let me begin with that speech he gave in elwood indiana -- elwood, india. it's as the groundwork for why he was challenging franklin delano roosevelt. >> he ran against roosevelt and the new deal and against the tide of policies and politics represented by the new deal. we will have a good opportunity to talk about those in detail. it was a fairly standard political speech, but not a fairly standard political rally. it was a massive rally. 150,000-200,000 people in the small indiana town in august at a time when as hoosiers say, you can hear the corn grow. he spoke with eloquence, yet the atmosphere was such the speech was a bit flat in terms of the audience, in terms of the reception. that was not the best part for the campaign. we now know looking back that it was rather indicative of the campaign itself -- some of the difficulties that the amateur had. >> one note about the speech, it was heard on radio by millions of americans. >> this was the time for radio. people sat by the radio and listened intently. >> you ever written extensively about the new de

he was born in elwood, indiana.s we continue this series, our focus this week is on wendell willkie. the telephone numbers are on the screen. there are so many images from that campaign. there are things we do not see in modern campaigns -- ticker- tape parades. what was that significant? what did that tell you about the support wendell willkie had with certain sectors of the public? >> of course, there was no television. they really had to get out there with the people. he spent a lot of time crossing the country on trains. retail politics in towns and cities all across america, with all the hoopla, with all the stuff to get people engaged andkeep them excited about the campaign. >> was franklin roosevelt worried about wendell willkie? >> i think he enjoyed it. he said, "i am not going to pretend that it is an unpleasant duty for me campaign." both of them were warriors. both of them enjoyed that process, yet he respected willkie as a contender. from the beginning, you see him dropping comments -- "that one i am wo

. -- where is elwood?> the northeastern part of the state, north of rushville about an hour and a half from here, a little bit of an hour from indianapolis. in madison county. >> why is elwood so important for the 1940 campaign? >> the decided to accept the nomination in elwood, indiana. still to this day, it is the largest political rally ever in the history of indiana. >> the historical society said the people were honking horns and cheering that the hometown boy was the republican nominee. >> he was improbable going into the philadelphia. >> no question. he was the dark horse. during the nomination speech, it -- you had stories of beer cans many feet high. it was such a hot, sweltering indiana day. it was a carnival atmosphere with books and paraphernalia. some of those you may see here today. >> david willkie, who is the grandson of wendell willkie. we'll be checking in with you over the next two hours. as we continue the series, tonight we are coming to you from rushville, indiana. in a moment, we'll

my name is john elwood. i'm an evangelical christian, an elder the presbyterian church in america, a board member of the evangelical environmental network, and today i represent the institute, green faith new jersey, and national interfaith power and light. roughly 100 million americans identify themselves as evangelicals. we believe that the gospel compels us to care for the created world. that god created all things, that he made mankind with a special mandate to care for all that he has made. that the creation, whether cure or the spoiled is the inheritance of our lord jesus christ. and in a world where degradation of the earth is responsible for much hunger, sickness and conflict, we hear the command of jesus to serve the hungry, the homeless and the oppressed as the least of these brothers of mine. for these reasons, our faith compels us to urge our leaders as we follow christ, not to proceed with a proposed pipeline project. we take this position for the following reasons. first, the exploitation of th

[applause] >> now we are going to call 35 and then 36, 37, john elwood and number 38, laura standard. >> thank you. >> thank you madam chair. my name is bill, chief i come from northern canada north of the tar sands development. we are downstream. we have 30 communities in the population in the area possibly 50,000 people. we have peace and friendship treaties with great britain as our original people we enter into those agreements because canada as a young country did it have the authority to sign the treaties. it's part of the commonwealth and they have to adhere to the legal agreements that we have come and in fact the resources you talk about here is still in question because when we entered into those agreements we never extinguished the oil or the other resources but on those lands and those are part of treaty number eight which i am a member of. thank you for this opportunity. i want to present to you when i finish in a court that was put together called the mother earth accord put together a month ago on the rosebud indian reservation with tribal leaders, first nation leaders