mccabe resigned under pressure from truman.was replaced by william mcchesney martin, a key negotiator of the accord and a treasury undersecretary. following the accord, the fed was free to conduct monetary policies unhampered by treasury constraints. the fed had flexed its muscle and won. using open-market operations in the fifties, it proved to be very effective in combating inflation. the relationship with the treasury became more equaland sy. for more on open-market operations we talked with richard gill. when the fed made open-market puhases of government securities as it did prior to 1951, it was effectively increasing the reserves available he commercial banking system. and thus potentially making more money available to the economy in general. here's how it works. the fed purchases,ay, bilfrom the treasury.on it pays for these bonds by adding 1 billio to thereasury's account. the treasu uses is to write checks toeople who are providing services to the government. ese private individuals sit ese checks these deposits beco

it was also the main reason why truman decided not to seek a second term. truman's approval rating sank to a mere 22% in february 1952 as an eisenhower's client-side vic to reelection was largely due because he promised to end the fighting in korea, which he did. eisenhower once said he considered the armistice to be one of the greatest accomplishments of his presidency. yet although he stopped the killing, he did not in the war. this is because the armistice did not resolve the fundamental problem that had precipitated kim il-sung's invasion of south korea. the nation remained divided here to this day, no peace treaty has been signed between the belligerents to bring the war to an end. but followed instead was a long and simmering confrontation between north korea and south korea that took the form of a contest in legitimacy, a brothers for between two impossible regimes, each holding half of the peninsula and each claiming to be simply korea. which korea would become the legitimate korea? as surprising as it might sound today, the answer at first appear t

truman was asked "when is unemployment too high?"said it depends on whether or not you're unemployed. this wasn't a wisecrack. this showed that he had a fundamental understanding of the game. he realized that you had to talk about people and what was happening to them and where the hardships were. as a senator harry truman had worked hard to push a full employment bill. as president, he signed the employment act of 1946 a law that changed greatly during congressional debate. it no longer referred to full employment instructing the government instead to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power. what was lost from the original idea? [gross] what was really lost was the right, the right to a job the right to work, the right to an opportunity for paid employment at good wages. and what was gained? [keyserling] the government had what might be called policies and programs, but it never had a policy or program. the secretary of the treasury proposed one thing the secretary of agriculture another, the director of the budg

truman: hmm, i wonder what she's dreaming. rats! we did it! great work, team. our work here isn't finished. we can't rest as long as danger lurks. you're right. what are we waiting for? all: let's go! martha. flying?

you don't automatically associate bets truman -- associate bets truman -- bess truman -- how do you define public influence and private influence? the fact that president truman discussed the decision to drop the bomb with his wife and very few other people is a unique kind of influence, but it may escape the public eye. >> even when it is public, laura bush's advocacy for overthrowing the regime of burma, it is so interesting how people put the first ladies in a box. she complained that people would say to her when she became first lady, are you going to be hillary clinton or barbara bush? she said, why don't i just be laura bush? she got, through a relative, very interested in what was going on in burma. she was the only first lady to go to the press room at the white house and take the microphone herself and take it to call for the overthrow of the burmese regime. that is kind of the public image of her. she did it on her way to her daughter's wedding. i asked her m1 point why -- at i asked her at one point, why. she had been working on that issue for years and had been writing op-ed fo

you don't automatically associate bets truman -- associate bets truman -- bess truman -- how do you define public influence and private influence? the fact that president truman discussed the decision to drop the bomb with his wife and very few other people is a unique kind of influence, but it may escape the public eye. >> even when it is public, laura bush's advocacy for overthrowing the regime of burma, it is so interesting how people put the first ladies in a box. she complained that people would say to her when she became first lady, are you going to be hillary clinton or barbara bush? she said, why don't i just be laura bush? she got, through a relative, very interested in what was going on in burma. she was the only first lady to go to the press room at the white house and take the microphone herself and take it to call for the overthrow of the burmese regime. that is kind of the public image of her. she did it on her way to her daughter's wedding. i asked her m1 point why -- at i asked her at one point, why. she had been working on that issue for years and had been writing op-ed fo

truman, calm down. i'm sure we'll get out of here.tely were the one who said: (wind whistles, thunder rumbles) those aren't rain clouds they're sprinkle clouds! truman: and now look-- we're stranded! and we still don't know why we're here. td's right, carolina. what's the big secret? why did you bring us all here? all right, i'll tell you. but you have to promise to keep it secret. (sighs) if anyone found out where we were going or what we were doing the whole mission would be ruined. what mission? it all started last friday at school. it was a perfect day. ♪ friday! ♪ ♪ the end of the week! ♪ ♪ things are goin' just fine! ♪ truman: what? you sang a song? shh! this is my story. i'll tell it the way i want. (humming happily) ♪ no more school! ♪ ♪ no more rules! ♪ ♪ don't even need a perfect rhyme! ♪ (humming) i'm totally going to ace this thing. what thing? science project. what science project? we're just supposed to bring in three kinds of plants. i was just going to pull some weeds out of my backyard. at least until... ¿francia? you

they wanted a truman capote book. oh, sure. truman capote. great writer. oh, yeah. ever read him?h. what about this one? look. this is it. this is what i'm looking for. oh, yeah.

and truman was married that the troops would overcome.o the americans looked at where the red army could stop. the future of the u.s. army. under kennedy and johnson, national geographic map and saw that the 38 parallel was just north of seoul. so they ask, will you stop? and they did not think that he would. but he did. he did stop. so a completely arbitrary decision on the behalf of two american officials who decided that the 38 parallel would be the place where they would divide with the understanding, of course, that later on they would come together. >> host: brothers of war is the name of the book, the unending conflict in korea. the next call for her cause from eric in westchester, pennsylvania. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for your scholarship. i think we are indebted to people like you because when we read or listen to media because of what happened outside, it can discern the politics. it helps. the question is how much animosity is left? >> guest: korea and japan, there is lot of unresolved conflict. the b

in the early cold war, the ama won that battle, and truman's proposal was defeated. other presidents, including richard nixon and bill clinton tried to pass universal health care programs, but they failed due to entrenched and vigorous opposition from not just the medical professions, but opposition from business and increasingly powerful insurance industry. health care reform in the u.s. is pronounced impossible. then the impossible happened, and today we have the 2010 affordable care act, or obamacare, which everybody is calling it now. so does the passage of the affordable care act mean we now have a right to health care in the united states? the answer is, not really. there are some important victories for rights in the law. the biggest is the ban on insurance companies being able to exclude people from coverage because they have preexisting health conditions. the affordable care act will also expand access to health coverage by providing federal subsidizes for people who can't afford insurance on their own. but even when the law is fully implemented, if the law

that roosevelt is dead and harry truman is now president. within a few hours at 7:00 that evening within a few hours in the white house harry truman takes the oath of office. what is so different about this is this takes place in the full glare of the media. you cannot understand the assassination and understand the impact it had on an entire generation. i look around and i see people who were my age and older. you remember where you were when kennedy was shot in large part because of the people. this is the first event in human history that the entire nation experienced in real time. with the roosevelt assassination was played out on the radio but people watching this -- kennedy used television to build a personal bond with the public and when they saw him assassinated within a few minutes of the shooting walter cronkite was on cbs announcing there had been shots fired at the presidential motorcade. a few minutes after that it was on the air and stayed on the air on all the other networks, only three back then. abc, nbc, cbs were on the air

i'm sorry, truman, but you make me even more nervous. the postman! hi! hi! you got any mail for us? how about some mail-order doggie biscuits? martha: hmm? smells like you were at cisco's house, and leon's, and bert's. how are they doing? "'blue mangoes, blue mangoes,' urged genghis mcgee. "won't you please try one? with some blue mangoes. i'm pretty sure i'd like them. i ate a piece of blue bread once. it made me really sick. but i'd still eat one again. in fact, i think i know where to find some blue bread now. (sighs) i'm never going to find a good reading buddy. (whimpering) (barking) you... you want to be my reading buddy? (barking happily) okay, but i'm not very fluent. (reading): "nicholas mellow had just stepped outside when a strange little fellow appeared by his side..." (door opens) hello! martha, i am so disappointed in you. what did i do? dig in the garbage? no. dig in the garden? no. chew the furniture? no. interrupt and interject all during milo's reading buddy session? yes. well, i may have interrupted but i did not inter

world war ii started with roosevelt, ended with truman.n, ended with eisenhower. vietnam--johnson, ford. process of elimination. i'm gonna go with "a," world war i, final answer. >> well, that was the right process, 'cause you are correct, baby. [cheers and applause] woodrow wilson was president during the entire war. all right, show me some cash. 2 grand. >> yeah, there we go. >> there you go, steve. >> there we go. >> right now, you have $10,000, man. got all your lifelines still alive, brother. here we go. here's your next question entering now. what is the name for the bar phenomenon that makes one find people more attractive after drinking? >> being a musician and, you know, working in bars and nightclubs, i have no earthly idea. >> you have no idea. you have never been in this situation. >> however... >> okay, taking a wild guess. >> i'm gonna take a stab here. i'm gonna try beer-- [stutters] beer goggles. can't even say it. "d," final answer. >> so with no experience at all. >> no experience at all. >> you came up with the correct a

the other influential custodians of the white house, the trumans.hey had to move out for the construction. >> and the time in the blair house. all of the entertainment was, their formal entertaining was in washington hotels, because there was no world that they could entertain. >> you both the referenced jacqueline kennedy, and for our younger viewers, they may not know what the reference is. >> jacqueline kennedy, when she went for her tour with mainly eisenhower came away appalled. the white house looked like a third rate hotel. and she decided out of pride -- it was patriotism. she wanted to restore the house, bring back the best of the past, and make it a showcase. >> and that was, i think, a way to exert a kind of cultural influence that was commensurate with the status of the united states in the 1960s. i mean, the economic power, the military power, and i think jacqueline saw that to go along with it was needed the cultural influence of the united states. and a stage, again, for her husband's conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> i was thinki

arthur eisenhower being harry truman's roommate? >> guest: no. no. did not know that either. c-span: and when it comes to the--back to the word 'great.' david mccullough said that, 'fdr, the great--the greatest of the 20th century.' and this is in your book. stephen ambrose said, 'ike--this is the best man this century produced, best president of the century.' you go through there, and you find e--all of these historians willing to say, 'this was the--the revolutionary war is the most important war in history.' all of us. what was your--what's your reaction when you hear that? >> guest: well, i--you know, that was interesting because i was, the other night, going through just re--refreshing my memory about what they'd said. e--each one of them--wood thinks--gordon wood thinks the revolutionary war was the--was the most important war in american history. jim mcpherson says, you know, the civil war was because the revolution left undone whether the country could survive or not, and it left undone the issue of slavery. mccullough thinks that world war i had the greatest impact o

after the war president roosevelt and ari truman -- harry truman were criticized for the use of the bomb. the charge is that we would not have used the bomb against a white nation like germany, but we would have used it against a yellow nation like the japanese. however, during the battle of the bulge the president is very concerned about the heavy casualties. before the battle of the bulge is over, 19,000 american g.i.s will die. so roosevelt at this time calls general leslie groves to the white house. groves is in charge of the manhattan project. and he tells groves that he wants to use that weapon. groves is rather surprised and explains that they are nowhere near ready, it'll be months before they even test the atomic bomb. but it's very clear in my mind that roosevelt had every intention of using it as long as the german resistance couldn'ted at the level that it did during the battle of the bulge. interesting thing about roosevelt's centurions is that the team was very stable. the people that he put in charge of the military at the beginning of the war were still there at the end,

. >> we go to an executive director of the truman national security project, mr breen.thank you for being with us. >> good morning were washington. >> the syrian rebels call this agreement a betrayal, and bashar al-assad is getting away with murder by killing his own people with chemical weapons - are they right? >> i think time will tell, the united states has two different objectives. they've been clear about this. the first is no further use of chemical weapons. the second is a peaceful end to the can conflict and bashar al-assad must go. first, will this help to get weapons off the battlefield. second, is this a second along the way to a peaceful solution in the conflict involving assad stepping down. we are hopeful to get to the second peace. we have a long way to go. the agreement is off the books. implementation is difficult at best. we'll see if this agreement brings us further to lasting peace. >> critics are focussing on 14-00 people who died from chemical weapons, and the world is ignoring the 100,000 that have decide and 2 million that are displaced. what ha

i had a dressing room right beside truman largo! >> all: ooh! >> enough movie talk. the astronauts will use next week for a mission. which brings us to today's lesson. leadership. alexa, why do you think you'd be a good commander? >> because! i have what it takes! all my life i've dreamed of being a shuttle commander. >> yeah, right! last summer she and jen were dreaming about pom-poms at cheerleading camp! (kids laughing) >> hey, no fair! >> yeah? well, last summer, you still had a babysitter. (laughing) >> there's no way a girl could be a commander. they only want to be astronauts because they think the outfits look cute! >> and boys only want to go into space because for one week they don't have to bathe! (kids arguing) >> this isn't what they meant by "breaking the sound barrier". >> warren: this is where it all happens, gang! >> yep, next week this puppy will be in space taking planet core samples. >> i'm going to head out and go to ground control so we can practice communicating using the ship's radio. but, guys, make sure you don't touch anything. >> watch you

we had a kid actor take the words and re-enact it.alf ag >> i reached a point in my life where my trumanuman sailboat has hit the painting. >> we're the rock stars and i'm the biggest of all of them. >> we're the rock stars and i'm the biggest of all of them. >> apparently this upset him. he called me. he said a lot of things. your life, he said, is going to be much betterf you apologize. then he started tweeting. jimmy kimmel is out of line to try and spoof in any way the fir ice of honest media in years. at else do we have here. should i do a spoof about your face? finally i'm in a rap feud. >> in the past couple of weeks there's been all this talk miley cyrus is losing it.st pie she's coming off the rails. in my opinion, it's actually kanye that's gone a little nutso. >> for some real insight, though, i suggest everyone go back to the original bbc radio interview. here's a couple of hhts. >> everybody says, who does he think he is? i just told you who i thought i was! a god. i got to a point that michael jackson did not break down. i have reached the glass ceiling. to do product.t, it

light and when we did, all of these archives, these photographs, letters from the president, harry trumanreagan, jack kennedy letter, mrs. onassis -- i mean jackie kennedy had given mr. allen a tie that her husband had on the day before he was assassinated and ta was in a frame and all these treasures, picture of the butler with sammy davis jr., frank sinatra, michael jackson, just a sweep of history, and i said, mr. allen, now, are you sure no one has ever written a long story about your life and times. he took a step closer to me and he said, if you think i'm worthy, you'll be the first. >> the story is amazing. >> could listen to you all day. >> the book is "the butler, a witness to history." will haygood, thanks for the book. thanks for being you. hey america, even though she doesn't need them, cheryl burke is cha-cha-ing in depend silhouette briefs for charity, to prove that with soft fabric and waistband, the best protection looks, fits, and feels just like underwear. get a free sample and try for yourself. nascar is ab.out excitement but tracking all the action and hearing everythi

this was a dramatic rate from the cold war rhetoric of eisenhower and truman and of his own. and during this speech he called for not merely peace for all americans but peace for all men and women, not merely peace for our time but peace for all time. poetry mary to power because within six weeks the test ban treaty had been initialed negotiated and signed. the next evening he delivered a nationally televised address in civil rights. the james farmer called it quote the strongest civil rights speech made by any president lincoln included. after saying that race has no place in american life abroad he announced he is sending congress a civil rights bill and called civil rights a moral issue as old as the scriptures scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. after hearing him speak martin luther king jr. turned to a companion and said can you believe that white man not only step is to the plate but they hit it over the fence. that was not the kind of thing that martin luther king was saying about john kennedy just a month or two before. so during his last hundred day

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these syrian refugees learn economic implications i mean you know when it cost two million dollars truman seven hundred has been report was published recently by the world bank about the economic consequences of such a massive. number of. g.'s. which is in excess of seven point five billion dollars. so this is something that lebanon cannot really take the syrian civil war for many is really part of the larger conflict between sunni and shia muslims with saudi arabia and iran behind the scenes pulling the strings but i think well i think i think this is a mystery in this moment and a misrepresentation of the facts. that's good which what's really happened in much. into eleven to over two and a half years ago. it was. of. let's see the people of that i had that time who took the street him over to express. the feeling of lack. of dignity and freedom actually. has resorted to its classical tools in trying to separate among the various components of the society throughout the past let's say number of the kids you can never distinguish and differentiate between the various components of the sy

i can't imagine truman or kennedy or reagan or eisenhower ever putting the nation in a position likeon military policy. >> let me ask congressman mccaul. is american credibility a real reason to go to war, even in a limited fashion? >> well, we always are concerned about our credibility. the problem is, i think lobbying a few tomahawk missiles will not restore our credibility overseas. it's kind of a face-saving measure for the president after he drew the red line. that's what i'm very concerned about is that once we, as my colleague from california mentioned, once we're in, we're in. and once we hit, this is an act of war. little wars start big wars. and we have to remember that. and i think we have to be very cautious. and the other thing i'm very concerned, david, you haven't mentioned the program yet, it's who are we supporting in this war? we are supporting a rebel faction, the rebel cause, that has now been infiltrated and hijacked by many al qaeda factions. so the idea on the eve of 9/11, as we move into that, to have this vote ironically, that we're going to support a plan th

when he met president truman after the bombings, he said to truman, mr. president, i felt have i blood on my hand. and he did indeed have blood an his hand. he had the opportunity to support the chicago petition. the scientist of chicago lead by him drew up in a petition signed by scientists urging the u.s. government not to use this bomb in the first instance on japanese civilians. but to invite the japanese to a demonstration of the power, which they thought would be enough oppenheimer argued against it. it might fizzle. if it fizz ms and doesn't work, it's the so-called demonstration has done more harm than good. in any case, his views didn't change. but i think, i mean, how do you deal with being responsible for the death of over 100,000 people? that thought weighed heavily on him. i think it has a lot to do with the rapid aging that you can see in the photograph the of oppenheimer between '45 and 1960. part was, you know, the heart break of the security hearing. i think part also was that the carrying burden of -- those deaths. me always argued in pu

there's the truman administration, called the do nothing congress under robert taft, the congress with ronald reagan elected in 1980, and the first year or two of the gingrich congress in 1984. most of you are a little younger than me, or quite a bit younger than me, but i always say joking that there was just one good album, and the gingrich congress had two good years when they tried to cut government spending, but we need, if we're going to actually have limited government in the country, a political party that actually advocates limited government. we have a political party on the democrats that are certainly not shy about advocating for much bigger government, and president obama is very unapologetic in saying that there really are not other sphiewtions in the american life to keep us together besides the big federal government. now, that's, obviously, not true. there are churches. there are community organizations. there are families. the free market is a thing we all do together. that is a vision of government that's embraced by the democratic party. there needs to be something

spy scandal angered the latin american country even prompting president truman who said to postpone her official meeting broke up in the u.s. there's a report now in our reports prison is determined to ensure its online security. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff who has canceled her scheduled visit to the white house next month and pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at greater brazilian online independence including storing citizens data locally to protect from n.s.a. snooping according to reports the brazilian government is also planning to lay underwater fiber optic cable directly to e

i can't imagine ronald reagan or truman or eisenhower ever putting a nation in a position like this. >> back to congressman kinsing. his office told abc the white house did get in touch with him after the interview. >>> secretary of state john kerry has been busy while on a swing through europe whipping up support among arab nations including saudi arabia but few if any are likely to help militarily. at home most in congress are still listed as undecided despite days of briefings including graphic videos of victims said to be exposed to s sarin gas. susan rice and denis mcdonough are pressing the issue with the congressional black caucus and hispanic caucus. three groups whose members are typically on the president's side but have been slow to commit to action in syria. many still have deep reservations. >> make no mistake about it. the minute one of those cruise missiles lands in there we are in the syrian war. it's a civil war and taking sides with the rebels many of whom who are still associated with al qaeda who mean to underminus. for the president to say this is just a quick th

>> as i recall, when the martial plan was first proposed in the truman administration, the gallup poll found there was only 17% support for it. and there was a bipartisan coalition that went to work to turn that around. and they did. >> seems like another era, doesn't it, both parties working together to educate the american people to change their point of view, not just to poll and figure out how to appeal to them. it sounds pretty old fashioned. >> historically depressing a little bit. franklin roosevelt was one of the great communicators and ruthless communicators in american history. he did not persuade the american people to enter world war ii. it was pearl harbor that did that. it was deeply unpopular in 1940 to send u.s. troops abroad. and that does mean sometimes the president and the congress to be credible in the world like important regions in the middle east may have to defy their own constituents and say there are important national interests here and that need to be reinforced. >> yeah, but this was also a story about specifics. the american people were looking at the mid

cross talk the war in syria i'm joined by mark levine in washington he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio host also in washington we have paul martin he is the political drug.

margaret truman once said the first lady has have the second hardest job in america.dy bird johnson said are slated to the only ones who can tell the president to shut up and not get fired. and jacqueline kennedy once said that the one thing she does not what he called his first lady, it sounds like a saddle horse. certainly three different viewpoint of a position in our government that we perhaps do not know enough about. this monday, c-span will help educate us as it resumes its for that resumes its series, "first ladies, -- resumes its series, "first ladies: influence and image." it resumes with edith roosevelt, leading up to the series finale with michelle obama in february. the series is produced in conjunction with the white house historical association, a charitable nonprofit institution whose purpose is to enhance the understanding, appreciation, and understand

50s the strategic team he assembled was still in charge but of course, he died in 1945 by president truman in general marshall secretary of state and secretary of defense general eisenhower the first commander of nato t. acheson and charles bohlen and others these are people that roosevelt promoted in they continue to direct the country in strategic terms through the '50s there were mistakes of course. everyone makes mistakes but in general it was absolutely brilliant direction almost complete these successful and ultimately that great rivalry -- rivalry ended with the soviet union disintegrated with the u.s.s.r. and united states never exchange. >> guest: shot between the >> host: the last section supreme nation 1957 through present. a couple of issues with our recent history, number one the effect of the vietnam war. >> guest: obviously i think the fact was terribly serious and with us still. the paralyzing fear i have not tried to make the case so i dunno if it is true but i respect it that it is that casual at times but i afraid the manner in which the war was conducted the manner in w

nation's military to attack another nation that is an impeachable offense and it started off with harry truman and korea and all these presidents since then that have engaged us in war without congressional authorization have committed the same kinds of offenses james madison said and no part of our constitution is there more wisdom than in that clause that leaves the question of war or peace to the legislature and not to the executive department speaking of tried as an executive overhaul that obama's taken in a serious situation i want to move on and that interestingly enough even though he's said that he's waiting for congressional approval his own counsel has said that he doesn't need it and he said to go it alone strike is actually lawful under both international and domestic law rockey what laws are they talking about here you know i really have to wonder if john yoo is writing their memos for them still from the bush administration a man that made the law as you want a law that said that the president wasn't bound by the law because he was head of the so-called unitary executive branch w

nation's military to attack another nation that is an impeachable offense and it started off with harry truman and korea and all these presidents since them that have engaged us in war without congressional authorization have committed the same kinds of offenses james madison said and no part of our constitution is there more wisdom than in that clause that leaves the question of war or peace to the legislature and not to the executive depart speaking of tried as an executive overhaul that obama's taken in a serious situation i want to move on and that interestingly enough even though he's said that he's waiting for congressional approval his own counsel has said that he doesn't need it and he said that a go it alone strike is actually lawful under both international and domestic law rockey what laws are they talking about here you know i really have to wonder if john you is writing their memos for them still from the bush administration a man that made the law as you want a law that said that the president wasn't bound by the law because he was head of the so-called you unitary executive bran

cross-talk the war in syria i'm joined by mark levine in washington he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio host also in washington we have paul martin he is the political director of peace action and in london we crossed alexander mccurry he is a writer on legal affairs and a lawyer and gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want alexander if i can go to you first in london. i'm sure you read president putin's op ed in the new york times how do you think the american president should react to it because if i may say in my opinion mr putin's op ed reflects a great deal of world opinion. i think it reflects majority world opinion if you go back to the g twenty summit it was quite interesting that the most powerful countries the countries of the majority population actually supported mr putin as to how mr obama should react the answer is he should welcome it whether he will of course is another matter but he should welcome it this is a way out of this crisis and one that suits mr obama as well doesn't it means that mr

cross off the war in syria i'm joined by mark levine in washington he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio host also in washington we have paul martin he is the political director of peace action and in london we crossed alexander mccurry he is a writer on legal affairs and a lawyer and gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want alexander if i go to you first in london. i'm sure you read president putin's op ed in the new york times how do you think the american president should react to it because if i may say in my opinion mr putin's op ed reflects a great deal of world opinion. i think it reflects majority world opinion if you go back to the g twenty summit it was quite interesting that the most powerful countries the countries of the majority population actually supported mr putin as to how mr obama should react the answer is he should welcome it whether he will of course is another matter but he should welcome it this is a way out of this crisis and one that suits mr obama as well doesn't it means that mr obam

establishment and the drug companies and hospitals and everybody else said don't you dare do that then harry truman tried it and then john f. kennedy and then lyndon johnson tried in bill clinton tried i mean this is this is been a struggle for years and years and years so undoubtedly vested interests many vested interests don't want this to happen and they're going to spend a lot of money they've spent a lot of money trying to avoid it happening before and there's not even universal health care this is a this is a very modest plan there's not a single payer plan there's not a even a public option if you remember that debate but still a vested interest don't like this they don't like the fact that they're you know they may they may lose a little bit of profitability doctors some doctors some hospitals some drug companies brain and do as well as otherwise robert i remember years ago in the early sixty's i moderated a debate in miami between ed and his who was then president of the american medical association and you were humphrey a senator from minnesota later become vice president they debated med