nobody, including franklin roosevelt, was at all a wild about this idea. but it quickly became clear that if the democrats didn't do it, then the republicans were perfectly happy to take on this investigation. so the senate ended up a essentially throwing truman a bone. they gave him $15,000, barely enough to hire a lawyer and a couple of secretaries and said, go, here's your committee. truman took that tiny appropriation and turned it into probable only the most powerful investigating arm that congress had seen. so seven members of the truman commission committee, formerly known as the senate special committee, to investigate the national defense program. five democrats, two republicans. was there an eagerness among the senators at the time to serve on this committee? truman only in the sense that truman, though relatively unknown, was a well-liked senator. he had a lot of friends in the senate. there was a lot of back and forth of choosing the senators who were who would serve on this committee. i say in my book that it's a bit of a senatorial b-list. th

nobody, including franklin roosevelt, was at all a wild about this idea. but it quickly became clear that if the democrats didn't do it, then the republicans were perfectly happy to take on this investigation. so the senate ended up a essentially throwing truman a bone. they gave him $15,000, barely enough to hire a lawyer and a couple of secretaries and said, go, here's your committee. truman took that tiny appropriation and turned it into probable only the most powerful investigating arm that congress had seen. so seven members of the truman commission committee, formerly known as the senate special committee, to investigate the national defense program. five democrats, two republicans. was there an eagerness among the senators at the time to serve on this committee? truman only in the sense that truman, though relatively unknown, was a well-liked senator. he had a lot of friends in the senate. there was a lot of back and forth of choosing the senators who were who would serve on this committee. i say in my book that it's a bit of a senatorial b-list. th

memorials to thomas jefferson, franklin d roosevelt and martin luther jr stand on its banks. the tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. national mall and memorial communications chief met us on site to talk about the area's history and famous japanese cherry trees. we are at the edge of. the tidal basin in washington, d.c. home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring. well-known to washingtonians, people across, the country, and in fact, people across the world. but had you been here before 1890 or so? we would be in the middle of the potomac river. this area has evolved over the years. there's always been an element of recreation out around the tidal basin. but with passing of time recurring, fashion has become much more important than initially was. now, as early as 1890, there was an established swimming area around what we know today as the tidal basin. with the planting of the cherry trees originally in 1912, that really created interest and tourism and

famous liberal scholar, alan wolfe, said that that reagan seemed to be engaged in a direct with franklin roosevelt, where roosevelt argued for more government. reagan argued less. a few years later, when ron when obama was elected president, baker, writing in the new york, said that president obama must seem to be in a direct dialog with ronald reagan, that obama was arguing for more government and responding to reagan's famous comment that in this present crisis, government is the problem. government is, not the solution. so you can draw a line between fdr in 33 to arguing more government. the new deal as the solution to. ronald reagan in 1981. and then to barack in 2008. respond ing to that. it is because of the importance of the ideas in 1982. in this speech that there are two different books about the reagan and reagan's time. one by a very conservative scholar. one by a very liberal scholar that have the age of reagan, their title. they're simply question that begins in 1980. there's an argument that reagan had begun to get these ideas to the nation before 80 that what reagan's in this inaugu

or franklin roosevelt and everybody in the know knew that it was coming. and so the united states once again throughout our history, the war comes in and the united army in 1939 was ranked 17th in the world in size behind romania, once again, as we've done so many times throughout nation's history after world one, they sent all the soldiers home, they buried all the plans. nobody knew what to do. and the army had shrunk down to nothing. there were almost no airplanes, no tanks, none of the stuff needed to fight a modern war. and and and so there was this race to build army camps. so truman was getting these letters. one of the things that makes truman so much to write about is he decides to check out what these letter writers were saying. not by sending a staffer out there to check things out, not by arranging a congressional junket that would sweep into town and grab a of headlines. nope. truman got in his car that morning in washington, d.c., and he drove to missouri and he showed up at this army camp, a little guy in a very nice suit and a bow tie wande

you didn't have to do that with theodore roosevelt or franklin. so the of men described in this book is very different from the caliber of men that we have today in last two presidents and we're stuck in 2024. i'm not looking forward and i suspect no one's really looking forward to what going to have the next four years. and all we can do is hope that four years from now we still have a country and a new generation of leaders can come forward who will be more like these guys, the people who we've had. for the last eight years. thank you. that was fascinating and makes a lot of sense, except ronald reagan, who took the country in precise possibly the wrong direction, backward but besides that, you're in the minority. but that's okay. i understand politics and pro you do realize that when he for his second term he got 49 out of 50 states. i know that's part of the tragedy it but i think you really need to read my reagan chapter rethink things i don't think i could get through it. okay it's always good. have an open mind. i lived through all this. th

roerrich pact and was signed on april 15, 1935 at the white house in the presence of president franklin rooseveltwenty-one states put their signatures, this is the usa, and almost everyone. nikolai rerrikh ever since his university years in petersburg was passionate about this idea of ​​​​protecting cultural objects. he is a student at the faculty of law, his knowledge of law will be useful in preparing the pact, while he is a volunteer at the academy of arts and conducts archaeological excavations near st. petersburg, in veliky novgrod in pskov. roerrich can be said to be one of the pioneers of describing part of the volga region. nikolai konstantinovich did. that same famous architectural series, many temples will remain only in his paintings, the bulk of the etiids are monuments, and it’s not about money, there’s always money in russia there was a lot, little interest, little love, with a report on the topic of protecting antiquity, roerich addresses nicholas ii in 915, as soon as the first world war began, on... in the guide poster , the enemy of the human race, he depicted kaiser wilhelm in

part franklin roosevelt the late 1930s wrist ada leaning big blocks of voters find ways to help britainn they're faced with extinction by the nazis he was a popular but he had the courage and the political skills to find ways to do it. joe biden is just craven. larry: i know you're not an economic specialist. but the point steve forbes inmate at the outset is a very important point you want to get the goals hit them where it hurts, the endowment. endowments are basically tax free they are ve very small exps very, very tiny tax rate i think it's a 1% to beat less than 1%. what mr. trump seems to be saying is if they are in violation of his standards then he is going to go after them pretty will tax them and find them up to the amount of the total endowment. know what you think about that? >> it reminds them that in fact they are at risk. this is about money we are looking at harvard and other ivy league universities hundreds of millions and billions of dollars it's a remarkable stash of cash there's got to beat repercussion people feel you do not need to be an economic master all you nee

joe biden says he is the franklin roosevelt.ranklin roosevelt in late 1930s risked alienated big blocks of voters to help britain when they were faced with extinction, which was not popular. he had courage and political skills to do it. joe biden is just craven. larry: tammy bruce, come back, i know you're not an economic specialist but the point steve forbes made at the outset is very important point, you want to hit these schools, hit them where they are hurt. endoubtments. >> yes. larry: endowments are tax-free, pay total expenses for college and universities, very, very tiny tax rate, 1%, could be less than 1%. what mr. trump seems to be saying if they are in violation of his standards, then he is going to go after them. he will tax them and he will fine them up to the amount of the total endowment. now what do you think about that? >> it reminds them in fact they're at risk. this is about money. we're looking at with harvard and other ivy league universities, hundreds of millions, billions of dollars. it is a remarkable sta

he was signed on april 15, 1935 at the white house in the presence of president franklin roosevelt.their signatures, these are the usa and almost all countries of south america, the so-called pan-american. regional organization, henry wallis is authorized to do this from the states, here he is on the left hand of the president, at that moment he is the minister of agriculture, but the text of this agreement is very simple and laconic, it contains eight short articles, and most importantly, the first, in everything is formulated in it: historical monuments, museums, cultural, educational and scientific institutions are neutral and enjoy the respect and protection of the warring parties, just like the employees of the above-mentioned institutions, and are given special consideration both during... and in peacetime . nikolai rerrikh has been passionate about this idea of ​​protecting cultural objects since his university years in st. petersburg. he is a student at the faculty of law, knowledge of law will be useful in preparing the pact, while he is a volunteer student at the academy o

the idea is reminiscent of president franklin roosevelt's second new deal from the 1930s. create jobs for americans coming out of the great depression, one that would benefit the country as a whole. the american climate corps will create 20,000 jobs in its first year in roles that help the environment. that includes doing things like planting trees, clearing trails, installing solar panels and maintaining ev charging stations. about half of the american climate corps opportunities will be in low income urban communities and environmental justice areas. the jobs pay at least 15 bucks an hour. for more information on, you can visit the website at white house dot gov forward slash climate corps that's corps with an s there you can submit what areas interest you and regardless of the job search, a reminder to all of us that april 22nd is earth day, a time we can do a little extra for the world around us. that's it for this edition of matter of fact, i'm soledad o'brien. i'll see you back here next week to watch more stories like this any time, head to matteroffacttv. >>> today

everything is solved in america, in the states, it will all be solved, to remember these words of franklin rooseveltut the judicial hose, and which should be... given to the neighbor in order to he put out the fire, the fire and the fire did not spill over to him territory, but actually this is what it can do now, well at least protect the ukrainian sky, things are obvious right away, especially since you yourself took electricity from us, you yourself take the gas that is stored there today, where the enemy is trying to aim, and indeed, and especially since there is this patriot system, we only need seven, so why not give these seven, and by the way, one more important piece of information. today is giev verkhov's birthday, he turns 71 today, so he was congratulated during the meeting of the european parliament, we congratulate him, and we, and thank you for all the help that we have received, are receiving and will be, i am sure, listen, i think he is 56 years old, well, great, god bless you, such good politicians have to work for a long time, really , let's move on, the idea of ​​organizing a hig

president franklin roosevelt, who issued the executive order for the incarceration, claimed that it was necessary to protect the country from espionage and sabotage. it wasn't, though, until decades after the war in 1980 that congress decided to investigate. at that time, there was a number of asian american and pacific islander members of congress, including representative norman mineta from california, who led the effort to document the harms that had been caused by incarceration and to take action to rectify that. this commission, the commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians that congress created, put out a two part report. this is the report right here in the case. the report concluded that there was no evidence of threat or or any military need for the incarcerations. it also found that the detention resulted from, quote, race, prejudice, wartime hysteria and a failure of political leadership, unquote. the commission recommended an official government apology and also restitution payments to the survivors of the internment camps. many of whom had lost their home

there in america it's all in the states, it 's all going to be solved, remember these words of franklin rooseveltut the garden hose that you have to give to your neighbor so that he puts out the fire, the fire and the fire does not spread to him... territory and, well, this is actually what it can do now, well at least protect the ukrainian sky, immediately obvious things, especially since you yourself took electricity from us, you yourself take the gas that is stored there today, where the enemy is trying to aim, and indeed, and especially since there are these patriot systems, we only need seven, so why not give these seven, and by the way , there is one more important piece of information, today is the birthday of giev verkhov stada, he turns today 71. year, so he was congratulated during the meeting of the european parliament, we congratulate him and we thank you for all the help we received, are receiving and will be, i'm sure listen, i think he's 56 years old, well, great, god bless you, such good politicians have to work for a long time, really, let's go further, the idea of ​​organizing a

but in 1940, resident franklin delano roosevelt signed the fair labor standards act establishing the workweek. 84 years ago 40 hour week was established. since then, we've had a 400% increase in productivity, but nothing has changed. that was why in our victory campaign we had our stand up strike, we raised the flag for 32 hour workweek. this is a working-class issue and that's why 75% of americans in her contract right stood with us in that fight because they are all living the same reality. who is going to act to fix this epidemic of lives dominated by work? are the employees going to act? will congress act? how can working-class people take back their lives and take back their time? many in this room will say people just don't want to work, or working-class people are lazy. but the truth is, working-class people aren't lazy, they are fed up. they are fed up with being left behind and stripped of dignity as wealth and equality -- inequality spirals out of control. they are fed up that in america, three families have as much wealth as the bottom 50% of citizens in this nation. that

if you go back and look at the history of the new deal and why president franklin roosevelt was initiating this proposal, it was to increase the number of jobs in the country. the evidence is clear. that proposal was put in place by the congress to increase the number of americans who come to the workplace. what we are seeing today in the proposal, the chairman, brings a real problem for our country. we already have a tremendous shortage of workers. industry after industry does not have enough workers today. this proposal for many employers will cause even further worker shortages. the flexibility factor is a problem. we do come in, the chairman in this committee for having a hearing on the impact of ai. it is considerable and senator cassidy, i think your suggestion for bipartisan discussion would be welcomed. there's no question ai can increase productivity and there's no question that increased wealth can occur. that's what i call the ai dividend wealth. and, we agree that workers and employers alike should share in that wealth, but the way to go about that is let the market determine t

he would take this information and report it back to a very good friend of his, a guy named franklin roosevelt. and so because of this, roosevelt knew that he would be a good person to head up an intelligence organization. so robert byer it's 1947. harry truman is behind you. and a mural on the wall. was it his idea to incorporate the cia or was that bill donovan? the idea donovan had always been pushing for a peacetime intelligence organization at the end of world war two. so many wartime organizations just were dissolved because everyone wanted to come home. but truman realized that he was going to need a peacetime intelligence organization to take on the soviet union. so within a couple of years, all those elements of the ss are brought back together in the central intelligence agency. one of the things that truman wanted was a newspaper that would give him information he couldn't get anywhere else. so starting with the daily summary, which is a collection of all the different cables from state department and other places coming together for him, that will evolve into the president's daily

going back to the smoke-filled rooms, who do we get from those humic we got lincoln, we got franklin rooseveltil: but we didn't get drunk and 80 that way, right? he dared to go on primaries and challenge that system -- >> and he knew that the voters wanted pick him because he was catholic you're absolutely right. >> neil: so your sense of where we stand today whether external term, the court battle in this president and dealing with all he's dealing with these are two old guys. are you anti- old guy? car are you on the? >> well i'm an old girl. [laughter] but i think the presidencies are really hard job and i think you look at the way lincoln aged catholic on the way obama aged. everyone of them is an enormous pressure job. just think of what we're doing -- potential iran and israel problems at home. ukraine. i mean the pressures on them are so great that you need energy, you need vitality, experience is a great thing to have. i mean there is a good thing to have. >> neil: winston churchill -- speak. >> winston was 90. he went on and on -- i wouldn't take winston right now even at 90. >> neil: