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And thanks for joinin and thanks for joining us on cspans American History tv. Now, it is our special series on the speeches that find a presidency. Harry truman took up fdrs mantle as one of the nations longest serving president s died suddenly in april of 1945. Truman was elected in his own right in 1948 and during his tenure he oversaw the end of world war ii, but now he presided over the beginning of the cold war. Here is president truman on his january 20th 1949 inauguration, a time he said, of grave possibilities. And i duration day. Welcome to 1949. The biggest and maduro in United Stat...

>> i did everything right and they indicted me. >> and what it means to set and then immediately break the record for hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. hope you had a good july 4th weekend. we are rapidly approaching the real actual serious for now start of the 24 republican primary. the first rnc debate is next month in milwaukee where the republicans will also hold their 2024 convention. while it's still too early for any real predictions about who voters will choose or how this will play out, righ...

and that's in large part because ron desantis, who was initially hyped up as the candidate has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis should come with its own slide whistle. he's almost 30 points behind trump and the average of the national poll. even a top official at a pro-desantis superpact recently conceded his campaign has been a bust so far. >> right now in national polling we are way behind. to be blunt and honest, it's an uphill battle. i don't think it's a winnable battle but clearly donald trump is the r...

It is my deep conviction that we have reached a turning point in the long history of our countrys efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens. Our immediate task is to move the last remnants of the barrier, which stand between millions of our citizens and their birthright. We must make the federal government a friendly, vigilant defender of the rights and equality of all americans. When i say all americans, i mean all americans. We can no longer afford luxury of a leisurely attack upon prejudice and discriminate never before has the need been so urgent for skillful and vigoro...

This is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys past. Why do we want to believe one version and not another . Maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. There is one episode of americas history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. It is the story of our civil war and what came after. The Hot Winds Of War blew across the land. Made of it, a country divided. Friend turned into foe. Brother fought against brother. It was such a long and drawn out struggle. And the feeling on both sides was so intense. Were all just romantics...