thank you for being with us. [ applause ] and susan eisenhower is the chairman and ceo of the eisenhowerrtune 500 companies here in the united states, around the world, in asia especially. she has served our government in a number of capacities. a member of three blue ribbon commissions for the department of energy. her work with the national academy of sciences and the nasa advisory council. nasa began during the eisenhower administration. she has authored and coauthored a number of books on international security issues. she's lectured at institutions including west point and the army war college. her op-eds are often seen in the "washington post," "the l.a. times" and other leading publications around the country. thank you all for being with us. susan, let me begin with you. clearly the great accomplishments of the end of world war ii under presidents roosevelt and truman and the great promise of president john f. kennedy. but now they're hooking at the grand achievements of your began father's presidency. a remarkable eight years. what should we know now that we didn't really know w

6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower his grand daughters susan and mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement. as we hear from fred gray attorney for rosa parks and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of ulysses s. grant and robert e. lee. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, a 1965 progress report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and the mariner 4 fly-by of mars. just before 9:00, filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv, all

how important was a sherman adams to the eisenhower the end the creation of this new position? susani think it's well underestimated how much eisenhower brought his own management touch to the white house, putting sherman and the chief of staff. was a very unique coordinating body that later ended with the kennedy administration. the nscthe idea that would serve as their coordinating role to make sure what was decided at the cabinet level in policy was actually implemented by those set to carry out the decision. today, no one is really sure. when i hear's them once they -- when i hear someone say ou know you know how washington works. do you? i think he brought a special brand of management and you can trace how that worked. steve: you talk about news conferences and john kennedy the first to have live televised news conferences. but we really saw the explosion of network television from the early 50's until the end of his presidency. how did he used television -- use television during his presidency? susan: he was the first television president, really. it didn't explode in the same

friday, 6:30 eastern, to mark 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters, susan, ann, mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career, as well as legacy, relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a city but to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the bus boycott. we'll see what role lawyers played in the protest and civil rights movement as we heard from fred gray and demonstrators. then, at 6:00, civil war author and historian, william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general grant and confederal general robert e. lee. at 4:00, 1965 progress report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and fly-by of mars. and rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv. all weekend, and on holidays, too, only on c-span3. >> american history tv was live in septembe

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friday evening at 6:30 eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president eisenhower, his granddaughter, susan and mary eisenhower, gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy. and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordnance. her stand helped ins gait the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect and see what role lawyers played as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks and demonstrators. then at :00, civil war author and historian, williams davis, on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of u les is s. grant and robert e. lee. and a 1965 progress report on nasa's project including the manned space program and the mariner four fly by of mars. just before 9:00, rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv. all weekend and on holidays, too. only on cspan 3. >> a look at the adjudication of immigration cases and removal proceedings. >> the review of executive offic

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susan risinger with the details. "the norfolk city council voted 5-2 last night against a proposal to close eisenhower avenue between highway 81 and north 1st street. the closure was suggested because of a deteriorating bridge on the stretch and an alignment that creates a safety hazard. oct pipe isn't wasting any time getting its seamless tubing plant built in norfolk. darl naumann with contractor ayars and ayars in lincoln says dirt work is for tax breaks under the nebraska advantage act. and just like you might refinance your house to save money, the city of norfolk has refinanced some bonds to save tax dollars. city finance director randy gates says refinancing the 2010 recreation bond issue has saved taxpayers about $3.4-million in interest, and cut the time needed to pay off the bonds by seven years. these and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix. " jessica rae: coming up in sports...football season for our local teams officially wrapped up over the weekend. chris will have a countdown of the best plays of the year after the break. scott: stay tuned for today's forecast... jessi

susan risinger with the details. "the norfolk city council is scheduled to vote tonight on a proposal to close a portion of eisenhower avenue north of the city. the closing has been suggested because replacing a damaged bridge on eisenhower would cost $2.5-million, and the recently-opened northeast industrial highway offers an alternate bridge. the norfolk public school district is considered "good" under the aquestt rankings released last week. two norfolk schools, grant elementary and lincoln montessori, earned the highest rating of "excellent," while four were considered to be "great." the lutheran high northeast mock trial team is headed to the state competition tomorrow after winning their the second year in a row. teacher-coach preston sunderman says mock trial helps students learn to think quickly and speak clearly about their views, even if they have no interest in the law as a profession. these and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix. " jessica rae: coming up in sports... the new years six bowls were announced on sunday. find out where the hawkeyes are heading over the holida

had a reputation and connections with the eisenhower administration and he was seen as a good move to bring him, a brick supreme court lawyer on for the state. susan: humor points. he went later on to be head of the american bar association and helped integrate the aba by changing the constitution to limit the words "white" from it. he served as an attorney during the watergate scandal. he died at the age of 91 and washington, d.c. we have heard from jack wilson. the other was james class cap. what we know about them. douglas: they were both assistant attorney generals, part of a large attorney general staff who took the case and represented the state in the case. as we heard earlier, their arguments are pretty straightforward, and yet malapportionment is pretty bad in tennessee but there's having the courts can do about it. susan: let's listen into to a little bit from the first oral argument. >> the real question here is whether or not you are going to have two classes of citizenship in tennessee. half slave and half free or at least one third. because, there is no way that you can get out of this a legal straitjacket without some federal assist

lady like a mamie eisenhower, an activist first lady like eleanor roosevelt, which one will you be and i think they all put their unique stamp on the role. laura bush was no exception. susan: we have read a couple of times from laura bush's memoir which is spoken from the heart, you've talked along the way about what a guarded individual she was. when you read her memoir, do we learn any more about her, than you had known perhaps from all your reporting in your biography? ann: well, i was interested in hearing from her in her own words, what she wants to reveal about who she is and what she reveals about what's important. i think that one of the keys to understanding laura bush is that she's a reader and that that is a really integral part, and they, you know, that gentleman david i think who called from provo wanted to know about whether she was more empathetic. i think that she finds power in narrative and in story and in human's story and that's what she responds to, that's what touches her, that what is what compels her to act in many ways and i gathered from her a deeper understanding from that book of the meaning of the west texas land, the sound of the wind, the gr