next we interview clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. >>> clifton truman daniel, the last time you and i talked you had just come back from japan with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. you have been up to something else associated with his legacy. tell me about your project. >> if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage, it must be 40 years old now, the play. give them harry. james westmore originated it in 1975. giving speeches about my grandfather over the last few years, people afterwards were beginning to say things like, you are starting to look like your grandfather. i must have had that play in the back of my head. and i mentioned this to a few people. they and a friend of mine in wilmington north carolina at the center for performing arts, said let's do it. and we did the play in october , it shows, and had a successful run. now i have an agent and i'm going to side -- try and sell it. my retirement may be playing mike -- my own grandfather. >> which is kind of spooky

i do not know what it is like to not have harry truman as a grandfather. susan: did your friends treat you differently? clifton: my friends did not treat me differently, because where i went to school, i was a middle of the pond fish. i went to school with walter cronkite's son. walter was on television every night and his son was in class with us. so i am just harry truman's grandson. i went to school with bankers and lawyers' kids. politicians. i was not an outstanding, just by dint of who i was growing up with. susan: when did you decide to take an active interest? clifton: in my mid to late 30's. i had sort of avoided it after being a teenager and a college student. not knowing what to do with it. i think you have to go off and

next, we interview clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. 15 minutes. under >> clifton truman daniel, the last time you and i talked, you from japanme back with a group of survivors of the bombing there. your grandfather's legacy. you've been up to something else this legacy.th tell me about your project. >> if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage -- >> i am. >> yes. old now, the years play. 1975. originated in and giving speeches about my grandfather over the last two people afterwards were beginning to say things like, you're starting to look like your grandfather. that -- haved had had that play in the back of my head. i mentioned this to a few people that.ey encouraged a friend of mine in wilmington, north carolina, at the center arts, said let's do it. and we did the play in october year. eight shows. and had a successful run and now going to agent and i'm try and sell it. playingtirement may be my own grandfather for god knows how long. >> which is really kind of spooky. >> it's weird and spooky. it's also fun. it's been fun doi

only harry truman and the american people disagreed. to accept the southern meant the day -- the southern mandate of strom thurmond. is beginning to look like 1948 all over again. hubert humphrey has stepped in to harry truman's boots, while richard nixon and george wallace thomasring the boots of dewey and strom thurmond. the choices seem very much of the same. the democratic campaign began when humphrey clearly and firmly told his staff where he stands on the issues. >> i want him to argue about my start,because when they they are you respect. they may not vote for you, but they will have you on the substantive argumentative line, and that is what i want. not whether he can be his own man and all that cheap journalistic bunk. let's get this argument elevated. we just have to make it crystal clear that the president of the united states and his ambassadors are making a , major effort to find of thebut the peace world event on the capacity for the soviet union and the united states to maintain respect for each other and ensure there is

only harry truman and the american people disagreed.hey refused to accept the standstill philosophy of tom dewey or the southern mandates of third-party candidate strom thurmond. 1968 is beginning to look like 1948 all over again. hubert humphrey has stepped in to harry truman's boots, while dick nixon and george wallace are wearing the boots of thomas dewey and strom thurmond. the choice seems very much of the same. ♪ democratic campaign began when humphrey clearly and firmly told his a staff where he stands on the issues. vice president humphrey: i want him to argue about my ideas, because when they start, they are you respect. they may not vote for you, but you've got them on the substantive argumentative line, and that is what i want. not whether he is old hat, new hat whether he can be his own , man and all that cheap journalistic bunk. let's get this argument elevated. we've just got to make it crystal clear that the president of the united states and his ambassadors are making a determined, major effort to find an honorable peace

only harry truman and the american people disagreed. they refused to accept the standstill philosophy of tom dewey or the southern mandates of third-party candidate strom thurmond. 1968 is beginning to look like 1948 all over again. hubert humphrey has stepped in to harry truman's boots, while dick nixon and george wallace are wearing the boots of thomas dewey and strom thurmond. the choice seems very much the same. the democratic campaign began when humphrey clearly told his staff where he stands on the issues. i wantesident humphrey: them to argue about my ideas when they start arguing about my yous, they may not vote for , but you have them on a substantive argument. that is what i want. not what are these old hat and new hat? let's get this argument elevated. we have to make it crystal clear. andpresident of the u.s. his ambassadors are making a determined, major effort to find peace, but the peace of the world will depend on the capacity of the soviet union and the united states to maintain respect for each other and ensure there i

and in his life and memoirs, everyplace that harry truman said why his committee worked it was because of hugh fulton, thank you robert jackson. this is part of truman's high regard for what happens next in jackson's life. another dimension. jackson was more a law man than a lawyer. and so, roosevelt's ultimate desire for him, designed for him and deployment of him was the appointment to this court. in 1941. it was part of a complex play, the end of the term and it approached in 1941, he had one vacancy and chief justice hughes said that his age required him to retire. president roosevelt really wanted to appoint jackson chief justice. he told him that directly and he would do so eventually. but in that moment, early in the third term, perhaps with a world were coming, in the interest of bipartisan unity, what he found was a national gesture. he elevated a republican appointee, appointed by president coolidge to be the chief justice. he appointed a conservative southern senator from south carolina to replace the other. and he appointed jackson to be the junior justice, slightly behind

we used to be the premier library and we have tapes, and they have me talking to harry truman. unfortunate enough to have met your great great aunt, both of them, princess alice was a hoot and her younger sister was wonderful and they took us to sagamore hill. president truman gave me a tour of his library. i have been blessed with getting to meet a lot of these people so i hope they all come to the library of every president and learn because there are so many things., kristin and daddy went to and said all of these years i've been paying all of those bad things about hoover. [ laughter ] >> i never knew he did all of those wonderful things to feed europe . >> so is there a truman library? >> there is . >> there is . >> it's in independence missouri. >> why did your grandfather where those wild shirts when he went to key west florida, what was that about? >> everyone wears wild shirts when they go to key west florida is there a cleveland library, is there a mckinley library? >> in canton ohio . >> why is there no cleveland library ? >> there's a lot of memorabilia and papers th

. >> i studied theodore roosevelt or harry truman. >> it is not too soon to judge on some aspects of his legacy. it is not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because it didn't accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4,000-plus american lives. it cost $2 trillion and i write in my book and i don't think this judgment will change that it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james mann, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. while in montana, we learned bout congress come jeanette rankin, who became the first woman elected to congress. jodie: we are in the montana historical society in the state archives. the archives is one of three programs that makes up the research center at the historical society. today we're going to be talking about jeanette rankin. a woman from montana and born in 1880. her biggest claim to fame was that she was the first woman elected to the united states congress. that was in 1916. she was elected again in 1939 before we got into world war ii. she served two differen

susan: an hour caret 8, 2018 what are the lessons of harry , truman, and the way he approached the presidency? clifton: when people ask me what his greatest accomplishment or legacy was i give them the same answer. i know they expect the marshall plan, the bombings, end of the .ar, the berlin airlift the greatest thing he left us was to show us that a middle class american, soldier, small businessman, farmer, can rise to the highest office in the land and do a better job of it than almost everybody else and do it with integrity and honor. do it because he wants what's right for the country. we've been talking about senator mccain in that vein and i think that holds true for my grandfather. susan: is that uniquely american? clifton: i don't know if it's uniquely american but, i'm sure people all over the world, you find the right people do their job with honor and integrity, but it certainly the promise of this country, that we can find folks like that and we can be that. susan: thank you for your time. >> you are watching american history tv, only on c-span3. descendents of presidents from ch

next we interview clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. this is just under 15 minutes. >>> clifton truman daniel, the last time you and i talked you had just come back from japan with a group of survivors of the atomic bombing there. you have been up to something else associated with his legacy. tell me about your project. >> if you're talking about playing my own grandfather on stage, it must be 40 years old now, the play. give them harry. james westmore originated it in 1975.

or harry truman. there is not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time.>> it is not too soon to judge. on some aspects of this legacy. is not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because it did not accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4000+ american mice. it cost $1 trillion. i write in my book, and i don't think this judgment will change. it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history.>> james man, sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span q&a. >> white house correspondence joint presidential spokesman in a discussion on the relationship between the two sides. told stories from administrations president george hw bush through president trump. this is from the white house historical association summit with representatives of presidential historic sites across the country. this is just over an hour. >> to introduce our distinguished panel of presidents in the press, is another very

or harry truman.e an objective history done for a long time. >> it is not too soon to judge on some at -- some aspects of his legacy. it is not too soon to judge on the war on iraq. why? because it did not accomplish what he thought it would it cost 4000 plus american lives, it cost $2 trillion. book and i don't think this judgment will change, it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. now, the ceo of the national association of latino elected and

or harry truman, there is not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. >> it's not too soon to judge on some aspects of the legacy, it's not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because it didn't accomplish what he thought it would accomplish before he started the war, it cost 4000+ american lives, $2 trillion and i write in my book and i don't think this judgment will change but it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james man, sunday night at 8 pm on c-span's q&a. >>> coming up tonight, the white house historical association, hosting the presidential site summit. first a discussion about presidents, history and memory and then we hear from a chef to five presidents. then we talk about digitizing history. and later, a look at the importance of civic engagement. >>> next, a forum with workers of presidential sites around the country and presidential descendents.

really worry about my legacy because i'm still studying theodore roosevelt or hear each room and -- harry truman. there's not going to be one done this time to judge some aspects of his legacy. it's not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because they didn't accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4,000 plots in american life could cost $2 trillion. and i think i am right in my book, and i don't think this judgment will change. it's one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. we will show a debate between the candidates running for governor of iowa followed by a house debate from pennsylvania's first congressional district and later the california senator harris campaigning in iowa on behalf of democratic candidates. .. today, or than ever, it's important to have a source you can depend on for re- local news. stories covered by and written by journalists who live and work here in the quad cities. transparency and without bias. we won't endorse candidates or tell you who we thank you should vote for. we believe you are viewers

you know, think of harry truman. harry truman left the presidency in 1952, '53, with a job approval rating of 22%. one of the worst -- the lowest measure at that particular time. he is now considered one of the best five presidents or ten presidents depending on the list you see. so in retrospect looking at harry truman's presidency, he could have run for reelection in 1952, but chose not to because he was so unpopular. so he wasn't term limited out because it didn't apply to him when they changed the term limit law, but he didn't run because he was so unpopular, but history looks back and sees how did he do, he comes out pretty well. >> did you want to make a point? >> well, you know, ford -- ford, i think, was very unpopular with the press because he pardoned nixon and there was a lot of criticism of ford and he was probably our most athletic president, as i've said, and i remember one time there was all these stories about him tripping and falling or something like that. >> right. >> and ford said, those reporters

harry truman left the presidency in 1952. 53, with the job's approval rating of 22%. one of the worst -- lowest measures of that particular time. he is now considered one of the best five presidents, or 10 presidents on every list you see. in retrospect looking at harry truman's presidency, he could have run for reelection in 1952 but chose not to because he was so unpopular. he was not term limited out, because it didn't apply to him when they changed the term limits law, but, he didn't run, because he was so unpopular. but, history looks back, how does he do? he comes out pretty well. >> ford i think was very unpopular with the press, because he pardoned nixon, and there was a lot of criticism with ford. he was probably our most athletic presidents -- president, as i said. i remember one time there were all these stories about him tripping and falling, something like that, and forward said, those reporters, they get their exercise sitting on a barstool. >> he liked the barstool, that was his refrain, i guess. let me ask you this. in your experience, as reporters, wh

america needs harry truman democrats. harry truman democrats believe in america exceptionalism.ruman democrat. i think that would be a brilliant pick. charles: no doubt about it. senator lieberman is thought highly of both sides of the aisle but would he be a great advocate for america first policy? ashley: that is the issue. >> america first, go back to what president trump said at u.n. america first doesn't mean america alone. it means we work with allies on common areas of, like, for example, working with the brits and others, to put pressure on china, to bring north korea to the table, on sanctions and so forth. so i think he gets that. i mean, that, if you go back to look what harry truman democrat is, a harry truman democrats puts america first. charles: kelly ayote, brian mentioned her. i thought that was very interesting and very well-thought out. do you think gender will play a role picking success for nikki haley. >> i don't think so. he will consult with secretary pompeo and ambassador bolton. i will say about secretary, or senator ayotte, worked closely with this adm

roosevelt or harry truman. they will not be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. >> it is not too soon to judge on some aspects of his legacy. it is not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? it did not accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. they cost 4000 plus american lives, $2 trillion. i don'tin my book and think this judgment will change, that it was one of the biggest or to take blunders in american history. >> james mann sunday night on c-span's "q&a." next, republican congressman rob wittman and vangie williams face each other. the candidates discuss cyber security, defense funding, student loan debt and russian interference in u.s. elections. this is about an hour. >> with that we turned first to mr. whitman who has two minutes for his opening statement. rep. wittman: thank you and good evening. folks, i am honored and

. >> i studied theodore roosevelt or harry truman. >> it is not too soon to judge on some aspects of his legacy. it is not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because it didn't accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4,000-plus american lives. it cost $2 trillion and i write in my book and i don't think this judgment will change that it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james

>> old harry truman. yes, the buck stops here, the hold harry truman axiom, and even lincoln who said we're going to have charity towards all and malice towards none. he set the tone for reconstruction and reconciliation of a country. that's leadership. what i see with donald trump is a total absence of that. >> kwame, i love your candor. i appreciate you. thank you. have a good weekend. >> thank you, don, for having me. >> we'll be right back. ordinary eggs? not in this house. 'cause that's no ordinary family. that's your family. which is why you didn't grab just any cheese. you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. >>> in the last few days, parts of conservative media pushed the idea that the bombs were part of a false flag operation intended to hurt the president's standing. >> it was a wretchedly incompetent bomber who didn't know how to make a bomb, someone who wanted to embarrass president trump. >> i will repeat it's a high probability tha

there's this great line from harry truman that the american people are founded not on fear but on courageagination and unstoppable determination to do the job at hand. i think that still describes us. i believe our best days are yet ahead. we don't have to return to some greatness, literally through 2,000 miles of walls separate ourselves from the rest of the world. we don't have to renege on our agreements, values, on our alliances that we have fought for and established and secured over the last 80 years. all of that is happening during this administration. that can define us for the generations to come or what we choose to do now at this defining mid term election, that might be how we are known for the people of the future. the kids, the grandkids, those kids and grandkids of generations yet unborn who will read about us, the people of 2018, and they'll say, in the face of all this smallness and all this fear and all this paranoia, these people stood up. they were counted. they did the right thing at the moment that history was calling for them. i love that i get to be a part of this

i'm still studying theodore roosevelt or harry truman. be anis not going to objective history done on this administration for a long time. to judgenot too soon some aspects of his legacy. on the war in iraq. why? it didn't accomplish what he thought it was going to a cobbler's before he -- to accomplish. it cost 4000 plus american lives, $2 trillion. and i don'ty book, think this judgment will change, that it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. mann sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. guest --pico is our jodi picault. her most recent book is a spark of light. plus 20 more novels. she has also written five issues of the wonder woman comic series ford dc comics. from sunday, november 4, noon to three clock p.m. eastern. be sure to watch next month when elzer will beill our guest. >> democratic senator bob casey is up for reelection. andrs will decide the race country in 10he days. the candidates recently had debate before election day. this is one hour. >> welcome to the debate between candidates for u.s. senate

>> old harry truman. yes, the buck stops here, the hold harry truman axiom, and even lincoln who said we're going to have charity towards all and malice towards none. he set the tone for reconstruction and reconciliation of a country. that's leadership. what i see with donald trump is a total absence of that. >> kwame, i love your candor. i appreciate you. thank you. have a good weekend. >> thank you, don, for having me. >> we'll be right back. i'm all about my bed. this mattress is dangerously comfortable. when i get in, i literally say ahh. meet the leesa mattress. a better place to sleep. the leesa mattress is designed to provide strong support, relieve pressure and optimize airflow to keep you cool. read our reviews, then try the leesa mattress in your own home. order during our fall mattress sale and save. for a limited time get 150 dollars off and free shipping too. sale prices are available right now. go to buyleesa.com today. you need this bed. ♪ it's a lot easier to make decisions when you know w

. >> i am still studying these adore roosevelt or harry truman. -- theodore roosevelt. there's not going to be an objective history. >> it is not too soon to judge some aspects. the war in iraq. why? it did not accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4000 plus american lives. book, and i don't think the judgment will change, it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james mann at 8:00 eastern. >> in the georgia governors cap --emocrat brian three candidates faced each other. publicy of georgia broadcasting, this is one hour. atlanta press club debate series. brought to you from the studios of georgia public broadcasting, this is the race for georgia governor.

and of course later harry truman again would amplify that role. but that was an unprecedented thing. if both were a performance act at the same time it's represented the idealism and political pregnant to them. but even as a young man. he was eloquent in his attack on racism. when he fought the kkk. it was very useful on the hustings to be able to say that later. that was against the grain. the client as we know the quite useful new book. they had defeated african-americans and proceeded to attack jews and catholics but with less violence. and in the midwest. a deed in indiana. their own state it flourished alarmingly. he was constantly in a position to it. next question. >> one more question. where they appointed to any public office in his career. and then i have to ask i didn't hear it either. he have never held an elected office. as to the mission around the world. knowing the people in the places that america was can have to deal with. you will be out of the country as the midterm election approaches. this is a waste of political opportunity.

i'm going to put in ronald reagan, abraham lincoln, harry truman, i will tell you what they thought of him. they knew he had slaves, they knew about the battle with indians. -- did a bioon him. how do i stop the division of our country? well how did jackson handle south carolina? how did it feel getting his country for war. he went to the term teenage he wanted to feel jackson if these are great americans and i hope we agree these are great americans. they saw something great in americans. >> host: elizabeth from colorado. >> caller: just want to say -- brian, do you talk much about the pirate in your book? >> brian: in the tripoli pirates, there's a key moment actually i talk about the pirates it was andrew jackson, he's a key movement. he was as you know face-to-face by the british, he knew the -- they were good guys, they looked like mobsters, he would go up and put when the we're going to plan a big invasion, we need you on our side. they they'll put you in the british navy and we'll pay you, fight with us. so he said i'll tell you what, i'll get back to you, and that was a governo

i'm still studying the it or roosevelt, or harry truman. -- theodore roosevelt or harry truman.e will not be objective >> it is not too soon to judge on some aspects. it is not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? it did not accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. they cost 4000 plus american lives. they cost $2 trillion. and i don'ty book think this judgment will change. it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james mann, sunday night on c-span's "q&a." congresswoman karen handel debater democratic opponent lucy mcbeth in georgia's 6th district. representative handle is just finishing her first term in congress. this debate is 30 minutes. the 2018 loudermilk young debate series brought to you by the studios of georgia public this is the race for the sixth congressional district. >>

says i will go meet franklin roosevelt in the white house moll reaches out nine hundred fifty to harry truman he reaches out to dwight eisenhower his hand was tossed away. this all. paternity that might have changed history prevented was saved countless lives was lost because the truth of miles over true as was denied in the washington of the one nine hundred fifty s. . state department officials who had carried mao's messages were condemned done justly as communist traitors. everybody who knew my who spoke chinese was gone in the one nine hundred fifty s. the state department had no employees who spoke cheney it's resulted in us not having relations with the number one most populous country in the world in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine this man deng xiaoping became china. he said socialism does not mean shared poverty. this was code for the most radical reforms since miles revolution. the return of capitalism to china but this time controlled by the communist party. to be riches glorious day and was reported as saying. america was now threatened by the emergence of a vast image of i

or harry truman. not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. >> is not too soon to judge on some aspects of his legacy. i'm in is not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because it did not accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started the war. it cost 4000+ american lives, $2 trillion and i think you know, i write in my book and i don't think this judgment will change, that it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james man at 8 pm eastern on q&a. >>> iowa first congressional district voted for barack obama in 2012 and donald trump in 2016. this year republican congressman

that the people of a given era may not appreciate it, with harry truman building the post war order, george h.w. bush being the last person who governored with a sense of consensus. there are any number of examples where history has become a kind of corrective to the impressions of the president. but without an ability to speak both through and above the press, no president can be successful. >> what about -- in connection with that, what about relationships with reporters? in the last panel they were talking about sometimes it got too cozy, it was -- it maybe stepped over the line. much of the time what we focus on is the adversarial relationship, what presidents always -- or almost always perceive as this hostile treatment that they're getting while they're in office. >> you know, there's -- wonderful examples on both sides. i think that the bottom line on this i think history tells us is that everybody is human and that we get this right sometimes and wrong other times. franklin roosevelt basically he was the founder of the modern press conference, the daily briefing. but they cou

director mark carpenter has more on the history of the reigning n-b-a champs. newsreel music1946, harry trumant team in the new basketball league of america is the philadelphia warriors ... and its star forward joe fulks who led the team to the first league championship . fulks was soon eclipsed by philly native wilt chamberlain whose record 00 points in a single game has never been broken,chamberlain was with the team when bay area sports entrepreneur franklin mieuli bought the warriors and renamed them for their new home.i had a dream and i clung to that dreamnate thurmond joined the team for their second season at the cow palace. .. becoming the first player ever to score a quadruple double.chamberlain returned to philadelphia and their new team, the 76ers ... as rick barry became the new warriors star, leading the team to the nba finals.in 1971, mieuli changed the name to the golden state warriors, playing almost all the home games in oakland... and in 1975 barry led the team to the finals ... sweeping the washington bullets for their third championship.and that's where the number stayed .

. >> i don't worry about my legacy because, you know, i'm still studying theodore roosevelt or harry truman. there's not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. >> the it's not too soon to judge on some aspects of this legacy. i mean, it's not too soon to judge on the war in iraq. why? because it didn't accomplish what he thought it was going to accomplish before he started war. it cost 4,000 plus american lives, it cost $2 trillion, and i think, you know, i write in my book and i don't think this judgment will change that it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> james mann, sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the house and senate are both out of session until after midterm elections. the house returns tuesday, november 13th, when chamber's expected to begin work that funds federal government past december 7th deadline. and senate also returns that tuesday with plans to work on coast guard programs and a nomination for the federal reserve board. you can follow house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2.

i told you justice jackson was appointed by harry truman who would-- who did that by executive order. not all physicians can hand up consent so what can be done? if a said it check is not necessary what can be done? congress has long had a statute barring retired military from serving in a civilian capacity. that was listed so that general. matus -- so that the general could serve in the senate. congress had to way that and has the authority to impose those qualifications. they can pass the same statute if you are a federal judge. they can pass the statute and deal with the problem of double duty. i like what we have which is a custom of not allowing double duty but allowing it in situations where it might actually be useful. if the country could actually benefit, doing something else, why should we require that they give up that? if the president things it's necessary and the conch-- the country agrees with the president, that can happen. it's probably right but can be broken when circumstances warrant. let me make a few final remarks. i would like to see them being sent to russia to

helping getting americans out of europe during world war i, coming back and helping harry truman reorganize the federal government. his service was extraordinary. he raised funds, used his own money. extraordinary. throughout this series last year and this year, we've been talking about the legacy of the founders, obviously. and we've discussed washington, jefferson, hamilton, i guess the usual suspects as one would say. are there any of the founding generation that are maybe underappreciated or you think someone that deserves more attention if. >> absolutely. george mason. not just i teach at the george mason law school. george mason participated in the constitutional convention. they refused to sign the constitution on the sole grounds that it did not have the bill of rights. he had written the bill of rights for virginia. this was an important feature that he felt had to be included. and of course, helped muster the sentiment that did bring it on in the amendments. >> and mason's bold gesture is one of several things that prompted the founders to revisit the need to have a bill of rights

to know better than to believe what he says now trump has said a lot of things he's applauded harry truman for the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki trumpet said what's the point of having nuclear weapons if we can't use them to a normal person a reasonable person that means let's get rid of our nuclear weapons to trump that means make them more usable if you look at the u.s. nuclear posture review of february of this year he calls for use expanding the situations in which he can use nuclear weapons and he calls for making smaller. nuclear weapons tactical nuclear weapons that will be more usable so trump is not the only opposed to nuclear weapons he wants to have the biggest arsenal they want to have the best arsenal but he's too stupid to understand is that if the us pulls out of this treaty now the advantage goes overwhelmingly to russia which can produce these weapons even though they say they're a want to. take the f. somebody else and it's estimated would take the united states up to a decade to be able to deploy these were at a time but for now for us it was like thanks very

why was harry truman different from what he came into office ot 1945? . >> one reason is on the crash landing he do anything less the members of the house and senate voting for a lesser resolution when the iraq war turned unpopular if they are voting for a war they are voting for a war the president can rely on the support and also anyone here who hates war one way to do that is to demand if the president wants to war he has to make the case to get that declaration if the war is waged they all share that sacrifice equally. >> so we will talk about lbj in the vietnam war so where do you stand right now since vietnam? from a volunteer force quick. >> if there's going to be a war one of those sacrifices so everyone is exposed to the risk. [applause] . >> asking about lyndon johnson to his great credit he realized too much of the war was borne by people especially african-americans that's when there was huge demonstrations march on the pentagon and on the campuses that should be a constrain on future presidents. >> you write with perfect hindsight it is cle

this is not harry truman and the buck stops here. as soon as these reports of bombs hit the media, he's been constantly trying to blame everybody else, feeling sorry for himself, trying to scapegoat the media, which is an extraordinary stunt when you think that cnn had the bomb threat and he's trying to turn it back on the media that it's their problem. he's in campaign mode right now. he was perhaps feeling secret culpable some of this and these are the people he's been mocking and he's decided to call it an over blown story by the media and saying that we're blaming him. we're not blaming donald trump for the incident. we're saying he needs to play a role of educator and public information officer. yet another low eb unhis white house tenure. >> here is what the president said hours beforhis first state of the union address. he said i would love to be able to bring back our country into a great form of unity without a major event where people pull together. that's hard to do but i would luke to do it without that major event becaus

going back to the trumans, what anita said, there was this great tory about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard mike westwood down from independence for a meeting and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they are running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop it is car and he -- stops the car and he hops out and helps her with the pigs and the media got a handle on this and asked if it was true. he said it's true, but remember i was a farmer. >> and these story, one of the things we did a year ago was come up with the idea to take president ford's story standing up for diversity in his senior year at the university of michigan where his traveling roommate because of the color of his skin couldn't play on the football team, our historical group put this pbs thing together and students would fall asleep. we said let's turn it into a 40-minute play. half mill board is ready to lynch me and what am i doing? and we did 10 productions of the play in february. we got a waiting list of schools that wants to go in and do t

harry truman, and i can 51 the koreans invaded south, truman said you would do what presidents normallygo to congress and ask for a war declaration. i have got it from the notes that were taken in his private meetings. truman says i am not going to do that because i have midterms coming up in a couple months. i don't want a big debate that might be embarrassing to me. i am just going to do this war on my own and say the war in korea is a police action under the united nations. that was a really bad example because a decade and a half after that, lyndon johnson was thinking about war in vietnam. he goes to the public and claims there was an unprovoked, he said, attack on a u.s. ship in the gulf of tonkin off of north vietnam. hisot congress to give him goal for talking resolution. turns out there was never any such attack. tonson and nixon used that run the war in vietnam for 10 years, almost 60,000 americans killed. various times in our history, we have ended up in wars that don't have support. president trump said there would have been a war with north korea. it is not clear to me that

. >> i don't worry about my legacy because i still study theater roosevelt or harry truman. is not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. it is not too soon to judge on some aspects of this legacy. it is not too soon to judge the

. >> i don't really worry about my legacy because i am still studying theodore roosevelt or harry truman. there is not going to be an objective history done on this administration for a long time. to judgenot too soon on some aspects of his legacy. it is not too soon to judge the war in iraq. why? accomplishdid not what he thought it was going to accomplish before starting the war. lives, $200 american trillion. , and i don't book think this judgment will change, that it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. night onmahon, sunday c-span's q&a. speaking at a campaign rally in charlotte, north carolina, president trump promoted local candidatespolitical and talked about the news media. this is an hour and 15 minutes. c-span is your primary source for campaign 2018. ♪

clinton gives a nice beach about harry truman. -- a nice speech about harry truman.uomoutes later, mario walks onto the stage. he did not seem to want it. he finished his speech and walked offstage and flew back to new york that night. he seems to show no interest. bill clinton wants to run for president and seems ready to run. shockingly at the time, he pulls out at the last minute. it is clear in hindsight that there were a lot of concerns with the gary hart scandal. he had just been pushed out of the democratic race. bill clinton had to sit out 1988. michael dukakis asked bill clinton to give a speech at the convention. clinton, this is his chance to be mario cuomo. he was given an equally powerful spot. they overstocked the speech. they put every thought they had never had into it. in the middle of the speech, he is going on and on. the broadcast networks pull away from the speech. he gets to this line toward the end of the speech where he says, in closing. the whole hall breaks out into sarcastic applause. ,linton is looking at it like you needed a certain -- he

just what anita said, there's this great story about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard, mike westwood, down from independence to jefferson city for a meeting. skpr and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they're running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop the car and he hops -- truman hops out and helps her to coral these pigs. a reporter gets wind of this when truman, you know, arrives at his destination in jefferson city. and they ask him if it's true. he said, yeah, of course it's true, but remember, i was a farmer before i was president. >> see. >> so down to earth. >> i think we have a question. >> yeah, trying to tie into your comments, and i appreciate that gerald r. ford story. one of the things we did a year ago was to come up with the idea to take president ford's story of standing up for diversity in his senior year at university of michigan, where his traveling roommate, because of the color of his skin, couldn't play on that football team. now, an historical group had kind of put this our pbs thing

starting thousands of miles away, with a marine corps veteran of world war two. newsreel music1946, harry trumann the white house and the hottest team in the new basketball league of america is the philadelphia warriors ... and its star forward joe fulks who led the team to the first league championship . fulks was soon eclipsed by philly native wilt chamberlain whose record 00 points in a single game has never been broken,chamberlain was with the team when bay area sports entrepreneur franklin mieuli bought the warriors and renamed them for their new home.i had a dream and i clung to that dreamnate thurmond joined the team for their second season at the cow palace. .. becoming the first player ever to score a quadruple double.chamberlain returned to philadelphia and their new team, the 76ers ... as rick barry became the new warriors star, leading the team to the nba finals.in 1971, mieuli changed the name to the golden state warriors, playing almost all the home games in oakland... and in 1975 barry led the team to the finals ... sweeping the washington bullets for their third championship.and

mark carpenter where the dubs won of the hearts of millions of bay area fans. newsreel music1946, harry trumanin the white house and the hottest team in the new basketball league of america is the philadelphia warriors ... and its star forward joe fulks who led the team to the first league championship . fulks was soon eclipsed by philly native wilt chamberlain whose record 00 points in a single game has never been broken,chamberlain was with the team when bay area sports entrepreneur franklin mieuli bought the warriors and renamed them for their new home.i had a dream and i clung to that dreamnate thurmond joined the team for their second season at the cow palace. ..becoming the first player ever to score a quadruple double.chamberlain returned to philadelphia and their new team, the 76ers ... as rick barry became the new warriors star, leading the team to the nba finals.in 1971, mieuli changed the name to the golden state warriors, playing almost all the home games in oakland... and in 1975 barry led the team to the finals ... sweeping the washington bullets for their third championship.and