i mean, i think franklin roosevelt was delighted as he would have did say to have his new uncle teddy giveaway the bride but as soon as theodore roosevelt entered the room the entire wedding party turned to him and the bride and groomer left standing pretty much alone on the other side of the house and and someone once quipped. well, you know theodore he has to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral so and the baby at every christian the baby in every christening, right? and the only day that the roosevelts could get married by the way was march 17th, because that was saint patrick's day and tr was going to be the grand. well, not the grand marshal but be in the grandstand you can't just do a wedding a family wedding on a trip from from new york. well, here's another thing that's worth comparing. and talking about in terms of both these leaders and that is that they are both tested. with what you might call surprise attacks that launched wars both interestingly have come under questioning by some people in the 20th and 21st century did. either of them know it wa

empi to topple franklin lano roosevelt's government in 1934 in order to establish a fascist dictatorship. the book also looks at the parallels between the 1934 i came to cuba and the deaf attempt to q and the -- attempted coup and the generous sixth insurrection. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden said he would consider personal sanctions against russian president vladimir putin tuesday amid mounting tensions over ukraine. russia has ordered a series of military drills as the u.s. and nato build up their military presence in the region, and the u.s. announced plans to ensure adequate fuel supplies to europe in the event of a russian embargo. meanwhile, ukrainian leadership is warning against spreading panic, saying no decisive moves towards an incursion have been made. some 100,000 russian troops have been massed near the ukrainian border for weeks. biden addressed the escalating situation at a press event tuesday. pres. biden: will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade as

when franklin roosevelt sat down to give his first chat he began with two words that do not appear in the text. they were my friends. he had togi imagine georgewa washington saying my friends. or calvin coolidge to say my heroes. roosevelt understood the modern presidency and he pioneered it more than anyone else he was going to create a new intimacy with the country. i don't think we want to be that with presidents. >> i'd rather not. >> the head of one branch of one of our many governments. >> is been the most ideal president in your view, who did it right or came close to. >> ronald reagan was famous for communicating with the public and most conservatives would look up to the ghost of reagan same bring him back. >> it is wrong to say that the president should be front and center all the time communicating all the time. some dependent of colorado and is blue from for the democratic nomination for president in 2020 virtually you have a president you will have to think for at week seven time. i was for him. >> doat you think when you talk about and mention the advent of radio, that s

liberty league was was a consortium of extremely wealthy capitalist industrialists who hated franklin rooseveltnvolvement of two former presidential candidates who are anti-new deal democrats. basically, there public facing goal -- and they were open about this -- was to dismantle the new deal, which fdr was trying to use to save americans, to put millions of americans back to work and save americans from the depression. what we don't know is how far maybe the more senior members of the liberty league, like the duponts, had gotten the planning. the reason while we don't know is because the congressional committee that butler testified in front of, which is headed by john w maccormack who goes on to become a longtime speaker of the house, a democrat of new york, day cut their investigation short. the only people who testify are butler, a newspaper reporter butler enlisted as an independent investigation, gerald maguire and a lawyer for one of the maybe lower-level industrialists who is behind the error of the singer sewing wishing fortune. as a more detailed investigation, we just don't know the

elements of a political coalition that appeared on the national stage and the presidency to franklin roosevelt it was socialism kids city style, justice, and public works for all, regarding for class, and creed and color and especially, if all you had to do was vote the straight democratic ticket and thank you so much of the you for your time. >> thank you so much of john and if you want to learn more be sure to pick up john's book, and that pendergast. >> recently a mark in history tv, the truman institute has discussion on harry truman it, and here's a portion of the conversation. >> you see truman on every weekend, and read them all which might have been the case, and truman he claims that he read the bible twice by age 12, and by age 14, he said that he had read every 2000 bucks and 4000 by some best estimation which is seen here in 19 and here he is in 1962, truman and senate and former secretary of state and you can see that he is here in the right hand side and he said believe it or not, i read them all including this one, an example of my terrible childhood pain. and is in the very bac

coming up next with conversation at about that truman presidencies of andrew johnson and others franklin roosevelt, harry truman and white eisenhower and george w. bush and the presidential, and the author of "the president travels by train: politics and pullmans. .. the president travels by training it is his first 29 books. came out the first edition in 1996. it is been updated several times in 2018 was rereleased by eco books and media i believe is the third or fourth edition of the book. bob himself as a journalist by trade. and 38 years worked for the huntington herald a dispatch in huntington west virginia where he currently lives. he has a ba and ma from marshall university. while he was in college he worked summers for the railroad. that actually is how i got to know, bob. i interned at the museum in baltimore, maryland. mutual interest and admiration got us together. i welcome bob and i will begin the presentation now. one other programming notes, so understand all presidents use trains to travel around and still do on some occasions. we picked seven presidents because of some specific is

and the way the 1920's ended with terrible economic depression, but franklin roosevelt.s along. jon: who said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. there is hope in history. there is also fear and that is what life is. we have to remind ourselves, the story we have to tell ourselves is that we can overcome. doris: exactly right. and fdr, when he came in, it was pretty shaky then. doris: just take about fdr and what he faced when he came in. it was possibly thought in february before march that the house of cards might collapse before he had even taken the inaugural oath. somebody said, if your new program works, you will be the greatest president in history. if it is not work, you will be the worst president in history. he said, no, if it does not work, i will be the last president in history. somehow, he gets to inaugural and it is not just nothing to fear but fear itself. he tells the people, this is not your fault, it has been a failure of leadership and i am here to provide that leadership. i will treat us as if we are at where against a common enemy. this i

it turns out that after roosevelt, resident franklin roosevelt's signed the order to allow the military to uproot japanese, two-thirds of them american citizens, half of them women and children and move them away from the west coast, the first one to leave for from the island. bainbridge island said we will place that fact and talk about it and we will have immemorial. the supreme court in the caromont to decision in 1944 affirmed that use of executive power by franklin roosevelt's. 1983 supreme court repudiated the decision and said we were wrong in 1980 believe it was congress voted reparations for this injury. americans are good at this. your question was about the courts. nothing is certain. but the courts have very good record of protecting speech. nasa good in protecting the constitutional equilibrium, that madison gave us between the branches of government but if the courts don't do it, no one will. >> host: i would like you in this scale history in order to give us perspective people have been so worried about what happens particularly on january 6 when you saw a violent mob del

not franklin roosevelt who defined their view? of government so you know that that really crept. into the classroom and that's fine. i mean i was perfectly comfortable with you want a range of opinion, but i noticed at the end the i think i probably got a little stale. you know, you become the prisoner of your yellow legal pad notes. which is a the great danger i think in teaching. but i also noticed to be perfectly honest with you at the end of the very end. there were people who were just not interested there there were people who were sitting in front of a screen. all evening and i don't know they would say i doubt if they were taking notes, you know, i mean, we've become prisoners of screens. i am not a one-night. i don't think i never thought of myself as one but i will sound like one when i rail against the negative impact impact of the of the internet. on life generally on politics in particular and i suspect on on academic and academics. we'll come back to all this but there's a book we missed in there. what year did you do the colonel mccormick book? and where did you li

not franklin roosevelt who defined their view? of government so you know that that really crept. into the classroom and that's fine. i mean i was perfectly comfortable with you want a range of opinion, but i noticed at the end the i think i probably got a little stale. you know, you become the prisoner of your yellow legal pad notes. which is a the great danger i think in teaching. but i also noticed to be perfectly honest with you at the end of the very end. there were people who were just not interested there there were people who were sitting in front of a screen. all evening and i don't know they would say i doubt if they were taking notes, you know, i mean, we've become prisoners of screens. i am not a one-night. i don't think i never thought of myself as one but i will sound like one when i rail against the negative impact impact of the of the internet. on life generally on politics in particular and i suspect on on academic and academics. we'll come back to all this but there's a book we missed in there. what year did you do the colonel mccormick book? and where did you li

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that played a part in the presidencies of andrew jackson, abraham lincoln, warren harding, franklin roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, and george h.w. bush, and of a presidential spouse ladybird johnson. he's the author of "the president travels by train: politics." >>> now i'd like to introduce our special guest today bob withers. bob is an author. of course, he has written this book, which is the subject of our discussion today. the president travels by train. it was actually his first of what is now 29 books and came out in the first edition in 1996. it's subsequently been updated several times. and in 2018 was rereleased. i believe it's the third or fourth edition of the book. bob himself was a journalist by trade, and for 38 years worked for the huntington harold dispatch in huntington, west virginia, where he currently lives. he has a ba and an ma at marshall university. and he worked for the road while he was in college. and that actually is how i got to know bob. i interned at the baltimore and ohio railroad museum in baltimore, maryland. and our mutual interest and admiratio

political coalition that really appeared on the national stage and delivered the presidency to franklin roosevelt practical and nonideological, socialism kansas city style, and cheap drinks in public works for all, because it's a class created of color and especially, if only you had to do was vote for the straight democratic ticket. thank you so much and thank you for your time this afternoon.

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political coalition that really appeared on the national stage and delivered the presidency to franklin roosevelt practical and nonideological, socialism kansas city style, and cheap drinks in public works for all, because it's a class created of color and especially, if only you had to do was vote for the straight democratic ticket. thank you so much and thank you for your time this afternoon. this week professor natalia mehlman petrzela teaches a class about the 1980s fitness industry and culture in the united states. >> high, and welcome to fit nation. we are talking about 1980s workout culture. this is our third week together virtually. i hope you all are doing well. i will share my screen with you and we can get started. as always what we are looking at in this class is about the

the portrait of franklin roosevelt hangs above the governor's residence is my daily reminder thatleadership during a crisis is all about . as governor and then as president, we rebuild the economy from the ground up after the crash of 29. and more than giving people jobs, he gave people hold. the policies of his new deal didn't just help families who lost everything. they spared decades of economic growth and the birth of a middle-class and yet again he focused on the storms swirling around him but kept one eye on the horizon always praying for the day when the clouds with parts. that is exactly what we are doing now . this pandemic did not create all theproblems we are facing today . it simply forced us to hold up a mirror and see the cracks in our society that have been so easy to ignore before. this crisis is creating opportunities to redefine ourselves and we must embrace it. but as we look back on this new era for our state we need to take higher look and feel with harsh realities like the fact that 300,000 new yorkers left our state last year alone. that's the steepest population drop

the portrait of franklin roosevelt that hangs in the mantle of the governor's residence is my daily reminderf what leadership during the crisis was all about. first as governor and then as president fdr literally rebuild the economy from the ground up after the crash of 29. more than giving people jobs he gave people hope and the policies of his new deal didn't just help families who lost everything they spurred decades of economic growth and a boost to the middle class. again and again he focused on the storms aroundd him. kept one eye on the horizon always planning the day when the clouds will part. that's exactly what we are doing now. this pandemic simply forced us to hold up a mirror and see the cracks in our society that have been so t easy to ignore before. this is. an opportunity to redefine ourselves and we must embrace it. as we embark on this new era for our state when you take a hard look in that mirror and deal with the harsh realities like the fact that 3000 new yorkers left their state last year alone. that's the steepest population dump of any state in the nation and alarm be

political coalition that really appeared on the national stage and delivered the presidency to franklin roosevelt practical and nonideological, socialism kansas city style, and cheap drinks in public works for all, because it's a class created of color and especially, if only you had to do was vote for the straight democratic ticket. thank you so much and thank you for your time this afternoon. >> thank you and be sure to pick up john's book in kansas city in the pendergast era. >> recently in american history tv, local historians hear stories about virginia, in the midst of the war and here's a preview. >> at this point is taken away from the battlefield is brought back here to this house, and an ambulance and it the way he came down in the front hall, on a stretcher. this man has just been shot, through and was lodged this summer and is hippies bleeding profusely as onto the wooden floor. and he's not alone in that house, there are at least a dozen kids some kind. and who does he make eye contact with across the hall, but the young virginia miller, young woman it is defendant in this house and

president franklin roosevelt set aside december 7, 1941 as a day that will live in infamy. unfortunately, we can now add january 6, 2021 to that very short list of dates in american history that will live forever in infamy. this temple to democracy was desecrated. it's windows smashed, our offices vandalized. the world saw americans elected officials hurriedly ushered out because they were in harm's way. the house and senate floors were places of shelter until the evacuations were ordered. leaving rioters to stock these hallowed halls. lawmakers and our staffs, average citizens who love their country, serve it every day, feared for their lives. i understand that one woman was shot and tragically lost her life. we mourn her and feel for her friends and family. these images were projected to the world. their home capitals to report -- this will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away. a final terrible indelible legacy of the 45th president of united states undoubtedly our worst. i want to be very clear. those who perform these reprehensible acts cannot be called p

political coalition that when it appeared on the national stage, delivered the presidency to franklin roosevelt. practical and nonideological, it was socialism kansas city style, offering justice, cheap drinks, and public works for all, regardless of class, creed, or color, especially if all you had to do was vote the straight democratic ticket. thank you so much and thank you for your time this afternoon. >> thank you so much, john. if you want to learn more, be sure to pick up john's book, "wide open town." >>> recently on american history tv, local historians shared stories about loudoun county, virginia, during the civil war. here is a preview. >> colonel burt at this point is taken away from the battlefield and brought back here to this house, to harrison hall, in an ambulance. and they lay him down in the front hall on a stretcher. this man has just been shot, not even shot through, the bullet is still lodged somewhere in his hip. he is bleeding profusely. and blood is pooling onto the wooden floor beneath him. but he's s s s s alone in that house. remember, there are at least a dozen kid

political coalition that, when it appeared on the national stage, delivered the presidency to franklin roosevelt. practical and nonideological, it was socialism kansas city style, offering justice, cheap drinks, and public works for all regardless of class, creed, or color. especially if all you had to do was vote the straight democratic ticket. thank you so much, and thank you for your time this afternoon. >> thank you so much, john. if you want to learn more, be sure to pick up john's book "wide open town: kansas city in the pendergast era. >>> the truman library institute hosted a discussion on harry truman who, while considered well read, did not graduate college. here's a portion of the conversation. >>> now, a schoolmate remembers seeing truman take two or three books home every weekend saying, i guess by monday he'd read them all, which just might've been the case. truman claimed to have read the bible twice by age 12. by age 14, he said that he had read every volume, at least 2,000 books, 3 to 4,000 by some estimations in the independence library, which is seen here. in his later years i

and roosevelt takes the oath of office. right franklin delano roosevelt who solemnly swear? that i will faithfully execute the office of presence of the united states. and will the best of my ability? to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states follow us on social media at cspan history for more this date in history posts.

to be a unifier, but he comes in with a hard left agenda thinking he's going to be another franklin roosevelt. and the american people aren't very happy about giant increases and the tax burden and the burden of government spending not dimension. afghanistan and the pandemic and things like that. i think biden is like a deer in the headlights, big as having been a career politician who simply punched a clock and did whatever a sort of consensus was for the democratic party. he's now hot in a democratic party that wants to do radical things that just aren't where the american people are. you know, you know, richard is the, the, the f d r has been mentioned so many times, i think it's quite laughable because f, d, r had a truly a mandate. and when he came into the presidency, but you know, f d r, if you like or dislike. um, he said we need to get america back to work. i'm, i'm a pretty simple guy. i can understand a statement like that. let's get back to work. but while i here is how awful i am is a conservative. i mean, i have to make an admission to everyone you know, 20 years ago, i was pret

and the way the 1920's ended with terrible economic depression, but franklin roosevelt.s along. jon: who said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. there is hope in history. there is also fear and that is what life is. we have to remind ourselves, the story we have to tell ourselves is that we can overcome. doris: exactly right. and fdr, when he came in, it was pretty shaky then. doris: just take about fdr and what he faced when he came in. it was possibly thought in february before march that the house of cards might collapse before he had even taken the inaugural oath. somebody said, if your new program works, you will be the greatest president in history. if it is not work, you will be the worst president in history. he said, no, if it does not work, i will be the last president in history. somehow, he gets to inaugural and it is not just nothing to fear but fear itself. he tells the people, this is not your fault, it has been a failure of leadership and i am here to provide that leadership. i will treat us as if we are at where against a common enemy. this i