david: harry truman. charlie: harry truman, the one that you know well.avid: he never went to college, but he never stopped reading history. he said the only new thing in the world is the history you don't know. and now, with our 45th president, we have a leader who doesn't know much of anything in the way of history, and who has said so. charlie: he said he does not read biographies. david: he dismisses biographies books, reading, and history. let my feelings about the importance of history, as you said, go back several decades. that is what this book is a collection of. i think we must encourage, stimulate, and bring history theeh its importance in whole system of education. charlie: a couple of things. werehower said the there four key qualities to measure a leader by. character, ability, responsibility, and experience. david: and dwight eisenhower wrote one of the very best books ever written about the second world war. charlie: let's talk about that. i don't have any reason to be able to contradict that, but i am surprised. david: no, he did. charlie

harry truman being one you know well. >> he never went to college but never stopped reading history. he said wonderful things. he said the only new thing in the world is the history you don't know. now with our 45th president, we have a leader who doesn't know much of anything in the way of history and who has said so. >> charlie: he said i don't read biographies. >> dismisses books. dismisses history. my feeling about the importance of history, as you said, going back several decades and that's what this book is a collection of. i think we must encourage, stimulate and bring history back to its importance in the whole system of education. >> charlie: a couple things. when eisenhower said there's 14 qualities you measure a leader by quality, responsibility, character, experience. >> and dwight eisenhower wrote one of the of the best books about the world war. >> charlie: better than what winston churchill wrote? >> it's from a military point in view. no, you can't compare anybody to churchill. he's superb. i only know this because i know his editor and he said he wrote every word of

the band from harry truman high school also entertained the crowd along with a group of mummers in their fancy costumes, there they are. children decorated their bikes and took part in the festivities. we even saw a chicken who was enjoying the parade. >>> 6abc is helping put a little more love in your memorial day. prime time tonight kicks off with an all new episode of the

harry truman and harry wallace. >> host: my students don't mow who hari -- harry wallace is. >> think bernie sanders and you got it. >> guest: wallace was rather weird. if you ever get tested -- the current administration ever decides to appoint people and some of you get tapped,stration you'll -- they ask you name, address, social security number maybe your religion. henry hall was was the secretarr of. agriculture under appropriate roosevelt. the religious wag mystic. he calls himself a mystic. can see franklin roosevelt shaking his glass saying, what the hell is that? in any event, he became a pretty good politician, very good at p handling congress. very good hat hasn'ting republicans because his father was agriculture secretary, and roosevelt decides that when james garner -- by the way, roosevelt's first vice president was james garner, the former v speaker of the house. jew have your old democratic coalition. you can see it again withe kennedy and johnson. gardner is going to oppose roosevelt and is going to run against him. roosevelt's great meant was i think the vice presiden

another thing -- we had harry truman. he went back home broke. he never went around doing speeches. he said i would not accept money for being a president. so there's a difference. host: i can give you some history on that as well. from cal thomas, "when he left office in 1953, harry truman and his wife went to independence, missouri, where they lived in a house they previously shared with her mother. he refused to serve on corporate board's and rejected other financial opportunities that might have been his because he said he did not want to diminish the integrity of the presidency. richard nixon departed from that standard, charging for $1 million for an interview with frost. to paraphrase the title of a book by joe mcginnis had begun." don is in memphis, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning. i would just like to say one thing. for hundred thousand dollars for $400,000 fee -- for speaking fee is so ridiculous with people struggling with minimum wage. "anybody said it best, who would pay that kind of money to listen to somebody speak is a sucker born every minute." i think

. >> rose: including those who had not been university presidents -- >> harry truman. >> rose: harry an being the one you know well. >> yes, who never went to college but who never stopped reading history. he said some wonderful things about it. he said, "the only new thing in the world is the history you esn't know much of anything in the way of history, and who has said so. >> rose: he says, ," i don't read biographies." >> he dismisses biographies, dismisses books, dismissing reading, dismisses history. on the mantelpiece of the state dining room in the white house, there is a quotation that was first carved into the mantel piece by franklin roosevelt from a letter john adams wrote to his wife, abigail, the first night he spent the night in the white house. he was the first president to spend the night there. and then when kennedy was president, he had it cawrved into the marble part of the mantelpiece, rather than the wood, which had been prior to that. what adams wrote to abigail was, "may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." >> glor: james fader is an actor k

harry truman says we're going to take care of them. you can't go on strike because if you do, our economy collapses. in the in 1946 -- this is in 1946. so that is how this came about. bill say, we will, they're going to bail them out. we're not asking for a bailout. you understand these people basically made an agreement that every ton of coal that was mined from 1946, you nighted mine workers basically, there would be an amount of money set aside that came from every ton that went into this fund. every union contract, they contracted and they left money in their contract to pay for their benefits about of health care and pensions and didn't take money home to their family they could have used. they made all these sacrifices for all these years. it wasn't their fault that the bankruptcy laws that were passed in congress allowed companies to walk away and leave them high and dry. it wasn't their fault. they did everything. so finally we've all come together to do what -- the right thing that should have been done. and everybody says we'

strong bipartisan support of the american congress and the supports of american president from harry truman to donald trump. [applause] thank you president trump for your steadfast friendship to the jewish people. it is deeply appreciated. mr. president, i believe the alliance between america and israel is more important than ever. together we must defeat those who glorified this and protect those who celebrate life. together we can defeat the forces of islam who seek to destroy the civilized world and together we can and must defeat the forces of terror. terrorism, the deliberate slaughter of innocents must be equally condemned and equally fought, whether it strikes in europe, in america or in israel, or for that matter, anywhere else. as you said this morning, mr. president, funding and rewarding terrorism must end. standing next to you, they condemned the horrific attack in manchester. i hope this heralds a real change because if the attacker had been palestinian and the victims had been israeli children, the suicide bomber would have received a stipend from the palestinian authority. th

when we got to the end of the war, roosevelt died, harry truman comes in -- harry truman essentially agrees with roosevelt on many of these issues. they're different kinds of people, two very different presidents but on these issues, truman is ready to go on with a lot of this. truman comes in. the economic planners are wanting to institute this but they think the war is going to go on till 1946. germany, of course, surrenders in '45. it appears that it will go on for a long time. truman did not know about the atomic bomb when he became president. that's one of the shocks. roosevelt had never informed him that it was being developed. in fact, one of the odd things was the day that truman became president he did not know we had an atomic bomb but stalin did. one of the ironies of history, the russians knew we had it, the president of the united states did not. happily, secretary of war stimson told that to truman early in his presidency so now he knew and when he decided to use it on japan in august, congress is out of session. it takes most of america by surprise, august 6th an atomic

congress and signed into law by president harry truman. >>> new at noon, these are live pictures from the house triangle on capitol hill where some congressional members are expressing outrage over racially motivated hate crimes that targeted the alpha kappa alpha sorority at american university. will be there are members of the historically black sorority founded at howard university in 1908. in the meantime, the search is on for this man. >>> bananas were left hanging from nooses on a campus. there is a $1000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >>> the university of maryland police in college park are trying to find out who left a noose in a fraternity house. the website said it was found friday afternoon in the phi kappa towel house. university president, wallace loh, issued a statement calling the incident distractible and saying an investigation is under way. >>> the number of complaints involving racial harassment and post secondary more than doubled over seven years from 96 in 2009 to 198 and 2016. aside from the incidents at american university on the university of ma

that is something that president trump and, indeed, every president since harry truman has urged the allies to do. but in the end, just spending money without also knowing what it is that you're trying to do, and recognizing, for example, the very real sacrifices europeans have made in the fight against terrorism, in afghanistan, is important. it's important to recognize the solidarity and that we stand together as an alliance rather than just lecturing them and forgetting to reaffirm that fundamental commitment. >> former president obama was in europe. he spoke with german chancellor angela merkel. here's what he said. >> in this new world that we live in, we can't isolate ourselves. we can't hide behind a wall. >> president trump, of course, is talking about building actual walls. how are nato leaders -- we saw their expression when president trump made that comment about everybody paying their fair share. how are they dealing with the culture shock that's come with this u.s. administration change? >> well, i mean, this is not the first time that an american leader has come to nato

harry truman said never again, actually w what happened when we bombed hirishimay hirishimayou. and see the map size thf hanford place, it is were us, i thought we supposed to cover it with slabs of cement that nothing could instead of digging deeper. windmills putting up, doesn't it blow the dust? brains in the country. do we constantly have to destroy everything? don't understand the culture that creates this stuff. now,at a map on the screen it doesn't look like much, but look at a map of the united size of this the hanford place. host: 500 miles. it is enormous. just enormous. cover u know, they don't it up, they bury it deeper. host: all right. et's get edwin lyman to respond. guest: yes, well -- host: 500 square mile, i should say. guest: i think you are right. the culture that created places and the other hi the ary sites around country posing enormous clean-up challenge came out of the secrecy during the cold war. u.s. defense the establishment thought that up the u.s. nuclear eapons to term was the primary objective and things like nvironment safety and worker health we

300,000 jobs or something like that, never happened, this is going to enable trump to do what harry trumanu know why you are not getting tax cuts because congress is out there rioting instead of voting. >> to be fair, a lot of protesters do just want to protest they just want to put their message out there, but so often these things are contain over hijacked fall, by radicals just want to make trouble. >> well, certainly, you have incidents where the cameras are always drawn to the few idiots that are you know burning something or dancing around let's face the facts here, having an he engaged public is good, you know, hey. >> keep -- >> donald had red baseball hat now industry in pink stocking caps. >> about is to explode. >> go ahead. >> bruce, how about you face the facts, small businesses are seeing their businesses gets torched people are seeing cars get torched, women get pepper sprayed in the face, so there is violence happening we are seeing senior citizens assaulted enough is enough dangerous i don't want anybody getting hurt. >> when you see pictures, really does highlight in peop

president trump has signed more bills during his first 100 days than any other president since harry truman. pence made those comments on "meet the press" yesterday. the fact here, trump has signed twathd bills. that is more than every president going back 70 years. but most political pundits say those bills that trump signed mostly aren't significant, as they only call for reviews of existing laws. >>> star wars fans, there's a new collector's item just in time to celebrate the release of the first film. >> and it's gold. this is a darth vader mask made of gold that goes on sale today in japan. how would you like that for your personal collection? the life-sized mask will be up for sale for more than a million bucks. it is a 24-karat gold mask that was created by a tokyo gold jeweler to mark the 40th anniversary of the first film's release, which was the 5th of may. >> solid gold. do you remember that? a few people do. >> not this guy. >> coming up, coming off a gorgeous bay area weekend. what's in store for the rest of the week? >> going to be very warm heading into the next few days. let

harry truman and - >> my students do not i who that is. >> will then we need to have a chat with them. >> bernie sanders and you have got it! quest bernie sanders was red star. if some of you ever come of the current administration averages as you point people and some of you get - for the senate committee asked lots of questions. maybe your religion. henry wallace was a secretary of agriculture under roosevelt. his religion was - you figure that out. he called himself a mystic. and you can see franklin roosevelt, he became a pretty good politician very good at handling republicans because his father had been a secretary. and roosevelt decides that when james garner by the way, roosevelt, vice president was the former speaker of the house. so you have your own democrat coalition between the northern and southern conservative. you'll see again with kennedy and johnson. so he decides he's not going to oppose the nomination but is going to run against him. so he said i think the vice president has done his bottle into the ring. and he runs with henry wallace. they were in the third term

harry truman's 35th division will also go in at the same time. also, not a lot of experience for this battle and they'll also have substantial problems overcoming a very stiff german resistance and very difficult terrain. >> i once had a physician tell me that war forces the greatest advances in medical science. what did world war i contribute to medical science? >> well, a host of things. one of the signature mallities of the war is something called gastine green. at where it was fought in northern europe it has been well maneuvered for millennia. when you get hit by a shell fragment or bullet it carries all of that in and it is creating these very nasty secondary infections. the wound themselves could easily be treated but it is the infection that's killing them. so, medical science, mostly the british and french, are trying to how to deal with this. ultimately they go to radical solutions. traditionally you would close up the wound and let it heal. if you do that all you are doing is keeping the infection inside. they pioneer keeping the wound

he was also a very sharp critic of harry truman on some foreign policy issues. there was a big debate about who lost china. there was a big debate about who lost china. kennedy went to the house floor ,nd hammered the administration to diplomat specifically, and set these two diplomats have something to answer for. he was liberal on domestic issues, but had a hawkish foreign policy. he traveled a lot, a lot of times on his own dime. he made a five-week trip to europe while the house was still in session. he was meeting with prime minister's and presidents and generals and all, so in the house years, it was an interesting time. there might be a book to write their, but it is an intriguing phase in his political career. one other point, when you read the memoirs of kennedy -- he was not a natural politician, particularly as a young man. he was reserved. he was quiet. and it was hard for him to -- i mean, he was not the sort of person that just loves to just go up to someone. in fact, at one point in an interview -- he was talking to a friend he said, and the sort

harry truman next, he used fdr's taping system once and said i don't have anything to do with that and after that did not use it very much. we know eisenhower recorded a little bit. s who starteddent recording in-depth were the ones from the john f. kennedy started 1960's. in the middle of 1962, just a few months before the cuban missile crisis. he recorded about 260 hours. lyndon johnson recorded about 850 hours, mostly telephone calls which are fascinating because you really get the real lyndon johnson when he is speaking on the phone. and richard nixon of course recorded more than 3000 hours. he had a voice activated system installed in the oval office in february of all the systems were 1971. secret, all these presidents fully expected to be able to recordings and until richard nixon on watergate, all of them were able to. and all of them are able to conceal that they were doing this type of recording. host: phone numbers on the bottom of the screen for our guest, ken hughes at the university of virginia. democrats, call (202) 748-8000, republicans, call (202) 748-8001, independent

you can have it squeaks like weaks truman, no, -- pips like harry truman, no, he was not that small. one of the things they did was create new technologies that had already brought women out of the home, which women were especially good at. there was only one technology in world war i that the united states had an edge in and that was its rifle. iron andd states and food and blood as muscle and in worldrance to fight war i. it did not have the facilities to make guns and planes and tanks and trucks on the scale being made in france at the time. there was one thing the united states was good at and that was a telecommunication. i'm showing you a world war i poster trying to recruit men to operate telephones, telegraph and radios. instrument of generalship in world war i was at the telephone. it had been invented in the united states by alexander graham bell who like many great americans was an immigrant. he came from scotland and invented the telegram here. -- at the telegraph here. the telegraph is morse code. someone has to receive the message, they have to type it up and send it to

of my book tour he wrote the book on truman for small he started to sing and told the story of harry truman. he and his wife were headed to dinner and got lost. his wife said stop the car and go ask have to get to the house. he knocks on the door and says where do business live? he said down the street and down the block. he walks awaiting its halfway down heels did anybody tell you that you look like kerrey truman? he said i bet that makes you mad. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] one. >> that this did very big problem be. >> then this say very strong word but asset what i said. thank you. >> where did you go to school? >> alabama [inaudible conversations] five. >> how laugh and then there's the final agreement come together? select the agreement was reached to late on sunday we did not see the text and tell about 2:00 in the morning on monday. less 1600 page leg

. >> in my own mind -- >> the first knife in kennedy's back is plunged by former president harry trumane you certain that you're quite ready for the role of president in january 1961? >> do not think it was a forgone conclusion that kennedy would be the nominee after west virginia. he was the dark horse candidate. he was the outsider. he was not washington's choice. ♪ ♪ pressure. i feel it everyday. but at night, it's the last thing on my mind. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. ♪ now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. beth is a total boss. she switched to the best deal in america. total wireless. she gets the largest most dependable 4g lte network... ...and 5gigs of high speed data for $35 a month. make it rain, beth. total wireless. available at walmart. ♪ >>> adoring crowds greet kennedy at the democratic convention. >> we had great hopes that jack was going to wi

it was got over promise and this president already signed more bills in the first 100 day since harris truman. legislation rolled back job killing in obama administration sign nod law. >> he argues president trump surprise in campaign node talking to strictly his po policy. there are two women -- >> president trump discussioned turnts tensions with north korea. he issued a stark warning to ping dwroong stop nuclear program. garrett tinny reports. >> president trump again refused to rule out military korea defips in the weapons program. they gone dublingted 7 missile test to develop a long range nuclear war head of committing of united states. the previous tests it fails and aim only hours aex of state warned unitsed nation's security counseling ill that failing to help the problem could leave toe satisfied consequences. >> national security advisor they called it on defense and not rule out taking military ask. >> you knee need the viable action and military action and help what are you doing academically. and sanctions available. to be able to resolve this shovrt what would be a major major

it is quite another kind of setting, just as harry truman was another kind of american. we sold a lot of books that day. will always cher-my memories of hosting david mccullough not only in the store put many book venues in the chicago area. let us all welcome him today to the most special of them all, the american writers museum. we did it. >> thank you very much. thank you all. and let's all be very grateful that be live in this marvelous country and the things of importance are still happening. we're a good people and we are doing good work. i travel up and down the country, time and again, i've been in every state many times, and i know that so much is going on that's positive and important. it doesn't get much attention. and we should know more about it than we do. we are a nation of ideas and have been all along. no computer, as far as i know, has ever yet had an idea. we are also nation of immigrants, all of us, and we should always take heart from that. and i took heart instantly from an immigrant i met who had an idea. he had an idea to create a writers museum,

more votes against bobgets registered against all cia directors combined, going back to 1947 when harry truman started the cia, and he was confirm. this meant one who has politicized intelligence was sent back to run the agency where the poll littization takes place. you cannot imagine the moral problems and ethical problems created when someone you know who is involved in politicization comes back to run the agency. that's why i have so much sympathy what is going on in every agency in government when you have a president who selected cabinet directors who have sworn essentially to if not destroy the departments they have been sent to certainly to weaken them in every fundamental way. so, that was essentially my reason for going before the senate intelligence committee, and then being disappointed by the way it was handled by the press, his thought did not rise to the challenge, and i'll give you one anecdote reveals what is wrong with the press, even though they've have gotten the act together in the last 120 day us. white house started to leak very uncomplimentary things about me issue shou

harry truman once said america was not ill-timed fear.to do the job at hand. i submit to you that the heroes we are here today to honor understood that determination and may perform the job at hand. they did not perform their duties for praise. they did not perform their duty for admiration, nor did they perform their duty to earn the title hero. they did their jobs because that is what we do as america's law enforcement officers and what we are called to do. that is why we call them heroes. for answering the call to do and her act without regard for their safety, the men and women that we honor would be the last to use the word hero. they would just use the word cop. law-enforcement officers recognize that the state and preservation of ease are necessary for the people to have pursuit of happiness, life and liberty. these heroes would all say that they're most proud moment was when they swore enough to serve and protect and that they took that as their most important task. president abraham lincoln once said i do the very best i know how

harry truman famously said he is like a secret police force that he established.lack mails people. harry truman didn't fire him, either. he died in office. it's named the hoover f.b.i. building. he created the f.b.i. but i think he also set up the power center where he was above accountability. too big to fire. and i think that's what comey was beginning to get to. he talked often -- think of it in the presidential campaign. he is investigating both candidates clinton and trump as it turns out. he is keeping memos on all of his meetings and he only leaks one of these memos when he is fired. as rush limbaugh said. what other memos? he mentioned with the conflicts loretta lynch had. what memos did he write about loretta lynch? he said there were other issues and felt he needed to usurp the justice department power. what other issues was he talking about? what don't we know about james comey and what his meetings were with loretta lynch? i think as we get now deeper into the special counsel role, james comey could be either the hero of the piece or thevilleian depend

harry truman was in world war i as an artillery officer.o the industrial revolution changed the calculus quite a bit. one of the things they did was create new technology that had already brought women out of the home and at which women were especially good. in world war i there was only one technology the united states had an edge in over its rivals. the united states, unlike today, it was no arsenal for democracy, let me tell you. united states had iron and food and blood and muscle, bone, men to france, fighting in world war i, primarily on the western front. he did not have the facilities for many guns and trucks being made in france at the time. there was one things it was good at, that was telecommunications. this picture i am showing you was a world war i poster, trying to recruit men to operate telegraphs telegrams, radios. the size on the fonts makes you think it is important, but in was the primary instrument the telephone. it had been invented in the united states by alexander graham bell, like many great americans, and immigrant

. >> when bob bush was a teenager, he was receiving his medal of honor from president harry truman in house lawn. bush was 18. the age that most kids are graduating from high school. only a few months earlier, he had wayne marine medic on the island of okinawa. in the midst of a ferocious japanese attack, he crawled on to a battlefield, treated and revived a wounded lieutenant. >> then japanese threw hand grenades down. i threw my arm up like this. i had a 45 in the shoulder holster so that saved me but it took out this eye. it hit me really hard. >> bush picked up the wounded lieutenant's rifle, killing a number of japanese soldiers. >> it didn't mean anything to shoot them. it didn't. i never laid awake at night. they were the enemy. they were after me. and boy, that preservation of life is a big deterrent to how you feel about shooting somebody. it didn't bother me one bit. when i left there, there was more of them on the ground than there was me. that seems to be the way you grade that particular game, if you must call it a game. it is like basketball. who gets most points wins. ♪

in the 1940's, harry truman had a commission which -- it was part of the desegregation wave of the federal government in the 1940's and 19 four -- 50's and 60's. >> although truman very famously calls it the second ration of the milk -- desegregation of the military, it wasn't actually desegregated during the korean war. there's a fascinating dissertation. the reason the army finally got desegregated was it became too complicated to come up with separate units, black and white, separates doctors, black and white, separate chaplains. it was the need to get those troops to korea in the 1950's that was the first time that the military was truly desegregated. >> this only happened because of the freedom movement. it didn't happen -- most of the see was a southern town -- washington dc was a southern town. when i got here in the 60's as an intern. it was clear it was not desegregated. there were certain places that if you are black, you didn't go. are out ofately, we time. i can tell to the three of you forever. please give a thank you to our guests. [applause] there will be able to signing dow

. >> when bob bush was a teenager, he was-ing his medal of honor from harry truman in the ceremonies. the age that most kids are graduating from high school. only a few months earlier, bush was a marine medic on the island of okinawa. in the midst of a japanese attacks, he was treat and revived a wounded lieutenant. >> then the japanese threw hand grenades down. i my arm up like this and that took the concussion and shaved my heard, but it took out this eye and hit me hard. >> push picked up the rifle and charged the enemy position. killing a number of japanese soldiers. >> it didn't mean anything to me. i never laid awake at night. they were the enemy and they were coming after me and that preservation of is a big det deterrent to how you feel drive-by shooting somebody. it didn't bother me and when i left there was more of them on the ground than there was me. that seems to be the way you grade that game. who gets the most points wins. >> they were the winners and the celebrations could have gone on for months, but they didn't. most gis were not looking to be called heroes. they we

every president since harry truman has been a leader of the west and president trump is not saying whatd to play that role. he did not come out strong today against russian aggression in eastern europe, he did not promise that he would adhere to article 5, an attack on one is an attack on all. and they had background to the press that he would give that assurance. he seems to have a chip on his shoulder toward the european union and nato. he seems much more comfortable in the middle east where i thought he had good meetings and a good visit and he did well. it has been a rocky first day in europe. david: let me draw that out of the more. has anything about the visits surprised you in light of what you were expecting from donald trump with his first visit overseas? nicholas: he was well received in saudi arabia and israel, of course because there was a feeling that president obama was not sufficiently helping on the iran question and they received support from president trump on iran. i thought that was the right thing for him to say. ally and wer oldest are closer to the europeans than

arthel: you know, bottom line, perhaps president trump has to be more like president harry truman, there. >> at the end of the day, you can have all the staff shake-ups in the world. unless donald trump changes and is able to focus on agenda, tax reform and obamacare repeal, and not sidetracked through twitter rants at the press or what have you, it's going to be extra hard to get legislative agenda passed. if he doesn't get legislative agenda passed, his presidency is not going to be a successful one. arthel: from where you sit, how do you think this plays out? >> at 70 years old, it's hard to change. i don't see donald trump giving twitter up and changing tasks there. i think the legislative agenda is going to be tough to pull off. there are things he can do on foreign policy that he can do repealing regulation through the executive branch. maybe that will be his legacy with his base, but the legislative agenda right now is not looking so great. arthel: as you say, the president has to focus, not pay attention to what could be distractions, and to your point of the leaks that perhaps

harry truman ranks high on our c-span poll as one of the great presidents. did not have a college degree but he would read biography and deep into american history. hundreds of biographies of everyone from sam houston to abraham lincoln, robert e. lee and robert fulton. he had such a breadth of american history. that is why truman would love the painter thomas hart benton who would do portraits and murals of american history, and that is someone without a college degree. john f. kennedy read "guns of august," which was a warning about how big war can happen by a strange little event that seemed minor. a chain event can lead to something horrific. the behavior of the kaiser wilhelm, the fecklessness that took over europe. that was important for the kennedy years. he read that at the time of something like the cuban missile crisis. being a reader mattered. i recently found out in 1962 rachel carson published the book "silent spring," which gave birth to the environmental movement and kennedy read her articles in new york and at a press conference was asked and

know how many of you can remember that, but is something to bear in mind when you think about harry truman and how he acted as president. movie the bridges of the only korean war movie anybody hear oral anywhere admiralmber, the old played by a wonderful actor called fredric march learns about the death of a young american fighter pilot of a naval fighter eyelets. cohort of younger officers who kept their reserve status to bring in a little extra money, these were people in their middle and late 20's, beginning their careers. eyefredric march kept his on this young officer played by william holden. if you are a movie buff, can you identify holden's wife? the most famous resident of the city of philadelphia since benjamin franklin? grace kelly. said seriously to one of his aides, where do we get such men as these? think that you have to look at the way children are reared, and are not about to go off on a tangent, but the way that generation was raised, the values that they imbibed had a great deal to do with their service as leaders of the military establishment in the second world war. i

in 1952, president harry truman and the congress formally established this national day of prayer isto set aside each year for the american people to turn to god in prayer and meditation. every president has issued a proclamation and honor of this day ever since. not every president has done so in the rose garden at the white house. [applause] today our president will continue that great tradition to continue the importance of prayer and to reaffirm the vital role that prayer plays in our life. our president as a believer. he loves his family and he loves his country with an unshakable faith in god and the american people. with gratitude for that faith, and for the actions that he takes today and every day, it is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to all of you the president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] >> thank you everyone, thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much to vice president mike pence. and i am very fortunate to have mike with me. he's a man of very deep faith, i can tell you tt. great

presidents do things, harry truman said of a critic of his daughter, for heaven's sakes that he hopedeet him because if he did, he was going to, you know, punch him and hit him where he might need a supporter, and the letter went on at length and it was a letter by the way, it wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. this is par for the course here in america and gets more intense than at other times and you just roll with it. >> but at the end of the day -- >> jeff you got to get some coffee. you've given an entire answer and didn't mentioned ronald reagan. >> well of course i do remember that the protests of ronald reagan. how about that? >> look, i take the points, but i guess the question becomes, and look, this is not new. i deal with this every day, with people who want, you have two camps. one is do not normalize donald trump. do not respect what he does just because he's president. it's about the man in the office. and then you have this other side which is well hold on, you cannot devalue what this office means, and once somebody has won it, ana, you must accord them the respect of tha

remember it was harry truman who told joseph truman at the atomic bomb. >> bill clinton did it. first of all, i'm not contesting that the president has the right to disclose whatever information he thinks is appropriate to disclose. i'm questioning the judgment of this president in even being able to form a coherent understanding of the information that's presentedded and then make a determination whether it makes sense to disclose that information to a country that has been a bad apple for us. if you that he a look at syria i think trump has done a very good job. obama created a very tougher situation where we're fighting two once. >> leave it at that. we're out of time. we appreciate the discussion as always on our saturday. >> you guys lifen up the saturday. it's always fun, guys. caring for her sick mother orphan issuing cool. so her friends and family got in touch with the twilight foundation to help her make her wish come true. they also threw a graduation party at the nursing home where she lives. never too old. >> it's your read. obstacle courses are tough enough on land

united states has led nato since harry truman and president trump has said nothing about reaffi reaffirming article v. it is disturbing we have to an alliance relationship with the europeans. >> i want to stick with you, ambassador. i covered you and president bush with what they called old europe particularly and german and gerha gerhard schreoder. people forget this this whole post world war ii order was keeping europe united so it would not fight itself again and kill themselves again and stand united against russia. that falls away if allies like germany say we go alone. >> that's right. we had differences in the past. david, you eluded to one in 2003 when i was ambassador to nato. we were still fighting in afghanistan. we were still working on iran. for the united states, we always believed that the europeans share our values. willing to fight with us. they align with us on major issues. in essence, they are the big power differential. they are worried about the annexation of crimea. the problems of georgia. they need our help. it is in our interests to be working with them. the merkel

president dating back to harry truman. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: behind the pomp and circumstance in brussels,ore strained reception for president trump. speaking today at the brand-new headquarters for nato, the very group he once called obsolete. >> i'm honored to be here with members of an alliance that has promoted safety and peace. >> reporter: a series of perceived missteps, drawing criticism. first, scolding allies for not paying their fair share. then this. >> i never asked once what the new nato headquarters cost. >> reporter: later appearing to shove aside the prime minister of montenegro, and while condemning the bombing. >> it was a barbaric and vicious attack. >> reporter: the president notably did not reaffirm article 5 of the nato treatment, an attack on one ally is an attack on all. it leaves our nato alliz desperately concerned about whether or not the united states will be for them as they were there for us after 9/11. >> reporter: and friction with british prime minister theresa may after uk intelligence furiously blamed the u.s. for leaking these evidence photos from the ma

more important than all the body language that we saw, every president of the united states since harry truman almost 70 years who has gone to a meeting of nato has started by reaffirming america's commitment to what is called article 5 of nato. article 5 is a part of nato that commits every country to the defense of all the others. it is the beating heart of the alliance. trump did not do that, and in fact people at the white house had shade that he would do it, and everybody and all the european leaders, nato leaders wrecks pecting that to happen, to clear the confusion and the doubts that trump had injected into nato as a candidate, but trump did not say it. he did not reaffirm america's commitment to article 5 to the mutual defense of all the members of nato by the united states. >> thank you, and thank you for this on cnn.com. food to see you. >> thanks. >> just in, police in manchester making yet another arrest in connection with that concert bombing there this week. that makes now 11 arrests. two of these people released without being charge the. next, more on our breaking news. new det

the presidential pension was created in the 1950s because harry truman refused to take speaking fees,eats and the sort because he said that would commercialize the dignity of the office of the presidency. so really the only democrat who has done this at scale in his post presidency is bill clinton and i think the clintons post-presidency business activities where they've gotten very wealthy dealing with industries that they regulated in the past and hillary clinton hoped to regulate in the future, i don't think that's good for the brand or the clinton family or the democratic party. it's definitely true that a lot of people have done this. barack obama is not the first, but i think ex presidents shouldn't do this. i think it would be better if obama followed the stnlandards jimmy carter and harry truman. >> the people who are not mentioned in what josh just said were any republicans because the only ex president that i've heard criticized for speaking fees and what they do financially after office are democrats. there does appear to be a double standard. karen is shaking her head. the