hoover dam was his 14th dam. he built dams in the remote mountains of the north many idaho and montana -- in idaho and montana, he built dams in deserts. hoover dam was built in the most remote and harshest environment that he had ever worked in, but he understood when the planses were coming together, and he knew about these plans because he had worked for the federal government as the plan superintendent. he knew this was going to be his dam. now, he had several aspects of his approach to dam building that were important. one was he was a relentless driver of men. he would -- forest fires, blizzards, nothing would really stop him. he would get these dams built way ahead of schedule, often under budget. he was known for this. he was also widely admired by the men who worked for him. he would go from project to project with a team of four men, and they would hire miners and builders wherever they, wherever they landed. but he did have this very loyal cadre of underlings. so the image of frank crowe is that he was

and hoover just had, as everyone knows, this incredible term. he was fbi director for 48 years from a period three years before charles lindbergh crossed the atlantic until a period three years after we landed on the moon. i mean, just a quarter of all american history he was the fbi director. and after he died there was a decision by congress that no one in a democracy should be able to amass the power and the longevity that hoover did. so they instituted this ten-year term. what's been interesting is that since hoover no fbi director has hit that ten-year limit. and i think with robert mueller what we're seeing right now is an almost cal ripken-like record that we have never seen since hoover and are unlikely, i think, ever to see again. mueller was sort of this right mix of a low-profile individual who was very driven, very ambitious but didn't seek out the spotlight. and can was able to weather a lot of controversies and a lot of storms, serve his presidents and his attorneys general well and is on track to leave office in september with wha

have you ever been to the hoover dam?immy: i want to go there or go to the grand canyon, i don't know how to get there thoguh. [ light laughter ] >> you fly to las vegas, and you hail a taxi. >> jimmy: and they will take you there? >> and they will take you to the hoover dam. interstate 93 used to go over the top of the hoover dam. so all of the big semi-trucks and everything that wanted to west to east on interstate 93 would have to go across the tiny little top of the dam. they've just built this beautiful new bypass bridge right next to it. which itself is this engineering marvel. and so, there's all this school stuff to look at. and -- >> jimmy: you thought it'd be a good location. >> i thought it would be cool, and i wanted an excuse to go, and it was hot, which was nice because it's been cold here. but there's this -- because of all of the budget crisis that we're in, there's all of this, we can't do anything that's a big deal anymore. we're broke. we can't spend any money. we can't do anything. the hoover dam opene

hoover dies in may. in september of that year you have the munich olympics, the palestinian terror attacks on the israeli delegation to the munich olympics, the first act of violence, international terrorism. and in november of that year you have this great moment mostly lost to the cobwebs of history now, the hijacking of southern airways flight 49. now, some of you in this room may remember there was actually a time when hijackings of commercial aircraft in the united states were quite frequent. and that we actually had in the '60s and early '70s a hijacking about once a week or once every other week in the united states. and that they were almost all nonviolent. they followed the exact same path. it was a criminal looking to escape who would hijack a plane, fly to cuba, get dropped off, the plane would fly back. no one was injured, it took a couple of hours, sometimes overnight, and it became sort of like thunderstorms at o'hare in the summer afternoon. [laughter] sorry, honey, i'm going to be home la

hoover didn't want to get involved at first. he wanted to the local case, memphis police department. it became clear this was an international case that the assassin had fled to another state, maybe another country. this was the biggest assassination that happened in the country with kennedy. cindy and there was no question and once the fbi gets involved in the jobs they are supposed to be doing, mainly solving crimes and doing police work and detective work i found out, you know, they really did do their job. the level of police work, the level of the sort of shoe leather that was expended, the man hours but were falsely pursued in addition to the ones that handout the number of agents, the number of miles, the largest manhunt in history at that point, and there's no question in my mind that the fbi did their job and it was exciting in a way to see them actually doing this instead of trying to ruin king and his movement they are actually trying and in an ironic way that hoover -- this agency was responsible for finding his kill

hoover got upset with it. they rounded up six suspects, spies, even in your times had a headline from fbi seizes six spies, doing a state department, secrets stolen. it ended up instead of being an espionage case, it turned into a stolen government document, simply to stop it in this age of wikileaks it doesn't sound so shocking that back then it was hugely shocking. and the idea that there were soviet spies was a whole new concept because of the worsening situation in europe. turns out that higher ups try to help jack, said you need a lawyer, and they called on the guy called tommy the cork corcoran. many of you in this area may note of it. tommy the cork interest in helping jack was his interest in covering their rear ends of the people at the white house and in the state department and in the justice department. and unbeknownst to anybody, good old j. edgar hoover had wiretapped tommy the cork's phone because the truman administration was very nervous about the old new dealers. so it started in 45, and ther

" and "one life to live" that the exec is canceling hoover's advertising. the vacuum company's vice- president of marketing used its facebook page to announce the move, and the response has been positive and overwhelming. thousands of people say they support hoover's decision. no comment yet from abc. and that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, april 19. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> be more. pbs.

edgar hoover went -- heard about this plan he went bananas. hoover had his hands full keeping an eye on all the surveys that were here. the planned donovan had a fairlt exchange of information with the kgb throughout 1943 on. they exchanged a lot of intelligence. gadgets to the soviets. some of the activities and with the new was happening. as the war was drawing to an end the abortions were coming in and occupying eastern european balkan nations. don't hold me to it, but it may have been romania. they want to know who were the zero ss officers that were in country. they were actually still working together trying to round up a nazi holdover. eventually the russians knew that the zero ss officers in eastern europe are going to be spying on them as much as working with them. they forced them all out of the balkan nations. there was a brief exchange of information. >> did the british share any of the details of the enigma operation with donovan? >> yes. they shared. donovan had men and women working with the british, and they got access to the r

edgar hoover by his enemies and has been promoted ever since. the problem with that story is that it distracted from the true scandal of j. edgar hoover which is that he used sex files on every senator and supreme court justice, to basically control the federal government over the 47 years he served as fbi director. it undermined the constitution. >> two days of the los angeles festival of books. we are live with our nonfiction authors featuring larry flynt and david eisenbach. >> caller: calling from the other end of america. the film that you appeared in and the rental affair which i think would be one of the very early american sex scandals would you say alexander hamilton? >> guest: right along with the father and children and slave girls and those two were the first news scandals in the beginning with the founding fathers. >> guest: in the case of alexander hamilton, stephenson, and they discovered -- and james reynolds for the race to sleep with his wife, maria reynolds. the democrat republicans found out about this and then proceeded to d

but hoover's reputation was on the line. and the f.b.i.'ere relentless. >> during the 60 days he's on the lam he's the most wanted man in america. so this guy who had craved anonimity all his life suddenly got all the attention he could handle. >> reporter: ray made it to canada where he managed to obtain a fraud leapt passport. from there he traveled to britain and portugal hoping to find passage to the white- dominated african nation of rhodesia now known as zimbabwe. ray hoped to collect a numerous bounty that racist had placed on the life of dr. king. in his mind killing king, notoriety would be one reward but money could be another. >> i think his thinking was that he would get to rhodesia, a place that had no extradition treaty with the united states, that the rhodesians would smile on his crime and he would be welcomed as a hero. then he could work on getting, connecting with the bounty money that any be out there. he just didn't have time. >> reporter: after two months on the run, ray's luck ran out. he had been desperate for money

in hoover's view he had his hands full already.eping an eye on the soviets that were here already in the united states spying. so the plan got nick's. even so donovan had fairly robust exchange of information with the nk -- nkgb throughout 1943 on. they exchange a lot of intelligence. donovan supplied some gadgets to the soviets which they appreciated and they supplied information on some of the activities of what they knew was happening particularly in eastern europe. as the war was drawing to an and, and you know the russians were coming in and occupying eastern european nations, i believe at some point there, dole told hold me to it, they wanted to know who were the oss officers that were in the country then, because they actually were still working together trying to round up nazi holdovers. this was towards the end of the war. so they exchange information on that. eventually though they russians knew that they had the oss officers that would be spying on them as much as working with them and they forced them all out of the nat

in hoover's view he had his hands full already.keeping an eye on the soviets that were here already in the united states spying. so the plan got nick's. even so donovan had fairly robust exchange of information with the nk -- nkgb throughout 1943 on. they exchange a lot of intelligence. donovan supplied some gadgets to the soviets which they appreciated and they supplied information on some of the activities of what they knew was happening particularly in eastern europe. as the war was drawing to an and, and you know the russians were coming in and occupying eastern european nations, i believe at some point there, dole told hold me to it, they wanted to know who were the oss officers that were in the country then, because they actually were still working together trying to round up nazi holdovers. this was towards the end of the war. so they exchange information on that. eventually though they russians knew that they had the oss officers that would be spying on them as much as working with them and they forced them all out of the n

. >>> hoover is a new ally for soap opera fans. it announced it is pulling all of its advertising from the network starting this friday and starting an e-mail campaign to bring the shows back from the dead. >>> 25-year-old mom nicole richie has admitted to owning more than 200 pairs of sunglasses. richie defends her arsenal by claiming that she needs them to do their job as a clothing designer. i'm guying to use this excuse when my husband gives me a hard time for having too many clothes. >> i need like four pair of shoes. >> what is your excuse? >> and this comes to us from jacksonville, florida, where in nearby st. augustine, an unplanned pregnancy has given hope to a species on the brink of extinction. the discovery of 41 eggs has caretakers of two rare crocodiles thrilled. with only 200 of these crocs left in the world, nature took its course. in two months, the eggs are hatched and they're expected to be hatched and it's going to give hope to a crocodile comeback. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on

in addition to that, one block away on santiago and 14th is the hoover middle school. and you know, as well as all churches, we want to reach out to our community. and we're looking at some of the opportunities to reach some of the students from the school, maybe provide after-school tutoring, whatever programs that maybe we can reach out to them and also reach out to the community as well. we're looking at positive things and potentially to improve our current condition, which is very crowded at the current time and to be able to move into a building that we can make use of. so i hope that this would be in favor of the planning commission moving forward. thank you. president olague: thank you. i don't think we have -- we have one speaker card. if you'd like to pass that forward. georgia parsons. >> thank you members of the commission. my name is georgia parsons. i am the owner of the property next to 401 taraval street. and i want to say that i have had a discussion recently with mr. louis, and i have no problems -- mr. louie and i have no problems with the church mov

. >> reporter: even buckingham ballas has to haul out the hoover when guests arrive. all indication that is this big fat royal wedding is galloping our way. as the sun rose in london, horses hit the streets for a dress rehearsal of the royal procession from the palace to westminster abbey. the abbey has become camp westminster. dozens of people pitch tents and get comfy. >> the tents are going to come in handy on wedding day. it's supposed to rain. it could be a gully washer. >> i'm watching, i don't care. >> reporter: she did this for the queen's jubilee. >> come early, bring everything. >> reporter: wendy and her mom both from south africa struggle to erect a child-sized marquee hoping this will keep out the rain. >> the sun is shining, we are staying. >> reporter: what are the odds of a wet wedding. they say bring your bumper shoots. >> it's a shocker. i apologized on the board. the odds were the other way around last week. the forecast completely changed. >> 4:57 right now. coming up, more neighborsinov mv in? the latest real estate numbers in silicon valley. >>>

to fast forward to herbert hoover people might be surprised to learn that hoover wanted to have some private moments when he was president and he didn't want the staff to see him and he didn't want to see them. he would insist when he heard his footsteps and heard him coming they would hide from him so that no matter what they were doing and there were cases where the staff would tell stories about the president is coming. they would open the closet door to hide from him and there would be somebody in there with a tray of glasses and linens just hiding from the president, but that's the way he wanted when harry truman took over, his reaction was why are these people peeping at me from behind the bushes? what is that all about? [laughter] he said have them go about their business and then the system started to go back to the week that it had been when eisenhower took over with his reaction was again typical of eisenhower. he said why doesn't anybody do any worker of here? weigel i see anybody working? the point was they were trying to hide from the president and he said well, i want p

i want to fast forward to herbert hoover. i think people might be surprised to learn that hoover wanted to be, have some private moments when he was president if he didn't want the staff to see him and he didn't want to see them. so he would insist when they heard his footsteps are heard him coming they would hide from him so that no matter what they were doing, and there were cases where the staff would tell stories about the president is coming, don't open a closet door to hide from him and it would be somebody in there with a tray of glasses and people with linens, just hiding from the president. but that's the way he wanted it. when harry truman took over, his reaction, another insight into the man, was why are these people peeking at me from behind the bushes? what's that all about what he said just have them go about their business, and then assistance or to go back to what it had during when eisner took over, but his reaction was can typical of eisenhower, he said why doesn't anybody do any work around your? why do i n

even buckingham palace has to haul out the hoover when company is coming. today, cleaning crews sucked out the fountain, while gardeners removed the heads on the flowers nearby. all indications that this royal wedding is galloping our way. as the sun rose in london, horses took to the streets for a dress rehearsal of the royal process, from the palace, to westminster abbe. meanwhile, the abbey will become the poster -- >> it could become a gully washer. nancy, of san rafael, who did this for the queen's jubilee, knows how to be a royal spectator. >> come early. bring everything. wendy lewis and her mom, struggled to erect a child-size marquis. >> we're staying dry. >> reporter: what are the odds of a wet wedding? paddy power says bring your chutes. >> the forecast has changed. it does look like we're going to get a bit of rain on friday. but it's england after all. what do you expect? >> reporter: okay. and the two favorite stories in the morning papers is that kate middleton asked prince william to get a spray tan, a waxing before the wedding. and reported

. >> reporter: shipping tycoon milton ray built this home on land purchased from herbert hoover. >> sevenedrooms, seven 1/2 baths altogether. about 10,000 square feet. have views of the golden gate, sausalito, belvedere, angel island, alcatraz. buying this house would be buying a slice of history of san francisco. >> reporter: a big slice, at $45 million. from history to high-tech, it's all here for the right price. vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. >> ah, for the right price. the agreement on the national budget this weekend means all the national parks are still open for visitors. a representative from yosemite sent us these pictures today. it's been a challenging winter for yosemite like power outages forcing the evacuation of the park just a couple of weeks ago. and then the budget stalemate threatening the closure of the park altogether. the next potential problem at yosemite will likely be flooding. for that, let's check in with meteorologist rob maeda. >> hi, diane. the snowpack still incredible for this time of year. you can see the southern sierra down towards yosemite almost 150

consider what is happening when you take -- huge band, huge orchestra and huge choir and you take hoover's outstanding band, orchestra and choir and you put most of those schools into a high school that has zero music. thank you. >> good evening. my name is tim hurly. i'm a parent at start king elementary school and there are some other parents here. we've unfortunately lot a -- lost a few due to the length of the meeting tonight. i have two daughters. one of whom is in what we call the pioneering class and we're now seeking a middle school home as i'm sure you quite know. we consider ourselves one of the many typical kinds of san francisco families and when we were looking for an elementary school we looked at all options including private schools. we were excited to find a language program in a public school. my wife and i are both products of a public school system in california except for a minor stint in grad school where we did all of our work in the public school system in california and we were rather dedicated to it forever our children as well -- for our children as well. and we'

. >> again, if i'm a major manufacturer, in this case a hoover, i'm looking for some sort of tie-in. working with amazon, 30% off all hoover cleaning products, rug steam cleaners, your vacuums, it goes from suddenly $129 to $99. >> any reason why april for vacuum cleaners? >> because i have to find a peg. if i'm hoover and i'm talking to amazon about promotions all year around they're going to dream up spring cleaning. this is where you see the big players able to offer a discount. >> if you've been shipwrecked and need a life preserver -- i'm kidding. cruises is now the right time to book cruises. >> here's why. there's something called shoulder season which is a certain window of time that's not peak, not offpeak, and you can get great prices. in this case going to europe, it's a little chillier. we looked at royal caribbean, 12 days no matter which room you get the suites or lower end rooms under $200. >> a night? >> amazing. >> so a little under $2,000 for a 12-night sale wonderful deal. any other ways to save? >> i talk to people who go on cruises a lot. their tip was book your

i just wanted to fast forward a little bit to herbert hoover. think people might be surprised to learn that hoover wanted to be, have some private moments when he was president. and he didn't want the staff to see him, and he didn't want to see them. so he would insist that when they heard his footsteps and heard him coming, they would hide from him no matter what they were doing. and there were cases where the staff would tell stories about the president's coming. they'd open a closet door to hide from him, and there'd be somebody in there with a tray of glasses, there were people in there with linens just hiding from the president. but that's the way he wanted it. when harry truman took over, his reaction -- another insight into the man -- was why are these people peeping at me from behind the bushes? what's that all about? [laughter] and he said, just have them go about their business. and then the system started to go back to the way it had been when eisenhower took over. but his reaction was, again, typical of eisenhower, he said, why doesn

sixty and seventy dollars for live in spain several times why no one good tapas food tastes like hoover tried. to sell. the ones this is one of the most popular restaurants. looking at one other places ok to be spain latin america in the seventy's in the streets of moscow is the latest in there as asians specializing in spanish language courses eight thousand students to the spanish at the institute every year transit in spain not too much you want to follow the spanish language and latin american culture around the world there are similar senses come to those. polish passion flamenco rhythms and it's by the popular keep seeking some really sick other than the musical sorrow which is currently running in the russian capital names also the fictional black muscat czar which means folks in spanish it is going to become a great success of the moscow palace of youth which performs almost every night. thanks michel it is a real piece of mexico in the russian capital when you know only such a regional mix me cuisine but also stays true to the atmosphere of a gangsta mexican village full of fun

herbert hoover increased the federal budget 60% in just four years. he ended up by taking the federal income tax rate from 25% of the way up to 63%. and the result was the depression of the 1930's. all that franklin roosevelt did is amplify a double down on those policies. the similarities between those terrible years and the administrations of george w. bush and barack obama are pretty striking. it was george w. bush will increase federal spending by a full 2% of gdp. remember, bill clinton reduced by 4%. it was bush who drove that spending through the roof, produced massive budget deficits and all barack obama has done is take those mistakes and amplify and double down on them and needlessly prolong and deepen the recession. host: kentucky on our line for republicans. doris, you are on "washington journal." caller: i have a question about -- since our government is and process may be of shutting down, i don't understand why -- i don't know what the man's name is offhand, i am an older person -- why he said it this morning that we are going to have t

edgar hoover was on the side of, effectively, the forces of segregation. and these young people did it. and that is a great, great moment in american democ-- i think it's the best moment in american democracy since the end of world war ii. (paulson) if we could go back to the very beginning, you told their story extraordinarily well in a book called the children. and it is a large volume. and yet on day one of covering their story, you probably wrote a 22-inch story, whatever occurred that day that initiated your coverage. did you have any sense on day one that they would make history? i think i knew something was happening. i think watching these young people protest, how well-organized they were, how extraordinarily disciplined they were, the elegance of them, the body language-- we didn't talk "body language" then, but they were erect, their posture. they were extraordinarily well-dressed. i had a sense that something powerful had happened and that they would come back from-- i didn't know the depth of it. i didn't know how well-trained they were. i did

with citi group bankers on december thirteenth and the next day he bought shares in a country called hoover saw in a company called loopers all the day before the citi group bankers understood that they were talking to david so call in his capacity as an officer of berkshire hathaway in a capacity of an officer who evaluates potential acquisition candidates for sure hathaway. that seemed to be their clear understanding and in that meeting david sokol asked for a meeting with the president of lubrizol. so he sought that meeting and on december seventeenth we now find out through bloomberg news that on december seventeenth the city group bankers gave feedback to david so that the president of lubrizol you know was going to bring berkshire hathaway's interests forward to the board of directors at lubrizol so it's pretty clear that he had information that the public didn't have that this was a potential acquisition candidate for berkshire hathaway and in the past the stock prices of acquisition candidates of berkshire hathaway have popped up so after all of this go around david sokol is going s

nixon had it actually nixon had it ninety percent where where were truman and eisenhower and and and hoover and and and it was just a whole bunch of pattern is that it discourages casino behavior what happens is that when a very very wealthy people are looking to pull in twenty thirty forty fifty one hundred five hundred million dollars a year out of their business and then have a seventy percent tax they say to themselves you know instead of pulling this money out and stick it and swiss bank account and gambling with it i think i'll leave it the biz. yes and when you leave in the business what do you do you build new factories you grow you build your company and what do you do with that you know you end up hiring new people if you look back at the history of this country every time the top tax on very wealthy people has been over fifty percent what we've seen is that throughout that period of time there have been no booms and busts and employment for trick particular for the middle class has been strong and steady we need to adopt rather gracious prognosis. for our daily poll it's your cha

daniel pice, visiting fellow of hoover institute and author of "militant islam reaches america." great to have you both. start, chris, with you. daniel, you watch over shariah and your expertise is finance, correct? okay. first of all, do i have it all right? >> yes, sir. the only thing i can see you might have left out is iran dominate shariah compliant finance in the world. >> glenn: this isn't necessarily nefarious, right? you could be shariah complaint and not necessarily fenarious, right? >> that's true. >> glenn: so why is shariah compliant something we should worry about? >> first, the whole purpose of shariah compliant finances is promote shariah. promoting shariah is something we shouldn't have in america. shariah is the enemy threat doctrine. the goal of the groups like al-qaeda, hezbollah and hamas. an thet call to everything in the constitution. in my opinion, the biggest threat to our constitutional rights over the next 25 years. in this country. >> glenn: would you agree with that, daniel? >> there are different kind of threats. china is one threat and shariah is an

the last one at hoover middle school. >>> thousands of bay area students may be forced to miss classes when school starts in the fall. it's because of a state requirement saying anyone entering seventh grade and up must have proof they received a whooping cough vaccine. if school started today, only 4500 of the 16,000 students would be allowed to attend class. districts are urging parents to get their kids vaccinated soon. last year, we saw the worst outbreak for years. if you don't get it done right now, the lines and the back up will be tremendous. >> the mcgrew children need to be vaccinated. >> they are going to get shots. this just in kids, you are getting shots. >> any tough guy can take a shot, right scott? we are looking good this morning. showers pushing through the bay area. they are clearing out rapidly. we have seen the most moisture come through and now as high pressure moves in, we are noticing fog developing. take it easy out there. reduce visibility along the bridges and the bay area. here is what we are looking at. the showers extend from santa cruz to san jose. a litt

temperatures will hoover in the mid to upper 60s. but again we are tracking some scattered showers. we will take a look at the latest future models coming up. >>> also coming up next on mornings on 2 the muni driver caught texting while driving is still on the job. find out what is happening today. >>> also new confusion sorry to tell you involving the clipper cards. stay right here with us.

at the same time jay edgar hoover, the ambitious set of the fbi was out to destroy general donovan'sreputation when he viewed as a threat to his espionage empire. donovan to protect his former staff started a burning of the oss records of his former personal knowing any of them like jane and paul had been left of center. julieanna and paul's poignant letters in this period captured the atmosphere of fear and paranoia that permeated the small diplomatic circles. julia considered mccarthy to be a desperate power maunder, she wrote, and believed that campaign of innuendo and intimidation was destroying the country that she left. i am terribly worried about mccarthyism, she wrote to her friend in 1954. what can i do as an individual? it's frightening. i'm ready to bear my breasts, small as they may become a stick my neck out i will turn my back on anyone. we will sacrifice husbands and finally self. inevitably, jane foster and paul child became caught in the buzz saw of the mccarthy red spots hunt. april 7th 1955 paul received a telegram summoning him to washington. their old friend, the

edgar hoover was out to destroy donovan's reputation. china went into the oss records knowing that many of them like jane and paul had been left of center. the letters in this period captured the atmosphere of fear and paranoia that permeated their diplomatic circles. julia considered mccarthy to be a desperate tower among her, she wrote and believed his vengeful campaign of innuendo and intimidation was destroying a country that she loved. i am terribly worried about mccarthyism, she wrote in 1954. what can i do as an individual? it is frightening. i am ready to bear my breast, small size blow they may be, stick my neck out. and won't turn my back on any one. we will sacrifice cookbook, husband and self. inevitably jane foster and paul child were caught in the buzz. in 1955 paul received a telegram summoning him to washington. their old friend jane foster was being investigated by the fbi as a russian spy. when she was arrested in paris the authorities ransacked her apartment and found paul child's name in her address book. they found t

later these actually came out in the form of revelations of fbi wrongdoing several fbi leaders, not hoover, but actually he had died by the in. the second-in-command people were charged and convicted. now, of course, that never would happen. now all you have to it -- of the feds have to do is declare the charges, the suspects having to do with terrorism or terrorists and their would be no habeas corpus, no evidentiary problems. it would go all the way to torture. so we live in a completely different environment, obviously. most of us in the room grew up believing that such things as habeas corpus were sacred in our system. now people can be held without charges or even undergo rendition and tortured. so you know, we have zero lots -- we have lost a lot of ground and we just have to keep working on this. >> thank you, marc. martha, there is -- i'm going to read this. she won't accuse me of misquoting. there is a section in her book, "expecting to fly." we talk about anybody who loves history or is a history teacher, a historical hindsight. you can measure what happened in the past only look

herbert hoover increased the federal budget 60% in just four years. he ended up by taking the federal income tax rate from 25% all the way up to 63%. and the result was the depression of the 1930s. all franklin roosevelt did was to amplify and doubledown on those policies. the similarities between those terrible years and the administrations of george w. bush and barack obama are pretty striking. it was george w. bush who increased federal spending by a full 2% of gdp. remember bill clinton reduced it by 4%. it was bush who drove that spending through the roof and produced massive budget deficits. all that barack obama has done is to take those mistakes amplify and doubledown on them and i think needlessly prolong and deepen the recession. >> next up is greensburg kentucky on the line for republicans. doris, you're on "washington journal." >> caller: mr. mcclintock, i had a question about -- since our government is in process maybe of shutting down, i don't understand why -- i don't know what the man's name is right offhand. i'm an older person, of wh

concerned parents, if you'd like to attend, be at hoover middle school for the meeting tonight starting at 7:00. this is the last of three community meetings. >>> 5:16 now. we'll find out today if interest rates are going up, and federal reserve chief will give his first-ever scheduled news conference. today in the bay's nicole lapin is live at cnbc headquarters. this is historic, nicole. >> reporter: this is very historic. we are very excited about this. we'll be watching very closely. futures are flat, slightly higher, as investors don't want to seem to take major positions ahead of that fed decision this afternoon. that comes at 12:30 our time, 9:30 your time. the fed is widely expected to leave interest rates on hold and stick to plans to continue to buy billions in government bonds through june. ben bernanke then meeting the press for the very first time at 2:15 our time, 11:15 your time. this is the fist-ever conference. durable goods comes out in 15 minutes. earnings from boeing, earnings from conoco fiphillips. we're still in the thick of earnings season. after the close we look

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you remember a great part, hoover begging roosevelt, you have to do something about the bank crisis. you got to sign this document and we've got to be together on this and roosevelt said you know those drapes are lovely. i think i may keep them in the white house. lincoln did the same thing. he would not change any -- he would not declare any policy about facing down secession, about any new aspect of a compromise. he secretly discussed with fellow republicans where -- how far he was willing to go on compromise and also drew a line in the sand. but that idea of profound silence and masterly inactivity i think is a great lesson. i was, frankly, shocked that senator obama and senator mccain went to a cabinet meeting with president bush to discuss an economic plan that a lame duck president in effect was instituting. yes, we can argue all night about whether it was -- whether it helped, whether it didn't happen, whether it was a loan program but i think a president elect really needs a clean slate. i think we'll get through to january 20th. we got through march 4th through the beginning