dwight eisenhower. the man from abilene who never in history had so many americans so much about the very essence of one man, 100 million americans. no, the way you know, a neighbor. we know him by heart. and why do we care for him? not because he is a general, but because instinctively we believe in you. we hail in the hometown boy with all the best of america. his roots are in the heartland main street, u.s.a. i come here first to thank you to say the proudest thing i can tell him is that i am from abilene. i want to speak first of the dreams of our barefoot boy frequently. they are to be a conductor. or he himself as the town policeman. above all he may reach the position of locomotive engineer, but always in his dreams is that day when finally he comes home. comes home to a welcome from his hometown, the wheat fields of kansas. ike is a native son, but the cotton and cattle state of texas staked first claim hard by the railroad tracks in denison, texas. that's where he was born. the red river, where

general dwight eisenhower arrives in the car of army secretary cannon. royal. behind him is the future general bismarck, bricklayer, battalion, a west point. the the brigade of midshipmen of the united states naval academy at annapolis passes in review. next come the cadets of the united states coast guard academy. and men of the marine corps are marched down the broad avenue, which today is the parade ground for every branch of the armed services. the 82 of the flying boxcar i lead one of the greatest air armadas ever to fly over the capitol. more than 700 planes in all. the eye on b, 36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of american life. the residents home state of missouri has several displays, one of them a wagon drawn by missouri mule. other blows depict the product and scenery of the various dates. this is kentucky, the most president's home state. to date. in texas, floyd moved down the avenue. to the district of columbia. display features reproductions of the capitol and the washington monument at the mo

general dwight eisenhower arrives in the car of army secretary cannon. royal. behind him is the future general bismarck, bricklayer, battalion, a west point. the the brigade of midshipmen of the united states naval academy at annapolis passes in review. next come the cadets of the united states coast guard academy. and men of the marine corps are marched down the broad avenue, which today is the parade ground for every branch of the armed services. the 82 of the flying boxcar i lead one of the greatest air armadas ever to fly over the capitol. more than 700 planes in all. the eye on b, 36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of american life. the residents home state of missouri has several displays, one of them a wagon drawn by missouri mule. other blows depict the product and scenery of the various dates. this is kentucky, the most president's home state. to date. in texas, floyd moved down the avenue. to the district of columbia. display features reproductions of the capitol and the washington monument at the mo

montgomery, american general dwight eisenhower and no less than great sovereign king george, the today's presentation is top secret. no cameras or press eisenhower. eisenhower will later joke that nazi german dictator adolf hitler could have killed every tough american and british with a single, well-placed. but the invasion of hitler's festering europa fortress is hardly a surprise. the whole world knows hundreds of thousands of allied troops been assembling in great britain for months, training each day for the singular of wrenching control of europe from hitler's grasp. sometime in the summer, coincidentally, on this very day, general montgomery graces cover of life magazine, a vivid portrait of monty's character runs inside cromwellian, in churchill's words, austere, accomplished, tireless while also playing off the journals esthetically, style, quote. he lives in complete simplicity. it's the plainest food has no recreation, except that of writing novels and detective stories. he is often impatient of human frailty, but an equally large feature runs under the headline american invad

>> i'm saying we should go back to a very progressive tax policy like what we had under dwight eisenhowergovernment? >> you may disagree. >> i'm just asking. >> people can make it on $999 million. i think that they can survive just fine. when i talk about ioligarchy, it's not only the power of the people on top, it's what's happening to working people. it's not only so many of our people are struggling. it's that so many of our people can't afford health care, they can't afford prescription drugs, they can't afford childcare, they can't afford to go to college. is that really what the united states of america should be about? >> you can do a lot of that and not basically upend tcapitalism >> there are countries around the world that are vibrant capitalist societies that provide health care. make sure you have a minimum wage which is a livable wage. >> i'm not arguing with you about that. >> don't hear me say -- i'm not. i'm not saying the government should be nationalizing every mom and pop store in the country. of course i'm not saying that. you want vibrant entrepreneurs. you want small

[applause] [applause] think also of dwight eisenhower, who during world war ii led this country, theughest battle it had ever known without an eye to politics or partisanship. so revered in fact that both parties thought he should be their candidate for president in 1952. and think of one of the brave men general eisenhower led during that war. our own bob dole who went on to become a u.s. senator and teamed up with a democrat from iowa to expand civil rights by passing the americans with disabilities act. [applause] by seeking your continued partnership i'm not asking for the impossible or something that is never been done before kansans have long worked together to take on the challenges facing them. and do not forget, you and i have two. 286 times over these past four years every time i found a signed a bill into law it had bipartisan support. we have not always seen eye to eye but the truth is only when we band together have we made real progress. that is why i'm asking you tonight to again to me in the middle. on so many issues facing our state from tax relief, to water, to heal

[applause] think also of dwight eisenhower, who during world war ii lead this country, the world, through the toughest battle it had ever known. amber wave without an eye to politics or partisanship. he was so revered, in fact, that both parties thought he should be the candidate for president in 1952. think of the one of the brave men that general eisenhower led during that war, our own bob dole, who went on to become a u.s. senator and teamed up with a democrat from iowa to expand civil rights bypassing the americans with disabilities act. ,,,. ,,. ,,. ,,, that's why i'm asking you tonight to again, meet me in the middle. on so many issues facing our state, from tax relief to water, to health care, the best solutions aren't republican or democrat. they will come from compromise and collaboration, finding common sense, middle of the road solutions, over the next four years we must see each other as partners, not as foes. to build on all we've accomplished in the last four years, together we will make kansas the very best place in america to raise a family. [applause] god bless kansas, go

reviewed chris cillizza new book about the pastimes of modern presents from dwight eisenhower to donald trump. the book is called power players, sports, politics and the american presidency. quote, the resulis lightweight but diverting recitation of sports prowess. high school d llege gridiron feats by john f kennedy -- nixon. jerry ford. ronaldeagan and biden. george h.w. bush's flair for baseball at yale. reagan and kennedy. swimming heroics. barack obama's jump shot and more, writes wall street journal reviewer edward kosner. besides the stats, the authors focus is on how these politicians use sports to polish their public image. as always, you can look for these books and authors in the near future on c-span's booktv. well, thanks for joining us for about books a program and podcast produced by c-span's booktv. booktv will continue to bring you publishing news and author programs. and a reminder that you can get this podcast on our c-span now app, and you can also watch all of our author programs any time at booktv dot org.

caller: my thing is, i think dwight eisenhower said one of the best things in the world is, beware of the military industrial complex. i think the industrial complex has overloaded this country with guns, and we keep lambing and on the people and their problems, and all of this other stuff when all that we have to do is take that military firearm out of the hands of the people in this country, let them have their hunting guns or range shooters, and all of the good things that are a pleasure to them, and get the ar-whatever out of the hands of everybody, because what the industrial military complex is way too strong, and the people need to speak up, and their voices need to be heard instead of being squashed. thank you. host: hannah, you may have mentioned this kff survey earlier. this is one that caught our eye. this says more than half of u.s. adults have experienced a gun-related incident, including one in five have been personally threatened with a gun or had a family number killed with a gun. 37% of those surveyed have been threatened by a gun. is there any research into the menta

. >> my main thing is i think, dwight, eisenhower said the best thing in the world, beware of the military industrial complex. i think the industrial complex has overrode a country with guns. and we keep blaming it on the people and their problems, and all this other stuff, when all that we have to do is take that military firearm out of the hands of the people in this country. let them have their hunting guns, or their range shooters and all the good things, you know the things that are treasure to them. and get the ar whatever, 15th, out of the hands of everybody because we have the industrial military complex. it's way too strong. and the people need to speak up, and their voices need to be heard instead of being squashed. thank you. >> thank, you hannah, you may have mentioned this bff survey. this is one caught our eye. this one says that more than half of u.s. adults have experienced gun related incident. including one in five have been personally threatened with a gun or have had a family member who has been killed by a gun. 31% of those surveys have been threatened by a gun. is the

he was not a buddy of dwight eisenhower's, the labor secretary under eisenhower had had been a person who'd been able to navigate successfully between corporate world and the labor world. george understood that george meeting wanted to go. so he went to nixon white house and he said, i want to go to a seat at the memorial service for george meaning. and i said, hell no, why would we give a seat to this leading democrat? george eventually got him the seat and minnie was touched by that gesture. that's the kind of thing that george did. it was these little personal gestures that time that that were multiple had multiplier effect on his effectiveness. yeah. and he took that those same skills then to the position, the role that we know him best for of course as secretary of state secretary of state ronald reagan. he became secretary under kind of unusual conditions. and you might want to just relate that because it was pretty interesting entry, but it was also a time when the united states, our allies, others were trying to assess the change that was happening in the soviet union, how rea

literally scores of college players were playing minor league baseball in that era including dwight eisenhower. they were playing under aliases. eisenhower played under wilson. jim thorpe played under jim thorpe he never tried to hide it. pop warner is coach at carlisle and the head of the olympic committee knew precisely what thorpe had been doing it might about it when the story broke to save their reputations. thirdly, the question of what's amateur and what's professional was bogus. jim thorpe played baseball for about a dollar a day. it had nothing to do with the metals of his winning. george patton impleaded -- competed in the modern pentathlon. he was paid by the army to play for the pentathlon which were all military events. he didn't suffer at all, but jim fort did. -- jim fort did. finally, the olympic bylaws said to file a challenge against someone's amateurism it had to be 30 days after the end of the olympics and this came six month later. it took 110 years for that to be righted. only last year was he finally restored all of his metals and records. >> that's an amazing story. wan

dwight eisenhower left office in 1961, aged 70.ficial site, it was theodore roosevelt, who was 42 when he came to office. so, all eyes will be on the white house today. a beautiful morning in washington, dc. joe biden has announced he will seek re—election for the presidency in 2024, and his vice president, the current vice president, harris will again be his running mate. to sudan now, where a ceasefire is just about holding after ten days of fighting. these pictures are from the capital, khartoum, this morning. there are reports of some gunfire being heard, but the sudanese army has said it would respect the three—day ceasefire, as long as its rival, the paramilitary rapid support forces, kept its side of the deal. thousands of people are already fleeing the country on flights to djibouti, on boats out of port sudan on the red sea, or north by road, across the egyptian border. the un says it is bracing for up to 270,000 people to flee into neighbouring chad, to the west and south sudan, and it has been forced to cut back on some

one thing i like to quote a lot is under dwight eisenhower who was a republican. the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest americans was 90%. that would be staggering today. hard enough to get people to talk about a minimum wage of $20 an hour. if we were to propose marginal tax rate of 95%, people would say they are definitely communists. but the reality is, with a lifetime of some of the people in this room, that was what we did in this country. under a republican president. part of what we are trying to do is reopen his conversation to say why did we give up on the idea the wealthy should pay pretty healthy taxes because no one really needs to be a billionaire and we may accept the idea there should be rewards for hard work. i do accept that. but to the point some people get everything, tens of millions of americans can barely make ends meet even when they work full-time jobs. [applause] and if you agree with me, then please buy the book. >> i think we have time for one more question. >> hello. you are just beginning to touch on the fact that there are actually p

>> i'm saying we should go back to a very progressive tax policy like what we had under dwight d. eisenhowerver a billion dollars, it all goes to the government. >> you may disagree with me. i think people can make it on 900, you know, $99 million. i think that they can survive just fine. look. when i talk about oligarchy, it's not only the power of the people on top, it's what's happening to working people, and we got to talk about them. it's not only that so many of our people are struggling. it's that so many of our people can't afford health care. they can't afford prescription drugs, childcare, they can't afford to go to college. is that really what the united states should be about? >> can youyou can do a lot of t not upend capitalism. >> it's not upending capitalism. there are countries that have a live livable wage. i'm not saying that the government should be nationalizing every mom and pop store in the country. of course i'm not saying that. you want vibrant entrepreneurs. you want small and medium-sized and large businesses to succeed. but we need to create a culture in this count

following the eisenhower model, dwight eisenhower was tough on the subject.sary state, local and military resources to carry out the largest domestic deportation system in american history. [applause] i will ask every state and federal agency to identify every known or suspected gang member in america and every one of them that is illegally, we will pick them up and send them back to the country from which they came. as we restore safety to our streets. [applause] we have no choice. as we read store safety to our streets we must also restore it to our schools, we have to harden our assets to protect our children against threats of any kind. last month our hearts were shattered by the news of the monstrous attack on a christian elementary school in nashville. it claimed the lives of three adults and three precious children. today we wrap those beautiful families in our love and lift them up in our prayers. we salute the law enforcement heroes who ran into danger and took out that killer. with the speed and skill that made us all very proud. [applause] that mad

. >> fdr used top cottage as his place to bring people in, dwight eisenhower at the farm in gettysburg where he did much the same thing. and then there is lyndon b. johnson and his branch of western texas, you visited it 74 times, and he was a practitioner barbecue diplomacy, you say. how did that work yet, >> -- july >> there is this great myth of the american cowboy, and he used that very shortly. he would get people out of washington or out of their embassy and out to his ranch in texas. in the texas panhandle. and the formula worked like this. he would show up to the ranch, and he would take you on that leisure -- leisurely horseback ride around the ranch and show you this and that. then he would give you a beer to quench your thirst, then you would have a dinner of barbecued ribs or perhaps seven chile, which was created by his black coat, zephyr right. wonderful -- black cook, zephyr right, a wonderful dish. maybe a little bourbon or whiskey. and then he would move in and say now, i would like to do -- like you to do me a favor. whether it was a congressman, or a foreign dignitar

but also to see a prominent member of the republican party, the party of teddy roosevelt and dwight eisenhower to a place where she's so consumed in her hatred for the president of the united states and the democratic party that she would side with enemies of the united states fortunately there aren't 50 marjorie taylor greenes here the fact she garners as much attention and support for what is a profoundly unpatriotic position, ought to give us pause about the nature of our politics today and if we don't want to make changes to create a more civil and patriotic congress of the united states. >> congressman jim himes, i appreciate your time today thank you very much. >> thank you, ana. >>> up next, a 16th birthday party rocked by a shooting that left four dead and dozens injured. >>> plus, it's now in the hands of the supreme court we're awaiting a decision this week on an abortion pill millions in this country rely on that and more next on "ana cabrera reports. rgy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid-free spray. while flonase takes hours, astep

biden in 2024 again, it would be the first time that we have seen a rematch since 1956 when dwight eisenhoweron add lie stevenson. it happened twice in a row. the big question is, the first time it broke for joe biden. the second time, would it break for donald trump? right now the polls seem to suggest that americans would like other choices. 70% of americans said they didn't want joe biden to run. 60 percent said donald trump. it would be interesting if there were some other faces involved. and that's why ron desantis sitting on the sideline along with a bunch of other republicans who are probably going to declare shortly. avians ains yeah. it is going to be interesting to watch this election play out. because, if you vote for joe biden, many people, the majority think he is a puppet for the democratic party. he ran as a moderate. he ran to unite. that's not happening. they're telling him how to vote. they are telling him what to push for. and that's energy. that is -- that women get to make their own decisions some say abortion at the very end. even the day before you can have an abortion.

when people come to this museum , they see a quote from dwight eisenhower right at the beginning. tell us about that. general eisenhower, who's leading the military effort to defeat. he's been reading intelligence report he's been reading for years about the german crimes, but they're so extreme that he feels they can't all be true. and so he says, once they're occupying these camps, i want to go see one for myself because i can't believe what i've been reading. and it is even far worse than those reports he read, and he predicts that at some point people will not believe the truth of these crimes. and indeed, we witness holocaust denial today. when people come to this museum, they start the tour on this floor, right? they start here through america's first direct encounter with the history, which is the witnessing of the crimes. and through our soldiers, these young men from across the country fighting to defeat. and understanding that they are fighting something much greater than a war. this is really about human dignity and human freedom. as you see in this photo. the day you g

we got an admirable president dwight eisenhower, but he was born in the 19th century and the americaneople said in 1960, we want one of these two young combat veterans of the war in the pacific. 40 some odd year old john f kennedy, 47 year old richard nixon. and the election of kennedy ushers in a 32 year period during we were blessed to be governed by presidents who are part of the greatest generation, starting with kennedy and ending with george h.w. bush, who who is the youngest navy fighter pilot in world war two at the age of 18, enlist when he's barely 17. then we elect bill clinton. and for 32 years we have been governed by presidents who have been drawn from from the baby boomer generation or in the case of biden the generation before. baby boomers called the silence seriously, the silent generation. and i said, why is it 32 years enough? i said, this country faces big challenges. the world is dangerous place and we need young dynamic leadership, republican or democrat and there are plenty of them out there. and i thought you know, i'm here in deep red, south dakota and i'm no

next week, it's harry truman's. 49 inaugural address, and we'll hear from dwight eisenhower on racial integration and the military industrial complex. a reminder that all of the speeches you're seeing on this series are available to watch online at c-span. org slash >> i think fdr used this

because there too there were to be trainedvist who would spend decades working with the papers of dwight eisenhower. so a researcher like me or er of the public could show up and say i am interested in eisenhower and his farewell address. i would like to learn more about the military-industrial complex. those archivist would tell you here are the records you should be looking at. here are the finding aids, the boxes where you can begin pouring through these one secret papers. that world is passing away, because barack obama, it is not entirely clear, but what you can infer from the public information made available to the national arc i was was that barack obama was not interested in raising hundreds of millions of dollars that it would cost to create the barack obama presidential library. she was willing to rse money for a presidti center that had a different mission, and educational mission, but this information, the one about research and the regulation of knowledge was left of the national arc i sit itself with its own resources, and what the national archives decided was they did not want to s

the government is riddled with secret enemies, communists, dwight eisenhower was a communist agent that the commies have infiltrated basically every school, every business of every part of government trade unions. and you'd have the the director of the john birch society, a guy named welch, saying the communist party controls 80% of the united states. it was basically cunanan without babies and sex trafficking. i mean, that's what it was back in the day. and pretty big government. it's kind of like the key part of growing. well, well, well, the thing is, as you know from red meat, you have the red meat has to keep getting redder and redder so by the time you get to the day, the john birch society seems kind of quaint. so got an ad on sex trafficking and pizzeria basements to keep people getting that dopamine rush. right. so. so the john birch society was a very big thing. the republican party in the late fifties and early. and when barry goldwater ran for president as the conscious of the new conservative movement, very extreme movement in terms of policy and ideology, there was a debat