now, truman had a choice there. he could have sort of gone with the republican agenda and there were some people in his own party, william fullbright of arkansas suggested truman should resign and appoint a secretary of state that the 46th election was a referendum and truman had lost and he should turn over power to the republicans. other people, liberals,mented him to -- wanted him to fight harder. what he did, i think, was very instructive. he reached out to achieve bipartisanship, but not of a scweeshy sen tryst, let's meet the republicans halfway. on certain issues, particularly domestic issues, his fair deal, program of economic well being to extend fdr's new deal, he really helped that. he stood his ground and fought, and in some cases the republican congress passed the antiunion bill which truman veto. it didn't pass over, but he went downsiding on those things. on foreign policy he established clear principles to lead in a bipartisan fashion and author of michigan stepped up to the plate and said we're goin

harry truman. what party? democrat. he was the enemy. they mercilessly savaged harry truman. davis just took him apart. davis turned harry truman into a demon in these articles. colonialist, imperialists, fascist, racist, monsters, george marshall, you name it. february 9th, 1950. here davis really toed the communist party line of portraying him as the butcher of hiroshima. harry truman dropped the bomb on japan august 6, 1945, to spare a land invasion of japan. the land invasion would have been joined not by dye american troops or british troops but russian troops. stalin supported them. once the war was over, truth doesn't matter. the only truth that matter is -- there is no truth. the only morality is that which for this class interests. after the war truman who had done what we wanted is now of the butcher of hiroshima. that becomes the moscow wind everywhere. here is davis's column. action will pictures on page 256-257. this one from february 9th, 1950. when we dropped the atom bomb on hiroshima, we believed the world was ours. having defeated the axis powers on the batt

harry truman. what party? democrat. so he was the enemy. so they mercilessly savaged harry truman. davis just took them apart. david stern harry truman into a demon. in these articles. alone will us, imperialist, fascist, racist, monsters were truman, george marshall, you name it. examples, victory ninth, 1950, here dave is really does the soviet and the congress party line in portraying harry truman as the butcher of hiroshima. by the way, every truman dropped the bomb on japan august 6, 1945, 2 spare a land invasion of japan. the land invasion would've been joined by who? notches by american troops, not just as truth, but russian troops. install and support that. but once the war is over, truth doesn't matter, right? the only truth that matters, there is no truth. you and morality matters is that which you for this class interested to after the war truman who had done what we wanted august 1945, is now the butcher of hiroshima. that becomes a cpu is a line. that becomes the moscow line everywhere. here's davis' columns, actual pictures on page 257. this once and for every, 1950.

harry truman. what party? democrat. he was the enemy. they mercilessly salve rajed truman. davis took him apart and turned him into a demon in these articles. colonialists, impure yal lists, ray cyst monsters were tru truman. february 9, 1950 piece. he shows the line of portraying harry tru man as a butcher. harry truman dropped the bomb to avoid a land invasion that would have been joined by not just american and british troops, but russian troops. stalin supported this, but once the war is over, truth doesn't matter. the only truth that matters is there is no truth and want only morality that matters is that that further class interest. truman who did what we wanted on august 1945 is the butcher of hiroshima. he's pictures of him on page 256-257. this is from february 9, 1950. when we dropped the bomb on hiroshima, we believed the world was ours. having defeated the access powers on the battle front, we were ready to show the russians who was the boss of the world. harry truman's goal was to rule russia, was to rule russia. in addition to that, the accused truman and demo

-- peery truman and when i was on the submarine, submarine officer, truman in 1940 decided to do away with racial segregation and the military forces in the army and navy marines air force and coast guard. and it was an extremely unpopular thing for him to do and the congress warned him to not do it. a lot of his own military leaders, i would say a majority of the military said don't do it. he did it any way, and that affected my life greatly. and it was eight years later that rosa parks sat in front of a bus and martin luther king jr. became famous, so i still give harry truman credit for being a pioneer in his country of doing away with almost 100 years of racial segregation. so that changed my mind, my life, and so i've always felt that he was an honest and courageous and intelligent -- >> host: do you identify as a navy man do you identify yourself as the korean war at all? >> guest: i was a submarine officer during the korean war and a part of the old war. i was in the pacific when the korean war started a bundle 1950 and then i was transferred back to the east coast so yes, i st

truman went on and said, the message of bethlehem best sums up our hopes tonight. if we as a nation and the other nations of the world will accept it, the star of faith will guide us into the place of peace as it did the shepherds on that day of christ's birth long ago. i'm sorry to say all is not in harmony in the world today. we have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for

they said, we can't control this guy, we can control harry truman. douglas lost his chance. the other interesting thing about douglas is he wanted to be president in another decade and from the court, his first opinions seemed like political speeches but in the early 1950s, he fell off a horse and broke a lot of bones. frankfurt hated him so much, when people said in the court, did douglas fall off a click? where was frankfurt. he was the first justice to be divorced, then the second, then the third. each wife was younger than the one before. the last one was 22 when he was 69 and in this period of time where his life was, by our standards, pretty much a mess, he came up with a great constitutional philosophy that coordinated to his life that the constitution should be read to maximize your personal life including in marriage and reproduction. he came up with a great theory, the reasons for it you might not want to look at too closely. tavis: i think there are poker players across the country tonight whom you have given false hope to about their future. wouldn't you love to

. >> host: when you were a younger man coming you like harry truman quite a bit.now as an ex-president at this point in your life thinking about what you know and having been in the white house, is there a president you draw inspiration to now that might mean differently you have read more biographies. is there somebody that you think, there was the president that i can truly respect to mack >> guest: i often change my mind. a common question. i still say harry truman. i don't remember. obviously i'm not derogating abraham lincoln. harry truman affected me personally. when roosevelt was killed by was a midshipman at annapolis. i cried when i realized that this a non vice-president would now be my commander in chief. later when i was on a submarine, a submarine officer harry truman in 1948 decided to do away with racial segregation in the military forces, the army and navy marines and their force. it was an extremely unpopular thing for him to do. the congress warned him not to do it. a lot of his own military leaders, said the majority of the military said don't d

harry truman affected me personally. when roosevelt was killed i was a midshipman at annapolis. i cried when i realized this unknown vice president would not be my commander-in-chief and leader when i was on the submarine, harry truman in 1948 decided to do away with racial segregation in the military forces. and the army navy marion's air force and coast guard and it was extremely unpopular for him to do and the congress warned him do not do it. a lot of his military leaders said don't do it and he did it any way and that affected my life greatly, and was eight years later that rosa parks sat in front of a bus and martin luther king jr. became famous supply still give harry truman credit for being the pioneer in this country of doing away with almost 100 years of racial segregation so that changed my mind, my life, and so i've always thought he was a honest and courageous and very intelligent -- >> host: do you identify as a navy man, yourself with dockery and war at all? >> guest: i was a submarine officer during the korean war and not a part of world war. on was in the pacifi

truman decided to run against the congress, worked for him. clinton decided to do things with the congress. it worked for him in '96. my view is we're all here to do the people's business for the next two years. to the extent that the president wants to do things that i and my members are comfortable with, we want to do that for the country. >> is he tougher in terms of being vulnerable than people think? >> we have political agendas, but there will be some overlap and hopefully, we can find some way to work together. >> before you go this morning, don't ask, don't tell, the ban on gays and lesbians in the military, will that ban be lifted? >> people talk as if that's the only issue. that also has abortions in military hospitals in that bill. the defense bill, it typically takes two weeks. i don't see how we can possibly finish the defense authorization bill, a two-week bill, fully aside from these controversial items in it, there are a whole lot of other things in it, before the end of the year. >> in your mind, do you think the support is th

harry truman, december 24, 1947 , and i won't read the entire message, but these are harry truman's words he sa those who will keep another christmas in poverty and exile, separation from their loved ones, as we prepare to elebratchrir th were indifferent to the flight of less fortunate people's -- peoples overseas. we must not forget that our revolutionary fathers also knew a christmas of suffering and desolation. te from valley forge two days before christmas, in 1777, quote, we have this day no less than 2,873 men in camp, unfit for duty, because they are barefooted and otherwise naked. unquote. truman goes on, we can be thankful that our people have risen today as did our forefathers in washington's time, to our obligation and our opportunity. at this point in the world's history the words of st. paul have greater significant than ever before. he said, quote, and now abide eth faith, hope, charity, these three. but the greatest of these three is charity. truman said, we believe this. we accept it as a basic principle of our lives. the great heart of the american people has been moved

the transition that followed president truman's actions was not an easy one. but history would later show that the steps he ordered 62 years ago this year were the right ones for our military and for our country. 20 years after truman's historic action, i was commissioned an ensign in the navy and headed for pensacola, florida, to begin the training that would enable me to become a naval flight officer. i just graduated from ohio state university, "the" ohio state university, i guess, which i attended on a navy rotc scholarship. my sister was not in our rotc unit in ohio state. in fact, there were no women in that unit and to the best of my knowledge, there were no women in any of our rotc's across the country or in our military service academies in america either. a lot of people thought that was just fine. and while there were women who served then in our armed forces, they were denied the opportunities that i and the a lot of other men had that enabled us to advance in rank and to resume positions of ever-greater responsibility. i went on to serve in southe

put the truman era in perspective for us. >> truman is an interesting president because he came into office as a virtual unknown. he inherited the office, got america through to the end of the second world war, for which he knew that america was going to been at that stage. but there's a lot of uncertainty over who this man was. when he was forced to kind of run on his own, not himself, but the democrats to run without fdr as their leader, he did very badly in 1946. truman had a choice. he could have capitulated and gone with the republican agenda. some people in his own party suggested that trumann should resign and appoint a republican secretary of state and the election was a referendum and truman had lost. he should turn over power to the republicans. other people, liberals, wanted him to fight harder. what he did was instructive. he reached out to achieve bipartisanship, but not a centrist compromise to meet the republicans have way. on certain issues, particularly domestic issues, his fair deal, a program of economic well- being, he really stood his ground and fought. in some c

truman called in a lot of republicans. they gradually got public support. one of its proudest moments came when the marshall plan would to a vote on the floor of the house and heat stood up on one side of the aisle in favor of this democratic plan. on the other side of the aisle was another freshman member standing up in favor, john f. kennedy. the importance of american politics is when the chips are down, we stand up together. that was the spirit of the world war oii generation. [applause] >> i wonder if some of the worst of it is in the echo chamber. maybe america does not reflect what we are seeing on television or hearing on the radio. there is a media component. >> one of the most fascining feelings that i have heard of our show was when pat buchanan and tom brokaw started talking in 2009 during the health-care debate. i sd, you guys cover the civil rights struggle, 1968. chicago was on fire. that was about as bad as it had gotten, right? pat buchanan said, nope. this is much worse. it is interesting now. when i thought the survors of the clinton admi

i agree. >> let me go back to president truman for a couple of questions. when he ended racial segregation in the military, he did so by executive action. >> that is correct. >> he was able to do so because there was no longer as there is in this case that prohibited him from doing so. >> that is correct. >> while it is true that president obama made clear in his campaign that he would act to end this policy in the military, the fact is that he cannot do it himself. congress must take action to give the president essentially the same latitude for executive action that president truman had from his time. >> yes. i agree with that way of looking at it. >> in terms of the question about what impact looking at the numbers, during truman's time, it was an army that was there because they were conscripted. i suppose any impact would have been seen in reenlistment rates. is there any evidence on the impact of the racial desegregation order by president truman on reenlistments in the military. >> yes, there might be evidence to that effect in the report. i don't re

political office and he sold that truman if you favor the idea and have something for zionism he also had a partner but understood the realities and politics as he said during the battle over the u.s. who political battle and he said one of hundreds of thousands of constituent for the zionist purpose. i do not have hundreds of thousands of arabs as constituents, so the opposition to the u.s. recognition brought by george c. marshall thought would be a threat to u.s. securities and you can see we get along with the arabs so well today hardly anything, but nonetheless, for the jews and blacks the significance which i believe and what i think our experience in the country is that this is a political ne on the democrats and interest groups are supposed to and allowed to if they know it's good for them make their case legitimately and honestly that for them not to sort of an abdication not only of the responsibility to their own members but to the country has a large and to the whole idea. there may be some some callers suggested the various strategies i've mentioned might not have saved a

even truman when he fired macarthur and now he's a top president. how long will we know president bush was and what he really did? >> dr. brown? >> well, i will say this, most historians dislike political scientists like me. most of the historians i know think that 50 years is really a good time frame to start where you end up with more sense of an objective analysis. i think one of my favorite comments from a history professor that i had when i was at ucla and he said i want you in this course because we were talking about the 1970s. he said i want you to call me on when my memory intrudes with history and i think there is this problem for all historians who are writing, all political scientists, all ewaitevaluators your memory is still there. >> i write about contemporary history from the '60s onward and i believe historians can do a good job with the first take. some of the best books on the '60s were written soon after the c section. -- '60s. some of the best books were written 5 to 10 years after that happened. . .. >> so it's impossible to esc

i have to think that you have to go all the way back to 1948 when harry truman was threatened with a resignation possibly by marshal and truman might have lost the election due to that but the armed forces are the most magnitude. i was in the room with president clinton made this decision back in 1993. very late at night. over a dozen of us in a circle. how do you vote? 11 to 1 for don't ask, don't tell. the person that really wanted the repeal all together was al gore. but he lost. i think everybody in that room today would say, it's time to repeal this. and it's the right thing to do and thank goodness for joe lieberman. he deserves a lot of credit for this. >> so why, alex, is it so hard for senate republicans to do this? >> because some think it's going to weaken the armed forces and because it's a social issue. the base of the republican party thinks that it's an opening for gay rights. however, republicans have hidden behind a wall for a long time and that wall is, well, we will defer to the military. thinking that will never happen. guess what, the wall has gotten so short now

truman was unrepen tant about the steel seizure. the court struck down truman's seizure of the steel mills to avert a stoppage of the production of steel that was necessary going to troops in battle in korea. the supreme court struck down that act saying it exceeded executive authority, it lacked legislative authority and they did so at a time when his approval ratings were hovering around 22%. it may have been perceived the court can stand up to a president that is less powerful. when the court smacked lincoln for suspending the writ of habeas corpus, it did so after the war. the court may only stand up to the president at a time when the president is weak. truman was unrepen tant but he didn't think the court was right he went to a dinner party at justice black's house soon after the decision, black had written one of the principle opinions invalidated the procedure and it's said the conversation was stiff but at the end of the evening after libations had flowed, apparently truman said to black, well, sir, your law is no good but

. >> and truman capote's tail of a teenage call girl became one of hollywood's most mileage out family friendly, days. >> i never could do that. >> it is easy. >> he knew from the outset that "breakfast at tiffany's" was a chance to make his name. >> i would not have done it. i would have had to climb up the walk of shame. that was a big opportunity for me. >> it was 40 years between -- before he and his wife julie andrews could celebrate him finally winning an honorary oscar. his early films showed that he could do serious. his box office successes were usually more about wit and lightness of touch. blake edwards have learned this from a lifetime in the movies. his father and grandfather had been in the business. his skills were demonstrated best with peter sellers. this is what was some of cinema's best slapstick. >> there. >> and blake edwards died at the age of 88. we will look at the spectacular pictures. it might look like a work of art. it is a lighthouse in ohio that has been turned to ice. temperatures are by lower than normal for this time of year with several feet of snow in

theater works presents truman capote's a christmas memory.00 artist and crafts people show fine works at the crafts fair in the concourse exhibition center. ♪ >> everyone is a star in the dance along nutcracker. from the san francisco legendary gay and freedom band. the cast of shrek perform monday for help is on the way at aids benefit at pier 39. >> scott. >> my name is shrek actually. >> and shrek forever after, out on blu-ray and dvd. you'll find more on our website at abc7news.com. i'm don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> what a great job he has. from all of us here at abc 7 news, thanks forñcñcñ

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so i wrote an initial chapter on harry truman and showed it to my editor. he said this works marvelously. you first see them as the president. you first see them in the way he had to deal with the extraordinary responsibilities and how he dealt with it. and only then do you stop and look at him in terms of his personality. >> host: due to ineffective private reader a sense of life being lived, evolving, growing, reacting, and all of that pre-story if you will shaping the individual who comes into office. >> guest: it's an anti-psychological approach at least in the early part of their lives. but the advantage as i say, if you're looking at the figure, if you're interested in the united states as an empire since world war ii when it abandoned isolationism, i think it serves to clarify the issues with which these great presidents had to deal trackback there's a statistic, that is jaw-dropping. early in the book i think i've got this right. in 1938 the united states was responsible for 14th overseas military installations. today that number exceeds 1000. how d

that's why we'll shelf a new release right next to a work by truman capote. >> reporter: classics are mixed in with new releases, carefully curated with personalized messages to guide and entertain patrons suffering information overload. >> ( translated ): it's not enough to simply line up books on the shelf, but a lot of stores do. you might as well just go to amazon. >> reporter: leveraging an intimate knowledge of its customers' tastes, this new breed of bookstore increasingly is a platform for clothing, accessories, and other merchandise, which offer higher margins than books and magazines. for a growing number of publishers and distributors, just selling printed paper is a luxury they can no longer afford. lucy craft, "nightly business report," tokyo. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: the conference board releases its index of leading indicators for november. and despite modest economic growth and inflation worries, our "market monitor" guest remains bullish on stocks as we head into the new year. he's duncan richardson, chief investment officer at eaton vance mana

to paraphrase my fellow missourian, harry truman, i've done my damnest every single day and forever berateful for the trust missourians have placed in me through the years and for the opportunity to serve missouri's fourth congressional district. the u.s. house of representatives and the united states of america. as i leave this house, these lines from alperiod lord tennyson's "ue lit us "express my feelings. much of what i've seen and known, climates, counsels, governments, and my peers, some work of noble note may yet be done. come, my friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world. mr. speaker, thank you for this time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? the speaker: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for a few minutes using the time of mr. garamendi who has this time which he yielded to mr. skelton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. the speaker: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to sing the praises of a great man, ike skelton, chairman skelton

. >> and truman capote's tale of a teenage call girl became one of hollywood's most stylish family friendly romantic comedies. >> i never could do that. >> it is easy. >> he knew from the outset "breakfast at tiffany's" was a chance to make his name. >> i would have done it if i had to crawl the -- had to crawl all the way up the walk of shame. that was a big opportunity for me. >> however, it was 40 years before he and his wife, julie andrews, could celebrate him finally winning an honorary oscar. early films such as "days of wine and roses" showed he could do serious. his box office successes were usually more about wit and lightness of touch. and blake edwards learned all of this from a lifetime in the movies. both his father and grandfather had been in the business. the skills are perhaps best demonstrated in his films with peter sellers as inspector crusoe, in which he combines both hollywood sophistication with what was some of cinema's best slapstick. >> there. that felt good. >> a reminder of our main news. wikileaks founder julian assange has been freed on bail by the high court in

of course company can't be destroyed by truman. this is where the show will be and the purification systems. people take days by the. donors became has recruited a band of neighbors have already booked their places in the capsule. i'm scared of twenty two out we have to be ready. yeah there's going to dying out we will survive . and if the end of the world doesn't come into years you get in he says his capsules can be used as saunas or industrial fridges and recommends that the government orders several thousand immediately either there are no. more scary. ones russian territory now the largest chunk of the us and a couple of hours r.t. travels to alaska the land where the memories of its previous settlers are still preserved here's a quick sneak peek. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language is really. the best the best deal could beat the beat. and culture. the thing is that the had the germans are still unaware of what's going on in their land. i don't know anything about

in 1951, when the korean war was doing badly, president harry truman thought he should do something about this and i ultimately he decided, 1952 actually come to seize the u.s. steel mills from the corporations that own them to resolve a labor dispute in favor of the union which was a pro union thing that truman did and the roosevelt justices of all four of them voted to strike this town saying that he lacked the authority to do this and was the separation of power in presidential power it not so much about corporate power terrific truth is he was still doing it on the union, and by now none of them were on the side of the union. they saw this as a constitutional issue and shows how things have changed from the depression when the main question was government regulating corporations to the post-world war two period where suddenly the issues look different to them. >> host: it also lighting shows how the definition of activism has always been so slippery and afraid that he has used that label. it's an entirely in the driven of label and a record at some level is activist by virtue of the f

>> i wonder when the polls were when harry truman ordered desegregation? >> we did in that peace time. >> the only opinion that matters for the polls is soldiers on the front line. it shows 60% of marines on the front lion combat say it would affect unit cohesion and combat fectiveness. there was an army poll of army soldiers on the front lines, not quite as high, but about 50% also do not favor repeal. look, the military opinion about this, the soldiers who are rank and file who are not on the front lines as well as top commanders, it's a very mixed bag in terms of opinion on this. but i think when you look at those that really matter that are going to have to deal with this on a minute by minute basis, when they are in the fox hole, by and large they oppose repeal. >> before i turn to you on this, i wantlist up there. the world speaks. >> at least 25 other cotries allow full freedom of sexual preference in the armed forces. australia, aus tree i can't, belgium, canada, czech republic, denmark, finland, france, germany, ireland, israel, italy, lithuania,

and in fact, wasn't president truman's 1948 order to integrate our forces actually fully implemented during the korean war? >> well, admiral mullen said yes, in fact it was, and far from being a bad time to implement change it was, in his view, ideal. >> we have changed dramatically as a military since 2001. which i would argue puts us in a good position to facilitate additional change. there couldn't be a better time to do it. we are better led at every level than we have ever been led. so leaders can do this. we are able to take advantage of our ability to change and sustain that combat readiness, and i believe making a change like this makes us better. it doesn't make us worse. >> finally there's the question of legislative timing. many senators want to delay a vote on don't ask don't tell until the new senate is seated. they say there simply isn't enough time in this session to get it done. senator mccain wants more study and more hearings in part because there wasn't enough time in today's hearing to fully answer all the questions. but what's interesting about that is he chose n

is that within the course of course you can't be destroyed by truman's. make mistakes this is where the show will be and the purification systems you can how is it to feed people since the two days eighty thousand dollars it became has recruited a band of neighbors who've already booked their places in the camps to provide which of course i am scared of twenty two out we have to be ready. yeah there's a going to die we will survive the end of the end of the world doesn't come into years you get in he says his capsules can be used as soon as industrial fridges and recommends that the government orders several thousand immediately either on the. mosca region we are today now and business news is next with her own. hello welcome to the business program. gazprom has announced gas price cost of fifteen percent for estonia and latvia should gas deliveries resume pre-crisis levels the gas giant stated that last year has already committed itself to increasing consumption to the levels of two thousand and seven prices for baltic neighbors lithuania and belarus how

truman went on and said, the message of bethlehem best sums up our hopes tonight. if we as a nation and the other nations of the world will accept it, the star of faith will guide us into the place of peace as it did the shepherds on that day of christ's birth long ago. i'm sorry to say all is not in harmony in the world today. we have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace. but those who died have died in vain if in some measure at least we shall not preserve for the peace that spiritual unity in which we won the war. the problems facing the united nations, the world's hope for peace, would overwhelm faint hearts. but as we continue to labor for an enduring peace through that great organization, we must remember that the world was not created in a day, we shall find strength and courage at this christmas time because so brave a beginning has been made. so with faith and courage, we shall work to hasten the day when the sword is replaced by the plow share and nations do not learn

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this was a pro union truman did, and the roosevelt justices, all four of them voted to strike this down saying that he lacked the authority to do this and although it was about the separation of power and presidential power, not so much about corporate power the truth is he was still living in on behalf of the union. and by now, none of them on the side of the union. they saw this as a constitutional issue and it shows how things change from the depression when the main question was government regulating the corporations to the post-world war two period where suddenly the issues look different to them. >> host: it also shows how the definition of activism is always been some slippery. that everybody has used that label. it is an entirely in the drift in legal and every court at some level was activist just by virtue of the fact that the two things. >> guest: i agree with that, and what is more his activism is what you get when you have high votes on the supreme court, and a legislature that's doing something different. and, you know, historically, neither liberals nor conservatives have

truman called in a lot of republicans. they gradually got public support. one of its proudest moments came when the marshall plan would to a vote on the floor of the house and heat stood up on one side of the aisle in favor of this democratic plan. on the other side of the aisle was another freshman member standing up in favor, john f. kennedy. the importance of american politics is when the chips are down, we stand up together. that was the spirit of the world war oii generation. [applause] >> i wonder if some of the worst of it is in the echo chamber. maybe america does not reflect what we are seeing on television or hearing on the radio. there is a media component. >> one of the most fascinating feelings that i have heard of our show was when pat buchanan and tom brokaw started talking in 2009 during the health-care debate. i said, you guys cover the civil rights struggle, 1968. chicago was on fire. that was about as bad as it had gotten, right? pat buchanan said, nope. this is much worse. it is interesting now. when i thought the survivors of the clinto

shortly after sending the first law establishing school lunches, harry truman said that nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children. proper nourishment comes first in attaining the welfare. today i am very proud to sign this bill that continues that legacy. not only am very proud of the bill, but had i not been able to get this passed, i would be sleeping on the couch. in [laughter] [applause] now i am very proud to introduce somebody who has done so much to shine the light on these critical issues related to childhood nutrition and obesity and exercise, america's first lady, my first lady, michelle obama. [applause] >> thank you. did you, everybody. everybody.you, good morning. thank you, mr. president, for that very kind introduction. all kidding aside, my husband worked very hard to make sure this bill was on a priority in this session, and i am grateful to you. >> because i would have been sleeping on the couch. [laughter] >> we will not go into that. let's just say it got done, so we do not have to go down that road. i am thrilled to be here with

to paraphrase my fellow missourian, harry truman, i've done my damnest every single day and forever be grateful for the trust missourians have placed in me through the years and for the opportunity to serve missouri's fourth congressional district. the u.s. house of representatives and the united states of america. as i leave this house, these lines from alperiod lord tennyson's "ue lit us "express my feelings. much of what i've seen and known, climates, counsels, governments, and my peers, some work of noble note may yet be done. come, my friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world. mr. speaker, thank you for this time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? the speaker: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for a few minutes using the time of mr. garamendi who has this time which he yielded to mr. skelton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. the speaker: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to sing the praises of a great man, ike skelton, chairman skelt