margaret's book about her mother, she comments that the president was very protective of mrs. trumanoncerning her father's death. margaret about her grandfather's death. she had a fit about that. is very unusual. that was a very interesting footnote to the truman family history. she was at mrs. roosevelt funeral with her husband. there are pictures. interestedo get so interestingn? >> enough, hours before robert kennedy was killed -- and that got me interested in politics in general. since then, i have become particular aficionado of the presidents. politics in general. 1932-present. >> thank you for your call. , one after the presidency of the things they did was interview for national television in 1955. talk about the interviews. who were they interviewed by? >> their daughter, margaret. >> we have a program that was on cbs. person to person. a big hit program at the time. it was the only television interview that bess truman ever did. how about that customer -- that? you will see that now. [video clip] why youell everybody went back to missouri instead of staying in washington. >

harry truman with her daughter margaret will do the honors but mrs. tremendous in for a surprise by an oversight that has not been properly prepared as she breaks the glass on impact now mrs. truman unaware is not prepared. [laughter] refusing to be rattled she joined dan. [laughter] let's see how her military takes over the crisis. [laughter] but to the nav here are intervenes a hammer. it even the hammer missives on the first try. [laughter] all's well that ends well despite this stubborn bottle she says of the hospital plans with her blessing. ♪ >> she was not happy about that. >> nobody was trying to set her up spinnaker was just very unfortunate. >> maybe that went with the time. >> but it did encourage her from doing more. >> absolutely. she didn't want people to laugh at her. >> she was no cultural backwater she was the senator's wife she was active in the congressional club active in things and when they got to the white house she knew what to do that bears discussion. among the most formal into tatters the white house ever had. >> host: next w

truman didn't go many times, but she would go. margaret had a public persona. she was kind of easy with the press and things like that. people liked her. >> watching some what's calledded footage without sound of the truman's in key west, and it looks like he relaxed that. >> he did. his fashion sense was remarked upon in key west. >> the hawaii shirt. >> the flashy shirt. >> fits in now. >> yes. >> they took movies of them partying arounds, carrying on, and he let it go at the mason's or went to the big masonic building there, interrupted and said, here, i'm harry. >> can you imagine the president being this casual today? >> he was, but he was in control. >> casually in control. >> no. >> why not? because of the media or -- >> things changed. look at the blarehouse assassination attempt with the president watching this happen. they don't have the freedom to move around like they used to. there was no way that was going to happen. >> harry truman was elected, surprising the press, the political establishment to a second term and busy term it was. this is a list