it is a pleasure to speak at the franklin d roosevelt library. this is i think my 25th visit back to the library. but my first time here as the speaker, and i am honored. my remarks today might be entitled franklin d roosevelt, iberalism without apology. if there is a subtitle, it would be, a nuanced look at fdr, 60 years afterwards. i intend to be provocative. for more than a generation, americans have been told that government is the problem. not the solution. college campuses think tanks across the country, libertarians felt the urge to remove government from our lives. this thinking has led to privatization of vital government functions and a surrender of the government's management of military operations to profit-seeking contractors. i looked back at franklin d. roosevelt's time, and it reveals how differently americans once viewed government's role. how much more optimistic they were, and how much more they trusted the president. in the course of speaking about fdr, i will take issue with the sunrise romanticism that has engulfed franklin.

not since the death of franklin d. roosevelt have the american people known such deep sorrow. next day mrs. kennedy and her brothers-in-law have the procession. including heads of state who have come from far away for this final march. all follow the late president's casket. walking from the white house to saint matthew's cathedral. at the cathedral, richard cardinal curbing of boston will celebrate the mass of the catholic faith. ♪ the notable figures here include the queen of greece, the everyopror of ethiopia, britain's prime minister, the president of the philippines, and president and chancellor of west germany, and many others. among them is the first deputy premier of the soviet union. then the departure for the journey to arlington national cemetery. littlejohn jr., who is 3 years old this day responds to a whispered request from his mother. as they cross the bridge over the pa tow miriver, there's a v statute of another martered president, abraham lincoln. now, the last goodbye to john f kennedy. ♪ the flag that has covered the casket is folded. it is passed from hand

we recorded his remarks at the franklin d roosevelt presidential library and museum in 2007. >> i am happy to start the session in which we meet jean edward smith, the author of the new biography of fdr. as i was telling him, we are so delighted to have a new biography, particularly a single volume biography, which makes it much more accessible for everybody to be able to have the story in

we learned that franklin d roosevelt was convinced that vietnam, or indochina, as it was called at the time should be a trusteeship until governments could be formed. harry truman was pressured from conditions in europe. so as to let france recolonize indochina. france would not last and pulled out of indochina after their defeat. the overall context of our involvement in vietnam was the cold war. the u.s. needed to fight back any soviet incursion throughout the world. truman was funding any anti-communist government. we also need to recall that in the 50's, it was a time that the catholic church was very anti-communist. later, senator mccarthy was finding communists in the state department, or so he said. eisenhower then started talking about the domino effect. that is if one country in southeast asia falls, they all tumble. he elaborated this idea in a press conference. kennedy also repeated this theory of the domino effect. he did not believe it. dwight eisenhower continued to support south vietnam. after the geneva accords, he continued to agree to put a small amount of advisors in

himself squarely against what he described as the rich and powerful vested interests quoting franklin d. roosevelt corben said i welcome their hatred i accept that the opposition and hostility of the rich and powerful is inevitable i accept the opposition of the billionaires because we will make those at the top pay their fair share of tax to help fund the world class public services for you that's real change. labor says it would really go within 3 months put the new deal to a 2nd referendum but out campaigning in bedford prime minister boris johnson again attacked corbin's reluctance to say which way he would actually vote in that new referendum corbin comes center stage drum roll and he completely misses his cue because what we want to know is what he sees plan to deliver breaks it and what's the deal he wants to do and which side would he vote on that deal students will be a key demographic in december's poll many were too young to vote in the 2016 e.u. referendum but a straw poll of students here in birmingham found them unimpressed so far for now i'm not like conservative labor i think both

these are the same arguments we heard in 1901 under franklin d. roosevelt.hat is it new that you are arguing that was not argued in 1901 >> the vilification of wealthy people >> that's different. i am any vnot vilifying. i think wealthy people have -- they worked hard i think that they are proud and should be proud american citizens there's no reason to vilify. in 1901 they shouldn't have been >> listen, bob one last thing before we close every american in this country aspires to be successful their definition would be determined differently i'll leave it at that. >> that's what they said in 1901 i want a new argument. we have got to understand that wages have been flat for 40 years. a huge amount of wealth has now congregated at the top >> bob, we have to go. i would love to invite you on another time we can have this debate with you in studio and i can hug you after. thank you. >> bye >>> robert reich and robert frank. the nba becoming the new enstraentran entrants in the streaming wars ♪ you should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. you should be mad

himself squarely against what he described as the rich and powerful vested interests quoting franklin d. roosevelt corbin said i welcome their hatred i accept that the opposition of our sovereignty of the rich and powerful is inevitable except the opposition of the billionaires because we will make those at the top pay their fair share of tax to help fund the world class public services for you that's real change. labor says it would really go within 3 months and put the new deal to a 2nd referendum but out campaigning in bedford prime minister boris johnson again attacked corbin's reluctance to say which way he would actually vote in that new referendum corbin comes center stage drum roll and he completely misses his cue for what we want to know is what he sees plan to deliver breaks it and what's the deal he wants to do and which side would he vote on that deal students will be a key demographic in december's poll many were too young to vote in the 2016 e.u. referendum but a straw poll of students here in birmingham found them unimpressed so far for now i'm not like. labor i think both of them a

in the 30s franklin d roosevelt said the south is the number one economic problem and african-americansat the bottom of the poorest part of the nation suffer the mostre from this, but a lot of white people also suffered economic where as the well-to-do plantation merchant, elite which had helped to overthrow reconstruction did pretty well for themselves, but most southerners didn't. >> they were colonial but for the ones to make the south widely enjoyed with power at home. >> to really develop the south you would have had to crack the jim crow system and allow african-americans real economic opportunities s. they did want to pay the bill. for actual modernization of their society. >> here's a question drawn from yesterday's headlines.er yesterday's "new york times" editorial had white trump seated-- white from tweeted about civil war. i do compare the nation's political climate as compared to today's political climate? >> well, first of all let me say that i do not follow the tweets of the president. in fact, i'm not even on twitter i have no interest in what the president says, actuall

he trails franklin d roosevelt, harry truman, jk and george bush senior over the same. .ng to the models which track records of projecting who wins the white house and the enduring u.s. expansion, it puts donald trump on course to win reelection in 2020. that is according to the yell university oxford economics and wheaties analytics. analytics.'s in the u.k. we are gearing up for another general election. the bank of england will have to overhaul its inflation report this week. and create a new model based on brexit being pushed back to july of 31st. jane foley is with me. the pulse have the tories in almost a van glorious position, 38% i read for one labor and 28%. 12936, does not reflect a 10 point lead in the polls for you -- does that reflect a 10 point lead in the pulse for you? 120 nine, that was a proximally 6% above where cable was trading a bit slow in october. that is a fairly juicy gain. that is based around i think the market optimism that the johnson government does have a deal and that following the election he will be able to push that deal through. theref

hostility for any form of collectivism, communism, socialism, the new deal policies of franklin d-delta roosevelt. the buckley's also taught to be suspicious of democracy. the buckley children were taught that there are some people in the world fit to rule and others fit to be ruled into the good news coming you are fit to rule. and so, this belief in hierarchy was central to the upbringing. and it's important to note that it was racialized. they have many servants working for them and many of them are people of color. buckley's parents taught their children that they were biologically, naturally superior to these people of color. but, they have a responsibility as a result of their superiority to treat those under them humanely, especially those who were loyal. you can see where this is going. [laughter] so, buckley spends his childhood in this setting, goes off to prep school and then serves for two years in the u.s. army. after that, he enrolls as a 21-year-old freshman. then there he expects to find the professors at the lectern while a firm is christian and individual beliefs. he finds some

since franklin d. roosevelt in president has declared the week of thanksgiving to be national bible week. ext week we will once again celebrate this beloved book which continues to mold the millions and even billions around the world. it's fitting we take time today to the very ntion book that was so influential in the founding of our nation, the is perhaps the most accessible book to our founding gave s and its principles them invaluable insites on -- nature, civic an virtue, political authority, and the rights of citizens. it a hu , i consider huge, great privilege to speak on the house floor today about a book that has had such a profound influence on my life our country.fe of and it continues to do so daily. the believer in christ, bible has shaped the way that i have lived my life, whether a ducting my business as dentist in woodville, texas, raising my family or serving the of the 36th district of texas right here in the house of representatives. is moree that the bible than a book of inspiration and compi

imagine it's the spring of 1944 and president franklin roosevelt calls winston churchill and says winston, we're not going to send you aid for the dn unless you dig up dirt on my opponent tom duey in the republican party. if that ever happened, fdr would have been impeached and then the next day indicted. it's an egregious use of power. >> some of the president's defenders have hinted that ambassador gordon sondland is working with democrats on the impeachment committees, that he's somehow in cahoots with them. listen to senator lindsey graham. >> why did sondland change his testimony, did he talk to schiff, did the talk to schiff staffers. >> facts first, sondland was appointed to his role by president trump directly and also donated a million dollars to trump's inaugural committee. how successful have republicans been in discrediting the key witnesses. >> here's the thing, if you were to put up a chart, ana, on one side of the chart, you would have the president and mulvaney, they're the only ones who are sticking to there's no quid pro quo, even mick mulvaney backtracked from saying it was, and on the other side of the chart, y

november, no matter how progressive d brave they are, it won't work unless we are going to hold their feet to the fire. you know, back during the new deal, franklin delano rooseveltsaid to the people who were in the streets ri and demanding that he help them rise out of despair because they were starving and they were soor and he said, i agree with you, now go out and make me dot. and whether it's obama or jerry brown, so many progressive politicians say to people, make me do it! me do it! that means they can't throw up their hands and say, look, it's not my fault, look what the constituents are me meg do. we have to be in the streets and shutting down governments, if necessary, not just at the federal level, but state governments, local governments, town councils. we have to be very brave, and, for 40 years, we've marched and rallied and written and spoken and not enough has happened, so we have to up the l antetle bit and risk getting arrested we have to not be afraid and we have to see this as the waygood citizens of the united states need to act. we need to be in the streets making our demands heard. a. woodruff: jane fond judy woodruff! >> woodruff: in washi

we recorded his remarks at the franklin d roosevelt presidential library and museum in 2007. >> i am happy to start the session in which we meet jean edward smith, the author of the new biography of fdr. as i was telling him, we are so delighted to have a new biography, particularly a single volume biography, which makes it much more accessible for everybody to be able to have the story in one not exactly a, but one very complete volume. jean was just telling me that he thinks this is his 21st visit to the roosevelt