secretary marshall and even harry truman was forced to comment on it. and harry, at a press conference, somebody showed him, the look magazine articles, and he pointed to this picture and said, this is what i mean by ham and eggs. art said, i've been to a million circus and i've never a performer who looked like her. so this became a political problem for for harry. so the show opened to very positive views in prague. it forced the soviet union to put on its competing show. it was very well well-received, but ultimately the political implications were too much. and secretary marshall, the show had the pictures shipped back to the united states. he told congress, as far future circus ladies go, that is a closed shop. so the pictures came back to the u.s. they were sold as government surplus and financial institute are not financial institutions educational institutions. colleges and universities under the under the rules of the auction were entitled a 90% discount on the winning. so circus girl went to auburn university. for $100. georgia o'keeffe was sol

president harry truman issued one of the most consequential presidential executive orders in american history, directing the end of segregation in the armed forces of the united states. at the time, president truman, an uphill battle to win election in his own right. and there was little support for new civil rights initiatives. what inspired president truman to make this bold and transform decision that would forever change america's civil rights history? putting at risk election as the president of the united states. let me share with you the backstory of the issuance of executive. 9981. as war two ended, there was a great sense of optimism about america's capacity to spread democracy and individual liberty across the globe. but beneath the veneer of america's grand self-image as the bastion of freedom and liberty was stark reality. african residing in the old confederacy lived in a twilight world between slavery and freedom. they no longer had masters, but they did not enjoy the rights of a free people. black southerners were routinely the right to vote, segregate and physically fr

it also did no harm to harry truman.n he began that process in 1941, he was a relatively unknown figure just starting his second he had been a senator from the pendergast machine in missouri, had a somewhat tainted beginning and had a hard time getting past. but by this time psaki was ready to be more independent and stick out his own claim and that is what he did with his committee. over the next three or have years, he led to this investigation which got a lot of attention, was widely praised for its effectiveness. by 1944 he had risen to such a status that he became the running mate for president fdr for his final election bid. he became vice president in 1945, 83 days later became president when fdr died. . it really was made harry truman international figure and what with him into the position to become president of the united states. host: harry truman was one of 17 senators. that became president of the united states. james monroe, john quincy adams, andrew jackson, martin van buren, william henry harrison, john t

former vice president wallace swears in harry truman. new vice president.t takes the i. franklin delano roosevelt do solemnly sfaithfully the officef president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. the president delivers a brief inaugural address. we americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. it is a test of our courage, resolve of our wisdom, of our essential democracy. if we meet that test successfully and honorably from a of historic importance, of historic importance, which men and women and children will honor t time. as i stand here. having taken the solemn oath of fice of my fellow in in the presence of our godod. i know that it is america's purpose that we shall not fail in days and the years to come. we shall work for justice and reduce a durable peace. today, we welcome fight for total victory in war. ■

otherwise, take a look at harry truman. he wouldn't have done, if you think hiroshima, not exactly a nice act but it did end the second world war, probably. nagasaki. he wouldn't be doing that. he would say i don't want to do that. my opponents will indict me. you have to give a president full and total immunity. >> joining me now in the studio to talk about this, the defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, you heard donald trump there a few moments ago saying that, you know, if harry truman had to deal with this, he might not have dropped the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki. does that make any sense? >> no. it doesn't make any sense. the problem is, one of the thing we're missing in this discussion on immunity. there is no immunity that is boundless if you're outside the scope of the immunity. and that is what this is about. trump's defense is i was doing my job. truman was doing his job. if that turns out to be the case, he'll have a great defense and really the immunity will kick in. because after all, he's just

looking back at former president harry truman's and picasso's time together in 1958 during a mediterranean vacation. the story details of modern art, communism and how the two men forge an unlikely bond. at 10:30 p.m. historic campaign speeches. first a look at 1992 speech by democratic presidential candidate bill clinton followed by president ronald reagan who spoke at the iowa kickoff and. exploring the american story. american history tv saturdays on cspan2 and find a full schedule on your program guide o watch online anytime as he spent.org/history. >> the up-to-date about books. current nonfiction book releases plus a best seller lists as well as industry news and trends you can fight about books on c-span now our free mobile app or wherever you get the podcast. >> defense secretary lloyd austin made his first public appearance since he was hospitalized for complications of a procedure to treat prostate cancer pretty give the opening remarks at a virtual remarks about you kain ukraine group this is just over five minutes. >> good day everyone.

they're not going to move -- harry truman would not have done -- harry truman would not have done hiroshima. but he wouldn't have done it. so many things wouldn't be done. the president has to have immunity. if they don't have immunity you're not going to have -- you're not going to have a presidency much. you're not going to have much of a country. >> so let's be clear. what trump is describing is leadership with no checks on those in power. but there in the united states -- but here in the united states we have a rule of law that applies to everyone. that's why four grand juries indicted the ex-president in four separate criminal cases. and he's got a few civil cases he's dealing with as well. all the while trump's 2024 presidential campaign is moving full steam ahead. the gop primary is now down to two candidates. and the two -- and the twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president is looking like he's all but secured the party's nomination. which means we're headed for a clash. a clash between a man who before voters cast their ballots could be criminally convicted and a political p

otherwise, take a look at harry truman. he wouldn't have done, if you think hiroshima, not exactly a nice act. but it did end the second world war probably. right? nagasaki. he wouldn't be doing that. he said i don't want to do that because my opponents will indict me. you have to give a president full and total immunity. >> now, groups in several states are looking to remove trump from their ballots for his role in the capitol insurrection. but that's not the only legal challenge the former president is facing as the election approaches. voters in new hampshire are weighing whether the former president's legal problems will have any impact on their votes. cnn's gary tuckman went there to find out. listen. >> we came to downtown port smith new hampshire with two specific questions for people who plan to vote in the republican primary. both questions that were asked on cnn's entrance poll in iowa. the first. >> is donald trump fit for the presidency if convicted of a crime? and 65% of the republicans said yes. he is fit for

and before we can really make the argument, harry truman asked them, well, dr. oppenheimer, when do think the russians are going to get the bomb? oppenheimer says, why not, sure. but soon, in the coming years, they're capable of doing it. and truman interrupts them and says, i know i. the answer to that question never. they're not capable of doing this. yeah, and of course, oppenheimer at that moment loses it completely. he realizes that the president, the united states has no understanding that there is no there are no secrets to this development of this weapon. the physics is known that any country, however small, and be able to elude these weapons and lose. and he says exactly the wrong thing to the man who made the decision to use two weapons on two japanese cities. he says, well, sir, you don't understand we have blood on our hands or i have blood on my hand. and of course the meeting ends very quickly and truman turns to one of his aides and reported, lee says, you know, i don't want to see that scientist ever again. we're so it's it's a terrible missed op

harry truman would not have done -- harry truman would not have done hiroshima. you know you have to allow a president to do his job. they will make decisions. >> what are you hearing from voters about how much that is selling or whether it matters if they just sort of say oh, that's just trump? >> that is more of the ladder that they play it off as trump being trump. another example of the political and legal that we have seen over the last six months. trump doesn't care if the voters care about it. it's on his mind. that's the reason he's kind of saying it at these types of rallies. but it also messes with the overall picture of the presidential power that he's trying to paint for 2025. this is someone who has been working with the kind of lawyers and the conservative thinkers to think about how they would get around congress in second term to hear about how he would sort of make the policy position come to fruition without going through the traditional legislative measures. how to weaponize the doj and the courts. this is a part of the promise that trump is te

in harry truman's memoirs, which were two volum and a bestseller in their own day, the's a wonderful out his farite high scho history teacher. and you will find that in every truman biogrhy. and th storyomes right fro truman and his book himself. so theooks a very valuable for ose kinds of early formative years anthose humanizing details. they become lessaluable the closer that we get to the times of real liticapower,hat is whenresidents starto tel their own vsion, usa bit of in and that's is whescholars have to sit and evaluate wh a esident says versus what acally happened. but there is value ineeing how they view themselves. you can understand more of what there trying to accomplish at the time. in my own book, in the moments wher i thought the book was becoming very partisan, that is why i try to take the reads behind-the-scenes. an example from president clinton's book, his book when he wain the white house is a very pro-clinton book. but instead orunning throughout the points that he de in my le, i tell the stories of how they were working on the book. and he did write the book h

he gets an appointment with harry truman in the oval office oppenheimer's agenda is to persuade harryechnology. and he starts to make this pitch. and truman interrupts him with a question, saying, "well, dr. oppenheimer, when do you think the russians are going to get this weapon of mass destruction?" and oppenheimer is sort of taken aback by the question and says, "well, i'm not sure but sometime in the future." and truman interrupts again and says, "well, i know. never. at that point, oppie understands that harry truman doesn't understand anything about the physics of this weapon. and oppenheimer, at that point, says exactly the wrong thing. rhodes: he really offended president truman by saying, "mr. president, i have blood on my hands." (explosion rumbling) bird: this is exactly the wrong thing to say to the guy who made the decision to drop two such bombs on two japanese cities. he was trying to impress truman. he thought it was something that truman would like to hear, and he got that wrong a lot. i mean, oppenheimer was very charming to a lot of people, but he was often not char

after franklin's death, the next president harry truman took the helm of the country.the last year of the toman war was ordered to use the atomic bomb in japan. a little later, truman decided to establish a moral and legal system for all humanity, and the rest of the heads of western countries agreed with him. elina roset to the title of american ambassador was chosen in the newly established organization called the united nations. now the former first lady of the united states was the main responsible for developing a new moral and legal system. something that was supposed to be published in the form of an announcement. declaration of human rights. this was not the first time that the thought of such rights for all mankind occupied the minds of american officials. for the first time, the necessity of using human rights and its importance was discovered in the previous war, the first world war. in those years, conflicts in europe had intensified. political men in washington knew that germany was advancing and expanding the border host. and the situation is more dangero

harry truman. you could say let's go get him for hiroshima, let's go get him for what he did.u know, hundreds of thousands of people. any, if you don't have immunity, anybody if coming out will be indicted by the opposing party. and it'll happen almost without question. >> but you know you could play it out. if president biden came after you, he would have immunity? >> as an example. with all of the things that he's done, with afghanistan, the worst removal in history, with all of the thing -- what he's done in afghanistan, 13 soldiers killed, many soldiers just obliterated, leaving people behind and giving up $85 billion worth of brand new equipment that i bought because i rebuilt the military, biden would be absolutely -- and i'm not even mentioning his personal stuff. i'm not even mentioning that. i'll stay away from that. but if a president doesn't have immunity, he will be unable to function. i i think the presidency would be a disaster without immunity. >> bret, great stuff there. so far president trump has spent a fair amount of time at courthouses dealing with some of

. >> harry truman is the example they brought up. he seized the american steel mills during a steel strike, then the court said he was not allowed to do that. so he gave them back. so, that came up in court. >> interesting to look at history. >> it absolutely is. >> thank you. >>> new overnight, a u.s. nationals being charged actually detained in russia on drug charges. robert romanov woodland i a dual russian and american citizen. the district court of moscow says he'll be detained for two months as a pretrial restrictions. according to woodland's facebook profile, he lives in a suburb north of moscow and has worked oz an english teacher. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. this all comes as "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich is also being detained, awaiting trial in november. his detention was extended until the end of the month. >>> san francisco leaders later today will vote on a controversial resolution calling for a cease-fire in gaza. dozens of palestinian supporters yesterday attended a supervisors c

democracy because he cannot to win fairly, the president must have complete immunity, as an example of harry truman punish him for herasima, for what he did, killed hundreds of thousands of people and... if there is no immunity, any president will be condemned by the opposite party . biden would absolutely be condemned, not to mention his personal affairs. voting in new hampshire is scheduled for tuesday; most likely it will not bring big surprises for trump. supporters of the former president celebrate his victory in advance. we're seeing this incredible movement in support of trump. we we see how many people want him back, they are ready to fight for it. association of conservatives. already, all polls show that she is losing to trump there too. dmitry melnikov and nikolai koskin, news from newmpshire. a group of russian restorers will travel to abkhazia to assess the condition of works by survivors of a fire in the national art gallery in sukhum. the fire is almost complete. destroyed several thousand exhibits from the museum's funds, only one hundred and fifty paintings were saved, but it is st

. >> harry truman harry truman asw used to use two bombs, one, hiroshima and nagasaki it endeda world war ii against japan. let me ask you, is that the right decisionskdecision? no more war crimes, my brother. i am consistent in? dow we need to sit down and discussion of what an occupation is because you come from an occupied people and you ought to be ashamed that you point out, well, occupation when othe ried. are occupied, you are you are better than them using the race card. drdr. ga., she was guilty. >> that's not the answer. c she was giving an opportunity. she was giving and using her word against her. that ain't no race for her life. that's her life. that's how i live my life. i condemn, bn anybodrothy.. nyby i condemn anybody that did that. you know, we t to have a clear condemnation. i want to have condemnation. i don't want to help my brotheru because i know she said i'm for something, something good. and i'm trying to ease.ng to gea >> she had an opportunity. i'm talking benzos. >> she had an opportunity to condemn those and speak outns against those that were responsible

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politicians, which they held directly from the train in 1948, the famous resignation of president harry truman by america provided him with re-election and support for the idea of. in 1947, when the idea appeared to help europe recover after the second world war, the americans were not there. from that , inflation was high , sounds familiar, at that time the truman administration was going all over the country, they were reaching out to every section of the population, they were telling people, let us explain why this is important, if we don't, all the extraordinary the sacrifices we all had to make will be useless it was not an easy conversation, but they toured the whole country, and public opinion began to change. our visle stop tour is inspired by the fact that the tour started in minnesota, with at least nine more states to go: missouri, kentucky, iowa, texas, oklahoma, colorado, michigan, illinois and pennsylvania, all states where, like in ukraine, agriculture plays an important role. we want to spend a very concentrated time in the heart of the country and work in regions where there a

democrat voters will be fund, lbj '68 lost reelection he also did not go to new hampshire, harry trumanhampshire, you cannot shove aside democrat voter. >> he wants to run as an incumbent president, he is trying to rise above the fray, i agree, there is a risk in alienating the voters, a greater risk is getting to a match with dean phillips, i don't think that dean phillips will be a factor in the race. elizabeth: y you are talking better to protect president's hold on power i'm talking from view of the voter, they want to hear from him, see him in action, the polls say we're worried about his age. >> he will need to show up in the race even if he skips new hampshire now health not be able to skip the general election he will not be able to cam pain of f -- campaign in his basement any more. there are questions on whether he will be able to do that. elizabeth: jon levine you are terrific, thank you for joining us, thank you for watching the "evening edit" on fox business, i am elizabeth macdonald et e. time for my buddies dagen and sean. they are fired. dagen: it is our one year anniver

and that is where they first are getting ideas and rst started thinking about history from the harry trumanas with me th biggest lover of hiory in terms of reading. ulysses srant was the biggest fiction lover he read so many novels,e actually got the merits at west point as a cadet because he was spending too much ti in the library. but all th fiction reading, i think, helped ke his presidential memoir a stunning book. host: om the converse site, president trump often says thahe doesn't have te to read many books. whatther psidents were n readers? craig: lyndon hnson is a goo exple, somebody who was not much of a reader. his wife would sometes joke that he had't read a book since he wasn colle in texas. i am sure that is not true, but i don't necessary think that reading a book the most importanthing that you can do as president. it is understandable that they are busy and they have lot going on, but certainly, i value books and ading. the way to the white house or tang some time to read i think, can be a useful way to step back from all the excitement and new happening around them. johnson

have his additional term, but that he would not run for another term of office just as his hero, harry truman, had not run again in 1952. johnson was always very aware of sort of historical precedent, especially within the democratic party. so i think he'd really labored over that decision a while. his father had died at age 60. he. johnson men died young. and the family, as we know. johnson came to have very short post-presidency dying. only about four years later, at age 64. i'd say the first of your major conclusion, as we've just discussed in detail regarding the chennault affair, the second has to do with the johnson nixon relationship, because you write in the book that lbj decided on march the way i should say, announced on march 31, 1968, that he wasn't going to run again. lbj secretly nixon to succeed him. why would lbj do this over his own vice president? this is the most argument in the book. so with a chennault affair, it was really just sort of showing that what's been said doesn't make a lot of sense. but this is really the newest aspect of the book based on new evidence. and i'

the first knife in kennedy's back is plunged by former president harry truman.u certain that you are quite ready for the role of presidet in january 1961? do not think it was a foregone 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. adoring crowds greet kennedy at the democratic convention. we had great hopes that jack was going to win. he had won all the primaries. but it wasn't a sure thing. 'good afternoon from the sports arena in los angeles, california, 'the site of the national democratic convention, 'and this is the big one...' kennedy holes up with his brother bobby and his team. his hotel suite becomes a command bunker. his target, the old guard of the democrats. he knows they plan to crush him. kennedy had a major foe, trying to bring him down at every opportunity. 'his name was lyndon b. johnson, 'the senate majority leader from texas.' johnson wants the nomination for himself, and he's prepared to play dirty. lyndon johnson's allies and friends,

pressure to get it done, why wouldn't he go to east palestine and use the bully pulpit the way that harry trumannd try to shame congress into passing that, why is that not an idea that the white house would contemplate quick >> i don't have any idea -- updates on the scheduling process but it shouldn't take anything more than we've already seen happen for congress to act. i don't know why we have to persuade anyone to do something that members of both parties claim to care about, which is to make railroads safer. president biden's administration and we are doing it with the rule-making authority, congress has to do its part. why would they let it get to one year and they would still fail to act? >> transportation secretary thank you very much, coming up, a tragic mission involving two navy seals. >>> the united nations says only a quarter of those in gaza have been given a green light, a significant increase in denials that is only exacerbating the dire need for food, water and medicine, as the world health organization says quote inhumane living conditions have led to a spike in hepatitis cases

i think it'so raise what i call the harry truman standard. that famously was the buck stops here.owns and economic chaos that resulted in the spring of 2020 including a 30% drop in gdp on an annualized runsed by t was caused by the lockdown, it was caused by the utter fear sownameric public as a result of the white house task force day in and out using the out of the public.are we got the economic collapse you can't let him off the hook. even if you do and say the world stopped in february 2020, even then the growth rate of jobs under trump was about 1.4% per year. the 2.5% norm you can see in the record goingt ofe eisenhower. again, the point i'm trying to make i wasn't a magnificent maga economy. if you look at the bottom line, what i would call the core metric that addresses living standards, are we progressing or regressing, that is real gdp per capita, and trump has the worst record of any president practically in modern times. the average growth of gdp per capita was about 2.3% per year going all the way back to the it was only 1% under donald trump. therefore you can't wash

harry truman would take cabinet secretaries down to sunny key west to talk shop.rved in the hawaiian waves, to the delight of suburban wine moms. donald trump, who wisely wore a hat, played golf in sunny south florida. even jfk soaked up the rays before his first televised debate with nixon. but some presidents can't handle the heat. in a scandal more impeachable than obama's tan suit, joe biden returned from the virgin islands looking like george hamilton. i hate to be a nag, but the president just had skin cancer a year ago. he had a lesion removed from his chest. white house dermatologist dr dr. jill should know better, but apparently you can't keep biden out of the sun. >> i've got hairy legs that turned -- that turned blonde in the sun. and the kids used to come up and reach in the pool and rub my leg down, and then watch the hair come back up again. >> jesse: if biden can't take care of himself, how can he take care of the country? as the great greg gutfeld said, joe finally got burned by a different sun. everybody knows he must wear protection. >> is that s

presidency, author matthew talks about his book when harry met pablo looking back at former president harry truman picasso's time together during mediterranean vacation. at 10:30 p.m. eastern watch our series historic campaign speeches first look at 1992 speech by democratic presidential candidate bill clinton in portsmith, new hampshire. exploring the american story, watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find full schedule on your program guide or watch onlin any time at c-span.org/history. >> this weekend-sn's campaign 2024 coverage continues with events in south carola, first up on sury president biden and democratic presidential candidate dea phillips speak at the sth carolina democratic party first in the nation dinner and celebration in colombia. that's livetarting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. on sunday nikki haley will speak to voters in a rally in conway. live covere at 5:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. both events on c-span now, free mobile video app and online at c-span.org. >> c-span is unfiltered view of government. >> next we head to indiana for governor eric holcomb state of th

recall back in 1948, although i was not alive back then, a huge union vote. 62 points harry truman wont vote by over thomas dewy. it was a big reason he won. union members back then made up a much larger share of the vote. jump to 1992, we see bill clinton won that union vote. i don't know why that didn't go. there we go. won that union vote by 31 points. in 2020 joe biden carried that vote only by 22 points nationally. i was looking at some of the national polls there and we're seeing that trend line more towards donald trump this time around. union members a big part of the democratic coalition, but fewer and fewer of them and fewer of them are voting democratic and why is that? what is going on here? well, union member vote in 2020, among college graduates, joe biden won union members by 46 points. look with no college degree. donald trump won that vote by 6 points. we think of unions and blue collar workers but there are a lot of white collar voters in unions and those voters are going over from biden, but look at the blue collar workers they're in the trump camp. >> trump has been

otherwise, take a look at harry truman. he wouldn't have done, if you think, hiroshima. exactly a nice act. but it did end the second world war. >> stephen: "not exactly nice" is a bit of an understatement for hiroshima. though it does remind me of oppenheimer's famous words, "now i am become death. awwkwaaaard." if haley survives new hampshire, the race will move on to her home state of south carolina. trump bragged about his chances there. or at least, he tried to, then he got distracted. >> the south carolina respected pollster tony fabrizio. is he a relation to al capone? >> stephen: no! no, he just also has an italian name. "they're all related. al capone, tony fabrizio, mama celeste, little caesar, and their matriarch, penny alla vodka." trump also ranted about electric vehicles. >> on day one, i will end crooked joe biden's insane electric vehicle mandate. they don't work well in cold weather. and they don't go far. that's true. they don't go far. but it's certainly not great for your clime, your clime, they call it climate. >> stephen: "your clime. your clime. th

no better case can be made how he discarded -- who ruled the soviet union since harry truman.r evolved into dave connor. and reagan discarded. we will not get along with the soviet union but transcend the soviet union. we will beat them into the ground and make people in the soviet republicans free peer that is exactly what he did. nothing upset henry kissinger crowd more than reagan challenging that status quo. >> laura: so it was the old status quo, the old republican party, he didn't win in '76 but came back in 1980 obviously and won substantially. bedford of my want to talk about peace through strength. because trump has echoed that theme since 2015 since he got into the race. we need the american economy to be humming. manufacturing made in the country and not lip service like joe biden gives it when he talks about made in america. this was reagan and 1980 on that same topic. >> establishing a real piece. we must rest on the perm underpinning of a strong american economy. tragically, the weakened state of america economy is significantly affected our ability to have the s

. >> i'll tell you, so did harry truman. when he won in 1948, and beat tom dewey.ewey was much better americans than donald trump ever was. look, i just think, if you look at what biden's accomplished, it's probably, domestically, in terms of, especially climate change, jobs in rural america, and boosting our tech, he's accomplished more than a democratic president, domestically, since lyndon johnson. so eventually this is going to get through. american people are not stupid. we can eventually figure out that they're going to get hurt badly by four more years of donald trump. this is the perfect evidence. the sky will turn on a dime and do everything that will help them and he doesn't care about immigration. he likes the immigration problem because it gives him a leg up in the election. that's pretty sad. >> appreciate your time, howard, intake. you coming up the connection between securing the southern border and the explosion of drug in getting related violence in ecuador. how bad is it? david culver takes us to the front lines. according to a senior administrati

i actually think the avenue for joe biden to get reelected is very much akin to 1948 harry truman, who was doing poorly in the polls, who had high inflation going into it, and he basically ran against congress as a do nothing congress, and that's what i think joe biden is starting to do. he needs to do that over the next ten months. >> susan, republicans keep saying biden doesn't need congress. he can stop what is happening at the border all by himself. can you fact-check that for us? because we here know that may not be true. >> look, look at what donald trump's was on this. he wanted congress to pass all sorts of legislation when it came to immigration. many of his proposals were so extreme that his own officials in the department of homeland security thought they were illegal at times, the kinds of things that donald trump wanted to do at the border. and so, again, this is in part the public theater of who's going to get the blame here. first of all, it's very notable we haven't even seen the text of this bill that has been negotiated for weeks and weeks in the senate by a key democ

. >> harry truman use two bombs. one at hiroshima and one that nagasaki. ask you, is that the right decision? >> those were war crimes, my brother. i am consistent. we need to sit down and have a long discussion of what an occupation is. you come from an occupied people and you ought to be shame ashamed that you can't point out what occupation when other people are occupied. >> you are better then using the race card. dr. gay was guilty of not only giving the wrong answer. she was giving aid and comfort-- [ crosstalk ] >> that is her life. come on, brother. >> i condemn anybody that did that. you know me. >> i want to hear the condemnation. i just want to hear it, my brother. there is something good in you. i'm trying to get it out. >> she had an opportunity. she had an opportunity to condemn those and speak out against those that were responsible for murdering innocent people and she equivocated. >> that doesn't mean she's not anti- somatic and anti-semitism is not running large at harvard. any anti-semitism is not running wild. >> if she is that week she

that in at length in the book as well, because i think it's important to to raise what i call the harry truman standard. and that, of course, famously was the buck stops re. and the, you know, the lockdowns and the economic chaos that resulted in■a■-,÷ the spring of, including, you know, a 30% drop in gdp and an annualized run rate was not caused by the virus. it was caused by the lockdown. it was caused by the utter fear that was sown inhe ameca resultd the white house task force. day in and day out, using the bully pulpit to scare the hell ■ñ out of the public. and so, you know, we we got the economic collapse that was totally unnecessary. so you can't let him off the hook. but even if you do and saying, well, the world stopped and february 20, 20, even then, the growth rate of jobs under trump was about 1.1. 4% per year, well less than the 2 to 2 and a half percent norm that you can see in the record. going back to most of the ■tpresidents since eisenhower. so again, the point 'm trying to make is there it wasn't a magnificent mega economy. and if you look at sort of the bo l is what i woul

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