franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states, was born and raised in this house. and he was very great here on the estate as well. the roosevelts originally had a different estate a little bit down the road from this property. and the house burned to the ground in 1865. and then fdr's father, mr. james roosevelt, purchased this property to be their new home in the hudson valley. fdr's paris were james and sarah delano roosevelt. and mr. james roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. and she passed away in 1876. and four years later in 1880, mr. james married sarah delano. mr. james roosevelt when he married sarah was about 52 years old, and she was only 26 years was half his age. and james and sarah only had the one child, franklin delano roosevelt. when mr. james roosevelt, fdr's father bought this property in , 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land, several outbuildings, for which he paid the sum of $40,000 which was today the price of an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of m

franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states, was born and raised in this house. the roosevelts originally had a different estate down the road on this property. the house burned to the ground in 1865. fdr's father, james roosevelt, purchased this property in the hudson valley. his parents were james and sarah delano roosevelt. mr. james roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. she passed away in 1876. in 1880, mr. james married sarah delano. when he married sarah, he was 52 years old, and she was only 26 years old. she was half his age. james and sarah only had the one child, franklin delano roosevelt. when mr. james roosevelt bought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land and several outbuildings. he paid the price of what would be an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. he had a growing family, and he decided as early as 1907 that he was going to become president of the united states one day. quite often, events would be held here such as when he ahis in

james and sarah only had the one child, franklin delano roosevelt. when mr. james roosevelt bought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land and several outbuildings. he paid the price of what would be an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been he had a growing family, and he decided as early as 1907 that he was going to be, president of the united states one day -- going to become president of the quite often, events would be held here such as when he announced he would run for vice president of the united states. the big announcement was held here. quite often he would bring, once he was president, main foreign dignitaries to his house. especially during the war years, he felt it was a way they could get away from the pressures of wartime in your -- in europe. many times, his political associates would come here, and they would talk about medical -- political strategy. it was at many times the center i would like to show you the beautiful library living room which fdr called the heart of the house. thi

the most liberal president franklin delano roosevelt was a drug runner yes or franklin delano roosevelt never made much money in his life he had public service jobs that were very lowly paid but he had yahtzee at summer homes he had mansions in new york city the kids went to private schools he inherited a fortune from war and then. and know his father who is the american opium king of china if you scratch anyone with the name forbes in their name john forbes kerry secretary of state john forbes kerry you'll find opium money his great grandfather was an opium dealer how big was opium money opium money built the first industrial city in the united states lowell massachusetts it built the first five railroads in the united states opium money all over the east coast but it wasn't talked about it was called the china trade and if you go to various museums you can see teas and silks. exhibited and they keep quiet about all that big opium money. in the scramble to get opium money china was invaded and colonized by britain and the other imperial power as. far a nominee has grabbed hold sway in

after the polio, house posed a bit of a challenge for franklin delano roosevelt. there are a lot of steps here. we spoke about the rent going into the library living room, but there is a big set of stairs here. to get up of these -- up these stairs would have been difficult unless you was crawling up the steps on a regular basis, but there was actually a lift here that was put in prior to him contracting polio. it was a lift for steamer trunks. it was very difficult to move them up and down, so that is why they installed this lift. it was actually a hand operated lift similar to a dumbwaiter. when fdr contracted polio, it was a great way for him to get from floor to floor. the suggestion was that perhaps he should have it motorized rather than use it as it was, but fdr did not want to have it motorized, because the man who said that there is nothing to fear but your itself actually had a real fear of fire. if it was motorized, and there was a fire in the house, he could die trying to escape. he loved it like this, because it gave him a rear -- real feeling of inde

with what franklin delano roosevelt said to the american nation? in the height of the great depression. no, no. you may as well take franklin delano roosevelt's words, turn them on their head, because this house didn't follow the edict, didn't follow the value. but did exactly the opposite. gave away to the top 1%, even great -- top 1% even greater wealth. how can that be? why would they do that? why would they do that? well, i don't know why they do it. but they surely did it. and in addition to that, not just the wealthy 1%, the wealthy 10%. why don't you add american corporations to that, who are awash in cash? $2.5 trillion in the bank accounts of american corporations and they don't know how to spend it to create jobs n the united states. instead, republicans today $11.4 they needed a trillion additional cash -- $1.4 trillion additional cash as a result of the tax cut that this house, excuse me, no democrat, not a one, but every republican voted for. $1.43 trillion. the numbers from the joint tax committee. of new after-tax revenue to american

my grandfather was a great fan and would remind me of franklin delano roosevelt saved the world. but the modern day democrats speak more of boston and harvard. and all i know is that beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. thank you very much. zpwod bless everyone. guest: merry christmas. as far as the personal question there is one group of -- one place where beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. norwe that wasn't in the midwest. so i'm not related to midwestern olsons but my great grandfather was a ship builder. i'm part of the norweigian community from bay ridge where they grew up. to long we moved out island. so i'm proud to be a new york norweigian. when you say republican-democrat. that's what ronald reagan was. he never left franklin roosevelt behind. he never left the promises of the new deal and their sense that the federal government is necessary needs to make sure that everyone has a decent opportunity and that you could regulate and tax in order to achieve that. think that's exactly the ism ing class repu

franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states, was born and raised in this house. and he was very great here on the estate as well. the roosevelts originally had a

franklin delano roosevelt to four consecutive terms as president the russian constitution did not allow that so president putin served one term as a prime minister but in effect what we're having now is a parallel in russia of what the united states went through in the great depression leading out of the great depression and through a victorious world war two but i think you have to give credit to president putin that in every instance in which it looked like there might be a major international war president putin brought peace and stability a great power conflict so i think he's bringing the new deal to russia and i hope he's able to do to do a deal with president trump who's written the book the art of the deal or talking of the main you mentioned syria that the russian military also says it's ready to join the u.s. led coalition in western iraq to to fight i still think that will happen g. think we'll see a deal that. i think. we've seen just a small part of what president putin is able to do i think that president putin is not only the most popular politician in russia i think that

political acumen of franklin delano roosevelt, and before tatum discusses race relations in america. that's just a handful of the programmed airing this three-day weekn on booktv on c-span. for a complete schedule verse booktv.org. >> again, i'm jonah zimiles, the owner of the book story. i hope you enjoyed the video. one thing we do is bring authors to the store but also want to mention the second part -- i mentioned my wife, el help and i have two children, our younger child has autism and we opened the book store as place to have a vocational training program for young people with autism and we have had 90 with young people with autism work in the store since we opened it in 2009. that's one of our main things we do here. then again in the video, we bring in grate authors and very excited to have amy knight here for a host of reasons. first, we believe that this is the first time that we have had a mother-daughter author team. we were privileged to have mollie knight here a few years ago with her book and we're super pleased to have her mom here with us for "orders to kill." your

also on the holiday weekend, historian robert dollock talks about the political acumen of franklin delano roosevelt, and before tatum discusses race relations in america. that's just a handful of the programmed airing this three-day weekn on booktv on c-span. for a complete schedule verse booktv.org. >> again, i'm jonah zimiles, the owner of the book story. i hope you enjoyed the video. one thing we do is bring authors to the store but also want to mention the second part -- i mentioned my wife, el help and i have two children, our younger child has autism and we opened the book store as place to have a vocational training program for

struggling to cope with the worst economic disaster in our history, the great depression, when franklin delano roosevelt33. millions of american jobs disappeared. folks who couldn't feed their families crowded soup kitchens, deposits and loans dried up leading banks to fail at an extraordinary rate.s, >> first thing he does is d shut down all the banks. about eight days later, he gives his first fireside chat. >> i can assure you it is safer for you to keep your money in a reopened bank than to keep it under the mattress. >> that one speech changed the country's attitude so much that people did what he said, they took their savings out from under the mattress and put them back in the bank. >> jon: that pep talk from their new president worked. americans poured millions of dollars back into the banks and just the first week they reopened. president employing his astonishing power of persuasion to reach americans on a whole new level. >> his great tool was his voice. he understood the power of radio. he used radio in a way that no one had ever used it before andt few have used it since. he understood it w

president trump franklin delano roosevelt harnessed radio. john kennedy television.n president obama bypassed the white house press doppler speak with americans on screen yous like google hangout online chat room. president trump communicates with the world through twitter. he assumed office promising to use social media wisely. >> i'm going to do very restrained if i use it at all. i find it tremendous -- it's a modern form of communication. >> though he has relied on it to communicate his policy positions and drawn criticism for retweeting propaganda. arguing with a father of a basketball player he freed from jail and exchange of threats. his tweets have prompted quells of his cabinet and whether the president's twitter account is official united states policy or undercuts his senior officials and diplomats. >> there is a lot of unexpected things happen to us in the world of diplomacy. we know how to adapt to that. we know how to work with it so i don't view it as obstacle, hinderance or as an assistance. whatever the president chooses to express, he expresses. and

when franklin delano roosevelt signed that proclamation on november 27, 1941, he had no idea what was coming just nine days later. indeed, his words in the letter at the time, those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy, forget in time that died to win them. they come in time to take these rights for granted and assume the protections assured. we however now seen these privileges lost on another continents in other countries. indeed. prescient words for the time. back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. back the speaker pro tempore: mr. speaker, in california wildfires have become a year-round threat. because of these fires, communities across mr. speaker, state have suffered devastating loss of life and property. last year in my kiss trict -- district on the central coast of california, we had the most expensive fire in united states history. this year we have had some of the most deadliest and costliest fires in california history. so

my grandfather was a great fan thatould remind me franklin delano roosevelt saved the world, but theodern day speak harvard and princeton, but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. god bless you, god bless everyone. guest: on the personal question, there is one place where norwegians settled that wasn't in the midwest, so i am not related to midwestern olsens, but my great rant father was a ship builder birkeland navy yard and i am part of the norwegian community from bay ridge where they grew up and we moved to the island and i was born on long island. proud to be a new york norwegian. when you say republican-democrat, that is what ronald reagan was. he grew up democrat, became a republican but never left roosevelt behind, the principles of the new deal and that the federal government needs to make sure everyone has a decent opportunity and you can regulate in tax and able -- in order to achieve that. that is the working-class republicanism that we need. it is the sort of thing the republican party has moved away from and the republican party would move back, you would fin

speaker, i yield back, keeping in mind the words of franklin delano roosevelt, thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from texas, mr. flores is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority eader. mr. flores: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor dr. haskell monroe jr. of brian-college station, texas who passed away on november 13, 2017. he was born in dallas, texas, on march 18, 1931. he was the only child of haskell monroe sr. and myrtle monroe. the family of three lived in garrland, texas, until haskell jr. was 10 when they moved to fort smith, arkansas, because of his father's job for the united states department of war. they lived there for two years before moving to orange, texas, where the family resided through haskell's high school years. during his high school years, haskell was an active member of the band, the track and field team, the football team, and he was a member they have boy scouts. his experience in schools in both garland and orange fostered a love of learning that lasted t

my grandfather was a great fan and would remind me of franklin delano roosevelt saved the world.ut the modern day democrats speak more of boston and harvard. and all i know is that beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. but i will leave it to you to discuss these things. thank you very much. zpwod bless everyone. guest: merry christmas. as far as the personal question there is one group of -- one place where beats harvard than harvard beats prince ton. norwe that wasn't in the midwest. so i'm not related to midwestern olsons but my great grandfather was a ship builder. i'm part of the norweigian community from bay ridge where they grew up. to long we moved out island. so i'm proud to be a new york norweigian. when you say republican-democrat. that's what ronald reagan was. he never left franklin roosevelt behind. he never left the promises of the new deal and their sense that the federal government is necessary needs to make sure that everyone has a decent opportunity and that you could regulate and tax in order to achieve that. think that's exactly the ism ing class republ

brian: this one laurens our 32nd president franklin delano roosevelt.e historical association stuart. >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here again. we have five of hour 37 ornaments we introduced sings 1981. get them all on our website white house.org. this one honors franklin delano roosevelt. steve: we will weigh in on it? >> it was 1933 inaugural uniform it has his monogram beneath that two flags with the 48 stars. and it's in the same of the vintage table top radio that millions of americans listened to the fire side chats. brian: with the gold i'm thinking trump. i'm feeling trump in that. >> we are nonpartisan and nonprofit organization. every president and first lady since we were founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961. we do have a wonderful relationship with mrs. trump and her team. janice: how long does it take to design them. >> a year in advance. next year is truman. we honor them sequentially. last year was herbert hoover. the wonderful story of the christmas eve fire at the white house in 1929. commemorative one. we pause every few years and hon