which led to the creation, not too long ago, of the fdr park and fairmount -- fdr park and fairmount park conservatory. two great hair -- to prepare, restore and enhance the park. a comprehensive master plan has been developed, approved, funds were established and approved. to begin the rebuilding and re-creation and transformation of this park, only to have something stop dead for now by the covid-19 pandemic and the enormous financial problem that has fallen upon the city. if ever there were a project that qualified for infrastructure aid, such as proposed by the white house and congress, this is it. the bones of olmsted park, if you go there and if you know it, they are easy to see. here is broad street boulevard, one of this on the right is the circum-and military drive layout all of the usual park vistas and places to perennial eight. vestiges of the 1926 exposition also remain as in this swedish american museum bottled after a villa, located on the north end of the park. although it was close to the covid pandemic, it reopened again this week. this is the north meadowlake, with

lincoln, washington and fdr. just so remarkable. when we think about crisis and what fdr did in world war ii and patton and macarthur and the team he assembled. i think it's the high watermark. fdr could be number one. some people think he could be above lincoln. when you're dealing with the top presidents, we have a lot to be thankful for. i just came back from north dakota and they are building a theater or at roosevelt presidential library there -- theodore roosevelt presidential library there. all of those people are going camping and exploring wild america over the fourth of july weekend. roosevelt injected conservation as the main premise of his presidency which was from 1901 to 1909. donald trump was impeached twice, he lost by 2 million votes, he was a disruptor not a new -- not a uniter. his -- it is much more interesting to talk about fdr, ronald reagan reducing nuclear weapons in the world is a way that he was able to do. calvin coolidge that had greatness. when reagan left office, people thought he was a polarizing presi

was my head researcher on this book and he went to the fdr library in upstate new york at fdr so manycame across a memo from the officer of naval intelligence written on december 4, 1941 a 17 page memo stamped top secret and it was declassified in the 70s but it was sitting around gathering dust. enter found it and three days before the attack this memo from the office of the naval college v. gave out in detail -- so the office of naval intelligence did an assessment of where the japanese might attack including the panama canal wake island the philippines and indonesia and the hawaiian islands. this memo was given to the president three days before and no action was taken to send the world a warning out to our field commanders on december 6, 1941 that it was not a disclosure of your ships a and planes to minimize attack and all the things they should have notified of the they weren't. this memo interestingly enough wasin unnoticed until andrew fod it at fdr's library in new york. >> host: how was the economy? the eight years at the air at that point in what was the economic situation

i want to share a story that fda on - - fdo - - fdr queens the day of infamy.emember him saying that he and one of his siblings were driving on the way and the bulletin came over the car radio the japanese had bombed pearl harbor. my dad and aunt looked at each other thinking the same thing. their oldest brother was a chief petty officer based at pearl. a lot of things were going through their mind my grandparents did not have a radio so my dad and aunt decided not to say anything to them when they arrived. luckily my uncle called and it during that amount ofca time that they heard from him you can imagine what they went through as time went on shortly after that my grandparents of course got word the japanese bond pearl harbor that my uncle called and was in sick bay that day recovering from an appendectomy. think god he was saved. host: can you bring this to her wrap? >>caller: so basically nationalism was running very good my friends my - - man's were in military camps and then my dad served in the marines my uncle in the navy my other and then army. it was

lincoln, washington and fdr. just so remarkable.we think about crisis and what fdr did in world war ii and patton and macarthur and the team he assembled. i think it's the high watermark. fdr could be number one. some people think he could be above lincoln. when you're dealing with the top presidents, we have a lot to be thankful for. i just came back from north dakota and they are building a theater or at roosevelt presidential library there -- theodore roosevelt presidential library there. all of those people are going camping and exploring wild america over the fourth of july weekend. roosevelt injected conservation as the main premise of his presidency which was from 1901 to 1909. donald trump was impeached twice, he lost by 2 million votes, he was a disruptor not a new -- not a uniter. his -- it is much more interesting to talk about fdr, ronald reagan reducing nuclear weapons in the world is a way that he was able to do. calvin coolidge that had greatness. when reagan left office, people thought he was a polarizing president t

my favorite president is fdr.e got the united states out of the great depression in his new deal policies and his social security basically set up social security for older folks when they retired, to have some type of income. my second favorite president is bill clinton. he also set up some basic structure and he was also one of the presidents who got us out of the surplus of money just like fdr did. host: let's hear from robert. robert joins us from alabama. independent line. caller: president jimmy carter was a real human being. if he was still president there wouldn't all -- there wouldn't be all of this weaponry. barack obama, one of the best presidents that's ever been. in the end was made by condition and a great man and it's a great human being. this country will you better because he was chosen as our president. host: elaine is up next in connecticut. republican line, good morning. caller: donald trump, he got things done, he could make deals and he was for the people he loved america. since biden got in,

my favorite president is fdr.the united states out of the great depression in his new deal policies and his social security basically set up social security for older folks when they retired, to have some type of income. my second favorite president is bill clinton. he also set up some basic structure and he was also one of the presidents who got us out of the surplus of money just like fdr did. host: let's hear from robert. robert joins us from alabama. independent line. caller: president jimmy carter was a real human being. if he was still president there wouldn't all -- there wouldn't be all of this weaponry. barack obama, one of the best presidents that's ever been. in the end was made by condition and a great man and it's a great human being. this country will you better because he was chosen as our president. host: elaine is up next in connecticut. republican line, good morning. caller: donald trump, he got things done, he could make deals and he was for the people he loved america. since biden got in, every

they were comparing him to fdr.sing to watch that come i couldn't believe it. i was impressed. i watched specifically because i said he was going to get killed. he didn't get killed. nancy was sitting behind me with the single biggest mask i have ever seen. a large one that covered her entire face. i've never seen anyone like that. >> sean: i have to run. >> former president trump: she didn't rip off his speech either. >> sean: mr. president, thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] more "hannity" on the ground and up next. ♪ ♪ do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol. unfortunately that is all the time we have left mel. if you're in sarasota july 3rd he is going to in sarasota. >> by the way texas could you have a good time to make lex? let your heart not be troubled we will see you back after the fourth happy holliday weekend god bless texas and thank yo

you wrote your book on fdr's 100 days. joe biden has roosevelt in ambitions. a bernie sanders sized reconciliation bill around six trillion. not a joe mention sized one around two trillion by all accounts the white house is leaning more towards manchin than saunders. what is your take on this? >> well. they are roosevelt ambitions and i think he's on the right track. i wouldn't be too hard on chuck schumer or joe biden. this is complicated. they have a very slim majority and they have a very smart to track process where if they don't get what they want in the bipartisan bill, they can put more infrastructure into the so-called reconciliation bill. and we might not get to six trillion, but if you think about, they've already got 1.9 trillion in public investment in the inner american rescue plan they didn't february. if you add that two trillion to the four trillion they're likely to get this summer in his infrastructure summer, that investment is a huge amount of money. the idea somehow they would be betraying progressive dreams or something, they fall short o

that beautiful and they compared him to fdr.ws is they lost... >> sean: they were not watching "hannity." >> former president trump: but no, look, there was nothing good. it was embarrassing. they were comparing him to fdr. now, it was so embarrassing to watch that, i couldn't believe it. i was impressed. i watched specifically because i said he was going to get killed. he didn't get killed. nancy was sitting behind me with the single biggest mask i have ever seen.s a large one that covered her entire face. i've never seen anyone like that. >> sean: i have to run. >> former president trump: she didn't rip off his speech either. >> sean: mr. president thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] more "hannity" on the ground and up next. ♪ ♪, more "hannity" on .. unfortunately that is all the time we have left mel. if you're in sarasota july 3rd he is going to in sarasota. >> by the way texas could you have a good time to make lex >> that is all-time we have left. if you are in sarasota, 40,000 people in ohio july 30th will be in s

you wrote a book on fdr's 100 days. joe biden has rooseveltian ambitions.ans going with a bernie sanders-size reconciliation bill, around $6 trillion, not a joe manchin size, around $2 trillion. by all accounts the white house is leaning more towards the joe manchin size. what is your take on this? >> he does have rooseveltian ambitions and i think he's on the right track. i wouldn't be too hard on chuck schumer or joe biden. this is complicated. they have a slim majority and a smart two-track process where if they don't get what they want in the bipartisan bill, they can put more infrastructure into the so-called reconciliation bill. and they might not get to $6 trillion, but if you think about it, they've already got $1.9 trillion in public investment in the american rescue act that they did in february. so if you add that, you know, $2 trillion to the $4 trillion that they're likely to get this summer, in this infrastructure summer, that totals $6 trillion public investment. that is a huge amount of money. so the idea that somehow -- >> that's a good poi

one historian said to me in the book, fdr would have been a much more unsettled and less natural presidente not had daisy in it. >> sounds like daisy gave him that emotional fulfillment he was missing at the time. what a fascinating story. such an interesting book, gary ginsburg, thank you so much. author of "first friends: the powerful unsung and unelected people who shaped our presidents." thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> well, he risked his life for the u.s., now his life is at risk. and it might be because of a piece of bread from decades ago. we're going to explain this, up next. what's on the horizon? the answers lie beyond the roads we know. we recognize that energy demand is growing, and the world needs lower carbon solutions to keep up. at chevron, we're working to find new ways forward, like through our venture capital group. backing technologies like electric vehicle charging, carbon capture and even nuclear fusion. we may not know just what lies ahead, but it's only human... to search for it. i don't hydrate like everyone else. because i'm not everyone else. they drink what

careers of summer members of congress and attracted the attention and anger of every president from fdrxon. >> he had a column called the washington merry-go-round that appeared in newspapers every day, even holidays. he did that from 1932 until 1969. he also had a radio show sunday nights, a very popular radio show on the news and he tried to make it into television in the 1950's. he was a best selling author for his books. he was a man who told the truth, as he said. he said when you hit the truth, it hurts the most. he told what politicians really would prefer not to see in the newspapers and he tried to get behind the news and tell people what was really going on in washington. he ruffled a lot of feathers, especially presidents, senators, british prime ministers. announcer: historian emeritus of the senate and author of the, missed, donald ritchie tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> washington journal. everyday we take your calls live on air on the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that imp

fdr's friend, a distant cousin.nlike any others in this book and perhaps even in the history of the american presidency. why is that? >> well, you know, just to step back, fdr loved to be around women. he had awful women around him his whole life. but daisy earned her role not by advising or speaking hard truths to him but by being his constant and loyal kpan yan. what i found surprising was how lonely he felt in the white house. it's hard to believe he's fighting a depression and war but had no emotional relationship with eleanor. he once side i'm either exhibit a or left entirely alone, and dazy was the anecdote to that loneliness. she gave him comfort she needed during his lonely moments and could read his emotions better than anyone else and was his favorite person to relax with after long days at work. i wrote about how he had 22 separate meetings in one day. after that i wanted to crawl into a hole. he wanted to have dinner alone with daisy. when historian said he would have been a less natural president had h

who unlike obama, i think to his benefit, was no intellectual but nonetheless when fdr came to office in 1932, there were generations of ideas, books, tracks on the reform of the economy from populist from progressives and a lot of the ideas already tried out at the state level. one of the things historians he debate about the new deal, it's hard to characterize, because the policy experimentation, it's so overwhelming, it can be quite difficult to characterize it ideologically. the obama administration was not in that position, not even close. i think with biden, the biden administration, regardless of biden himself as a politician, and where he would align on this kind of ideological spectrum, the biden administration's situation is very different. since 2008 there's been a decade of history, economic history, histories of capitalism, there's been lots of new debates and thoughts about public investment banks, public investment trusts, regional trust, all kinds of different mechanisms for public limo billizing -- publicly mobilizing finance and investment towards public goals and to

then his cousin fdr was a big government central planning over regulating tax hiker, fdr got us throughic policies made the depression longer before we get her next guest texas congressman brady, joe biden cannot hide behind the workti competition to mask his incredible regulatory assault on business.s. that is all this really is. now we bring in my great friend congressman kevin brady who knows a thing or two about the subject on this point we have lots of fish to fry, am iran what he calls competitiveness, they want to regulate this whole blood he economy, that is the way that i see it. >> as you're right on target joe biden is not ronald reagan by any means but he does remind you when i of ronald reagan's description of government and business which is if the business is moving and keeps moving and regulate and stops moving subsidized it that is joe biden in this demonstration all in one gap i will be reminder viewers that the president compares himself to ronald reagan and i look back in a more recent president the last six months of president trump's 2020 some during the height of

political chess master as abraham lincoln or an arm twister like lbj or he clearly wasn't the gifted fdr or jfk but nonetheless washington had a set of political skills and i agree with david instincts on reading people and he also had charisma and he was well aware of his charisma he was always the biggest guy in the room hewi was physically a large man and by today's and athlete, great horseman and a real presence in the raw charisma, he knew that and he knew he was not that well educated and not the articulate. so he kind of wheels himself and plays a role in the cards he was given. there's a story in the book of>> the boat on a key issue and there was four votes shy in the senate and the senate was a lot smaller ten today this a be like 40 votes shy in the senate so there was four votes shy in the senate and washington asked madison and others to call for a revote and people are scratching their head, we need time to work on this they were for votes shy and they call for an immediate revote in washington visits for senators and flipped all for. >> of them. we don't have the details b

but nonetheless when fdr came to office, in 1932 there are generations of ideas, books, tracks on the roof for many of the economy from populists, from progressives and a lot of those ideas already were tried out at the state level.the one of the things historians made about the new deal is it's hard to characterize that there's policy experimentation is so overwhelming . it's, it can be quite difficult to characterize ideologically. and the obama administration was not in that position. not even close. i think with biden, the biden administration regardless of biting himself as a politician, and where he would come in on this kind of ideological structure, the biden administration situation is very different in 2008 there's been a decade of history , writing of economic history of the stories that history of capitalism. there's been lots of new debate and thoughts about public investment banks, public investment trusts, regional trusts. all kinds of different mechanisms for publicly mobilizing investment towards public bowls and towards public ends. and of course we will haveto wait

what i found so surprising about fdr is how lonely he felt in the white house.depression, fighting a world war, but he had no home life. he had no real emotional relationship with his wife, eleanor, who was out of d.c. most of the time crusading for her causes. so he says to daisy one time, i'm either exhibit a or left entirely alone. daisy was the antidote to that loneliness. she came him the comfort he needed. she could read his emotions better than anyone else and was his favorite person to relax with. one day in 1944 he had 22 separate meetings. afterward i would have wanted to crawl in a hole. what did he want to do? he wanted to have dinner alone with daisy suckley. she could intuit his mind in a way nobody else could. she could relax him in a way nobody else could. i asked historian john alter why was she so important and he said he would have been less settled and natural president without daisy. >> gary, this is such a terrific book because there's so many more stories we didn't get to, clinton and vernon jordan, franklin pierce and hawthorne, the novel

you brought up the fdr example.es. she talked about pat nixon making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. it was a small, small thing but it kept nixon going, and maureen gave all these other examples. they're humans. sometimes they just -- whatever it is. her point was, i don't care what it is. whatever it is, if it helps the president, yeah, make that peanut butter and jelly sandwich. >> listen, when i talked to hillary about bill's relationship with vernon, she said, look, every president needs someone that they can feel comfortable and relaxed around, go play golf, go have a meal. nixon was a really dark, bruting guy, but he was smard enough to know he couldn't be left alone. if it was up to him, he would sit with his yellow legal pad all day and broad. he found bibi rah bows sew, he's the exact opposite. his first job was an airline steward. together, it just worked. nixon thankfully knew he needed human company. and he was the perfect company. he never challenged nixon. he could entertain him when he wanted to

would say the most consequential piece of legislation being proposed since the great depression and fdr. >> reporter: but moderate democrats tonight less certain about the steep price tag. >> is $3.5 trillion too high >> it depends if we can pay for it and still be competitive. >> reporter: universal pre-k and paid family leave as well as climate change initiatives and expansion of medicare to add dental, vision and hearing benefits democrats want to pay for it in part with tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations republicans slamming it as a tax and spending spree that will send debt and inflation skyrocketing >> well, the $3.5 trillion number is a shocking figure. >> what we're seeing leer the outlines in the democrats' radical train, their freight train to socialism and everybody one way or another in america is going to end up paying for it. >> reporter: the plan is the second of two separate proposals president biden is asking congress to support. the other a trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal. but tonight questions remain whether or not republicans will stay on board

fdr was not known to make too big of an appearance because he was concealing his disability. but eleanor roosevelt was there, she was very much the leader of the easter egg roll of that time. she is the first lady or president to speak live directly from the easter egg roll on the radio. usually, the weather was rather was very good, there was one year when it was not so good. it was a naturally very very cold. only about 500 kids showed up. which is a very tiny number for something like this. she urged everybody to run around, jump around, have fun, as they warm up. >> while we are talking about presidents of war, tell me what happened during the bush administration when the iraq war were going on? >> yes, so the president and first lady had a great idea that in order to remind everybody that even on the happiest occasions we need to remember the sacrifice that are active duty military is making. they had all the easter egg study yellow for the iraq war, the first iraq war. >> the yellow ribbon concept, for the soldiers. >> support our troops. and then the second bush admini

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like fdr did with the american work plan and the civilian conservation corps. we can put americans to work strengthening public land and making communities more resilient against extreme weather. we can take on the long-overdue work of advancing environmental justice by addressing pollution. my plans -- my plan is also going to give grants to spur innovation in local projects like restoring community solar in disadvantaged communities, replacing street lamps with led bulbs that cost less than last longer, making upgrades in community centers to boost energy efficiency and cut electric bills. i've laid out a lot of plans here, but that is because it is time we think bigger, act bolder and build back better. the naysayers and the doubters said it wouldn't work. well, we created over 3 million jobs since i took office. more jobs in the first months of a presidential administration and any time in american history. last week, the congressional budget office -- projections. -- doubled their projections. oecd things it could be higher. that puts the american rescue p

night on q&a, we learn about don pearson who attracted the attention and anger of every president from fdro nixon. >> he had the washington merry-go-round that appeared in over 600 newspapers every single day. he did that from 1932 until he died in 1969. the column continued under jack anderson. he also had a radio show on sunday nights, a very popular radio show on the news. he tried to make it into television in the early 50's. he was the best selling author for his books. he was a man who told the truth and said when you hit the truth, it hurts the most. he told what politicians really would prefer not to see in the newspapers. he chided to get behind the news and to tell people what was really going on in washington. he ruffled a lot of feathers, especially presidents of the united states, senators, representatives, british prime minister's and assorted other politicians. >> donald ritchie sunday night on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen to it as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. announcer: now president biden signs a executive or

careers of several members of congress and attracted the attention and anger of every president from fdrmexican. >> he had a column called "the washington merry-go-round" every single day, even holidays and weekends, and he did that from 1932 until he died in 1969. the column continued under jack anderson. he also had a very popular radio show on sunday night, and he tried to make it into television in the 1950's. he was a best-selling author. he was a man who told the truth. he told what politicians really would prefer not to see in the newspapers, and he tried to get behind the news and tell people what was really going on in washington. he ruffled a lot of feathers, especially presidents of the united states, united states senators, and assorted other politicians. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen to "q&a" as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> president biden spoke at the national education association's annual meeting in washington. first lady jill biden, who is a

careers of several members of congress and attracted the attention and anger from every president from fdr to nixon. >> appeared in over 600 newspapers every single day, even holidays and weekends. and he did that from 1932 until he died in 1969 and continues that to jack anderson. he also had a radio show sunday nights, very popular radio show, and he also tried to make it into television in the early 50's. he was the best-selling author for his books. he was a man who told the truth. he said when you hit the truth, it hurts the most. he told what politicians would prefer not to see in the newspapers and he tried to get behind the news and tell people what was really going on in washington. as a result, he ruffled a lot of feathers, especially residents of united states, united states senators, british prime minister's and other politicians. >> historian from donald ritchie sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's given day. you can also listen to q&a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> the secret service was founded in the aftermath of the assassination of abraham lincol

president biden gave up the weirdest presidential moment since fdr did donuts on the south lawn.massive cyber attack on friday. >> the most recent hack by the russians -- >> we are not sure it's the russians. i got a brief. i will be in better shape to talk to you about it -- i will tell you what they sent me. okay. the idea -- first of all we are not sure who it is for certain. what else do you need? >> nothing, you are all set. >> greg: oh my god. now in his defense -- am holding back -- maybe he knows he is being filmed. the cards make him look feeble and lost. like every old relative. for a while the media made sure no one saw that which is the same as if nicole wallace covered it. they buried faster than my dad buried jimmy hova. [bleep]. sorry dad. the media says look he is eating more ice cream. isn't that adorable. not like trump when he asked for 2 scoops. >> he gets 2 scoops and a single scoop for everyone else. does the dominance thing extend to desserts too? >> greg: at least trump could answer a question. ask joe any question and it's likely went 12 rounds with corn

that is court packing, fdr's landmark failed attempt to add seats to the court, and i should note, theres not a magic number, there is nothing in the constitution says you need nine justices. but other kinds of conversations about whether the court should have term limits, whether the court should be subject to some kind of jurisdiction stripping, where they cannot hear certain kinds of cases. joe biden has created a commission to study this. and to issue something short of recommendations. for what might be done. but my sense of the matter is, this is a conversation that is happening, at least my sense of it, in the margins. i do not think that the core commission, as is evidenced by the conversation they have had so far, is taking at least the court packing piece of this all that seriously. >> fred, could you way in eco -- could you way in, would anyone justice have bigger voices if chief justice roberts is less important in an outcome? >> hard to make these analyses based off of one term and not even a full term of nine justices. there are a couple of observations we can tease out. on

they would talk about on the front page and then doing fdr's bidding those that one of us information about the holocaust as possible next new york times and to massive genocides cuba has been in the news it is another genocidal regime people want to be free. that regime will not allow them to be free. what does "the new york times" have to do about it? another reporter by the name of herbert matthews help to build the legend of fidel castro. he was losing and hiding out badly beaten so what happened? while the batista government claimed castro was dead "the new york times" reporter wrote a glowing piece about castro that he is still alive and fighting and he has built an army and completely deceived with the whole notion of this romantic revolution and castro said he was a democrat and rising up to take out the military regime a glowing article and matthew wrote the personality it was easy to see them then adored him and why he caught the imagination of the use of cuba all over here was an educated dedicated fanatic and remarkable qualities of leadership so the interview helped castr

then some ways they did fdr's bidding.s information out about the holocaust if possible, that is "new york times." in two massive genocides. what else? cuba has been in the news, people there want to be free, that regime will not allow them to be free. what does new york times have do about it? they had a reporter herbert matthew. he helped build the legend of fidel castro -- castro was losing, the government that claimed that castro of the dead, matthews the "new york times" reporter wrote a glowing piece. >> castro, still alive, fighting he built an army. he was deceived this matthews but he was in love with the notion of a romantic revolution, and castro was a democrat and rising up to take up the military regime, a glowing article. matthews wrote in the article, personality of the man castro is over powering. here was an educated, dedicated fanatic, a man of ideals, and remarkable qualities of leadership. the interview helped castro, by exaggerating the size of his rebel force, castro would later brag how he duped "new

. >> fdr? kennedy: oh my god, no. spike. all right. the last question.up against not neil patrick harris. jesus, jim. >> i'm already quitting, rights? i am in the lead. kennedy: yes. >> i'm a libertarian so i will press my luck. kennedy: who's the only president to serve as priest chief. justice of the supreme court? james buchanan, william herrick taft or ruth bader ginsburg? >> oh man, can you say them again? kennedy: franklin pierce, james buchanan, william howard taft or ruth bader ginsburg? >> owa man. i thought was cleveland. [laughter] is a taft? kennedy: yes, spike wins! congratulations! we are sending you some of the used hair trimmings from the greenroom. i don't know if you can walk from there but you're not getting paid. we are going to take money from your. great job, spike. great work. jim comey almost won. >> whatever. ridiculous. [laughter] kennedy: coming up, a search and violent crimes, pleading for more. our they finally realizing their calls to defund the police maybe not a great idea? i'll break that down next. ♪♪ remember when democ

almost lost the house and president biden barely won the presidential election but thinks he has an fdrgovern from the far left, par -- far progressive woke left, this is the fundamental mistake of the biden era and this will come back and bite them big time, the majority there trying to a similar reelection midterm. laura: thank you so much. the highlight of the home run derby didn't happen on the field, the last bite is going to show you. do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol. i hated sticking my fingers, then i got the dexcom g6. i just glance at my phone, and there's my glucose number. wow. my a1c has dropped over 2 points to 7.2. that's a huge victory. ♪ ♪ >> laura: you've heard about players selling out to make a catch but what about when fans started to get on the action. at tonight's home run derby in denver one fan found out the players showing up to make a catch but what about when things get on the action? to determ

washington, fdr. roosevelt. eisenhower and you said lincoln number 1.s. talk about why listenon -- lincoln gets that honor. >> his writings and his inaugurals and the emanipation proclamation and our civil war. a country divided in two and lincoln pulled us together. his funeral was so dramatic. whether you are barack obama you said lincoln is my favorite president and george w. bush lincoln is your favorite president. he is in a category all to himself. washington of all of the reasons we knowledge. -- know. there is criticism of save owners and washington is number 2. >> bret: the biggest gain from the last time that this was taken. there is grant. plus 13. george w. bush moving up 7 points. eisenhower up 4 spots and coolidge 3. grant made a big move. >> i know you like grant. that's good news for you. you have a great book coming out soon i can't wait to get released. grant is getting better because people were talking about him more. there was a taint of corruption on his administration but we see what an incredible job he did trying to heal the nat

among conservatives ronald reagan becomes an icon not only in ways that makes her comfortable knocking fdrff that she knows there is still this perception of himrs among the liberal scholars and historians and opponents that he was just an actor. he was reading lines that other people wrote for him. and she decides to put out they are his thoughts and values and beliefs in his own handwriting. so you see her decide to publish his diaries something that very few presidents have ever done to keep real-time diaries so people can see and his own hand at the crucial juncture. she is publishes his letters and at one point all the speeches he was writing you can see in ronald reagan's own hand that these were his thoughts and values. and if they were true to him. she didn't want it to be a monument to the past that point the way to the future which is whyth you have seen har become a site for so many events where george w. bush comes to layout the vision of foreign-policy. i cannot even count how many presidential debates have been held at the library and the kinds of programs it puts on with the

excuse me, resilience workers like fdr did with the american work plant for preserving our landscape for the conservation corps. it's a similar thing. we can put americans to work and making our communities rule and urban more resilient against extreme weather. we can take on the long overdue work of advancing the environmental justice by addressing pollution. my plan is also going to give grants to spur innovative policies and land projects. local projects like installing communities, solar and storage and disadvantaged communities. replacing street lights that are made in america. led bulbs. i made a lot of plans here. we have to think birg, gger, ac bolder and build, back better. we created three million jobs since i took office. that puts america rescue plan and our work is going to move forward to do a lot of things, including close to defeating the virus. the last time the economy grew at this rate was in 1994 and ronald reagan said it was an american -- this will be an american century. [ applause ] anl asalysts said we will creat millions of good paying jobs. i'm going to be

i don't think fdr was quite like that but right.laughter] what you had to go through, all of you, it was shocking for young people today who don't understand the climate. is there a story you could tell us that make finer points of the? >> when i finally got myself on the air and was able to go -- [inaudible] >> a consumer report, while we wait for linda to come back, maybe we should jump to nina -- there she is. >> did i go away? >> yes. >> i was there covering it. what happened to me, i went to a senator, a fellow, the chairman of the committee and i went into his office and secretary said the secretary will stay with you and i said is that necessary? my experience the press secretary would ask the questions left. so i wasn't sure i was supposed to be there. they said well, okay, fine. i went into interview him and the only time i think i've been literally faced around the desk. one of the things that was difficult, he was in his 80s. [laughter] i put it on the desk because it was very difficult. i kept trying to get around to his

some ways they did fdr's bidding, the great democrat. the "new york times" in two massive genocides, also cuba has been in the news, cuba another jeff sidal regime -- genocidessal regime, people want to be free. new york times had a reporter, herbert matthew, he helped build the legend of fidel castro, he was losing and he a couple dozen guerrillas in mountains, hiding out, what happened. while that government the government declared castro was dead, the "new york times" reporter wrote a glowing piece that castro was still alive, and fighting and build an army, and he was in love with the notion of that romantic revolution, and he was rising up to take out the military regime. a glowing article. and matthews wrote in the article, the personality the man castro is over powering, easy to see his men adore him and caught the imagining a of out youth of cuba. so the interview helped castro as reutters pointed out, by exaggerating the size of his rebel force, and castro would later brag how he duped the "new york times," -- stalin, hitler, ca

he was desperate to get fdr, he was an elusive man.eft hand know what my right hand was doing. that was true, his wife didn't know what he was doing, winston churchill didn't know, and america didn't know. in 1940 he said no americans will go and die in any foreign war. in october of 1940, wendle willky says he just beat me by saying that. fdr i don't think meant it. but he had to -- he was a politician, he had to get the votes. my point is these are fallen, frail and fallible characters. one thing i've always been interested about, winston and churchill, here are these genuine icons, but if you go back and you were with them in those moments, guess what, they're incomplete politicians. they have to worry about the prejudices and passions of their people. and as -- i think it was neville chamberlan said you can count on the americans to do the right thing after they tried everything else. and we certainly test that every time. >> annette gordon reed, i don't know if you want to comment on what jon meacham just said, but i wanted to ask

if you are keeping track and plenty of historians do would pass the largest since fdr's new deal. it shows something that could get lost these days. this new president has a rush ambition when it comes to the domestic agenda. biden says you have to spend this much to meet the scale of america's post pandemic challenges, which are big but he says beatable. >> the democrats radical. >> we are playing with fire here. >> that's the push back. that's how this is going to work. well, the math is still an echo. every democratic senator must be on board to go anywhere. joe manchin says he is still waiting for the details. now in a moment we'll be joined by someone who's key in all of this and was inside the room where it happened. senator cory booker, he's got some big plans we'll get into. we'll hear from him soon. we begin with michael steele, the former rnc chair and friend of "the beat," good to see you sir. >> good to see you, bro, welcome back to the neighborhood. >> good to be in the neighborhood. >> i am ready. >> i said mount rushmore level because it is a big deal. and so while