tohristmas card was sent president franklin d roosevelt and mrs. eleanor roosevelt. this is the christmas card. as we look at how she starts the christmas card, she says "dear president and mrs. roosevelt, christmases ago, we were shocked and deeply hurt to know it was japan who started the war and left the record of shame for history. we were one of the 120 thousand americans of japanese ancestry living on the west coast. frightened and angry, we were eager to do our part to protect these press -- to protect the precious chores of our america. unbelievably, things developed, and by may, we left our beautiful great binary and left friends to live in a camp. in january, 1945, eleanor roosevelt. she says "dear mr. and mrs. suk letter withd your much interest and i appreciate your writing. i am glad all is going well. with best wishes, i am sincerely eleanor roosevelt." we are looking at some of the arts and crafts made in the relocation centers. working in arts and crafts and other activities were key to keeping the sanity of the internees. tule lake was on a dried sea

mrs. roosevelt, the president's wife. when she came to tuskegee and got in a plane and let a black pilot take her off up into the air, that was it. and the fbi that was with miss roosevelt called the president and asked should he let her go up. and the president said, well, she's been doing everything she want to do, she's not going to stop now. she didn't stop. she crawled in that plane and they took her up. that was a big step forward. >> james was a staff sergeant in 99th fighter squad in the air force. >> all that destruction had not been cleared up or cleaned up. been cleared up or cleaned up. and we saw our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step on the journey.

mrs. roosevelt and kills the mayor and we say what if each had died? we're not allowed to use that word of the other hand we see in the '30's in the '90s that leadership counts and clinton shaped his time but also really, really lucky. i remember inauguration day 2009 if you look at barack obama and he said oh my goodness it was one thing to launch the campaign with peace and prosperity but then he realized i have work to do in bill clinton was blessed by the eight years of peace and prosperity. >> and so wager portrait is of a great tragedy. >> for all his talent and his triumphs he also left the nation economically unbalanced and vulnerable to osama bin baden and politically polarized ended deadlocked purdue blame him for the polarization? that surprised me that you put that on him. >> he was definitely a part of it. i love the fact you did a reading. if you look at clinton's role he should have been the great healer and you niger. with his vision to bring them together to say progressives from themselves from those conservative ideas with you to be

mrs. roosevelt and arthud wasn't sure's question is what would have happened if churchill and roosevelt had died.use we just deal with the words butr on the other hand we see in the 30s and also in the '90s thee 't readershiphe counts. le bill clinton shaped his times but he was also lucky. barack obama wasn't as lucky.n i remember in 2009 when you look at barack obama and you realize it is one thing to launch my wae campaign when everything lookeda like peace and prosperity and if you knew that it was going to crash but you realize all of a sudden that i've got work to do and bill clinton was blessed by god eight years of peace and prosperity. >> in some ways more portrait of clinton is that of a greek tragedy hero or antihero so here is what you wrote in the book. this is directly out of the buck. tal the ambition and triumphs. economically unbalanced, too vulnerable to the evil plans of os osama bin laden and politically colorized.e bl hi you blame him for the polarization?? i'm surprised that surprised thr usian to be pinning it on him. if you look at the role he role he should have bee

mr. roosevelt as a man? >> [indiscernible] >> would you shoot me? >> you are not a president. >> would you kill him now? >> yes, if you let me go. [end video clip] brian: houston was he executed? -- how soon was he executed? prof. feinman: five weeks. after his death, they changed his charge to murder and convicted him quickly and the appeal was very quick. he was executed. his is the quickest execution. brian: what is usually the weapon of choice? prof. feinman: it is always a gun, a firearm. often, it is a weapon such as the type used in the 19th century. i am not an expert on the type of guns. a 22: every member he had -- i am not either an expert -- how often was at a pistol versus a rifle? prof. feinman: more often a pistol, yes. huey long is an interesting character. he was known as the kingfisher. he was controversial and some people thought he was a fascist because he had storm troopers around him, private forts. huey long was seen by some as socialistic. thought he had a potential to be a hitler-type, so he scared a lot of people. he had a

mrs. roosevelt and kills the mayor and we say what if each had died? we're not allowed to use that word of the other hand we see in the '30's in the '90s that leadership counts and clinton shaped his time but also really, really lucky. i remember inauguration day 2009 if you look at barack obama and he said oh my goodness it was one thing to launch the campaign with peace and prosperity but then he realized i have work to do in bill clinton was blessed by the eight years of peace and prosperity. >> and so wager portrait is of a great tragedy. >> for all his talent and his triumphs he also left the nation economically unbalanced and vulnerable to osama bin baden and politically polarized ended deadlocked purdue blame him for the polarization? that surprised me that you put that on him. >> he was definitely a part of it. i love the fact you did a reading. if you look at clinton's role he should have been the great healer and you niger. with his vision to bring them together to say progressives from themselves from those conservative ideas with you to be

mrs. roosevelt, from christmases ago, we were shocked and deeply hurt is startedwas japan the war and left a record of shame for history. 100 24,000of the americans of japanese ancestry living on the west coast, frightened and angry. eager to do our part to protect the precious stores -- press just shores and by may, we left our great winery to live in a camp. by january, 1945, eleanor roosevelt did respond. says i readr, she your letter with much interest and i read your writing. i'm glad all is going well. what we are looking at here are some of the arts and crafts made in the incarceration centers. working with arts and crafts and other recreational activities were key to keeping the sanity of the internees. dry seabed, so a there were shells they could use to make various corsages and works of art. and other aspect of the story told by these artifacts is they worked with whatever they could find and nothing went away. so we see this unit ball, but if you inspected closely, you can see her hands are made of toilet paper wrapped round wire. is made fromface stockings and nylon. her hair

mr. roosevelt as a man? > i like him as -- >> would you shoot me? >> you're not president. >> you won't shoot me? >> why wouldn't i shoot you. >> if we let you go would you kill now? >> yeah. if you let me go. >> how soon afterwards was he executed? >> five weeks. >> how come? >> why did it go so fast? >> the state of florida first put him on trial for assault on mayor cermak. mayor cermak lasted about two weeks but after his death they changed it to murder and they convicted him extremely quickly and the appeal was very quick. almost too quick. and he was executed. so his is the quickest execution even more than zogo with mckinley. what is usually the weapon of choice for these assassins? >> well, it is always a gun. often it's a weapon such as the type that was used in the 19th century. i'm not an ex-pevert on the type of guns so at the moment i can't think of the exact names. >> i do remember he had a 38 and a 22. i'm not an expert either. how often was it a pistol versus a rifle? >> it was much more often a pistol. here we are. yes. huey long of

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 hits from a. ll had died and roosevelt had died? we historians are not allowed to use the word if. on the other hand we see in the 30s and 90s that leadership counts. bill clinton shaped his times but he was really lucky. barack obama was not as lucky. i remember inauguration day 2009. he realized, my goodness, one thing to launch my campaign, known that the market was going to crash and become a billionaire, but he realized that i have work to do. bill clinton was blessed by prosperity. >> in some ways your portrait is that of a greeka greek tragedy hero or antihero. here is what you write in the book. for all his talent, ambition, and triumph he also left the nation economically unbalanced , far too vulnerable to evil plans of osama bin laden and polarized, politically deadlocked. do you blame him for our polarization? it surprised me that you seem to be pinning it on him. >> he was a part of it. >> explain that. >> i love that you did a reading. if you look at clinton's role, on the one hand he

roosevelt and the british prime minister winston churchill, huddled in the arcadia conference. american military factions including army chief of staff george marshall and brigadier general dwight eisenhower launched an immediate invasion of france. mr. huxen: so when the united states entered world war ii after the attack of pearl harbor, we were faced with a strategic choice, and roosevelt believed that hitler and nazi germany were our chief enemy. the problem was we were not ready to fight the nazis on the continent of europe. we looked at a plan to perhaps invade across the english channel into normandy in 1942 or 1943, but realized it would not have the material resources or the army built that was necessary for victory. in the meantime, the soviet union was taking a terrible pounding on the eastern front, and so franklin roosevelt and winston churchill realized they had to do something to meet joseph stalin's pleading for a second front, but it would not be in france. so where would we fight? we decided we would land in north africa. so we tell the story of this north african farmhouse we are standing and that decision and its consequences. the problem we will face is, can our troops, green, young citizen soldiers, fight the b

he got the court had deteriorated under roosevelt because of progressive appointments so he wanted to appoint conservatives so that's what he did. mr. taft reshaped the court and who was thereople for the court fight in the new deal, were appointed in 1911 under taft. influence onge american constitutional law. there were several justices that roosevelt had appointed, one of whom was william h moody who had rheumatism and had to retire. if he had stayed there and taft had not appointed his placement, the history of the court might've been very different in 1920 into the 1930's. health ands you how the constitution of the court can change. so taft was very proud. he said i've appointed you now, and you world in a conservative way. that's why i put you there. a little more candid than modern presidents. >> i understand that nelly was upset when he wanted to be a district judge. was she happy that he finally became supreme court judge? lewis gould: the conventional wisdom is that nelly wanted to be first lady and that bill was a reluctant candidate. assuming roosevelt wouldn't , what wereird term taft's options? he could go to the sup

roosevelt was a dying man. something he kept from the american people and for mr. he began to lose his ability to taste food as a uniquely picked at his trade and he wasted away. you develop a hacking cough that would not stop. is not often hung open when he signed his correspondence and he could barely eat more than a school. and, indeed, when asked him how he felt, this normally still the question would say what? or i feel like he'll. in other words, he was very sick. again his personal doctor in the white house wrote it off as nothing more than the influence of but at a workup at bethesda naval hospital they said no, this was a congestive heart failure and if dramatic action were not taken he would die within a year. those words would prove to be prophetic. so here than at the most critical part of the war roosevelt was dying. widely see the most critical part? because what would assume to be the most important military event of the entirety of this world war ii to be the impending invasion of d-day. and then also something that would take place that was rather

had not yet met its campaign for an element it wants to add, it is fiction of franklin d roosevelt d-day prayer. mr on to write that weber is hoping that more u.s. institutions will contribute to the korean memorial and that the foundation will be able to add a new structural element to the memorial, a wall of remembrance that lists the names of everyone who was killed, wounded, or missing in action. let's go to joe in kentucky, a republican. good morning. what did you think of it? caller: it was ok. i did not want all of it, but i maybest trying to get former general colin powell and the former secretary of state to maybe join in. i think he would make a fine .resident vice president biden, i would like to see him. host: ok. we believe the conversation on politics they are because we are going to turn our attention now to veterans day 2015. today is november 11. we are going to talk with bill rausch. he is to talk about the issues facing today's soldiers. and then later dr. harold kudler , the medical health specialist -- mental health specialist at the ba and colonel elspeth cameron ritchie will

mr. howell. in 1902 there was a coal strike in the united states. that was started in the autumn. october 1902, teddy rooseveltho 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 savior by the stance of toady roosevelt -- 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 and some fizz defenses, he cites -- and 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 th

roosevelt and british prime minister winston churchill talk and a number of top-secret meetings. a military -- military factions, including brigadier general dwight eisenhower, valid -- rallied vigorously. mr. huxen: so when the united states entered world war ii after the attack on pearl harbor, we were faced with a strategic choice. who to fight first, japan or nazi germany? they believed that hitler and nazi germany were our chief enemies. the problem was that we weren't ready to fight the nazis on the continent of europe. we did look into plans to perhaps invade across the english channel into normandy in 1942 or 1943, but realized we were not have the material resources or the army built up that was necessary for victory. in the meantime, the soviet union was taking a terrible pounding on the eastern front. and so franklin and roosevelt -- franklin and churchill realized it had to do something. was it going to be in france? where do we fight? they decided that we would land in north africa. and so we tell the story in this north african farm house that we are spending in of that decision and its consequences. the problem we are greater face after we decide to go into north africa is:

mr. howell, any historical evidence to suggest president truman and his advisers were guided in their behavior by the stance of teddy rooseveltjust 50 years earlier. >> 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. it is a great question. >> truman sites in some defenses of his actions he cites , lincoln's suspension of the hebeas corpus. he cites the louisiana purchase. 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 frankfurter who presented a history of executives taking over various industries, during lincoln's administration, lincoln's office took over the telegraph company lines emanating out a war and other parts of the country. and i would like of your speaker speak on frankfurte

mr. howell. in 1902 there was a coal strike in the united states. it started in the summer and lasted into the autumn. in october of 1902 teddy roosevelt wh was president summoned the head of the mine workers and the owners of the coal mines to the white house and he basically threatened the mine owners to seize the mines if they don't compromise more. now my question to mr. howell is, is there any historical evidence to suggest that president fruman' 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. but to the extent he was drawing on teddy roosevelt's example i simply don't know. it's a great question. >> he does cite 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? >> caller: my question is what the last person mentioned. if you would speak to the concurring opin

mr. somin, no one is mentioning this. i am 69 years old. i was in vietnam. you know, when franklin roosevelt was president and we went to war, they had a draft. why is it that you keep putting all the pressure and all of these many tours on a volunteer military instead of making all the bloodice sacrifice?e -- all the blood and treasure we lost in afghanistan -- we need to change the whole deal. you have to realize president obama is a constitutional scholar from harvard. of course, the republican right just wants to put him down at that warn, but i see is in the picture so that some of their cronies can make millions and millions of dollars off of another conflict. i really feel like me to put the draft back in and let the ofority of the youths america do their fair share. thank you. guest: so, just picking up on a couple points the caller made -- the president is a constitutional scholar from harvard. that does not mean he can't be wrong about the constitution. he was right about this issue when he was running for 2007-2008 when he said the president cannot initiate war without congression

mr. korematsu took his case all the way to the supreme court. historicl discuss the supreme court case of korematsu versus the united states. president franklin roosevelt evacuation order, sending 120,000 people japanese origin to internment camps throughout the u.s. >> this is a re-creation of one of the barracks. they were 20 feet wide and 120 feet long, and divided into six different rooms. they did not have sheet rock or ceilings or masonite on the floor. it would have been freezing, even in the daytime. the only heating they would've had would've been a potbelly stove but this would not have been able to keep the entire room in a comfortable kind of way. >> challenging the evacuation order, fred korematsu defy that order and was arrested, and his case went to the supreme court. find out how the court ruled with our guest peter irons, author of justice and war, the story of the japanese internment korematsu,karen director of the fred t korematsu institute and daughter of the plaintiff. we will explore the mood of america and we will follow mr. korematsu's life before, during, and after the decision. live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-sp

mrs. clinton: i believe the states are taking this step. there is a great phrase attribute to roosevelt that states are laboratories of democracy. i want to see how it works before we see a national plan because there is a lot for us to learn. what i do want is for us to support research into medical marijuana because a lot more --tes have passed mirko medical marijuana that legalized marijuana. we have two different experiences or experiments going on right now. the problem with medical marijuana is that there is a lot of anecdotal evidence about how well it works for certain conditions but we have not done any research. why? it's considered a schedule one drug and he can't even do research on it. i would like to move it from what is called schedule one to researchers can start researching what is the best way to use it. how much does to some of you need? how does it interact with other medications? if we are going to have a lot of states setting up marijuana dispensaries so that people who have some kind of medical need are getting marijuana, we need to know what the quality of it. ho

mr. mccloy recognition for what he did for the jews, as well as less criticism for his decision to bomb the rail lines at auschwitz , enter his judgment in which he was not alone in. roosevelt's advisor at the time, and i think that mccloy has hisen a bum rap for some of actions, as misguided and detrimental as they were in undermining the message of nuremberg. where their cases outside of the normal? severalncz: there were two major ones come to mind. one is catholic women who were victims of medical experiments, and another was labor. the catholic women's story is simple. the concentration camp used young catholic women. they did not just select them because they were catholic, but they happened to be catholic, and use them for medical experiments, such as cutting and throwing sand and glass in the wounds to see how they would heal and how long it would take them to die. these were experiments designed to simulate conditions that german soldiers may face in traumatic situations. germany refused to pay them because they were no diplomatic relations between west germany and the polish government. one of the defects in the german compensation laws was that they excluded politi

mr. huizenga: under president franklin roosevelt, there was testimony before congress saying i'm speaking before congress, an agency of congress, end quote. the chairman recognized what was forgotten about the federal reserve history, that the fed was created by congress, the board of governors are appointed for terms of 14 years and confirmed by congress and operates per its charter and laws set out by congress. therefore the federal reserve is actually or theoretically supposed to be accountable to congress. today the federal reserve is one of the most powerful institutions in the world. it is past time to restore transparency and hold it accountable to the american taxpayers. u.s. federal reserve system or the fed was created in 1913 in response to a series of economic cries sees. although the fed was created as an independent agency deriving its powers from congress, the fed's power has significantly expanded. while originally created to provide stability in the banking business, it has gained unprecedented power, influence and control over the financial system while remaining in myst

mr. somin, no one is mentioning this. i am 69 years old. i was in vietnam. you know, when franklin roosevelt was president and we went to war, they had a draft. why is it that you keep putting all the pressure and all of these many tours on a volunteer military instead of making all the bloodice sacrifice?e -- all the blood and treasure we lost in afghanistan -- we need to change the whole deal. you have to realize president obama is a constitutional scholar from harvard. of course, the republican right just wants to put him down at that warn, but i see is in the picture so that some of their cronies can make millions and millions of dollars off of another conflict. i really feel like me to put the draft back in and let the ofority of the youths america do their fair share. thank you. guest: so, just picking up on a couple points the caller made -- the president is a constitutional scholar from harvard. that does not mean he can't be wrong about the constitution. he was right about this issue when he was running for 2007-2008 when he said the president cannot initiate war without congression

roosevelt room and the white house where we're be a waiting for obama. >> anny: will impact. pekingese alive lookit the white house that while we wait for president obama to finish up a meeting. mrhe public today about the nation's, and security position heading into the holiday. >> mark: a multimillion dollar compound and tortures for sale, it is underground. these pictures show what it's like from inside. it was built in 1969 by the army's. it was during the new killer wore with russia. the people renovate it said it was indestructible. >> this place cannot protect you against anything tornadoes hurricane storms. it's built to withstand a 20 million lbs. new cure bomb. >> mark: is 50 ft. below the ground. is going for self for just 17 and half million dollars. excuse >> anny: its tradition to save a turkey on thanksgiving. you may remember that the turkey tipoff from sfo to washington d.c. on monday,. you can now vote online for which turkey will be the national turkey, either way they will both be spare them about their lives in mount vernon. >> mark: the president met with his national security team decided to address the nation. it is just two days ago the the was a worldwi

mr. hakes: yes. i mean, you know, her -- when she grew up, almost during her entire childhood, the first lady of the united states was eleanor rooseveltso one would have to think that that was a pretty powerful image of a first lady who did it differently than it had ever been done before, who testified before congress, which is something that rosalynn carter also did. and she wanted to be a serious player on the issues. she wanted the president to take her seriously. they had a close partnership. they communicated back and forth very openly, very candidly. she was not afraid to criticize him in private. so it was a strong, kind of the modern era, first ladies get involved in the big substantive issues where you can make a difference. ms. swain: well, let me ask another theme throughout the series, and that has been of the role of women in society. and i'm wondering, we've learned so often that the first lady really is a linchpin for changes for women in the country. what about women in 1976, and particularly, southern women and how accepting the public was of their involvement in politics? dr. hale: well, she became the first lady at

roosevelt conservation partnership. trout unlimited. then you have the alliance for the great lakes, the american canoe association, american rivers, the blue green alliance. and, mr. president, i'm not going to go on that much longer. i'm just going to finish reading this list, because when i speak, okay, you know i'm a strong environmentalist. i'm wearing my green today on purpose. but these groups are very, very concerned about the barrasso bill, as are 79% of voters. now, here are the other groups that weighed in. bluestream communications, california river watch, central ohio watershed council. they know because they have algae blooms coming to their lakes. clean water action, clean up the river, coastal environmental rights, defenders of wildlife, earthjustice, environment america, evangelical environmental network. do you want to know why the evangelical environmental network is here, mr. president? because they believe we are harming with this bill god's creation, god's creation. that's why they're involved. greenpeace, gulf restoration network, kentucky waterways alliance, lake champlain international, league of conservation voters, national parks conserv

mr. ryan is on the right start. i did not want him at first. if you will stand firm, i will support him all the way. said the quotean about teddy roosevelt- they ought to do it like eisenhower. this people here who don't need to be here. you have to come in the right way. host: george in florida, also a republican. brian. i agree with -- ryan. offensivehat is more -- when you see the homeless and beggars driving a brand-new car, taking our jobs. ryan.to host: when paul ryan was contemplating being a candidate for speaker, this was the headline in political. conservatives were skeptical of him because of his past support for overhaul efforts. --itico writes this paul ryan has a lengthy history of pushing for overhaul that has run counter to the most conservative wings of his own party. look at what paul ryan writes in today's usa today in the opposing view. he writes that americans have every right to be skeptical. they don't think the federal government will keep its commitments. the last time congress passed a comprehensive bill in 1986, it was supposed to stop illegal immigration. yet, the number of hyundai committed immigrants more th

mr. president. i rise to oppose the resolution. it was theodore rooseveltwho said "of all the questions that can come before this nation short of the preservation of its existence, there is none that perils its existence than leaving this land an even better land for our decendants than it is for us." theodore roosevelt was at the doer of the conservation moment -- movement in the republican party. it is a republican party far removed from the party of that day. roosevelt's determination to -- quote -- "leave this land a little better" has been replaced by complete abdication of responsible leadership for the stewardship of our planet. the clean power plan that this resolution concerns is the single-most significant step this country has taken now or in the past to combat climate change. many citizens do not know that over the past few binged decades we have seen carbon pollution rise in the atmosphere and it is now up to the level of 400 parts per million. as this carbon dioxide concentrates it traps the heat and that heat is producing harmful consequences