edna: how was that life shattered? how did it change after germany invaded poland in september of 1939? leo: it was an extreme, radical change, of course. the essence was that my father being on the city council was called in by the mayor and they gathered in the great synagogue because the city hall had been bombed out. the mayor said to the councilmembers that it is likely that they would all be hostages because they are prominent in the city and he advised them they had to leave or should leave. he rented a truck to take them not with their families, they could not do that, but they could do the 20 or so councilmembers and give them safety for a while. nobody knew where they were going and that was on purpose so that we could not divulge it because we did not note. -- did not know. it was a harrowing experience. my mother woke me in the middle of the night and took me to say goodbye to my father during a night when bombs were falling and flashes of light and a constant sound of a machine gun and we ran to the darkne

host: edna greene medford, your response? guest: what we need to remember is that surveys are completed by human beings. we may be historians and people who are following presidential leadership, the changes at least -- we still have to remember this is very subjective, and people tend to respond based on their own beliefs and their views. that is why it is important to have a diverse pool of participants. he may have been lower if we had a different group of people. you may have been higher if we had someone else. we are pleased that this year's pool is so diverse. we are close to where a lot of folks are at this point in terms of the ranking, but it can change by the next survey. trump could actually advance or decline. a lot depends on what happens in the next few months and years. there is so much going on at the moment. we have to wait for a while, and see what his legacy is going to be and how he does hold up. host: on this idea of presidents moving in subsequent surveys, here is a look at recent presidents and our last

i think that's also what edna is saying.re more as americans more about civil rights and we judge differently. there's still a respect for the efforts. that's very important. host: professor medford, back to you. do you agree? edna greene medford caller: i get that all the time. not everyone was doing that during that. -- during that time. i can look at george washington and say he did a wonderful thing in not trying to secure power onto himself and the presidency. he could have done that or at least he could have tried. i can certainly appreciate all that he meant to the country and all that he gave to the country, but i can still be concerned that this man held over 300 human beings in slavery while he was president and i can do the same with thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson is writing the declaration of independence. he is talking about the equality of all men, but he is holding people enslaved. it's the hypocrisy. did they really mean what they were saying? i don't think it's possible to separate the man or the woman f

historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, edna greene medford discussed the results of c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion.

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i am your host, historian edna friedberg. during each program, we explore an aspect of holocaust history and its relevance to our world today.

historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, edna greene medford discussed the results of c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion. >> on friday, president biden and first lady jill biden delivered remarks at the national education association's annual meeting. joining the bidens on stage was becky pringle, president of the nea. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> hello. you know, last year, i told you if joe became president, you would have one of your own in the white house. [applause] and here we are. you helped make this real. so, thank you nea. [applause] i have never been more proud to call myself an educator. i hope that is your first lady, i will make you proud, as well. [applause] when the world as we knew it shut down last year, people across this country wondered, you know, how will we keep our children learning? how will we stop kids from going hungry? who will support parents? but you did not wonder. you got to work. i saw it with my own eyes as i crisscro

conviction of melanie mcguire. >> this is a prepaid call from >> melanie mcguire. >> an inmate at ednaelanie mcguire was looking to speak with someone about her story, because she had done really poorly in the court system, and i think she was frustrated. and after visiting with her the first time i was like, this a story. this is important. >> i expected the worst, and what i got was just one step shy. they give the verdict, parole eligible at the tender age of 101. it was very difficult. it was reliving it. this was the first time somebody was basically saying, we hear you. >> what do you say? let's get to the juicy part. >> i want to know. do you think she is innocent or guilty? >> in the end, i believe that melanie mcguire was wrongfully convicted. >> so, you believe an innocent woman is behind bars right now? >> absolutely. i believe this is a case of a wrongful conviction. >> so, let's talk about some of the questions you raise in your podcast, and let's begin with the gun. >> the gun, to this day, has never been recovered. >> one of the key witnesses for the prosecution was a fo

the reason for this is the same that happened in a pretty in edna happy hospital. and but that badly stored oxygen cylinders being get miss used the know prevention measures, no proper equipment, no safety equipment, no safety measures. that's according to many people, including health officials. south africa's military has been deployed after protests triggered by the jailing of former president jacob zoom a turned violent. at least 6 people have been killed in hundreds, arrested during days of riots and loosing into problems of current president. several run the force that has warned the unrest could result in food and medicine shortages in the next few weeks. cubes. presidents living outside forces and us sanctions for provoking the biggest anti government protest, bear in 3 decades with anger over a worsening economic crisis. and the government's handling of the pandemic would have covered news. england will lift almost all her own virus restrictions from next monday, despite the number of cases rising to the highest level and months. prime minister bars johnso

this 400 years before harvey i building on the writings of physicians like edna fees and william harvey, our understanding of the heart has continued to develop. hatfield hospital in the u . k. is part of the country's largest center for heart and lung disease. there cutting edge treatments built on the work of professor mcgee, one of the world's leading heart specialists who set up the hospitals busy transplant unit, and who's received a knighthood in britain for his services to medicine. the heart is such like a magical going, the more i learn about it, the more i respect it because it goes on incessantly beating quietly, maintaining life professor yet who is also interested in the history of medicine. as part of a paper he commission for medical journal, he's research the life and work of the fees in here. we have a scholar born in syria in the early part of the 13th century. he was pretty much because he was 20 years as he roach. and he was a scientist, a few like he was a discover that arguably his most important contribution was his commentary on medicine in which he looked at how

the reason for this is the same that happened in a probably in edna happy hospital and but that badly stored oxygen cylinders being get miss used the know prevention measures, no proper equipment, no safety equipment, no safety measures. that's according to many people, including health officials, headlines, south africa. the military has been deployed after protests triggered by the jailing of prison. jacob zoom returned violence. they 6 people have been killed and hundreds arrested during days of riots and losing. in 2 provinces. the current president, several run before, has warned the unrest could result in food and medicine shortages in the next few weeks. record number of people in france, booking appointments to get their corona, virus vaccines after the president announced new measures to curb infections from next month, proof of vaccination or negative test will be needed to enter restaurants, shopping centers, or to travel on long distance trains. meanwhile, england will lift almost all corona virus restrictions for next monday, despite the number of cases rising to the high

the same as well as what happened in april in edna leave the hospital as you know, that the number of cove in 1900 infections in iraq has been recently on the rise. and that have been complains of lack of proper medical equipment and also proper handling of the cool with a crisis. and that is also the reason many questions for the health authorities and the government. whether or not these authorities are handling get such health issues properly. as you know, that they have been accused asians to the has a ministry accusations of corruption and mismanagement, mismanagement. and this is, this is the same reason that lead to there is ignatius of the health minister last april following the, the, the new hopi bit hospital incident that they were had with the latest, from baghdad for the moment. thank you. ok the time to get the latest on the days sport. let's go to though ha and andy thank you so much bother. well, the celebrations show no sign is slowing down in italy from the low of filing to qualify for the last world cup. the national team and now champions of europe for the 2nd time

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the reason for this is the same that happened in a pretty in edna happy hospital and but that badly stored oxygen cylinders being get miss used the know that prevention measures no proper equipment, no safety equipment, no safety measures. that's according to many people, including health officials. so africans, military has been deployed after protest triggered by the jailing of former president jacob zoom at 10 violence at least 6 people have been killed and hundreds arrested during days of rights and looting in 2 provinces. the current president, sir porter, as was the unrest could result in food and medicine shortages. cuba president is blaming outside forces. i'm us sanctions for promoting the biggest down to government protests in 30 years as i go over worst thing. economic crisis and the government's handling as a panoramic england were left almost all current of arts restrictions from next monday, despite case them was rising to their highest level in months. all legal limits on social contract will be dropped. large venues will reopen and work from home guidance will also comes on

i'm your host, historian edna friedberg. during each program, we explore an aspect of holocaust history and its relevance to our world today. this month, as we commemorate asian-american and pacific islander heritage month, we do so at a time while witnessing a disturbing rise in hate speech and violence against asian-american individuals and communities. during our period of history, although japan was nazi germany's ally in world war ii, today we will highlight a japanese diplomat who defied that alliance to help european jews during the holocaust. we will also recognize the sacrifice made by many japanese-americans who, despite being vilified in the u.s., joined the american military and helped to free jews from nazi persecution. i am honored to be joined by leo who survived the holocaust because of the actions of japanese diplomats. leo is chairman emeritus of the cme group and the founder of financial futures, also the initiator of glow beck, and he recently published a book of memoirs called "man of the future" in whic

join with douglas brinkley, edna greene medford, richard norton smith, president biographer, and the president of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal live. and before the program, go see the full results of the 2021 survey. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, a look at american presidents through the book favorite with journalist and historian craig fairman. >> the story has often been, and you saw it and that quote that kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings. that's not true. jack kennedy won the bullets are price. he said i would rather win another pulitzer prize then be president. because of the strong desire for literary fame even though he didn't want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington, d.c., did kennedy really write that book? i wonder who wrote that book. i wonder how much money they are giving out on those royalty checks. the pulitzer made it a moral question and ethical question. when i was at the kennedy presidential library, i looked at the letters he was receiving in 1957. librarians were sendin

of rice university, from michigan by richard norton smith, via zoom by amity shlaes, and professor edna greene

i'm your host, historian edna friedberg. during each program, we explore an aspect of holocaust history and its relevance to our world today. this month, as we commemorate asian-american and pacific islander heritage month, we do so at a time while witnessing a disturbing rise in hate speech and violence against asian-american individuals and communities. during our period of history, although japan was nazi germany's ally in world war ii, today we will highlight a japanese diplomat who defied

i mean, that's the question that i have is, you know, if my aunt edna can find this crap, herself, why can't people at facebook find the crap and then send it to joe, down the hallway, and he takes it down? it -- that just seems like -- like something they could do. >> it -- you -- the amount of video that is uploaded to youtube, every day, is -- is astronomical. that -- that -- the whole world is talking to each other. can you imagine monitoring all the phone calls in the world, all the time, in real-time? it's -- it's not easy. that said, this shouldn't have been built this way so that this is what happened. and then, the second part is maybe facebook's too big and there should be lots of players and so it doesn't have this much impact, right? that's really the point. what the government can do, which is doing right now with this anti-trust stuff and all these bills is these -- some of these companies are too big and too powerful and they don't create enough innovation to create alternatives. whether it's in search or commerce or social media. and that's the problem is facebook's the

most recent presidents rank, and more join us with the professor doug brinkley of rice university, ednareene medford, howard university, richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and amity shlaes, president of the calvin coolidge foundation. before the program, go to cspan.org/presdientsurvey2021 to see the full results of the survey. >> on june 13, 1971, "the new york times" began publishing the pentagon papers, a classified history of the vietnam war. this event subsequently led to the creation of a special investigative unit in the nixon white house, which became known as the plumbers. author michael dobbs, formerly of "the washington post," has written a book called "king richard," which takes a look at the special unit which led to the resignation of the president of the united states. dobbs spoke to that time in our history, an event well known today as watergate. >> aiko dobbs on this episode of "note--michael dobbs on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from iowa is terry schilling, the

join in on the conversation with historians douglas bring lee, edna green medford, richard norton smith, presidential biography and amity shlave. watch "washington journal" live sunday, july 4. and before the program, go to c-span.org/presidents survey 2021 to see the full results of the 2021 survey. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> sunday night on "q&a" a look at american presidents through the lens of the books they've written with journalist and historian craig fehrman. >> the story has often been that kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scene. but that's not true. jack kennedy wanted that pulitzer prize. there were multiple times he brought up the pulitzer prize. he told one historian i'd rather win a pulitzer prize than be president. because he had a strong desire for literary fame even even though he didn't really want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington

i called her edna turnbull instead of edna tunblad. documentary which goes out on channel five on friday at eight o'clock. yesterday, because of the lockdown situation, i was doing voice—overs for it, here where i sat down because i was not able to go into the studio to do it. we make happen, that is the resilience of this business, we get things thrown at us and we go, no, we are going to make things work and up to a point we have been able to do it. i am really excited about it, it is a really excited about it, it is a really lovely series. latte really excited about it, it is a really lovely series.- really excited about it, it is a really lovely series. we have 'ust seen some pictures i really lovely series. we have 'ust seen some pictures from it. h really lovely series. we have just seen some pictures from it. you | really lovely series. we have just - seen some pictures from it. you have the leg, standing on a cliff looking out to sea. can you do a bit of that this morning? —— the look. it is this morning? -- the look. it is cal

tell her to push but instead of push they kept looking at the clock and a mother and said hold on, ednaalwent - the nhs, don't you? yes, with seven girls, two boys, severalwent into i girls, two boys, several went into mental health nursing, both my aunts were matrons in the 1950s, my own daughter as a paramedic, were matrons in the 1950s, my own daughteras a paramedic, my were matrons in the 1950s, my own daughter as a paramedic, my great grandmother was the local midwife in the village. so we have given a lot of tender loving care, i hope. it sounds like it. it's a bit of a family dynasty. how old were you when you first started to realise the important role that you as a baby arriving at that very point had in the beginning of the health service? , ., , , ., ., , service? growing up my mother always introduced me — service? growing up my mother always introduced me to _ service? growing up my mother always introduced me to new _ service? growing up my mother always introduced me to new people _ service? growing up my mother always introduced me to new people as i service? growing up

he was married then to edna, 49 years now, teaching, coaching, raising three daughters. he just didn't have time to train for this race. but in 1996, after he retired, he started to train and run mount marathon again, and he began in earnest. from that time, he has only missed this race twice, once when the smoke from forest fires made it too danger to us and again last year when the race was canceled due to covid. but he really hasn't missed it at all. what's his secret? i'm not surety i have any secret, he said. my wife is a nurse and she makes sure i have my fruits and vegetables and, like a lot of alaskans, i eat a lot of fish, he said. they go to mass daily. they always say their evening and morning prayers. when they travel, they pray for their own safety and the safety for everybody on the road or on the airplane with them. that's what the lord would want us to do, keep others in mind. you can see chad is a good man, a spiritual man. he credits god for giving him the strength and stamina to do what he just did, make it up a 3,000-foot mountain, a mile and a half s