i started my new look foundation and, obviously, years later, people like this organization and hugh evansnd wanted me to be a part of an amazing event. >> trevor: i knew of usher, you know, the singer, i knew of usher the performer, but didn't know of usher, the person trying to build a community. tell me about the new look foundation. it has a very specific cause, a very specific target and you have been successfully achieving that. >> yeah, well, success is relative. the idea is obviously 501c3s don't function by themselves so a lot of people are donating and also to show support for what we're doing and greater. but the efforts of being able to give kids real opportunity is where it likely starts for me. that's one to have the things that makes me who i am. somebody believed in me. somebody gave me an opportunity to let me know there was more in my environment wait for me. that's what the new look foundation represents. >> global citizens is a concert, movement, action, about engaging people and it's about the entertainment. it's a beautiful imine thighs of all these things. you came t

the election against charles hughes was so close, charles evans hughes famously went to bed thinking was presidenten and then was woken up to find out no, california with a different way. i wonder if you -- >> guest: can i -- that's a great point. >> caller: i wondered what your thoughts were on whether charles evans hughes if he had been president, how the course of world war i would have been different. thank you. >> guest: o hard to speculate. he was very close to the rambunctious theater roosevelt who hated woodrow wilson but the one thing to be aware of combined so glad you brought up 1916. woodrow wilson who i think is vastly overrated, he was a horrible racist, he was not a man of his time. his two predecessors were far more progressive on civil rights. this is someone who gave comfort to racism in this country, showed birth of the nation celebrating the ku klux klan in the white house. the other thing wilson campaigned for reelection just as our call is saying, his slogan was he kept us out of war. he knew we would getdo involvedn that war early and the second term and he was

he's about to appoint charles evans hughes who with the young dynamo governor of new york who will run for president and will probably outlive have to. so taft calls hughes from the white house when hughes is on his way dressing for the interview, calls off the interview and instead he appoints edward douglas white, a 65-year-old southern democrat whose only qualification for this be will during appointment is he is likely to die in time for taft to take his place. and taft goes on and refuses to expire. taft is constantly checking in, stopping by in washington, how are you feeling? would you like a little more cheese? he perseveres and shows no signs of retiring. happily for taft, he unexpectedly drops dead of a heart attack right at the moment went have to beginning to despair and president harding has to appoint a replacement. then there is a tense moment when harding is dithering and he's thinking of appointing someone else. thankfully for taft he's enjoying a bipartisan revival of popularity both because wilsonian internationalists like his support of international court and his r

. >> caller: i want to your thoughts, charles evans hughes, had he been elected president how the course of world war i would've been different? >> guest: i think he was close to the rambunctious theater roosevelt who hated woodrow wilson. one thing to be aware of, i'm glad you brought up 1915, woodrow wilson is overrated. he was a horrible racist, a throwback, not a man of his time. tr and taft were far more progressive on civil rights, someone who gave comfort to racists in this country. the celebrating of the ku klux klan in the white house. wilson campaign for reelection, saying he kept us out of war and he will do the same. he knew we would get involved intel a false narrative. what drives me crazy is in a close election of 1916 the people who made that difference were voters in california, women in california voting in 1916. and and in the second term wilson brings them war. i hate for our democracy to see a president elected under false pretenses and you can imagine. >> host: had woodrow wilson prior to that election been planning to enter the war? >> guest: one incident in the no

he does not elevate charles evans hughes. cynical? strategic. he says to the commission who should be signing the commission of one who would take my place that's a point where charles evans chooses the young dynamo to run for governor and will probably outlive taft so he calls hughes from the white house while he's on his way dressing for the interview calls it off and instead appoints white the 65 -year-old southern democrat whose only qualification that he's willing to die in time for taft to take his place but white refuses to fire him. how are you feeling? have similar cheese. [laughter] he perseveres and shows no sign of retiring but then he unexpectedly drops dead of a heart attack when he sinks into despair than president harding has to appoint the replacement then harding is thinking of appointing someone else thankfully for taft joining a revival popularity because so many internationalist like is a part of the international courts and his role during the war, revives the prolabor credentials and saves his reputation so he is nominated

emma hughes who is 8 months pregnant — her baby is due on saturday; ruth potts; jo ram; ali tanmlit; laura clayson; mel evansnshaw and joe mcgann. theyjoin us they join us now. theyjoin us now. thank you for coming on the programme, we appreciate it. i would like to ask you festival your reaction to the guilty verdict last week? we were shocked and i think it is fair to say we are still reeling. we took action, as he said, to prevent the real harm that we believed and had very real real harm that we believed and had very real reason real harm that we believed and had very real reason to believe, would befall the people who were due to be on that flight that night. we do read testimonies that a group called detain voices who take the testimonies of those held in detention, and these are people who have been denied their voice. their voices have been silenced. they've been telling the home office what the threats are that face them if they are sent to these places. the home office haven't listened. they are sent to these places. the home office haven't listenedlj they are sent to these places. the home office