it's a great moment for roosevelt.in dickinson on the 4th of july, 1886, was the first great national speech that he ever delivered. it set the stage for all of the great orations that were to come. (narrator) roosevelt's dakota adventure was coming to an end. the winter of 1886, '87 was one of the harshest in the history of north dakota. there were too many cattle on the range, and with little feed, howling, cold north winds, blinding snow and bitter cold, the cattle of the badlands and the prairies died by the thousands. roosevelt was caught up in the the catastrophe. when he heard of the mounting losses, he rushed by train to the badlands to assess the damage. to a friend, he wrote: (man, as roosevelt) the losses are crippling. for the first time, i have been utterly unable to enjoy a visit to any ranch. i shall be glad to get home. (narrator) most of his cattle were dead. the great adventure was over. he had proven himself as a man among men, and now it was time to move on. he had lost half his fortune ranching in

theodore roosevelt idolized his father. theodore roosevelt sr. was handsome, well educated, high-minded, he was the greatest man i have ever known, young theodore roosevelt said. but there was one thing, one flaw in his father, and do you know what that flaw was? his father had not served in the military during the civil war. during the nation's crisis when other people his age, other people of his health were going off to fight, the senior theodore roosevelt did not fight. now, it was probably a decision that was the best for the country. theodore roosevelt sr. became what was called an allotment commissioner, and during the civil of war he went around to the union camps to persuade the union soldiers to allot a portion of their pay to the support of their wives, children and family back home. there was nothing was required, but he persuaded them to do it and almost certainly strengthened the home front. theodore roosevelt sr. definitely did more for his country in that position than if he had joined the military and taken a position on some gen

roosevelt recruited an unprecedented influx of jews. so many that anti-semites began to call the administration did you deal. but for all that the jews could shrug off such influences because they felt they had friends at court. having the presence choose in the white house or near the white house or the access to the white house give them hope credit time when they knew of the faced the worst threat some things are. canso -- and so the president's jews were not in the inner circle because they were jewish. he certainly knew of their faith, but that was incidental. he brought them in because there were men who he thought could be useful and helpful. it was only later as it was a the presidency went on and the threat to a jury became magnified and so critical that the significance of their jewishness became -- enhance. southbound the first to mention because he was for security and prestige was louis brandies who woodrow wilson had made the first jewish justice are in the supreme court. next most prominent was felix frankfurter who, at t

it was when roosevelt got started. almost immediately, the more than great realized the lengths he was willing to go. at the beginning, roosevelt didn't understand how far he was going to go. the dupont family and the ones that set up the american liberty league. that was successful because they have unlimited amounts of money. there were so popular, they were not able to stop it. they began to finance right-wing think tanks. they have been successful to the university of chicago economics department and notable fraud such as milton freed man. the idea of neoliberalism is there should be massive, selective tax cuts. margaret thatcher it is there is no alternative. of course that's absurd. there was an alternative. we have to connect the dots to understand what is going on today. i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. o

>> as roosevelt discovered, roosevelt was one of the strong advocates of annexation of the philippines. and in 1898, 1899, it seemed like a really good idea. but what roosevelt did not sufficiently appreciate was that the american people were, and i might even say, are, essentially anti-imperialist at heart. and americans never, not from 1899, not until 1846, when the philippines got their independence, never sufficiently garrisoned the philippines against potential attack by whom? well, japan was the expressions country in that part of the world. so roosevelt by 1905 was describing the philippines as his term was our heel of achilles. it is all that gives us concern in our relations with japan. because this was an american economy but it was indefensible. if the japanese made a concerted attack on the philippines which is why roosevelt had to deal very gently with the japanese. i'm not sure if there was another agreement besides this gentleman's agreement because i don't know the secret treaty you might be talking about. yes? [inaudible] >> i'm curious about the first day of this coun

as roosevelt discovered, roosevelt was one of the strong advocates of annexation of the philippines. in 1898-1899 it seemed like a really good idea. what he did not appreciate was the american people were -- i might even say are -- essentially anti imperialists at heart. americans never, not from 1899 until 1946, never sufficiently garrisoned the philippines against potential attack. japan was the expansionist country in that part of the world so roosevelt by 1905 was describing the philippines, his term was our heel of achilles. it is all that gives us concern interrelationships with japan. it was an american colony but it was indefensible if the japanese made a concerted attack and the philippines which is why roosevelt had to deal very gently with the japanese and i'm not sure if there was another agreement. i don't know of a secret creek you might be talking about. >> i am curious about the current state of this country, manufacturing, outsourcing, robotics, and the american dream. weather young people going to do if they can't go to work, the deficit. what is your prognosis for

his three-part biography of teddy roosevelt is regarded as the definitive study of roosevelt's life. the third and final volume was published this month. it is called "colonel roosevelt" and it covers the years between roosevelt's presidency and his death in 1919. the "new york times" writes "mr. morris has addressed the toughest and most frustrating part of roosevelt life with the same care and precision that he brought to the two earlier installments. if this story of a lifetime is his own life's work, he has reason to be immensely proud." i am pleased to have edmund morris back at this table. so you have reason to be proud. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: why was teddy roosevelt great? >> he was a large person. he was an enormously complex and rounded personality who attained great power. he happened to attain complete power in the united states as president at the precise moment that the united states itself became one of the world's reigning powers. >> rose: he was in power at a moment of transition. >> yes and he seemed to personify that move to transition himself. he exalted i

worldworld war ii, it was certay necessary for frank lin roosevelt to -- franklin roosevelt to support stalin in 1941, but it was most certainly foolish for him to maintain that support after the battles of stalin grad and coursing in 1943. after those battles had changed the equation of power in the world. this led, of course, not to the peace that america's arms had won, but rather to half a century of very, very dangerous cold war. thereafter, you're all familiar with the surplus of power that the united states brought against the soviet union, against the, against communist portions in the vietnam and how that surplus of power was translated to loss after loss. how come? well, because of a whole variety of ideas in which the, in which all of the schools of foreign policy establishment occurred. it purports to be divided into three international school, nationalists, realists and neoconservatives. in fact, these schools have far more in common than they have that divides them. quite simply, they all assume that the rest of the world is ready, willing and, indeed, eager to become jus

here's a dedication of roosevelt. on the left, who painted the murals in the social security building with her husband and steph an kennedy. it's been a privilege to meet these people. just recently, i found this statue of roosevelt. is over looks oslow harbor. they revere roosevelt, because of what they learned from the new deal about how to build a civil society. they didn't get rid of it, they expanded it. just like other scandinavian countries are consistently rated as the happiest in the world. the new deal continues to live on there. thank you. [applause]. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perf

y ahora, si me disculpan tengo varias obligaciones que atender >>seÑor roosevelt >>¿sÍ? se firmaron... el dÍa que falleciÓ >>no puede ser >>alguien mÁs debe haber estado manipulando esto alguien con acceso >>gracias, kate >>¿a dÓnde vas? >>a ver a un amigo >>este dolor de cabeza es una revelaciÓn sorprendente ¿a dÓnde dijo roosevelt que irÍa el buen doctor? >>sam, Él dice que no sabe a dÓnde iba kimble >>¿tÚ le crees? >>sÍ, le creo dijo que vino a buscar unas muestras de tejidos >>¡¿quÉ?! >>para el estudio de un medicamento pero escucha, oye esto la entrega la aprobÓ el doctor charles nichols nichols tambiÉn conociÓ a lentz >>¡guao! >>era el jefe de lentz >>estaba cubriendo a kimble >>envÍa a la policia para allÁ les enviaremos a varios policÍas asegÚrense de que volteen ese hospital de cabeza >>por supuesto >>y que no se burlen de tu cola de caballo >>asÍ lo harÉ >>bien hecho, muchacho >>un placer, jefe >>henry, el doctor nichols me mintiÓ ve por Él >>enseguida >>escucha, Él ya se fue no, mira, busquÉ ahÍ busquÉ en todos los lugares que me dijiste y no lo vi te lo asegu

it was in a cellar franklin roosevelt who competed with everything he got to.and the impugning of motives when they are associated with compromise i consider to be extraordinarily counterproductive for the liberal project in america, when one starts accusing other liberals of mendacity. so that may be too long winded of an answer to your question, but i think we agree on a lot actually on the particular points. >> so jonathan has kicked it up with a softball for you both had a bad attitude and/or are naÏve and no better way to start a great relationship, rideshare. >> answer the question of mendacity, mendacity has a double meaning in the book. part of my argument is that obama did in fact promise something that he has not delivered on and that he did engage in this rhetoric and that he has betrayed the trust of many of his supporters. the other side of that mendacious equation is that his supporters were fooling themselves, that they were lying to themselves, they were ignoring the evidence that obama was not this change agent, that he was a conventional polit

you see is that because roosevelt and obama were both the tools of wall street? no they made a judgment that would be better for the country for banking to be in private hands and the key point was a trillion dollars that it would have cost if we had gone down the nationalization group. it turned out the banks were healthier, stress tests work, it did some good things, some bad things, real bad things but also good things come stress test turned out to be smart. they came back to help. we saved a trillion dollars by not nationalizing. i haven't actually heard people make that point during often. >> talk about the nationalization. this is not what people were asking for. what people were demanding is that the law be followed and the insolvent banks be taken into receivership. you break it up from a takeover, clear up the management, you wipe up the stockholders, bondholders become stockholders, you put in place somewhat the new owners put in place management coming to segregate the bad assets, create a bad bank and put it back in business you don't take it over an

your roosevelt -- theodore roosevelt understood that.cannot just dump chemicals and not have a conservation ethic in the u.s. we have to make a land -- the one thing that defines us as human beings -- are we giving the land to our children better than we found it? we don't have anything to caulker. we have a lot to say. tavis: the new boat from douglas brinkley is called "the quiet world." good to have you on the program. look forward to having you back soon. >> thank you. tavis: that is our show for tonight. see you back here next time on pbs. thanks for watching. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time peter bergen with and kim edwards. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial

>> i just finished edmund morris' book "the colonel" on theodore roosevelt. >> you mention roosevelt several times in here. theodore roosevelt, why? >> well because he aggressively used u.s. power to -- which i did as well. in my case i did it to defend the security -- defend the country. my presidency was defined by september the 11th. and on that day i vowed to use every legal means at my disposal to protect america. and i happen to believe that's the most important job in the world. and one of the interesting things about protecting america in the long run is to encourage democracy, is to spread freedom because that ultimately marginalizes idalogues who use murder as a weapon to spread their view. >> we've got about 75 students here and you majored in history >> i did. >> and went on to become president of the united states. good idea to major in history today? >> i gave a speech one time at my alma mater, yale university, and i said to the summa cum laude students congratulations honor students, congratulations -- as for u.c. students, you too can be president. and yes, i think h

. >> didn't theodore roosevelt run as a progressive? >> yes.d glenn beck -- >> [inaudible] >> sorry. the question was didn't theodore roosevelt run as progressive? the progressive movement was actually with neither straight up republican or straight up democrat. there were progressives in both parties. at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. glenn beck has, i believe rejects teddy roosevelt, but he's particularly concerned about wilson who he essentially sees as some kind of satan who is setting in motion a century 100-year motto destroy america. you can go to glep beck.com if you want -- glenn beck.com if you want the details. [laughter] i talk a little more about it, i have a chapter on glenn beck where i -- >> [inaudible] teddy roosevelt was acceptable. >> glenn beck has, he's very open about who he'll -- he's very -- he has a big ten philosophy about who he'll include in his conspiracy theories. yes. >> michael, in light of the aftermath of the election, where do you see the democrats going? what have they lear

." >> you mention eleanor roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. >> he aggressively use -- in my case i did it to defend the country. my presidency was defined by september 11, and i vowed to use every legal means at my disposal to protect america, and one interesting thing is to encourage democracy, to spread freedom,, because that ultimately marginalizes ideologues who use murder as a weapon to spread their views. >> we have about 75 students here, and you majored in history. a good idea to major in history today? >> i gave a speech at yale university, and i said, congratulations. as for uc students, you can be president. i think history is important. i learned a lot about the presidency from reading history. one thing is to be a part of history when objective historians show up that truly want to analyze the effects of my presidency, this will be a reference point, so people are interested to know what it was like inside the oval office and will like this book. i could not have written it this way if i had not been a student of history myself. >> i am a freshman. how would you change the

then and now and i don't care what kind of questionnaire it is i will yell it at the president, roosevelt, whoever, it was wrong and it matters. he says it has to matter. to me it's the speech i gave him was drawn from what's happening i think in the country right now in relationship to the war. who is considered patriotic who is considered a trader? and the point of a play to me is that it isn't just the museum piece. that, in fact, it does have relevancy now. and that it does spark a certain amount of controversy in relationship to what goes on now. >> twice in the same day the auditorium was standing room only. new york times best seller crediting mortson came to talk about his book. cup of tea. . he talked about the penny for peace campaign. the provides education for the communities of pakistan and afghanistan. >> i came back to america, i was broke after k 2. i had to raise 12 thousand dollars. and i didn't know how a clue of how to raise money like that. i went to the local library. any librarians here? let's give them a big hand. [applause] so, i went to the library, i talked to t

would teddy roosevelt be an imperial figure? >> guest: certainly there were characters who could be caesars. often they were offered to as caesars. [laughter] >> host: yeah. >> guest: but very quickly that notion of the united states becoming a pseudomonarchy or empire was abandoned. it's only for world war ii was the united states forever abandons isolation. and the real reason is the atomic bomb. once the united states had developed the atomic weapon, it was all -- i mean people talked about disarmorment. the thought that you could disarm and somebody else would have the bomb was just -- so really out of necessity, the united states became in world car ii but the great democratic of the post war. >> host: i'm wondering, you are a native brit. does it give you insight? and, in fact, is one the factors of the american century post war the route of withdrawal from britain from that role. >> guest: absolutely. i don't think i could have written a book and certainly wouldn't have had the arrogance to under take it. because a lot of

roosevelt said i can carve a judge with more back bone out of a banana.[laughter] the president sometimes have more success than the general philosophical level. it's hardly surprising that people of different general philosophies of america and so forth and that is in the vaccine. by the time you get through that, i hope somebody, a reader, at that is fine if they are a lawyer but if they are not their big american life is the antithesis. >> people who follow eating casual it is aware there is a debate over the original as some. is that the way to go? but then gave a chance to elaborate while you are not the original list. >> i see my people like the idea they had to get away from subjectivisms the only to go back into history to find out specifically put those that would have intended in detail and that is a better process because it is more objective so why do i think that is the right so that uncertainty with the questions in front of us what a judge in l.a. may 18th early 19th century with a trial of walter raleigh. [laughter] i know that i wrote som

i think that roosevelt, sick as he was, played a weak hand pretty well, about as well as he cowed. -- could. i don't believe the post-war europe and iron curtain resulted in decisions that were made. i just don't believe that. it's hotly contested, and there's fine historians that have argued over the decades and do argue that that was part of a collection of strategic mistakes that were made. >> yeah, i have a question about the invasion of sicily and operations and just read the book and obviously read your books before. obviously, it was successful, but if it wasn't successful, how would the invasion have gone since the germans seemed to have bought that -- it wasn't going to be sicily, it was going to be east or west of there, so if that failed, what would have happened do you believe? >> well, mincemeat is one of the most flamboyant operations of the war. if you are not familiar with it, get familiar with it because it's great fun. the british have a genius and for operations that require very detailed thinking through of consequences, and mincemeat is the man who never was. ther

president roosevelt has to run a war or we do. and we know we can't. and there for whatever he says has to go. contrast that with guantanamo cases where the court tried the majority in those cases. i'm somewhat biased in that but they are trying. we're trying to find a way to achieve a degree of accountability without at the same time and doing the power of the president and congress to protect the security of the united states. did a court succeed? on will never know. we won't know of years. when history looks back and says that proved and we hope not terrible. that is true of a lot of cases. why am i doing this? is easy to see them looking back interested lee and trying to see if those cases did it together in some way and that is part of it but there's a different reason because weather i am right or wrong as to whether or not these approaches, by illustrating these approaches, by illustrating what i am doing, what i think i am trying to do, i can through that part tried to show people who aren't judgees lawyers, i can try to show people what the su

only theodore and franklin roosevelt match the conservation legacy of lyndon johnson.hey are the big three. there were times when they did not see eye to eye. he see him there with lady bird johnson. london would get jealous of stewart's son -- spending so much time with ladybird. stewart udall was her partner in beatification and getting rid of billboards. going to these incredible treasured landscapes. three of my favorite national parks are a result of the lady bird and stewart udall -- guadalupe mountains, the cascades. we could do scrolling list of all the places these two saved. and could get difficult. a story i like to tell of lyndon johnson. when a store udall's phone rang with johnson on the other line. he had just heard reports of how bad things were getting at lake erie and how bad the great lakes were. he said, "stewart, i hear the great lakes have these problems. i would be to clean of the great lakes. that is an order." and he said, "i am in the department of the interior. we do not control the great lakes." and johnson said, "goddammit, stewart. when i

which is done about the restless theodore roosevelt who, to the shock of his defeat in 1912 by hashing an exploration of her unchartered regions of the amazon basin, almost dying in the process. this is a recurring story of american national politics, this is the separation of a national leader from actual power. this is something that occurs in accordance with law begins with dwight eisenhower who is the first president to be term limited under the 22nd amendment. if you think about it this is an interesting topic. powerful, charismatic individuals lay down the mantle of the presidency, who in most places in the world would rule perpetually. they are obliged under our system to study democratic example here at home and to fashion sort of a new constitutional order. i think that there is a lot of drama in that. i also think it is possible that as the president surrenders power, to know this individual far better because the layers of official and the staff are being peeled away in what is left is the character, the individual who has made his impact on history. in going home to gore dw

they said, well, president roosevelt has to run the war, or we do. and we know we can't. and, there have, whatever he says has to go. and contrast that with the guantanamo cases where the courts tried the majorities in those cases. we're always part of it, so i'm somewhat biased in that. but they're trying, i think, we're trying to find a way to achieve a degree of accountability without, at the same time, undoing the power of the president and the congress to protect the security of the united states. did the court succeed? i'll never know. we won't know for years. when history looks back and says, that proved okay and at least we certainly hope not terrible, and that's true of lot of cases. but what is it, why am i doing this? it's easy to think i'm doing it because i look back personally, was interested personally in my cases, trying to see if those cases fit together in some way, and i have to admit that's part of it, but there's a different reason. because whether i am right or wrong about these approaches, i think by illustrating these approaches, by illustrating wh

well, this book concentrates on the way eleanor roosevelt wrote the script for first ladies. now, every first lady since eleanor has either followed the script or hasn't followed the script, but at least they had to read the script. they've had to know about it. there are lots of books on eleanor roosevelt, but what this book does is tell what she did in the white house to make the job of first lady more than just that of a hostess or somebody who was interested, perhaps, in a cause or two. she really made the first ladyship a potent part of of the american presidency. >> so was the script that she wrote giving the first lady a role to play in policy? >> the script showed what a first lady could do. the script showed that the first lady could make the job of the president's wife of into one in which she could promote the . >> political reporter for the associated press, and it was lorena hickok who introduced eleanor to the plight of miners in west virginia who were living in horrible circumstances. so one of eleanor's first projects as first lady was to try to do something a

>> this book concentrates on the way eleanor roosevelt wrote the script for first lady. every first lady since eleanor has either followed the script or hasn't followed the script but they had to read the script. they had to know about it. what this book does is tell what she did in the white house to make the job more than just that of a hostess for someone interested in a cause or two. she really made the first lady shift. an important part of the american presidency. >> so was the script she wrote giving the first lady a role to play in policy? >> it showed what a first lady could do. showed the first lady could make the job of the president's wife into one in which she could promote the administration. she could show the public that the presidency was interested in individuals. she was the public face of her husband's political program, the new deal but because she traveled so much and really had an inmate glove of people she personalized the presidency and made it a lot more than passing laws. she made it a way of connecting with people. >> did you come upon any fac

here they are in 1933, may date protesting to roosevelt the ministration. putting together a march. demonstrating against tiger, fascism, and war. the new deal is a blow against the workers and increases profits for wall street. all of this was done as a capitalist way out of the crisis showing how the american government, the roosevelt administration, is moving headlong toward fascism and war. fascist. okay. that is the american communist party. here is another one. mayday. they did this all over the country in 1933. condemning the program of forced labor for the unemployed. who had the answer? lenin. linden shows the way. london shows the only way to jobs, land, and freedom. so that is what they were sending around. that is the kind of thing they were doing. while they are doing all of that they're also very content -- very carefully and strategically trying to get progresses and liberals to join their cause. i will give you three cases, three examples. john dewey, i include him among the group that i call attempting progressives. these were people in the 1920's and 1930's. americ

>> didn't give a roosevelt run as a progressive? >> yes. and glenn beck, it was neither straight republican lowered democrats. at the end of the 19th century and the 20th century, glenn beck and jack's teddy roosevelt but he is particularly concerned about will send sec says some kind is a 10 as setting in motion the 100 year plot to destroy america. i talk more about it and i have a private chapter on and -- it. glenn beck is very open. >> in light of the aftermath of the election and what have they learned what have they not learned? >> briefly? >> we will find out. there is some division like obama or the compromise or those who are on the left who want to take a hard line and fight fire with fire. and one of the things they argue is certainly the extremism needs to be called out and the only thing that has proven repeatedly to stop the growth of paranoia is across the political spectrum to challenge these ideas and i would hope that that happen soever i don't see that happening right now. i see a very active challenge on the left bed to

when franklin roosevelt first took office in 1942, the nation had just begun the great depression. and >> fear is the only thing we should fear itself. to convert to a trait and to advance. this nation is asking for our actions and action now. >> reporter: for abraham lincoln the moment came at the end of his second inaugural address, an appeal to heal the nation split by four years of civil war. >> with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness and the right as god gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we're in. to bind up the nation's wound. to care for him who shall born the battle and for his widow and his orphan. to do all that shall achieve, among ourselves and with all nations. >>> when we come back on a second look. we'll go back 50 years for another memorable speech by john kennedy. and tell you about a treasure- trove of kennedy videos and tapes now available online. >>> mike wallace covers the 1950 democratic convention in los angeles. >>> as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of john f. kennedy's inauguration speech. kennedy's acceptance spe

>> oh, teddy roosevelt is awful. well, i love ralph, and i actually slogged my way through the book, but i did ask him when in human history the class stepped into save anyone, and he sort of mumbled something about fighting robber barren or something. then he said something that sort of broke my heart. he said, look, it's all we have left. ralph who has a kind of eternal optimism maybe that i don't share i think was really seriously trying to appeal to enlighten figures of the class which is why he names them. it has not worked. the rich take care of the rich, and boy, human history bore that out. i'm a huge admirer and friend of ralph, but i break with him on that. i don't think the superrich are going to save us. right over here with the red hat. purple. [laughter] >> so, thank you for coming. i heard you on the radio this morning. first time i listened to k news in a long time. i have a question regarding to the fact every time i send money, we're voting to keep those things in business; right? >> yeah. >> christ

were similarities, the surprise, the shock and the fact that when people harbor happened, president roosevelt was presiding over a very divided country. isolationists, people who felt we should do more in the war and europe and wind 9/11 occurred, president bush was just beginning the administration after an election that have fractured the country and so of the country pulled together on both occasions so this was the first thing where people were using japan and al qaeda. the poor japanese tried for so many decades since six decades for five decades since the end of the war to be our good friend and suddenly there is again. remember pearl harbor. but the second thing that came very quickly on the fields of that infamy was what a colossal failure of intelligence on the part of the united states. so you have another level where how could the americans have been caught by surprise in this manner? and then you started to get other people coming in with different things colin on western countries, mom christian culture, non-white people have attacked us, and you begin to get into the rhetoric of

historia nuestros principios eternos y el carácter de nuestro pueblo en las palabras de franklin rooseveltudadanos iremos hacia adelante al servicio de nuestro país por la gracia de dios gracias por su tiempo y buenas noches. >> fue la representante en el estado de la florida r respondiendo por los republicanos, ahora vamos a regresar nuevamente al congreso dónde se encuentra el senador bo bob menéndez, muchas gracias r porestar con nosotros, trató de enfrentar la nueva realidad del avance republicano en el congreso ¿usted considera que con ese discurso lo logró? >> bueno, yo creo que se concentró en lo que los ciudadanos americanos quieren oír, que vamos a seguir creciendo la economía, como vamos a crear más prosperidad, más trabajo. como vamos a tener más competencia contra el resto del mundo para la creación de esos trabajos aquí en los estados unidos, así que en ese sentido yo drcreo que mandó un mensaje muy claro y una visión de como realizamos esta pr prosperidad en los estados unidos y es lo que queremos oír los ciudadanos americanos. >> tenedores senador hizo un ll reconsiderar la

. >> you're talking about the blacks that swerved world war ii >> roosevelt administration made the decision in 1940 that black americans would be included in military aviation even though the armed forces were not integrated. nearly a thousand pilots trained as a segregated airfield in alabama. the program ran nearly ten years. >> i enjoyed the pleasure of being in the very first bomber pilots created from the tuskegee airmen. >> i was in the first class. >> they faced a war at home with racist attacks and ig dignity from americans that were white. >> it's the blacks that wanted to be pilots. >> they are in their 91 the year harold is 83. they served at different times and places but their memories of those days are still sharp. >> it was trying to win this war that was continuing. >> president harry truman issued an order to integrate the armed forces and harold was part of that group. >> with we arrived there was 200 flight student officers and 300 flight student cadets. when we got there, the armed forces is now integrated so the tuskegee mere men proved they were smart enough to fly air

every jew in this country was a democrat and roosevelt was our god. he was going to save us all and he was -- it's very hard to -- it's hard to describe to others who weren't there to experience it what this meant and, of course, there were a lot of people in this country that really loathed roosevelt, but i didn't know any and i didn't meet any until i was very well grown and already had begun to have a more complex idea about society than i had been. >> are you still a registered democrat? >> i am. >> and you at one point in the book talk about why. >> well, being a registered democrat made me -- i mean, i no longer believe in the democratic party at all, but two things. first of all, ifou live in new york, and there are primary campaigns, you are practically senfranchised if you are not a democrat. you don't get to -- your vote doesn't carry any weight. so that's one thing. that's a less important thing than the fact that all my conservative friends had me o democrats. i served on a board and two commissions, where, of course, in washington there h

formerly had met president roosevelt.s that roosevelt gave a tacit wink to the training scheme, but various elements to investigate this and much to the chagrin of homer lea & co. was headlined cannot does less than they wanted wanted was this kind of exposure. that really helped close down this covert military training operation on front page headlines like. well, the other part of his career figures indicated had to do with homer lea as a writer. now i don't know about you on here. this is my first book and am very proud to have done it and i put a lot of work into it. and i have several advanced degrees to show what i'm doing. not the case of home early. after he came back from china, this college job out in addition to work with the claiming decided you want to work out. the vermilion penta was published in 19 away. it's his first book. he got it published. it was considered at the time a really good read, and exciting romance about china. and at the time it was considered the first novel written about china. this is

>> you know, franklin roosevelt said the presidency is above all a place of moral leadership. that's what he did tonight. he said "all right, let's look at the way this country is now but let's look how it can be better and the kind of country that really calls the people who behave so wonderfully at the time of this episode to be there. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, you get a final say on that as well. did he seize the moment he needed to seize? >> i do. i think this terrible, terrible event in fact gave barack obama the opportunities to do something he does very well which is to show through his own example his equilibrium, his calmness, the way forward for americans and to give them something important to think about and to do to examine their own lives and how they might treat their until low man and woman and their children with greater decency and love. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, michae beschloss, janet vincent and kari watkins in oklahoma city, thank you all so very much. and thank you for joining us on our special newshour coverage. we'll be back with you at our regul

homer lea had met president roosevelt.president was the gave a tacit link to this training scheme, but varies elements of the government and state and local government to investigate this. and much to the chagrin of home and the and cuddly, when this headline came out, that was a lasting they won was this kind of exposure. that help close down this covert military training operation, front-page headlines like this. the other part of his career, as i just indicated, had to do with homer lea as a writer. now, i don't know but you all. first book, and i'm very proud to have done it. i put a lot of work into it.av d degrees that show i know what i'm doing. not the case with homer lea. after he came back from china is college dropout in addition to working with the chinese got decided he wanted to be an author. so this, "the vermilion pencil" was published in 1908. it's his first book. he got it published. it's about china. and at the time it was considered the first novel written about china. this was one of the very first wes

the president began calling for a war on terror, and many began quoting roosevelt and truman. so it went from pearl harbor, 9/11 into world war ii and then they christened the world trade center ruins ground zero, and then we're in a whole different dimension of world war ii. so it began with 9/11 in infamy, and it became much more complicated. >> tie together hiroshima and iraq. >> well, the real tie is hiroshima and 9/11. that was the real tie because ground zero is an atomic woman woman -- bomb phrase. and that's a practice that comes out of world war ii, the air war in world war ii you wanted to destroy enemy morale, a anglo american air powers, england and the united states. and it was done in germany, carried to japan, culminates in hiroshima. so the ground zero '45, ground zero 2001 is the link. the iraq link is wars of choice to begin with because we go from 9/11, this war of choice by the islamist terrorists, to the japanese war of choice earlier, and there's a parallel. and then suddenly we have a war of choice against iraq. and then we have a terrific failure of int

before that it was archbishop hanna he is very good with the people part of what he did is similar to roosevelt, he lifted the spirits of the people as sure them even though these were difficult times he would be there with them. he served on the state committee for unemployment and so forth but this last major act was he served as a arbitrator in the great general strike 1934 which the long shore men had gone out on strike and shut down the city of san francisco for a series of several days he was so trusted by the employeeworkers he was a key figure bringing that crisis to a close. >> he was prominent 1924, the march in san francisco one of my favorite stories. >> yeah, in the early 1920s the ku klux klan made a revival in the united states and of course they had expanded their hate red to include catholics in 1924 they had a major march down pennsylvania avenue, washington dc robes and all and the catholic church responded holding counter rallies when archbishop hanna was coming back from rome they said we will have a huge parade in honor of his return but it was to make a statement against

or eleanor roosevelt, but the real heros are who we live with every day. if you want to talk about the hero i spent my time with is my oldest son. i wrote the book for him, and this is the moment i recently gave him the book, and it's a moment i waited for eight year. i wrote it for my son, and i'm presenting it to him, and he doesn't care about eleanor roosevelt or rosa parks. he goes looking for the athletes in the book and he's flipping through and finds roberto clementi. i told being a professional athlete doesn't make you a better person. it means nothing being on the best sellers list. he reads this and roberto is in the book not because he plays baseball, but because there was an earthquake in nick wag ray and he sends three plane loads of food to the victims. all three plane loads were stolen. he sent a fourth plane. he got on the plane himself to make sure it got there. he gets on the plane and it crashes in the ocean killing everybody on board. he's not a hero because he died, but why he died on board. my son reads this and i'm waiting for him to

vision of unity was entirely planned and paid for by the federal government as part of president roosevelt deal. president obama's social contract never went as far as building will communities, but he has already used in modern day stimulus to try to get billions of americans back to work. tonight, he will announce plans for more government spending that he will package as targeted investment in america's economic well-being. she is more than theç 150 milln unemployed americans the president will say are his top priority. in the cafe, a bellman at told me she has seen a new president whose leadership is more apparent. >> it is interesting how bold and clear he has been in his communication, and what he says about what is important. >> you look for president obama to make compromises? >> i think that is the way to do it. if there is no compromise on both sides, it will fail. >> president obama will use the state of the union address to try to revive america's flagging self-confidence. it will appeal to national unity in the face of global pressure. even his most ardent supporters know tha

so my question is do you know any really good rich guys like teddy roosevelt or fdr? [laughter] >> oh, teddy roosevelt's awful. >> well, he -- >> well, i love ralph, and i actually slogged my way through the book. and i, but i did ask him when in human history the oligarchic class had ever stopped in to -- stepped in to save anyone, and he sort of mumbled something about fighting robber-barons, and then he said something that sort of broke my heart. he said, look, it's all we have left. and, and ralph who has a kind of eternal optimism maybe that i don't share, i think, was really seriously trying to appeal to enlightened figures of the oligarchic class which is why he names them, although i can't figure out why yoko ono was in there. [laughter] but i, it's not worked. the rich take care of the rich. and, boy, human history has borne that out. so i would break, i'm a huge admirer and friend of ralph, but i would break with him on that one. i don't think the super rich are going to save us. >> [inaudible] >> okay. right over here with the red hat. >> [inaudible] >> pur

in the 1935 when senator huey long was assassinated, president roosevelt issued a two-sentence statement upon that occasion saying that he deeply regretted this attack on long and that violence was un-american. but in 1968 when senator robert kennedy was assassinated when president kennedy was assassinateed in the midst of a campaign, president johnson gave an address, the rhetoric of extreme in the country. he called for congress to enact gun control laws and it was really actually quite a powerful speech. it was a different speech in many ways than the examples michael has cite which had i think more common in recent years the themes really are of the nation speaking through its president its condolences to the victims and tries to bring the country together in this moment of national mourning. >> is it a time, ellen, one of the few times, when a president whether he or she be a republican or a democrat, a liberal or conservative actually speaks as a representative of the american people and everybody accepts it without any qualms? >> absolutely. and today, of course, the newspapers we