mrs. roosevelt. conservatives swiftly put pressure the network and nbc announced the following day that black civil rights leader, an entertainer with soviet ties, not be appearing with mrs. roosevelt after all, forcing her to interference in her television guest list. however, although eleanor often differed with robeson's more radical tactics, she voiced concerns in her mind. syndicated column about the threats of censorship. she wrote, i think i will always have comfort in the common sense and clear judgment of the american people as a whole, if they hear all sides of question above everything else, we must guard our freedoms. and that means that all must have a right to be heard when to discriminate. we can never tell where the discrimination may end. paul robeson was barred from appearing, but this was only one small defeat in a long history of educating and inspiring the public and giving voice to who are not always allowed the opportunity be heard. the first words she spoke to open the premier

mr. roosevelt, confined his campaign activities to defense inspection trips. january 20th, 1941, the start of a journey and never before in american history that little president elect to his third consecutive live inauguration pennsylvania avenue was thronged, cheering multitudes whom the president gingerly waved in response to their own people for years and a great a solemn event in the life of this nation. the swearing in of the citizen from the people have chosen to guide and serve and protect the entire country while the next four years on taught america's of freedom. last president garner passes from the national scene when he swears in henry wallace, the successor. as in previous inaugurations, chief justice hughes administers the sacred all i franklin delano roosevelt. do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of of the united states and will do the best of my ability. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help you. god. so help me. go. that's the only third term tradition passes from american life. as

mr. roosevelt, confined his campaign activities to defense inspection trips. january 20th, 1941, the start of a journey and never before in american history that little president elect to his third consecutive live inauguration pennsylvania avenue was thronged, cheering multitudes whom the president gingerly waved in response to their own people for years and a great a solemn event in the life of this nation. the swearing in of the citizen from the people have chosen to guide and serve and protect the entire country while the next four years on taught america's of freedom. last president garner passes from the national scene when he swears in henry wallace, the successor. as in previous inaugurations, chief justice hughes administers the sacred all i franklin delano roosevelt. do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of of the united states and will do the best of my ability. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help you. god. so help me. go. that's the only third term tradition passes from american life. as

mr. roosevelt confined his campaign activities largely to defense inspection trips trips. what was a 20th 1941, the start, a journey never before made in american history. that little president to his third consecutive inaugural pennsylvania avenue was thronged, cheering multitudes whom the president gingerly waved in response to their enthusiasm. a great, a solemn event in the life of this nation, the swearing in of the citizen whom the people have chosen to guide, serve and protect the entire country for the next four years on toward america's symbol of freedom, vice president garner passes from the national scene when he swears in henry, the successor, as in previously inaugurations. chief justice hughes administers the sacred of a delano roosevelt do solemnly swear. i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will do the best to pass the reserved protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help you god. so help me go this the amphitheater term tradition classes from american life as president roosevelt accepts with confid

mrs. roosevelt came here to christchurch with prime minister winston churchill. lord halifax, the british ambassador and lady halifax and others in their party to commemorate what roosevelt had called for the national day of prayer. and they prayed for three things. they prayed for strength in the coming conflict. they prayed for a just peace and above all, they prayed for forgiveness of our national of our national sins so that we would be worthy of the victory. they were asking god to grant us and that combination of of the willingness to commit military power in the name of freedom and also the humility to know that we can't prevail with military strength alone is really the trait of these two great leaders that i think has lessons for us today. churchill had crossed the atlantic for the second time. the this was a very dangerous crossing. the the atlantic was infested with u-boats that were taking a tremendous toll on allied shipping. he came here in the previous august in 1941. he met roosevelt secretly off the coast of newfoundland. and even though america w

mr. roosevelt was the last to take the oath of office as chief executive on the march 4 date. ♪ the new president'snaugural address called for a mammoth program of social legislation, production of national expenditures, and emergency powers to bring about recovery, if necessary. almost immediately upon taking office, the new president closed all banks by proclamation. the financial world was frozen. a new horse held the reins. the nation rallied to the nra as a motivating force for recovery. aimed at benefiting the farmer by reducing wheat, corn and cotton crops, the aaa was enacted. the nation was plagued with labor dissension, tech -- textile strikes, waterfront worker disputes, and sit down strikes in the automotive industry. wpa, pwa, and ccc camps aided millions of the nation's unemployed. supported by his new advisors, the president sponsored job assurance, pensions, social security, and other general social measures. governor lyndon opposed president roosevelt in 1936, a weak opposition that failed. chairman -- the german's talent gave him all but two of the 48 states. in the fall of 1936,

mr. roosevelt. but this roosevelt is theodore roosevelt. the occasion, his goodwill voyage 1910 here are preserved personalities of the men who have guided destiny of the nation and represented the united states in the councils, shaped the modern world. the mementos of leaders like will be of interest to students of all countries as long as history is written and read. and. but the library of congress is more than a mere treasure house, recognizing the fact the use of the books is more important than possession of them, it is sought to provide every facility that might ease the of a trained researcher or the ordinary reader. key to the entire system is the main a complete detail listing of the millions of books. in these trays. there are over 16 million signposts to help the reader framed exactly what he is looking for. in recent years, there have been many visitors from distant countries, where the right to read has been denied to men because of their politics, their religion, or their race. and in files they've been able to find the books

mrs. roosevelt said no more. franklin, this man has to go.across the street to the guest house which still today is the president's guest house where if you're a guest of the esident of the president of the united states, you are invited to visit him here in washington, he will allow you to stay at the blair house which is run by the department of state. now, many visiting l gags would prefer to stay at their amssador's residence here or in a hotel if their delegation is large, but traditionally, the blair house is where they stay. you'll always know that there is it is used by incoming presidents on inauguration weekend. and the families when they have funerals, the families are well in to stay at blair house, as well. to answer your question, visiting heads of state, heads of government would stay at player house traditionally. >> look for that on january 20th. it's always part of the pomp and circumstance on the transition of power with the new incoming president's family in blair house and coming across to greet the outgoing president. >>

mrs. roosevelt stayed. but the prime minister was known to take a beverage with breakfast and a beverage with lunch and a beverage with dinner. and so he would enjoy their hospitality. but he was also known to kind of parade around in the wherewithal a little bit, to the point where mrs. roosevelt said no more, franklin, this man has to go. so across the street to the blair house, they created this guesthouse, which still today is the president's guesthouse, where if you were a guest of the president of the united states, you're invited to visit him here in washington. he will allow you to stay at the blair house, which is run by the department of state. now, many visiting delegations will prefer to stay at their ambassador's residence here or in a hotel if their delegation is large. but traditionally, the blair house is where they stay. you'll always know that is used. that place is also used for incoming presidents on inauguration weekend. they'll stay there the night before. and then the families of dece

mrs. roosevelt wrestles with tensions inside the home. in a historically poignant moment, she and her head housekeeper citing austerity reasons, as well as believing that the service staff will function better if it's all one color. dismiss all white members of it and hire only blacks at a lower cost. that donkey in uniform is john may's white house doorman. unofficial barber. when i talk and think a lot about race, i like to talk about the white house because the white house often is seen as the central american place. and so i want people to realize, is that part of that central is because it's a place that grappled with questions of race. it was a place that was reflective of its time. so i want people to realize that what the white house is is a symbol of america for good, for ill, a symbol of what's possible and a symbol of america falling down and failing to meet its stated ideals. the employees of the white house today are as diverse as our nation's population coming our way. i'm working behind the scenes. they provide a continuity

mrs. roosevelt. you had the breakup of the democratic party after your fellow minnesotan said that the party had to walk out of the shadows states rights into the sunlight of civil rights, which sent strom thurmond to back to the south pretty fast. can you talk about your upbringing in minnesota and how you were shaped in these questions? and when you signed on with president carter, did you know this was a lifetime gig. i do now. while our upbringings were different, there are a lot of similarities. my dad was a farmer and then a minister. he was a devout methodist. he would give three sermons every sunday morning, three he little towns and i would i would go to sunday school. wednesday night prayer dinner and then i would sweep and clean up the church. that was my religious leadership. there. but i was a bad preparation for the vice president's. and yet i was sleeping around there. and you're not being helpful. sorry. i'll be quiet now, billy, but one of the one of the things that. i found most imp

in some sense imitating teddy roosevelt and mr. trump wants to act with could recollect, vigor and vitality, emblematic of history's civilization and speaking of the republican roosevelt, mr. trump intends to take back some kind of control over the panama canal from the influx of chinese communist encroachment to central and south america. right off the bat, tram subpoena rolling out a couple of hundred shock and awe executive orders to close the border and reopen energy. time and again mr. trump talked about the theme of unifying the country. ironically four years ago, joe biden would be the unifier. biden became one of the most corrupt and divisive presidents in american history. speaking of corruption, 20 minutes before he's officially ending his term, joe biden pardoned his entire family except for jill and himself. his brother james and wife saratoga remarks sister value rendition of anthony and husband john and brother francis, a breathtaking admission of family corruption and guilt. but i don't want to digress from mr. trump'

mr. roosevelt brought up a good point to mr. jacobs he asked a specific number you have the football to ms. graham and she cannot answer that question. when you start to answer the question of the present user percentage back at us which means as a number there that lives and breathes you should both know the number he should not shut before congress and say you don't have information for you pass over too mr. murray about the record-keeping capability than va or the lack there of. i am assuming for the past 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years you've been doing the budget excess in the exact same way there's obviously a lack of digital footprint is that correct? cooks are systems for. >> they don't work obviously. >> they were not built with the complexity of the current appropriation picture in mind. >> out congress is allotted money to the va to build a system that's inappropriate for the system itself? cooks we are in the process of transforming into a newer system pickle conch the electronic healthcare records it does not work after th

roosevelt. larry: it has something to do with mr. trump's thinking. >> yeah, for sure. the bottom line again is that when the people who are trying to cause panic over president trump's trade policy, simulate what it'll do and don't account for all the other policies and president trump is drill, baby, drill and deregulate and tax cuts and reduce spending and forget about the fact that the economy is not doing anything and the democrats are spending $1.5 trillion more than when we left space have all these things to fix and if you look attar riffs as part of overall -- at tariffs as part of overall strategy and it's a golden age and supply side reform that america has ever seen. larry: wall street is crazed about tariffs and read routinely, every news story has a paragraph or two about how tariffs will be inflationary. is wall street wrong, kevin hassett? >> look, that's -- everybody has been saying that for the last year and goldman sachs thing that said, you know, harris' policies would be better than trump and more on government spending and going to get inflation an

now, helen taft and roosevelt, lady bird johnson had books before that but the trend accelerated. mrs. ford wrote a book and carter and reagan wrote two books a piece. mrs. regan's chief of staff said it was just one in a line of fascinating insider stories. the 1990s was a rich decade. scholarly articles based upon research began to appear in journals. author carl anthony published "first ladies: the saga of president's wifes and their power" two volumes over 1,000 pages written as kind of a layered multibiography of all of the first ladies together. then, came the first of what would be a landmark three volume biography of roosevelt. three volumes. there are united states presidents that don't have three volume biography. to think a first lady, even roosevelt, that was huge, enormous step forward in public and academic acceptance. also while interest was growing, we lacked research papers. he asked people to write sketches for 1996 compilation american first ladies their lives and their legacy. many authors went on to publish important work in first lady studies and most of them hav

mr. president? thank you. hi. thank you. i'm sure you understand. >> and here's that same white house press corps that was so polite to donald trump tonight across the hallway from the oval office in the roosevelt room. >> the president didn't share. this information with your guest, mr. president. mr. president. >> mr. president, why are you confusing the names of world leaders? >> thank you everyone. thank you very much. >> the white house press corps never dared to do that to donald trump. the first time donald trump was in the white house. and they will not dare to do that to donald trump this time, no matter how outrageous donald trump is being right before their very eyes, like trying to repeal a sentence in the constitution by himself. donald trump took an oath at noontime today to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. and not one reporter in that room tonight asked him if he just violated that oath by trying to remove these words from the constitution. all persons born in the united states are citizens of the united states. so the substance of what reporters will call a press conference by donald trump was horrible, horrible on both sides tonight, the trump

helen taft and eleanor roosevelt and betty ford and others had published memoirs before 1982, but the trend accelerated in this time. in the 1980s and mrsreagan and rosalynn carter wrote two each. first lady public wife in 1988. it was just one in a line of fascinating insider stories. the 1990s was a rich decade. scholarly articles based upon archival research began to appear in presidential studies quarterly. the saga of the president's wives their power, two ambitious volumes over 1,000 pages written as a kind of temporally layered multibiography of all of the first ladies together. then came the first of in would be a landmark of eleanor roosevelt's secret book. >> we don't have three-volume biographies. to think that a first lady, even eleanor roosevelt could be worthy of three volumes and published bia published by a major press and that was huge and academic acceptance. in the 1990s lewis gould noticed that while interest in first ladies was increasing we lacked reference book detailing their achievements and he sought exemplary scholars in different fields and it's true he sometimes had to convince them to enter this burgeoning

now, helen taft and eleanor roosevelt, lady bird johnson, betty ford and others had published memoirs 1982. but the trend accelerated in this time in the 1980s, mrs. ford wrote a second book, and rosalynn carter and nancy reagan published two books apiece. mrs. reagan's chief of staff, james rosebush, wrote first lady, public wife, for example, 1988, it was just one in a line of fascinating insider stories. the 1990s was a rich decade. scholarly articles based upon archival research began to appear in journals like presidential studies quarterly. author carl anthony, published first ladies the saga of presidents wives and their power to ambitious volumes over thousand pages written as a kind of tempore lee layered, multiplied biography of all the first ladies together. then came the first of what would be a land three volume biography of eleanor roosevelt by historian reece and cook, three volumes. there are united states presidents who don't have three volume biographies. to think that a first lady, even eleanor roosevelt, could be worthy of three volumes and that it was published a major trade press that was huge. that was an enormous step forw

larry: i was a young research assistant for teddy roosevelt later on, but, i am sure revenue implications with respect to tax cuts has something to do with mr. trump's thinking? >> yes for sure. and the bottom line again, is that when the people who are trying to cause panic over president trump's trade policy, you know simulate what it will do, they don't account for all other policies, president trump is drill, baby, drill, and deregulation and tax cuts, and reduce spending. you know forget the fact if you say economy would be better if we don't do anything, say democrats, they are spending 1.5 trillion a year more than when we left office, we have these to fix. if you look at tariffs, as part of after overall strastraining strategy, you will see a golden age. larry: wall street is somewhat crazed about tariffs. you read routinely, every news story has a paragraph or two but how they will be inflationary is wall street wrong kevin has snet. hassett? >> everyone has been saying it for last year and goldman sachs thing said that harris a policies would be better, let's look at this, if you spend 1.5 trillion a year more on government spendi

mr. churchill and the white house" shares that the reddish prime minister was more than a houseguest during his lengthy visits to the white house during presidencies of raichlen roosevelt and eisenhower. the article draws on letters, government documents, and memoirs to tell the story of winston churchill and the two presidents. exploring the american story, watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2. and find a full schedule on your program guide, or watch online anytime at c-span.org /history. >>> witness democracy unfiltered with c-span. experience history as it unfolds with c-span's live coverage this month. as republicans take control of both chambers of congress and a new chapter begins with the swearing in of the 47th president of the united states on monday, live from the house chamber, witness vice president kamala harris reside over the certification of the electoral college vote, where this historic session will officially confirm donald trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election. on january 20th, tune in for a live, all-day coverage of the presidential inauguration as donald trump takes the oath of office, becoming the 47th president of the u

roosevelt. the first mystery guest signed in as jerry whittington from west river, maryland. >> is it. >> miss or. >> mrsss smith. >> miss whittington. >> where are you from? >> west river, maryland. >> west river, maryland. that's nice to have you with. >> us. >> miss. >> whittington, may i present our panelists now, would you join me over here, please? and we'll let. >> the audience. >> in the theater and the audience at home know exactly what your line is. okay. >> so it turns out president lyndon johnson had arranged for miss whittington to appear on the show rather than. >> announce her. >> hiring by. a press conference. he knew. >> that the hire. >> would be controversial. geraldine jerry whittington was the first black woman to work in a non-domestic job in the white house. she got hired as lbj's personal secretary when, after the assassination of president kennedy, the new president wanted a fresh pool of secretaries in the white house. he reportedly saw miss whittington working in another government office and asked his aide, jack valenti, to track down her number. here's part of the phone call

theodore roosevelt helped lay the foundation stone and it has hosted state funerals for presidents eisenhower, reagan, ford and most recently george h.w. bush. mrer delivered one of the eulogies at the ford funeral there. today president biden will give one of the eulogies at the carter family's request. you're looking at live pictures of the capitol as they begin this ceremony. let's listen in. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a majestic and somber ceremony befitting the 39th president of the united states. that hymn that you heard there was "my faith looks up to thee." the body bearer team began moving down those many steps through the east front of the capitol, where president carter was the last of our presidents to deliver his inaugural address from the east side of the capitol. it's now on the west side these days. the pallbearers have brought the casket into the hearse. you can see members of the color guard there and the family watching this entire procession. and then they will make their way down pennsylvania avenue and through our nation's capital to the washington national cathedral, that grand and beautiful cathedral one of the

mr. churchill in the white house," shares at the british prime minister was more than a houseguest during his lengthy visits to the white house during the presidencies of franklin rooseveltwight eisenhower. he draws on letters, diaries, government documents and memoirs to tell the story of winston churchill and the two presidents. exploring the american story, watch american history tv saturdays on c-span two and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> booktv every sunday on c-span2 features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction book. here's a look at what is coming up. at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the stanford institute for artificial intelligence fellow who served as a european parliament miniver talks about regulating the tech industry in "the teco." at 6:15, he recalls his journeys to senegal, south carolina and palestine and reflects on how the stories we tell shape our reality in "the message." and then, mark green author of " we before me" talks about division and the advantages of putting others before self and he is interviewed by leo shane. watch booktv every sunday on c-span2, and find a full schedule

mr. chair. one quick item for the record, as you know, i've passed legislation to keep horses in the theodore roosevelt national park. i'm a horse fan, you and your wife are horse fans. i just want to know that you'll commit to the record, to continue to work on that very important issue with me. gov. doug burgum: absolutely. and for the record, people should know that as popular as senator hoeven is in our state, the horses in the national park have even more followers on social media than he does. sen. hoeven: yeah, no question. and then just one final item, and i think you've demonstrated to both sides of the aisle, your absolute willingness to work with everybody to achieve good outcomes, and a good outcome for this country, and that's exactly what we want in somebody that goes into these important positions. and so thank you. thank you to catherine. and then just if there's anything for the record, that you want to add to the record, i would just give you this opportunity before turning things back to the chairman. and again, i want to thank both the chairman and the ranking member as well. gov. d