but she was a great friend and admirer of eleanor roosevelt. that was sort of her idol. this picture shows that at one time eleanor roosevelt was in texas, and these two had the lovely meeting together. and i think that was one of the high spots of her life because she so admired eleanor roosevelt. >> what did lyndon johnson get from his mother? >> he never would have been president without his mother. she was a great believer in education, a tremendous interest in all things literally. she insisted on going to college, even when in the last year she had to pay her own way through because her father had lost his money. when lyndon graduated from high school, he said, that's it, no more education for me, that's it, i'm finished with it. well, she was heartsick because it meant so much to her. he went off and had a year in california, just knocking about, then came back to johnson city in texas and worked with pick and shovel 09 road gang. it broke her heart. he would come back, he would carouse at the road houses at night. he would come home drunk. he was clearly going do

>> ultimately that was a hugely controversial issue eleanor roosevelt who was not much of an advocate for jewish issues during the war becomes a major advocate after but the state department threatens to resign if chairman supports the state of israel ultimately he does come out to support the state of israel and immediately recognizes the state of israel and becomes a hero even though earlier he was criticized to be anti-semitic. i think fdr would have done the same thing he was strong on the establishment of palestine when he was governor he issued a statement saying he supported a jewish homeland in palestine he opposed those with innovation policy and constantly tried go back channels to pressure the british to modify the white paper and spoke out in favor of a jewish homeland at the end of his life, he is gravely ill and traveled to the suez canal to meet with the king of saudi arabia to persuade him to except the jewish state in palestine to offer incentives and got absolutely no where for that and was gravely ill so much he was operating on there of instead of flying back to th

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and this is a movement that einstein, eleanor roosevelt, henry wallace, a lot were involved in, and fromm is too. only unlike many of the others, fromm can shower out millions of dollars to support the one world movement. so this is fromm, these are, i think, his major contributions. and maybe you have 10 or 12 questions. [laughter] [applause] >> do we have, and if we don't have such intellectuals now -- but i'm not sure, maybe we do -- do we have that kind of respect for the intellectual now? we could send somebody to iran and talk to them about their nuclear policies and overcome these obstacles. or do we not have people like that anymore? >> is that supposed to be an easy question? [laughter] well, we run across the street an annual conference on elected officials to try to figure out what it is. you can, obviously, in this town and chomsky is obvious, robert lipton's obvious, but beyond that it's hard. there's a historian wrote a book called "the last intellectual," and the theme was that act deem was crushing it out, was preventing it, that academia is not a place for public intellec

unlike hillary clinton or eleanor roosevelt, it wasn't a husband who promoted her. she was working class. lived above a grocery store. really made her own way into things. and even the iron lady, i mean, originally the task network and the soviet union used it as a criticism of her and mocked her. she embraced that iron lady motif. yet she always had the learned manners of the british aristocracy. reagan would always let her walk in front as a proper lady. and that word, lady, she took very seriously, yet she was a hawk on the cold war and was suspicious of the european integration movement, particularly the euro, was more about the special alliance. i think -- with the u.s. i think there is, like you said, chris, churchill and fdr, and then there's thatcher and reagan. she embodies what the special relationship's all about. >> the great thing about churchill, and i'm a churchill buff, or nut even, was he knew he had to fight the nazis. there was no talking to these guys. they had to be beaten. i watched "winds of war" the other night again. the guy says the only th

first lady eleanor roosevelt resigned from the daughters of the revolution in protest.se for a new concert. that concert was moved outside to the lincoln memorial. it was april 9th, 1939. easter sunday. 75,000 people, black and white, came to watch. ♪ my country 'tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i sing ♪ >> ma -- millions of other americans listened on the radio. and with that historic performance, anderson became a civil rights icon. 24 years later, she sang at the lincoln memorial again. when dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech. and her spirit was there in 2009 when barack obama went to lincoln memorial to celebrate his election as the nation's first black president. ma marian anderson gave vote to a call for justice and the awakening of a civil rights movement. e

>> eleanor roosevelt, i think. why does she end up in the number two spot?> there is a distant in time. people have other images. people that knew -- people are still alive and that no eleanor roosevelt. she is modern. if you did a survey now, jacqueline kennedy would probably rate much higher because people know and like her at that time. the only thing we have from abigail are the letters. >> and she is still in the number two spot. not bad. she seemed to route this to hundred years being the second most influential first ladies based on the letters you have been spending your career on. >> also, if you see her influence on her husband, i do not know there have been many first ladies that have had that kind of influence. >> a specific example of an important policy that you see she worked on him? >> i do not know of a particular policy. it is that he consults her all the time. her letters at a certain point are divided into two things, this is what is happening with the children, this is what is happening on the farm, here are my thoughts about politics. s

bush at the president's request and is also the recipient of the eleanor roosevelt award and second amendment she refers book called god, the gunman, and me. needless to say, her experience brazen incredibly personal perspective to the issue of firearms policy. please help me welcome our panelists today. [applause] mary katherine ham, qaeda we start with you? >> hello. it is a pleasure to be here. i am a sucker for colorado. anytime you guys need me, just holler. i love it here. and it is a pleasure to be on this panel with folks who frankly know a lot more about this issue that i do, and especially over here, the bonafide hero. is exciting to be here with you guys as well. the toughest fire i go up against. just kidding. last week i did get into a fiery debate. it is actually about as close as i get to biting someone set up on tv because the implied, of course, and you will recognize the strategy, somewhat disappointing to me because there actually friends in real life, he implied that i did not care about victims of gun violence because i happen to believe the second amendment is useful and

eleanor roosevelt helped put together the declaration of human rights.that is a great source of inspiration for people around the world, especially human rights. i also believe from my travels that there's something else. that is that we are all alike, all the same. whether you're a mother or father or a mother or father in kenya or ethiopia or asia or latin america, we all care about our kids. we all care about our families. we all care about our security. i believe even know we are doing great things, i want to give brasov credit for this see the future they may have to promote agricultural growth and food security over the world. we have to invest much much more in that. if we had known around the world as a leader in the effort to end extreme poverty and hunger, people would like us more. i have this radical idea of people healthier, they don't want charity. i'm the author george mcgovern robert dole food for education program, basically the school lunch program that has incentives to create sustainable self-sufficient school feeding programs in vari

and you know the famous story of eleanor roosevelt taking a.phillip randolph to meet with fdr, and he describes the condition of black people many this country to president fdr, roosevelt. he describes the condition of working people in this country, and fdr listens intelligently and then responds, i don't disagree with anything you've said, but you'll have to make me do it. and interestingly, when barack obama was running for president the first time, he was in the backyard of a new jersey home, about 100 people there to see him, and he was taking questions. and a man at the back raised his hand and said what are you going to do about the middle east? he repeated the story of a. phillip randolph and fdr and fdr saying to a. phillip randolph, make me do it. that's interesting for anyone in this country to be a responsible citizen. you have to make your demands known. but rosa parks knew just what she was doing. she was an activist. she trained at the highlander center in tennessee. king had been there. black and white together learning to most

mothers did not mean them but george pullman why they need to organize in the famous story of eleanor roosevelt with fdr and he describes the condition of black people to the president fdr and the condition of working people and fdr response i don't disagree with anything you have said the will have to make me do it. interestingly when barack obama was running for president, the first time time, he was in the backyard of a new jersey home with 100 people and taking questions and a man said what you going to do about the middle east? he repeated the story of a philip randolph and fdr and he said make me do it. that's interesting for anyone in this country to be responsible citizen. you have to make your demands known. but rosa parks knew just what she was doing. she was an activist and trained at the highlander center in tennessee. black and white together learning to effectively strategizing to change the law. the media denigrates activists but what could be more noble to dedicate your life to be a better place and to show how brave she was just go back a few months to the summer of 55 to the k

eleanor roosevelt helped put together the universal declaration of human rights. that's a great source of inspiration for people around the world especially human rights defenders. i also believe from my travels that there's something else and that is we're all alike, we are all the same. whether you're a mother or father, here in washington or in massachusetts, or whether you're a mother or father in kenya or ethiopia or a country in asia or latin america, we all have one thing in common. we all care about our kids. .. give you one example. i am the author of this program called the george mcgovern bold program to cover school lunch program that has all kinds of incentives to help create a kind of sustainable self-sufficient school feeding programs in various parts of the world. many of the kids right now are being fed in school because of this program. millions of girls who otherwise wouldn't go to school is going to school because there is a meal. their parents are sending them. these programs are innovative where you go for a school meal, have your class and b

when first lady eleanor roosevelt found out about the snub, she personally invited anderson to performhere. >> reporter: it is at this moment that history comes alive for zenzalai. >> where is it? where is it? and she fights through the crowds to find the spot. >> she sang right where martin luther king had his "i have a dream" speech. >> reporter: zenzalai's parents stretched their budget to pay for her trip, but they believe the experience was priceless. >> i'm glad that she was able the to hear that story, i'm glad that she was able to even be at the mall where dr. martin luther king gave that speech. i don't think she really feels any kind of limitations. i think she really feels like whatever she desires in life, she deserves and can have. >> and it goes without saying that history continues to be made at that very spot in front of the lincoln memorial, because of the connection to marian anderson and martin luther king. beyonce actually requested to stand at that same spot when she sang at president obama's inauguration festivities back in 2009. >> you're reminded, just within a

have just finished a film, a seven-part, 14-hour series that will be broadcast in the fall on eleanor roosevelt believe it or not, is it -- it put together an intimate history of the social and military stores records show, but about the scholarship within their inner lives and their relationships there are the family that has influenced other families more than any other in american history and during a film about dyslexic kids and boys that are * -- to memorize and recite the gettysburg address. we have a jackie robinson film that we are working on. we have just about opened the editing room from the massive series on the history of vietnam. and our civil war series of 1990. ad we are just beginning series on the history of country music called "i can't stop loving you." we will be able to get there. park 5 will air on pbs on tuesday. person writes in and says that nyc need an independent since and panel that can look into any police incidents the results in death. and another person writes that no one seems to care about the victims' rights to see the actual perpetrator prosecutor and convic