so, when the wilsons visited italy, president wilson was in rome, and was given honorary citizenship by the city of rome, but, edith was given this statue, which of those of who are aware of the statue of italy the statue of rom is and remains the founders of rome, and on it are the initials ft to r which stands for the senate and people of rome. truly a very touching gift, and it also fits into the theme of that era of the growing role of women in society, edith accompanying resident wilson, raising questions that were in the minds of americans and others around the world in that time, of, what role were women to have in our society? it would be really about that same time during the wilson administration that the 19th amendment was finally confirmed, and that women received the federal constitutional right to vote, in the united states. and in her own way she was forging a path for women that continues to this day of the first lady, accompanying the president on state business, and having a formal role.>> this is a radio microphone from the 1920s, it was from this room that preside

so wilson began making the case. some of it was simply wilson making up his own mind in the first place that again, there was a distinction to be made between the violation of property rights and the freedom of the seas and commerce, represented by the release blockade of the central powers, and the germans sinking of merchant vessels and in many cases, the murder of civilians. that along with the general outrage prompted by the zimmerman telegram allowed them to make up his own mind and finally make his address to congress. there was however one lesser- known factor, at least lesser and kind of discussed at the time and you don't need to hear as much about it in the history books, but it was still interesting. that of course was the intervening of russia. the revolution in russia in the early euphoric stage before everything had really gotten bogged down and eventually the coming to power with all the controversy it represented it that's bank representative, russia was a democracy. it could be described as after the

wilson would have no changes. his rigid interpretation of presidential powers, despite what he had written earlier, would not allow him to compromise, and together with the senate's insistence on doing its constitutional duty of reviewing treaties, he played into the hands of his opponents. the standoff between the two branches of government had important effects. no president after wilson dismissed the role of the senate in making treaties. when harry truman went to the san francisco conference in 1945 , where the charter of the united nations would be signed, he took senators from both parties with him. truman would certainly have fit into wilson's group of presidents "with unusual sagacity." eight, the growth of presidential power. congress delegated a great deal of power to the president. albeit often with many misgivings. charles evans hughes, who had been the republican candidate in 1916, justified the expansion of government power in a speech to the american bar association. the importance of hughes' argume

it is quite a mess and where wilson, wilson is so obsessed with neutrality that when he finds out in a little squib in the newspaper the war college is making war plans for war against various countries that is not neutral. can't do that, stop, he told the assistant secretary of war. the assistant secretary of war says that is what war colleges do. we make plans and put them in the drawer and hope there's not a war, never do that again. when wilson gets a new secretary of war who is milton baker, a confirmed pacifist, wilson exfoliates him for having these warplanes being drawn up and he will throw every general out of washington if he hears about it again and new baker knows this is what defense departments or war departments do but wilson is so opposed to this he can't even make the necessary presentation. >> what changed his mind? >> he said in the 1916 campaign or before that the people look at me, he is very realistic about his own powers, people look at me like i am a god or something but any little german u-boat lieutenant by launching a submarine can push this nation into war

president woodrow wilson sought to create a juror piece as part of this effort wilson announced that from now on the peoples of europe should be governed only by their own consent he described self-determination as an imperative principle of action. empires collapse. i people rose up in revolt. ex monarchs fled the last austrian emperor charles the first step down from the hapsburg throne he and his wife tito were exiled to madeira in one nine hundred twenty one. in one nine hundred twenty two turkey's new parliament expelled the last autumn and sultan mess made the six several new states would emerge from the ruins of his empire. but someone arts was celebrated as here it was. during the war belgium's king albert of the first had fought alongside his troops his wife elizabeth served at the front as a nurse i germany's occupation of belgium ended with the armistice that was declared on november the eleventh nine hundred eighteen i. belgians honored canadian troops who had played a major role in the last great offensive of the war known as the hundred days that operation canadian unit

wilson finally capitulated. he went before congress on september 30, 1918 to recommend the constitutional amendment. congress had turned down similar proposals ever since reconstruction. while the house passed it easily, the senate rejected the proposal once in 1918 and once in 1919. congress finally approved the 19th amendment on june 4 of 1919. statesee became the 36th to ratify an august 18, 1920. in time for women to vote for that year's presidential election. five, the prohibition of alcohol. prohibition had such a bad name in our history. the great experiment that ultimately failed. al capone, et cetera . it constituted one of the most important progressive era forms. the labor act authorized the bidident to limit or for the use of foodstuffs to make alcoholic beverages. on this issue, we will have extensive dissipation by the court. -- extensive participation by the court. six, civil liberties. byt topic will be covered professor wind trip in the last of the lectures on december 6. suffice it to say for n

wilson on the sideline. >> rich: russell wilson in a similar situation last year against the texans, it started with a big play on the first play of the drive. get the ball inside the 20 if they're able to get off the field on third down you can't dink-and-dunk in this situation. there will be no time outs left on the clock for the seahawks. first they've got to get off the field on third down. >> kevin: keenan allen, another tight end in sean culkin. jared watt is in there. second down and seven. seattle. two time outs. pitchout. gordon. blocked by watt. down at the 50. no gain on the play. wagner again with a hit. also, stephen was right there plugging the gap. let's take you back to new york. cbs studios. james brown. >> boomer: hey, j.b., l.a. rams. down in new orleans. kevin and rich. >> kevin: he had been out with an injury, he's back and paying dividends. what about the resilient l.a. rams. >> rich: a great running back, hot young quarterback, a ton of money tied up in the defensive line. >> kevin: third down and seven. chargers have missed their last six third downs. time out

wilson tried to win them over. if we were jek the league of nations we will break the world's heart. on october the second nine hundred nineteen wilson suffered a debilitating stroke and was no longer able to carry out his duties as president of the senate ratifies of outside treaty and if not what the league of nations be able to function effectively without the united states. in. a dangerous legacy lurks in these. old munitions from the first and second world wars. every day in northwestern belgium farmers find grenades many of which are still potentially explosive. and every day a special unit goes out to collect and diffuse these deadly weapons. in thirty minutes. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of. and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for mines. this is deja vu news live from the berlin marking one hundred years since the end of world war one more than sixty world leaders attended a ceremony

wilson had a stroke, right? by 1919 he was pretty incapacitated. he had remarried and his first wife died during the first administration. edith wilson was anti-suffrage, but she was more or less returning the government, right? it is the closest we've ever come with a woman president, and she was so secretive about her power and there were so many layers of covering that up that who knows? she was in public anti-suffrage, who knows if she had anything to turn the tide for woodrow. i find her a fascinating character because she is a bundle of contradictions and i'm not sure we will ever know. i don't know if there is a bod of documentation that will ever reveal the extent to which edith wilson ran the government in 1919 and 1920. yes? [ inaudible question ] belmont was important in the national women's party and she had married several rich husbands and had done well in the dwrs settlement. the national american women's suffrage association had a very interesting endowment from the widow of frank leslie. frank l

wilson's fears of a brutalized conformist america loom over the nation. the government acts to take the law out of the hands of the mob. the wilson administration seeks and gets tough new laws suppressing freedom of speech and opinion. one controversial labor group, the industrial workers of the world, the wobblies, is violently suppressed by mob and government. in arizona, 1200 members are expelled to an army post in new mexico, where their preachings of strike with anarchist overcomes. iww offices are raided and arrested, including bill haywood. socialist party leader eugene b. debs, who got one million votes for president of the street of, president of the united states in 1912 is arrested for objective to the war effort and is sentenced to 10 years in jail. with prosecution of dissidents, wilson has both crushed the antiwar spirit and appeased the extremists. america's answer to the threat from abroad, the threat of the german armies, also becomes more vigorous in the summer of 1918. doubts of national conscience, fears about security, are dimmed by t

enables that is wood row wilson. t is not twitter that telegraphed diplomacy with berlin in the first week of as the american army is going into intense fighting and resurgent n of the republicans who will win the wilson s is to impeach for betraying the american soldier fight inning the field and without the cooperation of british and the french, without communicating with them, he american soldiers are fighting alongside british and french troops with british and french equipment. they fought with french equipment, not the other way london ver the heads of and paris wilson is negotiating on his peace terms with germany. is out of that process november 11, contrast with 1945 where the war literally no e is living german. o living german between the advancing red army and the american g.i.'s. so messy is the battlefield on they meet, it takes them three days to clean it up for" time "magazine to take photos. had blown up a bridge with a seen ofchildren was mng ld -- mangled devastation. 1918, it is an emerging german

he got wilson elected and his bitterness toward wilson is about that sense of responsibility, and it forms so much else. i said i wasn't going to do it and then i did it anyway. >> you kind of feel better. >> it is really important to recognize that wilson is the first southern president elected since the civil war, and those cutting abuse that you heard was you are surrendering an illinois democrat who was to rip the floor out from under the lincoln presidency. the stakes in this war the same stakes in the civil war and the kind of test we are undergoing here, and with your piece about victory talk, and then, >> it kills roosevelt that wilson is a one to lead them into war and win the war. and his son died in the war. >> we don't have that time and we have a bunch of hands and we have five minutes at the end to get some closing remarks. we will take a lightning round from the lady here in the second row. >> all of the questions seem to be on the side. >> i am fascinated with all these kinds of programs, but this one was so overwhelming because there is so many pieces in retrospect,

there is a lot of pressure building on wilson. i think to center the story on wilson is to miss a lot about what is going on. if i am right about this, it means that in april 1917, the american people want to eliminate this threat. part of the threat receipt a little bit when the japanese government says they want no part of it. the reason the american people want to go to war in march of 1917 is that they want the threat to their own communities to go away. if i'm right about that, the threat went away on november 11, 1918. what we consider the end of the first world war. the day we mark as the end of the first world war. in my mind i think this is like an hourglass. the american people have vastly different opinions in 1914. by march 1917, they realize that by doing nothing they have in fact made themselves less safe. once the armistice is signed on november 1918, then the idea, the message is the war is over, give us back our husbands, sons, uncles, brothers and hourglass separate out again with americans having very different

he got wilson elected. his bitterness toward wilson is about that sense of responsibility. it informs so much. but anyway. i said i wasn't going to do that i did anyway. >> can i add a my cowriter is really important that to recognize wilson is the first southern president elected after the civil war. he is a surrendering, illinois democrat who wants to rip underneath the lincoln presidency. the same steak ascension the civil war there was a kind of tests we were undergoing. peace without victory total literally adopted a slogan from 1864. >> it kills roosevelt that wilson is want to be them into war and run them into war. that was supposed to be him. his son died in the war . >> we don't have that much more time. we have five minutes at the end for, two minutes of the and to get some closing remarks. so take a lightning round for the lady here at the second row. >> thank you. retired economists fascinated with all these kinds of programs. but this one was so overwhelming because there are so many pieces in retrospect different from the way we thought of it. trying to put t

they hated woodrow wilson, which for roosevelt he felt guilty that wilson was in power. you know why? it was his fault. he got wilson elected. his bitterness toward wilson is about that sense of responsibility. it informs so much. anyway, i said i wasn't going to do that and i did anyway. [laughter] can i just added a micro writer? it is importance to recognize wilson is the first southern president elected after the civil war. and the most cutting abuse that teddy roosevelt hurled out of that we was a copperhead. that he was surrendering illinois democrats and wanted to rip out the lincoln presidency. the same stakes in this war were the same as the civil war. that was the test we were undergoing. and your peace without victory tour literally adopted the slogan from 1864. >> it kills roosevelt that wilson is the one to lead them into war and win the war. that was supposed to be him. and his son died in the war. we have five minutes at the end -- well, two minutes at the end for closing remarks. so let's take a lightning round for the lady here at the second row. all of

woodrow wilson told us to be impartial. but, there is another thing that woodrow wilson said that i actually think is a little bit more revealing of what is going to happen. in that same neutrality address he said, the effect of the war upon the united states will depend on what american citizens say and do. recognizing, right from the very beginning, that the government can say that america is neutral, right? america can say that we have a policy of treating both sides the same. but what the government does is only going to be one side of the story. what american people decide to do, that is going to really tell the tale of how america behaves in this so-called period of neutrality. now, what do the american people do? again, there are well-known parts of this story and lesser -known parts. we know for instance that the banks, american banks, lend overwhelmingly to the allies side. that is a law known part of the story. we know that american manufacturers sell their goods overwhelmingly to the airlines best to the allies,

wilson headed off to europe to negotiate so he never took a victory lap and all of this contributed to a disillusionment that was heavily compounded and used metaphorically in a bloody partisan struggle that began immediately. i know it is shocking to think politicians would use any other tool in order for the purely partisan purposes. what is the next subject? the next presidential election. the leader was henry cabot lodge and his number one goal is to get a republican back in the white house after the democrats had been in the white house for eight years under wilson which was a tremendous aberration in the unthinkable and he used the fight as a way of doing that and it was essential they had to be defeated otherwise they would help in 2020 and if i had to a tremendous insistence. it's important to understand that the political background to this. americans were terribly disillusioned and they defeated the treaty and this had a huge impact in europe. but the united states have done in entering the war was to shift the balance of the forces in europe from what had been at most a stal

wilson had this idea of a league of honor as he called it at that time. all the great democracies of the world convening in a common session to discuss problems with solutions, avoiding war in the future. okay. suddenly with the russian revolution, we are heading much more quickly in the war. the german sunk a couple ships, first there were no casualties. the first three ships that went down, everyone could get off but right after they were overthrown a ship sank in about a dozen people were killed. the war began to really grips the whole country, let's get to the next slide. what about african-americans? they did not have a vote in most states so what was to be the response? the guy on the left one of the founders argued that this war presents an opportunity for african-americans to organize, to demonstrate their patriotism , he had no illusions about germans being any less racist than anyone in the united states but an opportunity to step up and show what they can do, and thereby force white america to give african-americans a place at the democratic ta

i would like to ask about woodrow wilson. in16 1916, he famously vowed to keep our country out of war. in the election of -- >> michael: which was a lie -- >> guest: so the election against charles evans hughes, famously went to bed thinking he was president, and then would woken up to find out no, california went a different way. but i w wondered if you had any- can. >> michael: can i -- that's a great point. >> guest: i wondered what your thoughts were on whether charles evan hughes if he had been elected president how the course of world war i would have been different, thank you. >> michael: hard to speculate he was very close to the ram bunktious theodore roosevelt who hated woodrow wilson. but the one thing to be ware of. onwild row wilson was vastly overrated. he was a racist, a throw-back not a man of his times. his two predecessors were far more progressive on civil rights, which was someone who gave comfort to racist of this country showed birth of the nation showing the klu klux klan in the white house. but wilson

>> she identified a guy by the name of jeffrey wilson. >> jeffrey wilson? turns out david actually met him first online. jeffrey was also in the army, based at ft. bragg, like the major. he went by the name "black stuntman." by now, the deputy da billy west was monitoring the investigation. >> they were chat friends, chatting about the swinging lifestyle and that sort of thing. and david actually said, you need to meet my wife joan, and invited him to a swinging party. >> they all got together at a local hotel, just social that first time, no sex. >> and there was a second swingers' party that both of the shannons and jeffrey attended. and at that party, he i think as well as others did have sex with joan. but after this happened, joan and jeffrey started seeing one another. >> that was okay, though, according to the rules the shannons had established, as long as it was just sex and nobody got romantically entangled. anyway, wilson was married with kids. and there was no indication that his wife knew what he was up to on the side with joan. >> we started do

as i did other chapters to a noted wilson scholar who thought i was harsh on wilson. one of his comments in the margins, you would at least consider deleting the words conceited and messiahnic? [laughter] >> if you want one thing from woodrow wilson, to explain the war and why we're fighting it. world 1 was the first time we were fighting away-- and he had isolation, stayed in the white house, didn't talk much. and finally at the end he says, surprise, this is a war to end all wars and to make the world safe for democracy, plus i want a league of nations. worthy aim, how do you achieve it? he left for europe for months at a time. left the discussion of the league of nation to his enemies, like henry cabot lodge, making it impossible for the league of nations to be approved by the senate, leading to adolf hitler and leading to world war ii. the other thing at that sticks in my craw, 1916 wilson won this hair-breadth reelection and almost lost largely because of california, guess who allowed him to win according to the analysis accord to go numbers. the women who would

you have on the right a nobel peace prize awarded to woodrow wilson. informally, i have had conversations of what would this be worth. just as an aside, one of the people in our rare books collection used to work at an institution where they oversaw nobel prizes in physics and things like that. an obscure nobel prize in physics sold for a couple million. you can imagine what the nobel peace prize given to woodrow wilson in 1919 might be worth. whether he deserved it is another matter. whether or not it is worth tens of millions is up to capitalism. to your left, the governor of poland awarding woodrow wilson the order of the white eagle. as you know, presidents cannot accept gifts from foreign entities while in office -- i believe. he had to wait until he was out of office to accept it. behind that, you have the italian government awarding wilson for his service at the versailles treaty and the paris peace conference. just kind of a visual of these changes. you see this map of the middle east. you see things like the undesirable limits of turkey. you'r

historians wonder when wilson made that shift himself. when and why is the harder part to nail down. have worth noting, we mercer johnston green. a progressive reverend in new jersey. at the forefront of labor issues and things like that. a very rabid supporter of the allied cause. we have a letter to his father who he admits he has railed against the german government, comparing them to satan and majesty,them satanic railing on the kaiser. , he would say, this is what i believe. i firmly believe this. important, he is ahead of the curve. it's indicative of a larger term by mainstream protestants. they largely embrace the war in 1970. catholics and jews also. probably more out of a fear of being labeled foreigners and anti-american. ,any didn't want them involved which is a longer discussion. the point is, today we think of religions as being opposed to war. war,is moment, we declare they are largely on board. in some cases, vocal proponents. there were minority groups within the present distance -- protestants that were antiwar. they bec

wilson getting his first goal on the se even taking out the goalie. the goal counts, b while celebrating, wilson finds out c he'sled for interference, i, happy one second, pleading another, and thenn the box. but caps up 2-0. second period now, wilso getting a welcome back from marcus foligno. tou aren't yappy he's back? third now, capitals up 3-1, on the atta. alex ovechkin, down the wing. he crosses to orlov and he finds the back of the net.or lov, two goals and an assist.ca ps go on to win it, 5-2. >> all right. >>> now, to college hoops. illinois fans fired up, hosting georgetown. the hoyas spoiling the fun first half. orgetown on the run. matt mcclung, check out that reverse. if you guys haven't heard of him, you will see him all season. georgetownp two at halftime. now, second half, georgetown forcing the turnover, and watch mcclung with the hustle.in chas it down and showing off the hops. >> oh, whoa. >> high-flying hoya throwing it down. y'all, this is all over social lumedia. m with 12 points. hoyas up three. under a minute to play.ge gewn wi

wilson was elected as the peace candidate. his platform was, he kept us out of war. wilson convinced the entire nation to vote for him, to turn the other cheek and be impartial to the activities in europe. now, events change and there is a number of events that happened. i have my first poster to show you, and you take a look at it. it's the only poster i have with one word. enlists. and it is enlists. this is an early poster done in 1915, and it's about the sinking of the lusitania. our world is hearing the rumbles of war. you see a young lady clutching her infant and the story goes she was washed up upon the irish coast clutching her baby. remember, this a whole nation is that is neutral. the huge irish-american and german-american population are very lukewarm to war with germany. events like this, the sinking of ships, the loss of american lives starts to shift the feeling towards germany. the sinking of american ships and the zimmerman telegram, what they do is they all do as they start to add to the point of no return whe

jerry wilson:"i think things just happen." patty wilson:"i don't think there's any explanation for it."somehow the couple remains positive.reporter:"you guys are kind of known as the people who get in house fires." patty wilson:"nobody wants us at their house."after all, they say, they and all of their relatives got out alive. not everyone can say that. jerry wilson:"i feel so bad for the people that are worse off than us.""yes."comes in threes.for sure.that to patty and jerry wilson. (pam) more than 13- thousand homes have been destroyed by the camp fire. but as of tonight... likely because of the rainfall.. no additional homes are being threatened. (grant) coming up at 10. a father and daughter make a special cross state---trip ...to butte county. what they donated to fire victims (pam) plus. a u-s missionary killed on a trip to a remote island.. the encounter that led to his death (lawrence)ten at ten lawrence has the 'ten at ten" long range forecast. lawrence karnow: it was mostly dry today but clouds and rain are now movi

. >>> >>> good morning from the wilson center in washington, d.c. i would like to welcome all of you here in attendance as well as those participating by i'm c-span. i'm robert li dfa lk, the wilson center's senior vice president. today's event, mexican migra those those from great wave to gentle stream could not be more i would like to thank topical. i would like to thank the immigration immigration policy institute for co-hosting this eslept. i want to thank everyone for coming out on this soggy day in washington, d.c. it is not lost on us that we are holding this event on midterm election day. but i think having this event on

at president wilson's house. then on lectures and his histories, the treaty of versailles which brought an end of the war and how it was received by the american public. after that, president wilson's decision in 1917 to enter world war i, his views on human rights, world affairs, democracy and america's role in the world. then a look at the events that brought the u.s. into the war from the national world war i museum in kansas city, missouri. each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. we visited woodrow wilson's house in washington, d.c. where the 28th president retired in 1921 after leading the nation through world war i and its diplomatic aftermath. he died here three years later.

of war, president woodrow wilson was under pressure to declare war on germany. to participation in world war i -- next on american history tv, journalist and author will england discusses the legacy of these events in his book. the harry s truman presidential library and museum hosted this hour-long program. >> evening everybody. my name's mark adams. i'm the education director here. welcome to our program. [cheers & applause] >> thank you. as you can tell, we've got excited people in our audience. i should explain that to the rest of the group that's here. this week is our 15th annual teacher conference at the truman library and we have 55 teachers here from 17 states. they have decided to be the cheerleaders at the front of the crowd. that's great. we really do want to make sure that we pay tribute to our sponsors tonight for our program. the truman library institute is our not-for-profit partner. they funded the truman library teacher conference i just mentioned and also this program tonight. the national world war i museum and memorial, which i'll introduce

this is about 45 minutes.speaken wilson along with executives from cisco and at&t. this is about 45 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> thank you for being with us this afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, we are tlieted thdelt you are part of this conference and it's an internet of things, and you heard a good bit about that this morning about transformational ideas. we have general wilson and the vice chief of staff of the warehouse and we have thaddeus arroyo, the xeek executive officer of at&t business and greco, with digitization, security and trust organization at cisco. the ground rules are that each of our guests have been invited to make about six or seven minutes of comments. i will yield to general wilson who will make as many comments as he wants to because we understand how that works and we'll proceed there with questions and we'll be offered the opportunity to take your questions and i will monitor this from your ipad. general wilson, the floor is your, sir. >> they say never put the microphone in front of the general because they'll talk forever. i get it. i have succes

it was just the reverse of what wilson wanted. he was this great figure who believe that by his force of will, he could convince not just americans, but also his european allies to make the world a better place instead of a structure for a better world. and he failed pretty miserably. inof course, he had a stroke 1919 and that became the end of his presidency. wristt from one of the saying "be termed doughboy was first used in the mexican-american war in the early 1800s, the origin unclear even from them. >> that's fascinating. it's go to bob joining us in fort collins, colorado. a veteran. good morning and thank you for your service. caller: thank you. good morning gentlemen. during thea teenager invasion of belgium and the occupation. and i hearing various stories from him and what i read. what does your research show you on how the belgian civilians were treated? >> world war i, i assume? well, basically, that's very controversial. because the belgian authorities certainy authorized members of either the government or just who

they drove together to an orientation at wilson's new school. d the day before he starterst grade, wilson was excited to meet his teacher. >> you have a nice smile. and you have happy eyes. >> reporter: this moment is why larios soto says she was seeking to cross the border in the first place-- for wilson to have a good school in a safe environment. >> ( translated ): we don't come here just because we want to live fancy lives, we come here to be safe and ge our children a better life. our lives are always at risk over there. when you leave your house, youn' know if you'll come back alive or in a coffin. it's the worst. i that's howt is in our country. >> reporter: larios soto can now remain with wilson in the united states for one year on a humanitarian parole, but after that, the future is uncertain. and it remains uncertain for the hundreds of other ch who are waiting to be reunited with their families. for the "pbs newshour," i'm aura bogado in rt smith, arkansas. >> woodruff: on the eve of tomorrow's elections, we examine a recent book with

wilson, heing about vetoed the literacy test twice. he had to call an investigation whichhe bisbee incident highlighted the injured her seas of immigrant politics during wilson's administration. about impact and chronology. work,guys wrap up their they put out a million volumes. i'm sure americans read every last word of it. congress passes a number of restrictionist laws and presidents of veto them. early 1920'sil the that the fruits of the commission are harvested and you have a formula at the very edge of the book. there is that decade between the ad -- end of the report and the heavy legislation that eventually passes area is this simply a matter of presidents standing in the way of loss or congress wants to pass? a world where the caps off immigration? off world war that cuts immigration? if you could explain or talk a little bit about that decade waiting period before the fruits and harvested? >> in the session of congress in the following year, senator of the him who is chair senate committee on immigration and this guy burnett

puck up the ice to tom wilson, and watch this. wilson firing and scores. caps mentornd trip uer way, so om wilson's dad getting congratulationsthere, as well. second period, long pass ahead o nick dowd, finding the back of thenet. a beautiful pass up-ice from carlson. then yaskin with the nice feed delivers. his third of the season. caps take a 2-1 lead, in the thir trotz knows first-hand how good this group is. tom w gives him a reminder. wilson's second of thenight. five goals in his last four games. alex ovechn addsn emptynetter. the capitals beat the islanders, ix4-1. their s straight win, and since wilson's come back from suspension, the caps, 7. but wilson credis. his teamma >> well, they're getting me into some pretty good areas togo get know, s, so -- you whatever it is, you know, in six games here, the team's playing well. we have to keep it going. >> a lot of people would have let this drag them down and be in a little bit o a lull for maybe the first ten games, but he's played his best hockey, , a lot of credit to him and his character as a pers

woodrow wilson did get the message, by the way. it was not just them changing his mind. it was partly an electoral issue. it was a midterm election and he realized women would vote for his opponent if he did not give them the vote. he also realized women were fuller people than he had realized. he spoke to the u.s. senate -- by the way, a dozen or more other countries had passed the vote for women, including germany, austria, bolshevik russia, great britain. the u.s. was starting to look bad. he said, are we alone to refuse to learn the lesson? we cannot isolate our thought from the rest of the world. we must either conform or resign the leadership of noble -- liberal minds to others. so we came out on behalf of women's suffrage. the women immediately took this up. wilson said it is time to grant suffrage but it did not happen before that fateful moment, the midterm elections. when woodrow wilson went to france, he knew the people coming into office would be people who did not support his international programs, people like henry cabot lodge, for example. back in france,

and back to the wilson center. in case some of you have never seen him before, he is hiding under a board and is the director of the kennan institute and we are very proud he is here and he will say a few words and i obviously have to recognize blair ruble who will be introduced who was the long-standing director of the kennan institute and is now our vice president from program. so please become home matt row january can i. >> thank you. i seem to recall there was a line in the job director for directoff of the kennan institute which said up to 25% of your time travel. russia and ukraine are far away and other important places like china are even farther. thank you for the welcome, jane. i just want to put it simply, the crowd in this room, both the quantity and quality and in particular the quality of the people right here on the podium are testament to this man, jim billing send. -- billington. this is an incredible gathering and i'm enormously privileged and intimidate ted be sitting in the middle. so if i slid

air force, heather wilso wilson. >> well, thank you so much. since this is the press club, i'm going to start out by correcting the record on at least one thing. and that is that i was actually not -- obviously, not the first veteran in the congress, but i also was not the first woman veteran to serve. there was from, i think the state of maryland, a woman who seceded her husband, but then was not re-elected to a full term. but she was a nurse and nurse in world war ii, and since then, of course, we've had other women veterans who are serving. and it's really nice to get to a point in american history where that's really not a notable thing. where women veterans are not only in the congress, but in the board room as well as on the flight line. so it's a pleasure to spend a little bit of time, a little bit of time with you this afternoon. of course, today on capitol hill, the house of representatives is debating the fiscal year 19 appropriations bill. and the authorization bill has already passed. the military construction bill has already passe

it was the reverse of what wilson wanted. wilson was this great messianic hisre who believe that by force of will, he could convince not just americans but also his european allies to make the world a better place instead of a structure for a better world and it failed pretty miserably. host: and of course he had a stroke in 1919 and that became the end of his presidency. a tweet from one of our viewers saying the term doughboy came from the mexican-american war. guest: that is fascinating. host: let's go to bob, joining us in colorado. a veteran, thank you for your service. caller: you are welcome. i am of belgian ancestry. my dad was a teenager during the invasion of belgian and the occupation and i am hearing various stories from him and what i read. what is your research show you on how the belgian civilians were treated? basically that is a very controversial issue because the belgian authorities basically authorized certain members of either the government or in the army or something, to start a kind of partisan warfare

>> miss wilson, you know -- >> miss wilson. you know what, i'm going to stick to that, at least for now. >> i am older. i don't look older, but yes, i want that respect. >> i don't know if i can -- >> who said that? >> miss wilson. i would say you look fly. can i say that? >> how old are you, saying i look fly? i'm going to talk to your momma about that. >> i'm 38. can i say it or not? >> no, no, you can. 38. i have a daughter 42, i mean, you could be my son. we won't get into that. >> maya. first of all, i'm sorry you can't stop that. who needs to fall back? >> i really can't stop that. i do want to say, for the record, though, that my two daughters would say miss mary. >> you brought them up that way. >> we brought them up to say -- and it would be mr. howell, in the southern tradition. >> yes. >> all right, well, i'm from mississippi, i know what you're talking about. >> we got the texas end of that. >> i know. i had a long list this week, so it's a tough one, but i'm going to start with representative tim ryan, who had his