truman said, according to margaret truman, mrs. truman said, "harry, they're shooting at our policemen." and so the policemen yelled, "get down. get down." he stuck his head out the window. it was a pretty messy thing. and the -- well, the one -- the assassin who survived was sent to prison, and president carter released him from prison after, what, 40 years or something like that? >> so this was during the second term -- >> and he expressed no regret. >> -- and when they were living in the blair house, an explanation we have not yet gotten to, why they spent so much time there. the 1940 election, did bess truman want harry to run for re-election? >> she didn't try to stop him. you know, in her heart of hearts, does she want to keep being first lady? no. but, again, this is a partnership. she might have been able to persuade him not to run, but she knew that in his heart of hearts, that's what he believed was best for the country. and so she supported him. >> so many people would remember the famous "dewey defeats truman" headline.

the truman's said no. yeah so he and mimi arrived at the white house but they would not come inside and greet the truman's. they sat in the car. and the president of the united states had to walk out to him. you can feel the tension if you look at the pictures of that inauguration. >> after the inauguration, truman was almost forgotten. he was almost thrown out. he had no pensioner anything coming to him. one of the members of the secret service detail took an annual leave to accompany them back on the train to independents. no one told him goodbye until they were at the train station. they were about 100 people cheering them? >> no, i think there were more. when they returned home there were thousands in the independence. they were gratified but someone offended. but his glasses were gone and his handkerchief was gone win the crowd pushed in on him and they built an iron fence that is still there now. >> they did not expect the crowds and people kept walking by wanting to see them. there is a crowd -- the

with president truman's grab grandson, clifton truman daniel. fdr presidential library and museum director paul sparrow and historian edward angle. at 8 pm, on the presidency, ronald reagan's 1983 interview with readers digest and his 1988 interview with the bbc aren't. both interviews were conducted from the oval office with reagan discussing a variety of issues, including his hollywood days. a 1983 bombing that killed u.s. marines in beirut lebanon. his vision for u.s. soviet

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truman was a regular. rayburn told the vice president the white house is looking for you so truman fixed himself a bourbon and sat down and dialed national 1414. steve earley, president's longtime secretary, got on the phone and told the vice president get to the white house as quickly and quietly as possible. rayburn who always thought truman was pale thought now he got a little paler. jesus christ in general jackson, truman said, as soon as he hung up the phone but he got up, walked over to the door and just as he got there he turned around and said to the people in the room, this stays in the room. something must have happened. now by himself truman ran to the almost empty capital. his shoes echoed on the marble corridors as he dashed past statues of generals and politicians. ten minutes later his car arrived at the white house. >> he was escorted to the second story which is the family's residence. he was met there by eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt said harry, the president is dead. >> when he he

when truman walked down he was citizen truman. he had no pension. no allowance for office space. no secret service. the income was is an army pension of $119 a month and he got on the train the new president eisenhower loaned him the presidential car that belong to roosevelt to ride home to independence and all the way across the country he was greeted one town after another by crowd to came out to seeee him. the he got restless and walked around the train he would just say hello toto everybody. and returning to what he had been. s interesting as all the rest of it. i mass sometimes what drew me to truman but one of them certainly for me it is a wonderful story and the story of his retirementt years is as appealing for me to write as any in the book. >>cspan: 117 pages. >> including sources. >> it's a slim volume. [laughter] but the problem is to keep it to one volume i was determined it would not be a two-volume biography. i wanted it to be a big book i didn't know it would be quite this big but the span and the arc of his life is a chronicle of american life with the jeffersoni

he is also a truman scholar. he has spent quite a bit of time studying the life and career of his grandfather. and he currently serves as honorary chairman of the board of trustees at the harry truman presidential library and museum in independence, missouri. today, we will give a great opportunity for question-and-answer. please weigh in with lots of questions. we have already been talking quite a bit off-camera about our topic today. and i guarantee there will be a lot of interesting ideas and discussion. so i will begin and introduce paul to the program. thank you. paul: thank you, ed. thank you, clifton, for being part of this today. i'm very excited. this is one of those topics that has generated an enormous amount of debate throughout the years. the background for franklin roosevelt, of course, is that he was struggling in the late 1930's to convince americans who were very isolationist, that they had to take an interest in the problems going on in europe. some of the things that he understood about the spr

when truman walked down he was citizen truman. he had no pension. no allowance for office space. no secret service.

president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. his is the first vift to san francisco by a chief executive in seven years. half a million citizens turn out to hail the presidential motorcade. [ applause ] as mr. truman arrives, 63 days of concerted international effort are climaxed by the signing of the united nations charter. first to sign is china, the first nation that suffered aggression. dr. wellington ku signs with a traditional chinese brush. the delegation of the soviet union and ambassador andre rommico signs for russia. great britain is represented by her delegation lord halifax. the republic of france, acting delegation chairman joseph boncuor. 38 of 50 nations to sign is the united states of america. secretary of state stetinius. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charter for world peace has been completed. but this is not the end. it is only the beginning. the great past lies before us and it is our solemn and our sacred duty to see to it that the united nations

between sessions, president truman talks with generals dwight d. eisenhower and omar bradley. admiral lahey is also president at the potsdam white house. -- also present at the presidents potsdam white house. a meeting of the british and american chiefs of staff. 26, a joint declaration from president truman and reed try airing prime minister churchill issued with the concurrence of the chinese general a smoke because on the japanese government to surrender and conditionally. -- unconditionally. sea and airous land forces of the united states, the british empire, and china, reinforced by armies and air fleets from the west, are poised to strike the final blows upon japan. ♪ additional films on the invasions of balikpapan, borneo. area, aland, a staging vast amount of supplies are loaded on transports while troops assemble. the operations under the joint command of australian and american officers. due to the shallow beaches at more time, the australians are forced to wade through water above the waist to board the lci's. 300 ships of the u.s. seventh fleet in the royal nethe

president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. his is the first vift to san francisco by a chief executive in seven years. half a million citizens turn out to hail the presidential motorcade. [ applause ] as mr. truman arrives, 63 days of concerted international effort are climaxed by the signing of the united nations charter. first sign is china. the first nation that suffered aggression. dr. wellington ku signs with a traditional chinese brush. the delegation of the soviet union and ambassador andre rommico signs for russia. great britain is represented by her delegation lord halifax. the republic of france, acting delegation chairman joseph boncuor. 38 of 50 nations to sign is the united states of america. secretary of state stentinious. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware that this is an extremely historic occasion. the charter for world peace has been completed. but this is not the end. it is only the beginning. the great past lies before us and it is our solemn and our sacred duty to see to it that the united nations c

and harry truman was a really unlikely president. he was the creature of one of the last urban political machines in kansas city. and he was known primarily as a political hack. but he was loyal to franklin roosevelt and he needed a new vice presidential running mate in 1944. i'm reminded how much things have changed over time in what we expect of your presidents but also how presidents and their running mates are chosen. so we live in a time when presidents -- whoever gets the nomination of the party gets to choose often without consulting anybody else, consider sarah palin or dan quail, without telling anybody else, this is my choice. that was not the case for most of american history. most american history, the presidents were told this is going to be your running mate. because the leaders of the party had the interest of the party at heart and they needed to balance the ticket geographically and by age and other things. the democrats told roosevelt in 1944, you got to get rid of your current vice president henry wallace. it was c

between sessions, president truman talked with general eisenhower and omar bradley. also present at the white house. a meeting of the british and american chiefs of staff. on july 26, a joint declaration from president truman and retiring prime minister churchill issued with the concurrence of the chinese generalissimo, calls on the japanese to surrender unprinted -- unconditionally. uniteddigious forces of states, british empire, and china many times reinforced by armies and their fleets of the west are poised to strike the final blows upon japan. additional films on the invasion of borneo the australian seventh division. island, staging for the invasion, a supply of material is loaded as troops embarked on lci's. the operation is under joint command of australian and american officers. due to the shallow beaches, the australians are forced to wait for water above the waist to board the lci's. ships of the fleet and netherlands navy participate in the invasion. rocket ships help reduce shore installations, taking part of precededrdment which the invasion. clouds of

of the truman library institute. linda johnson robb is the first child of our 36th president, lyndon johnson. she lived in the white house during the last years of her father's tenure in office from 1966 to 1969. and for over two decades, has served as a trustee of the lbj foundation. and susan ford bails is the fourth child and only daughter of our 38th president, gerald ford. she lived in the white house during the bulk of her father's presidency, from 1974 to 1977, and since 1981, has served as a trustee of the gerald ford presidential foundation. moderating our panel is david rubenstein, the co-founder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group and our country's leading patriotic philanthropist. generously contributing to the preservation of our nation's history and culture. he is also the host of bloomberg's "the david rubenstein show: peer-to-peer conversations." ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to this stage matthew mckinley, tweed roosevelt, clifton truman daniel, linda johnson robb, susan ford bails

of the truman library institute. linda johnson robb is the first child of our 36th president, lyndon johnson. she lived in the white house during the last years of had her father's tenure in office from 1966 to 1969. and for over two decades, has served as a trustee of the lbj foundation. and susan ford bails is the fourth child and only daughter of our 38th president, gerald ford. she lived in the white house during the bulk of her father's presidency, and since 1981, has served as a trustee of the gerald ford presidential foundation. moderating our panel is david rubenstein, the co-founder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group and our country's leading patriotic philanthropist. generously contributing to the preservation of our nation's history and culture. he is also the host of bloomberg's "the david rubenstein show: peer-to-peer conversations." ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to this stage matthew mckinley, tweed roosevelt, linda johnson rob, susan ford bails and david rubenstein. [applause] >> tha

[dramatic military music] [trumpeting horns] >> president truman reviews the second armor division. accompanied by the secretary of state burns, he rides on the autobahn to berlin where men, tanks and vehicles are lined up for the presidential inspection. on july 18, the president and mr. burns are guests of mayor stalin and russian commissar molotov at soviet headquarters. mayor stalin acknowledges a request for photographs and the group proceeds to the garden of the villa. the formal sessions of the conference get underway with president truman chosen to preside over the meetings. mayor stalin exchanges handshakes with prime minister churchill and british foreign sector anthony eaton. churchill and eaton are to be replaced as britain's chief spokesman at the conference. atlee becomes britain's prime minister by virtue of his party's victory. after daily sessions for eight days, the conference recessed until the election results became known. between sessions, president truman talks with generals dwight d. eisenhower and omar bradley. admiral lahey is also present at the potsdam wh

our second guest is clifton truman daniel who is the eldest grandson of president harry truman.

. ♪ ♪ >> following his arrival, president truman reviews the second armor division. accompanied by the secretary of state burns, he rides on the autobahn to berlin where men, tanks and vehicles are lined up for the presidential inspection. on july 18, the president and mr. burns are guests of mayor -- of premier stalin and russian commissar molotov at soviet headquarters. stalin acknowledges a request for photographs and the group proceeds to the garden of the villa. the formal sessions of the conference get underway with president truman chosen to preside over the meetings. premier stalin exchanges handshakes with prime minister churchill and british foreign secretary anthony eaton. churchill and eaton are to be replaced as britain's chief spokesman at the conference. atlee becomes britain's prime minister by virtue of his party's victory. ernest bevins succeeds anthony eden. after daily sessions for eight days, the conference recessed until the election results became known. between sessions, president truman talks with generals dwight d. eisenhower and omar bradle

between sessions, president truman talks with dwight d. leahy.wer and he is also present at the pottstown white house. he calls on the japanese government to surrender unconditionally. it is prefaced as follows. see, andgious slam, air forces of the united states, the british empire, and china are poised to strike the final blows on japan. ♪ films by troops of the australian seventh division. at the staging area for the invasion, a vast supply of material is loaded while troops assemble. jointeration is under the command australian and american officers. due to the shallow beaches, the australians are forced to wade through water above the waist. u.s.300 ships of the seventh fleet and the royal netherlands navy participate in the invasion. rocket ships take part in the intense naval bombardment which perceives the invasion. clouds of black smoke from burning oil tanks and refineries fill the beach. craft -- they land on the july 1. after quickly establishing a beachhead, australian infantry through oils installations. enemy, small arms a

with president truman's grandson, christie and truman daniel, and historian edward l'engle. at 8:00 p.m., on "the presidency comical ronald reagan 1983 interview with reader's digest. both interviews were conducted from the oval office, with reagan discussing a variety of issues including his hollywood days, the 1983 bombing that killed u.s. marines in beirut, lebanon, his vision for and theiet relations, assassination attempt that left him seriously wounded. exploring the american story. watch american history tv today on c-span3. >> up next the civil war, historian harold holzer and of the new-york historical society, talk about artifacts featured in your publication "the civil war in 50 objects." in this program, they discuss documents related to slavery, abolition and recruiting freedmen to the union army. this conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic and the new-york historical society provided the video. valerie: good evening, everyone. it is my absolute delight and three of as a curator at the museum, i am always struck by how art objects and doc

truman was down double digits to dewey at this point. it's really the only example i have going back where there's anything like this. you know, if you think about carter in '80, he lost, he was down double digits at this point. bush in '92 was down. the only example really is truman in '48, who, of course, shocked the world. which is what trump has to do. >> everybody remembers that for truman holding up the picture of "the chicago tribune" getting it wrong and saying dewey had won. what can you point to that might make trump like truman in this? >> i mean, the day, the only thing that will make trump like truman is if he gets a better handle of the coronavirus. i mean, look at these numbers from florida, right? do you approve or disapprove of the job on the coronavirus? and what you essentially see is his approval rating was at 46% back in april. it it's dropped to 37% now. and at the same time, biden's lead in florida has expanded from four points up to 13 points. so if truman -- sorry, if trump wants to win a second term, he's got to

we're going on the ground 75 years to the day joseph stalin winston churchill clement attlee and harry truman met in potsdam germany to establish a new post world war 2 world coming up in the show the longest war after 945 could the stalling of interrupt and talks of a prisoner transfer threaten a resurgence of the us is longest war which followed u.s. u.k. support for it is the mists they are now fighting we asked the taliban if their prioritising prisoners of the peace and if the 2020 u.s. presidential election could make a historic agreement a thing of the past in the wake of major nation media stories about russian bounties damn this fake news by dole trump and his nato nations gently causing socialism to recover from coronavirus we investigate the people's republic of the watch and other corporations arguably using the tools of socialism to benefit from covert $90.00 a ball coming up in today's going underground 1st today 75 years ago the world was carved up in a bombed out germany it's estimated that $27000000.00 russians sacrificed their lives for a victory against nazi germany here is

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the heavy blue wall fabric from the truman renovation of 1952. she had the monroe furniture arriving in the room on the right hand screen the table and original chair before it was reup holstered. the table in the middle of the room was made by the carpentry shop and a big plywood disk. with a fabric covering. i think she was still working on the centerpiece of the room. she was looking for something truly more period and you see on the left the striped wallpaper and elements that she felt more in keeping with the monroe period. but it was criticized at the time. people said this drapery fabric running around the corners, it looks like a french ladies boudoirs. but she was more preshent, that is wallpaper snag that is a period document that we found in new york of the smithsonian design museum and was installed in 1995 when the room was done again. what you see in the room is different wallpaper, different upholstery and carpeting but the feeling of the room that she created and she would be thrilled to think that more historical research was goi

truman's detonation of the world's 1st atomic bomb over hiroshima forever leaving the human race in fear of nuclear annihilation historians across the global south believed the use of w m d's to kill untold hundreds of thousands of civilians was not to defeat fascism but to affirm us supremacies in a post war world except the usa would be defeated time and time again since i did $45.00 from cuba to vietnam and today in afghanistan where the us is longest war continues with u.k. boots on the ground like every war there has been propaganda we don't hear much now about how nature created the circumstances for 911 we had this brilliant idea that we were going to come to pakistan and create a force of mujahideen equip them with stinger missiles and everything else to go after the soviets instead afghanistan and we were successful the soviets left afghanistan and then we said great good by leaving these trained people who were fanatical in afghanistan and pakistan. leaving them well armed creating a mess frankly that at the time we didn't really recognize we were just so happy to see the

next on american history tv president truman's grandson, clifton truman daniel, participates in a national world war ii museum online discussion titled "franklin d roosevelt, harry truman, and the manhattan project." joining him are fdr presidential library and museum director paul sparrow and historian edward lengel. l'engle -- i am edward lengel. i'm joined today by two gentlemen. the first is paul sparrow, who is director of the franklin d roosevelt presidential museum and library in hyde park, new york, following a career as a documentary filmmaker and a senior executive at the museum. paul has been directing the roosevelt library museum since 2015. he will be talking obviously about fdr and the manhattan project. our second guest is clifton truman daniel who is the eldest grandson of prid

from enough time on his arrival in meeting president truman this. it was the 1st occasion on which they'd met since truman became president of the united states and the portsdown conference would precede truman's detonation of the world's 1st atomic bomb over hiroshima forever leaving the human race in fear of nuclear annihilation historians across the global south believed the use of w m d's to kill untold hundreds of thousands of civilians was not to defeat fascism but to affirm us supremacies in a post war world except the usa would be defeated time and time again since i did 45 from cuba to vietnam and today in afghanistan where the us is longest war continues with u.k. boots on the ground like every war there has been propaganda we don't hear much now about how nature created the circumstances for $911.00 we had this brilliant idea that we were going to come to pakistan and create a force of mujahideen equip them with stinger missiles and everything else to go after the soviets in afghanistan and we were successful the soviets left afghanistan

truman were good friends. mamie went to mrs. truman's spanish classes. there's a photograph of best showing mamie around the white house and they look like two girlfriends giggling in a corner. mamie knew how -- irregardless of what somebody's political affiliation was, she could get along with them. that was the case. if their husbands were having problems, that didn't affect how mamie and best truman would get along. >> once the decision was made, how wholeheartedly did mamie throw herself into the campaign? >> i think very wholeheartedly. i think she loved the attention. i'm not sure her part in the campaign was scripted. i think she just sort of threw herself into it, and it turned out to be a watershed for presidential wives and political campaigning. i think she was a great boon to the republican party. they liked the fact she connected with the women of ameri america, and people started asking for her on the eisenhowers' campaign train. they did a whistlestop across the country. people would, at the end of ike's speech, would say we want mamie. th

truman were good friends. mamie went to mrs. truman's spanish classes. there's a photograph of bess showing mamie around the white house, and they look like two girlfriends giggling in a corner. >> mamie knew how -- and regardless of what somebody's political affiliation was, she could get along with them. and that was the case. if their husbands were having problems, that didn't affect how mamie and bess truman would get along. >> well, once the decision was made, how wholeheartedly did mamie throw herself into the campaign? >> i think very wholeheartedly. i think she loved the attention. i am not sure that her part in the campaign was scripted. i think she just sort of threw herself into it, and you know, it turned out to be a watershed for presidential wives and political campaigning. i think she was a -- a great boon to the republican party. >> they liked the fact that she connected with the women of america, and people started asking for her on the eisenhowers'campaign train. they did a whistle stop across the country, and people would, at the end o

my husband says the truman corruption. how can i answer him? eleanor says, you could tell your husband if any government is a cesspool of corruption, every individual citizen is responsible. when the government is a republic, governments do not become corrupt unless their citizens have allowed low standards to exist. if you live in a democracy, you set the standards as the individual citizen. you elect your representatives and the government belongs to you. you and i have to correct anything that is wrong and we can always be heard. if anything is wrong, the blame is ours. children often wrote to eleanor. here is a question from a concerned younger citizen. i'm in the sixth grade. what can i do to make the world more peaceful? you can learn to live harmoniously with people of your own age even though they might be of different races and different religions. if you do that, you will be preparing your generation to live better and more peacefully in the world as a whole. not every questioner was so polite. here is one with an edge. our newspaper

did she lobby harry truman to get her post at the u.n.? ms. binker: no. in fact, when truman called, she turned it down she said, i can't first. do that. i'm not a lawyer. i don't know anything about international law. you have to understand, this was december 1945. nobody knew what the u.n. was going to be. there were a lot of people on both sides of the atlantic who predicted its failure, like the league of nations. so this is not exactly a plum job. he was not offering to make her ambassador or something. he was really sending her into the jaws of the lion. because they were going to go to this meeting in january in london and they were going to try to set up what eleanor would call the machinery for the effective use of the united nations. while she was certainly interested, she certainly followed all of the preparatory work, you know, the dumbarton oaks agreement and all of that stuff, she had been involved in promoting it, and if you remember, had franklin lived, he wanted her to go with him and they were going to go to san francisco in may of 1945

since truman became president of the united states and the portsdown conference would precede truman's detonation of the world's 1st atomic bomb over hiroshima forever leaving the human race in fear of nuclear annihilation historians across the global south believed the use of w m d's to kill untold hundreds of thousands of civilians was not to defeat fascism but to affirm u.s. supremacies in a postwar world except the usa would be defeated time and time again since i do $45.00 from cuba to vietnam and today in afghanistan where the us is longest war continues with u.k. boots on the ground like every war there has been propaganda we don't hear much now about how nature created the circumstances for $911.00 we had this brilliant idea that we were going to come to pakistan and create a force of mujahideen equip them with stinger missiles and everything else to go after the soviets in afghanistan and we were successful the soviets left afghanistan and then we said great good by leaving these trained people who were fanatical in afghanistan and pakistan leaving them well armed creating a m

president truman: gentlemen, we face a serious situation. we hope we face it in the cause of peace. the only reason for the action which was taken on the advice of all of the brains i could muster was hoping, always hoping that we will finally arrived at the place of the road we anticipated when we created the united nations. that is the only reason for the action. thank you very much. >> again, the security council meets to provide for a unified command. the president of the council invites the korean delegate to take a seat at the counsel table. >> to take his place at the table. ♪ >> great britain's delegate speaks on the resolution. >> after discussing it with the delegation, the french government -- >> the council votes 7-0 for unified command and asked the united states to designate a commander. the united states delegate replies. >> the united states accepts the responsibility and makes the sacrifice that is involved in carrying out these principles of the united nations. >> ambassador chang of the korean republic expresses his thanks. >> i want to express the deepest grati

when he dies, harry truman reaches out to him and asks him for a meeting. 71-year-old man on a global , postwarng mission food and humanitarian aid. it is used by george marshall in formulating the marshall plan. , i so hoover, under truman think gets rehabilitated. he is brought back into service. the only person who had really dealt with feeding millions of people and dealing with that kind of relief effort was hoover. plus, he also still had a network within the leadership of europe that remembered him from especially ind , really the only american they trusted after world war ii was hoover. because at a time when the allies did not want food to go into post world war i germany, hoover fought to get it in. see it as one of roosevelt's great feelings that he did not brief hoover on anything, not on the bomb, toategies, so truman had take over with very little understanding. hoover was the only surviving ex-president and the only person who understood what the job was. i will let you wrap this up because i think it is one of hoover's great quotes, he lived until the mid-1960's and sa

truman. and so when he is summoned back from drinking bourbon with sam rayburn into the white house, eleanor stands up to meet him and she puts her hand on his shoulder and she says, harry, the president is dead. >> and he said, mrs. roosevelt, oh i am so sorry. is there anything i can do for? you and she says, that is the wrong question, because you're the one that is in trouble now. >> did she move back to val-kill at that point? >> yes, she moves back to val-kill to settle the family estate. meanwhile, she keeps in a constant contact with the first american delegation to the planning meeting of the un and san francisco, and by august, she is so frustrated with truman that she begins a full court press on tremendous politics, so much so that truman appoints her to the first american delegation to the united nations to get her out of the country. >> and she lives in new york city a lot. she stays at a place at greenwich village, right in the village, an apartment and then lives out of a cert

since truman became president of the united states and the portsdown conference would precede truman's detonation of the world's 1st atomic bomb over hiroshima forever leaving the human race in fear of nuclear annihilation historians across the global south believed the use of w m d's to kill untold hundreds of thousands of civilians was not to defeat fascism but to affirm u.s. supremacies in a postwar world except the usa would be defeated time and time again since i do $45.00 from cuba to vietnam and today in afghanistan where the us is longest war continues with u.k. boots on the ground like every war there has been propaganda we don't hear much now about how nature created the circumstances for $911.00 we had this brilliant idea that we were going to come to pakistan and create a force of mujahideen equip them with stinger missiles and everything else to go after the soviets inside afghanistan and we were successful the soviets left afghanistan and then we said great good by leaving these trained people who were fanatical in afghanistan and pakistan leaving them well armed creating

the only example is truman in '48. >> everybody remembers that for truman holding up the picture of "the chicago tribune" getting it wrong and saying dewey had won. what can you point to that might make trump like truman in this? >> i mean, look, at the end of the day the only thing that will make trump like truman is if he gets a better handle of the coronavirus. i mean, do you approve or disapprove of the job trump is doing on the coronavirus? the april numbers to now. and what you essentially see is that his approval rating was at 46% back in april. it's dropped to 37 % now, and at the same time, biden's lead in florida has expanded from 4 points up to 13 points. so if -- i'm schor, if trump wants to win a second term, he's got to get a better handle on the coronavirus in the minds of voters. >> truman didn't have a pandemic going in the wrong direction on his watch. fair point. the idea of approve/disapprove, you showed it in florida. we also saw in pennsylvania and minnesota. what would trump have to do -- if these numbers are even close, what would he have to do to overcome them

with president truman's grandson. fdr presidential library director paul pharaoh and historian edward l'engle. at 8:00 p.m., on the presidency, ronald reagan, 1983 interview with reader's digest in his 1988 interview with the bbc's godfrey hodgson. both were conducted from the oval office, with reagan discussing a variety of issues including his hollywood days, the 1983 bombing that killed marines, his vision for u.s.-soviet relations, and the assassination attempt left him wounded. exploring the american story. watch american history tv today on c-span3. >> coming up next, an oral history interview with thomas gaither. he talks about attending flatland college, taking part in the desegregation sit in movement, has worked for the congress of racial equality, and helping to organize the 1961 freedom rides. this interview as part of a project on the civil rights movement initiated by congress in 2009. conducted by this sicilian national museum of african-american history and culture, the american folklife center, and th

truman. and so when he is summoned back from drinking bourbon with sam rayburn into the white house, eleanor stands up to meet him and she puts her hand on his shoulder and she says, "harry, the president is dead." and he said, "mrs. roosevelt, oh, i'm so sorry. is there anything i can do for you?" and she says, "that's the wrong question, because you're the one that's in trouble now." >> did she move back to valkill at that point? >> yes, she moves back to valkill to settle the family estate. meanwhile, she keeps in constant contact with the first american delegation to the planning meeting of the u.n. in san francisco, and by august, she is so frustrated with truman that she begins a full court press on truman's politics, so much so that truman appoints her to the first american delegation to the united nations to get her out of the country. >> and she lives in new york city a lot. she stays at a place at greenwich village, right in the village, an apartment, and then lives out of a sherato

. ♪ >> president truman arrives five years to the day after his historic proclamation, which announced the beginning of work by the united nations. mr. truman calls on the world assembly of nations to bring about real disarmament to the control of atomic and all other weapons. then the president says vast sums being spent on rearmament could be used for world betterment. [applause] in the reception that follows, the president reads to the delegates of the united nations, among them the soviet security council delegate. roosevelt.leanor anniversary isan around the world. in paris, the u.n. already has a record to be proud of. now, the successful defeat of aggression in korea. by things like these. atleen's prime minister -- the free world reaffirms its belief in the future of the united nations. in berlin, a quarter of a million west berliners gather for the dedication of the freedom belt sent from america. stirred by the united nations victory in korea, but still facing the challenge of lasting free men knowe, the surest weapon for peace is freedom. this is the bell sounding behind the

one thing in the truman administration's truman was faced with the issue of whether to recognize and today is not a controversial proposition. but at the time it was a big? for u.s. policy. most were against it including george marshall who is not only a war hero but he is a secretary of state and someone who truly was revered more than anyone else in public life. truman knew he was not hearing the other side of the issue. so he is a relatively junior white house aide and a white house meeting where he would be running against marshall. marshall was not interested having his junior aid way and on his purview and let the president know it he said what is clifford doing here? truman said he's here because i asked him to be here, he makes a case to recognize marshall is so angry that he lost his argument he never again spoke to clifford or uttered his name for the rest of his life the white house people former minnesota governor to be negotiator and arms do the near times had an editorial in the called the secretary of peace this really irked who said what is that make me, the secretary

one story i tell in the truman administration is that truman was facing the issue of whether to recognize israel. today that's not such a controversial proposition because it's a close al -- ally of us but at the time it was a big question mark and most of the national security establish was against it including george marshal, the secretary of state who would revered more than anyone necessary public life. truman new -- knew he wanted to hear the other side of the issue and assigned clark clifford to make the casimere recognizing israel in a white house meeting where he would run up against marshall. marshall was not that interested in having a junior white house aide weighing in on the issue and let the president know it. what is delivered doing her, he said but truman said he's here because i asked him to do. clifford makes the craig for recognizing israel and marshall was angry the lost the argument but he never again spoke to clifford or uttered his name. in the eisenhower administration, john foster dulles, the secretary of state, frequent -- eisenhower decided to bring in harold st

one thing in the truman administration, truman is facing the issue of whether to recognize, is not just a controversial proposition but at the time it was a big? for u.s. policy. most were against including george marshall who was not only a war hero but the secretary of state and someone with truman was geared more than anyone else in public life. truman knew he wanted him here on the other side so clifford became famous in the white house aid to make the case for work in icing israel where he'd be running against marshall. marshall is not that interested weighing in on an issue. and for letting the president no, what is he doing. but he backed clifford and easier and i asked him to be here, he makes the case in the u.s. does recognize the bill but marshall was so angry that he lost the argument and he never spoke to clifford the rest of his life. a quick story and eisenhower administration, john foster was the secretary of state and its infrequent test with the white house people. eisenhower decided to bring in the former minnesota governor to be negotiator with specifically the sovie

when he dies, harry truman reaches out to him and asks him for a meeting. a 71-year-old man on a global pathfinding mission, postwar food and humanitarian aid. it is used by george marshall in formulating the marshall plan. and so hoover, under truman, i think gets rehabilitated. he is brought back into service. and in fairness, the only person who had really dealt with feeding millions of people and dealing with that kind of relief effort was hoover. plus, he also still had a network within the leadership of europe that remembered him from world war i and especially in germany, really the only american they trusted after world war ii was hoover. because at a time when the allies did not want food to go into post world war i germany, hoover fought to get it in. paul: i see it as one of roosevelt's great feelings that he did not brief hoover on anything, not on the bomb, strategies, so truman had to take over with very little understanding. so hoover was the only surviving ex-president and the only person who understood what the job was. i will let you wrap

with president truman's grab grandson, clifton truman daniel. fdr presidential library and museum director paul sparrow and historian edward angle. at 8 pm, on the presidency, ronald reagan's 1983 interview with readers digest and his 1988 interview with the bbc aren't. both interviews were conducted from the oval office with reagan discussing a variety of issues, including his hollywood days. a 1983 bombing that killed u.s. marines in beirut lebanon. his vision for u.s. soviet relations, and the assassination attack that left him seriously wounded. exploring the american story. watch american history tv. this weekend on c-span three. let us go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically in visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. >> good evening and welcome to landmark cases. we are about two thirds of the way through our 12 week series looking at historic supreme court decisions. tonight's 1954 case of school segregation. brown v.

an intact piece like this didn't exist in rwanda potsdam in july 945 around it joseph stalin how to truman and winston churchill shaped a new germany. in meissen. they were broadly in agreement on most points like the democratization and centralization of germany as well as it's not sophistication but there was a different understanding of things in east and west. the exhibition at to see palace shows not only the historic venue but also the consequences of the conference for germany europe and the world and potsdam stalin's plan to shift poland territorially to the west was signed off resulting in the displacement of millions of poles and germans. so. it was important for us to show that only a handful of people really only 3 along with their advisors decided the fate of millions who had no say they just had to do what was agreed to. this today it's clear the potsdam conference signaled the start of the cold war as the big 3 smiled for the camera the weapons race had already begun. porter simon bowen is here to help give us some more perspective on the potsdam conference simon the past so