. >> but jackie's letter is not to a family member or close friend, but soviet premier nikita khrushchev. >> i send it because i know how much my husband cared about peace. used to quote your words in some of his speeches. in the next world the survivors will envy the dead. you and he were adversaries but you were allied in determination that the world shouldn't be blown up. >> her final act in the white house really revealed the depth of her seriousness. it's in that letter to nikita khrushchev, urging him to continue the nuclear disarmament talks that had begun with her husband. >> the danger which troubled my husband was that war might be started, not so much by the big men, but by the little ones. while big men know the needs for self-control and restraint, little men are sometimes moved by fear and pride. it's really good let's continue for future generations. >> if the mark of a great president is understanding the big issues of the day, the mark of a great first lady is a more subtle thing, and jackie got this. and that is understanding the essence of the time. and america as a gl

the famous kitchen bait between nixon and nikita khrushchev happened by accident.cow to open an american trade exhibit, and television cameras were recording the scene when nixon and khrushchev entered the exhibits. you must not be afraid of ideas. russian]ing voice of translator: -- james: the soviet premier took the opportunity to attack the united states because of a resolution in congress debating enslaved people in eastern europe. >> there isn't a day that goes by in the united states at we can't read everything that you say in the soviet union. are not fully reported on what you said in poland. talking ine was california and talking in terms as properly as you are about peace, you were talking somewhat the other way, and it was reported in our press very extensively. i can assure you, never make a statement here. the television stations broadcast, many americans thought mr. nixon one the battle of wits with the soviet premier. him aniends consider intellectual introvert, not unlike former american president woodrow wilson. as early as 1958, nixon was favored

when i was in high school in the late 1950's, nikita khrushchev came to the u.n. and beat his shoe on the desk and said america will fall in communist hands and we'll never file a shot, you'll rot from the inside out like an apple. americans, the apple is rotten and it's the democrats. goodbye. host: from "the new york times," the headline, as resurgence of virus overwhelms the states, washington pulls back. they write when senior food and drug administration officials held their morning call one day this week they received a sobering warning from the agency's chief, dr. steven han who had gotten off the phone from the white house, block off all craziness afoot and stay focused on fighting the pandemic, he said. there are plenty of distractions, president trump is pushing to overturn the results of the election and his only statements about the coronavirus in the last few days were to make clear the good news of the vaccine had not come until after election day though the number of new daily infections wednesday topped 140,000 average daily deaths and average dail

. >> i'm not old enough to remember nikita khrushchev but i remember at the nations when he looked up said we will bury you. i will never forget that. i don't understand how republicans can allow putin to dictate the forces of this country. that is what is going on here. steve: what are they talking about? putin is dictating president trump's response to this election? its genuinely insane. i don't know another were to u use. >> it's also a towel, steve. i'm increasingly concerned, given the advisers to joe biden of surrounding himself, he may import the domestic policy of the squad and the foreign policy of -- dick cheney. we don't want to be in a world where america is like the most policeman or the world piggy bank and we got to be prepared to stand and fight against that, if in fact, that is how this goes. like i said there are still a few more shoes to drop to see if that is in fact the case but steve, we've also learned about how god is to catch after the fact. if there is a lesson here, we have to be far more aggressive as the ballads are coming in because the ballots have been

nikita khrushchev said the people will not fight communism. if you sell them socialism in an incremental way they will wake up in a communist world. as his partner stalin said it is not how the people vote that matter, it is who counts the votes that matter. another quick comment before the question, why does c-span's theme all blue? video overlay is blue. the logos are bluebird the c-span bus is blueprint the carpet's blueprint table blue. walls are blue. the badges they wear on the bus are i assume the same in the control room and all blue. >> host: first of all, the carpet is here to heavenly not blue and neither is the desk but go ahead and ask a question. >> caller: thank you. the question has to do with when your guest is in the university environment to what extent would you report that the democratic generally democratic run management layer of the universities, how much to push back? >> guest: thank you for calling and with that question and bringing it back to our new chapters on different college campuses. i think it varies by schoo

. >> reporter: but it was a gift from soviet premier nikita khrushchev, a glamorous dog named pushinkawagging. arriving with her own passport, pushinka was the offspring of soviet space dogs. is she fluffy? >> she is definitely a fluffy dog. >> reporter: does she have a sense of humor? she's from the soviet union. >> ( laughs ) i don't know. i don' think we have that recorded as well as we might. >> reporter: she was fetching enough to catch the eye of charlie, the kennedys' roguishly handsome welsh terrier. >> they have four beautiful puppies together, and life is good. >> reporter: the president dubbed the offspring pupniks, and to some, this furry first family melted hearts during a particularly frosty period. >> i have directed the continued and increased close surveillance of cuba and its military buildup. >> reporter: do you think that helped sort of thaw the cold at a very tense time? >> it is a very tense time, and that human connection is tangible. it's real. >> reporter: it's part of a presidential story that captured our collective imagination. >> when president kennedy is a

nikita khrushchev is currently threatening the united states with punitive action over berlin, and ift had turned into war there would be no way to defend berlin with conventional weapons so it might have turned nuclear. so today we have those kinds of standoffs but eisenhower actually invited khrushchev to come to the united states and khrushchev was here for ten days. ten days. during that time the soviet premier was subjected to eisenhower's grandchildren as a way to soften him up. [laughing] and all i can say is that the future of the world hung in the balance as what not we would be well behaved that afternoon. [laughing] we apparently managed to save the world for the first and last time. no, should make jokes about this. it was a very serious time. after the trip the soviets did lift the ultimatum with some agreement to continue to talk about it at the summit in paris. >> we will talk about the u2, as long as we have khrushchev on the screen we were going to do it later but let me do it now. there's this u2 that is famous but was also very fascinating about this is how much inf

so nikita khrushchev is currently threatening the united states . with punitive action. over berlin. and it turned into war, there would be no way to defend berlin with conventional weapons so it might have turned nuclear. today we have a kind of standoff but eisenhower actually invited chris jeff to come to the united states and chris jeff was here for 10 days. 10 days. and during that time, the soviet premier was subjected eisenhower's grandchildren as a way to soften him up. and all i can say is that the future of the world hung in the balance as to whether or not we would be well behaved that afternoon . he apparently managed to save the world for the first and last time. i shouldn't make jokes about this, it was a very serious time but after the trip, the soviets did lift the ultimatum with some agreement to continue to talk about it at a summit in paris. >> will talk about the u2, we were going to do it later but let me do it now. what's also fascinating was how much information president eisenhower had about what the russians actually had done and what they hadn't

nikita creature of happened by accident. they were going to open un-american trade exhibit -- and the press -- press the soviets with america's desire for peace. television cameras were recording when nixon and khrushchevibit. you must not be afraid of ideas. [translating] russian]ing we are not afraid of ideas. >> the soviets took the opportunity to attack the united states because of the revolution to liberate enslaved peoples in eastern europe. tone --red in a firm nixon countered in a firm tone. >> there is not a debate that goes by in the united states where we cannot read everything that you say and the soviet union. when you are not fully -- with what you say in poland. when he was traveling in california, talking in terms of as you have about peace, you were talking somewhat the other way. and it was reported in our press very extensively. and i can assure you that never make a statement here that you do not -- >> when the television tape was broadcast many americans thought that the nixon's had won the test of wits with the soviet premier. and the tools of logic language with great facilities. many friends consider him an intellectual introvert, not unlike woodrow wilson. 1958, nixon was favor

i am old enough to remember nikita khrushchev. i remember that speech at the united nations when he said "we will bury you." i will never forget that. so i do not understand how -- toicans can allow dictate the fortunes of this country.

i am old enough to remember nikita khrushchev. i remember that speech at the united nations when he looked out and said, "we will bury you." i will never forget that. and so i do not understand how

i am old enough to remember nikita khrushchev. i remember that speech at the united nations when he said "we will bury you." i will never forget that. so i do not understand how -- toicans can allow dictate the fortunes of this country. and that is what is going on. >> if people have seen, if there is evidence of fraud, by all means, go to federal court, get it correct her, punish the wrongdoers. that is what i think should happen. apparently, there will be a lot of lawsuits tomorrow. i have confidence in our federal judiciary to make the right decisions about them, and then we will be able to wrap this up. >> to be clear, you have seen none of the evidence the president's lawyers say they have about your state? clear, thereto be are problems that need to be solved. in pennsylvania, we have a rogue supreme court that violated the u.s. constitution and violated pennsylvania law by declaring that ballots arriving after election day can be counted even though statute for bids that. so that needs to be adjudicated. those ballots shoul

i am old enough to remember nikita khrushchev. i remember that speech at the united nations when he said "we will bury you." i will never forget that. so i do not understand how -- toicans can allow dictate the fortunes of this country. and that is what is going on. >> if people have seen, if there is evidence of fraud, by all means, go to federal court, get it correct her, punish the wrongdoers. that is what i think should happen. apparently, there will be a lot of lawsuits tomorrow. i have confidence in our federal judiciary to make the right decisions about

i am old enough to remember nikita khrushchev. i remember that speech at the united nations when he looked out and said, "we will bury you." i will never forget that. and so i do not understand how republicans can allow putin to dictate the fortunes of this country. and that is what is going on here. sen. toomey: if people have seen, if there is evidence of fraud or wrongdoing, by all means, go to federal court, get it corrected, punish the wrongdoers. do what we need to do.

i am old enough to remember nikita khrushchev. i remember that speech at the united nations when he looked out and said, "we will bury you." i will never forget that. and so i do not understand how republicans can allow putin to dictate the fortunes of this country. and that is what is going on here. sen. toomey: if people have seen, if there is evidence of fraud or wrongdoing, by all means, go to federal court, get it corrected, punish the wrongdoers. do what we need to do. that is what i think should happen. apparently, there will be a lot of lawsuits tomorrow. we will see the evidence, we will see what the allegations are. i have confidence in our federal judiciary to make the right decisions about them, and then we will be able to wrap this up and move on. >> to be clear, you have seen none of the evidence the president's lawyers say they have about your state? sen. toomey: well, to be clear, for instance, there are problems that need to be solved. for instance, in pennsylvania, unfortunately we have a rogue supreme court that

he hurls a challenge at soviet premier nikita khrushchev. >> i challenge him to this.l he agree to the holding of free elections under the sponsorship of the united nations, to permit people everywhere in every nation on every continent, to vote on one single, simple issue. that issue is do you want to live under a communist regime, or under a free system such as found in the united states? [applause] narrator: a long roar of approval follows ike's challenge to khrushchev. [applause] then, the convention gets deaf -- down to the task of nominating the standardbearer. there is little suspense, save 10 votes cast for arizona senator goldwater. it is all nixon the rollcall . vote is 1321 for the vice president. the move to make the nomination of nixon unanimous comes from the arizona delegation, as announced by the permanent chairman, the congressman from indiana. >> vice president richard m. nixon has unanimously been nominated by the republican party for the office of president of the united states. [applause] narrator: the party spelled out unity for richard milhouse n