roosevelt four freedoms park broke ground at the south southern tip of roosevelt island. here is a part of the speech given by franklin roosevelt on four freedoms on january 6, 1941. >> the first is freedom of speech and expression. everywhere in the world. the second is the freedom for every person to worship god in his own way everywhere in the world. the third is freedom from wont which translated into world terms means economic understandings which will cur through every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants everywhere in the world. the fourth is freedom from fear which translated into world terms means a worldwide reduction of arms be such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world. (applause) >> rose: joining me now, ambassador william vanden huevel chairman of the franklin roosevelt four freedoms park. i'm pleased to have him here at this table. he's a friend of many decades and i am pleased to have him sit at this table. tell me about t

roosevelt had tired of kennedy long before he left. kennedy also was a political problem for roosevelt. roosevelt feared he would come back before the presidential campaign. that kennedy would come home and campaign against the president so he wanted to keep him over there for as long as he could. corr roosevelt wanted somebody who duld correct of damage that kennedy had done but also wanted tymebody who was liberal. who had ties to the labor party because he was pretty sure the labor party would come to power even during the war or immediately after as in fact happened. he had been close for some time. the former governor of new hampshire was a liberal and a republican. and a very strong supporter of roosevelt and the new deal and had been since he was governor of new hampshire. ha sacrificed his own political career because of that. the republicans tried to kill social security as soon as it was passed in 1935 and the 36 presidential campaign, the presidential nominee for the republican, 8 smear campaign against social security and h

theodore roosevelt, it the antagonist in in the. focused on the republican party and ran as the standardbearer of the progressive party. as he famously put it the hamas campaign. william howard taft incumbent republican president who defends conservatism in this election. eugene debs, the labor leader from terre haute indiana who ran on the socialist party ticket at the high tide of socialism. and finally of course woodrow wilson the democratic governor of new jersey who was elected president. get a ph.d. in history and political science. the only ph.d. to become president of the united states and the campaign for a lot of emphasis on his academic credentials. the september issue of a very popular magazine at the time depicted wilson as a roman consul with burning sitting nearby and is celebrated in latin as an executive teacher and a spokesman of the people. i think that says it all. all four candidates it now is the fundamental changes were occurring in the american political landscape in each attempted to define the progressive a

from that moment on he was roosevelt's man.ut the two of them had a longstanding relationship this. he was exactly the kind of person that roosevelt thought would appeal to the less of britain which turned out to be true. at the same time he also became very close to churchill. you know, he had a foot in both camps. >> and just to follow slightly up, and to what degree do you keep there was an antipathy? >> will certainly the fact that kennedy was irish helped play a big part in what he thought about churchill and the british i think kennedy's business ties were more important to him in regard to appeasement. certainly the fact that he was irish did play a role. absolutely. >> it would probably be easier. >> thanks so much for coming to the book festival. >> pleasure to be here. >> just to broaden the topic. if you think about writing about history he spoke about telling the stories being important. we have to yang adult children who are fascinated with history. how do you, how would you help toe bring young people in and under

roosevelt. but there was a young woman woman, a gust of who had been working for mrs. roosevelt. and then she lost her health but on mrs. roosevelt's last day she came back to be with her. we came out and saw each other and the conclusion of the memorial service and as we sat there in the range she talked about mrs. roosevelt that said that the fact that mrs. roosevelt would send for her after she had been away from her for almost 20 years commencement all lot to h. 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 a dustup, don't forget the doctor told you not to lift anything heavy and she said at that moment i would have done anything if it would have kept her alive. but i cannot believe there was such a person who would think about me at the moment like that when i was trying to be of help to her. >>cspan: how many years did you work for the ywca? >>guest: overall about 40 years but 33 years on the national front i went into work on an interracial education that i was the director of trading and t

we need to find teddy roosevelt again and have our teddy roosevelt moment. he acted in a preemptive manner. he did not act in the face of a crisis to read he acted because he thought financing had become powerful and dangerous. if you wait i think you will fix the sequentially. but you will fix it after another all of crisis. he will have an fdr and the trial will come in and fix it but why wait? and what if you don't get fdr? this is the experience of other countries when you have a calamity, economic collapse you don't always get sensible leaders coming and you often get chaos or craziness. a lot of the popular anger on this issue a lot of people are angry front left and from right at the very important point. in the book is designed in part to speak to them and help articulate that anger and sensible policy proposals. but it may not happen. and then you just have anchor. legitimate anger but unproductive anchor, and all kind of crazy things can happen. in conclusion i just would say that we need to fix it. there are many problems facing the world that are

we need to find teddy roosevelt again. we need to have a teddy roosevelt moment. he acted in a preemptive manner. he did not act in the face of a crisis. he thought it had become too powerful one dangerous. if you wait, i think of it this eventually. they'll fix it after another awful crisis. 11 fdr, i think, i hope will come in and fix it, but why wait? and also, what if you don't get it tr? what is -- this is obviously another countries, you don't know if you think the leaders coming in and you often get chaos or craziness. a lot of the popular anger i think on this issue, a lot of the people who are angry from left and right have a very important point. and the book is designed in part to speak to them and to help articulate that anger into sensible policy proposals. but it may not have been invented just that anger. legitimate anger, but unproductive anger and all kinds of crazy things can happen. in conclusion, i just would say that we need to fix this. it's a fixable problem. there many tough problems defend our country and the world and there are many probl

that was back and forth between churchill and roosevelt through didwar until the end of the hing roosevelt didn't want anything to do with him. he refused to acknowledge his government was the provisional government and it was a bone of contention and it poisoned the well between france -- and he lived in france and has many years. between france, england, britain and the united states and we see the results to this day. >> i am curious about your deporting process. you have a gift of peeling away the onion layers and telling a story in detail that makes us thar up or cracked up laughing but this onion has gone for a lot of cleaning arts and over the years you have found so much new material i have never seen. dea have written five books and four of them dealt with england, britain. when i say england i get e-mails from people saying it is not england, is britain but even churchill referred to it if i go nack and forth i am talking about the same place. i have written about britain in different ways during world war ii. when you do it that much you acquire a body of knowledge about it. i'd

they were not forced to by roosevelt because we were not in the war. there was no, there was no force at all. so they had finally started making money after the depression and not surprisingly they wanted to keep making money. there was no great push within the country. roosevelt himself clearly wanted to help england. there is no question. he was very a loaf to get ahead of public opinion. he was very cautious. he wanted very much not to get into the war if he could help it. so while britain was, you know, being bombed, while german submarines word strangling british supply lines, you know, america wasn't sending over much stuff at that point. >> and when they did, 50, 66 from world war ii. you know, brat invested. holes in the halls. you could only use a couple of them. we made the brits pay for them. >> that's right. it was a great amount, a great sense of the british tricked us into world war i, and we weren't going to let that happen again. if we were going to help england then we were going to, it wasn't going to be strict altruistic aid. all of

we need to find teddy roosevelt again and have it to the roosevelt moment. he acted in a preemptive moment. he didn't act in the face of a crisis reacted because he thought power to veto finance had become too powerful and dangerous. if you wait for the key will fix this eventually. but you will fix it after another all of crisis. he will have fdr i think i hope will come in and fix it, but why wait? and also if you don't get fdr. when you have an economic collapse you don't always get sensible leaders. you often get chaos or craziness. a lot of the popular indoor riding on this issue a lot of people angry from left and from right have a very important point and the book is designed in part to speak to that and help articulate that anger into sensible policy proposals. but it may not happen and then you just have anchor, legitimate tender but unproductive anger and all kind of crazy things can happen happen. in conclusion, i just would say that we need to fix this. it is a fixable problem. there are many tough problems facing the economy and many that are ha

we need to find teddy roosevelt again. we need of our teddy roosevelt among us. he acted in a preemptive manner, did not act in the face of a crisis that he acted because he thought finance had become too powerful and too dangerous. if you wait i think you will fix this, eventually. but you will fix it after another awful crisis. you will have an fdr, i think, i hope, will come and fix it. but why wait? and also, what if you don't get fdr? this is the expense of many other countries, when you have a polemic and economic collapse you don't always get sensible leaders coming in. you often get chaos or craziness. a lot of the popular anger i think on this issue, a lot of the people are angry from left and from right have a very important point. and the book is designed in part to speak to them and to help articulate of that anger into sensible policy proposals. but it may not happen. and then you just have bigger. legitimate anger, but unproductive anger. and all kinds of crazy things can happen. in conclusion, i just would say, that we need to fix this. it is a fix

if we are lucky we can have a teddy roosevelt moment but we haven't even started yet and now is the time to begin. thank you very much. [applause] >> yes, i would like -- hello? who else besides you is making this case that is a political figure who is marshalling arguments based on evidence essentially you're a professor speaking with practical experience and who is doing it in the political form other than maybe mr. volcker the reason i ask that question is there is no committee, there is no marshaling of facts in the political forum that is possible for the public to really digest at this point. we don't have a present although obama has done remarkably well in certain areas like roosevelt in 1933 who was calling the bankers incompetent, cruel etc so there was no question at that point where the enemy was and that is the way the address it. the case hasn't been made and you were starting to make it in the political forum where you marshal anchor to take action to which you are saying has to be done it hasn't been done. >> i agree. that is why -- the president could do this, no questio

this question of why is roosevelt would not wait.alked many times about how older justices were and you raised the matter of this incredible succession of employment that roosevelt thought. in the end, why didn't he just wait, particularly as some of these decisions he didn't necessarily object to in a political sense, like the nra decision. and i think that it's important to put yourself back in the moment, which is something that i try to do in the book. there was a very real sense in the country and roosevelt shared it, that if they can get some of these things through the court, not simply the programs, but the very notion of a governmental obligation to provide economic security for citizens. if you couldn't get minimum wages to the court, if you couldn't get maximum hours, he could improve working conditions, if you couldn't recognize labor rights, the rights of collective bargaining, the civil rights work and eyes, that there would be violent revolution in the country. and this was not a far-fetched notion in the 1930's. at th

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maybe there are a few out there who have a picture of teddy roosevelt up on their wall.ight now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. and back to "the ed show" from new york tonight. these stories are hitting "my hot buttons" tonight. the arizona legislature wants president obama to show his birth certificate if he wants to be on the state ballot in 2012. well, that's on the heels of a harsh anti-immigration bill, but it's not about race. it's much more than that. and that's coming up in just a moment. >>> fox news is proving to be one of the republicans' most potent fund-raising forces. shocking new details on how much fox contributors have raised. and where they're going to do it to get the money. >>> plus michael steele's in hot water, again, after the rnc's latest spending report. they spent more than $700,000 on office supplies? who's got that account? >>> here's the story that's got me "fired up" tonight. arizona is on the verge of an immigration meltdown. the governor at this hour holds all the cards. what she does could have na

but roosevelt sort of diffused that.d i think that was part of his political genius. >> host: let's return to the central characters. you described the unfortunate and untimely death of benjamin strong. the other three central bankers -- how did life unfold for them after the calamity. did they in retrospect see the mistakes that they made? did they reconcile them with the -- you know, the decisions they made and the consequences? did they apologize? did they go to their graves thinking that they had done the right thing? i mean, how did history treat them? >> guest: each in a different way. each had sort of completely different outlook. the interesting one was of the governor of the reich's bank between the '20s. he had saved germany from hyperinflation. he was in part for the german economic miracle of the '20s even though a lot of it was based on borrowed money. when the crash occurred, in early 1930, he could see germany was going to go through the wringer. and now he was a brilliant mean but a complete opportunist s

picked up the torch of roosevelt. i think we are at a point now where all of us here could say what would stewart udall do. [applause] he was that important secretary of interior and there was a flashing moment in the 60's where people really pulled together. lyndon johnson famously once called stewart on the phone and there was a problem with lake erie and some of the great lakes power being fished out and they were contaminated and was a problem and he called the secretary of interior udall and said stuart, what is going on in the great lakes? i want them cleaned up right away. and udall said mr. president, that's not -- this is pre-epa -- said of have jurisdiction to clean the leaks up. and johnson said god damnit, stuart, when i think of dirty water i think of you. now clean it up! [laughter] and they're began in the 60's with lady bird johnson as first lady much like michelle obama now is doing and you have secretary of an agriculture and interior during the johnson period was very proactive. i think it was quite

>> absolutely, and there were a lot of extreme right people that the very name of franklin roosevelt, they thought he was a communist, a socialist, a jew lover. i mean there are all sorts of things were thrown at him. but i do think what richard's saying -- i believe we had a watershed mark in the 60s. more with the great -- once the new deal happened roosevelt controlled the democratic party so fully when he passed his social security as somebody like hamilton fish, a republican along with an fdr. in the 60s, as richard says, with the great society you had a senator dirksen and types, mark hatfield types that would vote bipartisan. we don't have that now. i think it's a -- was ronald reagan said in his diaries, it is a "we're trying to rollback the great society." and really from 1980, when conservatism got serious with ronald reagan and really had control of the white house and had eight years of good presidency, reagan, they felt very empowered and meanwhile, we've had some difficult elections. look at 2000. democrats never believed that george w. bush won. they thought al gore won

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franklin roosevelt was thought to be a communist, a socialist. i do think that what richard is saying is that we had a watershed mark in the '60s. once the new deal, in the '60s, mark hatfield, we do not have that now. as ronald reagan said in his diaries, we are trying to roll back the great society. from 1980, when conservatism got serious, they had control of the white house. they felt very in power. meanwhile, we have had some very difficult elections. look at 2000. democrats never believed that george bush had won. there was the swift boat think it it has become a rip and tear atmosphere. i do not think it is to make to american history. we are experiencing it in a very visceral way right now. >> the fact of the matter is, the french was clearly understood. today, you have television networks that are not only covering the french, but sponsoring debt, bringing it into the mainstream. the sideshow is crowding out the main tent. the media moderates find it very difficult. see how many people are voicing the need for consensus, for finding ways

it wasn't just partying and coolidge and hoover but it was also roosevelt who never went into that even though he eventually came up with his sword of league of nations 2.0 in 1945. coolidge did favor u.s. participation in the world court. he avoided the threat of or not. there was a possibility with war to make mexico, there were bad feelings with that country at that point. he avoided that and restore good relations with that. he withdrew the u.s. troops from the dawa and was the first president to personally attend the conference in havana. beyond that, there was a five power naval treaty. very important his vice president for reparations and there was the pact which was to outlaw the war as an instrument of international foreign policy. so, you see a lot of things going on there. he did not -- ki actually vetoed the act which was for. that was fairly controversial of the time that he was in fact quite consistent on that point. so i think those were the two main points as did refer i think he would agree with your assessment to get >> any other questions? >> in the back. [inaudible]

happened in 1800s and happened when teddy roosevelt tried to run for a second-term.ou look at the history t almost always suggests the bunout, is there a reason to believe there's a different din mick under way. >> you're right about roosevelt's bull moose party. repeatedly throughout american history a third party will not work. ross perot and what have you. if the tea party becomes a third party, literally on the ballot, it almost sure my will fail. what the republicans are hogue they could do is say, look, we are obviously, we're the conservative party of the two parties but we're an acceptible, we're conservative enough and that's where they're having problems. these tea party activists are saying to the most prominent republicans, no you're not conservative enough and i'm as unhappy with you as i am. >> which is why palin had to go to minnesota and campaign for mccain. >> we'll talk about that. if you were a republican senator or governor or whatever thinking about running for president, you would have a temptation to go out and capture that set of tea party mil

i prefer teddy roosevelt to william howard taft. but i think it's still a problem. thank you congressman van holland. coming up, will president obama be forced to take an immigration reform, take it on because of a new law in arizona? this is interesting. we might have a situation where the law is so bad in arizona, that both sides have to do something. >>> but first we have them both on "hardball" this week, senator arlen specter and congressman joe sestak and today vice president joe biden endorsed one of them. coming up, you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. national car rental knows i'm picky. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pro. >>> vice president joe biden went up to pennsylvania today to campaign for an old friend fighting for his political life. the vice president set at a rally and a fundraiser for pennsylvania senator arlen specter and urged pennsylvania democrats to send him back to the senate. he did not ad

that is what president teddy roosevelt said now over 100 years ago.that we're announcing today keeps his caution -- left hheds is -- not heeds -- he needs his caution and protect the places that we love most. we're fortunate that in this time has replaced the issues across the world and here domestically, that we have president obama in place as our leader in all of these efforts. president obama understands that to do what is right for our country, we must rise above the political battles of the moment. energy security is not a democratic or republican issue. it is an american issue, an american issue star and has come. ladies and gentlemen, help me welcome the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. please, have a seat. i want to make two introductions before a maker martin -- my remarks. -- before i make my remarks. i think we will find that cancels are is one of the finest secretaries of the interior that we have ever -- ken salazar is one of the finest secretaries of the interior that we have e

she is now work on a biography of teddy roosevelt.on meacham wrote a biography of andrew jackson and now on president george bush 41. douglas brinkley who has written by roosevelt, reagan and carter. mi pleased to have all of these eminent writers on this television program. so i begin with doris kearns goodwin and having her assess where this president is at this time and what comparison can we make with other presidents. >> well, i mean, there's no question that the passage of the health care has secured a police for him in history. you know, it's interesting. i think he always wanted something like that. i remember the first time i met him down in the senate office building when he was still far behind hillary clinton. and he said that he used to look every now and then at the pictures on the wall of the various presidents. and he didn't want to be fillmore or-- but even then he was thinking if i do this, i want to use power for a purpose. so here is something that generations as you were saying, since teddy roosevelt in 1912 have

why aren't republicans being more teddy roosevelt and less william howard taft? what happened to you guys? >> the republicans are the ones that are being bailed out. goldman sachs, who basically has endorsed this plan, who has been bailed out by this administration, will be swamping the street this week in washington with their ceos and other executives saying they support the legislation. why is that? because president obama this legislation that chris dodd has and their administration is continuing the bailouts, continuing to say to the big banks on wall street, the very same ones that basically have provided the campaign cash to them in the past -- banks, don't worry, the american taxpayers will be there for you in the future if you need it that's what this legislation perpetuates. republicans are saying no to that. republicans say we have to go back and do a system where we do not bailout the systems any more and we have a system where jobs -- >> who started the bailouts? >> in this legislation -- you used the word "bailout," like it's your common word for ev

and as a matter of fact he is dead before roosevelt takes office he has that a heart problem and i think he had accomplished and he went all the way. what more was there to do? so he was not a great man it was not essential for him to hold public office you have been eight awp jihadis? yes. holding elected office. it does not mean that much where was the absolute compulsion you have another question? it was a very disconcerting age to rewrite about now. [laughter] >> this is a terrific book. i realize you're a historian. i heard that on c-span there are future aspects of the coolidge philosophy probably for the first time since he left his presidency. i hear a lot of coolidge in the two-party. do think it is possible that the philosophy is not antiquated but implemented? >> i am a historian not a profit. [laughter] but they go in cycles. and reagan although not a big fan of fdr he became more conservative and a big coolidge finance and replaced a portrait of harry truman that hung in the white house that surprised fl of a lot of people. and in this very year we heard glen beckham resurre

good evening, everyone, i'm roosevelt leftwich. wyatt is here with your forecast. >> we have big changes this evening. we have showers and storms developing out in western maryland. some of this activity severe. let's take you into it and show you what it looks like. you can see the line pushing in out of the west, and that's going to kind of continue to be something we have to watch into the evening. right now the baltimore area looking fine for probably another hour or so at least. but you can see here this particular cell will be moving toward carroll county very shortly here and also toward the frederick area. this is a severe thunderstorm cell packing winds up to 50 miles an hour. concerned with wind damage with this particular storm cell. we'll keeping our eye on that for you here over the next couple of hours. again tracking that along i-70 now moving east into the frederick area. now, windy out ahead of this line of storms. we're feeling that now. temperatures have been cooler. we've been into the mid-80s today. we're going

franklin roosevelt was all of that kind of his ambassadors. to answer your question did i think, in no, i did in terms of this whole idea of team work, working on international cooperation, working on a true partnership, trying to understand the other countries as if their urine. and that is what wind and in particular really put an emphasis on. we can't constantly be confrontational. we have to really try to understand. and so that kept coming up over and over and over again in my fonts. >> you end this wonderful introduction with a , acknowledged that the a congressman of such goals would be an extremely difficult task. but he added so it was d-day. if that can be done anything can be done. given the stage, and i'm going to take you off topic. i know your knowledge and death in all of this. where are we today? trying to accomplish all these goals. what should we remember today that we pretty clearly learned in the '40's? >> it is just what i have been talking about, putting an emphasis on, not just talking the talk, but walking the walk.

not to encourage extravagant analogies to what franklin roosevelt was up to in a total war for civilization and say, well, that's just like a problem which would be a terrible thing. destroying half of the city of the united states. but that's really -- we were up to much worse in the deck cold war and suck gulf war. so we have to structure and we have to structure a new framework for -- without extravagant analogies to these heroic moments or terrible moments in the past that's related to the problem. that's why real problem with this war, you know, this aimless war talk. >> well, first of all, i don't think it's aimless. arresting someone at one of our airports that we believe to be a suspected terrorist or danger or threat to the united states is more in the per view of criminal activity and something that a much lesser action than what is taken place overseas where our armies, navy, air force, and marines are operating in the theater of war. i want to go back to something bruce said about the soviet union. this ideology, careerly intent dominating the world. not trying to force it on ot

why more like teddy roosevelt unless taft. >> the republicans are galg out. maybe it's no surprise goldman sachs endorsed the plan, bailed out by the administration will be swamping the street in washington with their ceo and execs saying they support the legislation. why is that? president obama, legislation chris dodd has and their administration, continuing bailouts, continuing to say to the big banks on wall street, the very same ones that provided campaign cash to them in the past, banks, don't worry, american taxpayers will be there in the future if you need it. that's what this perpetuates. republicans are saying no to that. we have to go back to a system where we don't bail out these systems anymore. >> wait a minute. who started the bailouts? no. no. you used the word bailout like it's your common word for every third word, bailout, bailout, fine, useful politically. who started bailouts? wasn't it president bush and the republican administration? now you say the trouble with the democrats they are perpetuating bushism? in other words, the worst thin

and i would also tell you that when teddy roosevelt to done jpmorgan there was a lot of concern in thestock market that this would be destabilizing. you know, they have a lot of power if they want to do damage to this economy they probably can. they are threatening us. make no mistake about it and you should reflect how you feel about that. you are being threatened. your representatives are being threatened by a few very powerful bankers. now andrew jackson is on the 20 billy dollar bill. he hated peter money, he would be mortified if he if he was on the 20-dollar bill but he's on the 20-dollar bill because he won a very important fight. he determined that we should not be captured to a financial oligarchy. i think there was a good call. we probably could imagine a different path with a central bank for the united states during the 19th century. maybe that would have been good. we didn't have that. but we also didn't have an economy dominated by a few very powerful finance years distorted in the way that other places state and other places struggled with in the century including europe

i want to close with something that president roosevelt said in 1932." never in history, have the interests of all the people been so united in a single economic problem." once again, as we did 70 years ago, let us get to work, put together protections against the wall street excesses that threaten our long-term economic stability. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, tonight we had a vote in which 57 members of this body said we should proceed to have a full debate and votes on issues related to wall street and main street. 57, far more than a majority, said it is time for us to come to this floor, now well more than a year after our bubble economy burst, and wrestle with the right rules of the road and lay markers for our financial system. but, unfortunately, mr. president, 57 votes are not enough. we need additional votes from our colleagues across the aisle in order to have that debate on this floor. we need additional votes from our colleagu

he wasn't teddy roosevelt. he wasn't franklin roosevelt.people on the blogosphere were bringing up the famous old fdr speech where he talked about the banks and the evil corporate interest, he said they hate me and i welcome their hatred. that's not barack obama. >> he gets their hatred, whether he welcome it is or not. he might as well welcome it. >> exactly. it's very unlikely that they're going to join him on this one. to me, it's not about style. ultimately it's what's in the bill how tough is the bill. from all indications it sounds like there's going to be a lot of loopholes even in this tough and encouraging derivatives legislation. that's what worries me. he can talk as cool as he wants. but i want to see some toughness in the bill and i don't know that we're going to get it. >> there's not enough teeth in the bill, pat, do you agree? >> i think it's more graduate seminar than anything else. i don't think you can do the fdr denouncing the money-changers. how about money-changers and the temple of our civilization, when lloyd blankfe

he said the terms of teddy roosevelt did not. this is the indian building and the eldorado at the beginning of the santa fe style and movie stars always wanted to be photographed here because it was on the road to hollywood. all hollywood knew about cowboys and indians can from a dealer going through the pri party restaurants, these were the indians the new for the indian and cowboy movies and had big events at these places. teddy roosevelt came to the canyon in this famous and fire a little speech. his environmental staged the coup speech said he wanted to make sure santa fe didn't build the fred harvey hotel out. that is what they were trying to stop them from doing that if you read the whole speech that is how his environmental package began by and trying to get the santa fe to move back. they built a place to cancel a visit today. that is the harvey girl. the company was the only company like it to bottle coca-cola in the company that had its own bottling plant in clinton kansas. these are the second generations of harvey gir

coming out of roslyn, it's good across the roosevelt bridge.the third street tunnel is open. plen of traffic as far as interstate travel. this is 66. we are following eastbound traffic heading up to the beltway at their oaks. we will follow brian van de graaff into the weather center. >> of sunshine and 70 today. cloudy tomorrow. showers into wednesday. the temperatures will increase at the end of the week. >> it's a wonderful day. >> behind-the-scenes access. >> wow. >> doug mcelway is studying and i'm putting on makeup. the way we are preparing. >> that is funny. >> i thought you were naturally beautiful. >> i wake up with lipstick and mascara on every morning. >> i was so happy, i was having a cherry blossom day. my wife said what's gotten into you? it's my husband as well. all right, thanks but joining us today. we will be back after this. o'clock 24. captioned by the with expedia, when you book your flight and hotel at the same time, voilÀ, you could save up to 450 bucks. and that could come in pretty handy. where you book matters. expedia

did you know president roosevelt? he said no, i didn't know president roosevelt, but he knew me.t is the measurement of leadership. that is the test of leadership at every level. does the leader know his or her people? does he understand their hopes? their aspirations? their dreams? and because in the final analysis everyone of us lives with an escapable truth. that is that each and everyone of us has been warmed by fires we did not built. each and every one of us has drunk interest wells we did not -- drunk from wells we did not dig. are you so very, very much. [applause] -- thank you so very, very much. >> thank you, mark, for your spirits undiluted analysis of the american political scene. it is the pleasure, really a pleasure to have mark at our legislative conference. ladies and gentlemen, i'm proud to say that our next speaker and the building trade enjoy a strong and mutually beneficial working relationship. in addition to being a distinguished scientist and co-winner of the nobel prize in physics, dr. stephen chu is a visionary leader in america's energy future. he shares

they wanted to listen to this great woman who knew mary and eleanor roosevelt and we were memorized, every time we were in her presence. and we wanted to lisp. we did not want to leave. her passion was an inspiration to all of us here in congress. it's hard to imagine that in the 1930's, she provided this resistance movement. we love her and celebrate her life and we mourn her death. last week, an individual that i was privileged to meet and know, dr. benjamin hooks, he was laid to rest. he was born january 31, 1925, in memphis, tennessee, the fifth of seventh children -- of seven children. he was a minister, a leader and a civil rights attorney and forever a champion of the minorities and the poor. while studying prelaw at lemoyne owens college in memphis, he became aware of the realities of racial segregation. in an interview with "u.s. news & world report"," he once recounted, i wish i could tell you every time i wasn't on a highway and couldn't use a restroom. my bladder is messed up because of that my stomach is messed up from eating cold sandwiches. after graduating law school

teddy roosevelt. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] all my cabinet colleagues, this is really a unity agenda. he's a great republican. [laughter] thank you. >> well, thank you very much, mr. secretary. it's not often that a roosevelt is at a loss for words, but i've been incredibly moved listening to the panels, the speakers this morning and what they have done is they've thrown down a challenge that's come from the white house and from the president himself. our generation must rise and meet this challenge because we cannot pass on to the next generation the great outdoors, our great public lands impoverished. we have to reinvigorate the lands, make the connections between youth and our public lands. but this is a challenge that we can meet, and i hope that we can exceed my great grandfather's legacy. and if we can do that, we will hold our heads high with pride. so i look forward to working with all of you and the idea that we're going to engage with each other, and we're going to create partnerships and work is a magnific

franklin roosevelt said the margin cannot be applied to the public sector.t to book "municipal doomsday machine." we were 40 years too early but now the bargaining agreements are coming to a head in a difficult financial time and it exposes the difficulty that the states will have to fund the contract. >> put the gap chart on the screen, showing gap, difference between private and public sector. isn't that crazy, charles? that the benefits for government would be so much more fantastic as private sector? >> it's crazy. eight of ten jobs, sectors the government workers make more. we grew up when you worked for government and you make less and get a retirement on the back end. now you get it both ways. the government is getting bigger, not larger. not the state and local but the federal government is growing like crazy. >> how did we get to this point in our history, where you can make more -- this never happened before. that you make more money doing the same job in the government that you did in the private sector. for 200 years or maybe until f.d.r., maybe

different view of american sovereignty that the long line of presidents certainly since franklin roosevelte respects, he harks back to woodrow wilson in his devotion to multilateralism as a process and as an outcome. but i think it goes beyond that as well. president obama, for example, said in september of last year in the general assembly. it is my deeply held belief in the year 2009, more than at any point in human history, the interest of nations and peoples are shared. and in an error where our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero sum game. no nation can or should try to dominate another nation. november world order that elevates one nation or group or people over another will succeed . no balance of power among nations will hold. this is a view that essentially says america is one of the 1 2e9d -- 192 members of the united nations. it's not one where we should be elevated over or balance of power or politics applies anymore. i think this view of america's role in the world with stems in part from the president's lack of support for the concept of american exceptionalism, a di

they get heartbreaking defeats and lovable teddy roosevelt.he team held a snowy tryout for their favorite mascots. comcast was right there for all the action. >> john. >> why are you going to be a racing president? >> first of all i'm a girl. >> i did this in colleague for a minor league team. >> i need three volunteers. who's up first? >> i'm waiting for this my whole life >> how old are you? >> i'm 27. >> that's a long time to wait to be a racing president >> it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. incredibly intense experience. living the dream. putting on the giant head of thomas jefferson. i think goes hand and hand with the racing president. i'm liking for stamina, strength, and ultimately having a good time and having fun with it. >> so once you got half way through the out field you were winding around and went to the knees. were you trying to stay up. talk me through that? >> the snow got so deep. it made me topple over. i has that moment of weakness as we all do. >> i saw you cutting some rug out there. was there any particular style

roosevelt later sought her out.1948, they collaborate order the united nations universal declaration of human rights. that was nearly 20 years before passage of the civil rights act. one of dr. height's favorite quotations was said to be if the time is not right, we have to right them the time. she did do that, with grace. and with dignity. and always, always with a nice hat. >> she did know how to wear a hat. >> and wore them well. >> she did. i can't count the number of times i have seen dr. height appearing at various es around town. even in the middle of the basketball court at a wizards game. she continued to make an impact for so many years. >> you have never seen her anywhere without a hat. >> without a hat. that's very true. >> all right. >> very true. >> that's our broadcast for now. >> we will see you for "news4 at 11:00."

funeral services today for which will yam roosevelt lynch, known by his middle name of roosevelt.just celebrated his birthday a couple of weeks ago. a devoted family man, a church leader, somebody who loved the dallas cowboys but somebody whose life was certainly about mining. the investigation is really getting under way here. officials will be gathering in this state beginning tomorrow and going through the specifics starting to get to a point where they can go into the mine and look at exactly what happened, dissect it and figure out, more importantly, what needs to be done in the future. there is a lot of scrutiny on the federal government, the mining agency the federal government has, some say should have cracked down, should have seen a pattern of violations at this particular mine. there were more than 100 violations over the last ten years. some in the mining industry say that violations are part of the business here because it is a very dangerous business, and the government is very aggressive. this will be a chance, alex, for the government to weigh in, see whether what