close to rockefeller personally politically. certainly because of his own main lane connections he knew both -- c-span: and ran for president. >> guest: and ran in '64. he liked them both. he thought todd was very intelligent, he liked her, but he always thought that she and nelson were mismatched. i said, what do you mean? he said, well, you have to understand, nelson was a man more than most who needed warmth. he said don't make the mistake of automatically equating that with sex. nelson needed warmth. and i've -- i understand exactly what he meant. and happy is a very warm woman. happy could give him, really what todd couldn't. that's a factor. the thing about that whole relationship that i think this book really breaks ground, and it's only possible because of the passage of time, if you go back and you read coverage of the time and read coverage since, every single account of the rockefeller divorce and remarriage is couched in political terms. it's seen through the lens of what did this cost him, and why on earth, you know

he thought the united states rich rich powerful, like the rockefeller panel -- rockefeller family had mankind. he said that in his view if you don't have good health or a good education then i feel society has let you down. imagine that transposed to our own politics? arguably nelson rockefeller was to the left of barack obama's presidency. he operated in a different political climate. but imagine a republican who believed, among other things , 1st of all that there is a thing called society and secondly that if we collectively together as a family have an obligation to provide universally the best possible health care in the best possible education. c-span: where are the archives? >> guest: they are at -- they are located just outside the main estate gates in the house that was built for nelson's stepmother. his mother who i hope we can talk about because she is such a pivotal part of the story died in 1948. three years later to the must muffle the horror of his children junior remarried a woman who was the widow of a classmate of his at brown. whom he was quick to court would eventu

and the independents hated rockefeller. example, there was an incident of a farmer who stubbed his toe on a rock and he said "damn the standard oil company." everybody blamed the standard oil company for anything that happened. under rockefeller's "guidance," the industry quickly became less crowded. as competition dropped then disappeared rockefeller set prices where standard could make the highest profits. standard oil and other monopolies like u.s. steel general electric, at&t and international harvester, became price makers. but their methods left some bruises. georgetown university law professor thomas l. krattenmaker. the standard oil trust was formed in 1882 and that led to widespread public concern. and it was that public reaction to the trusts that led to the passage of the sherman act in 1890. the sherman act made it illegal for any one firm to obtain a monopoly. that is, to get complete control over the production of all the goods in one market. and secondly the sherman act made it illegal for firms to get togeth

rockefeller. and in the early years of standard oil, rockefeller and flagler were best friends. they had homes on euclid avenue in cleveland near each other. when standard move its headquarters to new york city, rockefeller and flagler had homes across the street from each other on fifth avenue. into office back in cleveland they pushed their desks back to back so that they could hand the documents back and forth to each other. flagler was standard oil's railroad man. he was the person who worked out the deals with the railroads in new york and pennsylvania and ohio to all standard oil's products. and flagler was noted for driving hard bargains, that he would get rebates from the railroads which would be reduced rates for flagler's, for standards products. mek standard a big advantage over his competitors and that it could ship more cheaply over the railroads than they could. the other thing that flagler did was that he our region and the of the standard oil trust, a way of combining various refining companies into one big organization. later on john d. rockefeller was asked, wh

a way of combining various refining companies into one big organization and later on john rockefeller was asked who had come up with the idea of the trust. rockefeller said that i wish i would have had the brains to think of it but it was the idea of henry flagler. so he was a key person in standard oil. although he has not been giving much credit in the general histories. and it was perhaps the largest corporation in the world and i think that henry flagler was looking for a new challenge and was a man that always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out florida was it. he had invested in florida in the early 1880s because another of his neighbors on fifth avenue in new york was henry plant, a railroad builder in the south that was building a railroad line down to tampa on the west coast of florida and he invested some money in his enterprises, later on when both of them were very active in florida, they essentially divided the state rather than compete with each other, plant took the west coast and flagler took the east coast and they both built railroads and hote

we were talking about it and nelson will rockefeller -- nelson rockefeller walked in. he and henry were very close friends. they got talking and rockefeller said, "i have to hire a new policy person, i've had such a hard time getting good staff. i read every day how you are having the sharpest staff ever assembled. the nsc staff is making all of the policy in town. where do you find all these good people?" kissinger looked at me and said, nelson, you have this all wrong. look at lehman here, an irishman with a jewish name. if i have it the other way around i would really have something. [laughter] timothy: -- john: henry still has a wonderful sense of humor. it was a great experience working for him. because he had a terrible temper, but it was a great kind of safety valve. he would blow his stack and scream at you. five minutes later it was all over and he would go back to talking about the policy that you just recommended and have been screamed out for. so it was, i loved working for him. it was never a dull moment. he was a tough taskmaster. but if you had a good id

. >> verÁn lo que pasÓ con su presentaciÓn en la plaza rockefelle ♪ ¿por qué decidí salir con ella estaa comida de 10 piezas o más. (♪). >> la gran manzana se despertÓ al ritmo de la bachata de romeo santos. >> el cabo tantontante ofreciÓ un concierto para el today show y "un nuevo dÍa." >> verÓnica albornoz nos muestra cÓmo la romeo manÍa se apoderÓ de la plaza rockefeller cuÉntanos todo lo que pasÓ. >> asÍ es romeo santos el rey de la bachata llegÓ a su casa en nueva york donde decenas de personas estuvieron esperÁndolo desde la noche anterior cerca de las 11 de la noche, solamente para estar cerca de este gran artista. >> ♪ (mÚsica) ♪. >> a miles de fanÁticos no les importÓ pasar la noche en la calle o esperar largas horas con tal de cumplir su sueÑo de ver al rey de la bachata a pocos metros de distancia. >> el despliegue de seguridad policial rodeo toda la plaza del edificio rockefeller desde la noche antes para mantener el orden pÚblico ante el furor de sus fieles seguidoras o como dirÍa dirÍa romeo de sus junio loouts. >> nosotros fuimos a solo minutos antes del concierto que dio

rockefeller. and in the early years of standard oil, rockefeller and flagler were best friends.they had homes on euclid avenue in cleveland near each other. when standard move its headquarters to new york city, rockefeller and flagler had homes across the street from each other on fifth avenue. into office back in cleveland they pushed their desks back to back so

margaret chase smith: rockefeller, nixon scranton, ho ewho else. -- margaret chase smith: i'm a candidate for president. i'm not supporting anybody else. [laughter] [applause] >> to get back to the rose you are wearing today, the question is the yellow rose a sexist influence? margaret chase smith: it could be. the president is a good friend of mine. i assure you i did not wear it in his honor today. >> we are grateful to senator smith. [applause] >> on january 25, 1972 representative surely change him of new york city -- representative shirley chisholm announced her candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination in 1972. up next, we bring you the 14 minute announcement, courtesy of the new york city municipal archives. [applause] shirley chisholm: i stand before you today as the candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidentcy of the united states of america. [applause] i am not the candidate of black america, although i am black and proud. [applause] i am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although i am a woman and am equally proud of that. [appl

rockefeller's iron ore mines chlts it was the largest range in the world. and mr. ogleb, ee was involved in managing all of that. in 1900, they sold their interest in this iron ore mind to u.s. steel. and they walked away multimillionaires. and mr. ogelbee was 51 years of age. what does he do? he always had an affinity for wheeling. even when he lived in cleveland he would have an absentee ballot for wheeling. he loved it. he loved the area. he wanted to come back. and his wife's family owned this little summer place up on the top of the hill with 25 acreses of land. he purchased it for 8, $000 from his wife's brothers. they were hairs to the estate. he would buy bits and pieces as he could until he assembled 1500 acres of property. and he called it waddington chlts thavs the name given to this property by the second owner of the mansion in 1856. a man from england called george smith. mr. smith felt that the rolling hills of the area reminded him of his home his ancestral home in england. and doing some research on the property, felt upon that name really loved th

rockefeller and his little brother. he joined with henry plant from connecticut, a man who developed the gulf coast of florida and they created the plant investment company. he came to florida in 1878 in part for his wife's health. she had consumption. today we would call that tuberculosis. the warm moist air in florida is what they are doctor recommended. they went to jacksonville and stayed there and from there made a day excursion. he was not impressed and they went back home to new york and unfortunately she passed away and a lot changed in florida over the next few years. he had the opportunity to bring his new bride here with the rockefellers for his honeymoon in december of 1883. the town was very changed. there were new modern hotels and cleaned up and the economy was coming back. he was much more impressed and then in march of 1885 he bought his first piece of florida property which is the seven acre sight on which the hotel stands today. he decided when he bought the land in 1885 what st. augustine needed was

margaret chase smith: rockefeller, nixon scranton, ho ewho else. -- margaret chase smith: i'm a candidate for president. i'm not supporting anybody else. [laughter] [applause] >> to get back to the rose you are wearing today, the

we have rockefeller playing with the white house as a toy. and the capital building shooting oil there. an interesting image, isn't it? by the 1880's, the republican party believes that it alone stands between america and the apocalypse until we have the election, the illegal election , by the way. benjamin harrison lost the popular vote. the is one of three american presidents that loses the popular vote but takes the white house due to the corrupt b argin. the difference between the parties is the difference between the light and darkness if good or bad, and the businessmen are good. by 1892, we have this very famous image of the single man in front of carnegie's homestead plant. it shows how much the balance has been thrown off between equality of opportunity and property and that is what the image was set up to show. it hits a lot of republicans that things have gone too far. by the turn of the century, we see the rise of the progressive republicans who say this is not our government. in this period, what becomes known as the progressive

if rockefeller fails on the first ballot, romney squares with percy, and authority and russia remain about the conflict, then mckinley is a shoo-in. if however stefan and it doing announced nixon before the fifth ballot they arrive at an understanding with nixon, and rockefeller undercuts reagan's early strength white divorcing happy and repairing the former miss clark. -- remarrying the former is ms. clark. charles percy of illinois will be the immediate, i know means final and a fisheries. -- by no means final beneficiaries. in this event, i would look forward to a broken convention. [laughter] what fun we had, while never forgetting our goal -- to make conservatism intellectually acceptable to read it of all taint of irrational prejudice of racism and anti-semitism, to deplore both of fanaticism that allowed liberals to embrace communism and you team -- the utopianism of socialism. whether the conspiracy theories of the john birch society, or ayn rand's appeals to a godless, dollar worshiping society, we are for a society in the american conservative tradition, and our heroes were

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that was rockefeller family money in that railroad. that's why there were all these itinerants living in taft because of that railroad. but those sparks caused many of those fires. you look in the book you will see some pictures of his. they were huge trust souls -- trestles they built. not all of these tunnels, but these huge timbered trestles. when the fire was happening on saturday night, august 20, 1910, a lot of people fled by train. it was like the scene in the titanic in one way. women and children first. the whole town was being evacuated and they said that men had to stay behind and fight for their homes, but the women and children could not leave on the last train out of town. well that last train out of town was not necessary going to get you to missoula, because all these trestles were burning as well. so there are these harrowing accounts of the train essentially going out to the edge and then sending someone out to look if the fire was burning on the council and then nestling another mile. you will see the pictures in the

♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight showtarring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- pharrell williams, roma downey and mark burnett, musical guest, milky chance, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 237, cameroon! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey! looking good! welcome! welcome, welcome, welcome. thank you so much for being here. here we are in new york at "the tonight show"! [ cheers and applause ] you guys are here, thank you! awesome! thank you so much, everybody. welcome, welcome. thanks for watching. here's what people are talking about. i read that yesterday, president obama reduced the sentence of 22 federal prisoners who were arrested for drug-related crimes, eight of whom were serving life sentences. it marks the first time someone said "thanks, obama," and actually meant it. [ laughter ] thanks, obama. no, i mean it, thanks! and get this, it's being reported that hillary clinton has hired a research director to generate positive

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. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- louis c.k., sophia bush, musical guest, who is fancy, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 241, gabon! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's a hot crowd. thank you guys very much. i appreciate it. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." you're here, this is it. [ cheers and applause ] that's what i'm talking about. hi. hey. fun, fun, fun. well, here's what people are talking about, you guys. a big political story. during a speech in kentucky today, senator rand paul became the second major candidate to officially join the 2016 presidential race in addition to ted cruz. that's right. they're the only two candidates right now. [ laughter ] which means if the election were held today, hillary would still somehow win. i don't know how, but -- [ cheers and applause ] i don't know how, she's not even a candidate yet. i don't know how they do it. speakin

brothers fund disinvested from fossil fuels with the significance of that as rockefellers' background [laughter] is this the start of the major movement of divestment from fossil fuel corporations? and this is one of the cost -- hottest issues. >> guest: yes it is important it is symbolic but significant. these to the steps for the presidency and how important it is like everything else depends on people like you to do something about it but. >> host: i want to talk about two ships one fictional one real one the titanic:the pequot in "moby dick". i think right now this stage he talks about about a have tried to destroy "moby dick" matter what. so what do you think about that metaphor that "moby dick" is nature and a half is out of control capitalism in with titanic the reforms from the sectors of power is just moving the deck chairs saw on the titanic sorry to the thai yoda petraeus drivers. [laughter] >> guest: with models is and metaphors there is a point of some differences but you might say that hitler was ahab especially to the end of the war dedicated to continue the war if germ

a lot of fierce and strong women outside on rockefeller plaza. a number of them participating in the half marathon here in new york. we have been sharing their stories over the last month. a number of them with us and some other folks as well who are here to cheer and be great fans of the "today" show. we love it when you are with us. we will have one more story of runners. two sisters that battled cancer at the same time. we will share why they are looking forward to tomorrow's race. >> we wish you luck. >> thanks. >>> we will talk to a mother and grandmother who lost two boys in the oklahoma city bombing. believe it or not, that was 20 years ago. how they made strength to get over it and how one has an issue with terry nichols. >>> and now the simple question is sparking a movement across the country. she will tell us what she has learned. >>> let's start this half hour with the unique campaign trying to get people to stop catcalling. the message is posted on what looks like regular street signs but they come with a different meaning. nbc's ste

to your other point, what if we made john rockefeller's income equal to everyone else? he would have no insensitive to start standard oil or andrew carnegie google why am i busting my tail to make billions of dollars if i'm just going to make as much as the median? it doesn't make any sense, brenda. >> jonas, does it? >> look at the countries that have toppled the rich. it didn't work out for cuba or the soviet union. look the rich are like your golden goose. you want to take some of the golden eggs to run the country but you don't kill the golden goose. that doesn't make how does that make everybody richer? you want to milk the goat and you don't want to take it to the level where they don't work or there's no incentive to succeed to start a business. it's a balance we do well in america compared to europe and other countries that are a little more in kill the golden goose mode with the wealth taxes. you need their money to run your country. you can't remove the ruling class. >> this is politics too. >> jonas, chuck, i have to say jonas is using some of your colorful m

rockefeller rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake a great enterprise, and as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad to ensure that gusts could get to the hotel conveniently, and so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man with big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all events from st. augustine, saturday, noon eastern on c-span's booktv and c-span3 on sunday afternoon. >>> the l.a. times reported in march that california would run out of water in one year. governor brown announced mandatory water restrictions for the first time in state history. next, remarks from a canadian author who was a key player five years ago when the u.n. declared water as a basic human right. food and water watch chair recently addressed the kpamp university in cincinnati on the global water crisis and how to solve it. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> this is the water right's activist. in fact, if you google the phrase "water rights activist," these th