Professor Michael Davis looks at the 1944 president ial election between democrat franklin roosevelt, seeking an unprecedented fourth term, and his republican challenger, thomas dewey. With the u. S. And its allies approaching victory in world war ii, president roosevelt had a relatively easy victory over thomas dewey, who mainly campaigned against new deal programs and for smaller government. President roosevelt would die in office six months after being reelected, and Vice President harry truman became the 33rd president of the United States. Liberty university is in lynchburg, virginia. This class is just under an hour. All right, well, we will get started. And lets go ahead and open with a word of prayer and then well see what we can get into today. Heavenly father, thank you for today. Thank you for this class. Thank you for your love and mercy. I pray that youd forgive us of our sins. I pray that you would be with the class as they finish up this semester. So much busyness and ac
The statement was released after an abc broadcast in which he appeared to criticize the captains father. We should honor all who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe while i feel deeply for the loss of his son khizr kahn who has never met me has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim ive never read the constitution, which is false, and seen many other inaccurate things. Other families who died fighting for the United States are demanding an apology from trump accusing him of cheapening the sacrifices made by those we lost. Sam a sammy clovis joins me now. We appreciate your talking to us about this. Is this the kind of stumble from donald trump which he wont be able to recover. We have to member that the American People will make the decision on who the next president will be away from the election. A lot of water will go under the bridge before we get there. One of the things i want to talk about a lot of people inside the beltway in new york a
And im your host, bill kurtis. This is through the decades. John fitzgerald kennedy. The thirty fifth president of the United States. The youngest man to hold the office and a tower figure in American History. His life, his death and the almost mythological shadow he left behind hold a unique place in our collective fascination. In the next hour, we are looking back at the moments, the celebrity and his lasting impact. But we begin with the arena of politics. History tends to cling most fervently to moments of change and despite the divisive politics in this country, its hard to dismiss john f. Kennedy as the faceof change in 1960s america. He was young, charismatic and intoxicatingly charming. All of which bled through on a new Campaign Tool known as television. Let me say first that i accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. Cheers in 1960, the American People had two very different choices for their next president of the United States. Either richard nixon, president eisenhowe
Are you serious. But if you were to ask if you can list your thoughts on the way here. It comes out really easily. Youre actually seen a saying a lot about you. That is what comes out the margins. Tonight it will air on cspan at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. This week on q a the former secretary of defense robert gates he discusses the book the passion for leadership on change and reform for 50 years of public service. Robert gates in the house on Foreign Relations recently have a column that the next president of the United States was on the top for leadership. What would you want the next president to take away from your book on leadership. I think surrounding himself or her self with really strong capable independent minded people empowering them and delegating authority to them and holding them accountable if they are successful reward them in whatever way they can and if they fail fire them i think that too much of what we always think about just the president and the reality is the be
Clifton thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. To be here. I am honored to have been asked. Honored to serve on the board. I have to tell you im a little bit stunned. I was 19 your desk i was 19 years old with my mother in independence, missouri when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college and i was sort of in all of being in that group. As my mother told me i should be. [laughter] clifton, allut it, of these young people are doing a lot better in college that you. Re are [laughter] the panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afternoon. Some have been talking about my grandfathers leadership style, his outlook on life, things i found out about when i was very young. My grandfather came to stay in new york city and he got dawn, wentrack of for a walk, and grabbed as many newspapers as he could find. My brother and i were the first ones down one morning. He was behind the newspapers and we thought we would tipt