entry into the war from the fdr administration. i was wondering how you equate what happened before pearl harbor with what happened afterwards. >> my feeling is on par with the fall of france in june 40 but particularly with hitler's invasion of the soviet -- sometimes hard to know because fdr is an extraordinarily complex person and he doesn't think too much in terms of binaries. as i say again there are gray areas and predations of his opinion. roosevelt was moving in the direction of understanding that american entry in the war was inevitable, we probably would not be able to remain out of it. 's political leadership was that he wanted to be pushed into the war by the actions of other people but also by american public opinion. the interesting analogy here is lincoln's desire and the civil war to be sure the south fired the first shot because this to be in terms of what we call optics. import in the world need fast start of the war order straight new and people on the fence in the north were ambivalent about the war. i'm working

under fdr relations between mexico and the united states took a huge turn to the better things to fdr's good neighbor policy. one of the key architects was directly involved in the events detailed in a quiet victory. from state department perspective fighting for latina rights was not necessarily about latino rights. it was about the good neighbor policy. that positive relationship was being built for nearly three years before nativists would test that relationship. after the congressional nativist failed to restrict or exclude latinos elements within the california nativist movement sought to use the judicial branch to the end. they will go to the judges the various california groups that had obtained the asian exclusion act of 1924 had merged into a conglomerate called the california joint immigration committee. this new organization included also the california attorney general's office headed by ulysses s. webb. with attorney-general web's help they developed a legal argument based on several u.s. supreme court rulings regarding asian and canadian indian immigration that they could

the difference between mitt romney and fdr is mitt romney never embraced those policies. mitt romney embraced policies drsh. >> that's your opinion. you didn't think those policies would. enough americans agreed with you that they stuck with what they had. so ben, i'm looking at this and wondering where does donald trump go now? because no pless than carl icahn, he was telling me on fox business i'm flattered that donald trum subpoena considering me as the treasury secretary. i think he pooh-poohed the idea. but he does agree with donald trump on his views of the markets that they're rigged they're propped up by helium and a lot of fed buying and all of that and does think it's dangerous and is saying it's getting choppy out there. does that insight give donald an edge that maybe other candidates don't have? >> donald trump is not a particularly smart person in my opinion. he has unlimited chutzpah. i think a very thorough investigation of how he made his money is in order and let's see what that turns up. i think it's going to be a pretty interesting story. >> all right.

fdr was a collector of looks. he really felt that books played an important role in this war. as the german army spread across europe there was a concerted effort by the german army to destroy books. the idea was getting control over ideas. any ideas that did not basically support the nazi platform and then the nazi ideas that existed were considered dangerous. those books would be removed from libraries and burned. some libraries contain so many dangerous books that they had to be locked and no one was allowed to go into libraries and take out those books. fdr did not think that was the best policy and he thought americans could combat that by trying to read as many books as they could. so the work of the victory book campaign in collecting books of books regardless of viewpoint and sending them to the training camps for the americans who would face combat and would face the german army he thought was a genius idea. so he gave a speech one day about the power of looks. he talked about the book burnings a little bit and you can see this poster ended up being made that had an e

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island and the fdr freedom park. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> like many of us, first families takes occasion time. and like presidents and first ladies, a good read can be the perfect companion for your summer journey. what better book than one that appears inside the personal life of every first lady in american history? "first ladies," on the lives of 45 iconic american women. inspiring stories of fascinating women who survive the scrutiny of the white house. a great summertime read. available from public fares -- affairs as a hardcover or through your -- or as in -- an e-book. >> this year, graduate of berkshire community college heard remarks from senator elizabeth warren. she talked about her efforts in graduating from college and establishing the consumer financial protection bureau. this is 15 minutes. >> [cheering] senator elizabeth warren: thank you. oh, thank you. so much, thank you. thank you. >>

fdr went a little bit further saying that the war was with the people. he wants to have a different sort of war. a war to end all wars. a war to make the world safe for democracy. not a war in which the u.s. actually has any territorial objectives. that was kind of the strange part about it. here wilson is adhering to the old american tradition. it is notably -- better described that the united states stands for something different. on one hand, the u.s. is not party to the treaties of its allies. on the other, the united states is seeking universal claims. it is almost the inverse of isolationism. >> is it fair to say fdr was more concerned with traditional power politics of preventing a gemini darren wilson was? professor mcmeekin: yes, although i would say he was not really a traditionalist. he was closer to that because he was a bit more hard-nosed. here again the cardinal example is theodore roosevelt who really did see the u.s. as a more traditional power after all over so our u.s. expansion sending , troops to places like cuba the dominican republ

jefferson did that, jackson lincoln, fdr, reagan. so, presidential political action is eventually constitutional change. that means the one to have been effective at the one have been effective at the other. and those who have not been effective as presidents have typically had low impact on constitutional law. some from time to time. but not as much. peter: so, is there a difference between long politics? so, the line is not as distinct as you have with judicial institutions, but are there some things where the presidents are clearly engaging in constitutional interpretation an d other areas where it is just politics and how3 do the two sort of intersect? hal: the boundaries a pretty clear. some things are daily politics is some things are technical constitutional interpretation. what presidents do is they look at the constitution. is they are very interested in what the presidents -- their predecessors have done. those are the only people ever sat in that seat. what the supreme court has said. they want to fit themselves into the t

i never thought kim cards,fdr would be in the same camp. >> let's get to that.terrupted the pride reception at the white house yesterday. >> hold on a second. okay. you know what -- no no no no, no. no no. hey -- yeah -- listen. you're in my house. [ cheers and applause ] no no. as a general rule i am just fine with a few hecklers but not when i'm up in the house. [ cheers and applause ] you know my -- my attitude is if you're eating the order bs. >> he's not letting that go down in his house. i love it. you know that old saying which of these doesn't belong? that's right, the 34-year-old kim kardashian joins the prestigious list when she speak at the iconic common wealth club. it's where fdr gave the speech. she will discuss her book on selfie in addition. i'm sure the bid about the selfies will be fascinating. >> it will be a stirring speech i'm sure. the world will be waiting for it. thanks for that. that does it for me and "way too early." let's bring in mika for a preview of "morning joe." >>> thank you so mump. another prison employee in the escape of two

i can't wait for donald trump -- mentioned fdr, a chicken in every pot, and donald it's a gold-plated toilet in everybody's house. >> it would be brass. you made my earlier point for me which is nobody minds wealth like fdr if you actually embrace policies that lift everybody else up. but mitt romney never embraced those policies. >> americans agree with you, some of them. i'm wondering where does donald trump go now. carl icahn telling me on fox business look i'm flattered that donald trump is considering me as treasury secretary. i think he pooh-poohed the idea. but he agrees with the views that the markets are propped up by helium and fed buying and all of that and thinks it's dangerous. does that insight give donald an edge that other candidates don't have? >> donald trump is not a particularly smart person in my opinion. he has unlimited chutzpah. i think a very thon of how he made his money is in order. let's see what that turns up. >> chutzpah those not familiar gall. when we come back did a former fed chief named paul volcker call chris christie a joker? if you have moderate t

. >> only fdr, five national tickets. he won the presidency twice, but he was extremely restless. his insecurities were just bottom less. and they drove them and he also had a sense that the roof was about to fall at any moment. he was pretty sure the darkness would creep in. it made him -- paranoid is probably too strong of a word. but at the end i think he was, he had a glady sense that made him run hard. >> was that his best to me you're right, all successful politicians, in particular the ones who became president, are insecure in some form or another. what's the insecurity that made him great? >> he had an insecurity that he could understand others. he was not very good with people sort of making small talk -- >> feel your pain guy -- >> he was terrible at that. he sensed what it was like to be on the outside because he was on the outside growing up as poor boy. people talk about ronald reagan as the father of the republican party. richard nixon won 35% of democrats. he was peeling away democrats -- >> working class voters. >> the so-called reagan democrats were nixon democra

jefferson did that, jackson, lincoln, fdr, reagan. so, presidential political action is eventually constitutional change. that means the one to have been effective at the one have been effective at the other. and those who have not been effective as presidents have typically had low impact on constitutional law. some from time to time. but not as much. peter: so, is there a difference between long politics? so, the line is not as distinct as you have with judicial institutions, but are there some things where the presidents are clearly engaging in constitutional interpretation an d other areas where it is just politics and how3 do the two sort of intersect? hal: the boundaries a pretty clear. some things are daily politics is some things are technical constitutional interpretation. what presidents do is they look at the constitution. is they are very interested in what the presidents -- their predecessors have done. those are the only people ever sat in that seat. what the supreme court has said. they want to fit themselves into the t

i mean, it was fdr who did social security in the 1930s. and that took extreme poverty off the table for the elderly in america forever. it was lbj who did medicare in the 1960s, which is one of the most popular and successful large-scale government programs of any kind, anywhere in the world. and which has meant that every single person in this country who has the good fortune to grow old does so with the ironclad expectation that they will have health coverage for their health needs in their old age. and on that number line, you can put barack obama. who has not just done it, but who has seen to it now that it will not be undone. who moved heaven and earth to pass this thing in the first place, and he paid huge political costs for it, both in congress and in terms of everything else he couldn't do, because he did this. but on this, he succeeded where every previous democrat for half a century has failed before him, to substantively changed the enormous system by which we treat the sick and have our babies and set our broken bones and prev

on the one hand i hear you on the fdr, i get that. but i also heard this. i want to play this little spot that sound veded very bill clinton to me about a smaller government. >> government isn't always going to have all the answers, but it has to be smarter, simpler, more efficient and a better partner. we need expertise and innovation from the private sector to help cut waste and streamline services. >> so in that moment what i heard was actually not sort of a fdr, i heard something that was a little closer to your side of the camera kayton. >> i agree. several things stuck out to me about that announcement. that crowd behind her looked more like a coke coalca-cola nascar crowd than it did a clinton crowd. i'm an operative, and visuals matter in these things. the work wasn't done there. what i came off with yesterday was this is the one candidate we can be. >> you can't go off path you have to stick with me for just a second. i want to take a look at the crowd. your point about being an operative here is a very important one. you and i were sitting on the

i want to talk about fdr. they lived a rather different life at the white house.ere is a little bit from our chapter on her with the great fdr historian, alito black. she writes about the roosevelt family. "the white house family was regularly filled his family, visitors, and friends. it was very clear who was coming and going, especially when mrs. roosevelt's column started getting published because eleanor said who was there, who was spending the night and even what they had for dinner. she would also have her own press conferences where she would tell people who the guests were and who was living here and , there you see one of the press conferences. people really at the time knew all of those folks were living in the white house." she was -- only men could cover the white house and she was going to change that so she started having press conferences and only woman reporters were able to cover the press conferences. there you see a photograph. what was life like on the family quarters of the white house during the roosevelt years? the fdr years? mr. seale: extr

i think it gives her a nice way to talk about eleanor roosevelt and fdr. likes that. also, it is a really solemn triangular shaped park with a nice view of manhattan behind her. so i think it was appropriate for a number of different reasons. >> what other locations were under consideration? >> so, i heard that they had been -- i don't know how serious it was but people had pitched them another symbolic place like seneca falls. something else in new york that she could point to this and say, from this historic place, i am wanting a historic campaign for pima president -- female president. again, other places that they could look at where early voting states where she needs to get up a lot of excitement that so far is unclear whether that exist there. -- exists there. and in new york city, i don't know of any particular places. >> the backdrop of lower manhattan and the east river for freedoms park. what does that stand for? >> this is a reference to the state of the union address fdr gave in 1941. it is the freedom of speech freedom of religion, freedom fr

it's a tribute to fdr and fist lady roosevelt.icials say the kickoff includes a speech where she'll lay out her view of challenges facing the country. her launch will continue with a swing through all four early primary states saturday night in iowa. and former house speaker dennis hastert could appear in federal court this week. the next legal step following the indictment that hastert lied to fbi after skirting banking reporting rules on withdrawals. close allies of hastert were totally shocked on news of the allegations. >> staffers are shocked as well. no clue to this as we look back. dennis hastert was pillar of integrity, guide post for us. that's why he was selected. from everything i can tell that's how he conducted himself in office. this isn't going to help reputation in general. >> pete williams and carol marie, veteran correspondent that knows everything about politics in chicago and illinois. thank you for being with us. carol, any indication in illinois as to why this indictment? because the statue of limitations had

and fdr was irresponsible and not telling truman more about it so that he was better prepared. but i obviously think and groves has said it the only decision that truman could have ever made was not to use the bomb. and it was full speed ahead. groves even wrote the orders for use and the orders for use were use as ready. use as ready. today we call that predelegation. truman finally after the second bomb puts himself into the chain of command and says enough. we killed enough kids. enough. the order goes out and they stop atomic bombing. so he finally -- but he didn't authorize the original use of it. sandy sent the order to the pacific to use the bomb as made ready. and that phrase in there is a kind of give away that you're authorized to keep using them as many -- until you're told not to. and eventually he was. >> i just want to add something since i brought up the issue about the bomb not being necessary. this is ab an argument that will go on forever. >> marty, you're going keep it short though. >> yeah i'm going to keep it very short. i just want to say one thing. there

. >> winston churchill, fdr, somebody has to stand up for the drinking politician and i'm the guy to do it here. the fact is they are going to use uber. they are going to use cabs. we're talking about $60,000 a year for the service. i think it's a good bargain. >> a bargain? but bruce, by the way, there's several sources on the story. one job applicant was told he would give rides if they weren't drinking too much. just pick them up and take them home. that's outrageous with proof. >> yeah i mean whether it's aaron schock and his downtown abbey decor and congress. the taxis should come out of their pay and not be an extra line item in the california budget. >> rare occurrence. i agree wholeheartedly with bruce. disagree wholeheartedly with rich on this. what do you think. every time he uses the card service or is arrested for drunk driving. >> senator tipsy. i would love to see a real senator tipsy. steve, you have to bring sense to all of this. what's the forbes answer? >> the forbes answer is keeping them off the road. i fear the fiscal drunkenness than on the road drunkenness. cal

. >> clinton's move to invoke fdr's social and economic programs may have won her a few more supporters. >> i came into the rally undecided on who to vote for. i find that hillary was running the campaign, and should have been running in 2008. to drive home the theme of family, hillary was joined on stage by the people that would be the famous first family history >>> david mercy, michael shure and bruce haips are with me. she talked a lot about her mother, less about her famous husband. is there a delicate walk that has to be made for the next 15 months or so by the secretary of state. >> i think the of state wants to connect with the american people, and in doing so will let them know who she is, what she stands for, her before. we've had two terms, eight years getting to know bill clinton, it's time for her to set history and become the first woman nominee, to become the first woman president of the united states. i think that she is well on her way to doing so. i think that she will continue what the obama administration had to do when we talk about the message that jed bush was ref

fdr was a rich man. john f. kennedy was a rich man and votershold that against him.o i dope think they -- don't think they object to people being rich. the question is what is she going to do for us, where is she going to take the country? and clearly the fact she is speaking on roosevelt island and invoking the idea of fdr and an active role of government in trying to lift people up a talking about their very middle class background, and in fact kind of a hard-scrabble background for her mom will be an attempt to break through the very rarefied life she leads and say i understand and care about people like you. >> roosevelt island, you can take the tram but not an easy place to get to. let me did you about jeb bush. going to formally announce on monday. several media reports, including the "washington post," allege that his campaign is struggling. is that true? >> well, struggling is probably too strong a word. hasn't gotten off in a sense hasn't even begun but has been out there raising tens of millions of dollars since last december. hasn't gotten off to a rousing

fdr was completely successful. he have to look at not in isolation but part as a package of pressure that you would have to be because people to the kinds of things that were being set in congress in the 1930s would be shouted down across the spectrum. and that's why there is some pushback. president obama makes this one will often comment about citizens united which is so tempted and he gets slammed by everybody left or right. how dare you criticize -- that is a long way. go back and read the congressional debate around the new deal and that's a robust debate that doesn't exclude the possibility of judicial review but also doesn't assume the court having said over the meaning of the important provisions of the constitution. >> the question may be related. what with the court look like if senate confirmation was no longer required? required of course by the constitution but setting that aside. what about the blue sky idf is getting rid of senate confirmation, let the president -- >> it would look more like congress

this morning at 10:00 eastern, we are live for the annual reservoir reading festival at the fdr presidential library and museum on c-span 2. authors include christopher o'sullivan and sheila collins and also how books up the morale of our soldiers. on sunday at 9:00 eastern mona best and we are live at the gettysburg college civil war institute summer conference. this morning beginning at 8:30 eastern with university of california this professor john wah. sunday morning, we continue our live coverage beginning at 8:30 with city college of new york history professor gregory downes on the consequent us of the civil war. at 11:00, a discussion about treason and loyalty during the civil war with william blair. get our complete schedule at c-span.org.

"eyewitness news" at fdr park where the 11th annual philly's carpenter cup kick off today. more than 250 female all stars will compete in the 30 game tournament, all in front of the college scouts and tournament includes 16 teams from 22 different leagues. >>> well, golf outing in chester county for a very good cause, "eyewitness news" at waynesboro country club at an and you'll event that raises money for red cross. event helps fund resources needed to help victims of disasters. among those in attendance today business and community leaders, as well as, the ceo of the red cross. >>> maroon five will be the next band to perform on the beach, in atlantic city, adam le vine and group will rock the shore on august 16th of course, last year you might remember it was blake shelton and lady antbellam who performed to a huge crowd. not too shabby opener, either, nick january as and matt cherrie andrew will open up that show and tickets go on sale on friday. >>> boy, just think a head to august in atlantic city on the beach it will be a nice, sunny, warm, event. >> they are all wel

ground: how presidents interpret the constitution.." " examines and contrast how presidents lincoln, fdr, bush and obama interpreted the constitution. bruff discusses the powers presidents assume from the constitution and how these assumptions shaped subsequent administrations. hosted by the national constitution center, this event is about 55 minutes. host: now it is my great pleasure to welcome harold bruff . you're in for a treat because these two scholars are as good as they come. harold bruff served on the law facultie

world war ii had ended three years before my birth, i'm not buying it, because as far as i'm concerned, fdr is the man. >> still the president. >> he's still the president. >> right. so then when you talk about -- when you talk to interviewers about your view of politics in the modern world -- >> chances are i'm -- >> you're making it up. [ laughter ] >> the ellroy persona, some of which i'm dining out on as we sit here. >> yeah. >> are you a character or are you real? and -- and does its matter? i mean i ask this sincerely, because i do get the sense that part of the ellroy mystique is this persona, this personality which is very interesting and appealing and i think elevates a lot of the discussions of what's in the book, but i also don't feel like if i'm getting an act or the real thing. so you tell me. >> i understand that. and here is the deal. take a look at that book. >> yeah. >> it's a serious book. >> and at some point i'm like the pit bull staked into the front yard on the short leash which is the writing of that book. >> yeah. >> and then my publisher comes and they take some bol

. >> that setting is significant because fdr is consistently ranked as the greatest democratic president and served during a similar time as now when america was digging out of an economic hole and faced threats from enmies overseas. at the rally tomorrow mrs. clinton is expected to deliver an unusually personal speech about how her upbringing forged a commitment to helping others. >>> tomorrow's capitol pride begins downtown at p street and northwest ending at 14th and s streets northwest. many roads will be closed. they'll start that way around 1 p.m. they'll reopen around 9:30 in the evening. organizers say this year's event takes on an added significance as the nation awaits a supreme court decision on gay marriage. >>> a commuter alert for saturday drivers in bethesda, all southbound lanes of route 355 at wisconsin avenue will be closed between commerce lane and old georgetown road from 7 a.m. till 4:30 in the afternoon. that is so a crane can hoist steel and an air conditioner on a rooftop into a new high rise. if you plan to be in the area, expect some detours. >>> parking changes

the island may be named after fdr but today it was all about hrc. here is nancy cordes. >> it was months in the making and looked it. the podium position just so to capture the view of the world trade center. >> i'm not running for some americans but for all americans. >> reporter: clinton told a crowd of 5500 she's a proven fighter who will tackle inequality. >> i believe that success isn't measured by how much the wealthiest americans have but by how many children climb out of poverty. >> reporter: she accused her republican opponents of out dated views on climate change, immigration, and gay marriage. >> they're suggest singing the same old song. a song called "yesterday." you know the one? "all our troubles look as though they're here to stay." >> reporter: as for opponent whose say that as 67 she is yesterday's news -- >> well i may not be the youngest candidate in this race, but i will be the youngest woman president in the history of the united states. >> reporter: kimberly lattimore and jackie weatherspoon were first in line at 6:00 a.m. >>

"eyewitness news" here in fdr park crowds walked to cure arthritis.ticipants chose to walk a 5k or optional 1 mile route. more than thee million people in pennsylvania suffer from arthritis debilitateing disease and money raised here will go to support programs and treatment research. justin has that final check on the forecast now. >> lot of showers and storms to deal with through the overnight and then once again tomorrow be aware of that. any time through the day monday we could run into a heavy shower perhaps a thunderstorm rainfall rains could get one to 2-inches per hour. there could be localized flooding. stay safe if you're traveling overnight through monday. then phenolly by tuesday afternoon we'll get the rain out of here. sets up to be very comfortable fort middle of the week. 70s with low humidity. >> very nice. thank you justin. appreciate that. thank you so much for joining us tonight. for lesley justin, all of us. i'm natasha brown. we're always on cbsphilly.com. lesley will be back with the cbs3 sports zone right after the break. have

what was fdr. richard: he was a villain in this case. a great man.e had real flaws in inpatients and stupidity. he believed in eugenics. he believed that the japanese were aggressive because their skulls were shaped differently than caucasians gold. -- caucasian skulls. he believed it would take 2000 years for them to reach the civilized level of people like you and me. it's just ridiculous. a lot of people who grew up in the 1920's believed in that stuff. also, his advisers were from the smithsonian institution who also believed i've left out the part about roosevelt talking about castrating all the germans. that would've taken a lot of effort. he had other things on his mind. charlie: that's what the nazis talked about before they talked about it. richard: in tokyo and berlin this wasn't a big story in the united states. most people do not know this was going on. it was a big story in berlin and tokyo. what are we doing that different from the americans putting all these people under machine guns and tanks and barb wire? in the end, it is an americ

. >> i like the fdr memorial, because it's tucked away. it has the dog. >> it's a newer one. >> i'm glad i had an answer for you. >>> let's look at the weather right now. kind of clear start to the morning but man, we have been dealing with some rain over the past couple of days. it was pounding on my roof last night. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein in the studio now to tell us what we can expect for the day today. >> yeah, it's not pounding anymore. it's settled down. we have a few scattered sprinkles now on the storm team 4 radar. north and west of the metro area. we did get those storms coming through there quickly exiting, they're off the atlantic seaboard. a few sprinkles here. in this patch of light green in western fairfax, loudoun county, northwestern montgomery and in frederick county, southern and eastern washington county. pan handle of west virginia and another batch here, little farther to the west of winchester. that might get into the central shenandoah valley. that's going to be over the next half hour or so. so a fe

were in the stand they played on the new showcase field at the recently mlb urban youth academy at fdrhe 30th annual phillies carpenter cup got under way, the 15 game tournament features the region's best high school baseball teams. >> ♪♪ >> if you're expecting it to really cool off and get some relief tonight it's not going to happen. >> it will happen wednesday. tomorrow will be tougher than today. heat and humidity up a notch tomorrow. storm tracker six live double scan showing that most of our region is rain free. most of the activity with showers and thunderstorms has been across bucks county, the lehigh valley. you can see one line of showers moving south of milford i should say south of flemington but there's another one closing in on bethlehem right now and this has some real heavy downpours right over hanover road, route 22, heading towards easton avenue. this is all moving to the south and the east and with all the humidity we're looking at some heavy downpours with these cells. let's go to where the action cam was today in love park and tomorrow you may want to try to get cl

today live on c-span, hillary clinton will kick off her campaign, live from the fdr freedom park in york city. on monday afternoon at 3:00, we are live from miami-dade college were former governor jeb bush will officially announce his kedzie. and on tuesday, businessman donald trump will announce whether he makes a bid for presidency at the trump tower. c-span's road to the white house 2016. >> president richard nixon had the opportunity to fill for seats on the u.s. supreme court. up next on american history tv, author kevin mcmahon discusses the strategy behind the president and the influence he had on the courts. judge anthony scalia makes introductory remarks. >> good evening. my name is don air. i am a lawyer in washington and the chairman of the supreme court historical society's publication committee. i was lucky to serve on the selection committee for the griswold prize and i am pleased to welcome you to the 2015 erwin griswold prize lecture. before we proceed, giving the profoundest, -- given the surroundings i have to ask , everyone to make sure your cell phones, smart phones,

that's what happened with fdr, the interstate system the federal buildings. laughing. talking about yesterday. >> that's what she said yesterday, the song "yesterday," she is talking about now, we are trying to come out stay out of a depression or a recession or what have you and this is what she is trying to look forward and building and building an infrastructure bank and things of that nature. i think she was -- the messenger delivered a message of hope i believe, remains to be seen. >> ask you, that question of personality though always asking how important is it to voters that they like or can relate to the candidates whatever, you look at what happened in 2008 democratic primaries, i do think that the personality might have been a part of that. there was more -- it seems a lot of people might have been more of a draw to barack obama's personality that hillary clinton's. you talked to republicans, that's one of the reasons a lot of them seem optimistic about marco rubio, say the same thing that happened to her in 2008 with barack obama and the primaries

charlie: what was fdr? richard: a villain in this case, a great man, one of the greatest of men.d real flaws in impatience and stupidity, and he he believed if you look at white house archives now in the internal debate that the japanese were aggressive because their skulls were shaped differently than caucasians skulls, and that it would take 2000 years for ask the man who knows. >> exactly right. who has been there. charlie: who are the heroes? richard: the heroes are the ones who quit. including the latin americans, the peruvians, the ones we had put in camps. when the war was over, we tried to deport them as illegal aliens. they never had papers and they were brought handcuffed to america. and then people stole their land as they stole the land and money of the japanese-americans here. charlie: these are some of the books you have written. president reagan. resident nixon. running in place, how bill clinton disappointed america. the reagan detour. and others. there is a real interest here in presidential power. richard: i think i think i've run out of presidents. charlie: not

charlie: what was fdr? richard: a villain in this case, a great man, one of the greatest of men.d real flaws and impatience and stupidity and he believed in eugenics. he believed if you look at white house archives now in the internal debate that the japanese were aggressive because their skulls were shaped differently than caucasians goals, and that it would take 2000 years for them to reach the civilized level of people like you and me. that was ridiculous. a lot of people who grew up in the 1920's believed in that stuff but also, his advisers were from the smithsonian institution, who also believed -- i have looked at the part about roosevelt talking about castrating all the germans, and that would've taken a lot of effort, but he had other things on his mind. charlie: that is what the nazis talked about it -- talked about before they talked about the holocaust. richard: in east tokyo and berlin -- this was not a big story in the united states -- it was a big story in berlin, and a big story in tokyo what are we doing that is different from the americans, putting all these peo