host: talking about marvin's new book, a different russia. taking your phone calls as well, phone lines as usual in this segment democrats 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8001. independents 202-748-8002. he is with us for the rest of our program today. how many years total were you a journalist in russia and how were you able to be there and do that job at the height of the cold war to be an american journalist and communist russia. guest: to understate the answer, it was very difficult. because in the first phase in my time there as the moscow correspondent for cbs, all of our copy was censored. in other words you could not say anything to the american people that did not go through a russian sensor and there would be many times when words and phrases would be asked out and if you had tried to play it smart and you sort of said it anyway, they would pull the plug on you. and suddenly -- so you always had in mind that not only was your ultimate listener in the united states, you had this additional listener just down the hallway, the sensor

marvin's third memoir is titled "a different russia: khrushchev and kennedy on a collision course." good evening. i'm harold holzer director of roosevelt house. and on behalf of president nancy canter, who is it's a pleasure to welcome all of you on zoom in person and in our c-span audience to the first roosevelt house public program of calendar year 2025. and in another milestone worth noting this evening marks the beginning of the 15th anniversary year of roosevelt house as a public policy institute founded and striving to meet the goals set by eleanor roosevelt herself when she turned this building over to hunter college lodge in the midst of world war two, always, she said at the ceremonies on main campus that day, there was an effort at the home to look on all human with great respect and to have a true understanding of the points of view of others which our objective as we plan, our public programs and engagement for sacred space in the coming year and all the time. so we turn this evening to the subject latino heritage and influence. we're also reminded that here in the home

by november of 2023 we hired marvin commercial to list not only lou's crab shack but also the next door restaurant palm pays for 90 jefferson and eight alioto. today we're focused on lou's crab shack. so by early 2024 marvin undertook an extensive marketing campaign which involved sending out three more than 2000 email solicitations to the retail brokerage community operators and others. they proactively reached out to more than 100 restaurateurs who they have contacts with. there are social media postings and they ultimately conducted about 35 tours of the property where some people come in more than once. as as as of the end of this process we received five viable letters of intent. one was everton jones. one was for a fast casual chicken restaurant. there was a nightlife venue with theater and full bar southern cajun cruising and an entertainment bar with robots. so we convened a panel in may of 2023 which was comprised of two port staff members, neither of which were involved in the process or the portfolio and an outside consultant that was recommended by alain. so that panel conve

host: we will go on to marvin. marvin is in philadelphia, line for democrats.aller: i think local news is better. the national news started becoming -- i can't pronounce it. that means it is about money. they make money off of news. i think ever since obama, obama being the first black president, it just seemed like every day the national news, they try to make money off of news. i don't trust what they say. i trust c-span because people call about their point of view and i can come up with my point of view. fox news is for republicans and trump supporters, and nbc this more for democrats and people against trump. i think it is all about the money. it has all become market-ized and i don't the trust national news. i'm an older gentleman and i don't trust the national news. you can get the information that is necessary and come up with a better conclusion. that's why i think that the election went the way that it did, because people don't know the truth. hello? host: yes, go ahead. caller: yeah, that's what i came up with. if they would have known the truth or h

host: we will go on to marvin. marvin is in philadelphia, line for democrats.ler: i think local news is better. the national news started becoming -- i can't pronounce it. that means it is about money. they make money off of news. i think ever since obama, obama being the first black president, it just seemed like every day the national news, they try to make money off of news. i don't trust what they say. i trust c-span because people call about their point of view and i can come up with my point of view. fox news is for republicans and trump supporters, and nbc this more for democrats and people against trump. i think it is all about the money. it has all become market-ized and i don't the trust national news. i'm an older gentleman and i don't trust the national news. you can get the information that is necessary and come up with a better conclusion. that's why i think that the election went the way that it did, because people don't know the truth. hello? host: yes, go ahead. caller: yeah, that's what i came up with. if they would have known the truth or had