in 1945 mao reached out to franklin delano roosevelt. mao was having discussions with the state department in his cave hours and hours of conversations that he is saying the united states is mike worse choice of an ally. the soviet union, they are getting killed by germany. they don't have the money the united states doesn't have that food too. why do i want to ally with the soviet union? mao wanted to ally with washington which make a lot of sense. he was stretching his hand out to the united states and his messages were being blocked. mao reaches out any sense of telegram to franklin delano roosevelt. mao had never been on a plane and he said i will get on a plane and come to the white house and i will explain. i'm going to be the next emperor of the country. he had 100 million people under him. mao in 1945 had more people under him than winston churchill did and he reached up to franklin roosevelt and nothing came of it. who is this mao? sees the christian chiang kai-shek. he's going to come up and there's going to be a christianized

franklin delano roosevelt created e tennesseevalleyuthority, e tva.liam 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. 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 projec 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 were very angry at me becaus

house of representatives when president franklin delano roosevelt came and describes that day that would infamy. it was his job as commander-in-chief to rally the american people and our forces to win that war. he summoned winston churchill to come across the ocean in need in the white house. two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt sent the order to the military, attack japan. he knew he had to make the point that they were not invulnerable and he had to prove to the american people that we had the will to stand up and fight back against the odds. lucky for him, and lucky for america, 80 brave americans stepped forward to volunteer for this mission. some might have described it as a suicide mission. we are going to fly bombers off a carrier? we're not going to have fighter escorts? were going to have to give up our armament because of these 500 pound bombs we have to transport such a great distance? we're going to find ourselves out in the ocean. as cumbersome and olson said, -- as congressman olson said earlier, spotted by the japanese. where going to have to ditch these planes

she explores the relationship between president franklin delano roosevelt and the soviet unions 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 in parents. is also the author of east to the dawn and editor of my dear mr. stalin and she currently lives in florida. i started working with her over a decade ago when she's working on her first fdr and stalin book and as i was chatting again with her i reminded her we really bonded over trying to figure out the map room time coding system because when she's 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 come when they were received and did they see them or did they cross before the responded to each of the? that's how we bonded me many years ago in the archives. so it is wonderful to welcome susan back to hyde park to share with us her most recent work "roosevelt and stalin: portrait of a partnership." ladies and gentlemen sue butler

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[cheers and applause] as franklin delano roosevelt reminded us, a nation's greatness is judged not by what it provides to the most well-off, but how it treats the people most in need, and that is the kind of country we must become. [cheers and applause] and when we talk about education, let me make it very clear. in a highly competitive global economy, we need the best educated force we can create. it is insane, counterproductive that hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college and then millions of others leave school with a mountain of debt that burdens them for decades. [cheers and applause] this is not what a great country is about. that must end. and that is why, as president, i will try to make tuition in public colleges and universities free. [cheers and applause] as well as substantially low interest rates on student loans. the young people of our country are the future. they have to get the education they need. [cheers and applause] as everybody knows, we live in a difficult and dangerous world. there are people out there who would do us harm. a

sanders: as franklin delano roosevelt reminded us, a nation's greatness is judged not by what it provides to the most well-off, but how it treats the people most in need, and that is the kind of country we must become. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: and when we talk about education, let me make it very clear. in a highly competitive global economy, we need the best educated force we can create. it is insane, it is counterproductive to the best interests of our country that hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college and then millions of others leave school with a mountain of debt that burdens them for decades. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: this is not what a great country is about. that must end. and that is why, as president, i will try to make tuition in public colleges and universities free. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: as well as substantially low interest rates -- lower interest rates on student loans. the young people of our country are the future. they have to get the education they need. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: as every

and franklin delano roosevelt had to face. >> but these folks didn't let the ugliness and the obvioushem. they didn't just give up and retreat to the comfortable company of like-minded folks because they understood that this is how democracy operates. it is loud and messy and it's not particularly warm and fuzzy. believe me i -- i know this from personal experience. >> and then she showed her passion for the issues that matter the most to her. >> you don't get to be precious or cautious or cynical. no, not when the earth is warming and the oceans are rising. you don't get to be cynical, not when too many young people still languish in communities ripped apart by violence and despair, not when women still make less than men for the same work not when millions of girls across the globe never set foot inside a school. >> so is something going on here? is the first lady simply more free to work on her legacy in the final years in the white house or is it something else? could michelle obama have a political future? joining me now is allison samuels, contributing writer for "vanity fair" a

franklin delano roosevelt assured everyone he kept the united states out of the second world war. it didn't work out that way. in 1916, wilson was still neutral. it is true that financial interests were pushing the united states closer and closer together with the powers. some of this was by accident because of the british arcade. -- british blockade. the germans, keen to keep the united states out of the war change some of their own policies regarding the sinking of ocean liners and merchant vessels. a had become much more circumspect of -- circumspect of -- circumspective. they created their own u-boats. they were not like today's submarines. they could really only dive on the attack. for the most part, they were surface vessels. they were rather vulnerable to any fire. by forcing them to give warning to any ship suspected of carrying weapons, it gave enough time for women, children and even men to make a rush for the lifeboats. they made it more difficult for themselves to sink any ships. in 1916 and 1917, whether we are looking at germany russia, or even turkey, it was a reall

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

the great crash of 1929 was so bad, the government can together under the leadership of franklin delano roosevelt, and said enough is enough. we have got to stop this 10-year period every 10-year crash. they put in place massive regulation for the financial industry, the most regulation in the history of the world in the financial industry. why did i get the united states? not only did i get about 70 years of no financial crash, but also the united states created the largest middle class in the history of the world. it created broad-based prosperity. it reduced income and wealth inequality in unprecedented ways and the most remarkable thing of all is under the heaviest regulation of the financial sector, the financial sector thrived along with the country and along with the creation of a massive middle-class. what happens? that stays in place for about 70 years. it does not mean there were not ups and downs -- there are always ups and downs but that is different from a crash. in 2008, we have the worst financial crisis since 1929, and he delivered us the worst economy since the great depression o

in the years since his two-term presidency, the first for a democrat since president franklin delano roosevelt, he has focused his efforts on improving global health, education and economic development around the world through the bill hellillary and chelsea clinton foundation which he founded in 1991. a 1968 alumnus of our school of foreign service, a rhodes scholar, a yale law graduate, attorney general, then governor of arkansas. father otto hence long-time and beloved member of our theology department who taught president clinton during his first year here at georgetown has described him as someone who "thinks deeply." he explains, "speaking of president clinton, when people are well informed and deeply reflective, that 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. it's only fitting that 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 presiden

in the years since, the first free 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 1968 alumnus of our school, a rhodes scholar, a law graduate, attorney general, and then governor of arkansas. father hence, instructor who taught clinton during his first year has described him as someone who "thinks deeply." he says when people are well informed and deeply reflective reflective, that gives them a freedom to listen to a wide spectrum of opinions. clinton is not a man who is 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 he did during those formative new covenant

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