i know what kind of a dream franklin delano roosevelt and harry s. truman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new task. let us be on our way. [applause] >> road to the white house rewind continues with barry goldwater accepting his party's nomination at the 1964 republican national convention in san francisco. the senator outlined his commitment to conservative values and trumpeted conservatism as

try to lead you as we were led by that great champion of freedom, the man from independence, harry s. truman. [applause] president lyndon johnson: but the gladness of this high occasion cannot mask the sorrow which shares our hearts. so let us here tonight, each of us, all of us, rededicate ourselves to keeping burning the golden torch of promise which john fitzgerald kennedy set aflame. [applause] president lyndon johnson: and let none of us stop to rest until we have written into the law of the land all the suggestions that made up the john fitzgerald kennedy program. and then let us continue to supplement that program with the kind of laws that he would have us write. [applause] president lyndon johnson: tonight, we offer ourselves, on our record and by our platform, as a party for all americans, an all-american party for all americans. [applause] president lyndon johnson: this prosperous people, this land of reasonable men, has no place for petty partisanship or peevish prejudice. [applause] president lyndon johnson: the needs of all can never be met by parties of the few. [applause] the

him an imperishable page in the history of the republic and of the democratic party, president harry s truman. [applause] finally, in this staggering task, that you have assigned me justly,always try to do to love mercy and to walk calmly with my god. [cheering and applause] >> now, wrote to the white house rewind continues with harry truman accepting his party's presidential nomination at the 1948 democratic national convention in philadelphia. in his speech, the incumbent president accuses the republican-controlled congress of stalling on economic and social legislation and it calls for a special legislative session less than two weeks after the convention. president truman trailed in all the major polls leading up to the 19th or is a general election, but he went on to defeat thomas dewey when he almost --, winning almost 50% of the popular vote. a third candidate, of the -- wonat party 14 states four states. 1948 conventions were the first to be televised, although with limited reach and only seeable in nine cities. this speech is about 25 minutes long, and our coverage is from nbc news.

roosevelt, harry s. truman32nd president of the united states. >> franklin delano roosevelt was the great giant who had dominated politics for 12 years, through the depression, through the second world war, and so truman looks like a little pygmy compared to fdr. >> especially when he opens his mouth. >> we are depending upon each and every one of you. >> he had a terrible speaking style. >> the cause which claimed roosevelt also claims us. >> he had trouble looking down, focusing, picking up the right spot. and he was just generally not good at reading. >> he never faltered. nor will we. >> and he had a habit of chopping the air with his hands, like this. >> peace, my friends, is the goal of my public life. i'd rather have a lasting peace -- >> he looked very robotic and very stiff. >> truman, missouri farmboy turned missouri senator, was a member of roosevelt's administration for just 82 days. the president and the vice president only met twice. >>oosevelt didn't tell my grandfather much of anything. so he we

and the candidate was harry s. truman.re ways than one as southerners once again rebelled. >> and we bid you good-bye. >> reporter: delegates from alabama and mississippi stormed out of the convention hall in protest, after the party adopted a civil rights platform supporting an anti-lynching mob, the desegregation of the military, equal opportunity for employment. and the elimination of poll taxes which prevented poor people from voting. >> this was a pivotal moment in the life of the democratic party. and resulted in the birth of what we considered to be the modern democratic party. >> reporter: the historical society of pennsylvania keeps a collection of memorabilia from the event. >> here's the official program of the democratic national convention. >> reporter: the city of brotherly love played a key role in the 1948 election. both major parties held their conventions here to maximize television coverage. philadelphia was at the center of a video cable workers had recently installed between boston and richmond, virgin

i know what kind of a dream franklin delano roosevelt and harry s. truman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new task. let us be on our way. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: 2016 primary season is over with historic

they were alert launches from harry s. trumanith f-18s to provide over watch as well as nontraditional isr in an attempt to build more information and lastly the combined air operations centers supported it with the launch of f-15s. >> that is what the middle -- military response amounted to. >> for the code of conduct the code of conduct is clearly utilized as a guideline for behavior in an instance where soldiers sailors airmen and marines might be in custody. the specific item that was of concern was the potential to make statements that would harm or be disloyal to the united states. so that is the investigation found. spin we can be that specific am beyond that the details of that are part of the ongoing accountability review and the subject of further action on the part of admiral month -- at rome morneau. we will get you the exact quote out of the investigation but it is quoted. >> admiral good morning. daniel with "washington post." are there any that we don't know that have been made and from a timeline perspective where

there were launches from harry s. truman with f-18s to provide over watch as well as nontraditional isr in an attempt to build more information and lastly the combined air operations center supported it with the launch of f-15s. >> and the code of conduct question? >> for the code of conduct, the code of conduct is clearly utilized as a guideline for behavior in an instance where soldiers sailors and marines might be in custody. the specific item that was of concern was the potential to make statements that would harm or be disloyal to the united states. that is what the investigation amounted to. citi the statement is in the investigation so we can get you that but beyond that the accountability review and the subject of further action of the naval expedition in combat command so we will get you the exact quote out of the investigation but it is quoted. >> admiral good morning. ed with the "washington post." the navy has announced to -- as a result of this incident. are there any others that we don't know about yet that hav

him an imperishable page in the history of the republic and of the democratic party, president harry s. trumanlause] and finally, my friends, in this staggering task that you have assigned me, i shall always try "to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my god." [applause] >> wended europeans first migrate to the great lakes? they came in around 1640 or 1650. at the same time indians are moving out of the ohio river valley. it was an attempt to access trade routes where the european traders are coming in. primarily the french. involved inare not the trade this early in the great lakes. the british will come in later in the 18th century. it's kind of a complex but interesting way to think about it. the will the early landscape of the united states. it's not just a series of indian villages. as all of combined the transcontinental united states is united by trade networks so for instance before europeans even arrived in the great lakes european trade goods had preceded them. networkigenous trade that stretched from the west coast through the center of the nation in the southwest in t

he's written a number of books, "beyond the new deal," "man of the people: a life of harry s. truman," and "for the survival of democracy." and he's going to talk today about his new book, "man of destiny: franklin roosevelt and the 20th century." his work has been widely honored. he's received two national be endowment for the humanities fellowships, a wood roe wilson international center for scholars fellowship and the ohio academy of history distinguished service award with. he's born and raised in missouri, so he's a show me kind of guy. [laughter] how can you not love harry truman? he's going to talk today about really what i think is one of the key moments, the concept of what happened in the 20th century. modern america was really formed by the policies and beliefs of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. when you think about the century, you have to start with the foundation of franklin and eleanor roosevelt, and no one knows more about that than our next speaker. please welcome alonzo hamby. [applause] >> ah, well, thanks very much for the kind introduction. i'll do my best not to

kirkpatrick explained she had xmriered democrats such as harry s. truman because they they were unashamed at seeing america as a great nation but the democrats she said had now lost that instinctive faith. when moscow was hostile, she noted, the democrats chose not to fault the kremlin but instead blamed the united states. listen to her charge. >> but then they always blame america first. >> those words became a catchphrase for the campaign. it was an exaggeration as all this kind of rhetoric is, of course, but it captured something real as it does today about donald trump. whether talking about the chinese or terrorist attacks or vladimir putin, he doesn't really criticize them. instead he tends to focus on american flaws, washington's weakness, stupidity, naivety. kirkpatrick more aptly applies to the republican nominee. she said the of the democratic party -- >> she behave less than a dove or a hawk than like an ostrich. like ran ostrich, convinced it could shut out the world by hiding its head in the sand. >> and she roundly reswrekted this retreat. >>

navy's guided missile cruiser, lead defender of the uss harry s. trumander bobby rashad jones. >> you have been to my office. >> yes. >> i have taken four planes and a helicopter to get to your office. >> which is cool right? >> after detailing our special friendship this is the first terrorist attack on the united states from isis. now reporting on a world at war and his fighting in one, the u.s. navy granted me rare and exclusive access to the lives of these young sailors deployed in the arabian gulf. and i was honored to climb aboard. >> so this is -- >> is this your room? >> my state room. i live work counsel -- >> what do you have over there? >> i have pictures of important people. >> rashad. >> yeah. you're there. >> you're stuck staring at me next to your sweet family? >> it's more like you're staring at me. >> me out here separated from my family ensures the safety of millions back home then it's worth it. >> if called upon u.s. enzio has missiles on board capable of hitting targets in iraq and syria some 1,000 miles away. along the clost claustro

conference to denounce the prospective winner and that context was 1960 and the former president was harry s. trumanangeles, but harry truman couldn't stop john kennedy from becoming president and i don't think george w. bush or governor john kasich are going to stop donald trump if the american people wanted. so these conventions, they are great memories but they're about the future and not the past. maria: let me ask you about melania trump's speech last night. much has been made about that speech and, you know, that it sounded, you know, so familiar to michelle obama's, but michelle obama's sounded very familiar to another speech before her time. so is it just sort of protocol -- or not protocol but what you would expect? it's a similar voice, it's a similar commentary that comes convention after convention? what's your take on that speech? >> i think the issue is the speech is serious, one concern i have in watching these conventions is how will they unit the success of james baker in 1980. he brought all of the opponents delegates back to washington and wine and dine them. so i question a littl

i would say in the 60's and 70's, the united states, harry truman when i was on the summer -- the submarine said there would not be discrimination in the military or the civil service. that was about seven years before rosa parks sat in front of a bus. of course, as i mentioned earlier, when that was successful, we basically had the civil rights act and people all over the country could vote. i and most other leaders in our country said, we finally provided it. for all of our people. the quality of treatment. that was a brief period of relaxation and self congratulations. we have seen lately, particularly with the abuse of white policeman against african-americans and so forth, we still have a long way to go. i've understanding that we had a relapse and there seems to be another stirring of a deeper commitment by our country to look at ourselves and see what can be done about rights to everyone. this includes the gays and lesbians and so forth as well as people of different races. it is a constant struggle for the united states to shine a beacon of light for other nations to allow ourselves

harry truman. great democratic president. let me to you something that harry truman said that could've been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940'sand it is so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. america was not built on fear. america was not built on fear. courage, onbuilt on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. clinton isllary filled with that courage. that imagination, and that unbeatable determination. that's why i'm with her. are you with her? that's why we are with her. people, and it's something else i've learned. tough times don't last, but tough people do. and they don't come any tougher or any more compassionate than hillary clinton. let's go make history. hillary clinton, the 45th president of the united states. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪

harry truman. great democratic president. and let me tell you something that harry truman said that could have been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940'sis so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. that is so good. america was not built on fear. it was built on courage, on imagination, and on an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. friends, hillary clinton -- hillary clinton is filled with courage, that imagination, and that unbeatable determination and that is why we trust her to fight for all americans. why i am with her. are you with her? [applause] sen. kaine: that is why we are with her. these are tough times for many in our country club but we are tough people. that is something else i learned. tough times do not last month but tough people do -- last, but tough people do. and they do not come any tougher, or any more compassionate hillary clinton -- than hillary clinton. so let's make history and elect hillary clinton as the president of the united states. [applause] ♪ mountain high enough" playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for the

harry truman. great democratic president, great democratic president. and let me tell you something that harry truman said that could've been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940's, and it is so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. let me tell you that one again. america was not built on fear! [cheers and applause] senator kaine: america was not built on fear. it was built on courage, on imagination, and on an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. friends, hillary clinton -- [cheers and applause] senator kaine: hillary clinton is filled with that courage. that imagination. and that unbeatable determination. and that's why we trust her to fight for all americans. that's why i am with her. that's why i am with her. are you with her? >> [crowd shouts, "yes!"] senator kaine: that's why we're with her. that's why we're with her. these are tough times for many in our country, but we're tough people. and that's something else i learned from my folks. tough times don't last, but tough people do. mrs. clinton: that's right. senator kaine: and they don't come

harry truman and the philadelphia convention. in 1960 democratic convention in las animas john s kennedy. barry goldwater in the 1964 convention in california. in 1976 convention with gerald ford in kansas city, missouri. walter mondale at the democratic convention in san francisco. michael dukakis with the 1988 democratic convention. and the 2004 democratic convention in boston with john kerry. past republican and democratic conventions tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. of the text, johns hopkins university history professor francoise furstenberg talks about five aristocrats that fled the revolution in the 1700s and settled in philadelphia. french influence on the then american capital and the relationships these men formed with political figures of the early republic. furstenberged mr. at the 20 16th annual meeting of the organization of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. >> francoise furstenberg. your book, "when it united states spoke french," focuses on five aristocrats. who were they? these are upper-level aristocrats from the highest le

delegates, unless they are in their 60's or 70's never heard mlk's speech at the national mall, harry truman's speech where he said, i just tell the truth and it feels like hell. we have speeches, we play games and you can sign up to play political feud and we do political trivia and a media contest. they compete to see who knows the most political trivia. that is monday at the constitution center. we have a fuselage of air force one, the exact replica of the one lbj used, it was jfk's plane, he flew back with president kennedy's body on it. we have a replica of ronald reagan's oval office with pictures that reagan had on the back of his desk. you can take pictures coming off the plane waving like you are the president and it is fun stuff, particularly for kids and .e have the c-span boards c-span has a board that tells the mena competence and problems that everyone of our 44 former president had during their administration and we have the c-span bus which will be outside the constitution center. if you are a political junkie, it is wonderful and c-span -- it is right up there. electoral given

s and soviet arms killed u.s. troops in vietnam. the cold war began in 1947 when u.s. president harry trumanongress to help stop the soviet union from projecting its power. soviet diplomats saw this policy as imperial aggression from an american elite, claiming the right to lead the world. it was not until 1969 that the two sides saw a kind of truce to reduce the war. some analysts say the cold war cannot repeat because russia has no ideology as alluring as communism. the counterargument is that while today might be a different cold war, it should be treated similarly. that is because russia contains a vast nuclear arsenal as well as the well and nuclear means to be a superpower. --t americans ruptur vladimir's russia may not have the power, but a cold -- or ale one could be cool one could be costly to both sides. for more, visit bloomberg.com. mark: still ahead, the perfect california road trip in a convertible rolls-royce. we will put the top down next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: we are 40 minutes away from the end of the friday equity session in europe. we have a jobs induced rally. stock

harry truman, a great democratic president, a great democratic president, and let me tell you something that harry truman said that could have been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940's, and it is so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. let me tell you that one again. america was not built on fear! america was not built on fear. it was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. hillary clinton -- hillary clinton filled with that courage. that imagination. and that unbeatable determination. and that is why we trust her to fight for all americans. that is why i am with her. that is why i am with her. are you with her? >> yes! mr. kaine: we are tough people. that is something else i learned from my parents. tough times do not last, but tough people do. and the do not -- they do not come any tougher or any more compassionate than hillary clinton, so let's go make history, and go elect hillary clinton the 45th president of the united states. (music) ♪ if you need me call me no matter where you are. no matter how far. name,

delegates, unless they are in their 60's or 70's never heard mlk's speech at the national mall, harry truman'sech where he said, i just tell the truth and it feels like hell. we have speeches, we play games and you can sign up to play political feud and we do political trivia and a media contest. they compete to see who knows the most political trivia. that is monday at the constitution center. we have a fuselage of air force one, the exact replica of the one lbj used, it was jfk's plane, he flew back with president kennedy's body on it. we have a replica of ronald reagan's oval office with pictures that reagan had on the back of his desk. you can take pictures coming off the plane waving like you are the president and it is fun stuff, particularly for kids and .e have the c-span boards c-span has a board that tells the mena competence and problems that everyone of our 44 former president had during their administration and we have the c-span bus which will be outside the constitution center. if you are a political junkie, it is wonderful and c-span -- it is right up there. electoral given us