one of the delegates is benjamin franklin. franklin representing the colony of pennsylvania believed as others did that the colonies would have to work together. that is the british colony, which did not have a history of working very well together or very strong ties among themselves. the colonies were custom apart from new england. the new england colonies would work together but the colonies to the south would operate more or less on their own individually. the albany congress where delegates of several colonies met in 1754 discussed how they could cooperate more effectively together. the plans did not bear fruition as benjamin franklin tells the us. no colonial congress or grand council, as franklin conceived, developed from the albany congress. nevertheless, franklin's idea, which he shared with others of drawing the colonies more closely together, under british rule, so they could form a common policy in front against the french. it was very important. franklin expressed it through famous cartoon. it chose the colonies a

>>> franklin d. roosevelt's wartime inner circle of military intelligence and diplomatic advisers included well-known figures like george c. marshall, wild bill donovan, admiral harriman and first lady eleanor roosevelt. they were among the subjects of a panel discussion at the fdr presidential library, exploring their role and influence on the president fighting a global war. this program is two hours. >> good afternoon. and welcome to our second 2011 fall forum, fdr's inner circle. i'm the acting director of the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and it is my pleasure to welcome our distinguished panel of speakers and our audience. those of you who are joining us today here at the henry a. wallace center and those of you who will be participating via our simultaneous web cast. i'm also slighted that c-span is taping today's program for later broadcast. it is widely accepted that franklin roosevelt was one of the greatest leaders in american history, while much scholarship and attention has

one of the delegates at the albany congress most famously is benjamin franklin. as others did that the colonies would have to work together, that is, the british colonies which did not have a history of working very well together or very strong ties among themselves in terms of military policy-making. in, the colonies were accustomed, apart from new england, the new england colonies would often work together, but the colonies to the south would really operate more or less on their own individually. so the albany congress were where delegates of several colonies met in 1754 discussed how them could cooperate more effectively together and even establish a type of union among themselves under british authority. now, the plans of the albany congress did not bear fruition as benjamin franklin tells us. no colonial congress or grand council as franklin conceived developed from the albany congress. nevertheless, franklin's idea which he shared with others of drawing the colonies more closely together under british rule so that they could form a common policy and front a

franklin roosevelt. president. world war ii. of the event. you cannot miss for an exciting book with those topics. president told the dramatic great then life himself and the biggest military event in the history of the world, world 42. in covering this, you have tremendous go. you will give a history of world war ii, 300 pages readable for people to grasp. the president who conducted the war. pearl harbor and the dramatic attack and a turning point* militarily for the united states in many ways. the generals eisenhower and patent and marshal all conducting enterprises that were essentials two victory. the atomic bomb itself in here you have to give roosevelt credit for thinking ahead for what might make up a little difference in the war. then you have the end finally of the great depression which dominated the thinking of generation of america coming to an end for the end of world war ii. we work with those elements in the book fdr goes to war. i would like it needed to start by commenting on some of those features of world war ii of frankli

the last tree was tree 5 which is near the corner of franklin. it has had all the routes removed along the curb line and concrete used to fill in the rap -- gap where the grinder took the root system. it is not an issue of chris buck looking at the branches of the trees and stating that some pruning could be done. it is a matter of entire trees coming down and the risk that poses to the school as a target. and the roadway and the passing cars as a target. i may certified tree risk assessor as well as a certified arborist. daniel did not have that specified in my qualifications. it is relevant to my assignment in this case. thank you for consideration and please let me know if you have any questions. commissioner fung: the tree number five you referred to near the corner is the one that is not being allowed under this permit to be removed, is that correct? >> the tree that is no. 5 in my report, is near the corner of franklin. it is one of the permitted trees. there is a small tree that is kind of life in the middle of the block with a lean in the

franklin roosevelt was very anxious for an active role of government in the american economy. of course, world war provides it in a big way and it has gone into some details but roosevelt wanted it that way and you have during the war franklin roosevelt created the national resources planning board. they were supposed to take ideas for after the war to run the american economy. roosevelt picked this up and in his state of the union speech in 1944, he talked about the economic bill of rights. the economic bill of rights -- and i quote from parts of it include the right to a useful and remunerative job. and the right of every family to a decent home. the right to a good education, the right to good medical care. these become new rights which roosevelt described as the new economic bill of rights. sometimes he called it the second bill of rights. and they roll off the tongue so nicely, don't they? right to a decent home. don't we all want decent homes. the right to a good education. the right to a useful and remunerative job. roosevelt issued these and these become the plan for a

there have been many fine books written about pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt, and winston churchill but never a book from the perspective of the american people. i grew up in a family, kind of that andy hardy upbringing. someday we would have dinner at my grandmother's house, my mother's house, and there would be ham and turkey and whatever, linden, lace, and all of that. around the table would be grandparents and aunts and uncles and the point of reference was the war -- before the war, during, or after. my grandfather said before the war i bought the desoto but that -- did not sell it until after the war. my family is very steep in what war ii. my father's oldest brother was shot down and killed in the pacific on his 20th birthday in 1945. both my grandmothers were rosie the raiders -- testing bombs and machine guns. scrap metal drives. my grandfather was a civil defense block captain. my whole family was involved so i grew up hearing all the things. so i had in the back of my mind about doing a book from the perspective of the american citizenry and what they saw and went through

so i don't know whether it's tied into franklin roosevelt's antipathy to franklin roosevelt completelyhoover does say in the magnum opus in "freedom betrayed" sincerely that he was pro-british and sympathetic to british survival and he was sympathetic to american agents. what he did not want to happen was that the americans would end up transporting the ate a way and bring on a war with the germans of the didn't like the convoy system and he didn't like the seizure of iceland and -- >> host: . [inaudible] >> guest: fascinating case, hoover favored it but he argued that the bill as britain was far more than a simple foreign aid bill. the land lease bill was very broadly written and that is something that surprised me when i went and looked it up. the land lease bill actually about, congress gave roosevelt the power as president to order any federal agency to either manufacture or procure any defense article and any government whose interest we favored could receive solely at the decision of president roosevelt up to over a billion dollars which would be at least $10 billion today so one

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so, i don't know whether it's tied into franklin roosevelt's antipathy -- his antipathy to franklin roosevelt. hoover does say in the magnum opus in "freedom betrayed" he was sympathetic to american aid to britain. what he did not want to happen is the americans would end up transporting the aid in a way that would bring on a war with the germans. so he didn't like the convoy system. he didn't like the seizure of iceland and then taking -- >> host: what about lend-lease? >> guest: fascinating case. hoover favored the aid to britain embodied in lend-lease, but he argued that the lend-lease bill, as written, was far more than a simple foreign aid bill. the foreign aid elements he said, yes, he approved that. but the lend-lease bill was very broadly written, and that's something that surprised me whenned looked it up. the lend-lease bill actually allowed -- congress gave roosevelt the power as president to order any federal agency to either manufacture or procure any defense article that any government whose interests we favor, could receive solely at the decision of president roosevelt, up to o

franklin is an acquired taste. know, he's funny, because you just laugh at him. he waddles and slobbers. you don't know where to pet him without getting wet and dirty. >> all right, franklin is cute, but he can't do this, the mascot plays a little double or nothing. and number three, aj price gives it to paul george. the pacers win in boston for the first time since 2007. and number two, brown struggles at the free throw line, continues thanks to two lane violations. he missed four in a row. he is shooting 38% for the season. >> and at number one, the pga season begins with tournament of champions. last year's pga winner with the shot of the day. he is two shots back of the leader, jonathan byrd, tiger is not there. it's a tournament of champions, but he is going to play at pebble beach. >> ouch. >> we'll be right back. >>> just talk about the 49ers. no game this weekend, but

franklin street will shut down between green and remarks for the martin luther king jr.arade. 55 northbound, looking good. 5 and it's your drive time on 95 south from 895 split from the fort mchenry. here is a quick look at traffic pulse site at harvard. the police started to build and traffic. and a live you in traffic from of fort mchenry. delay free at this time. >> good morning, everyone. nothing going on weather-wise. clear and cold to start this holiday. we will see a lot of sunshine to start. we will still call it mostly sunny. high temperature between 37-42. we do have rain in the forecast. first, we will send it over to the man with the good news this morning. >> beloved sports with keith keithorts with mills. >> the ravens are headed to the afc championship. ask green bay how that feels this morning. a chance to meet new england and go to the super bowl. ray lewis who charged the crowd again. show it to chris welles it came after a big fumble. just like that, 7-nothing ravens. that is a touchdown. 17-3. for touches and his return. -- four touches in his return.

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thomas jefferson -- that was franklin a jefferson because think about it. jefferson was this gentleman farmer living in virginia. he didn't need the country to be big and dynamic. he imagine small businesses and farmers unquiet and bucolic m.a. bit isolationist to stay away from the world. that was jefferson. the democrats today are the big government and they are trying to tax the people and they have all of these in the government should be building jobs and doing things and creating alexander hamilton was considered the father of conservatism. our first secretary of the treasury. you now, the very first thing he did? he demanded that the country establish a deficit. and he went around and bought up all of the revolutionary war debt from the states, brought it in. jefferson is over there screaming, can't do it. unconstitutional said the liberals. hamilton goes, balderdash. i'm big enough to do it and i've got to have a big, powerful, central government to do what i have in mind and that is to create this grand global powerhouse that can by george compete

franklin, einstein, steve. a logical progression. >> i am sure that was on his mind. >> i said you are a really great subject but let's wait 30 years until you retire. it wasn't until 2009 when he had his liver transplant and went on medical leave that it sunk in he was fighting cancer, he had transformed a wide friday for home computing and personal computing but by 2009 transformed the music industry with ituness andy ipod. the way we listen to music. the phone industry tablet computing. that is when i said this is too good to pass up. >> do you have a theory about him going into this? >> i had a theory because his very first phone call when we started talking about it, he told me something edwin land said to him which is that you always want to stand at the intersection of liberal arts and sciences. right there between the he manatees and the humanities and technology or engineering. that is something we kind of lost in the cp snow either a. you are either in the senate -- humanities or the sciences. my theo

and franklin is quickly becoming more popular than his owner. perhaps cal senior forward harper camp should be introduced as the golden bulldog. >> his name is franklin. you got to watch out around the chin and like side of his chin. you have to watch out. he gets really slobbery out there. he is like ha, ha, ha. >> he's my best friend. spends a lot of time with me. >> reporter: when you see camp on campus, us usually accompanied by his 50-pound furry companion franklin. the 2-year-old english bulldog has taken over as the honorary dean of haas pavilion or at least the cal basketball locker room. >> he lost to chase the baseball. he will be your best friend if you give him attention. >> i think franklin is an acquired taste. >> reporter: coach montgomery has a soft spot for frank just as much as the next guy. >> he is funnily. he waddles and slobbers. he is funny. you just laugh at him. >> you look at him, you wonder what he's thinking. but you don't know where to pet him without getting all wet and dirty but... he's fun. the kids like him. >> r

i don't know whether it is tied into the franklin roosevelt antipathy to franklin roosevelt completely hoover does say in the magnum-opus and in freedom betrayed and i think sincerely that he was sympathetic to the british survival and a sympathetic to the american age what he didn't want to have been was the the americans within the transporting and away the would bring on the war with the germans so he didn't like the convoy system, he didn't like the seizure of iceland. >> host: about the land lease? >> guest: fascinating case. hoover favored the aid to britain embodied in the lease but he argued that the land lease bill as written was far more than a simple bill. the foreign aid elements he said yes he approved that, but the land lease bill was very broadly written and that is something that surprised me when i went and looked it up. the bill actually allowed -- congress gave roosevelt the power as president to order any federal agency to either manufacture or procured any defense article that any government who is interest we favor could receive at the decision of president roosev

and foreign economic policy under franklin roosevelt. dr. welkner delivered papers on fdr around the world. he is co-editor of fdr's world. war, peace and legacies and fdr, the vatican, the roman catholic church 1943 to 1945. his next book is called "the frustrated idealists" kordell hall, anthony, and the search for anglo-american cooperation. david, thank you for making the extraordinarily long trip. >> thank you. >> thank you, stu. it's a great pleasure to be here, and i want to thank lynn and the staff of the roosevelt library for inviting me to be a part of this distinguished pa l panel. i'm going to do a couple of things this afternoon. one is i will take a few minutes just to speak about one other member of fdr's inner circle and that is his secretary of state kordell hall and then i want to speak about some of the relevance that we might draw between some of the issues that were brought up by our panelists and the contemporary world. some of the issues we face today. it's interesting, and i'm sure my 14s at the roosevelt library will

joining us tonight, the reverend franklin graham.you're an evangelical, a born again christian, you're torn tonight. you look at governor romney and you think maybe this guy is a stronger, more electable candidate against president obama, how would you counsel them? what would you do? >> well, first, we're voting not for the pastor in chief of the united states. we're voting for the commander-in-chief. i think we have to look at the man, or the woman who can best represent our nation, who can lead us economically, militarily. the foreign policy, these things are all very crucial. very important. and yes, religion is a part of it. it has been a part of process since the beginning of our nation. a lot of people will vote for someone who they feel is the strongest candidate, as concerns their faith. but i believe we should be for the most qualified person, and we ought to go with that. >> there are some ministers who would say the values should be front and center. pat robertson campaigned in iowa. put the vote on the map. it has been a

spokeswoman says franklin is now engaged to long-time friend and confidante. the couple is considering getting married in miami beach florida. the reception may be aboard a luxury yacht. the 69-year-old singer's say the nuptials will take place in june or july. and in a statement she said, no, i am not pregnant. >> the cold air sticks around through wednesday, and then by thursday we starts to warm up close to average at that point and then actually a little above average by friday. >> all right. a little treat for all of the

first sergeant kelvin franklin and his wife and his son, first private quentin franklin. gentlemen, thank you for your deep commitment to freedom. [ applause ] >> the brave men and women who volunteer for the virginia national guard are great patriots. we all know that. that's why i propose that we provide in state tuition for the national guard regardless of how long they lived in virginia. [ applause ] >> we have more veterans than any other state. with your help this session, we'll continue to make this the most veteran-friendly state in america. you serve virginia, we serve you. we serve all virginians well when we run a wise and frugal government. defend libertys and the rule of law and care more about enacting good policies than making a good quote. simply put, our people want results, not rhetoric. they want solutions, not sound bytes. over the last two years, that is how we have governed together. working across party lines last year. we put the most new funding in transportation a transportation in a new generation. i want to thank speaker howell for this effort.

franklin park zoo... franklin roosevelt number two. thomas jeffeon. >> rose: of the founding fathers thomas jefferson? >> of the founding fathers jefferson would be my first choice and then ben franklin. ben franklin didn't run for office, he's still my hero. i think he was one of the most remarkable americans. i think franklin rooseve did more to impact... have an impact on america today than any presidt in the 20th century. nobody else in the0th century could touch him in my opinion. he gave us rural electrification he gave us minimum wages. he gave us aid to education. he started health care. so many things and further more he was very successful on the international front. roosevelt had an enormously successful record internationally, not only in winning the world war ii but in putting us out in front on foreign assistance and all these other things that have... >> rose: is the most important political act of your life the opposition to the vietnam war? >> yes, that was the most striking because for ten years in the united states s

the queen of soul, aretha franklin, is tying the knot. >> franklin announced she was engaged to william wilkerson, a former detroit firefighter. franklin says they're considering a summer wedding with a reception on a yacht. the two got gaengaged over the holiday. hopefully he will pay her the respect she deserves. >>> a final check of the forecast. >> we are looking at mild weather coming as we head throughout the next three days. close to 70 inland as we head throughout wednesday. no raindrops as we head throughout the next seven days. the like, watch and win give-away happens at 11:00 p.m. go to our facebook page and hit like and you can enter to win. >> what? >> a kindle fire tonight. cheeseburger macaroni? [ female announcer ] cheeserburger macaroni hamburger helper. now even cheesier and tastier. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant never in my lifetime

and finally he really became pretty heated and he finally told franklin roosevelt, mr. president, i have to inform you that most of the leaders of the pacific fleet do not have confidence in you to lead our navy. and fdr didn't do anything at that precise moment, but he would not act on what richardson said. and he finally was -- fdr was re-elected the next month, november of 1942, yet, a third term. and right after the election he fires joe richardson. so you have to think about -- i don't know that a movie has ever really gone into the life of admiral richardson or not, but he's back in the united states on the day of pearl harbor's attack and he's sitting there getting all that news. and he knows, i warned them all over a year ago and it still happene happened. >> tim lynch with cato. did fdr acknowledge any limits on constitutional limits on the power of commander in chief during world war ii? you mentioned the internment of the japanese. i also have read historical accounts of when he set up the military tribunals to try the nazi saboteurs, some of the historical a

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and today, powerful clues from the reverend billy graham's son, franklin. with just a week, now, before the crucial south carolina primary, more than 100 conservative christians, evangelicals, will gather in texas. where one influential reverend said this about the presidential field, evangelicals, come november, might have to hold their noses and vote for the lesser of two evils. today, we asked the reverend franklin graham, if he agreed with that. >> that may be true. >> reporter: what conservative christians are not convinced of is who will represent their views on abortion and their opposition to gay rights. in south carolina, this ad on abortion, from the super pac supporting rick santorum. >> the principle conservative who has never wavered in the rights of the unborn. >> reporter: the newt gingrich ad, targeting romney. >> what happened after massachusetts moderate, mitt romney changed his position from pro-abortion? >> reporter: does that bother you? does it concern you? >> no. i think in life, we do change our positions. and our views do evolve. ro

the one and only miss aretha franklin has another reason to sing.as announced her engagement to a long-time friend, william wilkerson. it will be marriage number three for the music legend, who is 69 years old. and she says fully recovered from a health scare a year ago which she will not discuss. and believe me, wherever she is, there is a song i will never forget. being in her kitchen as she and some pals showed me how to make her famous fried chicken. and she sang -- about chicken. ♪ >> my chicken is not worth much. but i sure am happy at this news for miss franklin. >>> and still ahead, bringing america back. chris cuomo with some brave warriors fighting to make things better right here at home. never missed opening day. d i but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! sym

red cross volunteers are trying to reconnect 150,000 children with their parents. >>> franklin graham often travels to the south to bring aid and supplies from samaritans purse. i talked to him about the challenges of this recently formed nation. >> why have you called for a no-fly zone over the skies of south sudan? >> north is using its air power to do ethnic cleansing. forcing the civilians to leave. >> do you fear a war could break out? >> yes. i believe it is going to break out. they don't want war. it is one of these situations, one guy throws a rock, other guy throws twa back. it i believe it can be resolved and worked out and see peace come to that area. you have to have somebody who is willing to take the leadership for peace. i think president obama has an excellent opportunity to bring all these sides together and hammer out a peace accord. i don't think any one of them wants war per se. >> is a no fly zone sufficient? do we need to put perhaps the u.n. in the south or commit u.s. troops? >> no, no. just take away their air assets and i think the fighting is going to grind