would hold a special place in harry truman's heart. so in the evening hours, mr. and mrs. truman would retreat to the room and they would sit side by side and also music lovers but they were lovers of classical music. so to bess and harry truman, music meant chopin, beethoven, bach. mostly classical music. the modern music of the 1950's, 1960's and up to his death he called noise. you could always tell in those last years where mr. and mrs. truman were by where the lights were on. and many remembered walking by 219 north delaware street and they would see the lights on here in the study. and through the windows, they could see the silhouettes of mr. and mrs. truman sitting and reading. he believed that history was best taught by biography and so when he would talk to a young person or to truman library, speak to a group of young people visiting the library, he would tell them that. that you are the future of this country. you must read and learn our history. mrs. truman liked history and biography as well but she was a big fan of mest

truman the man from harry truman the president. and so when he came back to independence, he wanted to become part of the community again to return home as a child he had read about cincinnatis who has gone to war and does his public service and then went back to farming. he learned his lessons from george washington who had his home, went off to war and then to leave the country and then went back home. this is what harry truman banned to,, -- wanted to do. he came back to independence and really desired to be just a typical person, a citizen of independence. we hope that when visitors come here, they actually learn several things. number one, it goes back to that "buck stops here" sign that we saw earlier. take your responsibility for your decisions. making zingses but then staying with them, living with them, not pass the buck to someone else. the other is the idea of public service. americans owe something to their country and they shouldn't expect to get paid back for it. they should -- it should be part of their public servic

exhibition about harry truman in world war i. he was the only president who served combat in world war i. this is the story of his life leading up to the war, why he went to war, what he did, and what lessons he learned from the war. there were other presidents who had important roles in world war i for example, herbert hoover did relief programs, franklin roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy, dwight eisenhower became the commander during world war ii. he was running a base on the home front. he did not get into combat in the war. truman's experiences are unique, since he was the only president to serve in combat. we selected the title, heroes or corpses. it is taken from a memoir that truman wrote about his experiences as he was leaving new york harbor on the ship to france in 1918, he wrote in that that he was wondering if they would come back heroes or corpses? harry truman's interest in the military started at an early age. he loved to read. he was reading books about history and biography. he read about great mi

but what he did know was he was very clear about separating harry truman the man from harry truman the president. and so when he came back to independence, he literally wanted to become part of the community again, to return home. as a child he had read about a man who had gone to war and done is public service and then went back to farming. he learned his lessons from george washington, who had his home, went off to war, then to lead the country, then went back home. this is what harry truman wanted to do. and so he came back to independence and really desired to be, you know, just a typical person, a citizen of independence. we hope that when visitors come here, they actually learn several things. number one, it goes back to that buck stops here sign that we saw earlier. the whole idea of taking responsibility for your decisions, making decisions but then staying with them, living with them, not passing the buck to someone else. the other is the idea of public service. americans owe something to their country, and they shouldn't expect to get paid back for it. it should be part of th

harry truman had a farming background. he had grown up, lived in grandview missouri and have been born, was born south of kansas city. bess was always some independence. she tended to be from a little higher socioeconomic background man harry truman. and so it took some work and real effort, persistence on his part to have bess agree to marry him. it happened in 1919. moving on here i'm going to share with you a very interesting handwritten note or diary like entry from 1934 which is when harry truman was presiding judge at jackson county. here he writes, tomorrow, , tody rather, it is for a year. i am to make the most momentous announcement of my life. i have come to the place where all men strike to be at my age and i for two weeks ago retirement on a virtual pension in semite or county office was all that was in store for me. he is referring to the announcement is going to make that is running for the united states senate. and harry truman would be elected later that fall in 1934 and then been reelected in 1940, in the

next morning was harry truman's birthday. war in europe ended fairly quickly, but the war in wasn and the pacific continuing. there were fire bombing raids tokyo.n in more than 100,000 people were killed in a single fire bombing raid. all this, midst of truman also wanted to continue on some of franklin roosevelt's initiatives. one of the main ones being the founding of the united nations. in june of 1945, he went to signed theco and united nations charter. the first four months of probablypresidency are the most dramatic first four any president in american history. of course, in august 1945, the bomb had been perfected and the first bomb was dropped hiroshima. >> a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. with this bomb, we have now and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. >> people often ask if that was truman's most difficult decision and he always said, no, it wasn't. that hisly felt committing troops to korea at the beginning of the korean

harry s. truman. and truman said i am that guy. we heard another story about a young woman from germany. she was knew to the area and she was walking in the neighborhood. she was in her 20s and had a baby. she had a stroller. she found herself walking regularly with a very friendly person. aside from the man walking a few feet behind. she didn't know that was harry truman. he didn't have security until 1963. that was when kennedy was assays assassinated. they didn't want it but they persuaded them to take it. he walked alone until late 1963, 1964. independence, missouri was truman's hometown from the time he moved to independence as an 6-year-old boy until his death in 1972. he always regarded independence as his home. he wanted that library to be in his hometown. the papers document all of those things and so do the photos and other collections of things too. the collection gives people a sense of who truman was as a person. >> the national frontier trails museum will tell the history of the most iconic trails. we'll learn about t

it is where harry truman had his first job. he opened up the store at 6:30 a the morning and made $3 week. he worked before school and after school, all day saturday. his father made him quit working there because he was only 14. he was afraid he would get behind on school work. here comes his statue. did you know some of the local folks think the statue is inappropriate. >> why? >> look at it. hat on.not have his he had only been vice president 82 days when roosevelt passed away. he was summoned. he went back into his office and picked up his hat first. gentlemen do not go without their hats. harry truman had a hand in the lovely court house there. he helped get the bond passed to get it rebuilt. he traveled in his own car, at his own expense, looking at buildings before deciding on this design. this is designed after independence hall in philadelphia where the declaration of independence was signed. mississippi, the built in 1827, 191 years ago. i do have the papers, the records, and the documents. the man who built this sam.

little bit before she called harry truman back and said she would do it. [laughter] [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend and every weekend, on c-span. >> the new 116th congress opened on january 3 with many senators and representatives new to capitol hill. for the first time, over 100 women in the house. next on "reel america," the 80th congress, which included only eight women. it tracks the progress of the agricultural act of 1948 through committees, and the signature of president harry truman that made the bill a law. this is about 20 minutes. ♪ narrator: washington, the center of the democratic world today. and at the heart of washington is the government of the united states of america, spreading through the city and along the mall. the white house, home of the president and the executive power of government. the supreme court, which interprets the laws. the capital, the home of congress, which makes the laws of the united states. in the shadow of this dome is decided much of the destiny of our time. ♪ ♪ narrator: the

since i am from this area, i have to circle back to harry truman. you almost got to what i was thinking and the question is how harry truman's experience in world war ii affected him as the president. my thinking was his experience in seeing the slaughter and seeing what happens to men on the ground in battle. i would wonder if you would agree that led to his decision to go with a bomb instead of sending men into a land battle in japan? almost nobody in a truman's circle arguing not to use it. i think what you said is correct but i am not aware of anybody who knew about the atomic bomb and knew what it could do that argued against using it. even people who were horrified at the thought of using it believed it was the only strategic option on the table. what truman's experience in world war i did to influence that i don't know, but it led to the same decision that people with no experience would have made. >> all the way to your right this time, gentlemen. oncould you please comment the initial american attack on canty need in may of 1918. since you

a president of the united states harry truman a man who would implement the war reeking of any other man on earth. harry truman asserted his country's influence with nothing claiming this was a territory to retreat under water that could be annexed as part of the united states. enormous quantities of oil found in the gold for mexico but the oil lay beyond the three miles island in which coastal states could exercise their song rights truman wanted more home he wanted new terms sorry for the united states the superpower needed more more oil urgently oil reserves on the mainland no longer sufficed. our dependence on these minerals fuels and raw material is so fresh and our supply so uncertain that we are moving as rapidly as we can and by every means that ingenuity and divide to expand facilities to step up production find new sources of elop substitutes and bring in increased supplies from foreign sources. after to second world war in one hundred forty five then us president truman issued a proclamation. declaring that the natural resources in the. seabed and subsoil belong to the uni

he started in the white house with harry truman and went all the way up to president reagan. he had quite an epic life. >> thank you for your time. [inaudible conversations] . >> good evening everyone. thank you for joining us tonigh tonight. i am pleased to welcome you to this evening's event and presenting the new book invisible the organization which supports programs like history literature philosophy and other disciplines and for thepl

[laughter] >> did she lobby harry truman to get her post at the u.n.? mary jo: no. in fact when he first called, she turned it down. she said i cannot do that. i'm not a lawyer. i don't know anything about mass international law. this is 1945. nobody knew what the u.n. was going to be. there were people on both sides of the atlantic he thought it would be a failure like the league of nations. so this is not exactly a plum job. he was not offering to make her ambassador. he was sending her into the jaws of the lion. they were going to try to set up what she would call the machinery for the effective use of the united nations. she was certainly interested and followed all of the preparatory work. the dumbarton oaks agreement and all of that stuff. she had been involved in promoting it. had franklin lived, he wanted her to go with him in san francisco in may of 1945 for the u.n. conference where they would sign the charter. so she was in it. one of the last thing she did in the white house, the day franklin died, she was meeting with state department officials about th

truman that made the bill a law. ♪ , the center of the democratic world today. and at the heart of washington is the government of the united states of america, spreading through the city and along the walls. the white house, home of the president and the executive power of government. the supreme court, which

he started in the white house wore harry truman and went up to president reagan he had quite an epic life. >> host: author wil haygood, thank you for your time. ...

harry truman probably read about in presidential history than anyone else. when he was a kid he had thick glasses, parents said we can't afford to replace them and truman said i read every book in public library which i thought it was an exaggeration, it was a small library, he probably did. when i was having to make tough decisions like firing mcarthur and whether or not to use atomic bomb, i looked to presidents but enough similarity that i would have inside that would help me make the decision, perhaps andrew jacksons, abraham lincoln did, one thing that truman said not all readers would be leaders but every leader has to be a reader because this is my language not his but why would you if you were president or all of us as citizens and voters why ever would you want to deny yourself the collective wisdom of billions of people who walked the earth and found out what mistakes they made and what successes they had particularly previous presidents and generations of americans. what the founders wanted was a country to be very different from england and in on

truman that made the bill a law. ♪ , the center of the democratic world today. and at the heart of washington is the government of the united states of america, spreading through the city and along the walls. the white house, home of the president and the executive power of government. the supreme court, which interprets the laws. the capital, the home of congress, which makes the laws of the united states. in the shadow of this dome is decided much of the destiny of our time. ♪ ♪ narrator: the first thing that happens in the morning on capitol hill is school in the attic of the library of congress across the square from the capital. school begins at 6:15 for the 70 page boys that play an important role. if you are one of these page boys, you would see more of the intimate details of lawmaker -- lawmaking of anyone other than a congressman himself. but first, you have to go to classes. history, study government, mathematics, literature, and yes, anatomy. dummyge boys call this a oscar. schoole boys of high age, carefully selected from all over the united sta

. >> if harry truman couldn't during war time, he can't build a multibillion dollar wall on the border. >> reporter: democrats refusing to allocate any money for a wall that mr. trump had said mexico would pay for. acting chief of staff says the president's main goal is border security, aiming to change conditions along the mexican border, even if it means moving away from a wall. >> if he moves away from a wall and says a steel fence, so the democrats can say see, he's not building a wall anymore. >> reporter: democratic senator said affected government employees will feel the financial pinch soon. >> as of next friday they'll miss a pay day. that may miss problems with mortgage payments, balancing the budget. this is totally unnecessary. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi says house democrats plan to introduce stand alone bills but unclear if senate republicans would approve that legislation. >> and the president also confirmed the it deaths of a wanted terrorist. >> reporter: that's right president trump confirming the death of jamal al-badawai. he was culled in an parent drone

if harry truman could nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion dollar's wall on the border. so that's a nonstarter. >> one of the big questions going on, columnist for national review magazine. thanks for being here today. let's talk about what happened in the last hour. would you make a president trump's remarks saying senior staffers are talking about a steel barrier saying they're not going to talk about concrete for right now. he's also looking at declaring a national urgency, so is this the right call to end the standoff and can he do it? >> the president is realizing that's not going well for him so is changing the subject. i think there is a way for him to get what he wants. every year the department of defense gets a lot of money for military construction and it's not allocated for specific program because the military needs change month-to-month. he can take some of that money and start building a nation. but the discussion of the national emergency, imminent domain, it is not workab

a president of the united states harry truman a man. or reeking of any other man on earth. harry truman asserted his country's influence with nothing claiming this ocean was a territory to retreat under water that could be annexed just. part of the united states. enormous quantities of oil befell in the gulf of mexico but the oil lay beyond the three miles island in which coastal states could exercise their song rights truman wanted more he wanted new terms story for the night it states the superpower needed more more oil urgently oil reserves on the mainland no longer sufficed. our dependence on these minerals and raw materials is so bread and our supply so uncertain that we are moving as rapidly as we can and by every means that ingenuity and back to expand facilities to step up production find new sources of elop substitute and bring in increased supply from foreign sources. after to second world war in one thousand forty five then us president truman issued a proclamation. declaring that the natural resources in the. seabed and subsoil belong to the united states of ame

. >> look, if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during war time, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion-dollar wall on the border. so that is a nonstarter. >> unfortunately the short answer is yes, there is a provision in law that says that the president can declare an emergency. and in this case i think that the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying where is the emergency. >> speaker nancy pelosi says that the house will begin passing spending bills this week to reopen parts of the government. the first measure, funding the treasury department and the irs. that is so americans can get their tax refunds on time. but there is no sign that the senate will take up those measures or the white house would support them either. white house correspondent boris sanchez has more. >> reporter: christine and dave, as we have seen during other meetings between top officials and lawmakers, we're hearing two different sides as to what happened during these negotiations to reopen the federal government. and potentially f

. >> look if harry truman could nationalize steel interest rate during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build multimillion dollar wall on the border. >> martha: played out in 1952 when harry truman was president in u.s. steel workers tried to go on strike in the midst of the korean war. truman declared a national emergency that nationalize the american steel industry. really a matter of national security. he hoped that would keep the mills up and running but the supreme court struck him down saying only congress has the authority to seize private property, not the president. did this set of president that could stop president trump? 20 me judge janet napolitano and there's a lot of thinking on this but you say no? >> he can't do it. the president and the united states cannot do this. the emergency power that truman attempted to use did a couple of things, it seized private property against the owners and spent government money to pay those who are on strike or to replace strikers so the supreme court struck a deal for two reasons, only congress

in 1952, president harry truman tried to do the same thing. he tried to shut down the steel mills in youngyoungstown becaus said it would affect the war effort in korea. it went to the supreme court and the supreme court said 6-3, no, mr. president, you can't get away with it. he was shut down. the law has changed a bit, but the president may declare, fredricka, may declare an emergency, but ultimately he has to prove it. >> how long does that take usually? >> that's my point. my point is by the time it is filed in the federal district court it gets to the united states court of appeals and quote gets to the supreme court. at best, he gets to start the wall, if he wins. big question. probably in about 2020. >> wow, okay, so then if that were the case, you're talking about that two-year span if it got caught up in the courts. meantime, government is up and running all that time? >> no, no, they have to come to some sort of decision here, fred. 400,000 people are not getting paid right now. it's affecting 800,000 federal workers. forcing people,

a president of the united states harry truman a man who then blew into a war reeking of any other man on earth. harry truman asserted his country's influence with the north claiming this ocean was a territory to retreat under water that could be the next part of the united states . enormous quantities of oil found in the gold for mexico but the oil lay beyond the three miles island in which coastal states could exercise their song rights truman wanted more home he wanted new terms sorry for the night it states the superpower needed more more oil urgently oil reserves on the mainland no longer sufficed. our dependence on these minerals and raw material is so fresh and our supply so uncertain that we are moving as rapidly as we can and by every means that ingenuity and divide to expand facilities to step up production find new sources of elop substitute and bring in increased supplies from foreign sources. after to second world war in one hundred forty five then us president truman issued a proclamation. declaring that the natural resources in the. seabed and subsoil belong to the unite

harry truman was a voracious wanted to he encourage people to read. and we hope the exhibits here tell at least the tip of the iceberg of truman's decisions. what we really want people to do is read more about the presidency, read more about the government. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to independence missouri to learn about its rich history. learn more about independents and other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> american artifacts takes you to museums and other historic places to learn about american history. next we toured the national museum of the american indian americans exhibit with curator -- in the battle the little bighorn gallery, she shows us shields and drawings about 1876 battle. in newspaper articles, movies, television, and wild west shows. >> we are standing in the central gallery of the national museum of american indians exhibition titled "americans." this explores the nature of the american people's relationship with american indians. it's

look, if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during war time, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multi-billion dollar wall on the boarder so that's a non-starter. >> unfortunately the short answer is yes. there is a provision in law that says the president can declare an emergency. >> both of those guys, democrats, mind you, earlier today in washington vice president mike pence and other administration officials met for a second straight day met with congressional aides, many of them democrats, talking about how to navigate their way out of this. this from the president just a few minutes ago. vice president mike pence, he writes, a group had a productive meeting with the schumer/pelosi representatives today. many details of border security were discussed. we are now planning a steel barrier rather than concrete. it is both stronger and less obtrusive. good solution and made in the u.s.a. let's get to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez. upbeat words about the pence meeting but the president had his own gathering as well

. >> if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this president does not have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion-dollar wall on the border. that is a nonstarter. >> a number of laws have passed since truman. has been done a number of times. it has been primarily done to build facilities in afghanistan and iraq. >> in this case, i think the president would be wide open to a court challenge thing where's the emergency? you have to establish that. beyond that, this would be a terrible use of department of defense dollars. >>> the national park service strapped for cash is taking an unprecedented step. is dipping into money saved up from entrance fees. park managers will now bring on more staff, presumably some that are on furlough. they will patrol the parks, all trash and clean restrooms. the money is normally used for visitor services, not operations and maintenance. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi was in san francisco today holding a thank you reception for voters. people celebrated her return as speaker. also the new democratic majo

adam schiff"look, if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion-dollar wall on the border."white house officials -- detailing the president's dema s sent to cong leaders.the letter now redefines border wall as "a steel barrier" rather than a concrete wall ---which the president has repeatedly promised -- a tactic white house officials say is a sign of compromise.mick mulvaney on meet the press"if he has to give up a concrete wall, replace it with a steel fence in order to do that so that democrats can say, 'see? he's not building a wall anymore,' that should help us move in the right direction."the letter also asks for an additional $800 million to address "urgent humanitarian needs" on the border --a nod to concerns expressed by democrats about the treatment of migrants --and increasing money for detention beds, to a total of $4.2 billion for 52,000 more beds.it comes as sources say another weekend of negotiations failed to produce any progress toward reopening the govern sid

guest: that case the caller was referring to was a famous case in which harry truman tried to seize the national steel industry during the korean war. he declared in a met -- he declared a national emergency and was concerned about a labor strike and said we have to have the industry up and running in order to prosecute the war in korea. the supreme court stepped in and stopped that order and overturned it. justice robert jackson in a famous concurrent laid out the powers of the president. it was one of the rare instances in which the supreme court very strenuously limited presidential powers during an emergency. att case would still be issue if trump were to declare a national emergency. host: bottom line, based on your expertise, what is going to happen? guest: it is hard to see how trump gets out of this box, this political blocs. -- this political box. the national emergency does offer him a way out. it allows him to say i'm doing everything i can. i have shut the government down, look at my commitment to this issue. he might prevail in the courts and even if he doesn't, he can run

/mexico border where he paraphrased that famous quote by harry truman saying the buck stops here. the buck stops with everybody. this as federal employees are starting to feel the effects. >> the shutdown showdown on par to be the longest government spending lapse ever. the president not backing down. telling sean hannity, an emergency is looking likely >> i would do that. i would actually say i would. >> reportedly considering a redirection of funds from disaster relief projects like the california wildfires and the hurricanes that slammed florida, texas and puerto rico to the border wall. using the army corps of engineers to build it. that sounds more like a fence following his visit to the border thursday. >> we have no -- over 90% of our traffic occurs in those areas. >> you don't have to say anymore. that's it. that's it. >> the need he said because death is pouring through. the mayor of mcallen disagrees telling matt gutman. >> what was the murder rate in mcallen, texas? >> zero. >> zero. 800,000 work ners the crosshairs. the president insisting they're with him 100%. >> the

truman for open fights between not that you are were all of that but open faced with tuner president and a general but not in modern times and you know you add to that. what former general four star general stanley mcchrystal said about president trump just last sunday on a.b.c. where he said the man is immoral and does not tell the truth and there's no way he would go to work for him i mean we saw larry remember in the beginning he trump surrounded himself with generals or was general mcmaster and general kelly it's you know general not us all the generals are gone i think the only thing left is general chaos in the white house but those people that we thought were going to be . if you will the adults in the room bringing some control to donald trump they're gone by the way i was late teenager when truman fired macof it don't say i wasn't going to run for. it stay right then i would take a quick break and come right back with more politics. there are some russian and it's. you know world of big partisan. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made

. >> i think it was president harry truman who declared when he was president that good health is a right, and not a privilege. but every citizen regardless of his means should have an opportunity for health care. we have tried to make that this nations policy for a good many years, but for a long time there has been a wide gap between our policy and reality. in the past five years we have been working diligently, trying to move on down the road and try to close that gap. we have medicare and we have heart-cancer-stroke programs, neighborhood centers that lady bird johnson just returned from one that she was ecstatic about. we have more than 40 health laws we have enacted during these past five years. ♪ narrator: another johnson achievement was highlighted on a chilly december afternoon, as the first lady made her farewell tour with the committee for a more beautiful capital. adding sparkle to the washington cityscape would be new fountains just below the white house where the anacostia and potomac rivers meet. they were the gifts of the society for a more beautiful capital. after the d

. >> if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion dollar wall on the border. >> reporter: bipartisan talks have been deadlocked for weeks, with democrats refusing to allocate any money for a wall that mr. trump had said mexico would pay for. acting chief of staff and budget director mick mulvaney said the president's main goal is border security. aiming to change conditions along the mexican border, even if it means moving away from a wall. >> if he has to give up a concrete wall and replace it with a steel fence in order to do that, so that democrats can say, "see, he's not building a wall any more." that should help us. >> reporter: but the partial government shutdown moving into a third week, democratic senator dick durbin said, affected government employees, like t.s.a. agents, will feel the financial pinch soon. >> as of this friday, they will miss a payday. that may mean some problems for mortgage payments, problems of balancing the budget of their own families and hous

border the president paraphrased that famous harry truman quote to the buck stops here saying on this shutdown, the buck stops with everybody and this as the shutdown hits government workers especially hard. the shutdown showdown on par to be the longest government spending lapse ever. day 21 and the president not backing down telling sean hannity a national emergency declaration is looking more likely. >> if we don't make a deal with congress, most likely i will do that. i would actually say i would. >> reporter: reportedly considering a redirection of funds from disaster relief projects like the california wildfires and the hurricanes that slammed florida, texas and puerto rico to the border wall. using the army corps of engineers to build it, which now sounds more like a fence using engineers to build it, which now sounds more like a fence following his visit to the border thursday. >> we have no fencing. over 90% of our traffic occurs in those areas. >> okay, folks? i mean, you don't have to say anymore. that's it. that's it. >> reporter: and the need he said because death is pour

it was here, as a presiding judge, that harry truman oversaw renovations of the courthouse. up next, we take you to the truman presidential library and museum to learn about his esidential career. [music] >> in independence, missouri, the harry s. truman library becomes a realities, fulfilling a long-cherished dream of the ex-president. mr. truman and chief justice warren both take part in the ritual. >> this library is not the library. it's an archivist's building with the idea of keeping the records of the government in an

census was during the beginning of harry truman second term in 1950. the decision that comes out of this courthouse could be an historic one. on one side of the courtroom, the department of justice defending the trump administration plan to add a question on the census asking about citizenship status. >> it is going to determine the individuals in our country and provide information that allows us to comply with our own laws. on the other side, california which filed the lawsuit asked thert to stop this question at least families won't take the survey and thus will not be counted about their immigration status. california's attorney general was confident the court will strike the question from the census. >> this latest move to threaten california is not just a bad idea, it is against the idea. >> reporter: arguing the question is politically motivated. and that will lead to communities receiving less social funding for social services. >> continue through friday. we are live in san francisco tom jensen nbc bay area. >>> thank you. still banged up. may

president harry truman had a sign on his desk that said the buck stops here and yet the president of the united states has less power than it's governors to say which box stop one who's been there are two americas jesse ventura who as minnesota governor not only questioned expenses but revenue as well governor we made it last welcome to the big picture good to be out of the big picture it's one thing to take an axe to spending but you ran for governor questioning the station's budget surplus and you actually sent minnesotans what became known as jessie checks refunding the money the state otherwise would have found a way to spend that horrify your legislature. well it didn't horrify them really i was in a unique situation i had a republican house and a democratic senate so for the first three years in office whoever i sided with generally prevailed it worked well but it could last forever so the fourth year they both got bed together and oppose me that's a whole nother story but the the it wasn't difficult on the jesse checks to fight to get the republicans on board they wanted tax c

harry truman naming special assistant to the attorney general. was called the bureau of internal revenue. 162 staff fired but no indictments. fired attorney general mcgrath. there is a moment there. theill go back-and-forth to watergate resignation, saturday massacre. the numbers and topics for the special councils pick up quickly in the 70's, 80's, 90's. come tot, we have today's subject, which is capturing the intention -- attention of the nation. allow me to introduce our panel today. -- which touches on the subject of today's program. in the clinton administration he was u.s. ambassador to the european union undersecretary of commerce, secretary of state, take -- to be secretary of the treasury, on matters pertaining to holocaust era issues. and the obama and trump administrations. he continues his work on holocaust as a special advisor to the state department. ,rofessor jonathan turley recognized as legal scholar writer, legal analyst. he has a distinguished career as a lawyer. also, during the clinton impeachment, represented the attorneys

harry truman's political career. [video clip] side of the bookshelf has a lot of the books that truman read as a young man. the oldest books, we know, are called "great men and famous women," and it was a set of four books the were given to truman when he was 10 years old by his in 1895 -- actually, 1894. but truman also likes to read the classics. thedecline and fall of roman empire. we are standing in the office that harry truman used at his presidential library in independence. these books here are clearly books that truman wanted to have -- ad him, and so it says lot of these books say more about him as a person, what he really enjoyed, and as president, a lot of these books are things he read as a young man and as a senator before he ever became president. and: to into booktv american history tv this weekend as we travel to independence, missouri, and to watch video of independence and all of the cities we visited on our cities tour. go to c-span.org/citiestour. a few more minutes to get in your thoughts on what

truman, john kennedy and so forth. that is why i think we talk about item of the press it is time we, the people, start talking about it. freedom of the press exists for us. it does not exist for time warner, it does not exist for comcast that owns -- the point of freedom of press freedom of speech, first amendment is for the people. do you think the people are being served by the media today? >> no, i don't. it's what you need to push freedom with different types of media and why people need to go to sources like this like your show. it's why conservatives need to use media platforms and social media. again, with reagan in the 80s what did he have? get national review, american spectator and commitments. that was it. washington time started up nearly -. mark: as you well no, to massive electoral insights the second time around even though kennedy was conspiring against him. >> amazing things. mark: massive popular vote, 49 states and about 1000 short of taking the 50th state. minnesota from the guy running against him

harry truman was a voracious he wanted to encourage people to read. we hope the exhibits here tell the iceberg tip of about truman and his decisions. but what we really want people more is go home and read about their history, read more about the presidency, read more about the american government. >> our cities tour staff traveled to independence, missouri to learn its rich history. learn more about independence and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next on the civil war, author and former jurist frank williams looks at the question facing willia union leaders in the postwar era. should ex-confederates receive pardons? he discusses president andrew approach afternt abraham lincoln's assassination and talks about the cases of former confederate president jefferson