[applause] harry truman: thank you, thank you. ♪ harry truman: thank you. thank you.ht, that is it. [background chatter] harry truman: thank you, thank you very much. i can't, i have to have them up where i can see. i am sorry if they are in your way, because i can't see what i am doing. i need to always see what i am doing. [applause] harry truman: i can't tell you have very much i appreciate the honor, which you have just conferred upon me. i shall continue to try to deserve it. [applause] harry truman: i accept the nomination. [applause] harry truman: and i want to thank this convention for its unanimous nomination of my good friend and colleague senator barkley of kentucky. [applause] harry truman: he is a great man and a great public servant. senator barkley and i will win this election, and make these republicans like it. don't you forget that. [cheers] [applause] harry truman: we will do that, because they are wrong and we are right, and i will prove it to you in just a few minutes. [applause] this convention andto express the will reaffirm the beliefs of the d

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

this is early harry truman. is that going to influences thinking? e always refers to african-americans as -- they said truman never used any other word to describe american -- african-american. he was full of prejudice good one thing we have to factor in his racism. the second thing we have to factor in is the fact that the united states bombing policy and asia was what we call strategic bombing. ted cruz got a little bit of flak recently when he called for carpet bombing of civilians in syria. that is against the law. it is a war crime, and should be. well the united states policy and asia was what we call strategic bombing, which meant indiscriminate urban bombing. in europe, we took great care until late in the war to avoid bombing civilians. we had strategic nodal points to in japan from the very beginning we would ride after civilian populations to try to burn down what we call japan's paper city. when the former head of u.s. bombing policy and japan refused to stop bombing civilians, he was ousted and replaced by general curtis lemay. the bombi

his name was harry truman. so without bouncing wall a lace at all -- wallace at all, roosevelt was perfectly prepared to see truman nominateed, and he was. after the inauguration on january 20th, truman and fdr met for a few times. there were some meetings but nothing, nothing like a real working relationship established. it was too early for that. it was something is ill in the works. something had to be done for wallace, so roosevelt nominated him to be secretary of commerce. in the bargain, get rid of a cabinet be member that roosevelt was more than willing to get rid of at that point, secretary of commerce jesse jones from texas. roosevelt rightly suspected him of being, if not complicit in the movement of 1944 to establish a slate of unpledged electors in texas, if not complicit in it, at least sympathetic to it. so what roosevelt does was write a dear jesse letter thanking him for his service, saying he's sorry he has to ask for his resignation, but something needs to be done for henry wallace. you can ima

here is what harry truman says about it during the argument. you have got to understand this is not the military weapon. it is used to wipe out women and children and our people and not for military uses. it has to be treated different from rifles and cannons. if you are a nuclear planner, and there was one in here, what kind of guidance do you have? not very definitive about what i should hit, how i should hit it, what is the manner of our bombing campaign? if you're a planner, you are stuck with a vacuum regarding guidance. what do we tell the majors at colleges, what is your desired end stage? these are nebulous. you are talking about nuclear confrontation. he also said we needed an ample supply of bombs. and these bombing campaigns are going to be a mixture of both conventional and unconventional, a mixture of both. it isn't until april 2, 1947, april 2, 1947, harry truman is first briefed on the atomic stockpile. for two years, we have bombs, and his quote is, we have enough to do the job. that is what he would tell people of until this ti

in 19 88, the first televised conventions were president harry truman accepted his party's nomination. the failure to do anything about high prices and the failure to do anything about housing. my duty as president requires that i use every means within my power to get the laws of that people need on matters of such importance and urgency. on american00 artifacts, we take a look at the new society and national museum of african american history and culture with its director. the museum opens its doors to the public in september of this year. were able to get amazing collections of movie posters such as the ones behind you. that is an early oscar poster from the 1920's and then this is part of our job is to help people relearn history they think they know. that movie posters from spencer williams. he is known by most people as playing amos and andy did he was one of the most important black film directors in the late 30's and 40's. >> and sunday night at 8:00 on the presidency, historian john talk about the process of writing a presidential biography. for our complete american history

[applause] harry truman: now, my friends, with the help of god, and the whole heart and push which you can put behind this campaign, we can save this country from a continuation of the 80th congress, and from misrule from now on. i must have your help. you must get in and push and when this election. the country can't afford another republican congress. [applause] announcer: the 1960 election was a first for the nation when john f. kennedy weakened the youngest person to be elected president, and the first roman catholic. his presidency was cut short in the fall of 1963 when he was assassinated before formally announcing his plans to seek reelection. there is his 1960 speech to delegates at the democratic national convention in los angeles. ♪ [cheers] john f. kennedy: governor stevenson, senator johnson, senator simonton, senator ,umphrey, speaker rayburn fellow democrats, i went to express my thanks to governor stevenson for his generous and heartwarming introduction. [cheers] [applause] john f. kennedy: it was my great this name in nomination for the 1956 democratic nomination, and i

called the central intelligence group which eventually became the central intelligence agency your harry truman started getting what he called a daily summary and this was the document that analysts at cia pulled together based on classified information but this one was more directed at truman did so. that is, they thought about what does truman need and what does he not need. he picked up on what roosevelt had build and get something more focused on him. but even then they were not getting tons of feedback and overtime they didn't get the kind of response they were looking for. under the next president dwight eisenhower to change even more because he was used to a steady profession of briefings. he used a national security council system very well. with topics planned out weeks, sometimes months in advance. he was not getting a daily intelligence briefing personalized the he receipts and documents produced by the current intelligence office in what was not the cia but those to a close relationship to the intelligence he was receiving. that would only happen under john f. kennedy but a very dif

[cheering and applause] >> now, wrote to the white house rewind continues with harry truman accepting his party's presidential nomination at the 1948 democratic national convention in philadelphia. in his speech, the incumbent president accuses the republican-controlled congress of stalling on economic and social legislation and it calls for a special legislative session less than two weeks after the convention. president truman trailed in all the major polls leading up to the 19th or is a general election, but he went on to defeat thomas dewey when he almost --, winning almost 50% of the popular vote. a third candidate, of the -- wonat party 14 states four states. 1948 conventions were the first to be televised, although with limited reach and only seeable in nine cities. this speech is about 25 minutes long, and our coverage is from nbc news. >> our leader, and the next president of the united states. [cheering] >> thank you very much. i'm sorry that the microphones are in your way, but they have to beware where they are because i have to be able to see what i'm doing. as i am alway

harry truman accept getting what he called the daily summary, and this was a document that analises at cia pulled together baited on classified information -- based upon classified information. this one was more direct at truman himself. they thoughted.what does truman need and not need. so he picked up on what roosevelt built and got something more focuses on them. even thy they were getting feedback and over time didn't get the kind of response they were looking for. under the next president, dwight eisenhower, it changed even more because dwight eisenhower was used to a stately procession of briefings hitch used the national security council system very well. topics planned out weeks, sometimes months in advance. he was not getting a daily intelligence briefing personalized to him. he received some documents produced by the current intelligence office and what was now the cia but not that close relationship to the intelligence he was receiving. that would only happen under jfk. a very different way of an soring information he liked to talk to people elm liked ad hoc meetings with hi

. >> this goes back quite a ways it begins with harry truman and to know about the manhattan project so in 1952 he offered to both candidates the president's daily brief. it was just intelligence briefing at that point so that didn't even exist yet so all presidential candidates are offered a top intelligence briefing but jimmy carter obviously was going to be the nominee but not yet he got a message through to president ford can i get an intelligence briefing? they agreed and gave instructions to talk to president carter but the purpose was to talk about the logistics the director of central intelligence exceeded the mandate had a full discussion even before he was the nominee. most former vice president walter mondale was running against reagan and offer the briefing in declined and his reasoning was it was already obvious i was going to lose so what was the point? [laughter] after the nomination candidates are often intelligence briefings. this is a tour of the international environment not n introduction to covert action and. that is for a president-elect and that is the sitting

and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give 'em hell -- harry truman. and as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hell. and we're the party of a gallant man of spirit -- john fitzgerald kennedy. and we're the party of a great leader of compassion -- lyndon baines johnson, and the party of a great man who should have been president, who would have been one of the greatest presidents in history -- hubert horatio hornblower -- humphrey. i have appreciated what this convention has said about senator humphrey, a great man who epitomized the spirit of the democratic party. and i would like to say that we are also the party of governor jerry brown and senator edward kennedy. i'd like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you're a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, and i can attest to that. your speech before this convention was a magnificent statement of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country and why a democratic victory is so important this year. i reach out to you tonight, and i rea

i don't think you go wrong quoting harry truman he said you can never tell what's going to happen toa man until he gets a place of responsibility. you can't tell in advance whether you're talking about a gentlemen in a military situation or the manager of a large firm, office or president. you have to pick the man you think is best on the basis of the past history and expressed views on situations. it's a job you do not appreciate and do not understand in full or have any sense of what it's like. i mean, there was a quote from someone that's a friend of mine who said he had heard this from president obama that the president said i didn't realize how much killing a president has to do. >> right. and they almost all talk about it. president bush 41 told his diary here's a man who had been congressman and cia director, chairman of party, ambassador to the u.n. and vice president for eight year and after his first briefing after the election about his responsibilities in a nuclear exchange he talks about how the starkness of the job was finally sinking in. he'd been vice president for ei

harry truman who also acted for freedom. [applause] presidenten he became , not only had his own principles or his own ideas, but he had the strength that the democratic party, so that when he became president, he wanted to do something for the mentally ill and the mentally retarded. for those who were not covered by social security, for those who were not receiving an adequate minimum wage, for those who did not have adequate housing, for our elderly people who had difficulty paying their medical bills, for our fellow citizens who are not white, who had difficulty living in the society. also that in order for us to make progress here at home, we had to be strong overseas, that our military strength had to be strong. time, only when our arms are sufficient without doubt can we be certain of doubt without doubt, they will never have to be employed. so when we had the crisis with the communist bloc in 1962, the soviet union withdrew their missiles and brimer's -- and bombers from cuba. [applause] even beyond that, his idea rea

roosevelt who saved our citizens who were in great despair because of the financial crisis; of harry truman who not only spoke but acted for freedom. so, when he became president he not only had his own principles and his own ideals but he had the strength of the democratic party. as president he wanted to do something for the mentally ill and the mentally retarded; for those who were not covered by social security; for those who were not receiving an adequate minimum wage; for those who did not have adequate housing; for our elderly people who had difficulty paying their medical bills; for our fellow citizens who are not white and who had difficulty living in this society. he realized also that in order for us to make progress here at home, that we had to be strong overseas, that our military strength had to be strong. he said one time, "only when our arms are sufficient, without doubt, can we be certain, without doubt, that they will never have to be employed." so when we had the crisis with the soviet union and the communist bloc in october of 1962, the soviet union withdrew their missil

because this is such a good piece i want to quote harry truman.said, you can never tell what is going to happen to a man until he gets to the place of responsibility. you can't tell in advance. you have to pick the man you think is best on the basis of past history. then you sit around and do a lot of hoping. a certain amount of praying. it is a job that you do not appreciate or understand or have any sense of what it is like. there was a quote, i didn't realize how much killing a president has to do. they almost all talk about it. president bush wrote in his diary. here is a man who had been congressman, ca eight director, ambassador did to china. he was vice president for eight years and after his first breathing of the election in a nuclear exchange, he talks about the starkness of the job sinking in. he had been vice president for eight years yet suddenly he alone was being told about the amount of power he had. that is part of what is so important about this conversation and about character. ultimately, we do not know what is going to happen.

when harry truman gets to that number, one of his aides reports he looked gray. you have pieces of bombs. you don't have any actual bombs. and by the way, the guys who designed these bombs, what the military referred to as the long hairs because they are civilians and they have long hair, most of them went back to academia. these guys have the knowledge. and they find these bits and pieces of bombs. they don't know which piece goes to which bomb. you literally have lost the corporate knowledge regarding how you put these bombs together. and they're trying to reconstruct some of the components and this is an actual event. they actually try to find the tool and dye maker who made some of these pieces and asked, how did you figure they need to be this big or this large? one guy goes, i don't know. i used a coke bottle as my model for this component. this is really a haphazard kind of affair. what you have is bombs that don't have a shelf life, that are in pieces, that have to be assembled, have to be assembled by hands with men who understand the physics of putting

and i welcome president harry truman. and i feel a lot safer with them on my side. of our republican competitors, because they are right, that not one challenger has been able to put his head up in the last 12 months. i am fully aware of the fact that the democratic party, by nominating someone of my face has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk. since 1928. the democratic party has once again put its confidence in the american people and in their ability to render a free and fair judgment, and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. to uphold the constitution and reject anyoffice, to kind of religious pressure or obligation that may directly or indirectly appear with my conduct of the presidency in the national interest. my record of 14 years in supporting public education, supporting complete separation of church and state, and resisting pressure of any kind should be clear by now to everyone. i hope that no american, considering the issues facing throwing away his vote by voting either for me or against me because of my religious affili

democratse are those that are mainstream, democrats who in the tradition of caring -- harry truman andohn f. kennedy, recognize the dangers that communism poses to the hemisphere and the world. democrats, who whatever other differences we have, share our republican mission of america as the land of freedom and individual opportunity, not big government paternalism. to those millions of democrats abandoned by their national francisco,in san democrats who were shut out of their traditional party home, we republicans here in dallas say we welcome you to our home. our home is your home. join us now, join us in november so that the values we all believe in will prevail in 1984 with the reelection of president reagan and vice president bush. my fellow americans, on the minted dollar of the united states is the face of liberty. the profile of the woman of the -- whosetue who has centennial we celebrated in 1986, the midterm year of the second reagan administration. . millions of our forbearers came to this country through the portal or the statue of liberty stands. millions came through other

and rosa parks and lyndon johnson and harry truman, i had boycotts operated against my business but i never had a threat to my life like others have had. to teach the history of what has been done in the past and we could all, within our own families so heroic. go about saying, to point out their achievements have not been perpetuated because of a natural tendency of anyone of us to feel superior to someone else. we all have an element of pride engrained within us. at least better than an alcoholic, a black person or a woman, we have those misconceptions that we are better than someone else. but we, i think that could be done, yeah. >> we will have people collect the yellow cards so we can grab these questions and get them on the air. people who are tweeting and writing questions, volunteers are coming around to collect them. >> i might go to a willie nelson concert tonight. [laughter] >> i hope i can come. [laughter] i think some people are either happy or sad that the new mayor of london is a muslim. >> i was able to join in the celebration that he was elected. >> how do you think t

harry truman had to take on the left because the anti-cold war left was on the destruction. they didn't like the cold war. this convention, how does it measure up to that history? >> there is real parallels. you are looking at what bernie sanders did, he is bringing all these faxes that emerged within the democratic party, particularly the progressive wing. the excited class of folks that felt they had no voice. they had a space inside the party. we witnessed this on the republicans after reagan. this group of folk who is coalesced around this tea party notion some years later. more advanced here. it will be interesting to see how it plays out. particularly since bernie is not going to stay in the party and play inside the party. what that new leadership does. >> what do you think? we watched the growth of the bernie phenomenon who started with 3% and gets almost 50%. how do you say you are part of the team? i am not picking the vp and elizabeth warren. i'm picking a moderate. you are part of the team. >> when he goes back as a democrat, he will be chairman of a major commit

he and harry truman, the only two living ex-presidents, have come to be good friends the last two yearsnd speak of each each other great -- with great affection and respect and have even joked about forming a union. he says he takes pride in the fact that while other presidents have had bridges, lakes, mountains, states, and cities named for them, he alone among all americans has had his name applied to a depression. ♪ >> governor rockefeller is hidden at this moment behind the new jersey banner. ♪ a tiredpose it would be republican heart that is not buoyed by this sight, wouldn't it? a pretty good-sized demonstration is getting underway. and there is utah back again with that same beehive we saw two weeks ago, david. david: the family did not know it, said they didn't. excuse me for being pretty ignorant, saying that is the state symbol. the industry. [applause] >> these delegates have been waiting for an opportunity to cheer. and demonstrate. >> they have it. the former president. >> [indiscernible] mr. hoover: my good friends -- [cheering] mr. hoover: my good friends -- [cheering] mr

he and harry truman, the only two living ex-president that have come to be very good friends in the last few years and speak of each other with great respect and have even joked about forming a union. [cheering] he says he takes pride in the fact that while other presidents have ridges, lakes, force and other things mean for them, he alone among all of american have had his name applied to a depression. governor rockefeller waving the banner. [cheering] a pretty good-sized demonstration is getting underway. there is utah back again with that same behind we saw two weeks ago. beehive we saw two weeks ago. the state symbol. >> that is the state symbol. [cheering] these delegates have been waiting for an opportunity to cheer and they have it. the former president. --thank my good friend >> would you take your banners back to the station so that we can listen to our beloved chief with all the respect and affection we have for him. would you take your state banners back to your stations please? thank you. >> finally identified the yell. we reported earlier that the texans plan to yell viva wh

democrats who are the tradition of harry truman and john f. tonedy, recognize the danger the world.applause] democrats who whatever entrances -- as the land of freedom and individual opportunity, not big government paternalism. to those millions of democrats abandoned by their leader in san francisco, democrats were shut out of their traditional party home. we republicans here in dallas .ay we will commute to our home -- we welcome you to our home. our home is your home. join us now. values we all believe in will prevail in 1984 with the reelection of president reagan and vice president bush. [applause] my fellow americans, on the minted dollar of the united states is the statue of liberty. the centennial we celebrate in 1986, the midterm year of the second reagan administration. [applause] millions of our forebears came to this country through the portal where the statue of liberty stands. millions came through other andals, latin america, asia, and africa. most of the succeeding generations of new americans came to escape tyranny and to live their lives in freedom. others came not

democrats who any tradition of harry truman and john f.ennedy recognized the danger that communism poses in the hemisphere and the world. [applause] democrats who whatever other differences we may have share our republican vision of america as the land of freedom and individual opportunity, not big government paternalism. [applause] to those millions of democrats abandoned by their national francisco,in san democrats who were shut out of their traditional party homes, we republicans in dallas say "we welcome you to our home." [applause] [speaking spanish] our home is your home. [applause] join us now, join us in november so that the values we all believe in will prevail in 1984 with the reelection of president reagan and vice president bush. [applause] my fellow americans come on the mid to dollar of the united states is the face of liberty. the profile of the woman of the great statue whose centennial we , the midterm1986 year of the second reagan administration. [applause] many of our forbearers came to this country or the statue of libe

harry truman picked up on that very soon. osf was disbanded fairly quickly after the war were put in 46 it was back. it had a new name, new head is called the director of central intelligence and he headed the central intelligence group which eventually became the central intelligence agency. very truman started getting what he called the daily summary and this was a document that analysts at cia pull together based on classified information. this one was more directed at truman himself, that is a thought about what truman need and what does he not need. so he picked up on what roosevelt had built and got something a little more focused on him. even then they were not getting tons of feedback and over time they do not get the response they were looking for. under the next president, dwight eisenhower changed even more. eisenhower was used to a stately processing of briefings. he used the the national security council system very well. the topics planned out weeks, sometimes months in advance. he was not getting the daily inte

when harry truman gets to that number, one of his aides reports he looked gray. you have pieces of bombs. you don't have any actual bombs. and by the way, the guys who designed these bombs, what the military referred to as the long hairs because they are civilians with long hair, most of them went back to academia. these guys have the knowledge. and they find these bits and pieces of bombs. they don't know which piece goes to which bomb. you literally have lost the corporate knowledge regarding how you put these bombs together. and they're trying to reconstruct some of the components and this is an actual event. they actually try to find the tool and dye maker who made some of these pieces and asked, how did you figure they need to be this big or this large? one guy goes, i don't know. i used a coke bottle as my model for this component. this is really a haphazard kind of affair. what you have is bombs that don't have a shelf life, that are in pieces, that have to be assembled, have to be assembled by hands with men who understand the physics of putting these thi

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

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

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

and on that fighting campaigner whose support i now welcome, president harry truman. feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i'm proud of the contrast with our republican competitors. for their ranks are so thin that not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last twelve months. i am fully aware of the fact that the democratic party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk, new, at least since 1928. the democratic party has once again placed its confidence in the american people, and in their ability to render a free and fair judgment and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. to uphold the constitution and my oath of office, to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the presidency in the national interest. my record of fourteen years in supporting public education, supporting complete separation of church and state and resisting pressure from sources of any kind should be clear by now to everyone. i hope tha

a tradition started by harry truman who became president suddenly upon the death of fdr in 1945, and 12 days after taking office, truman first learned about something called the manhattan project. truman didn't want any incoming president to ever be as uninformed or unprepared as he was at that point. ryan, though, saying the clintons should not be allowed to receive the traditional briefings while running this fall. so that so far has been the republican response to all of this. meanwhile, the clinton response, well, it's been pretty much nothing. the campaign issued a three-sentence statement yesterday declaring the matter resolved. another one today slamming republicans on the house oversight committee for, quote, politicizing the fbi investigation. but no interviews with the candidate, no interviews with the campaign, no rebuttal of the scathing rebuke from comey, the fbi director, no attempt to explain or defend the discrepancies between what hillary clinton has said over the past year and what the fbi director said yesterday. and there's a lot to explain here. hillary clinton ha

we know that harry truman spoke the truth when he said, a president has to be able to say yes and no,no. look at our platform. there are no defense cuts that weaken our security, no business taxes that weaken our economy, no laundry lists that raid our treasury. we are wiser, stronger, and focused on the future. if mr. reagan wants to re-run the 1980 campaign, fine. let them fight over the past, we're fighting for the american future and that's why we're going to win this campaign. [applause] [cheering] one last word to those who voted -- [chanting] one last word to those who voted for mr. reagan. i know what you were saying. but i also know what you were not saying. you did not vote for a $200 billion deficit. you did not vote for an arms race. you did not vote to turn the heavens into a battleground. >> no! vice president mondale: you did not vote to savage social security and medicare. >> no! vice president mondale: you did not vote to destroy family farming. >> no! vice president mondale: you did not vote to trash the civil rights laws. you did not vote to poison the environment.

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

-- the presidency is also an office the theodore roosevelt called america's bully pulpit, and harry truman said it was preeminently a place of moral leadership. george bush is a defender of right to life and champion of the judeo-christian values and beliefs upon which america was founded. [applause] mr. buchanan: mr. clinton, however, has a different agenda. at its top is unrestricted abortion on demand. when the irish catholic governor of pennsylvania, robert casey, asked to say a few words on behalf of the 25 million unborn children destroyed since roe v . wade, he was told there was no place for him at the podium of bill clinton's convention, no room at the inn. jeering] mr. buchanan: yet a militant leader of the homosexual rights movement could rise at that convention and exult -- "bill clinton and al gore represent the most pro lesbian and pro gay ticket in history." and so they do. bill clinton supports school choice, but only for state-run schools. parents who send their children to christian schools, or private schools or jewish schools needtholic not apply. elect me, and you get

a tradition started by harry truman who became president suddenly upon the death of fdr in 1945, and truman first learned about something called the manhattan project. truman didn't want any incoming president to ever be as uninformed or unprepared as he was at that point. ryan, though, saying the clintons should not be allowed to receive the traditional briefings while running this fall. so that so far has been the republican response to all of this. meanwhile, the clinton response, well, it's been pretty much nothing. the campaign issued a three-sentence statement yesterday declaring the matter resolved. another one today slamming republicans on the house oversight committee for, quote, politicizing the fbi investigation. but no interviews with the candidate, no interviews with the campaign, no rebuttal of the scathing rebuke from comey, the fbi director, no attempt to explain or defend the discrepancies between what hillary clinton has said over the past year and what the fbi director said yesterday. and there's a lot to explain here. hillary clinton has said she never sent or rece

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

when i was a kid growing up my favorite president was another kansas city guy, harry truman. great democratic president. great democratic president. and let me tell you something that harry truman said that could have been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940s. and it's so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. let me tell you that one again. that is so good. america was not built on fear. america was not built on fear. it was built on courage, on imagination, and on an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. friends, hillary clinton -- hillary clinton is filled with that courage, that imagination, and that unbeatable determination. and that's why we trust her to fight for all americans. that's why i'm with her. that's why i'm with her. are you with her? that's why we're with her. that's why we're with her. these are tough times for many in our country but we're tough people and that's something else i learned from my folks, tough times don't last bu

would we expect harry truman to be racist? he was deeply racist. when his journal came out in 1947, i've -- when his journal came out, i wrote an op-ed about the racial terms he used. truman wrote a letter earlier in which he proposes to beth and he says i think what man is as good as another, so long as he is honest and decent, and not a nigger or chinaman. it is race prejudice i guess, but i'm stronger of the opinion that negroes are to be in africa, yellow man in asia, and white man in europe and add -- and america. he always referred to african-americans in private conversation as "niggers." he never used any other word. he was full of prejudices. the second thing we have to factor in is the fact that the united states bombing policies in asia are what we called strategic bombings. ted cruz got a little bit of slack when he called for carpet bombing of civilians in syria. that is because it is a war crime, and should be. the united states policy in asia was what we call strategic bombing. that meant indiscriminate, urban bombing. in europe, we t

. >> when i was a kid growing up, my favorite president was another kansas city guy, harry truman. great democratic president. great democratic president. and let me tell you something that harry truman said that could have been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940s. and it's so well-put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. friends, hillary clinton, hillary clinton is filled with that courage, that imagination, and that unbeatable determination. and that's why we trust her to fight for all americans. that's why i'm with her. that's why i'm with her. are you with her? >> reporter: senator kaine is not without vulnerabilities, of course. he has had some moderate positions on the tpp trade agreement, something he only very recently, in fact within the last week, has decided not to support. that according to sources, we are learning. he's been for offshore oil drilling, been on some restrictions on abortion like parental consent, and supported a late term abortion ban with e

she was a big woman and truman was a little man. him, "harry, the president is dead." he and had nightmares that the secret service would knock at his door in the middle of the night and tell him he was president. out. most passes finally, he gets his bearings snd asks "i'm so sorry, i there any thing i can do for you?" and she says that it is a city to do some degree. truman had been vice president for 82 days. during that time, he had met with roosevelt twice. they had not discussed anything of substance. he did not know any of the agreements with the russians. he had no idea of our policy. now he is going to be making the most monumental decision in history, and it is unfortunate. levy me give you a background on truman. missouri.n in 1884 in his father was a little guy, but he was a tough guy. his nickname was "peanuts." he was an unsuccessful farmer who would go around picking fights with guys who were a foot taller than him. he really wanted a macho son. he had a macho son, and that was harry's younger brother vivian. harry had hyper metro be a pit , hee couldn't