what level do you know the lake at so there's no risk of dike failure with the herbert hoover dike? mr. alexander: we go into hurricane season attempting to reach a level no less than 12 1/2 feet. mr. mast: i know i sent you to these questions in advance so i would have the answers given to me on this. how much water do you keep on the lake for these other concerns that you talk about? how many water in inches or feet that's kept on lake okeechobee for purpose of agreements with the tribes? mr. mast: i'll give you the bottom line upfront. lake okeechobee is not managed like a corps flood control reservoir. the herbert hoover dike essentially it's a levee system that encompasses and contains a prior free-flowing lake. the specific question on inches of water is not applicable in the management of lake okeechobee. mr. mast: lake okeechobee and the corps of engineers controls every inch of water that goes on lake okeechobee. the municipalities were requesting one billion cuba feet per second hoping to get an inch off because they needed for the ecology of their waterway. they were deni

herbert hoover in 1929 was talking about its potential, but he wasn't able to exploit that. fdr was and fdr understood the power of radio better than anyone else in his time. what is interesting about what i am looking at and researching is that by 1939, roosevelt also understood that he could not do it by himself. we think of politics and radio in the 1930's and we think fdr and fireside chats. in this debate, roosevelt knew he could not be on the radio all of the time. he had learned that his ability to go on the radio and talk to the nation was political capital that he had to spend very carefully. one of the things i found in my research, even before world war ii started in europe, roosevelt was looking to other people to go on the radio and advance ideas that he liked. when the war began, he contacted others, would you meet with some like-minded folks and talk to them about going on the radio? he understood that the more he talked, the less effective he would be. would be. he wanted to broaden that. one of the things that happens during this debate over world war ii fro

and this all began since the construction of something called the herbert hoover dike. then subsequently the development, beginning in 1948 of the central and south florida project to manage flood risks. unfortunately, this flood control system that was designed to keep the water from coming out of lake okeechobee and flooding the communities to the south of it has significant limitations and neglects to use the everglades' natural flowways. that's why everglades restoration is something that apart from ecosystem and wildlife benefits is so critically important for our nation and for my state of florida, because everglades restoration is not simply about restoring a national treasure. it's also about allowing much more flexibility for water management at greatly reduced costs and at reduced harm to coastal communities. so the best way to understand it, for those that are new to this issue, is you have this massive lake. the lake used to overflow. when it did, the water would flow down. communities and agriculture moved in to the southern part of the state just south of

and i have herbert hoover saying i'm going to cut more money and macarthur it gets very worried. if you don't have the officer corps, who will train that next group for the next war? that is what his whole business becomes. he believes in mechanization, and they put money into trying to get the new proponents of what they're going to need. but he gets rid of the mechanized force. and basically they were working with obsolete tanks and you didn't have a whole fleet of people in the background servicing those tanks. this was a lot of money that was going to be chewed up by small ones -- funds. and macarthur said why we build these things now when in 10 years they will be obsolete when the war starts? let's keep this on the line. m1, howitzers, all were created during this time period. but macarthur -- roosevelt comes in in 1932 and he says i'm going to/your budget and macarthur looked at him and said -- i quit. and roosevelt said, i'm the president. and the next year he looks to macarthur because when he -- the government cannot handle it. macarthur creates an army plan where they

herbert hoover. a mistake we'll never make again. what might democrats to to bring that about? the first obvious question is the parties identity. that's really the only question at this point, do they accept the republicans and invitation to continue on as they have done before, making themselves more into an expression of professional class disdain. do they friend the light financier? . . >> the liberal party believed in the wisdom and efficacy of the great majority as distinguished from the judgment of a small minority of education about doesn't matter the republican party after the civil war or the democrats here is simple faction the great majority and the other that represents the minority. and what roosevelt did not foresee was a party system that wasn't between the few and many in the small minority of wealth. how could he have known the great majority to be offered a choice of enlightened technocrats and resentful millionaires on the other? you get that majority back together and then they would be unstoppable. it was only one form of politics naturally favors the part

today 13 presidents have met with queen elizabeth because she met with herbert hoover -- >> laura: look at her smiling. she's having a great time with trump. i love her. >> this say very gracious, beautiful tea and she was smiling and pointing him where to go. there was one awkward movement -- >> laura: why must you go to the awkward moment? >> i can't imagine what was going through the mind of this queen as they reviewed this honor guard. >> laura: donald, would you move to the left. you're blocking me, young chap. oh, he has no clue. >> queenie, you were wonderful in the crown. so good in the crown. don't put me up. >> laura: i love her. i'm sorry. 1939 she sat not as queen but sat as the daughter of the king with f.d.r. >> i'm not true that happened. that was her mother, lelizabeth. sorry about that. then there were in central london the protests at the same moment that flood the streets which -- it's kind of uncharacteristic you'd have this level of protests given putin and others have come to town with virtually no protests. and one person challenged the protesters a woman named as

but this had never been lived up to, and now you have herbert hoover saying, i'm going to cut $8 million, $11 million, and macarthur is worried. if you don't have the officer corps, who is going to drain the -- who is going to train that next group for the next war? he believes in mechanization. put money into trying to get the new proponents of what they will need, but he gets rid of the mechanized force, this group they had put together to supplant the footsoldier. basically, they were all working with obsolete world war i tanks that could not run. as well, you did not have a whole fleet of people in the background servicing those tanks. this was a lot of money that was going to be chewed up at a small funds they were getting, as well as air power. macarthur's whole thing was why are you going to build these now when in 10 years they may be obsolete, maybe when the war starts? there is too much on the line. maybe one 150 millimeter howitzer was created during this time period. has these -- also roosevelt comes in in he told 1932. macarthur, we are going to slash the budget, you're goin

the herbert hoover dike contains a prior free flowing lake. the inches of water is not manageable. >> the lake and the corps of engineers keeps track of all the water. earlier in the season the municipalities were requesting 1,000 cubic feet hoping to get the water off the lake because they needed that for the ecology of their waterway. they were denied. the corp of engineers has a call every single week where they pay attention to the amount of inches or quarter inches of level of change on lake okeechobee so it's managed in that way. how much water is kept on the lake in the form of what's requested by consumptive use permits for agriculture? how many inches, how many feet of water are kept on the lake for that purpose? >> well, i would like to state that the corp of engineers does keep track of every inch of water in that reservoir. that being said though, we don't have specific allocations for those specific purposes and the consumptive use agreements. it's a balance between the 12 1/2 and 15 1/2 feet and it's managed as a system along wit

we helped successfully defeat herbert hoover's extremist nominee to the supreme court, a guy by the name of john parker. we will not allow this to happen either. we will define this nominee with everything we have got from our state conferences to community branches. are fully engaged to tell our senators that our civil rights and human rights hang in the balance. brett kavanaugh must be defeated. senator, weevery rightss is the civil vote of your career. watch it closely. make no mistake. we're in the fight of our lives. we hope you are fired up and ready to go. fired up! crowd: ready to go! >> fired up! !rowd: ready to go >> good evening, i'm the executive vice president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. guess what? it is my body and it is my choice. it is my body and it is my choice! it is my body and it is my choice! we are here to fight for the soul of our nation. during president's political campaign he bragged he would pick judges who would overturn roe versus wade and daca. tonight he made good on that promise. brett kavanaugh was ticked from a list of nomin

now you have herbert hoover, he said i'm going to cut $8 more million, 11 more million. that's what his whole business becomes, saving the officer corps. he believes in meck an zags, they put money into trying to get the different new prop pents of what they're going to need, they're looking into air power, but he gets rid of the mechanized force, this group that they had put together to supplant the foot soldier. basically they were all working with obsolete world war i tanks that couldn't run. as well you didn't have that whole fleet of people in the background servicing those tanks. this was all a lot of money that was going to be crude up by the small funds that they're getting, as well as air power. and macarthur's whole thing is why are you going to build these things now and build a ton of them when in ten years they will be obsolete maybe when the war starts. let's keep it on the line that we have this stuff we can use, b-17, m-1, 150 millimeter howitzer all created during this time period. but macarthur has also got these cuts. roosevelt comes in 1932 tells maca

roosevelt created his own library and huber herbert hoover decided he wanted a library but this was all voluntary until 1972 when dexter present next and his thought that he owned his own records, that legislation was passed. the presidential records act which made it government property. so 1972 is kind of a marker that you have to donate. you have to give your papers to the national archive. >> so the rule really became official then and theother department . that's another confusion that happens sometimes. >> with the separate laws. the federal records had been orchestrated earlier than that and that guides all of the records management activities for the executive branch so all that you hundred 75 executive branch cabinet level agencies and departments. >> 45 congressional records. >> we provide by a gentlemen's agreement way back when, we providecourtesy storage for the records of congress and service them , provide the records of congress but they aren't at the library of congress . >> and i want all the people watching and listening to realize that the joy of working with your co

got the biggest spending bills ever, trump going on the biggest trade war we've been at since herbert hoovern the list. economically there's really no reason for charles koch or any libertarian or in his case classical liberal to support donald trump, is there? >> no. i think you outlined perfectly what the koch brothers stand for and it's more traditional republican party topics on recognizes, taxation, even immigration is a different place than the president. charles koch probably likes this tweet because one of the things that the koch network is trying to do is rebrand themselves. they know how radioactive they are in politics. david koch has stepped back from political operations. charles koch is the leader of that organization, probably happy to have this. but, again, i think he's definitely speaking for a distinct minority inside the republican party. but speaks for what we thought republicans stood for pre-trump. >> heidi, they always have been very uncomfortable with some of the more hard core republicans views on immigration. they've been concerned about exploding military budgets.

the herbert hoover dike is a levee system that encompasses and contains a prior free-flowing like. specific question on inches of water is not applicable in the management of lake okeechobee. >> lake okeechobee and the corps of engineers keep track of every inch of water on lake okeechobee. early in the season municipalities were requesting 1000 cubic feet per second for several months hoping to get an inch of water off like okeechobee because they needed that for the ecology of their waterway. they were denied. the corps of engineers has a call every single week were they pay attention to the amount of inches or quarter inches of level of change on lake okeechobee. absolutely lake okeechobee is managed and regulated in that way. how much water is kept on like okeechobee in the form of what is requested like consumptive use permits for agriculture? how many feet of water except on lake okeechobee for that purpose? >> the corps of engineers does keep track of every inch of water in that reservoir. not haveg said, we do specific allocations for those specific purposes and those consu

the herbert hoover dike essentially is a levee system that encompasses and contains a prior free-flowing lake. the specific questions on inches of water is noneo not applicable in the management of lake okachobee. >> sir, the colusa hatch yes municipality was requesting 1000 cube yuck feet per second hoping to get inches of water off the lake. they were denied. the corps of engineers has a call every single week where they pay attention to the amount of inches or quarter inches of levels of change on lake okachobee. so absolutely, lake okachobee is managed and remembering lated in that way. but let me ask you a different one. how much water is kept on lake okachobee in the form of what's requested by con summative use permit for agriculture? how many inches, how many feet of water are kept on lake okachobee for that purpose? >> i would like to state that corps of engineers does keep track of probably every inch much water in that reservoir. that being said, though, we don't have specific allocations for those specific purposes in this con summative use agreements. again, that's a balance

result, we haven't been able to southwest the things florida needs, like getting unding for the herbert hooverike and the restoration project, going on for 18 years. e have dribbles and drabs of money to build important infrastructure projects and getting ramped up to get some success. host: this is your first term, running for a second term, southwest florida. being here, you mentioned it is frustrating in terms of your ation, what is experience been like overall? uest: i think the money in politics is a real problem. a lot of people spend too much time raising money as part of requires rather than spending time thinking and providing leadership to the american people. i don't know how you get around citizens united and that kind of tuff, a lot of effort on fundraising. ost: kelsey from bloomington, democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: morning. caller: i was just calling to that i know earlier you spoke a little bit about the role of the united states in the world. wondering if the congressman could speak more on the role of it is u.s. should be in providing aid to the w

had announced that additional money the $514 million in disaster supplemental funding for the herbert hoover dike, and that will complete that project earlier than 2025 accelerated to 2022. senator rubio and i requested that. this fund something on top of what we've already spent over a decade and a half of a billion shoring up the dike. this didn't just happen yesterday. this happened 15, 20 years ago and we've already spent $1 billion. well we're going to get it accelerated all the way to 2022. that's coming in time. but while getting that additional funding to speed up work on the dike is certainly good news, it's important to remember that fixing the dike is important to public safety to protect the communities that are living around lake okeechobee. it's not the solution to ending the discharging and it's not solving the algae crisis. it's one step on the road to try to stop all of this the algae bloom that occurs every year. once that dike is fully prepared -- repaired, the army corps then expects to be able to store about six more inches of water in a big big lake like that. that's a