off at the park lane hotel -- >> we should say that ethel's daughter was "little ethel." >> little etheled her daughter after herself. >> first there was ethel agnes zimmerman, her mother. became ethel merman. and then ethel merman levitt, her daughter. >> riedel: anyway, you were saying -- >> mr. rose was driving -- we dropped them off, and he was driving me up to 79th and park, and the most wonderful thing of it was that he was on in years, especially compared to me, and he was talking to me like -- as he would a peer. and he said, you know, that he had known the real mama rose, and he said, "what you see on that stage doesn't even come near the real mama rose." he said, "she was truly psychotic." well, that's

off at the park lane hotel -- >> we should say that ethel's daughter was "little ethel." >> little etheled her daughter after herself. >> first there was ethel agnes zimmerman, her mother. became ethel merman. and then ethel merman levitt, her daughter. >> riedel: anyway, you were saying -- >> mr. rose was driving -- we dropped them off, and he was driving me up to 79th and park, anthe most wonderful thing of it was that he was on in years, especially compared to me, and he was talking to me like -- as he would a peer. and he said, you know, that he had known the real mama rose, and he said, "what you see on that stage doesn't even come near the real mama rose." he said, "she was truly psychotic." well, that's mr. ros

this is the room she created for ethel.t had a door so ethel would have been able to shut off her brothers from entering her room. this is where edith and t.r. slept. this was the master bedroom, as it were. you can see the light streaming through the boards. it is no more better appointed than the other rooms. this is the boys' room. all four of the boys would have slept in this room when they were here. this has a wonderful mantle and even better yet, it has stone supports that edith would have designed. this was a family place. in that sense, it was unique to the roosevelts because sagamore hill had become a place where tr had constantly a hubbub of activity. this was the one place where it was private family time, and the roosevelts made it very clear they did not want anyone but family here. >> you she wanted to tell the story about pine knot. >> pine knot was important because there was no more privacy in the white house and very little at sagamore hill by this time. they had to go far off the grid, as we say now. >>

it belonged to ethel. the roosevelts were fortunate as the children were growing up, the beatrix potter books were brand new. they bought them. they read them to their children and with their children. the children would read back to them. the books were important to the roosevelts at all ages. i love the fact that this one in french is a way to introduce a child to a new language in a -- you know, in a story they already knew. probably helped to read a story you already knew to learn french. this tells the story of her family's life. in the top row, the representations of her husband and herself and her six children. it goes on to show highlights of his career. the actions as vice president for cuba, for being president. equal to show that he was a writer, a pelican on the third road to show his conservation interests. and then on the bottom row, three sons in uniform and a gold star for clinton who was kill in world war i. and it was a lovely piece. she had learned to do needle work as a small girl. she

anet ethel when she was older person. very gracious and wonderful lady. -- upon rock a palm whom you could build the rest of the family. he bore the brunt of all his nations.expert what to do with your life, manliness. >> where the roosevelts put their six children, the largest family in the white house? 15, but i do not know if they were all at the white house. be among the largest family ever. thosewas more typical in days, a lot larger families. >> can on the air, what is your question? >> yes. it will probably be something you address later on in the program. what was edith roosevelt's relationship with president roosevelt? >> thank you. se will talk about the taft later on, but really briefly, ow did they know the taft? >> they were social friends. i do not think edith cared for mrs. taft so much. they were friendly during theodore's presidency. it is during 1910, after taft shows his hand as president that hostilities rake out. >> next is a call from alexander in indiana. hello. >> i have a question about theodore r

. - you look perfect, ethel. - goddamn right i do! - i wouldn't say perfect. would say whore. - stand by. look at me, everyone. smiles. - hey, look at me. i'm drunk and i stole a parade float! whoo! [horn honks] - oh...where am i? [splat, camera shutter clicks] - yes! perfect! finally. - aah! 24, 2013 from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. ["daily show" theme song playing] [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show". my name is jon stewart. coming upton today's show -- coming up on today's show richard talkins will be joining us. -- dawkins will be joining us. i have one regret about the emmys. i have one regret about the emmys on sunday night and that is that i was unable to attend and share in the joy for my friend stephen colbert and those at the court "the colbert reporo won a long served well overdue emmy. i have been in awe of that show from episode one. i believe stephen and everyone there has created something that has never before been seen on television and things happen on

i don't see ethel meraming singing. >> i think that the left and right can agree we have seen slow growth. it's not what president obama hoped and dreamed about. he prevented a huge depression. i'm not going back to, well, bush started it. >> you're not? we're making progress. there was progress, tamera. >> i can blame bush on other things if you want to get me started but i think everybody's discouraged. the problem is that republicans are obstructionists. and in stead of talking about -- instead of talking about how do we get more americans get back to work we are seeing them how do we cut food stamps. like everybody on food stamps is a lazy recipient. that's not the case. they are hard-working people making minimum wage jobs, underemployed and they need to support their families. >> i think a lot of people are on government assistance out of necessity. >> i can't answer to a lot of people in the party. you are talking about people in d.c. who i think are as out of touch as obama is. >> it is both sides. >> but it's the president's policies that are making it difficult for business owne

i am maybe not seeing ethel merman singing "everything is coming up roses" right now. >> all americansthe left and right agree we have seen a stagnant economy. we have seen very slow growth. it is not what president obama hoped and dreamed. it's not what the average american hope and dreamed about, but it's slow. it's stagnant. i'm not going go back to the "bush started it" kind of thing. >> you're not? that's the first time i heard a liberal not blame bush for it. we're making progress. that's progress. >> i can blame bush on other things if you want to get me started, but i think everybody is discouraged. the problem is that republicans are obstructionists, and instead of talking about -- instead of talking about how do we get more americans back to work, we're seeing them talk about how to cut food stamps, that every person on food stamps is a welfare, lazy recipient, and that's not the case. people on food stamps are hard working people, making minimum wage jobs, doing minimum wage jobs, underemployed, need it to support their family. >> you know, i wouldn't even argue. a lot of pe

kenne--ethel kennedy. but i decided after a day or two that, i mean, if--if i couldn't do it, then i ought to get out of the business, i mean, really. and i couldn't think of anybody else at the company who would--who would do as good a job, and i--so i felt confident. i--so i said, 'you bet i will.' so when we sat down for the interview, i knew almost as much about him and chappaquiddick and--as he did so that--i--it was not an adversarial interview so much as it was h--he knew that he couldn't get by with very much. and he'd have to answer the questions because, you know, i knew where to go. so w--we did it in two parts. one was up at--up at hyannis port and the other in his office. and i kept saying, 'well, i mean, how do you differ from--from j--president carter? i mean, what--what would be different?' and the answers were not very articulate, and f--suddenly i said, 'we--but--ok, so wh--why--why do you want to be president?' and he--the answer was, 'well, because the sky is so blue and the grass is so

>> she preferred ethel. i think alice knew that. alice was strong-willed. her grandparents would buy her anything. she had a strong will and i think edith would have preferred a little more client, traditional daughter. so i think that was tough. to talk to seemed alice about her mother's death. willing to explain to her why she had a different mother. on twitter asks connectionas a between tr and grammy. a smart anduite capable person. she ran sagamore hill and set it up before edith moved in, so there is a bit of competition between annie and edith about who is going to be the political advisor. most of the time they worked together, but it is clear that --ie was quite a for medical quite a formidable woman. hill toturn to sagamore see how edith ran the household, which she established as her own . certainlye hill was designed to be a summer home. it was always their primary residence. in the first five or six years at they were married, they lived here year-round. after the white house he lived here year round again. it really was the center of their lif

ethel, good morning from texas. she says it is worth it. good morning. [indiscernible] i don't think that they should let the children suffer. they are not doing their job, cut their checks away from then and due to the children with autism. that is the way i feel about it. ron, from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. he says it is not worth it. caller: the caller said sequestration didn't hurt us. that was an engineered crisis by the republicans. are veryublicans disingenuous with the shut down the government thing. if democrats were shutting down the government, imagine the outcry from them. these companies laying off people are cutting their hours are largely companies that don't want to be regulated. this is why we need to vote these folks out of the congress could vote the republicans out of the u.s. congress. they are totally out of line. host: that is ron from pennsylvania. a story from arctic ice in the "new york times" this morning. raymond, on our last couple of minutes. raymond says he thinks it is worth it. he is from minnesota. good morning. caller: