abraham lincoln and franklin delano roosevelt did.or roosevelt was always willing to question his presumptions and speak truth to power. any team needs that, inbusiness or not. not. business or whenever she wanted something person e would bring a to ton't want to speak the dinner table because he brought in an alternative point of view. fdr loved to have people who were down in the bureaucracy come into his office so he could question them against department heads. oneut people against another and would give the same assignment to two different people. they all had ways of getting new opinions into their heads. carol: a great conversation. you can get more in an upcoming episode on the david brewer signed show. -- david rubenstein show. will: more than 100 women be sworn into the u.s. congress and 2019 -- in 2019. carol: you had organizations that were incubators of sorts, and splitting up to support women in congress. one nonprofit is devoted to helping women pursue public office. the loss of hillary clinton in 2016, it has set the s

others weren't playing in native american character, including franklin delano roosevelt, richard nixon, the famous union leader jimmy hoffa, share. the reasons why people warhead dresses in these particular ways very. how people would never think in this context would end up wearing a headdress. and through most of the country's history would seem like something that just made sense. when we talk about these representations surrounding americans throughout their lives , one of the most important ways is through movies and television. we have a section in this really showshich 100 years of these images, going away from 1930 -- 1935 movies way to theall the unbreakable kimmy schmidt and other contemporary television comedies. and it's a little bit like the celebrities. that situation comedies in the 60's and 70's had nothing to do with indians. would routinely have some indian themed shows. it could be the monsters. it could be seinfeld. it was interesting to us, because television was a more intimate form than film because it's in your living room, it's in your house. actually watching

so i want to thank president franklin delano roosevelt for putting the title of my book all around the place. "1941: fighting the shadow war: a divided america in a world at war". it wasn't an accident. at least not the founding of the library. i don't know what he intended by my title. his planning for this library began well before. and he was thinking he was going to be retiring. and leaving the presidency, he thought there was nobody else in nation that could lead it, and he was right. but seeing the war is not acting. was what was called or on june 18, 1940, so that's today, 76 years ago. let's think back to that day which was one of the lowest points in freedom and democracy among nations in the west. french forces had just capitulated to the germans. nazi soldiers were marching down the champs elysees and bunking in paris. at this point hitler had occupied or made vassal states of virtually all of scandinavia and western europe. in many day was also ways a turning point in pushing back the forces of tyranny. it is thanks to three speeches the took place this very day 75 years ag

are actually in movies playing a native american characters, including a president such as franklin delano roosevelt. richard nixon, the famous union leader jimmy hoffa, share, and their reasons why people were headdress in this particular way. what we are interested in showing as how again people you would never particularly think in this context with and wearing a headdress. indians on the wallpaper of american life and through most of the country's history, it would seem like something that just made sense. so, when we talk about these representations surrounding americans throughout their lives, one of the most important ways is through movies and television. so we have a section in this exhibition which shows really almost 100 years of these images going all the way from john ford's 1939 movies stagecoach, probably up to unbreakable jimmy smith and other contemporary television comedies. and everything in between. and it's a little bit like the celebrities who end up somehow playing an indian or wearing a headdress or like chaka khan wearing an indian outfit. but situation comedies in the 60s a

president franklin delano roosevelt's greatest fear was that fascists, especially nazi, in latein america would threaten the security of the united states, of 100 meetings of the joint planning commission of the u.s. state navy and war departments in 1939 and '40, all but six had america at the top -- littan america at the top of the agenda. this is, i'm guessing, little known, and one wonders why was franklin roosevelt so worried about fascists being powerful and posing a risk to the united states. one of the reasons is because the germans were very, very popular, fascism indeed was popular in latin america, this is post the depression and fascism was attractive. remember, in italy,ed made the trains run on time. you had countries in latin america would love the trains to run on time. some of them would love to have trains, and they admired many people, the fascist organizations and they had their own fascist home grown. didn't have to have nazis imposedded from germany. they'd had their own home-grown fascist groups. another reason that roosevelt was so concerned as were the military, w

the next president to break with the last thursday was franklin delano roosevelt in 1839. andrew johnson was confident enough to assert that the practice of a national thanksgiving had been accepted throughout the country. this recent custom, he wrote, may now be regarded as established on national consent and approval. of lincoln,story mrs. hale, and thanksgiving. and with thanksgiving day 2017 just a few days away, i thought it would be appropriate to conclude with a beautiful line from lincoln's 1863 thanksgiving proclamation. it has seemed to me fit and proper, lincoln wrote, that our nation's blessings should be andmnly, reverently, gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole american republic. these are words to ponder on thursday as we celebrate our 154th thanksgiving since lincoln began the modern version of this venerable american tradition. thank you and happy thanksgiving. [applause] questions.time for if you have a question, please come to the microphone in the aisle. >> thank you. my question stems from the quotation you have from the

chairman and franklin delano roosevelt -- truman and franklin in 1944.osevelt won he became president in april of 1945. this was an interesting picture. this is the only picture that i have ever seen of them smooching, being truly affectionate in public, so i jumped right on this. i love this picture. sadly, not as many letters survive from the period because of course, they were only writing letters when they were not together, and they were together a lot more when he was president, so it makes sense that there are fewer letters around. this was a letter that harry wrote when he was in potsdam. july of he says it makes me 1945. terribly homesick. i spent the day after the call trying to think of reasons why i should bust up the conference and go home. since he is president, he has a few more perks. the army can set up a three-way phone call between washington, potsdam and independence so they could chat on the phone. this is another really fascinating letter and story. those of us here at the library call it the cat dragged in letter. their first year as president was hard on everyb

you back to another era in america," the most famous train ride in terms of funerals this franklin delano rooseveltent. he makes this trip from down south where he died come all the way to hyde park in new york state. that was literally lined with people almost all the way and people showing tremendous emotion for who he was. >> martha: abraham lincoln's was pretty good too. >> juan: i missed that. >> martha: a pretty amazing ride as well. >> jesse: rfk as well. he wasn't the president. he was campaigning for president. after he was assassinated, his body was also taken by train, i think, to new york city. i believe in the '88 campaign, george h.w. bush went to a few campaign stops via train. >> juan: in '92, he made a point of doing campaigning by train because he liked it so much. you can do what they call the whistle stopped tour where you stop and you're at the back and stuff but he would get off and people would just run to him. >> martha: it used to be the only way candidates could be seen in those small towns, go on the train and make a whistles to. the one aircraft flyover was a really powe

so she has this partnership with her husband, franklin delano roosevelt. but she is competitive. and it starts very early. we know about lucy mercer in 1918. eleanor roosevelt as a serial romantic, and we can get into that. but one of the interesting articles that really designates it is in 1923 she wrote an article called, "the women of tibet." in which she said, "the women of to bet had many husbands, which seems to me, very good thing." [laughter] [in accent] >> so many husbands have so many wives. [laughter] paul: could we go to the next slide? one of the interesting relationships with eleanor's early political career with the two women she started the business with. you can see them here by the cars they loved to drive around. can you talk a little bit about how formative this relationship was and how it influenced her political impact? blanche: marian dickerman and nancy cook were new york state political activists. we go from the suffrage movement to essentially true thing for democracy. the idea that women will change the world if women have power. what we have to do is go

this is what abraham lincoln and franklin delano roosevelt did.anor roosevelt was always willing to question his ,ssumptions and argue with him speaking truth to power. i think any team needs that, in business or not. they said about her that whenever she wanted something done, she would bring a person who wasn't wanting him, he didn't want to speak to because he was tired of that person, right to the dinner table because he brought in an alternative point of view. he built in that attention to her. fdr loved to have people who were down in the bureaucracy come into his office so he could question them against department heads. he put people against one another and said a little bit of competition does a good thing. he would give the same assignment to two different people. they all had ways of getting new opinions into their heads. carol: a tease of the conversation. a great conversation between those two. you can get more in an upcoming episode of the david rubenstein show. jason: in early 2019, more than 100 women will be sworn into the u.s. co

she had this lifelong partnership with her husband, franklin delano roosevelt. she is competitive. it starts very early. we know about lucy mercer in 1918. one of the interesting articles int really designates it is 1923 she wrote an article called the women of tibet. shesaid the women of tibet learned had many husbands, which seems to me a very good thing. [laughter] so many husbands have so many wives. paul: could we go to the next slide? one of the interesting relationships with eleanor's early political career with the two women she started the business with. you can see them here by the cars they love to drive around. can you talk about the relationship, how it influenced her political impact? dickerman andn nancy cook were new york state political activists. we go from the suffrage movement to essentially true thing for democracy. the idea that women will change the world if women have power. what we have to do is go door to communityk by block, by community, and build movements. there they are. two of the women in her circle who were going to build groups,s in self-help they

in the wake of the great depression, president franklin delano roosevelt signed the first farm bill to get agriculture and our economy back on track. over the past 80 years, the roll of the farm bill has evolved alongside our agriculture and rural economy. in the 1970's, nutrition assistance was linked to the farm bill for the first time, marking a major step in strengthening the connection between our farms and food. in the 1980's, we saw the first-ever conservation title demonstrating the critical role of preserving land, water, and wildlife while supporting working farms. in the 1990's, thanks to the leadership of my friend, senator patrick leahy, we recognized evolving consumer preferences through the creation of the national organic program. and of course the landmark 1996 farm bill where then-house chairman roberts first left his mark, tackling one of the biggest challenges in farm policy, reducing the incentive for farmers to plant for payments rather than for markets. in 2018, i was proud to author the creation of the first-ever specialty crop title, recognizing fruits and vege

. >> the democratic convention in 1932, franklin delano roosevelt called for repeal of the 18th amendmentates of america will prevail. >> fdr knew that it was time to give back the freedom of choice to the people of america. >> give me your help not to win votes alone but to win in this true faith to store america to its own people. >> repeal ended a controversial experiment to write morality into the law of the land. it also brought a dangerous period of crime and violence to a close. ♪ ♪ when america looked back, few could understand how prohibition had been allowed to happen. comedian will rogers explained, quote, if you think this country ain't dry, just watch them vote. if you think this country ain't wet, just watch them drink. you see, when they vote it's counted, but when they drink it ain't. >> i guess you know what that means. >> we're drinking? >> that's right. go and have a cocktail today. >> everybody go celebrate. >> there you go. >> good luck. >> those of legal age, of course. >> good clarification. age, of course. >> good clarification. know what turns me on? my better hal

we are the only ones drawing from the lessons of history, from franklin delano roosevelt, some of theitious projects we have pursued in american history and that truly is the scale it will take. i think there is so much work that has been done and there are some outlying questions especially when it comes to investment in technologies. when we choose to invest in private -- when we choose to invest in new technologies, we deserve a return on that investment and for far too long, we gave money to tesla, a ton of people and we got no return on that the public made in creating technologies and it is about time we get our do. if you want to listen to more about what the new member of congress had to say along with bernie sanders, you can go to our website, c-span.org. it was a climate change town hall. the wall street journal had a story in sunday's edition. in 2018, a package that would have compelled cities and states to come up with at least 80% of the funding for infrastructure improvements was dead on arrival in congress. this time around, people familiar with the plan say the to inc

his successor and relative franklin delano roosevelt kept an eye on a republican from north dakota and wheeler from montana as well as intervention american first committee. trump is not the first president to claim the federal bureaucracy was working against him, but his accusations are qualitatively dinner different and his tone is most definitely different. earlier this year, jeff sessions agreed that the department of inspector general that fisa was used to spy on one or more trump campaign officials. i should note that that investigation is ongoing. are specific trump accusations largely groundless? how are we to know for certain? who's claims are to be trusted or distrusted and why? if the president truly believes the department of justice bureaucracy is out to get him, end quote. why would he agree to an investigation of his claims by an element of that very same bureaucracy? more broadly, is the whole idea of a so-called deep state even valid or useful? how is an outside observer supposed to tell the difference between a legitimate and possibly vital investigation, and a pretex

when i was young and i had my ear to the radio when franklin know delano roosevelt was president andin his third term and he gave the people social security. now trump wants money to build a wall. he wants that money to build a benefitschop off any americans get. social security, education, everything and medicare, , anything that helps the americans of the only reason he wants that wall is for his wallet. it's to prevent another bankruptcy, thank you. host: do you think we have a problem with border security in this country? are you concerned? we lost her. brooklyn park, maryland, a republican, good morning. caller: i wanted to talk a little about the iranian one. does the united states still and if weum to russia do, who is in charge of that? i just heard about it but i'm not sure they have every followed up on that. uranium to anybody, why would it be russia anyway. news andp on the nobody has ever said any details about that and i think that's a large story. the president met with vladimir putin on the international front. what you think that will be remembered for? caller: he's

appropriate setting then to meet in the home of eleanor and franklin roosevelt, few may have heard he had his own problems and the court. it was of sarah delano roosevelt to her son and daughter-in-law in 1908. it was conceived of two separate houses with one street entrance so sarah lifted number 47. she declared that they were much too small for people in the station and broke through the wall. and at the least expected moments for the next 25 years. speaking of which when sarah eleanor roosevelt died to put the house on the market and it was acquired at a discount by hunter college and she spent a lot of time for all of $50,000, that is how much this double townhouse so far is not on the market and 75 years ago next month we are going to celebrate the anniversary soon as eleanor's birthday on october 11 and the anniversary of the declaration of human rights, for it's a very historical place and time of recollection and appreciation. back to tonight's program. david kaplan worked at "newsweek" for 20 years. his cover storie stories include profiles of the justices william brennan and clarence thomas, not to mention george who did get a cove

franklin roosevelt as i write in 1942 was debating just after pearl harbor giving advice to send japanese-americans to internment camps. he was on the fence and delano roosevelt said absolutely not, it would be a terrible violation of civil liberties, the horrible things the president might have done and one day fdr assigned the fatal order, executive order february 1942 and friends of eleanor felt the best from that moment on, their measure was never the same. he discovered his relationship with her social secretary in 1918 but stayed with him because she felt they shared political ideals after interning japanese americans and if you look at eleanor roosevelt during world war ii, she spent an awful lot of time away from fdr despite telling her we are at war and wish you would spend more time, that was the difference for him. these are some of the things these people in heaven have in common. i thought i would spend a while. time for questions and comments. the book opened in august 18, '14. anyone remember what happened in washington in august 18, '14? a little drip in the war of 1812 and burn down the white house, burned down the capital. the scen

and franklin dill know roosevelt said it very -- delano roosevelt said it very, very well. he said, the test of our progress is not whether we add re to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. now, that's where i'm coming from. and i think that's where my democratic colleagues are coming from. the wealthy are doing quite well, thank you. oh, my goodness, they certainly are. the tax bill that was passed by the republicans without one democratic vote last year, december, 2017, ripped nearly $2 trillion out of the federal treasury and gave 85% of that $2 trillion to the wealthy american corporations and to the top 10% f the wealthy americans. so, we come back to values. we're not here to make the rich richer. although they certainly would like that and they certainly did get that in the tax bill. scam i think is what we'd call it. but rather people who really need help. men and women and families of america that go to their kitchen table and are unable to figure out how they're going to get health care. how are they