halley flanagan director of the w p a federal feeder program thought that the arts contributed to the ability of a people to participate in a democracy. new research has shown that the arts provide benefits in many other fields, reading and writing, math spatial temporal reasoning, empathy happiness and well-being but most importantly easy arts remain critical to the spiritual health of a people. they are essentials to the development of a collective imagination that is needed if we are to resolve the enormous challenges facing us in the 21st century. we neglect the lessons the new deal has to teach us to our peril. [applause] >> could you comment on pope francis's recent cyclical about climate change? >> i think it is wonderful. i hope it can galvanize popular support, and very much needed. and he is putting it in a moral framework. is so necessary. scientists were reluctant to take a moral stand. >> can you tell us what you think franklin roosevelt's greatest accomplishment was as president and what his greatest failure and there's no question, his greatest failure was what you allu