>> young franklyn understood the sea. he understood the two oceans that didn't protect us at all because the country and world had changed. communications had changed. the navy had changed. the panama canal was opened in 1815, for example. we were under threat constantly i would remain under threat as long as countries threaten us. we had international position to maintain, especially because after the spanish civil war, we had colonies rose in the pacific. the philippines, guam, puerto rico and so on. if we were going to maintain colonies from a we had to protect them. yes. >> yes, thank you for honoring us by coming to the home of franklyn and eleanor roosevelt. i previously read two of her books and i look very forward to reading this one. my question to deal with a different book by different author during this period, when franklin was assistant secretary of the navy that he had his first run in dealing with joseph kennedy. is there any mention you were aware of this at all? >> the elder joe kennedy? joe kennedy, the