now, at last, winston churchill his hour had struck. he had been waiting in parliament more than 40 years. he had grown bald and what hair he had was great in his nation service. be summoned when the situation was seem hopeless to everyone except him. when stint churchill faced disappointments throughout his long political career. he also faced our days when the war seemed hopeless. through it all, he never, never, never gave up. his unflinching leadership was the source of spiritual strength as well as military might for the allies. churchill famously said of the heroes of world war ii " never in the field of human conflict was so much owed to so many to so few." today, we acknowledge the debt of american allies that we owe to one man, winston churchill, for saving the world from the evil and the clutches of tyranny. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, joining in welcoming our secretary of state, john kerry. [applause] >> speaker boehner, leader pelosi, majority leader reid, and later macconnell- distinguished tests all -- thank you to

of ultima was but not to winston churchill. here is a passage and i would like to make it shorter and i cannot. it is so good. it's one of the first volume of manchester's " the last lion." it is the description under which churchill began his premiership. "the friendship collapsed, the dutch had been overwhelmed, the belgians had surrendered, the british army trapped at dunkirk and was trying to fight free and fell back toward the channel ports. behind them lay the sea. it was england's greatest crisis since the norman conquest. england's new leader, were he to prevail, had to stand for everything the british establishment had rejected. a viewed adolf hitler as a product of complex social and historical forces. their success would have to be a passionate,manicean who saw the struggle to the death between the powers of good and evil who held that individuals are responsible for their actions and the german dictator was therefore wicked. a believer in martial glory was required. who could rally the nation and brave the coming ge

kagan on the workings of the nation's highest court and that dedication ceremony for the winston churchill bust in the nations capital. and the head of google research shows how computers are being designed to learn. on the next "washington journal," a reporter discusses efforts to raise the minimum wage. than an author looks at his book " america 3.0." representative a from the national endowment for the arts on federal funding for the arts. plus, your e-mails and phone calls and tweets. at 7hington journal," live a.m. eastern on c-span. >> a discussion now with supreme court justice clarence thomas. he spoke at the federalist society's national lawyers convention and talk about his life on the court and what it was like to get there. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, david. could evening, everyone. evening. it is my great honor and pleasure to introduce our distinguished guest this evening. although much of what i might say by way of introduction is no doubt familiar to all of you. justice clarence thomas has served with great distinction on the united states supreme cou

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and then a bust is dedicated to winston churchill. then nbc new coverage of the state funeral for resident john f. kennedy. >> the 1960's were different. [laughter] there were a lot of things happening involving race, the breakdown, the structure of society. i was suddenly out of the seminary and in new england. there were no rules. things were falling apart without structure. i was fortunate to be at holy cross. i was fortunate with the structure that the nuns had given me. i was fortunate. i had been in predominantly white schools. i was the only black kid in my high school and savannah. the transition to a school with very few blacks in a difficult set of circumstances, i had a jumpstart. i was ahead of the game. i had something. it allowed me to continue to do well, even though it was difficult. >> later today, here from two supreme court justices. clarence thomasson 9:00 p.m., followed by elena kagan at 9:45 p.m. c- days of book tv on span2. on c-span3, the 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address. james mcpherson helps commem

. >> winston churchill. >> winston churchill. >> that resolves the issue, who is the top dog. >> if we didn't have paul, we would be there still figuring out who closed. seriously, we would be there. it would be bad, ugly, horrifying. >> but bruce springsteen had the greatest response. he has the greatest response for paul. he said i'll open. >> when one band would finish, everyone would go out to watch the next one. every single one of these artists had sold out the garden. you would see alisha keys looking out, getting a look at eddie getting a look with rogers waters, i've never seen any of these. they are amazing. i'm nervous being around these artists. >> that's the difference between this movie than the concerts. you go wow, he played my favorite song. this is about the scandalous adam sandler or chris rock or james or a backstage pass like no one has ever seen. >> in terms of money, harvey, huge amounts have been raised. more will be raised from the movie, as well. how is it being used? >> robin hood eats it. the charity director made a million dollars and husband cousin got som

. >> winston churchill. >> winston churchill. >> that resolves the issue, who is the top dog. >> if we didn't have paul, we would be there still figuring out who closed. seriously, we would be there. it would be bad, ugly, horrifying. >> but bruce springstene had the greatest response. he has the greatest response for paul. he said i'll open. >> when one band would finish, everyone would go out to watch the next one. every single one of these artists had sold out the garden. you would see alisha keys looking out, getting a look at eddie getting a look with rogers waters, i've never seen any of these. they are amazing. i'm nervous being around these artists. >> that's the difference between this movie than the concerts. you go wow, he played my favorite song. this is about the scandalous adam sandler or chris rock or james or a backstage pass like no one has ever seen. >> in terms of money, harvey, huge amounts have been raised. more will be raised from the movie, as well. how is it being used? >> robin hood eats it. the charity director made a million dollars and husband cousin got som

winston churchill agreed with them. he had a great line to foster dulles. he said the loss of the fortress must be faced. in other words, we don't like it, but ho chi minh is very popular and nobody can do feed him. foster dulles refused to believe that. we can do it. if he had made a different decision on his way home from the digital conference -- geneva statesnce, the united would never have become involved in the vietnam war. that is really one of the great legacies of foster dulles personally. ho chifailed to topple minh, they then went on to another leader in the neighborhood in indonesia. his great crime was to embrace an ideology that the dulles brothers to tested almost as .uch as bolshevism that was neutralism. they were trying to undermine the entire foundation of the cold war by saying, countries don't have to choose between moscow and washington. we are not involved in this conflict. that drove foster dulles and allen dulles crazy. their idea was, our policy is global. he called neutralism and moral. .- immoral he insisted that they show they w

when jarry wrote the play, he would have scarcely have known that song or the sound of winston churchill's voice in world war ii. they are deliberate anachronisms added by this director. ubu roi has been popular with directors who enjoy adding their own mad touches to each production and who try to keep in the spirit of irreverence in ways which will mean the most to each new audience. since ubu, 20th-century writers have used similar techniques to emphasize modern chaos. in the plays of o'neill, ionesco, weiss and beckett, man has been depicted as ape, rhinoceros, asylum inmate and resident of a garbage can. expressionistic theater, as in ubu, has distorted and exaggerated to underscore the anarchy of the modern world and the absurdity of its human inhabitants. [music] this was a co-production of miami-dade community college and british broadcasting corporation, british open university. captioning performed by aegis rapidtext hasyou look healthyd, "you and you feel fine, health"? but that may not be the full picture. colorectal cancer is the number two cancer killer. it doesn't always cau

winston churchill agreed with them. he had a great line to foster dulles. he said the loss of the fortress must be faced. in other words, we don't like it, but ho chi minh is very popular and nobody can defeat him. foster dulles refused to believe that. we can do it. if he had made a different decision on his way home from the geneva conference, the united states would never have become involved in the vietnam war. that is really one of the great legacies of foster dulles personally. having failed to topple ho chi minh, they then went on to another leader in the neighborhood in indonesia. his great crime was to embrace brothers detested almost as much as bolshevism. that was neutralism. they were trying to undermine the entire foundation of the cold war by saying, countries don't have to choose between moscow and washington. we are not involved in this conflict. that drove foster dulles and allen dulles crazy. their idea was, our policy is global. he called neutralism immoral. he insisted that they show they were pro-american otherwise he would assume they

churchill, a man whose seice was never forgten. >>> when we come back here tonight, aight to remember after a daring mission that came at a critical me. >>> honoring the nation's verans president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlingt national cemetery today. one notable guest joininthe president, 107-year-old riard overton who is belved to be e nation's oldest ling veten of world war ii. also this verans day weekend there was an emoonal gathering of the doolittle raiders. the men who pulled off a secret missioto strike back at japan after pearl harbor. just four of them are sll alive, andhis yearhey say it was time for one final gathering to honor theirallen comrades. our final report tonight from our pentagoncorrespondent, j miklaszewski. >> reporter: omost days you will find dick cole at home on his tractor. at 98 he's still going strong. as a boy he dreamed of becoming a military combat pilot. >> i wanted to be one of the guys to after the bad guy. >> reporter: he soon got his chance. when t japanese attacked pearl haor, cole was already a pilot in the army air

winston churchill agreed with them. he had a great line to foster dulles. he said the loss of the fortress must be faced. in other words, we don't like it, but ho chi minh is very popular and nobody can defeat him. foster dulles refused to believe that. he said, we can do it. if he had made a different decision on his way home from the geneva conference, the united states would never have become involved in the vietnam war. that is really one of the great legacies of foster dulles personally. having failed to topple ho chi minh, they then went on to another leader in the neighborhood in indonesia. his great crime was to embrace an ideology that the dulles brothers detested almost as much as bolshevism. that was neutralism. they were trying to undermine the entire foundation of the cold war by saying, countries don't have to choose between moscow and washington. we are not involved in this conflict. that drove foster dulles and allen dulles crazy. their idea was, our policy is global. he called neutralism immoral. he insisted that they show they were pro-ame

can you imagine living with winston churchill? that would be the best, if i were 20 years old. >> and this is william manchester who wrote about -- >> also the death of a president, his stuff on churchill is fabulous, i am not sure that would prevent it being done and i can see speaking in england and i can speak the language so -- we will see. >> rose: i mean it would be interesting to think any of somebody who was a cultural figure, just for the diversity of it. >> i agree. >> rose: but you are not building on your experience you are going out and taking a risk, aren't you? >> you would be, that's one benefit you feel like you have a foundation under you on each one, i no he these other presidents so i can think of how he led compared to others. but i thought maybe of writing about leadership, leadership lessons from the white house. >> rose: that is really, really good. >> because you know all of these business books on leadership but i want to tell stories and just use my guys and i don't want them to be too fat so i don't hav

can you imagine living with winston churchill? that would be the best, if i were 20 years old. >> and this is william manchester who wrote about -- >> also the death of a president, his stuff on churchill is fabulous, i am not sure that would prevent it being done and i can see speaking in england and i ca speak the language so -- we will see. >> rose: i mean it would be interesting to think any of somebody who was a cultural figure, just for the diversity of it. >> i agree. >> rose: but you are not building on your experience you are going out and taking a risk, aren't you? >> you would be, that's one benefit you feel like you have a foundation under you on each one, i no he these other presidents so i can think of how he led compared to others. but i thought maybe of writing about leadership, leadership lessons from the white house. >> rose: that is really, really good. >> because you know all of these business books on leadership but i want to tell stories and just use my guys and i don't want them to be too fat so i don't have

winston churchill. churchill and roosevelt had only met once and that at a dinner in london and in 1980 the churchill never remember the counter and roosevelt never forgot the calpe never remembered. [laughter] churchill was courting roosevelt because he needed the help of the united states to survive in roosevelt was trying to a given. what he needed was destroyers to replace those sold by the boat's it is so long complicated story but they said aid to britain without seeking the approval of congress. it was unusual but he did it. third term presidents learn how to do things about congress and he paved the way. [laughter] but they had to be treated and returned for something to satisfy u.s. law for access to british base is in the western hemisphere. he was worried that he would but the better of the bargain and he did not want that impression to reach london said roosevelt arranged a trans-atlantic conference call so jackson tries to describe to churchill u.s. law and why this had to be a trade or a b

churchill a ceremony in washington d c to the trees attending the ceremony included adults speak of jumping in the senate majority leader harry reid's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell house minority leader nancy lazy and your state to state on kerry. it was churchill after all the other late night party long past its rightful expiration date. you encountered this goes for his own party to explain to our west. don't run. got very drunk you are very very drunk the winston without missing a beat look back and said you you are doing. you are very ugly. you are very very ugly and once more tomorrow she'll be sober or to chocolate you tortured poetry from the who concert attended the event still treat perform the classic songs done by me which they said was a tribute featuring us uk relationship as dennis mr georgiou was the best round. the eyes face ever. i was originally named him. i read citizen in the spring of eighteen sixty three. we already considering them. morrow. speaking to the congress should still call america. to stand firm in nineteen sixty three friends to join the i

this is sort of like winston churchill. two cheers for democracy. it's always going to be messy. it has to function better than it has. >> i'm in the red zone on the clock here. i want to ask a question about international affairs. you mentioned the world and the u.s. position in it. there's the possibility this week of an agreement with iran. a preliminary limited agreement in which they would freeze some nuclear activities in return for some relief on sanctions. israeli friends have been arguing along with some of your friends as well as your foes in congress that if you give the iranian regime any relief on sanctions, the sanctions regime will fall apart, countries that don't want to be there in the first place will head for the exits, it will all come apart and that's the danger of what you're negotiating right now. you talked to senators about this very topic today. is there going to be a deal and why can you ease sanctions without having them fall apart? >> well, just by way of background when i came into office, we had a trade embargo, u.s. had done things unilater unilate

churchill a chance for the exchequer of the time they were back at the old price which meant he had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so that . now jim do you think china gold standard two point zero is a realistic alternative to our current system. people have tried to go stand a minute it is always in been abused by politicians they cheat the public they start cutting back on in their band they goes to my work for a while but ever nothing is ever lasted forever so we can try the gold standard won't work it's never worked before very long period of time it won't work again the only system that will work is that people have a free choice in money which is what people have had most of the time throughout the last few thousand years but sure we may try the gold standard because we will be desperate within the next decade as they see it really bad people are going to be desperate to try something else maybe re bitcoin's i don't know what i love that leads me to my next question perfect i want to ask you do you see these decentralized kind of crypto cur

churchill was one of his biggest allies convinced of the subsidy to take on the soviets as well as the old hard line so from that point the us went down on this rollercoaster and it just got worse and worse and we have a minute left but you guys point to figures in history like kennedy gorbachev moments in time that were completely squandered and you guys posed the question what would be ready when these moments face us again and take the right course of history what do you think that answer is but i think the answer is if everybody who watches untold history as a result book that's why we wrote this because we want we know that that as i like to say the curve of the ball can break differently in different situations especially after the world series and we have to be ready we have to learn the lessons of the past learn where we messed up in the past learn why we made the mistakes of the past and begin to think differently we've got to begin to envision the understand that the world could be very different political outcomes can be very different is why we point to the henry wallace is

churchill was one of his biggest allies convinced him of the necessity to take on the soviets as well as old hardliners from that point on the us went on this rollercoaster and it just got worse and worse and worse and we have a minute left but you guys point to figures in history like kennedy gorbachev moments in time that were completely squad. and you guys posed the question. when these moments face us and take the right course of history what do you think that answer is i think the answer is if everybody who watches untold history i resort book that's why we wrote this because we want we know that that as i would like to say the curve of the ball can break differently in different situations especially after the world series. we have to be ready we have to learn the lessons of the past learned where we messed up in the past and learned why we made the mistakes of the past and begin to think differently we've got to begin to envision the understand that the world could be very different that political outcomes could be very different to what we point to henry wallace is the frankli

churchill a chance for the exchequer at the time they were back at the old price which meant he had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the kids. now jim do you think china gold standard two point zero is a realistic alternative to our current system. people have tried to go stand a minute it is always in been abused by politicians they cheat the public they start cutting back on in their band they goes to my work for a while but ever nothing is ever lasted forever so we can try the gold standard won't work it's never worked before for any long period of time it won't work again the only system that will work is that people have a free choice in money which is what people have had most of the time throughout the last few thousand years but sure we may try the gold standard because we will be desperate within the next decade as they see it really bad are people going to be desperate to try something else maybe rebuild coeds i don't know what i love that leads me to my next question perfect i want to ask you do you see these decentralized kind of cry

churchill a chance for the exchequer of the time they were back at the old price which many had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the kids . now jim do you think china gold standard two point zero is a realistic alternative to our current system. people have tried to go stand a minute it is always in been abused by politicians they cheat the public they start cutting back on in their band they goes to my work for a while but ever nothing is ever lasted forever so we can try the gold standard won't work it's never worked before very long period of time it won't work again the only system that will work is that people have a free choice in money which is what people have had most of the time throughout the last few thousand years but sure we may try the gold standard because we will be desperate within the next decade as they see it really bad people are going to be desperate to try something else maybe rebuild coeds i don't know what i love that leads me to my next question perfect i want to ask you do you see these decentralized kind of crypto currency

churchill a chance for the exchequer of the time they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so that . now jim do you think china gold standard two point zero is a realistic alternative to our current system. people have tried to go stand a minute it is always in been abused by politicians they cheat the public they start cutting back on their band they goes to my work for a while but ever nothing is ever lasted forever so we can try the gold standard won't work it's never worked before for any long period of time it won't work again the only system that will work is that people have a free choice in money which is what people have had most of the time throughout the last few thousand years but sure we may try the gold standard because we will be desperate within the next decade as they see it really bad are people going to be desperate to try something else maybe re bitcoin's i don't know what i love that leads me to my next question perfect i want to ask you do you see these decentralized kind of crypto cur

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churchill a chance for the exchequer of the time they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the kids. now jim do you think china gold standard two point zero is a realistic alternative to our current system. people have tried to go stand a minute it is always in been abused by politicians they cheat the public they start cutting back on in their band they goes to my work for a while but ever nothing is ever lasted forever so we can try the gold standard won't work it's never worked before very long period of time it won't work again the only system that will work is that people have free choice and money which is what people have had most of the time throughout the last few thousand years but sure we may try the gold standard because we will be desperate within the next decade as they see it really bad or people are going to be desperate to try something else maybe re bitcoin's i don't know what i love that leads me to my next question perfect i want to ask you do you see these decentralized kind of crypt

churchill was transferred the exchequer of the time he went back at the pre-war war one price countries had doubled the money supply so there's a parity between gold money they've doubled money if you want to go back to a gold standard you either have to double the price of gold or cut the money supply and have to get back to the old parity they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the key to a gold standard is you've got to get the price right people always say there's not enough gold in the world to have a gold standard well there's always enough gold yourself to get the price right the started on evolutionary prices north of seven thousand dollars an ounce i want to hear more of it you got to come back get a promise to come back but we're running out of time thank you so much that was jim rickards economist and author of the bestselling book currency war coming out now the big deal. welcome to the big deal i'm joined by the one we only are cheaper to serve rachel herz yes and we want to discuss a way to

churchill was transferred the exchequer of the time he went back at the pre-war war one price countries had doubled the money supply so there's a parity between gold money they've doubled money if you want to go back to a gold standard you either have to double the price of gold or cut the money supply and have to get back to the old parity they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the key to a gold standard is you've got to get the price right people always say there's not enough gold in the world to have a gold standard well there's always enough gold you just have to get the price right the started down evolutionary prices and north of seven thousand dollars an ounce i want to hear more of this you've got to come back get a promise to come back but we're running out of time thank you so much that was jim rickards economist and author of the bestselling book currency war coming out now the big deal. welcome to the big deal i'm joined by the one we only are cheaper to serve rachel herz yes and we want to d

churchill was one of his biggest allies convinced him of the necessity to take on the soviets as well as their own hardliners from that point on the us went down on this rollercoaster and it just got worse and worse and worse and we have a minute left but you guys point to figures in history like kennedy gorbachev moments in time that were completely squandered and you guys posed the question what would be ready when these moments face us again and take the right course of history what do you think that answer is i think the answer is if everybody who watches untold history and reason our book that's why we wrote this because we want we know that that as i like to say the curve of the ball can break differently in different situations especially after the world series added and we have to be ready we have to learn the lessons of the past learn where we messed up in the past learn why we made the mistakes of the past and begin to think differently we've got to begin to envision. i understand that the world could be very different political outcomes could be very different as well we po

churchill was transferred the exchequer of the time he went back at the pre-war war one price countries had doubled the money supply so there's a parity between gold money they doubled money if you want to go back to a gold standard you either had to double the price of gold or cut the money supply and have to get back to the old parity they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the key to a gold standard is you've got to get the price right people always say there's not enough gold in the world to have a gold silver well there's always enough gold you just have to get the price right the started on evolutionary prices north of seven thousand dollars an ounce i want to hear more of this you got to come back get a promise to come back but we're running out of time thank you so much that was jim rickards economist and author of the bestselling book currency war coming out now the big deal. welcome to the big deal i'm joined by the one we only are cheaper to serve rachel herz yes and we want to discuss a way to

churchill was transferred the exchequer of the time he went back at the pre-war war one price countries had doubled the money supply so there's a parity between gold money they've doubled money if you want to go back to a gold standard you either have to double the price of gold or cut the money supply and have to get back to the old parity they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the key to a gold standard is you've got to get the price right people always say there's not enough gold in the world to have a gold silver well there's always enough gold you just have to get the price right the started on evolutionary prices north of seven thousand dollars an ounce i want to hear more of it you got to come back get a promise to come back but we're running out of time thank you so much that was jim rickards economist and author of the bestselling book currency war coming out now the big deal. welcome to the big deal i'm joined by the one the only our chief producer rachel herz yes and we want to discuss a way t

churchill was transferred the exchequer of the time he went back at the pre-war war one price countries had doubled the money supply so there's a parity between gold money they've doubled money if you want to go back to a gold standard you either have to double the price of gold or cut the money supply and have to go back to the old parity they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the key to a gold standard is you've got to get the price right people always say there's not enough gold in the world to have a gold silver well there's always enough gold you just have to get the price right the started on evolutionary prices north of seven thousand dollars an ounce i want to hear more of this you've got to come back get a promise to come back but we're running out of time thank you so much that was jim rickards economist and author of the bestselling book currency war coming out now the big deal. welcome to the big deal i'm joined by the one the only archie producer rachel herz yes and we want to discuss a way

churchill was transferred the exchequer of the time he went back at the pre-war war one price countries had doubled the money supply so there's a parity between gold money they've doubled money if you want to go back to a gold standard you either have to double the price of gold or cut the money supply and have to get back to the old parity they were back at the old price which meant you had to reduce the money supply that contributed to the great depression so the key to a gold standard is you've got to get the price right people always say there's not enough gold in the world to have a gold silver well there's always enough gold you just have to get the price right the started on evolutionary prices north of seven thousand dollars an ounce i want to hear more of this you got to come back get a promise to come back but we're running out of time thank you so much that was jim rickards economist and author of the bestselling book currency war coming out now the big deal. welcome to the big deal i'm joined by the one the only are cheaper to serve rachel herz the us and we want to discuss