now mrs. truman, unaware that her bottle is not prepared -- [laughter] >> the new first lady joins in the crowd's laughter. for military aid needs the crisis -- meets the crisis. [laughter] >> but to a navy, forewarned is forearmed, there, armed being the hammer. watch it just under the airplane's nose. and the hammer misses on the first try. all is well that ends well. despite the seller bottle, mrs. truman gives her blessing. host: you can watch president trump's commissioning of the ford. you want to hear on c-span and on c-span.org. first one of the stories we did not get to this morning is about the senate health care bill. a senate parliamentarian dealt a major setback to the gop repeal bill. here is the story from "the hill." host: sanders the ranking member of the senate budget committee. the revisions that would likely be removed include all season order to conservatives, such as restrictions on expert being used for insurance is that cover abortion. with the not sit well number of republica

it was over something very silly because mrs. truman wanted a stick of butter and mrs. nesbitt refused to give it to her. [laughter] that was just the final blow and was gone a short time after that. >> that is a great question because after that to become maitre d and another guy who serves to get prominences the white house and then becomes of the treaty later. that was the event over a stick of butter. >> the chief of -- that position is it tenure or is it carried on?. >> day serve at the pleasure of the president so typically in the white house kitchen usually the executive chef for the pastry chef but what has happened when a president comes in they can decide so most decide to bring in an additional cook for the family but they keep the of first cook and there was a separate dining space she turned margaret truman's bedroom into a small kitchen and pantry because the family thought of us dying room was not intimate enough so that each of the second-floor. lyndon johnson was the have a second coat just cooking for the family must have the white house chief executiv

the first lady, mrs. truman, wanted a stick of butter and mrs.ed to give it to her which is really interesting. they had a few totals but that was the final blow. she was gone a short time after that. that is a great question. after that alonzo fields becomes maÎtre d', there was another guy named charles strickland, fields starts to get prominence in the white house and eventually becomes maÎtre d' later. if the first lady wants something, that doesn't always happen. >> the position of chief cook, chief executive chef, 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 will >>s, usually the executive chef and maybe the pastry chef but when a president comes in they can decide who staffs the kitchen but most presidents carry over the previous cook but they may bring an additional cook to make meals for the family. jacqueline kennedy created a second floor kitchen and dining space

mr. harry truman used to say the buck stops here. where does the buck stop in the administration? this president blames everyone at a drop of a hat. the election integrity committee, he talks about how they are wanting to get to the bottom of fraud. what i would like to know is -- how does acquiring our social security numbers, our past voting preferences, clinical party registrations -- what does that have to do -- political party registrations -- what does that have to do with fraud? i think we can agree the election system needs to be reformed. if he is so serious about this, why doesn't he admit the russians hacked into our system? he does not want to do that. what about gerrymandering? is that issue we have to be concerned about? host: we have you caller. respond to what you like. guest: let me respond to two things -- the caller makes an interesting point that the pressure the republicans are feeling under the control of the senate, house, and white house. through taxo go reform is the next element of the republican agenda. the urgency they feel is that the calendar is movin

picking on his .amily and his children to thearry truman talk press corps and he said, just a minute and he walked up to a reporter and a reporter said yes, mrpresident? and harry truman knocked him on his butt. and he said, you can pick on me that you leave my family alone. because the reporter was talking about his daughter. and do you know what? we have bigger problems in this country besides the tabloid news. thated to start working on and the news media is whining about the fact of the matter that hillary clinton lost. and now they have to eat some crow. take one more call from charles in florida on the democrat line. go ahead. caller: hello. concerned about the tweet he sent out. with himte that lashing out and i feeling he should apologize to the press. in the same category that what kathy griffin did. showing violence towards him. and he needs to apologize. and stop going to the right-wing press and the tabloids. he is giving them too much credit and is taking away the credit from the real reporters. that is my opinion. host: that was charles. -- that was the last call on this topic. in the next hour, we take a look at the topic of m

research, did you come across information about harry truman's ancestral family, that is his mother's home was burned and they were banished? did they -- mr. stiles: i ran across this at another time. the first time that harry truman in the 20th century makes a trip into kansas, his grandmother says, look for the spoons that bj hawkers stole. -- that the jayhawkers stall. -- stole. >> i heard they were part of that group. mr. stiles: they were in jackson county, i believe. that is certainly where he was from personally. they might have been uprooted. the depopulation did not last long because it was such a radical policy, the union decided, ok, you got to let them go back. if they had kept them out, it might have tamped down the guerrilla warfare. i will take the next question behind a cause you have been waiting longer. >> it struck me as this was almost genocidal in intense. -- in intent. do think that's an accurate way of describing guerrilla warfare, at least semi-genocidal? mr. stiles: genocide is tough. that usually means targeting a specific group for extermination. we have the term ethnic cleansing and i use the term political cle

truman. and he came over and stood by the service. and after it was over the minister, a man that i interviewed, asked him, mr. president, how is it that you come here? he said a man never forgets a friend. >> that's right. >> the other story i truly ador is when truman came home from the white house, he hadn't had all the services the presidents get and he and bess were invited to have dinner with some friends in the neighborhood. and they got in the car and they couldn't find the neighbors house. it wasn't right around the corner. so in the grand tradition, bess said why don't you stop and ask for direction. so he parked the car, got out-of-the car, walked up, went up the front walk of a house, knocked on the door and a man came to the door. and he said excuse me, can you tell me for the andersons live. and he said take the left and it's on the right. and he started walking down and the man said, hey, anybody ever tell you look like harry truman? and he said yeah, i get that. and he said it must make you mad as hell. and he's telling this story himself. and the federal government, it wasn't just the armed ser

truman. and he came over and stood by for the service. and after it was over, the minister who is a man i interviewed, asked him, mr. president, how is it that you come here? he said, a man never forgets a friend. >> that's right. >> the other story i dearly adore is when truman came home from the white house, he hadn't driven a car for eight years and he hadn't had anything but all the services that presidents get. and he and bess were invited to have dinner with some friends in the neighborhood. and they got in the car and they couldn't find the neighbor's house. it was not right around the corner. so in the grand tradition, bess said to harry, why don't you stop and ask for directions? [ laughter ] so he got out of the -- parked the car, got out of the car, walked up, went up the front walk of a house, knocked on the door and a man came to the door and he said, excuse me but can you tell me where the andersons live? he said, oh yes, easily. take the second left and third house on the right. and truman thanked him very much and started back down the walk and the man called after him. he said, say, anyone ever you l

mr. stejskal: oh, it was extremely influential. truman based his strategy of containment basically off that letter. this was 1949 -- 1949, 1950, and some of his senior advisers took that letter and basically expounded upon it. a lot of military senior officers used it to base their military strategy off of. it was extremely influential. it is called the long telegram. it was printed in open press later on. it was signed mr. x, but it was extremely influential to american strategy in the early 1950's and 1960's. >> i have not read the book, but it alluded to the number of emigres who came in to the unit, and i'm just curious if you have done any follow-up research to see what happened to them. i'm curious if they went back into their communities, what kind of lessons learned they bring as we look forward to maybe revamping this capability. the other is we have examples of later on from the 1970's and 1980's in terms of their capabilities. do you have any operational missions you can discuss that took place in the 1950's that were impactful

mr. trump has gone too far this time. >> harry truman said the buck stops here. donald trump says the tweet starts here. is itself destruction or is this working? >> no, no. this guy is on a roll. he started this nonsense of tweeting as you will recall during his primary success against 16 rivals on the republican side of the isle. he did so dramatically. and he is not going to quit. this guy is a reality tv host. that's what he is. that's what he does. that's how he is treating the white house. >> what's disappointing is if a toddler kicks you in the shin, you don't punch it in the face. you understand there is a difference between who they are and what they are and what you are and who you are. the fact that -- saying they're mean to me so i will be mean to him, he is bringing them down to the level of tv host -- >> he has never considered himself any differently than he is demonstrating by virtue of these tweets. >> he doesn't think of himself as the president? >> have you ever heard him compare himself to lincoln or john f kennedy or ronald reagan. >> he tell

>> doing it on the 69th anniversary of president truman's integration of the military is a slap in the face. we are prepared to sue if this reporter: mr. critics say trump got several deferments to avoid serving in the vietnam war. and ash carter says choosing those who serve on other military qualifications is a social policy and has no place in the military. nancy: fast and fierce reaction to the president's announcement. the instapoll question. do you agree with trump's ban on transgender people in the military? we want to hear from you. go to wjla.com/votenow to see live results on the screen. we have reaction from arlington. stephen: the rant surprised some at the pentagon. it stunned those in the transgender community. president trump's tweets stung the transgender community in and out of the armed forces. >> the president aapparently is tweeting that he is going to fire motivated troops. stephen: those who fought for years not just for the recognition but for rights other americans enjoy. find the president's stands on transgender individuals in the military stunning. retro grade and frightening. >> to throw away the years of t

mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize c.j. and dave dunkly. they are serving our nation's veterans through providing guitar lessons at the truman v.a. hospital in columbia hospital. the healing box project came to life at the v.a. hospital a few days ago. mrs. hartzler: they provide guitars, picks and lessons to disabled veterans in order to help them ease the wounds that so many of them are facing. these weekly lessons provide an outlet for veterans to use the joy of music to heal their souls. weekly they provide these lessons for up to 50 veterans. c.j. and dave provide the 3-c. aising to their 50 i am thankful for their efforts to provide services to our nation's heroes who have so graciously given service to our great country. mr. speaker, it's an honor to take this opportunity to recognize c.j. and dave for their efforts on behalf of our nation's veterans. i'm blessed to represent them in congress and wish them continued success of this very special project. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mcnerney: i seek unanimous consent to

. >> i think the buck stops in the old harry truman line in the office of the president and i would think the president would have known the character of mrucci and clearly it appears some of his language and techniques were not unexpected and what bothers me is that this is not so much democrat versus republican, it really is, as sitting on vice chair of the intelligence community, the words and actions of the president of the united states matters domestically but also abroad in terms of how our country is viewed and what we've seen over the last week or so from mr. scaramucci's comments to the president's outrageous and inappropriate comments at the boy scout jamboree to lack of focus on health care, it does not paint a pretty picture. >> so the russian sanctions bill, i want to ask you about an important bill on the president's desk. he hasn't signed it yet. y yet is the operative word. russia is warning of more retaliation to come. what should president trumpb do? >> what president trump should do is sign that legislation that passed overwhelmingly in both the house and the senate. in the house, it was 98-2 and the senate i think was

truman. he did more in the first 100 days than president trump as did roosevelt. an analysis of the bills mrshows that half were minor and inconsequential were little substantive debate. >> it keeps us busy having these kinds of conversations, the things big on the agenda and people are worried about are health care, ininfrastructure and tax reform. on those fronts we have seen possibly backward movement if anything. >> president trump knows very well how to speak to his base. when you read the strong words from the wall street journal owned by rupert murdoch to president trump on none other than the russian scandal. release it all to the public whatever short term political damage this might cause couldn't be worse than the death by 1,000 cuts of selective leaks often out of context from political opponents in congress or the special counsel's office. if there's nothing to the russia collusion allegations, transparency will call it. calling for radical transparency is a big ask. saying if you want to suive, open the kimono. >> it is being ped open one way or the other. joining us now is cnb

mr., thank you for joining us as well. -- >> thank you. i am honored to join with my colleagues to stand here. ithas been mentioned before, is ironic that 69 years ago today president truman efficiently desegregated the military. today is the actual anniversary of this. tastefulnically this that this president chose this anniversary to issue this fateful decision, and he did it hate,the same old script, the same and bigotry, script used against the african-american community. the same script used against women. the same script used against the lesbians and gay community. all of them were told as the president said that if they joined the military, it would cause disruption. we know that rather than causing conclusionthat their in the military proudly benefited the nation as a whole, and so whether we know transgender individuals, african-americans, lesbians, gays, they must continue and hopefullycontinue with this president to serve in the future with distinction and with honor. on 15,000ing his back transgender servicemembers who are defending our country right now. we are talking about people out there defending our nation. this is the same man who told the lgbtq commun