but he wasn't crazy about herbert hoover.he said that man has given me nothing but advice and all of it bad. [laughter] in retirement he gaveled hidden $3,000 a week offering a popular syndicated newspaper column and compost as an eloquent and even public on the biography, the autobiography of calvin coolidge. his role was not different. he had moved back only to discover the next president cannot live in a two-family house upon an ordinary small-town street. all those crowded with curiosity seekers will apply in the constant procession. admirers trampled and trespassed the porch and peered through his windows. he paid $40,000 in the beaches, 16 rooms on the 9 acres overlooking the connecticut river. a house far grander than pennsylvania avenue. it was there that he died on thursday, january 5 disturbed by the great depression still saddened by the passing and possessing fewer and fewer reserves. he returned home from the offices. as he shaved a heart attack fell beyond him. the varied, include milledge plymouth next to his m

or herbert hoover. i'm going to say gerald ford. >> i'm going -- fashion model, i'm going with the obvious, herbert hoover. what's the answer? gerald ford! did you cheat? >> i didn't know. i just thought -- in the '40s. >> gerald ford did a bit of modeling and even posed on the cover of "cosmopolitan"? >> does helen know that? >> his wife was a fashion model, betty ford. >> i'm 2 for 0? 0 for 2? which president was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast on washington street? >> horse. >> andrew johnson, ulysses s. grant, thomas jefferson -- >> i'm going with jefferson. >> ulysses s. grant. did they give him a ticket? >> i don't know. we don't know. another question. play along at home. there are eight left-handed presidents. name them. >> bill clinton. >> yes. >> barack obama. >> yes. two. >> the only two i know. >> okay. we only like multiple choice. don't ever do that again. >> james garfield. >> herbert hoover. >> harry s. truman. ronald reagan. george h.w. bush, bill clinton and b

news in baton rouge, louisiana, where one happy couple was honored after having married when herbert hoover was in the white house. norman and norm ma burma tied the knott 81 years ago. they are the state's longest couple. they are the guest of their governor for valentine's day. still love each other. norman is 101 years old. his bride is 98. they have 13 great grandchildren. the secret? mr. burma says the key to happy marriage is simple, listen to your wife. very wise man. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today" just your first stop today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this wednesday. no rain expected to start today. 39 at the airport. the 38 insurers sold. becoming mostly sunny. you'll see some clouds early -- will come back and check the forecast going into presidents' day weekend. >> 41 degrees on tv hill. the george huguely murder trial has brought to light the dangers of domestic violence. >> waterfloods a gas main in southwest baltimore and hundreds of people are waking up without heat t

news in baton rouge, louisiana, where one happy couple was honored after having married when herbert hooveras in the white house. norman and norm ma burma tied the knott 81 years ago. they are the state's longest couple. they are the guest of their governor for valentine's day. still love each other. norman is 101 years old. his bride is 98. they have 13 great grandchildren. the secret? mr. burma says the key to happy marriage is simple, listen to your wife. very wise man. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today" just your first stop today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28. 40 degrees. we had clouds above us earlier. beautiful view of the crescent moon peeking out earlier. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to nuft for this wednesday, february 15, 2012. we're following a developing story out of capitol hill where congress has reached a tentative deal to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. lawmakers are expected to reveal details today. they could send the measure to president obama as early as this week. the tax cut extension would havespired at the end of th

news in baton rouge, louisiana, where one happy couple was honored after having married when herbert hoover in the white house. norman and norma burma tied the knot 81 years ago. in 1931. they are the state's longest married couple. they are the guest of their governor for valentine's day. norman is 101 years old. his bride is 98. they have 13 great grandchildren. the key to a happy marriage is listening to your wife. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop today on your nbc station. >>> spa day sound nice? how about a spa marathon? the third annual sauna marathon took place as teams of four spa hopped in bathrobes and bikinis. the goal was to hit 15 spas that scanned over 60 miles and stay in each treatment for 3 minutes. sounds tough. check-in points ranged from traditional spas to steam baths and historic smoke saunas. >>> are all of those valentine's day sweets running up your calorie count? a farmer has cornered the produce department with mini heart-shaped cucumbers. the green gourds take shape in four days as the country's full producer, the farmer had over 100,00

herbert hoover started bailing out banks in '31 or '3 2. it outraged people in exactly the same way as our current bailouts did. incredible cronyism. the man who is the head of the bailout agency, calvin college's vice president, and they put him in charge of this agency, he one day quit suddenly. went back to chicago and about a couple weeks later resurfaced ace president of a bank there and demanded a bailout, and he got one. he got one. and the public was just screaming. they couldn't believe it. teachers in chicago hadn't been paid for something like two years. and here is this guy getting this lavish handout. okay. so franklin other. , did he say we'll continue this policy in the spirit of civility and bipartisanship? hell, no. he went after these guys. this is some of his most famous speech, denunsation of the bailouts, that we are rewarding the people at the top while our economic army is starving. he said things like that. when he got into office he didn't stop doing the bailouts. he did. the in a way to ensure that the money did no

he's a product of tamny, and he gets whooped by herbert hoover for that and be a number of other reasons. harry truman is the product of this prendergast machine in kansas city. he's the head of the county government for them. they steal millions and millions of dollars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has to kind of wink at what goes on in some cases, he has to get things done. he would sit down, he would sit down and pour out his soul to private letters which he never sent to anyone. he'd hole up in his hotel and write out these letters which were found decades after his death as he would wrestle with these questions; am i a public servant, or am i a crook? am i doing the right thing? he's conflicted by this, but he stays in the machine, and he eventually determines to get out of local government. he wants to be a congressman. but he's such a puppet, he's such a nobody even at that time that it's like, no, harry, you can't be a congressman. can i be, can i be governor? be -- no, you can't be governor. when the machine can't find anyone to run for the united states senate in 1934 --

herbert hoover started feeling a things in either 31 or 32. i forgot. it outraged people in exactly the same way occurred till outstayed. there's incredible cronyism. the man who was the head of this bailout agency who attend calvin coolidge's vice president and he put them in charge of this agency of one point suddenly quit, went home to chicago and a couple weeks later resurfaced as president of the bank and demanded a bailout. [laughter] and he got one. he got one on the public just creamed. they couldn't believe it. teachers in chicago hadn't been paid for something like two years and here is this guy getting a flattish handout. okay, so franklin roosevelt. how do you think he reacted? okay, so franklin roosevelt. how do you think he reacted? in the spirit of bipartisanship. how do you think he reacted? in the spirit of bipartisanship. no. he went after these guys. these are some of his most famous beaches or denunciations of the a lot that we are rewarding the people at the top economic army is starving. he said it was like that. when you get to of

: you are saying barack obama is the best economic president since what, her better hoover -- herbert hooverillionnn dollar deficits. at the end of the his projections, he has got another $11 trillion in debt. he won't deal with entitlements or nothing. >> bob: you know mitt --. >> sean: paul ryan in your party tried to. >> bob: if mitt romney, there would be bigger deficit than barack obama. >> paul ryan look alike throw in bob's grandmother throwing him over a cliff. >> most of them. it's demagogue by your side like everyth

you have to go back to herbert hoover to find the last guy elected on a mostly business platform. >> all right. courting business in what you said a supermarket or start up business. that i've got that concept. i'm curious how to create jobs as a governor and if governor huntsman was correct massachusetts was 47th what happened? >> and that is between huntsman and rick perry, no longer in the race. question is how do state governments create an atmosphere in which private businesses create more jobs? and romney says it is a fact he's massachusetts under mitt romney did not lead the nation in job creation but romney is relying on his business past. >> if the president has bee been -- i he assume the president if you're saying creates atmosphere so jobs can be created and republican ideology is that you cut regulation and taxes if that had so far down the poll isn't that an extreme point of vulnerability? >> romney will have republicans united on this. they believe the president imposed too many new regulations on the economy. >> how do they explain mass mis? >> how does he explain mas

herbert hoover started to doubt the banks and it outrage people who pay the current bail-out did. incredible cronyism. the head of the agency and some day one day he quit and went home to chicago and a couple weeks later resurfaced as president of the bank and demanded a bailout and got one. [laughter] he got one. the public could not believe it. teachers in chicago had not been paid for two years in here he gets this lavish hand out. so franklin roosevelt how did you react? we will continue as the policy? held no. he went after these guys one of his most famous beaches of the denunciation of the bailout. we're rewording the people at the top and that economic economy is starving. he did not stop them that did them differently to ensure the money it is astonishing in they did it deliberately to restructure so that to save were not in charge. >> a little mom and pop s&l. they go to the cattle auction houses and bail them out and go to the bank's and fire the management if they bailed them out. they did not like the banks they would start one out. they did amazing things to restruct

wealthiest families in america, franklin roosevelt, could trump the regular appeal of high society herbert hooverow it didn't help hoover that he was running the nation into a ditch, but it really didn't hurt his opponent one bit that he was rich. that's all i'm saying. so message to those who want to be populists. start being realists. been there, done that, regretted. time to move on from that. ain't that something. ain't that rich. all right. we are getting some details -- sorry was so vague before -- on this facebook offering. it is going to be hope to raise $5 billion. if you do the math backward, it ultimately values facebook

in 1928 herbert hoover promised a chicken in every pot and two cars in a garage.eople to bully him on this issue. he's got to get it together. >> what do you think of the context i was taken out of context. it happens every single time. when i was standing up and talking b about enjoying firing people, he was not being subjected to an adversarial interview. he was speaking. he must have prepared his script. he said i like firing people who provide services to me. every single time they get called to account they blame us as journalist and say we have taken their words out of context. >> i have to tell you that the full context of the remarks don't make them any better. if you look at them in the context of his entire campaign. he knew the questions about his wealth were going to come. he knew about how little or how much he pays in taxes was going to come. he knew questions about the offshore bank accounts. he knew questions about poverty especially in this economic environment was going to come. he seems unprepared for the position he's in, which is headed toward

henry ford and herbert hoover. ford won the republican presidenti presidential primary in 1960.ver appeared on both the democratic and presidential primary ballots. twon the republican contest eight years later. we'll be right back. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. e drink o wate ry? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8. farmer who says...ion, also refreshing plus tea. [farmer:] we've gotta protect the land. [announcer:] and, to the consumer who says... [consumer:] the economists make some good points. [announcer:] conocophillips says, you're right. find out how natural gas answers both at powerincooperation.com. how about some facts? the chevy volt was one of the most awarded cars in 2011. the volt's battery has been tested for more than 395,000 hours. ♪ and, most importantly, the volt has received the highest overall vehicle score for safety possible. [ cheers and applause ] the extended-range electric chevy volt. hard to argue with the fa

>> when i hear that i go back to herbert hoover liquidate, liquidate, that was his solution to the greatression. the problem mitt romney is having with this is he is just not understanding the extent of what really brought this economy to where it was in 2009 as you note early yier it getting bett. a bubble imploded, inflated by the financial mess we were talking about. if these were perfectly normal times, if there wasn't an overhang of housing and all the foreclosures, some of which we have discussed could be fraudulent, if it wasn't, if we're not looking at all the unemployment and risk and banks, we might have a reasonable discussion about the role of government in the mortgage financial. that is not the economy or housing market we're talking about. massive market failure, lots of people who will lose their home if we don't engage in interventions, the more aggressive the better under this regard. >> do you have high hopes for this financial crimes, this fraud task force that the justice department is now heading up? president mentioned it in the state of the union, a very high prof

in fact, since 1929, when herbert hoover signed in, half of the presidents have been left-handed, harryse either hand, the first george bush and bill clinton. only 1 in every 10 of us are left-handed. no one knows why lefties are so good at grabbing the oval office. among other theory is is they're operating in the right-handed world all the time and become more active and skilled because both sides of their brain are more active. a long talent of group, mo zarred, picasso, jimi hendrix,

since herbert hoover r hoover was signed in, half were left-handed.ruman, gerald forld, ronald reagan, the first george bush and bill clinton. that's five times higher than the normal population where only 1 in 10 of us are left-handed. no one knows why lefties are so good among grabbing the oval office. one theory is they live in a right-handed world and they become more adapted, more skilled because most side of their brains are more active. leonardo da vinci was a lefty, mozart, picasso, einstein, madam curry, mark twain, babe ruth jimmy hen distribution. and so is barack obama. so does that gave him a better chance of winning re-election

that is true with obama, probably true with herbert hoover. presidents do not correlate in the short term with economic quarterly by quarterly performance. >> woodruff: so he just has to wake up the first friday of every month and hope that -- >> i think the think the president did take controversial steps dramatic, and i think can make the case that he, what he did is working. there were major policy changes at the outset of his administration. right now there are very few arrows left in his quiver of what can do. so in that sense, and i think just to underscore what david said about europe and what we had in the previous discussion with ray. i mean iran is the wild card. i mean if we're talking about the strait of hormuz being closed or something of that sort, that say game changer politically. >> woodruff: well, let's keep it here at home a few more minutes, david. and that is the mitt romney comment this week. where he said i'm not concerned about the very poor. and he went on to talk about the-- first he said this is taken out of context

he was observing a custom which persisted until herbert hoover.nally an open house and anyone could come to the white house and shake the president's hand. the south lawn was a jumble of greenhouses, and the interior was an impossible arrangement of the president's private quarters and executive offices. in 1902, president roosevelt ordered out the clutter and built two temporary extensions which contained permanent office wings. theodore roosevelt's interior designs were classically beautiful, the work was done in such a rush that severe structural damage was done to the building. in 1924, mrs. coolidge redid the interior and added 18 rooms to the third floor. the work was necessary but began the structure was heavily stressed by the haphazard construction. the bill for damages was presented in 1948. president truman became concerned because the floor of his study was vibrating. an investigation was held and the structural weaknesses of the white house became immediately apparent. one of the investigators said, "the building is standing up purely