what i discovered, i think it's interesting clementine churchill didn't much for franklin roosevelt roosevelt eleanor roosevelt did not much care for winston churchill and that dynamic plays out in the course of the visit and in the book the white house as stage four winston churchill as your book. so carefully documents and illuminates churchill struggled at times to get back to the white house by 1943, especially 1944, roosevelt running for reelection, has lot on his mind. talk about the evolution of churchill's with roosevelt and how affected whether or not came to the white house. great question. and my reading of it is that early on this visit of. 1941 into 1942, then there was a very important visit in june of 1942. we can into that, if you'd like and then there were two visits that went beyond a couple weeks in 1943 in may of 1943. and that included second address to a joint session of congress. big deal. and then in in august sept remember of 43 it was a matter of this kind of interesting i'm going to play this one out for a little bit i argue in the book that among winston churchill'

and churchill was amazed that his friend franklin roosevelt had persuaded the soviet ambassador to sign a document that called for freedom of religion. and he jokingly said to roosevelt afterwards, if you lose reelection in 1944, i'll ask the king to make you the archbishop of canterbury. but of course, that never happened. so the relationship between those two men is famous. they met many times, but i feel in a way that this this was the special service they had at the beginning of our involvement in the war, calling for god's forgiveness and for his blessing. he really set a tone for anglo-american relations. and i think the importance for us today is to really remember and understand what what that kind of leadership looked like. you have presidents who were willing to do their duty. they knew what they were asking their countries to do in terms of sacrifice. but they they understood it had to be done at the same time, they had the humility to understand that it was not entirely in their hands. it was not purely a question of military and economic strength. it was also a matter of sp

. >>> resident franklin d. roosevelt proclaimed a national day of prayer for january 1st, 1942, following the japanese attack on pearl harbor. fdr and british prime minister winston churchill worshiped together that date in george washington's hometown church. american history tv visited christchurch and alexandria virginia to hear the story. >> on the former senior board here at christ church in alexandria, virginia. with me is our rector, reverend noel simmons. the story that i will describe today is really a lesson in leadership from perhaps the greatest leaders of the 20th century. president franklin roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. these were men who were willing to commit to their countries to along bloody conflict in the name of freedom to support the freedom and independence of their own homeland but to support freedom and democracy for other people around the world. the combined that with a deep humility. they believed that our countries had to be worthy, spiritually and morally of the victory the

where in 1882, franklin roosevelt was born. following political career in his native state, roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920, he campaigned unsuccessfully. vice presidency. warm springs, georgia proved a haven of health when illness interrupted ascendency of his political career. when country appeared to be in a world of glowing prosperity, it was heard by democratic party leaders to become a candidate for governor of new york. 9028 saw him succeeding governor alfred smith at albany. governor roosevelt two terms as chief executive of the state. liberal measures marked his administration. governor roosevelt became the choice of the democratic in 1932. the spectacular air flight to chicago marked the beginning of his to the presidency. a forgotten man and the new deal became his campaign slogan. rather than whoever was the symbol, national business and personal depression as the backwash of postwar economic engulfed america. factories were idle the unemployed march the one washington the nation de

where in 1882, franklin roosevelt was born. following political career in his native state, roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920, he campaigned unsuccessfully. vice presidency. warm springs, georgia proved a haven of health when illness interrupted ascendency of his political career. when country appeared to be in a world of glowing prosperity, it was heard by democratic party leaders to become a candidate for governor of new york. 9028 saw him succeeding governor alfred smith at albany. governor roosevelt two terms as chief executive of the state. liberal measures marked his administration. governor roosevelt became the choice of the democratic in 1932. the spectacular air flight to chicago marked the beginning of his to the presidency. a forgotten man and the new deal became his campaign slogan. rather than whoever was the symbol, national business and personal depression as the backwash of postwar economic engulfed america. factories were idle the unemployed march the one washington the nation de

maybe franklin roosevelt doesn't, but william randolph hearst certainly does. his first wife and then his second wife, marion davies. so you see this over and over again. you often you also see that often the plot lines of 1930s movies which seem sort of fanciful and hackneyed, really are based on today's headlines or yesterday's headlines. and in that case, so with politics, the cornerstone of the story is tammany that the organization which runs everything really in. york city at that time and for a very long time and which franklin roosevelt makes his early reputation in new york state senate as being a forceful opponent and with the most prominent type in to the violence and gore in this area and in era is the tammany boss of the lower east side a guy named big tim sullivan. sullivan again intersectionality overlap. sullivan aside from running the lower side and being a state senator and a congressman was also a partner in a west coast vaudeville chain, of all things. he had an office for his chain at 1440 broadway and so sullivan also up coming young gambl

churchill franklin roosevelt. gandhi. david ben-gurion and mao zedong. very different ideologies coming from very different systems, very different histories. but all trans formed. and we're going to be talking about why you chose them, how you would them. we've got some specific questions on some of those folks. and then of i will ask you to take a look to the present and into the future on what will prove to be the transfer formative titans, if there are any of the 21st century. i'd like start off of by welcoming you to the institute but by asking you a question. titans of the 20th century. why did the 20th century produce these titans and how did you define the characteristics that made them subjects for your book. well thank thank you ambassador satterfield. thank you all for coming. thanks to the baker institute for making this possible. and to our c-span viewers for tuning in, i wrote this book for two reasons. first, i wanted to remind or in some cases, in form readers about just who these titanic were in their day. they dominated the world's head

we have a memory of franklin roosevelt 40 years ago.said there are times in our history would concern over our personal lives is overshadowed by concern about what will happen to the country we have known. thisn is such a time. -- this is such a time. [cheers and applause] i can tell you that the choice to make history here can transform our personal lives and in the lives of our country as well. during the last presidential campaign, i listen to thousands and thousands of people. teachers, small business leaders, workers, the elderly, the poor, people of every race, every background, and every walk of life. it was an experience of total embarrassment in the human reality of america. -- total immersement in the human reality of america. being president of the united states of america, let me talk about what that job is like. i have learned that only the most difficult tasks come before me in the oval office. there are no easy answers because there are no easy questions. i have learned that for a president, experience is the best guide t

would you rather quote herbert hoover or franklin delano roosevelt?lause] would you rather quote richard nixon or john fitzgerald kennedy? [applause] the republicans have always been the party of privilege. but this year, their leaders have gone even further. in their platform, they have repudiated the best physicians of their own party. where is the conscience of lincoln in the party of lincoln? what has become of the traditional republican commitment to fiscal responsibility? what has happened to their responsibility? i don't claim perfection for the democratic party. i don't claim every decision we have made has been right were popular. certainly, they have not all been easy. but i will say this, we have been tested under fire, we have neither docked nor hidden -- ducked nor hidden. [applause] when we have tackled the great central issues of our time, the historic challenges of peace and energy, which had been ignored for years. we have made tough decisions and we have taken the heat for them. we have made mistakes and we have learned from them. bu

[applause] ♪ ♪ >> in 1882, franklin delano roosevelt was born.lowing a political career, roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920, he campaigned unsuccessfully for vice presidency. when illness interrupted his political career. when the country appeared to be in a world of glowing prosperity, it -- he was spurred to become the candidate for governor of new york. 1928 saw him succeeding governor alfred e smith. governor roosevelt served two terms as a chief executive of the empire state. liberal measures marked his administration. governor roosevelt became the joys of the democratic convention in 1932, the spectacular flight to chicago marked the beginning of his rise to the presidency. ♪ the forgotten man in the new field became his campaign slogan. president hoover was the symbol of national business and personal depression, as postwar economic conditions engulfed america. the unemployed marched upon washington. the nation demanded a change. and roosevelt was swept into the presidency. defeated president herbert hoover w

filmmakers largely avoided documentary biographical film coverage of franklin and eleanor roosevelt until after her death in 1960. doris sherry produced the notable exception at campobello, a dramatization of franklin's struggle and comeback from polio with the loving support his wife. air commented that the production was about as much like the roosevelt family as some people from mars. although she cooperated so that the children profited from the successful broadway play and resulting feature. what eleanor think about her own on screen appearances. in reference to pasteur, she noted, i can't say that i like myself on screen. she envied the performance of daughter in law fay emerson, who was married to elliot and hosted the late cbs talk show the fay emerson show instead, air said of herself in her early television. needless to say, i'm never happy when i'm on television in the first place. i cannot remember that i'm being photographed every minute and i do stupid things like lick my lips when they get dry, which makes you look exactly as though you were sticking your tongue out at some

what franklin delano roosevelt ever called boss when franklin delano roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy josephus daniels, and promoted roosevelt in force, reward was appointed ambassador mexico during the aftermath of the mexican revolution, where he urged a very conciliatory approach to nationalization of american property and american oil companies, where he urged the mexican to authorize visas for -- fleeing europe and where he advocated he privately abdicated the states should arm the spanish republic, but at a minimum that mexico should open its doors to refugees. the spanish republic, a liberal liberal liberal in 1898, as a young newspaper editor, josephus daniels personally incited the racist pogrom that that in wilmington, north carolina that destroyed black political power. the state of north carolina killed maybe 60 people, may dozens homeless and he did it knowing the full malice of what he was doing. and he remained to his less forcefully in later years than at the beginning. a segregationist so how do you understand this? now, one way to understand it is he was

these go back to john kennedy, franklin roosevelt, ronald reagan. we have had effectively whenever -- in the polarized state of american parties we do have quite strong likelihood that those who like the current president will say that issuing executive orders as a function of strong leadership and those who do not say it is dictatorship and then those positions can switch white quickly and dramatically. a lot of what they do at the beginning of terms is to revoke the caller mentioned this. and promised that president trump will do the same. and promised that president trump will do the same. executive orders can be fragile. some have a long time and some last only for the duration of a presidential term and can be overturned. we will see a lot of orders overcoming -- overturning past orders. host: something that you pointed out at the beginning was that every president has signed executive orders. if you -- for anybody interested the federal register has all of the executive orders issued by presidents since 1937. it looks like president biden has

purpose of the social security system crafted by frank on roosevelt nearly nine years ago -- franklin roosevelt nearly nine years ago. social security's for retirees and survivors and millions of americans. we have all heard stories like the one that betty share today. employees, public secretaries, nurses and many more, many working second jobs often just because they need to make ends meet. of all that have existed and denied social security benefits by thousands of dollars per year. that denial of benefits also applied to surviving spouses of public service employees. benefits cut that cost them security and a little bit of dignity as well. joining us today is a 17-year-old from texas. where is he? come here. [applause] elicio is just around the corner from seating -- receiving social security. he walked 1600 miles from texas to washington, dc to support this bill. when he did it, he did it for his grandmother. guess what? tomorrow is his birthday. we have a tradition in our household. we have to sing happy birthday. are you ready? happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday

well, you know, harry truman became president in the death of franklin roosevelt and president roosevelt had his hands full. there was a great depression. there was world war two. and during the truman presidency, we were evolving out of those things. eventually. and so some of the deferred maintenance came on to harry truman's desk. and what did harry truman have said on the front of his desk about stop box stops here? well, suzanne, it was said that if you were in the east room of the white house and these bohemian glass chandeliers which were installed by teddy roosevelt, if you were walking on the upstairs residence floor, those chandeliers were said to sway at one night. margaret truman, president and mrs. truman's daughter, was playing her piano up on the residence floor, and the leg of that piano went through the floor into the ceiling below. so president truman knew that it was his responsibility to care for this wonderful house into the future. the timbers were still wooden. it was still the infrastructure from the house had been rebuilt after the british fire. so the truman's m

thomas jefferson, george washington, abraham lincoln, franklin roosevelt, ronald reagan. they are the five presidents who have ever had significant realignment. anyone who looks at them and said they changed the direction of the country. host: felix in maryland, democrat. go ahead. caller: hi. i hear your back rent is research as a senior fellow. i wanted your input on policy changes for realignments, especially regarding immigration. with stricter immigration it sounds like the country will be heading to in my profession in accounting, they changed the american institute of certified public accountants to the association of international certified public accountants. from a macro perspective we are seeing this realignment with licensor offered overseas. i was curious how you would -- how you feel about that. guest: immigration is clearly tied with trade which is tied with off shoring and the ability to not manufacture goods but manufacture ideas overseas, which is the sort of thing an accountant would do. donald trump -- a lot of republicans were talking about immigratio

>> she was. >> why did strange fruit and the movement of blacks for equality affect franklin rooseveltbest friends. it was a fundraiser for infantile paralysis. she ran into him in the basement in his wheelchair. they had a conversation. yes, she was invited to the white house and she did go to the white house and abel scott went with her. >> franklin roosevelt was not as progressive as his wife. >> after this brilliant dissection of the song, what is the appropriate for us to close the session with another hearing of the original performance. >> i am sorry? let's get a question over here first. >> c-span wants to record. >> when the new yorker had the advertisement, it was to get people to go to cafe society, and add for the song, what was the gist of the new yorker advertisement? >> i read the whole thing, that was it, a tiny ad, apart from the phone number, chelsea something or other, the address on sheridan square, that was the entire ad, a tiny reminder billie was singing the song at cafe society. it was an advertisement for the song at cafe society. >> it was not yet a record whe

let us resolve to make our government a place for what franklin roosevelt called bold. persist that experimentation a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays. let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs. to renew america, we must meet challenges abroad, as well as at home. there is no longer a clear division between what is and what is domestic. the world economy. the world environment. the world aids crisis. the world arms race. they affect us all. today as an old order passes, the new world is free but less stable. communism's collapse it has called forth old animosities and new dangers. clearly, america must continue to lead the world. we did so much to make while america rebuilds at home. we will not shrink from the challenges nor fail to seize the opportunities of this new world. together with our and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us when our vital interests are challenged, are the will and conscience. the international community is defied. we will act with peaceful diplomacy whenever possible, with force when nece