mr. roosevelt: absolutely. think it is one of the greatest tragedies, actually that the two sides on this conflict taking such different paths had such difficulty seeing that they were both forms of patriotism and ways of expressing loyalty to america, american ideals. going back to the loyalty questionaire. it was responsible for your family moving from one camp to another. right? can you talk about that? mr. takei: my parents answered no to both question 27, which asks to bear arms to defend the united states of america. my mother had three young children, and to ask her to bear arms leaving her children in a prison camp was outrageous. the question had to be responded to by everyone over the age of 17 years old in the camp. this was asked of a 17-year-old young man as well as an 87-year-old immigrant lady. preposterous with no real given thought to it. they answered "no" to those two questions, and because of that we were transferred to a much harsher camp then the camp we were first incarcerated in in arkan

mrs. roosevelt." the admiral always said, set two places for dinner, in case she would drop in.he was enormously influential figure, especially on civil --hts and rights for jeff: is there a figure who is more misunderstood than they should be? william: i'm not sure about misunderstood, but neglected -- not appreciated enough is harry truman. jeff: because? first of all, his impact on foreign affairs. the truman doctrine, the marshall plan, the berlin airlift, nato, the north atlantic treaty. the korean war. foriegn -- foreign aid. commission, his civil rights message -- the appointing of the civil rights commission, his civil rights message, the desegregating of the armed forces. for importantly, asking federal action on behalf of medical care, which provides the background for the medicare and medicaid of lyndon johnson's great society. jeff: is there a president after fdr then who might receive more do -- due or credit than you believe they might deserve? william: maybe more than one. but certainly, i would say dwight eisenhower. he succeeded in making great strides in civil

mrs. roosevelt greeted him and said, "harry, the president is dead."e said he felt like the sun and the moon and all the stars had fallen. he was floored. my grandfather replied, "is there anything that we can do for you?" and she said, "i think the question is, is there anything we can do for you, because you're the one who's in trouble now." >> to fill the place left vacant by the sudden death of franklin d. roosevelt, harry s. truman became the 32nd president of the united states. >> franklin delano roosevelt was the great giant who had dominated politics for 12 years, through the depression, through the second world war, and so truman looks like a little pygmy compared to fdr. >> especially when he opens his mouth. >> we are depending upon each and every one of you. >> he had a terrible speaking style. >> the cause which claimed roosevelt also claims us. >> he had trouble looking down, focusing, picking up the right spot. and he was just generally not good at reading. >> he never faltered. nor will we. >> and he had a habit of chopping the air with

mrs. roosevelt's death in 1962 you will hear about activism later as a co-founder as the national organization for women and it is an extraordinary life. our guest is professor emeritus at women's studies in human development at the university of georgia and a major chronicle of black women's lives including her book double stitch one of wood's brown memorial book prize in hopes of many saw the book review a couple of weeks ago in which a few weeks ago in a few months ago had high praise for the firebrand and first lady that nothing was ever easy for the black woman born in 1910 and also a poet and activist in the episcopal priests but to be stated nearly one quarter century with 300 cards and letters for the firebrand in the first lady that was 20 years in the making and that is what we call rave. [laughter] in the value of the time that you spent shines with every page. and in the home of one of your protagonist. with conversation with professor bill scott professor of american history from princeton university in one of the most esteemed historians of recent decades to shape american histor

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.

and presidents for a long, long time, now more than 100 years have done what theodore roosevelt did. now, mr. president, our current national parks were created using this authority. not all of them, but some of them. in fact, 16 presidents, 8 democrats and 8 republicans, have used this authority to protect lands for the benefit of the american people. george bush, the younger bush, he used the antiquities act. republican presidents have been doing this a lot. unfortunately, many senate republicans want to undermine this act. they refuse to defend our culture and historic antiquities that are being systematically destroyed. but that is why the antiquities act was created to safeguard against these threats in the absence of congressional action. take, for example, a stunningly beautiful place called gold butte where cliven bundy illegally grazed his cattle for decades. it is stunning landscape. is this worth protecting? look at it. is this worth protecting? this is not doctored up, colored. that's the way it is. now the sky is as blue as i've seen it so many times. we don't get a lot of cloud

mr. howell. in 1902 there was a coal strike in the united states. that was started in the autumn. october 1902, teddy roosevelt who was president summoned the head of the mine workers and owners of the coal mines to the white house. he basically threatened the mine owners to seize the minds if they do not compromise more. my question to mr. howell, any historical evidence to suggest president truman and his advisers were guided in their behavior by the stance of teddy roosevelt? >> it's a great question. i honestly don't know. truman and his advisers were regularly inviting both sides to the white house to hash out the terms of a possible settlement. the extent to which withdrawing upon teddy roosevelt's example, i simply do not know. >> truman sites in some of his defenses, he cites lincoln's suspension of the hebeas corpus. there are a few things he cites along the way as unilateral presidential actions, what he thought were similar to what he had done. >> fred is in chicago. what's your question? >> my question is what the last person mentioned. if you would speak to the concurring opinion by justice frankf

mrs. roose velts. and admiral bird in the south pole, it was said, always said two set two place force dinner in against eleanor roosevelt would drop in. she was enormously effective influential on civil rights and on the rights of young people was there a president after fdr and you covered them all up until bill clinton in this book whrorks is more misunderstood than they should be. >> i think i'm not sure about misunderstood but neglected not appreciated enough as harry trueman. >> for things like influence on foreign affair, the tru man doctrine, the berlin airlift the foreign aid if one thinks of his impact on civil rights, the appointing of the siferl rights commission, the civil rights mission and particularly the desegregation of the armed forces, his program of the fair deal and most importantly asking for federal action on behalf of medical care, which provides the background for the medicare and medicaid of will lyndon johnson's great society. >> and is there a president after fdr then who might receive more due or more credit than you believe they might deserve? >> well, maybe more than one. but certainly i w

mrs. harding, because of numerous affairs. autopsies in conflict. washington was packed with mourners. there was an attempt on the life of franklin rooseveltefore he was elected in 1940. an attack on him when he was president of lack, like that of abraham lincoln. he was elected first in 1932. miami henvention in had completed a speech. immigrant.n, an he was 25 feet away. he was only five feet. fdr was not shot. for other people received minor wounds. that is why the shot was basically off the mark. he would die from the wound. there were rumors that roosevelt was the target to be killed by ara. era -- by zang zangara was possibly paid by the mob to kill anton cer mak. been -- hehad elected franklin roosevelt to a fourth term. this is the last photograph of the president. as you can see he was in very bad health. is the election of 1940, .oosevelt was elected he died on april 12, 1945. the official cause was cerebral hemorrhage. his death was devastating to the nation, he had been president for 12 years. they lined up by the millions because of their love for this man. to this day, the death of john f. kennedy is still controversial, and

roosevelt room and he announced them. he said, luis, what do you think? i said, because i had been one critics,ost ferocious mr. president, i think i have to be one of your greatest defenders because i think you need to have balance. it can't all just be about criticism, criticism, criticism. it also has to be about saying thank you and having a sense of gratitude. i have a great sense of gratitude. remember, in 1986 under the ronald reagan -- and it was an amnesty act -- 3 million people fix their immigration status. when we went, it will be over finally people in the president's executive order. it is not everything we are asking for, it is not everything we are striving for, but it is a great down payment. it allows the american people to see and the people to come out out of a different closet, right? people to come and see miguel and jose and margarita and people from poland and ireland in the philippines in a new state. when they come with a new smile on their face at work and say, you know that alters a security card? i was a new one because undocumented. for the american people to see there is nothing t

mr. president, no such consensus , on like the eras i have pointed. washington-at them, like in, roosevelt have an -- roosevelt-truman. the public has nine given either party a mandate to remake the reflective ofody a strong vision of our respective philosophy. should our parties finally honestly admit to that fact, both our parties should honestly had conceded this fact. has thus far. of course, this is not the first period when a divided government -- hasn hard to fill been required to fill the third government. about 1/5 of all supreme court justices have been confirmed by senates of a party different from the president. third of all justices confirmed since 1930 have been approved under these systems answers. bywas a senate controlled progressive republicans and democrats that confirmed three of president hoover's for nominees to the court. and a democratic senate reviewed and approved four eisenhower nominees. periods ofe previous divided government, indeed, in some periods when the president and the senate shape -- share the party, presidents commonly have the constitution is's for t

mrs. boxer: including back country hunters and anglers, international federation of fly-fishers, national wildlife federation, theodore roosevelt conservation partnership and trout unlimited. these groups understand the important link between clean water and the outdoor recreation economy. when you go right after the clean water rule, you are going right after the people who enjoy outdoor recreation, and they are against the hoeven amendment. leading environmental and conservation groups oppose the amendment, including american rivers, clean water action, earth justice, earthworks, environment america, environmental defense fund, league of conservation voters, national -- natural resources defense council, prairie rivers network, sierra club, southern environmental law center. these are some of the most popular groups in the country. you know what the rating of this republican congress is in the last polls i saw? 14%. you know what the rating of the president is in the last poll i saw? over 50%. so what does this republican senate do today? they're going after the senate with their 14% rating in the polls. did you ever stop to

so even in meetings with roosevelt and he was treated to a very strong statement of the palestinian problem and kissinger was allowed with that presence was not allowed. to save mr. secretary we accept as a human being. kissinger responded some of my best friends are human beings. [laughter] so not just anti-israeli but also anti-jewish it is very important in the region. is really turkish relationship could be a key to many positive developments turkey and israel had ups and downs in their relationship now of course, it is a down period in key to normalize the relationship knowing that it will be a close relationship has they ascended to power but to collaborate in places like syria and lebanon. >> i am from the wilson center. something that you talked about with hezbollah after the involvement of syria we have statements recently talking about another war in lebanon. and talk about a human-rights abuses white d.c. this is a turning point in congress? >>, the first question is a nightmare. and several thousand of them long range in 2006 as very good intelligence soda live beef was not affected. if there is another war it will take some time to neutralize. and w

mr. speaker. there are more than 200,000 filipino and filipino american soldiers who responded to president roosevelt's call to duty. they fought under our american flag during world war ii. these loyal and courageous soldiers suffered, fought, and gave up their lives alongside their american counterparts throughout the war yet decades have gone by and they are still waiting for their service to be recognized. i have introduced h.r. 2737, legislation that is strongly supported by members of both parties and in both chambers to award these deserving veterans the congressional gold medal. so that our country can show our appreciation and recognize them for their dedicated service and sacrifice in defeating the imperial japanese army. today there are just 18,000 of these filipino world war ii veterans who are still alive today. time is of the essence. we cannot afford to wait. i urge my colleagues to quickly pass this legislation so that these courageous men may be honored while they are still among us. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the ge

mr. president, that these administrative actions the president has taken is nothing unique. we can go back to the days of theodore roosevelt, a good republican president who did a lot of stuff administratively. and on his talk about getting involved in the fight again -- i'm paraphrasing what he said, but we have to get back to interrogation that we did before. mr. president, we know that the torture was eliminateed quickly, led by a lot of people, not the least of which was someone who has been tortured, a member of the united states senate, john mccain. he has spoken out very admirably and as only he can do about how bad torture is. and the facts indicate that torture doesn't get new information anyway, there are other ways of getting that information. mr. president, the senior senator from iowa came to the floor yesterday to divert an -- in an attempt to divert attention from the failure of the committee, the judiciary committee, and directly as to what he has not done doing his job, the chairman of that committee. he hoped to do that by focusing on me for objecting to a bill that would expand the subpoena powers of cer

mrs. roosevelt? eleanor roosevelt, what role did she play? where she is enthusiastic as for slater about this passion that fdr had for saving our land? >> a great question. i write a lot about eleanor roosevelt to end their marriage in their book as i have to. what i think scholars have missed about their marriage is they had a shared love for an echo system, a treasured place, a sanctified landscape, the hudson river valley. that river meant everything to them and they would go on birdwatching trips together, fdr was more of an enthusiast than she was. i write about in the middle of world war ii them going to find golden eagles and together and more importantly she wrote in her my day columns regularly about america's woodlands, force, lakes, lakes, species, she worked with the audubon movement, she tried to get progressive laws for animal protection, she was a true equal, fdr had a little more passion on how to do it, he was more into the science and the biology, she was more of a pastoralists looking at beautiful places, but she wrote bett