were harry truman and solemnly swear. i, harry truman, do solemnly swear. you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. but i will faithfully the office of president of the united states and will to the best of your ability, will. to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. all help you, god. so help me god. nation and the world. a solemn president declared that the vice president, mr. chief justice and senator. i accept with humility, the honor which the people have conferred upon me. i accept that with a resolve to do all that i can for the welfare of this nation and, for the peace of the world. american people stand firm in the faith which has inspired this nation from the beginning. we believe that all men have a right to, equal justice under the law and equal opportunity in the common good. we believe that all have a right to freedom of thought and expression. we believe that all men are created equal because

were harry truman and solemnly swear. i, harry truman, do solemnly swear. you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. but i will faithfully the office of president of the united states and will to the best of your ability, will. to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. all help you, god. so help me god. nation and the world. a solemn president declared that the vice president, mr. chief justice and senator. i accept with humility, the honor which the people have conferred upon me. i accept that with a resolve to do all that i can for the welfare of this nation and, for the peace of the world. american people stand firm in the faith which has inspired this nation from the beginning. we believe that all men have a right to, equal justice under the law and equal opportunity in the common good. we believe that all have a right to freedom of thought and expression. we believe that all men are created equal because

people from of the 48 states of the union honor, harry truman and the 40th inauguration since george washington in the field of office as the nation's first president. nearly 160 years ago. in. a colorful moves on inauguration in 1949. expressive of the mood of a nation the country is striving for a peaceful world yet of the military need to make keep that peace in harry truman's own work. it marks the beginning not only of a new administration, but of a period that will be eventful, perhaps decisive for themy frie. before i begin expression of those thoughts that i deem appropriate to this moment, would you me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer my own and i ask you bow your heads, almighty god, as we here at this moment, my associates in my future associates in the executive branch of government join me in beseeching that our make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng and our fellow citizens everywhere. give us we pray the to discern clearly right wrong and allow all our words and actions to be governed there by and by the laws o

people from of the 48 states of the union honor, harry truman and the 40th inauguration since george washington in the field of office as the nation's first president. nearly 160 years ago. in. a colorful moves on inauguration in 1949. expressive of the mood of a nation the country is striving for a peaceful world yet of the military need to make keep that peace in harry truman's own work. it marks the beginning not only of a new administration, but of a period that will be eventful, perhaps decisive for themy frie. before i begin expression of those thoughts that i deem appropriate to this moment, would you me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer my own and i ask you bow your heads, almighty god, as we here at this moment, my associates in my future associates in the executive branch of government join me in beseeching that our make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng and our fellow citizens everywhere. give us we pray the to discern clearly right wrong and allow all our words and actions to be governed there by and by the laws o

it was very characteristic of harry truman. he saw the comfort, the relaxation the balcony would provide and every one of his te successors has been grateful to harry truman for making it a little more livable. >> i didn't understand what all the fuss was about. all innovations in the white house usually cause trouble. when millard fillmore was president mrs. fillmore insisted on putting a bathtub in the white house and you never saw as much fuss raised about it. you ought to read the papers about that day and what a terrible thing it was. they even threatened to lynch her for putting that bathtub in the white house. they never could catch up with miss fillmore so they didn't get to lynch her. i'm glad they didn't because i put up more bathtubs when i rebuilt the white house. >> the white house we see today is a reflection of harry truman's work there. after adding the balcony that bears his name a complete reconstruction of the home is necessary due to its structural weaknesses after 148 years of use. value in the historic out

harry truman makes an executive order. what does he do? harry truman in 1948 issues an executive order that calls for the end of racial and calls for the enactment of equal in the us military. he does not actually desegregate or integrate the military that order, but that's how it's understood, is that that's what's going to happen. it doesn't finally happen until 1954. and in fact, the secretary of the was more or less received of his position because he refused to desegregate the army after after the executive order. so there was and what happened in 1954. how it gradually a korea a jump started the actual integration of the military because of the demands of combat. and by 1954 it was just a a before we felt that it actually reached that point. there was a small article in the new york times sort of announcing that the us military is now fully desegregated or integrated. but would it be fair to say that vietnam this ties into your book, an army of fire was the fully first fully integrated war that the us fought it the first war that was

and harry truman became president. almost completely unknown. taken on the ticket by roosevelt just to throw a figleaf at some people who he wanted to support him. roosevelt never did confide in harry truman. he was on the outside looking in. when roosevelt died i cried. because i had the prospect of my commanding officer, my commander in chief. later when i was in submarines i began to appreciate what harry truman stood for. i think he was honest. i doubt if he ever used a $0.03 stamp that he didn't pay for. he was under tremendous pressure from the same people that tried to prevent president johnson putting in place the civil rights act. he was under the pressure of dick russell and strom thurmond and many others. truman, already unpopular. he went out of office the most unpopular president in history. ordained commander in chief and all racial discrimination in military forces was over. that day. he was condemned severely by all his generals and admirals and overwhelmingly in the congress and by many other people in america. but he did it. my

the white house we see today is in many ways a reflection of harry truman's work there. after adding the balcony that bears his name, a complete reconstruct ocean of the home is necessary due to its structural weaknesses. after 148 years of use, valuing the historic outside walls that george washington had built during the original construction, president truman mandates that they stay untouched. but authorizes the gutting and rebuild ing of the entire inside of white house, a project that would take almost four years to complete. how they did it is an engine sharing masterpiece. it really is. they put four steel legs and made it like elevator shaft, but not for an elevator to hold up that top floor all the way down into the ground below the basement to where the sub basement was to be when the house was finished and they emptied the house, emptied the vessel as it by bringing all the parts up into those shafts and out window, opening cars into trucks and hauled it off and cleaned up the end and then dug down. in the day they were bringing a dump truck in, they had pick

and harry truman became president. almost completely unknown. taken on the ticket by roosevelt just to throw a figleaf at some people who he wanted to support him. roosevelt never did confide in harry truman. he was on the outside looking in. when roosevelt died i cried. because i had the prospect of my commanding officer, my commander in chief. later when i was in submarines i began to appreciate what harry truman stood for. i think he was honest. i doubt if he ever used a $0.03 stamp that he didn't pay for. he was under tremendous pressure from the same people that tried to prevent president johnson putting in place the civil rights act. he was under the pressure of dick russell and strom thurmond and many others. truman, already unpopular. he went out of office the most unpopular president in history. ordained commander in chief and all racial discrimination in military forces was over. that day. he was condemned severely by all his generals and admirals and overwhelmingly in the congress and by many other people in america. but he did it. my

and so some of the deferred maintenance came on to harry truman's desk. and what did harry truman have said on the front of his desk about stop box stops here? well, suzanne, it was said that if you were in the east room of the white house and these bohemian glass chandeliers which were installed by teddy roosevelt, if you were walking on the upstairs residence floor, those chandeliers were said to sway at one night. margaret truman, president and mrs. truman's daughter, was playing her piano up on the residence floor, and the leg of that piano went through the floor into the ceiling below. so president truman knew that it was his responsibility to care for this wonderful house into the future. the timbers were still wooden. it was still the infrastructure from the house had been rebuilt after the british fire. so the truman's moved across the street to blair house. the president's guest house for four years, and the entire interior of the white house was dismantled down to the subbasem you could stand in the north door, look down three levels to dirt. th

[cheers and applause] and, we are the party of a courageous fighter, harry truman.eers and applause] and as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hell. we are the party of a gallant man, john fitzgerald kennedy. [cheers and applause] we are the party of a great leader, lyndon johnson. [cheers and applause] we are the party of a great man who should have been president and would have been one of the greatest presidents in history,. a great man who epitomized the spirit of the democratic party. we are also the party of governor jerry brown and secretary edward kennedy. stephanie: --[cheers and applause] i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. you are a tough competitor and a superb campaigner and i can attest to that. before the convention, a magnificent segment of the democratic party is before the people of this country and what a democratic victory has done this year. i reach out to you tonight in your valiant passionate campaign. i need you. [cheers and applause] and i need your idealism and your dedication working for us. the

first, i don't think harry truman ever told a lie. he told the truth to the american people whether it was good or bad. he was the first real champion of human rights, at least in my lifetime. he demonstrated, in very difficult ways, bringing a successful conclusion to the second world war. we could have been abuses and condemn that -- abusive and condemnatory and destroyed the society of germany, italy, and japan. instead, his background, wisdom, and judgment was to let all those countries survive the war not with destruction, but with a new breath of freedom and commitment to democracy that has persisted today in all those countries. i think that was quite generous. the marshall plan, just announced by george marshall, could have very well been called the truman plan. he was generous to his cabinet officers. i just have great admiration for him. reporter: when you were president did you think a lot about what you wanted to be as president? what the office should be? have you changed your opinion looking back four years? pres. carter

harry truman ordained that racial segregation be abolished and all the military and civil service. he was commander-in-chief and he commanded it. so because of that, i saw an easy transition on my submarine and other ships around me and how much benefit it was to everybody in treating fellow citizens and fayette -- fellow naval men and officers equally. seven or eight years earlier, that broke the ice and started the desegregation of america. >> your religious upbringing must have been essential. mr. carter: it was. i also grew up in a church and plains, my father was a sunday school teacher i we went through big parts of the bible, i would say the sermon on the mount, and jesus spells out the essence of what is presently known as universal human rights. he spelled out the proper relationship between the powerful and the week, between the jews and gentiles, between men and women, and said that everybody should be treated equally. that was a foundation foot eleanor roosevelt later did -- of what eleanor roosevelt later did. when the united states -- extracted the essence of what the

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

some of the deferred maintenance came onto harry truman's desk.the front of his desk, he had, the buck stops here. if you were in the east room, these bohemian glass chandeliers installed by teddy roosevelt, if you were walking on the upstairs residence floor, those chandeliers were said to sway. one night, margaret truman was playing the piano on the residence floor and the leg of the piano went through the floor into the ceiling below. president truman knew it was his responsibility to care for this wonderful house into the future . the timbers were still in the structure from the house when it was rebuilt after the british buyer and the truman's moved across the street to the blair house for four years and the entire interior of the white house was dismantled down to the subbasement. you could stand in the north door, looked at three levels, they rebuilt it with steel infrastructure to modernize it, very careful detailed notes taken, completely rebuilt with all of the rooms, virtually exactly as they were, and that was an amazing gift of presid

in 1953 harry truman got a ticket for driving too slow on the pennsylvania turnpike. nixon was pardoned. bill clinton lost his law license. that is it in terms of the interaction of presidents of the united states with the justice system. so, you know, this was a truly historic set of circumstances, and i wanted to write a book -- and this is what i hope "american reckoning" does. it gives readers a tactile sense of what it was like to live through this historic circumstance and live, you know, through the disruption of our poli >> we are taking you live to the white house where president biden is about to award 20 on ariz including liz cheney of wyoming and bennie thompson of mississippi with presidential citizens metals. live coverage on c-span. >> christopher j dodd. denise rowen, excepting on behalf of diane carlson evans. gracie galloway. cynthia baker, excepting on behalf of nancy lindenbaum. ted kaufman. gracie mccarthy excepting on behalf of -- mccarthy. excepting on behalf of of lewis ready. collin sykes junior excepting on behalf of collins sykes. eleanor sm

no harry truman or dane, that racial segregation be abolished and all the military forces and in the civil service and it went into effect because he was commander in chief and he and he commanded it. and so because of that, i saw easy transfer of my submarine and all the ships around me. and how much benefit it brought to everybody and their attitude toward one another and treat fellow citizens and fellow naval men and officers equally. so that was a very good test. well, seven or eight years before martha came, became famous and before rosa parks sat in the front seat of a bus. so seven or eight years earlier, her service was the one that broke the ice and actually started the disaggregation of american. your religious upbringing must have been essential. it was well, you know, i grew up also immersed in a little in a church in place, a baptist church. my father was a sunday school teacher, and we went through the very parts of the bible, particularly, i would say, the sermon on the mount. and the first chapter of matthew, where jesus spells out the essence of what is presently kno

in the first place i don't think harry truman ever told a lie. i think he told the truth whether it was good or bad news. i think he was the first real pronounced champion of human rights. at least in my lifetime. and he demonstrated it in very difficult ways by bringing a successful conclusion to the second world war, where we could have been abusive and condemnatory and destroyed the society of germany and italy and japan. instead, it was his background wisdom and judgment to let all of these countries survive the war, not with destruction but with a new breath of freedom and a commitment to democracy, which has persisted in all three countries. i think it was quite generous in the marshall plan, just announced by george marshall, could have very well been called the truman plan. he was generous to his cabinet officers. they have a great admiration for him. >> when you were president, had you thought about what you wanted to be, what the office should be? have you changed your opinion now that you can look back on your four years? >> i thought

>> jimmy carter will be viewed the same way that harry truman is viewed.en he left office people said he had a failed presidency. as people look back at harry truman now they realize he was a great man. the same thing is happening and will continue to happen for jimmy carter. he will be viewed to have had a great presidency. that he was a great man. that he was seeking to have our country move towards a better relationship with everyone of our citizens, to give each and every one of them what they needed. to also project that set of values across the planet. that's middle eastern peace, the panama canal treaty, trying to focus on the pollution that the united states was sending up that was going to be affecting the whole rest of the planet. i think he will be viewed as someone who truly was a visionary and perhaps in some ways was not appreciated in his time, but as we look back we can realize he was just trying his best to have the united states respond to the challenge that the whole rest of the world hopes we would respond to which is trying to ensure t

president harry truman tried to a mere 20 years before he was born. and he's not the only one. also tried to buy greenland in 2004 by sending his vice president, the erie canal, a democrat! but luckily that deal was halted by president genghis khan, two years before the big bang. trump's second term agenda isn't all annexing greenland. he also wants to annex canada, aka "left greenland." yesterday, trump posted two maps on social media, one with the united states and canada together, made of the american flag, and another with them labeled "united states." that doesn't preserve any canadian identity. i would have gone with "u.s., eh?" you're welcome! [cheering] ♪ the king of glory comes a nation rejoicing ♪ open your gates before him ♪ you guys got to be here for rehearsal. unlike greenland, trump plans to acquire canada peacefully. >> are you also considering military force to annex and acquire canada? >> no. economic force. because canada and the united states, that would really be something. you get rid of that artificially drawn line and you take a look at what that looks l

i would say lyndon johnson, harry truman. there were boycotts against my business but i never had a trip to my life, like others have had. anyway, to teach the history of what has been done in the past. we could all, just within our own families, exalt those who were so heroic in the past, brought about changes, but also point out that their achievements have not been perpetuated because of the natural tendency of everyone of us to feel superior to everybody else. we all have an element of pride ingrained within us. at least i am better than somebody else. at least i am better than a drug addict, alcoholic, prisoner. i am at least better than a black person. i am at least better than a woman. we have these misconceptions that we are better than somebody else. we need to guard them against that. i think that can be done better in a home, obviously, and to some degree in the school. >> there are yellow cards in your program, so we will have people collect those so we can grab the questions and get them on the air. we are webcas

and so not of who the spokesman said, the us, the aircraft carrier, harry truman, had been hit by several ballistic missiles and drones, which boiled unexpected error strike on young men. last night drawn strides were carried out on important military installations and drop all these actions by son of represent support and assistance to gaza. and according to a spokesman, these actions are response to the attacks by the us, the u. k. and is really where the, the many armed forces with the help of our own might be carried out several military operations during the past 48 hours, the most prominent of which was targeting an american aircraft carrier, the us, as harry s. truman and a number of its warships in the northern red sea region, with cruise missiles in droves. the operation was carried out by the missile forces in the air force. and the operations succeeded in forwarding an air attack against our country from that carrier which was forced with its 4 ships to leave the northern red sea region. american and is really strikes have been carried out on him in for a year now. but this is

well, lyndon johnson and harry truman. [laughter] i had boycotts operated against my business, but i never had a threat to my life, like others had. anyway, to teach the history of what has been done in the past, and we can all, within our own families, we can think abou -- we can exalt those who were so heroic in the past and also brought about changes and also think about the achievements have not been perpetuated because of a natural tendency of every one of us to feel superior to somebody else. we all have an element of pride ingrained within us. i am at least better than somebody else. i'm at least better than a drug addict or alcoholic, a prisoner. i am at least better than a black person or than a woman or we have those miss conceptions. at least doctor -- misconceptions. at least we're better than somebody else. i think that could be done better and could be discussed in a school climate. yeah. questioner: there are cello cards in your program so we will have people collect those so we can grab these questions. and

harry truman just served just a little more over one time.d in the top 10 of american presidents. and with me he is in the top four or five. i think the same thing will happen with joe biden, he had a very consequential term in office. one, i believe, the most consequential in modern history. >> congressman clyburn. thank you very much, great seeing you, thank you for joining me today. >>> judge merchan is asking trump to come in for sentencing. we have lots of questions. that is next sentencing. we have lots of questions. that is next >>> there week the judge overseeing trump's criminal fraud case in new york ordered the incoming president to be sentenced next friday. january 10th. if you are doing the math it is 10 days before he takes office. now, in doing so judge mercha, n rejected trump's last-ditch attempt to forego sentencing and dismiss the case all together. he said presidential immunity does not extend to a president elect not in office yet. he ruled out any sentence of incarceration. he suggested he will order an unconditional dis

he's not the first president that wanted to do this and harry truman tried to buy it 1946.the point barrow, alaska, and you can keep that whale discovered there. 1967 biggest oil discovery in the history. they lost a lot of money by not listening so they didn't listen to harry truman about donald trump. >> john: what is in it for danmark to sell it to ask question mark. >> many, i guess. there is a lot of natural resources there pay her till not exploiting. >> the main thing is related to why he wants the panama canal back is that the arctic circle in because of global warning, it will reduce the time from the atlantic asia to 20 days. it is massive and we won't need the panama canal if the arctic sea goes over. right now the arctic circle, russia controls a massive part of it and agree not to make greenland is they are in canada and a tiny porsche portion and alaska. he wants all about on the western side of it. we do not want the arctic ceiling to volunteer russia and chinese control. that is like losing panama canal to china. >> john: you are saying not only greenland bu

well, i would say lyndon johnson and harry truman, because i had boycotts operate against my business but it never did have a threat to my life and so forth like others have had. but anyway, to teach the history of what is been done in the past and we could all just within her own families, we can exalt those who are so heroic and, thinking in the past and brought about change but also to point out that their achievements have been perpetuated because of a natural tendency of every one of us to feel superior to somebody else. we all have an element of pride ingrained within us, i am at least but it's a somewhat else. i am at least better than a drug alcohol and drug addict, at least better than a prisoner. i'm at least better than a black person, i'm at least better than a a woman. we have those misperceptions that would better than someone else but we need to guard against that. i think we can do that obviously better in home but if someone suggested, in the school. >> there are yellow cards in your program and not people collect them so we could grab these questions and get some of

harry truman. i was at a party of a brave young president who called the young at heart regardless of age, to seek a new frontier of national greatness. john f kennedy kennedy. and ours is also the party of a great hearted texan who took office in a tragic hour and who went on to do more than other president in this century to advance the cause of human rights. lyndon johnson. now our party was built out of the sweatshops of the old law east side. the dark mills of new hampshire, the blazing horse of illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania. the hardscrabble farms, the southern plains, and the iron limited frontiers of america. ours is a party that welcomed generations of immigrants. the --, the irish, the italians the poles and the other, and enlisted them in its rank and fought the political battles that bring them into the american mainstream. and they have shaped the character of our party that is our heritage. our party is not been perfect. we made mistakes and we paid for them. but ours is a

lyndon johnson and harry truman i never did have a threat to my life so as with hudson, within our own families we can exalt those who are heroic and show their achievements have not been perpetuated because of natural tendency of every one of us to feel superior to anybody else. we all have an element of pride ingrained within us. i'm at least better than somebody else, a drug addict or alcoholic or a person or, better than a woman. we have misconceptions but i think it can be done better. >> we will have collects these we can grab questions and get them on the air. people are sending questions. >> i've got to go to a willie nelson concert tonight. [laughter] >> questions and one of the biggest things that are interesting right now i think some people are happy or sad the mayor of london -- joining in the celebration. i do think that is different for us? >> young man is highly qualified although he is muslim observing people the state is quite diverse now and even more. closing the doors, many of them happen to be islamic, i think there is a good signal. i am very least with that. wit

harry truman went back to independence, missouri.e would walk from his childhood home to the library that he was building, and that was much like jimmy carter. i mean, i know when he was very sick recently, he would say, we got to fix up planes, right? we, you know, we got to get the town ready because people all eyes are going to be on this tiny town. and, um, the fact that he went back lived such a humble life, and then also the fact that he worked with other presidents across the aisle, you know, in 94, carter, ford and reagan wrote to the house urging them to pass bill clinton's assault weapons ban. this is something you would never see today, where you have a democrat, republicans working together to do something. that's right. >> and just going back to the the life of service, it's kind of interesting that he was president of the united states. and if you look at his life through the lens of service, those four years are almost a footnote. >> well, that's true, dana. 30 years ago, when i first started writing about carter in th

think there's a reevaluation taking place in the same way that american took a second look at harry truman who left office with an approval rating of about 25% in in 1952. and today, he's sort of regarded as a substantive president and, you know, people like the notion of harry truman and i think the same same process is taking place with the carter presidency, particularly because his records are largely open. now, thanks to you guys and the president marshall library, who archivists and more papers are being declassified. and his diary, as i mentioned, just fabulous window onto the workings of the oval office and he you know, he's a thoughtful, intelligent young man even to this day in his nineties. and i think people are, you know, they easily recognize that he has done something really extraordinary with his long post-presidency. but there should be a realization and that it's the same man. it's a seamless story from the presidency to the next presidency. and this is one reason why i my subtitle for the outlier is the unfinished presidency of jimmy carter because i think he's like, you

but harry truman, to ask your question, was the one that had most importance. and so this emailer wants you to look to the future who are you watching? in 2008 democrats watching all of. oh, i don't think that's what they mean. well, i know, but i would say advance. you know whom i prefer, but i don't yet know for whom i will vote, so i wouldn't want to guess. i never have gotten involved among democratic candidates who are running against each other. i'll always the democratic candidate. so. but right now, obviously mrs. clinton is leading the public opinion polls, possibly because of her recognition is greater. but but the thing i'd like to point out is that a year and a half before most elections our republican or democrat, nobody has the slightest who's going to be the next nominee. when i ran for president a year and a half in advance, i remember george had a poll said, whom do you prefer for president? there were 32 names on it. my name was not on the list. george name was on the list. but water and. and 18 months later, i was elected president. the same

i think you asked about an attack on the harry s. truman or maybe if the harry s. truman was hit. the ship was not hit. you know, our destroyers -- the care strike group, whenever there's something launched from, you know the houthi controlled areas in yemen they'll shoot that down in defense of our ships or other commercial vehicles transiting the red sea but i'm not aware of any attacks on u.s. personnel or ships recently. in terms of, you know, policies on attacks, you know, i think centcom tries to put that out as frequently as possible. but i'd refer you to centcom to speak more to that. jeff. reporter: thank you. wanted to clarify, the four mafs and 10 helicopters. is it accurate to say they are going to california? or they could go? and i was hoping you could clarify your statement about how nothing can get in the air. aren't there areas outside of los angeles where the u.s. military could put assets in the air to help with the snier thank you. secretary singh: jeff, for more on where assets can fly, i think california would be better to speak to that. my understanding is t

. >>, harry truman -- >> do solemnly swear -- >> do solemnly swear -- >> i will faithfully execute --ll faithfully execute -- >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states, so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. [applause] watch c-span's all day inauguration coverage on monday, january 20 including the historic swearing in as donald trump takes office as the 47th president of the united states. announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered. ♪ >> attention, middle and high-school students across america it's time to make your , voice heard. c-span's studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here, your chance to create a documentary that can inspire change, raise awareness, and make an impact. your documentary should answer this year's question, "your message to the president, what issue is most important to

this committee was led by senator harry truman of missouri and it investigated reports of fraud and inefficiency in war preparation. the committee uncovered numerous instances of corruption, mismanagement, profiteering. it set a standard for congressional oversight operations and was widely praised for effective work saving billions of dollars in taxpayeron. it also made senator truman a national figure. truman committee's investigations ranged far and wide sometimes even including household goods like this umbrella that you see in the case. the tag on the umbrella there marked by the committee said it was an illustration of waste and material and manpower because of its shoddy construction and didn't last very long. in war time, even a regular consumer goods were considered to be critical war time commodities. the truman committee also requested tips from the american public which he received many of. there are many, many letters that he received where individual americans were pointing out things they had witnessed of waste, fraud, or abuse. we have one letter here from somebody, from a citize

harry truman lavishly praised wilson. richard nixon wilson so much that he used what he mistakenly believed to be woodrow. woodrow olsson's own desk as his own. in fact, the so-called wilson desk. the white house inventory was so named for henry wilson ulysses grant second term vice president, but nobody had the nerve to tell nixon that over the past two decades, however, wilson's once lofty reputation has collapsed his name has been scrubbed from schools and other places of honor, including at princeton, the university. he almost single handedly, elevated from mediocrity to greatness. now many of the charges levied against wilson are true. he was an anti-black racist. his administration did impose a much more formalized and radical segregation upon the federal workforce. he failed to act against the wave of pogroms that convulsed american cities in the summer of 1919, just in the city of chicago 38 dead, two thirds of them black, hundreds injured, maybe 2000. who lost homes again, almost all of them black of the greatest