theodore roosevelt was a big progressive, but franklin roosevelt was different. >> he went father andwas less principled than teddy roosevelt. he mastered the concept of we call it quid pro quo. a it for that, tarring -- a tit for tat. then those voting groups vote for him, and then a coalition of groups, many of which are receiving federal subsidies from the federal government. the republicans have an idea of more limited government and then with a prosperous economy, the rising tide can lift all boats and america will prosper that way. mark: so franklin roosevelt built the modern day party >> he did. mark: you are saying he did the by not just trying to abeale to them, but by subsidizing them and subsidizing areas of the country. >> for farmers it was the fda. the whole concept of paying farmers not to produce is incredible. but it's one that brought in a lot of farmers into the fold. he relied on a lot of progressive thinkers. in the case of the aaa, it was college professors that helped design that. he thought if we pay farers not to produce that will help far income. and we then

first official act was to personally commission the united states navy new supercarrier, the franklin d rooseveltpresident truman said in commissioning this ship, the american people are honoring a hero of this war who gave his life in service of his country, franklin d roosevelt. and as a symbol of our commitment to help the peaceloving nations of the world, and to stop any future international gangsters. more than a million persons gathered to hear president truman declare world affairs. the united states seeks no international expansion. changes, alll people for choosing the own form of government. enemies establish democratic governments. all. rights for [music playing] in new york harbor, 51 warships from the mightiest navy the world has ever known, were waiting to be received by harry s truman, president and commander-in-chief. the fighting is over, the flagship in the pacific fleet that decimated the japanese navy. the president inspects on the deck, where the historic surrender of the japanese, and where the war was brought to a close. tables down at the same where signed the papers of su

missourian as a national statesman. ♪ to fill the place left vacant by the sudden death of franklin d. roosevelt became the 32nd president of the united states on the evening of april 12, 1945. president truman quickly and skillfully assumed all of franklin d. roosevelt's responsibilities. among the many important problems and missions of duty was the united nations conference of international organization in san francisco, california, to which the president journeyed by plane. ♪ at san francisco's hamilton field, the president is welcomed by a host of high-ranking officers and world diplomats, ambassadors, ministers, secretaries of foreign affairs, the governor of california, united states senators, and many other equally important governmental representatives from all the continents of the earth. ♪ diplomatic greetings were followed by meeting the military. ♪ the president inspects the guard of honor, his first formal inspection of a military unit since he became president of the united states. ♪ when he came abreast of the bandleader, mr. truman stepped aside to thank him for his selection of

on february 2, 1945, an american warship arrived carrying president franklin delano roosevelt.e was saluted by prime minister winston churchill. the conference of the combined british and american chiefs of staff was held at montgomery house. the military plans agreed upon here were to be unfolded in the weeks to come. at the conclusion of this conference, many of the delegates left for another conference which was to have a much wider significance, the conference for which malta had been a preparation. their destination was a russian airport near yalta in the crimea . mr. molotov was on hand to greet the soviet union's distinguished guests. mr. edward stitinius, american secretary of state, mr. anthony eden. the flags of the three countries flew over the field, and under them stood together the united states secretary of state, the soviet foreign minister, and england's foreign secretary. mr. harry hopkins arrived. prime minister churchill. the kremlin guards formed the guard of honor. president roosevelt, who had also flown from malta, was greeted by the russian reception com

president franklin roosevelt at a crimean resort in ukraine. the film begins with a preliminary meeting on the mediterranean island of malta and ends with fdr making his final address to a joint session of congress. he died a little over a month later. ♪ narrator: the story of the crimean conference begins with a meeting at malta in 1945. the island, which had been bombed over 1000 times in the work, lay peacefully in the mediterranean son. the men met there came together to discuss ways and means of wringing their enemies to complete defeat. days, the airport on the island was the center of great activity. high-ranking members of american and british staffs, navy and army, arrived in a continuing stream. wood,general c.p. lieutenant general walter b smith, met by british air commander whitney straight. harriman and major admiral ofderson, ,he fleet ernest king arrived field marshal sir harold alexander, supreme commander in the mediterranean theater, admiral of the fleet sir andrew general of the army george c. marshall stepped from , general

franklin roosevelt looked tired and old. in april, a great man was dead.of franklin delano roosevelt was deeply felt by people around the world. ♪ in the cabinet room of the white house, harry s truman was sworn in as president. on the very eve of victory and its deserving aftermath, his was the heavy duty of carrying on with the leaders of america's allies. 25 days later, may 7, and a little schoolhouse in france, came the unconditional surrender of germany. jodl, nazired chiefs of staff -- chief of staff, signs a document ending all resistance. signed forter smith the supreme command, and the end of one of history's most massive and brilliant campaigns brought a moment of well-earned joy doing american soldier named ike eisenhower. ♪ [explosions] combatpacific, in mortal against a fanatic foe, the army, marines and navy were driving close to finish the fight, alongside gallant chinese and filipino allies. the philippines have been one back and so have a score of vital other islands, large and small, including one called iwo jima. kaze core, the japanese

franklin roosevelt.n lectures in history, we visit the utah state university classroom to learn about the civil war in places such as missouri, kansas, texas, and arizona. here is a preview. is one of the reasons you see more of the carrillo warfare in the west because it was so far and inc. and richmond more underdeveloped states? why do you not see that as much? >> the reason you do not see the big armies as much is because at the same time this fuzzy warfare stuff is going on in the west, and the eastern theater and western feet -- theater, the union and confederate armies are still trying to control the population. in the eastern theater, they are trying to capture the flag. they are trying to capture washington and richmond. that is a concentration. . david points toward a real issue. arehe same time as they fighting the big fancy battles, all of this other stuff is going on in the trans-mississippi theater. how much you can actually pay attention to the eastern theater and the trans-mississippi and

eisenhower in 1952, or herbert hoover instead of franklin roosevelt in 1932?wer is of course it would. there were very different people. an important part of our election system is with a fixed term we are electing people for , the future, for the next four years. and with one exception they will serve for four years, unless they die. now we don't know what is going to happen in the next four years. we do not ask candidates hypothetical questions, what would you do if the east germans built a wall across berlin? what would you do if the soviets placed a fence of missiles in cuba? we put these put these officials -- we put these individuals through elaborate process we hope that through pressures on them and exposure to them that we are going to find out something useful to us, in making this choice. dramatic examples would be suddenly, in 1952, it was discovered that the republican vice presidential candidate had a secret fund that was paying for his personal expenses. now there suddenly the potential -- presidential candidate, eisenhower, had to make a decisi

president roosevelt takes the oath of office. >> i, franklin delano roosevelt, solemnly swear that ihfully execute the office of the president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. [cheers and applause] >> the president delivers a brief inaugural address. ,> we americans of today together with our allies, are passing through a period of tests. a test of our courage, of our ourlve, of our wisdom, of essential democracy. test,meet that successfully and honorably, we ofll perform a service historic importance, of historic importance which men, women and children will honor throughout all time. as i stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office, in the presence of my fellow countrymen, in the presence of is god, i know that it america's purpose that we shall not fail. in the days and the years to come, we shall work for a just and honorable peace, a durable peace, as today we work and fight for total victory in war. [applause] ♪ >> over lake michigan, a

president franklin roosevelt at a crimean resort in ukraine.m begins with a preliminary meeting on the mediterranean island of malta and ends with fdr making his final address to a joint session of congress. he died a little over a month later. ♪

roosevelt had won for his country knew faith and a permanent peace. the president arrived in washington on the 28th of february. back, daysyalta and which will leave an imprint on history, history which franklin delano roosevelt lived and made, and which he bequeathed in his last message to the congress and american people. fromdent roosevelt: i come the crimea conference with a firm belief we have made a good start on a road to peace. never before have the major allies been more closely united not only in war aims but also peace aims, and they are determined to continue to be united, to be united with each other, and all peaceloving the idea oft lasting peace will become a reality. long as humanity insists upon it and is willing to work for and sacrifice for it. 25 years ago, american fighting looked at the state of the and pursue the state of peace, and we failed them. we cannot fail them again and expect the world to survive again. my congress, the congress of the american people, would accept the results of this conference as the beginning of a structure of peace upon which we can begin that better world in which our children and ,randchildren, yours and mine the children and grandchildre

franklin roosevelt runs for president, happy days are here again, john kennedy says we need to get this country moving again. the democratic party from 1932 until 1976 and beyond, the party of hope, optimism and the future in the republican party is green eye shade, eat your spinach, balance the budget party and their message is me too. a lot of conservatives accused moderate republicans, me too, we can manage government better than the democrats, just do it better. that was their pitch. it was not a very inspirational pitch, which is why they are in -- why they are in the minority from 1932 until 1968 and beyond. 1968 was an aberration. reagan comes forward, the early leaders of the conservative movement like bill buckley and others have a coherent message that was based on the framers, founders, the constitution which had been cast aside or at least put on the sidelines from 1932 on. we are reaching an era. go backwards, 1932 to the 1960s, most americans believe government is working, working for them. it didn't solve the great depression but it did a good effort and people appreciate

but by their definition, franklin roosevelt is also an oligarch.get into the political process. by that definition as well, so is george washington and john kennedy. so if suddenly ro khanna and bernie sanders have a rule that people with resources can't get into public life, then they're glamorizing people that they themselves are hoping up in front of people as totems of their own values. if it's good enough for franklin roosevelt, it's good enough for mike bloomberg. >> you're advising bloomberg, but you know donald trump well. you wrote a biography of trump in 2005. president trump was asked about bernie sanders' surge yesterday, and this is what he said. here he is. >> okay. >> i think bernie is looking more and more like he'll be the nominee. unless they cheat him out of it. >> you know them both. what's your reaction? >> i think donald trump would love bernie sanders to be the nominee. that's why he's pulling for bernie sanders. i think that's apparently why the russians have intervened in the election on bernie sanders' behalf. bernie sande

this is where franklin roosevelt and churchill had had conferences. nixon retreated to the yacht when he wanted to get away from everybody. we were on this and it goes down and you have drinks as you go down that the atomic -- potomac toward the atlantic. it stops at mount vernon, and it swings around, and they play the national anthem. it brings tears to your eyes. you have dinner as you move back up and dock by the washington monument. that was just incredible. i hope whoever is in charge when we do the 250 years has that kind of attitude, that this is a celebration of american values, and we look at these values and display the values we talk about, we not only refer to them but display the values we talk about. ms. coleman: thank you. questions from the audience. a student will come to you. we've got one up here, olivia. >> when president ford asked you to make him sound like the common man, did that cause you to write his speeches as if you were the one that was speaking it? did you consider yourself representative of the common man? mr. smith: t

i think franklin roosevelt spoke the language of the common man. what that means is you are not using highfalutin words. the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. how simple can you get? those are small words. it is the rhythm and the alliteration that makes that memorable. we should never negotiate in fear but we should never fear to negotiate, john kennedy, all small words. it is the chi is the that makes that memorable. you can speak the language of the common man and at the same time be memorable. and actually heroic, and probably more sublime than if you try to be eloquent and use big words that turn people off. >> other questions? here in the back. >> just kind of curious in the fraternity of presidential speechwriters, do you have any kind of contact with the person or persons the right speeches for donald trump and if you do, i am anxious to hear not only your reaction but their reactions to his somewhat rogue style and is that exciting for the more frustrating experience? as a speechwriter? >> thank you for the question. i'm not in co

yesterday marked 78 years since franklin roosevelt. to remove nearly 120,000 japanese civilians in the u.s. from their homes following the japanese military attack on pearl harbor. apologizing to japanese americans and >>> two 13-year-old boys are in custody this morning accused of starting a fire that killed two firefighters. the firefighters who were killed were identified yesterday as 35-year-old fire captain raymond figaroa and 35- year-old firefighter patrick jones. >> certainly hard for the city. buildings can be replaced but the personnel are the life and the energy of the city. >> the library was built in the 1950s. it did not have any working sprinklers. the two boys are facing arson and manslaughter charges. >>> time is now 4:18. a federal judge is accusing pg&e executives of putting greed before safety. the judge was not impressed with pg&e's wild fire prevention plans and told pg&e it should plan to have 1000 more tree trimmers for high fire risk areas. the hearing was a follow up to pg&e's criminal probation imposed after

in third place, franklin delano roosevelt. in our book you'll find that we chose doris kearns-goodwin's terrific biography on the white house years when they had all the interesting people including winston church hiill living on second floor of the white house to help him get through the war years. his lowest scores, number fifth in economic management and eighth, they're both high scores, in pursuing equal justice for all. the next, here we are on his home. in second place was george washington scoring 1s and 2s across the board by the historians but his single lowest score, i'm sure the folks in mt. vernon have been working so hard to help us all understand that, 13 in equal justice for all. and the top winner in not only our survey but in every survey ever done of presidents really is abraham lincoln. the top score was 1,000. abraham lincoln won a score of 907 among the historians and he had a terrific rating on every single one and, except for relations with congress where he scored a nine. okay. so who are the bottom fiv

in third place, franklin delano roosevelt. we chose goodwins really terrific biography on the white house years when they had all those interesting people including winston churchill living on the second floor of the white house to help them get through the war years. his lowest score was economic management. and pursuing equal justice for all. in second place was george washington, scoring 1's and 2's. his single lowest score, and the folks in mount vernon have been working hard to help us understand us is equal justice for all. and the top winner in our survey and every survey ever done is abraham lincoln. the top score was 1000 and abraham lincoln got a score of 907. he had a terrific rating on every single one except for relations with congress where he scored a 9. who are the bottom five? with on the other end of the spectrum? john tyler is number 39. our biographer does argue that he has redeeming qualities. >> i invite you to read that chapter. the man who ended up not having a party, but did end up establishing the pre

preface will come the real struggle, who are we, what do we want, and just as ronald reagan and franklin roosevelte times, someone will emerge. in the meantime, we got warren g harding, and richard nixon. [laughter] x the way it works. gerry: there does seem to be a fair amount of pushback by the establishment for both of these on the republican and democratic side. i don't know what we can type do deep state in washington. are they being a clips now? are we really into a. riordan political competition between two people with a radically different views on how the government should be run for those who have run it for so long. >> america's ruthless in the establishment has not been succeeding. they haven't had that much accountability. there looking at the behavior of the meter of donald trump or they are horrified the extremism of the senators. they don't forget is they didn't succeed. what you're seeing here is a natural process is bloodied and nasty as is, they are dealing with the establishment. there is no establishment. they think there is an establishment, biting for the "new york times" th

president franklin roosevelt signed an executive order which led to the internment of 120,000 japanese americans. the day of remembrance was later created to raise awareness about the government order. will gather at the national japanese historical society in san francisco. they will speak out against current u.s. detention centers. >>> also today, oakland mayor libby shaf is expected to touch on a wide range of issues. keep oakland housed is designed for people struggling in oakland. mayor it has helped more than 2100 oakland families since two years ago. her speech is scheduled to begin at on oak street. >>> authorities in the south bay say 17 arrests were made in the crackdown on human trafficking. in a crackdown called the operation reclaim and rebuild. it happened during the final week of january. undercover officers would target sex traffickers online then set up meetings at a hotel in milpitas. >> our detectives here would respond to those ads and set up a date for commercial sex and when the individual arrived we would arrest him for solicitation of prostitution. >> authoritie

some of you may know that old story about franklin delano roosevelt, a story about how after he died they put his body on a train and it worked its way to washington, d.c. a story of a reporter who came upon a man who was crying on the side of the tracks, and he had his hat on his chest and he was sobbing. the reporter said, do you know president roosevelt? and the man said, no, i did not know president roosevelt, but he knew me. he knew me. what we are missing so much right now in our country is that sense of empathy. we are missing that caring. i promise you, i will bring back that sacred trust between the american people and the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] if you are sick and tired of hearing how great the economy is when you do not feel it, when your paycheck is stretched to the breaking point month after month, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are sick of choosing between paying for daycare for your kids and long-term care for your parents, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are sick of being torn between filling a refrigerator and f

and supporting friend on - - franklin roosevelt for the new deal he said i would give way half of my fortune to keep the other half. >> and that post depression and that corporatism or the class compromise. the uk and the united states if you look at those that refuse to engage in that compromiseso but there is something pretty unpredictable that to reform the system as best you can that one would typically triumph. >> so that ongoing social media station. and how you describe that to lose power and influence. >> there is a radical difference of the social classes. and those that are overwhelmingly college-educated. and those podcast. but to exaggerate the role of media that much and with the internet and then to be mesmerized or hypnotized it through the whole conspiracy theory to brainwash african-americans. that i remember back in the seventies when norman lear all in the family came out to promote liberal values for most of the people who watched it thought archie was the hero and the whole point of the show was to make fun of the college-educated media. >> to be more conspirator

some of you may know that old story about franklin roosevelt and was a story about how after he died,y to washington dc and there was a story of a reporter who came upona story of a reporter who came upon a man who was crying on the side of those tracks and the side of those tracks and the man had his hat and he was sobbing and the reporter looked at him and said, sir, do you know president roosevelt? did you know him and the man says no, ididn't you know him and the man says no, i didn't know president roosevelt but he knew me. he knew me. and what we are missing so much right now in our country is that sense of empathy. we are missing that caring andi empathy. we are missing that caring and i promise you this. i will bring back that sacred trust between the american people and the president of the united states. if you are sick and tired of hearing how great the economy is when you don't feel it. when your paycheck is stretched to the breaking point month after month, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are sick of choosing between paying for day care for your kids in long—t

>>> meanwhile, this is a solemn day in american history, and 78 years ago today, president franklin roosevelt signed an executive order to implement the interment of japanese immigrants. >> now it is being honored as a day of remembrance. tomorrow, lawmakers in sacramento are going to consider a resolution for an official apology. >>> and now, much of mississippi is under a flash flood watch. storms are moving in as they could bring as much as two inches of rain, and jackson, and the mississippi department of wildlife is now on patrol, and using these boats to go door to door and the officials are warning and others to stay out of the water because of snakes and other dangers and rivers across 14 states are flood level and many of them are expecting rain until thursday. >> and more coming our way west. >> just a little. >> yes. >> they have had so much rain the past couple of weeks, and then at this time of the year, upstreak, you will get some of the snow melting and coming down the mississippi river and that is rising every spring, and we are combining those two things every summer and then

need to contribute more on it to this strength so let us not be driven by fear and anxiety and franklin roosevelt with the us president under whom america freed europe the only thing he said at the time. the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. this is true with an eye to the future of our democracy here at home and it is true of our role in europe and the world openly view of the world. through deals developments that are astonishing in encouraging progress in the fight against poverty against hunger and child mortality countries and they're going to transformation such as if he opium societies that are opening up like sudan are speakers on after having been shut off for many years and millions of people in many countries of the word calling for recognition and dignity calling for participation and for opportunities to develop their personalities and we can no longer meeting this deep human need. is the normative project that the west once set itself. the europe was going to the dogs and and germany in particular. we do well to take a list missionary approach to the world with the use of o

have lyndon johnson as the president with the best relations followed by george washington, franklin rooseveltabraham lincoln, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt to take you to the bottom of that list, the presidents with the worst relations with congress, barack obama near the bottom fifth followed by franklin pierce, john tyler, james buchanan and andrew johnson dead last. at available at our website c-span.org. we have done the historian pasty three times ranking presidents all available for you to see. thomas and colonial heights, virginia. caller: how are you doing, john? host: doing well. caller: i am a 20 year army veteran during the vietnam era and i would like to respond to a collar that called in. earlier on you said donald trump has courage. drafted,were being president bone spurs wound up .etting seven deferments donald trump happen to be one of the worst presidents i have ever experienced. courage is athink top-quality needed by a president to occupy office? caller: yes, i do and the gentleman who called from florida said donald trump would go down as one of the most courageo

thursday will mark the 70th anniversary of president franklin roosevelt executive order 9066 which has been celebrated for years by japanese americans as a day of remembrance but this year california lawmakers are set to vote for a resolution that would formally apologize for the imprisonment of japanese americans during world war 2 and this resolution is expected to get approved and already has governor gavin newsom's and doris menow this bill h.r. $77.00 was introduced by an assemblyman out sushi a democrat from california and coauthored this with 6 others and really paints a picture of california's anti japanese culture which goes way back in history and that's because it does a resolution is not just about world war 2 during pearl harbor but it also mentions how the california alien land love in 1913 which made land ownership for japanese immigrants legal and also in 1943 joint resolution by the assembly that also states senate called for the forfeit of u.s. citizenship by residents who were also citizens of japan so it basically took us citizenship away from japanese dual citizens

speaking the language of the common man i think is something i can resonate with but i think franklin roosevelt spoke the language of the common man and what that means you are not using these words. the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. they are all small words. you can speak the language and be memorable and actually heroic more than a few try to be eloquent and use the words that turn people off. >> i'm curious do you have any kind of contact with the person or persons that write speeches for donald trump, and if you do, i'm anxious to hear about the challenge of reactions to his somewhat robust i/o and is that exciting for them or is it a completely frustrating experience as a speechwriter for >> thank you for the question. i'mir not in contact with them, steve is the speechwriter and what you think of the words he's putting in the president's mouth, he is a talented speechwriter. if you look at the speech donald trump gave after accepting the nomination of the republican convention it was 75 minutes long which is probably a 25 minutes too much and needed to be edited. the conventi

president franklin delano roosevelt agrees one stating that there is nothing so american as our national parks the fundamental idea behind the parks is that the country belongs to the people that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us but what happens when the country that belongs to the people starts getting abused by its people all the name of likes harks and click bait for example just last spring after tens of thousands of influencers and tourists invaded the hills and fields around walker canyon during a super bloom of flowers near or near lake elsinore in california city officials were forced to close the area off to the public citing safety concerns as well as ecological ones people going off trail and trampling the flowers can cause serious damage to the soil and maybe even prevent this lovely natural phenomenon from happening again recently political consultant veterans advocate were right riley topping wrote an op ed in the hill declaring that the time was right for the house and senate committees on natural resources to hold oversight hearings

franklin roosevelt tried to expand the court, democrats pushed back and said this is politicizing thenumbers. you can fill it up with the guys you like, that is not how we do it in this country and i am concerned, saying things like chief justice roberts, if you don't vote the way we want we may have to take extreme measures like expanding the court, where the court turned into a political football. >> the president had a big focus on the court system. not just to supreme court justices, 189 federal judges, 51 circuit courts. are they more focused on this than past administration? >> yesterday was the anniversary of justice scalia's death, trump came out naming names to be put on the court. his stance on the court was a major reason he was elected and he recognizes that. leader mcconnell see that is a key legacy. he is already in three years put on almost as many circuit justices as obama did. this is a long term impact, they are interpreting the constitution for a long time, liberals had a stranglehold on the courts and are using them, what the democratically elected representative h