mr. roosevelt's presidency. director ofwith the the richard nixon presidential library. the interview focused on the of the presidency. this is a 15 minute portion of the interview. boss was2, my transferred to the white house and took me with him to a place room," vucevic ma converted to get a complete reading on the status of the war. the room received information from the navy on a 24 hour asus and information was constantly flowing in. churchill, stalin, and china, we would receive messages and take them to him to make sure they got answered in due course. we were communicating. roosevelt would travel a of uswo f nd one would be there to encode and decode. it was a fascinating job from one day to the next with who we would meet and the information. when winston churchill came to visit in washington several times during the war, he was fascinated by anything relating to military strategies and he room and we got well acquainted. statuss a difference in with the minister of great britain and they could speak freely and frankly to them and it was fascinating. >> to you

mrs. roosevelt had about how the world would respond. would try tod prevent a catastrophe like world war ii. president roosevelt did not live long enough to see it come to .ruition eleanor roosevelt did and was one of the united nation's first female representatives and wrote the first declaration of human rights. today, we look back that they had a vision. the united nations was created, and what happened to it. linda, i turn it over to you. >> thank you. first, i would like to welcome you and say it is an honor to be here on the 70th anniversary of the human i find it exciting you are here in the home of fdr and mrs. roosevelt. one can only imagine, i believe they came to work here or lived here in 1941, the u.n. charter was approved in june of 1945. i can only imagine, and think, fdr was planning and thinking while living here about the nature of the u.n. charter, how he envisioned the u.n. to be. as stephen so eloquently discussed in his book, it really was fdr who was the pivotal force behind the u.n. that he did here, without that t

mrs. roosevelt. one can only imagine, since they came to work here in 1941 and the charter was approved in 1945. i can only imagine and think that fdr was planning and thinking about the u.n. charter and how he envisioned it to be. as was eloquently discussed in the book, it was fdr who was pivotal behind this here with major planning. if not, there would be no united nations. it had to cajole churchill, to a certain degree, and certainly, stalin. i have cover the united nations since saddam invaded kuwait in 1990. that was my first experience and it was, clearly, the end of the cold war and the first major mission of the un security council with china on board to deal with this last traditional kind of war, saddam invading kuwait. as we know, we had sanctions and, for a dozen years, there were weapons inspectors going back and forth to get rid of saddam's weapons of mass destruction. i have seen the good, the bad, the neutral. i find it fascinating that, here we are in 2016, and high on the agenda i

mr. roosevelt. caller: he said to me, the aircraft carriers were supposed to be at pearl and retasked and resent out of pearl. nd the reconance aircraft were retasked one week before the attack. caller: a few things. number one, the rift between president obama and congress did not start with the passage of the affordable care act. if you go back and remember, there was a kbal of jackals on the republican side on the night of his inauguration who were planning to make him a one-term president. and there has been plenty of barack obama will not move to chicago but move to new york and go forward with his post-presidency from that point forward. and i think he will concentrate to a significant degree i don't want to say the plight of back males but the condition ever black males in this country. and lastly, the last two things, with regards to reagan, there doesn't need to be any revisionist history that has been taken on the part of the right wing in comparison to f.d.r. with whom i consider one of t

mr. roosevelt put them in charge. themnk mr. osevelt saw that they had to be a worker against this to unbridled commercialism. number two, he had to make sure there would not be any corruption. my we really asking republican friends as i'm a very hawkish democrat, go back in history and see what theodore roosevelt said when he set the parks. and, the things that they used to put it in force. as we see now, it looks like he did the right thing. that is one need to in cincinnati. hello. i live in arizona. the thing is that i think the federal government does as good as they can. where theyike a war ,re spending mountains of money they are on a stair budget. and, i was born and raised in portland. my kids a night lived on mount adults thatbecame any way, we fished and hunted. you had free access to land. you did not have to get permission to be a place where you were, as long as it was federal. oregon state, sometimes they block things off. they can block off and ignore it. land, youthe federal can go just about anywhere you want, y

mr. roosevelt. but half of them were. and roosevelt was a good politician. with half of the businesses in his pocket, he knew he could count on the c.i.o., the socialists, and the communists to kind of work something out, and here was the deal. "i'm gonna get the money from the corporations and the rich. i'm gonna help you on a scale you've never seen before. and in return, you're gonna stop talking about getting rid of capitalism. you're gonna mute that part of your message. you're gonna celebrate me as the guy who gives the mass of people something they never got before." so, what did roosevelt do? three interesting things that i'll mention. one--he created the social security system. we never had that before. in the midst of a depression worse than today, when there's no money in the hands of the government--none is coming in; it's really hard; we can't do anything--the president goes on the radio and announces that every american over 65 years of age who's had a lifetime of work is now gonna get money from the government for the rest of his or her life.

mrs. roosevelt and again she was around in politics, really when i was a young woman and so through my parentsportunity. >> host: brad in minneapolis, hello, brad. hello. i don't know if you mentioned this earlier about your father, can you talk about about what his feelings were about the findings of the warren commission. i have always heard that he had questions about it and of course, there is a conspiracy angle to it that was even tied to his plane missing and if you could mention that i would appreciate it. >> guest: my father actually did not have questions about the warren commission and that is something i has been around, but shortly before he died, he was asked about it and said he was comfortable with the findings of the warren commission. jim garrison, the person who had all of the conspiracy theories, my father that was completely wrong. >> host: carolyn, texas, text: three parts to this question. how do you practice your catholic faith in the very patriarch cultic religion is number one and as a feminist, how do you practice your faith and then an unrelated question. >> guest: w

mrs. obama? >> i think it should be eleanor roosevelt or harriet tubman. >> well, like -- i don't know. i'm sure they'll pick anyone >> i think eleanor roosevelt should be on the $10 bill. >> i know -- i'd nominate my mom. i feel like she's a good, strong figure. >> [ laughs ] every mother should have such a loving son. and while many of us may want to nominate our own moms, the treasury is looking for women who've had more of a, let's say, historical impact, particularly on democracy. and one more thing -- they can't still be living. currently on the $10 bill is alexander hamilton. whether he'll be replaced by or joined by a woman is still up in the air. by the way, women haven't always been given short shrift on our paper money. more than 100 years ago, the treasury printed bills sporting pictures of pocahontas and martha washington. since then, the only women celebrated on our currency were on coins. but as bob dylan wrote, "the times, they are a-changin'." and frankly, it's about time. with "speak of the week," i'm eric. >> global warming is melting that's putting animals like the w

mr. basketball. he played at both des moines roosevelt and west des moines valley. two days ago, the big ten network named jok the 8th best player in the conference. who deserves credit? michael admire says, jok. jok and the hawks at maryland iowa sits alone in first place. iowa sits alone in first place. as president, i will defend this nation, but i will do it responsibly. i voted against the war in iraq, and that was the right vote. we must never forget the lessons of that experience. isis must be destroyed, but we should not do it alone. we need an international coalition with muslim boots on the ground fighting with our support. it's time to end the quagmire of perpetual warfare in the middle east. as president, i will. the american people can't afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper... but will never make it in the real world. the grandmother who has to choose between paying for medicine and paying rent... can't wait. the single mom who desperately needs a raise... can't wait. the student with a mountain of debt can't wait. we can make real progress

roosevelt's four freedoms speech. his state of of the union on january 6, 1941. we're joined of the direct to presidentialr library and museum, paul sparrow. mr. sparrow: it was an opportunity for him to tell about why america should care about the war that was raging in europe and the weather was racing and -- raging in asia. the four freedoms, freedom of ofedom of expression, religion, and freedom from fear, these are the things that defined the difference between democracy and dictatorships. the american public was still fairly isolationist. they do not want to get involved in the european war. they were angry they had not been repaid for the loans from world war i. was trying to help them understand it was a global war, a global village and things that happened was directly affecting them and would impact their ability to enjoy the freedoms democracy.erican >> it is called the four freedoms speech and is related the unionte of speech. what was the reaction of congress and the american public? sparrow: it was a delayed reaction. there was some critics who planned the speech. it was the last 2.5 minutes of a speech that ran over 35 minutes

roosevelt was running for re-election and somebody came up to him and said, mr. president, if you're re-elected -- i want to vote for you but i'm going to only vote for you if you promise me to do this and this and this and this and this. and he looked at her and he said, "ma'am, i want to do everything you just listed, but if i'm re-elected, you must make me". >> evan: yeah. >> robert: now what did he mean by "you must make me"? what he meant was, even in the 1930s, even when we were in the midst of a great depression, he knew he could not do very much unless the public was behind him. >> evan: so i'm going to ask you the same question and you may have the same answer about president obama. has president obama been the change agent you assumed he would be? you endorsed him in '08 -- well, actually and despite the fact that you had gone to law school with hillary clinton as well and you worked in that administration, you endorsed then-senator obama. has he lived up to his billing as a change agent? >> robert: no, i don't think so. i think he accomplished a lot. i

mr. rumsfeld: he was right. he did a superb job. of course, i was alive during that period. i remember the voices of churchill and frequent rooseveltranklin roosevelt. i were living in san diego, a navy town, and those figures were important. charlie: people say that what he he instilledd, first in britain, later the world. mr. rumsfeld: yes, and that is part of our trailer in this. it is good for people to be linked to history and to hear his voice, and to have those connections. charlie: let me talk about two things. one, i want to move off of solitaire and this app. one is the notion that there is a devil six, and that is part of the game and part of the challenge. two, there is something you have called a hint and a redo. mr. rumsfeld: yet in life, a hint would be if i picked up the phone and called andre to stark and asked him, something is coming up in nato, what do you think about this? talk to someone who has more experience, have done things that you have not, and to give more device. on the other hand, undue use, there are very few on dues in life. undos, there are very few in life. i think they should be used sparingly.

teddy roosevelt would roll over in his grave. guest: mr. walden is a good member of congress.ved with him on the research committee. he has collaborated and likes to work together on all sides. his comments were heartfelt and sincere. i want to say too that one of the issues going on in the management of public lands is the majority in congress and the house of representatives, republicans, have consistently shrunk the budget. that you are left with less money because it is diverted to fire intervention and firefighting. you are with less personnel to be able to carry out the collaborative strategies that need to happen with the community in order to work things out. less security and protection from the public. capital investment keeping our lands healthy. mean you havees stretched the system to the point. he indicated fires, he indicated the fact that not enough resources and not enough capital in these parts. yes, we are reaching a centennial for our national year.next that centennial marks the celebration of one of the most of theed legacies country, our public lands. has

mr. eric rauchway. is one of the problems with the federal reserve's bank that was created during the wealthy administration that it wasn't really a central bank? it was to die centralize. we know roosevelt was not a fan of anchors so was his, how did he reconcile, i think if i recall correctly, it became more of a central bank bank during the roosevelt administration. how do you reconcile that, i guess roosevelt is looking at more of a democratic policy. >> the question was about the relationship between roosevelt and the federal reserve system. roosevelt had a better relationship with the federal reserve board than with the federal reserve bank of new york. as you probably no, before the 1935 act, the bank act, the bank of new york had quite a bit more power then it would later have. in the earliest days of the administration when he was actively trying to raise the value of the dollar by revaluing it, the federal reserve bank of new york, one of the bankers let it be known that he was going to try to counteract that policy with his own open market operations. in the words of a witness at the time, roosevelt jumped through the phone at him and told him that if he didn't step up and sup

know is number one, we were told years ago that president roosevelt's fund could not run in the united states because he was born in canada. now, if mr was born in canada of an american mother that supposedly makes him an american citizen. well, then let's talk about the mexican lady that comes across the border and has a child. her child, then, is not an american citizen. her child is a mexican citizen. now, can we have it both ways? answer this for me. i'm 81 years old and somebody wants it both ways. what's the real way? i'll hang up and listen. host: all right, adam green, the progressive group is weighing in over whether or not ted cruz can run for president. guest: we have not weighed in on that particular question. didn't quite hear the contrast in that question. it sounds like you're saying someone is born in america to mexican parent and they wouldn't be -- well their constitution says if you're born in america, you become an american citizen. you can dispute, you know, immigration policies but i don't think that's actually in question. host: and what is your group's stance on immigration? guest: we need comprehensive immigr

roosevelt and lincoln. had he done something differently, things would be -- what else can you do, mr. president? how much more humble can you be? when he closed, he said the state of our union is strong, i really agree with it, i really enjoyed it. host: what do you make of him only referencing gun violence one time? he had an anti-chair in his empty chair in his booth to represent the victims of gun violence. he's been talking a lot about it, something he wants to address and take action on. once.tioned it just i know. thought heying, i may take a little more time with that. i was satisfied. to me, it is congress's job to thegoing, even with authorization of use of force against isis. i was so satisfied. congress has a job to do. the speaker did not look particularly happy there. i just hope our do-nothing congress steps up because the president needs help. host: the president said at the end of his a speech, the state of our union is strong. that is normally said at the beginning of the speech. president obama has said strong or growing stronger during all seven state of the union addresses. b

know is number one, we were told years ago that president roosevelt's fund could not run in the united states because he was born in canada. now, if mrcruz was born in canada of an american mother that supposedly makes him an american citizen. well, then let's talk about the mexican lady that comes across the border and has a child. her child, then, is not an american citizen. her child is a mexican citizen. now, can we have it both ways? answer this for me. i'm 81 years old and somebody wants it both ways. what's the real way? i'll hang up and listen. host: all right, adam green, the progressive group is weighing in over whether or not ted cruz can run for president. guest: we have not weighed in on that particular question. didn't quite hear the contrast in that question. it sounds like you're saying someone is born in america to mexican parent and they wouldn't be -- well their constitution says if you're born in america, you become an american citizen. you can dispute, you know, immigration policies but i don't think that's actually in question. host: and what is your group's stance on immigration? guest: we need comprehensive im

mr. welch: the 114th congress will be remembered as the congress that tried and tried again to unravel the extraordinary and great achievements of that american president of a century ago, theodore roosevelt. president roosevelt was a republican. he believed in capitalism. he believed in profit. he believed in commerce. but he understood something that this congress seems to forget. the axiom that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely applies to wall street and to large corporations as much as it does to ole ig a. and despots. -- owe lig arcs and despots. this legislation does end any opportunity for consumers hammered by corporate negligence or irresponsibility or outright deceit from joining together to get the justice they are entitled to by using the only practical means available to obtain it. the class action lawsuit. it instead, this legislation would deny class action status to all consumers affected by the exact same corporate misconduct, say faulty brakes, unless they suffered the identical injury, a but not a broken leg. in the case of current moment, real corporate misconduct and actual deceit, volkswagen lying about its emission controls and fudging the number

mr. president, commissioners, first of all thank you for being here. i will take your advice and speak quickly, my grandmother told me how to speak and she always took the advice of franklin delano roosevelt. i always find it amazing that someone who in 8th grade made a touchdown. my name is david perry, i started my business at 18th and castro with a small apple 2c computer and for the record of transparency, i am working with the superbowl 50 committee specifically to talk to our community. businesses, nonprofits, people who are reaping the benefits of superbowl 50. superbowl 50, as the commissioner said, will not only be good for the next few weeks for business, it's going to leave a positive legacy for the entire city. as for this morning's press conference over 7 1/2 million dollars, that's actual cash, has been donated to bay area nonprofits and charities, specifically groups that work with at risk and disenfranchised youth for the legacy of superbowl 50 and the work of the committee will truly be super, not only super castro, super haight and others. i'm here to encourage other people who may be suspicious of how the superbowl may be good for them to look at the numbers. look at wh

mr. basketball. he played at both des moines roosevelt and west des moines valley. two days ago, the big ten network named jok the 8th best player in the conference. who deserves credit? michael admire says, jok. jok and the hawks at maryland