up next, we visit the franklin d roosevelt residential library and museum in hyde park, new york for a tour at their permanent exhibit. the libraryardt: was created in 1940 one. it was the first presidential library created and operated by the national archives administration. the library was established by president franklin roosevelt.

up next, we visit the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york for a tour at their permanent exhibit. herman eberhardt: the library was created in 1941. it was the first presidential library created and operated by the national archives administration. the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers.

first up, kathryn smith looks at the life of marguerite lehand, franklin d roosevelt's closest, personal and confidant. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and rake-- welcome to the franklin d roosevelt residential library museum. we are excited you are here today. of this program is a special one. i will tell you about it in a moment. if you are familiar at the program, about a 30 minute talk and 10 minute question and then a book signing. we have c-span here today, so if you ask questions, we ask that you use the microphone. this is made possible because of our trustees and members. we have a trustee here today. thank you very much for your support. [applause]. >> raise your hand if you are a member. thank you very much. that makes these programs possible. if you are not a member, get a pin for free admission to the library today. we have a temporary exhibit right now on the japanese internment and i hope you will see it. today this program is special because we won't be hearing from the author. we will be hearing from a princ

it is all brand-new a fresh look , at both the lives of franklin d. roosevelt and the roosevelt presidency. the exhibition began in 1932, the year franklin roosevelt was elected president of united states. 1932 was a year of tremendous crises for the nation and the world. the country was in the third year of the great depression. in 1929, when the depression began, unemployment in the united states was at 3.2%. by the time roosevelt was running for president in the fall of 1932, it is almost 25%. so, the context of the election in 1932 was of a nation really in a state of disarray. and a state of fear. this gallery really points that out and we have dramatic photography, which -- the state of affairs nationally. this photograph is poignant. it is a photograph of new york central park in 1932. in the foreground, you see a shanty town, one of many like this that had sprouted up across the nation. there were many of them and they were nicknamed hoovervilles. that was named after albert hoover. -- herbert hoover. this is a very poignant reminder of the skill of hum

up next, we visit the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york for a tour at their permanent exhibit. herman eberhardt: the library was created in 1941. it was the first presidential library created and operated by the national archives administration. the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. and so, he created a library on the grounds of his -- here in hyde park, new york. what he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archive. that model was followed by subsequent presidents. this is the first of the presidential libraries that was created and operated by the national archives. about 10 years ago, the library embarked on an ambitious plan to look at the entire museum and really bring it up to date. the new galleries opened in 2013 and basically everything you see at the museum now date

first up, kathryn smith looks at the life of marguerite lehand, franklin d roosevelt's closest, personal and confidant.

see the original war tent, the field headquarters of general washington that is >> president franklin d roosevelt and the partnership against the active power and the wind of world war ii. churchill, roosevelt and company,'s teddies in character. he spoke at the new york historical society where he is also a member of the board of trustees. this is just under one hour. >> we are thrilled to welcome noted scholar lewis lehrman back to our stage. a member of our board of trustees since 2003, lewis lehrman was instrumental in our 2008 exhibition on alexander hamilton, the man who made modern america. his vision of our institution as the destination for american history has guided us over the past 14 years with the most recent fruits of his initiative and extraordinary exhibition focused on dolly madison and the women of the early american republic. together with another, lewis lehrman established a collection of original matrix and documents here at york historical society. his institute for american history has developed a highly acclaimed national program for teaching american history in high scho

these are now kept in the archives of the franklin d. roosevelt library in hyde park, right over there. from a young man is sensitive and introspective as elliott, one would expect melancholy verse, and some of it is precisely that. most of his output though is more in this vein. beautiful potato doomed to fade, play hard to be severed by the ruthless state. via wealth with slumber but spring will call the from by your bed. then they'll shall bloom in light of day and moved nicely by the moon software a toe on my plate to welcome sites help stimulate my appetite. this collection also contains clues to his taste in books. his father had given him volumes by such novelists as dickens and george mcdonald. when he returned elliott had seen more of the world and most do even today. there was a fight however. he became ill with what he called indiana fever, another ailment that would continue to plague him. at this time, elliott felt the need to find some gainful employment. he joined the real estate firm with his brother-in-law douglas robyn today and

he helps translate and act as a diplomat between the saudi king and franklin d. roosevelt. again talking about a pressing issue of israel, the potential of an israeli state in the middle east is disconcerting to the king. but also nurturing a relationship that will allow this partnership in major oil to continue. eddy going forward will continue to act as a special envoy for the u.s. state department. this is the vision of luce, eddy, the rockefellers, and major oil. there is a parallel returning. there in the 1930's, just as saudi arabia is capturing the imagination of standard oil and others, back in the 4 poorest counties of east texas, another boom occurs. this one will transform oil in two very important ways. this happens on the farm of daisy bradford, a revered christian woman. oil is struck in november of 1930's by columbus merriam, a self-styled prophet similar to the oil hunters we saw in our readings earlier about the late 19th century. those who use charismatic means of hunting for oil. they are called poor boys. they are not able to drill to -- drill to pay --

on the 70th anniversary of the polish uprising, winston churchill tried to enlist president franklin d. roosevelt in pressing josef stalin to refuel on soviet air bases after stalin rejected their first appeal, churchill telling roosevelt they should try again and send their planes anyway. but roosevelt replied, i do not consider it advantageous to the long-range general war prospect for me to join you in the proposed message to uncle joe. so churchill decided to send his own planes, 360 british, polish, and south after men died in the skies over warsaw. poland never forgot the heroes in the uprising. but in the west, it was easier brush them under the sandrug forget them, because remembering them would only remind us of our own moral failure to stand with the freedom fighters. again, the president paying tribute to those insurgents during his speech in warsaw. again, it's on our website. here's more from his speech this past week in which he talked about north korea, also our alliances in europe and russia's meddling in the election. president trump: agree, i think it was russia, but i think it

ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: the home of franklin d. roosevelt national historic te features his estate, his library, and the final resting places of fdr and his wife eleanor roosevelt. we went to the home of david roosevelt, a grandson of the president and mrs. roosevelt, to talk about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i melized that it really hit that she was really a special person. ,nd something of a celebrity seeing the president, to ex-president's, one future nextdents -- two presidents, one future presidents, and also to ambassadors and diplomatic people there that it really dawned on me, she really was important. we never thought of her in that way. whenever viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. that is all she ever wanted to be to us. in january 3, 1942. my father was elliott. oldest ofs the second the sons, the third oldest of the children. so my dad kind of fell right in the middle. i think he always felt that he was the m

and at 11, henry olson looks at the policies of presidents franklin d. roosevelt and ronald reagan. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, and welcome to the national press club. i'm jonathan salant, the washington correspondent of the star ledger and a past president of the club. columnist george will once said that the late senator daniel patrick moynihan of new york wrote more books than most senators had read. today's guest, former house speaker newt gingrich, has written even more books than senator moynihan. but remember, there are four times more house members than there are senators. speaker ing given is -- gingrich is here to talk about his latest book, "understanding trump." we'll speak for about 20 minutes and then take audience. if you have not previously purchased a book, please do so now. proceeds benefit the national press club journalism institute that does journalism trading and helps the club. before we begin, please turn off or silence your cell phones. i'd first like to acknowledge the members of the h

see the original war tent, the field headquarters of general washington that is >> president franklin d roosevelt and the partnership against the active power and the wind of world war ii. churchill, roosevelt and company,'s teddies in character. he spoke at the new york historical society where he is also a member of the board of trustees. this is just under one hour.

lehrman discusses the parallel lives of british prime minister winston churchill and president franklin d. roosevelt and the partnership they forced to win world war ii. he is the author of "churchill, roosevelt & company: studies in character and statecra."

and at 11, henry olson looks at the policies of presidents franklin d. roosevelt and ronald reagan. tonight on c-span 2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, and welcome to the national press club. jo