product that comes specif specifically from any department, that includes the cia. he does not read the cib, makes it clear he does not want morning briefings and is not going to use the cib. instead, he is mostly getting most of his intel from the nfc meeting. from alan dulles. the cib does not figure prominently in those presentations, and this process continues throughout his presidency. in the sixth year of the current intelligence bulletin's publication, they notice shortcomings in it that as i say kind of work their way through the history of the president's

but dwight eisenhower. and used to take him out and put him on the other side of the border and they come right back and do it again and do it again a say this it doesn't work. and moved them all the way south, all the way, and they never came back again because it was too far. amazing. i'm not saying this in a joking way, i'm saying this is what happened. they literally, literally, moved them all the way. a lot of the politicians, they put them on boats and all the way down south and that was it. and then a lot of things happened and a lot of changes took place and we have become so politically correct as a country that we can't do anything. you say that was not politically correct. nobody respects women more than i do. and i -- that's true. thank you. my mother was the greatest person there was. but nobody respects women more than i do. and making a speech. i cherish women and hillary says we don't want to be cherished but respected. everything. you want to be respected and want to be loved and cherished,

do you know that dwight eisenhower who is a nice general, in the 1950s, do you know that he moved over a million people out and what he did he brought them to the border and they came right back. brought them to the board are and they came right back and then they took them and moved all the way down south and they never came back but dwight eisenhower moved over a million, 1.5 million people back in to the south through the border because it was a huge problem. nobody ever mentions it. it was a major operation, 1.5 million people which is maybe the equivalent in those days, and he moved them out because we had a huge problem in the 1950s. nobody ever talks about it. >> when you fly around the country campaigning and you fly back to new york on your jet and i know you go into laguardia and i know the path, you go right over the harbor. >> laguardia with the potholes on the runway. >> you pass the statue of liberty. >> right. >> and you look down at that statue and you know the words on the base of that statue, it's not at pop quiz, give me, your tired and poor and huddled masses yearni

they should learn about great men like george marshall and dwight eisenhower and harry truman and ronaldreagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century, and what it will take in the 21st. we must make sure they understand that it is the brave men and women of the united states armed forces who defend our freedom and security for millions of others as well. our children need to know that they are citizens of the most powerful good and honorable nation in the history of mankind. the exceptional nation. ordinary americans have done heroic things to guarantee her survival. america's future and the future of freedom for all the world now depend on us. speaking at omaha beach on the 40th anniversary of the d-day landings, president reagan put it this way, we will always remember, we will always be proud, we will always be prepared so we may always be free. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] ..

dwight eisenhower comes to mind and it's a guy who came in the business world i can't denigrate business experience as preparation for government service but surely having had some experience with the legislature and executive branch and so forth would be of value but i wouldn't disqualify someone just because they haven't served in washington or in the statehouse. we do have however two brackets some people say in our party and the insurgent brass get -- bracket the mainstream conservative bracket and i recognize right now there's a lot of attention given to the insurgents bracket but i think you will see one or two people emerge on the other side and they will get the visibility and it will come down to a race between one from each. >> just to be clear are you comparing donald trump to dwight eisenhower? [laughter] >> the parallel does not immediately jump to mind. but that said you don't have to have government experience to serve as the president. >> one of the areas that trump's been getting traction is with his criticism and assertions about the corrupting nature of money in politi

. >> it was a policy that coincided with us president dwight eisenhower's "atoms for peace" initiative - with promotional exhibitions across japan. but the sales pitch was made harder by continued u.s. nuclear weapons testing. in particular when a japanese fishing boat,the daigo fukuryu maru, was doused in the fallout from a u.s. test at bikini atoll. at first matashichi oishi thought it was a strange snowfall... the symptoms came later. >> my face turned black, and my skin started to fall off. but i concealed it from everyone because i didn't want my family and i to face discrimination. >> renewed nuclear fears manifested in cinemas that year: godzilla, raised from the deep by atomic testing, wrought indiscriminate destruction on japanese cities. but as japan began to build nuclear power plants in the 1960s, a very different figure emerged. astro boy was the epitome of moral science - the savior robot powered by a nuclear reactor. his creator always denied he was a pro-nuclear symbol. but the industry still used his image in pamphlets like this, in which he carries nuclear plant to a

american military factions including army chief of staff george marshall and brigadier general dwight eisenhower launched an immediate invasion of france. mr. huxen: when the united states injured world war ii after the attack of pearl harbor, we were faced with a strategic choice -- japan or nazi germany -- when the united states entered world war ii. roosevelt believed that hitler and nazi germany were our chief enemy. the problem was we were not ready to fight the not cease -- the nazis on the continent of europe. we looked at a plan to perhaps invade across the english channel into normandy but realized it would not have the material resources or the army built that was necessary for victory. in the meantime, the soviet union was taking a terrible pounding on the eastern want, and so franklin roosevelt and winston churchill realized they had to do something to meet joseph stalin fleeting for a second front, but it would not be in france. we decided we would land in north africa. so we tell the story of this north african farmhouse we are standing and that decision and its consequences. -- pr

dwight d. eisenhower's grandchildren. they talked about his military and political career, his legacy, and about the grandfather they remember. this discussion was part of the eisenhower institute ike 125 celebration, commemorating the 125th anniversary of his birth. this is 90 minutes. them in the singing of our national anthem. oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what

dwight eisenhower, we all like ike, right? you remember the expression, right?plause] i go, he got elected. i like ike. how could he be bad? right? i think he was a nicer general than mcarthur and patton. and i like ike as a president but i loved patton and i loved general mcarthur. i loved them. we'll find ourself a patton and we'll find ourself -- because we have a lot of smart guys in our military and women. we'll find ourselves a patton. right here, i will be the patton. but we're going to find a patton and we're going to find a mac arthur. we're really good at that. we have great people. i told the story, i saw generals on television. they shouldn't be on television. they shouldn't be taking, they shouldn't be talking they should be doing. they asked a certain general, i won't insult him, a month 1/2 ago on a talk show. here is general so-and-so, one of the top, top people, i could even say the top, what is he doing on television? he is saying, well, isis is very tough, you know, they are spread out. by the way, they took the oil that i said take. remember

[laughter] out helgerson: he's writing to dwight eisenhower. he goes on to say you have made a bad mistake and i'm hoping it won't injure this great republic. there has never been one like it, and i want to see it continue, regardless of the man who holds the most important position in the history of the world. may god guide you and give you light. [laughter] i.g. helgerson: well. i know from the records that eisenhower and his staff deliberated a little and then took the high road, declining to respond in kind. did, andeisenhower this was instructive to those of us in the intelligence community ever sense -- eisenhower wrote a note to be will smith, the dci. keep in mind, eisenhower had just won world war ii in europe, but his chief of staff had been vidal smith, who still wore the uniform as the director of central intelligence. so here's eisenhower got a few days after, writing to smith. he says to smith, to the political mind, it looks like the outgoing administration was canvassing all its resources in order to support stevenson's election

the biggest problem is he hated to listen to dwight eisenhower because dwight whohe was a great guy, but he was at the lower part of his class. and he could not believe that he had to take orders from mike. i mean,, so many interesting things. could you imagine general douglas macarthur being on television saying the following, the question was by have very good man asking the questions said what do you think of isys, can we win? and the general looked at him and said, it is going to be tough. it is going to be very, very tough. i don't know. don't know. it will take a very, very long time. when you do deals his people. i will find the smartest. it was tough and mean and nasty. i will find the general macarthur, i will find the general george patton. we've got them. we've got them. they may not be politically correct. who cares. who cares. but we are going to find them. and we are going to clean things up and we're going to have a great country again. and respected. we're going to have a respected country. so, we have a lot to do. we will build the wall. we will build the wall. they

>> dwight d. eisenhower. [indiscernible] yanek: that is very fitting. there is a next want book out on richard nixon and eisenhower by one of my friends, dr. irwin gelman. it was just published a month ago. it is a reassessment of richard nixon and it is part of a multi volume project that dr. gelman is working on. --is somebody who is really who has really mind the richard nixon archives. if you are interested in reading he got usard nixon -- out of vietnam also. i highly recommend that book if you are interested in richard nixon and eisenhower. next question? >> i would like to first thank you for a marvelous evening. it was entertaining. we have attended a great number of these. we appreciate it. i have a question, if i may. it seems that one of eisenhower's traits that did not get mentioned was his ability to work with different people. youing my age again, imagine working with charles de gaulle, winston churchill, bernard montgomery, george patton, omar bradley, and surviving it? it seems to me that this is a trait that i think of as very important

in the midst of all these petitions and pleas for action, one man, president dwight eisenhower kept his cool even though it sank his poll numbers. i believe the decades from now we will be glad that barack obama chose dwightizen h eisenh path and not putin's. let's get started. >>> when malaysia airline flight 17 was shot down over ukraine 17 months ago 192 perished. a report was released on how and why its citizens and others died. it said that a russian made buk missile fired from territory controlled by pro-russian separatist is what downed the airline. joining is ukraine's president. thank you for joining me. >> thank you for the invitation. >> do you believe that ukraine should have shut down its air space given the knowledge you had, the violence that already afoot? >> of course. ukraine is strictly all for the recommendation. the time we close the air space seems to me 9,725 meters. we don't have any information that give us the necessity to close there despite above these echolon. with not imagine russia will transfer highly sophisticate and ready technological hands of the terr

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