stability these indirect bailouts they're doing are reprehensible but my main point is that franklin delano roosevelt extended and exacerbated and worsened the great depression with all of his spending the higher tax rates more government intervention i mean hoover and roosevelt between them were two terrible presidents that kept the economy in the dumps for a long time now the only good thing i can say about the current political situation is that we do have gridlock because gridlock at least stops politicians from doing additional stupid things now and the long run gregg luck is a problem because we had desperately need to fix these entitlement programs this giant un kind of liability that the politicians have given us and that's clearly not an issue for the fed that's something that has to be done in the real sector of the economy so i am not optimistic i think america a less something dramatic happens we are basically baked into the cake as we say we're going to become another greece within ten twenty thirty years i mean i don't have the exact figure if i did i'd probably be a rich wall street gu

were married in 1941 and there are memories of the day described as the day of infamy by franklin delano roosevelt. our day of infamy was september 11, 2001. can you share with us briefly a little bit of background and where you were that day and how you first learned about those attacks? >> thank you for the invitation here and it is good to be with the audience. i was in syracuse, n.y. that day doing an inspection of our office there. i had been at a tv station earlier that morning. i was in a federal judge's office when the first plane hit. there were concerns about that so i went back to the fbi office and watched as the second plane hit. >> what was your role from that point on? >> i had been serving in our boston fbi office and after that i learned several of the hijackers had come out of boston. i went back to help the investigative all efforts there and was eventually transferred full time into the counter- terrorism division. fbi changed the paradigm for help fbi investigations were conducted with the focus on prevention. >> we will leap forward to tsa. you spent your fbi career trying to

no president since franklin delano roosevelt has won a second term with the rate more than 7.1%. president obama addressed the jobs report while speaking at navy yard. >> we have to create more jobs than that each month to make up for the more than eight million jobs the recession claimed. what i want our american people and our partners around the world to know is this, we are going to get through this, things are going to get better. we are going to get there together. >> the president then -- >> move quickly on things that will help create jobs right now. extend the payroll credit, extending unemployment insurance to help people get back on their feet. putting construction workers back to work rebuilding america. >> joining me now, "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein, also jonathan alter, thank you both for joining me tonight. >> hi, lawrence. >> so, 1/10 of 1%. help me be optimistic. >> it ain't much. we need 120,000 to keep up with population. you're not keeping up, we very slightly, not by a measurable amount, but slightly fell behind catching u

. >> you know, back in the 1930s, we read the history books, franklin delano roosevelt created theselic sector jobs. i would have preferred that a lot of the money would have gone into the creation of public sector jobs, infrastructure jobs, things like that. we didn't do it. >> greta: it's a very different economy in the '30s than now. we got to go. will you come back and talk to me about this? >> i'd love to. thank you. >> greta: thank you, sir. coming up, she's amazing and she's back. representative gabrielle giffords making home run her arizona constituents have a voice in let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not

it from but relate it to a harder time in our history, the great depression of the 1930s, franklin delano roosevelt was elected to -- president roosevelt responded with a plan designed to put americans back to work building america. quite literally fdr's stimulus program built america, they built roads, bridges, cities, state parks. next time you're in a state park look for a plaque inside that state park saying when that lovely welcome center got built, there's a good chance it got built during the great depression. but in 1937, eight years into the great depression, fdr turned his attention to cutting the nation's deficit. president roosevelt had been convinced that the nation could no longer afford his recovery efforts, that instead of continuing to attack unemployment, they decided they need to attack the deficit. boy did they, great success there and great time this week, bruce bartlett points out they cut the deficit by 17% in two years, so yes, they attacked the deficit, but in so doing they also attacked the economy. growth had been strong in 1934, 1935, 1936 while the government was spendi

. >> you know, back in the 1930s, we read the history books, franklin delano roosevelt created theses. i would have preferred that a lot of the money would have gone into the creation of public sector jobs, infrastructure jobs, things like that. we didn't do it. >> greta: it's a very different economy in the '30s than now. we got to go. will you come back and talk to me about this? >> i'd love to. thank you. >> greta: thank you, sir. coming up, she's amazing and she's back. representative gabrielle giffords making home run her arizona constituents have a arizona constituents have a voice inhost: could switching to really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: do people use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man 1: don't mind if i doozy. man 3: is a gentleman with a brostache invited over to this party? man 1: only if he's ready to rock! ♪ sfx: guitar and trumpet jam vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. introducing the lightning-fast, 10-inch samsung galaxy

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the idea of being discussed and bisected by the biographies of lyndon baines johnson and franklin delano roosevelt and by a writer from the "new yorker close "says mr. obama is not the messianic figure many of his supporters think he is, that would be daunting to everyone. i don't mean to suggest any of these gentlemen is prepared to draw or quarter the president. in fact, some of them have written and said very findings about him and his campaign. some of them may or may not have voted for him. two of them actually had dinner with the president at the white house earlier this week. that is all i could find out from either of them about what went on there. that will be the end of that conversation. some of these gentlemen have indicated differences between our 44th president and the men -- and of course they're all men, who preceded them. some felicitously, some not so. each of the panelists as deep insights into what a president should do, what makes a president a president, what makes him succeed and indoor and what can bring him down. so just after two and half years into the obama presidency,

the idea of being discussed and bisected by the biographers of lyndon baines johnson and franklin delano roosevelt and by a new yorker writer who has said, i quote, he, mr. obama, is not that messianic figure many of his supporters think he is, i think that would be daunting to anyone. i do not mean to suggest that any of these gentlemen is prepared to draw or quarter the president. in fact, some of them have written and said very fine things about him and his campaign. some of them may or may not have voted for him. two of them, bob caro and h.w. brands had dinner with the president at the white house earlier this week. and that is all i could find out from either of them about what went on. that will be the end of that conversation. some of these gentlemen also indicated, however, differences between our 44th president and the man -- yes, they are all men -- who succeeded -- seceded and. each one of the panelists had deep insight into what it president should do, what makes a president in president, what makes him succeed and indoor, and in fact, what can bring him down. just over 2 1/2 years in

>> the occasion is franklin delano roosevelt's 62nd birthday in 1944, and at this point, lucy was sortar. she had been in hollywood for almost 20 years. and she was mostly known for movies, musicals, that kind of thing. and it's just a rare glimpse of her. you know, before she really hit that icon status. >> before she became the lucy that we fell in love with. the next pick you're your unveiling is called happy birthday mr. president. don't usually think of lucille ball as being in this picture. >> this is also the same event and she's entertaining a room of sailors. in that time she'd been in movies like follow the fleet, and stage door. she was always magnetic and beautiful, so the guys loved her. >> this is interesting, so in 1958, when -- when lucy and desi started desilu studios, the lucy desi comedy hour came after "i love lucy" which people don't know about. >> exactly. >> you have some color pictures. >> that mps the two of them on the -- at desilu, the production company which they ran together. lucy was one of the first female television executives. not only was she this ico

but eight years of it was under franklin delano roosevelt. he didn't bring us out of the recession until world war ii came along. but always when we grow up, a will barrow was known as a hoover-buggy because of a wpa using the wheel barrow to haul stuff around, it was known as a hoover-buggy and hoover was out of office four years and it was always known as the hoover depression. host: all right, james. so let's get into modern history and let us talk about the trip the president is taking this week. on the road to economic or political recover? caller: i think it is both. he wants to talk about -- he's got some program, i don't know what, and he wants to tell that. but he will also politick while he is there too. it will have a segment of both of them in there. host: we will leave it there. james in lakeland, forward. john harwood writes in "the new york times" this morning -- cannon falls, minnesota, the first stop in his road trip. on the road to economic recovery or political recover? cleveland, mississippi. on our line for democrats. luc

it is noteworthy that the memorial site located on the tidal basin adjacent to the franklin delano rooseveltemorial is in a direct line between the lincoln and jefferson memorials, creating a visual line of leadership. the ceremony of groundbreaking took place on december 13th, 2006, and on sunday, august 28th, 2011, we will dedicate a memorial. please give dr. martin luther king a warm round of applause. we celebrate his name. we celebrate his vision. let me hear you celebrate. [applause] his dream. we have a busy schedule this afternoon. we are going to work with the program through lunch. please enjoy the program. enjoy the lunch. we ask that you socialize and speak to each other, but please keep your voice is as low as possible so that those who want to follow the program can indeed do so. it is my pleasure at this point to introduce the mayor of washington, d.c., mayor vincent ghraib. [applause] -- mayor vincent gray. [applause] >> thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. i want to the mark, one of our great mares in america, for -- and thank mark, one of our great in america, fo

i heard a young lady call in, talking about how franklin delano roosevelt got us out of the depressionthat is false. the reason that the depression ended was that there was a war in europe and america could build planes, ships, and equipment faster than the nazis could destroy them. host: one viewer reaches back to the 1980's in her e-mail, with this -- host: asheville, n.c., eric, democratic line. caller: how are you doing this morning? first of all, i would like to say, and i hope, which, and pray for all of the people affected by hurricane irene. ok, to say this, i think that obama is doing as good a job as he can under these circumstances. he has, whether you want to call them the tea party, i believe that they directly are involved with the gop. they have been against him since he was elected, plain and simple. our problems started back in the reagan years with spending and stuff. everybody, and i mean everybody, excluding millionaires and stuff, have spent over what we are allowed to over-spend. if there is anybody that i believe can get this done, it will be his administration.

. >> i'm not in the suggestion business, but i went and googled a speech that franklin delano rooseveltin new york in madison square garden. about the hatred directed toward him and his presidency, and president obama and his people might be inclined to take a listen to that same speech, from october of 1936, where fdr went through a list of things that his administration had done from 1932 to '36 to help get this country out of the depression, and he ended the speech by saying, republicans, not all of them, some republicans, hate me, and hate has this administration is attempting to do, and he paused for effect, and ended his speech by saying, and i welcome their hatred, and it's a pretty powerful prescription for defining a difference between two parties. now, we're in a juncture in this country where there are huge divisions in america. we all know it. we all hear it. when you're out on the campaign trail, you can sense it, and i don't know that that kind of language would work today, but just the idea that you have people running for president insinuating that this president, the in

the guy at the other end of the linus franklin delano roosevelt, the new president of the united statesd one little note he was president at that point since his inauguration in march in 1933 inauguration day was still in march. it was changed to january because the feeling was you didn't want to have a president be a lame duck for any longer than he absolutely had to be. so, roosevelt is on the line coming and he asks you would you be the next ambassador to germany, america's first ambassador to nazi germany, the ambassador to germany has been vacant at this point for six months. here's the kicker he gives you two hours to decide. two hours to decide. what he does not tell you is that one reason he has called you aside from the fact a confidant of his recommended you apart from the fact you know german, one reason he has called you is because nobody else wanted the job. [laughter] three weeks later, you find yourself on a shipped to germany you've got your family with you, your wife, a grown son, and you're 24 year old daughter, martha come and martha is a heck of a daughter. she's sma

the guy at the other end of the line is franklin delano roosevelt, the new president of the united states. one little note, he was president at that point since his inauguration in march. in 1933, inauguration day was still in march. it subsequently been changed to cheney because the feeling was he didn't want to read president be a lame duck for any longer than he actually had to be. so, roosevelt is on the line and he asks you, would she be the next ambassador to germany? america's first ambassador to nazi chamonix, germany has been thinking at this point for about six months. here's the kicker. he gives you two hours to decide. what he does not tell you is one reason he has called you, apart from the fact that confident of his recommended you, apart from the fact that you know german, one reason he has called you is because nobody else wanted the job. [laughter] three weeks later, you find yourself on a ship to germany, leaving new york for homburg. you've got your family with you. your wife, a grown son, and your 24-year-old daughter, martha. and martha is one heck of a daughter. she

and there are memories, certainly, of the day that was described as that day in infamy by franklin delano roosevelt. certainly our day in infamy was september 11th, 2001. could you share with us, briefly, a little bit of background? where were you that day, and how did you first learn about those attacks? >> well, first, susan, thank you for the invitation here, and it's good to be with the audience here. i was in syracuse, new york, that day as an fbi inspector doing an inspection of our office there. i'd been at a tv station early that morning to do what we called an outside contact just to see how that fbi office was doing. and then i was actually in a federal judge's office when the first plane hit and, obviously, concerns about that. so i went back to the fbi office and then watched as the second plane hit. >> and what was your role from that point on? >> i had been serving in our boston fbi office, and after that i went back because several of the hijackers had come out of boston, portland, maine, and then boston's logan airport. so i went back to help the investigative efforts there and, eve

it is noteworthy that the memorial site located on the tidal basin adjacent to the franklin delano rooseveltundbreaking took place on december 13th, 2006, and on sunday, august 28th, 2011, we will dedicate a memorial. please give dr. martin luther king a warm round of applause. we celebrate his name. we celebrate his vision. let me hear you celebrate. [applause] his dream. we have a busy schedule this afternoon. we are going to work with the program through lunch. please enjoy the program. enjoy the lunch. we ask that you socialize and speak to each other, but please keep your voice is as low as possible so that those who want to follow the program can indeed do so. it is my pleasure at this point to introduce the mayor of washington, d.c., mayor vincent gray. [applause] >> thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mark, one of our great mayors in america, for being here today. it is an honor for me to welcome you here today and to this city, especially the civil-rights pioneers who have joined us today as part of this luncheon. frankly, i cannot describe adequately in

the guy at the other end of the linus franklin delano roosevelt, the new president of the united statesne little note he was president at that point since his inauguration in march in 1933 inauguration day was still in march. it was changed to january because the feeling was you didn't want to have a president be a lame duck for any longer than he absolutely had to be. so, roosevelt is on the line coming and he asks you would you be the next ambassador to germany, america's first ambassador to nazi germany, the ambassador to germany has been vacant at this point for six months. here's the kicker he gives you two hours to decide. two hours to decide. what he does not tell you is that one reason he has called you aside from the fact a confidant of his recommended you apart from the fact you know german, one reason he has called you is because nobody else wanted the job. [laughter] three weeks later, you find yourself on a shipped to germany you've got your family with you, your wife, a grown son, and you're 24 year old daughter, martha come and martha is a heck of a daughter. she's smart,