john. o' franklin is always say the unvarnished truth. and so therefore you've got to have room to be able to tell that truth. so you prune those statutes you put some in parks you actually say that you find other statues that replace those that tell a fuller more complicated story in essence what you really simply trying to do here is to say that america has certain creation myths and it's important to keep those miss as sort of our norstar. let us be that more perfect union, but let us also recognize that we have a long way to get there and that in order to get there. you've got to understand your history. to understand the complexity. you've got to understand the dark moments because only by understanding those dark moments. do you really understand the resiliency and the strength of a people? i agree. i think that the great anxiety in all of this is to not have a kind of soviet set. you know, where you throw out everything and and select a new history as if nothing ever existed and i understand well people could feel anxious about tha

. >> john franklin turned to schoolhouse, a start up that actually launched in january 2020 just beforeiginal idea was micro schools, a few teachers and kids in a store front and shopping center, for example, but they quickly pivoted to pandemic pause, connecting parents to teachers for in-home schooling. day operate in eight states and are hoping to raise additional venture capital to keep expanding even after the pandemic >> we really see schoolhouse as the best academic option available for our parents, and so we already have pods that have renewed for fall 2021 so although we started and i think got a lot of momentum from the covid pandemic, we really are built for the long-term. >> according to polling, the percentage of parent participating in pandemic pods peaked in october at 55% since then, it's held steady at about a third of parents the survey also found that nearly one in five kids have switched where they go to school since the pandemic started brian, it could be hard for parents to disrupt their education again, and switch them back once life returns to normal back to you.

it also means here's an opportunity to say, here are ways as john franklin used to say, this history needs to be corrected. and i would argue that removing confederate statues are not erasing history at all. in fact, it's helping us find a truer, more accurate history. i would argue that there are some statues that ought to be preserved in museums because they help us understand this moment we're in, but i'm a big believer that if you're in search of accuracy, confederate statues help you understand history a bit, but removing them does not challenge -- does not change our historical narrative. it corrects it. >> yeah. what he said. if you just go back and means test when that statue was built was it was built in the 1880s or 1890s. what was happening then? well, reconstruction, which has come down to a bad period. the collapse was a tragedy because in the wake, in the absence of federal troops in the south enforcing the post-civil war peace, you had an extraordinary influx of kkk, of lynching, of jim crow laws, all enshrined by 1898. in the constitution in plessy versus -- or in the

and he will especially go to john atoms and benjamin franklin for some of their ideas, and critiques of his writing. generally, in his view his work. he is building on a lot of different things are proving him and others have written some of the grievances that they have already been talking about, make up a big bulk of that declaration. and by june 28th, the declaration is back here in the assembly room. that is a friday. they will wait until the next monday just took a beating. so july the 1st begins debate on independence. now, the first thing they are going to debate is not the declaration, but the idea. they will have to start discussing it is the best thing for us? should we become this free and independent states? most of the men and the room are at that point where they are ready to make the step. but there are others that were not loyal, they are not loyalist in the coming congress. they are men who are little more conservative, saying this might not be a good idea. john dickinson, probably the most important man of them. years earlier, the author of the letters of the penns

john. hope franklin and i got to spend time with all of these wonderful people all of whom i published at one time or another that magazine. and also i'm enjoyed a link with the popular historians who were not academics alex haley glenn tucker the bruce canton to a very limited extent. which i think helped give me some insight into. with the popular mind and the popular imagination was interested in. and wanted to see and understand. so it i had an extraordinary sort of path to reach the civil war. and one problem it may even be unique. i don't know but at every point it really helped to imbue and me a deep sense of the fascination of the people of those times the crises they went through and the means by which they tried to deal with them. great. thank you. carrie how about you? hi. thanks john for inviting me to be part of this this wonderful panel with so many people that i am fond of so like jack in some ways. i think it was where i was from. i'm i grew up in the shenandoah valley and surrounded by civil war battlefield civil war fights lesson than than two miles from my home. where my pa

host: let's hear from john next up in franklin, ohio. john says end it. hello.aller: good morning. unfortunately, i believe it is time to end it. i did not always feel that way. i am 59, going to be 60 years old. i have followed what goes on for quite a long time, since i first voted in my first election in 1980, and i am very upset about the way things go in washington. and i believe ending it, it will take time to heal, but i believe that is what will bring accountability to those that we send to washington and i believe that it will bring accountability to the voters who send those to washington and i believe, eventually, it may be a hard lesson, but it will clean itself up that way. host: are you concerned at all that if it is ended under democratic control that when republicans gain control again they could use it as well to advance their agenda? caller: that will be the hard lesson learned and whatever party ends up in control of that will, you know -- their feet will be held to the fire and the consequences will be, if things do not work out for the citiz

anna the oldest daughter and the four boys james elliott franklin jr. and john several of them were congressman ran for office between the five children. there were 19 marriages. so it was a complicated set of descendants. and yes a number of the grandchildren are directly involved with the library and roosevelt is the chair of the roosevelt institute board her cousin nancy roosevelt, ireland as the chair of the library trustees. there are at least eight or nine other family members who are directly involved either with the roosevelt institute or the library the next generation the great we have several great grandchildren who are now involved. so it's been a consistent sort of relationship in the early days that were the family members were not directly involved in the management of either the property or the library, but they have remained connected to us and you know, their support is is very important. you mentioned towards the beginning about fdr's extramarital affair, but didn't really talk about relationships that eleanor had and how that might have impac

has changed diplomacy, and i always tell my students that when i read about john adams and thomas jefferson and ben franklin that is sort of a general instruction that nobody ever told him what to do. they came back with treaties, and i think that some diplomats would river that now. so now people are instructed ambassadors, but what happens is technology has in many ways, undermined the way it's done. and it happens so quickly that people don't have time to really make decisions. they have to respond right away. if you say no comment, that is already a comment, so i would say the biggest change is technology. the second is that we have a lot of non state actors. diplomacy is based on the nation state, and we now have non state actors who are less influenced by the kind of tools that countries have to affect their behavior. >> as i'm so sorry we have time for just one more question. >> doctor all right, thank you for coming in your speech you mentioned that it's time for the next generation to step up and effect change for democracy, that we wish to see in the future. what advice would you offer to the stud

and this is a number of all the founding fathers you would have heard of but benjamin franklin was a guest here john adams and abigail adams the marquita lafayette marquis again to shuttle you of course and our beloved george and martha washington who did end up becoming very close friends with the pals. and they actually lived and we've kind of believe that they probably first they might have known each other earlier, but they probably started develop a friendship around the 1780s when lived next door to the pal. um sandwich you like to talk a little bit more about the washington's relationship with the past. absolutely kayla. thank you. so as kayla said they lived next door. the washington's lived next door to the powells in 1781 to 1782 and this image is actually from 1800. it is a a engraving of a the third street and it's done by an artist named william birch and the powell house itself is in just in the background and the house that the washington's rented was right next door to that. and so they were there for just a few months but during those few months i think is really when they started t

franklin roosevelt runs for president. happy days are here again. and john kennedy says we need to get this country moving again. the democratic party from '32 until basically '76 and beyond is the party of hope, optimism and the future and the republican party is the green eye shade, eat your spinach, balance the budget party. and it's me too-ism. we can manage government better than the democrats. we'll just do it better. that was basically their pitch. it wasn't a very inspirational pitch, obviously. which is why they're in the minority from '32 up until '68 and even beyond, actually. because '68 was aberration. but reagan comes forward and the early leaders of the conservative movement, like bill buck and others, have a coherent message. it was based on the framers, based on the founders, based4d< the constitution which had been kind of cast aside or at least put on the sidelines from '32 on. and -- but we're reaching an era -- now after -- i have to go backwards. from '32 to the '60s, m■mwúschÑ americans believe that government is working and government

whole is losing a rather remarkable amount of money that we could be claiming >> franklin, we talk about the content creators john lee daniels, barry jenkins, regina king and these are powerful black producers and actors with influence. is that enough or does it need to go to corporate does it need to be on the other end of the change before you see meaningful change? >> mackenzie's study says it all. yes, we have people in hollywood doing extraordinary work with these obstacles that are placed in their way and one has to wonder what they'd be capable of and allow the obstacles at a level commensurate with their ability and frankly, commensurate with their ability to return on their investment. one of the things that i was most shocked about the study was dollar for dollar that was invested into black content, despite being underfunded, undersupported, under distributed still delivers a better roi by 10%. >> franklin, that roi number is really dramatic. what were other parts of the studies that were surprising some other things were the underrepresentation of executive ranks and what are other things that you'd w

franklin roosevelt. folks still mourn what could've been with john f. kennedy. what do we want and expect from our leaders? and if we can't name any presidents we like, admire, and respects, is that their fault, or is it our fault? in the course of my lifetime, only to presidents only two tha i can find. in during the course of my lifetime, i count five people elected president who are less than 50 percent of the popular vote. so with my math is correct, onl to people have been elected lifetime with more than 55 percent of the popular vote while five. i mean, there have been more impeachments and lamp my lifetime then landslide presidential winners. what would it take for us to find someone they are perhaps 7 around? what would it take to find a woman or a man who really created consensus in our country , a mandate if you will. i do wonder if the current stat of the media in our country would even allow that. the media seem to view their jo is taking down whoever was just elected. there is a difference between accountability and what we have now which as just cr

franklin roosevelt runs for president and happy days are here again and john kennedy says we need to get this country moving again and it's the democratic party from '32 until basically '76 and beyond is the party of hope, optimism and the future and the republican party is the green eye shade and eat your spinach and balance the party, and the me tooism, and the conservatives is the me tooism. we can management government better than the democrats and we'll do it better. that was basically their pitch and it wasn't a very inspirational pitch, obviously, this which is why they're in the minority from '32 up to '68 and even beyond, actually because '68 was an aberration. so, but reagan comes forward and the leaders of the conservative movement like bill buck and others have a coherent message that was based on the framers and based on the founders and based on the constitution which had been cast aside from '32 on. from '32 to the '60s, most americans believe that government is working and government is working for them. it didn't solve the great depression, but it did a great effort

franklin roosevelt made the decisions that led to our victory in world war ii. dwight d. eisenhower made the decisions that avoided war in the middle east. john f.ennedy in his finest hour made the great decision that removed soviet nuclear missions from cuba and the western hemisphere. i have noted that there has been a great deal of discussion with regards to this decision that i just made. and i should point out that i do not contend that it is in the same magnitude as these decisions that i have just mentioned. but between those two decisions in this decision there is a difference that is very fundamental. and those decisions the american people were not assail by councils from some of the most widely known opinion leaders in the nation. i have noted for example a republican senator has said that this action that i have taken means that my party has lost all chance of winning the november election. and others are saying today that this move against enemy sanctuaries will make me a one term president. no one is more aware than i am of the political consequences of the action that i have taken. it's tempting to take the easy political path. to

john morrow jr., wonderful friend of the national world war ii museum and convene her of the counselors, he is the franklinor and chair of the history department at the university of georgia in athens where he teaches courses on modern european warfare and society. he has contributed to the education of faculty and students at the national war college, the u.s. military academy at west point.

john morrow recounts the story of black american expatriate. on sunday, 2:00 p.m. eastern, the life and legacy of sojourner truth. at 8:00 p.m., a look at the person and political partnership of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪♪ >>> in order to gain strength as rapidly as possible. stalin stated, the victory of socialism in one country is not a self-sufficient path. khrushchev declared in the formation of the world system of socialism, the system is altered radically. at present, it is not known who encircles whom. the words have direct bearing on the lives of every man, woman, and child in the world. this map reveals the 28 territories and countries subjugated by a relatively few communists since 1917. during this period, as this map shows, 42 nations and territories attained independence and the right of self-determination due to policies pursued by the free world. we present the history of the communist imperialism. hello, my name is harry von zell. i am your narrator for the subject. we can learn much about socialist communism merely by watching and listening to the communists themselves. history proves communism does not recogni

john. my wonderful friend of the national world war ii museum, he's the convenor of the museum's presidential counselor, oversees the franklin professor of the history department at the university of georgia and athens, where he teaches courses of the history of modern europe, warfare and society. he's contributed to the education faculty and students at the national war columns, the u.s. military academy at west point. he's chaired the advisory committee with the secretary of the air force, as well as the resort advisory committee of the national museum of american history. history advisory committee of the army, something we share, i'm currently the chair of that. the work continues. most recently, and i'm just a capper in the introduction. john was the 13 recipient of the museum library for a lifetime achievements in military writing and i think when we heard that announcement, there were many in the field that slapped high fives in your honor and it could not have gone to a more deserving individual. so welcome to the national world war ii museums program. >> thanks very much. it's a pleasure to be with you and with all

john morrow jr., wonderful friend of the national world war ii museum and convene her of the counselors, he is the franklinfessor and chair of the history department at the university of georgia in athens where he teaches courses on modern european warfare and society. he has contributed to the education of faculty and students at the national war college, the u.s. military academy at west point. chaired the history advisory committee to secretary of the air force and research advisory committee and the national museum of american history, and served on the advisory committee and department of the army. something we share. i am currently the chair of the august body. the work continues. prof. morrow: very good. robert: john was the 13th recipient of the pritzker military museum and library award for lifetime achievement in military writing. when we heard that announcement there were many in the field who slapped high fives in your honor. it could not have gone to a more deserving individual. welcome. prof. morrow: thank you very much, robert. pleasure to be with you and with all the guests of the museum, i

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john morrow recounts the story of black american expatriate. on sunday, 2:00 p.m. eastern, the life and legacy of sojourner truth. at 8:00 p.m., a look at the person and political partnership of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. watch american history tv this wee

franklin roosevelt secretary of the treasury and morganthaus said don't do this. you don't want to have anything involved with this government besides his this is john d. rockefeller, the third's diary his misgivings about the future of germany. led him to tell us that not only was war inevitable, but the germany would be dismembered and what would be left would not be a world power for many years to come as 1934. edsel ford edsel ford is a little bit of a fake here. he's the way that i get to diego rivera of diego rivera member of the communist party kicked out of the communist party because what had he been doing in the late 20s and early 30s, he was painting for dwight morrow the the morgan partner ambassador and father in law of charles lindbergh. he did a mural at the pacific stock exchange. he then did the the garden court of the detroit institute of art for the ford family and now he's coming to work for the rockefellers and he's wondering why he's been kicked out of the party and his lefty friends don't like him anymore. how do you get your credibility back? and that is the most famous story about rockefeller center, which is diego rivera paint

franklin's "freeway of love. watch that ♪ oh we going riding on the freeway ♪ >> nick and john turned around for her."today" show >> oh, my gosh >> shock america and do the thing nobody -- >> don't listen! >> you can play it safe and not get mentioned on the "today" show tomorrow. it's up to you. >> i know carson daly will get you on the "today" show. >> i can hear hoda right now >> nick. >> oh! >> see what you did! >> say hi to hoda. >> it worked. >> blake was right. >> it worked. >> people thinking it was an obvious choice to go with john, but she went with nick we're talking about it on the "today" show. >> go, dana. >> blake is moving chess pieces on the board >> yeah. >> it's not even his choice. he's trying to get nick, not john. >> that is true. a lot of strategery going on. >> has blake won the most? >>> quickly, jason sudeikis took home the trophy for best performance by an actor in a tv that wasn't what everyone was talking about. it was his tie-dye hoodie. one person writing, jason sudeikis in a tie-dye hoodie on zoom is a pandemic vibe. jason was asked if it was product placement. anyway,

franklin roosevelt was a chronic optimist too. >> he learned that from roosevelt. he used to be a roosevelt democrat. so that's one thing he took away from roosevelt. >> johnnedy, president kennedy, was eternally optimistic. >> but i think today the rhetoric is so angry. people just warning of threats -- both sides, the policies aren't--i think politicians are missing an opportunity for somebody that wants to talk about the positive in america. and how we can build on the best of america. not all the things that are wrong with it. but optimism and the future being brighter than it is today is something that he always talked about. it's something that he actually believed in very much. he would end a lot of his speeches by saying, as far as america is concerned, you ain't seen nothing yet. that was one of his best quotes. >> where were you election night? >> i started the day in ohio. and i went over to the headquarters and made sure everybody was making their calls and everything. then i got back into washington by 5:00. and by then, to the chagrin of democrats everywhere, jimmy carter had already conceded. so i think he meant it in a good sense, he wanted

i think it is fair to say benjamin franklin was wiser, thomas jefferson more intellectually sophisticated, john adams more informed historically and better read, james madison was more politically adroit, alexander hamilton was more crazy, hamilton would get the highest grades on the sats but all of them agree that washington was their superior. what did they mean by that. they said washington always did the right thing rightly. what does that mean? there are three chapters in the american founding, when we won our independence, when we moved from the confederation to the constitution and that leads to a nation, and a government that consolidates that national power in a way that survives and endures as most young republics don't. washington was the leading figure in each of the foundings. he was, they also, the only indispensable man. let's press it a bit further. washington was trusted with power because he had demonstrated that he was willing to surrender. he was -- one of his ablest biographers, gary wills, put it, and affection auto of exits. we know how he left the presidency after two te