it was winston churchill who led the west in its advance to barbarism. as first lord on the first days, he instituted a starvation blockade that violated all of the rules of warfare, including those advocated by lord salisbury that brought death to 100 times as many german civilians as those killed by the army. churchill's purpose, was, he said hymns, quote, the start of the whole population, men and women and children, old and young and wounded and found and into submission. four months after germany laid down its arms in 1919, the starvation blockade remained in force. and churchill rose in parliament to exalt, we're enforcing the blockade with rigor. and germany is near starvation. that led to hitler. in the n-1920, a secretary for war, churchill enraged by iraqi existence -- resistance to british rule proclaimed, i'm strongly in favor of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes. he spread terror. years later, saddam hussein and chemical ali were hanged in baghdad for doing what churchill urged and what britain did. the day he became prime minist

the first board of the admiralty, winston churchill. the greatest british debacle of world war ii was norway and the marines arrive 24 hours after german troops had landed and occupied all the major ports from oslo -- 1 british historian suggest that the norway operation was run by churchill himself bletting his plans to national press at a chaise which was then picked up by german intelligence. that historian was mr. andrew roberts. what a church elder statesman? in 1921, the americans arrogantly demanded the come to washington for enable conference. churchill urged capitulation to the americans and britain capitulated, terminated their japanese treated, and began dismantling the greatest navy in the world. it was called one of the greatest catastrophe is a british history. five years later he said do not worry, war with japan is not a possibility, which any reasonable government need take into account. churchill was prime minister and singapore fell to japan, and the empire was finished in asia. when hitler marched into the rhineland

winston churchill large his lesson. he never overrule the chiefs of staff and the second world war in the way he did in the first. >> a couple of questions from down here. who has the microphone here? 1, 2, 3. >> this is a question about which is the greater liability on assets. someone is loved -- who loved his country would rather give up his country and give up his ideas of what a free nation was. >> the arguments about churchill's politics and colonial strategy, don't you think he was more a liability to the free world? >> mr. buchanan, we are not today living with the consequences of gallipoli norris suffering the consequences of going on the gold standard, or any of the other consequences due to churchill's errors. we are suffering the consequences are enjoying the results of one single man who was available at the time, who was able to make the right decision. surely the rest of the world has enjoyed the benefits they are up. how are you equate the consequences -- minor consequences of the errors he has done agai

. >> next, a discussion on legacy of winston churchill.then, at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see "q&a" with christopher caldwell. >> tomorrow, on a "washington journal," joaquin talks about azar is -- neil kinnocg, chuck hawkins, gary get slurred talks about the collapse of lehman brothers -- gary gensler talks about the collapse of lehman brothers. "washington journal," live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> a senate appropriations subcommittee hearing explores the extent to which cell phone use can affect human health as well as the potential side effects and consequences of cell phone use. live, tomorrow, at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> next month, a unique look at our nation's highest court, its will, traditions and history. >> i don't think it's an understatement to say that this building would not be here if it hadn't been for the persistence of chief justice taft. >> taft had in mind that it needed a building of its own. when he became chief justice, it became almost an obsession 3 >> supreme court week, starting october 4 on

as winston churchill rightly said, the powers chose between disgrace and dishonor -- they chose disgraceut they will have war, as churchill said. the and secretary -- that >> -- the territorial integrity of texas of audio was guaranteed by the treaty. it was wrong then, it is wrong today. it is not only an issue of totalitarianism, it is also something that is characteristic for countries with imperialistic policies. we have witnessed that last year. the joining of hitler and the partition of a checklist of akia was our send -- up to cause somebody of -- and the partitioning of czechoslovakia was our sin. munich calls for conclusions that are a viable today. imperialism should not be allowed to -- bowed to. not even the imperial attitude can be tolerated. of course, the outcomes of the tolerating imperialism are not always as rabin as those that followed minute -- as rapid as those that followed munich but it teaches us to think otherwise in the future. the 23rd of august, 1939 the pact proceed directly the outbreak of world war ii. it was not simply a non- aggression pact, but also a pa

. >> up next, a discussion of the legacy of winston churchill. after that, a look at the impact today on the health care debate from the clinton administration. and in a senate hearing on the securities and exchange commission's investigation of burning out of. -- bernie madoff. dollars tomorrow on "washington journal -- >> tomorrow on "washington journal," a preview of the new series, "meltdown at legacy," talking about how the economic situation has changed the country. the chairman of the commodities futures trading commission discusses the collapse of lehman brothers, but current economy, and a web master talks about the website whorunsgov.org. an exploration of household fun use affects human health. live tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next month, highest court, its role, traditions, and history. >> i do not think that it is an understatement to say that this building would not be here without the persistence of chief justice taft. >> he had an idea that the court needed a building of its own. when he became a chief justice, it bec

pro growth economic policy going forward and she reminds me a lot of another public leader, winston churchill who said -- >> he didn't quit. he never quit. >> trying to lift yourself by the handle. david: evelyn, is it good or bad advice? >> bad advice. tax cuts will be pretty detrimental to the economy because we can't really afford it. we just got out of a debate talking about how the growing deficit had hamper the recovery and now we are talking about more tax cuts which could hinder growth and the ability of our country to pay back the deficits. host: but tax cuts don't hinder growth they increase growth. >> i will use my favorite president as an example. bill clinton. david: wait a minute. that like quentin saying sarah palin is his favorite candidate. >> but during his first four years unemployment was averaging 5.5%. in 1997 he cut the capital gains from 28% to 20% and unemployment 4.5% and tax revenues from the cut surged into the economy. david: people still cue that voodoo economics. >> some are slow learners. that why we need to improve the education system but i would like ever li

over 70 years ago, winston churchill amended what he called the confirmed in peach ability of mankind. by that, he meant the unfortunate habit of civilized societies to sleep and to slumber. danger nearly overtakes them. churchill bemoaned what he called -- i am reading -- the want of foresight, the unwillingness to act when action will be simple and effective, the lack of clear thinking, the confusion of council until the emergency comes, until self preservation comes, until self preservation strikes is jarri its jarring go. i am here in the hope that this will be proven wrong. i speak here today in the hope that we can learn from history. in the spirit of the timeless words spoken to joshua, " let us be strong and of good courage, let us secure our future and god willing, forged an enduring peace for generations to come." [speaking foreign language] thank you very much. protocol. [applause] >> up next, at a house hearing on the possibility of auditing the federal reserve. then, speeches to the u.n. general assembly by the libyan leader and the pakistani president. tomorrow, supreme

i do political -- do i have political enemies, absolutely, and winston churchill said, oh, that means something. >> well, obviously you have some enemies no doubt about that. >> yeah. >> and -- >> can i be your friends? i'm looking for friends, you're a cool guy. >> let's see how it all works out. [ laughter ] i will say this. probably going to want to think about, if you do happen to go to prison you should probably think about what gang you will join. have you thought about that? >> no. >> you're going to have to have an affiliation. the other thing i want to ask you about which seems -- you talk about the great things that you did for the strait -- state, but this seems to be a lapse in judgment and that is getting on a reality show with heidi and spencer. what guess through your mind? >> well, you're hijacked from office and you lose your job. >> still, it can't come to that. heidi maybe, but heidi and spencer? >> my wife was working as a director to help the homeless and her job was taken away from her because of all the political -- >> so you needed the money. >> so we had the u

>> this is winston churchill addressing congress.ause it was over the holidays, they did it in the smaller senate chamber. the place was packed. >> there are three people here, only one that i recognize in the middle, barkley. >> this was taken in the early 1940's. i think it was taken by a press photographer. pictures like that or one photography is banned. the giant and -- of the gentleman in front of them -- barkley was instrumental in having mckellar brought from his hotel apartment up to an established quorum to cut off a filibuster and mckellar realized that was why he was being brought up. he was very angry at berkeley. as a result, he made it clear to anyone who would listen, the album barkley's desire to be on the supreme court died that day. there is a smoldering tensions between those two gentlemen. >> what is this? >> this is a photograph taken in 1963 in the senate chamber at the behest of the u.s. capitol historical society taken by national geographic photographers. there was an official photo taken in 1939, but this i

over 70 years ago winston churchill amended what he called, he called it the confirm ed, by that he meant the unfortunate habit of civilized societies to sleep and to slumber until danger nearly overtakes them. churchill bemoaned what he called the want of foresight, the unwillingness to act when action will be simple and effective. the lack of clear thinking, the confusion of council until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong. ladies and gentlemen, i speak here today in the hope that churchi churchill's assessment of the unteachable of man kind is for once proven wrong. i speak here today in the hope that we can learn from history. that we can prevent danger in time. in the spirit of the timeless words spoken to joshua over 3,000 years ago, let us be strong and of good courage. let us confront this peril, secure our future and, god willing, forge an enduring peace for generations to come. thank you very much. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressing the u.n. general assembly saying in part peace, prosperity and dignity is a must for that re

the leader getting top billing on tuesday will be winston churchill, not barack obama.n. >>> if you still have questions, logon to ac360.com where we have the full text of the president's speech. >>> live from the battle zone. anderson gives us up an close look at a marine base that until two months ago was still taliban territory. >>> first, tom foreman joining us with a 360 news bulletin. >> in britain, three convictions in the plot to blow up planes bound for u.s. and canada with liquid explosives. the plan which was uncovered three years ago led to the strict limit on the amount of liquids that can pass through airport security. >>> a 360 follow-up. a senior brit ib official admits trade and oil played a crucial part in the decision to include the lockerbie bomber if a prisoner transfer with libya, according to jack straw in the daily telegraph newspaper over the weekend. soon after that decision, libya approved a $900 million deal with oil giant bp. last positive the bomber now dying of cancer went free on come pass yat grounds and not under a transfer agreement. s

. >> reporter: the billing will be winston churchill not barack obama. >> there is no question this is part of the national conversation, i'm seeing it on facebook, myspace and twitter. these responses have been pouring n just as soon as we started bringing you this story. rick, i'm so mad! my son's school didn't show the speech, i said i taped it for you, he said why bother my school didn't. thank you for talking about president obama's speech to students and what he has to say. the gop and the right wing can't stand to have a president who has some education, eight years of fearmongering has gotten in the way. maybe the best judges on this national conversation are the kids. some of the kids who finally today had a chance to hear the ones that were allowed to, were allowed to hear from the president of the united states. and they have been talking to reporters in different parts of the country. let's hear what at least one of them has to say. >> in talking to everybody about bettering themselves and making sure that they're successful and i really don't see why there would be a contr

as winston churchill rightly said, the powers chose between disgrace and honor or disgrace and war.ose war but they chose -- they chose disgrace but they will have war as churchill said. and the territorial integrity of czechoslovakia was stipulated by the munich treaty. it was wrong then. it is wrong today. to infringe on a country's territory. it is not only an issue of totalitarianism; it is also something that is characteristic for countries with imperial policies. we have witnessed that last year. the joining of hitler and the partition of czechoslovakia was our sin and we admit that sin. and we do not look for excuses even if such excuses were available. munich calls for conclusions that are viable today. imperialism should not be bound to not even new imperial attitudes can be tolerated. of course, the outcomes of tolerating imperialism are not always as rapid as those that followed munich, but it nonetheless teaches us to think otherwise. in future. the pact of the 23rd of august, 1939, preceded directly the outbreak of world war ii. it was not simply nonaggression pact it w

>> the first thing we need to do is, you know, winston churchill said the purpose of the opposition isoppose every time principal demands and you've seen republicans since the first of this year, every single house republican voted against the so-called stimulus bill. every single house republican voted against the president's budget. almost all of us oppose the cap and trade bill and i think every single house republican will vote against this health care bill. first we've got to provide that opposition to these government takeovers, to the borrowing and spending and bailout driving people to town hall meetings and drove a million people here to washington, d.c. secondly, after you oppose you do have to propose. and i will assure you people go to g.o.p..gov they can see the solutions that have been voflede on all the issues i mentioned but come next year watch, house republicans are going to steal a playbook from the past and offer the american people a bright line contrast of agendas with the big government liberalism of this administration. sean: i think the republicans ought to go

and then then winston churchill who was in the parliament replied that he went there for honor and peace but returned with neither. within months, hitler began a very aggressive campaign and went on to not only take mole and and as we say -- poland and the rest is history. there were 20 million people killed during world war ii, mr. speaker. six million of them were jews. and in visiting the holocaust museum in israel, in jerusalem, something very interesting occurred in my mind that i never thought about until it was brought out. we saw a lot of very interesting things there. a lot of personal stories about families who were broken apart, most of whom died in the holocaust, people who were in death camps, a lot of personal letters and books and eye glasses and things like that that told individual stories. we know the factual parts of this. we have all seen the documentaries that talk about the gas chambers and the ovens and we, of course, have heard about and read about the final solution and hitler's attempt to take executing human beings to a whole new scientific level which he was a

over seven years -- over 70 years ago, winston churchill amended what he called the confirmed unteachability of mankind. by that, he meant the unfortunate habit of society to sleep and to slumber until danger nearly overtakes them. churchill below what he called -- church of bemoaned what he called the want of foresight, the unwillingness to act when action will be simple and effective, the lack of clear thinking, the confusion of council until the emergency comes, until self preservation strikes it's jarring -- its jarring gong. ladies and gentlemen, i speak here today in the hope that churchill's assessment is for once proven wrong. i speak here today in the hope that we can learn from history, that we can prevent danger in time. in the spirit of the timeless words spoken to jostle over 3000 years ago, let us be strong and of good courage. -- spoken to joshua over 3000 years ago. let us confront this peril, and god willing, forged an enduring peace -- forge and enduring peace for generations to come. thank you very much. [applause] trace: you watched a little bit of history unfold there at

he has written biographies of presidents jimmy carter and also a biography of winston churchill and of course also two volumes that abo ronald reagan. the first volume is the age of reagan, the fall of the old the earl order whichteve was saying appeared on september 10, 2001. and despite that, has received publicity in much attention in the years since then. i would "a couple of assesents of the book, one by one of presidenteagan's closest advisers ed meese tewes sd quote, steven hayward and his first volume has given us a fascinatin readable book about a unique era in american politics. is meticulous research and perceptive insights provided an informative and entertaining account of ronald reagan's re from hollywood to the presidency as well as an in-depth understanding of the times in which t@e ascent of kurd. mark lendee at boston college also said quote,he first volume sas a brilliant work of political history an an analysis. aegis a uly successful effort to treat the phenomenon of royal reagan within a brder historicalramework. steven hayward is a senior fellow at the pacific re

you are going with, if you look at the demographics of the hispanic population, i will quote winston churchill. if you are not a liberal at 18, you do not have a heart. if you are not a conservative by the time that you are 30, you do not have a brain. look at how fast the russians changed their thoughts after they grew up under marxism. what you said about, you have obvious statistics of selling two hispanics to are in spanish -- selling to hispanics in spanish, if they will speak in the language spthat mamacita praises me in, they will use it. this is how politicians will sell himself. >> are there any other questions on this topic? the blond lady. >> my question is, did any of the studies that encompassed this in any way, with mexico being predominately catholic, i am wondering about this because the republicans have always focused more on the christianity, and the religious background and the work ethic, working very hard. and now the hispanic people are very hard working people, with a very family oriented people, and they feared god greatly. it seems -- fear god greatly. it seems like th

[cheers and applause] [booing] [inaudible] winston churchill said about the american constitutional conventionit was the greatest entrepreneurial act of courage for liberty in the history of the world and it deserves to be respected. [cheers and applause] and these were learned people. there was no word, no free is, no sentence that got in the constitution by accident. the new with the meaning of the word ase, was and wrote exactly what they meant. [cheers and applause] and it doesn't take a genius to read it and understand it and know what it says. and if you can't do that, we will buy you a dictionary. now we are here today to fulfill a commitment. when benjamin franklin walked out of that constitutional convention he was asked by a leedy on the street, she said dr. franklin, what kind of government did you give? and he said i gave you a republican -- a republika if you can hold it, and we are here today to hold it. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] -- to hold it. and the one thing that they knew about all other things when they wrote that constitution was that liberty was a gift given to ma

the world leader getting top billing here on tuesday will be winston churchill, not barack obama.gary tuchman, cnn, claremont, north carolina. >>> all right, time for your midday reset. i'm tony harris in the "cnn newsroom." it is noon in arlington, virginia, where president obama is about to address students at wakefield high. school kids all around the nation will watch live. >>> it is noon on capitol hill, where congress is getting back to the same challenge it had when it left health insurance reform. >>> it is 9:00 a.m. in san francisco, where work crews headed off a nightmarish morning commute. they got the bay bridge fixed and reopened today. >>> let's get started! >>> you've heard the controversy, and the criticism, just about a minute or so, you will hear the actual message. we will bring you president obama's speech to schoolchildren live, as soon as it begins. our white house correspondent, suzanne malveaux, joining us live with a bit of a preview. and, suzanne, what do we know about what's going on right now with that virginia high school? >> reporter: tony, they're ge

we will revis many times and as winston churchill's about americans in general and congress specific you can do the right thing after every possibility is exhausted. [laughter] i get three more so beyond the next tee has to sit down. you don't have to sit down but he will not be heard from. >> can any health care reform be successful without enormously increasing the number of primary re physicians and does the president's plan do that and how was it done? i base that not only reading about the shortage, but some mohsgo i had to find a new posion, i have a great health insurance plan, i live in the d.c. area. i called5 primary care physicians. 12 of them are now specialists. of the other 12, ten of them were taking no new patients at all and out of the remaining two they could see me in two months on loss i have a very high fever. so we are about to eate a plan one way or anothe that will dump tens of millions of more people into the health care system whicheems incapable of dealing today with people who have insurance what do weo about th? >> there are some things in the bill that a

>> listen, in the press conference, winston churchill. very tough. >> i don't know whether he was that good. >> and then also we need to talk about david paterson, mike barnicle. what i line yesterday. i'm blind, but i'm on bailinot oblivious. the question is is he? >> do you think he's going to drop out? >> i don't think he'll drop out, but he's not going to win. >> cuomo gets it? >> andrew cuomo. >> this guy doesn't look like he's budging. also, william saffire. we're talking about his passing this morning. >> great guy. >> pat's colleague. >> known him more than 40 years. nixon told me, when i came up to join him in 1965, saffire is one of the guys you should see. he came into the white house with us more than 40 years ago. told the great spiro agnew to uplift the nation. he was very proud of that line. >> william saffire died over the last few days. >>> in breaking news, iran state television is reporting the country has test-fired one of the longest range missiles in its arsenal this morning. the missile has a potential range to stri

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>> this is winston churchill addressing congress.ecause it was over the holidays, they did it in the smaller senate chamber. the place was packed. >> there are three people here, only one that i recognize in the middle, barkley. >> this was taken in the early 1940's. i think it was taken by a press photographer. pictures like that are why photography is banned. the gentleman in front of them -- barkley was instrumental in having mckellar brought from his hotel apartment up to an established quorum to cut off a filibuster and mckellar realized that was why he was being brought up. he was very angry at berkeley. as a result, he made it clear to anyone who would listen, the album barkley's desire to be on the supreme court died that day. there is a smoldering tension between those two gentlemen. >> what is this? >> this is a photograph taken in 1963 in the senate chamber at the behest of the u.s. capitol historical society taken by national geographic photographers. there was an official photo taken in 1939, but this is the first in a s

going on, if you look at the demographics of the hispanic population, age-wise, i will quote winston churchill. if you are not a liberal or near 18, you do not have a heart. if you are not a conservative by the time you're 30, you do not have a brain. look at how fast the russian people changed their attitude when they grew up under marxism. i think that what you are saying about -- you have obvious statistics that selling to hispanics in spanish works. i think that as a matter of respect. if this person is going to take the time to speak in the language that i am praised in, i will buy his product. it is that simple. it is the same thing with a politician. he has to sell himself. >> the lady back there. over there. >> my question is, was any of the studies religious in any way? was there is predominantly catholic area? the republicans have always focused more so on the christianity, the religious background, the hard work ethic, working hard, taking care of people who are working hard. i know the hispanic people are very hard working and very family-oriented people. most importantly, they fea

winston churchill said, "in wartime truth is so precious that she should always be attendedy a bodyguardoflives." the truth of our country is descent is not a precious it is obnoous. it's sorted. bu it is also being attended by a bodyguard of lies. this hearing is defined to begin a process that will expose some of those lives that will prepare as the struggle with that sordid truth and that will examine the battlements of legal authority erected to defend that truth and its bodyguard of lies. the alli are leeches. president bush told as america does not torture while authorizing that america has prosecuted both as crime and war crimes as torture. water boarding was like a dunk in the water when it was used as a torture techniques by tyrannical techniques. john hu told esquire magazine that water boarding was only done three times when public reports indicate that two detainees were water boarded 83 and 183 times. about khalid muhammod reportedly the former cia official told abc news ksm lasted the longest, about a minute-and-a-half. once he broke it never had to be used again. that too wa

you're going if you look at the demographics of the hispanic popution agewise, i'm goingo quote winston churchill, if you have not a liber when you are 18, you do not have a heart. if you are not conservative by the time you are 30, youon't have a brain. look at how fast the russian changed their attitude when they grew up under communist. think what you are saying about you have obviously statistics that selling to hispanics in spanish works, i think that's a matter of respect. if this person is going to take the time to speak in the language that momma praises me in, i'm going to buy his protect. it's the came thing the politician has to sell himself. >> are the questions about the topics? other there. yes. blond lady. >> my question is, was any of the studies that in context religion in any way, especially with mexico being predominantly catholic and wondering from that stand point. because the replicans have alwa focused more so on the christianity, the religious background, the hard-work ethic. i know the hispanic people are very, very hard working people. they are very hard family oriented