the question that i have has to do with harry truman moving beyond -- behind the dwight eisenhower. i think eisenhower basically continued some of the policies of truman. it was written that the creation -- the cold war against the soviet union, i would tend to think that treatment should still outrank eisenhower who by and large carried out some of the ideas that they had. wanted ar dulles stronger policy against the soviet union, but essentially they continued the containment policy. if you look at john lewis gaddis in his book some people could argue that it was really george kamman that formulated the policy and maybe they shouldn't get that much credit. host: that golden era of presidents, richard norton smith, why don't you take that question. that should keep in mind there is only a few points when we add all of this up. frankly it could have been flipped the other way around. one thing they have in common, i talked about how eisenhower had risen dramatically in the estimation of academics. harry truman can't even more dramatic rise in popular esteem -- harry truman had even m

the question i have has to do with harry truman moving behind dwight eisenhower, coming in sixth, and eisenhower came in fifth. i think eisenhower basically continued some of those policies of truman. the secretary of good tome. a i think these people brought in the cold war against the soviet union. i would tend to think truman should still outrank eisenhower, who by and large carried on some of the ideas that they had. wanted aer bullis stronger policy against the soviet union, but essentially, they continued the containment policy. if you look at john lewis gaddis and his book on george kennan, some people could argue it was actually george kennan that formulated the policy and maybe they should not get that much credit. is during the golden era of presidents. richard smith, take that question. >> first of all, we should keep in mind, there are only a few points. when we add all this up, there are only a few points separating them. quite frankly, it could have been flipped the other way around. oncee thing they have in common though, i talked about how eisenhower had risen dramatic

dwight eisenhower makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the top ten choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, jfk and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. james buchanan is ranksed dead last in all three c-span surveys. there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. he found his overall rating dropping this year, from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president, barack obama. he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 overall. with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >>> roger shimamura and his family were detained in idaho. later in life, he became an artist whose work focuses on issues such as ethnicity, race, and the japanese american experience throughout the 20th century. an excerpt of modern history. the japanese american legacy project, this is an hour. >> thanks again for joining

dwight eisenhower who was in the oval office from 1953 to 1961, mace his first appearance in the top five this year. now, rounding out the top ten choices. harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson, jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. but pity pennsylvania's james buchanan. he is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for barack obama. on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall. and george w. bush moved three spots up on the scale to 33 overall, which big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. >>> how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leader and the losers in each of the ten categories in find all of

built for business. >> bret: welcome back to the dwight d. eisenhower presidential library and museum in abilene, kansas. also the boyhood home of the 34th president. humble beginnings for the man from abilene. about 1700 miles west of protest getting scrutiny. president donald trump is questioning whether the university of california at berkeley should continue to receive federal funding after rioting last night prevented an appearance by a conservative speaker. protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows, started a bonfire, prompting university officials to cancel a talk by breitbart news editor milo yiannopoulos. say that three times. the 32-year-old right wing gay provocateur is a trump supporter. students called him a racist, misogynist, anti-muslim, and white supremacist. on his facebook page, he quoted "the left is terrified of free speech and will do anything to shut it down." 12 people have been killed in eastern ukraine. battles between ukrainian armed forces and pro-russia separatist troops have intensified. the head of the homeland security

dwight eisenhower from 1953 to 1961 makes his afeerns in the pop five this year. rounding out the top tern choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. but pity pennsylvania's james buchanan, he's ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. he found his rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up on the scale to 33 overall, with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who were the leaders and the losers in each of the ten categories? you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org.

. >> bret: welcome to the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum in abilene kansas. this monument to the nation's 34th president is located in his hometown of abilene. good evening. i am bret baier. this is another road trip edition of "special report." we will be talking about president eisenhower and his legacy and we will speak live with the governor of kansas. but first the newest american president is standing up to his counterparts around the world whether they be a friend or foe. reaction is coming in from around the world. he started his day at the national prayer breakfast, an annual event that began under president eisenhower. today president trump reiterated his warnings to iran and is about to back it up with new sanctions. chief white house correspondent john roberts has details tonight from the north lawn. >> good evening. it is the first punitive action that the newly minted administration has taken against another country. a sharp response to iran violating the united nations security council order. >> nothing is off the table. >> white house sources

dwight eisenhower who served from 1953 to 1961 makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the historians talk to choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top 10. pity pennsylvania's james buchanan. he is right that last in all dead laste is ranked in all three c-span surveys. the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the winners and losers of each categories? you can find all this and more on our website, c-span.org. >> live coverage from london on the debate in the house of commons about whether or not to withdraw an invitation to president trump for a state visit will start at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. first, especially at russia and cyber security with david singer of "the new york t,"

dwight eisenhower, who served to 1961, makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year.op 10 -- harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. spotn johnson jumps up one this year to return to the top 10. dead buchanan is ranked last in all three c-span surveys. bad news for henry jackson as well. seventh president found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. but the good news for outgoing president barack obama, on his first year on the list, historians placed him as number 12 overall. george bush jumped with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress to number 33. how does this rate with your feelings? who are your favorites in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on our website at c-span.org. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by american civil service company, and was brought to you today by your cable or service provider. >> "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. oren cass joins us now from new york. he is a senior

the last president with no political experience was dwight eisenhower. of him, harry true man said-- truman he will say do this, do that and nothing will happen. poor ike, it won't be a bit like the army. coming up next on the cbs evening news, how did thieves pull millions out of atm's. and on the road, not even death could force them >> pelley: in brooklyn today a turkish man who used his computer to loot millions from cash machines was sentenced to eight years. how did he do it? here's josh elliott. >> reporter: 35 year oldercan findikogly is the master mind behind one of the most intricate bank robberies in history. a crime so brazen he posed with a pile of cash on his chest. secret service agent scott sarafian said millions were taken from atm's in comork new york city alone. >> block after block, atm after atm. they hit them all. >> had them mapped out and they knew that broadway had a large number of atm's in close prox imity to each other. >> reporter: from turkey findikogly hacked into the computers of natural banks, stole account information an

roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, dwight d. eisenhower followed by harry truman, thomas jefferson, .ohn f. kennedy let's go to charles. from west virginia. caller: good morning. i listen to wall street journal a lot. president kennedy is one of the best presidents that we have had. there are others prior. but i'm 71 years old. and he was within my range of age. i would like to say one thing. actually would like to say two or three things. he was one of the first ones who destroyed the union. he had a big rally when no one was around. clinton was another bad one. because he was the one who started all the trade wars. bush is one of the worst because of all the lives of the soldiers killed. obama was trying to keep our soldiers alive. now the republicans in the senate are nothing but warmongers. they want to go to war. and they support this president against our media. people, they these are patriots. who think of america. and there should be more of those in the white house right now. about what harms america. and that is what i say. thank

dwight eisenhower, who sat in the office from 1953 to 1961 makes his first appearance in the top five this year. harryng out the top 10, truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top 10. pennsylvania's james buchanan is three dead last in all c-span surveys. badness for andrew jackson as well. from number 13 number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots overall, scale to 33 with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? overall,who are the leaders ane losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of those and more on our website at the span.org. -- c-span.org. >> join us sunday morning on "washington journal, as historians talk about c-span's 2017 presidential historian survey. that segment is live beginning at 8 a.m. eastern on c-span. former illinois republican congressman bob might -- bob

dwight eisenhower served in the oval office from 1953 to 61 and thinks his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the choices, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top ten. he is ranked dead last in the surveybothsurveys and there's br andrew jackson as well he found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. buhad good news for barack obama on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall and george w. bush moved three stops with big gains in public persuasion. how did historians rate your favorite president and who were the winners and losers in the categories you can find all this and more on their website. >> hopefully this is the first of many as most of you know, i know many of you know me as a political reporter for theal arizona capitol times where he spent the past eight years covering the governor's officee delving into the political scene politics especially arizona politics is a passion of mineof but those of you that know me personally kno

so i think eisenhower was doing his patriotic duty as a republican, but his heart wasn't in it and it showed. >> newscaster: on that note, the dialog between general dwighta close. >> mann: the one guy who really probably could've helped him was somebody that goldwater and his people didn't really welcome into the fold. >> newscaster: ladies and gentlemen, we take pride in presenting a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. mr. reagan. >> mann: reagan had this idea to give this nationally televised speech. the goldwater people didn't want to pay for it. they didn't want to do it. so reagan went out and raised the money and aired the speech himself. >> ronald reagan: and this idea that government is beholden to the people -- that it has no other source of power, except the sovereign people -- is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. this is the issue of this election -- whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the american revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. >

dwies ic dwight eisenhower is i the top five for the first time in year. harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan, lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. but pity pennsylvania's james buchanan, ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. for time on the list, historians place him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moving to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and losers in each of the ten categories? find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >> the lantos foundation for human rights injustice presented an iraqi member of parliament with their 2016 prize. receiving the prize for defending thea zitty people against isis. she urged president trump to reconsider the executive or

and then big news here, dwight eisenhower moved into the top five for the first time ahead of harry trumanould have believed this. what do you think is missing on the list? who do you think should be hired? he kept us out of the middle east in the suez campaign and kept us from overarming and all of that crap. ike was a pretty good president but he wasn't good on civil rights. >> perhaps not good on civil rights but military and national defense, i think you're seeing him rise a little bit because of that. i think you also have -- you know, quite frankly, if i looked at that list, abraham lincoln would be on there. roosevelt. >> near the top. >> teddy roosevelt. but also ronald reagan because i got to work for him -- >> he's number nine, which is not bad. i think the top ten is like nominated for the academy award. the nomination is the key. top ten is pretty good. >> i just began a book on teddy roosevelt by morris. >> "the rise of roosevelt"? >> yes. and his daughter talks about how he had to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. >> who does that sound like? >> g

afterwards program to dick discuss his book which looks at the exchange of power from president dwight eisenhower to president john kennedy and he's joined by president eisenhower's ears granddaughter. host: bright, it's great to be with you. thank you for this opportunity to talk about your traffic book. guest: thank you. it's an honor to be with you after studying your grandfather. host: looking at all those childhood pictures. adorable children that were all well behaved. guest: exactly. host: i'm most interested because you have managed to do in a readable length what many other authors have tried to fit into many many pages and i'm curious about your interest in eisenhower. how familiar were you with his record when you developed an interest in the subject? guest: i covered the pentagon for six years and had a healthy appreciation of general eisenhower, but i didn't really have an appreciation of the eisenhower presidency. i may college golfer, still golfer and i got the holy grail of golf invites down to augustine national and i was on cloud nine and went down there and was driving down mag

and i and that book with dwight eisenhower saving the arctic national refuge and then last year i wrote a book called rightful heritage. in the land of america looking at the great depression era when the conservation corps unemployed workers planted 3 billion trees. in efforts to effort to save all of these books. we look at how they save national parks and monuments. i will use this as an example. working in pasadena and she was involved with the roads prayed and she was considered the apostle of the desert. started showing a desert captives and plant life in london and toured in mexico and we must save this. for her work on the grassroots desert protection. she decided she wanted to save the trees here. today they do burning man parties in the desert where they used to come out to the desert here in port gasoline and light up. they were all being destroyed because we have purposely tried to burn it the biggest two. other people were stealing plant life from this area. hamilton hoyt came up with a million acre plan to have the national park. and fdr got in. she insinuated her way into

dwight eisenhower who served in the oval office from 1953 until 1961 makes his first appearance in thetop five this year. rounding out the historians top ten choices, here he truman, thomas jefferson, john, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top ten. james buchanan is ranked dead last in all three surveys. bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his rating drop in this year from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for out going president, barack obama. on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did they rate your favorite. you can find this in more on our website at c-span.org. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2.ng bookt top nonfiction books and authors. television for serious rears

worst job approval rating at this point, meaning mid-february, than any other president since dwight eisenhower is when gallup started measuring these things. but here is the thing. among republicans, trump's approval rating of 88% is higher thanes historical average that presidents have received from their own party at this point in their administrations. so the question becomes, for those opposed to trump, how much should they mobilize and organize the people who already don't like trump and how much should they convert on those who support them? we'll talk about that, next. >>> i'm a woman. i'm a refugee. i'm an immigrant. i'm a health care worker. and i'm here to support the lgbt community. i am here for every american who feels scared for this administration. let's just put it this way. >> that's one of the thousands of people who opposed the president today. sabrina writes, "if political action is meant to persuade people that mr. trump is bad for the country, then this would be a place to start. yet many seemingly persuadable conservatives say that liberals." joining me is the reporter w

dwight eisenhower who served in the oval office of 1953-1961 makes his first appearance in the c-spantop five this year. rounding out the historians top 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. but pd pennsylvania's james buchanan, he is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his overall rating dropping from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. and george w. bush moved three spots on the scale to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >> now look at america's opioid epidemic in a panel hosted by zocalo public square. speakers include an assistant u.s. attorney who prosecuted

we dropped two atomic bombs on densely packed cities filled with civilians that our president dwight eisenhoweraid was unnecessary. let's talk about the war i was in, vietnam, where we killed 3 million the enemies, murdering, torturing, massacring, that is fact. read the book, kill anything that moves. we also killed two or three cambodians in the same miserable war. let's talk about the iraq war, they try to excuse that by saying it was a mistake. it wasn't a mistake and we killed at least a million iraqis and we made probably another million or so miserable. let's talk about what we did in central and south america with our death squads. we killed the journalists -- yes we did. .e are still doing it we are killing millions more in syria and libya by our actions. we did those things. we also ran a crew against ukraine and their government is killing their own citizens. the ukrainian not seize that we put in place. maybe it is a false equivalency. i think possibly we are worse. thank you. host: that was jack from minnesota. here are a couple of other headlines. usa today -- here is a little bit

beautiful office, i saw a lotes of signatures inside your desk going back to theodore roosevelt, dwight eisenhowereven al gore and job item. this has been a fast-moving administration. you seem to be involved in every aspect of what has been happening. how close is the relationship ctnow? >> vice president pence: i'm just very humbled. to be a small part of an administration and a president who from the first hours of this administration has been keeping their promises to the american people. right after the inaugural ceremonies, right after the parade was over, i walked with the president and other members of our team in the oval office, he sat down and started taking immediate action.. it has been a great encouragement to people all across the country to see that president donald trump is doing everything he said he would do throughout the campaign. we are just getting started. >> sean: let's talk about democratic opposition. you had a hard time getting some of your cabinet members through. i think a lot of democrats are pretty dedicated to a filibuster, to preventk neil gorsuch from getting on

andras wescott and why a bike for legality may be the key to happiness plus there looked at dwight eisenhower's idle days in office and new york magazine jonathan chase weighed in on the legacy of president barack obama. the coming weeks on afterwards, melissa fleming will report on a woman's attempt to free her country on a fishing boat that was a really side.

party in his image, as all republican presidents have done, is lincoln, theodore roosevelt, to dwight eisenhower, richard nixon, ronald reagan, all remain the party in their image. it's been a busy couple of weeks. got a plan? roger: he's a man of action. it's surprising to washington because the idea of a politician or political figure who actually does what he says they were going to do on the campaign is kind of unheard of. george, read my lips. no new taxes, right up until the time that he raised taxes trad'f weeks. got a i think the washington establishment is more than used to elected officials who say one thing on the campaign for rhetorical for political purposes but then when they get to washington, they abandon that agenda. anyone who thinksthing on the cr trump is going to do that doesn't understand donald trump. when he sets his mind on a goal, he's extraordinarily stubborn, focused individual. washington is not necessarily designed for speed. and so there is going to have to be some coming together or compromise or not. it's the expecting or is the administration expecting to throug

at the show will come to live from abilene, kansas at the dwight eisenhower presidential museum.k with kansas governor. we know a little bit about that museum. friday we are live from los angeles with a special panel. the reagan library and the nixon library, as our tour continues. thanks for inviting us into your our home today. that's it for this special edition of "special report" ." fair, balanced, it is still >> tucker: fox news alert, president trump selected judge neil gorsuch of the tenth circuit court of appeals to be on the supreme court. ten ted cruz will give us his reaction. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," also tonight, the temporary ban on refugees, one illegal immigrant was opposed to it is here to say his. but back to the nomination of judge gorsuch. president trump had this to say. >> i am keeping another promise to the american people. by nominating judge neil gorsuch of the united states supreme court to be

dwight d. eisenhower is remembered for the military industrial complex. in a letter, he offered a success "to attain any it is quite clear that the , federal government cannot avoid or responsibilities which escape responsibilities which the mass of people believe should be undertaken by it. the political processes of our country are such that if the rule of reason is not applied in this effort, we will lose everything even to the possible , and drastic change in the constitution. this is what i mean by my confidence in moderation in government. should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance , and labor law programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. there is a tiny splinter group that believes you can do these things, their number is negligible, and they are stupid." i would tell president-elect trump, that although that number is no longer negligible, indeed that splinter group is now , trump's nominal political party. that political party now controls every level of american governme

in this secret cable to dwight eisenhower, then army general chief of staff, macarthur affirmed his belief in the emperor's total innocence. macarthur declared that there was no specific and tangible evidence about the emperor's exact activities which might connect into political decisions of the japanese empire during the last decade. i've gained a definite impression from as complete a research as was possible to meet -- to me that the election to the affairs of state to the end of the war was ministerial and automatically responded to the advice of his counselors. there was in fact no meaningful investigation. macarthur in his own style concluded this communication with the following, "the trial of the emperor with a concussion -- would unquestionably cause a tremendous convulsion with the japanese people, the repercussions of which cannot be overestimated. the is a symbol that unites all japanese. this him and the nation will disintegrate. it is quite possible a million troops would be required, which would have to be maintained for an indefinite amount of time." the final mile marker

dwight eisenhower who served makes hisfeet -- 1953 first appearance in the top five this year. rounding out the top 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. buchanan, he is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. bad news for andrew jackson as well, our seventh president found his overall rating dropping from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama, his first time on the list, he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots gains33 overall with big in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on our website at www.c-span.org. >> this morning, weekly standard contributor gary schmitt talks about his recent article on presidential power. then, daryl kimball, executive director of the arms control association looks at u.s. nuclear policy in the trump administration. an

at the show will come to live from abilene, kansas at the dwight eisenhower presidential museum.alk with kansas governor. we know a little bit about that museum. friday we are live from los angeles with a special panel. the reagan library and the nixon library, as our tour continues. thanks for inviting us into your our home today. that's it for this special edition of "special report" ." edition of "special report" ." >> keeping another promise to the american people by nominate ing niel gorsich. heather: wednesday february 1st, president trump nominateing niel gorsich and not even ten minutes later, democrats already protesting. a fierce battle now between republicans an democrats, we are live in washington. abby: drama and delay boiling over on capitol hill. the white house slamming democratic senator for blocking president trump's key members. >> it's getting ridiculous. democrats are boycotting the committee vote is outrageous. >> the votes on hold and nominees prepared for hot seat today. >> you don't look like you're from around here. heather: the politically motivated sup

so dwight eisenhower was the first president to attend the national prayer breakfast service.very president since has followed in his footsteps. a collection of speeches from the national prayer breakfast is a collection of some of the worst speeches given by american presidents. and now we have a clear winner for worst presidential speech ever given at the national prayer breakfast, delivered by the man who says he was raised in a churched home. >> thank you as well to senate chaplain barry black for his moving words. i don't know, chaplain, whether or not that's an appointed position. is that an appointed position? i don't even know if you're a democrat or a republican. but i'm appointing you for another year, the hell with it. >> his handlers forgot to tell him, don't say "the hell with it." a minimally polite atheist would not have stood up there and said "the hell with it." mark burnett is the owner/operator of the tv show that donald trump starred in. he is therefore the custodian of all the video recorded for that show that was never seen on that show, video rumored to

abraham lincoln received the top with dwight eisenhower the top five for the first time at number eight. enters the ring for the first time in the number 12 position while george bush moved up three spots to the 33rd position. you can read through the survey yourself at her home page on c-span.org and tune in on washington journal on monday will haveere we academic advisors of this project and the historians douglas frankly -- douglas brinkley and others will discuss their analysis. gina calling from alexandria, virginia on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning, how are you and thank you for c-span. i am stressed out, yesterday i had a home inspection and this perfect stranger as he is leaving, he could look at my face and saw that i was stressed and allm 67 years old broken out with acne of all things, my skin products are not working. host: is there an issue stressing you out the most, what is causing you this anxiety? caller: i do not know where to focus, recently joined one of -- when ice that shows up at someone's home, they let you know a couple of days in advanc

dwight eisenhower entering the top five from number eight.arack obama entering the race for the first time -- ranks for the first time, obviously. we did this in 2000, 2009, and here in 2016. atin, all of that all nine c-span.org. look for our conversation coming up in just under half an hour or so with our three academic advisors on that survey. done quickly of rice university -- doug brinkley of rice university.that is coming up at 8:00 eastern . we go to conrad and hear from pennsylvania. good morning, republican line. caller: boy it is very difficult to get on this network. watch this daily. -- i this daily. host: glad you got through. caller: me too. i was an independent before trump. i am glad you brought up this subject today because i have had a lot to say but unable to get on the network on c-span. i am a c-span junkie. i turned republican because of trump's direction. i am a vietnam veteran from 1963 to 1967. elections, i noticed we were having protests at that time, but they were not all against the war. some of them were against t

at the show will come to live from abilene, kansas at the dwight eisenhower presidential museum.alk with kansas governor. we know a little bit about that museum. friday we are live from los angeles with a special panel. the reagan library and the nixon library, as our tour continues. thanks for inviting us into your our home today. that's it for this special edition of "special report" ." fair, balanced, it is still unafraid. >> tucker: fox news alert, president trump selected judge neil gorsuch of the tenth circuit court of appeals to be on the supreme court. ted cruz will give us his reaction. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," also tonight, the temporary ban on refugees, one illegal immigrant was opposed to it is here to say his. but back to the nomination of judge gorsuch. president trump had this to say. >> i am keeping another promise to the american people. by nominating judge neil gorsuch of the united states supreme court to be of the united states supreme court. >> i respect that in our legal

all his predecessors are compared as far back as polling goes, back to 1953 and dwight eisenhower, every single one of them has been polling higher in terms of approval than donald trump is at this point in the presidency. >> and the disapproval is even worse than the approval. >> that's right. >> and let's dive into some of these policies because we're finding out how the public feels about a lot of these executive actions that donald trump is pushing. >> so, two of his key policy proposals that have been dominating headlines in the first couple weeks of his administration, majority of the americans a oppose them. take a look at the travel ban first. how do americans feel about this? 53% of americans, slim majority, but majority oppose the travel ban. 47% are in favor. let's look at that 47% how it splits by party because partisan ship tells the story here. only 12% of democrats favor the travel ban, 46% of independents. so, again, a minority of independents. and 88% of republicans. where you sit on the partisan divide is where you sit on this issue of the travel ban. and if you want to

. >> let me tell you, dwight eisenhower, good president, people liked him. i like ike, the express. i like ike. he moved a million and a half illegal immigrants out of this country. you don't get nicer, you don't get friendlier. they moved a million and a half people out. we have no choice. trump told msnbc he'd carry out a similar operation of his own. >> are you going to have a massive deportation force? >> you're going to have a deportation force and you're going to do it humanely. they're going back where they came. if they came from a certain country, they'll be brought back to that country. that's the way it's supposed to be. >> a deportation force. some members of congress met with the acting director of i.c.e., immigrations and customs enforcement, about the trump administration's plans for 11 million undocumented immigrants living in this country. afterwards, texas congressman joaquin castro, a democrat, tweeted "after attending the i.c.e. meeting, it's hard not to conclude that president trump has started his mass deportation plan." i asked congressman castro for his react

dwight eisenhower, who served in from 1953-19ce 621, makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. harryng out the top 10, truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top 10. dead buchanan is ranked last in all three c-span surveys. that news for andrew jackson as well. our seven president found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed in a number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up on the scale to 33 over wall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? the were the leaders and the losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of and more on our website at www.c-span.org. >> you are looking at the national museum of african american history and culture on the mall in washington dc. is the newest smithsonian museum. it welcomed its one millionth visitor this week. we

republican presidents have done, whether it is lincoln, theodore roosevelt, dwight ions hawks -- dwight eisenhower, richard nixon. >> rose: plan? he's a man of action. it's surprising to washington because, my god, the idea of a political figure who actually does what they said they would in the campaign is unheard of. george h.w. bush, read my lips, no new taxes, right up until the time he raids taxes. so i think the washington establishment is more than used to elected officials who say one thing in the campaign for rhetorical or political purposes but, when they get to washington, they abandon that agenda. anybody who thinks that trump is going to do that doesn't understand donald trump. when he sets his mind on a goal, he's an extraordinarily stubborn, focused individual. he's going to take on this agenda. >> glor: as you well know, washington for better or worse is not necessarily designed for speed. >> that's true. >> glor: and, so, there is going to have to be some coming together or compromise or not. i don't know. is he -- is he expecting or is the administration expecting to bull doze wh

dwight eisenhower to serve in the oval office from 1953-1961 makes his first appearance in the c-spantop five this year. rounding out the historian top 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. but pity pennsylvania's james buchanan is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list come historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up on the scale to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >> two former diplomats were a part of the discussion on the future of the iran nuclear agreement under the trump administration. we wil

dwight eisenhower served in the oval office from 1953 to 61 and thinks his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the choices, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top ten. he is ranked dead last in the surveybothsurveys and there's br andrew jackson as well he found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. buhad good news for barack obama on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall and george w. bush moved three stops with big gains in public persuasion.