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harry truman is wonderful in that he wrote letters to himself. these are extraordinary letters and they're also letters that truman wrote where he would -- because best went to bed very early and harry truman would stay up very late, he would write a letter to put on her pillow so she would see it in the morning. and it was almost like a diary entry. he said he didn't want to run in 1952, but he was not about to give up his control of the democratic party. he was going to name an heir apparent, and this is almost like a comedy errors because nobody wants it. what we need to keep in context, nobody wanted to run against bob taft. not eisenhower, but bob taft, they figured they'd end up losing. truman's first choice is the chief justice of the supreme court, fred vinson, there in the picture. vinson dressed for business and i don't know what truman's dressed for. [ laughter ] this was actually down in key west. vinson came to the conclusion that his health would preclude him from running. and he dies just a few years later. so he must have known som
harry truman is wonderful in that he wrote letters to himself. these are extraordinary letters and they're also letters that truman wrote where he would -- because best went to bed very early and harry truman would stay up very late, he would write a letter to put on her pillow so she would see it in the morning. and it was almost like a diary entry. he said he didn't want to run in 1952, but he was not about to give up his control of the democratic party. he was going to name an heir apparent,...
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harry truman is wonderful in that he wrote letters to himself. these are extraordinary letters and they're also letters that truman wrote where he would -- because best went to bed very early and harry truman would stay up very late, he would write a letter to put on her pillow so she would see it in the morning. and it was almost like a diary entry. he said he didn't want to run in 1952, but he was not about to give up his control of the democratic party. he was going to name an heir apparent, and this is almost like a comedy errors because nobody wants it. what we need to keep in context, nobody wanted to run against bob taft. not eisenhower, but bob taft, they figured they'd end up losing. truman's first choice is the chief justice of the supreme court, fred vinson, there in the picture. vinson dressed for business and i don't know what truman's dressed for. [ laughter ] this was actually down in key west. vinson came to the conclusion that his health would preclude him from running. and he dies just a few years later. so he must have known som
harry truman is wonderful in that he wrote letters to himself. these are extraordinary letters and they're also letters that truman wrote where he would -- because best went to bed very early and harry truman would stay up very late, he would write a letter to put on her pillow so she would see it in the morning. and it was almost like a diary entry. he said he didn't want to run in 1952, but he was not about to give up his control of the democratic party. he was going to name an heir apparent,...
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he was assigned there by harry truman. perhaps to get him out of the country as a political threat, but truman's correspondence was equally clear that he believed that eisenhower would never run. duty to the world, duty to his nation as head of nato. if you take sentences of eisenhower's correspondence out of context, which i did as a kid, you can find hints that maybe he might run under the right circumstances. but if you let eisenhower and adlai stevenson talk to you through their correspondence as a whole, it is certain that neither one of them wanted to run. but dwight eisenhower changes his mind. we know this because he did it. there is no debating it. in december of 1951, his correspondence gets to the point where -- i might allow myself to be a candidate. in january, 1952, eisenhower says "ok i will accept the nomination." three month later he is campaigning in the united states. he does actively change his mind. what changed his mind is that he did not want taft to win. he did not want the policy of isolationism to
he was assigned there by harry truman. perhaps to get him out of the country as a political threat, but truman's correspondence was equally clear that he believed that eisenhower would never run. duty to the world, duty to his nation as head of nato. if you take sentences of eisenhower's correspondence out of context, which i did as a kid, you can find hints that maybe he might run under the right circumstances. but if you let eisenhower and adlai stevenson talk to you through their...
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the general public, who's harry truman? even his own mother was nervous for him. ain: and what about bess truman? where was she and how did she get to the white house so quickly and what do we know of her reaction? seale: she's with him there, i guess, in the apartment. i don't know. but, you know, roosevelt -- it wasn't he didn't admire truman. he approved him for vice president and thought it was a good idea. so as, you know, nicole says, it was in washington. he was well-known, but he wasn't a household word, and roosevelt had been in for 13 years, you know? he was just a fixture, like a king or something, and the very idea of his declining, you know, most people didn't really understand that he couldn't walk. anslover: right, he had kept that very well hidden. swain: so the trumans are now the first couple. as you said, the roosevelts had been in the white house for 13 years. that's the longest stretch any president's ever been in the white house. how did the transition happen there? seale: fourteen van-loads of furniture were taken out of roosevelt's things. b
the general public, who's harry truman? even his own mother was nervous for him. ain: and what about bess truman? where was she and how did she get to the white house so quickly and what do we know of her reaction? seale: she's with him there, i guess, in the apartment. i don't know. but, you know, roosevelt -- it wasn't he didn't admire truman. he approved him for vice president and thought it was a good idea. so as, you know, nicole says, it was in washington. he was well-known, but he wasn't...
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something harry truman once said. the day after franklin roosevelt died, truman became president and he told a group of reporters, if you ever pray, pray for me now. when they told me yesterday what had happened, i felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me. we should all feel that way. a lot is on our shoulders. so, if you ever pray, let's pray for each other. republicans, for democrats, and democrats for republicans. [ applause ] and i don't mean pray for a conversion.
something harry truman once said. the day after franklin roosevelt died, truman became president and he told a group of reporters, if you ever pray, pray for me now. when they told me yesterday what had happened, i felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me. we should all feel that way. a lot is on our shoulders. so, if you ever pray, let's pray for each other. republicans, for democrats, and democrats for republicans. [ applause ] and i don't mean pray for a conversion.
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ho-hum when harry truman came here for a big democratic dinner one day in 1945 and went to church and parkside. he took the church bulletin up to the best from it and said, you asked me for my autograph yesterday. i want to ask you for yours today so i can prove my wife that i went to church. .. at that time the martin house was owned by the university of buffalo and it was the president's home, so the president of ud lived across the street. one of the press festers at ud and it created a lot of tension. there's one great story of when the president was in have a note party and across the street there were women in furs, lincoln's were pulling up, i'm sir there was caviar and champagne. what you would imagine from a 1960s elegant event. meanwhile across the across the street, there were naked people jumping out of houses and windows into swimming pools. there are kegs of beer everywhere. there was smell of marijuana in the air, their peace likes in front of the house. a really neat position of what university life was like in the 1960s. accidentally, it was a beautiful house by the w
ho-hum when harry truman came here for a big democratic dinner one day in 1945 and went to church and parkside. he took the church bulletin up to the best from it and said, you asked me for my autograph yesterday. i want to ask you for yours today so i can prove my wife that i went to church. .. at that time the martin house was owned by the university of buffalo and it was the president's home, so the president of ud lived across the street. one of the press festers at ud and it created a lot...
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harry truman w's a great wartime president. but harry truman did something on october 25, 1945, that was most unusual. he called the press into his office and he said, look what i've done. and he unveiled the fact that he had taken the seal and flag of the presidency of the united states and redesigned them. and that design is essentially the same today with the exception that two stars were added for the states of hawaii and alaska. the seal of the president, as everybody knows, we can look around the room and see some up on the wall here originally, the seal was an eagle, and the eagle has two claws. the in one set of claws, the eagle is grasping the arrows of war and in the other set of claws, the eagle is grasping the olive branches of peace and diplomacy. prior to the truman presidency, the eagle faced toward the arrows of war. and harry truman, this great war time president changed the seal so the olive branches of diplomacy would be in the right claw, the preferred position and the eagle facing the olive branches. he sai
harry truman w's a great wartime president. but harry truman did something on october 25, 1945, that was most unusual. he called the press into his office and he said, look what i've done. and he unveiled the fact that he had taken the seal and flag of the presidency of the united states and redesigned them. and that design is essentially the same today with the exception that two stars were added for the states of hawaii and alaska. the seal of the president, as everybody knows, we can look...
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i was in the navy when harry truman eventually ordained the end of racial discrimination. shocked to learn later that truman was never informed about the atomic bomb. when i first began to explore the possibility of presidency before i knew i was going to win, i found out that until then, the vice president had defense onbriefed by how to manage the atomic weapon in case of a nuclear war with the soviet union. i began to realize that for all , the vicepurposes president was still part of the legislative branch of government. his main duty was to preside over the senate in case of a tie . i thought the vice president ought to be in the executive branch of government. when we had a long talk, he had some ideas he wanted to explore about how the vice president could become an integral part of the administration. it was suggested, what are you go talk to vice president humphrey and vice president rockefeller and get some ideas about what could be done to bring the vice president closer to the president. that was how the whole idea began. you pointed him to are two vice presiden
i was in the navy when harry truman eventually ordained the end of racial discrimination. shocked to learn later that truman was never informed about the atomic bomb. when i first began to explore the possibility of presidency before i knew i was going to win, i found out that until then, the vice president had defense onbriefed by how to manage the atomic weapon in case of a nuclear war with the soviet union. i began to realize that for all , the vicepurposes president was still part of the...
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this all began through the good sense of president harry truman, who came to the presidency, obviously, when franklin roosevelt died. and truman was startled to find, although he had been vice president and served many other capacities in government, at how much he did not know about critical national security issues, including, for example, the manhattan project. after truman had been in office a couple of weeks, secretary of war henry stimson came to his office and briefed him on the manhattan project, the atomic bomb, they used this as one example of why he wanted to be sure that whoever succeeded him should be as well-briefed as possible. so truman, right after the political conventions in 1952, reached out to adlai stevenson, the democrats, and dwight eisenhower, the republican, and invited them to come to the white house so that they could be briefed by the dci whom david mentioned, and the group of the cabinet who dealt with national security affairs to get the candidates up to speed. well, to make a long story short, a sort of instructive series of eventing, speefenson accepted
this all began through the good sense of president harry truman, who came to the presidency, obviously, when franklin roosevelt died. and truman was startled to find, although he had been vice president and served many other capacities in government, at how much he did not know about critical national security issues, including, for example, the manhattan project. after truman had been in office a couple of weeks, secretary of war henry stimson came to his office and briefed him on the...
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brian: let me show you some video of harry truman after he was out of office talking about his future as a next president. [video clip] >> some of them, when they became president were rich men. some of them were in the same financial situation that i was myself. those men who have had to go ahead and do what was necessary to make a living, did not under any circumstances use the fact that they had been president to promote their own welfare and benefit. that is one of the great assets the country has had. presidents of the united states are men who understand what it means to be the integrity of the greatest country in the world and that is all there is to it. >> i had offers from half a dozen people who wanted to pay me a great big salary. one of particular told make you would like to give me $100,000 a year to be chairman of the board of his organization. i said to him -- why didn't you make that offer to me when i was working on the farm for 10 years. and then he left because he knew where i had put him. he was trying to exploit the presidency of the united states. brian: here we
brian: let me show you some video of harry truman after he was out of office talking about his future as a next president. [video clip] >> some of them, when they became president were rich men. some of them were in the same financial situation that i was myself. those men who have had to go ahead and do what was necessary to make a living, did not under any circumstances use the fact that they had been president to promote their own welfare and benefit. that is one of the great assets...
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what i recommended to president clinton was to do what harry truman did after world war ii. that is, pick a dozen or more graybeards, gray-haired people, people with experience, to go away for six months or a year, and come back with a blueprint for america's role in the world in the 21st century. i sent in that letter i think in 1994-1995. 1998, i think there had been enough pressure for something like this. he did create the u.s. commission on national security for the 21st century. it was during that process, as early as 1999, that we concluded that this country would be attacked by terrorists. that was in one of our interim reports, america will be attacked by terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, and americans will die in american soil. brian: why did you know that? gary: talking to terrorism experts. names escape me. there was a very well-known man who is still in washington who served in the clinton and subsequently bush white house. brian: richard clarke? gary: yes, exactly. senior moment on my part. we spent a lot of time with him and other experts. they had
what i recommended to president clinton was to do what harry truman did after world war ii. that is, pick a dozen or more graybeards, gray-haired people, people with experience, to go away for six months or a year, and come back with a blueprint for america's role in the world in the 21st century. i sent in that letter i think in 1994-1995. 1998, i think there had been enough pressure for something like this. he did create the u.s. commission on national security for the 21st century. it was...
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that included people like fdr in world war ii, harry truman took over and on believable circumstanceat the end of the war and into the cold war. dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan, jack kennedy, there is a consensus there that basically brought out and they didn't always agree on everything in their differences between the parties oftentimes at election time, brock obama was clear outside that basic consensus that in my opinion and my study of history was fundamentally disagreed was not in accord with what i think is a bipartisan accord the u.s. role in the world, that i think has dominated our history and our policies, and our actions over that. of time. that is partly what stimulated our thinking about the book. if you look at the book and go through, i think you'll find we have document very carefully where we believe he has in fact, done things that aren't not the way would have been done by earlier presidents. he is outside the mainstream, if you will of presidential leadership and even raising questions about how big of a role the u.s. should play in the world. the policies over
that included people like fdr in world war ii, harry truman took over and on believable circumstanceat the end of the war and into the cold war. dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan, jack kennedy, there is a consensus there that basically brought out and they didn't always agree on everything in their differences between the parties oftentimes at election time, brock obama was clear outside that basic consensus that in my opinion and my study of history was fundamentally disagreed was not in accord...
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but if he does not, i think this party really actually has a chance to turn the harry truman adage around to a get it done congress. >> some have suggested -- we only have 30 seconds left so i apologize for that -- but this is really to take power away e from the speaker's position, that they can't be there the way they have in the past. >> the speaker should be there for the thought thinkers in congress. paul ryan has been there on financial markets, gowdy on oversight. you go down the list. the role of speaker doesn't have to be the titular leader of congress as opposed to the person who facilitates the talents that are already there to actually get things done. a different kind of speaker. >> that may very much become the crux of the entire debate or standoff, depending on how things go. adam goodman, thank you for helping us in the conversation of florida. >> thank you. >>> when it comes to being honest or trustworthy, polls show hillary clinton might have trouble with voters. how much this could hurt her. and how big of a part the benghazi issue plays in that. if you struggle you're
but if he does not, i think this party really actually has a chance to turn the harry truman adage around to a get it done congress. >> some have suggested -- we only have 30 seconds left so i apologize for that -- but this is really to take power away e from the speaker's position, that they can't be there the way they have in the past. >> the speaker should be there for the thought thinkers in congress. paul ryan has been there on financial markets, gowdy on oversight. you go down...
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as i stand here i can't help but think of something harry truman once said. the day after franklin roosevelt died, truman became president and he told a group of reporters, if you ever pray, pray for me now. when they told me yesterday what had happened, i felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me. we should all feel that way. a lot is on our shoulders. so if you ever pray, let's pray for each other. republicans, for democrats, and emocrats for republicans. and i don't mean pray for a conversion, all right. pray for a deeper understanding because when you're up here, you see it so clearly. wherever you come from, whatever you believe, we are all in the same boat. i never thought i'd be speaker. but early in my life, i wanted to serve this house. i thought this place was exhilarating because here, you can make a difference. if you had a good idea, if you worked hard, you could make it happen. you could improve people's lives. to me, the house of representatives represents what's best of america. the boundless opportunity to do ood. bu
as i stand here i can't help but think of something harry truman once said. the day after franklin roosevelt died, truman became president and he told a group of reporters, if you ever pray, pray for me now. when they told me yesterday what had happened, i felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me. we should all feel that way. a lot is on our shoulders. so if you ever pray, let's pray for each other. republicans, for democrats, and emocrats for republicans. and i don't...
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they should learn about great men like george marshall and dwight eisenhower and harry truman and ronaldreagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century, and what it will take in the 21st. we must make sure they understand that it is the brave men and women of the united states armed forces who defend our freedom and security for millions of others as well. our children need to know that they are citizens of the most powerful good and honorable nation in the history of mankind. the exceptional nation. ordinary americans have done heroic things to guarantee her survival. america's future and the future of freedom for all the world now depend on us. speaking at omaha beach on the 40th anniversary of the d-day landings, president reagan put it this way, we will always remember, we will always be proud, we will always be prepared so we may always be free. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] ..
they should learn about great men like george marshall and dwight eisenhower and harry truman and ronaldreagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century, and what it will take in the 21st. we must make sure they understand that it is the brave men and women of the united states armed forces who defend our freedom and security for millions of others as well. our children need to know that they are citizens of the most powerful good and honorable nation in the...
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harry truman was set to rights by the supreme court. there is a big debate in congress over executive power now. i wonder what you think of the supreme court's role in this checks and balances system about making decisions with second of power. sen. leahy: for the supreme court on checks and balances, you can go all the way back to marbury versus madison. it is well established. but any president has used executive power. the easy answer is, if congress doesn't like it, pass a law. there has been president -- criticism of president obama using executive power on immigration. well, the senate, two years ago, assed by a 2-1 margin, comprehensive immigration bill. been passed through the house and signed into law, the president would not be doing executive power. a few in the two party told him -- in the tea party, told him not to bring it up, so it was never brought up. it must be frustrating to the president who said, i still have to run this country, and used his executive authority. any time that the president oversteps his authority,
harry truman was set to rights by the supreme court. there is a big debate in congress over executive power now. i wonder what you think of the supreme court's role in this checks and balances system about making decisions with second of power. sen. leahy: for the supreme court on checks and balances, you can go all the way back to marbury versus madison. it is well established. but any president has used executive power. the easy answer is, if congress doesn't like it, pass a law. there has...
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this is eisenhower's view, manipulated by harry truman in the race at all. so there was never any doubt in anybody's mind, although they tried to make a bit of a deal out of it. there was never any doubt in anybody's mind in 1952 that ike would run as a republican. to distance himself from harry truman as adlai stevenson did. >> question, general marshall had been the yoda for eisenhower for many years, having to appoint him as the commander in europe. >> mm-hm. >> i was just wondering, it seems like mccarthy could take shots at people, and eisenhower did nothing about that. i ask you that question. >> mm-hm. the other one, it almost seems like reagan and eisenhower's elections overall, could have been eerily similar. >> i'll take a pass on the last one for a moment, not because it's not an interesting question but because i have to think it through. they have gotten comparisons because of their age, their politics and the size of their victories. but the times were so different. i'd have to think about that one. but in terms of what happens with the moment
this is eisenhower's view, manipulated by harry truman in the race at all. so there was never any doubt in anybody's mind, although they tried to make a bit of a deal out of it. there was never any doubt in anybody's mind in 1952 that ike would run as a republican. to distance himself from harry truman as adlai stevenson did. >> question, general marshall had been the yoda for eisenhower for many years, having to appoint him as the commander in europe. >> mm-hm. >> i was just...
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. >> reporter: this is arthur bryant, where harry truman was a regular, and folks have been coming here for generations. yes, it's located on brooklyn street. >> presidents, kings, queens come to visit kansas city. they come and they pray at the altar of arthur bryant. >> reporter: but if barbecue is not your thing, just over the border in mission, kansas is a place called italian delight started by james' father. in the 70s he visited kansas city for a game and never left. the world series poses a problem. >> i've been here most of my life but i still have a little heart for new york. i think it's going to be a really tough battle. i'd like the royals to win but the mets are very tough competitors. i think it's going to go all seven games. i think it's going to be a good series. >> reporter: but how's the pizza? they moved here from queens village 15 years ago. >> it's new york pizza. we finally found it. it took us years but we finally found it. >> so some good food options for met fans but the focus now, some good baseball. >> we can only hope for that. game time approaches with game
. >> reporter: this is arthur bryant, where harry truman was a regular, and folks have been coming here for generations. yes, it's located on brooklyn street. >> presidents, kings, queens come to visit kansas city. they come and they pray at the altar of arthur bryant. >> reporter: but if barbecue is not your thing, just over the border in mission, kansas is a place called italian delight started by james' father. in the 70s he visited kansas city for a game and never left....
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many candidates and is not going to take off in all of the states, could you ever go back to the harry truman time and have a real smoke-filled convention? he said, oh no. i asked him the other day, and he said i think oh no. >> let me just add a little bit to that. i think donald trump and carly fiorina, initially jumped in on the economic growth bandwagon. i'm not sure about dr. ben carson. but that is the same widen that we are on. the house freedom caucus issue, what has not been mentioned and needs to be put on the table for you people to consider, if you look at the public opinion polls that your papers have all been reporting for 50 years, and this country the american public has declared unequivocally been on the wrong track for 15 years. 60%.nk the low is about it goes up from there to about 78%. yet the country and a sense that is searching for competency. around the federal government. of and that, not literally, but all must literally, every two years out of frustration the public flips the senate. to get to my point, the same frustration that is exhibited in the house freedom cau
many candidates and is not going to take off in all of the states, could you ever go back to the harry truman time and have a real smoke-filled convention? he said, oh no. i asked him the other day, and he said i think oh no. >> let me just add a little bit to that. i think donald trump and carly fiorina, initially jumped in on the economic growth bandwagon. i'm not sure about dr. ben carson. but that is the same widen that we are on. the house freedom caucus issue, what has not been...
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. >> first day in history back in 1947 president harry truman delivered the first presidential speech on tv. >> in 1953, the new york yankees, the 5th world series in a row. go yanks. >> it is monday october 5th. a fox news alert. five people dead hundreds more begging to be rescued as catastrophic floods strike south carolina. the rain continues to fall. >> a major discovery in the sefrp for the missing cargo ship and the 28th americans on board. thousands of objects on board found floating in the ocean as families holding out hope their loved ones might be found alive. >> then this. image spotting a man with a gun breaking into your house on surveillance video. instead of calling the cops, this homeowner fights back. "fox and friend first continues right now. >> good morning to you and your family. if you are just waking up, welcome to "fox and friend first. >> we begin with devastating news. the 1,000 year flood, south carolina under water as relentless rains brings shoulder high water in some areas. >> residents not expected to see relief any time soon. 10 counties declaring state
. >> first day in history back in 1947 president harry truman delivered the first presidential speech on tv. >> in 1953, the new york yankees, the 5th world series in a row. go yanks. >> it is monday october 5th. a fox news alert. five people dead hundreds more begging to be rescued as catastrophic floods strike south carolina. the rain continues to fall. >> a major discovery in the sefrp for the missing cargo ship and the 28th americans on board. thousands of objects on...
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his responsibilities included delivering telegrams to harry truman, and he shot this video of the president getting off the boat in france. what was it like being onboard? >> it was special. i think that's the only word i could use. >> reporter: anybody who made a contribution to this world traveled onboard this ship. but cruise ships suffered as jet planes became more popular in the 1960s. in 1967 william francis gibbs died. two years before his masterpiece retired from service. what has happened to the ship since it was retired? >> it was withdrawn from service in 1969. a series of plans were advanced and all failed. and so when the conservancy purchased the vessel in 2011, the first time the preservation organization had stepped up to the plate. >> reporter: for four years susan gibbs has been trying to get financing for renovations and a new home that could cost up to $300 million. ideas ranging from a hotel to a museum to offices. they have weeks before money forces them to sell this piece of maritime history for scrap metal. edward lawrence, philadelphia. >>> it was nearly 40 years ag
his responsibilities included delivering telegrams to harry truman, and he shot this video of the president getting off the boat in france. what was it like being onboard? >> it was special. i think that's the only word i could use. >> reporter: anybody who made a contribution to this world traveled onboard this ship. but cruise ships suffered as jet planes became more popular in the 1960s. in 1967 william francis gibbs died. two years before his masterpiece retired from service....
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in 1954, former president harry truman gave a green lecture entitled what hysteria does to us. i decided to go those remarks. i said all of us in public office, those who aspire to public office and command a microphone oh the public calm and responsible decision-making, not overheated proposal of superficial appeal. in a democracy, the former leads to smart and sustainable policy and the latter can lead to fear, hate, mission, precious, and -- suspicion, prejudice, and government overreach. this is especially true in matters of national security and homeland security. my final point is something that is consistent with the soldiers creed. there is a quote that is consistent with my mission -- "i am a guardian of freedom and the american way of life." that matches almost word for word what i tell audiences at almost the end of every speech i give. the army is not just the guardian of our safety, but the guardian of freedom and the american way of life. in homeland security, we must achieve a balance between basic visible security on the one hand and preserving our laws and valu
in 1954, former president harry truman gave a green lecture entitled what hysteria does to us. i decided to go those remarks. i said all of us in public office, those who aspire to public office and command a microphone oh the public calm and responsible decision-making, not overheated proposal of superficial appeal. in a democracy, the former leads to smart and sustainable policy and the latter can lead to fear, hate, mission, precious, and -- suspicion, prejudice, and government overreach....
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. >> like harry truman said if you don't stand the heat don't gro in the kitchen. >> it's got to be unnervingn't know it would be this vicious and dishonest. >> reporter: but koch's now trying to give the family name an image makeover. >> families worldwide rely on the daily essentials we help make. >> reporter: the company has launched a national ad campaign. >> we are koch. >> reporter: and in a new book "good prophet," koch lays out the management philosophy that drove his company's phenomenal success, and writes about the values that drive him personally and politically. one of four koch brothers charles went to m.i.t. like his father. but not before bouncing around ight different schools. >> what would you say the sort of source of your rebelliousness was? >> i'm sort of a contrarian as you probably know from the different things i do. i do things differently than other people. what are you doing that for? you're just creating trouble for yourself. >> reporter: the notoriously private billionaire agreed to his first in-depth tv interview at his wichita home. what is this guy? >> interest
. >> like harry truman said if you don't stand the heat don't gro in the kitchen. >> it's got to be unnervingn't know it would be this vicious and dishonest. >> reporter: but koch's now trying to give the family name an image makeover. >> families worldwide rely on the daily essentials we help make. >> reporter: the company has launched a national ad campaign. >> we are koch. >> reporter: and in a new book "good prophet," koch lays out the...
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. >> like harry truman said, if you don't stand the heat, don't gro in the kitchen. >> it's got to beme level. >> i didn't know it would be this vicious and dishonest. >> reporter: but koch's now trying to give the family name an image makeover. >> families worldwide rely on the daily essentials we help make. >> reporter: the company has launched a national ad campaign. >> we are koch. >> reporter: and in a new book "good prophet," koch lays out the management philosophy that drove his company's phenomenal success, and writes about the values that drive him personally and politically. one of four koch brothers, charles went to m.i.t., like his father. but not before bouncing around ight different schools. around >> what would you say the sort of source of your rebelliousness was? >> i'm sort of a contrarian, as you probably know from the different things i do. i do things differently than other people. what are you doing that for? you're just creating trouble for yourself. >> reporter: the notoriously private billionaire agreed to his first in-depth tv interview at his wichita home. w
. >> like harry truman said, if you don't stand the heat, don't gro in the kitchen. >> it's got to beme level. >> i didn't know it would be this vicious and dishonest. >> reporter: but koch's now trying to give the family name an image makeover. >> families worldwide rely on the daily essentials we help make. >> reporter: the company has launched a national ad campaign. >> we are koch. >> reporter: and in a new book "good prophet," koch...
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and i guess because it is only one harry truman. german laid out the architecture for the cold war, that forty-year struggle. if it were wallace or anyone else it's not clear that whatever happened. so it is your question revealing just how important individual leaders are. >> two quick questions. one of my professors at georgetown university was john tarski. was he the polish diplomat you described just now as an escaping and bringing word to london and washington? or did he escape and bring the news of the death camps? >> okay. did all of you here the question about jan who actually taught at georgetown for many years and was a polish official and part of the underground and was not the one who escaped. the one who escaped is rudolph the 19 -year-old slovakian who was a register in the camp. and this is worthy of a hollywood movie. we're already talking about it now. i mean,, he had a phenomenal memory,, phenomenal health and was like a cat with nine lives. he prevailed enough so that he could do something no one else had done,don
and i guess because it is only one harry truman. german laid out the architecture for the cold war, that forty-year struggle. if it were wallace or anyone else it's not clear that whatever happened. so it is your question revealing just how important individual leaders are. >> two quick questions. one of my professors at georgetown university was john tarski. was he the polish diplomat you described just now as an escaping and bringing word to london and washington? or did he escape and...
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his responsibilities included delivering telegrams to harry truman. and he shot this video of the president getting off the boat in france. what was it like being on board? >> it was special. i think that's the only word i could use. >> reporter: anybody who made a contribution tos thi world traveled on board this ship. but cruise ships suffered as jet planes became more popular in the 1960s. in 1967 william francis gibbs died, two years before his masterpiece retired from service. >> what has happened to this ship since it's been retired? >> the ship was withdrawn from service in 1969. a series of plans were advanced and all failed. and so when the conservancy purchased the vessel in 2011 the first time the preservation organization had stepped up to the plate. >> reporter: for four years susan gibbs has been trying to get financing for renovation and a new home that could cost up to $300 million. ideas ranging from a hotel to a museum or offices. they have weeks before money forces them to sell this piece of maritime history for scrap metal. edward
his responsibilities included delivering telegrams to harry truman. and he shot this video of the president getting off the boat in france. what was it like being on board? >> it was special. i think that's the only word i could use. >> reporter: anybody who made a contribution tos thi world traveled on board this ship. but cruise ships suffered as jet planes became more popular in the 1960s. in 1967 william francis gibbs died, two years before his masterpiece retired from service....
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parkside just seems, you know, whether it's harry truman showing up here on, you know, shooting the great parts of the movie "the natural" here, you know, an all-time american film, whether it's this beautiful park, one of olmsted's greatest accomplishments, building this park in the city of buffalo. the house that frank lloyd wright considered his finest, he called it his opus, built right here in parkside. so it's sort of the forest gump of neighborhoods. everything seems to have happened in or about parkside. there was nothing spectacular about forest gump, and there's not anything particularly exciting about parkside. the people here are amazing. it's an amazing neighborhood and just a lot of really neat stuff. i would have never thought i could have written 174 pages on the history of park sield, but the stories just kept coming. and they've continued to come for the last five or six years, so there's probably going to be another 174 pages soon. >> during booktv's recent visit to buffalo, new york, we toured the rare book room of special collections at the buffalo and erie county pub
parkside just seems, you know, whether it's harry truman showing up here on, you know, shooting the great parts of the movie "the natural" here, you know, an all-time american film, whether it's this beautiful park, one of olmsted's greatest accomplishments, building this park in the city of buffalo. the house that frank lloyd wright considered his finest, he called it his opus, built right here in parkside. so it's sort of the forest gump of neighborhoods. everything seems to have...
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[applause] the so as a good republican predecessor like return to the principles of harry truman. i would like to once again say that we will be involved in the world. it supports be involved in the world, to keep bad things are happening. we had intelligence telling us basis as before, coming to iraq and attack a city. went to did the president do? watched as a spread across iraq. now it's difficult to pull it out. it's important to pull that up. this group having a base would be a terrible conclusion for the world and for us. start i've returned the idea being involved in the world and not pulling back and think we hope that things will not happen. that's like paying the cannibal to each glass as churchill said. we have to be involved in helping shape the. we are the leader of the free world. number two, we will promote our values, free enterprise, human rights, human dignity. and, finally, we are going to be strong, have a military that is strong, link arms with our allies, stand with israel. we are not going to waffle about who is our friend and who is not. [applause] i think
[applause] the so as a good republican predecessor like return to the principles of harry truman. i would like to once again say that we will be involved in the world. it supports be involved in the world, to keep bad things are happening. we had intelligence telling us basis as before, coming to iraq and attack a city. went to did the president do? watched as a spread across iraq. now it's difficult to pull it out. it's important to pull that up. this group having a base would be a terrible...
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ho-hum when harry truman came here for a big democratic dinner one day in 1945 and went to church and parkside. he took the church bulletin up to the best from it and said, you asked me for my autograph yesterday. i want to ask you for yours today so i can prove my wife that i went to church. ..
ho-hum when harry truman came here for a big democratic dinner one day in 1945 and went to church and parkside. he took the church bulletin up to the best from it and said, you asked me for my autograph yesterday. i want to ask you for yours today so i can prove my wife that i went to church. ..
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reporter: in 1965 when president lyndon johnson signed medicare into law and gave the first card to harry truman there were only one medicare plan. today retire res are likely to have medicare advantage they handle the the basics and then . >> some plans offer hearing aid benefits. >> reporter: they are administered by private insures companies, bob smith of independence blue cross said you need to shop around. >> my mother used to say mind your ps and qs. >> prescriptions and providers. >> reporter: specialists getting care outside your network can ce a costly experience check the list carefully. fortunately medicare.gov has an online tool you can compare. >> people can go in and compare their drugs and compare the different plans in their zip codes. >> reporter: if you need help in sorting out the details, call the plans talk to medicare or seeken independent broker. open enrollment end december 7th. tamala edwards channel 6 "action news." here's a look at some halloween related events happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys this weekend. get your halloween off to a great start
reporter: in 1965 when president lyndon johnson signed medicare into law and gave the first card to harry truman there were only one medicare plan. today retire res are likely to have medicare advantage they handle the the basics and then . >> some plans offer hearing aid benefits. >> reporter: they are administered by private insures companies, bob smith of independence blue cross said you need to shop around. >> my mother used to say mind your ps and qs. >>...
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the set of hearings and in 1946, in august, it will be passed by congress and signed into law by harry truman. ok, so what is in the act? the indian claims commission act empowered -- allowed tribes or any identifiable group, residing within the territorial limits of the united states or alaska to bring a claim before the commission. it created a three-person commission. in practice, the commission acted like a court. what i mean, it had adversarial proceedings. a tribe hired councils, who hired attorneys, no tribe pursued a claim on its own. they also hired expert witnesses. the act set up a very tight time frame, which did not work out the way they thought it would. the filing part did, they had five years to file claims. the deadline for filing was august 13, 1951. then theoretically, the claims would it be decided in the next five years. so the commission is only supposed to last from 1946 until 1956. that is not the way it works out. it lasts until 1978. that is a long time, 1978. by that time it has heard 370 dockets, divided into sub dockets and decided 550 of them. what was left over
the set of hearings and in 1946, in august, it will be passed by congress and signed into law by harry truman. ok, so what is in the act? the indian claims commission act empowered -- allowed tribes or any identifiable group, residing within the territorial limits of the united states or alaska to bring a claim before the commission. it created a three-person commission. in practice, the commission acted like a court. what i mean, it had adversarial proceedings. a tribe hired councils, who...
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in 1954 former president harry truman gave a great lecture entitled what hysteria does to us. i have decided to act on those remarks at westminster i said all of us in public office, those who aspire to public office and those who commit a microphone all the public call responsible dialogue and decision-making. not overheated rhetoric and proposals of superficial appeals. in a democracy, the former leads up smart and sustainable policy. the latter can lead to fear, hate, suspicion prejudice and government overreach. true inespecially matters of national security and homeland security. thatnal point is something is consistent with the soldiers creed. there is a quote in the soldiers creed which is consistent with my own mission. -- "i'm a guardian of freedom and the american way of life. " -- life." that matches what i tell audiences at the end of every speech i gave. the army is not just the thedian of our safety guardian of our national defense. the army is the guardian of freedom and the american way of life. that inll audiences homeland security we must achieve a balance be
in 1954 former president harry truman gave a great lecture entitled what hysteria does to us. i have decided to act on those remarks at westminster i said all of us in public office, those who aspire to public office and those who commit a microphone all the public call responsible dialogue and decision-making. not overheated rhetoric and proposals of superficial appeals. in a democracy, the former leads up smart and sustainable policy. the latter can lead to fear, hate, suspicion prejudice and...
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's was a good republican, i'm proud to say i'd like to return to the principles of harry truman. i'd like to once again say we will be involved in the world. it's important to be involved in the world and keep things from happening. we had intelligence telling us that isis is being formed in a might come into iraq and attack a city there. what did we do? what did the president do? we watched. now it's very difficult to pull it out. it's important to pull it out. this kind of group having a base would be a terrible conclusion for the world and for us. so i returned to the idea of being involved in the world and not pulling back and saying we hope bad things won't happen to us. that's like paying the cannibal to eat you last as churchill said. we have to be involved to help shape this. we are the leader of the free world. for going to be involved in the world were going to promote our values of human dignity and preeminent enterprise. and finally we are going to have a military that is strong. were to stand with israel when i can unlawful about who's our friend and who isn't. [appl
's was a good republican, i'm proud to say i'd like to return to the principles of harry truman. i'd like to once again say we will be involved in the world. it's important to be involved in the world and keep things from happening. we had intelligence telling us that isis is being formed in a might come into iraq and attack a city there. what did we do? what did the president do? we watched. now it's very difficult to pull it out. it's important to pull it out. this kind of group having a base...
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this is on campus way south near harry truman drive. people outside, clearly upset.the fire started around midnight. we'll let you know as soon as we find out just how this fire started. >>> a murder in temple hills, maryland, was not a random attack. that is what prince george's county police are saying about the violence on linda lane not too far from branch avenue last night. you're looking at new video from overnight that shows you all the detectives were out on the case. officers say someone stand a man to death, this was around 8:00. police at this point have no suspects in the case. >>> a love try angiangle ends i murder. an anne arundel woman, her daughter and that daughter's boyfriend faces charges. ann anastasia told them -- investigators say the married couple was romantically involved with riggs who lived in the home. police believe 18-year-old gabriel struth committed the two mur murs. >>> zelia ziona, a transgender woman, only openly identifying that way just within the last several months. friends are trying to figure out why anyone would want to kill
this is on campus way south near harry truman drive. people outside, clearly upset.the fire started around midnight. we'll let you know as soon as we find out just how this fire started. >>> a murder in temple hills, maryland, was not a random attack. that is what prince george's county police are saying about the violence on linda lane not too far from branch avenue last night. you're looking at new video from overnight that shows you all the detectives were out on the case. officers...