Todays loss for us was like a stab in the back delivered by the accomplices of terrorists. Lou the International Incident taking place as president obama welcomed french president Francois Hollande to the white house. Where the two leaders discussed strategy to defeat the Islamic State. Nothing significant came of their talks, little is expected to begin with. Mr. Obama summed up their progress with this tepid statement that the United States would, quote, step up its coordination with france. Ill take up the president s barely discernible and failing strategy and the further risk of military escalation between russia and turkey. Well be talking about that with ambassadors Robert Jordan and john bolton. A new poll shows changing fortunes in the republican race for the president ial nomination. Until now donald trump steered clear of criticizing senator ted cruz. That may soon change. According to the quinnipiac poll cruz not ben carson is trumps rival in the state of iowa. Trump has a
Was from an 18th century english poet. It was an ode, and the last two lines were, a rage for fame attends both great and small; better be damned than not be named at all. and i realized that from a small girl, she had realized she wanted to be famous. So i thought that rage for fame is just a perfect title because her whole life after that was to that end. Cspan when was this picture taken . Guest that picture was taken about 1942, just after shed been elected to congress by the famous canadian photographer koschjoseph kosch. Cspan how old was she here . Guest she was only about 39. Cspan and how long did she serve in congress . Guest she served in congress for two termsfour years altogether. Cspan when did you first meet her . Guest i first met her in the fall of 1980 at her house in washington, but it was really a strange meeting because i had already conceived the idea of doing a biography of her. When ijust out of the blue, this invitation came from a hostess in washington, and i
Programs for this weekend on the cspan Network Freedom on cspan numeral network. On cspan 2, alan rifkin, whose father was a screenwriter for the marx brothers. Sunday at noon on indepth, our live threeour conversation with harvard law professor clyde for near. Her books include the purity of the majority and the min ers canary. Today on cspan 3, a discussion of the burning of Columbia South carolina, following the surrender of the city to the Union General William Tecumseh sherman. And sunday at 2 00, an interview with Daniel Elbert on a classified study on vietnam which he get the New York Times in 1971. Contact us on www. Cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. History book show features popular writers and airs on American History tv every weekend. This time, recounting the call of industrial business magnates William Knudsen and henry kaiser to leaf their private sector positions and lead the war production effort during world war ii. This is
[applause] ladies author and Oxford University professor Margaret Mcmillan talks about Woodrow Wilson second term. Once the world war one started the majority of his efforts focused on Foreign Affairs and public policy. Professor mcmillan talks about the attempts to avoid a war and the attempts for a last piece. Here in the United States the great war is indelibly linked through the presidency. Since presidency was infused with irony and contradiction many of you may know that when he assumed office his primary focus his priorities were wrong. He spent most of the next eight to pay bills still you still stay your portion. He ended up parking on a great crusade abroad to make the world safe for democracy. We will send wilson was the first president during his tenure in office to actually go abroad. He went to paris at the end of 1918 to engage in the negotiations of the paris peace conference. When he went abroad, he was heralded as a great savior in december of 1918. The crowds in pari
Cspan. Org history. Hello. Welcome to another edition of at home with roosevelts. Im paul sparrow, the director of the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library in hyde park, new york, and were recording this story on september 17th which is Constitution Day. What better way to celebrate Constitution Day than to talk about the Supreme Court with two outstanding experts on the subject. No president had a more Significant Impact on the Supreme Court than the, the dr fdr. He appointed eight9 justices during his administration. He helped change american democracy. He got to appoint no justices during his first term. The role of the Supreme Court has changed over the years and certainly plays a central role in our political process. But headache no mistakes make no mistakes, the court has always been political. Joining he today is john at st. Johns university and fellow at the robert h. Jackson center. Hes the biographer of justice [inaudible] and editor of jacksons acclaimed 2003 posthumous