presidential campaign of president dwight eisenhower. it includes eisenhower rallies around the country and remarks from the white house from his vice president, richard nixon. eisenhower defeated adlai stevenson, wing the popular vote, 57-42%. this is just under an hour. >>> tonight the presidential campaign of 1956 comes to its dramatic climax. the campaign that would have turned president eisenhower for four more years in the white house. you are looking at the white house on this evening of november 5th, 1956. just there in front of the executive mansion is lafayette park. on the four corners stand the giant statues of lafayette and rouchamboux who helped america win freedom. perhaps in the distance behind the white house you can see the towering washington monument that washington had selected as a site for a memorial for those who fought and died in the review lou revolutionary war. now it's a memorial to honor him. now, united to reelect dwight d. eisenhower and richard m. nixon, the final hour of the presidential campaign. we're

tv," a film about dwight d. eisenhower. according to the library of congress, this newsreel style film was shown in movie theaters and distributed to civic organizations. ♪ >> through 20 years of wavering and wandering, through hot and cold wars, through corruption and cynicism, the american people have hungered for leadership founded on integrity and wisdom and courage. >> we have sought a leader of the people. >> a man raised to leadership by the people. >> a leader whose whole life was for the people. >> a sturdy, humble air to the allect and affection peoples felt for lincoln. such a man is general dwight d. eisenhower, the man from abilene. never in history have so many americans known so much about the very essence of one man. >> 100 million met americans -- americans know eisenhower by heart. >> white elite cheer from him -- for him? because we believe in him. we hail the hometown boy who was all the best of america. i come here first to thank you to say the proudest thing i can claim is that i am from abilene. [appl

the white house in washington, d.c., citizens for eisenhower-nixon and organization of democrats and independents and republicans united to elect dwightt you a victory report on the he eve of the election. and it has been an enthusiastic report as we have all seen tonight coming from those various parts of the nation which i have just named. four more years. four more years for dwight d. eisenhower and richard m. nixon. remember, tomorrow in s. election day. it's your duty to vote. and now good night from the white house in washington, d.c. owe. >>> the co-chairs sit down to talk about the presidential raise on the final dave the 2016 election. watch live. the same morning on c-span3, a look at the u.s. health care system and future of medicaid at a conference hosted by the national association of medicaid directors. that gets under way at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily n 1979, c-span was created by a public service by america's television cable companies and brought you to by your cable or satellite provider. >> now on "american history tv, a program produced for the 1964 campaign of president lyndon johnso

up next, the 1956 presidential campaign of dwight eisenhower, airing on the eve of the general election, including eisenhower rallies from around the country and remarks from the white house by the president and vice president nixon. president eisenhower defeated stevenson in 1956 winning the popular vote 5 7-42%. this is just under an hour.7-42. this is just under an hour. >>> tonight the presidential campaign of 1956 comes to its dramatic climax. the campaign would have turned president eisenhower to four more years in the white house. you're looking at the white house on this evening of november 5, 1956. just there in front of the executive mansion, is lafayette park. and on the four corner stand the giant strat us of two frenchman, laughat and row sham bow, impression, and great polish general, four who helped win america her freedom. now perhaps in the distance behind the white house, you can see the towering washington monument. those on the very spot, washington had originally selected as a site for a memorial to all those who had fought and died in the revolutionary war. now it'

without having held previous elected office since dwight eisenhower. he did it without the advantage of having won world war ii. >> here is the immediate challenge for him. the rhetoric was basically about as good as we have d he will have a supreme court seat to fill right away. hillary clinton would probably not have. talking to republicans in the senate. they would have voted him through. so he has a supreme court. supreme court fights get nasty pretty fast. there is that. plus, the, dismantling of obama care. the building of the wall. his policy agenda. right away. is -- is one that, that is going to require some, some massaging. starts to talk about. >> but we didn't have a divided government. we have a republican senate. and a republican congress. >> there is a filibuster in the senate. >> they filibuster the senate. his supreme court nominee. which will return the court to being a conservative majority.

coverage including victory and concession speeches and campaign films from 1956 campaign of dwight eisenhower through the 2000 election between al gore and george w. bush. monday and tuesday at 8 p.m. eastern time on c-span3. providing context for today's public affairs issues. library of congress packer campus preserves and provides access to the library's vast collection of films, and sound programs recordings. american history tv visited the packer campus to learned about the earliest public affairs films, including u.s. presidents, the spanish-american war, world war i, and the first ever political ad created in 1912 by the democratic party. >> my name is mike and i'm head of the moving image section here at the library of congress, the largest collection of film and video in the world. we are at the packer campus in pulp -- in culpepper, virginia, a facility that opened in the summer of 2007 dedicated to preserving our audiovisual heritage. favorite films that we have had the collection is what we believe to be the very first political ad. it comes from 1912 and this is a race in which w

dwight eisenhower got the job as supreme allied commander instead. if marshall had lifted so much as an eyebrow over roosevelt's decision, the job would have undoubtedly been his and with it all the fame and glory which is eisenhower's today. if he had become supreme allied commander, the memorials and malls and medical centers, military bases, ships, aircraft carriers, trophies, golf clubs, mountains, schools and colleges, tunnels, monuments, state parks, camps, plazas and boulevards, and the executive office building next to the white house presently named eisenhower would instead be named after george c. marshall. he put his duty first knowing that no one else can guide congress and the press and certainly general douglas macarthur out in the pacific or admiral ernest j. king, the navy chief of staff, and the president the way george marshall could. not even eisenhower. such inactive self abnegation was a great mark of greatness. the graduate of the famed virginia military institute after serving in the , spanish-american war in the philippines, m

coverage including victory and concession speeches and campaign films from 1956 campaign of dwight eisenhower the 2000 election between al gore and george w. bush. monday and tuesday at 8 p.m. eastern time on c-span3. providing context for today's public affairs issues. library of congress packer campus preserves and provides access to the library's vast collection of films, and sound programs recordings. american history tv visited the packer campus to learned about the earliest public affairs films, including u.s. presidents, the spanish-american war, world war i, and the first ever political ad created in 1912 by the democratic party. >> my

donald trump, the first person since dwight eisenhower who never held office before the campaign, now the united states president-elect. donald trump / -r- president elect: now it is time for america to bind the wounds of division. trump thanked his competitor, democrat hillary clinton, who called trump to concede the race supporters who had gathered in a glass-ceilinged convention center for what they had hoped would be her victory party. her campaign advisor spoke briefly instead. john podesta, clinton campaign chairman: we are so proud of her. she's done an amazing job. clinton entered election day leading in national polls, with what political pundits said was a clearer path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the race. through the night, that path narrowed until it closed trump. so did safe states like wisconsin, the clinton campaign thought were locked up. clinton had a night of not-enoughs, winning, according to exit polls, 88-percent of the african-american vote, but not as much as president obama captured four years ago. she also won less of the latino, white, and young

you had both candidates, advice stevenson for the democrats, dwight eisenhower for the republicans, nominated by the time of the letter eisenhower sent to both on august 13, '19 -- >> host: truman did. >> guest: truman said in his letter i will have general smith and the special intelligence agency give you a complete briefing on the foreign situation and after that they were going to have more things. he also said he indicated to eisenhower that the cia would provide a briefing from the world situation on a weekly basis which eisenhower did take. then he said in his letter we will have lunch with the cabinet and after that if you like i will have my entire staff report to you on the situation in the white house and in that way -- >> host: a generous offer. >> guest: on what takes place. eisenhower wrote him back turning him down. in my current position as standardbearer of the republican party and other americans who want to bring about a change in the national government. >> host: in case you missed my point. >> guest: it is my view to remain free to analyze publicly the policies of the pre

launch from the flight deck of the american carrier uss dwight d. eisenhower, operating in the persian gulf. >> they may have a target ahead of time or receive it while they are airborne. then they would deploy the weapon at that time. >> reporter: they have dropped nearly 1100 bombs as part of operation inherent resolve. that won't stop for thanksgiving. this woman who pilots a super hornet will fly a mission during thanksgiving dinner itself. says that doesn't matter. >> it's just a day you want to spend with family and friends. that's what we got here. gun slingers are my second family. >> reporter: on the ground sh, their job is more difficult. in some areas, oil wells burn. here, for example, in the formerly isis held town where a terror group have tried to darken the skies and disrupt the view from above. now as troops move into the dense urban landscape of mosul city itself, where so many civilians have been used as

films from the 1956 campaign of dwight d. eisenhower through the 2000 election between bush and gore. on c-span3, providing context for today's public affairs issues. american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. douglas o'gara there was a five-star general, who commanded allied forces in the pacific during world war ii. at the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, we learn about his role during the war, the occupation of and his life after serving in the military. this is the second of a two-part program. mr. kolakowski: hello and welcome. my name is christopher kolakowski. it is my honor to be the director here. we are a museum, and research center, dedicated to the life and times of douglas macarthur.

donald trump, the first person since dwight eisenhower who never held office before the campaign, now the united states president-elect. donald trump / -r- president elect: now it is time for america to bind the wounds of division. trump thanked his competitor, democrat hillary clinton, who called trump to concede the race but did not address supporters who had gathered in a glass-ceilinged convention center for what they had hoped would be her victory party. her instead. john podesta, clinton campaign chairman: we are so proud of her. she's done an amazing job. clinton entered election day leading in national polls, with what political pundits said was a clearer path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the race. through the night, that path narrowed until it closed completely. key states like florida, ohio, and north carolina, went to trump. so did safe states like wisconsin, the clinton campaign locked up. clinton had a night of not-enoughs, winning, according to exit polls, 88- percent of the african-american vote, but not as much as president obama captured four years ago. sh

three presidents that winston with,ill had relations president roosevelt, president truman, dwight eisenhower, and we missed out john f. kennedy. hero and i think it sort of best in this brief moment we have together to address two aspects of the churchill left er relationship. or friendship should we call it. the first is the actual nature of the friendship. it ended badly when winston declined to attend the funeral of his great friend here in the united. and the second thing i thought we might address in our brief time together is what was really men inn between the two what professor david reynolds head of the history department at my old university cambridge university in england has called of october weeks 1943 when the grand alliance against hitler's third reich came very close to breaking rescuedd could only be by its great leaders at the summit at tehran. the fdrut the nature of -churchill relationship. very briefly, there are two wonderful books about the relationship, the first is a book by john meacham, franklin and winston i am sure many of you know it published in 2002 and some m

the 1952 race between dwight eisenhower and stevenson. walter cronkite was in the anchor chair. >> general eisenhower is leading at this particular moment. >> reporter: it was the first time the network used a computer to predict the outcome of an election. >> this is not a joke or a trick. it's an experiment. we think it's going to work. >> reporter: newsman charles cullingwood struggled to explain the univac, house the several miles away. >> on the right of the univac is something that looks like a typewriter. that is the way univac talks. univac? have you anything to say to the television audience? you're a very impolite machine, i must say. you got a prediction for us, univac? >> reporter: the team also struggled with the early version of a hands-free microphone. >> i'll put on this gadget. is that all right? >> reporter: for reporter doug edwards, it led to an on-air mishap. >> the republican -- excuse me. >> reporter: even with a few hiccups, the newscast was considered a triumph for cbs news, as well as for univac. >> he can rememb

and serve the people it will. " trump, the first non-politician to assume the presidency since dwight eisenhower, now shifts his focus to the transition to the white house -- and building a trump administration. current r-n-c chairman reince priebus one potential option for trump's chief of staff. (reince priebus/ rnc chairman) "i haven't thought about it. and right now i'm chairman of the party. i'm excited about that job." chris christie also mentioned as a possibility for the chief of staff role. with potential cabinet selections including newt gingrich ... bob corker ... jeff sessions and rudy giuliani. starting today trump will be offered the daily classified briefings -- getting the same high-level intelligence as president obama -- who will welcome trump to the white house tomorrow. (pres. obama) "we all want what's best for this country. that's what i heard in mr. trump's remarks last night. directly. and i was heartened by that. that's what the country needs." once trump takes office in january -- he'll have republican majorities in both houses of congress to help push through his agend

such a man as general i, dwight - general ike, right d. eisenhowerthe man from abilene. >> 100 million americans know eisenhower by heart. >> and why do we cheer for him? he is a general, but instinctively we believe in him. the hometown boy who is the best of all americans. >> the proudest thing i can claim is i'm from abilene. >> i want to speak first of the dreams of the barefoot boy. he reached the position of locomotive engineer. and then the day when we finally comes home. comes home to his hometown. from the cattle state of texas. that is where he was born, on the red river. waswight david eisenhower one of seven sons of deeply religious parents -- pennsylvania dutch and moved .est no matter where duty takes him, he always wants to get back to .ome -- even in paris >> showing was this farmer boy's first love. golf is a new love. only with fish stories does ike exercise a fisherman's right to stretch the truth the little. golly, you should see the one that got away -- three feet long. heif you ask eisenhower why dedicated his life to the servic

the 1952 race between dwight eisenhower and adlai stevenson. walter cronkite was in the anchor chair. (cronkite) no state has been decided as yet. general eisenhower is leading at this particular moment it was the first time the network (collingwood) this is not a joke or a trick, it's an experiment. we think it's going to work newsman charles collingwood struggled to explain the univac... an enormous computer housed miles away in philadelphia. 09:47:35 on the right of the univac there's something that looks like a typewriter. that's the way univac talks. but not always on cue. 09:48:04 can you say something univac? have you got anything to say to the television audience? you're a very impolite machine i must say 09:49:44 have you got a prediction for us univac? a with the early version of a hands-free microphone. 09:55:10 i'll put on this gadget if that's alright for reporter doug edwards it led to an on-air mishap. 09:52:12 "the republic" - microphone drops.. "excuse me." even with a few hiccups, the newscast was considered a triumph for cbs

are finally complete.the dome had become badly corroded since it was last restored during the dwight eisenhower administration.the three year, 60 million dollar project repaired more than 13-hundred cracks in the structure. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4--an assistant principal gets sick why she said she ate it, and what the school district did when it found out.and - what caused this cement truck to lose control and flip over in packers with some work to do after they got blown out by the titans which pushed their lossing streak to three straightlosses.head coach mike mccarthy willlook to turn things around this sunday against the redskinsin washington on sunday night football.((mike says)) there's a number of thingswe need to correct, there all things we can fully correct so i'm i really like out football team i love the guys i'm coaching we've got alot of football to play our focusis on going to washington going back there after last year there be confidentit's sunday night football were just dialedin and put all of our focus on the redskins.crieghton and the badgers last nightw

even to mention dwight eisenhower in the same breath as donald trump is almost shocking to me. was a moderate, sophisticated person who had led the american operate in europe during the second world war. donald trump is an intemperate former reality tv show star who i think was quite shocked by his own victory on wednesday morning. so he is going to be trying very hard. you know, one of the things that i think upsets americans who are protesting is that he's very much like one of us suddenly thrust into the oval office. you know, we imagine what would we do if we were going to be president in less than 100 days. it's even compounded by the fact that this is a person who doesn't read so he gets all of his information from television and from briefings. don't expect him to turn to doris carnes goodwin or john meachem to figure out what a president does. i think it's going to be terribly difficult for him. >> julian, michael brings up a good point, that he doesn't have any experience, but that is what drew a lot of people to him is that he is an anti-establishment man. you wrote --

dwight eisenhower was the elvis was just starting out. and montgomery county was a different place. >> the whole county had 200,000 people. now there's a million. >> i'm honored to present to you your retired badge for 61 years of service. congratulations. >> well, my favorite job was the fugitive squad. which i did for a number of years. >> reporter: his wife, peggy. volunteer to finish the detail that they assigned him to. >> reporter: the lieutenant is not ready to give it all up. his former chief isn't surprised one bit. >> when i retired, i had 42 years on and he accused me of bailing out early. >> reporter: all these people, all these years. for this lieutenant, it's all very simple. >> have to work somewhere. do something every day. >> reporter: and that's just what lieutenant jay cox did for in montgomery county, kristin wright, news 4. >>> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> right now, some people in upper marlboro are being told to stay in their homes. police are on the scene of a barricade situation off west thalea roa

the 1952 race between dwight eisenhower. walter cronkite was in the anchor chair. >> general eisenhower is leading at this particular moment. >> reporter: the first time the network used a computer to predict the outcome of an election. >> this is not a joke or a trick. it's an experiment. we think it's going to work. >> reporter: newsman charles culling word struggled to something that looks like a typewriter and how uni vac talks. >> reporter: but not on cue. >> have you anything to say, uni vs vac? you got a prediction for us, nivac? >> reporter: the team also struggled with the early version of a hands-free microphone. >> i'll put on this gadget. is that all right? >> reporter: for reporter doug edwards, it mishap. >> excuse me. >> reporter: even with a few hiccups, the newscast was considered a triumph for cbs news as well as univac. >> he can remember 15 digits as well as alphabetical character. >> reporter: cronkite helped steer the nation into the start of the computer age. jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york. >> how in

dwight eisenhower. walter krueger. collins. in other words, all of the generals. virtually all of the generals that could fight and win in the second will work. -- win the second world war. he also saved research and development dollars. what is developed at this time? the m1 rifle. the thompson submachine gun. the b-17 bomber. german tank. the p 40. the p 41. the thunderbolt. all started their development under macarthur. these are the weapons that will be used, the most famous ones that will be used by the american army to win the second world war. the last impact of macarthur as chief of staff and one of the things he did to find jobs for these people he was maintaining, was macarthur assumed control of a conservation corps. george marshall said later this was his experience with vast mobilization organized for an objective. organizing ccc camps in illinois. what the ccc does, the national parks and infrastructure. they did all of this public works. it was performed under the ccc in the 1930's under the u.s. army. it is a tremendous legacy. it will remain visib

the 1952 race between dwight eisenhower anded a lie stevenson. >> no state has been decided as yet. generalize hour is leading at this particular moment. >> reporter: it was the first time the network used a computer to predict the outcome of an election. >> this is not a joke or trick. it's an experiment. we think it's going >> reporter: charles cullingwood struggled to describe the computer. >> on the right there is something that looks like a type writer. that's the way it talks. >> reporter: but not always on queue. >> can you say something? do you have anything to say to the television audience? you're a very impolite machine i must say. have you got a prediction for hands free microphone. for reporter doug ed wards it led to an onair mishap. >> excuse me. >> reporter: even with a few hiccups, the newscast was considered a triumph for cbs news and univac. >> he can remember 15 million digits or alphabetical characters. >> reporter: cronkite helped steer the nation into the start of the commuter age. ja york. >> unreal, huh? we are working hard on our election night coverage. ne

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

its first-ever female president or the first president without any political experience since dwight eisenhower. ed: here in massachusetts, we've seen some long lines as voters choose the 45th president and weigh in on 4 statewide ballot questions. we have you covered from the bay state to the granite state and in new york city, where the presidential candidates will be we begin with newsceter 5's jc monahan and the clinton campaign at the javits convention center. jc: we are live at the hilton midtown. despite all the real estate donald trump owns, they chose the hilton for his election party, and a pretty small ballroom. most of the media takes up a and while people have filed in, it still mostly media. homero so walked in and there was an entire circle of media go around her. she is still taking questions. if you don't who she is, she was a contestant on "the apprentice." she's a very vocal supporter of donald trump. earlier today, he did vote, is,d he enters the midtown polling station with his wife and a family affair. then he hit the airwaves, calling for fox news to talk about election d

the 1952 race between dwight eisenhower and adlai stevenson. lter cronkite kite was in the chair. >> no state has been decided yet, general eisenhower is leading at this particular moment. >> it was the first time the network used a computer to predict the outcome of an election. >> this is not a joke or a trick. it is an experiment. we think it's going to work. >> newsman charles comingwood struggled to explain the uni vak, an enormous computer held miles away in philadelphia. >> on the right is the univac, something which looks like a type writer. that is the way univac talks. >> reporter: but not always on kreu. >> can you say-- on cu e, can you say something, univac, do you have anything to say to the television audience, you are a he a very impolite machine, i must say. you have got a prediction for us, univac? >> reporter: the team also struggled with the early version of a hands free microphone. >> i will put on this gadget s that all right? >> for reporter doug edwards, it lead to be a on air mishap. >> excuse me. >> reporter: even with

way back, the most recent president that was ready ready to dond was the job on day one was dwight eisenhower. ,hat is based on the history and i have read a lot of history. and i have read it from both sides, white -- right wing, left ring= wing. that was my job as an officer to understand what i am defending so we we would make mistakes. host: that was kevin from virginia. two more tweets. --es writes in one more tweet -- we had been checking in with reporters and some of the battleground states around the country the day before election day. let's head to iowa where jason noble joins us from the phone. the key political reporter for the des moines register. good morning. you have an article -- i went expect more gridlock, why is that? that is one of the results from one of our latest iowa poll. we were checking in on the state of the presidential race. that was one of the questions we asked. if hillary clinton is elected, donald trump is elected, do you expect there will be continuedd gridlock in d.c., or an opportunity for people to work together? overwhelming majority said they are expec

and despite the fact that dwight eisenhower was president when we overthrew, i think that eisenhower came closer to getting it right than any other president. eisenhower believed that we needed to find some way to have -- have a modicum of relations with the arab world. eisenhower was quite red about a commitment to israel that would undermine the possibility of having decent relations with the arab world. and certainly eisenhower as a matter of principle was exceedingly hesitant about using american military power not simply in the middle east but anywhere else. eisenhower believed that war with really should be a last resort that has tended not took the case. with more recent presence. >> hanukkah in pennsylvania, hanukkah you're on booktv. we're listening. >> hi, good evening as largest arm dealers in the world how can we direct our military support that influences three large entities -- [inaudible] without imposing our own interest and helping to create a potential collapse of the entire middle east? >> well, it's a great question. and i -- i think i agree with the premise of th

this tradition goes back to 1952 when harry truman invited the newly elected dwight eisenhower to the white house after eisenhower's election. those two men could not stand each other and were barely on speaking terms. they were very, very bitter rival, and truman, who himself had taken office with no precipitation, so suddenly when franklin roosevelt died, felt in the nuclear age it was just too dangerous for anyone to walk into the oval office unprepared. so he invited eisenhower to come, briefed him, had the cabinet secretaries meet. ized -- eisenhower in turn did the same thing with john f. kennedy, once again a man from a different party whom eisenhower had little respected for, but they respect the office and the demands of it. they want to make sure the guy coming in to take over understands just what it is he's facing. >> a lot of us don't realize there's been witterness going back for a long time. jon meacham, what are examples of what... of a transition that has worked well, where the two sides have had to overcome some challenges, but they have made it happen? >> well, i do

today the nation's newspapers headlining the upset, drurch will become the first person since dwight eisenhower to have never held office before becoming president-elect. he did it all along battling members of his own party. even criticizing john mccain, who was once a prisoner of war. >> i think he may owe an apology to the who have sacrificed in con. >> here's what i know, drurch is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: trump began to campaign from his trump tower in new york city. within a month the first poll showed him as a front-runner ahead of jeb bush. trump was openly opposed by the republican estblishment and endorse him. >> look, it's no secret that donald trump and i have had our differences. >> reporter: he lost the iowa caucus in february to ted cruz, but had his first win in the new hampshire primary. trump's rallies drew huge crowds to arenas and high school gyms who embraced his slogan of qft make america great again." in may trump became the plea sumptive nominee when ted cruz and john kasich dropped out of the race an

. >> sreenivasan: departing president dwight eisenhower severed all links with cuba. >> there is a limit to what the united states and self-respect can endure. that limit has now been reached. our friendship for the cuban people is not affected. >> sreenivasan: the hardships placed upon the cuban economy, and castro's repression of his cuban opposition, sparked a series of mass migrations that would profoundly affect the united states and the future of u.s.-cuba relations. the new american president, john kennedy, picked up one of his predecessor's plans, an armed overthrow of castro. the c.i.a. trained an army of 1,200 cuban exiles to invade and begin a popular uprising. on april 17, 1961, the small, counter-revolutionary force stormed the beach on cuba's southeast coast. many cuban people rallied to castro, and his forces quickly put down the bay of pigs invasion. it was a disaster for the new kennedy administration. but the following year brought a new confrontation and even more danger. on october 16, 1962, u.s. spy planes photographed the construction of a soviet missile site in cub

. >>> trump will be the first president since dwight eisenhower without any political experience before his election. >> pennsylvania played a crucial role in handing trump the victory. here's a look at tally trump scoring a razor thin win in the keystone state, first time pennsylvania has gone red since 1988. our campaign 2016 coverage continues with "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao getting voter reaction live in ardmore, good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim and rahel, good morning. it is safe to say there is strong reaction from both side this morning, we started out in south philadelphia where we ran into quite a few upset hillary clinton supporters. we have moved to the suburbs where donald trump has enjoyed more support. look at the video no doubt this will be talker at water cooler this morning. folks here in the delaware valley waking up to news of the the new president-elect in donald trump. overnight voters were glued to their tell rigs set as results rolled in. pennsylvania was one of the last winning states called, cbs news projecting a win for trump in the keystone stat

president dwight eisenhower launched a program to deport undocumented mexican immigrants. the official name? "operation wetback" about putting up a fence, why don't we work out some type of recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then while they're working an earning here, they pay taxes here. i'd like to see something done about the illegal alien problem that would be so sensitive and so understanding about labor needs and human needs that that problem wouldn't come up. these are good people, strong people, part of my family is a mexican. the number of undocumented immigrants skyrocketed. it is true our borders are out of control. it is also true this has been an issue on our border back through a number of administrations. i supported this bill 13 i believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and have lived here even though some time back they may have entered illegally. nine eleven

franklin roosevelt, president truman and dwight eisenhower. because we missed out on john f kennedy, my particular hero. and i think it thought best in this brief moment that we have together to address just two aspects of that churchill/fdr relationship. or friendship, should i put it. the first is the actual nature of that friendship between fdr and churchill. a relationship which, as you know, ended rather badly. when winston declined to attend the funeral of his great friend. here in the united states. and the second thing i thought we might address in our brief time together, was what was really going on between the two men in what david reynolds, professor david reynolds, who is head of came bridge university in england, has called the missing weeks of october 1943. when the grand alliance came dangerously close to breaking apart and could only be rescued by its great lied leaders at th summit. now, about the nature of the fdr/churchill relationship, very briefly, there are two wonderful books about that relationship, really. the first i

it had not been restored the dwight eisenhower administration. it removed hazardous materials and used 1200 gallons of paint. >>> 7:23. a handful of businesses supported by loyal customers very to find a new location. >> the issue that is forcing them to leave. >>> and twitter is empowering users to fight cyberbullies. week. hey! is this enough? there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy. and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. happy thanksgiving from publix. where shopping is a pleasure. ? ? ? ? ? ? la vie est belle. la vie est belle l'eau de parfum, lanc?me. >>> good morning. 7:26. i'm bill leslie with the top stories, and we've got traffic troubles, brian shrader. >>> we do, bill, an earlier crash on westbound 40 at garner at jones sausage road. it's cleared up but with very heavy residual delays. you

the 1952 race between dwight eisenhower and adele stevenson. >> general eisenhower leading at this moment. >> reporter: the first time the network use a computer to predict the outcome of an election. >> this is not a joke or trick. >> newsman struggled to explain the univac, an enormous computer housed miles away in philadelphia. >> on the right of the univac typewriter. the way univac talks. >> not always on cue. can you say something, univac? anything to say to the television audience? a very impolite machine, i must say? do you have a prediction, univac. >> reporter: the team struggled with the early version of a hand-free microphone. >> i will put on this gadget. >> for reporter dug edward it led to an on-air mishap. >> excuse me. hiccups, the newscast was hicc of the ps, the newscast was a triumph for cbs news and univac. >> he can remember 15 million digits. >> reporter: as the election swept eisenhower to victory. cronkite helped steer the nation into the start of the compute ever age. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others