in 1945, president truman and mrs. truman became aware of problems with the house and with the concurrence of the congress initiated a commission to look into the structural integrity of the residence. it was determined that needed extensive rebuilding. in fact, as you heard earlier it was suggested that the structure be torn down. there was a movement to move the seat of government to the center of the country, which at that time was ohio. president truman was adamant the original stone walls be saved. a plan was devised to retain the exterior stone walls and build a concrete and steel building within. the old stone walls would be pinned to the new structure thereby retaining evidence of the original hoban design, while providing some modern conveniences and adding two subfloors with utilities and storage. while that renovation was going on, the president and mrs. truman moved to the blair house across the white house and lived there from 1948 in till 1952. -- until 1952. that is basically the history of the white house we s

mr. truman, a historic souvenir from the president. for mr. uman, the passage of medicare is a dream come true. bob: there you are. what a remarkable day. lynda, i want to start with you. why was this such a priority with your father? lynda: well, daddy grew up in a world where he knew lots of people who had no choice of when they got older, they lost the farm. they used everything they had to pay for their medical care. and then finally, their only choice was to go to the poor house. he had also seen what history to -- what this did to their families. not just people my age, but their children. they had to make a decision -- do we pay for grandma to get the medical care she needs? or do we say we've got to take care of our own children so they can go to college or stay in school? it was a devastating, it was devastating. we had a third of the seniors living in poverty. and he recognized that there was a great need to do something about it. he was an opportunist. he recognized when he came in , after that historic election where we had, i don't

mr. truman, a historic souvenir from the president. for mr. uman, the passage of medicare is a dream come true. bob: that you are. what a remarkable day. lynda, i want to start with you. why was this such a priority with your father? lynda: well, daddy grew up in a world where he knew lots of people who had no choice of when they got older, they lost the farm. they used everything they had to pay for their medical care. and then finally, their only choice was to go to the poor house. he had also seen what history to their families. not just people my age, but their children. they had to make a decision -- do we pay for grandma to get the medical care she needs? or do we say we've got to take care of our own children so they can go to college or stay in school? it was a devastating, it was devastating. we had a third of the seniors living in poverty. and he recognized that there was a great need to do something about it. he was an opportunist. he recognized when he came in after that historic election where we had, i don't know, 70 n ew democrat

[applause] >> the president and mrs. truman. governor herbert, congressman king and the anderson-king team. congressman mills, and the mills-long team. our beloved vice president who worked in the vineyards many years to see this day come to pass, and all of my dear friends in the congress, both democrats and republicans. people of the united states who love and voted for harry truman, not because he gave them hell but because he gave them hope. [applause] and i believe today that all america shares my joy that he is present now on the hope that he offered when it becomes reality for millions of our fellow citizens. i'm so proud that this is come to pass in the johnson administration. but it was really harry truman of missouri who planted the seeds of compassion and beauty which have today flowered into care for the state and serenity for the fearful. many men can make many proposals. many men can draft many laws but few have the human eye which can see beyond the words of the people that they touch. few can see past the speeche

while the renovation was going on the president and mrs. trumanmoved to the blair house >> that is basically the history of the white house we see today. now i will give all of you a peek into the lives of the presidents of the lives i have served. i served the nixon administration as a member of the secret service, until his resignation in 1974. during that time, i was assigned to different posts throughout the white house, getting to know the people who worked there and their responsibilities. after the litigation surrounding --, i was one of six officers to have control over the presidential papers and tapes. after the court had appointed the secret service as conservatives -- conservators. soft kind and gentle are not often words attached to president nexen, but his highness was known to those who knew him. one individual was a white house doorman by the name of freddy mayfield. he worked the evening shift in film and night and was an added crash an ardent fan of the local baseball team. freddy and president nexen had long conversations about

truman. he is met by mr. stntenius and the chiefs of the other 49 delegations.ng them janse christian premier of south africa and the prime minister of canada, mr. kinsey king. president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. his is the first visit to san francisco by a chief executive in seven years. half a million citizens turn out to hail the presidential motorcade. as mr. truman arrives 63 days of concerted international effort are climaxed by the signing of the united nations charter. first to sign is china the first nation that suffered axis aggression. dr. wellington khou signs with a traditional chinese brush. the delegation of the soviet union, ambassador andre dromyko signs for russia. great britain is represented by lord halifax. the republic of france acting delegation chairman joseph bancouer. 38 of 50 nations to have signed is the united states of america. secretary of state stentenius. >> ladies and gentlemen we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charter for world peace has been completed. but this is not

mr. truman. >> truman. >> the buck stops here. >> not the bus, the buck. >> come on! out. >> harry -- >> truman. >> harry truman. >> yes, that's what i just said, i swear. >> who said the buck stops here? >> i don't know. >> huh? >> i don't know. >> the buck stops here. who said that? >> truman. >> the president. >> oh, my god. i feel stupid. >> well, this certainly comes as a shock to me. >> who did harry truman bomb, do you remember that? >> no. >> japan. speak softly and carry a big -- >> that's really tempting but i don't want to be around here much longer. >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> frame. >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> stick. >> excellent. who said that? >> roosevelt. >> which one? >> teddy. >> very good. >> that's exactly who i mean. >> carry a big stick. oh [ bleep ]. >> put a quarter in the square jar. >> i don't remember. >> teddy roosevelt. >> what are you so mad about? >> there's nothing to fear but -- >> fear itself. >> who said that? >> i just did. >> the pope. >> fdr. >> very good. a house divided against itself cannot stand. >> uh --

while the renovation was going on the president and mrs. trumanmoved to the blair house >> that is basically the history of the white house we see today. now i will give all of you a peek into the lives of the presidents of the lives i have served. i served the nixon administration as a member of the secret service, until his resignation in 1974. during that time, i was assigned to different posts throughout the white house, getting to know the people who worked there and their responsibilities. after the litigation surrounding --, i was one of six officers to have control over the presidential papers and tapes. after the cour

mr. truman's administration that they tear down the white house and start over. i wonder have they ever been serious about recommendations if the president and his family lived separate from his office? some studies have shown it would be good to have a chance to get out of one's residency and work apart from it, rather than having it all in one building. >> i'm sure that every president and first lady feels that way, that they could leave the white house behind and go elsewhere. that is one reason why the -- y camp david is such a blessing. they can drive to camp david take the helicopter there, and spend the weekend there. there are some people on the staff who do not want to hear me say it, but the white house staff is much more reluctant to call the president or the first lady at camp david, then they are if they are just next-door in the white house. i think there have been considerations, but having the benefit of the white house home and office so close at hand, with everything that goes along with it, i think it is important to the presidency and there wi

mr. mckenzie king. president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. the first visit by a chief executive in seven years. half of a million citizens turn out to hail the motorcade. [cheering] >> as mr. freeman arrives, 60 -- truman arrives, 63 days are climaxed by the signing of the united nation's charter. first is china, the first nation that suffered aggression. the delegation of the soviet union, the ambassador signs for russia. great britain is represented by her delegation chairman halifax. the republic of france acting delegation chairman joseph. 38th of 50 nations to sign is the united states. secretary of state. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charger for world peace -- charter for world peace has been completed. but this is not the end, it is only the beginning. the great task lies before us, and it is our solemn and sacred duty to see to it the united nations comes into being and fulfills its promise. with faith in our cause and goodwill in our hearts and determination to w

two of truman's staff are still living. mr.sy made eight of the 11 trips with the president to key west and he says when they boarded the plane in washington they threw $50 into the pot, during the month the banker would pinch the bank, he would save back part of the winnings so if they ran out of money the banker advanced you more money. it was about team building and camaraderie and not about winning or losing money. nobody lost more than $20 the entire month. president truman regarded the big white house the great big white jail. he felt he was constantly under everyone's eye. by coming to key west he could come with his closest staff let down his hair. sometimes some of his staff would let their beards grow for a couple of days. they certainly at times used off color stories and certainly could have a glass of bourbon and, you know, visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. we know for a fact that president truman shared his decision not to run for re-election with his closest staff sitting at this table. an

mr. president, i also rise to celebrate this important anniversary 50 years ago today president lyndon bains johnson signed into law medicaid and medicare with my favorite president sitting next to him president harry s. truman. mr. president, i came up and asked you a question, and i'm proud to tell the whole chamber everybody listening, there is only one member, i think, of the current united states senate who was at the inauguration of the president l.b.j. and it was the senator from wyoming the presiding officer, who was at that inauguration in 1964. clearly the signature medicaid and medicare was president johnson's proudest achievement to make care seniors have access to health care, and medicaid helping low-income seniors and people with disabilities get their necessary health care. i want to talk today about medicaid. others have spoken about medicare. senator casey did a good job about medicaid, and i want to do the same, because i have seen the success of medicaid as a mayor and as a governor, and now as a senator it's absolutely critical. in 2014, as senator casey mentioned, medicaid provided health coverage to nearly 70 million americans including one million virginians. in virginia, about 600,00

mr. strum -- trump, you sound more like truman capote than you intend? >> i have never, ever heard that before. >> can i ask mr. trump a question? >> what is happening? >> i'm sorry. >> this will be the last time judy goes on this show. >> go ahead. >> julie, by the way -- >> it is judy. danny, it is judy. >> whatever. >> andy? >> i thought judy had a question. >> i did, but i hate him now even more. >> judy, you said trull p is making it into a reality show. that's true. i think the name of the show is let's help hillary clinton get elected. >> that is a great name for a reality show. >> you should be for him. you should love trump because he is a wrecking ball. he is destroying the whole gop. >> can i say something and the monopolizatiof of everything here 1234* rut donald trump of the path. you have to build here and stay out. >> i am taking that as a compliment. >> by the way, i am not helping hillary clinton in any conceivable way. i am out there and i am speaking to people and meeting to people. what is she doing? going to lunch and dinner with peop

they even formed a little group of which president truman referred to them as the one more club because they were always hollering oh, just one more mr. president, just one more. the house is very simple. if you go to europe you go to palaces. if you go to -- when we were allowed to go the big white house, the white house is very formal and very presidential. the little white house, reminds many of our visitors of their mom's house or their grandmother's house or perhaps a favorite aunt. it is very humbly furnished. it's a very subtle elegance about it. but i think the number one thing is that people coming in just go, i could live here. this feels like my house. and so it really is the people's house in so many ways. it's not a palace by any means. they get it. harry truman was truly human. harry truman was one of us. and it certainly would have been so out of keeping with his character had they, you know, had gilded furniture or something. it would have been inconceivable to harry truman to have anything like that. >>> we're in the mel fisher maritime museum in key west florida. our museum was founded back in 1982 by mr. mel fish.

the harry s truman and library in independence, missouri posted this event. it is about 50 minutes. mrand: thank you. it is certainly a pleasure to come here today and talk to about this topic, propaganda from world war ii on the home front. as ed mentioned i work for the national archives in kansas city. and as such, i work with a wide variety of records. on the homefront, working to facilitate, support the war effort as best as possible. and many of the records you see today i came across just in my day-to-day work, whether it is reference or writing descriptions, i just found these fascinating records i thought were a great way of the home front and world war ii. i do want to just have a quick note on the sources that today -- just to make sure things are entirely clear. most or many other sources today are from the national archives in kansas city. from numerous records groups, this includes record group 147 which carried out the drafts during the war. record group 156, records of the chief of ordinance, which created the war -- goods of war the bombs and munitions that were used b

mr. truman all arrives, 63 days of concerted international efforts climax -- first to sign china. he signs with a traditional chinese brush. the delegation of the soviet union. the ambassador signs for russia. great britain is represented by the delegation chairman, lord halifax. the republic of france, acting delegation chairman -- 38th of 50 nations to sign, the united states of america. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charter for world these says been completed, but this is not the end. this is only the beginning. the great path lies before us and it is our solemn and sacred duty to see that the united nations fulfills its promise with faith in our cause and goodwill in our hearts, and determination to work unceasingly on this end, i am confident we will reach our goals. [applause] narrator: senator connelly is next to sign for the united states. senator arthur brandenberg. commander harold stassen, former governor of minnesota. a job well done, appearing before the last formal session of the united nations, it's, presi

truman. she allowed c-span to come in and do a tour of it. i wanted to mention those first ladies that i served. [applause] [applause] >> thank you mr. walters and thank you all for being here. screeria -- nigeria. -

truman. she allowed c-span to come in and do a tour of it. i wanted to mention those first ladies that i served. [applause] [applause] >> thank you mr. walters and thank you all for being here. . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> to mark the 70 of anniversary of three in europe today the pioneer institute hosted a forum. qeuros and historians david kennedy and rick atkinson -- keynote speakers and historians david kennedy and rick atkinson discusse how it has changed histor. may offer ideas for improving how the subject is presented -- they offer ideas for improving of the subject is presented. >> good morning. good everybody please take a seat? it really is a good

mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i just want to remind my completioncolleagues that tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of president johnson going to -- traveling to independence, missouri, to be with president truman who in the 19 40's had attempted to push through congress legislation to expand the social security act to include what we now call medicare. when president johnson went to independence missouri, and signed the legislation it's the one we pay most attention to is medicare, health care for the elderly. but probably equally important and certainly very important social security, creation of medicaid. and medicaid came out of several years of congressional debate where congress understood that low-income people -- especially low-income people who were working and didn't have insurance, people that were poor people in nurseing homes as it evolved into, elderly people -- most of the people in medicaid goes to take care of the elderly in nursing homes that it would have such an impact on their lives. prior to 1965 this social insurance program this program that -- what we call medicare today, this social insurance program provided health care to almost every senior. prior to 1965, only abou