. ♪ >> from his beloved second home in warm springs, georgia some of the body of franklin delano rooseveltoves on its first stages of its journey to its final resting place. suffering from infantile paralysis, they bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 24 hour trip back to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700 mile route, people gather to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. ♪ slowly, the train backs into union station in the united's capital, weighted by a military guard of honor and members of the late great chief executive's family. with justice burns and secretary wallace, president harry s truman heads the assembly to the nations leaders. on a six horse steel artillery k sean and supported by every branch of the nation's armed forces, they pass throngs of grief stricken people and move to the white house. warplanes pay a final tribute to the fallen commander-in-chief and officers of the mighty armed forces which he led marc

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> from his beloved second-home in georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt moved on stages of its journey to his final resting place. scores of sufferers sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 20 four-hour trip to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700-mile route people gather to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. ♪ slowly, the train backs in the union station in the united aids -- the united states capital awaited by a military guard of , honor and members of the late, great chief executive's family. with justice burns and secretary wallace, harry s truman heads the assembly of the nation's leaders. on the steel artillery kay's on escorted by representatives of every trench of the nation's armed forces, the casket passes grief stricken throngs of people en route from the station to the white house. warplanes hey a final tribute to the commander-in-chief, and officers and men of the mighty arme

from warm springs, georgia, the mortal remains of franklin delano roosevelt began the long trip home.g, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. the passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. people wept openly, unashamed of their grief. drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was wrought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of abraham lincoln had also laid in state. at hyde park, his ancestral home, the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn black -- we turn back the clock to franklin roosevelt as a young man making his first political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected new york state senator and brought the republican machine that had ru

from warm springs, georgia the mortal remains of franklin delano roosevelt began the long trip home. slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. the passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. people wept openly, unashamed of their grief. drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was wrought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of abraham lincoln had also laid in state. at hyde park, his ancestral home the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn black -- we turn back the clock to franklin roosevelt as a young man making his first political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected new york state senator and brought the republican mach

. >> from his beloved second-home in georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt moved on the first stages of its journey to his final resting place. scores of sufferers sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 20 four-hour trip to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700-mile route people gather to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. slowly, the train backs in the union station in the united aids capital, awaited by a military guard of honor and members of the late great chief executive's family. with justice burns and secretary wallace, harry s truman heads the assembly of the nation's leaders. on the steel artillery kay's on escorted by representatives of every trench of the nation's armed forces, the casket passes grief stricken throngs of people en route from the station to the white house -- on the steel artillery caison. warplanes hey a final tribute to the commander-in-chief, and officers and men of the mig

what was franklin delano roosevelt's answer to the needs of older americans?y young people were

. ♪ >> from his beloved second home in warm springs, georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt movesn its first stages of its journey to its final resting place. suffering from infantile paralysis, they bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 24 hour trip back to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700 mile route people gather to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. ♪ slowly, the train backs into union station in the united's capitol, awaited by a military guard of honor and members of the late, great chief executive's family. with justice burns and secretary wallace, president harry s truman heads the assembly to the nation's leaders. on a six horse steel artillery k sean and supported by every branch of the nation's armed forces, they pass throngs of grief stricken people and move to the white house. warplanes pay a final tribute to the fallen commander-in-chief and officers of the mighty armed forces which he led march in s

what was franklin delano roosevelt's answer to the needs of older americans? many young people were untrained, uneducated, and unemployable. how could they get a place at the economic starting line? welfare reform. after 60 years of guaranteeing benefits to welfare recipients, the federal government wants them to go to work. has the new policy succeeded? we are the richest most prosperous nation on earth. yet, in the midst of plenty, great disparities in wealth. "reducing poverty: what have we done?" with the help of economic analyst richard gill we'll investigate that question on this edition of "economics u$a." i'm david schoumacher. there have always been people left out of the american dream -- the young, the old the ill, the untrained. and those who've just lost out in a competitive economy which has losers as well as winners. today we take it for granted that the government has a role to play in reducing poverty and we argue only about how and how much. but before food stamps and public housing before government aid to the elderly what happened when the

. >> from his beloved second-home in georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt moved on the first stages of its journey to his final resting place. scores of sufferers sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 20 four-hour trip to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700-mile route people gather to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. slowly, the train backs in the union station in the united aids capital, awaited by a military guard of honor and members of the late, great chief executive's family. with justice burns and secretary wallace, harry s truman heads the assembly of the nation's leaders. on the steel artillery caison, escorted by representatives of every trench of the nation's armed forces, the casket passes grief stricken throngs of people en route from the station to the white house -- on the steel artillery caison. warplanes pay a final tribute to the commander-in-chief, and officers and men of the mig

should force relationship between president franklin delano roosevelt and the soviet union's joseph stalin. >> so susan butler grew up in new york and received her m.a. from columbia university. her articles have appeared in "the new york times" and impotence. is also the author of east to the dawn, and editor of my dear mr. stalin and she currently lives in lake wells florida i started working with her over a decade ago which is where god first fdr and stalin both. as i was chatting with her i reminded her we really bonded over trying to take out the map room time coding system because when she was doing her book of fdr and stalin corresponding coaches committed and dedicated making sure she knew the order of when messages left the map room when they were seeded into stalin and roosevelt see them or get across before to each other. so that's how we bought it many, many years ago in the archives. so it is wonderful to welcome susan back to hyde park to share with us her most recent book "roosevelt and stalin: portrait of a partnership." ladies and gentlemen, susan butler. [applause] >> i w

presidents had term limits, franklin delano roosevelt ran for president four times in a row. and every time he ran, he won by huge margins, even though this is what the country looked like when he won. he won overwhelmingly every single time that he ran, there were two states that said no to fdr four times in a row. those states were maine and vermont. the people's republic of vermont went 0 for 4 when it came to voting for fdr. the single most republican state in the union was vermont of all places. they did bring themselves to vote democrat for lbj in 1964. that year it was hard not to. after that, vermont went back to its old solid republican ways it was the most solid republican place in the union for the next election, they voted republican again and again and again and again. it was not until 1992 when vermont tipped and tipped for good. vermont had been the most republican state in the country, when they started to vote democratic in 1992 they never went back and by the time george w. bush was running for president in 2000, he won the country that year, but he lost ver

at the very same podium where in 1941, president franklin delano roosevelt came to congress to declare on japan following the attack on pearl harbor inside of the united states. so it underscores how much of a shift there has been in the japanese united states relationship in the decades following world war ii. another historical significant is the fact that this speech is taking place on the 70th anniversary, the year of the end of world war ii. so there is a lot of significance in all of this many that will be patched on by the prime and many watching to see how he characterized japan's actions during world war ii, whether he will apologize or focus on moving forward. >> trade high on the agenda in his talks with barack obama yesterday. what is he hoping to get out of this visit from washington? >> reporter: what he is hoping to -- to get out of all of this is the fact -- sorry it's very busy here so there are people coming and going, if you saw a gentlemen walking through there. the case that is being made for this is that there is a very big trade deal attractive to both japan and

presidents had term limits, franklin delano roosevelt ran for president four times in a row.nd every time he ran, he won by huge margins, even though this is what the country looked like when he won. he won overwhelmingly every single time that he ran, there were two states that said no to fdr four times in a row. those states were maine and vermont. the people's republic of vermont went 0 for 4 when it came to voting for fdr. the single most republican state in the union was vermont of all places. they did bring themselves to vote democrat for lbj in 1964. that year it was hard not to.

franklin delano roosevelt just issued a -- an executive order that authorizes deportation to internmentps across united states. >> i think tha people that were raised in the united states, but they were american citizens then to be told, you know what? we cannot trust you. you have done nothing wrong, but just in case we are going to put you in these concentration camps. >> the idiots are the usually one who control it. so the album was, if we do not run them off they are going to send messages back to japan and we will be in trouble. no part of the civilian population except on the east coast were ambivalent about the whole thing. >> my friends, my usual friends were not talking to me. and, i went down the wrong hallway and the people would not walk with me. they were called cap lovers that did. -- "jap lovers" that did. spaces are often cramped, unventilated, exposed to the elements. horribly unsanitary. >> i was five years old when my family was sent away from our homes. basically, put into concentration camps. >> this is where japanese-americans were y incarcerated for the remainder

. ♪ >> from his beloved second home in warm springs, georgia some of the body of franklin delano rooseveltits first stages of its journey to its final resting place. suffering from infantile paralysis, they

presidents had term limits, franklin delano roosevelt ran for president four times in a row. won by huge margins, even though this is what the country looked like when he won. he won overwhelmingly every single time that he ran, there were two states that said no to fdr four times in a row. owl four times that he ran. those states were maine and vermont. the people's republic of vermont went 0 for 4 when it came to voting for fdr. for all of the 19th

she explores the relationship between president franklin delano roosevelt and the soviet union's josefso susan butler grew up in new york and received her ma from columbia university. her articles have appeared in "the new york times" and in barron's, she is also the author of "east to the down -- to the dawn," and editor of "my dear mr. stalin." and she currently lives in lake wales, florida. now, i started working with sue over a decade ago when she was working on her first fdr and stalin book, and as i was chatting at dinner with her i reminded her that we really bonded over trying to figure out the map room time coding system because when she was doing her book of fdr and stalin correspondence, she was committed and dedicated to making sure she knew the order of when messages left the map room when they were received, and did stalin and roosevelt see them or did they cross before they responded to each other. so that's how sue and i bonded many, many years ago in the archives. ..

biden, because mum's the word, the democrats have decided that franklin delano roosevelt, one of his cardinal achievements--the 1938 federal minimum wage law--was never to be discussed in this campaign. elizabeth warren is not allowed to discuss it. joe biden is not allowed to discussed it. george miller doesn't discuss it publicly. he put in a bill under our stress just for pro forma. never had a press conference. nancy pelosi doesn't discuss it. richard trumka of the afl doesn't discuss it. and the minimum wage today adjusted for inflation, as i mentioned, would put tens of billions of dollars at ten bucks an hour--tens of billions of dollars in people's hands to jump-start for the recessionary economy. biden could have skewered ryan, and he was muzzled because obama doesn't want to discuss this because he might be accused of being against small business, who he's given 18 tax breaks by his own admission on the first debate. 18 tax breaks, and 2/3 of all low-income workers are employed by 50 large corporations, like wal-mart and mcdonald's, whose ceos get an average of $10 million

in the years since his two-term presidency's, the first democrat since franklin delano roosevelt, he has focused on improving global health, education, and economic development around the world through the bill, hillary, and chelsea clinton foundation which he founded in 2001. in these lectures, he brings to bear these experiences, and those of his youth and early political career. a 1968 alumnus of our school of foreign service a rhodes scholar, a yale law graduate attorney general, and then governor of arkansas. a former instructor who taught clinton during his first year here at georgetown has described him as someone who "thinks deeply." he says when people are well informed and deeply reflective, it gives them a security and freedom to listen to a wide spectrum of opinions. clinton is not a man who is closed in his thinking, because he thinks deeply great it is -- deeply. it is only fitting for this lecture on the theme of purpose, father hence will serve as our moderator during the question and answer session that will follow president clinton's remarks. with this theme purpose

. >> the president was franklin delano roosevelt. he had a vision to improve the quality of life and the tennessee valley region. he created the tennessee valley authority. >> this was the plan to have a series of dams. this would open the river to navigation. it would give farmers the benefit of modern science and health and control the water on their land. this will exploit the mineral resources of the area. this would reinforce millions of acres. the plan would use the electric power to develop industry in the cities. it was going to electrify farms throughout the rural areas. >> president roosevelt signed the act in 1933. >> it's interesting to think back about what it's like without electricity. it's changed everything. the automobile changed everything. >> husband says he and his little brother watched the toaster. >> our main headquarters are in knoxville. we have a large orifice complex -- office complex. we are spread out for a seven state region. >> the agency runs the largest river system to reduce flood statement -- damag

american leaders have understood the strategic logic of trade at least cents franklin delano rooseveltcal trade agreement of 1954. do not forget what an historic moment that was in the history of the 20th century. many years later president kennedy called the reciprocal trade program "an expression of america's free world leadership. present -- president kennedy made headlines with his speech as he stood up for free west berlin. less remembered is his speech the same week, a bit earlier, at the st. paul's church in frankfurt, where he talked about the equally vital need for an economic alliance. it almost sounded like a call for an economic nato. said kennedy, indeed economic cooperation is needed around the world, by opening our markets by contributing our capital and skills, by stabilizing basic prices, we can ensure the platform for the diplomat of freedom and growth. and he added, this is an atlantic responsibility. now we gather at a moment of new atlantic responsibility, the idea of trade being geopolitically important is not a particularly new one, but we do have an important ne

there is a parallel here with franklin delano roosevelt in 1940, arguing that he's the one who would keep united states out of the war. in the end, what brought the united states and artifact -- united states and i think -- in i think was this gradual shift in public opinion. it was what the germans did. the germans behaved in a way that i can only describe as folly, extremely shortsighted. the german supreme command by 1917 was in command of the german state. it had set up something close to a german dictatorship. it had been pressing to renew unrestricted submarine warfare. it stopped in 1915 after an american ship had been sunk. there is huge protest in the u.s. and the german government had recognized that unrestricted submarine warfare with submarines could fire on any shipping approaching british shores, whether neutral, british, or not, was not helping germany. the high command had been pressing for the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. in january 1917, they got their wish. the sinkings and loss of american lives began to go up. american opinion begins now to harde

in the years since his two-term presidency's, the first democrat since franklin delano roosevelt he has focused on improving global health, education and economic element around the world through the bill, hillary, and chelsea clinton foundation which he founded in 2001. in these lectures, he brings to bear these experiences, and those of his youth and early political career. an alumnus of our school, a rhodes scholar, a you law graduate, attorney general, and then governor of arkansas. a former instructor who taught clinton during his first year has described him as someone who "thinks deeply." he says when people are connected, that gives them a freedom to listen to a wide spectrum of opinions. quentin was not a man who was closed and his thinking, because he thinks deeply great it is only fitting for this lecture on the theme of purpose, father hence will serve as our moderator during the question and answer session that will follow president clinton's remarks. with this theme purpose president clinton turns to each of us, as he did during those formative new covenant speeches to spe

. >> the president was franklin delano roosevelt.e had a vision to improve the quality of life in the tennessee valley region. he created what was to become the tennessee valley authority. >> this was the plan, to have a -- to chain the river through a series of giant dams opening the river to navigation from beginning to end, to give farmers the benefit of modern science and help them control the water on their land. this will exploit the mineral resources of the area. the dams would also reinforce millions of acres. the plan was to use the electric power generated by the dam to develop industry in the cities. it was going to electrify farms throughout the rural areas. and above all, improve daily life in the tennessee valley. >> president roosevelt signed the tennessee valley authority act on may 18, 1933. >> it's interesting to think back about what it's like without electricity. it's changed everything. just like the automobile changed everything. >> my husband says he and his little brother david watched the toaster. and put the

in the years since, his two-term presidency, the first democrat since franklin delano roosevelt he has focused on improving global health, education, and economic development around the world through the bill, hillary, and chelsea clinton foundation which he founded in 2001. in these lectures, he brings to bear these experiences, and those of his youth and early political career. a 1968 alumnus of our school, a rhodes scholar, a yale law graduate, attorney general, and then governor of arkansas. a former instructor who taught clinton during his first year has described him as someone who "thinks deeply." when people are well-informed and deeply reflective, that gives them the security and freedom to listen to a wide spectrum of opinions. clinton was not a man who was closed in that not closed in his thinking, because he thinks deeply. it is only fitting for this lecture on the theme of purpose, father hence will serve as our moderator during the question and answer session that will follow president clinton's remarks. with this theme purpose, president clinton turns to each of us, as h

tenth anniversary of the death of the most famous polio survivor of all former president franklin delano roosevelt. roosevelt also founded what would become the march of dimes foundation in 1938 without which salk might not have been able to complete his work. a massive field trial the first of its kind, was conducted on over 1.8 million children to prove the vaccine was 89% effective. church bells rang across the country. factories observed moments of silence. parents and teachers wept to finally be relieved of this fear. but it had only just begun. the u.s. government invested heavily in the mass production of the polio vaccine and led campaigns across the nation to see every kid was vaccinated. i hated the thought of getting a shot, but the notion that i would be protected from polio for life was certainly worth it. as a result, polio was eradicated from the united states in 1979. sunday, we marked the 60th anniversary of the announcement of the discovery of the first safe and effective polio vaccine. in commemoration of that announcement i introduced a resolution last month celebrating the dis

union that broke the nazis back that is justified too by the likes of winston churchill and franklin delano rooseveltit's also true the soviet union went on to occupy all the countries of eastern europe as well as some of several year. it's also true became a military superpower and we should thank our lucky stars that world war iii never happened thanks to mutually-assured destruction. the ussr fell apart not because it was isolated not because of non-engagement on the part of the west which in fact actually made us stronger. it fell apart because the system ceased to function. it was simply not viable. and when it fell apart when gorbachev and yeltsin came to power what was the west's response? to engage in the new russia? if we dig a little bit deeper than the good old barbie, the good old arras pr pack that was put out for popular consumption of policy with this, he lost the cold war you will pay for it. just shut up and go back into your cage. you are a second rate country and we don't care about you anymore. have the west the united states first and foremost decided to engage gorbachev soviet u

union that broke the nazi's back, as testified to by the likes of winston churchill and franklin delano roosevelt, it's also true that the soviet union went on to occupy all the countries of eastern europe as well as some of central europe. it's also true that it became a military super power and we should thank our lucky stars that world war iii never happened thanks to m.a.d. mutually assured destruction. the ussr fell apart not because it was isolated not because of nonengagement on the part of the west which in fact actually made it stronger. it fell apart because the system ceased to function. it was simply not viable. and when it fell apart, when first gor ba chev and then yeltsin came to power what was the west's response? did it engage the new russia? if we look a little deeper than the good old gorby pap. the policy was this, you lost the cold war just go back into your cave, you're a second rate country and we don't care about you anymore. had the west the united states first and foremost decided to engage gor ba chev's soviet union and yeltsin's russia, engage with the same aims it eng

franklin delano roosevelt in 1934 started what was called the reciprocal tariff program where the u.snegotiated with other countries, saying if you lower your tariffs, we will lower hours. and that started a several decades process ultimately resulting in the wto, the consisting of 60 countries with very basic principles in trade agreements. some of those countries that have joined, particularly those who joined earlier, have high tariffs, countries like brazil or india. they have tariffs 10 times that of the u.s. or canada. china and the wto actually agreed to lower tariffs in the rest of the developing world. we have seen a huge increase in exports from china, but we are seeing a lot of imports from china as well. how are we going to compete absolutely? at this point, we have agreed that the u.s. tariffs rates are at the level they are. what we are trying to do with our trade program is to get other countries to eliminate all of the barriers that we have in the u.s. the tpp negotiations, if done right -- and let me stress that, pedro, because that is absolutely critical to manufactu

franklin delano roosevelt in 1934 started what was called the reciprocal tariff program where the u.snegotiated with other countries, saying if you lower your tariffs, we will lower hours. and that started a several decades process ultimately resulting in the wto, the consisting of 60 countries with very basic principles in trade agreements. some of those countries that have joined, particularly those who joined earlier, have high tariffs, countries like brazil or india. they have tariffs 10 times that of the u.s. or canada. china and the wto actually agreed to lower tariffs in the rest of the developing world. we have seen a huge increase in exports from china, but we are seeing a lot of imports from china as well. how are we going to compete absolutely? at this point, we have agreed that the u.s. tariffs rates are at the level they are. what we are trying to do with our trade program is to get other countries to eliminate all of the barriers that we have in the u.s. the tpp negotiations, if done right -- and let me stress that, pedro, because that is absolutely critical to manufactu

american leaders have understood the strategic logic of trade at least since franklin delano roosevelt signed the reciprocal trade agreement act of 1934 which through its five years ultimately included 19 trade a-- trade agreements. don't forget what a historic moment that was in the history of the 20th century. many years and a world war later, president kennedy called the reciprocal trade program quote, an expression of america's free world leadership. president kennedy made a lot of news around the world in 1963 with his speech ich bin ein berliner, as he stood up for free west berlin. less remembered was his speech the same week, a bit earlier at the st. pau's church in frankfurt where he talked about -- st. paul's church in frankfurt with where he called for an economic alliance that almost sounded like an economic nato. economic freedom is needed, by opening our markets by contributing our capital and our skills, by stabilizing basic prices, we can help assure them of a favorable climate for freedom and growth. then he ended that quote with, this is an atlantic responsibility. so