i think barack obama will be the most consequential president since franklin delano roosevelt.ou look at the congressman's if you- complimiments -- look at his accomplishments alone, ronald reagan's approval ratings stayed low the first year. ll clinton was impeached and look at where he is today. take the long view. if the affordable care act does ilrve, and i think it that is going to be a major achievement. look at things like energy independence. years, first time in 20 the united states is importing less energy from overseas. the banking industryry has been recapitalized. the auto industry has been saved. you can go down the list of solid accomplishments. historians will look back and say this is a major turning point. we have not even gotten to foreign policy or the wars he has pulled us out of. >> nina? >> the problem at the moment is obama a wonderful speech maker. i think he is also a man of considerable good judgment and a compliment, --.com punishment -- complishment, but his problem is the doing of and execution of things. the public does not see that going particul

franklin delano roosevelt created e tennesseelleyuthority. jennings randolph was a member of congress during the roosevelt administration. the tennessee valley authority was a product of the new deal. it was not doling out money here and there. it was the planning of an area in the united states where there would be a development. hydroelectric power was a part of it. the plan to provide economic development to the appalachian region began with the construction of the norris dam on the clinch river. began with the construction the tva plan was ambitious. the regional economies could be improved if the waters were made navigible. the tva constructed housing, began a malaria control project, worked on agricultural development, and provided electrical power to this depressed region. some thought the government was going too far. along with the utilities, others who feared economic loss joined in the opposition. coal miners feared hydroelectric power would reduce the demand for coal. the coal operato of wesvirginia came to washington, d.c. they w

today marks the 72nd anniversary of pearl harbor, described by a day of infamy by franklin delano rooseveltapanese into the second world war. marines and sailors were killed in the u.s. base in hawaii. disabled american veterans held a rally to remember pearl harbor. they are calling for lenlslation to protect fundling regarding the recent shutdown. >> so what this would insure is that even though the government shuts down, our veterans will still be taken care of. >> about 2,500 people gathered at pearl harbor this morning, they observed a moment of silence the moment the bombing began. about 50 survivors returned to pearl harbor for the ceremony. >>> the sonoma sheriff county deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old is going back to work. he will return to work in an ad administrative capacity next week. he has been on leave sense okay 22nd the day he shot andy lopez. lopez was walking in his santa rosa neighborhood with the plastic air soft rifle. he believed it was a real gun and says lopez refused to drop it. community activists have held multiple protests demanding justice for lopez.

i think having looked at the -- i'm also the vice president of the franklin delano roosevelt democratic club. our president will kind of elucidate our position on this and mr. riskin and miss johnson are pretty familiar with my complaints so i will make a couple suggestions. one is to educate people about instead of spending $50,000 to send those rude people out to tell us we only have two minutes to talk, take some of that $50,000 and educate people who are parking in the city about, you know, what the rules are. and my theory on this is, i look at around city hall here and around no. 1 south van ness, a lot of people with permits on their cars and two blocks away there are blue zones with nobody in them for short periods of time. so my theory is the thing that says $250 fine on there, i think if people are misusing it maybe we can educate folks. my second one is to make sure mr. planthold addresses the california state assembly. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> karen mccoy, jonathan lyons, howard strassner. >> (inaudible). >> thank you. jonathan lyons, howard strassner. is mr. l

when people from the soviet union looked at what they were essentially saying was the old franklin delano roosevelt a new deal america and they associated that ironically with reagan the guy who was in effect euthanizing who was killing it and so we see the effects now of reagan's policies in the united states today so in other words the kind of mess that we have a financial ization and attendant economic dysfunctionality is. planted in the one nine hundred eighty so i think now we're starting to see something very similar with the european union people look at it as a model to follow but what they don't recognize is the direction that it's gone. in the full picture. being told what a great market would be for you good if if you crane comes closer to it but of course there's also going to be the millions of ukrainians the want to go and work out west is the ready for that the people certainly are not i think that. when you hear about you hear about from. one to the. benefit to us is that cold right right right right and you'll see a massive number of people of course that will constitute a veritabl

. >> immortal words of president franklin delano roosevelt following the devastating surprise attackor prp it was 72 years ago today that the imperial japanese navy unleashed its fury on the fleet, killing more than 2,400 americans, both military and civilian, and plunging the united states into world war ii. ceremonies are being held across the nation today to mark the occasion wi occasion. what lessons can we still learn today from that terrible tragedy? our best it isguest is a formerf of staff and fox news analyst. good to see you. historians have been critical that america was caught off guard. is that fair criticism? if so, is it a we must always be vigilant, always prepare? >> it's true, we it have an intelligence failure. certainly their movements through the japanese islands. we did not detect that. we've had failures since then. 9/11 being one of them. strategic surprises is something an enemy does have in its kick back and we'll continue to see elements of strategic surprise in the future. >> in so many ways, the current enemy is a very different one, as you mentioned, ter

seen it with this president and one who is only the second democrat to be re-elected since franklin delano roosevelt. that he may take a hit or he may have an issue or challenge, but he overcomes them. we saw that even after the midterm elections in 2010 where he passed four out of five legislative bills from the start treaty to tax cuts to unemployment insurance. so this president -- do not count him out, nor count on him to just lay back. as he pointedly said during the press conference, look, he may not be running for another political office again or for election but he is going to make sure that more americans have access to affordable care. with regard to what mercedes said in terms of the polls and her line of thinking regarding that, then boehner or mcconnell would have nowhere left to go because they're so down in the polls. and we saw the least productive congress since -- >> one person at a time -- >> we saw the least productive congress -- >> -- mercede, just before his news conference, the website crashed. yet again. i'm sure that didn't put him in a good mood. but he went out there and

franklin delano roosevelt felt the need because he wanted to get during the course of the game and after a few drinks company with pay joe doesn't like you. you got to spend time with the kids and grown-ups to hear what they say. nobody's going to stop you and tell you everything they know. after three of four hours of playing cards they will tell you a lot. that's the adult relationships in there. i used to work in the old days before newt gingrich came along and change a lot of this stuff, they were friendly. people like -- thinking of gerry ford and tip were best friends. and rostenkowski. these people would try 14 hours on thursday night to chicago to drive back on monday with two guys sleeping in the back. one day try again, one guy keeping them awake and sleeping on a mattress because they push the station wagon seats over. they didn't have all these allowances. they got to know each other. talk about kids, family, lives. guys to talk after a while. take the bio. i'm worried about one kid. the other kid is the booze problem. the other problem with politics is because it is said do

the assistant secretary of the navy, franklin delano roosevelt. oosevelt went to the white house many times and met ellen ilson. it was said no one could move in polite society unless they could talk to her. she made the whole issue fashionable. the first week she was in the white house, she went back to the national civic federation of women, the same women that had worked well len wilson. and she began to lobby for an alley bill. she lobbied for a great many different causes. but i firmly believe that ellen set an example to eleanor and ellen set an example for many first ladies who came after her. >> one of the interesting debates about it is wood row wilson seeking out african-americans. >> much as i can tell, i loved ellen as much as the editors did. he was a southern woman. i don't think we could honestly say she believed in equality in african-americans. that's just -- she was a wonderful warm loving person. but i think african-americans occupied her place. this is in a maternalistic way she does want to help there and also to beautify washi

when president franklin delano roosevelt addressed congress following the attack on pearl harbor. >>nd you know the cause is just. you receive your orders to be part of the first wave into japan. as you prepare for the fight, second lieutenant john dingell is ultimately spared by the dropping of the terrible bomb that will change the world. you will study law. you will travel the nation. and one of the great joys of your life will be your time spent as a national park ranger working to protect this nation's land water, and wildlife. you will lose your dad, who is dear to you, far too early. many of your father's supporters will ask you to continue his service, and you will and your life will carry forward on a path of public service. from your time as a boy to your early years in congress you will stand on the shoulders of giants like your dad and they'll teach you that compromise is not a dirty word but rather it is the honorable cornerstone of democracy. to this very day and now more than ever, these words ring true in all that you will do. from the moment you take office you will

to the point where he was reelected to a second term and only the second democrat since franklin delano roosevelt with former president clinton. and with regard to angela -- andrea's point about whether we have disagreements in the party, absolutely have disagreements. the point i'd like to make, though, to both of you is that our disagreements don't get in the way of winning elections as it has gotten in the way of republicans of note, most recently with the virginia governor's race and will in the future. and secondly, when it comes to governance, we see this congress being the least productive since world war ii, and that's because of the divisions in the republican caucus and the divisions in the senate with now minority leader mcconnell and jim demint now at the heritage foundation where they're undercutting each other to the point where they're threatening each other's electoral benefits come next year in the midterm elections. jon: andrea, i'll let you take that on with some final thoughts. >> you know, the real problem is when you have democrats fighting so many issues right now, they hav

he will be sworn in using a bible once owned by president franklin delano roosevelt.to serve in the clinton administration and on secretary clinton's 2008 senate campaign as well. and feels honored they will be joining the event. >>> the "brain trust" is back. angela rye, bob franken and ron christie. the president and congress will no doubt come back refreshed and ready to work in january. they face some big issues, most left over from 2013, including the continuing implementation of the affordable care act, nsa surveillance, comprehensive immigration reform and strengthening gun regulation. ron you wrote in "the daily beast" thursday, before the president can tackle any of those issues, he needs to essentially clean house. the president needs to send a message to his inner circle as well as the american people that he is singularly focused on bringing in the best and brightest, those with chicago political connections should be on notice. who needs to go? >> i think valerie jarrett needs to go. the president's senior adviser. from what i've heard from folks in the w

franklin delano roosevelt thought capitalism needed to be regulated.lked about one third of the country ill fed and ill housed. there is no reason america should let such a huge percentage of its population go hungry, go homeless, go without health care. you say the jobs were not intended for adults raising families. but that is where the jobs are. the jobs in the old manufacturing industry are disappearing. created areng exactly those service sector jobs. 70% of fast food workers are adults. 30% are teenagers. teenagers doing fast food summer a goodd it might be wage. an adult that has no other access to employment and their job and aspirations are all in the world of something like fast food or hold till work or working for a company like -- or hotel work or working for a company like walmart, it is only -- the only way for them to are in a living wage. andnions organized people give them the ability to seek a living wage and the ability to seek banks it benefits that is a good thing. that is exactly entirely compatible with the world of capitalism.

keep in mind the moral compass of franklin delano roosevelt.t of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it's rather whether we provide enough for those who have too little. december 28 is coming. today is the 10th of december. 18 days. just after christmas, three days after christmas. days after the holidays. 1.7 million americans are going to lose their unemployment insurance. and, since the farm bill hasn't been brought to the floor, the question of what kind of cuts will be made in the farm programs specifically for the food programs. it's not the loafers that are out there, although there are some. it's the men and women that stood in line waiting for a job in my district. last friday. stood in line at representative edwards' job fair here in maryland in the past days. those people, unemployed. depending upon the supplemental food program. the senior citizens who are trying to make it with the meager benefits of social security. they're the ones that are receiving the supplemental food rogram, the f

this is the agenda that goes back to what franklin delano roosevelt said when he talked about freedom from want. freedom from want. means that you must be able to get a decent job in america to support yourself and your family. so that the working men and women of america have a shot at the generation of wealth that his country can produce. franklin delano roosevelt said, it is our task not to provide more for those who have much, but to provide for those who have little. and so, when you find that the policies of america have allowed this kind of wealth distribution to take place over the last five years, you know that those policies need to change. those policies have to change. when 1% of the american population is able to gather 95% of the wealth generated in this nation, between 2009 and 2012, something is terribly wrong with the policies of this nation. and that's what happened. that's what americans have labored for, so that 95% of the wealth generated by the men and women who work in america winds up in the hands of 1% of this population. we've got some policy problems. we hav

delano roosevelt's mother. we visited a springwood. here's a little video. [video clip] >> when she fell in love with franklinoosevelt in 1905 when they got married, they would move in with franklin's mother, sarah. sarah owned and operated this home referred to as springwood since the year 1900 when sarah's elderly father had passed away. -- sarah's elderly husband had passed away. because this was sarah's home, she made the decisions here. she also handled the finances of the family and was most definitely the matriarch of the family. this is where the family gathered for the daily meals, the activities in this room are important because they reflected the interaction of the family. sarah roosevelt sat at the head of the table. franklin at the other end. and eleanor would find whichever seat was comfortable for for her. she did not have an assigned seat at this table. this is the bedroom that they shared as adults. up until 1918 when infidelity was discovered within the marriage. from that point on, mrs. roosevelt insisted on not sharing the same bed with franklin roosevelt. at that time, mrs. roosevelt cho