should have this animus against winston churchill. i went through it. and i think it's two prima donnas. churchill admired t.r. very much and constantly wanted to meet him, but t.r. who is the older man, regarded churchill as a vulgarian, a political turncoat, i think he was jealous of churchill's literary abilities. churchill when he was young was a better writer than t.r. was young. >> bob bloom is your editor throughout all of this? >> yes. >> how much did bob bloom at random house edit for you, all five? >> i worked with bob on "theodorerex" and "dutch." he's asked me what i want to do next. he's 85, i believe. >> what do you want to do next? >> i haven't decided. i just know it will be short. i wouldn't mind writing about another musician or for that matter about a writer. but no more presidents. >> why not? >> there's no more presidents more interesting to me than theodore roosevelt. >> where would you put ronald reagan next to theodore roosevelt in your interests? >> pretty well on the same level. i found reagan quite fascinating, but for a differ

almost half a century on, winston churchill still manages to dominate his surroundings. >> and by the way, i cannot help but reflecting that if my father had been american and my mother british instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and join in the conversation on these social media sites. >> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the country's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00 p.m. this week, we join professor

almost half a century organization winston churchill still manages to dominate his surroundings. >> by the way, i cannot help reflecting that in my father had been american and my mother british instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own. [ laughter ] history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the country's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern, and sundays at 1:00 p.m.

almost half a century on, winston churchill still manages to dominate his surroundings. >> by the way, i cannot help for reflecting if my father had been american and my mother british, instead of the other way around, you might have got here on my own. >>> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00 p.m. old dominion university professor timothy orr teaches a course on the civil war and reconstruction. in this lecture he discusses how union and confederate forces handled prisoners of war and he takes a look at the conditions inside some civil war prison camps. old dominion university is located in norfolk, virginia. this class is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right. good morning everyone, and welcome. to those who are joining us on c-span, i'd like to introduce myself. i'm dr. timothy j. orr. i'm a professor of history here at old dominion university in norfolk, virginia. you are joining history 351, the history of the civil wa

winston churchill paid his own heartfelt tribute to his transatlantic origins. appearing before a joint session of congress on the day after christmas 1941, he puckerishly observed, i cannot help reflecting that if my father had been american and my mother british, instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own. today, outside the british embassy on massachusetts avenue, churchill literally describes two nations with one bronze foot planted on british soil and the other on american. this pleased the old man himself no end. of the statue announced on his 89th birthday, the honorary american said, i feel it will rest happily and securely on both feet. controversy arose over the sculptor william mcveigh's depiction of the wartime prime minister, not because of his characteristically defiant stance with right hand raised and a trademark "v" for victory salute. no, it was another churchill icon, the cigar in his left hand that offended some members of the english-speaking union. the organization responsible for the sculpture. in the end, authenticit

. >> reporter: her first prime minister was winston churchill. she's met every u.s.>> she remembers learning from her parents how important keeping america on side board into the war. america came into the war. she remembers that so well. she remembers the american troops, d-day, all of that. >> reporter: some years there has been little to laugh about with uncharacteristic candor and emotion, the queen marks 1992 as a very bad year. a fire at windsor castle and several family splits. three of her four children divorced, one most famously, and then there was the car crash. the queen learned a tough lesson through all the grief. she could never be just a mother or a grandmother, she's queen to a people, no matter what. and as if to punctuate that, an enduring moment as she bows to princess diana's coffin, a low point for britain, the monarchy, and for britain's relationship to the monarchy. it took more than a decade to rebuild the public's faith in the royal family. prince william's marriage showed the popularity of the monarchy. the queen was visibly thrilled by the

she and her husband returned to london to be met by the prime minister winston churchill. it was a huge upheaval. >> this was her destiny. in fact, later on, they said that she grasped destiny with both hands. >> what are the characteristics of this person whose image is so familiar but whose personality remains largely hidden? >> she has a lot of common sense. >> it is those qualities that sustained her together with the public's reaction to events such as prince william's engagement to take middleton. >> weddings and that sort of thing, i think she was genuinely comforted by everybody. she has earned it. >> what of the future of the martell of the 86 this year, from a friend that knows her, there is certainly about one thing. >> her majesty will remain as long as she lives. even if she was unable to perform her duties, she is still the queen and will be it until she dies. >> clean for 60 years, and as committed as ever to continue a lifetime of service. >> of the constant understated 60-year reign of queen elizabeth. from one british institution to another, his most popu

the british people rallied to winston churchill.ermans couldn't come across the channel on account of the royal navy but they did send thousands of airplanes to bomb britain in hopes of invading britain eventually. they couldn't overcome the royal air force. eventually october came along. bad weather began. the germans couldn't invade britain and they had to put off any invasion plan until spring. this is the story about those months. they were critical months. >> after the bombing ended did the bombing end in october? >> it continued. in britain they had a battle of briton and then the bullets -- blitzkrieg. the germans continued to bomb mainly at night. the battle of britain was basically in the daylight. and they couldn't overcome the fighter arm of the royal air force and couldn't invade. that is what the battle of britain was about. >> was there a time in between june and october of 1940 when it looks really bad for great britain? >> there were a number of times it looks really bad. in june was the end of the dunkirk battle and

she and her husband returned to london to be met by the prime minister, sir winston churchill. it was an upheaval. >> this was her destiny. her private secretary later on said she crossed her destiny with both hands, and she did. >> what are the characteristics of this person whose image is so familiar but whose personality remains hidden? >> she is very strong. she has a lot of common sense and great wisdom. >> if is those qualities that have sustained her together with the public's reaction to events like prince william's marriage to kate middleton. >> i think she was genuinely comforted by the enormous support. she has earned it. >> what for the future of the monarch who will be 86 this year? for a friend who knows her, there is certainty about one thing. >> in my mind, her majesty will remain sovereign as long as she lives. i do not think there is any question. even if she was unable to perform some of her duties, she is still the queen and will be until she dies. good >> elizabeth ii and, queen for 60 years, and as committed as ever to continue a lifetime of service. >> yo

she and her husband returned to london to be matched by the prime minister winston churchill. it was a huge up people. -- up evil. >> this was her destiny. her private secretary said she grasped her destiny with both hands. and she did. >> what are the characteristics of this person whose image is so familiar, but his personality remains largely hidden? >> she is a very strong person. she has a lot of common sense and great wisdom. " those qualities, said her friends, have sustained her. >> all these big occasions, weddings and that sort of thing, she was genuinely comforted by the enormous affection. she has earned it. >> what of the future for a monarch who will be 86-year? there is certainty about one thing. >> in my mind, her majesty will remain sovereign as long as she lives. i do not think there is any question. even if she was unable to perform her duties, she is still the queen and will be. until she dies. >> elizabeth, queen for 60 years, and does committed as ever to continue a lifetime of service -- and is as committed as ever to continue a lifetime of service. >> y

churchill was short and pudgy, about 5-6. there was a huge crowd in the white house, and roosevelt said, winston, stand up on a chair. and so churchill stood up on a chair, and they saw him, and he spoke to them, and they asked churchill how long will it take to win the war? and he said, a lot longer if we do it badly. and he was right. it took long, and we did do it badly for some time. and his troops especially badly in singapore where they surrendered about 90,000 men, far more than the japanese had and just gave up because they had no way of getting supplies to singapore. the canadians were very angry because churchill had insisted on sending a canadian division to hong kong to help support hong kong. well, there was no way hong kong could survive. it was an isolated island surrounded by the japanese, and hong kong fell very quickly. and all the canadians who had been sent over were either killed or became prisoners. and the canadians there and the australians in singapore, those who survived helped build the bridge on the river quai. you'll remember that, the bridge on the river quai in thailand. they, those who

impact of his speech on american opinion, and subsequently on united states foreign policy, sir winston churchillater recorded that his loss was one of the best investments he had ever made. i did not travel here by train, nor in the company of the president of the united states, nor did i play poker. i don't have the right kind of face for it. [ applause ] there is some similarity in the circumstances of 50 years ago and today. mr. churchill spoke not long after the second world war. towards the end of that great conflict, the war time allies forged new international institutions for post war there was in those days great optimism, not least in the united states, about a world without conflict presided over benevolently by bodies like the united nations, the imf, the world bank and the gat. the high hopes reposed in them were increasingly disappointed as stalin lowered the iron curtain over eastern europe. made no secret of his global ambitions, and became antagonist rather than ally. churchill's speech here was the first serious warning of what was afoot, and it helped to wake up the entire wes

she and her husband returned at once to london to be met by the then prime minister, sir winston churchill. it was a huge upheaval. >> of course it was a big adjustment in every way. it is rare for the queen's friends to speak publicly. >> she has known the queen for nearly 70 years and recalls the moment of her accession. >> she took it in a part of the natural way that this was her destiny. she grasped her destiny with both hands, they later said. >> what are the qualities of this person whose image is so familiar to us, but his private thoughts and personality remain largely hidden -- but whose private thoughts and personality remain largely hidden? qualities which have sustained her, continuing with support of the monarchy, as evidenced during last year's wedding between prince william and kate middleton. >> all of these big locations, the jubilees, the weddings -- that sort of thing -- big occasions, the jubilees, the weddings -- that sort of thing, i think she was hugely interest by the support -- encouraged by the support and affection of those around her. >> there is certainty abou

winston churchill once said give it the order of the boot. it does not belong in there. it is illegal. it does not justification for it. it is a pure give the public funds. thank you. >> good evening again. my name is david fozzio. i am the founder of helix opportunity, a disability services firm. my comments are more directed toward the ceqa and mitigation monitoring and reporting program. there are obvious adverse social and economic factors for the disability community within each of these projects. i do understand the event authority is interested in providing access features to allow the disability community to access these events and these facilities. as we move toward implementation, i want to redirect your focus away from access, toward inclusion. over 1/3 of our population lives with one or more disabilities. maximizing our participation is critically important. by statistics alone, you should expect over 100,000 disabled spectators over the next two years, as well as families and friends. 70% of all disabilities are hidden or invisible, just like mine are. i en

again, quo tote -- to quote winston churchill, it is a terrible system. it is just better than any other one. i met with the brazilian supreme court. they have just met with the united states supreme court less than a month ago to deal with their issues. in brazil, every matter that comes before the supreme court of brazil, they had 80,000 cases last year, 80,000, obviously, no justice. you cannot have a system that wants to review 80,000 cases. i do think our appellate system could use some tweaking, but by and large, the florida -- i am not sure i agree with that -- almost certainly respected -- the florida supreme court's motto is, you'll appreciate this, i will not give you the latin version, but the translation is "soon enough, if correct." that is the actual motto. sometimes soon enough is not soon enough. you are correct. as you know, professor, the supreme court of the united states takes such few cases that usually the intermediary court decision is the final one. we have to fill the bench. it is going to be worse every day if we have an empty fe

did he do more than any other world leader, including winston churchill? yes. far more than any of them. could he ultimately have stopped the holocaust? no. united states didn't have troops on the ground in europe, except for italy, until when? come on. you all know. june you have 1941. it took months to consolidate. but we'll talk a little more about this when we get to the world war ii period. so by 1937, 1938, attention is beginning to shift. you know, the first term is all about the great depression, domestic policy, changing the fundamental politics and policies of america. by the time you're getting towards the middle of the second term, foreign policy is becoming extremely important, and would soon come to dominate domestic policy. but in the meantime, as roosevelt is going into the midterm election year of 1938, he suffers another setback on top of the court-packing setback. and it's evident from this chart. what's the setback he suffers in '37, '38? >> he starts cutting government spending which leads to a drop in gdp. kind of -- what's called -- today

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general that quote from general burgess, i believe the first person that made that statement was winston churchill, and he said the united states and britain were two countries separated by a common language. i didn't want to out you, general burgess, but someone was going to do it sooner or later. >> well, i appreciate that. >> it actually goes to one of the points that i need to make this morning and to ask both of you for your advice on, and that's words do count. and i also sit on the foreign relations committee, and the last few days we've been trying to put together a resolution with respect to syria. and first i would say, director, that your comments, your testimony ask your comments -- people think they need to do something, but we have to be careful what we do. we have to be careful about the statements we make about the senate, and i have had a number of occasions to attempt to look at some of these statements that are well meaning but hastily drawn, and sometimes overconclusive in their tone and yet are not really complete in the detail. and these things are pulled into the media, and

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think of letters to george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, winston churchill, in this case kennedy. we find the most interesting, most important pieces, and find clients. sometimes those clients are private collectors, sometimes they're museums, governmental institutions. we have clients on both sides of the atlantic, from all spectrums of life. >> as we listen to these recordings, really some fascinating material. >> it's -- listen, this is the most important addition to the historical record for the kennedy assassination in a very long time. for americans who are -- i think the -- no matter what you actually believe, most americans feel that the entire story of the kennedy assassination has yet to be told. and this is an additional piece of the puzzle. there's no denying that at the end of the day, when researchers have a chance to listen to this, we'll know more about the kennedy assassination than we did before. >> nathan raab joining us from philadelphia, thanks as always for being with us. >> thank you. >> and you're listening to "washington today" on c-span radi

winston churchill calls the petition of right the main foundation of english, the charter of every self respecting man at any time in any land. now, for much of the time that cook struggling with to kang's to preserve english liberty, at his side was a young man taking notes. they grew so close that he referred to him as his son. the boy was roger williams. williams did not read or study it cook. he had been beside them, gun with him to the star chamber, the privy council, parliament, direct confrontations with the king in person, to gangs, and his views on liberty ran in his veins. he believe in liberty. by the time of the petition of rights, 1628, williams is no longer a boy. he finished cambridge, a brilliant career as a scholar, and he was a young minister. within days of agreeing to the petition of right charles began violating it. one of the key issues was he was collecting taxes without parliamentary approval. he just agreed never to do it again and started doing it, but in even greater issue was the church of england and its continued drift toward catholicism in this really in p

it reminded me of winston churchill. he gave some 45 speeches in the house of commons where he basically said i know we are not used to worrying about the rest , but therld the germans are re-arming. i had never read his book. that title reminded me of what we are slipping into now. a country that somehow believes we can go bacto our island mentality, that we are over here on the oer side of the world and the rest of the world will take care of itself. we cannot do that if we want to be successful. that is the spirit of the book and whi wrote it. host: i will segue quickly into presidential politics. notm wondering whether or you think there is sufficient discussion during this year about international relations. guest: it is a completely insufficient discussion of international matters in the campaign partly because of this manipulati. the candidates on the republican side do not really want to talk about foreign policy partly because of the legacy of the bush administration and partly because barack obama has done a pr

and whose own monarchy was announced by no less than prime minister winston churchill in britain. all, known them all. all of those presidents, all of the prime ministers, all the poapst, six of them. and her reign alone, more than twice the length of john paul ii to rome. elizabeth came to power when her country was still a super power and a decade before t-- she was there before the space race and a survivor of almost everything bad and sensation, and flights on the moon. former daughter-in-law who we're told drove her looney. and a woman put a stiff upper lip and being timeless. you know, they say monarchies is cliche and british love theirs and sometimes icy monarch, which royalty is not, but, fairy tale royal weddings remain unlike anything else. in the u.s. when the u.s. president can serve eight years and the most powerful papacy 30 years tops and there's something uniquely elizabethen, and synonymous with the the golden renaissance age in british history, 1658-1603. that was a good rein, a good answer, what do you think of yours. and elizabeth, the a least the modern day.

winston churchill called the petition of right the main foundation of english freedom. every self-respect in man at any time and in any land. for much of the pogo that he was struggling with to preserve english liberty, at his side was the young emanu-el taking notes. he grew so close that he referred to him as his son to be the bully was roger williams. williams hadn't read khator studied him. he had been beside him going with him to the privy council to parliament to direct conversations with the king in person, and his view on the liberty ran in his veins. he believed in liberty. by the time of the petition of rights, 1628, williams is no longer apply. he finished cambridge as a brilliant career as a scholar and he was a young minister and within days of agreeing to the petition of right and he began violating this. one of the key issues was he was collecting taxes without parliamentary approval and he just agreed never to do it again. but an even greater issue was the church of england and its continued to drift towards collis some and this enflamed the parliament w

. >> my hero winston churchill said when he switched parties for the second time. anyone can rat.takes somebody special to re-rat. make he's going to re-rat and go back to being the governor of massachusetts. >> it will be a little hard. >> you're the best. >> thank you. >> you are the funniest, smartest guy around. yeah, both, i think are true. bill maher, you're an irish guy, too. thank you for coming on. "realtime" returns this friday at 10:00 p.m. on hbo. for some reason, all these people that say they have a social life are always home friday night watching this guy. you explain. anyway, he will be at the tennessee performing arts center in nashville on march 18th. >>> up next, we're going to shift gears and talk about what's really going on in afghanistan. scary stuff with the koran getting burned over there, probably accidentally. violence and riots. these guys are just spawning for a fight against us. should we still be there? big question. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. how about a bike ride? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better, little dancing tonight

mary sones, who is the youngestster of the queen's first prime minister, winston churchill told me when elizabeth was a young 25-year-old queen, her father had been impressed by her attentiveness that she always paid attention to whatever she was doing. it's hard to imagine that the amount of information that the queen has accumulated in six decades and she has used it to exercise it on her right to be consulted and encouraged and to be warned when she meet with government officials as well as senior officials and judges who come to her for confidential private audiences. as she once said, the fact that there's nobody else there, gives them a feeling that they can say what they like. the most important encounters have been the weekly audiences with her 12 prime ministers. consider the trajectory, from churchill who was born in the 19th century and saved in the army of her great, great great grandmother, queen victoria, to david cameron, her current prime minister who was born three years after her youngest child, prince edward. she actually glimpsed for the first time her future twelfth

mary films was the youngest daughter of the queen's first prime minister, winston churchill told me when elizabeth was a young 25-year-old queen, her father had been in christ by harry attentiveness, and that she always paid attention to whatever she was doing. it's hard to imagine the amount of information that the queen has accumulated over six decades and she has used this in exercising her right to be consulted, to encourage and to warn when she meets with government officials as well as senior military officers, clergymen, diplomats and judges who come to her for confidential private audiences. as she once said, the fact that there's nobody else there gives them a feeling they can say what they like. the most important encounters that these encounters have been too weekly audiences at 12 prime ministers. consider patricia terry from churchill who was born and i made him century and served in the army of her great, great-grandmother queen victoria to david cameron, her current prime minister who was born three years after her youngest child, prince edward. she actually glimpsed the f

what happens to winston churchill, a pretty good or leader in 1945. he is out the door. the readjustment means a lot of things to turn now. republicans take the house and the senate in 1946. harry truman keeps going up and down in the popularity. by the spring of 1947 -- 1948 he is down and the low 30's in terms of popularity. and it's not only a republican democrat thing going on, the democratic party is splitting three wace, not just two ways, not just you have some sort of carter teddy kennedy thing going on, not a george bush pat buchanan thing going on. it is being split. the left, center, and the right. on the right you have the southern segregationist democrats. franklin roosevelt had talked a good game was black civil-rights he really hadn't done anything. remember that the army and navy in world war ii are still segregated. there is no move to desegregate anything in the country. harry truman proposes of big civil rights program at the beginning of 1948. the southern democrats are simply aghast by this, and beyond that they feel personally betrayed because they

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