david roosevelt: oh, sure. there were times when i would accompany my grandmother to various activities that she was doing. i remember one down in texas when she came, and she was going church downa black in -- i believe it was houston, i believe. and i went with her, and to see the adoration that these people -- and people were lined up in the streets waiting for her. .nd it was so touching of course i was older at that time. times when she did not receive such warm welcomes as well. now i did not have the opportunity to travel with her internationally. my brother and sister dead, some of my other cousins, but i did not unfortunately. >> what were some of those things, the negative perception that your grandmother received, and what was your reaction to that? david roosevelt: you know, i can remember a few cases of where there would be, within the crowd there would be signs, you know, that were derogatory towards my grandmother. and you know, it did not bother me so much because i knew that she -- at the time

we visited the grounds and went to the home of david roosevelt, a grandson of president and mrs. osevelt, to talk about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. david roosevelt: it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that it really kind of hit me that she andreally special person something of a

where roosevelt institute resident historian david will recount final 100 days of franklin roosevelt's life and presidency. and we wrap up the week on friday at the national constitution center in philadelphia for the annual bill of right day suppose. many of these events are are open to the public look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. sunday at 7 p.m. eastern, on booktv on c-span2, former senior advisor to secretary of state rex tillerson discussing had his book digital world war islam extremist and fight for supreme city. congress is king distribution is queen and she wears pants in the family and if you think about that, you know, the way i like to think about isis and others is that -- you know, it's we're in a con tengt war. then at 8 former msnbc news anchor with everything you need to know about social media without having to call a kid. >> everybody can get together and join together to do incredible things and if there's stories in the book about what others are done with social media. and social media it's not really new. all what's new is delivery pla

thursday, fdr presidential library in hyde park, new york, where roosevelt resident instituted resident historian davidvollmer recounting the final 100 days of franklin roosevelt's life. we wrap up the week on friday at the national constitution center in philadelphia, for the annual bill of rights day symposium with authors at noah feldman and gerard mowgli elba. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span2. ..

we do have a new accident just coming in on the roosevelt boulevard southbound at rhawn street and you know, davidcking the inner lanes causing a little slowing. >> i just always thought that would be cool. >> it would be cool. >> riding around pulling the cans off seemed good. sprinkles and showers down in dover and south jersey, others out to the west pushing to the east but i'll note have you to go north of allentown to start getting snow and mixed precipitation. we're fairly mild this morning. there are the numbers. even up in allentown 39 degrees. be careful of a little moisture on the road nonetheless because of those sprinkles that may at times be coming through. later this afternoon as cold air rushes in, that's when we might get a brief snow shower up in the lehigh valley, maybe berks county. for your commuter forecast though not too bad. about 40 on the subway platform by 7 o'clock and more or less the same story between 4, 5, 6 o'clock tonight getting a high of 47 this afternoon. winds are going to pick up. temperatures will really crash this evening, though. temperatures at the airport

david savage. also on this holiday weekend, historian robert examines the political life of franklin d roosevelt.

david savage. also on this holiday weekend, historian robert examines the political life of franklin d roosevelt. spelman college president emeritus, beverly tatum discusses race relations in america. that is just a handful of the programs airing this weekend on book tv on c-span2. for complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> okay. thank you everyone for being here. book culture on columbus is so pleased to host this conversation tonight. for first, a round of applause for our guest. >> thank you. >> we are also so lucky to have michael gerard here tonight in conversation. maybe a quick show of hands of this is your first time to book culture on columbus. >> welcome. >> some of you may remember this space. 20 years ago. we will be three this november and we are so pleased to be part of the upper west side and to be a place to celebrate great important new work. in order to keep us here on the upper west side, i would encourage you to pick up a copy or two or three of tonight's book so we can continue bringing great authors and to be a stronghold for important work. you may have noticed that book t

yesterday, david, so we're expecting more of the same fare today t you want to stay warm by the fire. what you don't want is a car fire. that's what we had overnight here along the rooseveltlevard extension just north of this point at ridge avenue. everything is cleared out now. all lanes reopened. you're good o to go here to go along the roosevelt boulevard extension this morning with no delays. i don't really expect any delays at least not for a you believe cold front hours. we might see a little more volume than we saw yesterday. yesterday there were no delays in the morning whatsoever and the afternoon was substantially busier. no overnight construction of course this holiday week here along the schuylkill expressway at south street. headlights are zipping along westbound toward the vine street expressway. on the big picture so far so good along 95. no issues on the blue route to report. but there are a number of suburban issues in the northeast that water main break still blocking willits road from yesterday morning. grant and academy can get you around it and we still have a crash out in west sadsbury this morning along stradsburg road at len over road. we'll be wat