American reaction to all of that. Lets call it the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is arguably the most important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. Public opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here. In part because for the first time, there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallup poll organization had begun regularly polling American People. Leaders had a more direct sense of what people thought. You will see a lot of polling data in fleshing out what it was that americans thought. I will focus a bit on Public Opinion, and then we will talk about actual policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is that there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the American People. They wanted britain and france to win the war. To defeat germany. They did not want the United States to have to fight in the war to make that happen. Over the course of the two years o
There are dates we have that are personal and dates ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is in store for us, it is a pleasure to welcome andrew card, who served in three administrations with Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, with George Herbert walker bush the treasury, not the secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, and with george w. Bush white house chief of staff. Andrew card. [a
Intelligence Committee Concludes its second week of public hearings. You can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Is next. Host good morning. Two weeks of hearings in the books. Congress is in recess for the thanksgiving holiday. We heard yesterday from david holmes who is political counsel to the embassy in ukraine and dr. Fiona hill and now the question before washington and the nation, what happens next . It is friday morning. Ahead, highlights from cspans live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee. How the hearings are playing out in the morning papers, social media, political circles and your calls, tweets, and comments. You can begin dialing at 2027488000. That is our phone line if the hearings changed your mind. If they did not, 2027488001. If you remain unsure, 2027488002. Also, you can send us a text message at 2027488003 or tweets at cspanwj. We will read your tweets during the course of the morning and facebook at facebook. Com
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here. I would like to thank Ranking Member whitehouse, my friend and collaborator. Its great to be here at doing this together. I was just saying to him, i told him i would tell you it would bt nice to them in his edges because hes a top question. He will take you to test. I would like to thank the witnesses for their attendance today. I would also like to highlight two empty chairs today, which i say for saved for two and find witnesses who apparently dont show your commitment to discuss these issues. One chair is for tik tok. If you dont know what tik tok is, you should. Its a chinese owned social media platform so popular among teenagers that Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly spooked. For facebook, that fear is lost social media market share. For the rest of us, the fear is somewhat different. A company compromised byif the Chinese Communist party knows where your childrenws are
Live on the cspan networks online, cspan. Org, or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Next, an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. Remarks from several former white house officials who served during that time, including former secretary of state james baker. They also examine the state in fallhat led to the of the wall. Hosted by the Atlantic Council, this is just two hours. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is