[speaking in foreign language] it is beyond belief now, it was beyond belief then. This monstrous tyranny to enslave mankind. This was hitlers way to unify europe. Under one master race for which the weak must be enslaved. Liberal, socialist, democrats, aryan, or nonaryan, dutch, polish, scandinavian or anglosaxon, this was your end if you did not fit. This was a sewer, and the cleansing of that sewer for which modern europe had to evolve. 1945, the war to end the tyranny was like all wars appallingly destructive. Then, as western and eastern armies neared each other across defeated germany, the field radios crackled in russian, louder, louder until, at last, they met at the banks. There democracy from the west and covered his from the east rejoiced and shook hands. For now, our europe was once again a place fit to live in. Now it was up to us, to ourselves and our leaders, to make that europe not just a place fit to live in, but one to be proud of. So began the first of europes peacet
If you want to reach out to us and tell us about it if talking politics good or bad, you can text us at text us at 2027488003. You go put out a poll yesterday when it comes to putting out put out a poll yesterday when it comes to political discussions at thanksgiving. The defined themselves as liberal, 11 were willing to start a conversation versus 47 . Those who defined themselves of conservative only 8 of those willing to start a conversation on that. 44 of those trying to avoid that. Among those who voted for Hillary Clinton, 7 of those say they would not talk about politics or start a conversation versus 50 would avoid that. Voters of those trump saying they would start a conversation versus 43 . Thats just one pole. If you look at another poll, some other factors when it comes to talking politics. Of democratshem and republicans both say they would discuss politics. Polling saying that when it comes to initiating political discussions, its only 26 of those who would initiate that
Tonights program is exciting. We are honored to partner with our good friends at the Richard Nixon foundation. I would like to welcome dr. Jim cavanaugh, the chairman of the board of the nixon foundation, his wife, esther, in the front row. [applause] q, the president of the nixon foundation, who you will hear from in a few moments. We have many distinguished guests, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the nixon foundation. We are honored to have you here tonight. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming first lady of the u. S. Under her leadership, the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection, which is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program but it is important to us at the White House Historical association, as a core part of our mission, which was inspired, as most of you or all of you know by first
Drive. Story atbecame the that point in their lives. Susan how did the idea come to you for telling the story at this time . Jeff when i try to do when i write nonfiction books is to go everywhere where the people i write about went. I always use my car. Id rather drive and that way you really get a sense of place. Somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted and we can get in a car and go anywhere we want to. I thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that and as always happens when you look into history, theres more to it than you ever expected. Susan your book begins and ends with someone thats a minor character, jeff bixby. Who was he and why was he interesting to you . Jeff one of the things that struck me as i researched the book was the vagabonds and edison and whoever may be with him on that trip could literally change the lives of anyone they met. They were
You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Michael we begin with york host we begin with your thoughts. The last of the u. S. Forces have left syria as fighting between turkey and the kurds escalate over the weekend. Your reaction to the president s decisions. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with mark esper, the defense secretary on the sunday shows. He was on face the nation, and here is what he had to say about the decision to withdraw these troops. [indiscernible] a deliberate [video clip] a deliberate withdraw from the entire country . From Northern Syria. 1000 troops. How long and over what time period . It will be a deliberate withdraw and we want to conduct it as safely as possible. We want to make sure we deconflict a pullback of forces and dont leave equipment behind. I am not prepared to put a timeline on it. You said you are doing this for u. S. Force protection. The armies are advancing after the u. S. Pulled back, after the u. S. Air force,