think final volume of her definitive three volume, you never know with blanche, biography of eleanor roosevelt. the first volume a new york times bestseller was published in 1992 when someone named clinton was running for president . we've come a long way. at first, blanche wiesen cook took eleanor to the white house and seven years later in 1999, the second volume was here. in that book, blanche put eleanor and us to the brink of world war ii and revealed as never before the essential role eleanor played in her husband's administration. even when fdr not as blanche made clear followed evan eleanor's advice. i suppose we are lucky that blanche worked hard on the third volume and in the four presidential administrations that have comment almost nearly gone in the years since, wrote about how the house return as an essential part of hunter college, almost like we were waiting for you blanche, and we were able to celebrate it in book form to the place infused with its spirit and one of the most beautiful porches upstairs. two blanche is beautiful prose, we follow eleanor through world war ii, fra

so one looks at eleanor roosevelt's fbi file, j. edgar hoover hated eleanor roosevelt.and her fbi files, which we got through the freedom of information act, are unbelievable. he hates her personally, and he calls her "that old cow." he actually has lines, "the old cow is at it again." and shes has friends who are communists, and "the old cow" is meeting with the communists. now, every immigrationist, every civil rights leader has -- [inaudible] all the great southern, white integrationists were attacked by john edgar hoover and called communists. who else would be for integration except a communist? and, of course, none of them were. virginia derr? i mean, please. anyway -- >> so you're hopeful. >> i'm hopeful, but who the hell promoted this man to new fbi head? i mean, he was george woodbridge's appointment. what's he doing here, and why is he doing it, and why isn't he being removed instead of her, hillary clinton, being hounded? it's really aggravating. in my opinion. [applause] >> oh, a question from upstairs about eleanor roosevelt. [laughter] is there a microphon

[applause] as all of you know so well we are here at the home eleanor roosevelt shared with her husband and i think it is fair to say her mother-in-law, too. franklin eleanor departed to washington in 1933 to assume the burden of life in the white house and the unprovoked challenges of economic depression and global war. while the book covers the war years in the decades after when eleanor roosevelt became not just the first lady of the land but of the world i think that it's fair to say her activism and justice and belief in the women's rights and requests for civil rights work commitments that were born and nurtured under this roof. raised in her her eyes ends white and just launched her into becoming the eleanor that made such an impact on her country and planet. we are so fortunate as to your aunt eleanor decided to sell this house. it was an inspiration so this house is home and at the school was an incredible inspiration to the extraordinary author whose work we will be celebrating. we are thrilled to have you come back in this final volume. [applause] this is the talk we have all

the me just say that eleanor roosevelt never stop growing and changing. so i was willing goes chronologically, she is always surprising, there's always something new, and she is always knew about it. but now the issues have changed. on a roosevelt really despised the u.s. prudent system. here here we have the prison industrial complex. we have more people incarcerated than any other country in the world. and eleanor roosevelt would visit women in prison, she would go to prisons and write articles and say i could've been anyone of the women on the inside and i was wondered if that meant she too could have killed her husband. [laughter] , i never knew, but the bottom line is, we should not have prudence, she really was for what we now call restorative justice, we need counseling, we need medical programs we need social work and we need employment and we need quality education. and and that one point she said, i can give you full employment and 100% literacy, how? one teacher five students. [applause] do we need that? so it is that kind of vision that she had

[applause] >> a question from upstairs about eleanor roosevelt as their microphone? were bringing your microphone. >> will blanche said to me 54 years ago what i hope hillary hillary will do to trump, i was the runner-up, i ran against her at the hunter in 1961 because my brother said, blanche has nobody running against her that's on democratic, you have to run against her. i said i like blanche, like blanche, i want blanche to win and he said, but it's democracy. you have to run against her. >> did you run a very bad campaign on purpose? >> he did, he ran for president at the bronx, i ran against blanche. after my brother, they have the elections the same day, my brother probably came home and he said, his campaign was i'm for me first and he lost by one vote, his own, i however i however prepared a speech that blanche could be proud of and not ashamed of when she was running against me. there were 3000 faces in the audience, i was not a happy camper, plans, i was so glad she won, you cannot know how loved she was and how active she was, now my question is for blanc

eleanor roosevelt reply, beginning at decade-long correspondence and friendship between the two women. patricia bell scott sometimes contentious relationship. the two women got together at the white house and roosevelt home and hide park in new york city. eleanor admired murray for her spirit and her idealism. but she didn't stop herself from rebuking her friend when murray pushed the president to hard on racial questions. murray was a brilliant woman ahead of her time who had to battle for all she achieve. she was, feminist and socialist who she was first in her last of howard university law school pritchett got a doctorate of law at yale and she was the first african-american woman ordained a minister in the episcopal church. the "washington post" notable list is partial to books that explore questions of race, freedom, equality and justice. the firebrand -- "the firebrand and the first lady" has it all. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening everyone. good evening. i am harold holzer director and it's always a pleasure to the first of our evening public

think you know and as the book shows sub 13 played a hugely significant role in the life of eleanor roosevelt that had an intellectual and put a glee and tense friendship that lasted from 1930s until mrs. roosevelt's death in 1962. you will hear all about pauli murray and her activism pushes the co-founder of the national national -- and really led an extraordinary life. i will leave the rest of the story to our guest and a particular story about pauli murray mrs. roosevelt had her guest patricia bell-scott's professor america of women's studies and human development and family science at the university of georgia and a major chronicler of black women's lives including her book double, black women write about mothers and daughters which one the leticia which brown memorial book price. i hope some of you saw the book review, "the new york times" book review a couple of weeks ago in which carmona who some of your member came to css hunter a few months ago the author they notorious rbg the co-author had high praise for "the firebrand and the first lady". she noted that nothing was ever easy for

through letters primarily to separate those with candy or flowers and to firs sees eleanor roosevelt and it was a very dramatic experience because eleanor showed that behind of wheel of a convertible coupe 11. the passengers are her private secretary, a man pauli thought was a secret service agent although i suggest it is probablyidn't tommy's has been because eleanor did not like to have secret service around so she showed up that this camp which was the first for unemployed women, a female version of the ccc camps but eleanor was determined unlike those camps for men this would not be segregated . this was important to her and was the pet project and not located far from her home in the mountain area of new york, issue would go periodically and announced to inspect the camp to see how things were going for cauchy would drive the been the convertible coupe and get out and immediately starts to go through the premises. and the residents are really excited they follow her and pauli is shy and is shocked by the unannounced appearance by the first lady. and is sitting in a quarter a -- a

. >> eleanor roosevelt is important to me because eleanor roosevelt was probably the first woman to become active in political ways that started to cause change, at a time when women weren't supposed to be politically active. >> eleanor roosevelt championed civil rights from the moment she moved into the white house. we found in opera singer marion anderson was banned from performing in washington, d.c., venues. so eleanor arranged for her to sing in front of the lincoln memorial to a crowd of 75,000. the concert was also broadcast live to the entire nation. ♪ my country 'tis of thee >> that moment becomes an iconic moment, in the history of not only eleanor roosevelt but the civil rights movement, as well as marion anderson. >> eleanor roosevelt set the template for modern day presidential spouses, like nancy reagan, hillary clinton, and michelle obama. >> i'm sure eleanor roosevelt was conscious about what she was doing. she wasn't just doing this as a whim. it was something she saw needed to be outlined for the nation as a whole and her status as the first lady enabled her to go out of

was eleanor roosevelt really identified with people in once, in need, in trouble? that is all about her alcoholic family. her father died at the age of 34. how much do you have to drink, drinking too much which how much -- how much do you have to drink to die at 34? what is that like? her mother died when she was turning to the wall. her father died when she was 10 and a great good fortune to go to school in england and meet the mentors that those of us had who made us what we all, and no biography, i was at the graduate center for many years and i told my student, the biography is too late and -- marie celeste was a great educator and inspired eleanor roosevelt and her message was what do you think? what is your opinion? she didn't want anybody to repeat anything and if you wrote a paper that repeated what she said she would tear it up and that was eleanor roosevelt's lifelong journey. everywhere she went. tell me, what do you want? what you need? the goal was to make it better, to make it better for all people especially people in want, in need. so the new deal,

because of her race, eleanor roosevelt replied beginning a decade-long correspondent of friendship between the two women. patricia bell scott traces their honest sometimes contentious relationship. they got together at the white house and the roosevelt home in hyde park and new york city and eleanor admired her work her spirit and idealism but she didn't stop result results wheny pushed too hard on racial questions. murray was a brilliant woman ahead of her time who had a battle for all she achieved. she was a feminist and socialist and first in her class at howard university law school. she got a doctorate of law at yale and was the first african-american woman ordained a minister in the episcopal church. the "washington post" notables list was partial to the books

eleanor roosevelt own book. she has worked on human rights education in numerous countries especially in post-conflict societies. i think the number i heard with 14 separate projects you have worked on. this is going to be an interesting presentation indeed. to her right, sarah cramsey, a newly minted phd at berkeley and stanford. and a professor of jewish studies at tulane university. she has been a fulbright fellow and a foreign scholar. she will be a research fellow at the institute are holocaust studies in the following year. she has received research funding from the mellon germanion and the historical institute. and i will be asking her for grant writing advice because she obviously has that nailed. without further ado, let us begin with dr. james sparrow. dr. spero? [applause] dr. sparrow: thank you. we live in a time defined by an abiding mistrust of government. recently, we have entered a moment in which even the most basic assumptions about the proper role of government, namely those pertaining to nati

witness eleanor roosevelt, who had four years of school. four. i am not talking postdoc, i am not talking graduate school. i am not talking all the stuff that everybody up here is want. i am talking four years of self educated school but taught herself six languages and was conversant with every major religion in the world. she was placed on the american delegation solely for one reason. by september 1945, she had raised her voice against harry truman. his polling numbers were in the toilet. he, in let's put eleanor on the delegation, get her out of the country, and we can have franklin's widow going to the first meeting of the general assembly. when he first called her, she said no. her secretary looked at her and said, are you crazy? you have met all the leaders of the world. you are the only head of state who has actually traveled to conflict zones. you lost your hearing on a military aircraft. you spent six weeks in the pacific. after the bombing of london, you were in london for five days and what were you doing, not staying with the king an

murray was a black woman 26 years younger than eleanor roosevelt. in 1938 she sent a letter to president roosevelt complaining that she was denied admission to the university of north carolina because of her race. eleanor roosevelt reply, beginning at decade-long correspondence and friendship between the two women. patricia bell scott sometimes contentious relationship. the two women got together at the white house and roosevelt home and hide park in new york city. eleanor admired murray for her spirit and her idealism. but she didn't stop herself from rebuking her friend when murray pushed the president to hard on racial questions. murray was a brilliant woman ahead of her time who had to battle for all she achieve. she was, feminist and socialist who she was first in her last of howard university law school pritchett got a doctorate of law at yale and she was the first african-american woman ordained a minister in the episcopal church.

. >> sunday afternoon after five, professor blanche cook talks about the final volume to her eleanor roosevelt series. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the author on the death of the steel industry and its effect on a working-class town seen through the ends of high school football, in his book playing through the whistle. for the complete complete schedule go to

she is a widely published author including casting her own shadow, eleanor roosevelt. and a new and expensively reedited edition of "tomorrow is now." she has worked on human rights education in numerous countries particularly in post-conflict societies. this is going to be an interesting presentation indeed. to her black -- to her right, a newly minted phd at her clean and stanford. berkeley and stanford. a professor of jewish studies at tulane university. she has been a fulbright scholar -- fellow and a foreign scholar. she will be a research fellow in vienna. she has received research funding from the mellon and i am to be asking her for grant writing advice because she obviously has that nailed. without further a do, let us begin with dr. james spero. [applause] >> thank you. defined by anime abiding mistrust of government. recently, we have entered a moment in which even the most basic assumptions about the proper role of government, seemingly those pertaining to national security and national interest, has become unsettled and bitterly contested. when it comes to

what was eleanor roosevelt told in the creation of the civilian defense? >> for many years eleanor roosevelt was interested in how the democracy was going to defend itself against what seemed to be annexed substantial threat of fascism and a part of the debate, she worked to promote social defense. to argue it is strengthened at home. it was instrumental in the idea of the volunteer participation and every american had a role to play in the defense to make life more living in democracy. >> prior to world war ii was there much security full-time. it's in terms of the american military might the country was still deeply isolationist. we are seeing also at this point it is called the air raid. it is to percolate. the outbreak of world war ii. they are struggling to figure out a response. >> do you think homeland security which is now kind of what the office of the civilian defense has evolved into to make americans feel safe or ar the opposite effect over the years. i think that it's actually been both. there have been times when the department of homeland se

eleanor roosevelt: good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. and army department and navy officials have been meeting with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very time that japan's airships were bombing our citizens in hawaii and the philippines and sinking one of our transports loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. by tomorrow morning, the members of congress will be ready for action. people,eantime, we, the are already prepared for action. for months now, the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads. and yet, it seemed impossible to believe, impossible to drop the everyday things of life and feel there was only one thing which was important -- preparation to meet an enemy no matter where he strikes. that is all over now, and there is no more uncertainty. we know what we have to face an

what they might not know is that eleanor roosevelt spoke to the session. .dress. -- fear is that address . >> i'm speaking at a very serious moment in our history. the is convening congress is meeting with the president. army and navy officials convened with the president all afternoon. the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very time that japan's airships were bombing our citizens in noisy and the philippine, and seeking one of our transports loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. by tomorrow morning, members of congress will have a full report and ready for action. in the meantime, we the people are already prepared for action. for months, the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads. and yet it seemed impossible to believe, and possible to drop the everyday things of life and feel there was only one thing that was important, preparation to meet an enemy no matter where he struck. that is all over now. there is no more uncertainty. we know what we have to face. we know that we are ready to fa

the founding editor of the eleanor roosevelt papers project, which highlights the former first lady's writing and pronouncements on human rights and democracy. she's a widely published author, including casting her own shadow, eleanor roosevelt and the shaping of post war liberalism and a new and reedited edition of tome is now,el -- tomorrow is now. and in post conflict number societies, i think it is 14 different projects that you've worked on and this is an interesting presentation indeed. to dr. black's right, dr. sarah cramsey is a newly minted ph.d at berkeley, beat stanford. >> beat stanford. >> you asked and i delivered. and a professor of practice, of jewish studies at tulane university. she has been a full bright fellow and a boran scholar, she will be a research fellow at the vienna institute for holocaust studies coming up in the following year. she's received funding from the melon foundation, the american counsel of learned societies and the german historical institute and i'll be asking her for grant writing advice as she has that nailed. and without further ado, we beg

enters that history and she is carving out a role for herself that i have to say reaches into eleanor rooseveltritory because she has declared an independent voice, independent of her husband, and not as a political voice, but as a moral voice and people really look to her as a role model beyond the. african-american community. she was obviously history making as the first african-american first lady, but now it's particularly young people who see her as a model for parenting, a model for a modern marriage, and for speaking out for decency and kind of a fearless voice that we haven't seen coming out of the white house for a very long time. >> even though it harkens back to eleanor roosevelt. let's say that this, we see in michele obama the natural extension and evolution of a team of equals. of course you have your president of the united states but as first lady she's move and dove tailing of morality in politics. one question is, is her advice best served to mylania trump or to ivanka trump. if it's true about the role she's going to have at the white house we've seen that before at the white

ian toll what did you hear in the tone and the words of eleanor roosevelt? >> well, that was a terrific address and i haven't heard that until the producer sent it to me just yesterday, i listened to that for the first time. i think what's extraordinary, that was on the night of sunday, december 7th. the news of the attack had only arrived in washington after noon and so she had gathered her thoughts and written that or perhaps she had some help writing it, but, you know, this was -- these ee marks were given in the first flush really just hours after we had learned of the attack on pearl harbor. there are a couple of inaccuracies which is understandable given -- given the timing. the japanese did not sink a transport and president roosevelt was not talking to the japanese ambassador at the time of the attack. that was the secretary of state, kordell hall, who was meeting with the japanese ambassador, but, again, those kinds of inaccuracies given that this was all happening in realtime are very understandable. >> let's get back to your calls. 202-748-8901 fo

and eleanor roosevelt is against greed, she uses the word, we must end greed and encourage democracy but you have to go door to door, block by block. she called it movements, then you could have changed. that was her contribution. i say never go anywhere without your man because i was born in the bronx so i always say never go anywhere without your gaining that she never went anywhere without the women of the democratic party and the progressives who were her allies. fdr was better at juggling. he had to negotiate conservative realities that she did. she wanted to organize movements and she did. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> in the new book, "james baldwin: escape from america," we have plenty of copies up front, so we do encourage you to pick up a copy or two or three so we can stay in this neighborhood as a community space. [laughter] okay. i'm going to do this very elegantly. so, first, let me introduce our panelists. carol weinstein is the mother of taan yell baldwin -- daniel baldwin, also on the panel, and was a part

and eleanor roosevelt the war years and afterwards it concludes a three volume biography of the first lady's life. the book reviews notable books in 2016 also includes atlantic magazine science writers examination of the microbes in i contain multitudes and the historian heather and thompson recalls the uprising of 1971 in her national book award nominated title blood in the water in the inner cities across the nation particularly new york city, buffalo, rochester was filled with 2400 men overwhelmingly black and puerto rican but also white men. it's s said that they were not only dieting but they were disfigured from the lack of care. this is the context that they start talking about civil rights in the prison, human rights in the present. many of them have also come from streets that had been very active, particularly in 64 and rochester in 64 and they began to ask for help initially through the system writing letters to their state senators and banking the commissioner to do something. what was done is a great deal of repression and anyone caught with a letter asking for help with

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presidential campaign, and a little after five, professor cook talks about a final volume to her eleanor roosevelt series. and at 10:00p.m. the death of the steel industry and effect on a working class town seen through the lense ever a high school football. "playing through the whistle." go to booktv.org for a full schedule. >>> an interfaith memorial service for muhammad ali was held in his home town in kentucky. he died in june. speakers included sports caster brian gumbel. actor and comeid yn billy crystal. former president clinton. and muhammad ali's wife and daughter. this is about 40 minutes >>> ladies and gentlemen representing the president of the united states and mrs. obama. mrs. valerie cher it. [ clapping ] >>> good afternoon, on behalf of president obama and mrs. obama i wish to express their regrets that they couldn't be here as we celebrate the extraordinary life of muhammad ali. i first met muhammad ali 45 years ago through his friendship with my uncle gene dibble. he was so touched that his son gene is a pal bearer today. thank you lonnie. because of my family connection, the pre

notable for the steadiness of resolve in the absence of hesitation, in her weekly radio broadcast, eleanor roosevelt the feelings of the american people. we know what we have to face, and we were ready to face it. whatever is asked of us i am sure. we can accomplish it. we are the free and unconquerable people of the usa. in subsequent months, the military will transform itself from a combat power transferring out of romania into a battle fightingsuperbly led force and more technologically capable than any other in the world. the american economy would transform and expand into a colossal engine of war. not only the american military, but the militaries of britain, russians, and others to gradually overpower that which cannot approach the overwhelming american output. me who received the unearned gifts of freedom paid for by the service of all americans during world war ii, our obligation is to remember and honor those who gave their and the pearl harbor subsequent battles of world war ii. our obligation is to remember and honor all those who sacrificed for our nation's uniform. our obligation is to

sunday afternoon a little after 5:00, the professor talks about the final volume to her eleanor roosevelt series. eastern, the author on the death of the steel industry and its effect on a working-class town seen through the lens of high school football in his book. for our complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> in november, more than 300 members of the u.k.'s is 11-18 gathered in the british house of commons for their annual debate. students discussed five topics that would be considered for the national campaign. during this part of the debate, how to deal with racism and religious discrimination in the u.k. and around the world. this is just over 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. i hope you enjoyed lunch. it is great to have you back. order. order. the youth parliament will now consider the fourth motion of the day. tackling racism and religious discrimination, particularly against people who are muslim or jewish. the full-motion is printed on the order paper. to move the motion, a call from army welfare services germany -- [applause] thank you, mr. speaker. human rights, many peop

sunday afternoon, the professor talks about the final volume tol her eleanor roosevelt series. and at 10:00 p.m. eastern, price on the death of the steel industry and a working-class town, seen through the lens of a high school football, playing through the whistle. for the complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> following the passing of severalscalia, delivered tributes at the memorial service in washington, d.c.. justice scalia was appointed to the high by

of that he have done battle over his career mike algiers yes, john lindsay arthur schlesinger eleanor roosevelt and the fund in this chapter is finding something kind to say about these people but these word pieces that were written on deadlines in situations as a writer themselves because he knew 33 of these people was often racked with grief and. he himself was morning these people in many cases and put together such brilliant prose about these people that he personally knew when he himself was suffering with grief that their loss, a man of devout faith as we all know and the eulogy which technically is not a part of the catholic mass he invented the patrimony that is passed down and conservatives believe in the objective truth but that in view as to the writings as well. >> so i do want to hear your perspective, bill buckley was america's most celebrated intellectual but also a writer and the architect of the political movement and as such it occurs to me that one might be political how they are describing other figures. deerfield they would never pull punches corrects curious to hear your t

jennifer rabbb in the room tonight i'm delighted to welcome you all to the home of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. one of them as you know, since we'll be talking up the gubernatorial administrative work was of course the state governor before he became president, and his wife was the conscience of the empire state just as she later became the conscience of the country and the world was never afraid to confront challenging and uncomfortable issues like the one we are going to discuss this evening even if it meant confronting her own husband, privately of course because this was the 1930s. i think you all know of course the history of this amazing space for those of you that come regularly. it was originally a wedding gift to franklin and eleanor from his mother, sarah, and came to the newlyweds with only one stipulation. sarah herself who moved in and stayed in residence while in new york city for the next 40 years. well, the houses and technically there were two of them have separate doorways, one on the west for sarawest for sarah andr franklin and eleanor. she quickly slides through the dining

the founding editor of the eleanor roosevelt papers project, which highlights the former first lady's writing and pronouncements on human rights and democracy. she's a widely published author, including casting her own shadow, eleanor roosevelt and the shaping of post war liberalism and a new and reedited edition of tome is now,el -- tomorrow is now. and in post conflict number societies, i think it is 14 different projects that you've worked on and this is an interesting presentation indeed. to dr. black's right, dr. sarah cramsey is a newly minted ph.d at berkeley, beat stanford. >> beat stanford. >> you asked and i delivered. and a professor of practice, of jewish studies at tulane university. she has been a full bright fellow and a boran scholar, she will be a research fellow at the vienna institute for holocaust studies coming up in the following year. she's received funding from the melon foundation, the american counsel of learned societies and the german historical institute and i'll be asking her for grant writing advice as she has that nailed. and without further ado, we beg

eleanor roosevelt would unquestionably when it there's nothing as a prevailing buyers, so we're at the point and you're most welcome, to give us your preliminary views. >> why think it was unwelcome to how you introduce me. [inaudible] on the oak asian and old programs you would bend in your -- [inaudible] >> it what a genteel disagreement right, so he is just fuming, he is such a short fuse and buckley has not always a long cute views but in this case he does, the charming meeting of people who week clearly can't really stand each other and i will show you one more clip from the same episode. >> were not here to deny that by and large the surfaces have a television and they are liberal dominated. >> if you use it, of course i do. i think our country in the last 40 years has been a liberal -- in our churches, our schools and communication media,. >> so that's really the dominant line at the time. it points to how lunatic it would seem if it had a conservative public affairs talk show 1966 and people think this is a liberal country, what are you talking about so it's kind of amazing. in

even eleanor roosevelt demanded that he come by for tea. bad for a high school dropout from rural new mexico who had left home at age 14 at the hited of the great depression. he had joined the arizona national guard in 1940 because he needed shoes, a new coat, and three meals a day. he would have been rejected for being malnourished and underweight if he had been given a physical, but he never was, so instead he became an infantry rifleman who started cartooning on the side. he really focused on the mud, the marches, the equipment, the mean sergeants in the pre-pearl harpor army and the men in his division just loved him instantly for it. after shipping overseas he was discovered by "stars and stripes," which had the largest circulation of any newspaper in the world. he pent 1943 to 1945 traveling the font lines and bearing witness to the hard lives and frequent deaths of those condemned in the foxholes. "wished i could stand up and get some sleep." this cartoon always makes me think of something that snoopy said in "peanuts" once. you know

in her weekly radio broadcast the evening of december 7th, eleanor roosevelt reflected the feelings ofn people. we know what we have to face, is and we are ready to face it. whatever is asked of us, i am sure we can accomplish it. we are the free and uncomparable people of the usa. in subsequent months, through herculean effort and numerous setbacks, the american military would transform itself from a combat power trailing out of romania into a battle hardened fighting force better equipped and more technologically capable than any other in the world. the american economy would transform and expand into a coloss al engine of war, clothing, feeding, army, not only the american military, but the french and british, which could not approach the overwhelming american output. for those like who receive the unearned gift of freedom paid for by the service of all americans during world war ii, our obligation is to remember and to honor those who gave their lives at pearl harbor and the subsequent battles of world war ii. our obligation is to remember and honor all of those who sacrifice for o

there were some effort really to make that happen during the height of the new deal and it was eleanor roosevelt who fought for the g.i., their rights, education for everybody, real opportunity. this has to happen and reagan defunded and the bones so much and the reagan revolution is really horrific and this neoliberal what the hell is that moment i think a new movement, new movements are a warning and we just have to continue to fight. it's never over until it's over. revolution is about the process. it's not an event. [applause] >> thank you blanche. [applause] >> i wonder if we could ask. >> thank you very much blanche, congratulations and we will have a reception upstairs in the book signing in the four freedoms are meant thank you all for coming and once again thank you so three. >> thank you. [applause] >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities. >> we are living in a period. there are a lot of flashpoints in the and strangeness going to have to look at that kind of world and obvi

what he to hear in the tone and words of eleanor roosevelt? ian: that is a terrific address, and i had not heard it until the producer sent it to me yesterday. that was on the night of sunday, december 7. the news of the attack and only arrived in washington in the afternoon. she had gathered her thoughts and written that, or perhaps he had some help writing that. given in the were first hours after we had learned of the attack on pearl harbor. are a couple of inaccuracies, which is understandable given the timing. the japanese did not seek a transport. and president roosevelt was not talking to the japanese ambassador at the time of the attack. that was a secretary of state, cordell hall, meeting with the japanese ambassador. but those kind of an -- those kinds of inaccuracies happening or in real time, which is understandable. the: for those of you in eastern and central time zones, 202-748-8000. from off and on pacific, 202-748-8001. for world war ii veterans, that line is 202-748-8002. helen, thank you for waiting. caller: thank you. i hav

he did not want to make trouble for himself so eleanor roosevelt, a company churchill to lay a wreath at washington's tomb. the newspaper reporters followed. they wanted what was going to be said when he heard them chattering. it must be something very memorable because church always had something memorable to say. they overheard church held -- churchill site it was very wet -- say it was very wet. the war would go on through 1942, 43, 44, it would end in 1945 only a few weeks after president roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage. that was on april 12, 1945. he did not see the end. churchill saw the end from a distance. the british had held an election and voted him out of office. for were somehow ungrateful the men who had led them to victory because they did not for them he was good in peace. so they voted him out of office. that is for another book. thank you, i will lead things open for discussion if you like to ask any questions. there is much more to be said but a want to give you a turn. >> wait till he makes you. -- wait until he put the microphone on you. what role did char