six months later, while visiting the artist studio, henry adams had an inspiration. asking a young male model to take a seated position, he wrapped the youth's torso in an american indian rug he found on the premises. his own part in designing what adams friend and neighbor john haig called the finest monument in america would be kept secret. the work is indescribably noble and imposing. infinite wisdom, a path without beginning, a future without end, a repose after limitless experience. the public began: the statue grief -- began calling the statue grief. fast-forward forward to the first week of march 1933 -- henry adams had long since joined clover underneath the un-inscribed grave marker. the wife of president-elect franklin the other woman, about to become first lady, let her companion to a marble bench. in the old days, i was much younger and not so very wise. sometimes i would feel unhappy and sorry for myself. i would come out here alone and sit and look at that woman and i would always come away somehow feeling better and stronger. eleanor roosevelt was wro

. >> you have an essay in here on henry adams. and a review i guess the education of henry adams back in 1997. modern library edition. >> that was an introduction of a new edition of the education of henry adams. >> why? what do you like about him? >> again, he was one of our great letter writers and marvelous prose stylists and i got interested in him simply because when i was writing about about theodore roosevelt who was his contemporary, adams is one of the sharpest and funniest commentators on the presidency. >> you write even his intellectual and social periods found his narcissim unpleasant and then you go on to quote, he wanted power handed to him on a silver platter. >> yes. well, he was the zion of presidents himself. he ran a salon on lafayette square to which every sunday for breakfast came all the best people in town, including presidents. they would cross the square to have breakfast. so he knew them all. >> back in 2000 you wrote the piece on the library of congress. what's your memory of the library of congress? wh

henry adams had long since joined clover underneath the un-inscribed grave marker. the wife of president-elect franklin the other woman, about to become first lady, let her companion to a marble bench. in the old days, i was much younger and not so very wise. sometimes i would feel unhappy and sorry for myself. i would come out here alone and sit and look at that woman and i would always come away somehow feeling better and stronger. eleanor roosevelt was wrong about the gender of the figure. but she captured perfectly the spiritual balm. >> she was so beautiful and so smart and also so witty, she was always irresistible to men. party,0th birthday richard cohen was at this party and they sat together after dinner having coffee. she began to stroke his beard. i have neveraid, met in 80-year-old before that i wanted to leap into bed with. career andife and sharing about their personal relationship. tonight at 8:00. >> each week, american history tv "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. from the lyndon johnson presidenti

presidents would have breakfast with henry adams. on thewrote a piece library of congress. what is your memory of the library of congress? >> i used to live there practically. i wrote most of my two first roosevelt biographies in the library of congress. that i was surrounded by the works of thomas jefferson. doma -- dome, i felt i was working in jefferson's syllabary am -- eribellum.am --c what is your take on gorbachev? >> is a singer most impressive i have ever met. 1985 through 1990, he was overwhelmingly charismatic and forceful and his quickness was spellbinding. he understood everything. so attractive and the chemistry between him and reagan was marvelous to watch. enough, reagan was a stronger man. gorbachev had an acute intelligence. he was a tragic figure. what wasansform happening to the soviet union. he presided over it. he was despised as a result. this is the fate of all transitional figures. why those two things? >> reagan had a genuinely fundamental feeling about to follow terry and is him and the holocaust in particular. ii,last year of world war intelligen

over the last two months i've worked with tenants in the 2 henry adams it was impartiality for a landmark designation their proposal to convert their 5 story building to office space and displace tenants is a significant concern. based on a survey there's approximately 14 other buildings in the pdr one d and g areas that could be eligible for landmark designation those buildings are allowed to convert one hundred percent of their space to office. eir respect of whatever whether or not they displace the tenants this limits the number of stories they can limit by establishing now controls i believe this legislation strikes the right balances between higher revenue balances such office space to support the maintenance of those historic buildings without displacing tenants or can only obligating a whole pdr building. you've heard me time and time again stress the value of pdr and the value it brings to our city it provides blue-collar jobs and diversity to our economy 0. not addressing this issue will lead us down a path of undercutting all issue to support a growing local manufacturing indus

over the last two months i've worked with tenants in the 2 henry adams it was impartiality for a landmark designation their proposal to convert their 5 story building to office space and displace tenants i

under item two, bullet two, about to henry adams. we talked about a land use committee hearing, july 7th, is that the correct date? could we just check and make sure that that was the correct date? >> under that first bullet? >> yeah, under two. >> i will look into that date. >> it is a monday that is when they have the land use. >> was it after or before. >> it was prior. >> okay that is finally fine then. under six, the disclosures if we could change under my disclosure from last time, element if you could spell out architectural group, in lieu of by his firm? >> certainly. >> great. >> thanks. >> commissioners? any other comments or corrections? >> and any member of the public wish to make a comment, correction on the either minute? seeing none we will close public comment and bring it back to the board. >> i move to adopt the minutes of the meetings on the 16th. >> i second. >> okay. >> on that motion, then commissions to adopt the meeting minutes for july 16, 2014, as corrected and amended, commissioner highland? >> yes, jonnck,

his famous adams memorial which is in book creek cemetery which was for the wife of henry adams very mysterious cultural work which remains constantly -- because of its mystery and then there's the sherman statue which is a new york city and equestrian statue of general sherman with the goddess of victory leaving him. it's the on 59th street and fifth avenue, a magnificent piece. i think the greatest equestrian statue in the country and then there's the farragut memorial for admiral ferrick at which is in madison square in new york city. again a superb piece and done in paris as was the sherman statue. and then there is his home which is a national park site at cornish new hampshire where you can see just about everything he did. he did coins, he did all kinds of things. john singer sergeant's paper -- paintings are in almost every museum as were his paintings. i would say james fenimore cooper's novels are everywhere in america. they are still read in school and still popular and still important. c-span: is cooperstown new york named after him? >> guest: and no, named after his fath

his famous memorial, which is in fox creek cemetery which was for the wife of henry adams, which is asterious sculptural work which remains constantly of interest because of its mystery. then there's the sherman statue, which is in new york city, he questioned statute of general sherman. he got us a victory leading him to 59th street and fifth avenue, gilded, magnificent piece. i think the greatest questioned statute in the country. been there's the memorial for admiral farragut which is in madison square in new york city. again a superb piece and made in paris, as was the sherman statute. then there's his home which is the national park site where you can see just about everything. he did coins, all kinds of things. so he's conspicuous. john singer sargent paintings of course are in most every museum as our mary's paintings. i would say james fenimore cooper's novels everywhere in america, still read in school, still partner,. >> host: is cooperstown named after him treasury know, after his father. his father founded the town and he grew up in. c-span: go back to john singer sargent

adam johnson is off this week. our guest justice peter henrystern school of business at nyu. we have a senior hamas leader killed when an israeli missile hit his car. benjamin netanyahu says there will be more attacks and warns gaza residents to stay away from hamas. a new ebola outbreak in africa. congo officials report 13 deaths. the virus has killed more than 1300 people. something that was real. >> that was sir richard admiral ttenborough. an oscar for directing "gandhi." those of the top headlines. >> this matters now to our guest host peter henry. he is the dean of the stern school of business at nyu. --is telling ernest mba candidates that they must deal with the ramifications of the federal reserve. the imf is reducing emerging market outlooks. >> it is a challenging economic environment. the key thing to remember is that emerging markets account for roughly half of global gdp and almost two thirds of global growth. what happens in emerging markets matters to what happens in the u.s. you look at brazil gdp. 4% or 5%. they are nowhere ne

henry live along the ben franklin parkway for the big concert. and annie mccormick in ventnor, new jersey. and starting with adam joseph outside as we say good-bye to summer. >> we may unofficially say good-bye, but here to stay, especially the second half of the weekend. looking at the numbers now, extremely pleasant to begin your holiday weekend. 78 in allentown, low humidity same for philadelphia. 74 millville. a little sea breeze at the shore, the temperature in the lower 70s. the heat will be arriving. 91 in hot-lanta. and jackson, mississippi 93 degrees. as we progress through the weekend the dewpoints, how it feels when you step out, will are jumping how the as well. fairly comfortable tomorrow. a little more humid, but sunday and monday the humidity will hit the tropical oppressive levels. and pretty much say there into tuesday and then trails back off into the middle of next week. the evening planner. by 10:00, 71 under a generally clear sky. a few clouds out there. as we rank the weekend days, the number one day will be tomorrow. with the lack of humidity and pleasant temperatures. it turns hot and opp

henry live along the ben franklin parkway for the big concert. and annie mccormick in ventnor, new jersey. and starting with adamoseph outside as we say good-bye to summer. >> we may unofficially say good-bye, but here to stay, especially the second half of the weekend. looking at the numbers now, extremely pleasant to begin your holiday weekend. 78 in allentown, low humidity same for philadelphia. 74 millville. a little sea breeze at the shore, the temperature in the lower 70s. the heat will be arriving. 91 in hot-lanta. and jackson, mississippi 93 degrees. as we progress through the weekend the dewpoints, how it feels when you step out, will are jumping how the as well. fairly comfortable tomorrow. a little more humid, but sunday and monday the humidity will hit the tropical oppressive levels.

henry is fighting for his spot and being challenge by newly acquired codey parky. he comes over from the colts where he was competing for a job with one of the nfl best, adam, and bird kick off regular season week from sunday on cbs-3 against jaguars at lincoln financial field. >>> history at u.s. open yesterday. >> an american teenagers becomes youngest player to win a match since 90's and keep in mind that brings she was born. bell has defeated australian open runner up dominic, this happened yesterday, in flushing, new york. the the 15 year-old eliminated a 12 seed, and anna corn cove a was just 15 when she won in 1996. i loved her little dance. >> she got game all over. >> good for her. >> up next in the healthwatch how a tic could trigger a potentially deadly food allergy. >>> twisted plot from the movie but this man actually rose from the dead, wait until you hear his incredible story. >>> we are all necessity space is limited on planes but a nate was actually diverted after passengers battled over leg room, wasn't me, all right. wasn't me. >> we have proof you were here yesterday. >> it wasn't me. >>> just past 6:23. >> what? >> i know. >> what time is it? >>

henry i am sure with some important thoughts of the yellen and draghi moment. >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am scarlet fu here with tom keene and adam johnson.ormats, former under secretary for economic growth. let's get you copy news from the files of "bloomberg west." shares of ebay talking about a possible spinoff. the move could come as soon as next year. activist investor and shareholder carl icahn has campaigned for the online marketplace to spin off paypal. microsoft plans to unveil windows nine at the end of next month. it is codenamed threshold. it was a new start feature while removing the charm's bar feature. soundcloud says it will start paying artists and record companies. it was it in line with competitors like youtube. boasts 175 million unique listeners each month. that is from the files of "bloomberg west." >> that is a huge deal. whether spotify, soundcloud -- >> artists are getting squeezed out. >> do you still get royalties from your music? >> no, well, yeah, $2.30. >> what is the name of the album again? >> well, there are a few. >> he is avoiding my question. >> and for viewers who are thrown by scarlet's comments, you

i think that's important and actually one thing it relates back to what we discussed with the henry adams thing. it's a profit base incentive change to have the zoning changed in the section listed for the buildings that we talked about so there are things in the code already that are incentive based or processed based to grant incentives, so how those get flushed out would be part of it i would assume. >> thank you. commissioner. >> well i focus on the word "educate" and i think what we're trying to hear is we want to educate the public and give them more technical support here. either think of a new policy or another policy or add to what you say here, so what sort of gets to what i am talking about it says "provide technical support for the coordination of state and federal incentive programs" but that doesn't get to really wanting to educate the public so some of the comments made here to for by some of the commissioners and using the examples for incentives but i don't know. i guess it would be more of what we can we do to provide more education and technical support for the public?