he did not appoint two of smith's top people, moskowitz and robert moses. if you're, if you've been in politics like peter quinn has the way you can understand that you're taking over from the this legend. are you going to appoint moskowitz who was smith's guy or person as your person? not really. and roosevelt just didn't like robert moses. so smith certainly did not appreciate that. but the letters i've seen in hyde park because unlike novel ists historians have to do research -- [laughter] the letters to me indicate a level of friendship and even affection in those years between 1928 and 1932. in fact, at one point roosevelt writes to smith who's on vacation in florida and says your granddaughter was up here at the mansion playing with my granddaughter. in fact, your granddaughter -- i think her name was mary -- mary is now calling me ganpa. so i cut you out, you know? so it's this sort of affectionate relationship. and, you know, i think roosevelt really did have a well of respect and real affection for smith, and i think there were times when smith did

shall draw them closer together in our shrinking globe and promote peace in the end. >> that was robert moses pointed out in the book, moses had all of his building and reconfiguring of new york really destroyed many black and hispanic communities. he had a racial edge to much of his redevelopment approach and racial bias. what are your recollections of moses at that time and his importance in the city? >> well, he attempted to be an internal figure. -- imperial figure. a law unto himself. gently, in the insensitive to the needs and concerns of minorities, especially blacks in that period , and we thought it was important that we understand that this not be a peaceful gathering without economic justice without equitable levels oftion at all the world's fair workforce. lbj afterto turn to years of setbacks, advocates for equality, you, one of the protest reasons at the world's fair was the the signing of the civil rights act. this was johnson just a few months later signing the civil rights act. but we must not approach the observance and enforcement of this law in a vengeful spirit. its purpo

he did not appoint two of smith's top people, bill moscowitz and robert moses.you know, politics that peter quinn has come at the way you can understand that, you are taking away from this legend or you

robert moses from wnyw is in long island, new york, with more on a disturbing new trend. n long beach. we are in nassau county on long island. this is not only costly, but dangerous as well because it placed these first stoppedders in harm's way. it all happened around 3:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon. police got a call via skype from a man who claimed that he had killed his mother and brother here in long beach. ambulances, fire trucks, swat team mebs and other officers responded. the problem, it was all a hoax. what really happened is that the caller had been playing the on-line video game "call of duty" and lost. to exact revenge on the winner, the loser called police and gave out the winner's address to try to get as many police officers to show up at his home. mission accomplished. we spoke to the winner's older brother. >> saw something like this on tv a couple months ago. now that it happened to me, what the -- i didn't know how to react to that. it's crazy. >> reporter: this prank caller could be in some serious trouble. he not only faces charges for falsely report

he did not appoint two of smith's top people, bill moscowitz and robert moses. you know, politics that peter quinn has come at the way you can understand that, you are taking away from this legend or you go to >> utah about this woman who was a district leader 20 years before she was allowed to vote. how common was female leadership in tammany hall and what specifically did it do to help women suffrage? >> first of all, i have no idea how she got to the place where she was so early. murphy and smith was supposed to first but the women's suffrage movement past did new york 1979 believed. maybe 1918 only when tammany decided, there was the calculation and realize where history was going it had failed before in new york. the reformers try to get it through but tammany changed under murphy it passed. almost immediately when they are appointed as:district leaders almost immediately certainly in the 1920's you see stories in the new york press the women of tammany hall. lot of them were wives of officials but nevertheless they were integrated. i would not necessarily

moses, again to re-examine the symbols of belief that have endured in our culture. but in the 20th century, the forces of irrationality and violence have also endured. order, a mysterious piece by robert morris, suggests an altar with painted flames suspended in its center and a sculpture of the fire's smoke curling out into the air. skulls are embedded in the mantel, images of death and sacrifice. sigmar polke uses an overlay of styles and techniques in the death of paganini. his imagery frequently alludes to death and rebirth. computer disks, skulls, and swastikas swirl over the dying genius. in this art, we seem to see the legacy of the west contaminated. this is the bride, by nicky de stael. if, as many contemporary artists seem to be saying, ours is a culture out of balance, then women artists are becoming increasingly important in offering us an alternative. western art has been grounded on the figure of the woman standing for beauty, for nature, for truth, for eros. the woman is a series of cultural abstractions pronounced through the medium of her mute body. feminist artists want to break through this condition of bng mut of the woman always having someone else speak for her.