when sarah roosevelt built a townhouse for franklin and eleanor roosevelt as a christmas gift, she had it built in 1906 in new york city, that place had connecting doors from one apartment to the next, because sarah roosevelt built that building as a duplex. she would live in half of it and franklin and eleanor roosevelt lived in the other half. and there was connecting doors on various levels so that there could pop into their section whenever she wanted to unannounced, which made eleanor roosevelt not happy. townhouse,bout this and you could kind of read between the lines, where she just mentioned that it was not a great thing where sarah was living right next to them and she decorated their part of the townhouse and so forth. and i would imagine that she was of happy to be in a wing this house where sarah could also opened a doorway from her bedroom into eleanor roosevelt's bedroom or early on, franklin and eleanor shared bedroom, whenever she wanted to. when she moved into the section of the house, she moved all the richer out of the room -- all the furniture out of the room that f

. >> franklin roosevelt didn't have a home up here. they would live at his mother's house and had a study. his 1933 to 1941, that was office when he came to hyde park. she loved that. the political leaders would come to her home and she enjoyed that. when he decided he was going to donate the prop property to the federal government, he had a big signing and signed the deed over to the federal government only that they didn't own the property. and the property belonged to sarah. they had to fly over the deed so they could sign it over to the federal government. during the leadup, sarah wanted to create something special and had this portrait commissioned and gave it to him so she could look over his shoulder. >> the story of their relationship, how close were they, she went to college with him and upstairs in the home, didn't she have a bedroom right next to him? >> on the home, there is a three bedrooms and eleanor slept in after franklin came down with polio. but they had an extraordinary relationship and she is maligned as being a co

this is a reminder of the scale of human suffering in the year 1932 when franklin roosevelt is running for president. the 1932 democratic convention was held in chicago. when roosevelt was nominated, he received word of the nomination in albany. and then he did something unprecedented in american politics and quite dramatic. he flew out to the convention to accept the nomination in person. up to that point, when an american presidential candidate received the nomination of their party, they would receive a delegation formally at their home or at a political site in their home state. they did not go to the convention or deliver a speech. roosevelt broke with that convention in a dramatic way. hearing his acceptance speech at convention. it was an electrifying moment in political history. it was in that speech that he first uses the expression "the new deal." fdr: i pledge myself to the new the deal for the american people. herman eberhardt: that expression becomes obviously very highly associated with his entire presidency but it premiered at this moment when he delivers his acceptance

was a franklin roosevelt spectacular example of that. he had 998 press conferences as president. schmoozing good at the press. he would tell them, i like you guys. there was more political diversity among newspapers. i like you guys, but it is your publishers and so on that don't like me. kennedy, when he was running for president, would take reporters into his confidence and say, what you think about this? what would you recommend i do? he paid not the slightest attention to their advice, but they were deeply flattered so they liked him as a consequence. host: we are talking with the weekly standard's philip terzian . by free democrats is (202) 748-8000. the line for republicans is (202) 748-8001. s independent, call (202) 748-8002. you can always reach us on twitter as well. when did the relationship between the press and the white house as it currently exists really start to take shape? televisedould say press conferences were introduced by eisenhower. juste old days they would heard them into the oval office. they would stand around the president's desk and it was all off the

his was mystic and i could see franklin roosevelt shaking his martini glass saying what the hell is that, but in any event he became a pretty good politician. roosevelt was pretty good at handling congress. he was good at handling republicans because his father had been agricultural secretary and roosevelt decides when james garner, by the way roosevelt first vice president james garner, former speaker of the house. you have your all democrat coalition between a northern liberal and southern conservative in his seat again with kennedy and johnson. garner decides he will not only oppose roosevelt for the nomination, but he's going to run against him. roosevelt, i see the vice president has thrown his bottle into the ring and he runs with wallace and a winning third term and everything is fine. we talk about the change of the party system. are franklin roosevelt, four time candidate for president in the middle of a world war is playing poker on the white house mayflower and sitting with him as a fella named kelly, labor leader. mayor of chicago, another union leader and a governor and they

the library was established by president franklin roosevelt.

it's one that interprets franklin roosevelts new deal rather than opposes it. it's one that legitimately returns america on the path which it's been on for well over a century come one that allows us to accommodate economic competition in modern life while enduring come maintaining the enduring truths of american freedom. it's a very hard road to hoe. it's one doubly difficult for republicans to adopt but i believe we can do it. i believe we can do because in our hearts that's what most of us already arctic it's where the voters are. it's what they said in the 2016 primary went overwhelmingly rejected the ship a list of the reagan-isms high priest of rejected the candidates who are running the platform that had been adopted in favor of the new look of the old reaganism that donald trump was proposing. i would just like to conclude by asking you a question. do you think that the republican party and the conservative movement continues to do what it's been doing for the last eight to ten years, that is a continues to do those things for the next ten years that we

the library was established by franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration, and also his personal papers. and so, he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. basically what he decided to do , was to raise private money to build the library, and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. that model was followed by subsequent presidents. this is the first of the presidential libraries operated by the national archives. about 10 years ago, the library embarked on a really ambitious plan to look at the entire museum, and really bring it all up to date. the completely new galleries opened in 2013, and everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. it is all brand-new a fresh look , at both the lives of franklin d. roosevelt and the roosevelt presidency. the exhibition began in 1932, the year franklin roosevelt was elected president of united states. 1932 was a year of tremendous crises for the nation and th

franklin roosevelt, think bernie sanders and you've got it. bernie sanders was a red star emblazoned inside his jacket that you didn't know about. quick's and it's if some of you ever get past this administration ever decides to appoint people and some of you get past, name, address, social security number and maybeyour religion, henry wallace was the secretary of agriculture. his religion was mystic . let me figure that out. these are people, there are people who talk to trees, he called himself a mystic and you see franklin roosevelt there shaking his martini glass saying what the hell is that? in any event he became a pretty good politician , very good republican because his father had been there. and roosevelt decides that when james garner, by the way roosevelt vice president was james garner, former speaker of the house. so you have your own democrat coalition between eight northern liberal and a southern conservative, kennedy and johnson. now garner decides he's not only going to oppose roosevelt's nomination but he's going to run again

up next, we visit the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york for a tour at their permanent exhibit. herman eberhardt: the library was created in 1941. it was the first presidential library created and operated by the national archives administration. the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers.

eleanor roosevelt with observed, "franklin is not at ease with people not of his own class." at this summit near newfoundland, roosevelt and churchill this added to send a small delegation to moscow to the side what military resources should be shipped to russia. fdr would choose the man who had been managing the american side of langley's, in britain another man. if i may, harriman was the not so rare american in london to embraced the prime minister's. or in law. edward r. murrow was another. no more locker room talk tonight. going with harriman to russia was controversial. a canadian who had served with churchill in world war i cap. indeed, the self-confident prime minister would choose beaverbrook for his first cabinet in 1940 over the doubts and hesitations of king george the sixth. beaverbrook could and did stand up to the prime minister, but he would later complain that eating, drinking, and arguing with the prime minister, "nearly killed me, almost made me a drunkard." not every man could drink 20,000 bottles of champagne in a single lifetime. fdr was like churchill, a

president since franklin roosevelt to visit poland when he traveled to warsaw in 1972. jimmy carter visited poland in 1977 on one of his first foreign trips as president. george w. bush gave a speech in june 2001 endorsing poland's aspiration to join the european union, which it did, in 2004 -- 2004. in 2016, president obama came to a nato summit and expressed concerns about the new conservative government and moves including taking control of the constitutional tribunal. poland helped build this country. some of the first settlers at jamestown colony were polish craftsman brought by captain john smith in 160 weight, and almost 10 million americans today claim polish ancestry. they provide unwavering support for close u.s. poland relations and poland is part of a you future program that will send 30 polish high school juniors to live and study in the u.s. this year. >>> we're following breaking news from gwinnett county, georgia. police discovered four children and one man fatally stabbed. the horrific discovery was made inside the home and loganville, georgia, about 35

first up, kathryn smith looks at the life of marguerite lehand, franklin d roosevelt's closest, personal and confidant. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and rake-- welcome to the franklin d roosevelt residential library museum. we are excited you are here today. of this program is a special one. i will tell you about it in a moment. if you are familiar at the program, about a 30 minute talk and 10 minute question and then a book signing. we have c-span here today, so if you ask questions, we ask that you use the microphone. this is made possible because of our trustees and members. we have a trustee here today. thank you very much for your support. [applause]. >> raise your hand if you are a member. thank you very much. that makes these programs possible. if you are not a member, get a pin for free admission to the library today. we have a temporary exhibit right now on the japanese internment and i hope you will see it. today this program is special because we won't be hearing from the author. we will be hearing from a princ

he inherited love and added youthful admiration of franklin roosevelt.he was new dealer and rem miezed reagan's -- memorizes roosevelt 's fire side chats. he continued to be a democrat. he supported the democrat nominee against richard nixon in 1950 and continued to support new deal democratic ideals in private conversation well in 1950's going so far to calling him a fascist sob when he first met goldwater who were friend of his second's wives parents in phoenix in early 1950's. he moved over to the right as he became aware that the democratic party was leaving ideals as he understood them behind. he understood those ideals as using government to help the average person but you instead began to see the democratic party was interested in power for its own sake, a centralizing vision that made government and socialization of america animating goal rather than providing assistance to people who needed assistance to overcome obstacles or petty tyranny in their private or public lives. reagan was a very smart man and he was somebody who read and somebody who

franklin roosevelt's second vice president. had an impact in a couple of different ways. first was that roosevelt for the first time for a presidential nominee insisted on henry wallace as his running mate for the third term in 1940, and he said he wouldn't run for a third term if he didn't get wallace as his running mate. that was significant to the institution of the vice presidency because it established presidential nominees choosing their vice presidential nominee. never before that that occurred until 1940 and the precedent was set. so, because of fdr, wallace can be included in terms of the institution as that was significant because it was because of him as an individual that roosevelt was so adamant about this and he wasn't going to take someone that the party gave to him as running mate. wallace also, in terms of significance -- he is known but not that well known. there are people that know of him. he ran for president after he was vice president on the -- as an independent. again, harry truman and he did herefully and known today more for that than anybody els

president in terms of the institution i would suggest would be henry wallace here henry wallace was franklin roosevelt second vice president. he was elected with him in 1940. he had impact in a couple of different ways. first was that roosevelt for the first time for presidential nominee insisted on henry wallace as his running mate when he was running on his third term in 1940, and he said he wouldn't run for a third term if he didn't get wallace as his running mate. that was significant to the institution of the vice presidency and the presidency because it established presidential nominees choosing a vice presidential nominee. never before had that occurred into 1940, and now that is, the precedent was set. so because of fdr, wallace can be included in terms of the institution as that was significant, because him as an individual or roosevelt was so adamant about this and he wasn't going to take someone that the party gave to him as a running mate. wallace also, in terms of significance, he's known but he is not that well known. there are people who know of you. he ran for president after he was vi

another good friend was franklin roosevelt. the night of the gathering for the parents, these little people came out there and gave a wonderful account of who they were and what they did and what should they should be known about. all of us were amazed and i know for certain that not one of those children will ever forget which president they were. it will be with them for the rest of their lives. that is the kind of thing that can work wonders. the lab technique to teaching history, this is true all the way through high school and college, get them involved in a project where they have to do the work. and get their hands duty and do the research, we should not hand them everything and say here is what you need to know, why this is important, follow this, follow that, this will be on the test. get them hooked by getting involved in the detective case aspect of it and that works like nothing else. >> you mention the importance of universities, the world-class universities we have is a great asset to the country and there are two

but a whole series of cases largely 5-4, franklin roosevelt said decisions not under the constitution that over the constitution where they struck down the new deal legislation. so what was roosevelt's solution? to pack the court and attack the independence of the judiciary. so he introduced a bill in the senate which his opponents referred to as the court packing bill and the reorganization bill where he said too many justices over the age of 70. congress can do this and has the right to appoint up to six justices and every justice over 70 so there could be a court off 15 justices. we started with the justices on the court not even an office number and it was increased to nine. certainly, the better view was it was a terrible attack on the judiciary and one justice who always voted with the conservatives in the important hotel case voted with the liberals and that was called the switch in time so it was no longer necessary to pack the court and a number of them retired because the age caught up with them and roosevelt got to appoint nine justices and the new deal legislation started

she knew franklin roosevelt when he first ran from vice president it was almost a defect of chief ochiefof staff. if you wanted to see the president, so, this was a very sexist time in washington and it was difficult for women to be acknowledged for the role they played breaking bounds by her exercise redefining what it means to be a first lady and what it meant to be the president's assistant so please give a warm hand. [applause] you may know the president is on his way back up for vacation. it's the first time that he's been there since he was stricken with polio in 1920, so we just finished the 100 days of our administration it ended yesterday on june 16, and bought a 100 days. i don't think there will ever be another one like it. [applause] marvelous, this is an audience full of democrats. i heard there were not that many in duchess county. [laughter] at any rate, it makes your head spin to think that all that happened in that 100 days, but the banking system was saved, unemployment problems were addressed but they are still severe. it's going to get better. the president who sometime

we had franklin roosevelt, harry truman, and dwightiz eisenhower all in a row. >> yep. and for multiple terms. >> when kenied called for us to do something for our country, i took that entirely to heart. i had a great time in new york. i worked there for six years, liked the people. and i had a family, and i couldn't afford it but i quit my job to go down and do something for my country. i didn't know anyone in the kenied crowd, anyone in the government, but i knew i had skills that could be of value. so i literally went door and door and ended up best of luck getting a job at the information agency. and then kenied appointed -- so, boy, was i in the big time right away and way over my head. and then after about six months i realized we all were every our heads. really, anyone was over their heads in those jobs. and it was then that i happened to be doing some research on a project for a magazine i was editing up at the library of congress and came across these photographs taken by a photographer in pittsburgh right after johnston and had taken a whole hundreds of pictu

in the period of the new deal, the period of the new deal franklin roosevelt, a liberal didn't like what the supreme court was doing and he had a period which is an infamous perry in the history of the court called the lochner era because of the 1905 case where they struck down new york's social legislation that prohibited great thinkers from working a certain number of hours every day or every week. the supreme court said that interferes with freedom of contract and that interferes with this substantial process but you can't tell an employer and worker what kind of contract to make for themselves and later that was discredited by get a whole series of cases which were largely 5-4 franklin roosevelt said these were decisions not under the constitution that over the constitution where they struck down new deal legislation always roosevelt solution packs his solution was to pack the court. his solution was to attack the independence of the judiciary. he introduced a bill and sent it which his opponents referred to as the court-packing bill. his supporters called it the court reorganization

when elliott, no matter how much he might despise in 1883 in a house party given by franklin roosevelt and loretta lamarr, he announced his engagement to anna rebecca. eleanor roosevelt would describe her mother as one of the most beautiful women i've ever met and it is said that once when anna was having her portrait painted, robert browning asked if he might be allowed to sit for a while she was that compelling. and i came from a social family that was known for beautiful women. their family home was in a state along the hudson called a terrace. they were married december the third in 1833 at the calvary episcopal church of 21st street and park avenue in the park area where elliott was born. historians have not been kind at all to anna roosevelt. while the adjective used most frequently to describe elliott is loving, anna is invariably referred to as cold. it is true that she was the product of a family in which social acceptance and good looks were what mattered most and if she ever questioned this way of looking at things we have no record of it. when elliott was spontaneous, and i

it's one that interprets franklin roosevelt new deal rather than oppose it is. it is one that legitimately returns america on the path which it has been on for well over a century one that allows us to accommodate the economic competition and modern life while enduring maintaining the enduring truths of american freedom. it is a very hard road, it is one that will be difficult for republicans to adopt. but i believe that we can do it. i believe that we can do it buzz in our hearts, that's where most of us already are are. it is are are where voters are and certainly what they fed in the 19 in the 1916 primary with overwhelming they rejected the reaganism high priest and rejected candidates who were running on -- the platform physical that been adopted in favor of the new look, of the old reaganism that donald trump was proposing. i just like to conclude by asking you a question. do you think that as to republican party and the conservative movement continues to do what it has been doin for last eight to ten years if itn't cos for next ten years that we will be b

and then of course franklin roosevelt was a reader of history.hower was a great reader of history. truman, as we have said. kennedy. barack obama, great reader of history. charlie: do you consider yourself a man of massachusetts? david: no, i'm a man of pennsylvania, connecticut. we live in massachusetts. i grew up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. which had a great influence on me. charlie: how so? david: for one thing, it was a city full of history. there was a lot of history talked about. it was during the second world war when i was in grade school, we were very much involved in spirit and attitude in the reality of the war. we in pittsburgh were helping to win the war. we were the arsenal of democracy and so forth and so on. and the conversations at the dinner table were about so much that happened in pittsburgh. the fires and the floods and the strikes and all of -- things like that. and history of our own family. i think that what your parents and your grandparents talk about has great influence on one's interest in history. i think one of the

it was officially dedicated by president franklin roosevelt on april 13th, 1943. the 200th anniversary of jefferson's birthday. president trump is not hiding his frustration with china following iniquities most recent missile tests. the president hoped china would step in to stop the north's nuclear pursuits but that plan is not working and now the trump administration has a warning for china. u.s. trade could be at risk if china's trade with north korea violates u. n. sanctions. >> the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea's successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile with the il reach alaska. >> this action is yet another brazen violation of the relevance security council resolutions and constitutes a dangerous escalation of the situation. >> reporter: china and russia brought new sanctions -- blocked new sanctions against north korea. [ speaking foreign language ] >> all must acknowledge that sanctions will not resolve the issue. >> reporter: and they called on the u.s. to withdraw a missile defense syst

1929 stock y in to et crash took 16 years get the country back on its feet with franklin roosevelt and the same thing on the george bush, the presidency, the senate, the congress and the court.e he crashed the economy. it took eight years for barack country back the and now they done did it under trump. senate, the congress, supreme court and the presidency. hat can you expect when this country falls this time? that is all i got to say. pete, mountainview, california, line for republicans, go ahead. want to ask, obama, do ll, barack so much for the economy that people talk about. and second of all, about donald trump, yeah, he has a big mouth, this is true, and he doesn't he's saying sometimes, he talks too much, but his fight for the american people and i really believe that. forces green cial beret, you know, and i have purple tar and the '80s., i got in the host: thanks for the call from california. fairfax station, virginia, independent, good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is actually on and i just, i'm not in favor of the bill, i'm not in -- either. you know, when the r

we have reached out to each other we can talk about one thousand nine hundred forty two when franklin roosevelt talked about the four policemen and us and the soviet union and china and britain policing the world to create peace and stability we could talk about nine hundred forty five before roosevelt died we can talk about what would have happened in one nine hundred forty five if henry wallace had become president as he should've instead of harry truman but perhaps the best example is the cuban missile crisis or what happened in the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis khrushchev on october thirtieth writes a letter to kennedy a remarkable letter and he said from evil some good must come our people have felt the flames of thermo nuclear warfare but we have to do now is eliminate every crisis every conflict that could possibly cause war between our two countries and he started to enumerate them and for the last year of the kennedy presidency kennedy and khrushchev were moving toward that kind of resolution to ending the vietnam war ending the space for doing a lot of things that would have c

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the franklin roosevelt presidential library museum, happy to be here today for our 14th annual roosevelt reading festival. the program format is the author we are talking about for 30 minutes, there will be a 10 minute question-and-answer period and then a book signing out by the store. we have season with us today, we are thrilled so if you are going to have a question please use the microphone on the side so that we can record your sound. these reading festivals and all the programs we do are supported by our members and trustees. we have any members today, raise your hand, there you go. love you guys, we couldn't do this without you and we appreciate your support. if you have one of these buttons for attending today, that will give you free admission to the museum. hope you will visit. we have a wonderful temporary exhibit called images of internment, it is an important exhibit for us, the library has never done an exhibit on a japanese internment before, it is a photography exhibit but very powerful and hope you will see it. this afternoon we have

know through a bit into what is compare him to ever have we can at last a joke out of it as to franklin roosevelt the mexican leaders always come from below and are very much linked to civil society and talk about liberation not just reform and so you know i think that all of north america that america good good game a great deal from burning from the mexicans from our history and from our experience with autonomous politics and economics and it initiatives that are taking hold today yeah bant down as france did to me deep capitalized and look to spit in culture and so the mexicans rise to the top all right johnny got to go thanks for being on the kaiser report thank you max pleasure as always and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with may guys are and stacy herbert like to thank our guest john bell act i mean you can reach us on twitter a cause or a foreign select. fifty years ago the american naval vessel u.s.s. liberty was brutally attacked by israeli forces the attack on the liberty was one of the worst assaults committed by an allied country since then the survivors

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the franklin roosevelt presidential library museum, happy to be here today for our 14th annual roosevelt reading festival. the program format is the author we are talking about for 30 minutes, there will be a 10 minute question-and-answer period and then a book

and franklin roosevelt too. no one has used words with such power and effectiveness and pertinence to the moment as kennedy did. when i gave the memorial address in dallas where kennedy was killed i devoted most everything i said to excerpts from what kennedy's own words were. it is not only -- the nature of this man, his personality, his talents as a leader but the gift he had to use the language. he was, in his way, a master literary figure and a great reader and he understood the use of the language, the power of words. >> host: it is not a lost art. i carry no water for any current politician but barack obama's speech, 2004 democratic national convention, and i thought of kennedy's speech on religion in west virginia's that was so important in defusing that issue. obama's speech in philadelphia was one of the great speeches. >> barack obama is a very powerful speaker. and thinker of considerable importance. he has been an inspiration to many young people in a way a president ought to be. >> with the 2004 spe

was always committed to making sure that government was holding corporations accountable and franklin roosevelt made this point over and over and over again that only the power of government can face down the power of organized money of great wealth whether it's corporate or individual and that whole notion seems to have been completely lost wasn't anything built into law into structure during the ralphs time or during f.d.r.'s time that would prevent a government takeover by corporate interests. well not enough and it didn't happen overnight i think you're right i mean you can sort of you can go back to the new deal or go back to the period of the sixty's and seventy's when so many of the most important progressive legislative achievements it happened not just in sort of the consumer area in worker health and safety the creation of the p.a. under nixon's watch so we did have a government that created structures and institutions to hold government to hold corporations accountable corporations recognize what was happening and over the decades have really organized themselves to the chamber of co

and at 11:00, henry ol'son at the ethics and pock policy center look ted policy of presidents franklin roosevelt ronald reagan. that happens tonight on booktv. >> good afternoon. welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. i'm julian. a resident and a member of the democratic central committee representing district 16 which income pats the city of rockville and gaithersburg is pleased to bring you this event. when you see our volunteers, please take time to say thanks. like to get right to this event here but first. please silence all your devices. 'll wait. i'll wait. go ahead. silence all devices. thank you. and if you're on social media today, and we hope you are, please use the hash tag gbf, gathersburg book festival. your feedback is valuable to us, so there will be surveys available here at our tent and on our web site. by submitting a survey you'll be entered interest a drawing to win a $100 visa gift card. so i encourage each onor thank you to enter the survey. at the end of this presentation, mr. shirley will be signing books and copies are on sale in this tent and around the grounds her

this is something our commander asked franklin roosevelt for y. this is a replacement that we're talking about. .ncreasing our mobility a 2000 powerhave engine -- building 3000-horsepower. it will enable us to fly high temperatures in the mobility program. one thing that i didn't see people talk about, i think it's very important also, is improving our sense and war. especially in light of the fact, we will see adversary that will use chemical and biological weapons. therefore, we should not put our way.ers in harms this is exactly what robotics in. burning sensors on robotics. of the robotics roam ahead you. and warn. sense i went through a lot. to hog all the time. other thing you talk about in term of logisticses this is robotics can once again terms ofge role in logistics burden on soldiers today. wrap up with some other comments later. >> thank you. you're next. with idea of of modernization means.y and ways you've had history of both dealing with on all of those. your pick and thoughts.ur >> absolutely. small question too, thanks. this repor

that is franklin roosevelt. brian: in those days, you cannot put a camera in front of you. that's not your brother. mr. buchanan: no, that's not my brother. there's a picture in the book. he was right there. i could hear him laughing at times. brian: did you ever think in this process that you would go to prison? mr. buchanan: no, i had never hired a lawyer. i was called over by the special prosecutor. it was a vindictive, hostile crowd. they tried to get you involved in the dirty tricks operation. to be honest, sam did not understand politics. there were some phrases he was reading to me. one of them was ed muskie. i said, it's time to go down to the kennels and let the dogs loose. he says, can you explain this to me? i said, gary hart said if the nixon people underestimate us we will do what we did to humphrey, we will kill them. i don't think he had physical violence in mind, but the exaggerated metaphor is a staple of american politics. but it came out very well. was five and a half hours, when buchanan got back to the elp, it was like the field after lindbergh landed.

in many cases, in 1940, franklin roosevelt surprised his speechwriter by telling a boston audience your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars. on at the are offered, if we are attacked, it is no longer a foreign war --roosevelt offered, if we are attacked, it will no longer be a foreign war. woodrow wilson did the same thing. >> in the other book i wrote, i spend a long time on wars and war coverage. that is when the lies of our politicians and leaders become truly heinous. let's talk about the run-up to the iraq war. every single president lies. if you want to ask me what is the difference between those guys and trial, -- those guys and trump, i thought about it. generally when our politicians lie they do it to achieve a policy in. -- a policy end. the lead up to the iraq war, a combination of wishful thinking --they created a idea that iraq had weapons of mass instruction and it was a matter of -- massive destruction and it was a matter of self-defense to attack them. cheny created his own and rumsfeld a intelligence agency where they tear effect among there is ideas to

some people compare this to the meeting's franklin roosevelt held at the end of world war ii with joseph stalin, the russian dictator who tried to carve up europe. i think that is really important in addition, i think the question of the reader that president putin gets on donald trump. this is a tough guy who is going to maintain u.s. interest or is it somebody that he feels he can roll. we have seen some summits, first summits especially when the two leaders of russia and the united states take their measure of each other, most famously back in 1961 with kennedy in vienna. at the end of that meeting, he thought that kennedy could be pushed around. >> jon: the language on north korea, the president has said that the era of strategic patients is over, and now he is saying -- he is looking at taking action and is going to be "severe." that could be economic, could it be something else. >> i don't think that's going to be particularly important in terms of the meeting with putin, putin is not a big player when it comes to north korea. china is and the president will also be meeting with th