happy birthday harry truman. [applause] david: this is also from the 75th birthday celebration in 1959. here is a letter from lyndon johnson to president truman. he said, have a wonderful day in independence, he would not have missed it for all the prize beef cattle in texas. that is the way he talked, he like to butter people up. all right, who is playing the piano? >> richard nixon. david: yes. this was in 1969. at the truman library. we have some correspondence from nixon to truman in 1964. truman had fallen and hurt -- inf in the back of, the bathtub. this was correspondence. nixon said, i am sorry to read of your accident, i hope you are well. truman in his response. by this time he was starting to decline. the libraryome to as much. president truman passed away in december of 1972. there was not as many photos and things because his health was declining. we have come to the end of our presentation. does anyone have questions or comments that you would like to bring up? yes, over here. >> you have done a gre

. >> and we also want to talk about the impact on harry truman. is it true that truman said to justice black, hugo i don't very much care for your law but by god, your bourbon is good? >> yes, so black actually arranges for truman to join the court because he understand black is missed, so he try tuesday find taway to bring them together. britain's pretty forgiving to most of the vu-- >> once again we're going to return to george and his memories of that dinner in virginia hosted by justice black that harry truman attended. let's watch. >> justice black used to have a dinner after the close of every session. and this particular evening all the justices were there, and they had dinner. and the president used to come. and president truman were there. and they got to talking evidently about the coc case. and truman said to them i almost came up to argue that case myself. and justice dover leaned over and clapped him on the knee and said why didn't you do it? happily, he didn't. >> he didn't. but this case wrangalled harry truman for the rest of his r

but this case rankled harry truman for the rest of his life. we have a 1961 letter from truman to justice tom clark in which he writes, all of you were very kind to me. i was glad to have the chance to discuss various things that have taken place in the past. particular on justice black's statements that my statements on the decision in the steel case was in line with the dread scott decision. i still think that was true. >> well, he had his principles. again, we can disagree with them. one might think he was not correct to think this way. but he believed in what he was doing. so one can judge him on that basis. but i'm not sure arguing the case would have made any difference at all. i think the justice fully understood that the friends with him, but those friendships did not influence the outcome. >> the nominees to the supreme court, the last three or four, in their confirmation hearing, regularly go back and extol the virtues, in particular, of jackson's concurring opinion. it's pointed to again and again in cases that have followed since. >

there is some great story harry truman stories about this. greg tells us one of them, is it true that truman said to justice black hugo i don't much care for your law but by golly this bourbon is right. >> that seems to be reported in a lot of places. so black actually arranges for a dinner for truman to join the court because black understands that truman is angry and miffed and he is trying to find a way to bring them together and truman does say that to black and as far as we can tell or know from the historic record truman is pretty forgiving to most of the just sis but as we said before he's going to save a special epithet for tom clark that he will go to his grave thinking. >> once again we will return to george niebank and his memories of that dinner in alexandria, virginia, hosted by justice hugo black that harry truman attended. let's with a much. >> justice black used to have a dinner for the supreme court over in his home in alexandria after the close of every session and they were -- this particular evening all the justices were t

happy birthday harry truman. [applause] david: this is also from the 75th birthday celebration in 1959. here is a letter from lyndon johnson to president truman. he said, have a wonderful day in independence, he would not have missed it with all the prize beef cattle in texas. that is the way he talked, he like to butter people up. who is playing the piano? >> richard nixon. david: yes. this was in 1969. and then we have some correspondence from nixon to truman in 1964. truman had fallen and her and himself, this was correspondence. nixon said, i am sorry to read of your accident, i hope you are well. truman in his response. president truman passed away in december of 1972. there was not as much as by and in with photos and things because his health was declining. let's -- we have come to the end of our presentation. does anyone have questions or comments that you would like to bring up? yes, over here. >> you have done a great job. david: thank you. [applause] david: if there are not any other questions and comm

harry truman is on the left. jimmy duranty, that is correct. then we have a little bit of correspondence between jimmy duranty and president truman. i like the letterhead on this one with jimmy up here. thatlks about some things are going on. president truman's daughter did shows together an interesting things they talked about. he was hoping he would get to truman again.. -- him and mrs. truman. there is another letter from -- letter from jimmy that talks about being around for at least 100 years and mr. president, i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lovely letter. there is not a lot of correspondence between president truman, but they are fairly heartfelt letters that they send. -- this is a telegram wishingmy durante president truman happy birthday. truman --resident sincerely, jimmy durante. another one, anybody want to venture who is the one on the left? a couple of people over here. that is right, harper marx. in the left-hand corner it is hard to see. it is said -- it says, i am just wild about you, harry. fairfield

there's great harry truman stories about this. great sykes says is it true that truman said to justice black, hugo, i don't carry for your law, but this bourbon is good. >> that seems to be reported in a lot of places, i would have to assume that one is true. so black actually arranges for a dinner for truman to join the court. because black understands that truman is angry and miffed and he's trying to find a way to bring them together and truman does say that to black and as far as we can tell, from the historical record trurksman is pretty forgiving to most of the justices. but as we said before he's going to save a special epithet for tom clark that he'll go to his grave thinking. >> we'll return to george kneebank and his memories of that dinner alexandria, virginia, hosted by justice hugo black that harry truman attended. >> justice black used to have a dinner for the supreme court at his home in alexandria after the close of every session. and this particular evening all the justices were there and they had dinner and the p

>> caller: i know that harry truman was not a college educated president. i think he was the only one. i think. and -- >> l >> lincoln too. >> caller: he certainly was not an attorney, did this have any impact on his thinking? i don't know, i don't mean to sound snobbery, because i admire the man. i'm an old lady and he was president when i was, you know, and i think he was a pretty good guy. but i understand he was not a college educated man and i wondered, does this have any impact? >> sure, thank you for asking the question. >> it's a fair question, although i'm not sure it does ultimately have much impact. we have a number of presidents who didn't have formal education who were very sharp. i think president truman was incredi incredibly smart. i think it's not because he's not sophisticated. it turns out to be quandary for him, because he does fervently believe he is right. so a president, no matter what his education, might well believe that. >> and he's engaging in this in very pragmatic terms. he's trying to see a way forward. he's looking for the to

>> next on the presidency, black theica experts discuss successes and disappointments of harry truman's policies in the latin american region. the crewmen little white house and -- truman little white house hosted this event, part of the 15th annual symposium, which this year is titled "harry truman's legacy toward that end -- toward latin and south america." >> i'm happy to be here. ist we have decided to do each introduced ourselves. i will take a little bit about myself. , and myis stephen rabe research specialty is u.s. and latin america. i have done a variety of books on this. i've never done a book about truman and latin america. i have done a couple of articles. andve done books on jfk eisenhower and latin america. i have been a general study of the cold war relations in latin america. i've had the honor and privilege to teach abroad. i have taught in 20 different countries, and in particular i have talked many times in argentina. i have taught in brazil, in ecuador and colombia. that will inform i talk here because i will look at truman and latin america in the way a latin ameri

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a latin american and art discusses the successes and disappointments of president harry truman's policy in that region. he is a history professor at the university of texas in dallas. houseuman little white and the key west institute in florida hosted this symposium which there -- this year is title, harry truman's legacies tort latin and south america. this is 40 minutes. >> i'm happy to be here. what we have decided to do is each introduce ourselves. i will take a little bit about myself. my name is stephen rabe, and my research specialty is u.s. and latin america. i have done a variety of books on this. i've never done a book about truman and latin america. i have done a couple of articles. i have done books on jfk and eisenhower and latin america. i have been a general study of the cold war relations in latin america. i've had the honor and privilege to teach abroad. i have taught in 20 different countries, and in particular i have talked many times in argentina. i have taught in brazil, in ecuador and colombia. that will inform i talk here because i will look at truman and latin am

of the 15th annual symposium. >> harry truman's legacy toward latin america. stephen: -- >> hello, everyone. what we have decided to do is introduce ourselves. my name is steve rabe. my research specialty is u.s. relations with latin america. i have never done a book on truman and latin america. i have done a couple of articles. i have done books on jfk and eisenhower and latin america. i have been a general study of the cold war relations in latin america. i've had the honor and privilege during my life to teach abroad. i have taught in 20 different countries, and in particular i have talked many times in argentina. i have taught in brazil, in ecuador and colombia. that will inform i talk here because i will look at truman and latin america in the way a latin american would look at it. i will go over some of the same materials, but from more of a latin american perspective. if you were to ask an educated latin american citizen, a citizen who had a sense of history, if you were to ask them, what do you think of harry truman and latin america? you would probabl

his name was harry truman. when united states entered the war in 1917, the army was not prepared to fight in an international war. one of the things they were lacking, besides the number of men, was also artillery. world war i was a war of artillery. 60% of the battlefield deaths were caused by artillery, the projectiles that were fired over the battlefield. when the americans went over to france, they primarily used french artillery pieces. one of the major ones was the french 75 millimeter gun. it was advanced for its time and had an incredible recoil system. when the gun was fired, it did not have to be constantly readjusted. when the americans started using these, they used four guns and a battery. a battery was commanded by a captain. one of the captains of the batteries was from independence, missouri, and his name was harry s truman. harry truman went on to become the president of the united states. he said that what he learned during world war i helped him throughout the rest of his career. one of the i

truman based on an i c sixty eight document largely about the perception of soviet fear rather than factual assertions about soviet fear and then of course the invaded the north korea the korean peninsula which was one country throughout much of history up until the second world war it was one country one people one culture and then unfortunately the war happened and twenty percent of the north korean population were wiped out of this earth thanks largely due to the us invasion so the memory of history is still fresh and currently the north koreans have. i'm not defending the north koreans but they do have legitimate security concerns you know one hundred and sixty thousand u.s. troops stationed across western pacific the cold war architecture for deployment remaining largely intact and also around military exercises between south korea and

i mentioned the coolidge edition and the 20's and harry truman rebuilding. it was a massive inside out project. some of the things we're talking about. once a generation things have to be done because there is a lot of wear and tear. there are hundreds of people work within the complex. the heating and air-conditioning system was really only installed about 30 years ago, 27 years ago, i think. because it is used heavily it has beenlock -- used for almost 80 years. we're talking about a facility that gets a ton of around-the-clock use. a ton of visitors every day. of course the wear and tear will be acceleratedd. please revisit some of the touches jackie kennedy put on the white house when she was first lady. from a viewer. --h guest: guest: she thought the white house looked almost pedestrian. not content with what had been done. she formed a committee to restore the white house in her words, to its original authenticity. soot of the artwork and forth were actually scattered to the winds over the decades, and she went all-out to try to get as much of that th

raymond geselbracht, a formal archivist at the areas truman -- harry s truman library and museum, talks about truman's latin american travels. he explores the latin american legacy through photos and truman's detailed diary entries. the truman white house and -- to send carlos in's to in key west, florida hosted the , conference.

well, it's probably the biggest renovation the white itself since harry truman moved out for more than four 1948 and '52. he had to move out because the on theouse literally was virge of collapse, that is not exaggeration. it was a rickety frame, the in the 1920s the thirdlidge added floor to the building. it was made of steel and the eight was so much it nearly caused the building to collapse in again, 1948. here is how bad was, the trumans gave their daughter margaret a piano, a leg piano actually crashed through the ceiling of the second floor. was just amazing. the trumans were told right of 1948, election you're going to have to leave, mr. president. the street, wn across the street to blair house his e spent the bulk of presidency living there, not in the white house, but blair were there for four and a half years. this is really the biggest appears, since then, that was about 75 years ago. host: we have time for a couple viewers have it on the renovation project or the history of renovations at the house. paul brandos, a great person to ask for the history, somebody who knows it

my granddaughter, caroline was harry truman. [laughter] and the other group was franklin roosevelt well, the name of the gathering for the parents these little people came out there and gave a wonderful account of who they were and what they did and all of us were just amazed. and i know for certain not one of those children will ever forget which president they were. it will be with them for the rest of their lives. and that's the kind of thing that can work wonders. i think we need to bring the lab tech -- lab techniques may have to dig in and get their hands dirty and do their research. they sent us follow this, it'll be on the test next month. no. get them hooked by getting them involved in the detective case aspect. >> you mentioned the importance of universities that we have as a great asset to the country and there are two elements of universities today that i find very dismaying. one is the emphasis on political culture and even administrators seeming to fall into the trap of protecting their students from controversial

there should also be one of harry truman. they said, no, truman was bad. it is because of truman that korea is divided. i said, isn't that the good news? if truman had not sent macarthur in the first place korea would , be united, but under the guys from the north. they said no, macarthur wanted to unite korea, and that is why macarthur was fired by truman. i tried to explain it but it was not the way it happened. but i was unsuccessful at that time. unfortunately now, 47 years later, that is the prevailing attitude in korea. whether i will have the chance to change minds during my upcoming fulbright to korea, we will have to see. that was my first introduction to the conflicted and competing memories of the korean war. the war began 67 years ago and one day. that was june 25, 1950 that the north koreans attacked. it was a particularly brutal war. in many ways it was a civil war, but also in international conflict instigated by the soviet union. soon, the chinese were involved as well as the americans and the u.n. it was a war in which the civilian populat

legacy of harry truman. every year, i have discovered we learn something new. as harry would say, history is a process of discovery and history is the only thing we don't know. guess what? we will know more when we get done than when we began. we have a distinguished group today. i would like to introduce the presidents grandson, clifton truman daniel. he has been our honored guest the last 15 years, as well. [applause] mr. daniel: it is further to the stage them i thought it was. thank you, bob. thank you, mike. thank you to our distinguished scholars and ladies and gentlemen for being here. welcome. as bob said i have been coming , here since the first one. it is a terrible chore to come down to key west every year. i think this is the first rainy day we have ever had. we had to have it at some point. i have one story that i have -- through a series of events, i have worked with victims of hiroshima and nagasaki the last four years. and of course when i started doing that i tried to think what would my gra

the harry s truman presidential library in independence, missouri, hosted this event. it is about 45 minutes. >> we would like to welcome you all to the truman library. my name is david clark. i am a archivist europe the truman library. i have been here 16 years, working here. over the years we have developed different programs and presentations for the public, i came across an idea of doing harry s truman and the rich and famous. i saw a number of documents and photos related to those people. i liked watching tv and movies as i was growing up and still do, so i saw these and we were asked to do a presentation, i said this is something people might be interested in. this presentation has me

that should also be one of harry truman. they said, no, truman was bad. it is because of truman that korea is divided. i said, isn't that the good news? if truman had not sent macarthur korea would be united, but under the guys from the north. korea,ur wanted to unite and that is why macarthur was fired by truman. i try to explain it but it was not the way it happened. i was unsuccessful at that time. unfortunately now, 47 years later, that is the prevailing attitude in korea. whether i will have the chance to change minds very much, we will have to see. introductionirst to the conflicted and competing memories of the korean war. began 67 years ago and one day. june 20 5, 1950 that the north koreans attacked. it was a particularly brutal war. a civil war,it was but also in international conflict instigated by the soviet union. soon, the chinese were involved as well as the americans and the u.n. theas a war in which civilian population got caught up in the war. 10 koreans, both north and south, died during the three-year conflict. others, of thousands of

truman and celebrities. david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians, and entertainers. president truman did not seek out entertainers. he cultivated relations, especially he had a good friendship. [happy birthday playing on violin] [laughter] >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. of the headlines from voice of america, republican senators seek to ramp up u.s. port security. writing one day after president trump introduced a plan to reshape immigration to the united states, republican lawmakers introduced -- john cornyn with senators barrasso, johnson, and phyllis, talked about the legislation.

and harry truman was my first commander-in-chief. we should render respect to the office. the office should be sacrosanct. we should celebrate a freely elected leader. but we do not necessarily have to respect the person who is in the office. we garner respect to ourselves based on how we compose ourselves. on the constitution and how we teach governments, well, i hear it all the time "that is not constitutional." the last thing in article one, section eight gives congress the power to enact laws and those laws, by definition in that paragraph, says all the laws enacted in pursuit of the constitution are constitutional. we fought the battle, we had our founding fathers give us the veterans papers and everybody read them. we adopted the federalist papers, not the anti-federalist and we keep fighting those over and over again. the most important lesson they gave us in those papers, which explains our constitution and why we don't have a dictatorship or a socialist or a commercial republic is that we should be enlightened. about 20 times, they say "be enlightened." that means

., harry truman and celebrities. archivist harry clark looks back on the relationship to celebrities and entertainers. >> president truman did not necessarily seek out entertainers or well-known people, yet he cultivated relationships with jack benny, especially he had a good friendship with. birthday]aying happy [laughter] >> american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. next, a look at the relationship between government officials and the press, including access to lawmakers, the role of press secretaries, and the challenges of classified leaks. this is just over two hours. ms. kiely: welcome, everybody. barbara cochran, who is the president of the national press

foundation to bring distinguished scholars to continue to report on the legacy of harry truman. every year, i have discovered we learn something new. as harry would say, history is a process of discovery and history is the only thing we don't know. guess what? we will know more when we get done then when we began. we have a distinguished group today. i would like to introduce the presidents grandson, clifton truman daniel. he has been our honored guest the last 15 years, as well. [applause] mr. daniel: thank you bob, thank you mike, thank you to our distinguished scholars and ladies and gentlemen for being here. welcome. i have been coming here since the first one. it is a terrible chore to come down to key west every year. i think this is the first rainy day we have ever had. we had to have it at some point. i have one story, through a series of events, i have worked with victims of hiroshima and nagasaki the last four years. i try to think, what would my grandfather feel about this? i found my answer in the story about his presidential visit to mexico in 1947, when he laid a w

on the very same day in 1948, president harry s truman issued an executive order to desegregate the us military. president truman zen correctly recognized the nation's military strength and advocacy depends on equal treatment of its troops. he saw integration notwithstanding predictable resistance to the change was not only possible but essential. living up to the american equal treatment of all persons. 7 decades later, egregiously failed to learn from our past. the president's mere announcement of a ban on transgender military service harms all-americans by sending a message that fosters and encourages prejudice, inconsistent with our core national values. if implement the ban would further harm americans and we can our defense by enshrining unequal treatment of americans based on rank stereotypes. animus has no place in any

the among the presidency, harry truman at celebrities. archivist david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrities, politicians and entertainers. truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers are well-known people, yet he cultivated relationships. especially jack benny, he had a good friendship with. -- clip. clip very ♪ [laughter] [applause] from american history tv, every weekend on c-span three. next, a look at the relationship between government officials and the press, including access to lawmakers. the role of press secretaries and the challenges of handling classified leaks. this is just over two hours.

foundation to bring distinguished scholars to continue to report on the legacy of harry truman. every year, i have discovered we learn something new. as harry would say, history is a process of discovery and history is the only thing we don't know. guess what? we will know more when we get done then when we began. we have a distinguished group today. i would like to introduce the presidents grandson, clifton truman daniel. --has been our honest honored guest the last 15 years, as well. [applause] mr. daniel: thank you bob, thank you mike, thank you to our distinguished scholars and ladies and gentlemen for being here. welcome. i have been coming here since the first one. it is a terrible chore to come down to key west every year. i think this is the first rainy day we have ever had. we had to have it at some point. i have one stories, through a series of events, i have worked with victims of hiroshima and nagasaki the last four years. to think, what would my grandfather feel about this? i found my answer in the story about his presidential visit to mexico in 1947, when he laid a

truman. one of the true heros of the cold war and post war of america. during this 41 years or so that the cold war was going on, did you u.s. policy stay consistent? >> well, what happened was that in the beginning it was a policy what's called containment this idea as i say of no further. then came a period under truman after truman under nixon and then a little bit under court and carter a policy of datan maybe we can work with the soviets maybe somehow if we bring about some kind of balance militarily that we can step down and do away with the idea of conflict perhaps being inevitable. that unfortunately does not work out too well because during this period of datan during 19 0u78, this was a period when all of a sudden therm communist regimes in africa. in ethiopia, mbengola when nicaragua went communist so we could see these i should say we at least the conservatives could see that there was a need for something beyond datan that we have to go back beyond containment and something beyon

symposium, which this year is titled "harry truman's legacy toward that end -- toward latin and south america." >> i'm happy to be here. ist we have decided to do each introduced ourselves. i will take a little bit about myself. my name is stephen rabe

i want to go back to the words of president harry truman. today marks the 72nd anniversary of the u.s. bombing of makkah sake killed 74,000 people. that came three days after the u.s. dropped the first atomic bomb on hiroshima, killing people. killing 140,000 people. this is harry truman speaking on august 6, 19 45, hours after he bombed here mishima. >> if they do not accept our terms, they may expect a rain of fire from the air, the likes of which has not been seen on earth. amy: you can liken that to president trump. allan: truman was speaking, even though it was an act of mass murder that he did to hiroshima and nagasaki, and he was in the midst of a brutal war against the mass killing japanese and nazi regime so it was a different context from now. sense, it goes back to the point that this is a .ollback administration human rights and civil rights activist, standards since then do to human rights and civil rights activism, standards of policy have changed. trump is seeking to eliminate those. casualties as a result of u.s. airstrikes i

of the 15th annual symposium. >> harry truman's legacy toward latin america. stephen: -- >> hello, everyone. what we have decided to do is introduce ourselves. my name is steve rabe. my research specialty is u.s. relations with latin america. i have

for a while harry truman had us. i think we've gotten more than anybody, including harry truman who was number one. but they will tell you we got none. >> knows claims about what the trump administration has done in terms of legislation, especially when compared to other administrations aren't true. and they have driven historians to distraction. the "washington post" chose to go another way. they have looked at the trump administration in a different method. phillip bump has compiled a list of things president trump has undone. the list is lengthy. bump asked all followers on twitter to do to point out anything he had forgotten process. it runs the gamut from withdrawing from the paris climate accords to banning transgender members of the military removing a bike sharing station from the white house. pulitzer prize winning columnist he connie schultz is with us. from her hometown in cleveland and the aforementioned author of what trump has undone phillip bump narcotic correspondent for the "washington post" is with

trump's menacing remarks echo the tone and cadence of harry truman in 1945, when he dropped the bomb on hiroshima. he urged the japanese to surrender, warning that if they did not, they would experience rain and ruling, the likes of which they had never seen. with the risk of miscalculation very high, do you act or are you in reflect mood? kennedy was restrained in the cuban missile crisis. this is a move different to other presidents. >> speaking about the rhetoric being used, i think when you start to hear rhetoric about clear and present danger to the defending, life, or protecting and defending the u.s. constitution, those are terms that may be around the gulf war started to see that's healthy estimated -- how they escalated the rhetoric. that might be the way i wouldn't. as far as the escalation goes, sanctions have checkered history in the past, but in this case, one of the things were watching closely is rex tillerson, secretary of state, is in southeast asia and trying to get nations there to take a harsher diplomatic stance. we know there are technologies and components flow

rhodes, not since harry truman, in fact, has this kind of reign of ruin, i think those were harry truman's words, after the hiroshima attack, to pressure the japanese into surrendering, in effect, a threat of another nuclear attack, has any president used this kind of rhetoric and the fact that it was used and improvised without review or vetting of his national security team, certainly raises questions about the process that is under way in the white house. a process that will involve the most serious decisions about war and peace and we should all recognize there's no such thing as a quick, easy preemptive strike here. we're not talking about sending a missile or 60 missiles as was done in syria to wipe out a hangar. a preemptive strike leads to war. and as general mattis observed so powerfully, it is war that will be more devastating than we've seen many of us in our lifetime. >> senator, one of the things that i've also been working on is the cyber capability of north korea, which has been underestimated in the past. it is there behind russia, china and iran among rogue adversaries in

then somebody cared it to harry truman after the hiroshima bombing warning the japanese to surrender or he would drop another bomb, turns out that we did, it's a pretty apocalyptic moment to compare it to. this is unprecedented in 50 or 60 years and got people's attention. >> bill: some of the indicators are the stock market. look what the dow is doing right now. it's barely moved for the day. yesterday around this time when the president took his press conference, it moved quite a bit. i wonder what investors are seeing about this. normally when north korea would make a move like this, you'd probably see more movement. it has not happened. i'm curious why. >> well, far be it from me to predict or explain why the stock market is doing what it's doing. it took a sharp dip yesterday. it's not today. one of the things that people talked, there would be other signs that we might we'll see if we real will were headed to a military conflict. there's hundreds of thousands of americans, troops and dependents and people doing business in seoul, south korea, which is on the front line. one wou

at that point, harry s truman -- truman told him to get out. by the way, macarthur was a military genius. host: back to history a little bit. john delury, if you want to comment on that historical reference. guest: it is actually not the case that macarthur moved into china. macarthur did have some plans sus ofould scare the bejee listeners, to light up the border with nuclear weapons. there is a historical debate about the mental competency of douglas macarthur at that point. t that do track -- detrac he was one of the great military commanders, but there were serious, compelling reasons that harry made the decision to relieve macarthur of his duties. he never moved troops into china, that he was very aggressive about what he wanted to do. he essentially wanted to start and moved u.s. troops into china. that would have been a cataclysmic disaster. host: you are perspective as a former naval intelligence officer? guest: it is the basic strategy here. what ourtical -- political objectives trying to achieve an are you surpassing them, doing more

a latin american and art discusses the successes and disappointments of president harry truman's policy in that region. he is a history professor at the university of texas in dallas. houseuman little white and the key west institute in florida hosted this symposium which there -- this year is title, harry truman's legacies tort latin and south ame

i'm reminded of the story told about harry truman when he was president. someone on the personal staff did something he didn't like and he sharply criticized the person, and then he realized suddenly that he had shattered this person because he wasn't semi important politician from kansas city, harry truman. he was the president of the united states. now you've got this businessman from new york who has habit ated to saying things in a certain way, but now it's coming out with the full force of the american presidency. he's got to recognize that. >> do you worry, general, you have this specter of parts of the government, people will look at it, jim chap per or brennan as cia director and say, oh, these are obama holdovers? this is incorrect because they've served republican and democratic presidents. do you worry that it looks like going after trump to many of his supporters? >> i worry about that a great deal, david. let me make this a little more personal. a lot of folks who have expressed concerns about the course of action of the trump administration a

i don't know if he's a student of harry truman or not. but i don't think -- obviously it's helpful one way or the other. but i do think it's important to remember that there are larger stakes here, and that trying to bring down the rhetoric, bring down the temperature, is really a better way to move forward here. he has room -- this is what i keep going back to, he has room for diplomacy, he just has to let it work. >> well, other lawmakers have other ideas, general hertling, of how this should be handled. here are john mccain and darrell isa yesterday. >> i think the row turned ruler in pyongyang is not crazy, but ready to go to the brink. the great leaders that i've seen, they don't threaten unless they are ready to act. >> yeah. >> and i'm not sure president trump is ready to act. >> if true, it represents the greatest crisis undoubtedly since the cuban missile crisis. the correlation is very similar. this is something that can hit us and our allies, and it's a rogue nation that we suspect would use it. >> obviously, general, two repub

here we are with harry s. truman. harry truman would spend some of his winters in key west at the little white house. while at the little white house, he started wearing these button up shirts, like a hawaiian shirt. they became very fashionable very quickly. they were more comfortable in the heat. it affected men's fashion and a lot of men around the country started wearing these shirts. for the men's clothing companies across the country. he really liked the shirts a lot. here we are with dwight eisenhower. what we have from dwight eisenhower is one of his paintings. after golf, his second favorite passion was painting. he painted over 260 paintings in the 20 years after he was president. he got started after watching a portrait being painted of his wife, and that got him interested in painting. when his stuff was on exhibit at a new york art gallery in 1967, he said they would have burned this a long time ago if i were not president of the united states. here we are with john f. kennedy. for john f. kennedy we have

our keynote speaker was clifton truman daniel, harry truman's grandson. we went through the truman library. primarily spends his time working with a library and is also spent a lot of time working with survivors of the atomic bombs in japan. if you are not familiar with the paper cranesko the , you need to look it up. wheno was a two-year-old they bombed hiroshima. she survived the bombing and later at 10 years old, developed radiation.ffects of somebody told her that if she would make 1000 paper cranes, she would get well. that was an old japanese tradition. she started making paper cranes. she made 664 before she died. brother presented the last paper crane that she made to clifton for display in the truman library. now that is reconciliation. >> i forgot the question now. [laughter] >> sorry, i just had to collect myself there. um, i think one of the reasons that people will remember things , and teachers, correct me if i'm wrong -- when i cover stories, and kids get out of their seat and do something with their hands him a sometimes they can remember

for a while harry truman ha us. i think we've gotten more than anybody, including harry truman who was number one. but they will tell you we got none. >> knows claims about what the trump administration has done in terms of legislation, especially when compared to other administrations aren't view. and they have driven historians to distraction. the "washington post" chose to go another way they have looked at the trump administration in a different method. phillip bump has compiled a list of things president trump has undone. the list is lengthy. bump asked all followers on twitter to do to point out anything he had forgotten process. it runs the gamut from withdrawing from the paris climate accordings to banning transgender members of the military removing a bike sharing station from the white house. pull it'ser prize winning column knit connie schultz is with us from her hometown in cleveland and the aforementioned author of what trump has undone phillip bump narcotic correspondent for the "washington post" is wi

look, all democrats are not harry truman inly wasn't, he opened up the military, j.f.k. wasn't, l.b.j. wasn't. l.b.j. l.b.j., civil rights legislation down their throats and made them like it, they had to change or death.litical he didn't come down off the cross and absolve them of all sins. they tried to say, oh, are -- all now republicans are like the is a ats used to be, that great big lie. i'm really sick and tired of hearing that. i mean, they -- i've watched on l.b.j., you know, naturally giving hem a hard time vietnam, but in singing his praises about civil ights legislation, which they should. but they tip toed around and never used the word democrat in tone.tive they would call them southern which atives, you know, is great. smears the south, which emocrats don't anymore completely and they been trying you know, their own the nixon ism since administration, trying to say 100 ern strategy changed years of oppression of black know, i just u sick and tired of hearing this junk. caller mes, the last today on "washington journal." but for more callers, more "washingt

., harry truman and celebrities. david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians and entertainers. president truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers or well-known people, but he cultivated real relationships with them. this is a clip -- ♪ [laughter] ♪ [applause] tv, allcan history weekend every weekend on c-span3. "> "washington journal continues. host: joining us now is scott jaschik, the editor at inside higher ed. he's here to discuss the justice plans tot's investigate and potentially sue universities over admissions policies they find disseminate against white applicants. -- discriminate against white applicants. the trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the justice department's civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative thatn admissions policies discriminate against white applicants. seeks current lawyers interested in working for a new project on investigations and possible litigation to intenti

president trump's rhetoric sounded very much look a speech, harry truman gave after the first u.s. atomic bomb strike at hiroshima. >> they do not accept our terms they may expect a rain from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth. behind the air attack will follow sea and land forces in such numbers and purr as they have not yet seen. >> asked if the president was looking towards war, counselor kelly ann conway told reporters there was no point explaining. >> i think the president's comments were strong and obvious. >> in a historical echo, daryl issa compared the standoff off to the most dangerous cold war nuclear confrontation. >> it representatives the greatest crisis probably since, undoubtedly since the cuban missile crisis. this is something that can hit us and our allies. and it's with a rogue nation that we suspect would use it. >> the president's words contrasted sharp leap with secretary of state tillerson's declaration last week that the u.s. was open to negotiations. >> we are trying to convey to the north koreans we are not your enemy, we are not