sarah polk was sort of an eleanor roosevelt 100 years before there was eleanor roosevelt.she was unpopular because of her influence. the country was not ready for such an active woman, such a sharp woman at the time. she did not have children of her own. in a day and age where a woman was judged as a wife or a mother, the fact she did not have woman allowed her to make politics sort of her vocation and advocation. she sat in congress in the audience and watched sessions of congress. the papers that survived from the polks' time in office, ere are speeches where mrs. polk's handwriting in the margins. she clipped newspaper articles for him to read. there is a cute line where folks would often say about mrs. polk, they would say mrs. polk is a master of herself and we all expect of someone else too. there's also a cute line that i found in an old diary where someone said they went to the white house and were meeting with all the dignitaries and the polks and said the best political conversation was with olk, dot, dot, dot, mrs. polk. washington and abigail madison were influ

nurtured eleanor, when eleanor was not the eleanor roosevelt we know.so i think that ultimately people, strengths, their motives are unfathomable. and i do think that this guy, he had a wonderful relationship with his father who was much older than his mother and became something of an invalid himself when franklin was still a kid, and it was his mother who was really the kind of driving, compelling force. both sides of them were powerful figures, but a great family, terrific family. many role models at franklin followed. is uncle frederick, one of sarah's brothers, a terrific guy who played an important role in the business of finding fdr at the doctor when he had polio, with somebody who became a kind of father figure to fdr after his own father died. so there were lots of good people around fdr when he was a child there but ultimately were these great figures come from? who knows? >> what sparked your interest in fdr speak with she asked where my interest in fdr came from. well, it's partly to talk my grandmother had with me. i think i always as a ch

i called eleanor and said eleanor find out what's happening with the bridge naming and she got back to me and i called alice and alice hung up she didn't want to hear me she was going to do it no matter what. i'm glad she hung up it's occurred i'm now about to have the unveiling of the bridge itself but they screwed up they got the wrong end of the bridge. i share you a view that's what happens to black people in america you get the achievement and they change the rules. that's kind of the way it works (laughter) but it is an incredible on a serious note frankly an incredible achievement and something i want to enjoy day in and day out. i love the cat on the streets read it was going to be named after me he said i'm kind of a tea bargain guy i don't like you at all but i'm going to enjoy rolling over you everyday (laughter) i always want to be accommodating. i'll tell you how significant this is from the african-americans started up. this kids in the school yard i go to make a speech to the school and i know, you know, i've been out of politics for awhile officially. (laughter) unelect

. >> eleanor. >> if he heads off a nuclear bond, that would be huge. if he gets immigration reform, that also would be huge, because that's eluded presidents going back. certainly george w. bush tried it. president reagan made a stab at it and did pass immigration reform, which was then considered a failure at legal'sed 3 million people, but illegal immigration continued unabaited. i think this is a mistake to say this is a presidency that is diminished because he can do things by executive orders and other initiatives, and if you look at the speech, there were, like, 20 executive orders and other initiatives embedded in it. executive orders are not nothing. emancipation proclamation was an executive order. so he could accomplish quite a bit. in the area of climate change, and i think this president believes, like many do, that climate change poses an existential threat to this planet. he can get at that in ways that congress would never go along. you could say this is soft power, if you will. but president clinton at a similar point in his presidency

certainly eleanor was terribly hurt. when he became ill she came to his side, she was at his side for months and nursed him, performed the role of a nurse, the nurse of a man who was paralyzed. she did that for him. i also think once he began his process, his long-term process of physical rehabilitation which often took him away from home especially after he started to go down in warm springs, he was gonna lot. here she decided she was going to embark on her own life, she became the teacher, had a role in a school in new york city and became very active in politics. it was often said at the time and was said since, she was her husband's arms and legs and eyes, she was her own political figure, she was a powerful figure in the democratic party and nationally and i think their lives move on parallel tracks. they helped each other, supported each other, she never tried to tell him what to do. that is not true. after he became president she tried to tell him what to do a lot but she didn't before that. she said franklin, you

eleanor roosevelt is first every time. she really stands out as the quintessential american first lady. we were going to put a picture up first lady in the dictionary it would be eleanor roosevelt. >> why is that? >> we look at 10 different categories. we look at the background of the first ladies. their value to the country. how much value they had to their president. men.her she is her own wo eleanor roosevelt was truly a trendsetting innovator. institution.e that she told american women that they mattered and that they were important in political and social life. clearly, eleanor roosevelt not only campaign for fdr but she was instrumental in setting policy and the tone of the country during very difficult years. for herarmly remembered entire time as first lady and the work that she did subsequent to being a first lady as well. she really was a modern trendsetter for that office. >> the current first lady michelle obama is on that list. is that a surprise that the current first lady on the list? >> it is a little surpr

. >> what was the role of eleanor roosevelt? did she concretely change her husband's attitudes or behavior at any key point? >> i am aware that eleanor roosevelt still has millions of admirers. [laughter] and i always disappoint. governor roosevelt -- eleanor roosevelt grew up in anti-semitic family, and some of her early letters are filled with negative comments about jews. she grew out of it, gradually, but she was not a mover and shaker on most of what we call holocaust issues. she did have a particular concern for children, and she was a supporter of the wagner rogers deal in 1939 which proposed to admit 20,000 german children who outside of the regular quotas. it failed. she took a public stance in favor of it. her husband did not. he was waiting to see how things were going to go in congress, and it didn't come close to passing. she wrote a daily newspaper column your she first mentioned nazi persecution of the jews in 1943, and she wrote that she didn't know what to be done except to win the war as quickly as possible. sh

. >> what is it about the creative personality, eleanor? >> i think we hear about these overdoses from people who are famous, but there are countless people every day who are dying from heroin overdoses in this country. in reading up on this issue, just google heroin epidemic and stories will come up and duluth, minnesota, in rhode island, and certainly the governor of vermont devoted his whole state of the state address to heroin usage in vermont. who would have thought this idyllic state would be coming to this. the gateway is not marijuana. the gateway is prescription drugs. the growth of prescription drugs, painkillers, oxycontin, apparently pave the way for the desire to have a greater high and heroin is excite accessible. in some ways, it's more accessible to marijuana, where on the right path with marijuana, decriminalizing it, making it legal, regulating it. we have to treat heroin addiction as an illness. a relapsing illness. not a moral failing. >> there were a couple notes on it. in the 18th century. samuel taylor frequently used

clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the early first ladies, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today. there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime, beginning with jacqueline kennedy, michelle obama, hillary clinton, lady bird johnson, roselyn carter, betty ford. is there another bias in there for contemporary first ladies? >> i think so. these first ladies are certainly far better known to all of our historians. also, they had a much more wider and important role in the modern era that some of the early first ladies. it is noteworthy to see that abigail adams, dolly madison clearly played important roles. martha washington makes the list. many of the first ladies and some of the ones who fall in the bottom five during the civil war era, with the notable exception of mary lincoln, are little known to many historians. and really, i t

clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the early first the era oflly before partisan politics took place as we know it today. a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime, beginning with jacqueline kennedy, michelle obama, hillary clinton, lady bird johnson, roselyn carter, betty ford. bias in thereer for contemporary first ladies? >> >> i think so. these first ladies are better known to historians. also, they had a much more wider and important role in the modern era that some of the early first ladies. it is noteworthy to see that abigail adams, dolly madison clearly played important roles. watch washington -- martha washington makes the list. many of the first ladies and some of the ones who fall in the bottom five during the civil war era, with the notable exception of mary lincoln, are little known to many historians. and really, i think there would be the notable except

on the campaign trail when i first interviewed her at the white house she sat below a picture of eleanor roosevelt and i told her that i had interviewed only roosevelt and she went because i mean she was we couldn't believe you know that i was twenty two at the time and elmo was in the late sixty's does she still hold that feeling about elma that ever come up in talking to her. we didn't talk to her about that but i do know that one of the things that she has been involved in is a project eleanor roosevelt one of the major universities in d.c. to kill number of stores washing or georgetown off the top of my head but it's a project that was done by women in the lead of black who is now heavily involved in the ready for hillary movement that hillary clinton is very supportive of that she's been a big fan of eleanor roosevelt's got a lot of she's been in public life she channeled her she's. all right guys down do it given this is a prediction amy who will run against her in two thousand and sixteen who will be the republican candidate about the really tough question larry but i i don't know

clearly, eleanor roosevelt stands out. couple of the first ones, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today, but there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. thing, a lot of these first ladies are within our lifetime, beginning with jacqueline kennedy, michelle , bettylady bird johnson ford. is there another bias in their for contemporary first ladies? >> i think so. these first ladies are certainly far well better known to americans. but they have also had a much wider and more important role in the modern era than some of these early first ladies. still, it is still noteworthy to say that some of the early ones, abigail adams, dolly madison, clearly played important roles. martha washington makes the list. we are not without them. but many of the first ladies, some of the ones who fall in the bottom five, during the civil war, with the notable exception -- notable exception of mary lincoln, are little known to many historians. with the notabl

fdr and eleanor roosevelt took the top spot for power couples.is is only the first time it's ever been conducted. >> maybe next year. >> you're right, always next year. >>> why hundreds of people planned to brave the snow and cold and run in their underwear today in d.c. and we've had several injuries and even deaths in the area related to shoveling snow. news 4 can show you just how much stress clearing the snow can put on your heart, right, chuck? >> absolutely right. that heavy wet snow you've got to >>> by this time next week, this winter white wonderland will be a nithing of the past. this recent storm made history dumping 10 inches of snow in parts of northern virginia, 13 inches at dulles. all that snow made for perfect sledding weather as a lot of kids in the middle of a 5-day weekend thanks to the weather. >>> a popular sledding hill could be gone by this time next year. the hill at johns hopkins could be sold to a construction company. the site is just off route 3. it would be the spot of a new 90,000 foot assisted living center. now th

i agree with eleanor, you ought to be absolutely sure you have the right person. do you think the people that we captured after world war ii, the nazis we put on trial for mass murder, they didn't threaten us, we shouldn't have put them to doatsd? what is the proper punishment? judge is the godfather the safest man in the yard in the prison. when he suggests he is going to impose the death penalty, there isn't aappeal and it's immediate. of course it's a deterrent. holder is going after this fellow that did the boston marathon bombing. what is the right punishment for a guy that blows people apart, little children? >> it's in the constitution. nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. when you take someone's life -- >> why do you say it's cruel and unusual when they have the death penalty in every state when the constitution of ratified? >> unusual meaning you're taking a person's life. >> look, it's not altogether rare. texas has it. other states have. >> i'm attacking the prem thaits state can do it in any instance? >> where do you get that? >> a reverence for

public life was a lesson she took from one of herbal models, -- took from one of her role models eleanoroosevelt, "grow skin like a rhinoceros." partnershipa between her family's foundation and the bill and melinda gates foundation. she was closed for an hour by her daughter chelsea along with: the gates -- along with melinda gates. from politico, mark warner tweet. "snowbama" #fail blamed for a deleted tweet. time, waiting of for the virginia gop to claim this winter storm was caused by the affordable care act, #snow bamacare." this got to 26 seconds later. if that respondent -- it got responded to. "is mark warner tweeting political attacks from his official account?" then this came out a minute #fail,"oops, staff removed as quickly as possible. enjoy the rest of your day." that is in politico. this is the front page of "the climate change could lead to global conflict, yet politicians squabble. nicholas start out of the u.k. what do you want from washington, how do you view washington? randy and iowa. caller: good morning. i want more responsibility for that has beenck in washington b

again and again, we see eleanor roosevelt stand out. fdr's partnerly and counselor, but she reshaped the institution and told american women that they mattered and a were important in political and social life. notrly, eleanor roosevelt only campaign for fdr but was instrumental in setting policy and the tone of the country during very difficult years. she's warmly remembered for her entire time as first lady and what she did subsequent to being first lady as well. she was a modern trendsetter for the office. >> the current first lady lady, michelle obama, is on that list will stop is that a surprise to have the current first lady on the list? >> it is a little bit surprising. it is the first time she was included. the last time the survey was taken was just before the obama's took office. she enters at a high level for a do first lady. it actually bumped down hillary clinton to the sixth division. i think michelle obama stands out on a number of categories -- her value to the country, her value to the president, being her own woman and

and then eleanor roosevelt grew up in an anti-somatic family. some of her letters are filled with negative comments about this. >> he did have a very particular concern for children in 1939 was supposed to admit 20,000 german children are outside of the regular quotas. and her husband did not. he was waiting to see how things were going to go. and it didn't come close to pass. and she first mentioned not the persecution of the jews in 1943. and she wrote that she didn't know what could be done except to win the war as quickly as possible. and she was a critic of the state department. but she was more concerned with the fate of persecuted intellectuals than with the jews generally. eleanor roosevelt came to reflect on what had happened at the very end of the war and in the immediate postwar. and it's very unlikely given the public evidence that she was the force behind the scenes and she was the face of franklin roosevelt. based on your historical research roosevelt had served out his term, would he have been there in 1940? and roosevelt probably

. >> eleanor. >> ukraine is primarily about the aspirations of the ukrainian people and they want to go with the european union. the western part of the country is closer to poland and so this is the breech that is occurring. the foreign ministers of the european union, basically talked to the president and talked to the protesters and they helped broker this union. but the incredible violence that we've seen in recent days, i think have made it clear to president putin, that this cause is lost. and so what we've seen in the last several hours, really, is that president putin is backing down. he now seems to be willing to work towards a diplomatic resolution and i think putin played his cards very cleverly up to this point, but the president has not been irrelevant and the president and the european union appear now to have gotten the upper hand. >> rich. >> i think any time, john, the president of the united states says consequences in the international context, everyone around the world laughs up their sleeves. so pat is absolutely right. he's had no impact on this whatsoever. more

i agree with eleanor. you ought to be absolutely sure you've got the right person. but john, to your point, do you think the people that we captured, the nazis we put on trial for neurburg, what is the proper punishment there? and why is the godfather the safest man in the yard in prison? of course, it is a deterrent. some cases -- holder is going after this fellow that did the boston marathon bombing. what is the right punishment for a guy who blows people apart, little children? >> it's in the constitution. excessive bail shall not be required nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. when you take someone's life, that's -- >> why do you say it's cruel and unusual when they have the death penalty in every state, when the constitution was ratified? >> unusual means you're taking a person's life? >> i mean, look -- >> we've evolved. >> it's not altogether rare. texas has it. >> i'm attacking the premise that the state can do it in any instance. >> well, why don't you protect innocent human life? how do you punish people that take innocent human life? >> jail 'em.

her books include crystal eastman, the declassified eisenhower and eleanor roosevelt . she has served as the american historical association vice-president for research. she co-founded the peace history society and the fund for open information and accountability and is a life member. tell us a little about the social and activists he wrote about. >> thank you so much. and they're really just want to thank you all for being here. i want to thank the editors. i want to think francis and brought this and to life as she does so much for all of us to be done just want to sing, working on, no rules about right now who is one of our great socialists. i until i found a column that she wrote on august 10th 1944 just as fdr is going to run for his fourth term in which he is called on american. the new deal is called an american. and everything they stand for is viciously attacked by a bad little republican and his campaign manager so here we are in the 21st century with this great heritage from crystal eastman with world war one, socialist and pass this who founded -- we met at

eleanor roosevelt had 39%.ow much in each case abu , but 69%. >> the girls are in college, maybe it's time for me to -- harvard law grad. maybe she will run. >> she said she doesn't want to run for office, but she wants to do something. >> coming up, a very different subject. online dating always had critics out there, but the tide seems to be turning right now. taking a closer look at the surge of respect and pop lawyerilawyer i popularity of taking to the web. "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." what will your verse be? ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by

i think there's some truth to that. >> and eleanor roosevelt didn't know about twitter.ce, skin like a rhinoceros? does she have it? some say she's thin-skinned. >> i think she's trying to give the image of having a skin like ary no russ. i think annie is right. the hillary clinton strategy, all this noise starts to become an issue for her. how did she stay elevated above the conversation? how in 2014 can she help out democrats in strategic races and stay above the fray so she can enter strong? >> she's working on a book, too, so she will try to reshape this and steer the conversation back to where she wants to get it. everybody stay put. next our reporters empty their notebooks, including you won't want to miss this, a coming judgment day at chris christie. a glimpse at tomorrow's news today next. i asked my husband to pay our bill, and he forgot. you have the it card and it's your first time missing a payment, so there's no late fee. really? yep! so is your husband off the hook? no. he went out for milk last week and came back with a puppy. hold it. hold it. hold it. a

about that but i do know that one of the things that she has been involved in is a project going eleanor roosevelt one of the major universities in d.c. to kill members george washington georgetown off the top of my head but it's a project that was done by women in the lead a black who is now heavily involved in the ready for hillary movement that hillary clinton is very supportive of that she's been a big fan of eleanor roosevelt's. a lot of she's been in public life she channeled her she's. all right guys down do it give you these is a prediction amy who will run against her in two thousand and sixteen who will be the republican candidate about the really tough question larry but i i don't know i mean my personal view as a reporter i'm hoping that the clinton christie race i think that would be a really interesting race for a reporter so that's my own personal view but i think any race against anyone who chooses to run against hillary clinton averaging would be everyone would be great i think i think there'd be a fun race to cover i cover the two thousand and eight campaign i think two

hell i was supposed to do the introduction eleanor what was that i've got nothing left (laughter) >>eriously i was about to walk away. you're welcome to come back and finish your speech. damn (laughter) that ain't right (laughter) i was trying to figure out how the hell we got here today. i got to thinking it make sense; right? this bridge brings people together and casts a big shadow. it's very, very expensive to maintain (laughter) and when theirs gridlock it's the first thing we complain about. that make sense. the real shadow that's been cast it's fun; right? what's jerry brown going to do about this. it's on your mind. i know it's on my mind. man. (laughter) you know, and i've been paepgs. i imagine you guys as well. there's a little bit up manship between governor jerry brown and governor chris thank you. last year wasn't right governor chris thank you referred to our governor as a retread and it was responded to by john he said i exchange governor christie to do stand ups in a heated race. so, now you're thinking about this after that jp morgan washington bridge closures for t

hell i was supposed to do the introduction eleanor what was that i've got nothing left (laughter) >>y. you're welcome to come back and

the role model she modeled herself after was eleanor roosevelt, but there was a great difference between the two. bill clinton and hillary clinton saw from the beginning that they could get to further places together than they could apart. whereas eleanor was active as a first lady, she was really on her own track him a different from president roosevelt. whereas bill clinton relied on hillary for much of his policy from the very beginning, going back to arkansas. it was a reality to them, and his presidency -- it helped and hurt at various times. >> we said at the outset that hillary clinton wasn't first -- hillary clinton was first lady who had quite a few firsts. she was the first first lady to have a law degree. she was first to have an office in the west wing, where policy is made. she was later the first to testify before a grand jury in the investigations that were ramping up. she was the first first lady elected united states senator, the first to run for president, and the first to serve as secretary of state. first you have to go back to the beginning. hillary clinton was born

the members of the public 23 flyers for a forum on pedestrian safety sponsored by the san francisco eleanor roosevelt to occur on february 27th. specified location and time is on this flyer at 6:00 p.m.. accommodations can be provided to all parties who request it 72 hours in advance. there is an e-mail notice at the bottom of the flyer. this form will occur for 2 hours. members of the police department san francisco municipal transportation agendas and several non-profits. including senior disability action and several of the advisory committee will be there to answer questions regarding pedestrians with disabilities and seniors with disabilities. i read it directly on the left. are you concerned about the pedestrian safety. what can city and citizens do to help. the fdr club for san franciscans for seniors and people with disabilities. thursday, 4:00 p.m.. congregation church. supervisor chiu of district three and he's also president of the board of supervisors. state senator mark leno's office, walk san francisco, the police department, sfmta, senior disability actions. these flyers will

why is this different, eleanor?ent position than she was a year ago when she vetoed similar legislation? what could she be contemplating this time around? >> i have no idea what she's contemplating but i would be stunned if she went ahead and signed this legislation. business community and her supporters are very strong in arizona, and they are telling her that the state will lose business if she goes ahead and signs this bill. even some evidence that businesses planning to move there have changed their minds because they can't put their employees into a situation that would have this kind of law hanging over their heads. they are in line for the super bowl, i think they wouldn't get the super bowl if they went ahead and jan brewer has been strong in standing up to the really runaway legislature. she managed to get medicaid funding expansion in her state. you know, expanding obamacare against a lot of opposition. so i think she's going to sign this. but she's going to act like she's really, you know, like it's a rea

we learned eleanor rose roosevelt the one who started the people's right. she brought everyone here. she also took the black lady to sing op ray so we know first ladies have a platform and we hope, as mayor lee said, so these stand for 420 and just remember this where medical marijuana started so denver has taken over. it started here in california. thank you . >> thank you, next speaker. if there are any other members of the public who wish to speak, please line up. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is mr. banks. i haven't spoken in front of you for a while because i've been doing a lot of things in the community, but it just amazes me as i walk through different neighborhoods how clean some neighborhoods are compared to others. when people are cleaning out their apartments and have the oversized dumpsters that a struck truck has to come in and remove, it amazes me how some neighborhoods have to put a top on top of that container so people don't go through the garbage and spread it around the streets and then when you decide to walk through