nation mourned franklin roosevelt and wondered about its new leader the unknown, uncharismatic harry trumanr all his supposed shortcomings, the new president had common-sense ideas on unemployment. leon keyserling, original member, council of economic advisers, recalls. truman was asked "when is unemployment too high?" he said it depends on whether or not you're unemployed. this wasn't a wisecrack. this showed that he had a fundamental understanding of the game. he realized that you had to talk about people and what was happening to them and where the hardships were. as a senator harry truman had worked hard to push a full employment bill. as president, he signed the employment act of 1946 a law that changed greatly during congressional debate. it no longer referred to full employment instructing the government instead to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power. what was lost from the original idea? [gross] what was really lost was the right, the right to a job the right to work, the right to an opportunity for paid employment at good wages. and what was gained? [keyserl

he really bore a lot of personal animosity towards harry truman in the wake of that. in the that against documents. he got over it, which is interesting to me. 1962, and he died in 1965. he walked up to truman who he denounced in no uncertain terms and said, mr. president, i think you might have been right to get rid of me. [laughter] -- wallacewallace was not a good politician, but he had other good qualities. he grew. he saw he made mistakes not only in strategy and tactics, but he looked back on the 48 campaign. he never said the crusade for peace was bad, but he said the way you went about it might not have been the best way. >> do you feel yet some political enemies? mies. had political ene the city bosses hated him. that is where the whole idea of the city bosses getting rid of him in 1944, i would agree. i think roosevelt had already made the decision to get rid of him. you more or less answered my question, but sorry to say i have not done a lot of reading 1948.lace after did he write and say some of the things that you just said? to tellrite a biography how he

harry truman. and the jelly beans? ronald reagan. >> that was bill plant reporting.hat should be a fun tour for a lot of people, including us who live here. >>> that's it for wusa9 news. we'll be back of course at 5:00. >> you can check the latest weather, traffic any time wusa9.com. have a great day. topper of course will have an update on tomorrow's yellow alert starting at 5:00. >> we'll see you >> nikki: i didn't expect you to be here. >> victor: so, the roses are on the floor because -- why? -- you're upset with me or what? >> nikki: no, that -- that was unintentional. >> victor: you just stumbled into the table? >> nikki: yes, i stumbled into the table. it's no big deal. people stumble every day. don't make a big deal out of it. >> victor: sweetheart, stop the nonsense. i know what's really happening. >> lily: "the newmans refuse to comment on whether they're suing the tabloid for publishing the decades-old journal. however, d.a. christine williams stated she wouldn't rule out criminal charges for whoever leaked the confidential court document." well, i wonder

the stance of racial equality did not entice voters away from harry truman. a party worker in arkansas who tried to convert a group of african-american ministers to the wallace cause, arguing, that truman's commitment to a united america was just a political ploy. the ministers did not offer a firm commitment. "you may not believe truman, but the dixiecrats believe him and that's enough for me." after the dixiecrat walked out of the democratic convention, there was no question how they will -- how the negroes would vote. no politician would ever defy southern politicians again. personalizing the issue of civil rights by announcing the betrayal of the president further enhanced the political voting blocs of the south. when abe black reporter -- when a black reporter was asked about the difference between truman and roosevelt, he responded "truman really means it." few african-americans made note of this remark, despite the accusations of truman's insincerity. his actions, particularly the executive order to abolish segregation in the military, and the establish

ultimately, the progressives outspoken stance of racial equality did not entice voters away from harry truman. and the democratic party. typical was the experience of a party worker in arkansas who tried to convert a group of african-american ministers to the wallace cause, arguing, that truman's commitment to a united america was just a political ploy. -- to a civil rights agenda was just a political ploy. the ministers did not offer a firm commitment. "you may not believe truman, but the dixiecrats believe him, and that's enough for me." he and his colleagues would vote for the president. the dixiecrat revolt undoubtedly helps trim and secure the support of blacks around the nation. after the dixiecrat walked out of the democratic convention, there was no question how they will -- how the negroes would vote. negroes felt that they did not support truman no politician , would ever defy southern politicians again. the dixiecrat's insistence on personalizing the issue of civil rights by announcing the betrayal of the president further enhanced the political voting blocs of the south. when a bl

of our hail to the chief lecture series, cochaired by our partners at the truman library institute, the foundation arm of the harry s truman presidential inrary and museum independence. as many of you know, we here at the library just love to do programs commemorating anniversaries, and such is the case tonight. 40 years ago, well, technically, , butars and 363 days ago work with me on this, gerald ford became the first and to date the only unelected president of the united states. at outcome that would have been beyond conception just two years earlier, when richard nixon was cruising to his landslide victory over george mcgovern. to tell us more about that and the administration that ensued, we have brought back for the dr. john robert green, but you can call him bob, who, among many claims to fame, ranks as the first historian to perform a serious scholarly study of the ford administration. the first edition of his book was published some 19 years ago by the university press of kansas. it is still in print, i am happy its fourthin printing. of course, being a pioneer has its disadvantages. that in the early day

harry truman said to get out of kitchen harry truman, everyone, as he made his waffle.right line, now it's your turn. putin that nobel peace prize candidate says that the united states bombing isis in syria violates international law. is putin lying? >> interesting, start kicking right off with who is leveling these accusations with iran and russia. russia who a lot of people find that very rich. so concerned about the sovereignty of another nation considering what we saw in ukraine. the argument we are making is for this to be legal on international level for the strikes against isis in syria, you would have to have either the permission of the syrian government or permission from the u.n. security council. now, it's true that the united states went in without the permission of damascus. in other words, they informed damascus that we're going to get this done. we are not cooperating with them. we have this coalition of five other partners, arab nations that have joined us in these hits. but, essentially the argument the u.s. makes for this being legal is one of self-de

he served as vice president under fdr before being replaced by harry truman. the campaign strategy of focusing on courting minorities in the jim crow south alienated much of the white electorate despite wallace's efforts, mr. devine says that the majority of african-americans decided to vote for president truman. wallace came in fourth in the general election, finishing with fewer votes than the other third-party candidate, dixiecrat strom thurmond. this event, from the kansas city public library in missouri, is about an hour. and i want to thank lisa sullivan who has been so helpful in the past few weeks. i definitely thank her as well. two other people i wanted to thank, one i am lucky to have your tonight, my friend and colleague steve burke, who now teaches at the army war college in fort leavenworth. steve welcomed me to california

harry s. truman was a problem solver and considered that he had an appropriate knowledge of architecture and interior design. some might have objected to that, but he did have a history of dealing with buildings. one might question truman's sophistication but his sensitivity towards symbols was acute. always had been. as he was to demonstrate with this house, the corps brought to him the same documents that he'd shown franklin roosevelt. truman read them and ordered a structural investigation from the corps. and the resulting death sentence predictably, the corps said the house must be torn down and reconstructed. the widowed eleanor roosevelt moved out from the second and third floors sending 13 van loads of possessions furnishings, pictures, thousands of books, models of ships and more back to hyde park. president truman faced a family quarters only sparsely finished and they witnessed structural problems far more at a nearly empty house. and it was truman who said it was just worn down by living.

because if you could argue that done -- >> well, it's harry truman and barak obama. harry truman governed with instinct with a deep knowledge of history that people really didn't know he had. and barak obama who i certainly like tries to do it by int lech, by analysis, by what's logical. and politics is not logical. >> i was asked david mccullough, how do you judge who's going to be a good president before they get to be president. you can't. forget it. >> because there's nothing like that. >> any time you try to set down, who's the most experienced president we've ever had in terms of dealing with washington, it's lyndon johnson but judgement against the world was thin and lacking. and i think help lead to us a pretty disastrous. >> that was the distinction between johnson and kennedy, that kennedy had gone across the -- >> the difference if grandiosity, otherwise, kennedy's grandiosity was aimed at the world. get world peace. he said foreign policy can kill you. domestic politics can unseat you. so he was a foreign policy president. johnson, his grandiosity was bei

talking about harry truman. that is the name of for the process it should be called trumans lot. what makes for a great president? he said one that is right 51 percent of the time. that is how the process works many don't pushed to more societies but just enough to this is the direction the world moves said -- and. but war makes states and states make peace. i'm hardly the first person to see this. but the basic point is left your own devices we could run or kill each other. a the by a fog. that governments are scary of people's strengths. that is the only way to make a safe and prosperous world. so now we have evidence. so war produces these states to drive down the rate of violent death. warwick is the least possible way to do this but yet it seems to be the only way we found and that is a depressing conclusion. in the song "war! what is it good for?" they know there has got to be a better way but apparently there is not. people only give up their freedoms when forced to do so. i wrote an article for that but it seems when you look at the evidence the reason the rates have fall

harry truman did not fall in love with the cia. he may have created the cia but he did not fall in love with it and by 1963 he wrote a very important op-ed describing the probables of the cia which is relevant to today's situation. it was clear after world war ii that we were going to have a central intelligence agency for two very good reasons. one was pearl harbor. in the case of pearl harbor we had broken the japanese military code so we knew that the japanese were going to war against the united states. we knew they were going to break relations with the united states. indicator of war. we knew that the embassy had been directed to destroy all of their sensitive information in washington. another indicator of war. this information did not get to the right people. if it had on any short list of possible targets, you would have to include pearl harbor and the philippines so this is a tragedy that did not have to happen in the way that it did. so six months after the war ended was when he sat down with intelligence types, most of

he served as vice president under fdr before being replaced by harry truman for the 1944 election.evine argues that his campaign strategy of focusing on courting minorities in the jim crow south alienated much of the white electorate. despite his efforts, mr. devine says the majority of african-americans decided to vote for president truman. wallace came in fourth in the general election, finishing with fewer votes than the other third-party candidate or i strom thurmond. this is about one hour. >> i don't think i will need these pet thank you. i appreciate the introduction and there's two people i want to thank before i start. and the truman library institute and the kauffman institute that supporting this other want to add my thanks to lisa sullivan who has been so helpful over the last few weeks getting me prepared a together and making sure everything goes off well tonight. i thank her as well. two other people i want to thank -- one unlucky enough to hav

you could argue about harry truman and barak obama. truman governed by instinct with a deep knowledge of history that people did not really know he had. barack obama, who i certainly like, tries to do it by intellect and analysis and what is logical. and politics is not logical. is going you judge who to make a good president before they are president? >> you cannot. >> who is the most experience we have ever had in terms of dealing with washington? lyndon johnson. the worlddgment about was thin and lacking and i think helped lead us to -- >> the kennedy hadis that probably gone across the atlantic van johnson had been across the potomac. >> the difference with grandiosity. kennedy, his grandiosity was to >> most important thing about him is he did not wait his turn. he destroyed the system that would not have made him president. now in america, no one does. >> thank you all. ♪

i have been following politics closely since 1948 and i remember the do-nothing congress that harry truman ran against in 1948 and this congress is worse. it is time for these guys to step up and take charge and do their job. if they can't do that, vote them all out. everyone of them out during thank you. host: gary in highland, maryland. we will be showing you comments from members of congress. here is the veteran member of the house judiciary committee in a statement he put out on friday. he says, the constitution is clear, if not for an attack on the united states or an imminent threat to the country, any decision to use military force can only be made by congress, not the president alone. of planned expansion military operations against iso-that president obama announced earlier this week really constitute acts of war within the meaning of the constitution. the constitution very deliberately places the decision to go to war with the american people. acting to congress, not with the president. consider is no obviously imminent threat to the united states, there is no legal justification

fried chicking harry truman jelly beans, ronald reagan.s open to the public free every day. charlie? >> bill, thank you so much. great interview and fabulous show. >> bravo. >> didn't the two hours go fast today? >> we did. we had a lot of fun stuff. >> take note of this. tune no the could help find the mountain lion that attacked a six-year-old boy near cupertin >>> good morning. it's 8:55. time for some news headlines. new information could help find the mountain lion that attacked a 6-year-old boy near cupertino. test results reveal the mountain lion is a male and that could help narrow the hunt for the big cat in the pichetti open space preserve. >>> the meadow fire in yosemite has now scorched more than 4400 acres. more firefighters were called in yesterday as the fire quickly started to spread. the park is open but several trails are closed. >>> this morning, governor jerry brown plans to sign a bill mandating paid sick leave for nearly all workers in california. workers will earn an hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked. cali

leg, he has not -- coaliti, he has not stepped up, he is not a leader, i am from missouri, if harry truman were t*l president todaye would be out there kicking derrieres i tell you? >> really. neil: after this. neil: all right, you know in case you have not been hearing, atlantic having problem with one big casino shuts down after another, revel the biggest. which has folks wondering if chris christie has much to brag about. donald trump was commenting on that with me yet. >> 7 years ago i left, i saw the hand writeing on the wall. neil: that predates chris christie. >> they never did what they should have done, they built a terrible convention center, they could have built be on on the boardwalk, they did not do that. neil: donald trump's son is here, eric. very good to have you, what your dad said, you know casinos are not an open and shut case or an easy moneymaking business. there is a method to it, for some reason atlantic city is not finding it. >> under my father there were no more successful place, we had every big entertainer, we really did it right. now -- >> what happened. >>hey

every president since harry truman felt they had this authority. this is not something barack obama invented. the korean war didn't have explicit authority and vietnam. we haven't had a declaration of war since the beginning of world war ii. i think that's wrong. i think congress has to be involved in this decision. the framers didn't put the declaration of war power as part of congress's responsibility by accident. this is -- i do disagree that the president has this authority and it's a nullity. >> it creates that president obama said absolutely no u.s. combat forces on the ground. isn't this a slippery slope? >> of course. anybody that remembers the 60s you cringe when you hear the word advisers. that's one of the things that has to be discussed and debated. does it mean you can't use special forces in a particular situation. the guys flying the airplanes, aren't they combat troops. that's one of the problems that we have to work on. you are absolutely right. two things you know about war. one is you can't ever predict where it's going to go. th

the way it has not been this low, number of cows in this country have not been this low since harry trumantly because of the drought we had. people had to thin their herds. as a result, take a look at prices of retail beef. predrought and post-drought. july 2009, ground roast has gone up 45%. ground chuck up 40%. sirloin up 34%. andt is not going to end anytime soon. >> no. from our standpoint, we've got a limited supply. but the other competitive proteins, your porks had ped virus which eliminated their herds. then from a poultry standpoint they have had some reproductive problems. that limited those herds and three protein crops are having problems. >> gotcha. the demand is tie. the only positive, this is the feed, corn input costs are down. but it is all about supply and demand as you point out. right now supply is low, what these guys go backo eating here in a minute. stop bothering them with this camera. gerri: jeff, thanks for that. all about supply and demand. you got that right. thank you. >> thanks, gerri. >> we'll be right back. >> gerri: the laughter has stopped but the tributes

harry truman did not fall in love with the cia.y have created the cia but he did not fall in love with it and by 1963 he wrote a very important op-ed describing the probables of the cia which is relevant to today's situation. it was clear after world war ii that we were going to have a central intelligence agency for two very good reasons. one was pearl harbor. in the case of pearl harbor we had broken the japanese military code so we knew that the japanese were going to war against the united states. we knew they were going to break relations with the united states. indicator of war. we knew that the embassy had been directed to destroy all of their sensitive information in washington. another indicator of war. this information did not get to the right people. if it had on any short list of possible targets, you would have to include pearl harbor and the philippines so this is a tragedy that did not have to happen in the way that it did. so six months after the war ended was when he sat down with intelligence types, most of them f

fried chicking, harry truman, jelly beans, ronald reagan.at the visitor center. it's open to the public, free every day. charlie? >> bill, thank you so much. great interview and fabulous show. >> bravo. >> didn't the two hours go fast today? >> we did. we had a lot of fun stuff. >> take note of this.. tune no the mmm ring ring! ring ring! progresso! wow soup people, i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding. well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress. uh-huh...that's what i'm afraid of. you don't love the dress? i love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. >>> good morning i'm erika von tiehl. thousands of workers have lost their jobs in atlantic city as casino closed their doors. but fortunately is there a chance for them to get back in the work force. is there a career fair at the atlantic city convention senter from ten to 4:00 today just get to rooms 411 and 412. more than 120 companies with 1200 opening will be there ready to hire, good luck. >>> all right lets get your

. >> you have met with i think every president since harry truman. what do you think of barack obama? >> i'm very ambivalent, but i have gone out of my way never to attack him personally or not to harass individual politics. >> he often cites people like you and brent scowcroft and bush 41 as the foreign policy makers whom he admires. >> well, i appreciate that, and i don't think it's my role to appear here as a major critic. i have had concerns. i thought we were too rapid not just militarily but also with a political presence and i have concerns about what will happen in afghanistan unless we create an international framework for it, but we should try to come up with nonpartisan solutions in what is going to be an extremely difficult period. >> henry kissinger, thank you so much. up next, a view from the region. the former foreign minister of jordan, a country on the front line in the battle against isis. are the largest targets in the world, for every hacker, crook and nuisance in the world. but systems policed by hp's cyber security team are cons

harry truman failsly return to washington during his speech when he gave it at 2:00 in the morning with no air conditioning 2. a moment which won him an election. >> my duty as president requires that i use every means within my power to get the laws the people need on matters of such importance and urgency. i am therefore calling this congress back into session on the 26th of july. >> now that's -- >> the reason why every republican's favorite democrat is truman. i'm going on lose this election? no. i'm going to win this election. >> a political convention he made a foreign policy. >> do you know what he said? i invite them back to washington. i demand they come back to washington and pass their platform which they didn't do and they lost. >> america wouldn't want to see this congress come back to do anything. >> why are you saying that? >> suppose they did that. >> obama doesn't want a dysfunctional congress looking over his shoulder. he is exploiting the fact that they can't get their act together. that they are abandoning their constitutional prerogatives so he can do this war witho

. >> harry truman and barack obama. governed by and strength -- instinct with a great knowledge of history people did not know that he had. barack obama tries to do this by analysis, and what is logical, and politics is not logical. >> how do you judge it will be a good president? forget that. anytime time that you have to get there -- who is the most experienced president we have had? the judgment around the world from lyndon johnson was lacking, and helped lead us to a pretty disastrous -- >> the difference between john f. kennedy -- he went more across the atlantic van johnson had been across the potomac. >> the difference with grandiosity. kennedy, his grandiosity was to >> most important thing about him is he did not wait his turn. he destroyed the system that would not have made him president. now in america, no one does. >> thank you all. ♪ >> national book award winner a. "wilson, awrote biography of the former president." only onebook award is thing you have received. what is it that excites you about biographi

several exhibits, including one about favorite presidential snacks. [ laughter ] for instance, harry trumaned fried chicken. ronald reagan liked jellybeans and president bush loved play-doh. [ laughter and applause ] red tastes like cherry! this is kind of scary. this week, vladimir putin announced that russia is starting to build new nuclear weapons. but don't worry, we'll totally be able to shoot them out of the sky using our new exhibit on presidential snacks. [ laughter ] did you hear about this? yesterday, congress held a a hearing to discuss all the recent scandals the irs has been having. and here's what the head of the irs had to say. >> will you be following the law in that recapture? >> yes, wherever we can, we follow the law. [ laughter ] >> whenever we can. um, i encourage you to follow the law in all instances. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i think he should follow the law in all instances. yeah. then he said to congress, "you first." very interesting. very, very interesting. [ cheers and applause ] as much as we can. i thought this was pretty interesting. a new study found that

but, of course, just like everybody could remember, my age or younger can remember harry truman on thers of the cabinet signed their names on it, he opens it up and reads it to what they had signed, because with that election, father abraham will be in for another term, and it's wonderful to come out here and be with this group here and think of the great events that took place here. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. bearss. before closing, we have a few announcements. >> thank you again, mr. bearss, mr. gibbs, everyone for joining us again today. we do want to acknowledge, we have a lot of special guests in the audience, but we actually have the great grandson of captain simon e. chamberlain of company k., the 25th new york calvary, the first calvary to deploy here on july 11th here at fort stevens when early's troops arrived. with mr. -- i'm sorry, would mr. chamberlain please stand. [ applause ] we will close the benediction, but we do hope each of you will come over and join us. just across the street you'll get some instructions. it's the moment to join us for the

it's just -- i mean i can't imagine harry truman, for example, acting like that. >> the white house is saying we are not at war with isis, but you have gone on the record saying that we are indeed at war with this group. >> well, they're killing our people. we have retaliated against them in a limited way. over iraq we're using air power to some extent, not over syria yet. if someone says he wants to completely destroy you and starts using force against you and they have a state now, beginning state about the size of great britain, what does it take to have us admit that they are at war with us, even though we're trying not to be at war with them by not reacting effectively. >> i want to switch gears here for just a moment and talk about the information, the special that fox news has put out about the people on the ground who are now coming forward from the attack in benghazi saying that they were given orders to stand down. that they were told not to immediately run in and take whatever measures were needed to help those in need. what's your reaction to these developments? >> i think

. >> yeah, harry truman was -- once said a lot of his job was persuading people to do what they needed to do. i tried to get really good people to run from the cabinet on down when i was president. but here, the difference is -- i'll give you an example. not this summer but last summer i went to -- i took my annual trip to africa and went to zambia where we trained the health care workers. now, if i had gone to zambia, i would have never gone out of the town, and would have signed health care agreements. this time i got to go out in rural areas and go to a village where i saw the practical impact of public health workers. we convinced everybody to put all of their washed dishes up off the ground. we convinced the village to move their latrine 50 yards away from where everybody was. basically they redesigned their village for public health and sanitation. i could do that sort of thing now. so you have two things. president obama has to deal with incoming fire. right? when he ran for president nobody said what are you going to do about isis, did they? or a number of other things. what ab

louis, i would say harry truman. >> gabe had that look, i knew he knew it. 100-point tossup.report on tuesday, this former utah governor is considering a run in the next presidential election -- >> david? >> oh -- >> time. >> as an independent. >> alex? >> jon huntsman. >> 100 point tossup. a new ad features footage of lambeau field, the home of which nfl team? >> green bay packers. >> that's correct. president obama is fairly tall by presidential standards but this president was the tallest at 6 feet 4 inches. >> abraham lincoln. >> 100 points for dave. end of the first round. gabe in the lead with 400 points and david in positive territory at 100, alex at zero. got baltimore wrong. now i understand. that brings us to the end of the 100 point round. things get exciting because i dropped the microphone. twice as valuable and twice as hard, 100 seconds on the clock. the 200 point round begins with this a new sur vaf released by the policy center revealed two thirds of americans can't name all three branches of government. name them? >> david? >> judicial, executive, and legisl

harry truman sent troops into korea. this is something that the president has the right to do. congress can take follow-up action if we don't approve. but we can't be up front with every attack as far as everyone being brought into it because in this case the khorasan group could have escaped and we could have had many americans dead. that's a price i don't want to pay. >> congressman peter king, thank you so much for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> wolf? >> carol, thanks very much. still to come, washington's top diplomat on the u.s.-led airstrikes against isis fighters in syria. >> what we have done is we have stopped the onslaught. that's what we were able to achieve with air power. >> secretary of state john kerry just in the last hour, an exclusive interview with our own christiane amanpour. a special edition of "newsroom" continues. we'll play u some of the interview, right after this. >> we have a real risk in alienating the complexity of forces that are on the ground here. that's one of the reasons why people -- it's hard to do this from the a

[applause] so is a good republican and proud to say i'm ready to return to the principles of harry truman. i would like to once again say we will be involved in the world. it's important to be involved in the world, to keep bad things happening. we have intelligence telling us that isis might come to iraq and attack a city there. what do we do? what did the president due? watch as it spread across iraq. now it's very difficult to pull out. this kind of group having a base throughout the levant would be a terrible conclusion for the world and for ask. i returned to the idea of being involved in a world and not pulling back like ocoee oh we hope that things won't happen to us. that's like paying the cannibal to eat you last as churchill would say. we have to be involved in where the leader leader of the free world and number two we will promote our values, for enterprise human rights and human dignity and then finally we are going to be strong. we will have a military that strong. we will link arms with their allies. we will stand with israel. they're not going to waffle about who is their

>> harry truman did it in 1948. he called the congress back into session and said i want you to vote on the republican platform. i want you to do what you say you're going to do now. he won the election because he did that. it shows so much guts and strength to say nice speeches. nothing got done. he won the election. i think he can pull that one out of the hat. that would take real guts to go out and say i want harry. say i want you back in town. no more campaigning. back here, quick. tuesday. i want to vote. wow! wow! >> it's always -- >> wouldn't that be great? >> it would be so unusual as well, wouldn't it? >> he's asking for votes in the u.n. but not the united states. >> they also have a responsibility, you know. they get paid to do their jobs. let's let them ask their own schedule. >> we never fight. we have the great exchanges of ideas. which i learn from. it's a pleasure to see you, my friend. >>> chief foreign correspondent richa richard engel is live in turkey. what is the latest? good afternoon, richard.

killed in front of the blair house with harry truman, the white house uniform division. so they're very brave. he's backing them up. he needs to do that. but the mistakes need to stop. the director needs to take a hit on the hill tomorrow, take responsibility, it was on her watch with the fence jumper, and let's institute plans to get this fixed. >> this is not just a little mistakes, for example, jack, "the washington post" is also reporting on a 2011 incident that jan referred to, which it says the secret service fumbled. seven gun shots struck the white house. seven gun shots. but it took four days for the secret service to realize what had happened. the post says the secret service' response infuriated the president and the first lady. >> well, rev, again, that's one of our problems. what we're not seeing is transparency here, at least within the organization itself. they're not responding. they're not being responsive in the way that they need to be. if they see a failure, they need to address it. >> but four days -- but four days, jack, and you don't know seven sho

this goes back to harry truman in 1938. there was no declaration of war in korea, thousands of people died. presidents have been gradually gainingful more authority and congress has been letting them get away with it. i think it's time to stand up, put itself on record and make some decisions. here. >> senator barrasso, you've been calling for the president to arm the -- yet when the president asked for $500 million to arm and training the syrian rebels to take on this fight against isis, you voted no. >> well, i voted -- it was a complete continuing resolution to fund the government for the next year at levels i didn't agree with. this is the problem when they jam a big piece of legislation onto the floor of the senate and then put something in they want to get through. >> absolutely. i've been calling for the support of the syrian rebels for year. i met with a number of them in germany a couple years ago. i don't know how many of these are still alive. i absolutely want to do that. i believe that the president is right wh

we have tremendous democrat leaders like senator henry jackson, senator harry truman, mike mansfield who cared more about america. if it came to the choice between their political party and the strength and safety of the united states they would choose their country first. those are the kinds of men of the integrity we need in congress and our political leadership but i think we need to have more of a cooperative effort with our allies. for years we had troops in europe we mostly paid for. south korea since the end of the korean war that we mostly paid for, troops all over the world we are mostly paying for. i think and my liberal democrat friend bob beckel agrees with this, we need to ask them to pony up some money. if you want our troops there you need to start paying for it. france, germany, all these countries in europe we had troops in 3 years and we can't do this forever without more help from them. then we need to realize and increasingly most americans are, that we are not at war with the nation state. we are at war with an ideology that wants to kill us and they're willing t

- [applause] so as a good republican, i'm proud to say i'd like to return to the principles of harry truman. >> yeah. [laughter] >> i'd like to once again say that we will be involved in the world. it's important to be involved in the world, to keep bad things from happening. we had intelligence telling us that isis was being formed, that it might come into iraq and attack a city there. what did we do, what did the president do? is watched. and as it spread across iraq, now it's very difficult to pull it out. it's important to pull it out. this kind of group having a base throughout the levant would be a terrible conclusion for the world and for us. so i return to the idea of being involved in the world and not pulling back and saying, oh, we hope bad things won't happen to us. that's like, you know, paying the cannibal to eat you last, as churchill said. [laughter] >> yeah. >> we have to be involved and help shape things. we're the leader of the free world. and then, number two, we're going to be involved in the world, promote our values, flee enterprise, human rights, human dignity, and t