mrs. truman, the vice president-elect, and chief executive depart for the inaugural ceremonies. mr. an, escorted by congressional representatives, leads the procession to the capitol. the man from missouri goes to take his oath of office, after the greatest political upset in united states history. in capitol plaza, more than 100,000 people are on hand to witness the induction. millions more see the event on television and hear it over worldwide radio. among the distinguished guests are admiral nimitz, marine corps general vandergrift, and admiral halsey. united states secretary general lee. the black robed supreme court justices descend the depths of the platform headed by the chief executive's wife and daughter. a battery of motion picture and television cameras records the arrival. alben barkley of kentucky, a member of congress for 36 years, has taken his vice presidential oath of office. >> so help me god. >> then harry s. truman is sworn in as the nation's 32nd president by chief justice fred m. vincent. >> raise your right hand. do you, harry s. truman, do solemnly swear. >> i

mrs. truman, the vice president-elect, and chief executive depart for the inaugural ceremonies. mr. an, escorted by congressional representatives, leads the procession to the capital. the man from missouri goes to take his oath of office, after the greatest political upset in united states history. in capitol plaza, more than 100,000 people are on hand to witness the induction. millions more see the event on television and hear it over worldwide radio. among the distinguished guests are admiral nimitz, marine corps general vandergrift, and admiral halsey. united states secretary general lee. the black robed supreme court justices descend the depths of the platform headed by the chief executive's wife and daughter. a battery of motion picture and television cameras records the arrival. ♪ alben barkley of kentucky, a member of congress for 36 years, has taken his vice presidential oath of office. >> so help me god. >> then harry s. truman is sworn in as the nation's 32nd president by chief justice fred m. vincent. >> raise your right hand. you, harry s. truman, do solemnly swear. >> i,

mrs. truman, the daughter, the vice president elect, and the chief executive depart for that integral ceremony. mr. truman -- leads the procession. he takes his oath of office. this formally recording the most prolific -- in united states history. in the capital, more than 100,000 people are there to witness the event. more than 1 million more are there to witness it on television. marine corps -- go united nations secretary, generally, the supreme court justices go down the steps of the platform, accompanied by the chief executive wife and daughter. a battery of motion picture television's record the event. well then of kentucky, a member of congress for 26 years has taken his presidential oath of office. >> so help me god. then harry as truman is granted -- today president of united states. you harry esther men do you solemnly swear. >> i hairy as tremendous only swear. >> to take the president of the united states. >> that i will execute the office of the president of the united states. >> and

mrs. trumanughter margaret, the vice president elect and the chief executive depart for the inaugural ceremony. mr. truman escorted by congressional representative lead the procession to the capitol. the man from missouri goes to take his oath of office with the greatest upset in american history. in capitol plaza more than 100,000 people are on hand to witness the induction. millions more see the event on television and hear it over worldwide radio. among the distinguished guests are admiral nimitz and admiral halsey and general lee. the supreme court justices descend the steps of the inaugural platform mostly followed by the presidential party and wife and daughter. barkley of kentucky has taken his vice presidential oath of office. >> so help me god. then harry s. truman is sworn in as the nation's 32nd president. >> raise your right hand. you, harry s. truman, do solemnly swear -- >> i harry s. truman do solemnly swear. >> you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united stat

mrs. trumann barkley's daughter, the president elect, and chief executive depart for the inaugural ceremony. the man from missouri, to take his oath of all office. in capital plaza, more than 100,000 people are on hand to witness this. even more on television, and hear over worldwide radio. the distinguished guests are admiral nimitz, admiral halsey, and general levy. supreme court justices, attend and mostly followed by the presidential party. and the chief executives wife's and daughters. a battery of motion pictures cameras arrive. alvin berkeley of kentucky, for 36 years, has taken his vice presidential oath of office. >> so help me god. >> then hurry as truman is sworn in, we buy that sheaf justice. >> raise your right hand. do you hurry as truman, solemnly swear, that you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the presidency of the united states. >> and will to the best of your ability. >> and will to the best of

mrs. truman sits down again. walking over, and he is kissing his wife, he is kissing mrs.isenhower. this is a thrilling moment. the tension is broken. he smiles. he looks out over the crowd now. vice president nixon is standing. he is waving, the famous wave. the famous wave to all the crowd. dwight eisenhower: my friends, before i begin the expression of those thoughts that i deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own? and i ask that you bow your heads. almighty god, as we stand here at this moment, my associates and my future associates in the executive branch of government join me in beseeching that thou will make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng and their fellow citizens everywhere. give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the laws of this land. especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people, regardless of station, race, or calling. may cooperation be

the first lady, mrs. truman, wanted a stick of butter. mrs. give it to her, which is really interesting. they had a few tassels before final blow. think that was the- she was gone a short time after that. and that's a great question. after, that alonso fields becomes the matronly. there was another guy who did that first. eventually, he gets that position later on. that was a pivotal thing over his stick of butter. you would think if the first lady want something, she would get it, but it doesn't always happen. yes sir? >> the position of chief cook or chief executive chef, are these tenured appointments? do they carryover from administration to >> a great question. like everyone else, they serve leasure of theelse, they serve president. typically in the white house kitchen, if there is going to be changes, usually the chief executive chef and maybe áhe pastry chef, i but most presidents decide to carry over the previous cook, but they may bring an additional cook into make meals for the family. jacqueline kennedy also created a second floor k

the first lady, mrs. truman, wanted a stick of butter and mrs.esbitt refused to give it to her, which is just really interesting so they had -- they had a few tussles before that, but i think that was just the final blow. she was gone a short time after that. right, exactly. that's a great question because after that alonzo fields becomes maitre d', and there was another guy named charles fickland as maitre d' and fields starts to get prominence in the white house and eventually he becomes maitre d' later. that was a pivotal event over a stick of butter. and you would think if the first lady wants something she's going to get it. >> the position of chief cook or chief executive chef, are these tenured appointments or do they carry over from administration to administration or? >> great question. like everybody else they serve at the pleasure of the president, so typically in the white house kitchen, if there's going to be some change, it's usually the chief -- the executive chef and maybe the pastry chef, but what has happened is when a president

so the first lady, mrs., truman wanted a stick of butter, and misses in a speck refused to give it tost very interesting. so they had a few tests before that but i think that was just the final blow until she -- she was gone a short time after that. it's a great question because after that, alonso, her long term butler, becomes the meat truss, butler -- field start to get prominence in the white house and eventually he becomes the dean leader. it was a pivotal event over a stick of butter. you would think that if the first lady want something to get it. it doesn't always happen. >> the position of chief executive staff, are these tenured appointments or do they carry over from administration to administration? >> great question. like everybody else they serve at the pleasure of the president. so typically in the white house kitchen, there's going to be some changes. usually, the executive chef and maybe the pastry chef. what has happened is that when a president comes and they decide who steps that kitchen. most presidents decide to carry over the previous cook, but they may bring a a

mr. truman's recorded announcement of the hiroshima bomb and hear him explain years later why he used a new weapon. the truman library institute provided this video. >> what i would like to do tonight is to show you a number of artifacts, objects, photographs, documents related to the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb. each of those i will present you and then we have some questions in the chat box at the end. i hope you enjoy the presentation i will go right in and look at our first artifact which is actually not from july of 1945, but from april shortly after truman became president. then we're gonna look at some documents from july and you can see my timeline the first five documents we are going to show you. then we'll have another five to finish off as we get into august. of 1945 and even some later into the sixties that connect to this topic. the first president or information that truman has about the manhattan project, comes in april just 12 days after he becomes president on april 12th. and this very famous letter some of you are very familiar with is when henry stimson which is

mr. harry truman. fall to his supreme court chamber for lunch.me court chamber in the capital, and the invitation list comprises a notable right, of the leaders of government. all leaders congratulate the new presidential family. the chefs uncovered chafing dishes. the head table is laid out for the hungry didn't dignitaries. there is an american eagle carved from ice. in a serving line, we see senator styles from new hampshire. joe duke, and senator from massachusetts. a colleague when he was in the senate. senator from washington. senator joyce matters from florida. that bobby baker, secretary to the majority. senator hubert humphrey of minnesota. henry wallace, former vice president of the united states. robert frost, the poet. the, majority and minority leaders of the senate. they were only a few of the many notable's. i the new chief executive and his wife, leave with dr. john's parkland. to enter the awaiting caravan, now past the reviewing stand in front of the white house. immediate behind is the vice president and his wife. down historic

mr. truman brings to his new high office an understanding of the gigantic american war effort, second only roosevelt. >> a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. that bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. >> i remember being very surprised upon learning that vice president truman did not even know about the manhattan project and the building of the first two atomic bombs when he became president. and of course that is reflective of the kind of relationship that so many presidents had with their vice presidents prior to fritz mondale. >> i was informed as far as i could be from the time i became vice president until i became president. but that only lasted 82 days, and i wasn't fully broken in as a vice president in that time. - i know my gift to shriners hospitals for children makes a difference in the lives of children. - our support gives kids a bright future. - i give because when i see a child smile, i smile. - when you support shriners hospitals for children, you're joining thousands of other caring people l

mr. chief justice, president eisenhower, vice president nixon , president truman, clergy and fellow citizensparty, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing and in as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. for i have sworn before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. the world is very different now for man holds within his own hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. and yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of god. we dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling -- of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit

truman. we await mr. biden to move to st. matthew's cathedral. the symbolism of this is remarkable, to see mr. biden going to a church in a bipartisan cathedral, not the national cathedral of the episcopal church. jonathan ferro, lisa abramowicz with us. on radio, it is challenging because it is a morning of many images. jonathan: many changes about to take place as well. in terms of the way that people conduct their jobs, market participants, four years ago, you would wake up and realize, my job has just changed. policy can change quickly. it can change by a single tweet. i don't think many people were ready for that. four years later, speaking to market participants, there is a feeling that eventually the volume gets turned down. you don't have to wake up in the middle of the night and see if something has changed over twitter in the white house. that is a change in approach. the point i'm trying to make on policy is, even though the policy may change, i wonder how much will change when it comes to issues like china? policymaking will go back t

mr vice president would you support the 25th amendment against president truman. you believe you should be removed from office after today so. for her part speaker of the house nancy pelosi threatened to impeach trump should pence fail to act. as the clock runs out on trump's time in office america is more divided than ever before. with only one 4th of republican seem to have faith in the american electoral system. a worrying legacy in one of the world's oldest democracy it's. got a small joining me now for more is cynthia miller address and she lectures on far right extremism at the american university in washington d.c. and yet that you for joining us what's remarkable is that for days before the storming of the capitol far right social media users had been posting hints of what was to come civil law enforcement take these signs too lightly they absolutely took these signs to bitly i think we have i think this was an infuriatingly predictable event even if there wasn't an exact road map leading to it we've certainly seen the signs even prior to the last several

mr. president, i have these terrible regrets. i feel i have blood on my hand. trumanays don't worry about it, i gave the order, i have got the on my hands. they finished the conversation. oppenheimer leaves and truman says to his staff, i never want to see that son of a bitch in this office ever again. >> that such a moment. you also tell a story in the book that i have not heard before. i want you to tell the whole story, in part about the trilogy. and it's with respect to this level william with the "new york times." the opportunity as he had in this project and how all that turned out. >> well again, this is the joy here to talk about how good days and bad days writing. this was a very good day. william leonard lawrence was a science reporter and a very distinguished science reporter for the "new york times." he had won a pulitzer prize with the book of other people, i think and 37 for writing an article on the scientific project. groves, this military man, , but he also thinks to himself, this is going to be if it all works out an immense story and want the story

mrs. kennedy arranged an unprecedented gala at mount vernon, home of the first u.s. president. premier nehru. former president trumannother new african nation nigeria ♪♪ japan's premier iketa and his wife met the president. president ulu of the congo republic, the former french congo came to call. and a reception for puerto rican governor. president and mrs. kennedy both actively interested in the arts invited the renowned cellist to play for them at the white house. the american poet carl sandberg visited. in late november kennedy furthered his firearm for full exchange of views with all world peoples. he gave an interview to editor of the soviet newspaper. for the first time the people of the soviet union could read the news of the american people in full. his two small children became favorites of the cameramen. caroline had her 4th birthday in late november, and baby brother john had his 1st a few days earlier. here's caroline as she tried to snatch a few extra moments with her busy father. kennedy planned urgent new moves in international trade late in the year to gain the support of the business community he a

mr. president, i have these terrible regrets. i feel that i have blood on my hands. trumansays don't worry about it. i gave the order. i've got the blood on my hands, and they finish the conversation. oppenheimer leaves and truman says to the staff i never want to see that son of a bench in this office ever again. >> let's talk about the opportunity that he had in this project and how all of that turned out. >> you talk about good days and bad days writing. william leonard lorenz was a science reporter and a very distinguished science reporter for "the new york times." he had won a pulitzer prize with a group of other people for writing an article on a scientific project and this military man but also who thinks to himself this is going to be, if it all works out, and imminent story and i want the story told right. and this is another example of the difference between the unity of that time and what we have today. so this military general walks into "the new york times" and goes to see the editor and he says i would like -- because he knows about lawrence -- i would like to

mrs. nixon did, moderating some of the more exaggerated things. in a weird way bess trumanind of fun. she wore gray, navy blue and she wears clothes to make a statement of don't pay any attention to me. thank you very much. >> carl, thank you. we'll see you all in the east room. i hope you enjoy your lunch. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by american cable television companies. these are the companies that provide american history tv as a public service. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight we look at the yalta conference. the decisions made there in february 1945 had huge ramifications for post world war ii europe. we begin with a u.s. war department documentary on this final meeting of the big 3. soviet premier joseph stalin, winston churchill, and u.s. president franklin roosevelt. this took place on the ukraine. it took place at a symposium in new orleans looking at the l

mrs. kennedy arranged an unprecedented gala mount vernon, home of the first vice president -- u.s. president. india conferred with the president in a stroll through the white house rose garden. former president trumanis family visited with the kennedys. and a group from another new african nation, nigeria. japan's premier and his wife with dean rusk met the president. ♪ ♪ ♪ president you low off the congo republic, the former french congo, at a reception for puerto rican governor, the president and mrs. kennedy both actively interested in the arts invited the run and cellist to play for them at the white house. ♪ ♪ ♪ the american poet, carl sanford visited. at the port in late november, kennedy came into a interview, he gave an interview to the editor of the soviet newspaper, for the first time, the people of the soviet union could read the news of a american leader in full. despite the pressures of official duties, the president was able to enjoy the pleasures of family life. his two small children became favorites of the cameramen. calibra -- caroline had her fourth birthday in late november and baby brother john had his first a few days earlier. here's caroline as she tried to a few extra moment

mrs. kennedy arranged an unprecedented gala at home of mount vernon. conferred with the president in a lengthy exchange of views during a stroll through this white house rose garden. former president truman his family visited with the kennedy's. and a group from another new africa nation, nigeria. japan's premier and his wife met the president. the president of the congo republic, the former french congo, came to call. at a reception for puerto rican governor, the president and mrs. kennedy both actively interested in the arts invited the cellist to play for them at the white house. the american poet carl sanburg visited. in late november, kennedy furthered his program for full exchange of views with all world peoples. he gave an interview to editor of the soviet newspaper. for the first time the people of the soviet union could read the news of an american leader in full. despite the pressures of official duty, the president was able to enjoy the pleasures of family life. his two small children became favorites of the cameramen. caroline had her fourth birthday in late november and baby brother john had his first a few days earlier. here's caroline as she tried to snatch a few extra mom

mr. backlash in the sixties he was an extremely aggressive champion of civil rights. the eisenhower administration arguably had a better record on civil rights in the truman administration or even roosevelt. and then do anything to enforce it and in the 56 election and by adam clayton powell that crossed over to endorse and was an episode in the 1956 election where nixon is campaigning in harlem with adam clayton powell demanding form of the filibuster in order to pass a strong civil rights bill. , there are many things wrong with nixon even then but it just goes to show how did the parties were civil rights is not a democratic issue and how much more cross-pollination there was on what we know today. >> there was an interesting anecdote about him presiding over the senate to establish the rule i never heard about can you tell us about his role in the filibuster? >> after the 1956 campaign eisenhower campaign hard on civil rights and during 1956 he had a very strong civil rights bill to congress and lyndon johnson basically struck that in committee who is available segregationist and killed in committee so eisenhower wins reelection in a landslide republicans have momen

mr. backlash in the 1960s, he was an extremely aggressive champion of civil rights. the eisenhower administration arguably had a better record on civil rights than the truman administration or even the roosevelt administration. eisenhower desegregated columbia, truman disaggregated the armed forces but didn't do anything to enforce it and eisenhower and forced it. in the 1956 election, eisenhower was enforced by the naacp and adam clayton powell over to endorse eisenhower and literally there is an episode in 1956 where richard nixon is campaigning in harlem with adam clayton powell demanding the reform of the filibuster in order to pass a strong civil rights bill. so, that episode nixon was a mccarthyite and there were other things wrong with him even then but it just goes to show how fluid the parties were and how civil rights wasn't a democratic issue. and in general how much cross-pollination there was between the parties versus what we know today. >> there was an interesting anecdote providing over the senate and establishing this rule. could you tell us a little bit about his role in the filibuster? >> after the 1956 campaign, he campaigned pretty hard on civil righ

truman. they were in their 60s. they had older children some had grandchildren. because of their age group and time and fashion and times they lived it was a contrast and so refreshing when mrs kennedy came on the scene. you'll see this photo of her and president kennedy visiting. she was fluent in french and spanish so she could step to the microphone and speak in the native tongue of a country that she and the president were visiting. look at this beautiful bright pink suit. with the next slide we can see that in addition to how she looked, stewart talked about her most important work as first lady in restoring the white house. and on a scholarly note i like to point out that it wasn't just she thought that the white house should be historically accurate and. beautiful, though that is what she helped to create and then in putting together the white house's historical association and putting together committees that would ensure that the white house would always look this way, would always be up to date in its history and how it was presenting itself, it so happened that the decent of presidential scholars at that time, professor richard newstat had written a book in 1960 b

mrs. marshall. now in a grim year of war the shortest and simplest on record begins. president wallace swears in harry trumanw vice president. president roosevelt takes the oath of office. >> i franklin delano roosevelt do solemnly swear i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> the president delivered a brief inaugural address. >> we americans of today together with our allies are passing through a period of tests. it is a test of our courage, of our resolve, of our wisdom, of our essential democracy. if we meet that test successfully and honorably, we shall perform a service of historic importance. of historic importance of which men and women and children will honor throughout all-time. as i stand here today having taken a solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow countrymen, in the presence of our guards, i know this is america's purpose we shall not fail. in the days and years to come we shall work for a just and honorable

mrs. marshall. now in a grim year of war, the shortest simplest inaugural on record begins. former vice president wallace stores in harry truman, new vice president. president roosevelt takes the oath of office. >> i, franklin delano roosevelt, do you solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. [applause] >> the president delivers a brief inaugural address. >> we americans of today, together with our allies are passing through a period of spring. it is a test of our courage, of our resolve it, of our wisdom, of our essential democracy, if we beat that test successfully in honorably we shall perform a service of historic importance. historic importance of which men, women and children will honor throughout all-time. as i stand here today having taken the solemn oath of hello office, in the presence of my fellow countrymen why is that hello and just, in the presence of our god movies here, i know that this is america's purpose and we will not