but woodrow wilson's weapons were ideas and ideals. for the great masses of the peoples of the world, bloody and battered and sickened by war, wilson's design for the future brought a new hope. >> his words reached out across the world, ideas more explosive than any barrage of shells. they slipped through the enemy line on their enemy door his words drove wedges between the people and their autocratic ruling. they lifted the hopes of freedom among mankind, exhausted, starving and defeated in battle, the enemy states of october 1918 began pleads for an armistice in which to negotiate a peace. the signing of the armistice agreement on november 11, 1918, was the mark of abject surrender by the central powers. the fighting men of both sides joyously climbed out of the trenches, cleaned off the filth and fraternized within the barbed wire of no man's land. ♪ still greater achievement by the president was embodied in these settlements. he secured agreement on both of the allies and the enemy states at the basis of peace should be his points.

liberal internationalism as an explanation. >> the only way to deal with this was to go back to woodrow wilson. and to study in more depth than i had before what wilson had to say. >> what i discovered, does this work better? >> okay. >> so what i found in going back to woodrow wilson was that for him, democracy was very much a question of time and place. you cannot expect the democracy will spread globally. either quickly or easily or perhaps at all. >> he illustrated this with the french revolution. as opposed to the american revolution. our revolution he said was barely a revolution at all. we were simply asserting the rights of the english and institutions that were colonial and had been built by the english. the french on the other hand, and we were doing it by the way with the support of the church. and the church was most involved in this one is which one? the presbyterian church which was woodrow wilson was a member of. that calvinism in general was the opposite of the anglican church. so what we have here is an argument that democracy is something that is suited only to certain people

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chris: it was about the way princeton chose woodrow wilson and the memory of woodrow wilson who is kinda second founder , of the university. he was not only a princeton alum nus who went on to become the president of the united states and he transformed the university into a great research university. we honor him and we talk about him. the protesters ask that we take the name of woodrow wilson off of the school of international affairs and the residential college. we convened a trustee committee that consider that issue. we had a campus-wide discussion and a community-wide discussion that involved a lot of input and we came out, saying that we are going to keep that name on both the college and the school of public international affairs. but we are going to change the way about week -- the way we talk about woodrow wilson to recognize both his serious flaws on the issues of race and more generally the aspects of our history that we need to own up to and have not talked enough about. david: is it fair to say that woodrow wilson is a racist? chris: i would say that. i might characterize

so this is woodrow wilson articulation of what the war is about. the question here, what is seen and what it is, is this why american soldiers are fighting? for these soldiers enlisting or complying with selective service, training, going to france, what are their ideas -- what in their minds is the war all about? and here in fact, if we look at the words of soldiers themselves, we're going to see quite difference of reasons or explanations for that the war represents to them. here i have some quotes from some soldiers' letters, and it's always interesting question to ask how much these ideas match up with what woodrow wilson said. so the first one here, here was our one great chance for excitement and risk. we cannot afford to pass it up. there's no doubt that for many of the men entering into the military and going to france, this was for them the great adventure of their lives. they understood the war as an historic event, the most important historic event they would live through. many didn't have crystal balls that other things were coming down

david: woodrow wilson is a segway to economic diversity. a predecessor and he went on a campaign to make princeton less elite. he was not in favor of racial diversity or in terms of sex, but he pushed to make princeton feel less like a country club. he failed, but it launched his political career. chris: it took the university on a trajectory that changed it, including hiring our first catholic. david: and it made the school more academically rigorous. you have made this integral to your presidency. as is interesting. for decades, we have talked about ethnic and racial diversity and we have had conservatives talk about political diversity. saysis different and this that many campuses have achieved some kind of diversity, but the student body is affluent. chris: we look at our numbers and we have a financial aid program that we think of as "best in class" and makes the university of affordable. undergraduatet education. we thought we we get diversity in the undergraduate student body. , we lookedyears ago at how we were doing and we found 7%

. ♪ ♪ >>> on the eve of grave decisions on april 2, 1917, an anxious president woodrow wilson voices fore bodying, and they'll forget there was such a thing as tolerance. to fight, you must be brutal and ruthless. conformity would be the only virtue. ♪ ♪ >> days later, with the president leading as he must, america is at war. all doubts are now submerged. all separate voices drowned out by the great chorus of the war effort. do your bit for the boys over there ♪ ♪ >> the spirit of 17 on the american home front, a nation rallying to the war. behind them, keeping the spirit moved is the machinery of government. a new agency set up by the president under a journalist named george creole with his committee on public information which will grow from a handful to 150,000, creole tackles the war effort as a plain publicity proposition. the world's greatest adventure in advertising. it will be an all-star production off stage and on. ♪ ♪ the march king, drumming up sales of liberty bonds with the star of the metropolitan opera, anna case as soloist. ♪ ♪ >> booth tarkenton, author of the best

with the idea that the bible also says blessed are the peacemakers and if you go back to what woodrow wilson claimed this was a war to end all so perhaps he would be able to actually reconcile his belief in that notion and he does so in a sense this story represents the things we' we like to beliee about how we go to the war that we are reluctant to fight but yet once we are convinced that the cause is righteous we are fantastic at it and we'll d we a good job even if initially we have doubt that if we end the story there, we missed some important elements of what he represents. he is exactly a few months from his birthday somebody this close to being out of the purview of the government yet he comes from this impoverished community in tennessee and he's not so sure himself that he made the right decision. he dealt his whole life as he builds schools and roads and does good work in the community. he wondered if god would publish them for killing that if he put that behind him the last soldier i want to mention. for many people at home the idea is one of the soldiers that was able to fight. t

and of course, this is being led by teddy roosevelt, who probably hates woodrow wilson only slightly ss than the kaiser. wilson sees that the movement towards preparedness is really a political krujal that will be used on his administration. by the time we get to january of 1917 with the beginning of unrestricted submarine warfare by the germans the majority of americans have come to see that this war is inevitable. that will become a problem because the united states army is ranked 17th in the world behind romania and portugal. if we go to war, that will be a problem. woodrow wilson, who for political and idealogical reasons had long been an opponent of conscription, automatically has a road to damascus moment. so, in late march, in fact 28th of march, 1917, woodrow wilson does an about-face. he is a progressive. he realizes that if we go to war we'll be up against it in fielding an army. he is guided more than anything else than by the experience of the british. if you look at britain. they go to war in 1914. in many ways their situation mirrored the american situation in 1917. a lo

faulkner: woodrow wilson realizes he is breaking tradition. this is going to be the first army in american history that will be based primarily along conscription. 72% of the americans hope the world will be conscripts. he recognizes that will create a couple of challenges. he will have to start the congress and the american people. the second is, when you create this system and has to create those requirements of total war. who will stay in the factories, fields and who will make sure civil society runs? based upon the experience of the american civil war, we have to create a system that will feed the american people to be as equitable, as just and as democratic as possible. he will work on these simultaneously. the first thing is to sell it to the american people. the first thing you do is change the name. the draft and constriction has bad connotation. the senator from north carolina -- he is from missouri actually. it is between a conscripts and a convict. [laughter] dr. faulkner: we have to change these perceptions. you don't call it a dr

here is a good picture of what is happening outside, usually camera, we could easily see to the woodrow wilson bridge. barely see the capitol wheel. temperatures dropping down not rain totals getting up to n inch, close to.8 in rockville, bowie, 2/3. let me show you the rain right now. dealing with severe weather. the rain comes down very helly and some lightning with it as well. gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour, so just below severe criteria. you can see here, the colors for ohio and west virginia counties. that's a severe thunderstorm watch. actually one in place for our area. let's talk is, a at's really all it few thunder and lightning strikes. that's about it. more of that as we get farther to the southwest. let's zoom in closer to d.c. and you'll notice this, we'll pause this. rain making its way to the west side of the district. for that t ready leiter rain right around the national mall. you can see the left side of the to the west side, we are looking for things breaking down some. some heavy rain moving through here, i think this is our best chance to see some really gusty winds, again

fulfillhe obligation to woodrow wilson's league of nations. the second was to get russia into the war against japan. wasmber, more in europe over may 10. the war in japan was not over until we dropped the atomic bomb. i know that date because it is august 15, 1945. so that roosevelt did not know that they were going to drop the atomic bomb. he might have come if you lived, might have given the order. he did not know then. getting russia into the war was important to him in order to lives as many american possible. with the benefit of hindsight, we can all say that stalin got the best deal at yalta, but it doesn't take into account all the considerations which president roosevelt had in mind at yalta at that time. couple of other wonderful questions. forgive me for not answering. thank you very much. [applause] you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. james talked about the classified u.s. army special forces detachments that were stationed in be

women who went after woodrow wilson and were horrifically upset. is a new museum that is going to open very soon i think. it will feature some of this history of the suffrages who had been there. it is absolutely horrific. that is that the whole story. there was not going to be a amendment if it had just been for the nationalist party here in washington dc yes? how did this work with frontier america and the women votes? withe question has to do white isn't though west so early? there is numerous studies trying to explain that. there are a lot of explanations out there. i think the most telling is that the political structure and infrastructure of politics in the east is so well-established that it it can stand to any challenge. in the west that infrastructure is still new. wyoming had just become a territory. think political structures were less firm. you have generations of family who had been in control of the institutions. behindd left this money with these old institutions. they are weaker. institutions can be challenged and defeated. i would

to form the united nations itself to fulfill woodrow , wilson's league of nations. the second was to get russia into the war against japan. remember, war in europe was over may 8-10. the war in japan was not over until we dropped the atomic bomb. i know that date because it is my birthday, august 15, 1945. so that roosevelt did not know that they were going to drop the atomic bomb. he might have if he lived, might have given the order. he did not know then. getting russia into the war was important to him in order to save as a many american lives as -- for the necessary japanese invasion as possible. with the benefit of hindsight, we can all say that stalin got the best deal at yalta, but it doesn't take into account all the considerations which president roosevelt had in mind at yalta at that time. i think dale gregory -- there are a couple of other wonderful questions here. you will forgive me for not answering. i thank you very much. [applause] >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, appalachian stat

. >> the woodrow wilson bridge showing a normal commute. >> a pretty morning for us. >> in ft.on, allentown road at webster lane. the rest of prince george's county looking okay. >> that crash s little slow. beltway overall looking good. looking pretty good as well. inner loop, broken down bus. 95 before 6:10. in fredericksburg, westbound 3 at cherry road, still blocked there are open after that crash reconstruction. 270 is the half of the beltway. 66 inbound, 95 northbound there in virginia, kwaubt coe to the beltway looking okay as well. remember to listen to wtop so 3.5 fm when you hop into your car. sheena parveen is here. >> good morning, melissa. going to be a hot one today. however you need to cool off, stay cool. temperatures will be feeling like 105 degrees. however you need to do that, severe storm threat possible. chuck will be back to talk about that in a second. otherwise, we have heat relief into the weekend. relatively speaking, it will be relief for the so some heat tips for you. stay hydrated today. check on the elderly and your neighbors. never leave children

the election thing has nothing to do with the hostility coming out of the area around the woodrow wilsonter called washington, d.c., where if you were to poll members of congress, you might get 100% agreement that russia is a bad and evil place and undoing everything in america and that has to stop and the president has to begin to explain to the americans why he is open to a different policy towards russia. >> okay. so then who else besides the presidents do you, pe expect wi attend that meeting? >> i think mr. tillerson is going to go to the meeting. i think mr. love roth is goiavr go to the meeting. the unspoken person in the room is going to be the approximate earn that putin and donald trump have in common. hillary clinton. the clintons are despised, disparaged by putin. >> matthew, to you now, since you mentioned the woodrow wilson center, what tactics has trump used with other world leaders and how do you expect him to approach this particular situation? >> so putin really is a master of detail. i think he will be prepared. he may not be looking to get into a detailed conversation

jane harmon, director of woodrow wilson center. former congresswoman from california. >>> standing their ground. more than 40 states refusing to send voter data to the white house. rejecting the president's request. >> this process to me at this point looks like it is questionable at best. reckless and harmful at worse. i don't trust it. don't take my word for it. 40 other states said the same thing. either completely or partially. i have real concerns about this effort nationally. >> plus, newly discovered photograph suggests that amelia earhart may have survived the crash landing thought to have killed her 80 years ago. this is quite a story. we will explain after the break. ready for some relief? xiidra is the first and only eye drop approved for both the signs and symptoms of dry eye. one drop in each eye, twice a day. common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. don't touch container tip to your eye or any surface. remove contacts before using xi

joining us jane harmon director and president of the woodrow wilson center, former nine-term member ofs. good to see you again. thank you for being with us. this business of undisclosed meetings. jared kushner now on his third meeting. the number of people associated with donald trump who took meetings that were previously undisclosed. you've been involved in foreign affairs you're entire career. what is one supposed to make of all this. >> well, what's one supposed to make of that time line you just read. my answer to that is a time line is not an indictment but it's a good thing we have a special counsel looking at all this. i'm going to wait to conclude what it means until i hear from bob mueller. but on this point, if you're a candidate for office, and i certainly was many times, donald trump was not, but he was the presumptive nominee, as you just said, you have to be careful. he had some sophisticated people in his campaign by this time. paul manafort is one of those people. if people came to me and they wanted to share some negative information about my opponent, i wouldn't nece

. >> woodrow wilson. >> okay. kay. >> maybe -- >> yeah.go with mike. >> the correct answer is woodrow wilson. >> chance to redeem yourselves. we're going inform two out of three. >> gasia. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> pop them up there one more time. it is not trumble. thomas jefferson. >> it was a group effort. >> yes. >> thank you for weighing in with us. we would like to test your knowledge of the u.s. history. go to ktvu.com. we have practice questions for you on the web links section of our website. >>> coming up next on mornings on 2 the 9 concrete blocks turn into works of art in melbourne. how they're changing the conversation about two tragic incidents in the city. >>> and jets, drones and maybe even a volleyball theme. new details we're finding out about the highly anticipated sequel to top gun. >> fulfill the need. >> the need for a civics lesson. >> history. >> hopefully our teachers are not watching. it's been awhile since you first knew. there's something very different about you. you have the power to make your marsh

we've got a guy discussed both issues with former congresswoman and current president of the woodrow wilson center jane harman. jane harman just how aggressive the navy's this retaliation by vladimir putin ordering the u. s. to cautious diplomatic stuff in russia. it's unusual. there was a time last fall when sanctions were raised and he did not do it. i think anticipating that. we would have friendlier relations. but i think the inconvenience of this. is much less than that much less important than the fact that the congress and the executive branch are communicating with one voic. and i think vladimir putin responses strains and this is strength. so is it possible band that rushes home to tend to into faye with the u. s. selection is actually back five because now you have as you say congress. acting as a check on the executive a boxing the president and with a sanctions bill against russia. well i don't know that backfires a word i would pick because. they were pretty effective. but have has it caused us to respond forcefully yes our obama did respond in december. and there had been conv

at the woodrow wilson center who joins us now from washington at thank you so much for joining us just tell us. what you think this means for pakistan? well at the moment of uncertainty. have to precariously walmart creek talk but just because they going all out country. and when you have a sudden change of power is a lot of uncertainty i think pakistan have come a long way from its past when. one could expect in public dressed up the military which step and. using a rationale that changed injuring you could be in there to promote stability and kill there could be a new election. i don't think it will happen i think is going to be a very smooth transition. iraqi but the ruling plm party well i'm actually quickly to come up with a your successor in the washer retooled and serve out the remainder of his what's your read. and te washer which children i'm sure bond hearings really hadn't been mentioned that all of these telemarketers investigations like think of him. it emerges credibility and not of tarnished and other members of his family which suggested he really could be a top. candid

he has been legal counsel to the senate for relations committee, a fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars in washington dc. and thomas hawkins johnson visiting scholar at themilitary academy in west point. professor glenn and has served as a consultant of the various irrational committees, u.s. state department and the international atomic energy agency. he is a member of the american law institute and a counsel for formulations. -- four foreign relations. his op-ed pieces have appeared in the new york times, washington post, los angeles thes, financial times and paperback edition of his latest book, national security" and it was published this year by oxford university press. he is the author of the article security breach any current issue of harper's magazine. i contain that this book, national security" meant is one of the most profound and insightful books you will ever read. it is with real pleasure, please welcome professor michael glennon. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction, thank you for inviting me to be here and for organizing this

and then next to him the president woodrow wilson. he happened him to sign it, so he simply sent it to over to the white house and had him sign it. he recognized the significance of the armistice and fabric and didn't want to tear up the walls, so she simply had an extension cord runoff the chandelier here in this room. so the desk in this office is actually a colonial revival copy of the desk washington used in the city. so i think that was another connection the family was trying to make. the office is time capsule as well and shows how well the family kept things here in the house. they modernized the house in 1913, 1914 adding electricity and the telephone systems. here's the original telephone, and it was actually an intercom system as well. and right next to it a slight rotary dial telephone from the late 1960s. we actually go from the office now into what was more the servants area of the house, some of the corridors and spaces that were used by the family servants. so now we're in the back hall, an area of the house that was t

also got inner loop delays on maryland into virginias you approach the woodrow wilson bridge back to 395 inside the beltway stacked up from edsall road to king street. 210 northbound was reopen last hour but the crash investigation between kirby hill and palmer road continues fort southbound side. the southbound side is closed follow local detours or avoid the area altogether. despite the fact the northbound side is open it's pretty heavy. george washington parkway northbound crash right lane is blocked near spout run parkway heavy delays taking you all the way down to the 66 interchange. northbound knife we have not look at this all morning long. we don't have any issues going through stafford county. so that's great. as you're headed all the way up into prince william county it doesn't look like we see many delays a little bit as you approach occoquan break free those delays and it's smooth sailing all the way up to the beltway. there's another look at 395 northbound again edsall road to the pentagon that's our heavy stripe of jammed traffic. not moving anywhere there. there was an

locally, a look at woodrow wilson bridge. 76 degrees with a feels like but look at this number -- 72. this is the feels-like temperature. it will feel gross out there. we have a change in the weather pattern. this weather system in the north as it comes in with the higher send a shower of by noon-1:00 today. and around stafford quantico, 96 with a change for friday into the weekend. on saturday with low humidity. so even though the numbers look the theoryll feel different compared to the next four days. is on for those on the road. problems northbound along i-95. another incident involving a tractor-trailer. orthbound 95 before the exit stafford, only the left lane is coming through. travelinge commute from fredericksburg with the new the exit for stafford. group one is starting to back up in stafford. 295, the road work with the alldent at malcolm x., gone. a 24 minute ride from the beltway into southeast washington. back in 10 minutes to update your ride what's better than an iced or frozen coffee on a hot summer day? nothing. dunkin's got all your fav