when war broke out, john f. kennedy joined the navy. talk about how that experience influences presidency and his view of fdr and the commander-in-chief. a lot of people recognize the exceptional circumstances of hit joining the navy. he overcame a lot of physical disabilities. he was disqualified for naval , which had gone back a long time and he had a number of other maladies. his father joked about him, that if a mosquito bit jfk the that the mosquito would die. that he seemed to be sick all the time with different maladies. but he did want to join the navy. even though he was initially rejected. or disqualified. he appealed to his father to intervene on his behalf. with a leadion naval person, the office of naval operations i believe it was, he was initially assigned to a desk job. president kennedy did not want a desk job, he wanted to go to the front and then he was given a pt boats in the pacific theater. all of those operations very certainly, much informed his sense of public service. and deepened his appreciation for democracy

john f. kennedy, pt-109 letters. one-of-a-kind archive of kennedy's letters to the family of his lost crew mate. >> i got $22,000. >> all right. we're starting with a $22,000 bid on the internet. now $23,000. >> remember, the preliminary estimate for all four of dennis and francis' jfk letters was $50k. >> $45,000 on the phone now. $47,500. $55,000, now $60,000. >> they had the auction people there, and they're hoop-dee-doing and hollering and pushing. >> $90,000. $95,000. looking for $100,000. bid $100,000. looking for $100,000. yes. now $110,000. $110,000. now $120,000. $130,000. >> holy cow. >> wow. >> looking for $130,000 now. $140,000? >> but don't hammer the gavel too soon. the bidding's not over. >> $140,000. now $150,000. $150,000. $160,000 is the high bid on the phone. looking for $170,000. and we'll say fair warning. >> then the final call. >> and this is sold -- $160,000... >> wow. >> ...on the phone. >> wow. >> that's three times more than the brothers had originally hoped for. >> i'm flabbergasted, 'caus

. >>> also john f. kennedy's speech on church and state. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend. >>> now, a united auto workers campaign film for president roosevelt's 1984 reelection campai campaign. >> hey, joe! joe! >> yes, sam? >> look at today's time table. >> only one of these trains can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know. >> yeah, but sam, aren't the american people on board to win the war special? >> all but a few wreckers. >> do you see that switch, joe? that's for the side track. >> i'm just the guy that can do it. >> you can if you don't fall asleep at the switch like you did in november of 1942. >> don't worry about me. he'll have to knock me out. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what happened? >> who are you. >> not at all, not at all, boy. high production. you've been over working, you need to relax. here, relax. smoke a cigar. let's talk this over, my boy. according to the papers you're on the wrong track. the win the war special is not going through. all of the workers are on strike. >> tha

john f. kennedy was a president who saw america's place in the world. he was a man who understood history, who served in world war ii. he understood the issues of civil rights. he understood many of the conflicts around the world. he was a man with a vision and this exhibit kind of addresses the issue of jfk's vision for america. this exhibit is a little bit more than just john f. kennedy the president. it's the story of the life and his times. pictures from the family scrap book are very interesting. here is just a kid with his father in the background out in hyannis on the beach, just like any other kid, romping around. little did we know he might be the president of the united states. that's what the cars look like in those days, with the kids on the running board. as jfk got out in the world himself, very few people knew he loved dog spirit when he went off to college, he got in trouble once or twice, because dogs weren't allowed in the dormitories. the family traveled a lot and kennedy got a lot of experience. here they are in the vatican. they wer

kennedy boulevard isn't it? and the father says who in the hell is john f. kennedy? because it is 1955. host: this morning joined by barbara perry on c-span and american history tv as we look back 60 years to those first televised presidential debates, taking your phone calls for about the next 25 minute this morning. democrats, it is (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. this is joy, alexander city, alabama republican. , good morning. caller: good morning. my question, my husband called me a nerd for watching this on a sunday morning before church, but my question is, given the history behind the two candidates, both had things in their past, nixon was angry and kennedy had personal indiscretions, if you will, and all of that, if those two candidates were to run today, how do you think they would fare given social media, given the way news is just split second everywhere you turn, that kind of thing? how do you think they would fare? host: thank you, joy, for the question. no nerds here. maybe we are proudly all nerds. guest: i j

eastern on reel america, john f. kennedy's 1960s speech on church and state followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ ♪ >> and now on american history tv a united autoworkers animated campaign film for president franklin roosevelt's 1944 re-election campaign. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey, joe! joe! >> yeah, sam! >> take a look at today's timetable. only one of these can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know? >> yeah, but sam, aren't the american people onboard to win the war special? >> well, all, but a ♪ ♪ >> you see that switch, joe? ♪ >> you've got to sidetrack. >> i'm just the guy that can do it, sam. >> look, joe, you can if you don't fall asleep at the switch like you did in november 1942. >> asleep! >> don't worry about me. he'll have to knock me out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

john f. kennedy's 1960 speech on church and state. followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next on american history tv, a june 1944 newsreel from the office of war information. it includes stories about the 19 # 44 presidential election, the fall of muse lee knee, and franklin roosevelt signing the gi bill. ♪ ♪ >>> the city of chicago is the scene of the 1944 republican national convention, signs everywhere welcome delegates gathered to nominate a republican candidate for president. governor bricker of ohio who was nominated candidate for vice president, and here is senator taft from ohio, prominent among the delegates. the nomination of new york's governor dewey was conceded almost before the convention opened. congressman martin, permanent chairman of the convention, chats with former governor landon, landon was the 1936 republican nominee for president. when de wendell willkie was the 1940 standard bearer. chic

john f. kennedy was a modern president who saw america's place in the world. he was a man who understood history, who served in world war ii. he understood the issues of civil rights. he understood many of the conflicts around the world. . this exhibit addresses the issue of jfk's vision for america. ,. it's the story of the life and his times. pictures from the family scrap book are very interesting. just like any other kid, little did he know he might be the president of the united states. . that's what the cars look like in those days. as jfk got out in the world himself, very few people know when he went off to college he got in trouble once or twice. the family traveled a lot and kennedy got a lot of experience. ,. ,. i how hell. when he went away the college to harvard, with graduation pictures they're out at one of the dances, he served in the armed forces. and of course, a lot of us know that he was very much involved in saving lives. he was part of the crew on of a vehicle that capsized in the war. he heard his back a little bit, which plagued him for

eastern on reel america, john f. kennedy's 1960s speech on church and state followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, a june 1944 newsreel from the office of war information. it includes stories about the 1944 presidential election. the fall of mussolini and franklin roosevelt signing the g.i. bill. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the city of chicago is the scene of the 1944 republican national convention. signs everywhere welcome delegates gathered to nominate a republican candidate for president. governor bricker of ohio who was nominated candidate for vice president and here is senator taft from ohio prominent among the delegates. the nomination of new york's governor dewey was conceded almost before the convention opened. ♪ ♪ congressman martin, permanent chairman of the convention chats with former governor landon. landon was the 1946 republican. willkie was the 1940s st

john f. kennedy was the first and remained the only catholic to be elected president of the united states. during the 1960 campaign, many protestant groups publicly opposed senator kennedy, fearing the influence of the pope and the catholic church on his presidency. america," "reel democratic nominee john f. kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. paid for by the kennedy johnson texas campaign. the broadcast includes an excessive question-and-answer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. >> from houston's rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial association, to which he has been invited. senator kennedy will participate in a formal question-and-answer period. the meeting is sponsored by the kennedy johnson texas campaign committee and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22-station network. the audience you are seeing

it remains today and is an enduring legacy of john f. kennedy. one last person with a vision that he tried to follow true on was lyndon johnson, who followed kennedy on his assassination. and he talked about something called the great society. johnson was never a great speaker, and we're going to talk about the importance of being a great speaker as president. but he too wanted very much to improve the life of citizens. and during his time in office, we get medicare, civil rights passes, civil rights act and the voting rights act of 19 safety five -- 1965. johnson's reputation, unfortunately, is always associated with the vietnam war, which he was mired in, couldn't get out of, and it forced his 1968 to say inf a radio address, "i will not seek nor will i accept another term as your president." he realized he lost credibility and things were just not going to go well from that point on. ok, a second point that professor dallek talks about his charisma. is being charismatic, besides being dynamic? it makes things exciting for people. presidentswe'

john f. kennedy. >> author september and october, and the first week of november. people getting their message to the people. . richard m. nixon was the choice of the republican party. he had served as vice president sinc 1953. n he was a candidate for the presidency. his vice president runnin mate -- as the campaign gets underway, the presidential candidates meet face to face in television debates seen and heard by millions of people, the same people who will decide which of these two men will lead the country for the next four years. the personal contact with people is still an essential feature of any presidential campaign. senat kennedy, a tireless campaigner goes to all sections of the company, spelling out his views ofdomestic and foreign policy. on foreign policy the overriding issue is the maintenance of p peace and me meeting -- on domestic affairs, he stresses the governmes affair in meeting economic and social problems. senator kennedy's wife, jacqueline has to limit her campaign a

president john f. kennedy accused the soviets of a dangerous escalation. in you know be the policy of this nation to regard any. missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. is reported to. during the cuban crisis we too were only seconds away from a nuclear war. that. one of our submarines which had nuclear missiles on board was attacked by the americans with depth charges. he lined with his orders the captain was ready to press the button and fire his missiles. could see no good to secret service officer stopped him and told him to wait for a confirmation signal. what would have happened had he launched those bombs through . the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war people everywhere prepared for the worst. thing. that i am sure remember of what bert the turtle just did ben's because every one of us must remember to do the same thing and cover and cover just as you do in your school so if you hadn't. we were all terrified that a nuclear war would start tomorrow oh so soo

with them, whether it is the boston mafia of john f. kennedy, the georgia mafia of jimmy carter. loyalty is not new in the white house. >> but trump's brand of loyalty was new. >> the trump people said essentially, if we can ever find that you publicly posted something negative about the president, you are very unlikely to get a position. >> i have never heard of that kind of vetting of people for negative comments about the president in their past lives. >> his early hires were loyalists throughout the campaign and in the early months of the presidency. he did hire a few one-time opponents who have been loyal since. >> thank you, mr. president. >> including secretary of housing and urban development, ben carson. >> our president, donald j. trump, he makes promises and he keeps them. >> and secretary of energy, former governor rick perry. >> mr. president, i know there

it remains today and is an enduring legacy of john f. kennedy. one last person with a vision that he tried to follow true on was lyndon johnson, who followed kennedy on his assassination. and he talked about something called the great society. johnson was never a great speaker, and we're going to talk about the importance of being a great speaker as president. but he too wanted very much to improve the life of citizens. and during his time in office, we get medicare, civil rights passes, civil rights act and the voting rights act of 19 safety five -- 1965. johnson's reputation, unfortunately, is always associated with the vietnam war, which he was mired in, couldn't get out of, and it forced his hand in march of 1968 to say in a radio address, "i will not seek nor will i accept another term as your president." he realized he lost credibility and things were just not going to go well from that point on. ok, a second point that professor dallek talks about his charisma. and what is being charismatic, besides being dynamic? i think it means it makes

trouman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight! [ cheers and applause ] and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight we of the democratic party constantly go before the people offering answers. not retreat. offering unity. not division. offering hope. not fear or smear. [ cheers and applause ] we do offer the people a choice. a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and most prosperous and most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. [ applause ] to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. [ cheers and applause ] to these who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new path. let us be on our way! [ cheers and applause ]

since 1961, under the leadership of that great president john f. kennedy, we have carried out the greatest peacetime buildup of national strength of any nation at any time in the history of the world. and i report tonight that we have spent 30 billion dollars more on preparing this nation in the four years of the kennedy administration then would have been spent if we had followed the appropriations of the last year of the previous administration. i report tonight as president of the united states and as commander in chief of the armed forces on the strength of your country, and i tell you that it is greater than any adversary. [applause] i assure you that it is greater than the combined might of all the nations in all the wars in all the history of this planet. [applause] and i report our superiority -- superiority is growing. [applause] weapons do not make peace. men make peace. [applause] and these comes not true strength alone, but through wisdom and patience and restraint. and these qualities, under the leadership of president kennedy, brought

john f. kennedy was the first and remained the only catholic to be elected president of the united states. during the 1960 campaign, many protestant groups publicly opposed senator kennedy, fearing the influence of the pope and the catholic church on his presidency. up next on "reel america," democratic nominee john f. kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. paid for by the kennedy johnson texas campaign. the broadcast includes an excessive question-and-answer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. >> from houston's rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial association, to which he has been invited. senator kennedy will participate in a formal question-and-answer period. the meeting is sponsored by the kennedy johnson texas campaign committee and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22-station network. the audience you

john f. kennedy, again, a lot of charisma. he was the youngest man to serve as president, and in so doing, there was a sense of vitality. and it was an exciting time to be an american. some of you who are listening tonight may recall that there was a record album that came out during kennedy's time in office, called the first family, made terrific fun of the entire kennedy clan, but the one who seemed to enjoy it most was john kennedy. and when he was asked about it, he said, yeah, i thought it was fun, did a nice job, but the truth of the matter is i think he sounded more like my brother teddy than he did like me. so, there was that nice sense of self-deprecating humor, which was really very nice. so, there was that nice sense of self-deprecating humor, which was really very nice. another president with great charisma, ronald reagan. reagan, of course, had a background, he came from acting, then switched to politics later on in his life, started life out by the way, in case you're not familiar with this, as a democrat, later

roosevelt and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we, of the democratic party, go before the people offering anss, not retreat. offering unity, not division. offering hope, not fear or smear. we do offer the people a choice. a choice of continuing on the co compassionate court, that made us the most prosperous in the history of man kind. to those that have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. so as we conclude our labors, let us, tomorrow, turn to our new task. let us be on our way.

truman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. [cheers and applause] and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. [cheers and applause] we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. [cheers and applause] to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. [cheers and applause] to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. [cheers and applause] so as we conclude our laborers, that us tomorrow turn to our new paths. let us be on our way. [cheers and applause]

and john f. kennedy flips off the tv and says, nixon is going out the same way he came in, no class. so jack kennedy has attained his ambition. ultimately, it will be a question of all three ambitions being fulfilled, but be careful what you wish for. jack kennedy achieves the presidency, travels to dallas, and we know what happens. lyndon johnson becomes president, inheriting not only that office from kennedy, but a little thing called vietnam. and he must leave the presidency under a cloud, a very bitter, saddened man, which enables richard nixon to make his comeback. and in 1972, after he has beaten hubert humphrey in 1968, there is the watergate break-in, a very mystifying event. not so much the cover-up in being mystifying, but the original motive. one of the theories is that they are breaking into the offices of kennedy loyalist larry o'brien, now the democratic national chairman, to ascertain what he knows about richard nixon's connections to howard hughes, and certain payments of hughes t

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[applause] i accept it, in the words of john f. kennedy, with a full and grateful heart, and with only one obligation: to devote every effort of body, mind, and spirit, to lead our party back to victory, and our nation back to greatness. [applause] it's a pleasure to be here with all you democrats. and to see that our bicentennial celebration, and our bicentennial convention has been one of the of the decorum's of order without any fights or free-for-all's. among democrats that can only happen once every 200 years. [laughs] [applause] with this kind of a united democratic party, we are ready and eager to take on the republicans. whichever republican party they decide to send against us in november. [laughs] [applause] 1976 will not be a year of politics as usual. it can be a year of inspiration and hope, and it will be a year of concern, of quiet and sober reassessment of our nation's character and purpose. a year when voters have already confounded the experts. i guarantee you that it will be the year when we give the government o

kennedy, then congressman from massachusetts, as the hon. john f. kennedy, congressman from massachusetts. mr. kennedy was never invited as an official representative of a religious organization nor as a spokesman of the catholic faith. nobody was identified by his faith. two days before his dinner occasion, mr. kennedy canceled his engagement. he expressed his regret and grief, but stated that since his eminence, the cardinal, requested that he not come, he had no other alternative. therefore, it was necessary to destroy this first program and to reprint. sen. kennedy: now, i will stay again the words that i used from the reverand polling po's book that first discuss this incident. secondly, my memory of the incident is quite clear. in fact, it's as good as reverend polin's. it's only -- when the matter was first discussed, the reverend said it first place in 1950. it's only in the last two months that it came forward and that it to place in 1947 i never discussed hyper the matter with the cardinal. i first learned of it through my administrative a

john f. kennedy. the executor of the stevenson revolution. but those campaigns were aimed not only at the american people -- and they were substantive, he used half-hour blocks of time for eloquent, substantive speeches. they were also aimed at the world, and it listened. >> senator stevenson, you talked about the '52 and '56 campaigns. your father lost about a million or so votes between those and a couple more states. what did he not do as well in '56 or what do you think, did he make mistakes? >> i think -- first of all, eisenhower's enormously popular. remember, these were years of economic prosperity and growth. ike was popular, the war was getting -- i can't remember when exactly, but ended -- no, that would come later in korea. no, what happened -- one of the things that happened, i think eisenhower would have gotten reelected probably anyway, was the uprising in hungary and the invasion of suez by france, britain, and israel. these international crises rallied the country, as they always do, behind the president, and, you know, from t

john f. kennedy with a full and grateful heart and with only one obligation, to devote every effort of body, mind and spirit, to lead our party back to victory and our nation back to greatness. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's a pleasure to be here with all you democrats. and to see that our bicentennial celebration and our bicentennial convention has been one of decorum and order without any fights or free-for-alls. among democrats, that can only happen once every 200 years. [ applause ] >> with this kind of a united democratic party, we are ready and eager to take on the republicans, whichever republican party they decide to send against us in november. [ applause ] >> 1976 will not be a year of politics as usual. it can be a year of inspiration and hope, and it will be a year of concern, of quiet and sober reassessment of our nation's character and purpose. a year when voters have already confounded the experts, and i can tell you, over the year we give the government of this country back t

often we think of john f. kennedy or ronald reagan as ushering in the television presidency, but, in fact, it was dwight eisenhower. i can't nest the power of television to win the presidency and to put forward his vision of america and the world and this is what we are going to look at today. dwight eisenhower brought several important developments to the modern american presidency, through his leadership style and organizational approach. doing this, he built on a lot of the transformations we already looked at this semester. for example, franklin roosevelt launched the executive office of the presidency and last week we looked at how harry truman extended it. with the national security state. dwight eisenhower formalized it. he ran his office very much like he did the military. the bureaucracy became very entrenched and well executed in the american presidency under eisenhower. for example, he had weekly cabinet meetings and form the office of congressional liaison so that he could have a formal link to the

that is something john f. kennedy studies and recognizes. he uses it in his campaign to win the democratic nomination in 1960. it is notable as we will talk about on thursday that his challenger was lyndon johnson. the most powerful democrat in the country. he had all of the authority. building up his credibility and his authority, his ability to manipulate votes in the senate. those two were the leading contenders for the democratic presidential nomination in 1960. it is telling that john f. kennedy is on the ticket as president and lyndon johnson is on the ticket as vice president. we have all these conflicting ideas over who should have authority. all of that will be the story we look into on thursday. great job today. contenders." >> wherever he goes, he speaks out on the issues. he answers exactly w we are every goes, he speaks out clearly and forcefully on the issues answers questions, explains exactly where he stands under masticate foreign policy. everywhere he goes the people are responding with enthusiasm for this new and different

often we think of john f. kennedy or ronald reagan as ushering in the television presidency. but in fact, it was dwight eisenhower. ike harnessed the power of television to win the presidency and to put forth his vision of america and the world. and this is what we are going to look at today. dwight eisenhower brought several important developments to the modern american presidency through his leadership style and his organizational approach. in doing this, he built on a lot of the transformations that we've already looked at this semester. for example, franklin roosevelt launched the executive office of the presidency, and last week, we looked at how harry truman expanded it with the national security state. dwight eisenhower, however, formalized it. he ran his office very much like he did the military. the bureaucracy became a very entrenched and well focused executed component of the american presidency under eisenhower. for example, he had weekly cabinet meetings and he formed the office of congressional liaison so that he could have a formal link to the legislative proce

when john f. kennedy does exactly that. brent? >> sorry about the delay. but what i was going to say was also on the opposite side of th that as kelly mentioned in thei article that we read you had things like the eisenhower/nixon research group that sort of codified a party machine version too.t it was less about being the king maker, and more about taking nt what limited money they had, which it was millions of dollars.ns it wasn't limited by like normal scope. but it was -- they did have a budget and figuring out what th most effective way to spend thav money e was. >> absolutely. so new challenges within the party itself to think about how to adapt and take advantage of the media landscape.ndsc and thenap the role of individus that then who are not out -- orh not a part of the party can think about ways in which they can foreground themselves to make the party take them y. seriously. again, isan something that stanley kelly talks aboutr i tably, in this particular excerpt. and i'm going to give you a brief second to read this. and it's part of the read

and then the church and state speech by john f. kennedy. exploring the american story. watch "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >>> thomas dewey was nominated for president a second time in 1948. now on "american history tv" a film from the republican national committee telling the story of his political life. >>> thomas e dewey was elected, four years earlier he was appointed special prosecutor by the governor for the war on organized crime in new york. >> you have been given a most difficult task, and you have the opportunity to help people in this city. what can we do to help you. >> there is a detective in new york, mr. mayor, whoa i think i one of the best in the united states. i would like him to head my squad of detectives. >> clearing out gangsters, racketeers, they were tightening through years of rule. >> are you going to keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. but i don't need any protection. dewey started by getting the frightened victims of the racket to talk. after long months of work. he had enough evidence to move in on the city's rack

won the debate for john f. kennedy not necessarily the words that came out of their mounted so there's a lot more to of debate than just ask and has.

even before i was paralyzed had been inspired by john f. kennedy, adam wanted to be like john f. kennedy. i wanted to be like john wayne. maybe it was unhealthy. maybe it was maniacal but that's who i was and i was an american. that's very much having grown up in a convoy in this country, having dreams beyond all dreams and believing you could be anything you wanted to be the matter what happened to you. that sustain me, even back then after i was paralyzed i said i want to do something great with my life. i did say those things. >> i want to just interrupt for a second about bulova watch company, that was a program started for the world war ii vets. he built the watchmaking pool in queens. when you're going to john f. kennedy airport you'll go buy some of the buildings there, and eventually they had a basketball team called the boulevard watchmakers. >> i had no idea. >> when you think about it it was one of the first corporate sponsored sports teams, and not that far away there was another company team called the pan am jets and they were mostly -- [inaudible] so anyway, that's

eastern on real america, john f. kennedy's 1960 speech on church and state, followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> the senate judiciary committee has been a to consider the nomination of supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. c-span.org has every minute of the confirmation hearings, including this moment with nebraska senator ben sasse. -- miserable cheaters -- i think all baseball fans know the houston astros cheat, they steal signs, they bang on cans, they have done a bunch of miserable things historically and deserve to

f. for three months through the late summer and fall wherever people come together, issues and men are discussed and argue about. some feel this isn't all together a good thing but a lot of time and energy are wasted this way. it may be. but that's the way americans like to do it. every attempt is made by every attempt is made by all parties to influence people's thinking. all over the country, week after week, 140 million citizens take part in the great debate. business, professional, civic groups endorse oneandidate or the other. for the first time in american history, organized labor takes an active part in the campaign. radio plays a great role. time on the air is time in the air is paid by all parties and distributed evenly. so there's no advantage over its opponents. it's estimated that in the last days of the 1944 campaign, 70 million americans for the speeches of the various candidates. ♪ ♪ (music) now all that is over. the votes are cast and americans have aggreed to accept

debate for john f. kennedy not necessarily the words that came out of their mouth and so there's a lot more to of debate than just ask and answering questions president trump does that all the time with the media east been the most transparent president and modernistic and as far as asking questions and giving answers to the media that's something that he does but debating face to face is another entirely different thing and joe biden wants to avoid that on this on this next go around seems as if everything they're doing they're doing to try to slant the debate and to joe's favor of e.c. biden did i should cain read the whole d.n.c. does regardless of evidence otherwise i want to get to this book because in it you detail what may be the 1st ever account of trump's meeting at trump tower for his run against or is considering the run against obama in 2012 just tell me a little bit about about that meeting and and whether he sees himself as john the baptist. no you know as of the job about itself is donald

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eastern, john f. kennedy's speech on church and state followed by ronald reagan's speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >> this is american history tv, on c-span3. each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >> up next on american history tv, university of mary washington history professor william crawley discusses theodore roosevelt's life and legacy, with a particular focus on his presidency. the university of mary washington hosted this event and provided the video.

in new york the democratic presidential nominee, john f. kennedy, separated by 3000 miles in a los angeles studio, and vice president richard i'm now joined for tonight's discussion by -- which permits each candidate to see and hear the other. good evening. good evening. now meet the panel of correspondence. correspondent frank mcgee n.b.c. news. child. c.b.s. news. douglas. cater reporter baggage the rosco drama new york herald. as you probably noted before reporters include a newspaperman out a magazine report. these two selected by a lot by the press secretaries of the candidates from among the reporters problem with the candidates. broadcasting representatives were chosen by their company. the rules for this evening i've been agreed upon by the representatives of both candidates in the radio and television networks and i should like to read. there will be no opening statements by the candidates nor any closing some the entire hour will be devoted to answering questions from the report. each candidate to be show less text questioned in t

eastern, on real america, john f. kennedy's speech on church and state followed by ronald reagan's the myth of the great society's speech. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> coming up on american history tv, purdue university professor katherine brownell teaching a class of the 1950s, highlighting device eisenhower's presidential campaigns. she compared radio and early tv ads and discusses what made them successful. >> nothing, perhaps, captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan i like ike. this idea that this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. it really

the latest episode explores the life of jackie kennedy. how she took control of president john f. kennedy's legacy in the days following his assassination. here's a quick look. >> three years ago i introduced myself in paris by saying i was the man who had aukumed mrs. kennedy to paris. i'm getting that same sensation as i travel around texas. [ applause ] >> there's no question that he was thrilled that she wanted to come to texas with him, that she wanted to campaign with him. >> this is a very dangerous and uncertain world. we would like to live as we once lived. >> reporte >> it was a bright, sunny day, and jackie put on her sunglasses. and jack said, please take them off, i want them to say -- to see you. >> as they're in the motorcade, nelly connelly, the governor's wife, turns to john f. kennedy and says, well, you can't say that dallas doesn't love you. and the president says, you certainly can't. >> "first ladies" airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. only on cnn. we'll be right back. knowing who we are is hard. it's hard. eliminate who you are not first, and you're going to find yo

john f. kennedy invites you to visit the white house and see the restorations she's made. >> a record 80 million viewers watched jackie's tour. donations to her restoration project flood in. >> are all the pieces from lincoln's time? >> yes, they are. the most famous one, of course, is the linkon bed. every read that seemed to love it. >> they got rave reviews. there were governors' wives all over the country that said we have to do this with the governor's mansion. >> people tended to underestimate her intelligence, which was considerable. the whole historic preservation movement in this country owes a great debt of gratitude to her. >> the dictatorships of fidel castro. >> three months into the presidency, the kennedy administration suffers its first major setback. the cia backed invasion of cuba ends in disaster. >> reality really bit both kenned kennedys. kennedy had been too influenced by advisers. >> we came back to the white house. he started to cry. just with me. he just put his head

in 1951, president john f. kennedy invited him to be chairman where he served in 1963. -- a life trustee at the university of notre dame how how what -- notre dame. the commissionof on presidential debates and he has actually been involved in every presidential debate from 1960 two the present time. with16, he was presented the presidential medal of freedom. discussion, the panel we are having, is particularly well because onst tuesday, we will see the first todayential debate, happens to be the 60th anniversary of the first kennedy nixon debate. the first televised presidential debate. think for that very reason, it makes sense to start there. given that you were central to the decision to hold the debate in the decisions involved in carrying it out, for those in the audience who are not familiar, which is hard for me to imagine, that famous to the visual impact of it that kennedy looked relatively young and shipper, nixon had a 5:00 shadow, and was ill. the visuals of the debate played a role. i wonder if you

john f. kennedy invites you to visit the white house and see the restorations she's made. >> a record 80 million viewers watched jackie's tour. donations to her restoration project flood in. >> are all the pieces from lincoln's time? >> yes, they are. the most famous one, of course, is the linkon bed. every president loved it. >> they got rave reviews. there were governors' wives all over the country that said we have to do this with the governor's mansion. >> people tended to underestimate her intelligence, which was considerable. the whole historic preservation movement in this country owes a great debt of gratitude to her. >> the dictatorships of fidel castro. >> three months into the presidency, the kennedy administration suffers its first major setback. the cia backed invasion of cuba ends in disaster. >> reality really bit both kennedys. it was a humiliation. kennedy had been too influenced by advisers. >> we came back to the white house. he started to cry. just with me. he just put his

john f. kennedy was the first and remained the only catholic to be elected president of the united states. during the 1960 campaign, many protestant groups publicly opposed senator kennedy, fearing the influence of the pope and the catholic church on his presidency. america," "reel democratic nominee john f. kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. paid for by the kennedy johnson texas campaign. the broadcast includes an excessive question-and-answer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. >> from houston's rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial

after the convention, my father campaigned strenuously, all over the country for john f. kennedy. and bobby kennedy's first stop on the campaign trail was right here. right here at the home, where we had a great rally out on the lawn for bobby kennedy. >> now, newton minow referred to jackie kennedy, the new book put out by caroline kennedy, historic conversations on life with jfk. there was some audiotapes attached to it, i believe taped with mrs. kennedy, it -- shortly after. >> shortly after the assassination, correct. and they were just released. here is jackie kennedy talking about adlai stevenson and jfk. >> and then the big thing with governor stevenson, telling you that he wanted to have the un, i can remember jack telling me about that. >> the dead give him a lot of difficulty? >> it was unpleasant, i mean he didn't like it, having to do it or anything. but he was glad to give it the state department. and the earliest times when we spoke of it, can you that governor stevenson would give him in the un, not the steak he wanted, but it's pleasant to tell someone that. and i

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