so i'm just fascinated by stalin. because he was so evil and yet he was so charming and he's to do so many people, and i think he seduced churchill and truman. >> fascinating. i'm curious, we are almost out of time, so we will move to some audience questions. and i think we have time for one more. this is history that took place of long time ago but one fascinating thing about this book is that it shows how we got to hear. kind of the legacy of this time, how it led indirectly and seemingly directly to the way we live now. i'm curious what you think the most lasting legacy is that you cover in the book. >> well, today, our relations with russia are almost a new cold war, period. the russian ambassador at the uk describe them as close to frozen the other day. so i don't think the story has gone away at all. it is ever-present. how do we deal with his country, particularly now with putin in charge? completely lawless gangsters running the place. i think it's a very relevant story. what do you do? what came out of the ev

churchill says stalin can no longer be trusted. these are no longer allies. we have to change the foreign policy. his speech caused scandal in america. the idea was to keep working with stalin. churchill puts it very very firmly. he can't be trusted and, there's a second thing that happens, one of the soviet clocks working in the soviet embassy in canada, defects to the west, and he defects with a huge bundle of highly explosive documents that reveal that the soviets had been spying on the american nuclear program, and someone that knows everything about what's taking place with the americans with the western developing a nuclear warhead, so these two events are really important, and the third thing, i don't know how well known it is in america. it's certainly not known at all in my country, in england, the american embassy in moscow. writes his famous long telegram, which in a very similar tone to churchill sets out the fact that the soviets cannot be trusted, so in 1946, these three things happen in the spring of 1946 with howley continually banging on the

stalin has all of eastern europe and central europe as well. everything will focus on the city of berlin because stalin is controlling east germany. it is agreed to victorious allies, the brits and russians will share control of berlin but berlin sits squarely in the soviet control area of occupied germany. the tension and potential disaster and fallout that can happen, be set by the geographical position of berlin so western allies coming into the city are entirely surrounded by territory controlled by stalin's red army. that is the setting for everything that will happen. it is a fabulously dramatic story that will unfold. >> really is a fascinating situation. one of the great things about the book is giles makes clear what the stakes are right away. we understand on the human level the interpersonal conflicts and larger things that are at stake. you mentioned stalin is a character in the book and other villainous characters with helpful name recognition and real heroes that are fun to cheer for. names i haven't heard before but came to love

stalin has all of eastern europe and central europe as well. everything will focus on the city of berlin because stalin is controlling east germany. it is agreed to victorious allies, the brits and russians will share control of berlin but berlin sits squarely in the soviet control area of occupied germany. the tension and potential disaster and fallout that can happen, be set by the geographical position of berlin so western allies coming into the city are entirely surrounded by territory controlled by stalin's red army. that is the setting for everything that will happen. it is a fabulously dramatic story that will unfold. >> really is a fascinating situation. one of the great things about the book is giles makes clear what the stakes are right away. we understand on the human level the interpersonal conflicts and larger things that are at stake. you mentioned stalin is a character in the book and other villainous characters with helpful name recognition and real heroes that are fun to cheer for. names i haven't heard before but came to love

they were just going through problems, he was on stalin a payroll, stalin got him a girlfriend. he made sure he had the bestfood, and cars to travel, and there were british journalists who went into ukraine and saw horror of cannibalism, and they were disgusted and furious with durante who got a pulitzer for his writing by the way, you look at, that then "new york times," a reporter in cuba building up castro, talking about how castro had thousands of freedom fighters. maybe he had 12 or 20 at most, help to build up castro, and then castro over throws government there, a communist enemy of united states and a surrogate of soviet union, even castro thanked "new york times" for the help it received. and new york times and russia collusion. pushing a story that we know was a lie from beginning to end, planned by hillary clinton campaign and the dnc, and a democrat law firm, one of whom's lawyer has since been indicted. and other lawyer, with dark money to influence 2020 campaign, and obama administration with fbi and intelligence agencies and their lies they used to try to destroy

1944 invasion of france, stalin said, well, who's going to be the supreme commander. they hemmed and hawed, they said we haven't selected one yet, and he said it's all nonsense until you select a supreme commander. and so on his way back to the united states, fdr says, okay, i get i've got to make a decision. and he flies to north africa, and he meets with eisenhower, and there's a photograph of the two of them in the jeep. and the expressions on their faces are so classic. and then this was one of these historic moments, you know? the fate of the war hung in the balance, who's going to be the commander. you see these two hen if realizing that they gave everything for their country. this is the moment that really captures it. >> i know that photograph well, and i love their faces. >> dawn, thank you very much for joining us today the here at home with the roosevelts, and i can't

but at the young are the ran conference, the big with three conference with churchill and stalin when churchill and fdr committed to the may 1944 invasion of france, lin -- stalin said, well, who's going to be the supreme commander? they hemmed and hawed, and he said it's all nonsense until you select the supreme commander. so on his way back, fdr says, okay erik i guess i've got to make a decision, and he flies to north africa and meets with eisenhower. there's a photograph of the two of them in a jeep, and the expression on their faces is so classic. and if then this is one of these historic moments, you know? the fate of the war hung in the balance, and you look at that picture, and you see these two men realizing that they gave everything for their country. this is a moment that really captures it. >> i know that photograph well, and i love their faces. >> well, dawn, thank you very much for joining us today here at home with the roosevelts, and i can't wait to get out and see your exhibit. >> please do. we're always waiting for you. ♪ >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span

also stalin. durante for 12 years was bureau chief in moscow, during that time, he was bureau chief when stalin was reigning in 1932. stalin ordered extermination of ukrainians, genocide, high cut off ukraine in every way to starve the peasants, because they would not join the communes, they would not allow their land that had been passed on from generation to generation to be taken by the communists, he starved them to death, millions, and durante reported in front page and other pages, a newsman from "new york times," it was a bad harvest. they were just going through problems, he was on stalin 's payroll, he made sure he hadd the best food, cars to travel, and british journalists who went to ukraine and saw the horror of cannibalism, they were disgusted and furious with durante, who got a pulitzer for his reporting by the way, you look at that. and "new york times" 50 years okay reporter in cuba, who was building up castro, talking about how castro had thousands of freedom fighters. supporting

which has for example uncovered the fact that up to 10 million people went through the gulags during stalin's times and up to 700,000 people were shot, summarily executed, and later, again during those earlier repressis, the have another branch which has been very active in sporting human rights in today's russia because as they say here, there's no difference in the roots of repression between what happened during stalin's time and the sort of repression, albeit not quite as deadly, as we see today. thank support alexei navalny, who is in present -- present at the moment, -- who is in prison at the moment. they are basically facing a court case in november which is likely to declare them illegal, which means they will have to shut down, and this headquarters behind me will no longer function. mark: russia closing down the rights group apparently for its criticism of president putin. record numbers of covid cases in germany. 235 people died in just one day. german authorities say not enough people are being vaccinated and plan to enforce extra restrictions. >> carnival season is happening thi

it spent decades exposing stalin's crimes. state prosecutors want to close down the group. >> memorial is uncompromising. the past is tightly packed with the present and tightly bound to human race today. all historical events should be visible standing side-by-side. only when somebody knows all of their country's history can they be a real citizen. correspondent: hundreds of people showed their support for memorial. the group is being prosecuted under pressure's foreign agents law being used against alexei navalny. authorities say the law protects russia from foreign interference. >> is a total disgrace they are trying to liquidate us on absurd charges. this is above all a crackdown on russian civil society. correspondent: the group says it has already paid more than $80,000 in fines. supporters hope the case will be thrown out as happened in 2015 with the supreme court rejected another case brought by the justice ministry. the political climate has changed significantly since then with a widespread crackdown on dissent. host

one man's great-grandfather who was arrested and shot during the political purges of dictator joseph stalin in the 1930's. ivan and his sister say that it was only thanks to memoriale that they found out the details of their great-grandfather's death. this plaque is one of hundreds that remind muscovites of the victims of soviet political oppression. >> the project immortalized as the names without shouting about it, marking the existence of these people within the city, the country. each of these innocent people whose lives were ruined by the terrible soviet government sheen. the soviet secret police persecuted millions during the soviet era. >> memoriale's archivist puts the number at around 11 million. for decades now, memorial out -- memoriale has been working to create an archive of those shot or deported during soviet times and reporting on human rights across russia. but they are under political pressure, labeled a so-called foreign agent several years ago and now the prosecutor general's office wants them to close. human rights branch has been accused of allegedly justifying asked h

under stalin. losing my memorial is uncompromising. the past is tightly bound with the present and the defense of human rights to day. we think that all historical events should be visible. standing side by side only when some one knows all of their country's history can they be a real citizen without a one track mind. outside the supreme court in moscow, hundreds of people showed their support for memorial. the group is being prosecuted under russia's foreign agents law. it's been used against the network of crumbling critic, alexia valley, and media and civil society groups. the authorities say the law protects russia from foreign interference further poorly because it's a total disgrace to trying to liquid us on totally absurd invented charges. this is above all a crackdown on russian civil society. prosecutor say memorial has failed to add the label foreign agent to all its public communications. the group says it's already paid more than $80000.00 in fines. supporters hope the case will be thrown out as happened in 2015 when the s

but at the teran conference the big three conference with churchill and stalin said who is the supreme commander. they hemmed and haws and said we haven't selected one. he said it's non-sense until you select a supreme commander. fdr says i got to make a decision and he flies to north africa and meets with eisenhower and the photograph of two in the jeep and the investigation on their faces is so classic. and then this was one of these historic moments. i mean, you know, the fate of the war hung in the balance as to who is the commander. you look at the picture and see the two men realizing they gave everything for their country. this is a moment that really captures it. >> i know that photograph well and i love their faces. >> well, dawn, thank you very much for joining us here at home with the roosevelts. i can't wait to get out and see your permanent new exhibit. >> please do. always waiting for you. >> president george washington gave his fare well address in 1796. tonight historians and authors revisit the warnings against threats confronting the young nation in a discussion hoste

the leaders of turkey, iran, syria and iraq followed by ten days in the soviet union with stalin and his moment and seven days in china, the shanghai shack and a picture perfect gauge of the impact left in the train of willky's progress with that of christian science monitors starting on -- to the colonial nations of the middle east does he clard about willky was the four freedoms taken out of the round in the abstract of a blue suit, 36 million americans listening to the support of of the people just days before the 1942 midterm elections. it was a deeply fought message about the next chapter in the american adventure and a tragic charter recontextalizing of american exceptionalism. wendell's address offered a world picture of the strange new international whoa awaiting his compatriots full of engagement, like it or not. but what challenged the oval is one world radio address to the american people with the u.s. supreme court on november 9 to argue snyderman v. u.s. is extraordinary immigration first amendment case against the annulment of a foreign born communist citizenship. snyde

law. van smith explains from oscar the the millions of russians murdered or imprisoned on the joseph stalin remembered here in the archive of the human rights group memorial. it spent decades exposing stollins crimes. now state prosecutors want to close down the group. the kremlin prefers to focus on the soviet victory in world war 2, understand me. my memorial is uncompromising. the past is tightly bound with the present and the defense of human rights to day. we think that all historical events should be visible. standing side by side only when someone knows all of their country's history, can they be a real citizen without a one track mind. outside the supreme court in moscow, hundreds of people showed that support memorial. the group is being prosecuted under russia's foreign agents law. it's been used against the network of criminal critic, alexa na, valley and media and civil society groups. the authorities say the law protects russia from foreign affairs, but apparently the total disgrace that the trying to liquid us on totally absurd invented charges. this is above all a crackdown o

that's what the "new york times" did with stalin in the 1930s and castro in the early 1960s. this tradition of lying about the left is nothing new. it has a deep lineage in places like the "new york times." it's spread. it used to be a handful of newsroom is the entire journalistic enterprise. the average american doesn't know what is going on unless they watch fox or listen to talk radio. >> they tell us they care so much more. their intentions wharmatter. -- are what matter. now it's activism. mr. speaker, thank you very much. up next tonight cost of thanksgiving will be higher than of this year thanks to joe-flation. joe biden doesn't want to hear you complain because he left for nantucket. we will discuss. stay with us. qunol is the number one cardiologist recommended form of coq10. qunol has 3 times better absorption than regular coq10. the brand i trust is qunol. - [narrator] modern life, different schedules, different meals, different times. how do you keep everyone happy? with five cooking options, the cuisinart griddler is the ultimate in versatility. it has a full g

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that's what the "new york times" did with stalin in the 1930s and castro in the early 1960s." this tradition of lying about the left is nothing new. it has a deep lineage in places like the "new york times." it has just spread over the last 50 years. it used to be a handful of newsroom is the entire journalistic enterprise. the average american doesn't know what is going on unless they watch fox or listen to talk radio. they will not get it out of the traditional news media. >> they tell us they care so much more. their intentions are what matter. now it'sr activism. the book is "beyond biden." mr. speaker, thank you very much. one shot one kill there. up next tonight cost of thanksgiving will be higher than of this year thanks to joe-flation. joe biden doesn't want to hear you complain because he left for nantucket. we will discuss. stay with us.yo >> welcome back to this "hannity" special. as ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to this "hannity" special. as americans gather celebrate thanksgiving biden's inflation problem is slamming families across the country. according to a new poll,

and then a few days at the brink is fdr, churchill and stalin planning d-day at the tehran conference which gets over-shadowed. so it's kind of like another spotlight that i wanted to give to something that i didn't think was focused on. so once that three day series was done, and the beginning, middle and end to the cold war, i wanted to find something that was also overlooked. and i looked at grant and i thought, i know nothing about his presidency. other than he was a drunk and it was scandal filled and he basically handed the baton off. i didn't really know. and i'm a student of history. so we started digging in. and grant aem's people will focus on his time as general, which was spectacular. there's amazing stories in the book that kind to have go through his time. but spends a lot of time on his presidency, which was consequential. i takes over for andrew johnson, who was i think one of our worst presidents, if not the worst. racist, i won't sugar coat it. not a lot in my description of johnson. but he -- you know, lincoln is assassinated. grant can see that happening before him

i grew up, half of my family, my grandmother herself escaped death twice under the stalin regime. this is what is seared in my mind. that's who i am. i remember that history. i came to this country. i'm proud to be an american. and this is why i'm here today, senator. i'm here today because i'm ready for public service. >> thank you, professor. i checked with my staff, senator kennedy, i've never interrupted you or, they believe, anybody in questioning. >> that's not true, mr. chairman. and i'm entitled to ask my questions. >> you were. >> i didn't interrupt you when you gave your introduction. and i don't like being interrupted when i'm asking my question. >> senator kennedy, i -- >> senatorial courtesy. >> i understand that. there's also -- >> you may disagree with me, that's why you have five minutes and i have five minutes. >> senatorial courtesy is also not doing character assassination. >> that's your opinion. >> i heard senator scott 30 minutes ago, i heard senator scott -- >> i'm entitled to answer questions without you interrupting me. you and i don't agree. i still like

joseph stalin wanted a show trial and an execution. 10 of the defendants on october 16, 1946, would be executed the next day on october 16. the defendants were given a wide range of prison sentences and three were completely acquitted on that day. who would have imagined that a trial conducted by four nations with highly diverse judicial systems would have upheld the principles of rule of law and [ indiscernible] in recorded history. in november of 1945, the chief prosecutor for the united states adamantly foretold why the trials of nuremberg were so critical. his words predicted the conduct of the trial and importantly, the relevancy in our 21st century moment. my father revered jackson. he often quoted a sentence from justice jackson's opening remarks at the trial. let me share them with you. four great nations [indiscernible] by voluntarily submitting their enemies to the judges to the rule of law is one of the most significant tributes to power ever paid to reason. one sentence which captures the axis -- essence, the rule of law. it was about restoring the rule of law. it had been

at the brink, it is fdr, churchill and stalin lanning d day at their conference, which gets overshadowed by yalta. something i didn't think was focused on. so one step further, the beginning, middle and end of the cold war, i wanted to find something that was overlooked. i looked at grant and i thought, i knew nothing about his presidency other than that he was a drunk and it was scandal filled. and that he basically handed the baton off. i didn't really know. and i'm a student of history. and so we started digging in. and grant -- people will focus on his time as general, which is really spectacular. it is 800 pages, which i am a fan of, but spends a lot of time on his presidency, which was really consequential, if you think about all that happened in his time. he takes over from andrew johnson, by far, one of our worst presidents, if not the worst. racist. i won't sugarcoat it. >> [laughs] >> not a lot of -- in my description of johnson. lincoln is assassinated and johnson aides erasing lincoln's vision day by day. and grant can see that happening before him. he eventually is drafted t

about it and it just wasn't focused on a lot of the time and then at the brink is fdr churchill and stalin planning d-day at their conference which gets over status by yalta so it's another spotlight that i wanted to give to something that i didn't think was focused on. once that three-day series was done and the beginning and the middle in the end of the cold war i wanted to find something that was also overlooked and i looked at grant and i thought, i know nothing about his presidency other than he was a drunk and it was scandal filled and he basically handed the baton off. i didn't really know and i'm a student of history and so we started digging in and grant, people will focus on his time as general which is really spectacular and there's amazing stories in the book to go through his time. it's 800 pages which i'm a big fan of but then he spends a lot of time on his presidency which was really consequential. if you think about all that happened in his time he takes over for injured johnson which is by far i think one of our worst presidents and if not the worst. racist. i won't sugarc

my grandmother, herself, escaped death twice under the stalin regime. this is what's seared in my mind. that's who i am. i remember that history. i came to this country. i'm proud to be an american. and this is why i'm here today, senator. i'm here today because i'm ready for public service. >> joining us now, co-founder of "punchbowl news," john bresnahan, a man who has not slept much, i'll bet. let's start with that ugly line of questioning from senator kennedy toward that nominee. john, republicans afterward -- did we get reaction from either side of the aisle, frankly, and is this the reflex of a new scorched earth, nothing out of bounds approach in the gop that has really put the forefront by president trump? >> yeah, because trump was the ultimate expression of it, but, you know, this is a nominee they don't like. it's a 50/50 senate. they're trying to make it painful for any democratic moderates to vote for her. they don't like her policies. they think she's -- they think she's kind of a sheep in wolf's clothing, she's going to lead this very agg

my grandmother herself escaped death twice under the stalin regime. this is what's seared in my mind. that's who i am. i remember that history. i came to this country. i'm proud to be an american. >> our own nicolle wallace reacted to kennedy's comments earlier this afternoon. >> this is a disgrace, not just to the country, it's a disgrace not just to the united states senate, it's a disgrace to the party of ronald reagan who described the united states of america as a shining city on the hill because it was a beacon for people like this biden report from port of newcastle. it's the largest cold port, it's in australia, about 20 billion dollars worth of cold get shipped through that one port every year. that's more than any other place on earth. and yesterday, all operations at the port of newcastle in australia, were brought to a complete halt. because of something that port had never before had to

heaven knows the ones that have lived, the hitlers, the stalins. those people while they have caused damage and suffering, at least are not as numerous as the rest of us who struggle day by day to understand what is right, what is true and how to do it. if we will understand robert e. lee that way. if we will approach people that otherwise we want to put a halo around. it doesn't mean we have done some damage to them. for i have come to look on flayture not as in the hour of thought lets youth but hearing the still sad music of humanity nor harsh, nor grating though with ample power. it won't be on our backs. >> let's end on one question that really gets where you have concluded your introduction to this talk. this is from john in the audience. he's talking specifically about coming back to the monument point. there's a monument building in the 19 teens and 20s during the jim crow era and a monument building in massive resistance to civil rights following the brown versus board of education ruling. why would anyone expect today's african-americans

so on mission to me when i studied stalin youth program. hitler youth program. talking about schools and the government issuing these brainwashing doctrines down to say to children it's okay to doo this or do that they are trying to raise up children to do whatever the state wants unquestioningly. that's been after larging. this is a conversation that goes further than just the vaccines. further than the vaccine mandates, talking about what we are seeing going around the country in terms of what children are learning in the classroom. it is time for parents to take control over their children and realize the government is trying to step in as the parent and it's quite frankly inappropriate. >> rachel: absolutely your child's health is so fundamental that anyone would step in and do commercials that are really geared at children is just unfathomable. when i look at the data, frankly, i look at a vaccine that doesn't, to me personally as a parent, doesn't seem medically necessary. has not had long term studies and, again, offering candy, offering days off from sch

my grandmother, herself, escape death twice under the stalin regime. this is what is seared in my mind, that's who i am. i remember that history, i came to this country. i'm proud to be an american, and that's why i'm here today, senator. i'm here because i am ready for public service. >> professor saule omarova gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening, i'm chris jansing in for brian williams. day -- of the biden ministration. and today there is breaking news, a late night for the house, expected to vote on the sprawling 1.5 trillion domestic plan hours ago. but what we've seen so far tonight is a marathon effort to stall the vote from kevin mccarthy. periodically interrupted by jeers from the democrats. here's a sampling of me what he had to say about the build back better plan. >> you know what americans are going after? one half of those 1.2 million? people

my grandmother herself escaped death twice under the stalin regime. this is what is seared in my mind. that's who i am. i remember that history. i came to this country. i'm proud to be an american. and this is why i'm here today, senator. i'm here today because i'm ready for public service. >> after senator kennedy was done with that absolutely embarrassing and clownish display, senator elizabeth warren came in to set kennedy straight. i'm going to play that for you and talk with elizabeth warren right after this. don't go anywhere. most. now subaru is the largest automotive donor to make-a-wish and meals on wheels. and the largest corporate donor to the aspca and national park foundation. get a new subaru during the share the love event and subaru will donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. kevin! kevin? kevin. oh nice. kevin, where are you? kevin?!?!? hey, what's going on? i'm right here! i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. i'm gonna cashback on a gingerbread house! oooh, it's got little people inside! and