Weekend, on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. Next on the president s how do make decisions, whether it is firing cabinet officials or going to war . We will hear from advisers to president s Ronald Reagan, bill clinton, george w. Bush, and barack obama. Former secretary of defense leon panetta moderated the discussion. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much, and i welcome all of you to the final forum of our lecture series this year. I think, as you all know, we are looking at 100 years since world war i, 2014 to 1914, an awful lot of history. The changes that have been made, we have looked at war and peace and the changes in that arena. We have looked at the role of government, and we have also looked at the issue of freedom versus security. To take ae are going look at the president of the United States and how president s make decisions, and residents, frankly, influence all of those other areas that we just talked about. The president of t
Depicting the 1943 battle that destroyed that town of san the film was composed almost entirely of reenacted scenes. Before showing the film, we spoke with a film historian. The book is entitled, five came back. Joining us from new york is mark harris. As we look at some of the leading directors from this time period including john houston. Pietro was shot by john houston in italy and was intended to be commissioned by frank capra of the successful u. S. Effort to free a small, ancient italian village. Capra told houston to go to italy in search of a town that could provide images of things like joyful and grateful villagers emerging from their rounds ofces with cheese and loaves of bread to greet the victorious americans. Houston got to italy and found the wrightstown the right to wn but the battle was already over. There were no villagers insight. The town was still lined with german traps. , with the full knowledge and enthusiastic cooperation of the army, to restage the battle. The
Tonight, we are going to take a look at the president of the United States and how president s make decisions, and residents, frankly, influence all of those other areas that we just talked about. The president of the United States has today assumed incredible responsibilities and facing incredible pressures in that position. Since 1914, we have had 17 president s of the United States, all of whom, you know, will have various places in history. We have gone from wilson to harding, truman to eisenhower and nixon, kennedy to carter and reagan, johnson to clinton, bush, and obama. What can we learn from all of those president s . And how has the presidency changed in terms of the responsibilities that have to be confronted . We will look at the challenges of the modern presidency through the eyes of four top aides, all of whom who have served president s of the United States, and we are looking at president s that each of these individuals served. What was their greatest strength, and wha
They were assassinate and targeted for uniform for the duties they embrace of keeping the city safe. And keeping the policy against cuba. This is an illusion. Not everybody is happy. I will be joined by florida senator and possible president ial candidate marco rubio. Joining us are chris matthews, and former Bush White House director chris fagan and former white hou white hou white house spokesman bill richardson. This is meet the press with chuck todd. I will be talking about the e sony attacks, but first, two men shot at point blank range saturday afternoon killed while simply sitting in their pale troll cars. Police commissioner William Bratton the and mayor william de blasio called it an assassinati assassination. The man started by shooting a girlfriend in baltimore who is recovering in a hospital. Social posts from the gunman pointed to the actions being related to the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner. And members of new York Police Department turned their backs on mayor
Targeted for uniform for the duties they embrace of keeping the city safe. And keeping the policy against cuba. This is an illusion. Not everybody is happy. I will be joined by florida senator and possible president ial candidate marco rubio. Joining us are chris matthews, and former Bush White House director chris fagan and former white hou white hou white house spokesman bill richardson. This is meet the press with chuck todd. I will be talking about the e sony attacks, but first, two men shot at point blank range saturday afternoon killed while simply sitting in their pale troll cars. Police commissioner William Bratton the and mayor william de blasio called it an assassinati assassination. The man started by shooting a girlfriend in baltimore who is recovering in a hospital. Social posts from the gunman pointed to the actions being related to the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner. And members of new York Police Department turned their backs on mayor de blasio as he walked to