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if fdr could hold meeting. churchill believed that he could manipulate roosevelt and only a couple days before he told the canadian prime minister, he's a fine fellow but comes around, not this time. when they met at high park, churchill expected he would get the atomic agreement he wanted and hold to strategy but fdr would not give in and would not go to quebec with him until later on and when he did, two things happened, both men needed a commitment from the other in writing. first thing that happened was the generals agree to overlord and hours later fdr and churchill signed a secret agreement to resume nuclear cooperation. thought turned to action and the u.s. moved a million troops across atlantic in eight months to create invasion force in britain as new fact on the ground so this would be irreversible. after that hot meeting in may, 75 years, may 19, they did come to a fragile agreement, nobody expected to hold and it didn't and then thunderstorm broke the heat. thank you, i'm delighted to take questions
if fdr could hold meeting. churchill believed that he could manipulate roosevelt and only a couple days before he told the canadian prime minister, he's a fine fellow but comes around, not this time. when they met at high park, churchill expected he would get the atomic agreement he wanted and hold to strategy but fdr would not give in and would not go to quebec with him until later on and when he did, two things happened, both men needed a commitment from the other in writing. first thing that...
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so did fdr, they thought ahead. but then teddy lost his wife and mother on the same day in the same house and went into a depression, goes to the badlands. from then on he decided i'm not going to look ahead at what the next title is i want to reach. i'm just going to take whatever job can make me feel worthy at the time. so against his friends' advice, he becomes chief of police, civil service director, then governor, but that winding path taught him a lot of kinds of leadership skills which i think made him much more comfortable. >> host: now, the new book, "leadership in turbulent times," comes out in september of this year with. she'll be at the national book festival the first weekend in the september. booktv will be live with historian goodwin at that. what have you learned personally about turbulent times from these guys that maybe you've applied in your own life? >> guest: well, you know, i think what the thing is, is turbulent times create the opportunity for great leadership, but it also could create the o
so did fdr, they thought ahead. but then teddy lost his wife and mother on the same day in the same house and went into a depression, goes to the badlands. from then on he decided i'm not going to look ahead at what the next title is i want to reach. i'm just going to take whatever job can make me feel worthy at the time. so against his friends' advice, he becomes chief of police, civil service director, then governor, but that winding path taught him a lot of kinds of leadership skills which i...
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so, fdr understood that was a big political mistake and then fdr also fought that the leak had been askedto do too much that no organization could succeed with all the things the league was expected to do, so in addition to creating the united nations what became the united nations they created other organizations as well, some like the world bank and some regional like nato thinking that if you divided some of these tasks may be you would have a greater chance of success, so you can decide yourself if you think that was wilson 2.0 or fdr 1.0, but it came to be and that's kind of the-- fdr died before the un charter was signed and so it was up to harry truman to take up this cause and make it work and create the post war order we have been living for the last 70 years, so here we are. wilson was thinking about there had been these forces in the world that made the world blowup , these great power alliances and endless arms races and kind of hyper nationalism that turned into just armed warfare and armed-- so thought of the league of nations as a response to that and we are kind of back at
so, fdr understood that was a big political mistake and then fdr also fought that the leak had been askedto do too much that no organization could succeed with all the things the league was expected to do, so in addition to creating the united nations what became the united nations they created other organizations as well, some like the world bank and some regional like nato thinking that if you divided some of these tasks may be you would have a greater chance of success, so you can decide...
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fdr understood that was a big political mistake.they also thought they had been asked to do to much. in addition to creating will became the united nations they created other organizations as well. some of them regional like nato saying that if you divided some of these maybe you would have a greater chance at success. you can decide among yourselves whether you think that was wilson 2.0 or fdr one point oh, but it came to be and fdr died before the un charter was fined and it was up to truman's take up this cause and make it work and create this post order that we been living with throughout the last 70 years. here we are, wilson was thinking about these forces in the world that made the world blowup. these great power alliances with armed races and hyper nationalism that turned into rivalry. he thought of the league of nations as a way to respond to that. were kind of back at that place with international institutions falling apart. we have brexit pulling out of the eu, there's a rise of dictatorship and were seeing the xenophobic
fdr understood that was a big political mistake.they also thought they had been asked to do to much. in addition to creating will became the united nations they created other organizations as well. some of them regional like nato saying that if you divided some of these maybe you would have a greater chance at success. you can decide among yourselves whether you think that was wilson 2.0 or fdr one point oh, but it came to be and fdr died before the un charter was fined and it was up to...
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but he was a committed internationalist, fdr.t is also important to know about him, while wilson was president, fdr was the assistant secretary of the navy the whole time. he is watching president wilson closely and thinking about his own political future, taking note of what is working and what is not. in early 1942, he gathers together some advisors and starts thinking about a successor to the league of nations. the league of nations basically went out of business after world war ii began, or it had never been willing to enforce the terms of collective security. brian: we were never country involved -- >> right. in, the europeans, they just could not believe a second world war would come, because the first one had been so horrible. so, he you know, we watched the british, the notion of appeasement. just give him learn one more thing. one more thing and he will quit because we cannot have another world war. well, fdr was a committed internationalist and some people thought he threw out everything wilson did and started over in d
but he was a committed internationalist, fdr.t is also important to know about him, while wilson was president, fdr was the assistant secretary of the navy the whole time. he is watching president wilson closely and thinking about his own political future, taking note of what is working and what is not. in early 1942, he gathers together some advisors and starts thinking about a successor to the league of nations. the league of nations basically went out of business after world war ii began, or...
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in the 20th century we needed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we gotgan. >> we have missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his knowledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job to say what i think is true. it's my job to say what i think will work. it's my job to call a folly a folly. whether it straightens him out, i don't know. i don't know whether it's going to have an effect on them but there is no other way for an honest critic to be other than to be honest and to be critical. whether it's going to have the effect, i don't know. there is a great line by tom stop hart who once said about his own life as a writer and what he tried to do. he said, you know, you spend your life writing and every once in a while you put words together all your life and everywhere once in a while you
in the 20th century we needed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we gotgan. >> we have missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his knowledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job...
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fdr >> fdr is a champion of denial. i like to think i am, but he was.dr had 40,000 pictures of him taken. do you know how many shown in a wheelchair? two. the fact of the matter was, he lived in an age forget about the privileges. it was considered a private matter and for him, ignoring it or denying it or transcending it was the essence of how he treated ith and there is a great dignity in that. he never discussed it with his mother, who was the closest person to him. he lived a life of kind of fierce denial. i don't mean you deny the facts of it, but you deny its effect on you. you simply say, i'm going to live the way i would live otherwise and he did. for the first three months or so, i was so sick that it was hard to visit me because i had pneumonia. i ran at the edge for quite a long time, respirator, masks, heavy doses of antibiotics, and at that point i didn't have anybody to come to see me, i think. when i started to come out of that, i resumed my classes. the professors would come in. repeat their lectures and project slides on the ceiling. i
fdr >> fdr is a champion of denial. i like to think i am, but he was.dr had 40,000 pictures of him taken. do you know how many shown in a wheelchair? two. the fact of the matter was, he lived in an age forget about the privileges. it was considered a private matter and for him, ignoring it or denying it or transcending it was the essence of how he treated ith and there is a great dignity in that. he never discussed it with his mother, who was the closest person to him. he lived a life of...
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in the 20th century we needed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we gotave missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his knowledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job to say what i think is true. it's my job to say what i think will work. it's my job to call a folly a folly. whether it straightens him out, i don't know. i don't know whether it's going to have an effect on them but there is no other way for an honest critic to be other than to be honest and to be critical. whether it's going to have the effect, i don't know. there is a great line by tom stop hart who once said about his own life as a writer and what he tried to do. he said, you know, you spend your life writing and every once in a while you put words together all your life and everywhere once in a while you get them in
in the 20th century we needed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we gotave missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his knowledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job to say what i...
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maybe 1933 and '36, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, '64, '65. but even lbj reach tout republicans, and -- reached out to republicans, and fdr had republican support the first two years. when mitch mcconnell, and we'll probably come back to him a couple of times, when senator mcconnell started doing health care and trying to get 50 of his 52 votes from his caucus, my reaction was, well, that shouldn't work and couldn't work, and it's not supposed to work that way. you're supposed to be looking for some people on the other side to get 65 or 70 votes. of course he would say that would be impossible, because one of to them would vote with us because they're against trump, etc. but this notion that one party has to rule by themselves brings us to some bad places. >> you can watch in this and other programs online at booktv.org. [inaudible conversations]
maybe 1933 and '36, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, '64, '65. but even lbj reach tout republicans, and -- reached out to republicans, and fdr had republican support the first two years. when mitch mcconnell, and we'll probably come back to him a couple of times, when senator mcconnell started doing health care and trying to get 50 of his 52 votes from his caucus, my reaction was, well, that shouldn't work and couldn't work, and it's not supposed to work that way. you're supposed to be...
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in the 20th century we needed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we got missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his ledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job to say what i think is true. it's my job to say what i think will work. it's my job to call a folly a folly. whether it straightens him out, i don't know. i don't know whether it's going to have an effect on them but there is no other way for an honest critic to be other than to be honest and to be critical. whether it's going to have the effect, i don't know. there is a great line by tom stop hart who once said about his own life as a writer and what he tried to do. he said, you know, you spend your life writing and every once in a while you put words together all your life and everywhere once in a while you get them in the wr
in the 20th century we needed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we got missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his ledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job to say what i think is...
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brian: why fdr number one for the current last century? charles: he shaved american democracy internally and age of fascism by softening it and making it less harsh, capitalism and governance number one. secondly, he defeated the great enemy of that time. without a doubt he stands head and shoulders above the others. brian: what you think about his social power? charles: i think you did what you had to do. social security was a great triumph. it sustained a hold to generations and took the elderly out of poverty. and the very sense of caring implied by all of his other programs, some of which worked in others were not. it was necessary in an age where capitalism had created a calamity and where there's siren songs of other ideologies, on democratic -- undemocratic ideologies in europe already to just sweep america. they swept europe the never reached here because we had fdr who understood the threat, the need, understood the ideological challenge and chose a path in between of a compassionate government which is necessary. as you know, a l
brian: why fdr number one for the current last century? charles: he shaved american democracy internally and age of fascism by softening it and making it less harsh, capitalism and governance number one. secondly, he defeated the great enemy of that time. without a doubt he stands head and shoulders above the others. brian: what you think about his social power? charles: i think you did what you had to do. social security was a great triumph. it sustained a hold to generations and took the...
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it was time to go to fdr and demand, as one of them put it, a new deal. morgenthau and two members of his staff met with roosevelt and convinced him to issue an executive order establishing a war refugee board, a new government agency tasked with relief and rescue of jews and other possess cuted -- persecuted minorities. it was housed on the third floor of treasury, almost all of the staff were treasury department lawyers, and 35-year-old assistant secretary -- assistant to the secretary john paley served as the director. so for the first time in january 1944, the united states has an official policy about the holocaust. by the end of the war in europe 17 months later, they had saved tens of thousands of lives. rescue board is the first non-self-published book about the refugee board, who they were, what they did, how they did it. this seems really strange given the tens of thousands of books that are published about world war ii and the thousands of books about the holocaust published every year. and for the decade i was writing the book, i kept expectin
it was time to go to fdr and demand, as one of them put it, a new deal. morgenthau and two members of his staff met with roosevelt and convinced him to issue an executive order establishing a war refugee board, a new government agency tasked with relief and rescue of jews and other possess cuted -- persecuted minorities. it was housed on the third floor of treasury, almost all of the staff were treasury department lawyers, and 35-year-old assistant secretary -- assistant to the secretary john...
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teddy roosevelt, fdr, and of course, lincoln. what she's doing, she's looking at their presidencies through the lens of leadership and management. she's been delivering a speech to business authors for many years and the i thithing she ta about is coalesced into an argument, what makes a great leader. she looks the a the president, not only in the formative experiences, but in the oval office and generous among the four. he has his own sort of unique-- they all have unique formative experiences, but, so she looks at them all and i think the take away is in terms of-- that's a big book for us. >> and you referred to doris kearns goodwin as a house author. >> i don't know that doris kearns goodwin is a house author. she's her own, but simon & schuster is proud to have published here. and rebecca tracer, she's a contributing writer and she had a best seller, "all the single ladies" and she's writing a book "good and mad" writing about women and anger and to be sure, over the last year we've seen anger by women as a constructive forc
teddy roosevelt, fdr, and of course, lincoln. what she's doing, she's looking at their presidencies through the lens of leadership and management. she's been delivering a speech to business authors for many years and the i thithing she ta about is coalesced into an argument, what makes a great leader. she looks the a the president, not only in the formative experiences, but in the oval office and generous among the four. he has his own sort of unique-- they all have unique formative...
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just as fdr predicted 74 years ago today.y in northern france to liberate the world of nazi aggression. today also marks the 50th anniversary of robert f. kennedy's assassination. he was celebrating a win in the california democratic primary at the ambassador hotel in los angeles only to be gunned down minutes later. welcome to this special edition of "morning joe." it's wednesday, june 6th. with us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. your piece in "the daily beast" is amazing. we'll be reading from it. author and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss joins us this morning. he is the author of the forthcoming book, "presidents of war." out this october. and also, david ignatius. good to have you all on board on this special morning. joe? >> so much to talk about today. these two days always obviously collide together on our calendars. this year a bit more focus on what happened on june the 6th, 1968. but let's start with what happened, of course, on this day in 1944. it is true, and it
just as fdr predicted 74 years ago today.y in northern france to liberate the world of nazi aggression. today also marks the 50th anniversary of robert f. kennedy's assassination. he was celebrating a win in the california democratic primary at the ambassador hotel in los angeles only to be gunned down minutes later. welcome to this special edition of "morning joe." it's wednesday, june 6th. with us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. your piece in...
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"do you know how long fdr was president?"ight laughter ] "oh, yeah, 16 years. 16." [ cheers and applause ] while all this strikes you as heartless and barbaric, just know that even the people charged with implementing it can't defend it. the acting director of immigration and customs enforcement thomas homan was asked a very simple question on cnn. is this policy humane? watch as he struggles to answer. >> is this new zero tolerance policy tth supported, that the attorney general announced. is it humane? >> i think that -- i think it's. >> no. >> look, it's the policy. but is this humane? >> i think it's the law. and i'm law enforcement. i must follow the law. >> it clearly looks so inhumane. >> that's our job. >> seth: that's your job? where did you find it, on actualmonster.com? [ laughter ] also, any time you pause that long, the answer is not going to be good. "honey, who's kayla?" [ laughter ] "she is -- [ laughter ] a work frid. trump has made very clear how he feels about immigration. he concocts lies about criminals p
"do you know how long fdr was president?"ight laughter ] "oh, yeah, 16 years. 16." [ cheers and applause ] while all this strikes you as heartless and barbaric, just know that even the people charged with implementing it can't defend it. the acting director of immigration and customs enforcement thomas homan was asked a very simple question on cnn. is this policy humane? watch as he struggles to answer. >> is this new zero tolerance policy tth supported, that the...
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fdr and hughes were not personally enemies at all. they knew each other when they were both politicians in new york and had respect for each other but fdr didn't like any new deal court decisions and he came after the court, not necessarily after hughes and then you have eisenhower and warren. i guess the way the framers set up the separation of powers there is built in tension that is probably healthy for the most part. when a president, a strong president and all the pres.s i have written about have been strong pres.s feel the court which is an independent branch of the government is undermining or in some way obstructing what they see as public interest the presidents can come after them. .. . >> certainly want to leave time for questions from the audience. so let me end by asking two semi-unfair questions. after all i'm a law professor and i get to ask unfair questions to people lots of times. eisenhower was not only a military leader. but during his presidency, he faced a number of military crisis. the korean war, the opportunity
fdr and hughes were not personally enemies at all. they knew each other when they were both politicians in new york and had respect for each other but fdr didn't like any new deal court decisions and he came after the court, not necessarily after hughes and then you have eisenhower and warren. i guess the way the framers set up the separation of powers there is built in tension that is probably healthy for the most part. when a president, a strong president and all the pres.s i have written...
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june 16, the fdr presidential library and museum host the roosevelt reading festival, a day of author programs on the life of the 32nd president. later this month in new orleans, the american library association annual conference featuring a keynote talk by former first lady michelle obama. from july 11 till of the 14th, is the annual libertarian conference freedom fest. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage click the book fair tab on our website , book tv.org. >> this is called change hard and policy and it's all about the ways that movements-- not just filing lawsuits and pushing for reform in those advocacy techniques, this is about how they do the softer stuff. have you change minds, attitude. it takes just as much strategy and thought with social norms as it does to do these other things and to give you a flavor of why some of the many movements have been so good at this i want to share a couple of social media ads to show you have a think about changing hearts and minds and i can think of no one better than the t
june 16, the fdr presidential library and museum host the roosevelt reading festival, a day of author programs on the life of the 32nd president. later this month in new orleans, the american library association annual conference featuring a keynote talk by former first lady michelle obama. from july 11 till of the 14th, is the annual libertarian conference freedom fest. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage click the book fair...
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here is fdr prayer, part of it.ur son's pride of the nation, this day has set up on a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve >> the 74th anniversary of d-day. years fdr's prayer, our son's pride in our nation this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, our civilization and set free a suffering humanity believed them straight and true, give strength to their arms, status of their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. we remember the brave heroes today and every day. time for shannon bream and the fantastic fox news at night team. shannon: great remembrance, we begin with a fox news alert, a justice department inspector general's report on his probe into the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton email case is expected anytime now. catherine herridge has new information on that front and the president hosts is end of the muslim holy month of ramadan. what is behind the whho
here is fdr prayer, part of it.ur son's pride of the nation, this day has set up on a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve >> the 74th anniversary of d-day. years fdr's prayer, our son's pride in our nation this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, our civilization and set free a suffering humanity believed them straight and true, give strength to their arms, status of their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. we remember the brave...
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he said i remember looking up at window when fdr was inaugurated and there was not a black face in thewd. q we are, and i am sitting with my grandfather seeing the first black president being inaugurated. he said america is a great place if you are willing to work hard. that sticks with me to this day. david: you went to cornell. you majored in engineering. robert: chemical engineering. david: the school is now named after you as a result of guess you have given. robert: how about that? david: your first job was at goodyear. he went to air products and chemicals. robert: i worked in applied research and development and developed a line of products. it extended the shelf life of foods. kraftthere, i went to foods. awas all about had you create unique solution no one else had come up with, great ideas no one had come up with and solve problems. david: how did you go from working in engineering to a financial engineering job at goldman sachs? robert: it is an interesting story. i did well. to school.me back as they went to my background, there was a man who ran his own investment bank who
he said i remember looking up at window when fdr was inaugurated and there was not a black face in thewd. q we are, and i am sitting with my grandfather seeing the first black president being inaugurated. he said america is a great place if you are willing to work hard. that sticks with me to this day. david: you went to cornell. you majored in engineering. robert: chemical engineering. david: the school is now named after you as a result of guess you have given. robert: how about that? david:...
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on june 16th, the fdr presidential library and museum hosts the roosevelt reading festival, a day of author programs on the life and tenure of america's 32nd president. also later this month in new orleans, it's the american library association's annual conference featuring a key note talk by former first lady michelle obama. then from july is 11th-14th, it's the annual libertarian conference freedom fest in las vegas. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv.org. >> president obama did not want to be perceived as political. and, you know, there's an element of his own image, self-image there that, you know, first i don't want to be out there and be accused by my foes of trying to tilt the election. >> and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell weren't going to help. >> no, no, we tell that story too, how the president tried to come up with a bipartisan response. he thought, you know, this was an attack on an american election, and, you know, i don't always like the word meddling,
on june 16th, the fdr presidential library and museum hosts the roosevelt reading festival, a day of author programs on the life and tenure of america's 32nd president. also later this month in new orleans, it's the american library association's annual conference featuring a key note talk by former first lady michelle obama. then from july is 11th-14th, it's the annual libertarian conference freedom fest in las vegas. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch...
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orleans, the conference featuring a need talk by form first lady michelle obama, and on june 23rd the fdr presidential library and human hosts the roosevelt reading festival, day of author programs on the life and tenure of america's 32nd president. then from july 11th to the 14th it's the annual libertarian conference, freedomfest in las vegas. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fair's tab on our web site, booktv.org. >> the book is called "blue texas: the make offering a multiracial democratic coalition in the civil rising era" the book dry draws back the curtain or the story of another texas. not the texas of big care and cowboy conservativism that you might social with the state but rather a history in which it's a hotbed of liberal, political organizing, civil rights activism, of trade unionism, and above all, the story i tell is how activists from different groups, african-americans, mexican americans and whites, came together and built an alliance, coalition for both the sive rights and labor rights a
orleans, the conference featuring a need talk by form first lady michelle obama, and on june 23rd the fdr presidential library and human hosts the roosevelt reading festival, day of author programs on the life and tenure of america's 32nd president. then from july 11th to the 14th it's the annual libertarian conference, freedomfest in las vegas. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fair's tab on our web site,...
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famouslywith blood fdr called unconditional surrender. for the generation that lived it or rumors hit, there is a temp tatian to measure other wars by that standard. because wars since then have lacked the clarity and decisiveness of world war ii, it has led to frustration. world war ii was not the template of war, it is the only war that meets all of those conditions. i'm going to talk to about the naval side of that war which was a global conflict. it ining to cover all of a single book is challenging and humbling, that said, i will give it a guest shot. for americans, world war ii began december 7, 1941. for the british, french, germans and especially the polish, it began two years earlier, september 1, 1939. for the japanese and chinese, two years before that, july 7, 1937. i try to honor all of these participants. michael is to read about world war ii at sea. all of it. theuding those theaters americans do not pay much attention to as a role. the indian ocean, the 1943.rranean, until the most famous book about the war at sea is this
famouslywith blood fdr called unconditional surrender. for the generation that lived it or rumors hit, there is a temp tatian to measure other wars by that standard. because wars since then have lacked the clarity and decisiveness of world war ii, it has led to frustration. world war ii was not the template of war, it is the only war that meets all of those conditions. i'm going to talk to about the naval side of that war which was a global conflict. it ining to cover all of a single book is...
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fdr put in place after the great depression. the. year after year and a president aftethepresident after presiden, regardless of the party. other bank regulators look to the other way as big financial institutions found new ways to trick their customers. they signed off on the mortgages that were more like boxes with pins already pulled out and between the hide risk trading and boring banking as glass-steagall was repealed. the resul resource should have surprised exactly no one. after another boom in 2008, the economy came crashing to thend f millions that lost their homes and their jobs and their savings and who lost their very lives they spent decades to build. and what was the administration's answer, more deregulation. to make it better and better for the richest and most powerful. in 2016, candidate had more promises to fight for the working people, promises to stand up to wall street and it's clear now those promises were just part of a scam that has paid off handsomely f wal street and for every corporation that can hire an a
fdr put in place after the great depression. the. year after year and a president aftethepresident after presiden, regardless of the party. other bank regulators look to the other way as big financial institutions found new ways to trick their customers. they signed off on the mortgages that were more like boxes with pins already pulled out and between the hide risk trading and boring banking as glass-steagall was repealed. the resul resource should have surprised exactly no one. after another...
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there is no better example than fdr who takes his experience in the navy, as secretary of the navy andion of what , wilson did and would use that in his new deal policies and his prosecution of world war ii. just to give you one example, we did not draft a military until we entered the war in world war i. as world war ii was raging in europe, fdr remembered this and we actually prepared the military and enlarged it before the war because he recognized that was the difficulty that occurred in world war i. he draws upon his experience, as did countless others, to shape american society and the government following the war in the years that unfolded afterwards. the things i learned in this exhibit as i put it together were threefold. one, i don't think i fully appreciated the idea of citizenship, what it meant for inizens, but the government terms of obligation and rights, world war i really crystallized what that meant and ushered us into an expanded era of federalized government. secondarily, in terms of rights, i don't think they realized it created a central role in creating the naacp
there is no better example than fdr who takes his experience in the navy, as secretary of the navy andion of what , wilson did and would use that in his new deal policies and his prosecution of world war ii. just to give you one example, we did not draft a military until we entered the war in world war i. as world war ii was raging in europe, fdr remembered this and we actually prepared the military and enlarged it before the war because he recognized that was the difficulty that occurred in...
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. >> what i'm doing is no different than what fdr.dr's solution for germans, italians, japanese. >> you're for internment camps? >> this is a president highly respected by all. he did the same thing. if you look at what he was doing, it was far worse. >> he did the same thing. that was candidate trump defense. r u and the panel, your view of the news tonight, is it good that supreme court has emphatically and finally said that happy need internment decision was wrong and if so, was donald trump wrong to invoke it? >> i can't speak for the president and i have not read the full roreport or the full ruling from the supreme court. i do agree with you it's very unusual they would go back that far and bring something up like this. i think i'll have to stand on my earlier comments that what makes this such a landmark decision is the supreme court said our president has the sole authority to make these decisions. i think that's the important take away here. >> you know -- >> nina and then anthony. >> if you look at this decision by the chief
. >> what i'm doing is no different than what fdr.dr's solution for germans, italians, japanese. >> you're for internment camps? >> this is a president highly respected by all. he did the same thing. if you look at what he was doing, it was far worse. >> he did the same thing. that was candidate trump defense. r u and the panel, your view of the news tonight, is it good that supreme court has emphatically and finally said that happy need internment decision was wrong and...
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i'm an fdr democrat. >> reporter: across the country heitkamp is one of five democratic senators facinged states that trump carried in double digits. because she's going where all other democrats are not, embracing trump. >> i don't think either party has all the right answers. that's why i voted over half the time with president trump. >> reporter: she down played the president's visit to fargo. >> at the end of the day, he's going to maybe say some mean things about me. that's okay. >> reporter: for senate republicans, it couldn't come soon enough. for months they've been complaining to the white house about the president's public praise for heitkamp. >> there's something so nice about bipartisan. >> reporter: she's running against the state's lone republican congressman kevin cramer who was relegated to the background when heitkamp got this presidential campaign. that's likely to be her last before november. jeff zeleny, cnn, fargo, north dakota. >>> all right. our thanks to jeff zeleny for that. coming up, we have a very special treat here. the man behind some of my favorite movies.
i'm an fdr democrat. >> reporter: across the country heitkamp is one of five democratic senators facinged states that trump carried in double digits. because she's going where all other democrats are not, embracing trump. >> i don't think either party has all the right answers. that's why i voted over half the time with president trump. >> reporter: she down played the president's visit to fargo. >> at the end of the day, he's going to maybe say some mean things about...
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. >>> nervous german soccer fans, bracing for the first departure since fdr was in the oval office.n the 92nd machine -- the defeat, biggest disgrace in german world cup series, the german newspaper called it. >> world cup mania. >> i'm a portugal fan. >> god bless you, everywhere. we'll be right back. tomorrow morning at 4-30. michelle griego and kenny choi will hav to start your >>> late show with stephen colbert is e
. >>> nervous german soccer fans, bracing for the first departure since fdr was in the oval office.n the 92nd machine -- the defeat, biggest disgrace in german world cup series, the german newspaper called it. >> world cup mania. >> i'm a portugal fan. >> god bless you, everywhere. we'll be right back. tomorrow morning at 4-30. michelle griego and kenny choi will hav to start your >>> late show with stephen colbert is e
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fdr made an executive order to lock up japanese americans in february 1942. that executive order cited military necessity as the reason why japanese americans had to be locked up. it cited the military necessity of protecting the homeland, essentially, from japanese americans who would want to sabotage and subvert the war effort here at home. quote, the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national defense material, national defense prems and national defense utilities. that asserted that japanese americans living in the united states would assist americans against any attack. they would act as sabotage against the u.s. government and the u.s. military. in that same report the jena certifica -- general asserted that it predisposed them to assist in japanese forces against such attack. it also chose to discern loyal and disloyal members of that racial group. on the basis of those findings, this report from this u.s. general, advocated that all japanese americans should be rounded up forc
fdr made an executive order to lock up japanese americans in february 1942. that executive order cited military necessity as the reason why japanese americans had to be locked up. it cited the military necessity of protecting the homeland, essentially, from japanese americans who would want to sabotage and subvert the war effort here at home. quote, the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national defense material,...
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it is not really into the late 1930's and fdr's second term that the federal government finds the power to pass some sort of legislation that will affect all children nationally. susan: what ground the supreme court find them unconstitutional? the 14th amendment, is that right? julia: the 10th amendment and the 15th amendment. the supreme court said that congress does not have unlimited power to regulate state's labor. what -- ist was resolved at the time that the constitution itself should be amended to give congress the power, just as it was amended to give them the power to prohibit alcohol nationally. but, there is a very big change in the 1920's. they failed to get enough states to ratify it. susan: were there any big patrons in congress? julia: of the pro-child labor cause? certainly. the first part of the 20th century it was a cause that progresses would tie themselves to to launch their careers. it eventually -- eventually woodrow wilson, who had opposed congress having the power to regulate child labor. he said it was blatantly unconstitutional. it was clearly a right of the st
it is not really into the late 1930's and fdr's second term that the federal government finds the power to pass some sort of legislation that will affect all children nationally. susan: what ground the supreme court find them unconstitutional? the 14th amendment, is that right? julia: the 10th amendment and the 15th amendment. the supreme court said that congress does not have unlimited power to regulate state's labor. what -- ist was resolved at the time that the constitution itself should be...
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, primarily because fdr was in a wheelchair and couldn't do that.ssion has to be outsourced to first ladies. the president had to be convinced by his wife and daughter that this was a bad idea. why didn't he come to himself? ted cruz apparently didn't need his wife to know that this is something that shouldn't happen. >> i was just going to say forgive us with the pictures, the images that you're seeing. this is obviously a raw feed coming in from the first lady. go ahead. >> i was just going to add that there is a political factor here. the president and the administration had a really difficult time with it. this is showing a different image. but at the same time, there is a fine line for the president to walk here. he cannot show too much empathy for this because he has the potential of losing some of his base who want him to be harder. at the same time he can't go in the other direction because he might lose some of the moderates if he's too sympathetic. >> let's listen in to what's happening there with the first lady. >> good morning, everybody
, primarily because fdr was in a wheelchair and couldn't do that.ssion has to be outsourced to first ladies. the president had to be convinced by his wife and daughter that this was a bad idea. why didn't he come to himself? ted cruz apparently didn't need his wife to know that this is something that shouldn't happen. >> i was just going to say forgive us with the pictures, the images that you're seeing. this is obviously a raw feed coming in from the first lady. go ahead. >> i was...
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. >>> nervous german soccer fans, bracing for the first departure since fdr was in the oval office.n the 92nd machine -- the defeat, biggest disgrace in german world cup series, the german newspaper called it. >> world cup mania. >> i'm a portugal fan. >> god bless maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. tomorrow morning at 4-30. michelle griego and kenny choi will hav to start your >>> late show with stephen colbert is next. the s morrow at 4:3 >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]
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maybe 1933 and 34, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, 64, 65. even lbj reached out to republicans, and fdr had republican support the first two years. when mitch mcconnell, and will probably come back to a couple of times, when senator mcconnell started doing healthcare and trying to get 50 of his 92 votes from his caucus, my reaction was, well, that shouldn't work and couldn't work. and it's not supposed to work that way. you are supposed to be looking for some people on the other side to get 65 or 70 votes. of course he would say that would be impossible because none of them would vote with us because they're against trump, et cetera. ..
maybe 1933 and 34, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, 64, 65. even lbj reached out to republicans, and fdr had republican support the first two years. when mitch mcconnell, and will probably come back to a couple of times, when senator mcconnell started doing healthcare and trying to get 50 of his 92 votes from his caucus, my reaction was, well, that shouldn't work and couldn't work. and it's not supposed to work that way. you are supposed to be looking for some people on the other side to...
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and a onidis help.a ihave a rough guess that would guess because he had been runpublican, but didn't fdr with henry wallace on the ticket, and wasn't henry wallace a republican into the 1930's? it's a long stretch. he was a former republican but when roosevelt forced him on the 1940 convention, i believe he was by then a democrat. >> and he was in roosevelt's cabinet of the time. audience member: miss brimmer, wardidn't you use daddy bucks and those types of cartoons in your speech? why didn't they use various cartoons in my speech? i'm not sure what you are asking but how would that relate to how it works? what are you envisioning? daddy warbuber: cks? >> are you talking about little orphan annie? audience member: i think that would be appropriate. i will certainly think about it -- >> i will certainly think about it. , didn't show harriet tubman who was a civil war nurse. we don't have a lot of visual representations, and i haven't come across any. i usually ask people who they think about as civil war widows and black union widows, and many don't realize harriet tubman and susie king
and a onidis help.a ihave a rough guess that would guess because he had been runpublican, but didn't fdr with henry wallace on the ticket, and wasn't henry wallace a republican into the 1930's? it's a long stretch. he was a former republican but when roosevelt forced him on the 1940 convention, i believe he was by then a democrat. >> and he was in roosevelt's cabinet of the time. audience member: miss brimmer, wardidn't you use daddy bucks and those types of cartoons in your speech? why...
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been since fdr and his new deal where he changed the way the government worked and we haven't changed it very much since then. which means we are almost 20% into the 21st century but still dealing with a government that is from the earliest 20th century. this leads, mr. president, to some bizarre results. in fact, the stories, you don't know where to start. right now, because of the nature of the way we regulate in this country, if you have a cheese pizza, you make a cheese pizza that is governed by the united states department of agriculture. no, the other way around. i get these backwards. if you make a cheese pizza it's governed by the food and drug. if you put peperoni it's governed by usda. if you have a chicken governed by the usda. if it lays an egg gornd by the f.d.a. if you break the egg and make omelet u.s. sda. open faced roast beef it's one. hot dog meat is governed by one. put it in a bun governed by another one. one of my favorites you have a salt water fish and salmon in the ocean it's governed by the department of commerce once it swims up river governed by the departm
been since fdr and his new deal where he changed the way the government worked and we haven't changed it very much since then. which means we are almost 20% into the 21st century but still dealing with a government that is from the earliest 20th century. this leads, mr. president, to some bizarre results. in fact, the stories, you don't know where to start. right now, because of the nature of the way we regulate in this country, if you have a cheese pizza, you make a cheese pizza that is...
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correspond not so was about internment camps done by fdr. dread scott was about slavery and was a bad decision. he rule of law that says t c presence inrge of national security, muslim is not brown skin there'sf plenty o white muslims ungess you're have tond say muslims have to muslim or anything else, it's about nations that are not v ting people coming into america and here's the thing. you got to be kidding me. there is n credible security expert anywhere that will s that. i didn't interruptou. we're going to put americans first and b the law,y the way, you guys just said you like the law. yeah,ht, the district urt's ruled, but the surreme t five to four is the law of the land. merritt isn't sitting in that seat because mitchell connell didn't. confirm ed, you want to jump in t bre? justause the supreme court has decided this case doesn't make its right. it' morly wron legally wrong. dread scott was the law of the land then, tet didn't them right. this is very similar annular parallel to correspond moch sue and it's very sad. in correspon
correspond not so was about internment camps done by fdr. dread scott was about slavery and was a bad decision. he rule of law that says t c presence inrge of national security, muslim is not brown skin there'sf plenty o white muslims ungess you're have tond say muslims have to muslim or anything else, it's about nations that are not v ting people coming into america and here's the thing. you got to be kidding me. there is n credible security expert anywhere that will s that. i didn't...
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fdr's presidential venture. you can board in oakland and sail the bay sunday.afted cocktails, dancing, '20s and '30s outfits encouraged. go to our website to be linked up with hoodline. have fun. abc 7 news. >>> cat lovers, don't miss your chance to adopt the cutest combo and why these two will make the purrrfect pet. >>> we're on 24/7 on the news app and abc7news.com. we posted firework shows and events. if you log on from your phone, also be sure to download our abc 7 news app for breaking news alerts and tune in for the latest news and weather here on the next newscast, abc7 news at 4:00. >>> it's friday. we are doubling the fun with this week's perfect pet segment. mike, who do you have for us today in. >> oh, yes, we have not one, but two adorable cats looking for a forever home. hi again, everybody. and one is literally cutie. this is adrian and cutie. they are hiding in the tube. playful. 9-year-old male cats who lived to the forever. they need to be adopted together because of that in a home with no other pets also. they want you all to themselves. they
fdr's presidential venture. you can board in oakland and sail the bay sunday.afted cocktails, dancing, '20s and '30s outfits encouraged. go to our website to be linked up with hoodline. have fun. abc 7 news. >>> cat lovers, don't miss your chance to adopt the cutest combo and why these two will make the purrrfect pet. >>> we're on 24/7 on the news app and abc7news.com. we posted firework shows and events. if you log on from your phone, also be sure to download our abc 7 news...
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laura: it is completely you reveal in your book that teddy roosevelt did not like baseball but fdr saved the game during world war ii. what did he do? curt: franklin roosevelt saved it after pearl harbor. the japanese attacking pearl harbor in december 7, 1941, and baseball was clueless, not necessarily an exception. mmissioner wrote a lette to franklin roosevelt saying, "what should we do? should we fold o tent? should we go home? should we operate during the duration of the war?" the next day, roosevelt held a press conference and he read the contents of his letterloud, which i think exemplifies the importance of baseball to the nation, and he said not simply do i want baseball to go forward, but baseball will go forth because of its importance to the morale at the home fronts and trbroad. laura: speaking of morale, george w. bush gave the opening pitch at the yankees game after 9/11. iw symbolic is that moment? curt: how symbolanything possible to be? he did a heroic act, the most heroic he ever became, befe or since. it was a stunning act, riintessentially presidential, quintessentia
laura: it is completely you reveal in your book that teddy roosevelt did not like baseball but fdr saved the game during world war ii. what did he do? curt: franklin roosevelt saved it after pearl harbor. the japanese attacking pearl harbor in december 7, 1941, and baseball was clueless, not necessarily an exception. mmissioner wrote a lette to franklin roosevelt saying, "what should we do? should we fold o tent? should we go home? should we operate during the duration of the war?"...
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he said, i remember looking out the window when fdr was inaugurated and there was not a black face in crowd. and here we are, and i am sitting with my grandfather seeing the first black president being inaugurated. and he said america is a great , place if you are willing to work hard and drive forward on a set of principles and ideals that are important. that sticks with me to this day. david: you went to cornell. you majored in engineering. robert: chemical engineering. david: and now the school of chemical engineering is named after you as a result of gifts you have given. robert: how about that? david: you graduated and your first job was at goodyear. you went to air products and chemicals. robert: i worked in applied research and development and had some wonderful experiences, i developed a line of products. it extended the shelf life of foods. from there, i went to kraft general foods. there i had general equipment and process development. and for me, i was all about, how do you create a unique solution no one else had come up with, great ideas no one had come up with, and solve
he said, i remember looking out the window when fdr was inaugurated and there was not a black face in crowd. and here we are, and i am sitting with my grandfather seeing the first black president being inaugurated. and he said america is a great , place if you are willing to work hard and drive forward on a set of principles and ideals that are important. that sticks with me to this day. david: you went to cornell. you majored in engineering. robert: chemical engineering. david: and now the...
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remember all those tough rules that fdr put in place after the great depression, the ones that worked to make our economy safer for half a century? when reagan began his systematic campaign of deregulation those rules came under attack and t sted under attack year after year after year, president after president, regardlessf party. for decades the fed and other bank regulators just looked the institutions found new to trick theirustome the s.e.c. was badly outdone. credit rating agencies signed off on the safety of pools of mortgages that were like boxes of grenades with the pins already pulle out, and the wall between high-risk trading and boring bank is wag knocked down as glass/sagall was repealed. the result should have surprised exactly no one. after aer our economy came crashing to the ground, dragging along tens of millions of americans who lost their homes, who lost their jobs, who lost their savings, who lost the very lives they had spent decades to build. 30 years of deregulation, a crash that nearly brought our economy to its knees, a recovery now that has left most america
remember all those tough rules that fdr put in place after the great depression, the ones that worked to make our economy safer for half a century? when reagan began his systematic campaign of deregulation those rules came under attack and t sted under attack year after year after year, president after president, regardlessf party. for decades the fed and other bank regulators just looked the institutions found new to trick theirustome the s.e.c. was badly outdone. credit rating agencies signed...
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he said, i remember looking out the window when fdr was inaugurated and there was not a black face inhe crowd. and here we are, and i am sitting with my grandfather seeing the first black president being inaugurated. and he said, america is a great place if you are willing to work hard and drive forward on a set of principles and ideals that are important. and authentic. that sticks with me to this day. david: you went to cornell. you majored in engineering. robert: chemical engineering. david: and now the school of chemical engineering is named after you as a result of gifts you have given. robert: how about that? david: you graduated and your first job was at goodyear. you then went to air products and chemicals. robert: i worked in applied research and development and had some wonderful experiences, i developed a line of products. believe it or not, it extended the shelf life of foods. from there, i went to kraft general foods. there i had general equipment and product development. and for me, i was all about, how do you create a unique solution no one else had come up with, create
he said, i remember looking out the window when fdr was inaugurated and there was not a black face inhe crowd. and here we are, and i am sitting with my grandfather seeing the first black president being inaugurated. and he said, america is a great place if you are willing to work hard and drive forward on a set of principles and ideals that are important. and authentic. that sticks with me to this day. david: you went to cornell. you majored in engineering. robert: chemical engineering. david:...
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you have fdr's new deal. you've got lbj's war on poverty, and even nixon was actually very sympathetic to a range of welfare initiatives. but since, say, 1980 or whatever, what we've seen is a very consistent trend where the notion of solidarity, the notion of judging a society by how it treats the worst off has been systematically discarded, and now i think american policy is characterized primarily by efforts to stigmatize the poor, to make them feel and make others feel that it is their fault that they're poor, to characterize them often in racial terms, to pretend this is a problem that is predominantly african american and not for the white community, which of course is completely wrong, and to end up at the point that the society owes nothing to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the society. so i think there's a radical change from the earlier efforts to ensure that poverty is eliminated, to the pretty callous policies pursued today. >> you, your report actually takes figures that go up to 2016, an
you have fdr's new deal. you've got lbj's war on poverty, and even nixon was actually very sympathetic to a range of welfare initiatives. but since, say, 1980 or whatever, what we've seen is a very consistent trend where the notion of solidarity, the notion of judging a society by how it treats the worst off has been systematically discarded, and now i think american policy is characterized primarily by efforts to stigmatize the poor, to make them feel and make others feel that it is their...