but franklin roosevelt by 1937, '38, '39 decided this was of a danger to american security. okay. the spanish--american war, as i say, the first of america's elective wars, elective in the sense that there was no compelling demand on the part of the american people to go to war. there wasn't a sense that americans, well, we could talk a little bit about americans' honor was the u.s.' name was blown up in the harbor. except the reason it was there is william mckinley decided to intervene diplomatically in a war between spain and its cuban colony. so what was it that brought with on the war with spain? one contributor, you will gather from what i've already said now, was that there was a generation of young men who had grown up hearing these war stories and knew that they would never be heros like their fathers and grandfathers were heros unless they went to war. theodore roosevelt epitomized something that was felt by a whole lot of people, and can that is -- and it's not just in that day, but even today -- that there is no test of courage, there is no test of manhood, there is no

it was in a cellar franklin roosevelt who competed with everything he got to.and the impugning of motives when they are associated with compromise i consider to be extraordinarily counterproductive for the liberal project in america, when one starts accusing other liberals of mendacity. so that may be too long winded of an answer to your question, but i think we agree on a lot actually on the particular points. >> so jonathan has kicked it up with a softball for you both had a bad attitude and/or are naÏve and no better way to start a great relationship, rideshare. >> answer the question of mendacity, mendacity has a double meaning in the book. part of my argument is that obama did in fact promise something that he has not delivered on and that he did engage in this rhetoric and that he has betrayed the trust of many of his supporters. the other side of that mendacious equation is that his supporters were fooling themselves, that they were lying to themselves, they were ignoring the evidence that obama was not this change agent, that he was a conventional polit

protesting many american jews, most decided to put their trust in the nation's new president, franklin roosevelt. if in the represented the jews darkest nightmare, roosevelt was there latest hope. the jews now had it three worlds , this world, the world to come, and roosevelt's. of rose of all died. as you all know, by the time roosevelt died, six lane american jews had been murdered by the nazis. how did roosevelt, the country he led, and american shoe compare this to happen? that is the question this book tries to answer. of course there were terrific social conditions that have to be taken into account. made worse by the depression, anti-semitism was spreading like a plague. the threat from the axis power, particularly from germany made all of that seem less consequential. yet for all of that people have free will. act or not to lax. made by human beings. it is their judgment that needs to held accountable. now, to analyze the judgment that book tries to -- for the first time a different approach. i tried to look closely at the behavior of a handful of jews so close to roosevelt that they cou

worldworld war ii, it was certay necessary for frank lin roosevelt to -- franklin roosevelt to support stalin in 1941, but it was most certainly foolish for him to maintain that support after the battles of stalin grad and coursing in 1943. after those battles had changed the equation of power in the world. this led, of course, not to the peace that america's arms had won, but rather to half a century of very, very dangerous cold war. thereafter, you're all familiar with the surplus of power that the united states brought against the soviet union, against the, against communist portions in the vietnam and how that surplus of power was translated to loss after loss. how come? well, because of a whole variety of ideas in which the, in which all of the schools of foreign policy establishment occurred. it purports to be divided into three international school, nationalists, realists and neoconservatives. in fact, these schools have far more in common than they have that divides them. quite simply, they all assume that the rest of the world is ready, willing and, indeed, eager to become jus

so compromised in my view is not a sellout, it wasn't a sellout for franklin roosevelt, repeatedly on everything he got done, and the impugning motives when they are associated with compromise i consider to be extraordinarily counterproductive for the liberal project in america when one starts accusing other liberals of mendacity so that is too longwinded answer to your question but we agree on a lot actually on the particular points. >> said jonathan has picked it off saying you both have a bad attitude and you are naive no great start a relationship, roger. [laughter] >> as for the question of mendacity, mendacity has a double meaning and part of my argument is obama did in fact promised and he did engage in this rhetoric and that he has betrayed the trust of many of his supporters. the other side of that equation is that his supporters were lying to themselves that obama was not this change agent that he was a conventional politician in many ways that when he came to washington he set a standard democratic corporate machine he plays transactional politics as well as anyone in washi

when franklin roosevelt first took office in 1942, the nation had just begun the great depression. and >> fear is the only thing we should fear itself. to convert to a trait and to advance. this nation is asking for our actions and action now. >> reporter: for abraham lincoln the moment came at the end of his second inaugural address, an appeal to heal the nation split by four years of civil war. >> with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness and the right as god gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we're in. to bind up the nation's wound. to care for him who shall born the battle and for his widow and his orphan. to do all that shall achieve, among ourselves and with all nations. >>> when we come back on a second look. we'll go back 50 years for another memorable speech by john kennedy. and tell you about a treasure- trove of kennedy videos and tapes now available online. >>> mike wallace covers the 1950 democratic convention in los angeles. >>> as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of john f. kennedy's inauguration speech. kennedy's acceptance spe

nuestra historia nuestros principios eternos y el carácter de nuestro pueblo en las palabras de franklin rooseveltudadanos iremos hacia adelante al servicio de nuestro país por la gracia de dios gracias por su tiempo y buenas noches. >> fue la representante en el estado de la florida r respondiendo por los republicanos, ahora vamos a regresar nuevamente al congreso dónde se encuentra el senador bo bob menéndez, muchas gracias r porestar con nosotros, trató de enfrentar la nueva realidad del avance republicano en el congreso ¿usted considera que con ese discurso lo logró? >> bueno, yo creo que se concentró en lo que los ciudadanos americanos quieren oír, que vamos a seguir creciendo la economía, como vamos a crear más prosperidad, más trabajo. como vamos a tener más competencia contra el resto del mundo para la creación de esos trabajos aquí en los estados unidos, así que en ese sentido yo drcreo que mandó un mensaje muy claro y una visión de como realizamos esta pr prosperidad en los estados unidos y es lo que queremos oír los ciudadanos americanos. >> tenedores senador hizo un ll reconsiderar la

>> you know, franklin roosevelt said the presidency is above all a place of moral leadership. that's what he did tonight. he said "all right, let's look at the way this country is now but let's look how it can be better and the kind of country that really calls the people who behave so wonderfully at the time of this episode to be there. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, you get a final say on that as well. did he seize the moment he needed to seize? >> i do. i think this terrible, terrible event in fact gave barack obama the opportunities to do something he does very well which is to show through his own example his equilibrium, his calmness, the way forward for americans and to give them something important to think about and to do to examine their own lives and how they might treat their until low man and woman and their children with greater decency and love. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, michae beschloss, janet vincent and kari watkins in oklahoma city, thank you all so very much. and thank you for joining us on our special newshour coverage. we'll be back with you at our regul

we are in, the building that we honor today with stewart udall's name, was led by president franklin roosevelt36. president roosevelt said he viewed this serves up -- serviceable new structure and he referred to the cornerstone as the cornerstone of the conservation policy in that will guarantee the future americans the richness of their heritage. in that ceremony, president roosevelt used the same trial that george washington used to lay the cornerstone of the capital. he declared that to be a good omen. naming the building today force during udall is, itself, a good omen which carries well for the department of the interior and for its important mission. that mission is, of course, nothing less than preserving and protecting our and natural resources and our national heritage, the birthright of every american. no one embraced that mission more passionately or pursued it more vigorously than stewart udall. stewart udall loved this country. he loved its mountains, its desserts, its rivers, and its seashores, it's wild life, and its people. another great conservationist once remarked that he ha

regional authorities and make that kind of notion of a global security organization it was franklin roosevelt and harry truman who in and along with stalin who insisted that it actually be a more centralized body but the fact is that regional organizations do operate within the u.n. in fact it's part of the article fifty one of the un charter allows that to happen and i think it's simply a pipe dream to think you're going to organize a new global security body under any variation you're never going to get one hundred ninety two nations together to do anything of that sort we're lucky that we had fifty one nations come together in one thousand nine hundred five to agree on the united nations we're stuck with the united nations the best we can do is try to improve this organization but we're never going to get anything better at this point and as for security council reform that's not going anywhere either none of the five countries that have the veto will ever give up their power and they're never going to really let mitt the other countries are to the council with the veto they're happy the w

. >> that moment with the bull horn was almost a visual statement of -- repetition of franklin roosevelt'se world war ii we are going to win, so help us god. >> reporter: six days later, he followed with an address to congress, a speech that understood a nation's primal need for a leader to step up and assure them of better days. >> the course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. freedom and fear justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that god is not neutral between them. >> in his response to september 11th president bush was actually at his best. he unified the country, he spoke to our better angels and he pointed forward. the most effective presidential responses to tragedy aren't only about comforting the families comforting the people who are hurt but also pulling the country together and pointing forward. what are we going to all do together? >> i think, you know this is something presidents have to do. they have to express our best moments, our most glorious moments. they have to raise our hopes. and then sometimes, in the midst of tragedy th

is that franklin roosevelt in 1935 deliberately designed it that way. he said he knew, but let's make it look like an insurance policy and he said, and i quote, that's so no damn politician can ever take this away. and he was very bright and very effective. thank you very much. it's been wonderful. [applause] >> h. david reyes is the author of several books including the age of gold and the first american. which was a finalist for the two surprise in biography. is a history professor at the university of texas at for more information visit his website, hwbrands.com. >> hugh pope, where did you get the title "dining with al-qaeda" is because it was better than eating chinese with al qaeda. which apparently some people felt might be cannibalistic. but he recounts an episode in the book one chapter where i am and we aren't and very soon after september 11 i was sitting down with a missionary from the al qaeda camps where most of the saudis who are the cannon fodder on the jets that struck the world center and here in washington had been. and then there was

>> you know, franklin roosevelt said the presidency is above all a place of moral leadership. that's what he did tonight. he said "all right, let's look at the way this country is now but let's look how it can be better and the kind of country that really calls the people who behave so wonderfully at the time of this episode to be there. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, you get a final say on that as well. did he seize the moment he needed to seize? >> i do. i think this terrible, terrible event in fact gave barack obama the opportunities to do something he does very well which is to show through his own example his equilibrium, his calmness, the way forward for americans and to give them something important to think about and to do to examine their own lives and how they might treat their until low man and woman and their children with greater decency and love. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, michael beschloss, janet vincent and kari watkins in oklahoma city, thank you all so very much. and thank you for joining us on our special newshour coverage. we'll be back with you at our regu

we had essentially figures like franklin roosevelt or the great henry wallace leader in his own presidential campaign in 48 smeared for being soft on communism and turned into a political pariah. the last major political figure we had with me be the exception of george mcgovern to challenge the permanent war economy and the resources, taxpayer resources that are pumped into the huge defense industry. so we saw the liberal class provide channels or mechanisms within the power structure by which the grievances and the injustices and suffering of work of men and women could be redressed. that's how the liberal class, that is the role of the liberal class, and it's why traditional power elites tolerate liberal institutions and tolerate the liberal class so that they are not completely tone of to the suffering of those outside the power elite. but at the same time, they are used to discredit radical movements that challenge traditional structures and assumptions, which is true today. the figure that self identified liberals hate most is not glenn beck because he exposes the collaboration of the l

the wane in some ways the john birch society's and those of 1930's and to tell everyone that franklin roosevelt was a communist and also goldwater republican but i think all those things combined then the active ingredient the idea this person was not really american with the racial background and the upbringing. >> i want to say one more thing about white voters. especially the blue-collar far the biggest swing voters to have in the country especially in the midwest. having problems utter deeper than any politician can solve but we continually fire the politicians who cannot solve them. they lost four seats in illinois, four seats in ohio, five seats pennsylvania part of this is a very followed-- volatile swing electorate they will go against whoever is an office and it happened to be obama's this time. >> taka battle, losing the independence, that is a loaded statement because there are a lot of people who are independent. technically i am independent and promptly went back to being independent. 98% of the time independence vote for democrats but but i think it is taking black people for gran

franklin roosevelt in 1935 deliberately designed it that way. let's make it look like an insurance policy and he said, quote, no politician can ever take this away. and he was right and effective. [applause] >> h.w. brands is the author of several books including the age of gold and the first american:the life and times of benjamin franklin which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize in biography. he is a history professor at the university of texas. for more information visit his website, h.w. brands.com. booktv is on twitter. follow as for regular updates on our programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. here are the best-selling nonfiction titles from amazon.com as of january 13th, 2010. rebecca salute uncovers a line of cells that led to several medical advancements in the immortal life of henry and at lax. in battle hymn of the tiger mother, amy credits a chinese mother for the stereotypical success of asian children. this is number 2 on the list. cleopatra for the kendall is third. fourth on the list is the c

these constitutions were heavily influenced by the un charter for a human-rights which was a franklin roosevelt project. they were heavily influenced by the allies' war aims because there were the occupying parties. it is the new deal. it is the global new deal. the great thing about germany is it is a project in some respects, and i understand the way. the oldest political party in the world. you walk in. you walk in to the headquarters. one of the first things you see is a picture of karl marx. so they have their own traditions. the charter for a human-rights. the american idealism. it was america that was the social democracy when we were fascist. the imprint of the united states is on the german model. >> the europeans should be kind to your old american grand dad then. >> your comments, the ten commandments about labor in the west and what we should be doing. one of them had to do with unions. for the u.s. you proposed a civil-rights approach including the right to not join. a lot of your friends are appalled by this notion to rid of wonder if you could tell them how that works in germany.

the very president franklin roosevelt talked to world leaders during world war ii. and it was during japan's surrender when the iowa was used. they want to make the iowa into a tourist attraction. the navy will decide when the next couple of months who gets the ship. >>> i want to check the forecast for today. another nice one on tap, christina? >> yes, the more i check the more i'm seeing the numbers bump up today. we could be warmer in some cities than where we were yesterday. and yesterday was a record-breaking day in oakland. you tied a temperature record hitting 67 degrees. the old direction was sent back in 1994. high pressure will keep things nice and mild for us today. we have fog because of high pressure all throughout the san joaquin valley. that's the case until 11:00 a.m. take it easy if your travels take you that way. this morning we have a little bit of fog creeping in through the delta, especially in the east bay. places like concord are seeing pretty dense fog. same goes for fairfield. that's the case until 11:00 a.m. after that all the cloud cover b

that's less elidential war powey of 1941, franklin roosevelt received a message from the british prime minister winston churchill that german battleship bismarck and broken out of the atlantic and was a menace to all shipping, and a mortal threat to england. having asked his novel our advisor robert sherwood if you would be impeached if he ordered the americans to try to sink the ship, he settled for authorizi authorizing, partly piloted by an american could help the search for the bismarck when the british lost the chase and they found a ship. so this is six and half months before pearl harbor, and the united states has assisted in the sinking of germany's best capital ship. if justice breyer were sitting in a court ruling on that, was that a lawful exercise of the president's war power? >> there are many questions involving war p never come before us. [laughter] >> nobody would have stomach to bring that case. >> what jackson said in his dissent, is he said here's what we should do. 1944 we know there was no risk of invasion in california. there isn't today a will act, they wi do it.

. >> with respect to the presidential war power, in may of 1941, franklin roosevelt received a message from british prime minister winston churchill that the german battleship bismarck had broken out into the atlantic and was a menace to all shipping and a mortal threat to england. having asked his nonlawyer adviser robert sherwood if you would be impeached if he ordered the americans to try to sink the ship, he settled for authorizing the pb white patrol plane partly piloted by an american crew to help the search for the bismarck when the british lost it and the pb wife found the ship. so there is a 6.5 months before pearl harbor and the united states has assisted in the sinking of germany's best capital ship. if justice or your were sitting in a court ruling on that was that a lawful exercise of the president for power? >> there are many questions involving the war power and the past that likely could never come before us. [laughter] [inaudible] speier reaction is sort of suggesting is something that is quite interesting and certainly president -- present in the case. jackson said in

president franklin roosevelt went to a conference of allied leaders during world war ii and was with the "uss iowa" during japan's surrender. the bay area nonprofit wants to bring the iowa to vallejo and make it into a tourist attraction. the navy says it will decide within the next few months who gets that ship. >>> well, no matter how great your weekend was, scott mcgrew says it wasn't as great as eric schmitt's. >>> the outgoing ceo gets $100 million as an outgoing president. he spent ten years as the head of google hired to help guide his young founders, larry page, to now take over the reign. $100 million sounds like a lot, but it is a fraction of the company's earnings. schmitt's stockholdings are worth $6 billion in today's funds. >>> the wall street journal says the morning the most office wants permission to close more branches. at least half fail to be profitable. now, already the system plans to close 2,500 post offices but want congress to allow it to close as many as 16,000 more. you know why. not a whole lot moves through the postal system like netflix. there's no plan

. >> with respect to the presidential war power, in may of 1941, franklin roosevelt received a message from the british prime minister winston churchill that the german battleship bismarck had broken out and was a menace and mortal threat to en land. having asked his advisors if he would be impeached if he ordered the americans to sink, he authored a p.p.y. control plane partly piloted by an american troop when the british lost the chase and the p.p.y. found the ship. this is six and a half months before pearl hear bob. they have assisted in the sinking of germany's because capital ship. if justice breyer was ruling on that, is that a lawful size of the president's war power? >> there are many questions involving the war power and the past that luckily have never come before me. [laughter] >> nobody would have stamping to bring that case. >> i don't know. >> but you are actually inform sort of suggesting that something was interesting. it was person in the coramatsu's said. jackson said in his dissent, here's what we should do. 1944, we no there was no risk. of invasion in the californ

story about wendell willkie who is their surprise republican candidate in 1940 running against franklin roosevelt. roosevelt third term and the city is a grass-roots candidate because wendell willkie spurring of all over the country and washington they commented yeah, the grassroots of a thousand country clubs, that it was funded by the corollary to the country. >> guest: he was an executive. what we have seen here is a rejection explicitly, and about shepley of country clubs, eletes and business leaders and when people say to do share an ankle, randy paul, joe miller, marco rubio tried to be rife them in a certain sense of this points to the power of the tea party that candidates who are hardly ideal are getting nominated because they are not traditional republicans, they are not mainstream candidates, the assure the mainstream and are supported because of their alienation and the system. >> host: indeed is it is a central theme of your book in the regular. how do you define elite and what is the ratio of americans who are elite and who are not elite corps who are mainstream and real? >> guest:

says there was a financial crisis, a possible depression, and i sure as heck was going to be franklin roosevelt rather than hoover to face the situation. i disgrease with the caller that the bush inherited with the tech boom busting was bush's fault and 9/11 was bush's fault and the housing crisis and policies obviously did lead it it, but they were not necessarily just bush pushing the policies. the democrats pushed home ownership and pushing home ownership was a good thing from the democratic perspective and it was good because it's giving subsidies to poor people since there was a notion we want to build up an ownership society with people have more stake. there was a bipartisan push for home ownership. >> host: historically, how many presidents leave office popular? >> guest: well we have data back to truman because the gallop surveys go back that far, and what you see is as i recall it's just two actually have something of above, you know, 50% where they are popular on the way out the door and that's reagan and clinton, so you can spend time looking at those surveys that you see that the m

we learned in history with president franklin roosevelt after the great depression when they startedhit the deficit breaks too went in a double dip recession. higher unemployment. we've got to get beyond that. we've got to make sure the economy is growing with more jobs and more business success. >> chris: well, i mean, i want to pick up on that. i asked senator mcconnell about your comment. let's not hit the deficit break too soon. does that mean, it's clear that the republicans when the continuing resolution for government funding runs out on march 4 that they are going to come up with a big, and i think a tough package of spending cuts. does it mean that democrats like yourself will oppose them? >> it depends on how deeply they cut and what they cut. remember, we not only have stimulus package when president obama was elected. we just passed another stimulus package a few weeks ago that added tohe deficit as well. that stimulus package was the extension of tax cuts. across the forward. the extension of unemployment benefits. i means that less money will come in to washington. more

my most fundamental rule is the remark of 1944 to franklin roosevelt, that we are in an entirely new situation that could not be resolved by war. in other words, nuclear weapons introduce a condition to the world with a solution to problems have to be diplomatic. it couldn't be the result of a successful war unless it was a war against a nonnuclear power at and given that we found would be compromise by those very alliances that i was talking about at the outset of this talk. that's my basic fundamental principle about this whole issue. but this axiom in a way follows from that because deterrence operates on the principle that if you have nuclear weapons sufficiently guarded and protected and you are attacked by country that has nuclear weapons or threatens to be, you can threaten in return to attack them and that's a standoff because neither side wants to be destroyed. that's not a victory. so, therefore, it followed the commission, that as long as any country has nuclear weapons, others will seek to acquire those. that's the axiom of proliferation. president obama in his speeches c

. >> with respect to the presidential war power, in may of 1941 franklin roosevelt received a message from british prime minister winston churchill that the business mark had broken out into the atlantic and was a menace to all shipping and a mortal threat to england. having asked his non-lawyer adviser, robert sherwood, if he would be impeached if be he ordered the americans to try to sink the ship, he settled for authorizing the pby patrol plane partly piloted by an american crew to help search for the bismarck when the british lost the chase, and the pby found the ship. is o this is six and a half months -- this is six and a half months before parallel harbor -- pearl harbor. if justice breyer were sitting in a court ruling on that, was that a lawful exercise of the president' war power? president's war power? the. [laughter] >> there are many questions involving the war power and the past that, luckily, could never come before us. [laughter] >> nobody would have standing to wring that case. >> be -- but you're actually sort of suggesting something that's interesting that was prese

a proud lineage established in world war ii and in the post war decades with leaderses like franklin roosevelt, harry truman, and john f. kennedy. it's a challenge that america faces in the 21st century. among the greatest challenges and opportunities we face is the on thed development of the asia-pacific region and in particular, the rise of china. i think it's useful when talking topics this varied and complex to remind ourselves of basic facts and perspectives. one of the most important is that the asia pacific region experienced nearly 60 years of general peace, stability, and prosperity. yes, there have been significant exceptions like the war in vietnam and clashes among asian powers like between china and vietnam, china and india, and india and pakistan. even with that in mind, it's impossible to look at the last six decades without marveling at the overall stability and prosperity of this period. this record is more remarkable when one considers the poverty and strife that prevailed over this part of the world for so long. another basic fact to keep in mind is that this long term secur

we go into there virtually everybody in a military uniform because franklin roosevelt believes that with this green army of green commanders, that staging in britain and crossing the english channel and marching for berlin is not a great idea, that you're likely to suffer a substantial reverse, and so against the advice of marshall and eisenhower writes when fdr makes # the decision that we're going to north africa, makes ited ent of july 1942 and signs it commander in chief and eisenhower writes this is the blackest day in history which is a free overstatement given the blackness of other days, but he believes the mediterranean is a sump and once you are there, it's hard to get out. the decision to go there which i think made sense has collateral strategic decisions which involve going to southern italy and so on because among other things, there's no shipping to get that half million man force that is in north africa back to britain to stage across the english channel or go anywhere else. you don't have the where with all to do it. my feeling is that italy becomes increasingly strew --

john birch society from the '60s, father cog lin of the 1930s who was the chief antagonist of franklin roosevelt trying to tell everyone that roosevelt was a communist and also a certain strand of goldwater republicanism that was really dying within the republican party until, until relatively recently. i think all of those things are combined, and then the active ingredient being this idea that there's this person who is not really american because of his background, his racial background and his, his upbringing. i think all those things are kind of combined in together. >> i want to say one more thing about white voters. white voters, especially blue collar white voters, they're probably the biggest swing voters we have in the country, especially in the midwest. i mean, in the midwest we have economic problems that are deeper than any politician can solve. and, but we continually keep firing politicians who can't solve them. i mean, the democrats lost four seats in if illinois, they lost five seats in ohio. i think it was five seats in if pennsylvania. so, i mean, i think this is a very volati

we're also losing a happy warrior in the mold of a hubert humphrey or a franklin roosevelt. as the columnist e.j. deio nebraska has written, the happiness quotient in the senate will definitely drop when senator dodd leaves. i couldn't agree more. for 36 years in congress, chris dodd has faithfully served the people of connecticut and the people of the united states, and there is no doubt that he will pursue new avenues of public service in retirement. as i said, i will miss his friendship and counsel here in the senate, but i wish chris, his wonderful wife jackie and their wonderful two young children grace and christine the very best in the years ahead. madam president, again, for our colleague ted kaufman, who is leaving, was sworn in as a senator in january of 2009. he was a senator for between years, and he was sworn in to succeed the newly elected vice president, senator joe biden. at the time ted kaufman made it clear that he would not run for reelection in 2010. he noted that he had not raised any money to become a senator, and he wasn't going to raise any money to b

on this day 74 years ago, president franklin roosevelt made his inaugural speech. the road of enduring progress. he called on the american people, who were coming out of the depression, to unite as one and forge ahead along the road of enduring progress. today, the turbulence caused by the international financial crisis is receding. the world the economy is returning to growth. there still exists many uncertainties and destabilizating factors making recovery a torturous process. all the economies, including china and the united states, wants to fully emerge from the crisis as soon as possible and see a full recovery of the world economy. in the face of the international situation and the risks and challenges, the people of our two countries should step up cooperation and work with people across the world to share opportunities, meets challenges and build a better -- meet challenges and build a better future for mankind. ladies and gentlemen, 72 years a chinese leader paid an historic visit to the united states. he said during the visit that the pacific ocean should

[unintelligible] we look back on franklin roosevelt and these great liberal alliance, and he had to playolitics. things were not quite as easy and set then as they look now. host: another point from one person. he says people cannot examine the precedents track record. pittsburgh, pa., a democrat. caller: good morning. i am astounded at the way in which the republican corporate lead in america has manipulated this president in surrendering all of the concepts that democrats elected him on. when you look at the recent polls for republicans, it is quite revealing about this is the real meat of their concerns. only 12% are concerned that the country will become financially conservative. put this in the context of what the president has done. the numbers are revealing. the tea party movement has been very quiet after the president handed out $900 billion to greedy, self-serving people who do not need the money. we need to correct the individual who talks about the country taking more and more. corporate welfare is over $500 billion a year. these are multi-billion corporations that do not nee

shortly after that, franklin roosevelt came to vermont. my father told me the story. across the street from us was the national life insurance company. president roosevelt went by in an open car and my father was standing next to the president of the national and everybody wore hats. the president went by and the head of the company took his hat off and held it direct my father turned the women said, i never thought i would see your -- you take your hat off for president roosevelt. he said, i tip my hat off to the president. think about that. we should show respect. the sheriff was in every man for this tragic moment. we need to work together for the good of the country and the american people. after oklahoma city, after the horrendous a tax of 9/11, we came together. we need to come together again. the tragedy is -- on common ground. it is easy to appeal to resentments, distressed, and selfishness and hate. leaders should appeal to or better angels. one common ground remains elusive, we must respect the rights of others to express their own views and beliefs. one mor

people like my grandfather who was a poor working guy kept money in a coffee can and when franklin roosevelt came on the radio he would go by a bomb and try to help. now we borrow the money from our trading partners and we are executing the global imbalances and capital flow when we do that. so on the other hand, look at the challenges that europe is facing. iceland, not a part of the zone was in worse shape arguably than ireland and greece but it seems to be coming back quicker because they were not subject to a level of contraction that in conventional economic times you would not half so the europeans are going to have to figure out how to get money. the united states has an interesting dilemma because the american people have voted and they say we want you to cut back now. we want you to start showing restraint now. the deficit commission, the bipartisan commission president obama appointed wendi issued the report, they recommended we not do this until next year when the growth is under way. so what is the way out of this? should we become more protectionist? in general, no. i was glad t

shortly after that, franklin roosevelt came to vermont. my father told me the story.ational and evebody wore hats. the president went by and the head of the company took his hat off and held it direct my father turned the women said, i never thought i would see your -- you take your hat off for president roosevelt. he said, i tip my hat off to the president. think about that. we should show respect. the sheriff was in every man for this tragic moment. we need to work together for the good of the country and the american people. after oklahoma city, after the horrendous a tax of 9/11, we came together. we need to come together again. thtragedy is -- on common ground. it is easy to appeal to resentments, distressed, and selfishness and hate. leaders should appeal to or better angels. one common ground remains elusive, we must respect the rights of others to express their own views and beliefs. one more thing -- we must not allow any assault on representatives of democracy to succeed in thwarting or meeting people's access to the elected representatives. i am committed t

i think this marks him as a different from that the long line of american presidents since franklin roosevelt december 7, 1941. virtually all of whom got up every morning worrying about threats to american national security policy. what motivated them, it was at the top of their agenda. i just do not think that is the priority that president obama has. it is not that he does not ever deal with foreign or international security policy. of course, he does. but typically, only when he has to and when it cannot be avoided. you get the sense it is almost an interference, a new sense in it the way of his pursuit of his domestic agenda. -- and nuisance. second and related to the first point is i do not think that he sees the rest of the world as terribly challenging or threatening to american national interests. i think he demonstrated this during the 2008 campaign and in many of his actions since taking office. he has desperately tried to avoid the phrase "global war on terrorism." perhaps thinking that if he did not talk about a war on terrorism, there were not be one. he said during the campaign,

franklin roosevelt really tried to make the program different than what we call relief, or welfare todaye idea is if you have a very progressive tax structure, people would not see it as 8 -- has an earned benefit, but as welfare. one thing going back to the trust fund issue we touched on earlier, it wouldtill generate big surpluses in the short term, which will get spent on other things. then in the long term you will still have a deficit to make up. the second point, ihink there is a limit on how high a tax can and should be on the earned income individuals. it is effectively going from around 35% of two or around 41%. the medicare tax for higher earners has increased, i think it is between 5% and 6%. state income taxes can be as high as 10%. if you apply social secuty tax on top of that, you can have individuals in higher tax states, oregon or white, were literally paying off 60 cents of every aitional dollar they earn to the government. at that point, ani personally just think that is too much point. philosophically, i do not agree with that. we have to think of these solutions in co

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