also -- clinton roosevelt. writes in, 1840, and he sends in this lovely color -- almost a painting -- it's a rather massive -- series of-duf -- of paper, invulnerable steam battery which sort of looks merimac-esque, if you go by descriptions that she looked like a barn that was floating down the river up to her eves. so clinton roosevelt submits this and again it really goes nowhere. but the british and french, in the 1850s, were already building ironclads, well not ironclads, we really think of them. iron plated warships. the french had the glory. and the british had built the warrior. and thus, this first clash of ironclads that happens here in hampton roads is of immense interest not only at home but abroad. in fact one of the correspondents, tells lincoln, england is in ablaze from one end to another after news arrived that the two ships had engaged. and, of course, every time you have advances in military technology, you also have people trying to find ways of -- counter acting that. so for one, for each a

so clinton roosevelt submits this. and again, it really goes nowhere. but the british and french in the 1850s were already building ironclads -- well, not ironclads. we really think of them, iron-plated warships. the french had the glory, and the british had built the "warrior." and thus this first clash of ironclads that happens here in hampton roads is of immense interest not only at home but abroad. in fact, one of the correspondents tells lincoln that england is in a blaze from one end to the other. after news has arrived that these two ships have engaged. and of course, every time you have advances in military technology, you also have people trying to find ways of counteracting that. for each and every action there is a reaction. and that is what you will see today when i get to the portion talking about all these different inventions and suggestions that people are writing in how to deal with this new weapon of war, the merrimac. whether it be throwing grenades down the smokestack, electronic-triggered mines, underwater grappling hooks, elongated

also, clinton roosevelt writes in in 1840 and he sends in this lovely color, almost a painting, rather massive series of paper that is taped together of his invulnerable steam battery which looks sort of merrimacesque, if you go by some of the descriptions that she looked like a barn that was floating. the british and french in the 1850s were already building ironclads, not like we really think of them. iron-plated warships. the french had the glory and the british had built the warrior. this first clash of ironclad is is of immense interest not only at home but abroad. one of the correspondents tells lincoln england is in a blaze from one end to the other after news has arrived that these two ships have engaged. you have advances and people trying to find ways to counter act that. for each and every action, there is a reaction. that is what you will see today when i get to the portion talking about these different inventions and suggestions that people are writing in how to deal with this new weapon of war, the merrimac, whether it be throwing grenades down the smokestack, electronic

the post-presidential experiences of all the presidents who served after franklin roosevelt concluding with bill clinton. one of my favorite chapters in that book is the one that -- that mark wrote about the years that dwight eisenhower spent after the white house. so mark will be interviewing our special guests, david and julie eisenhower. david eisenhower is the grandson of president dwight eisenhower, and his father john eisenhower is a prominent military historian. david is the author of the "new york times" best-seller "i "eisenhower at war" which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize in history in 1986. he currently serves as the director of the institute for public service at the annenberg public policy center at the university of pennsylvania and he's the senior research fellow at the annenberg school for communication. david eisenhower has served on numerous not-for-profit boards and committees, including the advisory committee on presidential libraries. a graduate of amherst college, david eisenhower earned his law degree from the george washington university law school in 1976. our other spec

clinton. reading her as a kind of a cool version of eleanor roosevelt. ntered the white house as a true partner. truly the first of her kind. she was the last first lady of the 20th century, but hillary was the "first outlook" lady not primarily defined by her husband. she had her own law degree, her own career, her own voice. she was the embodiment of a new generation of women coming into their own. a huge break with nancy reagan and barbara bush. she was a self-avowed political junkie who famously said, i could have stayed home and baked cookies and had tea. but what i decided to do was fulfill my profession. hillary had her own agenda and she was hated for it the headbands and scrunchies not dignified for a first lady. the policy work on health care, not appropriate for a first lady. the philandering by her husband, not becoming for a first lady. but most of all, not cool, none of it was cool. not the pantsuits, not the questionable land deals, not the claim of vast right wing conspiracies, not cool, i'm sorry, none of it -- cool. then came her own pre

roosevelt, truman. >> encumbent bill clinton and the kerry/edwards team got on the georgia 300.ic abraham lincoln, riding into washington, d.c. to philadelphia for his inauguration. >> felt very honored that it plays a part of american history there. >> as for the presidential contest, gearing up now, heard says the georgia 300's gears are greased and ready to roll. >> always ready. we'll see what happens. >> sandra endow, cnn, washington. >>> let's check your headlines right now. a gunman on the loose, tulsa, oklahoma. a place five people have been shot since friday morning. three have died. two others are in the hospital. they are expected to survive, luckily. police believe the shooter is a white man. all the victims are african-american. that's left some to question whether the shootings are race related, if this may be a hate crime. the police chief is saying not so fast. hold on until they can continue to investigate and find the person. >>> 25-person task force is hunting for the killer here. >>> easter miracle, that's what folks at virginia beach are calling it. everyone

roosevelt, truman. >> in 1996, incumbent bill clinton and four years later the kerry/edwards team got onboard the georgia 300 for their campaign. president-elect barack obama chose the georgia 300 to mimic abraham lincoln riding into washington, d.c. from philadelphia for his inauguration. >> i'm very honored that it's playing a part of american history there. >> reporter: for the presidential contest gearing up now, the georgia 300's gears are greased and ready to roll. >> always ready. we'll see what happens. >> sandra endo, cnn, washington. >> and president obama would love it if women voters got on his re-election train. and a new poll shows he does have an advantage among women who go to college. but what about the rest? see life in the best light. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. receiving a transitions lenses certificate of authenticity is your only guarantee that you're getting the world's #1 recomm

. >>> former president clinton is the don't democrat to be elected president price since franklin roosevelt. he sat down with luke russert to share his thoughts on the health care debate and whether his wife is going to retire. luke russert is with me now. luke, you sat down and what is he up to? >> he was here in washington, d.c. for the clinton global university, an annual conference with college kid where is they come from all across the country and the world to talk about commitments to further society. kids come up with projects for folks to try to make money and you meet kids who are doing stuff about water and all sorts of things that are creating jobs here in the u.s. trying to get them employed and helping out fellow brothers and sisters. >> here is bill clinton's description. >> you talked about that this century was going to be the next great american century. can this deliver that great american century with ese terrible unemployment numbers? >> first of all, that's not their fault. their parents's generation did that. i think that what they can do is use their skills at social

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clinton started i was downsized under the father, 41. the most influential president i believe was abraham lincoln and franklin up -- franklin delano roosevelta president that takes into consideration the middle class is a success. host: speaking of former president lincoln, we will be joined later by the author of a new book on the emancipation proclamation. this is the anniversary of that historic document. there are actually two documents. we'll talk about the one issued in d.c. and the one issued in 1863 which marks the 150th anniversary of that historic document and what it meant for the country during the height of the civil war. dallas, texas -- which former president to you admire the most and why? caller: i would say john f. kennedy for his commitment to civil rights and also i think for the federal reserve, putting them on notice that silver and gold should only be the currency for the country. host: thanks for the call. a former vice president is in the news. it is available on-line. dick cheney speaks for over an hour in wyoming. he walked on stage without any assistance and spoke for 1 hour 15 minutes without seeming to tire. th