7th, on cspan3. Thursday night, American History tv in primetime will feature archival films featured on our program real america. Youll see seeds of destiny, a 1946 academyaward winning short film about the refugee crisis in europe at the end of world war ii. A 1963 film about the king and queen of afghanistans visit to the u. S. , and a 1975 film about the Energy Crisis looking at efficiency and alternative fuels. Tune in thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Up next on American History tv, historian john robert green chronicles the 1952 president ial election between Dwight Eisenhower and adley stevenson. He examines the myth that they ran for president against their own wishes. Mr. Green also talks about the introduction of political tv ads and how they changed president ial campaigns. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. Its a little over an hour. [ applause ] so, good evening, welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. Im henry fortuneado, former director of public affairs
You who served in world war ii who are with us here this evening, and i have to tell youa that i have some sense of what it was like to have a ut his relationship with your supreme o commander. After we put his body on the train that went from washington out to abilene, kansas, and mary and anne can tell each tell their own story on this, the thing i remember most is that we stopped in every little town along the way and at about 2 00 in the morning, because, you ju know, we couldnt sleep at all. I looked out the window and just as we were passing there was a sole, solitary figure standing next to the train as the train went past. Saluting. And i never forgot that. G the i never forgot during the day, even in the most barren of country sides, they were thee were just crowds on both sides of the tracks, and people were holding up signs saying we like ike, and ill never forget thatl that and there was a political cartoon, too, and this one ill take with me. But it was soldiers on the bea
Now, betty ford. This is about 90 minutes. Being ladylike does not require silence. Why should my husband or yours prevent us from being ourselves. I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. [applause] betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president ford expressed her experience with breast cancer. Through much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. Confronting it defined her post white house years. Tonight, we will tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38 president , gerald ford. For the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith. He is one of our academic advisors for this whole project and he has helped launch a number of president ial libraries, among them the library for the forts. You bring that to the table. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible but i was very fortunate to become good
Being ladylike does not require silence. Yoursould my husband or prevent us from being ourselves. I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. [applause] betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she herpresident ford expressed experience with breast cancer. Through much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. Confronting it defined her post white house years. We will tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38 president , gerald ford. For the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith. He is one of our academic advisors for this whole project and he has helped launch a number of president ial libraries, among them the library for the forts. You bring that to the table. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible but i was very fortunate to become good friends with both of the fort. We want to start tonight story wi
At jfks Security Check post v trying to follow the motorcade of italian matteo renzi onto the tarmac. The tail car warned security cannellas official looking black suv was not part of the motorcade. As he approached, the delta barricade was raised to prevent miss access. When police searched his vehicle they found a magazine for a 9mm gun with five hollow point bullets inside, a foot long hunting knife, marijuana and walkietalkies. He told enter gators he was trying to give the pope his business charges and he wants to effectuate change. Cops found video his smartphone showing that earlier saturday he followed the motorcade of turkmenistan through security and on the tarmac. Someone inside called police to warn the media to stay off the property. Now, Court Documents say that cannella claims to be a new york city firefighter retired on disability and that he was flashing some kind of official looking fdny badge at the Security Checkpoints. Tonight he is being held on 500,000 bail and y