russia the nation's well head of a crisis research institute mark almond told me that he believes washington's move code to stabilize the world. there is an assumption that you know her new phrase a cold war not just with russia but also a trip to china trying to see if it looked in the room from the point of view washington and that american economic strength we need to force the other side to a nicety can't compete military i'm not quite sure that that's what's going to happen so although the americans have some grounds for saying that the existing arms control agreements which they've been withdrawing from don't take account of china and therefore increasing your sleep in a world with 3. they are the same trying to actually i suspect making situation much less stable and their own interests much less secure. and washington's foreign policies aren't making too many friends elsewhere in the world either where china hopes again the target in a move which could see it barred to u.s. stock markets or not a little later. there is a storm brewing a political one in the english channel or u.k. brig

almond initially made his mark on history, and we started to catch up with them, as commander of the 96th infantry division. one of the only two african-american commissions raised during world war ii and the only one that deployed and was employed as a full division. the division initially had all white officers but began to receive african american officers shortly after the division activated. they recognized almond's skills as a trainer, and that is also part of his story. no white officer sought this assignment, but having received the mission, almond threw himself into it. general marshall had recognized that commanders of black troops should be selected with even greater care than others, and almond believed he possessed the knack that marshall required. almond harbored bigoted attitudes against african-americans, but he was not alone in either the u.s. military or civilian society at the time. most contemporary senior leaders shared similar low opinions of black men's abilities to fight effectively. the nation itself was undeniably racist, and segregation was the law of the l

kennedy marked the 50th anniversary of her guided tour and later awarded an honorary emmy. and then william almondut her work and the evolution of the white house collection. this video is courtesy of the kennedy library. the audience watched miss kennedy a full tour but only a brief clip is shown in the first clip of this program. >> good evening and welcome, everyone. i'm tom putnam, director of the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum and behalf of tom mcnaught, members of the board of directors and my colleagues, i think you for joining us this evening. let me first acknowledge the underwriters of the kennedy library. lead sponsor bank of america, boston capital, the will institute, raytheon and the boston foundation our and wbur and the "boston globe." we considered

kennedy marked the 50th anniversary of her guided tour and later awarded an honorary emmy. and then william almond talks about her work and the evolution of the white house collection. this video is courtesy of the kennedy library. the audience watched miss kennedy a full tour but only a brief clip is shown in the first clip of this program. >> good evening and welcome, everyone. i'm tom putnam, director of the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum and behalf of tom mcnaught, members of the board of directors and my colleagues, i think you for joining us this evening. let me first acknowledge the underwriters of the kennedy library. lead sponsor bank of america, boston capital, the will institute, raytheon and the boston foundation our and wbur and the "boston globe." we considered have this forum last night on the 50th anniversary of the tour but did not want to make of you have to choose between sharing valentine's day with loved ones or with your friends here at the kennedy library. so we're so pleased to have so many of you with us this evening. 50 years ago jacqueline kennedy introd