robert wagner turned out to be a senator in the roosevelt administration and the wagner act of 1985. allegedly is doing. perkins was successful in creating something called the factory investigating commission , new york state factory investment commission which became a template for such commissions around the country. they really went to work. they combed all over new york state, she and her. then not only looked into fire hazards, but they also got into an area that was just beginning to receive attention which was sort of what you would call toxic waste, the chemicals and gases that are produced in manufacturing processes. there were sometimes called the dangerous trades. no one had really looked into this much before. of course those kind of a fax are often hard to spot because sometimes they take years to develop. frances perkins also put yourself to try to discover and reform along those lines will. 1909, 1911, versions of these three developments. you saw a cross fertilization of cribs outside of labor like the woman straight union league coming on board and getting involved

in the 20th century we had robert wagner sr. and jack javits whose seat i now occupy, hillary clinton, robert kennedy and, of course, pat. and it says something about this state and this city that an irish kid from hell's kitchen whose father left the family when he was 10, who would work as a stevedore on thely great senators the nation has ever known. i think the work steve's done in putting together the book serves pat and his legacy so well. and shows us how he game the man i got to -- how he became the senator the world got to know. e couldn't be a better night for this event. we didn't plan it that way. maybe dick had something to do with it knowing of both events, but as susan mentioned, we broke ground -- at least ceremonious ceremoniously -- on moynihan station which means that in the not-so-distant future pat's vision -- and it was his vision -- for a new, truly grand penn station and the farley post office will become reality. it's one of the projects i've been proud to be part of in my time in the senate, and i'm glad

robert wagner. they have the history of what happened to it is a movie in transit.then i want to work for a ship. and with my husband, alfred l., and we talk about ocean liners. >> and tell us about this white star line. >> the white star line was one of the great across the atlantic. and now, cunard and the form to another white star. and with white starships, the titanic, the olympics, the adriatic. these were clamorous. first- class. and even the third class, the emigrants, immigrants, they really had it. >> and we have a really good talk together about great movies on ships. >> and it would be chairman prefer blondes is a great " ship " movie. they got it right. it was a bit extreme with jane russell what it was like to be on board. >> i like to see that. >> and that is a very popular movie. and the use the liner for that. >> yes, the guild of france, and it was a great french and later history won the retired the ship was sold to hollywood. and it was with robert stack called last voyage. >> with dorothy malone. >> the blow it up and people bought-protesting-be

roberts will be here as well. now we go to "newsmakers." ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] . >> joining us from st. louis is anne wagnerone of a half dozen canned daylights for the national republican committee and here for the questions in washington is casey hunt. national politics reporter with politico and phil elliott. thanks for being with us. let me begin by asking you, what sets your candidacy and your race apart from your competitors'? >> well, i think there's multiple things that i'm running on and i'm traveling all over the country meeting with members of the republican national committee, talking with them on the phone, interacting with them on our website and all of our multiple social media nuances and opportunities out there. but i think what sets me apart is probably three or four different things. and it's rooted in experience. it's rooted in over 20 years of political service to the republican party and to public service out there. i'm looking for a new direction. new leadership. a turning of the page at the republican national committee. and i believe what i can offer to the r.n.c. is a strong fundra