willkie. i want you to introduce the cabinet -- audiences of some of the fervor. your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat franklin delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. >> here we are just entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration. president roosevelt was right at the height of its power. that opened up a tie for a dark horse candidate. >> keep in mind the state of the republican party. it was a party defeated by roosevelt in 1932. what were the republicans looking for and why was your grandfather the person they chose? >> and nobody else had run for a third term before, going back to the time of george washington. when washington stepped down, no one had even dreamed of running for a third term for the presidency. when roosevelt announced that he did, it changed the whole dynamic of what was out there. certainly looking at europe, world war ii, the autopsies were -- the nazis were going over to n

[cheering] >> we want willkie! we want willkie! we want willkie! ♪ >> i stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. [applause] as your nominee, i will have an aggressive fighting campaign. [applause] >> we want willkie! >> wendell willkie ran for president in 1940. these are some images of him on the campaign trail. we are here with david willkie, his grandson. i want you to introduce the audience to some of the fervor. as we're seeing from these iconic images from the 1940's campaign that surrounded him. your grandfather ran for president and tried to defeat franklin delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. >> here we are just entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration. president roosevelt was right at the height of his power. that opened up a place for a dark horse candidate to come outside the political spectrum. >> keep in mind the state of the

david willkie, the grandson of, wendell willkie. we thank the russellville historical society for letting us conduct this program here. as we look typical life and career of wendell willkie, a passed away in the fall of 1944. >> window welty, republican candidate for the presidency of the united states in 1940, taken suddenly at age 52. dominated by popular acclaim, wendell willkie won the admiration of all his countrymen for his energy, policy, and forthright courage. he spent the last years of his vigorous life in an effort to promote mutual understanding and good will among all nations. they talk with churchill in london and shared experiences with britain's average pokes. -- folks. he visited and talk with the people of russia, of the middle east, and of china, renewing his strong faith in a unity of all people. a great american and world citizen who will be sorely missed in the critical years ahead. >> the contenders features profiles of key figures who ran for president and locked. the change political history, nevertheless. o

. >> in 1968, ap's said, "could it be another year of wendell willkie?" republicans were dissatisfied with the potential nomination of richard nixon. >> every few cycles the republican party is the ostracized party. when it gets tired of itself, someone comes from outside. the republican party is more

wendell willkie sought and won the republican nomination for president. although the loss, he left his mark in political history, speaking up for civil-rights and becoming a foreign ambassador for his former opponent, frank and roosevelt. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new weekly series. live from in the end of friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. -- from indiana at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend, six republican candidates travel to des moines to the iowa faith and freedom coalition. watch our live coverage of herman cain, newt gingrich, rick santorum, as well as rick perry, ron paul, and michele bachmann on c-span's "road to the white house." >> now former mexican president this into a fox talks about the violence in mexico -- vicente bachus talks about the violence in mexico and legalizing drugs. his speech at the cato institute is 35 minutes. >> the united states has been fighting drug trafficking for years. it has not stop drugs from being readily available and consumed in this country at decreasing prices and quality. during this time, washingto

wendell willkie is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's weekly series the contender from risch billn tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. >> national staff writer with "the washington post" she covered the session in the senate this week. why does the senate want to change the no child left behind glock? >> went no child left behind was enacted in 2002, it was an unprecedented reach into education by the federal government. and this was a bipartisan plan. it was championed by president bush and senator kennedy. they argued they could get federal money to be held accountable for the results so for the first time states were required to test to set performance targets and work every year to meet those goals, but in the nine years since come schools, states, teachers come these all completed the goals are unrealistic and the sanctions if they don't meet the goals were draconian. so there was a lot of pressure on congress to change the law. >> what did the senate education committee accomplish in the markup session this week? >> it basically represents a serious retrenchment of the federal govern

today, the life of wendell willkie. after that, tim geithner testifies before a senate small business committee hearing on the u.s. economy. >> from indiana, the life of

wendell willkie sought and tried to win for president. he spoke out about civil rights and became ambassador for his opponent, theodore roosevelt. "the contenders" live from rushville, indiana, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. this weekend on "book tv" on c-span2, live coverage from the texas book festival with juan williams on political correctness. sally jacobs on barack obama's father. alex on fresh water. dana priest on national security. and throughout the weekend panels on the debt, india and pakistan, mexican drug cartels, the art of nonfiction and the arab spring. look for the entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> it's just to me very obvious that with all the priorities we have and they're all worthy till further notice every decision the national government makes, every close call should be made in favor of economic growth. every tide should be broken in favor of growth of the private sector. >> he worked as advisor in the reagan white house. o.m.b. director in george bush's administration. as governor of indiana, he had a budge

he is running against wendell willkie for a third term and is worried he will lose the election and is making all these decisions overseas largely blind to what lay ahead of him. it worried him so much that sometimes he became physically ill. when donovan came back from the european mission that is when the spy work begins. in july of 1941 before pearl harbor, roosevelt signed an executive order designating donovan his coordinator of information. year later it is called oss, office of strategic services. in the beginning just coordinator of information. just a 1-page document very vaguely written that colonel donovan which was his world war i rank would collect information of national importance and do other unspecified things. the document was so vague that other cabinet members in the administration began scratching their heads wondering what in the world is franklin up to a.in this republican wall street lawyer to do these unusual covert things in his administration? donovan liked to say he began his spy agency, the oss, from minus 0. just one guy. in the beginning he was a player a

wendell willkie. up in 45 minutes, republican frank wolfe of virginia about the -- frank wolf of virginia. at 8:20, heather smith from rock the vote will take your questions about the youth vote in the 2012 election. and we'll look at the economic indicators regularly provided by the census bureau. our guest will be william

wendell willkie sought the nomination for president. he lost the election but left his mark and political history speaking out for civil-rights and becoming the fourth ambassador for his former opponent, franklin roosevelt. wendell willkie is one of the 14 men featured in the contenders. live from rushville, indiana. >> the supreme court heard a case last week involving privacy rights and strip searching in jail. involved a new jersey man who was wrongfully arrested for a fight he had paid. he was stripped surge and released six days later after the charges were dropped. the court will decide if this case violates the fourth amendment. decision will come down before the end of the term in june. >> we will hear arguments in case 1045, florence v. board of chosen freeholders. mr. goldstein. >> may it please the court, we ask this court to hold a dam a strip search and arrest in cases of reasonable suspicion. that was applied for route the entire country in three decades after bell versus wolf after administrative difficulty or any apparen

wendell willkie is one of the 14 men featured in "the contenders," friday at 8:00 p.m.tern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back to our table richard trumka, the president of the afl-cio. let me begin with the occupy wall street movement. douglas stone has a piece in the "wall street journal," talking about a recent poll talking to 200 protesters. our research shows that it does not represent unemployed america. guest: of like to see the research because i was -- i would like to see the research because i was at new york. you had people from all walks of life who were angry at what was going on. they also had a touch of sadness, quite frankly, that the system was not working for the 99% of us out there. it is working really well for the top 1% but not for them. i saw nor heard of any violence at all. these people were trying to express themselves. this is sprung up in over 1000 towns and cities across the country. u.s. retirees and active people. we figured that when this started catch on and people started coming together to say, look, wall

wendell willkie sought and won the rubber denomination.h he lost the election, he made his mark on history . wendell willkie is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, "the contenders." live from indiana, friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: every monday morning at this time, we have a segment on the "washington journal" called "your money." it is a chance for you to find out and not only about what selected federal programs cost -- find out not only about what federal program's cost, but what they do. joining us is ben geman, an energy reporter with "the hill" newspaper. give us a history of the energy department granting loans for energy projects. guest: there had been controversy over the loans to solyndra. the loan guarantee program has interesting origins. it was contained in a 2005 piece of energy legislation signed into law by president bush, passed under republican control, in fact. what is authorized the energy department to do was to provide guaranteed the loans for a range of cl

. >> he switched in 1940, wendell willkie sought and ran fro the republican ticket. he became the foreign ambassador for his former opponent roosevelt. he is one of the men featured in "the contenders." friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. middle and high school students, it is time to get those cameras rolling for the student's cam video competition. this year's theme -- the constitution and eu. the deadline is january 20th. you could win the grand prize. for complete details studentcam.org. >> a live look at congress and foreign policy coming up at 4:00. until then, in discussion about competitive races in the senate from today's "washington journal." >> republicans picked up six seats getting them to 47, letting democrats keep their majority. here is the thing. republicans need four seats to win the majority, but what is working against them are the numbers. democrats have to defend 23 of those seats. they are really playing defense on this cycle. they are out to protect their majority. it is going to be tough. host: we will go 3 number of the tossup races to route this s

wendell willkie sought and won the republican nomination for president.es "the contenders," fly from a indiana friday at 8 p.m. eastern. >> next, 13 occasions commission chairman julius genachowski will announce new wireless consumer guidelines. is at the brookings institution here in washington. he will be joined by the president and ceo of ctia, and a consumer advocate. we expect a meeting to get underway shortly. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> everybody have their seats. we were beginning in a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> okay. everybody ready? thank you, all, for coming. a great pleasure of introducing julius genachowski, chairman of the fcc. [applause] >> thank you, all, for being here this morning. i have the privilege last night of being at the memorial service for steve

wendell willkie is one of the 14 men featured in the c-span weekly series the contenders.live from indiana friday at 8 p.m. eastern. semidey recent report by the wmd terrorism research center gives the u.s. mostly failing grades on preparedness for a large-scale biological attack for a deadly pandemic. despite spending over $65 billion over the last decade. the senate homeland security committee reviewed the report and heard testimony from the department of homeland security and health and human services and from fbi officials. center joe lieberman of connecticut chairs the committee. this is two and a half hours. >> good morning. the hearing will come to order. thanks to our excellent panel of witnesses for coming today to discuss this topic, which is our nation's record over the past decade and improving our defenses against a biological attack or a pandemic. today's hearing is part of our ten years after 9/11 series assessing the status of a number of government homeland security operations that were singled out as an adequate or dysfunctional by the 9/11 commission. th

wendell willkie sought and won the republican nomination for president. and although he lost the election, he left his mark in political history, speaking out for civil rights, becoming the foreign ambassador for his former opponent, franklin roosevelt. wendell willie is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series "the contenders," live from indiana, friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: now on your screen is donna edwards from maryland. what your thoughts about the death of muammar gaddafi? guest: this is been a long haul. the capacity of nato to provide the kind of air cover and technical support that allows to make a determination and that is what is happened here in libya and think it will be a new day for libya. host: that is donna edwards talking about muammar gaddafi. we invited her also to talk about the debt committee. -- u.s.member of the sent letters to the debt reduction committee talking about what you would like to see done. one of those included no changes to medicare. atst: i think we're looking

standard" its cover story -- the contender series will continue next week with our look at wendell willkie. you could check out the information about this 14-part series looking at candidates who lost the presidency but shaped american politics. the programs they air friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and sunday here on c-span. coming up later, we'll have live coverage of the dedication ceremonies of the mlk memorial. we will dig deeper into the economic policies of the top tier republican presidential candidates but first a look at some of the other programs on the sunday morning programs. >> good morning, every sunday, cspan radio re-airs five network tv talk shows and the topics include the 2012 presidential election, the economy, and the martin luther king memorial dedication. at noon, we start with meet the press. they welcome herman cain and former gop presidential contender tim pawlenti faces off in a debate with the louisiana governor bobby jindal who? rick perry. at 1:00 p.m., it is that this week with christianne common for talks with david axelrod about the president's reelection campa

wendell willkie is one of the 14 men focused on in "the contenders." friday, 8:00 p.m.tern. >> this weekend, but iowa freedom candidate forum. watch our live coverage of herman cain, rick santorum, and rick perry, including ron paul and michele bachmann, on the "road to the white house." >> it is clear to me that with our priorities, to further notice every decision that the national government makes, every close call should be made in favor of economic growth. every time i should be broken in favor of growth in the private sector. >> he worked as an adviser in the reagan white house, and as governor of indiana he implemented spending cuts that introduced a spending surplus. sunday, mitch daniels on his book and his decision to not run for president, on a "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now, randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. welcome. guest: thank you. host: what is the discussion in the senate? guest: i do not understand the discussion in washington these days. everywhere you go all around the country, people

wendell willkie is one of the men featured in the new weekly series the contenders live from indiana tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> every weekend on american history tv people and events that document the americans will. only one has the sitting u.s. senator been killed in action. the 150th anniversary of the battle of ball bluff. historian suzanne at your role on the history of that and the death of colonel and senator edward baker. on american artifacts little tokyo near downtown los angeles has been a center of japanese culture since the 1900s. japanese-american national monument shows us around. lectures in history, bowling green professor scott martin on the history of opiates in america. look for the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history or for our schedule in your in box. click the c-span alert button. the under secretary of treasury for international affairs said yesterday europe's financial crisis poses the most serious risk to the global recovery but expressed confidence that european leaders were fully engaged in resolving the debt. they practice for the g 20 m

." >> here is a member of the democratic party for 20 years switching in 1940 when wendell willkie soughtwon the nomination for president. although he lost the election, he left his mark speaking up for civil rights and becoming the foreign ambassador for his former opponent amount fdr. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new series, "the contenders" live from indiana at friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> 6 republican presidential candidates traveled to iowa for the faith and freedom coalition candidate forum. watch our live coverage of herman cain, newt gingrich, wrecks santorum, rick perry, ron paul, and michele bachmann. >> middle and high school students come a time to get those cameras rolling for the student cam video competition. make a five-eight minute video on the theme this year -- the constitution and you. you could win the grand prize of $5,000. for complete details, studentcam.org. >> a live picture of the u.s. capital where the house is in recess for one week. the senate is in session. steady hoyer held a town hall meeting today in waldorf, md. -- actually, yesterday. he dis

wendell willkie ran for president. although he is lost, he won a place in history.is one of 14 men featured in the new series "the contenders," friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney today made his first trip to iowa in two months. the former massachusetts governor did not compete in the iowa presidential straw poll and his last visit to iowa was for a debate. he told residents of the state that he will be back again and again. this rally is almost an hour. >> i am dr. sam clovis, the chairman of the department of economics here at morningside college. for some of you who may have heard, i have a radio show. you did not come here to listen to me, although the press is here, a great turnout. i want to introduce the candidate for president of united states, governor mitt romney. >> thank you. i was just on the radio with sam this morning. he asked some good questions on the air there. randy has pretty good audience in the morning time. how do you do? pretty well? thank you for joining me this morning. a number of students from mo

ndell willkie, friday at 8:00 p.m.. >> president obama criticized republican proposals aimed at creating jobs. his three-day road trip began in asheville, north carolina. this is 40 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [cheers] >> four more years! four more years! four more years! four more years! four more years1 four more years! [cheers] ♪ ["hail to the chief" plays] >> hello, asheville! it is good to be back in asheville, north carolina! i love asheville. the tourism promotion bureau of ashville. every time i meet somebody i say, have you guys gone down to asheville? that's a nice place to be. so it is wonderful to be back in one of my favorite parts of the country. our family has great memories of staying here, and it's always nice to get out of washington -- mountain air. i want to recognize a couple people who are here. first of all, one of the outstanding senators in the united states senate, your senator, kay hagan, is in the house. kay's daughter just got married congratulations to kay's daughte

. >> wendell willkie sought and won the republican nomination for president. although he lost the election, he left his mark on political history, speaking out for civil rights and becoming a foreign ambassador for his former opponent, franklin roosevelt. he is featured on our series "the contenders," friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> deposed libyan leader muammar gaddafi was killed today near his home town. president obama spoke about that for nearly 10 minutes at the white house. >> good afternoon, everybody. today, the government of libya announced the death of muammar gaddafi. this marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya, who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. for four decades, the gaddafi regime ruled the libyan people with an iron fist. basic human rights were denied. innocent civilians were detained, beaten and killed. and libya's wealth was squandered. the enormous potential of the libyan people was held back, and terror was used as a political weapon. today, we can definitiv

wendell willkie sought and won the republican nomination for president and although he lost, he left his mark in political history speaking out for civil rights and become in the foreign ambassador for his former opponent, franklin roosevelt. he is one of the men featured in the contenders. tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. >> during this period at the department of education, my working relationship with judge thomas was positive. i had a good deal of responsibility and independence. i thought he respected my work and that he trusted my judgment. >> it's been 20 years since anita hill testified alleging that been supreme court justice nominee clarence thomas sexually harassed or. this past week and she spoke about what the testimony meant in her life and a lasting effect it's had on culture. >> with you can't return from testimony that is become this event that you really have no idea what's going to be what it was. and then, i said i walk out on the street and everybody, they did polling, so they did polling, immediately after the hearing, and the polling show that 70% of the population t

in a moment, the light of wendell willkie. then president obama's announcement concerning u.s.d by a briefing by the national security advisers. -- in iraq, followed by a briefing by the national security adviser. now, live from rushvil

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