hoover's telegram when he conceded franklin's election. i felt the responsibility that lay on my husband in the heart of the depression made this not exactly the happiest moment in our lives, but my husband was always an optimist, and i think for him it was a happy moment. >> -- oh. thinks one that i hardly the gentleman would like to see. i had almost forgotten it had ever been taken. i am sitting next to mr. westbrook, quite chummily, quite close together. we seem to be having a very careful time. he ever leted himself go in that way. >> ms. roosevelt, you've been strongly criticized and often. how do you react to criticism? really mind criticism expect from people i love. really i think it is truthful criticism i think about it very carefully. here comes a picture that must've made me very angry when it was originally taken, because the one thing i have always been opposed to is photographs of people kissing each other. whether it was my husband, my children, or my friends, i did metlike it area i was being by my husband probably when i

to fill the place left vacant by the sudden death of franklin d. roosevelt, harry s.uman became the 32nd president of the united states on the evening of pril 12, 1945. president truman quickly and skillfully assumed all of franklin d. roosevelt's responsibilities. among the many important problems and duties was the united nations conference of international organization in san francisco, to which the president journeyed by plane. at san francisco's hamilton field, the president is welcomed by a host of high-ranking officers and world diplomats, ambassadors, ministers, secretaries of foreign affairs, the governor of california, united states senators, and equally important representatives from all the continents of the earth. diplomatic readings were followed by meeting the ilitary. the president inspects the guard of honor, his first formal inspection of a military unit since he became president of the united states. when he came abreast of the bandleader, mr. truman stepped aside to thank him for his election of the music. his greetings and official inspection of t

we're at franklin primary health care center. the name sake for dr. james franklin. dr. franklin actually grew up in tennessee. went to school at lincoln university then attended the university of michigan in 1909. upon arrival, he had to sleep in the boiler room, which was where the air-conditioning and heating equipment was. he took his trunk, and that was his desk, with a night lap, and he slept on a cot for four years. finished second in his medical class. dr. franklin was our grandfather. my maternal grandfather. so, he comes back to alabama and start practicing medicine in evergreen and if i didn't know i'd have been doing this, i would have been asking a will the of questions, but i didn't know we would be doing this trail today. first of all, why evergreen? why not montgomery or tuskegee or mobile or bier mirmingham? it's a smaller community. but that's where he started practicing medicine. there was an outbreak of flu. and this and this gentleman came to his home and said, dr. franklin, my wife's dying. please come help me. and he did. and what he found out was

you were at franklin primary health care center. it is the namesake for dr. james franklin. dr. franklin actually grew up in tennessee and went to school at lincoln university. then he attended the university of michigan in 1909. he had to sleep in the boiler room. which was where the air conditioning and heating equipment was. he took his trunk, and that was his desk, and he slept on a cot. for four years. he finished second in his medical class. dr. franklin was our grandfather. that was my maternal grandfather. so he comes back to alabama and starts practicing medicine in evergreen. if i had no one i would've been doing this, i would've been asking him a lot of questions, but i had no idea that we would be doing this trail today. first of all, i would've wanted to know why evergreen? why not montgomery, you tuskegee or birmingham? community. that is where he started practicing medicine. there was an outbreak of flu. says this gentleman came to his home and said, doctor franklin, my wife is dying. please, come help me. he did. what he found out was that they would keep the hou

we will start with the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joe kennedy may most of his money in a night 20's in the market. he was appointed as the head of the security exchange commission. some said that was putting the oxen control of the henhouse. joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr. you want to talk about how he managed that posting in london right before the war? >> it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back a tiny bit before that. when young people are in the age where they are graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment, has a profound impact on them. fdr is the president as jfk comes of age. much of his vision of what is the nation is informed by fdr. clearly through his father and the courting of st. james he has direct connection to what service might would fight. when the german u-boat sank the first u.k. ship, jfk is asked by his father to look after the surviving u.s. passengers and their families during the transition. he gets a little bit of responsibility in that moment. it

people are honoring a stalwart hero of this war who gave his life in the service of his country, franklinur commitment to help the peaceloving nations of the world to stop any future international gangsters. ♪ >> in the cities spacious central park, more than a million persons gathered to hear the president declare world affairs, that the united states seeks no international expansion, the return of all sovereign rights deprived of them, no territorial changes, for all people the choosing of their own form of government, our assistance in establishing democratic government's, the disapprove meant of governments established by force and equal rights to all. ♪ >> in new york harbor, 51 warships from the mightiest navy the world has ever known were waiting to be reviewed by their commander-in-chief. ♪ >> the fighting misery, flagship of the pacific fleet that decimated the japanese -- the fightingmisery -- the except -- the flagship ofsouri, the pacific fleet that decimated the japanese navy, served as host for the president. the president inspects the i's deckn the missour where the histori

she was important to franklin.m whatever that confidence is that he had as a young boy and then as president an older man came from mothers undying love. her only child with husband was a much older man and she doted on. so much i think sometimes it was hard for him because when he was young she took him at the school. she didn't let them go to groton until he was older. nonetheless want to get married i don't think she was ready to let him go. as a result of that opener had a hard time finding a relationship with her husband. she moved into a house. she quit or two houses, one for one for them with a quarter the went right in between. one eleanor try to discipline her children somehow she would be the one who would say no, don't worry. if one of the kids do something that she then buy him a card to make you feel better. she was a very difficult force and eleanor's life and made their marriage much more complicated than it otherwise would've been even though she gave him that fundamental confidence and mother gets

>> i never saw franklin on eleanor personally. closest their two sons i interviewed before they died and then all the children of those children who were really very helpful to me. >> of the three books and all the thinking about these politicians, who is your favorite? >> well, i think i'll probably always be most grateful to lyndon johnson not for the reasons you might think. i think watching him in those last years of his life on his ranch and helping him with his memoirs. a man who had no other resources other than politics. he didn't know how to get through without politics. he used to have mock meetings to figure out what to do during the day. which cows were given medicine and tractors-- and like the white house, no longer bills on the hill, but the branch. and he wanted to know how many people were going through the lbj library and he wanted more than the kennedy library and get them in, free coffee and donuts. a man so sad he couldn't be alone. he would ask me to stay outside of his room when you take a nap. and when you'

franklin really doesn't get in the way. that would have been really dumb if he had, because she was a freight train. >> you are an expert on her "my day" column. would you talk about the difference between what she wrote in her newspaper column versus what she put in her advice column? ms. binker: "my day" is a daily diary. one of my students once said to me, you know, eleanor was the original blogger. it does read like a blog. she doesn't know day-to-day any more than her readers. she can only write what she knows. so she is writing about her daily activities and she is writing about things that are of the moment. right? so that is one big difference. this, i think, is more directed, because it is based off the readers' questions. she is not saying anything that does not have a basis in what is on the mind of her reader. and that is very different. whereas "my day," she can write about whatever she wants to. whatever is top of mind. the place she saw last night, the conference she is hosting today, the trip she is going to

and she actually offered franklin the divorce immediately. by then convinced, as last thing that he wanted pretty never met for the marriage to be over. in some ways think lucy's attraction for for him was that she was confidence, and easy. without or during the period of her life was still and so haunted by the insecurity zero started. our mother had told her she was ugly whenever attention was a little girl her father was an alcoholic. it's hard for her to develop and to develop full since more stuff. so i take that franklin was attracted to this happy young woman. but the thought of losing eleanor was the last thing he wanted. host: techno states, what are the public no. did they know about lucy in the polio and lucy and did they know about martha. doris: certain members of the press new. they knew they were unconventional so the relationships the white house. they certainly knew that roosevelt was a paraplegic and yes, there was a certain kind of sense that a person's private life's private life . and most whatever he is doing has an impa

and jfk signed it, and franklin roosevelt signed it. so, we have, fdr collected rare books among other things. that is one of our most precious possessions, the volume that is signed with both jfk and roosevelts signatures in it. you might not know this story. it is one of my favorite anecdotes. in 1940, when kennedy came back from europe, he came to visit the fdr library, which is under construction at the. time it's not open until 1941, it was under construction. he left a gift for fdr. >> really? >> and we have the note, the thank you note, the copy of the thank you note that fdr wrote to jfk. and it is a scrambled note, it is a little hard to read. but, it appears to say, thank you for the machine gun and goggles. really? >> could you imagine? john f. kennedy dropping off a machine gun at the presidential library, with a card? actually, what it said was, marine gun. a spear gun, for fishing. he knew fdr loved to go fishing, be near water. the goggles were like swimming goggles. >> oh! >> so, we have never been able to find what happ

kennedy gave a copy of the book to franklin de roosevelt and jfk signed in franklin roosevelt signed we have fdr collected where books and that is one of our most precious books. the possession is the book had the signatures in it. you may not know the story, it is one of my favorite antidote. in 1941 the kennedy came back to europe, he came to visit the fdr library which was under construction at the time, it didn't open until 1941 but it was under construction. he left a gift for fdr. >> really? >> we have the note -- a copy of the thank you note that fdr wrote to jfk and it's sort of a scramble no so it's a little hard to read but it appears to say, thank you for the machine gun and goggles. >> (laughs) really? >> everyone was like, can you imagine john f. kennedy dropping off a machine gun in the presidential library? actually what it said was marine gun. it was a spear gun for fishing because he knew fdr love to go fishing and love to be in water and the goggles were, you know, like swimming goggles. we have never been able to find what happened to the spear gun or the goggles b

james madison, franklin roosevelt was a politician. we hear a little bit of that in this oval office reported. >> there is probably never anyone in the white house the was more of a wily politician than franklin roosevelt. he had a skill and ability and success that has few if any rivals. willkie had the misfortune of running against that skillful politician. >> was one goulty consistent on the issues in the 1940 campaign -- was wendell willkie consistent all the issues in the 1940 campaign? >> i do not think so. the campaign started to go badly for willkie. \ the disorganization, the chaos. in the last part of the campaign, he moved in the position on the war and a new deal that he may not happily agreed with. they were more harsh than the truth wendell willkie. >> amity shlaes. >> he was inconsistent, but we cannot downplay is a success. he won more votes in that election with any republican had ever won. electorally, roosevelt was that wily fox. on the popular vote, it was much narrower. willkie got much closer to the democrats than

kennedy gave copy of the book to franklin roosevelt, and jfk signed it, and franklin roosevelt signed it. so we have an fdr collection of rare books and other things, and that's one of our most precious possessions is the, slapped with both jfk and roosevelt's signatures in it. may not know this story. one of my favorite anecdotes. in 1940 when kennedy came back from europe he came to visit the fdr library under construction. hadn't been open but under construction and he left a gift for fdr. >> really? >> and we have the note that, the thank you, copy of the thank you note fdr wrote to jfk, and it's sort of a skripaled note that's a little hard to read but it appears to say, thank you for the machine gun and goggles. >> oh, really? >> which everyone was sort of like, can you imagine? john f. kennedy dropping off a machine gun at the president's library with guards and -- actually what it says was marine gun, which was a speargun for fishing, because he knew fdr loved to go fishing and loved to be in water and the goggles were like swimming goggles. >> oh. >> we've never been able to

[applause] >> he will -- host: that was franklin roosevelt in not recordings from 1940.e are hearing a little bit of that in the oval office recording. james: it has probably never had anyone in the white house who is more of a wily politician and franklin roosevelt. he was just superb. he practiced with a skill, ability, and success that has few if any rivals. willkie had the misfortune of running against that very skillful politician. host: i want to follow-up on that in a moment. was wendell willkie consistent on the issues in the campaign? james: no, he wasn't. few politicians are consistent on the issues, especially in the heat of a campaign and a campaign that started to go badly for willkie. the chaos and difficulty of challenging roosevelt. in the last weeks of the campaign, he moved toward positions on war and the new deal that he might not have fully agreed with that were more harsh, more 52 per to than -- more by two per div. amity: he was inconsistent, but we can't downplay his success. he won more votes in that election then any republican had ever won. elec

the the director of franklin roosevelt library and museum. today, we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in american history during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. to assist me i am joined by the , director of the jfk library. >> it is good to be with you. >> thank you for joining me. this is one of the most interesting and complicated relationships, two families that are really dynasties in the way they impacted american political life. there is a component of this that a lot of people do not understand. not only is there a relationship between franklin roosevelt and joseph kennedy, but a relationship between eleanor roosevelt and john f. kennedy. we will start with the beginning, which is the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joe kennedy made most of his money in the 1920's in the stock markets. kennedy asppointed the head of the security exchange commission. some said that was putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. this created a relationship in whi

franklin, you have just come from the constitutional convention.have we got, a republic or a monarchy? >> a republic, if you can keep it so. narrator: a prophetic statement from benjamin franklin is the constitutional convention ended its labors in september of 1787. a republic, if you can keep it so. it was here in philadelphia the george washington penned his immortal farewell address, and which he established the great american tradition unbroken for 145 years and our safeguard against dictatorship and tyranny, that no president should serve for a third term. ♪ >> friends and fellow citizens, the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the united states, being not far distant, and a time already arrived when your thoughts must be occupied in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distant expression of the public voice, that i should now apprise you of the resolution i have formed to decline to be considered amo

franklin d roosevelt presidential library provided this video. >> welcome to at home with the roosevelts. i am director of the roosevelt and herbert hoover presidential museums. we are here to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in american history, the presidential election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. this was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, the great depression. the two of them had known each other for quite some time. during world war i, franken roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. do you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i? >> sure. herbert hoover was the head of the u.s. food administration. it had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15%. he did this by appealing to american housewives to sign pledge cards where they would hooverize, which meant every day of

after hoover, we need franklin roosevelt -- we needed franklin roosevelt.plause] but we are not merely running against mr. nexen. our task -- mr. nixon. not one -- our task is of itemizing republican failures. nor is that wholly necessary. the family forced from their tell themt need us to of their plates. -- their plight. the families without a decent home. the parents of children without a decent school. they all know it is time for a change. [applause] we are not here to curse the darkness. we are here to light a candle. [applause] as winston churchill said, on taking office some 20 years ago, we shall be in danger of using the future. today, our concern must be with the future. the world is changing. the old era is ending. the old way on not do. the balance of power is shifting. new and more terrible weapons are coming into use. one third of the world may be free. one third is the victim of a cruel repression and the other is rocked by poverty and disease. communist influence has penetrated into asia. it stands in the middle east. now sits some 90 miles

our first postmaster general was benjamin franklin. the exchanges that followed what i just described built solidarity during turbulent times and helped bring about the formation of the first continental congress. in any event, when alexis de tocqueville spoke in that he wouldhe said, praise the postal service, writing that not in the most enlightened rural districts of france is there an intellectual movement so rapid or on such a scale as in this wilderness. so, as i say, rooted in american history, part of the communication that established us from going from colonies to a america's families to communicate and businesses to thrive, medicines to be delivered. time ofhis case, at the an election in the time of a pandemic, a safe way for people to vote. it is very important to shine a bright light on the postal system and to show our appreciation for what it has done. 100,000, 97,000 number is , veterans employed by the postal service. occasionus is a joyous to come together, to vote for the postal service, and to meet the needs of our

franklin d roosevelt.plause] the party of fighting democrats who showed us that a common man could be an uncommon leader. harry truman. a party of a brave young who called the young at heart regardless of age to seek a new frontier of national greatness, john f. kennedy. now the party who took office in a tragic hour and went on to do more than any other president in this century. lyndon johnson. [applause] our party was built out of the old lower east side. the blazing heart of illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania. [applause] the southern coastal plains, and the unlimited frontiers of america. welcomeshat generations of immigrants. , polls, all of the others. they thought the political battles that helped bring them to the american dream and they have shaped the character of our party. that is our heritage. our party has not been perfect. we make mistakes. ours is a tradition of leadership, compassion, and progress. americans, united, a diverse power of the nation. entering with pride and confidence.

franklin roosevelt was trying to convince hoover to become a democrat. there was some sense of maybe we can get him as part of our party but hoover had other ideas. can you talk about why he decided to become a republican? thomas: he grew up in a quaker community, which had supported lincoln because of their abolitionist sentiments. john brown visited west branch. hoover actually had registered as a republican, but because he had lived abroad for most of his adult life with his mining career, people did not know his political affiliation. so he had to write to roosevelt to indicate that he was, his tribe was the republican tribe, and he considered himself, theodore roosevelt, a progressive republican. roosevelt was the vice presidential candidate on the democrat side. harding became president and hoover was part of the harding and coolidge administrations while fdr ended up getting polio and disappeared for many years. he was secretary of commerce and was big on government regulation. can you talk about his role as a commerce secretary and how it influen

kennedy gave a copy of the book to franklin roosevelt, and jfk signed it and franklin roosevelt signed it. we have a few collected rare books and other things, and that's one of our most precious possessions. you may not know this story. it's one of my favorite antecdotes. it was under construction and he left a gift for fdr. >> really? >> and we have a copy of the thank you note fdr wrote to jfk. and it's sort of a scribbled note. it's a little hard to read, but it appears to say thank you for the machine gun and goggles. >> oh, really? >> which everyone was like can you imagine john f. kennedy dropping off a machine gun at the presidential library with some guards -- actually what it said was marine gun which was a spear gun for fishing because he knew fdr loved fishing and loved to be in the water, and the goggles were like swimming goggles. we never were able to find what happened to the spear gun or goggles, but it does sort of go to the relationship the two families had which is they were close. >> they were. there's a lot of intersections through the years, no question. and obvi

franklin to france. once we declared our independence, the new congress of the united states actually invited me to sail to france, but i could not. ill health ran through my family at the time, the commonwealth of virginia required me to work on their constitution and so it was. >> i know mr. adams would have been sent as well, and perhaps you would have been well-suited for it, as opposed to mr. adams, who said i had a canine appetite for popularity. [laughs] >> i had that great opportunity when congress invited me to secede dr. benjamin franklin as our nation's first minister to the court of louis the 16th. i was quite delighted to receive that commission, and you know, as i wanted to have more of a knowledge of all of our new nation and had never been to new england, i decided to sail to france from boston. so i went up to new england, and their hoping to board a ship upon which mrs. john adams would be a passenger. i arrived too late to make a reservation upon the ship. i did have the opportunity to

was 80 years ago in july of 1940 that president franklin d. roosevelt also delivered his speech from the white house in hopes of seeking a third term. you will hear from the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, and rudy giuliani. many of those speeches will take place inside the editorial here in washington, including franklin graham, ben carson, and the ivanka trump. the president does the headline tonight. what else are we looking for. -- is the headline tonight. what else are we looking for? >> i think it goes without saying that this is the president's night to make a direct pitch to the american people as to why they should support him in this reelection campaign over joe biden. we will see a continuation of what the vice president said last night, which is a contrast of what a democratic administration would bring to the white house versus what trump wants to continue to bring. mains talking about law and order, democrats potentially embracing socialist values and allowing for lawlessness and defunding the police. a

with me now is jamel smith, senior writer for rolling stone, and franklin leonard, founder and ceo oflacklist. as i was trying to process this loss, i turned to both of you, to your twitter feeds where i watched both of you sort of processing this with everyone else. jameel, as you heard this news today, as you consider his legacy, what most stands out to you? >> well, alicia, what most stands out is the fact that he had so much more left to give. i think that the very promise of his gift is evidence in his performances. all the way from defy bloods with spike lee most recently. i think he was an extremely versatile actor, but of course in his star-making role he is going to be burned into the minds of perhaps an entire generation of children as a hero. and as well as he should be, because he certainly lived that life. >> franklin, he truly seemed to touch both the people who he met, the people he worked with, and people who he would never meet but in him saw themselves, saw a hero. >> i think that's right. and i think a diaspora is grieving today. and i think that's because if you lo

would you rather quote herbert hoover or franklin delano roosevelt? [applause] would you rather quote richard nixon or john fitzgerald the republicans have always been the party of privilege. but this year their leaders have gone even further. in their platform they have repudiated the best traditions of their own party. ofre is the conscience lincoln in the party of lincoln? republicanional commitment to fiscal responsibility? what happened to their position around safe and sane arms control? i don't claim perfection for the democratic already. claimed that every decision we have made has been right popular. certainly, they have not all been easy. but i will say this, we have been tested under fire. we have neither not nor hidden. ed nor hidden. [applause] the historic challenges of peace and energy have been ignored for years. we have made tough decisions and taken the for them. we have made mistakes and we have learned from them. we have built a foundation now for a better future. we have done something else. perhaps even more important. bad, in th

the south was a major component of the coalition that elected franklin roosevelt and kept the democratsfice for 20 years. in recent years the more conservative section of the country has been driving into a republican camp. bringing in the presidential nominee as a southerner is a major step that kept them in the 1930's and 1940's. stephen: the reason this could happen, the issues that divided the democrats and republicans were the issues of civil rights and the issues of vietnam war. both of these are gone, the vietnam war because it is completed. but the civil rights one is at least minimized because of the tremendous progress in the united states. change both in the south and the north, in the degree of racial equality that has come about over the last 15 years. or thereabouts. and that problem is not at such an exacerbated level that a party gets fully divided as the democratic party once was over this issue. richard: let me ask those of you, howard and steve, do you agree -- we have been talking about moderation in politics, moving towards the center -- would you agree that in fore

would you rather quote herbert hoover or franklin roosevelt? would you rather quote nature richard nixon or john fitzgerald kennedy? the republicans have always been the party of privilege. but this year, their leaders have gone even further. in their platform, they have repudiated the best traditions of their own party. where is the conscience of lincoln in the party of lincoln? what's become of their traditional republican commitment to fiscal responsibility? what's happened to their commitment to a safe and sane arms control? i don't claim perfection for the democratic party, i don't claim that every decision that we have made has been right for popular. certainly, they have not all been easy. but i will say this, we've been tested under fire. we've neither docked nor hidden. and we have tackled the great central issues of our time, the historic challenges of peace and energy, which have been ignored for years. we've made tough decisions and we've taken the heat for them, we've made mistakes and we've learned from them. and we have built the

in our book, we look at three areas where herbert hoover and franklin roosevelt debated in the 30s and where we think that is still a key debate today the first of those is liberty versus equality. this is one of the fundamental debates between progressives and conservatives. if you have read some of your american history you will remember that when the french journalist de tocqueville came to america in the 19th century he observed one of the main differences between the french revolution and republic and the american revolution republic is the french were really all about equality. they talked about liberty but they were really all about equality. he said by contrast the americans in the american revolution is about liberty. they also talk about equality but with they are really after in america's liberty. this is one of herbert hoover's biggest complaints about the new deal is that it was turning america into a form of european totalitarianism. hoover had spent the early part of his career as a mining engineer doing huge mining projects abroad and he had continued to live in europe

our first postmaster general was benjamin franklin. the exchanges that followed what solidarity build during the turbulent times and helped him about first continental congress. -- bring about the first continental congress. alexi de tocqueville spoke in said, he would praise the postal service, writing that the most enlightened world district of france is there an interest rule as an intellectual movement on such a scale as in this wilderness. so, as i say, rooted in american history, part of the communication that established going from colonies to a country, they are there for america's families to communicate, as this is to thrive, medicines to be delivered. case, time of an election, time of the pandemic, a safeway for people to vote. it is very important to shine a bright light on the postal system and to show our appreciation for what it has done. nearly 100,000 -- 97,000 veterans are employed by the postal service. us, is a joyous occasion to come together, to vote for the postal service, and to meet the needs of our people. ca

up next on the presidency, to from the franklin d roosevelt presidential library series "at home withd to keep up with the public ring the pandemic. first, talk about the 1932 campaign for the white house in the midst of the great depression and the tents transition that followed from hoover to the fdr administration. in about half an hour, a conversation about the relationships between members of the roosevelt and kennedy political dynasties. the franklin d roosevelt presidential library provided this video. >> i am director of the roosevelt and herbert hoover presidential museums. >> are here to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in american history, the presidential election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. this was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, the great depression.

they were both in the same administration, franklin roosevelt was trying to convince herbert hoover to become a democrat and there was some sense of, maybe we can get him as part of our party. but herbert hoover had other ideas. can you talk about why he decided to become a republican. >> he grew up in a quaker community which had supported lincoln because of their abolition sentiments. john brown visited west branch. and hoover actually had registered as a republican but because he had lived abroad for most of his adult life with his mining career, people didn't know his political affiliation. and so he had to write to roosevelt to indicate, you know, that he was -- his tribe was the republican tribe and he considered himself theodore roosevelt, a progressive republican. >> the 1920 presidential race, franklin roosevelt was the vice presidential candidate on the democratic side and the democrats lots and harding became president. hoover became an important part of both the harding and the coolidge administrations while fdr ended up getting polio and disappearing for many years. during

next on the presidency, two programs from the franklin roosevelt presidential library series at home, designed to keep connected with the public during the pandemic. the directors of the hoover and roosevelt presidential libraries talk about the 1932 campaign in the midst of the great depression and the transition that followed from a hoover -- from a hoover to fdr administration. we will hear a conversation about relationships between the franklin, the roosevelt presidential library presented this video. >> welcome to at home with the roosevelts. i am director of the roosevelt presidential library and museum and joined by the director of the herbert hoover presidential museums. >>

the first postmaster general was benjamin franklin. the exchanges that followed built solidarity in turbulent times and bring about the forms and when spoke in that century, he said he would praise the postal service writing that not in the most enlightened rural district in france is there an intellectual movement so rampant or such a scale as in this wilderness. the effectiveness from the start. rooted in american history, part of the communication this established us from going from colonies to a country. there for america's families to communicate, businesses to thrive, medicines to be delivered, now in this case, time of an election at the time of the pandemic, a safe way for people to vote. it is very important to shine a bright light and show the appreciation for what is done. 97,000 veterans are employed by the postal service. this is a joyous occasion to come together and meet the needs of our people. you can ask any member of congress across the country. democratic or republican if they are hearing from their constituents on

they beat northampton 34—21 at franklin's gardens to move above their opponents and into the top foura stadium that has been made to wait for live sports to return. five long months have passed since franklin's gardens last hosted premiership rugby, time of reflection for two teams who had had very different fortunes. probably left northampton saints pining for a break. this is a team that had won three on the bounce before the league was postponed and it didn't ta ke league was postponed and it didn't take wasps long to rediscover their sting. two first—half tries giving them an eight—point lead at the break. the gap though that was soon put to one. alex mitchell decisive and direct. northampton back in it. but not for long. two minutes later, ben harris proving strong and sturdy. scoring just. a frenetic game saw northampton score again, but this day would belong to wasps. a fourth try, bonus point win and a move into the top four. this had been worth the wait. michael redford, bbc news. now, all elite athletes face challenges during their careers, but few of those who line—up at ne

hat's labor and labor never had but one friend in politics, and that is the democratic party and franklinoosevelt. [cheers and applause] and i will say the labor just what i said to the farmers. they are the most ungrateful people in the world. [cheers and applause] a national income has increased a less than $40 billion in 1933 to $203 billion in 1947. the greatest in all the history of the world. these benefits have been spread to all the people because it's the business of the democratic party to see people get a fair share of these things. this congress prove just the opposite for the republicans. [applause] harry truman: the record on foreign policy of the democratic statess that the united has been turned away permanently from isolationism. we've converted the greatest and best of the republicans to that subject. the united states has to accept its full responsibility for leadership and international affairs. of the been the backers people who organize and started the united nations. first started under that great democratic president woodrow wilson of the league of nations. it was

franklin delano roosevelt. [applause] we are the party that knew how to give them hell, harry truman. [applause] as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hell. we're the party of john fitzgerald kennedy. [applause] we're the party of a great leader, lyndon baines johnson. [applause] the party of a great man who should have been one of the greatest presidents in our history. [applause] i have appreciated -- [indiscernible] a great man who epitomizes the democratic party. i would like to say that we are also the party of governor jerry brown and senator edward kennedy. [applause] i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you are a tough senator and a superb campaigner, i can attest to that. [applause] your speech before this convention was a magnificent sight of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country. while a democratic victory is so important this year, i reach out to you tonight, and i reach out to all of those in your passionate cam

lett -- franklin roosevelt as roosevelt was trying to engineer aid for great written and people who would become our allies against hitler's -- great britain and people who would become our allies against hitler. after the war, vandenberg came forward and said things have to and in effect reversed his own position and said isolation was no longer possible for the u.s. as a global power. that we have to take responsible the on the global stage and by making that shift in the last months of world war ii, he pulled a lot of american public opinion with him and really helped enable the changes in america's right -- rise to leadership. as someone who grew up in grand rapids with an interest in politics, i have been curious about vandenberg's life. he was a vicious kid, his father had a business that nearly went 1893, sothe panic of he was always doing odd jobs to support the family. once he was in high school here, he thrived -- he was editing the school newspaper, and he thrived on political news. that won himech second place in an oratory contest in a 1900 when he was a senior in high

they literally come up to the front of the house at 7:07 franklin street.believe it or not ladies and gentlemen, that fire that engulfed richmond had come right up to the house next door. but that one had been saved. now a crowd gathered and want to touch lee as if he's an icon. but can you imagine us tuna today? well you know who died in 1977. lee gets off his horse. he bow bravely to everyone and then he walks inside the front door. this is the scene which i don't have any record of and this is the one i always been curious about. when robert e. lee amounts of steps right there leading those steps leading in the house, he bows to the crowd graciously in everything, and he walks back and he still got his uniform a. that will be the last time i suppose in his official capacity that he will put it back on for these pictures in a day or two. i will be in his last capacities a soldier. when he walked through that front door, went what went through his mouth? never thought about that? what did he do? as wife, is children, they have four daughters, it children r

it's a coin designed by major general benjamin franklin butler. so who was this guy butler? was he a kind designer or major general? >> he's not bad, as we see. the invocation on the right is a little off the mark, but -- he's a complicated, bizarre, controversial figure. he was a democrat in politics in massachusetts. he was a businessman. he owned a mill. very successful. he was a white supremacist in as late white supremacist as late as 1860. he supported jefferson davis as president of the united states for the democratic convention in 1860 and then he didn't even support steven douglas. and he ran for governor on a brok bre breckinridge ticket and lost. and immediately touches off controversy because he has the army buy his unit's uniforms from his own. not a cool move. so he has a little corruption in his story as well. >> but why does lincoln appoint him major general in the army then? >> because lincoln did not want the war to just be a war of professional west point trained soldiers, and they did not want it to be a war only of republican generals. he made a big eff