night on c-span two's book tv. 1999, congress approved the dwight d. eisenhower national memorial. this november, the dwight d. eisenhower memorial commission broke ground in washington dc -- in washington, d.c., speakers including his granddaughter, talked about his legacy and the memorial in honor of the president and world war ii supreme allied commander. the ceremony is about 50 minutes. >> welcome to this special and long-awaited event, the ground breaking for the memorial honoring president dwight d. eisenhower. we are gathered today to honor a remarkable man who left our nation a unique legacy. as our 34th president, he was the most recent and probably the last general to become president of the united states. during world war ii, he served as supreme allied commander, the brilliant military military strategist who defeated the nazis. later, he treated new strategies to fight against communism. as president, he took strong stands to ensure equality and opportunity for americans of all races, genders, and creeds. many of the agencies they came into being under dwight nasa,ower

but in '52, eisenhower, of course, gets the nomination. >> for president of the united states, dwightheers and applause ] >> as his running mate, ike chose someone to balance the ticket, senator richard nixon of california, young and fiercely anti-communist. >> ♪ you like ike ♪ i like ike ♪ everybody likes ike ♪ for president >> eisenhower, facing his democratic opponent, adlai stevenson, won in a landslide. >> so help me god. >> on inauguration day, eisenhower came walking down. and i said, "mr. president, may i take a picture?" the flashbulb didn't work. he stopped. and he said, "fix the flashbulb and take the picture." and i did. this was a very kind and caring man. >> 1953 beckoned. ike had run world war ii. but he'd never held office before. america held its breath and wondered what would happen next. st. jude continues to advance by increasing cure rates in childhood cancer, because we have the resources, and we have the focus, and so, if st. jude doesn't do it, who will? ♪♪ wifiso if you can't live without it...t it. why aren't you using this guy? it makes your wifi awesomely f

dwight d. eisenhower's western upbringing had interest and imposed his personal code of behavior. and, his actions as a military and political leader, the 34th president was born mr. reeves is a deputy director and supervisory archivist at the dwight eisenhower presidential library and museum. this is 40 minutes. we are pleased to have our own tim rives here. he is my go toguy for all information on archives and records administration related records administration related questions. i rely on him greatly. he is here to speak to you today about the western influences on our beloved president dwight eisenhower. he is a graduate of wichita state and emporium state. he served in the united states for five years. thank you for your service. he is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. these include eisenhower, d-day, ulysses s. grant, and prison baseball. of course. i hope you enjoy our program today. please welcome with me, tim rives. [applause] thanks everybody. tim: thanks everybody. great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week. really appreciate it

up next how president dwight eisenhower's west upbringing noounsed his personal code of behavior and his actions as a military and political leader. >> we are pleased to have our own tim reaves here. he is our deputy director and our super vizry archivest. he is my go-to guy for all archives and administrative records questions. i rely on him greatly. he's here to speak to you today on the western influences on our

buckeye street was the chisolm trail and a couple hundred feet to the left is the boyhood home of dwight eisenhower. eisenhower grew up from old west center of history. from the beginning he was aware of the history. i read an account by his brother edgar and this was confirmed by a letter that ike wrote to a friend of his that he began reading polk westerns, pol novels about the west when he was just a small boy. he would take proceeds from the vegetables he would sell from their family garden in order to buy the magazines and books. he mentioned the neighbor in his auto biography "at ease." he lived across the street. the home is no longer there. a guy named george dudley who claimed to have been a marshall under wild bill hickock. i think a lot of people made that claim during that time period. he said mr. dudley shared with him stories of hickock's prowess as a revolver. eisenhower knew many people in abilene who had lived through those years. he wasn't that far removed. the heyday of the cattle trade, again, '67 to '71 and eisenhower was born in 1890. he wasn't a full generation behind the fol

he is the deputy director and supervisory archivist at the dwight d. eisenhower presidential library at the museum. this is 40 minutes. >> we are pleased to have our own tim reeves here. he is my go to guy for all andrmation on archives records administration related questions. i rely on him greatly. he is here to speak to you today about the western influences on our beloved president dwight d eisenhower. he is a graduate of wichita .tate and emporium state he served in the united states for five years or yet thank you for your service. he is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. i hope you enjoy our program today. please welcome with me, tim reeves. [applause] >> thanks everybody. great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week. really appreciate it. the food has a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the wonderful speakers we attract. thanks to the foundation and the trust. all this started a couple years ago in 2015 because it was 125th anniversary of his birth. born the year that he was was the year that the f

up next, how president dwight eisenhower's western upbringing influenced his personal code of behavior and his actions as a military and political leader.

he's here to speak to you today on the western influences on our dwight eisenhower. he's a graduate of wichita state and served in the united states army for five years. thank you for your service. tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. these include eisenhower, of course, the presidency of ulysses s. grant and prison baseball. of course. so i hope that you enjoy our program today. please welcome with me tim reaves. [ applause ] >> well, thanks everybody. and great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week, and really appreciate it again. we know that the food has a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the speakers we attract. so again thanks to the foundation and the miller nickels trust. all this started with my interest in ike and the old west the 125th anniversary of ike's birth, and 1890 the year ike was born was also the year it was closed. so we did a lot of programs looking at ike, and i did one on the influence of his political thinking and imagination. i'll include a little built of that today, but i wa

focus on the american cowboy continues next with timothy reeves, the deputy director of the dwight eisenhower presidential library. he'll talk about how the 34th president's western upbringing influenced his code of behavior and his actions as a military and political leader. >>> we are pleased to have our own tim reeves here. he is our deputy director and our supervisory achivist. he is my go-to guy for national archives and records administration related questions. i rely on him greatly. but he is here to speak to you today about the western influences on our beloved presidentiz president izeisenhower. tim is the author of many articles. i hope that you enjoy our program today. please welcome with me tim reeves. [ applause ] >> thanks, everybody. great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week. really appreciate it. again, we know that the food is a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the wonderful speakers that we attract. again, thanks to the foundation and the miller nichols trust. all this started in my interest in ike and the old west really a couple o

credit however when it comes to the number of bills bassed the president is the worst since dwight eisenhower, the worst in half a century. that said, he's trying for something big next year. ph phil, the president said he broke that record, is there anyway he can make that argument? >> short answer, no, the 96 bills he signed into law fall fall short of his predecessors going back to dwight eisenhower. it's an odd metric to fix. he's done major accomplishments for conservatives. can talk about the tax bill. allowed for drilling in alaska. he has 12 circuit court judges. supreme court justice that have all been confirmed. these are things republicans would like to focus on. not necessarily the numbers particularly when they fall short. these are not all major legislative initiative, certainly don't measure up to his predecessors to this point. >> the president did have a legislative treatment. the tax bill with a lot of things in there that would have been republican priorities. looking ahead to next year what are his big priorities and will he need democrats with a 51 vote majority in the se

into law in his first year in office falls far short of his predecessors going back to at least dwight eisenhower. it's an odd metric to fixate on. he has done things that are major accomplishments for conservatives. you can talk about the tax bill which also repealed the obamacare individual mandate and allowed drilling up in alaska. he's got 12 circuit court judges, a supreme court justice that have all been confirmed. these are things that republicans would like to focus on, not necessarily the numbers, particularly when they fall short. but by any metric you look at, jim, if you want to talk about bills, and keep in mind these aren't all major legislation initiatives for any appellapres 96 bills that he signed into law so far don't measure up to his predecessors up to this point. >> why bother when it's so easily refutable. the president did have the tax bill with a lot of things in there that have been republican priorities. looking ahead to next year, though, what are his big priorities and will he need democrats around with just a 51-vote majority in the senate? >> yeah, he's definitely go

fact, president trump has signed he were bills into law than any first-year president since dwight eisenhower. the president is vacationing in florida, where he is golfing for a third day in a row. right now, traffic flow is back to normal at the intersection of prince william parkway in woodbridge after a car hit a pedestrian.we just learned moments ago that pedestrian has died. she is identified as a 52-year-old woman from woodbridge. so far, no word on what may have caused the accident. where overnight an assault suspect led police on a chase that ended in a crash that landed 8 people in the hospital. one of them suffering critical injuries. right now, that man is behind bars. sam sweeney with more on this chaotic scene. scene out oflike a a movie. it all unfolded before 8:00 last night on autumn drive. that is where it started. the suspect knocked on a door. that is when the suspect attacked the child. when the family called 911, the suspect took off in a stolen car headed to the nearby shopping center, crashed into a pickup truck, and got into a fight with the pickup driver, then carjack

despite his signing the fewest new laws of any president going back 60 years all the way to dwight eisenhower. his work on legislation isn't the only victory that the president is touting. for more on this we go nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, phillip. good morning to you. and this morning president trump is of course waking up in south florida where he has been spending his working holiday vacation. and i'll tell you what, he spent a lot of the time here when we have seen him either online or in rare instances publicly talking about 2017, talking about his accomplishments, what he perceives as his to-do list for the last year basically, capped by of course that new tax law. you saw that from the president when he made a surprise stop at the west palm beach firehouse, talking with firefighters there, talking about not just the economy but also his tax law, tying it also to the repeal of the individual mandate. so for president trump he's in a little bit of a routine. golf, tweeting, talking about 2017. but we're looking ahead

he's about to become the first president since dwight eisenhower not to come here during the first year in office. >>> the golden state has been vocal in its opposition of policies from healthcare to the environment and immigration. >>> it was a very good year for wall vote and your 401 wall street and your 401k. in light trading the market closed down today which was a minor hit in a major year. apple shares fell almost 2% after yesterday's battery apology, but overall the dow finished the year up 25%. will save corporations bil other major indices up substantially as well. the republicans' tax cut which will save corporations billions of dollars is getting a lot of credit. what's ahead for 2018? we all want to know, but nobody knows for sure. wall street is predicting another good year, though not as stellar as 2017. >>> coming up the plan to keep people safe at new year's celebrations in san francisco after a foiled terror plot on pier 39. >> plus a horrific fire kills 12 in new york city, the fatal mistake that let flames barrel through the building trapping people upstairs. >> and

hundred days in office he signed the fewest spells in his first year in the white house since dwight eisenhower in the eight one nine hundred fifty s. . defeated alabama republican senate candidate roy moore has made a last ditch effort to challenge the result more lost the race to doug jones who will become the first democrat to hold a seat in twenty five years or more has not conceded defeat and says voter fraud denied him a chance of victory he's found papers challenging the result just hours before jones is due to be sworn in. experts in artificial intelligence say the world isn't prepared for the big changes automation is bringing to the global economy some say artificial intelligence could help us create an almost perfect world but the world bank is warning developing countries could face economic collapse honestly explores their concerns in the final part of our series brave new world. the future is coming and it's going to affect all of us it's widely accepted that millions of jobs are going to disappear but we may not have to work we might get paid for having fun and in this future the

this november, the dwight d. eisenhower memorial commission broke ground in washington dc -- in washington, d.c., speakers including his granddaughter, talked about his legacy and the memorial in honor of the president and world war ii supreme allied commander. the ceremony is about 50 minutes. >> welcome to this special and long-awaited event, the ground breaking for the memorial honoring president dwight d. eisenhower. we are gathered today to honor a remarkable man who left our nation a unique legacy.

dwight eisenhower had great faith. with those vice presidential candidates. so with that aspiration of prescott bush. but he was extraordinarily moderate by today's republican standards. he was president of the planned parenthood chapter in his hometown in connecticut. so a moderate force when george h.w. throws his hat into the ring it is for commencement -- commissioner and is battling the berkshires who is extraordinarily radical. and they don't want the establishment republican especially from the northeast to tell them how to run things. george h.w. achieves the office and invites them in with the spirit of inclusion and to unite them. and it is very emblematic. >> there is another extraordinary gesture and moment the fair housing act and the letters from the district they don't want to support the fair housing act to say it is a character testing moment and he does what he thinks is right. that is a key moment and the character you don't see. there is an allergy. >> it was an amazing moment. when george w. bush was here i mentioned this in the introduct

. - julie nixon and david eisenhower met when david's grandfather, dwight david eisenhower, and julie nixon's father, richard nixon, teamed up for a presidential ticket duo. - later on, julie's big sister, tricia, got married in the white house rose garden. that was way back in 1971. there have been no weddings at the white house since. with white house kidz, i'm lila. - this important message is brought to you by the national road safety foundation. (upbeat rock music) (horn honking) - injuries happen. when they do, we'll show you what you should do. - we all should know what to do in a medical emergency. that's why we're bringing you tips on first aid from the american red cross. (light upbeat pop music) - sprains and strains are a pain, but a little first aid can go a long way. lipica shah is an instructor for the american red cross. what is the difference between a sprain and a strain? - a sprain is the stretching or tearing of ligaments at a joint and a strain is the stretching or tearing of your muscles and tendons, so just different body parts. - [alexa] so what do we do? - so,

boston shuttle called a stewde started her career with eastern airlines on november 4th, 1957 dwight eisenhowerost important thing. >> we sold sandwiches for 50 cents and milk for 15 cents. in the old days we saw a lot of ming coats but, you know, now a days we see a lot of flip-flops. so depending on where you go. >> reporter: flu bankruptcies and mergers, betty ended up working for american airlines. it it's ceo doug parker on hand to help pay tribute to the 81-year-old manassas resident. >> when you go about your work, the way you continue to go about your work 60 years later, you're an inspiration to everyone at american. you're an inspiration to every flight attendant and every flight attendant that's ever, um, served for any airline, and you're an inspiration to all of as humans. >> reporter: ameri salute to their faithful employee. >> betty, you're looking fabulous. you're still going strong. just keep on going. we all love you. >> reporter: among the guests at today's reception fellow flight attendants and some long-time customers. >> she's the first person that greets you when you get

dwight d. eisenhower's western upbringing had interest and imposed his personal code of behavior.his actions as a military and political leader, the 34th president was born mr. reeves is a deputy director and supervisory archivist at the dwight eisenhower presidential library and museum. this is 40 minutes. we are pleased to have our own tim rives here. he is my go toguy for all information on archives and records administration related records administration related questions. i rely on him greatly.

we have dug up everything that we can, all the way back from, my goodness, i remember dwight eisenhower, and we're digging up things on people, the conservatives and the liberals. and possibly some of the independents. to try to discredit them. and you can't work in a marriage or on a job like you have. i'm retired. and you can't have one person having it all their way. it's just not the way it's meant to be. and bipartisan politics has to come about. i don't believe all of this dirt that they dragged up, they did it on bill clinton, and now they're doing it on roy moore, and they did it on donald trump. and i am not a donald trump -- he's not my favorite, if i could have thought of somebody else to win that presidency, it would have been john kasich. but that being said -- >> who is the they you say are dragging this up when it comes to these accusations, greg? >> caller: yeah, they do. i mean -- >> who is they? >> caller: well, whoever finds out about these things. i am not privileged to know who finds out about these things. but they do. and whether it's true or not, you have to vote

roosevelt in the white house moll reaches out nine hundred fifty to harry truman he reaches out to dwight eisenhower his hand was tossed away. this song. paternity that might have changed history prevented wars save countless lives was lost because the truth of miles over true as was denied in the washington of the one nine hundred fifty s. . state department officials who had carried mao's messages were condemned down justly as communist traitors. everybody who knew who spoke cheney's was gone in the one nine hundred fifty s. the state department had no employees who spoke cheney it's resulted in us not having relations with the number one most populous country in the world in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine this man. became china's paramount leader he said socialism does not mean shared poverty. this was code for the most radical reforms since miles revolution. the return of capitalism to china but this time controlled by the communist party. to be riches glorious dane was reported as saying. america was now threatened by the emergence of a vast image of itself. this is one of the many very

you could go back to sherman adams, the civilian version of dwight eisenhower's army chief of staff. he was known as the abominable snowman. man. haldeman took it to another level. they were obsessed with trying to get this right. again in nixon's words, the lord high executioner. he was the guy who was the gatekeeper, he brokered information and was in charge of communications. he was the guy who executed the president's agenda. the fascinating paradoxical thing about it is haldeman who wrote the template for the water and white house chief failed in the end spectacularly to speak truth to power during watergate, which was richard nixon's downfall. host: we will take calls now for chris whipple. we will put the numbers on the bottom of the screen. you said this type of book is not been done before. why did you decide to do it? was a phone call out of the blue from a stranger. he is a documentary filmmaker .ho had done 9/11 they want to know if i would partner with them on a documentary. we did that for the discovery channel. that it barelyme scratch the surface of this unbelievable

>> it varies, but presidents like dwight eisenhower and kennedy, they would not stand to be in the roomike mike pence going over there. he acted like donald trump was buddha and kissing his belly. it's ridiculous luto be watchin that on american television. everybody in america is working. we have jobs. nobody acts to that way to their boss. it turns most people off. so i think pence is just a man without a full identity. he's riding he sees his political future of riding it out for four, but probably maybe eight years, and then maybe run for president on his own, but i don't think we needed that kind of public display yesterday. it just makes pence comedy foughter. >> listen, it goes all the way back today one with candidate trump and after that access hollywood tape. watch this. >> you know, it takes a big man to know when he's wrong. to admit it, to express rehormo and apologize. and last night donald trump showed america that he's a big man. [ applause ] it's been inspiring to see the president's leadership on this issue. thank you, mr. president, and just greatest privilege of my l

in fact, general dwight eisenhower, chief planner for general marshall, army chief of staff, wrote a memo in february '45, the three essentials for winning the war were keeping the british in, the russians in and preventing a link up of japan and germany across the indian ocean. this reinforces the same point, if japanese and germans had achieved this link up, it would at a minimum protracted the war and had a tremendous ripple effect on allied strategy and what could be done in europe for the war. we're down now to just a couple minutes left. i want to say i much appreciate our panelists today. i think we have time for maybe one or two quick questions. if anyone has any question to ask anybody on the panel, i'm prepared to entertain it at this point. yes, right here. i think we'll be down to one question. thulg then we'll roll it out. >> george, could you talk a little about intelligence particularly code breaking and how that contributed to success in the battle. >> that's more than -- quite simply japanese naval code jm 25b was kept in place much longer than necessary. that gave u

he's actually signed the fewest bills of any president since dwight eisenhower according to the independentelf becoming popular. that's not the case yet. quite the opposite. americans approve of it by a wide margin. this is a key sales job that the republican leaders have between now and the 2018 election. can they make the public like it? >> you are entitled to your own opinion but not the facts. >> we have been talking about all the big legislative priorities that republicans have going forward. and it's not just that they feel emboldened by the tax reform victory. there's actually some fear among republicans that there are rumblings that mueller is closing in on don jr. and they want to get as much done with the president's help before that point because a lot of them are very worried about what he might do if his son ended up in legal jeopardy. and that would potentially not make him a very good partner in legislation. >> understandable if that would become the case. i want to close by saying thank you to the tiny but tireless teams in washington and atlanta that get "inside politics" o

wilderness, and the intent that was set aside when this was protected back in 1960 by president dwight eisenhowerned lagoons is a stopover from the entire migrating population of black rant geese and nearly every emperor goose on the planet. to della trumbull, it's also the only barrier by land between her and the safe medical evacuation an all-weather emergency airport can bring. >> our ability to get back and forth safely is what's important to the community -- to this community. they've watched their family members suffer or not be able to get out. >> reporter: right now this is the only way to get out of king cove, if you're in an medical emergency. this lonely airstrip where you hope for a pilot to show up. the commercial flight today canceled because of mechanical failure. we're waiting for a special charter flight to come in through that pass, which looks nice now, but later this afternoon, wind gusts could be up to about 50 to 70 miles an hour. >> the trip under these conditions can be frightening. there have been crashes and deaths. but there is no evidence a rode, especially in bad weat

of his last speeches, the great republican and protector of america and a friend of britain, dwight eisenhower, said "down the long lane of history, america knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid the coming a community of dreadful fear and hate and be instead be a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." as we stand in the shadow of our fallen colleague joe cox, we have more words in common. we must all take a stand against hatred, from wherever it comes, otherwise we will slip into the darkness. >> just before i asked the home secretary to respond along the basis of sound, procedural advice, i think i ought to say this to the house. jadea clemson, as just referenced by the on terminal -- the honorable gentleman, is awaiting trial. i think members will be conscious, while giving vent to their views, and they should and will, of the importance that it could be prejudicial to criminal proceedings. >> thank you, mr. speaker and thank you for your guidance. i hope the audible members understand i will not reply to that particular element for those reasons. i thank

kennedy, dwight eisenhower, name any recent.ents they don't want somebody like that around who every minute is groveling in front of them, that's going on -- that was being filmed. it's embarrassing. like an episode of "the apprenti apprentice" when you don't like the guy, vice president pence's behavior. it turns people off. nobody wants somebody that much of a lackey. however, you know, vice president pence is in afghanistan tonight. he's showing a kind of loyalty to donald trump. he's still plan "b" for a lot of people if there's impeachment of trump or if he's forced to resign. i think his star, don, dimmed. at the beginning of the year he was seen as maybe representing conservative fundamentalists and by the end of the year here, his ratings really should be in the tank. if trump's at 35% approval rating, i would think pence is even worse. the turning point was that the indianapolis colts game when -- on trump's cue, he left the game. you know, that started this sort of decline the last few months. >> yeah, i think people,

the president signed fewest legislation bills since dwight eisenhower. trump has substantially rolled back environmental rules, sought longer sentence for drug offenders, repealed net neutrality rules, rescinded guidelines on sexual assault in colleges and bathrooms for trans-gender students. with drew the united states from a massive trade deal, the trans pacific partnership and restored some restrictions on americans travelling to cuba. president trump also stopped certifying that iran is complying with the bulk of the nuclear agreement. the united states is still adhering to the deal. with the republican senate to confirm nominees, the president has filled judicial vacancies with conservatives. next year the president has tasked congress with immigration, infrastructure and has asked republicans and democrats to develop a new healthcare plan. though mitch mcconnell said the senate will probably move on to other issues. internationally, continued pressure on north korea after a south korean report said that china illegally provided energy to north kore

our 34th president dwight eisenhower the army and navy are the best friends 364.5 days of year.st of enemies. since 1890 this has been an incredible rivalry in which member of our military are celebrated in one of the sporti sporting spec ta calls. both know this is more than just a game. >> army/navy is the best rivalry in sports. everything going on in the world right now, even just in our country, this is the one thing that everyone can come together and just watch army/navy game. >> this is the only game where every competitor on the field that these people are going to watch, are willing to put their life on the line for everybody that's watching. there's no other game like that. >> all right. so both army and navy are going to wear special uniforms to honor those who have served before them. navy they're going to be honoring the blue angels, the color is an exact match of the blue angel flight suit. there's a hand painted helmet featuring a delta formation. this is a visor here. this chrome face mask matches the visor worn by the blue angels' pilots made with precision and

dwight eisenhower.ould hear stories but we wouldn't see. >> look, i think it's a mistake when people changed. you can't rational behavior in the past that was wrong. it is wrong now, it was wrong 50, 100 years ago. victims are speaking up the way they didn't speak up 50 years ago. they're speaking not just by themselves, but as a chorus, it's become a movement. young women now are making this a movement. this is a watershed moment. i keep thinking about bobby kennedy's talk. he said in south africa, from numberless action courage and belief that human history has shaped. each time a man or a woman stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples eventually build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression. that's what's happening now. it's going to change how men feel about women. it's not going to go away. >> politically though, mike, we are watching every other industry move quickly

history, when in fact he's signed fewer pieces of legislation so far than any president since dwight eisenhower, who served from 1953 to 1961. this is trump speaking to this is trump speaking to firefighters in west palm beach, florida, on wednesday. pres. trump: more legislation broke, including -- i that record. amy: that is president trump falsely claiming he has broken previous presidents legislative records. so find he has signed the fewest in a law in more than 60 years. republican roy moore has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state of alabama from certifying his rival, democrat doug jones, as the winner of the special u.s. senate race two weeks ago and alabama. moore lost the highly controversial race to jones by about 20,000 votes after at least nine women accused moore of harassing or assaulting them when they were teenagers, one as young as 14 years old. african american voters were critical in defeating moore, who has a long a history of racism, sexism, homophobia and islamophobia. on wednesday, his lawyers filed lawsuits claiming fraud and the manning and election. the state can

the warnings contained when dwight eisenhower left office. the u.s.lobal order, the rules-based liberal global order that came in the aftermath of a global ward that killed 80 million people that no country, no country has benefitted more from that rules based system than the united states. it's made us the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. and at the exact hour where the last of the generation that stormed the beaches in normandy, the last generation that the generation that survived the death camps, as they move to the end of long human life spans, that these will now become memories, not experiential memories, but historical memories. and we must understand the lessons of history. if we fail to remember them, the world can have another tragedy the likes of which we saw in the middle of the last century. that's what he is trying to say. >> and building off that, it's simply a factual statement that this president does not spend much time on the lofty ideas and ideals of america. that's not how he works. he does not speak about. he does

appeal to nonrepublicans like no republican had for decades, with the exception of the war hero, dwight eisenhower. by focusing not on a principle, like helping business helps america or free markets over everything. ronald reagan could talk to the democrat and the independent who wanted to get ahead in american life and wanted somebody who was on their side. he got record margins among those people, they named them reagan democrats. that's something that oddly enough happened with donald trump this past time, he was the first person to have a slarme appeal. host: i want to talk about how this plays out in modern times. you wrote in the "new york times," guest: what i mean by that is what americans want today is a government that protects them from unfair competition and helps them get ahead. get the government out of the way. does not respond to their every day needs. they need a new education system that instead of putting everybody into college, focuses on vocational for people who college isn't the best choice. gets ing trade deals that treated fairly. recognizing people are faced tr. recogniz