wisely, he declined to introduce himself to mrs. truman. his visit wither the 30 president, i feel stronger when i leave them. my guess is that harry truman felt a little stronger, too. >> thank you. [applause] we have been talking. i was referring to cactus jack. do you want to explain where that comes from? >> sure. before john nance garner went to the house of representatives, he served as a judge and in the state legislature. he used his seat in the texas state legislature to draw his own congressional district, one he would be sure to win. which he did multiple times over. when he was in the state legislature, the lawmakers were debating what the state flower should be. most people know it is the blue bonnett. was a proponent of the cactus. he lost that battle gained the name of cactus jack. i can only imagine what parents would think if they have to take their children to a field of thats for the photo op happens instead in fields of bluebonnets. >> i will put in an advertisement. we produced a documentary on the life of john nance gar

mr. truman and his cabinet have an emergency session. the former secretaries on hand as they break the momentous news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon a message from the and reply tornment the message forward to that government by the secretary of state. i deemed this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration which specifies the unconditional surrender of japan . in the reply, there is no altercation. arrangements are now being made for the formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible moment. general douglas macarthur has been appointed to supreme allied commander to receive the japanese surrender. great britain, russia, and china will be represented by high-ranking officers. meantime, the allied armed forces have in order to suspend offensive actions. day mustamation of vj await upon the formal signing of the surrender terms by japan. they rush the presidents report to a waking world. august 14, the faithful news is flash. world,ng nation and wrongs of happy people celebrating the end of

the mrs. truman is in for a surprise. by an oversight the champagne bottle come on like this one hasn't been properly prepared. at should break the on impact now mrs. truman is unaware that the bottle is not prepared. [laughter] . . >> >> her devotion to the military continued unless public ways. and she had almost briefly a gathering with the social functions to enjoy the of blair house and also what i like about her is she absolutely insisted to not be treated as the first lady she was a regular volunteer she just wanted to be helpful instead of upsetting things. >> margaret said what about history? she said that's what i'm thinking about. [laughter] so apparently huge numbers and. >> the question is with eisenhower and how did that affect her time? >> obviously she was still where the of the regular functions she continued that and was an advocate for members of the military and with her long history as a military wife. >> that's true. >> issue was never happier when the bodies came up to sit on the roof on the terrace

mrs. harry truman. she's in for a surprise. champagne bottle unlike this one hasn't been properly prepared to break glass on impact and now mrs. truman unaware that her bottle is not prepared -- [laughter] >> let's see her her military meets the crisis. [laughter] [applause] >> that could never happen today because it has greatly improved. the sad thing is history brought her to the war and reluctant to be in this big -- >> come to town. >> she spent much of her time in missouri. they were flying medical air ships. she looked pretty game there but she was really embarrassed and never did a large public event after that. consequences, however, her devotions to the military continued and less public ways. and she had almost weekly gatherings at blair house, social functions, bringing in veterans and their families to enjoy the blair house and she also was a regular volunteer at the uso and what i like about this is that she absolutely insisted on not being treated as first lady. she was just a regular volunteer with the rest and

mr. truman: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i am honored to be here. i am honored to serve on the board. i have to tell you a little bit stunned. . was 19 years old i was with my mother in independence when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. i was in college and i was involved being in that group. as my mother told me i should be. [laughter] clifton,he put it was all these young people are doing a lot better in college then you are. [laughter] -- it isare interesting some of the things of the panel has been talking about. this is a great way to spend the afternoon. a couple of things we've been talking about is my grandfather's leadership style, things i learned and i found out when i was very young. early in my life grandpa came to stay near us in washington -- new york city and visited us. he went for a quick walk, gravity's paper, walked over to our apartment. through it on the floor and waited for somebody to wake up. my brother and i were the first ones down. we thought we would tiptoe past him to get to the television set. then h

mr. nixon, that you used in your previous speech, when you talked about the truman administration. mr. truman came to office in nineteen uh -- forty-four and at the end of the war, and uh -- difficulties that were facing the united states during that period of transition -- 1946 when price controls were lifted -- so it's rather difficult to use an overall figure taking those seven and a half years and comparing them to the last eight years. i prefer to take the overall percentage record of the last 20 years of the democrats and the eight years of the republicans to show an overall period of growth. in regard to price stability i'm , not aware that that committee did produce recommendations that ever were certainly before the congress from the point of view of legislation in regard to controlling prices. in regard to the exchange of students and labor unions, i am chairman of the subcommittee on africa and i think that one of the most unfortunate phases of our policy towards that country was the very minute number of exchanges that we had. i think it's true of latin america also. we did

mr. truman didn't have to deal with is drugs. americans are increasingly alarmed about drug-related crimes in cities and suburbs. and your administration is not the first to have grappled with this. and are you at all of a mind that maybe it ought to go to another level, if not to what's advocated by william f. buckley, jr. and milton friedman, legalization, somewhere between there and where we are now? bush: no, i don't think that's the right answer. i don't believe legalizing narcotics is the answer. i just don't believe that's the answer. i do believe that there's some fairly good news out there. the use of cocaine, for example, by teenagers is dramatically down. but we've got to keep fighting on this war against drugs. we're doing a little better in interdiction. many of the countries below that used to say, well, this is the us' problem -- if you'd get the demand down, then we wouldn't have the problem -- are working cooperatively with the dea and the military. we're using the military more now in terms of interdiction. our

ready to be chris send with harry s truman, and mrs.e man is in for a surprise, by an oversight, the champagne bottle hasn't bin properly prepared, edged to break the glass, and na is behind successful chris sendings, and now, -- [laughter] [laughter] >> many let's see how her military aid meets the crisis. [laughter] [laughter] [applause] >> that could never happen before, because staff work has improved. the sad thing is, remember history swept her into this role. she was so happy being a senate wife and she was reluctant to be in this big -- come to town. she spent much of the time in missouri. they were flying medical air ships, and she looked pretty game, but she was really, embarrassed and never did a large public event after that. >> her devotion to the military continued, and they were living in blair house, and, she had almost weekly gatherings at blair house. bringing in veterans, and their families and she also was a regular volunteer at the uso. what i like about this, she absolutely insisted on not being treated as the firs

century has produced woodrow wilson, franklin roosevelt, and harry truman, and which supported these programs i have discussed tonight. mr. nixon comes out of the republican party. it is a fact that through most of these last 25 years, republican leadership has opposed federal aid for education, medical care for the aged, development of the tennessee valley, development of our natural resources. i think mr. neck's and is an effective leader of his party. isope -- i think mr. nixon an effective leader of his party. the question is, which partied we want to leave united states? announcer: watch the entire debate at 10:00 a.m. eastern time sunday on our weekly series, road to the white house rewinds. american history tv, only on c-span3. these smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture opened its doors for the first time today. american history tv was live from the national mall for the 10:00 a.m. opening ceremony. speakers included president obama, former president george w. bush, and founding museum director lonnie bunch. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. [applause] >> please welcome t

truman says is there anything i can do for you, mrs. roosevelt? she said, is there anything i can do for you? truman knewing nothing. he has to get up to speed on what it is. he had no idea. >> the long lens of history on that decision, interesting. you have carter and both bush's writing letters supporting the decision. >> i asked all five living presidents to write me a personal letter whether they would have supported truman to drop the bomb. three didn't, two bush's and carter. all three said yes. this is speculation. i don't think he would have dropped the bomb. with his wife running for president. but i think clinton would have dropped it. >> some of your critics say that killing series, it's time for the killing to stop, o'reilly? >> yeah. we only sell 2 to 3 million books each time. yeah, i think some of the critics may be a little jealous, gayle, but that's just me. >> thank you. >> three more coming. >> killing the rising sun is on sale now. >>> you can watch tonight's debate right here on cbs. our live coverage begins at 9:00 eastern/8:0

mr. trump and hurt hillary clinton. i do not see it happening. the battle with truman in 1951 -- where is the fed now?s come down a little bit. right now it has come down significantly because there is a lot of pressure from the republican right suggesting that the fed has become too politicized. they are arguing it is too politicized and it has absorbed too many powers itself. they want to push back and bring it under some sort of political control. wouldn't it be good to the fed to apprise the markets? if there is too much complacency, you could argue that janet yellen is a little too much like janet yellen. richard: the long run would be good. the question is, what is the short run? my guess is, again, it might be good for the long-term reputation. mike: they would argue that politically they do not care because they do not get involved in politics. for them, the question would be, what kind of temper tantrum do we get. does that last? does it continue, or do they just adjust? tom: we will have coverage from the bank of japan. michael and i will have the show, and we mention that here a number of t

century has produced woodrow wilson and franklin roosevelt and harry truman and which sustained these programs we described tonight. mr. nixon comes out of the republican party. it's the fact that most of the last 25 years the republican leadership has opposed federal aid for education, medical care for the aged, development of the tennessee valley, development of our natural resources. i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. i hope he would grant me the same. the question before us is, which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states? >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on this? vice president nixon: i have no comment. >> the next question. >> mr. vice president, your campaign stresses the value of your eight-year experience and the question arises as to whether that experience is as an participant or initiator of policymaking. could you tell us please specifically what major proposals you have made in the last eight years that has been adopted by the administration? vice president nixon: it is difficult to cover them in 2 1/2 minutes. i suggest these proposals could be ment

mr. peanut so it reminded me of that i like the way the books are paste. it's like micky splain meets billy the elder. if trumans alive today he would be gang audited by his own party. when i think about fdr putting 120,000 or 200,000 i can't remember the figure people in interment camps it makes me laugh when they point at trump and say he is hitler and point at the r and say is he a god -- i thought the book was riveting, and i would encourage anybody, if you have to remind yourself i started this by saying i will vote for the troops i will end it i will vote because the troops are there. bill, the courage of those young men, it absolutely bog gels the mind. >> it wasn't well reported because reporters weren't allowed on those islands. i'm glad we did it and i'm glad you read it, miller. thank you. we will see you next week. martha maccallum on deck. another 9/11 controversy and loons in san francisco may remove george washington's name from a high school. martha moments away. . . if you're approaching 65, now's the time to get your ducks in a row. to learn about medicare, and the options you have. you see, m

truman. says the programs discussed tonight, mr. nixon comes out of the republican party. he was nominated by it and it is a fact that for the most of these last 25 years, the republican leadership has opposed federal aid for education, medical care for the aged, development of natural resources. i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party and i think you should grant me the same. the question before us is which point of view and which person we want to lead the united states? announcer: watch the entire debate at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on sunday on road to the white house rewind. history tv, only on c-span3. campaign 2016 bus is in ohio this week in dusky students and voters, what question would you ask the candidates to debate? >> right here in dayton ohio, in thet important issue election are all of the higher education and other issues that affect millennials. as the youngest state-elected official in a while, i think our state officials and washington, are, need to make sure we creating higher education that is affordable and making sure we don't leave my g

mr. gardner: madam president, i rise today to recognize the united states air force on the occasion of its 69th birthday. on september 18, 1947, president truman signed the national security act which established the united states air force as an independent service equal to the united states army and u.s. navy. the mission of the united states air force is to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace and colorado is proud to call itself home to units that play a role in all aspects of the air force mission. although it is the youngest of the armed services, the air force has accomplished a tremendous amount, a tremendous amount in those 69 years. with the combined force strength of more than 660,000 active, reserve, national guard and civilian personnel with the united states air force, it is a force to be reckoned with. the u.s. air force's ability to maintain air superiority is evidenced by the fact that the last time an american ground troop was killed by an ordinance delivered from an enemy aircraft was in 1953. on any given day there are more than 21,000 air force personnel deployed to 179 worldwide locations, 16,000 air men deploy