if there was anyone worse, it was eleanor roosevelt. i did not want my parents to know she was coming to the school, i did everything i could to prevent that. i will never forget the day that she came and we were all lined up to see the car when she arrived, a long black car. she got out and she was very gracious and serious and it was nice, it was wonderful actually. i went away impressed but i could not impress my father. i did not want him to know anything about it. -- a thing about it. >> 10 years from now or 15 years from now, there will be people talking about their stories about rape women arriving and you will be 1 -- great women arriving and you will be one of those. >> possibly. >> [applause] >> coming back to the topic of women in the west and whether or not women had it easier, and i suspect that is a relative term. that is something we would agree. there are interesting numbers that i pulled. foremost western states, less than half of -- four most western states, less than half of the women are married. divorced rates are a

the head mistress had met eleanor roosevelt. and she had invited eleanor roosevelt to come and speak at radford school if she were ever in the el paso area. well, darned if she didn't show up in el paso and agree to speak at radford. and it was a very funny experience for me. because my parents were pretty strong republicans. and roosevelt was not high on their list of people to support. and if there was anyone worse, it was eleanor roosevelt. so i did not want my parents to know that she was coming to the school and i would be seeing her. i did everything i could to prevent that. but i'll never forget the day that she came and we were all lined up out there to see the car when she arrived, a long black car, and she got out, and she was very gracious and, you know serious and it was nice. she was wonderful, actually. so i went away pretty impressed. but i couldn't impress my father enough. i just didn't want him to know a thing about it. >> so my guess is that ten years from now, or 15 years from now, there may be people here at

my favorite part, though, it's not an eleanor roosevelt. you don't think eleanor roosevelt is slinky but the back fastens with a small clasp and if you take the sleeves off you can also open up the back and have it come down and so you get a nice draped low back and it's just such -- it's a wonderful -- very movie star to me. very '30s -- >> such a wonderful, sexy, stylish decade. >> but you don't think of eleanor roosevelt and sexy. >> it's true. you don't. >> no. >> she was a bit of a minx. and christmas readings from the president and mrs. roosevelt. is hard to tell what either one of them is wearing except that it's white. and this is a lawn party for white house guards. well, that was very democratic in it's own way. >> the suit on the right is a dress. always looks like a suit to me but it's a dress and this is what she wore to the first inaugural ceremony. >> interesting. >> it's beautiful. >> they call it eleanor blue but it's a lavender color. it was eleanor blue. oddly we have the hat that's supposed to go with it in the collectio

it appeared to eleanor roosevelt who read the story to her grandchildren. in short order, young dahl started to get back to dinner on a regular basis and started to go to hyde park on the weekends with the roosevelt family. unknown to eleanor roosevelt was the fact that he was filing detailed intelligence reports back to england on everything he heard and saw. the british were obsessed with roosevelt's health. remember in '40, 1940, roosevelt ran for an unprecedented third term. in 1944, he ran for an equally unprecedented fourth term. his health was failing. while the american newspapers didn't report too much on his appearance and the fact that he was growing weaker and weaker, the british were obsessed with the fact that he might not live through the fourth term. they were terrified that henry wallace would become president. henry wallace was extremely left wing. he was virulently anti-empire. the top top of the enemies list. the british did not want him on the ticket. he had been vice president during roosevelt's third term. they needed him off of the ti

it appealed to eleanor roosevelt who read the story to her grandchildren. young dahl was invited to the white house and eleanor roosevelt was charmed and started getting asked back and started to go to hyde park on weekends with the roosevelt family. he was filing detailed reports. the british were obsessed with roosevelt's health. remember, 1940, roosevelt ran for an unprecedented third term. in 1944 he had run for an equally unprecedented fourth term. while the american newspapers did not report too much on his appearance in effect he was growing weaker, british were obsessed that he might not be live through his fourth term. they were terrified henry wallace will become president. henry wallace was extremely left wing. he was anti-empire. he was at the top of the british enemies list. the british did not want him on the ticket. he had been vice president during roosevelt third term. they could not risk henry wallace becoming president if anything should happen to fdr. the british maneuvered endlessly to wallace's name and leaked every bit of dirt about h

and the family e vashthd and prison camp in arizona he how the his college career was over but eleanor roosevelt helped to educate the jcpenney's of japanese-americans he was a long time professor in social we feel the reason why i do this work how many countries in the world can you go from a son of an cabinet dirt poor to a very, very happy professor and social work doing what he loved i believe that every one of our 57 thousand students deserve this kind of opportunity i'm existing about the next four years i intend to work and a on they've expanded the periods okay. my students can't boo and strengthening our work program and making it possible for each of of the 57 thousand students to be college and career ready (clapping) so many people many, many people to thank those of you who helped me get here tonight and thank you san francisco voters and supporters my democratic women in action is here and rosa park organization is here so they've supported and guided me i wanted to acknowledge any school board president fewer and commissioner haney and commissioner maufas and commissioner borden a

but djerassi later wrote first lady eleanor roosevelt, asking for help, and later was given a collegeolarship. during his career, he wrote 1,200 scientific articles. carl djerassi died in san francisco friday. he was 91. >> brangham: a new study conducted by the pew research center found a large gap between what the public believes is dangerous and what scientists believe. for more about this, we are joined now from washington by lee rainie. he is the organization's director of internet, science and technology research. your survey showed some really dramatic gaps between what the general public and scientists believe about things like climate change and vaccines and scientific research. let's talk about some of those gaps. specifically about the food that we eat. you posed a statement that it's quote safe to eat genetically modified foods or gmos. 37% general public says it's safe whereas 88% of scientists said it was. on the statement, quote, it's safe to eat foods grown with pesticides 28% of the public agreed those foods were safe while 668% of scientists said they were. how do yo

after the disaster first lady eleanor roosevelt viewed macarthur with suspicion and things to not improvedble for $1.7 million. >> at that time it was apparent they saw the letters that he had written to her so they're going to put her on the sound of -- a stand in the countersuit. >> key pager $15,000 not to take the stand the public was fascinated with this colorful general but what fdr needed was help putting america to work. >> macarthur mobilize to hundreds of the 5,000 citizens put to work in a conservation corps. macarthur was furious when congress cut his salary at 1785 per month. there were bent on building an empire but his old friend of filipino president knew his nation was the target. in 1935 now a four-star general he needed the new job because his term as chief of staff was over. >> macarthur was hired to oversee as the defense for. >> is he still won active duty? >> he goes to the retired list but is paid by the government in the philippines which roosevelt news. >> pinky sailed to the philippines in the fall at 82. >> he was sitting there that was the first time ever laid

. >> us just a little boy in texas, i was 8 or 9 years old when franklin eleanor roosevelt died. i would tell you, though, that based on everything that i read, everything that i value -- evaluated over the years of all the presidencies, he had to have been for this country the best president ever. >> let's rephrase the question, then, mayor brown in your lifetime the president's you've known, who do you think was the top. >> oftenly bill clinton. >> yeah, i agree with that. by my historically is lincoln. you talk about the head winds of the nation being torn apart and here someone who had the wisdom to invest in the long term not mortgage the future of this country but invest in -- >> we're talking about a guy that went bankrupt, had mental health problems, fiance who committed suicide and lost every election going into the presidential, could he win today. >> he would be an ideal candidate. he had all the works you could possibly have. you wouldn't need any more. most of the people out there would identify his words. >> they are screaming their television right now. >> i think

from the roosevelt white house and more specifically some would say from a push from first lady eleanor roosevelt out for many of the army's brass to be an unexpected success, but it did little to change the army's policy on race. still greatly influenceed by a 1925 army college report. >> 1925 study done by the military at fort mcnair that says african-americans wer technical jobs. they could noto hard jobs. >> reporter: that report suggested that not only were blacks of inferior intelligence but as soldiers they could not and would not fight. >> despite the fact african-americans had fought in every war that the u.s. had been in including the war of independence. >> reporter: but at 17 in 1944 james pride felt things were changing. tuskegee pilots as with all pilots in the air corps were officers in rank. he wanted to be an officer and fight for his country. from the air. >> i enlisted at 17 1/2 years old. and i was inducted into the army air corps at 18 and in new cumberland pennsylvania, and then got on a train to go to mississippi. >> reporte loaded up on segregated train cars and arrived in

locally we were all waiting to hear where eleanor roosevelt's tackle isaiah prince would choose to spend his college years. he went ohio state with a late favorite. >> the next choice is i will be playing for ohio state. >> the local terps the national champion buckeyes. he's the number four offensive tackle in the country. >> the coaches, the players, everything they did was together. they actually have a bond that's something that i like. i have that here at roosevelt and that's what i saw in another recruit is offensive lineman richie petbonn. he committed to alabama. today he made it official. ps the name sounds familiar. the former redskins head coach of the same name and apparently the way to this recruit's heart. how did they get him? stomach. >> for me it wasn't about the football school the people. i just really enjoyed being down there. the whole southern hos pipitality. it's my first time being down there. i u like to eat as well. it's going to be a good relationship. >> he likes to eat. i like it. meanwhile this is my favorite story. big day at friendship. 18 seniors stood up

washington dc constitution hall was denied, as the hall was being for strictly white performers, eleanor roosevelt about this she was furious and book anderson instead for this. the much bigger lincoln memorial performance on easter sunday, 75,000 people watched in person, and it was broadcast nationwide. look at that crowd. >> wow. >> decades later what is that reminiscent every, that scene? >> dr. king whether he spoke there. >> exactly, avenue dream speech in the exact location. >> whether i hear people like marion anderson sing, i'll take a shot, alex holily probably get mad at me later, this is when i know beyonce is not that great after singer, great performer entertainer but put her up vocally next to someone like, that she can't stand up. >> any more all genre of music, it is more these days about image and performance versus actual vocal quality. >> right. that was great. good job on that. >> sue serio good morning to you. >> well, you hear them say it on american idol all the time. the total package. you're the total package. that's what they are looking for. all right, so, isn't that co

the only person who raised her voice against it was eleanor roosevelt, and she was shouted down.he only thing i could come to is that when faced with war, presidents have difficult decisions to make, and the president felt that we were on our heels and was going to do whatever he could to prosecute the war. i have allowed the reader to make up their own decision about what they think of this. my book isn't political, but i have counted the costs of that to american-born children. crystal city stands today as a real reminder of how easy it is to open an internment camp and how hard it is to close one and how easy racial and ethnic hysteria can take hold, and once it gets going, how do you stop it? >> this is a government film written by the government, produced by the department of justice. did they run this camp? >> it would be inf. the department of justice did not run this camp. >> let's watch. >> within the restrictions imposed for security purposes, few limitations were placed upon the number of letters which could be sent or received. mail was delivered to the internal secur

with a month ago before the election we advertising started, he basically made him sound like eleanor roosevelt. you did talk about things like -- he did talk about things like excellent work used him with committed to colleges and minimum wage hike that will be phased in over 10 years. at the fact of the matter is, his real work has been in things like privatization. he struck a deal with a bunch of investment banks to use the preschoolers of chicago as collateral for a deal in which a bunch of bankers are going to get money if the test scores of preschool kids increase. he did things like privatize the janitorial core in chicago schools and they did such a bad job, a company based in his of any, that parents had to come in a week before the school year and clean the schools themselves. the company's response was to cut 1/4 of its workforce. it goes on and on and on. there have been some excellent investigative journalism done by the very publications that have shamefully endorsed rahm emanuel "the chicago tribune" account of his top 106 donors, 60 of them had received favors from the city. "t

he comes from the tech world. 1991, eleanor roosevelt high school in greenbelt, maryland.eal the answer? >> it is. ding, ding ding. i think he looks exactly the same. i can hear our producer in my ears say he looks little bit like joe weisenthal. he does. >> let's reveal the answer. who got this right. "too easy. let's see your high school photos next." ouch. >> i do not think my hair even fit in my high school yearbook photo. >> a viewmaster with a full real of stephanie's yearbook photos. ♪ >> it is 56 past the hour. that means bloomberg television is on the markets. we will see all the indices are wrapping up for february with gains of at least half a percent. we are wrapping up the month with a bit of a whimper. down arrows across the board. the dow hovering near record highs, and the nasdaq backing away from that 5000 level 20 points shy. joining me for the option insight is the senior derivatives strategist at a company. we had janet yellen testify before congress earlier this week. we have the ecb coming up next week and in the meantime we have a lot of economic dat

many times as president i've been reminded of a line of prayer that eleanor roosevelt was fun though. driven to be for strength. keep us at task too hard for us that we may be driven to be for strength. i've wondered at times if maybe god was answering that prayer a little too literally, but no matter the challenge, he has been there. for all of us. he certainly strengthen me with the power through his spirit, as i saw his guidance, not just in my own life but in the life of our nation. now over the last few months we have seen a number of challenges, certainly over the last six years but part of what i want to touch on today is the degree to which we have seen professions of faith used both as an instrument of great good but also twisted and misused in the name of evil. as we speak around the world, we see faith inspiring people to lift up one another, feed the hungry, care for the poor and comfort the afflicted and make peace where there is strife. we heard the good work the sister has done in philadelphia, the incredible work that dr. brantly and his colleagues have done. we see fa

eleanor roosevelt was fond of it. she said, it keep us at task too hard for us that we may may be driven to leave for strength. keep us at task too hard for us so that we may be driven to need more strength. i wonder at times of god were answering that a little too literally. but no matter the challenge, he has been there. for all of us. he has certainly strengthen me with the power through his spirit as i have thought his guidance, not just in my life but in the life of the nation. now, over the last few months, we have seen a number of challenges. certainly over the last past six years. what i want to touch on today is the degree to which we've seen faith used those as an instrument of great good, but also twisted. and misuse. d in the name of evil. as least the around the world we see faith inspiring people to lift up one another. feed the hungry. care for the poor. care for the afflicted and make peace. we heard the good work of the sister has done in philadelphia. the incredible work that dr. brown and his collea

many times as president i've been reminded of the line of prayer that eleanor roosevelt was fond of. she said, keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to thee for strength. keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to thee for strength. i've wondered at times if maybe god was answering that prayer a little too literally. but no matter the challenge, he has been there, for all of us. he has certainly strengthened me with the power to his spirit as i've sought his guidance. not just in my own life but in the life of our nation. now, over the last few months we've seen a number of challenges. certainly over the last six years. but part of what i want to touch on today is the degree to which we've seen professions of faith used both as an instrument of great good but also twisted and misused in the name of evil. as we speak around the world we see faith inspiring people to lift up one another. feed the hungry, care for the poor, comfort the afflicted, and make peace where there is strife. we heard good work that sisters done in philadelphia. the incredible wor

many times as president i've been reminded of a lion of prayer that eleanor roosevelt was fond of. said keep us at tanks s tasks too hard for us that we might be driven to thee for strength. keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to thee for strength. i've wondered at times if maybe god was answering that prayer a little too literally. but no matter the challenge, he has been there. for all of us. and he certainly strengthened me with the power through this spirit, as i've sought his guidance, not just in my own life but in the life of our nation. now, over the last few months we've seen a number of challenges. certainly over the last six years. but part of what i want to touch on today is, the degree to which we've seen professions of faith used both as an instrument of great good but also twisted and misused in the name of evil. as we speak around the world we see faith inspiring people to lift up one another, to feed the hungry and care for the poor and comfort the afflicted, and make peace where there is strife. we heard the good work that sister has done in phi

with the new york metropolitan opera and the first to perform at the invitation of franklin and eleanor roosevelt at the white house. and the list goes on. but of course african-american history, which is to say american history, is much more than a listing of little known names and facts. any honest interrogation of that history means not just gathering a collection of trivia about individual americans but also engaging with the historical moments in which these people lived. which in the case of african-americans could mean grappling with the fact that many succeeded in spite of not because of the conditions of their lives in this country. or in the case of for example, one of our nation's most beloved founding fathers learning that american history lessons are often complicated and conflicting. we know that yes, george washington was the champion of freedom and liberty who led our nation through the war for independence against great britain. but a closer examination of history also akwantscquaints of the with george washington, who on the eve of the american revolution owned a plantation and

eleanor roosevelt laura bush and michelle obama. >> which three ladies have graduate degrees. >> the, laura bush and michelle obama. the final question, this is my favorite actually. which president threatened to purchl the nose of a miew -- punch the nose of a music critic who panned his daughter's recital? johnson, nixon or truman. >> give em hell harry. >> his daughter was panned she went on to become a famous novelist who wrote murder in the white house. >> also wrote a biography on her dad too? >> that is correct. a little bit of the human side of the presidency. we forget these guys are all real people. >> you do an unbelievable job making history fun and i can't wait for your new book that's coming out in may. "hidden history of america at war." >> just a tease there. some of the things you didn't know about washington when he won the battle of york town. the first thing he did was bring his slaves to mount vernon. there were 5,000 enslaved people with the british when the battle was won. >> keeping history exciting and personal. >>> obamacare goes to church. the administratio

roosevelt. he married eleanor. host: wide because of his marriage to eleanor?indiscernible] again, asking folks about their favorite president and why. we will change years and talk about the current president. president obama wants to receive credit for the improving economy before leaving office. we will be talking to john ward from yahoo! news. later, steve gonzales from the american legion. it is "washington journal" on this presidents' day. we will be right back. ♪ >> this presidents' day on the c-span networks. on c-span starting at 10:00 eastern -- >> to provide that today, i probably announced my candidacy of president of the united states of america. quite a special presentation on presidential campaign announcement. from ronald reagan in 1970 92 [video clip] two barack obama. on booktv, c-span 2, finalist for the national book critics award. starting at noon, brian davis. at 1:30 p.m., elizabeth colbert argues that we are currently undergoing a mass extinction. at 3 p.m. elizabeth warren on wealth and inequality. on "american history tv" at 8:00 carto