nancy and marion became eleanor roosevelt's political mentors when eleanor roosevelt was just getting started in political life. we are in a room that originally was a living room in office for eleanor roosevelt's secretary mel mina thompson or tommy, she was called. she lived here until her death in the early 1950's, with eleanor roosevelt. mrs. roosevelt took over the use of this area and this became her office sitting room. this is where she would receive guests. this is where she would work every day. at this desk, which was made at the val-kill industries. the industry thing about the desk is there's a little lame plates on there. it's actually her first name is misspelled on the nameplate. this was given to her as a gift by a child. she obviously noticed right away that her name was misspelled but you didn't say a word, she said thank you very much and she used it from that day to the time of her death. this tells you a lot about eleanor roosevelt. it was not important to her that her name was misspelled, she appreciated the gift of the child had given her. mrs. roosevelt wrote

i'm going to introduce you to a woman that was the most powerful than eleanor roosevelt in washington during this period. she had known her she knew franklin roosevelt when he first ran for vice president and have been with him through his polio recovery and when he was governor of new york and arrived in washington, d.c. in march of 33 she was technically the secretary that was almost a de facto chief of staff. if you wanted to see the president, you had to see missy this is a very sexist time in washington and it was difficult for women to be acknowledged in the role the roles they played. eleanor was breaking bounds by her exercise of her role as the first lady and what it meant to be a first lady and missy redefined what it meant to be the president's assistant. so please come a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you for that warm greeting. you may know that the president has on his way up for vacation and i will be joining him there with some of the other staff in the white house family. it's the first time he's been there since he was stricken with polio in 1920. it ended yesterd

but my story about grandmothers in the white house is about eleanor roosevelt. and everyone knows she and her mother-in-law had a very intense relationship. but i picked up a book by one of the grandchildren, and i discovered eleanor was a very cold grandmother. and sarah, the great-grandmother was the real grandmother. she was a typical grandmother. gave them presents, over indulged them. and just to make sure everybody was understanding what was happening, they called sarah, all the grandchildren, granny. and guess what they called eleanor? >> mrs. roosevelt? >> gromare. not making that up. i told that story and one of the children stood up -- that was one of the stories you should you would have heard before you wrote your book. >> exactly. >> well, i'm dale gregory vice president for public programs. we're always thrilled to have you, a great audience. and i want to give a special thanks to leslie stall. i don't know how many years we have been doing this women in the white house. she shows up every time and she does many other programs with us. so keep your

my story is about eleanor roosevelt. everybody knows she and her mother-in-law had a very tense relationship. i picked up a book by one of the grandchildren and i discovered eleanor was a very cold grandmother and sarah, the great grandmother, was the great grandmother. they loved her. she was a trip kal grandmother. over inall j them and just to make sure everybody knew what was happening. guess what they called eleanor? >> mrs. roosevelt? >> nand fact i told that story here one night and one of the grandchildren stood up and told -- >> yes. i remember. >> we are always thrill today have you. you're a great audience. i want to give a special thanks to leslie. i don't know how many years we have been doing women in the white house panel. she shows up every time and she does many other programs with us. keep your eye out for leslie. she is always coming back. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >>> and just another announcement for another program. i think louis was talking about the program in m

here and there, and eleanor's letters their comments. she says when he -- he had lost a lot of weight over the previous year, some had to do with the diet that was imposed on him by his doctors in order to relieve pressure in his heart. but he looked pretty bad at the inauguration. when he reached malta, people who saw him there, staff people who had not seen for a couple of weeks like chip on, the diplomat were shocked by how much worse he looked. so, i think there is a case that can be made that the trip was something he put a lot of stock in and thought he had to do it, but he knew by then he knew clearly that he was taking a big risk just from the strenuous of the trip and watson, one of his key aides died on the trip, harry hopkins nearly died on the trip. it was a dark time. >> i forget what the question was, i'm just rambling. >> sue in your book that you mentioned that doing somehow found out that he had broken the japanese code and there was pressure both ways to release that information during the campaign. tribune's printers r

because i know that you think, she, eleanor roosevelt, broke the mold, right? we all know she broke the mold. let me give you another example of her just to confirm, there she is. she broke the mold, yes, but who made the cracks in the mold, i ask you? who did it? well, the subject of our talk tonight florence harding. so florence harding i will suggest, created a model for other first ladies -- sorry, i'll get used to this for first ladies to carve out culture in a way that eleanor and others really were others wouldn't, and it was path breaking and something others would follow. she helped pave the way for the activism that we have seen growing over the last century since she was empowering and it is almost a century, if you think about it. so she was well recognized for her boldness in the nation's affairs. she was, of course, the first first lady to vote for her husband. i don't have to do that. i forgot. i have this nice little gadget. i have a picture for voting -- actually, i don't want. i have a picture of what she thought people were voting and she cam

i think eleanor roosevelt had an extraordinary influence.icy and in her way, and what she espoused and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there was another one i don't know i will get to, about the firebrand and the first lady. so, it is a big undertaking. i am excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. announcer: book tv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter at book tv or instagram at book underscore tv. or posted to our facebook page, facebook/tv. -- book tv. next, a conversation about iran's nuclear program and the influence in iraq, syria and yemen. the expandingted influence in the region. the heritage foundation hosted the forum. >> good afternoon, welcome to >> welcome to the heritage foundation. guests in-house, we would ask that courtesy check that. off as we prepared to begin. for those watching online, you're welcome to spend -

i'd like to ask eleanor a quick question.eanor is one of the outstanding people that we have serving with us on the board. just given your work as a white house correspondent for years i would love to really weigh in just within the policy world and how has the discourse around disabilities changed over the years? >> in reference to my -- it's part of the mclaughlin group. i am not "wonder woman". i'm not jumping off of tall buildings. that's the next generation of women. when we had the antiwar movement , we had the civil rights movement and we had the women's movement so i'm accustomed to thinking in terms of movements to generate such social change and this disability rights community is really on the cusp of claiming that title of a movement. if i had to chart the modern-day evolution of this issue i would have to give credit to george h.w. bush, president bush and the ada coming together with tony kwai low on the democratic side and the majority leader of in the house at the time. that really raised awareness and it crea

did eleanor talk about him as you were growing up? >> it's interesting, first, i was too young to really remember my grandfather. but, i don't recall myndmother e grandmother ever specifically discussing fdr with us. you know, they had an interesting if you willing if y relationship, certainly it was not the kind of marriage that one would think of as a normal marriage. yet, they had such a strong partnership they had such respect for each other and each other's work really, that it really made it a special relationship i think. if i would asked my grandmother about fdr, she would answer and it was always very positive, very loving if you will. but she did not dwell on that. m i don't think my grandmother really enjoyed enjoyed being first lady, enjoyed being married to the president.lt although i think she realized after fdr became president that it placed her in a position where she could have impact in the areas that she was really interested in herself. civil rights, human rights obviously, things like that, education. so it reall

i think eleanor roosevelt is extraordinary influence. in her way, in what she espoused , and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one and i don't know that i'll get to it. it's about the firebrand and the first lady. so, as i say, it's a big undertaking, but i'm excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter apple tv, or instagram at book, -underscore tv, or posted to her facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. put tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> from this morning's "washington journal", a segment on the national flood insurance program. >> joining us from south carolina, robert herwig. he is a codirector of the centet for risk and uncertainty management and previously the president and economist of the insurance information organization of new york spee2 thank you. glad to be here. >> we are tiny about the national flood insurance progra could you remind our viewers what th

in sight is basically a waste my guess is joel pollak and now joining the conversation with us is eleanor clift i know or for thirty five years a veteran of the washington d.c. press corps columnist for the daily beast also a political commentator and author she joins us from washington d.c. alomar know you've been listening to our joel said so far what's your initial reaction well i think initially. way on the progressive left thought that with ban it out of the white house that we'd be applauding but i'm not so sure that that's my reaction i think breitbart now becomes a important tool in the in the president's arsenal to try to get some of the campaign commitments that he made to try to get them fulfilled and that will put him at odds with the republican party in the congress and so i think it's going to be great entertainment to watch but i see. spec were just going to get more chaos and very little accomplished on any of the president's goals or any of the country's goals that you think banning will be supporting the trump agenda and breitbart news a yes yes and it's an agenda that t

strategist and eleanor goldfield creative activist and host of act out occupy dot com thank you both for being with us it's great. so a still unidentified man has been taken into custody after he drove his car into a crowd of marchers last night in st louis actually is not for us those marchers were participating in a protest honoring a local transgender woman who was killed by the police earlier this month wednesday's attacks came just a few weeks after neo nazi james lee fields jr drove his car into an anti-fascist march in charlottesville virginia killing one person and injuring nineteen is the american right turning into isis eleanor. i think i think the comparison is a little difficult to make but do we have a religious right wing extremist in this country country absolutely and as somebody who is in charlottesville in their feet away from what happened. they can definitely say that the american right is willing. and ready to take lives for their beliefs just like isis is and there are six states that have put up bills that would protect a driver's right to plow into protesters

eleanor mentioned opportunity. something that is important to me at this point, i have lived with a disease since i was six years old. out thating the word we has people with chronic health conditions want the same opportunity and want to be able to advocate on the same level and people to be secretary of treasury or something at a high level. i think that is something that is important that we need to get out there. college of mobilizing students and university students, i feel like we need to share stories. we need to get our story out there and tell them that these are the needs. for example, a couple of indiana university students and i are starting something called the health advocacy summit to take place in october. that is where we has college students, a lot of this with -- a lot of us with chronic illness, will be mentoring. sharing your story and not settling for a lesser option is important. i agree completely. we need to have better conversations and not be afraid to talk about disability put -- disabil

the three books about eleanor roosevelt written by blanche wise and cook, the early years, the middle years and the prewar in the postwar years. that will be my project. i'm going to try to read all three of these volumes. i think eleanor roosevelt was an extraordinary influence on public policy and what she espoused and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one that i would get to it but it's about the firebrand in the first lady. as i said, it's a big undertaking and i'm excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading list be a twitter or instagram or posted to our facebook page. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> now, on c-span, a review of the 2018 f

the three books about eleanor roosevelt. years,ly years, middle and that the prewar and postwar years. that is going to be my project for the summer. try to read all three. i think eleanor roosevelt is an onraordinary influence in her way and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. it is also another one, i would get to it. it is about the firebrands and the first lady. excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. to know whatnts you are reading. send us your summer reading list twitter @booktv or facebook.com/booktv. television for serious leaders. >> the wisconsin congressman and to illinois congresswoman par and discussion for the best strategies for progressives for lobbying congress and building grassroots leadership. >> good morning, everyone. great to see you. at 9:00faces so early a.m. we appreciate you coming out and we will endeavor to do our part on the panel to make it worth your while. our goal for this panel is to provide best practices for our lobbying congress. we have thr

i'm going to get to eleanor because i promised you i would.rence has made the cracks and now we have the woman who broke the mold. once of the things florence was concerned about was making sure women and women's opportunities and you probably know she made sure women had access to her as a journalist. so she only would talk to women journalists to make sure they had opportunities. and the other thing that she also like florence was very interested in veterans. and you nay know that it's an amazing story during world war ii she traveled thousands of miles and met hundreds of thousands. i don't know if she touched hundreds of thousands. she met in large groups of soldiers. she went to australia. she went to new zealand. she broke parts of her ears in the traveling in planes. she was someone who like florence, but going much further because it was world war ii and she had more of an opportunity, was very very active in reaching out to those who were suffering in the war. now of course like florence too she had to deal with yes problems like this

thank you, eleanor.ople came to observe a minute's silence to pay respects to the dead and injured from the attacks last night, in which 14 people lost their lives and around 130 were injured. a minute's silence in front of the king of spain and the spanish prime minister. then, long applause, and chance from the crowd of, we're not scared, we are not afraid, so a gesture of defiance from the people of barcelona and the tourists who flock here, that they will not be cowed by terrorism. our top story this lunchtime... crowds gathered in barcelona to pay respects to those who lost their lives in the terror attacks. a massive manhunt is under way in spain for the man meant by spanish media as a suspect responsible for mowing down 13 people in barcelona. and in sport, europe captain annika sorenstam is hoping careful planning will help them regain the solheim cup from the united states when the 15th edition of the event begins in ireland later on. —— in iowa. it's emerged that the defence secretary sir micha

david: this is a letter from eleanor roosevelt, 1955, wishing president truman birthday wishes.ave quite a bit of correspondence between president truman and eleanor roosevelt, some of which is on our website. this is a book, we are not sure how this came into president truman's possession but it is a copy of mein kampf. from 1926, it is apparently signed by adolf hitler. so. that is one of the prized possessions here at the library. who can name the person in the photo? >> stalin. david: yes. potsis that potts dam -- dam. this is 1945. sorry, ok, thank you. here is another photo, anybody want to guess who is on the left? >> churchill. david: thank you. this is july 23, 1945. this is a dinner program, from potsdam. president truman was a very prolific letter writer. he would write to relatives and other people. he got the sign and he stuck it in an envelope and mailed it to margaret. if you look closely at it you could see on the slide on the left, there are three signatures josephby harry truman, stalin, and winston churchill. there are a lot of signatures on the right as well.

eleanor well. thank you thanks for being here excellent new book showed off here paradigm of paradigm last let's let's unpack the title to begin with let's start there what does paradigm loss mean to you. well it's from the milton pound paradise lost so i kind of stole.

eleanor welcome thank thanks for being here. excellent new book let's show it off here paradigm of paradise lost let's let's unpack the title to begin with let's start there what does paradigm loss mean to you. well it's from the milton poem paradise lost so i kind of stole that title but as they say great artists steal good artists borrow so i started there the idea being that we have to lose the paradigm that our government can work for us in the current system that we live in and in order to lose that paradigm art is a vehicle in order to do that so the book seeks to manufacture dissent rather than consent and i use radical verse and visuals in order to do that you know use a little bit of everything was black and it's beautiful it's beautiful art and i mean that in terms of the poetry as well but spectacle i feel like is so often used to destruct that's a lot of what our society is it's designed to take our attention away from what's important and focus it on shiny things and everyone's well news article dangle the keys in f

if you look up kemp alderson, you will find eleanor roosevelt associated. it was actually constructed during the time of the coolidge administration in 1927. but the ideas for it came from fl florence and people around her. she was also as i mentioned very interesting in animal rights. and she had laddie bithere who kept her company as well. but i want to go on and talk a little bit about the some of the difficulties that florence had to face. and i have mentioned about her illness, but i don't know if you know this woman, who i don't know if she's treating those animals well, but i hope she is. this is carry philips. she and her husband jim were very close to the hardings. they would vacation together even after the affair started. between carrie and warren, jim was also sickly, the husband of carrie. so what do you think happened? oh, yes, so carrie and warren became very attached. and this is a really interesting story because the full revelations of their letters did not appear until 2014. i mean this is repeat, right? why was this? because when they we

and in fact, as you like to when you accompany me, we'll walk to the speaker's desk where huey and eleanor had just finished a discussion or were discussing everything. you get an idea that from there, you can see the entire chamber. you have to remember, huey long, while being a hands-on governor, he was also a hands-on senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. o.k. allen was the governor at the time but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature. even more so, some say, because now he was a u.s. sitting senator. so as we walk, this is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long was -- prior to his assassination was huey long standing right about here where this chair is. and the speaker of the house who was presiding, watching the happenings was leaning over, talking to senator, former governor huey long. it was after those conversations were finished that they walked down the chamber. walked down the hall right there, outside of the chamber and were returning to -- remember, the governor's office. huey long wasn't the

eleanor, what do we know about the government's plans?hed in autumn. we understand that the idea of visa free travel is on the table, and as you said, that would mean that if you are visiting from the eu and you are just mean that if you are visiting from the eu and you arejust on a mean that if you are visiting from the eu and you are just on a holiday 01’ the eu and you are just on a holiday or here for a short amount of time, you wouldn't need a visa. but if you wa nted you wouldn't need a visa. but if you wanted to come here on study or work 01’ wanted to come here on study or work or stay here long—term, you would need to apply and get permission. the idea being that an employer, for example, couldn't just take the idea being that an employer, for example, couldn'tjust take somebody on who was visiting here for a short time. it does, though, seem to leave open the possibility, and of course we are waiting for all the details on this, that people from the eu could come here looking for work without having first applied for a working v

i think that eleanor roosevelt was an extraordinary influence on public policy and in her way of whatshe espoused in the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one but i don't know i'll get to it about the firebrand in the first lady. as i say, it's a big undertaking and i'm excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. >> booktv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter or instagram or posted to our facebook page.

i'll speak with alan dershowitz and eleanor holmes norton in a moment. here's the context. trump allies finding a new target, some attacking the entire process of the grand jury system. here's newt gingrich tweeting that it would be biased which it is in d.c., and while that's politicians, and alan dershowitz said the d.c. jurors could be tilted because of voter registration, saying the district of columbia jury pool, whoev overwhelmingly democratic, they might be hospitable to mueller. there's no one-to-one association. dershowitz writes, to say that race doesn't matter at all blinks reality or at least that's what most experienced prosecutors and defense attorneys will tell you. in a moment i will hear from the representative for washington. but now i'm joined by harvard law professor alan dershowitz. professor, isn't the important question here whether there's evidence of crimes, not all of these geographic issues that you're writing about it? >> you need process, too, in order to determine whether there's enough evidence. you need a fair process. all i said is that the

thank you eleanor.sions at a chemical works in texas, which was badly flooded by tropical storm harvey. the owner of the plant near houston, had warned that a loss of power, meant volatile chemicals could overheat. the surrounding area has been evacuated. this report from simonjones contains some flashing images. there have already been two at the arkema chemical plant near houston. the site is flooded. it's lost power. the volatile chemicals can't be kept cool. the owner had warned this was inevitable, and the concern is there could be more blasts to come. bus—loads of people have been told not to return to the area. fleeing not just their fleeing notjust their homes but the danger of blasts. hundreds of thousands of people have now been displaced by harvey. some have paid with their lives. the bodies of four children and their great—grandpa rents were discovered in this van, which had been swept away by the floodwaters. the mexican foreign minister, on a visit to washington, has now offered to help wi

however, the congressional black caucus has not yet crafted new legislation as they have to of dc eleanor homes norton said she's ordering her staff to prepare a report on the history of every one of these confederate statues. of she will then in turn make a decision how to proceed after receiving that report. live at the u.s. capitol, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. >>> this morning, the montgomery county judge denied a new sentencing hearing for dc sniper lee boyd malvo. he was convicted as a 17-year-old for participating in sniper attacks that killed ten people in the washington region. his attorney is challenged his six life sentences in maryland and virginia. a recent u.s. supreme court ruling said that mandatory life sentences witho unconstitutional for juveniles. the montgomery county state's attorney said the original findings stood the test of time >> the bottom line is, way you analyze this case, this is a complete loss for mr. malvo. the challenges that were raised, that the statue -- the days opinion that is he relied upon don't apply. his sentence was not illegal. >> malvo i

councilmembers along with delegate eleanor holmes norton are calling for the removal of the statue. delegate norton says that she will be speaking with the national park service as soon as congress comes back from recess in september. jim. >> thanks so much. >>> it was just a week ago tonight when we were showing you some of the first disturbing images from charlottesville. hundreds of white supremacists held a rally lit by tiki torches chanting anti-semitic phrases. >> it was reminiscent of ku klux klan rallies from generations ago, and the first confrontation in what would become a deadly weekend. news4's leon harris joins us now. leon, so much has week. >> i know, what a week that town has lived through. they started out on a simmer, went to seething and tonight everything is solemn. so much has happened and yet there's still so much we don't know about what happens next. still up in the air tonight is the future of that robert e. lee statue in emancipation park that was such a draw for so many. charlottesville mayor says today that he wants a special session of the state legisla

also in the news this morning 4:50, happening today eleanor holmes norriton is holding annual job faivrmentindustry in the region will be at the washington convention center, construction, retail labor unions, restaurants, hoe telling you name it you can meet employers face to face. job job seekers must bring proof of d.c. residency. >> tonight they break ground on cold field house states of the art building brings together researchen innovations, athletics and clinical practice under one roof and allowing groundbreaking stutdyes involving brain jerz and neuro science. >> that's a historic building in the sports worldnd championship was there first all black basketball team texas western. >> now studying brain injuries. >> 4:5 1st time now. coming up next bill cosby lead attorney looking to lead the case. >> need help study suggests queen elisabeth may ab head of drinking curve. >> as we head to break a live look across the d.c. yelling roon. time 4:5 1. temperature 75. back in a when it's time to move to underwear toddlers see things a bit differently thanks to pampers easy ups while they

florida.mer land key, eleanor on the line. caller: good morning. thank you for my call. i write flood insurance down here in the florida keys. our housee issues are is elevated based on the base flood level. the government comes in and so the water is going to get eight feet high. in order to keep your rates lower, your house has to be above the eight foot level. i don't see that happening in the areas that flight continuously along the rivers. i don't see them elevating the houses the way they force us to do a down here. on the mobile home owner. i cannot afford flood insurance. if i get flooded out, i will have to carry that cost by myself. when premiums run anywhere from $200 for an elevated home to $2300 a year for flood insurance based on the ground-level home built in 1953, you can understand when those numbers came out that the expense of making the actuary rates -- we don't even know what that term means. people would pay $30,000, $40,000 a year. be justemiums need to as high straight across the board for homeowners. rich people come down here. they don't buy flo

d-c delegate eleanor holmes norton wrote a letter to us secretary of state rex tillerson-- saying whengs become vacant or run down they may pose health and safety risks. they also start impacting property values. delegate holmes-norton urges tillerson to use his authority to pressure foreign urges tillerson to use his authority to pressure foreign governments to fix these buildings. it's xx and we're just getting started. right now at 4:xx houston underwater. tens of thousands evacuated from their homes this morning - authorities fear the worst is yet to come and that fatalities could soar once those devastating and historic flood washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. good morning washington. - wet, windy, and cool today - awaiting 5am update from nhc to see if irma has formed - warmer tomorrow; dry through friday - rain from harvey arrives this weekend (saturday) - dry labor day monday today: wet and windy. unseasonably cool. highs: 67-70 winds: ne 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. lingering shower. lows: 61-67 winds: ne 10-15 mph wednesday: partly sunny. warmer. hi

eleanor tinsley, the change in landscape is staggering. and abc's senior meteorologist, rob marciano, joins us from katy, texas with what the hurricane still has in store. >> reporter: thankfully, the rain lifting now, but wind picking up. it's about 50 miles south of port arthur, texas, and heading towards the border. look at the heavy rain falling in louisiana, and the heaviest it will be across southwest louisiana as it comes on shore, and passes alexandria. that moisture getting up into the mid mississippi valley. we have widespread flash flood watches and about 5 to 10 inches falling, and moefs that east of houston, and as you know, the water in many areas still rising, tom. >> millions still in the path. all right, rob. thank you. >>> and a programming note tonight, on thursday, disney will hold a day of giving. it includes all of to our programs and our partners throughout the day on abc, from aur affiliates to aur broadcast, "gma," "nightline" and right here at "world news tonight." as well as free yp form, radio disney, and our pl