president theodore roosevelt made 160 recess appointments. and an inter-session that lasted a millisecond. bang, bang. >> i'm not sure it's a proper use when in a millisecond, the next session was going to be available. so that was established. the third issue and the one that mort addresses is the question of whether the recess appointment clause applies to intra-session resayss, like, you know, this is the 112th congress. the custom now is first section, second session, each one lasting roughly a year. each starting on january third. now, i think the most persuasive arguments made against the validity of action such as those the president took recently would go to the question of whether there any valid intrasession recess appointments. at the end of not persuaded that there is any such limitation, i think the arguments are quite powerful. and one reason that they're not is that the whole notion of session is very vague in the constitution. peter speaks about the fact that this says "the recess" as if there is one. but there can be many ses

-- lincoln and theodore roosevelt was very progressive on the issue. >> that party is long gone. the needle has not moved in terms of the polling in republicans and gay marriage. 28% support and however many great majority are against it. don't you feel a little bit left out? >> i'm trying to change some hearts and minds. i was speaking yesterday to a class. i think younger people are a little more open to a candidate like myself who are not quite driving them out of the party like rick santorum may want to or even mitt romney. i want to before i in an inclusive republican party that reflects what -- bring in an inclusive republican party that reflects what america should be in 20 years. >> where are you on the issue of large government? do you think the government should be a lot smaller and what do we cut to do it? >> i think we need to balance the budget first and foremost. it's out of control. it's a trillion and a half dollars of year we're losing into this deficit. i've advocated rolling budget cuts in every department of government. we need to get out of afghanistan and if

just a little over 100 years ago on august 31st, 1910, former president theodore roosevelt mounted a kitchen table on the grounds of the 22-acre state park. he was helping to dedicate john brown state park and delivered what has gone down in history as his new nationalism speech. it certainly wouldn't have gone down in history as his john brown speech since the fiery abolitionist who h battled pro-slavery raiders on that spot in the days of bloody kansas snagged only two cursory mentioned in t.r.'s speech, much to the relief of his advisers i should add who knew that t.r. was one of those politicians who also regarded himself as something of a historian, although the corporations of the day weren't about to pay him fo. it would be described as george mowrey as, quote, the most radical speech ever given by an ex-president. his concepts of by which a powerful federal government could regulate and use private property in the interest of the whole and his declarations about labor and viewed through the eyes of 1910 were nothing short of revolutionary. on december 6th, 2011, president bar

obviously, i would hold up, i think, theodore roosevelt as the better model. and it is true that, in a sense, gerald ford and ronald reagan sort of broke the divorce barrier in presidential politics. before that time, it was largely assumed that if you had a divorce, you were out of the running. it just wasn't possible. with that said, obviously a broader shift in values took place in the '60s and '70s. for example, it used to be common, i know, at least in the lutheran church if a pastor was divorced, it was a career-ending move. he was going to go have to find other work than being a parish pastor. today divorced pastors say that actually is a benefit, because it allows them to become better counselors. so -- i don't think that's true. but it just shows to a broader shift in the culture and the acceptability of divorce. which still as late as the early '60s was still something of a scandal atapped attached to it. today it's an -- it's an underlying shift in values in the '60s. i think it's starting to be thought through again. there's a lot of bad ideas just

picking up on javitz and ancestors, even if theodore roosevelt is a distant ancestor to president obama, there's an effort at making him an ancestor. and so i wonder if you could all comment on another missed opportunity which is theodore roosevelt laid the basis for dealing with the abuses of money and politics and apart from rhetorical flourishes all of which i share about citizens united, where is the emphasis on finding ways of changing the system so the missed opportunity is in dealing with some of the political democracy deficits that we have from money and politics? >> just very briefly, everybody is talking about what wasn't in the speech and the omissions they cared about. that was the omission that really struck me. is because t.r. had such strong language about this in the original speech. in citizens united in some ways is a repudiation of a system that started when t.r. was president back in the -- when we passed tillman act. i think in 1907. so that there was i thought an opportunity for him to address this concern, which also by the way is a concern of occupy wall street.

in 1910 theodore roosevelt delivered his new nationalism speech. last year, president obama went to the same kansas town in which roosevelt made his speech and spoke about his political philosophy and the u.s. economy. it was hosted by the hudson

and edith roosevelt -- and theodore roosevelt wanted it to evoke it's sort of colonial roots and so it's a very federal, formal white house. the beautiful pillars. the great entryway. the new grand staircase that she put in. it also helped to bolster -- the roosevelts brought in the imperial presidency, a much more regal, formal worldwide presidency. this is when america really moves into the greater world as a power. and this white house was built to command respect for that and to show the power of that presidency. and mrs. roosevelt was in charge of the decoration of that white house. >> and she added a first ladies portrait gallery? >> she did. she consolidated the portraits of the first ladies. commissioned hers to be added to it and established a first ladies portrait gallery on the ground floor of the white house. >> politically, policywise, what is she known for? >> she's a first lady that steps away from policy. certainly is someone that can restrain her husband, and i'm sure had words to say for her husband, to her husband, an opinion. but she keeps very private with him. she h

he was also named theodore roosevelt. either way it does belong to the family. one of the first things we asked ourselves is does this sound like it look that roosevelt would own? and it is a book about hunting and fishing, and it is called sporting themes and country characters. it is all about outdoor life so yes, he probably did own it at one time. >> the one of the things that i find most interesting is when people who used to own the material names are left notes in the book. you get fascinating stories about the people. we have one book on, is there life after death basically is the topic, and it was owned by a woman who lives here in town. she had written rant take notes all through the book, desperately hoping, apparently from her knows she had lost a child and she was hoping desperately that she would be able to see her child once again and that her child was existing somewhere. it was just heartbreaking reading her notes. you get a little glimpse of what life was like. we looked her up in the city directory across the hall in the archives and apparentl

so i would like to point out that, start with theodore roosevelt. virtue all of our presidents that have ip league educations are the ones who are elected of right truman and johnson are sort of accidents being vice president. but those roosevelts went to harvard. taft went to yale. herbert went to stanford. even jimmy carter was an outside figure i tended and applets. and richard nixon went to tiny whittier college. he goes to duke law school, becoming a wall street lawyer and is passed back to the white house. this is why ronald reagan is so interesting. a tiny ago place. more importantly if you study the reagan story, really close i think what you see is like harry truman, who didn't finish college, only modern president didn't have a college degree, they both owe their particular political imagination to the own self-education. reagan's case it's hollywood and traffic around the country for ge when he's reading the classics of the american cursive movement, he's reading and quoting speeches. is doing all that on his own. i think it's possible rea

i would like to point out that if you start with theodore roosevelt, virtually all of our presidents had ivy league educations or equipment others elected in their own right, truman and johnson are accidents of being vice president, it? but you know, but roosevelt went to harvard and yale, herbert hoover is from stanford, calvin coolidge is from and hearst. even jimmy carter that is an outside figure attended annapolis, and richard nixon, but he does penance why that by going to do call school and becoming a wall street lawyer as his path back to the white house. and this is why if ronald reagan is interesting. he goes to eureka college, tiny little place and if you study closely what you can see it's like harry truman who didn't finish college, only modern president didn't have a college degree, they both of their particular political the machinations or their own self education. in ronald reagan's defense case it is the years in hollywood and traveling around the country when he's reading of the early modern classics of the american conservative movement whitaker chambers witness, t

first, okay, that's good theodore roosevelt. he can be fairly labeling the the first onlily pro-life and pro-family president. aggregates of his biographers, most recently edwin morris, largely ignored. u.s. president from 1901 to 1909, roosevelt clearly identified the foes, his word, of the american family. the practice of willful sterility in marriage, by which he meant birth control and abortion, was a capital sin against civilization, he said. a practice that meant national death. he held liberal reentinterpreta, he blasted birth control and expressed the linkage between family creation and americanism. if you do not believe in your own people enough to bear larger families, then you are not good americans and you are not patriots. and i for one shall not mourn your extinction. and in such event, i shall welcome the advent of a new race that will take your place, because you will have shown that you are not fit to cumber the ground. mr. roosevelt condemned as fools those "professional" feminists who labeled wives and mothers

. >> the first president i studied at school was theodore roosevelt. he talked of speaking softly and carrying a big speak. that is barrack's approach. in following it he has pressed the reset button on the morale authority of the entire free world. >> among the 360 people invited to the dinner were several american and british celebrities including george clooney and warren buffet. >> we're learning disturbing new information about the former marine accused of killing six people in orange county. according to court documents, he told police he joined the marine corp. because he needed to kill. he also said he planned to continue to kill people before he was arrested back in january. he has been charged with murdering four homeless men and a mother and her son. >> in just hours a jury will announce the verdict in the second trial of the man accused of killing the ughter of a former oakland raiders star. she charged with killing his girlfriend at a drug rehabilitation center in 1999. she's the daughter of hall of fame wide receiver. he was convicted of

i've been on aircraft carriers ranging from uss midway to theodore roosevelt to carl vinson to this great historical warship. i certainly have a perspective of spending. this is my 11th deployment that i'm going on. i think this debate will continue to happen. listen, as an aviator, i get how the defense is. it is to build and operate an aircraft carrier, but i will tell you that as i look at enterprise from where it is right now, 50 years of service to this nation, look at what its capabilities were when we sent it out in 1962 to support the cuban missile crisis when it fought so bravely in vietnam, the cold war and what the capabilities and how we grew from an f-4 fighter mindset to an f-14 long-range defense capability to now where we're operating f-18 super hornets off the deck now. the point is this aircraft carrier like all of our aircraft carriers can change in capability and be modernized. that's what you get with the size, the flexibility, the speed of what you get with a cdsc. so from my perspective, the aircraft carrier is still not -- still not only brings together its power a

and grandeur back to the entertainment and the visible side of the white house that bolsters theodore roosevelt into international politics and bring power back to the presidency. >> lady bird johnson. >> lady bird johnson, i'm from texas and she is one of my favorite first ladies. she is the first first lady to announce her own inaugural agenda. she announces during up to the 1965 inauguration, she goes public with her agenda for her time as first lady and will concentrate on beautification or environmentalism. she was not thrilled with that word, but it was a doable word. she was going to concentrate on the great society and helping her husband's efforts to promote the great society. on working on his eventual presidential library. the east wing was with the west wing. she is doing environmental things. she is at a national park talking about the environment. we have a scarf in here that i love. the scarf promotes the discover america program. the discover america program is something that the west wing is putting it's an effort to keep american tourism dollars in america. it's encouraging yo

they don't know who theodore roosevelt was, they know he was president but they have a very vague idea of what he did or why he was somebody of importance, so they want to read a book or they want to see the documentary on television. and i think some of the movies that have come along have been very effective. i think we human beings are by nature interested in history. i just think it's part of our human nature. we want to know what happened before. once upon a time long, long ago the children's stories begin. the two most popular movies of all-time, well, not necessarily historically accurate, are historical in spirit and in setting and the rest "gone with the wind" and "titanic" that's i think a very important measure. tom hanks is now going to be producing a big multi-hour movie for television of my book "john adams." and tom hanks is a very solid and conscientious man with great integrity and taste, and i expect that that movie will reach people in a way that maybe nothing else could. and hundred times more than any book of mine might or other authors. and if it's done right, tha

buchanan's administration, i think this is mckinley's administration, the roosevelt administration, theodore roosevelt, fdr's administration when it became his temporary office, and today. as it is as the blue room. i want to give special thanks to the maryland historical society for being really wonderful to work with. i'm sorry for the technical difficulties to begin with and my skipping my first page. in addition to everyone here that has been like i said wonderful to work with, also want to thank the library of congress, the university of virginia's dolly madison addition, the new york public library, james madison montpelier and the white house historical association. and if anybody has any questions, i'd be happy to take them. there will be a microphone coming around if you'd like to raise your hand. or in white house history, in general. i know that as well. the gentleman down here? >> the furniture that the madisons bought after the burning of the white house -- >> yes. >> like by worthington, et cetera. >> yes. >> does that still exist? is that still in the collection of the house? >> no, it'

theodore roosevelt. fdr's administration when it became his temporary office. and today as it is as the blue room. i want to give special thanks to the maryland historical society's mark letzer, mark epter and elizabeth stafford for being wonderful to work with. i'm sorry for the technical difficulties to begin with and my skipping my first page. in addition to everyone here that has been, like i said, wonderful to work with, i also want to thank the library of congress, the university of virginia's dolly madison digital addition, the new york public library, the james madison montpelier, author and historian william steele and the white house historical association. if anyone has any questions, i'd be happy to take them. there'll be a microphone coming around if you'd like to raise your hand. [ applause ] >> or on white house history general. i know that as well. down here. >> the furniture that the madisons bought after the burning of the white house like by worthington, et cetera, does that still exist? is that still in the collection of the white house? >>

who was also named theodore roosevelt.this sounds like a book that roosevelt would own and it is a book about hunting and fishing. and country characters. they did and own it at one time. one of the things i find most interesting is when people who used to own the material left their names and notes, and gets fascinating stories of the people. we have one book, life after death is the topic and with don't buy a woman who was here in town who had written frantic notes through the book, desperately hoping. apparently from her notes she lost a child. her child was somewhere. it was heartbreaking. they're looking at the city directories and archives, she was a widow so apparently this is all she had of her family and she had lost it. another kind of amusing saying that i found in some of the books from the 1800s there was a child's drawing of a beautiful lady who had a sweet face and the style of the dress from the 1830s and when you flip to the back of the book there was a mean looking lady with an ugly face and dark clothes

he's very consciously pattened his -- patterned his career on his distant cousin, theodore roosevelt. roosevelt had been elected to the state legislature, the new york legislature as was franklin, and t.r. had become assistant secretary of the navy as now had f,dr. all that was left was for fdr to become vice president and president because that's what happened to t.r.. teddy roosevelt after serve anything the cabinet as assistant secretary of the navy then went on to become vice president and president of the united states. and in 1916 roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy. hughes had been appointed to the court as an associate justice by president william howard taft. and, but he resigned in 1916 to become the republican candidate for president. and he ran against woodrow wilson. ran a dreadful campaign. he was the odds-on favorite, but he ultimately lost california by 4,000 votes and, therefore, the election. he went to bed the night of the election thinking that he had won. franklin roosevelt, who was a big wilson supporter, went to bed thinking that hughes had won. and th

resolve and even quoting theodore roosevelt saying he would speak softly, but carry a big stick. president obama meets with israeli prime minute benjamin net tin yaw hue tomorrow. >>> jury selection begins in the do -- domestic trial hearing. an appellate court will hear arguments to decide the fate of the key piece of evidence. he is accused of physically abusing his wife, during an argument on new year's eve. a neighbor videotaped bruises on lopez's arm and the prosecution wantsshown to shown to jurors. >>> a former geologist told the utility there were lines with 132 in san bruno more than 20 years ago. the line ruptured two years ago killing 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. he noticed the pipeline sitting on a huge fill which could settle and stress the lines. he marked it on a map. jay it circumstanced the -- >> it circled the area where the crater was. this is the deepest part of the fill for the subdivision and they are a place that could experience it and pg&e needs to look at it. apparently they did, but they haven't got to worrying about it yet. >> older pipelines resti

when theodore roosevelt ran, everyone around him said you don't want to do politics.that's beneath people like this. what are the qualms about politics the apartments have quite >> part of the reason i think the qualms are important and not to be dismissed if they are similar to the qualms that a lot of us have about politics, right? we all see what is wrong with the political system, what is ugly about it, whether it can really address social needs and what not. but you know, this is one of the many things about obama that was such a big asset in the campaign that ends up being somewhat inhibiting and the presidency time and time again in my reporting can be sometimes the simple way and sometimes very complicated ways. i found it trouble acting like a politician. a small store in the book is about the super bowl party in the white house. you know, he's kind to everybody, greets everybody, but he doesn't want to walk the room. he's got this principled objection. he doesn't want to be the guy is spending the entire super bowl schmoozing and he asked this idea that he w

the first president i studied in school was theodore roosevelt.ed of speaking softly and carrying a big stick. that is barack's approach. in following it, he has pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world. wisdom because he is not rushed into making flights, but has started america's resources of hard and soft power. he has taken time to make considered decisions, drawing down troops from iraq and surging in afghanistan. he has found a new voice with the air of people. -- with the arab people. he has realized that in america, as in britain, the future every citizen. both our nations have been held back by inequality. now there is a determined effort in both of our countries, most notably through education reform, to ensure that opportunity is truly available for all. 50 years ago, the amazing courage of rosa parks, the visionary leadership of martin luther king, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of america for all of her

theodore roosevelt and wilson were terrified about diversity. it worked.ural genocide if you demand kids read american literature, have the english language. what holds us together? >> a country that welcomes people of different types. with all due respect. >> i want to say on the book, one of the tragedies of the culture war is that i think people who are well-intentioned end up causing great harm. i think flippantly part of living a democracy is being compassionate and considering the feelings of others. when i came to write this book i understood speaking on this issue so i try to write it in a very objective way and allow him to see for himself and allow people to see for themselves. i do want to add personally, i do want to add that i do agree and i agree with your vision of america far more. i come from britain. i think britain has more vibrant and it's more civilized than it was. well, and i also want to say there is something about, i'm a catholic and a religious guide. muslims in britain, whatever people may think of them, they are very religious

. >> the first president i studied at school was theodore roosevelt.owing it, he has pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world. >> among the 360 people invited to the dinner were several american and british celebrities, including george clooney, sir richard bran son and warren buffett -- branson and wares -- and warren buffett. >>> jurors in the rutgers trial resumes their deliberations. they considering 15 counts against this man. he's accused of using a webcam to watch and record his gay roommate's intimate encounter with another man. his roommate tyler clementi later committed suicide. >>> police are looking for the man who robbed a palo alto jack in the box. it happened on el camino real last night. the robber handed a worker a note demanding money and got away with some cash. he's described as a short man in his 20s, with blue eye, brown hair and a black sweatshirt with writing on it. if you have information call palo alto police. >>> there's disturbing video that's just been released of a former new york jail offic

when theodore roosevelt went to politics everyone around him said you don't want to do politics that is beneath people like us. what is it about the politics? >> part of the reason i think the qualms are important and not to be dismissed is there similar to the qualms a lot of us have about politics. we all see what is wrong with the political system, whether it can address the social needs and what not but this was one of the things that was such a big asset in the campaign that ends up being inhibiting in the presidency we see time and time again in my reporting sometimes in simple ways and sometimes complicated ways i felt he had trouble acting like a politician and a small story in the book is about the party in the white house, and you know, he is claimed to differ pretty well -- key is kind to everybody but he doesn't want to be the dhaka spending of the super bowl schmoozing and he has this idea that he wants to still hang on to a normal life and the presidency, and so in my reporting high watched that idea get tested again and again and again. >> there is another story in the

during the campaign of 1912 when theodore roosevelt was running out of third-party ticket, the bull moose ticket and william howard taft was running and wilson was running what people came to woodrow -- to the roosevelt and said, we have letters between woodrow wilson and mary peck. if you publish and you will win. roosevelt said, no, that would be wrong. also, nobody would believe me. going to think the man is a romeo. he looks like the apothecaries' clerk. [laughter] >> great. okay. >> the feature running through each of your books. very active. in the case of wilson, jefferson , particularly jefferson's family, very effective. jefferson, family that surrounded him. is it just possible that they were so thoroughly in the nile that they justin recognize? >> you know, that is something that has been the lot of sleepless nights wondering about. in that thing that it's possible that in some cases you're able to convince yourself that what is right in front of your eyes is not true. if you are invested enough in the story. at the same time, the people you are looking at, who when they cut th

from theodore roosevelt who created reservation process and margaret immediate. neil degrassetyson brings us his beauty and importance in space science and exploration. the directer of the hayden planetarium, born and raised in new york city, he attended bronx high school of science and earned a ba in physics from harvard and a ph.d. in astrophysics from columbia. that's right. [laughter] he's been an adviser to nasa and three presidents on matters related to space exploration and has been awarded 16 honorary honorarydoctorates and has a asteroid named after him. he comes here to talk about space chronicles: the ultimate frontier. join me in giving him a warm welcome. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> thank you. that was a warm introduction. just so you know, this is the only public talk anywhere that i'm giving on this book, so you are here, here and now, for it. just so you know. i'm just saying. you're not missing it somewhere else. let me get ready up here. let me tell you how it all began. there was a big bang. [laughter] no. it was the 1990s. i was approa

the first president i studied in school was theodore roosevelt.e spoke about walking softly and carrying a big stick. he has pressed the reset button on the moral authority on the entire free world. wisdom because he has not rushed into picking fights but has courted the resources of hard and soft power. he has taken time to make considered decisions drawing down troops from iraq. he has found a new voice with the arab people. at home he is recognized that in america as in britain, the future depends on making the best of every citizen. both of our nations have historically been held back by any quality. there is a determined effort through education reform to a major opportunity is available for all. half of a century ago the amazing courage of rosa parks, the leadership of martin luther king did, and the actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to make equality the promise of america for all her citizens. in the fight for justice end of the struggle for freedom, there is no end. there is so much more to do to insure every human being

theodore roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin loving new york. h us. >> thanks for having me. >> convention yam wisdom. teddy roosevelt comes in, cleans up new york city. you blew that up a little bit. >> yeah. conventionalism is completely wrong in this case. new york is just a town that was full of prostitution, gambling, after-hours clubs. and roosevelt came in and said i'm going to enforce all the laws, make the police do everything they're supposed to do, and he could not defeat the irish. he couldn't change the spirit of the city. there was a clubbing spirit even in the 1890s. >> paint a picture of new york. what does it look like? where do people live? what's going on. >> you have 30,000 prostitutes working the streets. >> wow. >> i got a quote from one guy who had a studio overlooking 13th street. and he could see into a sleazy hotel and the prosecutor asked him what could you see. >> fornication, three windows at a time. >> wow. >> new york was gambling joints. cans field was the most elegant casino in the town. i was the first to give io

the first president i stayed in school was theodore roosevelt.e talked about speaking softly and carrying a big stick. that is barack's approach. in following it, he has pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world. wisdom because barack has not rushed in to picking fights, but has stirred america's resources of hard and soft power. he has taken time to make difficult decisions -- drawing down troops in iraq and surging in afghanistan. he has found a new voice for america among the arab people. in america, as in britain, the future depends on making the best of every citizen. both our nations have a starkly been held back by inequality -- have historically been held back by inequality. education reform ensures that equality is available for all. the amazing courage of rosa parks, the leadership of martin luther king, and the insert -- the as personal actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and made real the promise of america for all her citizens. but in the fight for justice

we have seen for the past 100 years since the president was theodore roosevelt or woodrow wilson a continuingt and a continuing shrinkage of the power of the states in things like everyday government from speeds on the highways to the regulation of alcohol and regulation of schools. congress has gotten away with this by dangling money into the states. take this money but do this. even though the this we don't have the power to regulate. >> but do it. >> right. the government offer, the federal government offered in the reagan administration to pave the highways in the states as long as the states lowered their speedlimits to 55 miles an hour. every state but south dakota said yes. south dakota sued, we want the money but don't want the strings. the supreme court said you take the money and you take the strings. that's how congress gets away with regulating things in the states and take power away from the states by giving them the cash. >> this administration has quite a list. this is why the attorneys general have bounded together. here's an example. number one, obama care. they think that's

it eluded presidents going back to theodore roosevelt. my friends on the other side defend the status quo. they want us to vote with fear. everything you hear is fear. be afraid. it will not work this time. what the american people want is not fear, they want hope. they want to have the peace of mind and security of knowing that their children, if they have a pre-existing condition, they they will be covered by health insurance. the peace of mind knowing that they lose their job they do not lose health insurance. and they want the security of knowing that if they get ill, they will not be dropped by their insurance company. they want the hope and security to know that they are not just one illness away from bankruptcy. we are the only country in the world, the only one, where people could go bankrupt because they owed a medical bill. no other country would allow that to happen. we're the only one. this bill is going to stop that. people will not have to fear going bankrupt, because someone in their family got a chronic illness or a diseas

if you follow the "lewis and clark expedition -- theodore roosevelt observed 100 years later, but the 100 year anniversary by announcing the establishment of the national parks service to reinforce the green and the structure in our country. what hundred years later, we did not observe that, but i was hoping we would under president bush. but infrastructure was not a priority that as so we are behind in doing this infrastructure built. i want to add another great republican president -- president eisenhower at the interstate highway commission. all of these things done at a time when we did not have a lot of money to spare. it is not as if we were building the golden gate bridge. we are not flush with money now, we've got to make these investments. we see the need and the opportunity is there. it is bipartisan in the senate. let's get moving. people's hopes are pinned on our passing this transportation bill and these guys are saying my way or the highway and it's just right. we have passed a number of them already with over 400 votes. we have done it. it is good. but let's not mistake

madam president, theodore roosevelt was our greatest conservation president and his greatest passion was for birds. birds must think that wind turbines are cuisinarts in the sky. last month two golden eagles found dead in california's pine tree wind farm bringing the total count of dead golden eagles at that wind farm is eight carcasses and "the los angeles times" reports that the u.s. fish and wildlife service has determined that the six golden eagles found dead earlier at two-year-old wind farm were struck by blades from the wind turbines. this puts the death rate at three times higher than at california's altamoc pass which kills 57 golden eagles each year. now, apparently eagle killing has become so commonplace that the united states department of interior -- and i am not making this up -- has a process in place to grant wind developers hunting licenses for eagles. in good hugh county, minnesota, a company wants to build 48 turbines on the one hand 50 square miles of land and to do that it has applied for a eagle take permit which will allow to kill a certain number of eagles bef