mr. roosevelt, harry truman was now the vice president-elect.president truman said " in this shrinking world, no nation can live safely alone. peaceloving nations must stand together for the preservation of human progress." as president roosevelt's second in command, these words express the american program. franklin roosevelt and harry truman the one-time farmboy were firmly united on that and every other major world aim. ♪ as the nation is plunged into morning by president roosevelt death, harry s truman becomes president, the seventh american vice president to assume the office under similar circumstances. president truman takes over his duties. he announces the san francisco conference will go ahead as scheduled and immediately receive the nations military leaders, or secretary simpson the chief of staff marshall, and fleet admiral kane. ♪ james f byrnes, a high roosevelt aided to part in the crimea conflict, secretary of state the british foreign secretary eden and ambassador halifax visit the president. arriving to address a joint session

mr. roosevelt, harry truman was now the vice president-elect.rst speech after his inauguration, vice president truman said, "in this string world, no nation can lives -- can live safely alone. peaceloving nations must band together for the sake of human progress." these words express the american program. franklin roosevelt, born to wealth, and harry truman one-time farm boy, were united on that and every other major world aim. as the nation's plunged into morning by president roosevelt's death, here he s truman becomes president, the seventh american vice president to assume the office under similar circumstances. president truman takes over his duties and announces the san francisco conference will go ahead as schedule and receives the nation's military leaders. more secretary simpson, army chief of staff marshall, and fleet admiral king. ♪ james f byrnes, the roosevelt a id who took part in the crimea conference, the secretary of state, the british foreign secretary and ambassador halifax also visit to the president. arriving to address a joi

mr. truman, go with mr. truman on his walks. he took his early-morning walks everyday. this very nice man accompanied him on his walks. and i said, did you talk a lot? he said, we talked all the time. i said, do you remember anything unusual the president said? he said, well, one thing. he always talked to a tree along the way. he did? he said, yes. that gingko tree on maple street. they are huge, they live forever. this is reputedly the oldest tree in independence. i said, what did he say to the trade? he said, you are doing a good job. [laughter] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> no trick questions. >> no trick questions, guaranteed. it is a great pleasure to be part of the symposium, having spoken last night here in florida. and of course, to be here to moderate this session with a truly great historian, who has done so much to promote the study of history and deepen the love of americans for his

[laughter] [laughter] mrs. truman kept heard cool but she was embarrassed and what happened as a result of that she elected not to do any more public appearances. because the television burst onto this scene and she was the last was able to live a private life in the white house. but this is a great entrance about women who are thrust into the roles. they have for fabulous panelist. 56 people were involved from presidents day 2013 there are books of first ladies but for various points of view. but to be a part of that process we have the historian of the national first lady's library. those that have on-line material in joining this year from los angeles. [applause] kucinich she is local and cheer the history department at howard university specializing in the civil war and reconstruction. spirit is spent the entire year but she is probably be the killing dash breathing a sigh of relief. through howard university. [applause] i have managed to do something with the panelists by the same first name. karl is the washingt

[laughter] let's see how her military -- [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] >> mrs. truman kept her cool as you can see i guess what she was deleted cyclics mortally embarrassed. what happened as we sold a she elected not to do any more public appearances. that's not a possibility for women today who hold this will well because with the next presidency the eisenhower administration television was following first lady's everywhere. this is a great entrance into what we'll be talking about tonight, about women who are sometimes thrust into these roles by history and has to learn to adapt to the glare of the spotlight. i have four fabulous panelists i want to introduce to you tonight. you heard there were 56 experts involved in a television series from presidents to 2013 the president of the 2014. put them together in the book the reason we did the book is because there are lots of books on first ladies but never a broad collection of various points of view under one set of cover. we're delighted to have four other people are part of the process. first you meet karl anthony hi

mr. trumane i heard you ef testify early you were in contact with miss lerner's department.department. >> no, other than the aib, after 16 hours of grilling, over two days. i'm sorry. over three days. >> they were talking to you? >> they weren't talking. they were grilling. >> what do you mean grilling? what were they doing? >> they were investigating. i thought and i told them i clearly thought it was a sham. and i expressed that to them on multiple occasions during the investigation. i mean one of the most interesting questions. one of the questions they wanted answered the most dealt with the fact that i identified a vehicle that was driving -- a government vehicle on friday night at 8:30 in the evening after i left the office at 8:30, didn't have taillights on it at all. i i stopped the vehicle and notified there weren't any taillights on be ever the driver got on a darkened highway. and then the next monday i inquired about what the vehicle was doing out at 8:30. we had vehicles destroyed by staff. and we had vehicles used to take staff to crack houses. and i had a conc

mr. spivak: dr. king, former president truman was quoted by the a.p. as saying that the march from selma -- and this was his word -- was silly, and can't accomplish a darn thing except to attract attention. there have been two murders, many beatings and a federal expenditure for troops of about $300,000. would you say that what the march accomplished was worth that cost? dr. king: well, first, i would say that the march was not silly at all. i would think that the march did more to dramatize the indignities and the injustices that negro people continue to face in the st many other sections of the south more than anything else. i think it was the most powerful and dramatic civil rights protest that has ever taken place in the south, and i think it well justified the cost that we put in it. of course, we are sorry that a death occurred immediately after the march, and i am sure that all people of goodwill are outraged and in deep sorrow as a result of the death of mrs. liuzzo, but after all, we know in a non-violent movement that there are these possibil

mr. earnest: as harry truman famous, the buck stops with the president. the best example i can give you is on wednesday evening president obama place telephone calls to the family of dr. weinstein to let them know of his tremendous sorrow at the death of dr. weinstein as a result of a u.s. counterterrorism operation. i think that is an indication this president is the one who is ultimately responsible in these situations. but again as a relates to communicating with families on a regular basis, a lot of different agencies are involved, and it makes sense for these agencies to try to find the most effective way to integrate their efforts and communications with the families. we are only at the interim stage of the review process. there will be an opportunity for professionals to evaluate these proposals. there will be an opportunity for the families to offer feedback based on their personal experience. that could be useful in determining the best possible way to structure communications. i'm not in a situation where i'm ruling out the creation of a hostage

biographer david mccullough talks about president harry truman his event for years in the white house and the missouri influences of his decision-making. mr. david mccullough' spoke at florida atlantic university. this is 90 minute. >> i want to take this opportunity to thank you for coming. it is wonderful to see the high school students and teachers. ask any history professor to ask what -- to tell you why he or she chose to be an historian, and i'm sure you'll hear a story about a history teacher in high school. although i did never know alan b larkin, i am aware of his legacy. look around. it is because of his love and passion for history and in particular the american presidency that we are here today. born in 1922 he was part of a generation that made a lot of history. they fought a great world war. they suffered through a cold war in which the soviets like to joke to their counterparts the future is certain. the past is unpredictable. alan's generation advanced our civil rights, and quietly instill the virtues of self-sacrifice in my generation. those who are still what is that even learned the vocabulary of their grandchildren bea

biographer david mccullough talks about president harry truman, his eventful years in the white house, and the missouri influences on his decision-making. mr. mccullough spoke at florida atlantic university. this is 90 minutes. >> i want to take this opportunity to thank you for coming. it is wonderful to see the high school students and teachers. ask any history professor to tell you why he or she chose to be an historian, and i'm sure you'll hear a story about a history teacher in high school. although i did never know alan b larkin, i am aware of his legacy. look around. it is because of his love and passion for history and in particular the american presidency that we are here today. born in 1922, he was part of a generation that made a lot of history. they fought a great world war. they suffered through a cold war in which the soviets liked to joke to their counterparts -- the future is certain. the past is unpredictable. alan's generation advanced our civil rights, and quietly instilled the virtues of self-sacrifice in my generation. those who instilled what that is even learned the vocabulary of their grandchildren. they have learne

mr. holzer: hannibal hamlin was not even in washington when the immense ofthe emancipation proclamation was red. professor gallagher: and harry truman did not know there was an atomic button, either. professor varon: we knew there were two accidental residents in the antebellum period who did not work very well, so the idea that lincoln did not have to imagine what a johnson presidency might look like, much of the campaign literature for lincoln and johnson's take is that johnson is an asset because he compare so favorably to the mcclellan campaign. professor gallagher: mcclellan had a vice presidential candidate who was a liability. professor varon: he was a big liability. professor gallagher: i do not think these guys thought about their liability. they just do not. and it is not as if thousands of people saw andrew johnson giving a speech. professor leonard: johnson had done well in tennessee. he had sort of maxed out, unfortunately. he had sort of reach the pinnacle -- professor gallagher: and beyond. professor leonard: so we have some people in the south expecting that johnson will be harsher than lincoln. and he makes the stat

mr. cannon: she was tired of politics. she had been the vice president's wife and thought she was done with that. there are all kinds of personal reasons. best truman, we showed her. she was a better athlete than harry truman. and very good third baseman and could swing the bat and there was a secret, her father committed suicide. her and her mother took it hard. her mother took it hard. she didn't want to be here when her husband was president. they would go back to independence and she decided they had a more important role in life. and i think we forget sometimes these are people and they have these burdens on them. ant ant after truman dropped the first atomic bomb, she came back from missouri and advised him before he dropped the second on nagaski and she was in on the big decision. ms. swain: look back on your period of history and who were in unhappy? ms. medford: jane pierce. she did not want to be want her husband to be involved. she didn't want to have the role of first lady. it's not even being about in the white house. she didn't want to be in politics at all and her husband promised her that he would get out of politics and for a time,

mr. kessler would be given the thoughts on the president. [inaudible] and who had the best presidents from truman forward, the best mutual respect going both ways. >> guest: george w. bush was very involved with the cia. very appreciative of what they did. and another reason is inside the cia, today that is the one book as i understand that that they recommend to applicants and new employees at the cia even though the book came out years ago. and they would not put up with that, they would start prosecuting the cia officers and another time he goes on to how it really works and that is why i think it is important for new employees to learn from these lessons, to know what was wrong about this era without a lot of misinterpretation to understand very clearly why hoover was not someone to be admired. because he did abuse american rights even though he also did a lot of good things. and i have hope as i have written these books within the management and the employee workforce and i believe that that has happened. >> caller: i would like to ask mr. kessler why is it that the call to death consistent

mr. kessler would be given the thoughts on the president. [inaudible] and who had the best presidents from trumanst mutual respect going both ways. >> guest: george w. bush was very involved with the cia. very appreciative of what they did. and another reason is inside the cia, today that is the one book as i understand that that they recommend to applicants and new employees at the cia even though the book came out years ago. and they would not put up with that, they would start prosecuting the cia officers and another time he goes on to how it really works and that is why i think it is important for new employees to learn from these lessons, to know what was wrong about this era without a lot of misinterpretation to understand very clearly why hoover was not someone to be admired. because he did abuse american rights even though he also did a lot of good things. and i have hope as i have written these books within the management and the employee workforce and i believe that that has happened. >> caller: i would like to ask mr. kessler why is it that the call to death consistent with the autopsy

truman's first effort forward, medicaid and medicare was part of the platform. chapter 3 when president johnson was elected or appointed soon after the death of president kennedy he told mr califano we will fight for medicare as long as we have breath in our body. using failure of the mills act and other issues surrounding the lack of coverage for americans they were able to pass medicare and medicaid linked to welfare system. under medicare part b, doctors were protoke teched from socialized medicine. allowed them to be compensated for usual and discussion marry fees. they were represented by american medical association still then and still opposes quote socialized medicine. president johnson traveled to independence missouri, the birthplace of truman's wife beth to sign the law. beth and harry truman were given the first two medicare cards. medicare expansion protected pharmaceutical industry. some contend that aca protects health care industry skirting efficient approach to insure the nation or medicare or single-payer approach. finally we're now at chapter four, which raises the question, did the path we set for ourselves then result in a series of bonanzas? first b

truman welcomed israel into the community of nations just hours after its declaration. the bonds between our two great nations bound together by common interests, shared values, have only grown with time. mr. speaker, i hope on this joyous day that we reflect on the need to redouble our efforts to bring peace to the region and continue to support our friend and ally in its quest for peace. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and -- and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> last week, the armed forces of colombia, farc, attacked a resting army unit killing 11 colombian soldiers and injuring 20. i mourn with the colombian people for this senseless loss of life. just this past peeked -- weekend, reports from colombia claimed a naval convoy delivering medical and humanitarian care to remote kuehnes -- communities twice came under attack by farc forces. mr. curbelo: attacking medical personnel is considered a war crime under international law. he c

mr. truman retired from the white house, went back home to independence, and he hadn't driven a car for 8 years. and been driven everywhere, and they got in the car to go out to dinner at friends house. the friend had moved during the time the trumans were in the white house and they were at a different address. and he was having trouble finding the house. bess says, why don't you ask for directions from somebody? so he pulled over and walked up the path to the front door of a house. knocked on the door. man came. he said, could you tell me where the operatives with? yes, of the street -- second left, turn left. fourth house on the right. truman thanked him. the man called after them, say did anyone ever tell you look like harry truman? truman said, i hear that often. the man said, must make you mad as hell. [laughter] now, of course, there is only one way that story could've gotten around and that is that harry truman told it on himself. when i -- i grew up in pittsburgh in a very republican family. and i was 15 at the time of the 1948 election. in high school, but i was very interested