. >> where you are of death in auschwitz? -- were you afraid of death in auschwitz? >> in auschwitz, you are not afraid of death. you are afraid to live. >> she stair -- she shares her story of surviving the holocaust. we hear more from her great grandson. welcome to the program. the taliban have captured another two provincial capitals in their relentless advance across afghanistan. thousands of families have been displaced by fighting and they are growing fears the government is no unger capable of stopping the militants. the taliban now control eight regional capitals including kunduz, a key city in the north. the areas you see here and read are those held by the insurgents. the afghan government still in control of blue areas which include the capital, kabul. the jihadists are closing in on the north stronghold, the areas in yellow remain contested. >> they can dream of a better future, but today, they are seeking refuge in this park. tens of thousands of families like theirs have been displaced in afghanistan's ongoing fighting. there is not enough food or other

. >> today is holocaust remembrance day. 76 years ago soviet troops liberated the auschwitz camp complex including the killing center and people around the world pause today on this somber anniversary to honor the memory of europe's jews who the nazis attempted on annihilate. it a day to remember the holocaust era and keep the historical record as we have fewer and fewer eyewitnesses to these events. please join me in welcoming today's guest,

i was trying to remember whenem auschwitz was first opened and it was in 1933 or 1935 or something like that. the u.s. state department and the u.s. government may have known about it and probably knew about it but obviously never -- no one did interviews so i had to rely on the information of the time which were the documents of the truman administration documents and the documents of newspapers and things like that and that's when auschwitz and the other camps were discovered was in early 1945.ed but it would the a very good book or good article when the united states actually knew about auschwitz and if so why didn't they move to stop an earlier? the was a very worthy topic of discussion.is >> host: your book citizen to making of a reagan conservative came out. >> guest: i would consider him a friend but i don't know p. would consider me a friend. it took three or four years to finish it. he established himself as certainly one of the leading political figures in america today. you have to think long and hard to come up with someone who had as much influence over the national politic

i was trying to remember whenem auschwitz was first opened and it was in 1933 or 1935 or something like that. the u.s. state department and the u.s. government may have known about it and probably knew about it but obviously never -- no one did interviews so i had to rely on the information of the time which were the documents of the truman administration documents and the documents of newspapers and things like that and that's when auschwitz and the other camps were discovered was in early 1945.ed but it would the a very good book or good article when the united states actually knew about auschwitz and if so why didn't they move to stop an earlier? the was a very worthy topic of discussion.is >> host: your book citizen to making of a reagan conservative came out. >> guest: i would consider him a friend but i don't know p. would consider me a friend. it took three or four years to finish it. he established himself as certainly one of the leading political figures in america today. you have to think long and hard to come up with someone who had as much influence over the national politic

[applause]today is internationat remembrance day. 76 years ago soviet troops liberated the auschwitz camp complex including its killing center. and people around the world pause today on this somber anniversary to honor the memory of europe's jews whom

today is international holocaust remembrance day. 76 years ago soviet troops liberated the auschwitz camp complex including its killing center. and people around the world pause today on this somber anniversary to honor the memory of europe's jews whom the nazis and their collaborators attempted to annihilate. it's a day to remember the warnings of the holocaust era and to defend the historical record now more than ever as we have fewer and fewer eyewitnesses to these events. please join me in welcoming today's guest. susan eisenhower, good morning, susan. it's a pleasure to be with you today and thank you for the opportunity and also the the honor of presenting today for the international holocaust remembrance day. it's an honor to have you. for those of you who are not familiar with susan she is an accomplished scholar who's most recent book is titled. how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. you may be familiar or you are likely familiar with susan's grandfather dwight d. eisenhower's the united states president between the years 1953 to 61 or during world

. >> today is holocaust remembrance day. 76 years ago soviet troops liberated the auschwitz camp complex including the killing center and people around the world pause today on this somber anniversary to honor the memory of europe's jews who the nazis attempted on annihilate. it a day to remember the holocaust era and keep the historical record as we have fewer and fewer eyewitnesses to these events. please join me in welcoming today's guest, susan eisenhower. good morning. >> it is a pleasure to be with you today. thank you for the opportunity and also the honor of presenting today for the international holocaust remembrance day. >> it is an honor to have you. for those of you not familiar with susan, she is an accomplished scholar whose most recent book is titled, how ike led. the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. you may be familiar, or you are likely familiar with her grandfather, dwight d. eisenhower. either as the united states president between the years 1953 to '61, or during world war ii as the supreme commander of the allied expeditionary force in europe. today

.>> today's international holocaust remembrance day. 76 years ago, soviet troops liberated the auschwitz camp complex including his killing center. people around the world paused today on this somber anniversary to honor the memory of europe's jews the nazis and their collaborators attending to annihilate. it's a day to remember the warnings of the holocaust era and to defend the historical record. now more than ever as we have fewer and fewer eye witnesses to these events. please join me in welcoming today's guest susan eisenhower. good morning, susan. >> good morning, atlanta. a pleasure to be with you today. thank you for the opportunity, and also the honor of presenting for the international holocaust remembrance day. >> it's an honor to have you. for those of you who are not familiar with susan, she is an accomplished scholar whose most recent book is titled "how ike led - the principles behind eisenhowers biggest decisions". you may be familiar, you are likely familiar with susan's grandfather, dwight d. eisenhower. either as the united states president, between the years 1953 to 6