schwab, the eric and wendy schmidt fund for strategic innovation, and by the following -- koesht funding is provided by stevens, inc., and by pfizerer, inc. >>> edward o'keefe, welcome to "firing line." >> it's a pleasure to be with you on this historic program. >> here is a short list of american politicians who have tried to adopt teddy roosevelt's mantle. president george w. bush, president barack obama, republican senator mitt romney, elizabeth warren, the progressive senator from massachusetts, josh hawley, the conservative populist senator from missouri. what is it about theodore roosevelt that attracts such different contemporary politicians to his political ethos? >> margaret, i like to say that theodore roosevelt is a rorschach test. what you see in him says more about you than it does about him. i mean, if you see the 1912 bull moose progressive, you're probably elizabeth warren. if you see the trust busting republican who ascends to the presidency atop the american century you might be josh hawley. that's kind of the incredible thing about theodore roosevelt is he is a unifyin

schwab, the eric and wendy schmidt fund for strategic innovation, and by the following -- koesht funding is provided by stevens, inc., and by pfizerer, inc. >>> edward o'keefe, welcome to "firing line." >> it's a pleasure to be with you on this historic program. >> here is a short list of american politicians who have tried to adopt teddy roosevelt's mantle. president george w. bush, president barack obama, republican senator mitt romney, elizabeth warren, the progressive senator from massachusetts, josh hawley, the conservative populist senator from missouri. what is it about theodore roosevelt that attracts such different contemporary politicians to his political ethos? >> margaret, i like to say that theodore roosevelt is a rorschach test. what you see in him says more about you than it does about him. i mean, if you see the 1912 bull moose progressive, you're probably elizabeth warren. if you see the trust busting republican who ascends to the presidency atop themerican century you might be josh hawley. that's kind of the incredible thing about theodore roosevelt is he is a unifying

schwab, the eric and wendy schmidt fund for strategic innovation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. and by pfizer inc. - congressman ritchie torres, welcome to "firing line." - it's an honor to be here. - you represent a multiracial working class district in the bronx. a confluence of issues that are important to your constituents also lie at the center of the debate about the future of the country come november. immigration, inflation, israel. how is it that your district, which is a democratic district, is so on the nose of the issues that are most animating our national debate right now? - so i have the honor of representing the bronx, which is arguably the poorest county in the united states. it's ground zero for racially concentrated poverty. it's full of single mothers who are struggling to put food on the table and pay their bills and keep their family afloat, and who have been hit hard by challenges like inflation. but it's also a borough that's rich with resilience. and my belief is that if we can make government work for the p