they had known each other in panama in the early 1920's. they used out all these fine heated debates. it started up again when he took office. his friend was against any kind of federal where fair -- welfare at all. cites that there is no more free land were untouched natural resources. since these are no longer here, the government has to play that role. that is why eisenhower tells his friend eddie's rated social security to include another 10 million people. there is an interesting connection between him and the old west and how that expresses itself politically. you do not have pop quizzes without a final. we have another question. eisenhower launched the d-day invasion and talked to the men of the airborne division. there was really nothing he could do until the first reports started coming back, saying how the initial party invasion was going. found ikeck and propped up in his bed reading a western. he looked at him, lit a cigarette and went back to reading his western. there was nothing else he could do during that time. he was relyi

they had known each other in panama and the early 20's. as he said in one of his letters, they had heated debates, sort of like discussing politics. it started up when he took office. he was against any kind of federal welfare. him, ofer described course he sites that there is no and -- andand in untouched natural resources. and the government has to step in and play that role and that is white house it -- eisenhower expanded social security to include another 10 million people. there is a really interesting the oldon between ike, west and the frontier and how it expresses itself politically. you do not have pop quizzes without a final. another question, i'm sure a lot of you know the answer to this one. eisenhower lost the d-day invasion when they talk to the men of the 105th air force division. talking to the paratroopers. it was nothing he could do until the report started coming back saying how the initial part of the invasion was going. aid recorded in his diary, he went back and found ike in his bed reading a western. he stuck his he

he had a horse in panama named blacky whom he adored. it is interesting the number of pages he devotes to blackie. blackie knew all sorts of tricks, and then he had horses in retirement. he always maintained that connection. and his retirement home in gettysburg he raised angus cattle. he was a bit of a stockman throughout his life. >> david combs from grand junk, colorado. >> welcome. >> thank you. kind of a note here, last few years i've been on a quest to see as many presidential museums as i can and this is the fourth one for me. i usually read a biography beforehand. i will say the best way is not to try to do it in one day. i realize now, at least a night. i just read this biography by gene edward smith. >> yes. >> so maybe it prompts this question, maybe it is too daring of a question. i wonder if he also liked westerns? >> i have seen record of that. there are pictures of horseback during world war two, but nothing in the record about her taste in literature. >> what did ike's parents do? were they ranchers, farmers? >> what did

generations of west point graduates have assumed, -- leading around the globe in places such as vietnam, panama, bosnia, and most recently iraq and afghanistan. my classmates and i grew up in a nation at war. when we chose to come to west point, we knew we would enter the army as officers in a nation still at war. like the generations who came before us we did not know for , sure what would be demanded of us, but we can say for certainty that we are ready. we are ready because of the example and inspiration of those like general eisenhower who came before us, upon his shoulders today and future generations of west point is now stand. we are grateful to general eisenhower and members of the greatest generation for their legacy of duty and selfless service to country. we are grateful for the inspiration they have given this generation. we proudly and happily commit ourselves to continuing that legacy, so that future generations may be inspired by their example. general, president, and above all, a leader of character, dwight d eisenhower's life and career were dedicated to his , water, duty, hono

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will work together to solve the crisis in panama. the goal of the united states has been to safeguard the lives of americans, defend democracy in panama, combat drug trafficking and to protect the integrity of the panama canal treaty. a pretty consistent refrain from president bush that he was going to try to see where it could go. they ended up hearing about a pot from some junior military officers in the noriega regime and their different camera secretaries and reactions to whether they should not -- should get involved or not connect to attempt. the mixture signals and look leading to a failed coup in panama. now we have a cool rising up against somebody president bush i should go, different members of the cabinet on differently, it failed. president bush appeared to have a got his face. let's recently we were out in wyoming and we were talking to dick cheney, the former vice president, the former secretary of defense, former member of the house of representatives. somebody lost the washington experience in different areas of wash

we are all made by the same almighty god. [ cheers and applause ] we are the nation that dug out the panama canal, won two world wars, put a man on the moon and brought communism to its knees. as long as we have the courage of our convictions and the strength to see them through, then there is no goal beyond our reach. as long as we are true to our values, loyal to our citizens, and faithful to our god, then we will not fail. [ cheers and applause ] this is your land. this is your home. and it's your voice that matters the most. so speak up, be heard, and fight, fight, fight, for the change you've been waiting for your entire life, for the change that you already see happening. our revolution didn't end on november 8th. that was just the beginning. [ cheers and applause ] the greatest adventure still lies ahead. never give in. never give up. never back down. and never, ever stop dreaming. [ cheers and applause ] because we are americans, and the future belongs to us. the future belongs to all of you. so with american pride swelling in our hearts, and american courage stirring in our souls,

anything they'll concentration it could briefly be rather unpleasant at least on that northern coast of panama and costa rica. after years documenting streetcar to see john this book. was inspired to transform perceptions that we are the reason to change the subject to capture the vibrancy of the emerging black youth culture now is one of the people that their camp said i will be giving a speech to all of us this is where things like the new african photography not so much of this time on al-jazeera. they're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you right now and the report by unicef warns that shelter and conflict zones across the world are under attack on a shopping scale that report highlights the death of children over the past year in afghanistan child suicide bombers link to boko rom at least five thousand killed or injured in the war in yemen. aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta that's a rabbit hole on crave of syria's capital damascus last month the un called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to

around the thirty mark again up through the isthmus we have heavy showers in the caribbean side of panama costa rican the curator and honduras also some showers pushing through towards billie's in the yucatan peninsula and those are still there during the course of saturday but it should be fine for the north in mexico city there with highs of nineteen as we head into south america here we've got plenty of heavy showers across parts of peru and bolivia and then some rain across parts of paraguayan into brazil now continues it head on through into saturday further search should be fine and when a series of space in a high here of thirty five. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between criminal bosses it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question is for throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominee director we're doing an investigation into. ukraine could you have a bribes you've been corrupt i'll be corrupt i did just what the president say al-jazeera investigations the only gods coming soon. an

trump: we are the nation that dug out the panama canal, won two world wars, put a man on the moon, and brought communism to its knees. as long as we have the courage of our convictions, and the strength to see them through, then there is no goal beyond our reach. as long as we are true to our values, loyal to our citizens, and faithful to our god, then we will not fail. this is your land. this is your home. and it's your voice that matters the most. so speak up, be heard, and fight, fight, fight, for the change you have been waiting for your entire life, for the change that you already see happening. our revolution didn't end on november 8. that was just the beginning. [crowd chanting "trump"] pres. trump: the greatest adventure still lies ahead. never give in, never give up, never back down, and never, ever stop dreaming. [applause] because we are americans, and the future belongs to us. the future belongs to all of you. so with american pride swelling in our hearts, and american courage starring in our souls, i say these words tonight. together, we will indeed make america strong aga

like the panama papers before them, they show an immense amount of tax dodging. this bill would appear to only reward those people with more loopholes >> thank you for having this hearing. it has already been said that we are doing this tax bill and there has not been a single hearing and the house. this will have incredible implications to every american and this is the first time we have been able to hear from yourt witnesses, so thank all for being here and sharing your expertise with us and the american people. time that we encountered this was almost 30 years ago. indication, we will not be revisiting this for another 30 years. writing a tax bill that could potentially do with us for that long, without having hearings, is shameful. so thank you. and sir, thank you for your and to thecombat american people and veterans of community. we need to remember that this does have, as you pointed out, and impact on veterans but also on veterans families. there is more than just of veteran out there. there is a whole family behind them. this bill is going to hurt them.

for the people that made the success in panama happen. [inaudible] and women! abigail adams, the wife of the build of the brooklyn bridge. and now catherine wright. the sister of the wright brothers. and to her they would not have succeeded without. and she never gets credit for that. it brings her to the point where she is recognized and not only having been important but interesting and admirable as a human being. >> i am also struck by how history gets revised. over the years. that there are people that are seen as heroes and perhaps, they do not fare as well in the historians eyes and they make a comeback and there is a renaissance, etc. i do think john kennedy is claimant. >> i think very well but we only had a part where we can really start to pass judgment. truman said you have to wait 50 years for the dust to settle. it has now been 50 years. and he will begin to -- it is not just who went before him, it is who has followed him. and how does he compare and what are the consequences of decisions that he made or did not make? we need to look much more at

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