at the moment we are in the harry s. trumantle white house, we call it the rec room a wrap around porch or maybe a florida room. this is where the president relaxed with his staff after hours. and probably one of the most iconic things in the house is this poke engineer table. it was made for the president in our cabinet shop as a gift from the navy back in 1949. the president had already been here for four other vacationsing prior to that and so the president relaxed by playing poker with his closest staff. they played cards from about 7:00 to 11:00 every night. to president truman this was a team building exercise. this was all about camaraderie and had nothing to do with winning lowersing money. two of truman's staff are still living. mr. ellsy made eight of the 11 trips with the president to key west and he says when they boarded the plane in washington they threw $50 into the pot, during the month the banker would pinch the bank, he would save back part of the winnings so if they ran out of money the banker advanced you mo

back at the 1965 medicare bill with footage from the july 30, 1965 bill signing ceremony at the harry s. truman presidential library in independence, missouri. in his opening remarks president johnson praised his predecessor, harry truman, for inspiring the legislation designed to protect americans as lbj put it from the "economic effects of sickness." this is about half an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm glad you like the president. i like him too. [laughter] one of the finest man i ever ran across. mr. president, mrs. johnson, distinguished guests, you have done me a great honor in coming here today and made me a very happy man. this is an important hour for the nation. for those of our citizens who have completed their tour of duty and moved to the sidelines, these people are our responsibility and are entitled among other benefits to the best medical protections available. not one of our citizens should be abandoned -- we don't want these people to have anything to do with charity or have them have an idea of hopeless despair. mr. president, i am glad to have lived this long. [

arriving in san francisco for the final conference session is president harry s. truman.is met by mr. stntenius and the chiefs of the other 49 delegations. along them janse christian premier of south africa and the prime minister of canada, mr. kinsey king. president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. his is the first visit to san francisco by a chief executive in seven years. half a million citizens turn out to hail the presidential motorcade. as mr. truman arrives 63 days of concerted international effort are climaxed by the signing of the united nations charter. first to sign is china the first nation that suffered axis aggression. dr. wellington khou signs with a traditional chinese brush. the delegation of the soviet union, ambassador andre dromyko signs for russia. great britain is represented by lord halifax. the republic of france acting delegation chairman joseph bancouer. 38 of 50 nations to have signed is the united states of america. secretary of state stentenius. >> ladies and gentlemen we are all aware that this is an extremely historic oc

. ♪ announcer: the harry s truman library in independence, missouri is the scene of a historic event.resident and mrs. johnson and the vice president arrived for ceremonies that will make the medicare bill part of social security coverage. mr. johnson chose to sign the bill here as a tribute to former president truman. the former president campaign -- campaigned for medicare 20 years ago but it took two , decades for his proposal to become law. the bill expands the social security program to provide hospital care, nursing home care, home nursing service and outpatient treatment for those over 65. medicare will become law on july 1, 1966. and for mr. truman, a historic souvenir from the president. for mr. truman, the passage of medicare is a dream come true. bob: there you are. what a remarkable day. lynda, i want to start with you. why was this such a priority with your father? lynda: well, daddy grew up in a world where he knew lots of people who had no choice of when they got older, they lost the farm. they used everything they had to pay for their medical care. and then finally, th

. ♪ announcer: the harry s truman library in independence, missouri is the scene of a historic event.resident and mrs. johnson and the vice president arrived for ceremonies that will make the medicare bill part of social security coverage. mr. johnson chose to sign the bill here as a tribute to president truman. the former president campaign for medicare, but it took two decades for his proposal to become law. the bill expands the social security program to provide hospital care, nursing home care home nursing service and outpatient treatment for those over 65. medicare will become law on july 1, 1966. and for mr. truman, a historic souvenir from the president. for mr. truman, the passage of medicare is a dream come true. bob: that you are. what a remarkable day. lynda, i want to start with you. why was this such a priority with your father? lynda: well, daddy grew up in a world where he knew lots of people who had no choice of when they got older, they lost the farm. they used everything they had to pay for their medical care. and then finally, their only choice was to go to the poor

in 1945, president harry s. trumanviet leader josef stalin and british prime minister winston churchill began meeting at potsdam in the final allied summit of world war ii. the three leaders gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated nazi germany which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier. in 1998, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit papua, new guinea. the quake caused a large undersea landslide which in turn triggered a tsunami that hit the country's coast killing more than 2200 people. and in 2001, the supersonic airliner concorde was brought back into service following a devastating crash in france that killed 113 people the year before. concorde would hang on for another two years before it was retired in 2003 due to a general downturn in the aviation industry. july 17 in pop culture gave us grace kelly's last film before she retired to become the princess of monaco. in 1956, the movie musical "high society" also starring, louis armstrong, bing crosby and frank sinatra opened in

the harry s. truman library and museum in independence, missouri, hosted this. it is about 15 minutes. >> thank you, ed. it is a pleasure to come here and talk to you about this topic. world war ii on -- propaganda on the home front. i worked with a wide variety of records, many which were created by federal agencies operating in the states during world war ii on the home front to facilitate the war effort. many of the record you see today, i came across in my day-to-day work. i found these fascinating records that i thought were a great way of telling the stories of the homefront during world war ii. i do want to just have a quick note on the sources today to make sure things are entirely clear. most or many of these sources today are from the holdings of the archives. they are from records that carried through the draft throughout the year. records from the chief of ordnance. records of the bombs and munitions he used. records from the mid-central war industries. it will be highlighted quite a bit to in today's presentation and it is unique in that it is not a

the harry s truman and library in independence, missouri posted this event. it is about 50 minutes.rsland: thank you. it is certainly a pleasure to come here today and talk to about this topic, propaganda from world war ii on the home front. as ed mentioned i work for the national archives in kansas city. and as such, i work with a wide variety of records. on the homefront, working to facilitate, support the war effort as best as possible. and many of the records you see today i came across just in my day-to-day work, whether it is reference or writing descriptions, i just found these fascinating records i thought were a great way of the home front and world war ii. i do want to just have a quick note on the sources that today -- just to make sure things are entirely clear. most or many other sources today are from the national archives in kansas city. from numerous records groups, this includes record group 147 which carried out the drafts during the war. record group 156, records of the chief of ordinance, which created the war -- goods of war the bombs and munitions that were use

back at the 1965 medicare bill with footage from the july 30, 1965 bill signing ceremony at the harry s. truman presidential library in independence, missouri. in his opening remarks president johnson praised his predecessor, harry truman, for inspiring the legislation designed to protect americans as lbj put it from the "economic effects of sickness." this is about half an hour.

signed into law medicaid and medicare with my favorite president sitting next to him president harry s. truman. mr. president, i came up and asked you a question, and i'm proud to tell the whole chamber everybody listening, there is only one member, i think, of the current united states senate who was at the inauguration of the president l.b.j. and it was the senator from wyoming the presiding officer, who was at that inauguration in 1964. clearly the signature medicaid and medicare was president johnson's proudest achievement to make care seniors have access to health care, and medicaid helping low-income seniors and people with disabilities get their necessary health care. i want to talk today about medicaid. others have spoken about medicare. senator casey did a good job about medicaid, and i want to do the same, because i have seen the success of medicaid as a mayor and as a governor, and now as a senator it's absolutely critical. in 2014, as senator casey mentioned, medicaid provided health coverage to nearly 70 million americans including one million virginians. in virginia, about 600,00

at the signing of the bill at the harry s truman presidential library. on saturday night, u.s. army cyber command historian on the history of computers, hackers, and the governments response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. announcer: today, the house went into a closed-door session so that obama session officials could debate the nuclear program in iran. after the meeting members spoke to reporters about the iran agreement. we hear first from mac thornberry. rep. thornberry: i think it is fair to say there is bipartisan skepticism. about whether the administration will hold the deal and about what happens with all of iran's other activities that concern us. i think there is a lot more work for congress to do in the armed services committee to do it we are going to be holding hearings and other events to examine the military implications, including whether other countries will be encouraged to develop their own nuclear capability in order to keep up with what iran is allowed to do. and whether there is an increased threat to u.s. service members. the

include phone conversations, how he was able to get it to pass, and the signing of the bill at the harry s truman presidential library. saturday night at 7:15, u.s. army cyber command historian on the history of computers hackers, and the government's response to computer abuses. it are complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the national governor's association began its annual summer meeting today in west virginia. that is next here on c-span. later, hillary clinton talks about economic policy at an event in new york city. the national governor's association began its annual summer meeting today in white sulfur springs, west virginia. the association currently led by colorado governor and utah governor. they were joined by four other governors this morning to speak with reporters about the meeting's addenda. this is 45 minutes. governor tomblin: good morning everyone. let me first officially welcome you to west virginia. we are honored to be this year's host state for the meeting which has brought governors from all across the country. we will have the opportunity to sit down with one another and di

conversations between johnson, his as about politics and strategy and the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. also this weekend, saturday night at 7:15 u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence caplin on the history of computers, hackers and the government's response to computer abuses. c-span.org. >> ahead of that hearing, the united nations security council on monday unanimously voted to endorse the iran nuclear agreement. after the vote, security members and the iranian ambassador to the u.n. delivered remarks at u.n. headquarters in new york. this is 90 minutes. >> the 7,488th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is nonproliferation. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of germany and the islamic republic of iran to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite his excellency mr. thomas mayr-harting to the united nations to participate in

passed, phone conversations between johnson and his aides, and the setting of the bill at the harry s truman presidential library. saturday night u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence kaplan on the history of computers, hackers, and the government's response to computer abuses. the complete schedule at c-span.org. the national >>== governors association began its annual meeting. that is next to readt. later, hillary clinton talks about economic policy at new york university. the national governor's association began their annual summer meeting in white sulfur springs, west virginia. the association currently led by colorado governor gary hickenlooper. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, everyone, and let me be the first to welcome you to west virginia. we are honored to be the host state for the national governor's association summer meeting which has brought together governors and their families from all over the country. sit down with one another and discuss a number of crucial policies on a wide range of issues important to all our states, and i am confident our meeting will open pa

conversations between johnson, his as about politics and strategy and the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. also this weekend, saturday night at 7:15 u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence >> the 7,488th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is nonproliferation. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of germany and the islamic republic of iran to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite his excellency mr. thomas mayr-harting to the united nations to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document f/2015/547 a draft resolution appears aappeared in the course of the council's prior consultation. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i would like to thank all council memb

and the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. and also this weekend, saturday night at 7:15, u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence caplan on the history of computers, hackers and the government's response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> house homeland security michael mckaul talked about the threat imposed by islamic extreme extremism and the fbi's 9/111 reckommendation recommendations. from washington, d.c., this is two hours. >>> let me thank you all for coming. i'd say thanks for coming out. it's actually a nice day, so i guess thank you for being inside on a really nice day. there couldn't be a more timely time for this event, we had breaking news yesterday about significant terrorist figure being taken out in syria. so, evaluating the state of the threat and how, and what's going on is particularly in light of potentially a deal with iran and how does it change the middle east, couldn't be a better time to do this. couldn't be a better group to talk about this. we have a terrific panel a

and the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. and also this weekend, saturday night at 7:15, u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence caplan on the history of computers, hackers, and the government's response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> the american enterprise institute hosted a discussion tuesday on the religious basis of islamic terrorism and whether it should factor in the comprehensive u.s. strategy to defeat extremists. panelists discuss whether or not islam plays a role in inciting terrorism, and if the koran is being plan inging manipulated by extremists. this is two hours. >>> good morning folks. we have a full agenda so even though not everybody is here, we're just going to allow people to filter in, and start our conversation. good morning, everybody. i'm danielle pletka here at aei. i'm really delighted we're doing this conference. the title is islamic extremism reformism and the war on terror. but that doesn't really begin to cover the conversation we're hoping to have. the promi

his aides and congressional members about politics and strategy and the signing of bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. and also this weekend saturday night at 7:15 u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence kaplan on the history of computers, hackers and the government's response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has set up a procedural vote sunday on reauthorizing the export-import bank which saw its charter expire last month. the vote is in the form of an amendment to the transportation spending bill. this prompted fellow republican ted cruz an opponent of reauthorizing the ex-im bank, to call senator mcconnell a liar for his earlier assurance that there was no deal involving an ex-im bank vote. here are the floor remarks by senators mcconnell and cruz. >> the hard work to pass a multiyear highway bill that doesn't raise taxes on increase the deficit continues. it hasn't been easy. we always knew obstacles would lay ahead at every turn, and they sure have. but our country needs a multiyear highway bill, and we

clouds lbj conunsel and family, conversations with his aides and the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. also saturday night at 7:15 u.s. army cyber command historian lawrence kaplan on the history of computers hackers, and the government's response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> thursday, a house judiciary subcommittee looked at sanctuary cities and immigration enforcement laws. sanctuary cities are jurisdictions around the country that have policies sheltering illegal immigrants and do not use local resources to enforce federal immigration laws. this hearing comes following the death of catherine steinle in san francisco by an illegal immigrant with a criminal report. the victim's father, jim steinle, provided by testimony at this 2:05 hearing. >>> this is a judiciary immigration subcommittee meeting. the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. i want to start this morning with a matter of requesting reports from the department of homeland security for the potential beneficiaries of two private bill, hr-422 for the rel

aides, and congressional members about politics and strategy and the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library and saturday night at 7:15 cybercommand historian on the history of computers hackers and the government's response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> freedom breeds inequality. now i'll say it a third time. >> twice is enough. >> complicated, confusing. >> filmmakers talk about their documentary "best of enemies" on the 1968 debates between conservative william s. buckley and gore vidal over war politics, and god, and sex. >> there's not someone in their ear. very unlike today. you know, today, i believe there's someone saying, you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about you know, hot topic, hot salacious topic number two. whereas then i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guys needed it as morgan said, these guys didn't need it. >> howard case was a moderator, who was a distinguished newsman, who was, i think really embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five o

and the signing of the build at the harry s. truman presidential library. saturday night 7:15, u.s. historian lawrence cavern on the hist of computers and hackers. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> when congress is in session, c span 3 brings you more of the best access to congress with live coverage of hearings news every weekend, it's american history tv traveling to historic sites, discussions with authors and historians and accounts that define the nation. c-span 3, coverage of congress and american history tv. was a member of the 9/11 review commission. the heritage foundation hosted this >>> let me thank you all for coming. it's actually a nice day, so i guess thank you for being inside on a really nice day. there couldn't be a more timely time for this event we had breaking news yesterday about significant terrorist figure being taken out in syria. so evaluating the state of the threat and how, and what's going on is particularly in light of potentially a deal with iran and how does it change the middle east, couldn't be a better time to do this. couldn't be a bett

the dixiecrats bolted from harry s. truman when harry s. truman refused to embrace their racism. these were southern democrats and we owe them the 21st century meaning of the confederate flag. but why are we talking about this symbol and not another symbol? the other symbol is the gun in america. the grace of the people of charleston, many were simply grateful that instead of bursting toward with rage, they showed their extraordinary christian heritage the heritage they understand doubtedly shared with the gunman. and we were so grateful, all of us and so proud that we have not talked about what took the lives of these nine good people. i want to talk about it because the confederate flag for me now will always represent those nine people and the gun that took their lives. that 21-year-old kid didn't know anything about them except their christian love when they invited him into their sanctuary but he knew about what that flag stood for. and he raised that flag before he went into that sanctuary. we must not forget, not only the flag we cannot live by symbols alone. we must not f

and the signing of the bill at the harry s truman presidential library. and although -- also this weekend, u.s. army's cyber command historian lawrence kaplan on history of computers hackers, and the government's response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman brad sherman joins us this morning. thank you. you are able to ask two cabinet secretaries, who were negotiating this iran nuclear deal, some questions. what did you ask? guest: i asked -- they spent most of the time saying, what happens if the deal goes into effect? it is possible -- i don't think it is likely -- but it is possible that we override the president possibly go -- president's veto. and taking away the president's right to waive them. so the question i asked was mostly responded to, but not answered at all by secretary jack lew, is well, if that is the law, if the statutes say that you have to impose sanctions -- and these are not sanctions on iran, these are sanctions on european banks and japanese oil companies

the signing of the bill at the harry s. truman presidential library. this weekend, saturday night at 7:15 u.s. army cyber command historian, lawrence kaplan on the history of computers, hackers and government response to computer abuses. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> treasury secretary jack lew health and human services secretary sylvia bauer well and labor secretary thomas perez explain the viability of the report of social security and medicare trust funds. they summarize the fiscal health of the social safety net programs. following their remarks the trustees took questions from reporters. this is about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. microphone on? good afternoon. hello, everyone, thanks for being here. earlier today the social security and medicare boards of trustees met to complete the annual financial review of the programs and to approve the trustees financial reports. i would like to recognize and thank my fellow trustees for their productive and collegial work this past year. i know i speak for all of the trustees when i say this

harry truman was president finally showed its able. it burst and sent water flooding close to homes and yards on whiteman road in wheat. news4's pat collins is there live. pat, do they have to evacuate homes in the neighborhood? >> reporter: one home had to be evacuated, six people out of that home. nobody was hurt. the red cross is moving in to take care of those people. now we are in the 12000 block of georgia avenue and it's rush avenue. over there the northbound lane you can see cars are creeping along. this is the southbound lane. it looks like a moonscape now. earlier, it was more like a maritime situation. it was like the georgia avenue river, water cascading down the southbound rain. water into homes. water into offices. water down driveways, turning nearby lawns into lakes. in is hazily that's her house and a lot of this water ended up inside. so you were in like, the living room? >> mm-hmm. >> sitting down? and did it -- did it come in like a water fall? >> yeah. >> rushing in? >> yeah. >> were you scared? >> a little bit. now how deep is it now? show me how deep. >> um, i don't know. >> almost up to your knee? >> ye

harry s. trueman. he's met with the u.s. delegates and the chiefs of the 49 other delegations. among them, south africa and the prime minister of canada, mr. mckenzie king. president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. the first visit by a chief executive in seven years. half of a million citizens turn out to hail the motorcade. [cheering] >> as mr. freeman arrives, 60 -- truman arrives, 63 days are climaxed by the signing of the united nation's charter. first is china, the first nation that suffered aggression. the delegation of the soviet union, the ambassador signs for russia. great britain is represented by her delegation chairman halifax. the republic of france acting delegation chairman joseph. 38th of 50 nations to sign is the united states. secretary of state. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charger for world peace -- charter for world peace has been completed. but this is not the end, it is only the beginning. the great task lies before us, and it is our solemn and sacred duty to see to it the united nations comes into being and fulfills its promise. with faith in our cause a

arriving in san francisco for the final conference session is president harry s. truman. he is met by the chiefs of the other 49 delegations. the premier of south africa, and the prime minister of canada. president truman goes through a brief tour of san francisco. this is the first two are of san francisco by a chief executive in seven years. thousands of citizens turn out to hail the presidential motorcade. as mr. truman all arrives, 63 days of concerted international efforts climax -- first to sign china. he signs with a traditional chinese brush. the delegation of the soviet union. the ambassador signs for russia. great britain is represented by the delegation chairman, lord halifax. the republic of france, acting delegation chairman -- 38th of 50 nations to sign, the united states of america. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charter for world these says been completed, but this is not the end. this is only the beginning. the great path lies before us and it is our solemn and sacred duty to see that the united