convinced that hoover had a good chance and the economy would be doing by to be better by 32 and franklin roosevelt was a weak candidate to be running against income. people like walter wittman 1932 as the campaign was getting under way. the candidates to oppose roosevelt to the democratic nomination if anyone of those other candidates had won the democratic nomination the democrats might very well have run a candidate to the right of herbert hoover in the election of 1932. if that happened to the progressive republicans were ready to run an independent third-party choosing mayor bloomberg. there's always a possibility of the candidate getting in for the race, and because the economy collapsed, the socialist party and a lot of other radical party stop that they were going to do terrific in 1932, the public would turn to them and increase their numbers. the socialists were projecting a would get twice the votes they ever had before. the communist party said they were going to get a million votes in that election. so, at least in the beginning of 1930 to the end of it looked very different. but of co

they failed to to franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four of them did not effectively communicate this agenda or initiative were jefferson, monroe, grant and cleveland. obviously the dominant source of failure for the second term prudent has been their inability to successfully work with congress, the second term presidents have faced troubled or second terms do directly to the fight between the congress and the white house. having a congressional majority of their own party is no assurance of release. those presidents that serve in the congress having the majority of the opposing party during the second term included willson, eisenhower, nixon, ronald reagan and clinton. the competitive battle to the president and congress dates to the site george washington had in the congress over the treaty. he had won approval only after standing considerable efforts looking directly with members of congress compromising and cudgeling and that was with the congress having the majority of white thinking federalists' a president who was revered in a

franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were jefferson, monroe, grand and cleveland. the dominant force of failure for a second term presidents has been there in the ability to successfully to work with congress. lee eight second term presidents have face trouble their second term due directly to the fight between congress and the white house. having a congressional majority of their own party is no assurance of relief. those presidents who served with the congress having majority of the opposing party during a second term included wilson, eisenhower, nixon, reagan and clinton. the competitive battle between a president and congress bates to the fight george washington had with congress over the jay treaty and. he had won approval only after considerable effort working directly with members of congress, compromising and cajoling. that was with the congress having a majority of right thinking federalists and a president who is revered as a national hero. w

was reelected with the highest unemployment rate of any president returning to office since franklin roosevelt in one thousand nine hundred thirty six the u.s. unemployment rate is around seven point eight percent and tens of millions of americans are not experiencing the economic recovery that obama promised four years ago but in the u.s. twenty twelve election voters were forced to pick between a democratic incumbent who hasn't delivered on his promise of change and a republican such as mitt romney whose agenda included shrinking government and slashing taxes in times of financial uncertainty during his acceptance speech barack obama assured americans that the best was still ahead but as our tease guy in a chicken reports the best may be more of the same. and the winner is i want to. participate in this is like. you made your voice heard and you made a good mitt romney has accepted his well it's just a case of obama to congratulate him on his victory. full on excitement in the president's hometown of chicago way to president obama's daughters chanting four more. years savor what do they expe

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for freedom's park is finally opened in new york city the state park serves a memorial to franklin delano roosevelt but while f.d.r. was an influential president during his four terms does he remain relevant in modern politics artie's correspondent ana stasi a church going to has more from roosevelt island new york. freedom. human rights everywhere a nine hundred forty one state of the union address that changed american history this is the essential excerpt from the four freedoms speech. this is a speech that roosevelt gave before we were involved in world war two a president many americans see as one of the top three the us has had as he inherited a depression greater than the one that obama has f.d.r. outlined forty freedoms freedom of speech and expression freedom of worship freedom from want and freedom from fear today carved in granite and a memorial dedicated to the thirty second president of the us i think is going to become an icon similar to the statue of liberty welcome to four freedoms memorial park an astonishing piece of architecture that was designed by. luke on back in one nine hund

society including a land grant signed by abraham lincoln and copies of speeches delivered by franklin roosevelt. baltimore orioles center fielder adam jones was in new york friday, one of three orioles honored with a gold glove award. earlier in the day, he received another honor. that's jones on the left with the c.e.o. of rawlings parent company taking part in the closing bell ceremony at the new york stock exchange. teammates matt weiters and j.d. hardy joined jones for the gold glove awards dinner. >> good morning, well, just south of the city sunshine but clouds moving over the city and north of us and some of the up in pennsylvania producing light rain showers. when you get near the pennsylvania line and north of that, a few areas are down around freezing or below that so if there's precipitation, it might freeze on contact with the the pavement. 34 is the b.w.i. reading at this stage. the humidity's up, winds are calm and barometer is high at 30.32. here's the satellite picture showing clouds and showers to the north, just a brief episode that will affect us this morning. we might get a

oklahoma and the panel panhandle of texas and kansas and colorado, new mexico all the way east, franklin roosevelte this and had oklahoma in his fingertips and the next day shipped at sea was covered with the patina of dust. one storm moved more dirt in one 24 hour period than it took to excavate the panama canal, ten years of excavation. >> stephen: okay, how do we know this is man-made, okay? the science is not in on the dust bowl. >> that's right. >> stephen: okay why is this man-made. >> this is man-made because this was natural grass land, buffalo grass, short grass that went five feet below the surface to hold the moisture and keep the topsoil against the ever present winds and arid semi desert climate. and when we tore up a section greater than the state of ohio, bigger than the all-important state of ohio, if blew. >> stephen: everything politics. >> everything politics. >> stephen: i have been to oklahoma, it's fines there, a beautiful place. >> it is a beautiful place. >> stephen: so it fixed itself. nature fixes itself it is all done. >> it took a lot of things to happen. the government

abraham lincoln, a signed document by george washington, and copies of speeches delivered by franklin roosevelt. they sold the items for tens of thousands of dollars. >> men who put their lives on their line -- on the line for their country were honored with the bronze star. one is 94 years old and the other served in vietnam. the valor of these veterans exhibited during combat was described as remarkable. >> in support of the blood and fire division in central europe, his duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 253rd infantry revenant -- regiment and the army of the united states. he repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire in order to move forward and help wounded soldiers. while treating casualties, he was seriously wounded and evacuated. his actions serve as a great inspiration to his fettle -- to his fellow soldiers in the unit and save many lives. >> at a special ceremony, robert mikulski was on hand as the medal was awarded to dr. charles schyab. for these men, not just an honor for themselves but for the men with who

that's the highest number an incumbent president has faced on election day since franklin roosevelt. mitt romney says he'll do a better job if voters put him in the white house. the republican nominee is spending the last few days of the campaign making that case in the battleground states. romney is in iowa and ohio today, trying to pick up the few remaining undecided voters. >> and we ask you to stay at it all the way to the finish line. because we're going to win on tuesday night. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the race is tight in nine swing states. the latest polls also show the race tightening in pennsylvania, a state once thought to be easily in the president's win column. the romney campaign is now making a late push to take pennsylvania. >> thank you. >> reporter: rom fee will visit the state on sunday. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> the obama campaign called the gop's effort in pennsylvania an act of desperation. however, the democrats do plan to increase their spending on political ads in the state. >>> and howard is coming up next with your we

that's the highest number an incumbent president has faced on election day since franklin roosevelt. mitt romney says he will do a better job if he is elected. the republican nominee is spending the last few days of the campaign making that case in the battleground states. romney is in wisconsin and ohio today trying to pick up the few remaining undecided voters. >> and we asked them and you to look beyond the speeches and the attacks and the ads, look to the record. >> reporter: the race is tied in nine swing states. the latest polls also show the race tightening in pennsylvania, a state once thought to be easily in the president's win column. the romney campaign is making a late push to take pennsylvania. the republicans are spending three million dollars on campaign ads there and romney will visit the state on sunday. now, let's look at the markets right now. you can see that the dow is down just by 100 points. stock gave up that early gain despite a decent jobs report. that job is being attributed to traders assessing the potential costs of superstorm sandy. back to the campaign,

business people particularly wall street are angry with obama when in fact he liked flying franklin roosevelt have there he saved the banks he saved them from the excesses of cattle they start with him because once or twice he called them fat cats because he said a few bad things about them and in the latter so what that there are various means are heard but i think more than that there's a level of greed. and arrogance among wall street now that they don't feel that they have they should be touch that they should be regulated and that's why mitt romney has become the candidate of wall street that's not to say president obama isn't getting money from wall street but most of the big bankers are supporting president romney mitt romney because they see him as an investment as an investment and if they put a lot of money in him it's still a good investment on return because he will lower their taxes deregulate and repeal dodd frank legislation well i don't really get why they would be mad and i tell you why because inequality gap is like the buzzword right now in the u.s. media there are estimate

franklin roosevelt had a mistress. >> well, sure, but look what happened to -- john edwards was blown up. gary hart was blown up. bill clinton was almost blown out of the presidency. anybody that doesn't know this is going to be the consequence of what happens to you if you get involved in this, and you're running the cia is preposterous. >> eleanor. >> he's not the first powerful man to do something fallish when it comes to an extramarital affair, and he won't be the last. but he is, or was, head of the cia, and that could make him a potential target for blackmail. when you look into this, there's not much more here, i don't believe. there's no evidence of a breach in national security. the fbi apparently acted by the book. you don't tip off the white house when you're engaging in a potentially criminal investigation. the agent in florida who then worried that the investigation was being stalled and went to a republican congressman who went to eric cantor, he has an illustrious record. he helped bring down the millennium plot. you can't blame him, either, for his apparent concern tha

grim economic realities with the highest unemployment rate of any president reelected since franklin roosevelt in one thousand nine hundred thirty six so to discuss all the economic challenges ahead for mr obama i'm delighted to be joined by financial advisor. patrick. so hello to you thank you for joining us today now as my american friends reliably informs me there's an age old saying that it's the economy should you put that's what people say meaning that the state of the economy decide on the president so what's happened here that why was obama reelected in this failing economy is it a case of better the devil you know i or what. i think to a certain degree it was better the devil you know even though obama is frankly fiscally illiterate the problem was that ultimately mitt romney was an incredibly lucky luster accountability had the incredible potential economic account of the sea but he didn't really show through and therefore people were simply uncertain at the end of the whole position there looked to be some doctor recently that was suggesting that the u.s. economy was improving sligh

reagan this is a new different fundamentalist republican party whose ideas go back to before franklin roosevelt and want to delete the roosevelt era and the new deal and everything related with it from merican like this is that this is a new phenomenon so i think moscow would be better off america will be better off and the world would be better off if we give obama a second chance by the way and this is very important for you and your viewers to know. that putin has been so demonized in the united states. so little regarded in the united states that people think putin would be a good partner for obama but i think putin is ready for a full relationship if the united states will make some concessions to russia's national interest. you. just said about about publicans. being a different party and about about the democrats that that might be better but we all forget that other parties third parties in the american political process and it's a funny thing there are to see her company was was the actually the only company in the air in the united states who actually highlighted the charity the polic

and even george marshall who is chief military advisor to franklin roosevelt said, how could we send all these weapons to england if they're going to surrender to the british in a matter of weeks? and we end up fighting the germans? we will be charging into the face of our own weapons. but even though the operation of course when it happened around the world. and everyone knew about it. and roosevelt and marshall were very, very effected by this. they thought if the british government can do this, they are serious. they are not going to negotiate with the germans. they're going to stay in this for as long as they possibly can, and it opened up the pathway for armaments to go to britain, which were very much needed and very much appreciated. >> brooke stoddard, when the official date of the so called al of britain and? >> when were they? >> yeah. >> i think britain calls it july to the end of the timber, let's say. >> of 1940, which is essentially -- >> that's right. >> the segment of your book here. final question. let people read the other store in your but what happened to the admi

franklin delano roosevelt, richard nixon or ronald reagan? >> roosevelt? cheated but we'll give it to them. >> yeah, franklin roosevelt. >> needed the pool for therapy for his legs, built the pool in 1933, 1942, a movie theater a good who knew for you, do you know who the first person was who watched an x-rated movie in the white house? >> no. i think i know but -- >> jimmy carter, watched "midnight cowboy." x-rated means something different now than then. >> funny. >> back across to kath. >> this lady from california. all righty. which actor played president bartlett in the popular tv series "the west wing," john list lithgow, rob lowe, martin sheen or jeff daniels? >> martin sheen. >> more cheating than in the election. >> people know. what is going on? >> originally, the president, aaron sorkin when he wrote "the west wing" didn't think the president would be featured at all and martin sheen cast in four episodes, he was so great, they kept bringing him back. >> he was great in that role. i think time for another one. >> one more. all right, true or fal

also traitor to his class about franklin roosevelt, biography of andrew jackson called andrew jackson. the age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. the first american, about benjamin franklin and tea are about theodore roosevelt. together these books comprise not haphazardly but purposefully a history of the united states for the last 200 or so years. a number of these books have been best sellers. traitor to his class and the first american were both finalists for the pulitzer prize and you can see h. w. brands on tv all the time if you go to the history channel or turn on the tv, there he is. this book is -- i will hold this up again so you can see and recognize it easily at the book signing tend, it is a tremendous biography of ulysses grant filled with stuffed i certainly never knew and was delighted to find out. it is very authoritatively and readable. before we get to grant himself i wanted to ask bill a broad question about biography. here at the book festival there are a number of biographers. i have read several of these already, robert caro's latest volume in his massiv

and even george marshall, who was the chief military adviser to franklin roosevelt, said how could we send all these weapons to england if they're going to surrender to the british in a matter of weeks, and we end up fighting the germans? we'll be charging into the face of our own weapons. but even though the operation was secret, it became headlines, of course, when it happened around the world. and everyone knew about it. and roosevelt and marshall were very, very affected by this. they thought if the british government can do this, they're serious. they are, they're not going to negotiate with the germans. they're going to stay in this for as long as they possibly can. and it opened up the pathway for armaments to go to britain which were very much needed and very much appreciated. >> host: brooke stoddard, when the official dates of the so-called battle for britain, battle of britain? >> guest: when were they? >> host: yeah. >> guest: i think britain calls it july to the end of september, let's say. >> host: of 1940? >> guest: of 1940. >> host: which is, essentially -- >> guest: y

of the consequences of the unholy alliance between corporation and state there was president franklin roosevelt describing the horrors of corporate government in one nine hundred thirty six. we bottle with the old adam is the. business and from that come up way back you might reckless banking class i'm talking to them like some of them profiteering. they had because of the sort of the government of the united states as they move up so that our own up. and we don't know that government by. monday. have gotten much by are going to mop now fast forward to two thousand and ten with its citizens united decision the us supreme court overturned that wall separating corporations and state that wall known as the tillman act for the first time in over a century corporations could spend unlimited money influencing our elections and our government the robber barons this time under names like coke and abel soon returned with their corporate war chests overflowing with political blood money americans that are well aware of corporate monies corrosive impact on our government there's the lobbying the revolving

was reelected with the highest unemployment rate of any president returning to office since franklin roosevelt in one thousand thirty six now the u.s. unemployment rate is seven point eight seven point nine percent hovering somewhere around there tens of millions of americans are not experiencing the economic recovery obama promised four years ago but in the us twenty twelve election voters were forced to pick between a democratic incumbent who hasn't delivered on the changing promise and republican mitt romney whose agenda included shrinking government and slashing taxes in times of financial uncertainty uncertain now why during president obama's acceptance speech here short americans got the best was still ahead but our team and in chicken reports the best may be more of the same. it was and the winner is i want to say every american who participated in this is like it was you made your voice heard and you made a difference mitt romney has accepted his loss i just want a president obama to congratulate him on his victory full on excitement in the president's hometown of chicago it will prese

great leaders in this country-- remember president eisenhower, when he would general-- remember franklin roosevelt and lucy mercer, how important that relationship was to him in the second world war. i think we have to be understanding that as the saying goes, the best of men are still men at their best. >> schieffer: peggy, you are one of them? >> yeah, to tell you the truth, i think this story is a little mysterious. i don't really understand why the general, having made a painful mistake, painful for himself and his family, why he had to leave, and why he was, according to the press, sales ared to leave. and i understand what he would feel is the breach of honor, but this is a truly great and constructive american career. and i'm just not sure why he had to leave. the second thing, i don't think anybody quite understands how the f.b.i. could have been going through his e-mail, and the f.b.i. leaders didn't know, justice didn't know. how did this begin? how did it go forward? when was the white house told? you just have to wonder what the heck is this? >> schieffer: we're going to talk more abou

hundred fifty but to nine hundred thirty six to the year before the court started a green with franklin roosevelt and when the court was claiming the child labor laws were a violation of the right to contract unions didn't have legal rights these kind of no i think tom you were witnessing a moment very comparable to the moment when the supreme court in the roosevelt era tried to invalidate some of the key civilizing advances legal about advances of our time whether it was labor relations or as you cited child labor laws i think what we are facing at this moment is. a turning point either we go forward to would be a more just diverse fair society or we witness the dismantling the rolling back the turning back of the cultural social economic gains and rights of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty first century it is truly not overstating it the truth of the moment we are and katrina in either case isn't there a really really strong case to be made that regardless of how electoral politics goes regardless of who's in office regardless of how does this election or any others shake out as ti

two year old lady who was still out voting her first vote was a nine hundred thirty two for franklin roosevelt she's a die hard democrat so that she voted again for president obama today it's great to hear the stories many of people just doing whatever it takes to get out their value going to turn now to honest us over in new york where hurricane sandy has really shaken things up on a stasia how how do you see that affecting election day today over their lives that the hurricane has had a tremendous effect on the way the elections have been going on here today you know if there's one word to describe what we've been seeing that word has to be chaos because eight days after the hurricane or still over a million businesses and homes are still without electricity and this is of course affecting the way the elections are going here in new york and in the state of new jersey and in connecticut and so forth huge lines are forming forming all day outside polling stations people are being read directed to polling stations and can't go to the ones that they were supposed to go to we've seen completely

and forty's after the new deal when democratic president franklin roosevelt played the role of santa claus and gave the american people social security and unemployment insurance at that time republicans played scrooge arguing we can't afford it it played the role of scrooge in the sixty's too as democratic president lyndon johnson played santa clause as well and gave the american people medicare and other great society programs to cut poverty and what did republicans get for playing scrooge electoral defeat after electoral defeat starting with f.d.r.'s big win in one nine hundred thirty six with the lone exception of a two year do nothing congress elected in one nine hundred forty six republicans never held a majority in the house of representatives until nineteen ninety five and the way they were able to finally come out of this political slump was by listening to a republican strategist and photo economist named jude when in ski. when askey who wrote a transfer transformative article for the national observer in one thousand nine hundred seventy six and laid out the new republican