harry truman. what party? democrat. so he was the enemy. so they mercilessly savaged harry truman. davis just took him apart. davis turned harry truman into a demon in these articles. colonialist, imperialists, fascist, racist, monster. chairman, george marshall, you name it. examples, february 9th 1950. davis really shows the soviet and communist party line as portraying harry truman as the butcher of hiroshima. he dropped the bomb on japan august 6th 1945 to spare a land invasion. the land invasion would have been joined by not just american troops, not just british troops, but russian troops. stalin supported this. once the war is over truth does not matter. the only true that matters, there is no truth. the only morality that matters is that which furthers plus interest. after the war truman, who had done on 1945, now the butcher of hiroshima, and that becomes the cpu as a line and the moscow line. here is davis's column. actual pictures. this one is from for during ninth 1950. when we dropped the atom bomb on hiroshima we believed the world was ours. having defeated the axis p

i mean harry truman is the perfect example of the devoted husband. i love that story that when he's in berlin, he's about to drop the atomic or decide whether to drop the atomic bomb and he's put in a villa by the russians and this young american officer, infancy comes and says mr. president is there anything that you need? i can get you anything. anything that you'd like. women? truman says, son, don't ever mention that again. i married my sweetheart. i am devoted, we are loyal to each other. don't ever speak to me like that again. he was a truly honorable husband. >> host: that tells us something important about harry truman. but is there risk particularly in the modern culture, sort of celebrity driven culture where the commander in chief is celebrity in chief that we spend too much time on the private lives? >> guest: there's a risk that we do. but i'm afraid it's a lost cause. i mean you try to stop the media. i'm sure i'm not going to exclude c-span, of course, but try to tell the media not to concentrate on the personality and the private life

in order to oust saddam hussein from his invasion of kuwait harry truman used the u.n. to put in.

in order to oust saddam hussein from his invasion of kuwait harry truman use the u.n. to put in u.s. troops it collectively with other countries to stop the invasion of south korea by north korea these are real realities this is what the u.n. is achieved the u.n. has sanctions now on both north korea and iran because that's the way of trying to prevent them from developing a nuclear capacities all these things don't answer.

in order to oust saddam hussein from his invasion of kuwait harry truman used the u.n. to put in u.s. troops it collectively with other player in countries to stop the invasion of south korea by north korea these are real realities this is what the u.n. has achieved.

in order to oust saddam hussein from his invasion of kuwait harry truman use the u.n. to put in u.s. troops it collectively with other foreign countries to stop the invasion of south korea by north korea these are real realities this is what the u.n. has achieved the u.n. has sanctions now on both north korea and iran because that's the way of trying to prevent them from developing a nuclear capacities all these things don't necessarily work all the time but there simply is no other organization that has the capacity to do these kind of a gentleman and it is settled thank you see me jump in here and i'm sure we can discuss the united nations and people will discuss united nations for a long time many thanks to my guest today in new york greensboro and in hong kong and. so our viewers for watching is here see you next time and remember cross talk rules. and.

another interesting thing i learned was that a lot of actions harry truman took me in my life easier as presidency, and many of the decisions i made through executive order are the most controversial decisions, such as living to the phone calls of people who might do us harm or enhance interrogation became the law of the land. i went to congress and said, we need to ratify through legislative action about which i have done by executive order, and the congress passed a law allows the president to have certain tools, and they said, why don't you leave it under executive order? in some cases it might be too hard for a president to put out an executive order, but if that were lot of the land passed by a legislative body, it might seek region might be easier to pass that. i think it was important to get the congress to pass, and in so doing there was an added concern for civil liberties. >> i am a freshman from nashville, tennessee. you mentioned a sense of adventure and a lack of responsibility. how did this affect your discipline and presidency and future? >> that is a good question. fi

. >> president harry truman issued an order to integrate the armed forces and harold was part of that group. >> with we arrived there was 200 flight student officers and 300 flight student cadets. when we got there, the armed forces is now integrated so the tuskegee mere men proved they were smart enough to fly airplanes, they had the courage to fight in combat, it's going to be up to you fellows to show that you can perform in an integrated situation with white students. >> the original tuskegee mere men were not allowed to serve with their white counterparts. the red tails flew 15,000 sorties and more than 200 combat missions. >> they had the best escorting allied planes during the war. >> congress presented them with a congressional gold medal in 2007. it recognized that they are heroes and legends to be honored and remembered. they made history by serving their country and this country is better for their service. cheryl jennings, "abc 7 news". >>> what once a popular aquarium plant has become an invasive aquatic weed. laura anthony reports from discovery bay. >> now what you see

after 15 years of the midwest plain-spoken harry truman and then dwight eisenhower, kennedy was not just impossibly young, a 31-year-old first lady, but strikingly attractive. john kennedy took the oath of office bathed in brilliant winter light. but what is most remembered are the words. >> that we shall pay any price, bear any burden. >> people remember this as a cold war speech because of the "pay any price bear any burden." but most of the rest of the speech was about peace and negotiations and the threat of nuclear war. >> let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. >> reporter: long time kennedy speech writer and advisor ted sorensen was often given credit for the inaugural address. thurston clark disagrees. >> the torch has been passed to a new generation, bear any burden, those were kennedy. he had a sorensen draft in front of him on january 10. he flew to palm beach, he looked at the draft and he dictated his changes and additions to the draft. >> reporter: at the kennedy library in boston, director tom putnam showed us the display that includes pages

house of representatives their largest majority in 62 years, dating back to 1948 when democrat harry truman defeated republican thomas dewey for president. all in all, the election was a major course change for congress and maybe even more. some say it was a political realignment, a massive change of political direction in the united states that will have prolonged staying power, even generational. a long, dominant period for republicans and a long, recessive period for democrats. realignment. at least three factors substantiate that realignment analysis. one, democrats poll low. self-identified democrats today are at their lowest they've been in two decades, since 1989. today, democrats make up less than one-third of the population, 31%. two, independents flee the democratic party. independents vote republican. over the last two years, democratic voting by independents has sunk by 12 points. three, 26 out of 50 state let chutes are republican. 29 governors out of 50 are republican. most give republicans the power to influence, redraw and control state and federal districts to produce repub

don't really worry about my legacy because you know, i'm still studying theodore roosevelt or harry truman. and there's not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. i mean it's impossible for somebody, for example, who covered the white house as a correspondent to write an objective analysis of my presidency. that person will be colored by the times, the moment, and so i'm pretty comfortable about legacy. you know, like i've had an interesting -- book -- people -- press -- post -- presidents are trying to shape their legacy. well, their legacy's been shaped. in other words, it's done and you know some day, i believe iraq is going to be a -- i know it's a democracy now, i think it's going to be a fully established democracy in the middle east. i believe it'll have a palliative effect on other nations in the neighborhood. but it's going to take time to -- for that to play out. i recently went to korea and gave a speech in -- an audience of 60,000 practicing christians and that's not a given that the people would have been able to congregate in a free sout

harry truman signing the president's in -- speech.ut that is that harry truman did not think john f. kennedy should be president. he did a lot to try to undermine his candidacy. but they made up at the inaugural. finally, robert frost. he had written a new poem for the inaugural. but he couldn't read it. >> because of the glare of the sun. >> the glare of the sun. that's exactly right. it's great to relive those moments again. 50 years ago today. 30 years ago today, ronald reagan got inaugurated. we'll be right back. >>> fact ore fiction? your handbag should match your outfit? stripes make you look heavy? what are the ten fashion rules that aren't true anymore? ♪ man: whoa! mom just caught air. not that she'll describe it that way to her book club. she'll probably say something like, "everyone had a wonderful time. the food was great. it was good to get away." but let's be honest... mom just caught air! now, there's a first. tell us what you've always wanted to do, on facebook. [ ship horn blows ] [ male announcer ] there are snacks.

it's really since harry truman that they take off in terms of sale and turn out to be a normal part of the post-pes presidency. jim mir carter took is beyond everyone. i don't know the amount of books he's written, but it's now well over 100 years we've been having this. if i can get back to the caller, there is a really interesting point in the book where president bush says he regrets not going for imgrigs reform before social security reform. he says in the interview as well after the 2004 reelection, and i think kind of that choice of timing and sequence is really kind of interesting, and you can imagine a very different outcome not just on his presidency on immigration policy, but even in the republican party had he made that decision. >> host: you were deputy secretary of the department of health and human services. >> guest: i was. i was in the white house at the immigration deabt and involved in the domestic security counsel. we didn't get it through, but people forget and president bush reminds us of how close it got. it passed the house and had more than the majority in the s

. >> harry truman was first and the audience was very small. i think it was in the thousands. and then both of eisenhowers'. so this was the fourth. the first one to be broadcast was hardings', i believe. >> so he saw this as an opportunity in the way -- in a way that no one else had before. >> oh, yes, he did. >> there's a letter. there's a letter in the kennedy archive, it is very interesting. ben bradley met with fred friendly of cbs and another cbs executive. and they -- the purpose of the meeting was to talk about how kennedy could give speeches, how a president could give a speech that would be more dynamic than just man reading, and, you know, what could they do, what kind of visuals could they do? how could they make it, and this letter was written -- a letter summarizing the meeting was written by ben bradley to sorensen and i'm sure given to kennedy. in fact, kennedy met two days before with friendly in the suite in the carlyle hotel. i understand that it was to discuss a television coverage of the inaugural. it very interesting when you watch the cbs coverage of the

and the girl gave him a long look and she said, yeah, and i'm harry truman. [laughter] >> by the way, we been fighting all week about who gets to tell that story. but he persisted and so here we are in yorba linda today to present "going home to glory." it's several things, this book. it's a history of the '60s. it's a story about a grandfather and grandson. and it's also i think a fascinating look at how a president who is the most powerful figure in the world because the american president is still that figure, how do you surrender power? how do you do it gracefully? how do you grow old gracefully? that's what we are writing about. what i decided to do today was to just share with you just a tiny bit of ike's wisdom because he wasn't shy about sharing his little maxims on life with his grandson, or with me or any of the young people he came into contact with. so i had fun gathering for of ike lessons of life i called and as you listen to them i think you'll agree that their great lessons on life but they're also good for relationships. and partnerships. and

after 15 years of a midwest plain spoken harry truman answer then dwight eisenhower, jacqueline kennedy was not just impossibly young, a 31-year-old first lady, but strikingly attractive. there was glamor of another sort. an inaugural gala hosted by frank sinatra with many of the brightest stars of the stage and the screen. >> you had all of the celebrities in washington. you had a feeling that this was a gathering of the best and the brightest in the country. >> reporter: on inauguration day, john kennedy took the oath of office bathed in brilliant winter light. >> it had snowed eight inches overnight, but inauguration day itself was very cold and bright. the sun was out and bouncing off all the snow. it was bouncing off those big white pillars. >> reporter: there was robert frost blinded by the sun unable to read poem he had written, reciting another from memory. >> the land was ours before we were the land's. she was our land more than 100 years before we were her people. >> reporter: jacqueline, dressed in beige, a conscious decision to set her apart from the other older women drape

harry truman complain about the do nothing congress. i would love to have a do nothing congress. that would be an improvement over what we get today. when you are a little boy or a little girl taking civics class in high school or middle school you learn the best and brightest goes to washington to serve in congress. that is not true. when you get there you find a cross section of the country. there are smart people and dumb people be good little people have strong character or merely characters. dumb people need representation too. they have got it in congress. i provide specific recommendations how we can fix congress. it is not enough to let another group of good people -- there are some hon. people and great leaders but not enough to send another cast of characters to washington. we need to structurally change our nation's capital. we need to go back to the founding fathers original intent be dismal structural reforms in place in my state. there's a balanced budget requirement in the constitution. what a novel idea for congress. don't spend more than you take in. supermajorit

. >> all of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president. therefore, many of the decisions that i made with executive order or the most controversial decisions i made such as listening to phone calls for enhanced terror in -- interrogation techniques. is the law of the land for it after the 2004 and the 2006 elections, we said that we need to ratify that which i have done within the constitution by executive order. the congress, in spite of the fact that we had been dumped, past all that enables the president to have the certain tools. people ask why we did not leave under executive order. it might be too hard for a president to put out an executive order that authorized enhanced interrogation techniques, but if that were the law of the land passed by a legislative body, it might be easier for that person to use that technique. >> see the entire interview tonight on c-span's "q&a." this weekend on "prime minister questions," tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> former minnesota gov. tim pawlenty was the speaker at the politics and eggs

harry truman really down in the polls saw in 1947 that europe was going to hell. he wanted to have a rescue plan. he didn't want it named after himself, so he asked secretary of state george marshall to be under his name. the marshall plan was unpopular, and truman called in republicans to write this plan and have buy-ins and they gradually got support. one of the proudest moments came when the marshall plan came to a vote on the floor of the house, and he as a freshman member of the house stood up on one side of the aisle in favor of this democratic plan, and there on the other side of the ail was another freshman member standing in favor of john f. kennedy. he said the important thing is american politics is when the chip are down, we stand up together. that was the spirit of the world war ii generation, and it's that spirit that's badly lost in recent years. >> joe, there is a media component too. [applause] >> i wonder if some of the worst of it is in the upper chamber and america doesn't reflect what we're seeing on television or hearing on the radio. there i

harry truman famously complained about the do nothing congress. would love to have a do nothing congress. when you are of little boys grow taking civics class in high school little school 11 the the best and brightest go to washington to serve in congress. that is not true. when you get there you find a real cross-section. pfft a have a friend who says tm people need representation to. well, they have got it. a provide specific recommendations of how we can fix congress. it is not enough to let another group of good people. there are some hon. and great leaders debated is not enough to send another cast of characters. the need to structurally change our nation's capitol. we need to go back to the founding fathers original intent. some of the structural reforms. there is a balanced budget requirement in our constitution. what a novel idea. don't spend more money than you taken to really a requirement, supermajority vote before they can raise taxes. what a novel idea. take a supermajority vote. why not a line-item veto so the president can take away

[applause] >> a lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president and therefore many of the decisions i made through executive order are the most controversial decisions i made to executive order commonsense she's listening to the phone calls of people who might do us harm or has interrogation techniques became the law of the land. in other words, after the 04 elections -- and after the 06 elections, i went to congress and said, we need to ratify through legislative action, that which i've done within the constitution by executive order. and so, congress, in spite of the fact that we had been dumped, passed law that now enables the president to have the certain tools. and people say why didn't he just evander executive order? the reason lies in some cases it might be to her politically for a president to put out an executive order, that for example, authorized enhanced interrogation techniques. but if our law of the land pass by a legislative body, it might be easier for the person to use that technique. >> see the entire interview sunday night at 8:00 eastern an

years ago, the republican rally saw other people carrying a sign of harry truman with a german mustacheink they would have taken them in a back alley somewhere and made a few comments to him. but these people in the government are like two football teams, opposing football teams. and you take team number one as a guy like mike singletary, and twaem two, guy like lambbert, they are never going to get along together. never going to get along together. there is no score in that game. nobody is going to win like in a regular football game. this is ridiculous. and until these people are either voted out of there, we're never going to have anybody

harry truman came as lee completed the do nothing congress. i'd love to have a do nothing congress, that would be an improvement over what we get today. [applause] when you're a little boy or girl taking civics class in high school or middle school, you learn the best and brightest to washington and served in congress behind here to tell you that's not true. i'm here to tell you when you get there you find a cross section of the country. smart people, dom people, criminals, people are strong character, people with merely character. [laughter] i've got a trend that says some people need your presentation, too. well, they've got it in congress let me tell you. [laughter] i provide specific recommendations of how we can fix congress. i'm here to tell you it's not enough to let another group of good people and there are honorable people in the greek leaders but it's not enough just to set another cast of characters to washington. we need a structurally changed nation's capital and i go back -- we need to go back to the founding fathers' intent i t

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institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> a lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president and therefore many of the decisions i made through executive order are the most controversial orders i made such as listening to the phone calls of people who might do us harm or enhanced interrogation techniques became the law of the land. in other words, after the 04 elections and after the 06 elections i went to congress and said we need to ratify through legislative action that which i had done within the constitution by executive order. and so the congress in spite of the fact that we had been tough, passed law that now enables a president to have these certain tools. and people say why didn't you just leave it under executive order? and the reason why in some cases it might be too hard politically for a president to put out an executive order that, for example, authorized enhanced interrogation techniques. but if that were law of the land passed by a legislative body it might be easier for that person to use that technique. >> see the entire

established in world war ii and in the post war decades with leaderses like franklin roosevelt, harry truman, and john f. kennedy. it's a challenge that america faces in the 21st century. among the greatest challenges and opportunities we face is the on thed development of the asia-pacific region and in particular, the rise of china. i think it's useful when talking topics this varied and complex to remind ourselves of basic facts and perspectives. one of the most important is that the asia pacific region experienced nearly 60 years of general peace, stability, and prosperity. yes, there have been significant exceptions like the war in vietnam and clashes among asian powers like between china and vietnam, china and india, and india and pakistan. even with that in mind, it's impossible to look at the last six decades without marveling at the overall stability and prosperity of this period. this record is more remarkable when one considers the poverty and strife that prevailed over this part of the world for so long. another basic fact to keep in mind is that this long term security, stability

the last time congress convened without senator robert byrd as a member, harry truman was president of the uniteted state. 42 of our 100 senators hadn't even been bornen yet. no one knew the constitution better than robert byrd and no one rare glared at more. he taught many of us many things. among them he taughti me to ca. the constitution with me every day. i do that mr. president. i always have this copy of theor founding document in my pocket signed by senator byrd one of the most fervent defenders of the constitution. he has given me two of them.or the first one wore out but i have it in my desk in searchlight and i have such a fondness of looking at senator byrd as we all know in his later years had a benign tremor and he shook a little bit when he wrote. he wrote this. and i will always always remember senator byrd. a fervent defender of this constitution. he loved the constitution. the cold minor son loved the constitution just like everyone in america whether you are a coalminer's son or an academic son, we all should love this constitution not just because of what is written

. >> a lot of the actions of harry truman took mainliner easier. many of the decisions i made are the most controversy ill. it became the law of the land. i went to congress and said we need to ratify that which i had done within the constitution. the congress passed a law that now enables a president to have certain tools. in some cases, it might be too hard politically for a president without an executive order. if that were law, the land passed by a legislative body and might be easier. >> and a former ambassador to the 19 nations criticized the obama administration on dealing with iran and north korea. this was at a luncheon on capitol hill. his speech on national security challenge is sharply criticized. that obama's policies on everything from the new start treaty with russia, chinese president hu jintao's visit to washington, relations with north korea, and sanctions against iran. he is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. this is just over one hour. >> i am the president of the defense forum foundation. the ambassador will be joini

. >> lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president, and therefore, many of the decisions i made to executive order with the most controversial orders, such as listening to the phone calls or enhanced interrogation techniques became a lot of the land. after the 2004 and 2006 elections, i went to congress and said we need to ratify that which i had done in the constitution by executive order. so the congress, in spite of the fact, now enables the president to have certain tools. people said why did you not to sleep under executive order? in some cases a might be hard for a present to put out an executive order that authorized enhanced interrogation techniques, but if there were lots of the land passed by a legislative body, might be easier for person to use that technique. >> see the entire interview at sunday night at 8:00. >> next the co-chairman of the president's commission on the bp oil spill in the gulf testifying in front of the house natural resources committee. the final report released earlier this month calls for sweeping changes in how the oil a

. >> a lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president. many of the decisions i made were controversial such as listening to phone calls of those who might do us harm. after the 2004 elections and after the 2006 elections, i went to congress and the said we need to ratify through legislative action that which i have done through the constitution by executive order. so the congress despite of the fact passed law that now enabled the president to have certain tools. and why did you not just leaving it under executive order? in some cases, it might be too hard politically for a president to put out an executive order that, for example, authorized enhanced interrogation techniques. >> see the entire interview sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> the discussion on the financial crisis inquiry commission final report and a look at this week's report from the congressional budget office. this is about 40 minutes. about the fiscal conditio of the u.s. is douglas holets akin, former congressional director of the congressional

the last time congress convened without senator robert byrd as a member, harry truman was president of the united states. 42 of our 100 senators hadn't even been born yet. no one knew the constitution better than robert byrd and no one revered it more. he taught many of us many thin things. among them, he taught me to carry the constitution with me every day. i do that, mr. president. i always have this copy of our founding document in my pocket, signed by senator byrd, one of the most fervent defenders of the constitution. he has given me two of them. the first one wore out but i have it in my dech desk in searchlight. and i have such fondness of looking at senator byrd, as we all know in his later years, he hadn't benign tremor and he shook a little bit approximate when he wrote, but he wrote th this. and i'll always, always rememb remember. senator byrd, a fervent defender of the constitution. he loved the constitution. this coal miner's son loved the constitution, just like everyone in america, whether you're a coal miner's son or an academic's son, we all should love this constitu

. >> a lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president, and therefore, manyof the decisions i made your executive order -- or the most controversial orders i made your executive order, such as listening to phone calls of people who might do us harm or enhanced interrogation techniques became the law of the land. after the 2004 elections, and after the 2006 elections, i went to congress and said, we need to ratify through legislative action that which i had done within the constitution by executive order. and so, the congress in spite of the fact that we had been dumped, passed a law that now enable the president to have these certain tools. people said, why didn't you leave it under executive order? in some cases it might be too hard politically for president to put out an executive order that, for example, authorized enhance its -- interrogation techniques. if that were passed by a legislative body, it might be easier for that person to use that technique. >> see the entire interview tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a". >> the republic

. >> a lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president, and therefore, many of the decisions i made through executive order are the most controversial decisions i made such as listening to the phone calls of people who mite do us harm or enhance interrogation techniques. in other words, after the 2004 and after the 2006 elections, i went to congress and said we need to ratify through legislative action that which i had den within the constitution by executive order, and so the congress inspired the fact and passed law that enables a president to have these certain tools, and people said why didn't you just leave it under executive order? the reason why in some cases it's too hard politically for a president to put out an executive order that for example authorized enenhanceed interrogation techniques. >> see the entire interview sunday night at 8 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> taking a look at the white house briefing room where president obama is expected to address the situation in egypt shortly. we'll bring you his remarks live as soon as the brie

other interesting point in the book that i learned from history was that a lot of the actions that harry truman took made my life easier as president. and therefore, many of the decisions i made through executive order, or the most controversial decisions i made through executive order such as listening to the phone calls that might do us harm or enhance interrogation techniques became the law of the land. in other words, after the '04 elections and after the '06 elections i went to congress and said,"we need to ratify through legislative action that which i had done within the constitution by executive order." and so the congress, in spite of the fact that we had been thumped, passed law that now enables a president to have these certain tools. and people say, "well, why didn't you just leave it under executive order?" and the reason why is in some cases it might be too hard politically for a president to put out an executive order that, for example, authorized enhanced interrogation techniques. but if that were law of the land passed by a legislative body, it might be easier for that person t

the last time congress convened without senator robert byrd as a member, harry truman was president of the united states. 42 of our 100 senators hadn't even been born yet. no one knew the constitution better than robert byrd and no one revered it more. he taught many of us many thin things. among them, he taught me to carry the constitution with me every day. i do that, mr. president. i always have this copy of our founding document in my pocket, signed by senator byrd, one of the most fervent defenders of the constitution. he has given me two of them. the first one wore out but i have it in my dech desk in searchlight. and i have such fondness of looking at senator byrd, as we all know in his later years, he hadn't benign tremor and he shook a little bit approximate when he wrote, but he wrote th this. and i'll always, always rememb remember. senator byrd, a fervent defender of the constitution. he loved the constitution. this coal miner's son loved the constitution, just like everyone in america, whether you're a coal miner's son or an academic's son, we all should love this constitu