and the answer is harry truman digs his heels in and says here's the way it's going to be. were as president johnson is like, this, just go about your business. so johnson, if there is a villain in the book, johnson is it. he is just a terrible president. >> something you said kind of peaked my interest. you mentioned briefly that there was some interest in our policy of land redistribution. can you fill that out a little bit? did he ever get anywhere and liked what was it means or sort of the structure of that plan? >> bear in mind is a lot of areas in the south were early on during the war, whites abandoned the coast of south olympic they abandoned the coast of georgia. that, of course, is one of the first place as u.s. forces land early on. 63, have taken over the coast of south carolina. the whites flee inland. so that our giant pockets in the south with her on the whites. there are areas where the soldiers arrived, slaves moved into the plantation big house, divided the land up, and the number of the generals, people like sherman who are not progressive economic and ha

i support national health care, since harry truman introduced it 60 years ago. i want it to be successful, i still want it to be successful. but the way democrats have to take ownership that we believe in government. we have to take ownership that we messed up. and nancy pelosi should say that. we messed up. and if we're going to fix this, we have to take ownership of the responsibility and not say i don't know. >> you know what is crazy about it. we just had mark teesen on a moment ago saying that 72% say they have no faith in big government. and now you have somebody as powerful as nancy pelosi is, and of course she was the speaker of the house at the time this bill passed, this massive law, coming out and say she has no idea how the crux of the rollout, that is healthcare.gov went so very badly. >> well, i know how it went badly. there are some things that government doesn't do as well as the private sector. president clinton made it possible to be a progressive and pro-business. we should have turned over the job of developing this software to the private se

harry truman? richard nixon? jimmy carter? or george h.w. bush? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. this week i'm recommending a film instead of a book, it's called "silicon valley" and it aired as part of pbs's american series. the documentary makes you realize how unique the culture of silicon valley is, but also how accidental it is that it happened to be located in california. it was all thanks to just one man. and now for the last look. today is super bowl sunday here in the united states. the biggest day of the year for the national football league. it's a huge event in america, of course. compared to what the rest of the world calls football, all this fanfare is a drop in the bucket. let's check the numbers. more than 100 million people will probably tune in to the super bowl, but over 900 million people tuned into the 2010 world cup final and more than 3.2 billion fans watched part of the tournament. the world's most valuable football team, which i mean soccer team, real madrid, is reportedly valued at $1 billion more than th

and kennedy remembered what harry truman had said, "the buck stops here." pigs heafter the bay of was absolutely determined to make up his own mind, here with the experts had to say, weigh what they were telling him, but at the end of the day he was going to make the judgment and he was the responsible party. and you see that. that was abundantly clear when those and readll the transcripts of all of those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. he was making up his own mind. joint chiefs at arms length. they wanted to bomb, invade, and he did not want to do it. look at the kennedy administration sunday night at 8:00. next, jason furman, the chair of the white house council of economic advisers. he provides a look for the economy for the year ahead. speaking at the christian science monitor breakfast for about an hour. >> thank you all for coming. our guest is jason furman. this is his first visit with our group although we have been honored to address a number of his right assessors starting with herbert stein. this came into 1996 during

or when harry truman desegregated the armed forces or dwight eisenhower issued desegregation. schools. the actions that have been taken by previous presidents so outstrip anything that obama has done that it just is ludicrous. >> you know, joy, to your point, as i mentioned in the opening, this is a name that we've heard for a long time trying to undermine his authority, undermine the president in general. i cannot believe that this is a smart strategy going into 2014 because we're talking about an expense, even though they don't have standing to bring a lawsuit. not to mention they're trying to say they're not obstructionists but this looks obstruction iist. >> it does but we're still talking about the republicans from the primary season, when they still need to feed the base, where president obama is a horrible dictator is a very important message. as a general election matter, it would make no sense. but as we remain in primary season, there's still a political incentive for republicans to talk this way and to float the ideas, even ludicrous ideas like suing the preds. once

and he kennedy remembered what harry truman said, the buck stops here. after the bay of pigs he was determined to make up his own mind, hear what these experts had to say, weigh what they were telling him but at the end of the day he was going to make the judgment and he was the responsibility party and you see that, you say that -- that was abundantly clear when you listen to all those and read e transcripts of all those those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. you know he hell the joint chiefs taylor at arms length. he didn't want to do it. >> you couldn't figure out in your book whether he liked maxwell taylor or he didn't. i know he didn't like the chiefs at all. >> they all seem to hate the military. >> well, taylor, you see, began with a kind of cachay because he was sort of kennedy's guide and kennedy made him the chairman of the joint chiefs. but i think over time the fact that taylor so much reflected what the joint chiefs were saying during the cuban missile crisis and subsequently about cuba as well that kennedy became skeptical of him i d

truman ordered the military to desegregate. where does it stand today nearly 70 years later? i'm going to ask colonel irving smith a west point professor who studied the role of race. later worldwide premier of a music enjoyed from imagine dragons. the band created exclusively for the wounded warrior project. you'll not want to miss it. but first we're going to hear the story of jason earhart an army infantryman who answered the call to serve following 9/11. he was gravely wounded on his first day of free elections in iraq. this is the first installment of "wounded." >> a lot of great people in government are working to take ware of our warriors but there's a lot of problem and we just can't get upset about those problems. we have to find solutions and go to congress go to the administration and say take action, here is something you can do to help our warriors and their families our ability to change legislation and push the va and department of defense and congress to support our warriors and their families. it's one of our g

every president since harry truman has urged our policy remain one that europe remain whole, free and prosperous. and at peace obviously. so this policy has to be articulated and openly done so by ambassador burns. let me say that even though the first question is what is putin going to do, the real issue is what are the europeans and united states going to do? because ukraine right now is basically a basket case. they are on the verge of bankruptcy had incredible corruption and the question will be who wants to own that debt and how can we help in a way that provides economic assistance and political assistance and diplomatic assistance. how can we do that in the short term. if we sit back, putin will move in away that will be adverse in the interest of the you'ukraini and united states. >> a new poll shows 53% of americans think president obama is not respected on the world stage. david, is this a moment where the u.s. needs to be more engaged in ukraine? >> we should be engaged not because of the gallup poll but was there are strategic reasons to be engaged. what you've seen in the

that was the case when harry truman decided in 1948 to desegregate the armed forces. and when president abraham lincoln declared in emancipation proclamation that slaves should henceforth be free. it is the same kind of definitive change president obama was able to make during his first term when he used an executive order to defer deportation of young undocumented immigrants. and to stop challenging the defense of marriage act. this is now. this is the second term and a midterm election year. that means the president is looking not only to set the 2014 election agenda, but also cement his long-term legacy. and to do that, he'll have to put in place policy changes that can't be swept away with the presidential pen. he'll have to use his own pen to add his name to legislation instead of exclusively executive orders. you can't do that unless congress gives him something to sign. joining the table is liz winnstedt. what can the president do alone? >> the president without a doubt been dealt a tough hand. it's a tough hand in part because republicans have been so obstruct

truman ordered the military to desegregate. where does it stand today nearly 70 years later? i'm going to ask colonel irving smith a west point professor who studied the role of race. later worldwide premier of a music enjoyed from imagine dragons. the band created exclusively for the wounded warrior project. you'll n

truman had said, the buck stops here. and i think after that bay of pigs, he was absolutely determined to make up his own mind, hear what these experts had to say, weigh what they were telling him, but at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment and he was the responsible party, and you see that, you see that, that was abundantly clear when you listened to all those and read the transcripts of all those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. he was the one who was making his own mind and only held the joint chiefs at arm's length. they wanted to bomb, invade, and he didn't want to do it. >> an inside look at the kennedy administration, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's empty q&a." >> next, the challenges of implementing state health insurance exchanges with the officials running the exchanges. speakers include audrey haynes, secretary for the kentucky cabinet for health and family services. she was a guest of first lady michelle obama during the state of the union address. and experts repre

and harry truman, as we all know, won the election. well, guess what? he had the opportunity to appoint a number of people to the nlrb. and that issue was brought before the nlrb again and guess what, this time the nlrb ruled that, no, it is appropriate for unions to negotiate for pensions. to american for health care benefits. and that is the result of an election contest and the union movement coming together, it was the genesis of a generation that had prosperity and opportunities perhaps unparalleled anywhere in the history of this country. i've submitted, back when my generation entered into the employment market, if you were going to be a failure, you had to have a plan. there were just such an abundance of opportunities. and i'm sometimes ashamed and embarrassed that my generation doesn't want to step up and do for this generation and the next generation what was done for us. . so i commepped you for what you're doing here today and i want to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from pennsylvania. we could go on, we could add more t

truman. anyway, he had his day in congress. he made a dramatic speech and then he started out of the chamber, and mrs. macarthur was seated where normally the first lady sits, in that gallery. gen. macarthur stopped dead still and looked up and blew her a kiss, and he had just said before he left the podium that he remembered an old army barracks song, "old soldiers never die; they just fade away." the guy sitting on the seat next to us said, "hamlet, next week hamlet." it was pure theater, and so much politics is theater, don't you think? c-span: when you talk to those kids, how often do you say things like, "well, if you could have only seen it in my day"? what do they do when you say that? >> guest: sometimes they turn off their ears, but what i try to do, because i do think conversation is a dying art form in this country -- we're viewers, we're watchers so much more than we are talkers -- i try to instill that in them around the table. i do try to tell them stories about politics but als

what harry truman sent said, the buck stops here. he was determined to make up as mind, way-- his own with the experts said, but at the end of the day he was going to make the judgment, and he was the responsible party. you see that, that was abundantly clear when you listen to all of those, and read the transcripts of all of those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man, he was the one that was making his own mind. the joint chiefs were at arms length. they wanted to bomb, invade, and he would not do it. >> [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> after several years of wrangling, the house has passed a five-year farm bill. now it is up to the senate and that will be happening this week. join us on newsmakers is senator debbie stabenow. she is chairman of the agriculture committee. our panelists are alan bjerga of bloomberg news, and ed o'keefe of "the washington post." mr. bjerga, you may start the questioning. >> thank you. >> senator, you seem poised to see the passage of a piece of

it's something that goes back to the emancipation proclamation to when harry truman integrated the armed forces. this is an important part of our history. and let's not mention that president obama has issued fewer executive orders than president bush, than president clinton, than most of his predecessors. so to say this is governing by fiat is just rich. >> well, it's also ironic for him to say, krystal, that the legislation, the congress writes laws. that must have been back in the good old days, because this congress doesn't write any law. >> they might write them. they don't pass them. >> you know, at a candidate forum in georgia just this weekend, a gop senate candidate, the gop senate candidates were asked if they would impeach the president. take a listen. >> clinton was impeached for perjury. obama has perjured himself on multiple occasions. would you support impeachment if presented for a vote? >> now, these are republicans running for the senate. three of them raised their hands that the president should be impeached. >> yeah. >> this is the calling card. this is the ticket to

he liked harry truman. he eventually became a republican later in life. so i kind of have that heritage, but i was just really impressed when ronald reagan came on the political scene about the time i was coming of age politically. i liked the way he talked about the issues. i like the optimism and the sense of purpose he had. vision for the country. the way he talked about our country. it was a combination of ronald reagan and jim abner who shaped the way i look at things and drew a political lens. i am a right of center conservative, i realized that you have to be able to get things done. you have to have a record of accomplishment. to, in order have to make that possible, work with people that you may not agree with. there is always a give and take in politics. that is something that i am certainly learning as a staffer out here and something that i have tried to bring to my time in office. >> i will make three statements and i want you to finish how you feel. first of all, the state of congress today is what? think some people describe it as broken. -

truman' desegregation of the army was an executive order. lbj did discrimination ending in federal hiring and contractors. there's been bad executives. fdr's presidency was forever scored by the executive order incarcerating japanese americans. what he was saying in the state of the union, i want to go along with you, but if i can't, speak softly, carry a big stick. there's my big stick. more importantly he's saying my presidency will be remembered in part for what i began. he accentuated gay rights. we're getting energy dependence. he ended two wars. these things may take awhile to get into the history, but if he set things in motion that show a forward movement in social justice and defining inequality as the issue of our generation, then he will be remembered. >> how do you see it, rich? >> i thought the state of the union was a banal speech in the service of pick cue you know agenda. big clinton played small ball with strategy in the mind as part of an effort to associate him with middle class values. this to me feels different. it feels

that's truman. >> truman. >> the buck stops here? >> not the bus. the buck. >> harry -- >> truman? >> harry truman. >> yes. that's what i just said. i swear! >> who said that, the buck stops here? >> deno. >> truman. >> i don't know. >> nixon? >> what did he do? >> he was the president. >> oh, he was? oh, my god, i feel stupid. >> well, this certainly comes as a shock to me. >> hilarious. >> the buck stops here and it's an express to heather nauert with the news. >> i always love how he does that because he never makes anybody feel humiliated. he's sweet about it in person. good morning to you. got news to bring. we all know the pharmaceutical ads that go on and on about all the possible side effects, like this. >> may include dry mouth, insomnia, sexual side effect, diarrhea, nausea, and sleepiness. >> well, are you tired of hearing all those things? today the f.d.a. will announce a shortened.cide whether those there is already plenty of evidence that a lot of people ignore those warnings. >>> the saying, anything boys can do, girls can do better. that seems to be true in a helico

truman' desegregation of the army was an executive order. jfk and lbj did discrimination ending in federal hiring and federal contractors. there's been bad executive orders. fdr's presidency was forever scarred by the executive order incarcerating japanese americans. what he was saying in the state of the union, i want to go along with you, but if i can't, speak softly, carry a big stick. there's my big stick. more importantly he's saying my presidency will be remembered, in part, for what i began. he accentuated gay rights. we're getting energy dependence. he said we shouldn't be on a war footing forever. he ended two wars. these things may take awhile to get into the history, but if he set things in motion that show a forward movement in social justice and defining inequality as the issue of our generation, then he will be remembered. >> how do you see it, rich? >> i thought the state of the union was a banal speech in the service of picuyne agenda. big clinton played small ball with strategy in the mind as part of an effort to associate h

let's talk about harry truman now and his decision to issue executive orders and we know they are very much in the news now that president obama says he is going to use them. truman was going to seize the steel mills and keep them open. in a famous opinion by jackson, he identified three categories of executive power. tell us about those and how they are relevant. >> this goes to the point you and lou made about presidents best being served to act with congress. an executive order isn't magic. because a president does something through an executive order doesn't just make it pass. in 1952, during the korean war, a war he started on his own, which a treaty cannot trump the constitution so it was an ill liget mate war. truman saw there was going to be a steel strike and he issued an execute order changing the person running the mills. congress would have the power to take control of private property for a public purpose as long as the owners were compensated. but the president they could they were argue. so they went to court and the truman administration, and lawyers in the justice depa

it is not the democratic party of harry truman anymore, folks, or even jfk. it is now the democratic party of marx and lenin. because that unions control that and the communists control the unions. they make a policy -- it might be comprehensive immigration reform, obamacare, cap and trade, green energy, whatever it is. they make it union policy and the unions make it democratic party policy. if you want to know what the democrats are going to do tomorrow, read the people's world today, the communist party paper, because what's in their paper today will be on the floor of your house tomorrow. that's how it works. that's how small groups of people -- probably less than 20,000 card-carrying communists in your country -- that so they took control of the labor unions to take policy for more than 300 million people. people.ow they do it, i will give you an example. comprehensive immigration reform. now you have been told by people like mr. graham and fellow comrades like the man from arizona, mr. mccain, that this is going to be good for the gop, right? we give th

so, i agree with harry truman. you want to live like a republican, which i do, then vote like a democrat. [applause] >> we have -- in my opinion, we have a -- might be terrible problem in this country, and it's been going on for a long, long time. and we chase it -- all of a sudden the deficit is going to kill us. it's not going to kill us. healthcare costs will kill us, didn't kell is. then energy dependence -- the thing we have been unable to do, and unable to do for a long time, is grow income. and we go and got every other thing we do and we chase everything that comes and every kind of deal we can, and it's not -- where is the joint committee on income growth? where is the foundation that looks into this? where is the bazillionaire to say that 80% of the people in the country over a long period of time is stagnant? and i -- when they give banks credit, he said it, we know how to create wealth. we don't know how to distribute it. and so i think what the democrats should do is be very succinct, clear -- and we'v

kennedy, remembered what harry truman said, the buck stops here. after the bay of pigs, he was absolutely determined to make up his own mind, hear what these experts have to say, write what they were telling him, but at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment. he was the responsible party. you see that -- that was abundantly clear when you listen to all those and read the transcripts of all of those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. he was the man who was making up his own mind. he held the joint chiefs at arms length. they wanted to bomb, invade. he didn't want to do it. >> an inside look at the kennedy administration sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." with the start of african-american history month today, "washington journal" looked at the state of u.s. race relations in 2014. the roundtable discussion was little less than an hour. your screeng us on is sophia nelson, the author of "black woman redefined." also, the author of "place, not race." both guests are joining us on this first day of february,

he remembered what harry truman buck stops here. " way what they were telling him. at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment. he was the responsible party. you see that. it was abundantly clear when you listen to all those and read the transcripts of all those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. he was making his own mind. they wanted to bomb it. he did want to do a. >> an inside look at the kennedy administration. >> directors from u.s. intelligence agencies testified on their annual assessment of worldwide threats to the united states. witnesses included john brennan, james coney, and retired lieutenant general james clapper. from the senate diligence committee, this. -- this hearing is one hour 45 minutes. >> you're fired for lying to congress and the american people. >> the meeting will come to order. i will say at the outset that we hold this hearing to provide information to the public on the intelligence community's assessment of threats facing our nation. i ask that everyone in this room remove any signs you may have and

kennedy remembered what harry truman had said. the buck stops here. after that bay of pigs, he was determined to make up his own mind. herewith the experts said, way what they were telling him, but , he wasnd of the day the responsible party. you see that. that was abundantly clear when and read the transcripts of all those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. .e was his own man he was making up his own mind. they went to bomb and invade. he did not want to do it. inside looke -- an at the kennedy in administration. hosted bybate stanford university on gun policy in the u.s.. the one-on-one debate is between john donohue, who spoke on the side of gun laws, and civil rights attorney who spoke on the rights of gun owners. this is about 1.5 hours. >> it is my pleasure to moderate this program entitled guns in america. one year after sandy hook. it is a little more than a year lanza shoter adam his way into sandy hook elementary in connecticut. --killed 20 67-year-old kids killed 26 7- year-old kids. ago, there wass also an incident in roswell where a b

i agree with carey -- harry truman, if you want to look like a republican, vote like a democrat. [applause] >> we have -- in my opinion, and before this, we have a terrible problem in this country and it is going on for a long time, all the sudden the deficit was going to kill us, then health care costs were going to kill us, that did not tell us, then energy dependence was going to kill us. the things we have been unable to do, and unable to do for a long time is grow in comes. we go and got every other thing we do and chase everything that comes and every deal we can and where is the joint committee on income growth? where is the foundation the books in to this? where is the zillionaire to say 80% of the people in this country over a longer period of time is stagnant? when they give the bank credit, we know how to create wealth but don't know how to distribute it. with the democrats should do is be succinct, we have done a lot of research, it is not an overnight, no one thing you're going to do to getting comes to grow again. their air some things you can do to help so, this --

he can be remembered for what harry truman said, the buck stops here. after bay of pigs, he was determined to make up his own mind, here with the experts have the same, but at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment that he was the responsible party and that was when you listen and read the transcripts of all of those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was so mad. he was making up his home mind. -- his own mind. they wanted to bomb, invade, and she did not want to do it. cracks inside look at the kennedy administration sunday night at 8:00 on "q and a." >> next, jason furman, chair of the white house council of economic advisors provides a look at the economy for the year ahead speaking with reporters at the christian science monitor breakfast for about an hour. >> thank you all for coming. our guest is jason furman. this is his first visit with our group although we have been honored to address a number of his right assessors starting with herbert stein. this came into 1996 during the clinton administration when he was still a grad

he can't remember harry truman it stops here. after the bay of pigs he was determined to make up his own mind. hear what these experts had to say, weigh with a they were telling him but at end of the day he was going to make the judgment and he was the responsible party. you see that. you see that -- that was a abundantly clear when you listen to all of those and read the transcript of the tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. he was the one making his own mind. >>> coming up next the state of the state addresses. now new mexico governor giving her annual state of the state address. she spoke before a joint session of the state legislature in santa fe at the capitol building known as the round house. [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] welcome, governor martinez. we are pleased to have you here. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. liewnlt governor, senatenor; se president, mr. speaker, democrats and republican leaders,est steamed members of new mexico legi

he liked harry truman. he eventually became a republican later in life. so i kind of have that heritage, but i was just really impressed when ronald reagan came on the political scene about the time i was coming of age politically. i like the purpose he had and the way he talked about our country. it was a combination and jim abner, who shaped the way i look at things through a political lens, but i am a right of center conservative. i realize you have to be able to get things done. you have to have a record of accomplishment, and sometimes in order to make that awful bull, work with people who may not agree -- to make that possible, work with people who may not agree with you. that's something i learned as a staffer and something i tried to bring to my time i have been in office. >> i am going to make three statements, and i want you to finish how you feel. first, the state of congress today is what? >> some people describe it as broken. i think it's a little divided, a little filled with conflict, but we have got a divided government. people come here w

he liked harry truman. he eventually became a republican later in life. so i kind of have that heritage, but i was just really impressed when ronald reagan came on the political scene about the time i was coming of age politically. i like the optimism and the vision for the country to read the way he talked about our country. kind of a combination of ronald reagan and jim not there. centerright of conservative. i realize you have to get things done. have a record of the congress meant. -- a record of accomplishment. in order to make that possible, you have to work with people that may not agree with you. there is always a give-and-take in politics. that is something i learned as a staffer out here. so did i have tried to bring in my time in office. >> i'm going to make statements. the state of congress is what? >> some people would describe it as broken. i think it is just a little divided. conflict.h but we have a divided government. people come here with different points of view about how to solve hard problems. survives through various eras in history.

not that you have to have the harry truman the buck stops here line. but at some point we have to find out what's going on in the office and it's always unnamed staff. >> you're a former state executive. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, he's dead right. it stretches credibility again to thank eight members, significant members of the governor's staff, including chief of staff whose desk is down the hall that they could have done this, a, without clearing it with the governor knowing it first, and, b, that the governor wouldn't know it. the traffic jam that involved public safety occurred for four days in his state and he never knew about it? not possible. >> so if it turns out governor chris christie indeed didn't know anything as he says, then is he in your mind still a viable candidate for office? >> i think if his narrative holds he'll be a strong candidate and he'll weather the storm. if it's caught that he's been untruthful about this, then he's got serious problems. loorks if they cannot prove what he said, we move on and he stays viable.

it is not entirely clear to me when -- not that you have to have a harry truman, the buck stops here line. but at some point we have to find out who is responsible for what is going on in this office. it is always unnamed staff. >> here we are with another unnamed staffer blamed for the wildstein memo. we in the media are always skeptical. but how do you think tactic is playing with your average person? does that anecdote that you talked about in times square tell you? >> well, you know, that's new york. jersey, you probably would only get half as many boos. he could end up with much louder boos. to me the big news of the day regarding christie is that the mayor in fort lee saying these guys were courting him for a couple of years. one thing when all is broke, everybody said, well, where are the traffic -- where did 2 traffic idea come from? why do that? if you go to fort lee, right by -- right across the street from that entrance to the bridge is the site of a $1 billion development that's like -- the mayor's centerpiece of the mayor's ambitions that they tried for 50 years to devel

>> well, kelly, i think it was harry truman who said if you want a friend, get a dog. i think that that's very true in politics. it's also very true in business. when you get into the high finance world, a lot of ceos have a reputation for being tough managers. to me managing is always about three words. it's about setting the tone. and how you act as a manager is going to set the tone. now, the other part of that is what are your results. for a long time for a guy like bill gross the results were there, so you couldn't hear about those kind of stories. now the results aren't there is much. pimco had a tough year, they're having a mediocrier the ieyear year. >> there's a staying institutions are the shadows of men. when it comes to some of the banks in particular, we've seen a lot of focus on corporate culture and whether it was fostering bad behavior, for example. but in this case, and i really -- i want to hear what kevin has to say about this, in particular kevin, does success excuse bad behavior? does success -- is bad behavior necessarily a part of success? how do

my favorite president harry truman was characteristically blunt on the war of 1812 treaty, he called it the silliest damn war we ever fought. and they think it was that, too. it was a war that had we won, candidate would have been a state. and possibly we would have had a huge slave colony in mexico, maybe even cuba. had we lost the war of 1812, we would've become once again a colony of britain. but after all that fighting them all that loss of lives, it wasn't in the end a costly and complicated fight. it was a war that was fought from the great lakes down to the gulf coast. it was fought against the canadiens, the british, american indians. it was fought off the coast of brazil. it was fought in the atlantic and the pacific. it was fought all over england and the madrid but it was a continental wide land war and it was a worldwide naval and economic campaign. a fascinating war. in the end when the peace treaty was signed, the reasons why we have the war were not even a part of the peace treaty. some of the causes of the war were no longer apparent when we signed a declaration to go

when you consider the timing, world war ii, the korean war, it was 1948 that president harry s truman desegregated, integ rated the u.s. military to allow african-americans to serve side by side in all capacities and all commands with white soldiers and commanders. but if you talk to the historians, there was ram pant racism in the military that continued for years. there was racial strive particularly during the vietnam war between african-americans and whites and so some of the scores hadn't even been settled by that time. chuck hagel even talks about his experience in vietnam where he had an african-american lieutenant who was his commander and they essentially had to link arms and force the white members of their command to segregate with the blacks. that many years later in vietnam. so it's not surprising that it would have taken the pentagon this long in part because of the 700 or so cases. many records have been destroyed and many of those who witness the events are long gone. it was difficult to come up with a composite of names. they came up with these 24. it is interesting t

my favorite president harry truman was characteristically blunt. the war of 1812 truman called it the silliest war we ever fought and i think it was that too. it was a war that had we won, canada would have been a state and possibly we would have had a huge slave colony in mexico and maybe even cuba. had we lost the war of 1812 we would have become once again a colony of britain. but after all that fighting, all that loss of lives, it was in the end a costly and complement complement -- complicated time. it was a war that was fought from the great lakes down to the gold coast. it was fought against canadians, british, american indians. it was fought off of the coast of brazil. it was fought in the atlantic and pacific. it was fought all the way to england. it was a continental wide land were that was a worldwide naval and economic campaign. a fascinating, fascinating war. in the end when the peace treaty was signed the reasons why we have the war were not even part of the peace treaty. some of the causes of the war were no longer apparent when we s

he remembered what harry truman said, the buck stops here. after the bay of pigs he was determined to make of his own mind. at the end of the day he was going to make the judgment and he was the responsible party. clear whenundantly you listen to all of those and read the transcripts of all of those tapes. at arms length he held the joint chiefs. they wanted to bomb and invade. at thes an inside look kennedy administration sunday night at eight on c-span's q and a. >> "washington journal" continues. us is sophia nelson and sheryll cashin. month, itgo to this comes and goes. what is the value, especially from your perspective, about the monthly echo -- of the monthly echo -- of the month? i didn't know that "washington journal" would have an explicit conversation about the history of this month. i think it is a good thing. host: where are we as far as knowledge of history not only in this month but the month going forward? there is never enough knowledge about history in this country, of all kinds, including african-american history. think the

kennedy remembered what harry truman had said that the buck stops here. after that bay of pigs, he was absolutely determined to make up his own mind and here with these experts had to say and way with they were telling him but, at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment and he was going to be were the responsible party. clear whenundantly you listened and read the transcripts of all those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. hewas making up his own mind held the joint use arms length. i wanted to invade and bomb and he did not want to do it. >> an inside look at the kennedy administration tonight at 8:00. "washington journal " continues. we are focusing on executive orders in our sunday roundtable. joining us for our conversations rogereelon with the cato institute. with the lazarus constitutional accountability center. appreciate you being with us. this is how the "christian science monitor" poses the question -- guest: i expect one could say that it is both. it is very much overreach in my mind. be sure that, to be su

. >> best of luck, harry truman. you have a lot of responsibility. >> thanks. >>> let's go out to the streets of new york city where it's in the 40s finally and maria molina is not wearing a hat. >> that's right. >> she's also not in her 40s. >> before we go to the weather, i want to show think very cool video because as you know, it's been a very harsh winter across parts of the great lakes and also into the midwest. we've had a lot of ice forming. in huron county, michigan, dynamite is being used to break up the ice to prevent flooding as temperatures warm up. it's the first type the county has used explosives in years because of the harsh winter. today it's going to feel nicing in chicago, cleveland. you'll be in the 50s. well above average. however, there is a storm system that will be producing showers and storms and we actually have the risk for severe weather, from louisiana up into the midwest and the storm prediction center, which is a part of the national weather service, has issued a moderate risk. that me

harry truman -- >> what were the revisions with reagan? >> what are the good revisions or bad revisions? >> the revisions of his policies as he looked back on them -- >> mika, i guess what mika is -- chuck -- >> the idea he was a great compromiser. he was a compromiser as long as he could get 80%. that's how he typically compromised in sacramento and in washington, is that he was just this happy go lucky guy, is that this is a man who fought for everything he ever achieved in his life, he had to fight very hard for. >> i think, craig, what mika was asking you, and that was a great point, what do you think about the republican consulting class and the republican establishment wing. >> yes. >> and people that have spent us into debt from 2001 to 2009, and ran away from reagan's small government policies, wrapping themselves in ronald reagan's aura? >> i couldn't agree more. you and i have talked before about the influence of what you would call the new political bosses. we learned in high school physics and i remember when i wasn't sleeping?

c, quincy adams was the tallest and harry s. truman was the shortest? >> a, that is correct. >> lincoln was the tallest. he was 6' 4 and madison, 5' 4. still taller than me. >> tall enough. >> following question, which president took over office without ever being elected? a, johnson, b, pierce, c, ford, or d, lbj? >> we talked about this. >> we did. >> were you watching earlier? >> i had a second thought. >> she had a better idea. >> ford. she had a better idea. >> that is correct. the correct answer is c. >> i remember paying attention earlier. >> last question, which president served two nonconsecutive terms? a, buchanan, b, jackson, c, john quincy adams? or d, cleveland? which choice? >> i don't know the answer. >> what was the answer? >> we had a, buchanan, b, jackson, c, john quincy adams. >> i feel like i came up with my children who are probably e-mailing me now. >> the correct answer is cleveland. >> that's okay! >> great. >> you know what? i think peter johnson, jr. was absolutely 100%. congratulations! >> that's amazing. >> i want to do -- >>