mrs. roosevelt and then she lost her health, but in mrs. roosevelt's last days, she brought her back to be with her. and she and i went to that -- came out and saw each other at the conclusion of that memorial service for mrs. roosevelt. and as we stood there in the rain, she talked about mrs. roosevelt, but the thing that got to me the most was that she said that the fact that mrs. roosevelt would send for her after she had been away from her almost 20 years meant a lot to her. and then mrs. roosevelt was having such pain and needed to be turned over, and when she reached to do it, she said mrs. roosevelt said, "augusta, don't forget the doctor told you not to lift anything heavy." and she said, "at that moment i would have done anything that would have kept her alive," but she said, "i cannot believe that there was such a person who would think about me at a moment like that when i was trying to be of help to her." it was a very real experience. c-span: how many years did you work for the ywca? >> guest: well, i worked -- all in all i work

and for her part, eleanor roosevelt publicly praised her appointment as ambassador to italy writing that mrs. luce would be an able ambassador who will represent us well. price of fame goes into fascinating detail about luce's relationships not only with the roosevelts, but with so many of the great figures of the 20th century from eisenhower to several churchills to jfk and, of course, her stormy marriage to henry luce. and so does morris herself in a wonderful account of how she became to be clare boothe luce's biographer, the only one to have access to her public and private papers. and so it is really a great privilege to have sylvia morris with us here tonight. born in england, she taught english literature before moving to the united states in 1968 with her husband, the writer edmund morris, who i'm also proud to have with us here in the evening, and she is also the author of a biography of former first lady edith kermit roosevelt. it also gives me great pleasure to introduce our moderator, the prolific writer and editor, james atlas. he is founding editor of the viking press live seri

mr. roosevelt was a fisherman. he lacked sufficient. in fact, he caught a 110-pound sailfish. this bizarre incident. but he went back there a number of times. one time he had entertained a couple of british treasury hunters on the houston to talk about the potential of is a treasure and where can i find treasure. the houston unfortunately during world war ii was sought by the japanese. 110 with the agent asper from australia. still associations today that honor the men of the houston. children of survivors. a famous book called a ship of ghosts. if anyone saw the movie the bridge on the river quad and william holden, the american naval officer who is in with the british prisoners at the bridge, they asked him how he ended up there. he was of the houston windsock. it is true that some of those survivors of the uss houston did, in fact says. >> guest: the mystery. so well, it is created by the fact that the -- there is the speaker of the house it wants to deal with polarization going on in washington d.c. of course that is not true. he is -- he has this scheme, a plan that he is

mr. roosevelt was a fisherman, he liked to fish in those waters and in fact caught a 110-pound sail fish that is with the something i sewnan today. -- something i sewnan today -- signature sewnan today. and one time he had entertained a couple of british treasure hunters on the houston on whether they can find treasure on cocoa island. the houston was sunk by the japanese, went down with the hmm perking dhmsperth. there's children of some of the survivors and those who perished still have an association and there's famous book called the ship of ghosts, written about the houston, and if win saw the movie, the bridge of the river kwai, and william holden next british prisoner, at the bridge they asked him how did he end up there? he said he was off the houston when the houston sunk and it's true that some of the survivors of the uss houston did in fact build that railroad in burma, thighland, which was the genesis of that movie. >> host: what's the mystery of the so-called buried treasure. >> well, the mystery is created by the fact that the -- there is the speaker of the house wants to d

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mr. roosevelt found he had to continue the same number up until about pearl harbor. >> your own next operationsn the field of relief then came when, sir? >> at the beginning of the second world war, i was appealed to by some eight or nine different governments in europe that had been occupied by the germans to come to their relief. we organized some relief of them but in the course of three or four, two years, the military people in control of the allied side adopted the old british doctrine and they closed off our operations. it was not until the war was over when the inevitable post-war famine that i was called back into service. every world war will create a worldwide famine. i don't need to coin the reasons for that but it's a solemn fact and mr. truman was faced with fa anyone in 1946 even greater than the world has seen before mp he asked me to take part in the management of the famine and i did so by organizing the necessary set up in washington and again i visited 38 different nations by plane. organized their food administrations, got their cooperation and in the end we pulled through.

mrs. roosevelt and behalf of the children of the ship and didn't get any answer.telegrams to canada, south africa, central america. nobody wanted to let us in. let me tell you the truth. i happened to see miami beach when i was 12 years old from the ship. i was very impressed. i said to myself, i would like to live here someday. well it took me a long way to get around there. the coast guard came and chased us away from miami, and we had to go back to europe. i found out later that 300 families that said we're not going back to germany, we're going to jump ship before they let us in. when the captain heard that, he went to see the committee we had on the ship and promised us that he won't take us back to germany. he will scuttle the ship before we get to germany. well two days before we arrived to germany, we found out that four countries wouldn't let us in. france, belgium, holland and england. my parents, my brother and sister came to france. we didn't know anybody there. and we came to france, and there was a jewish organization that came on ship and they had c

through "mork and mindy" or "good will hunting," whether you knew him through playing theodore roosevelt, and "mrs. downfire," people of all ages love that movie. this is the one time -- unfortunately we hear people in hollywood all the time going through this, but i think this is one time where every generation is affected by something like this. >> so often when someone of his caliber dies people like me will say, well, did anyone in hollywood know? the truth is in this case we all knew. but he made it such a part of his comedic routine that it almost felt like is this just part of the show? >> right. it seemed like this is someone who has control over this situation. because you're right, it is very sad. in hollywood we hear stories like this all the time from actors who are younger, from actor who is are older dealing with this who maybe you didn't even know. you would have been surprised i think if you heard other people, oh, they were struggling with depression. but he was very open about his struggles with this. i think you mentioned he had checked himself back into rehab about a month ago

through "mork and mindy" or "good will hunting," whether you knew him through playing theodore roosevelt, and "mrs. downfire," people of all ages love that movie. this is the one time -- unfortunately we hear people in hollywood all the time going through this, but i think this is one time where every generation is affected by something like this. >> so often when someone of his caliber dies people like me will say, well, did anyone in hollywood know? the truth is in this case we all knew. but he made it such a part of his comedic routine that it almost felt like is this just part of the show? >> right. it seemed like this is someone who has control over this situation. because you're right, it is very sad. in hollywood we hear stories like this all the time from actors who are younger, from actor who is are older dealing with this who maybe you didn't even know. you would have been surprised i think if you heard other people, oh, they were struggling with depression. but he was very open about his struggles with this. i think you mentioned he had checked himself back into rehab about a month ago

tide of the so-called imperial presidency has been going on since franklin roosevelt and carried to the ultimate extreme by mr. nixon. not no accident that his man said of course we have one man rule because he's the only nationally elected officer that was the state of mind. this has gone to the brink and over. i think you'll get a new balance if mr. ford now becomes president. he comes in with one great advantage that people will wish him well. he'll have the sympathy of the country. all of that will be the case as has been before. the great disadvantage will be he'll be the first president not elected either as vice president or president by the people. and the man he picks as vice president the next few days presumably also will not have been elected. we've never had a situation like this. and he of course will have the congress against him politically in party terms. mr. nixon was thehóqjq;ut man t take over the presidency in his first term with both houses against him, first man for over 100 years. same will be true with mr. ford and he'll have maybe even a bigger democratic majority after the election

roosevelt. it has been carried on to an extreme by mr. nixon. it is no accident that jon erlichman said, of course we ise one-man rule, because he the only national elected officer. that was the state of mind. i think you will get a new ballot. esther ford now becomes president. he comes in with one great advantage. the people will wish him well. he has the sympathy of the country. his great disadvantage will be that he will be the first president not elected either as vice president or president by the people, and the man he picks as vice president presumably also will not have been elected. we have never had a situation like this. and he of course will have the congress against him politically. mr. nixon was the first man to take over the presidency in his first term, with both houses against them. the same will be true of mr. ford. maybe a bigger democratic majority after the election in november. but there will be this kind of a balance, at least for some time. congress has already restricted presidential warmaking powers. for muchready arra

mr. bunau-varilla and the roosevelt administration. panama was part of columbia, and so columbia lost its most valuable province, because the prediction was that the canal would be built there eventually and this was to be a jewel. this was to be the goose that would lay the golden egg and this sliver was broken off from columbia, because we wanted to get a better agreement with the panamanians than we thought we could get with the columbians. it sounds crude and it sounds self-serving, but that's what it was about. >> saratoga springs, new york, hello. >> hello, mr. mccullough. i enjoy your scholarship and i lived in the zone from 1970 to 1972. i was really impressed with the new technologies that the canal zone demonstrated. one was concrete and the other was electricity, which the general electric company pioneered in that area. >> yes. >> but i was also -- i was a member of the united states army and observed some of the colonialism, i guess you could say, that existed at the time, in the canal zone. or actually it existed up until

mrs. doubtfire" coming up. "night at the museum," so funny as teddy roosevelt. brilliant guy, three children, it is unsettling today. i wish i had answers, i didn't see red flags from robin williams. as i go on the air tomorrow morning on the radio is take the high road, remember the greatness of this man. neil: do you think we're getting the sordid details out now, how he ended it all. something snapped? you know him fairly well, was there any hint over the years that something was not going right? you watch him and perform and i found him to be brilliant but manic, and i mean that in a very good way, that's what made him so brilliant. he was a little brilliant, but that maybe those extremes, this was the downer, this was the permanent solution to a short-term bump. >> to be that brilliant? something had to be a little askew? yeah, probably. to be that brilliant. i was close with him. i watched him working with him on live television, millions of people watch him. and you go yourself, why am i even bothering? look at this guy. neil: wind him up and let him go.

museum," is in post production playing the role of teddy roosevelt which was just releasing the trailer this month. he was going to do a sequel to "mrs. doubtfire" with the original earning $441 million released in 1993 the second biggest grossing film of the year. we preparing a special 20/20 report "the life-and-death of robin williamss," tonight right here on abc7. >>> now the weather and traffic. mike? >> live doppler 7 hd shows a sea breeze out there at ten miles per hour in oakland and 16 in favored. as we head into the morning hours, deeper into them, they will run double dim its it many areas but the south bay and possibly santa rosa as we head to lunch and in the afternoon hours we are around 15 to 20 miles per hour and they will start to taper during the evening hours because of the de-coupling of the atmosphere because of the cooling. it has brought a cloud deck in so mostly cloudy and the afternoon, temperatures are running from two to seven degrees below average and 70 along the coast and a few 80's inland east bay. >>> starting with san jose, the drive here is nice and clear and when you pass the 280 and 680 extension y

roosevelt in "night at the museum." so younger people getting to know him. and "mrs. doubtfire." that's one of my favorite movies.nd i think people of any age like that movie. you remember growing up with it, watching it when you were little, going with your kids. he touched the lives of so many people in every single generation. >> yeah. and of course as the u.s. president said, robin williams arrived in our lives as an alien. of course as mork in the tv series "mork and mindy." but from there of course he went on to establish this incredible collection of work as you pointed out there. what overall do you think is his legacy? how will he be remembered? or there's just too many movies to sort of stick with one. >> reporter: ye >> yeah, i think people will remember him as a comedic genius. that's the lasting impression. you just remember him as this quick witted guy. nobody could match his wit. you put a microphone in his guy and he could just go off on any tangent and talk about anything, and it was hard to even keep up with him because he was so funny and so quick and so a step ahead of everyone. he could do im

boulevard," and "night at the museum," he was teddy roosevelt and the trailer was just released this month. >> he signed on to do a sequel to do "mrs. doubtfire" after the original earned $440 million around the world. >> that was filmed in san francisco. fighter jets have carried out air strikes on four isis targets in northern iraq. the strikes destroyed or damaged four checkpoints mapped by militants stationed near a mountain where thousands of refugees are trapped after being targeted by isis. the airstrikes destroyed some heavy doubt equipment stolen from the iraqi army. >>> the storm prediction center is adding two new threat levels to the weather outwhos starting in october forecasters can say if slight risk days for severe weather are enhanced or marginal and other categories remain including "high" and "moderate." they found that some days conditions were worse than a slight risk but not as bad as moderate. >>> we have had some thunderstorm activity but it is not our concern. >>> the low is weakening. it is going away. cry air is over us. the combination is not out there that would be needed. the air is so dry there is no

tide of the so-called imperial presidency has been going on since franklin roosevelt and carried to the ultimate extreme by mr nixon. not no accident that his man said of course we have one man rule because he's the only nationally elected officer that was the state of mind. this has gone to the brink and over. i think you'll get a new balance if mr. ford now becomes president. he comes in with one great advantage that people will wish him well. he'll have the sympathy of the country. all of that will be the case as has been before. the great disadvantage will be he'll be the first president not elected either as vice president or president by the people. and the man he picks as vice president the next few days presumably also will not have been elected. we've never had a situation like this. and he of course will have the congress against him politically in party terms. mr. nixon was thehóqjq;ut man t take over the presidency in his first term with both houses against him, first man for over 100 years. same will be true with mr. ford and he'll have maybe even a bigger democratic majority after the election i

roosevelt. he also had a number of independence movies that have been completed. so those have yet to be released. and there were plans to do a sequel to "mrs. doubtfire." that was in preproduction. so obviously, that will probably be put on hold or reconceived now that he has passed. >> mr. mayor, you had a law practice, and i hear that sometimes robin williams would just drop by to hang out a little bit? >> yes, robin williams was actually represented by one of the lawyers in the office, phil rhine. we had accommodations for our clients. we had obviously obvious showers and we had a hot tub and robin, who was quite an athlete, he rode bicycles all the time, he jogged, but he would always come to the office if ooze in town and seld hang out there and enjoy all of the accommodations. and i'm going to miss that. >> yeah, we're all going to miss him. for those people who knew him, it must be especially painful. ted, robin did a lot of political humor. there's a ton of it, for instance in, his last hbo special. yet, he really wasn't perceived as a political comedian. >> yes, in fact, he not only did political humor, a lot of it was pretty biti

roosevelt. he also had several independent filming far mainstream release and there was word in april he was considering a role in the sequel to the 1993 big-time hit, "mrs. doubtfire." much more through the afternoon. first the serious news out of iraq. one day after he ordered troops into at the street, the prime minister, nouri al-maliki, asked the army, police, and security forces to focus only on defending iraq. remember, iraq's president snubbed prime minister maliki but not nominating him for another term. as for his part, al-maliki refused to step down and is demanding a third term. u.s. officials blame prime minister maliki for losing control of the country. today secretary of state john kerry called for iraq's leaders to quickly form a new government, saying the u.s. is ready to offer more help in the identifying against militants. >> we are prepared to consider additional political, economic, and security options as iraq starts to built a new government and very much calculated to try to help stablize the security situation, to expand economic development, and to strengthen the democratic institution. >> in northern iraq, a pilot is dead and t

roosevelt around the holidays. the movie that he didn't get to film, had was going to do a sequel to "mrs.t and they were working on it. he didn't finish that. or start that. >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> you can find clips from robin williams ten most memorable movie roles on cbsthismorning.com. >>> the family of the teen killed is asking people to stop protests. police in ferguson, a st. louis suburb last night. five people arrested. the fbi is now investigating the case looking for possible civil rights violations. >> the obama administration says it supports the man chosen to replace longtime prime minister nuri al maliki. but al maliki refuses to step down after being ousted by iraq's president. he calls the move a coup against the constitution. thousands remain trapped in northwest iraq by the terror group isis. a cnn crew was aboard an iraqi military helicopter that became a lifeline. david martin takes a closer look at the struggle for survival. >> reporter: iraqi army helicopters fly in at 100 feet in broad daylight to push pallets of food and water out the door. wh

roosevelt might have endorsed. e focused also on rest ration, innovation, how are we going to improve these resources rather than just preserve resources that have -- that are still pristine. host: so as mr. homestead what about his statement and to you has that beard itself out? guest: i think in many ways it has. he of course was prior to his times back in the late 60s is when i think the public at large began to be concerned about air pollution. it had long been a problem in southern california but it was an increasing problem in other parts and i think he responded to that kind of public pressure. i think clearly the clean air act that had kind of its initial beginnings in the johnson administration has been a very important part of protecting public health and the environment. host: has the clean air act that we initially saw under president johnson the same as we see today? guest: no. the 67 act which is referred to as the air quality act, introduced a few concepts that continue to be in place. the idea that there would be specific areas of the country where there would be the need to have a coordinated program. and that really comes from 67. and 67 also was the first time that the

mr. woodson is right. the radical left wanted some sort of basic income. that was not the policy of the new deal liberals. franklin rooseveltbolished no strings attached well fair -- welfare. johnson, the centerpiece from his perspective of the war on poverty was the job score and volunteers in service to america. host: the washington post indicated the poverty level in is about 40%. does that sound right? caller: they are probably talking about in the impoverished area. even if there is, the people who -- the people do not have that mentality. you do not see kids hanging out in neighborhoods. there is no gang graffiti. they keep the houses up to code. they keep the archive and everything. not a poor mentality. that is when you do not believe in yourself. it has nothing to do with economics. my parents never let me know i was poor. i never had that mentality. was, liberalst and conservatives have agreed at making work central. the liberal approach has traditionally failed politically because of opposition from the right. unions,position from which would rather have well-paid unionized labor than low income people who do not

roosevelt might have endorsed. e focused also on rest ration, innovation, how are we going to improve these resources rather than just preserve resources that have -- that are still pristine. host: so as mr. homestead what about his statement and to you has that beard itself out? guest: i think in many ways it has. he of course was prior to his times back in the late 60s is when i think the public at large began to be concerned about air pollution. it had long been a problem in southern california but it was an increasing problem in other parts and i think he responded to that kind of public pressure. i think clearly the clean air act that had kind of its initial beginnings in the johnson administration has been a very important part of protecting public health and the environment. host: has the clean air act that we initially saw under president johnson the same as we see today? guest: no. the 67 act which is referred to as the air quality act, introduced a few concepts that continue to be in place. the idea that there would be specific areas of the country where there would be the need to have a coordinated program. and that really comes from 67. and 67 also was the first time that the

roosevelt might haveed endorsed. he focused on re tore race, innovation. how are we actually going to improve these resources, rather than preserve resources that that have, that are still pristine. >> host: mrholmstead, what about his statement? to you has that bared itself out, that statement? >> guest: in many case it is has. he was product of his times. late '60s i think when the public at large began especially concerned about air pollution. it had long been a problem in southern california but it was increasing problem in other parts of the country and i think hee responded to that kind of public pressure. so, i think clearly the clean air act that had kind of its initial beginnings in the johnson administration, it has been a very important part of, of protecting public health and th he environment. host heavy has the clean air act we initially saw under president johnson the same clean air act today? >> guest: no, the '67 act, referred to as the air quality act, introduce ad few concepts that continue to be in place. the idea that there would be specific areas of the country where there would be the need to have a coordinated program. that really comes from '67. '67 was also the firs

roosevelt which coexists somewhat uneasily with the adjoining wilderness. the daughter was alleged to have call it the ugliest thing she ever saw. publicly mr. longworth was the soul of graciousness when dedicating it. the work of paul manship. it is flanked by a series of stone pylons. a raised plaza formal plantings and fountains complete the memorial. the wilderness back drop does at least as much to evoke the spirit of the great outdoorsman. in the 17th century they named it anna costine. the 88 acre property later belonged to a local, which sold it to the association. it was left pristine in recognition of the white house conservationist who first placed environmental concerns on the nation's agenda. today it boasts over 400 varieties of plants and nearly 80 different species of birds, as well as one very assertive looking president in bronze. >> next looking at the construction of various historical sites throughout washington d.c. and the people who helped shape the nation's capitol. the heritage foundation hosted this hour-long event. >> history is a particular favorite subject of mine. when our good friend david mccullough arrived i

roosevelt around the holidays. the movie that he didn't get to film, had was going to do a sequel to "mrs.ment. they were set on a script and they were working on it. he didn't finish that. or start that. >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> you can find clips from robin williams ten most memorable movie roles on cbsthismorning.com. >>> the family of the teen killed is asking people to stop protests. police in ferguson a st. louis suburb last the best part of coming together is how delicious it can be. hershey's s'mores, the unmistakable taste that reminds us that life is delicious. what if there was a credit card where the reward was tha (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ...trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. desifan. >> the "new orleans times-picayune" said the manning football brothers peyton and eli, rap in a commercial hey can you fix this? sure... you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall.