it was something that fdr really like to make.g that i wanted to mention that plays into white house food history is presidential pets. believe it or not the white house executive chef has often been in charge of making recipes for the dogs, those kinds of things, but there was a time when the white house pet actually messed up the plans for the white house cook, this involves a dog called winks. he was on the scene before the fallout. according to white house reports on the morning of march 24, there were five sets of -- that were set up for the residence staff, he stepped away to do something else and when the white house cook returned all of them are gone. they realized it's because winks had helped himself to a nice hearty meal. the president had fun with that. they staged a photo of winks heating ham and eggs. the white house cook was upset with this. soon afterwards it was announced that winks was leaving the white house to spend more time with his family. that paved the way for the more familiar coffee -- dog. one thing tha

the plates said "fdr." i would note on our panel, we have two vanitizers, chris has a new york plate that says 1932 and tomlin has a plate that says "new deal," perfect for the grandson of the mother of the new deal. in the museum, you can see, in the basement, everyone should visit it, you can see fdr's car with hand control and the plate on that car is "3." my question, my usual question that i ask at all of these events, if you could ask franklin delano roosevelt one question, what would you ask and what do you think his answer would be? why don't we start with you, mr. roosevelt. >> all right. that's a tough one. because there's so many things. >> but only one question. >> that i never got the opportunity to do. >> that's right. >> i think i would ask him, what would you propose to give the american people hope today. there is as much need for hope today as there was in 1932. whether it's among those who are -- the people in "hillbilly elegy," the people left behind by american prosperity, or whether it

>> great question, i'm not sure this is really fdr i think a couple of features of fdr that president might want to consider, something bold like the g.i. bill that would really help people get skills for the modern economy rather than turning the clock back, another fdr approach would be to modernize social insurance instead doubling down on old models, i don't think this is enough of the change, that is the problem. gerry: part of that plan involves significant tax increase, we talked about corporate tax increase, he also wants to tax higher earners, we will see more of that presumably in the next two weeks and months, again what does the history tell us about what happens to nakata b we need to raise taxes, even in economy we have an economy that we have right now where you raise taxes on those on crabs who have done better. >> i think there's a couple of things, one would be an increase in the corporate tax or business tax, generally one of two things it depresses investment and that is not abstract notions with lower capital and lower productivity and lower wages, also asset pric

i think fdr was a man churchill could relate to through some commonalities. harry truman, i don't think churchill was expecting much from him. i think he kind of looked down his nose a little bit. i think it took some time, but if he got to know truman and potsdam, i think he recognized that this guy was up to the task. the big question for truman, everyone in the states would say can he swing the job. i think churchill had the same question. i think it was answered pretty readily. >> and then from potsdam, there was the election. churchill has to go along, because he is out of office. the big three, which had originally been fdr, stalin, and churchill, the only one left is stalin. it's a new cast. there is athlete, truman, and stalin. it's a remarkable to reflect on that leadership change, leaders who brought us through victory in world war ii. it's a different cast of characters entirely. going forward and getting closer to fulton, the long train ride is a historic moment for the two leaders, because they spent close to 12 hours on a train from washington t

i think fdr was a man that churchill could just relate to through some commonalities. harry truman was someone i don't think churchill was expecting much of. i think he kind of looked down his nose a little bit, to be honest, with truman, and said so later. i think it took him some time. when he got to know truman, especially at potsdam, he recognized this guy subpoena to the task. the big question is, everybody in the states would say, can he swing the job. i think winston churchill had that same question. and i think it was answered pretty readily for which are sins ton. for winston. >> then from potsdam, churchill has to go home because he's out of office and the big three, which had originally been fdr, stalin, and churchill, the only one left is stalin. it's the new cast, with ateley, truman, and stalin. it's a remarkable to reflect on that leadership change, the leaders who brought us through the victory in world war ii, it's now a different cast of characters entirely. going forward, and more specifically getting closer to fulton, the long train ride is a histor

another confidant of fdr's. each of the men developed a reputation for honesty and efficiency and reliability which in attorney made people believe that government could do things and do them well. for the biden administration to truly be transformative, it needs to rival, not only the ambition of the new deal, but also its impressive execution. go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my "washington post" column this week, and let's get started. ♪ >>> let's keep talking about biden's infrastructure and jobs proposal which comes on the heel of his $2 trillion relief package. is it fair to compare biden to fdr? let me bring in jon meacham and niall ferguson. john has one of the 11 books he's written, he's an occasional adviser to president biden. niall ferguson is a columnist for bloomberg opinion. his most recent book is the square and the tower and he's written about 11 books. jon, let me ask you, to start this, place the series of two actions even before the first 100 days have happened in some historical context. >

exercising power is something that comes naturally to joe biden and fdr.use, the privilege of being there to do these big transformative things he's trying to do. but the other point is that i think -- i hadn't really thought about this very much, but the more i watch over the last few weeks biden, the similarity with fdr is that tragedy struck both men early in life, crucible moments as we call them in literature. biden obviously lost his wife and daughter in a horrible car crash, fdr struck down by polio. the rest of his life he was disabled from the waist down. in both cases, they were calamitous deaths, and, of course, beau biden passing away. some people come out bereft. some people recover quickly. within a year they're back where they used to be. there are some people, biden and fdr among them, who not only through their resilience get back on their feet, but they embrace higher moral purpose in life. they look for meaning in life. and i think that biden and fdr have both sought meaning in life through these transformative expansions of government t

>> thank you for that question we are very supportive of fdr at this time because it has potential toave low income countries burdened by that and lack the physical space to do with the pandemic and the economic consequences. when rights are allocated by the imf they go to countries in proportion to the quotas of the imf. so they are broadly distributed with the large share and up going to the middle income countries. but the substantial share will go significant resources to the poorest countries most in need. and importantly many advanced countries have indicated a desire and a willingness to channel portions of their own allocations back to provide further support to the low income countries. for example, the imf has a growth fund that many countries are likely to land or donate portions through the fdr allocation and that would multiply the impact of the fdr allocation on the poorest countries in the world. you mentioned accountability you want to make sure the fdr allocation goes to support relief and economic support in the lowest income countries and we are working with other c

this is like fdr, but also like dwight eisenhower.nd i think one of the things that led to our current divisions and some of the reflexive criticism of the administration is the sense that richard nixon, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, george w. bush, these were republican presidents who were sent to washington by a conservative base that wanted at least in their minds, they wanted government to shrink. and it didn't particularly. there was still, as you were pointing out, there is still this largely the percentage of federal spending is part of gdp has been remarkably consistent or even risen under republican presidents. and so my view is that before people reflectively criticize what the president is trying to do, take a step back and let's see what has worked in periods of great american prosperity and what is worked is that the public sector and the private sector have largely been con joined as opposed to competitive. >> nyal, do you think that this marks some kind of turning point, the reagan in a sense did mark a turning point

are these fdr comparisons fair or not?testors again taking to the streets as a new witness to andrew brown jr.'s death comes forward and speaks to our jason car carroll. >> he started backing up and they started shooting. (text chime) (text chime) (text chime) (sighs) (text chime) (chuckles) (text chime) it's the biggest week in television. watchathon week is your chance to finally watch shows you missed for free. now you get to talk about them with your friends, no matter what time it is. say "watchathon" into your voice remote and watch for free >>> tonight, joe biden selling his economic plan to a crowd in georgia. touting the historic nature of his $6 trillion domestic agenda. >> it's a once in a generation investment in america. it's the biggest jobs plan in this country since world war ii. >> this as new numbers "today" show the economy is booming, going by 6.4% growth in the first quarter of the year. that is a stunning number. it's like double what you could do in a good ordinary year. kaitlan collins is "outfront"

fdr did not quite get to that part of it. congress adopted a cheap imitation of that known is the legislative veto. congress would outsource certain types of rulemaking, but then say if an agency or commission or department makes a regulation we don't like then a simple concurrent resolution of congress can undo it. legislative vetoes gained popularity until we had hundreds of them. until the supreme court concluded they were unconstitutional and violated article 1, section 7's presentment clause in 1983 -- resentment clause in 1983. many believed congress would stop this delegation of power. stop delegating the lawmaking power to be branch agencies. that did not happen. it got worse. there are legislative proposals designed to deal with these issues. one is the reins act. regulations from the executive in need of scrutiny. for any major role, they can't take effect until both houses have affirmatively enacted into law and submitted to the president for signature or veto. it's a way of restoring benefits of the legislative ve

even adjusting for inflation, as to what's proposed, it's far larger than what fdr did.ithout a doubt, there is real concern that this is too much of government into many ways. the real thing investors are looking at is whether or not this spending will be on things that need to improve productivity. if we end up on the other side of this with a lot of bridges to nowhere and roads we don't need and empty reports, we will all feel, regardless of where the taxes came from, that this was not good. on the other hand, if we can put the country on a different trajectory on productivity, i think that will be meaningful i think people would then feel much better about how their tax dollars were used. matt: steve ratner yesterday was talking to david and said this is bigger than the new deal and it's an incredible science experiment he is excited to see. he is optimistic about america and about the u.s. economy. in europe, we don't really see this kind of experiment playing out. people talk about the hamiltonian moment of european union nations getting together with a 750 billion

that fdr was dealing with enormous problems, closure of the banks, people were out of their ounces,eir jobs, they were starving. roosevelt said i'm going to come up with unprecedented government programs, the government is gonna be more active that it has ever been before to give people relief and opened the banks. but also, and here is the key thing that i think is in common with joe biden, roosevelt also said, i'm not only gonna fix problems and make deals, i'm going to change the system so that we have a smaller likelihood of having those problems ever again. and have a society that is stronger and freer and more fair. lbj did the same thing in 1965, that's why he called his domestic program, as we know, the great society. government would do things in education, and to help the poor, and on medicare, and all sorts of other ways that had not been tried before to make this a better and greater society. biden may not have used a kind of language, and may not be that kind of order, but he is very much in that class. listening to biden tonight remind me a little bit, you and i have t

we want to go as big as fdr and try to find a way to p"°p up fdr and try to find a way to prop up theublicans, those who sit on the opposite side of the political aisle and saying i am with you, i hear you, i know that you don't always agree with what i have said and what i'm trying to do but i need you. and i think he struck a conciliatory tone but my question moving forward is this, for the next hundred days, will republicans and democrats agree to the high level of spending programs that he seeks to sign into law? and number two, he seeks to sign into law? and numbertwo, can he he seeks to sign into law? and number two, can he find a way ina very number two, can he find a way in a very bipartisan fashion in order to do so. very vexing and very important questions moving forward. ., , forward. ron christie, republican _ forward. ron christie, republican political. forward. ron christie, - republican political analyst and former advisor to president george w bush. always good to get your clarity and analysis on that speech. thank you for staying on as well. like i said, lots more on

fdr won victory in a landslide with huge democratic majority in houses of congress.oe biden is trying to remake america in a progressive agenda and the basis of what, he was elected by very slim margin of 47000 votes in three states would've seen defeated, his party lost seats and barely held onto tiny majority in the house and a tie in the senate. biden was elected after promising the nation a pause from the tone of recent years, but now he's covering as if he has a mandate to transform the country into progressive paradise, massive expansion of government opening up the borders, imposing a radical left-wing ideology and race and gender politics. when the nation finally emerges from the covid crisis on which biden is ramming through, do you think it really got what it voted for, more on this new york congressman lee zeldin, thank you for joining me. >> biden is going to talk up his agenda tomorrow and he's going to talk about howf we covering n the interest of the nation, were seen one of the most radical progressive first 100 days in a very long time. >> no doubt a

and that is why we honor fdr.rectly from washington than has ever been the case before because in a modern economy, there are too many dangers. and lbj in 1965 said federal government has to move in to make sure there are civil rights and booty wipes and help in education and people who are poor get direct help and all sorts of other things like medicare. all these things changed the face of the american political system in a way that affects us to this day. so biden has used the force of the presidency to fight the pandemic in a way that sure didn't happen under donald trump. no talk about injecting bleach or disinfectant or ultraviolet rays. you see the federal government moving in and if biden had not fought the pandemic effectively, we certainly would be hearing about it. the economy is better in all sorts of ways and also the threats of democracy which we saw on the 6th of january at the of that insurrection, i gausht you that if joe biden had not done well during these first 100 days, you would see people sa

so in september of 1940, fdr had already implemented the draft, in which all men between the ages of 21 and 30 -- all able-bodied men, were required to register for the draft. and it would be in march of 1941 that the first major leaguer was called up into the service. a brighton boy, of all things. graduate of brighton high school. kid by the name of hum mccully, a pitcher who had the snarky nickname of losing pitcher, mulcahily. the reason he had that nickname is in the span of four seasons he lost 76 games for the phillies who were the door mats of the national league at the time. so mulcahily was the first to go in. i believe he was assigned to fort dechbs, which is 35, 40 miles west of boston. but soon enough, much bigger names would be joining the coming conflict, including hank greenberg, who was called up in may. hank greenberg, the slugging first baseman for the detroit tigers, future hall of famer, and defending american league most valuable player. he goes into the service. and then within a day or two of the bombing of pearl harbor on december 7th, a number of players imm

isn't fdr make the point to judge landis, hey, you know, for the purposes of morale, like you noted,'t it be great if some of our factory workers could get off work at 5:00 and go to a ball game. how much of a role did that play? >> not only night games, but they also were scheduling games at 11:00 in the morning. they were working around all the shifts to make sure as many americans could participate in the sport, and that baseball would play a role in the war effort. >> bill, did that leave the players in kind of a no man's land of whether they should play, because fdr said, in essence, you're an essential service and you're performing an essential role, but yet at the same time, if their brothers and neighbors and uncles are all going into the service, did that create some conflict for them? and i guess we can bring up ted williams in this context as well. >> yeah, it was a difficult decision for everyone. war was anticipated, but then it was suddenly thrust upon america with the bombing of pearl harbor. ted williams had applied for a deferment in the spring of 1941 because he was

so in september of 1940, fdr had already implemented the draft in which all men between the ages of 21 and 30, all able bodied men, were required to register for the draft. and it would be in march of 1941 that the first major leaguer was called up into the service. a brighten boy of all things. a graduate of brighten high school, a kid by the name mulcahy, a pitcher who had the rather stark-y nickname of losing pitcher. and the reason he had that nickname was in the span of four seasons, he lost 76 games for the fillies, the door mats of the national league at the time. he was the first to go in, i believe he was assigned to fort evidence which is about 35 to 40 bows west of boston. but soon enough, a much bigger name would join. including hank graver who was called up in may, the slugging first baseman for the detroit tigers, future hall-of-famer and defending american league sky book player. he goes into this service and within a day or two with the bombing of pearl harbor on december 7th, a number of players immediately enlisted, most notably bob fell or, the future hall of fame pi

fdr had a absolutely adoring media.e can leave the historessians to decide whether a creation after white house gender policy council will be up there with the creation of the tennessee valley authority in terms of its historical importance. the larger problem, fdr's new deal was eenacted after a president was elected with a massive change. if fdr won a victory with landslide with huge majorities in congress. joe biden is trying to make a similar direction in the basis of what? he was elected by a slim margin. switch of 47,000 votes in three states would have seen him defeated. his party lost seats. barely held on to a tiny majority in the house. they were held to a tie in the senate. biden was elected in large part promising the nation of a pause from the tone of hyperpartisan ship of recent years. he is governing though he has a mandate to transform the country in a progressive paradise. we've seen a massive expansion of government. opening up the borders. imposing a radical left-wing ideology in race and gender polit

es fdr had met with them all two times before he died in april of of 1945. truman was never even omitted to the map room where they ran world war ii. he didn't he was not had not been told about the atom bomb. and no wonder he seemed pretty overwhelmed. i mean these famous quotes of him saying the son of the moon the stars have fallen on me. fdr ran is foreign policy out of his hip pocket but truman had the very good sense to reach out. there's a quote. he says i may not have much in the way of brains and that obviously is not true, but it typical truman's self-effacement. i may not have much in the way of brain, but i know enough to reach out to good people and give them responsibility and he did. 35 years ago walter isaacson, and as you mentioned brought a book called the the wise men it's six friends in the world. they made and i'm gonna this is a central group that criminal relied on i'm going to talk about them particularly about george kennan in some ways is the most intriguing one. as a group the wise men understood one thing. the united states have b

heard at the end of that press conference is what this is really all about which is, much like what fdr did in the 1930s, a gun to the supreme court's head in order to try to affect the way it either rules on cases, what those outcomes are going to be, if there are conservative results how narrow they are going to be rather than how big the precedential impact is and importantly on what cases the court actually decides to assess going forward. so you know, what we talk about, what happened in the 1930s, we like to remember the idea that fdr tried to pack the court but everybody thought that was such an outrageous idea that even the democrats rejected it. the dirty little secret about that is the intimidation factor actually got the court to change its jurisprudence and the result of that is that we have about three quarters of a century of progressive government and there is a method to what's going on here, it's theater but it's here with a purpose. >> harris: well, i am fascinated, really quickly about the filibuster talk, too because clearly democrats even with a bicameral majority c

fdr was told don't go there, mr. president. we're not with you.rt of the united states. the american people just are not going to respond favorably to this kind of thing. you appeal to 30%, the most radical elements of your party. the second thing is you may be right. maybe they are sewing seeds and planting seedlings for the future to get the conversation going so that who knows what might happen. but there are elections in this country. we have certainly seen this election to the united states senate, right, composition of the senate has had a dramatic effect that is completely unacceptable. people need to stand up and shout from the rooftops don't mess with the supreme court. >> dana: former white house chief of staff to president trump mark meadows tweeted the moderate left is gone. this is who they are now. open borders, outlawing voter i.d. and court packing. it should be roundly rejected. recently religious liberty has been doing well in the supreme court. maybe perhaps to the chagrin of some on the left. you have the new book coming out. i

that is the play here. >> katie: i think they know they are in charge, fdr, he likes that and can lose house in two years so shove through as much as possible in that short period of time. but i just can't get over how the entire environment last night and the capital came off. it was so pathetic to not see the entire place full of democrats and republicans sitting next to each other in front of a president who ran this idea of unifying the country, bringing people together, especially when they have the opportunity to do so. i thought they looked incredibly weak, not just joe biden, but the united states as a whole to the american people into the world. when you have a body of people that have been vaccinated and cdc guidance from the government, which we are all supposed to be listening to, and yet, the hallway and the floor was practically empty. and it wasn't even half-full. not even half of congress was there. and so the visual that you are seeing there is just so weak and pathetic, not just in terms of unifying the country but in terms of the showings of the world of we beat the

that he's the potential to be bigger than fdr and lbj and barack obama.be the biggest spending most expansive government presidents we've had in american history. i want you to keep something in mind our constitution is intended to prevent this sort of thing. go big go fast they're telling them. the constitution says go slow and be deliberative you have three branches of government we have separation of powers, we have a bill of rights. we have what we call states. federalism, and ninth amendment tenth amendment, we have a first amendment. all of these rights under bill of rights intended to protect individual against the government. massive government spending in all thing reaching every corner of our society affecting all aspects of our culture. that's not what the constitution created. constitution didn't create some kind of knee owe marxist or a regime of the sort they have in europe and other places in the world. and so i've been taking a very close look at these things. and joe biden's executive orders and you might recall the biden sanders manifest

wallace who was replaced by truman at the 1944 convention with many people, you know realizing that fdr was not a sure bet to live out his his fourth term. so an understanding that they might be picking the next president. henry wallace was the foremost advocate in the fdr administration for a peaceful negotiated relationship with the soviet union. and so the question is take us through your alternative history of what would have happened had henry wallace been the vice president in april 1945 when fdr died can we know or surmise anything? out we we can be sure he would not have responded very well to the iron curtain speech, but was there an alternative policy do you think that would have worked in in this very tense intense important relationship between the us and the soviet union? my answer would be it would have been a disaster. they'd be speaking russian and tehran today, but you know henry wallace was i think this this is a historical verdict about him a a very naive man. he he felt that the soviet communism was with with many faults a progressive force in the world and and he al

elizabeth: how does it stack up with reagan, lbj, fdr biden is spending more with pdg than fdr is itth getting the people vaccinated in opening their economy. >> the reality we have unspent money from the previous covid relief bill much less the last 1.9 trillion covid relief bill it is an enormous amount of fiscal stimulus and the economy and it's an antiquated democrat notion that you spend money and taxing the rich to create jobs, think back to the last obama biden stimulus when they pushed it with a shovel-ready project, it took us three years to get under 7% unemployment, it does not work when we lowered the corporate tax rate and provided them to americans they created 5.3 million new jobs in two t years. yet the lewiston employment rate that we've had it 50 years at 3.5% lowest ever for african americans and hispanic americans that created jobs with lowering the tax rate is not government that create jobs by spending more money. >> even president obama admitted the shovel-ready jobs were not there and not sociable ready, he said he had an inside joke inside of his administrati

people were really looking for something radical when they elected fdr.enate is divided and the house has like a 6-seat majority for democrats. it's one thing to embrace government spending when you are truly in a global pandemic that has shut down the economy. it's entirely another when the economy has been suffering for a year and is coming out of it, yes. but there is not the need associated with it. it's a really radical proposal without a political consensus behind it. and i think that's going to cause just massive problems for the democrats down the line. they might believe what the media claim about president biden's branding image that he is this union fire and is he moderate. people are seeing the actual policies coming through and they are seeing self-inflicted chaos of tearing down borders. this radical spending, yes, it was, you know, republicans weren't good on spending even before the pandemic but we have already spent so much money and just some real aggression in the culture war really divisive stuff for someone who claimed he was going to

, i think he has kind of said, i'm in the position fdr was."joe biden: the life, the run, and what happens now." good to have you. >> thank you. >>> the johnson & johnson vaccine is on hold after yesterday. what happens next and how will it impact vaccinations across the united states. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend. out here, you're more than just a landowner. you're a gardener. a landscaper. a hunter. because you didn't settle for ordinary. same goes for your equipment. versatile, powerful, durable kubota equipment. more goes into it. so you get more out of it. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. dignity. it demands a rapid covid tes

let's see if i can find it, about meeting fdr in person, from maryland public television. 1978, sorry. >> one day i got a call. i was in the speaker's chair in congress. i was speaker of a chairman of a committee. a page comes up to me and says mr. congressman, the white house is calling you. the president wants you. i thought they were pulling my leg. i said, tell him if he wants to come talk to me, he has to come down there. i thought they were getting. i that they were pulling my leg. so when i went back, i secretary said, did you get a call from the president? no. so i called up a secretary and he laughed. he said, i'm sorry, i thought they were pulling my leg. so i went in the next day and he was dressed good. he gave me a cigarette. i said, mr. president, if the boys could only see me now. host: in baltimore the family was political royalty. tell me a little bit about how she lived her life in that city. guest: the della saunders of baltimore were like the kennedys of boston. when nancy pelosi was born in 1940, it was in all the papers. her picture as a newborn surrounded by her

remember what happened with fdr back in '37.eporter for real clear politics, always good to see you. >> thank you the, sir. eric e everything of course. arthel: okay, eric and phil. welsh the white house says president biden will now increase the refugee cap thisfiscal year, a reversal that came just hours after he signed an order keeping it at a 15,000, where it was under the trump administration. let's go to david spunt. david is live in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. hi, david. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon to you. some intense pushback for president biden making this emergency determination that he signed on friday at that 15,000 number. some of his biggest fans in the democratic party are saying, wait a minute, you promised that you would actually lift this cap and allow more refugees to come to the united states, what changed and what is the difference. of course, arthel, we are talking about some of these refugees from countries all across the globe that have dealt with some of th

fdr had 60 senate seats held by democrats. 313 house seats. lbj had 68 senate seats. 295 in the house. biden has single digit advantage in the house and a split decision in effect in the senate broken by the vice president's vote. i just wonder, is he overestimating his mandate here? >> i think he has a secret weapon, which is the facts. and the support of the american people. yes, there were no republicans that supported the american rescue plan, but when you look at the american rescue plan it was broadly supported by democrats, independents and even a sizable number of republicans. you talk to republican mayors on the ground. they've got to feed their communities, open schools, and the american rescue plan was a home run. so i think there's a real disconnect between republicans in washington right now and the american people. and i think joe biden has his finger on the pulse of where we are as a nation. the new deal, as david pointed out, and the '60s were moments of great crisis and great opportunity. and joe biden is a student of history.

and one of the things that fdr left unaddressed in his presidency was civil rights. think ultimately president johnson will be remembered as the civil rights president for having signed into law the civil rights act of 1964 which broke the back of jim crow in our separate but equal laws throughout the south. the voting rights act of 1965 which gave all americans unimpeded access to the ballot box and the fair housing act of 1968, which allowed for fair housing for all americans. that's a triumvirate of civil rights legislation, and i think it's the principal legacy of lyndon johnson. >> here's a look at our live coverage today. >> the mayor of long beach, california, told house lawmakers about the facilities housing migrant children in his city and immigration policy experts testified on what unaccompanied children are coming to the u.s. from house homeland security subcommittee this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> at the u.s.-mexico border. the challenge posed by children arriving at our border is not new era in the company children for mexico, , central america, d el

she is in many ways still the new deal democrat her father was, her father and ally of fdr.h an ally of fdr he named his second son frank delano roosevelt sought roosevelt alessandra. her mother kept something called the favor file which is exactly what it sounds like. constituents would come needing help finding housing or getting a son out of jail or figure out the immigration status. her mother would arrange the favor, keep a record of it, rely on the person to turn out and vote in the next election, and also tapped that person for when someone down the road needed a favor. it is the essence of politics. host: while we are talking about them, let's see a little bit of video of nancy's father, from 1987. let's see if i can find it, about meeting fdr in person, from maryland public television. 1978, sorry. >> one day i got a call. i was in the speaker's chair in congress. i was speaker of a chairman of a committee. a page comes up to me and says mr. congressman, the white house is calling you. the president wants you. i thought they were pulling my leg. i said, tell him if