he was somebody who kind of wanted fdr his job, and he was radical than fdr was. and so pretty early on, he taking shots at fdr administration because he believes it doesn't go enough. they're not willing to money the way that huey long would like the programs, the public works programs and job programs he think don't go anywhere near far. and so long because he is such a big character a big personality. he makes masterful use of radio. he becomes, one of fdr main antagonist, the congress. some of the legislation passed in that first 100 days of fdr was first administration. the emergency banking act. the federal emergency relief act. the national industrial recovery act. the agricultural adjustment act. civilian corps was passed as well as the tennessee valley authority was created. which of these drew some of the sharpest debate and do we feel the effects of these today? this is a great question because these enormous pieces of legislation and it's kind of hard to pick from them. i mean the ones that generated the most debate, i think, were the agricultural adju

he was somebody who kind of wanted fdr his job, and he was radical than fdr was. and so pretty early on, he taking shots at fdr administration because he believes it doesn't go enough. they're not willing to money the way that huey long would like the programs, the public works programs and jobs programs he think don't go anywhere near far. and so long because he is such a big character a big personality. he makes masterful use of radio. he becomes, one of fdr main antagonist, the congress. some of the legislation passed in that first 100 days of fdr was first administration. the emergency banking act. the federal emergency relief act. the national industrial recovery act. the agricultural adjustment act. civilian corps was passed as well as the tennessee valley authority was created. which of these drew some of the sharpest debate and do we feel the effects of these today? this is a great question because these enormous pieces of legislation and it's kind of hard to pick from them. i mean the ones that generated the most debate, i think, were the agricultural adj

you've written such an important book on fdr as mentors and why work fdr, the first inaugural, one of the greatest in history. well, i'm going to try and really kind of shorten the historical overview of that period, but it's been a very important as as you suggest, you so thing that's happening during that period between garfield and eventually roosevelt is the gilded age and it's a there's a convergence of a number of different sort of developments during that time period. it's not just the industrial age, but it's also an age of sort of what they call the robber barons, very powerful financial sources and people who will try and sort of corrupt government and certainly try and get around sort of governmental constraints. one thing that coincide sides with sort of the gilded age is also economic downturns. and they well, maybe related. but i'll try not to go down that tangent. all of that is going to help sort of characterize influence the inaugural addresses and the economic and the visions of the different presidents that served during that period, the gilded age doesn't really be

professor zelizer it was only 18 years prior that harry truman had taken over for fdr. did johnson use that as a model at all for his own president? see, to some extent. you know, johnson is very much someone who remembered the late 1940s and fifties in addition to the new deal. he was formed in that period. and that is another obviously transition that happens at the very end of the war, the beginning of another, the end of world war two, the beginning of the cold war. and that, too, when fdr dies, is a moment when the nation is concerned and policymakers are concerned about that transition to power. so for him, that had happened in his adulthood and it happened when he was part of washington. and it was very much on his mind again when he was determined not only to set up his administration, but to assure both the country and the soviet union that this would be a moment of constant unity and stability, not one of disruption. well, we all know lyndon johnson was a man of motion and energy. what were his immediate actions? well, right away, he meet with his advisers lat

he didn't think it was going to go so well, but actually fdr invited him back. the next day and they had a long talk. not only did not cut the defense budget, he put in an increase for it. very controversial at the time, but i think set the stage for us to be successful in in world war two. so that was truth to power moments or you got to be ready for them when they come and you have to have, i think, the the moral fortitude and the, frankly, lack of concern for how it goes through your career to to to speak truth to power. yeah, i was in many of those pentagon briefings and press conferences, and i think there was a succession of generals who would say the next six months are critical and we can get the afghan forces to where we need them to be. and there's every couple of months they come out and say the same thing, right? and it's but in contrast. right, people say, well, you know, that is just that's an impossible task. i point out that we have had troops working alongside the south korean army for the better part of 70 years. and in the 1950s, south korea h

peter: fdr reached out to him after the film, right? scott: fdr reached out to him before the film. because there was a great deal of back and forth about should chaplin make the film, would he, etc.. there is a letter in the book from jack warner to chaplin. warner had just come out of a meeting in the oval office with roosevelt and roosevelt had brought up chaplin's film about dictators. because there was publicity in the papers about if or not he would make it, should he make it or not. the president told jack warner he certainly hoped the film was made and that he believed it would do a great deal of good and warner in the letter rights to chaplin and tells him, if the president thinks it is a good idea, i certainly hope you go ahead with the movie. he did not offer to finance it or distribute it, but the warner bros. were there this time one of the few companies that were actively engaged in making antifascist films, so for a brief moment in hollywood, they were on the same page as chaplain. hence the support of letter. peter: scott eyman was the great dictator a commercial suc

trump can play the role of new fdr. we can see that we need to think about european role and europe as a leader of the free world. >> reporter: there's another player here. that's russia. what do you think the mood in moscow is right now? >> i'm sure that they rejoice. putin counted -- he couldn't imagine that something like that, that a gift can happen. now things have changed. it emboeldens him. >> reporter: it shows no sign of letting up. there was another massive russian drone attack . >> the free world needs a new leader. we spoke about what europeans are doing to help ukraine. >> we can coordinating. the message is, there are several layers. one is that the fight that ukraine is having is not only about ukraine's sovereignty, but it's broader. it's about freedom of the free world really. it's about the world where international law applies. the world where might does not make right. it's clear that russia attacks ukraine. there's one aggressor and one victim. >> the trump administration has decided now that not to

the tech but fdr the first hundred days and so forth the first hundred hours and these things are noto do. this is not school uniform this is right a at the left control f the culture right at the left control of the political system. perfectly legal, perfectly constitutional what he is doing. it is happening so fast or just not sure how to respond. how do you respond? >> look, mark, i had the opportunity to the first print magazine entered wi interview we president in the oval office just the other day. it was a question i led off the conversation with. when you feel the need to come in that mood with the spieth were the lessons you took from the first go around that affected and change the approach you are using on the second go around? and the answer was really he said when he arrived in washington last time he really did not know what he was getting into. the array of vicious people coming after him. the type of election you have coming out on election to get things done. this is clearly what he has been doing in terms of its applications in so many different areas of policy pre-s

wanted america to get involved in world war 2, could you imagine him coming over here and insulting fdrould say and wears hats and t-shirts in the obama office. is he not asking for money. is he volunteering. is he volunteering his services. >> he is trying to give your money back. not take it. so you have got to dress for the occasion. but, boy, that thing was like wwf friday night smack down. by the way, laura, after that zelenskyy-trump clash, lunch was canceled. the press office staffers ate it according to jacqui heinrich. i guess he was hard up for a meal from the white house. he had a bilat with burger king. no word on whether that meeting went well or not. we will see. >> laura: no. he did not go to burger king. >> i don't think so. he went to bret baier. and, laura, it we got to talk about this other topic milan fashion week. they unveiled an entire new -- you sent this to me, actually, this story. a new line of jeans but the them up in seconds. i heard of bell bottoms but bare bottoms are probably a bad idea. >> laura: wait. this is so disgusting. okay? first of all, imagine s

and by the way, fdr, his visit in 1934 was commemorate, aided in puerto rico by a statue showing him in his wheelchair. only the third statue in the world that offers such a realistic view of the president and certainly worth remembering and acknowledging here in house where he recovered from polio in 1921 and where he learned to use the wheelchair. yes, he had to learn in that armless wheelchair that was created so that he could fit into the elevator that is still here. and you'll see. take a look when you're at the reception, at the tiny elevator that he maneuvered, that armless wheelchair into the style that used for the rest of his life. we are really excited to to have this program at roosevelt house tonight. and let me go right to introducing our discussants we have a an amazing surprise interlocutor as you've seen. sure. in your printed programs no less than the chancellor of the city university of new york felix matos rodriguez. born and raised in san juan he received a b.a. in latin studies from yale university, his m.a. and ph.d. in history from columbia. but he's and hunte

support it was extortionate pure and simple it would be like the middle of world war ii fdr sank to churchillare not going to help you against the nazis and hitler unless you give up half of your mineral resources and half of your coal. that didn't change about to suggest zelensky was wrong to be rejecting what was essentially extortion is a warped version of what actually happened. shannon: do you think the u.s. should get some return on investments that europ your past structuring these as loans? >> europe has provided a lot of grants they provided some and concessionary loans. i am fine if the united states want to include some of it support in the form of concessionary loans prime sure zelensky would support that part is zones gives idea originally to include some kind of deal on minerals to provide for reconstruction. but, what happened is that idea got transformed originally into an idea where it was really extortion give us half of this stuff or what we've already done. and then to see what happened at the white house i will say was embarrassing. zelensky has talked about the sacrifice

. >> you guys actually kind of set about a course of study reading biographies of, like, fdr or napoleon to kind of see what. >> could we do? >> yeah. >> you know, is being an ambassador. is that a good job? who gets picked for that job? >> did the napoleon track seem pretty good to you? going into exile? >> it was very different going into the military. i mean, you know, if you happen to do that during when there's a war, you can make some incredible contribution. but we ruled that out pretty quickly because, you know, we didn't want there to be a war. and that wasn't what we were good at. >> kent liked to push himself. he'd already learned how to captain his family's 35 foot sailboat. a few years later, he would start mountaineering. it was at lakeside school in 1968, when they were 13, that kent and gates together first got access to a computer. >> we were kind of inseparable, including when the computer comes along. we're both down there all the time trying to figure it out. >> the fact that as a kid, you happened to be in a place where you have access to these computers at a time wh

. >> hundred days of fdr. >> who went. >> out to rescue a country to make common cause with democrats to, to. >> to save the economy. what has happened in the last six weeks is just astonishing, and i don't think we've caught our breath to really, truly take in what has happened to the united states of america. >> under donald trump. >> to that point about the ambush, tom nichols was writing the atlantic said vance's presence in the white house suggests the meeting was a set up. vance is usually an invisible backbencher in this administration, with few duties other than some occasional trolling of trump's critics. but for his part, he fully inhabited the role of a smarmy talk show sidekick, jumping in to make sure the star got the support he needed while slamming one of the guests. it was very funny to see this room full of people take on zelensky, as if he was the one who was being rude. timothy your thoughts? >> there's something. >> there. >> was something really desperate about. >> that performance, i. >> thought, because what. >> what. >> the vice. >> president was doing, what he

get involved in world war ii, can you imagine him coming over here and kind of insulting, you know, fdr just strafing the whole oval office? that probably wouldn't happen. elon musk doesn't wear suits either. we should say, and also wears hats and t-shirts in the oval office. but that's kind of his. he's not asking for money. he's volunteering. yeah, and he's volunteering his services. >> he's trying to give your money back, not take it. so, you know, you got to dress for the occasion. but, boy, that thing was like wwf friday night smackdown without a ref. but by the way, laura, after that zelensky trump clash, lunch was canceled. the press office staffers ate it, according to jackie heinrich. so he. i guess he was hard up for a meal. so from the white house, zelensky had a bilat with another head of state, burger king. no word on whether that meeting went well or not. we'll see. >> no, he did not go to burger king. >> i don't think he went to bret baier. but look, i've and laura, we got to talk about this other topic, which is milan fashion week. they've unveiled an entire new. you sen

david remnick has a has a piece in the new yorker sort of comparing and contrasting fdr and his firstresident trump and his. and it's two different, two different planets. this does go to the umpire point, though. i don't think maybe i'm wrong here, but can you tell me i didn't get the impression coming through the campaign that the focus on waste, fraud, abuse, the focus on trying to take government spending down was going to be a central, this feels to be to not have been as predictive. the issue is that for a lot of people, they will think, well, he's trying to cut spending. there's probably a lot of waste, there's probably too much spending. and so let's let the disruption happen. and there may be an instance or two. there's always a grain of truth. not always, but mostly there's always a grain of truth. and what he's done here, i think, is distracted us. we are rightly focused on the merits of these cuts. but, you know, something like the situation with ukraine. the, the entire executive amassing of power, which is in fact. i'm not going to say it's unconstitutional, but it is an

you know, fdr and de gaulle, truman and de gaulle. uh, president kennedy with his south vietnamese. uh, cohorts. we've seen tensions during the iraq war, but they always were kept away from the cameras. word of it sometimes pitched out. what happened here was not only different symbolically, it was different substantively. because as we went into this, the question was, is president trump basically continuing to side with ukraine but trying to negotiate a deal that would protect ukraine's interests? or has he flipped entirely over to russia's side here? and from listening to this while he said he was just on america's side, it's pretty clear he's willing to sign any kind of ceasefire, even if it has no protections for the ukrainians. and that was the core issue behind why zelenskyy rose to the bait. and he's not without fault. >> what do you mean when you say the bait? and i've heard this phrase used a lot. are you implying that vance and trump set him up almost in an ambush to do just what he actually did, or did his own actions contribute in some way? what do you think is the the

factions and players have have jockey to associate themselves with jefferson or some aspect of jefferson, fdr, who's agenda of federal aggrandizement, would have been utterly anathema to jefferson initiated and laid the grounds a cornerstone of the jefferson memorial. lately, though, with more focus on jefferson's morally compromised relationship with slavery, the debate has turned. there is an early biographer named james parton who famously said if jefferson was wrong, america is wrong. if america is right, jefferson is right. now that's a rank simplification. but he used to be the assumption. assumption was, yeah, america's right. jefferson is right now at least among some critics, it's more, well, america's wrong. and jefferson was wrong. now, there's no doubt that jefferson badly failed his own ideals when it came to slavery. he always maintained that slavery was unjust and favored gradual emancipation plans with the appalling proviso that when slaves are freed, the free blacks should be exposed added somewhere else. he did make efforts on this issue. he drafted a provision in the northw