roosevelt. who got your granddaddy an old age pension? roosevelt. all right, children, now, who made you? [laughter] after a moment of silence, one little boy asserts stoutly, god. whereupon a barefoot boy leaps up in the back row and yells, throw that sorry republican out of here. [laughter] now, the whole idea of ejecting conservatives from the democratic party was very much out of character for roosevelt. because he'd always been a charmer who showered people with his personal mag anytism and charisma -- magnetism and charisma, not with his bile. he was known for cajoling and persuading people of both parties to support his legislation. he prided himself on knowing how to work with friends and adversaries alike. while he was governor of new york, he once explained that he had to work with people he neither liked, nor trusted. but it was necessary to do so in order to reach his ultimate goal. roosevelt was an expert in tacking with the wind. as president he lavished his talents for flattery, wheedling, horse trading, even his talent for deception

he loved franklin roosevelt. he actually survived franklin roosevelt. i think he, i think he thought of franklin roosevelt as his kind of like a naughty nephew that he indulged. but it's a kind of interesting thing. and, of course, in the 1920 roosevelt was the vice presidential nominee. on the democratic ticket, he was a strong supporter of wilson's, of course, by then wilson had become an internationalist as we now think of him, promoting democracy abroad, the 14-point program for the reinvention of europe as a kind of american-style democratic community. um, fdr was a strong supporter of that after the war, after, i mean, after the election which the democrats lost. america lapsed into a kind of isolationism, but franklin roosevelt was very active in the founding of the council on foreign relations in new york which was a gathering of kind of -- actually, it was a kind of republican organization. it was very much dominated by henry stimson and william howard taft and some of the other republican elder statesmen. probably would have had theodore roose

roosevelt in the third american revolution argues that roosevelt avenue the achievements resulted ina revolutionary change in american life which ranks with the work of washington and lincoln, thus the third revolution. it was a revolution that grew not by chance through pragmatic political response to the crisis of the great depression but rather it resulted from a longstanding and well developed political ideology and embedded religious convictions. the 18th-century enlightenment phrase adopted but never fulfilled by the french revolution was liberty, equality and fraternity. roosevelt's revolution worked to achieve the third of these ideals of just government which emerged from the thinking of the enlightenment but which matured and america. all three of these ideals have been part of the american democratic experience, washington's revolution focused on liberty for the americans. liberty from the british and the establishment of democratic liberties. lincoln's revolutions that the course toward genuine equality. franklin roosevelt's revolution emphasized as never before the impor

roosevelt aficionado. i think there are some high points in his life that we need to touch on. he started life as a city kid in new york city and was a member of the social elite, the knickerbockers who were people who could treat their ancestry in america back to the dutch were raised here in the midst 1660s. it is a fairly old new york family here his grandfather was one grandfather was one of the five richest men in manhattan. they produced a lot of the window class at new york city needed as a group. they were also into thinking and a lot of wise investment in new york real estate. young roosevelt was an outdoors person, almost from childhood and also an avid hunter, but he wasn't very healthy. he was very sickly as a child. he suffered from asthma and a stomach ailment that was related to stress, some sort of enteritis do with the 102nd for days at a time. and this would pop up, as i said, during times of stress. even during happy times times if he had too good of a time he would sometimes get sick to

talk about how president obama may soon be facing a crisis with the supreme court when franklin roosevelt have gone home a playoff and the recent inability or instability on wall street is concrete evidence our economy is not on the up and up so we still experiencing the sting of the two thousand and eight recession or is this a second republican great depression. for tonight's conversations with great minds i'm joined by jeff schussel whose work you are probably familiar with even if you don't instantly recognize his name jeff is an historian a communications strategist gifted speaker speech writer former cartoonist in one thousand nine hundred seventy joined the clinton white house and rose through the ranks to become deputy chief speechwriter a rhodes scholar he holds degrees in history from both oxford and brown universities and print president clinton described him as one of the most eloquent historians of his generation he's written two books of american political history the latest being supreme power franklin roosevelt versus the supreme court he's now a retired comic strip writer

roosevelt's life, a period where he emerged as the roosevelt we know today. the moment the gop convention ended, he headed back to the badlands hoping to settle in the west, become a writer, forget the sorrows, and mend his health. now, why he chose the badlands is another question. it's in the area of the last frontier which would be closed only six years later. the badlands gave him a chance to live on the frontier and be a pioneer like his heros lake david boone and davey crocket. he could hunt big game, a wonderful distractions from the depression haunting him at this time. he had a rug the life of -- rug l -- rug l life of fresh air. before we go on with roosevelt, let's look at the badlands' environment at that time. it was june 8, 1884. he got off a train in dakota territory, a brand new town with 100 buildings, the town was established for about four or five months. there was 300 residents in the town. this included miners and lumber jacks and former buffalo hunters, ranchers, and cowboys. it's unlike any operation today. it's open-range ranches. ranc

the world wants roosevelt, roosevelt, roosevelt, roosevelt.in an hour, order was restored but everything was anticlimactic. the next day, roosevelt's name was put in nomination, an ailing old senator glass nominated jim folly and if you rest the words that could hardly be heard over the scrape and shuffle. occasional boos and catcalls. impatiently the convention waited while they were nominated, seconded and given sad little demonstrations. the only ballots was the first, roosevelt 946, farley 72 -- 61, tidings nine, whole five. then they rolled roosevelt's nomination by acclamation two-way roar of ayes. late at night on thursday the president addressed the convention from hyde park. it is with a very full heart that they speak tonight. i must confess that i do so with exceeding. >> as i find myself in a conflict between deep personal desire for retirement on the one hand and that quiet in visible thing called conscience on the other. lying awake as they have on many nights, i have asked myself whether i have the right as commander in chief of

in response, roosevelt. who put electricity into your house for you? roosevelt. who gave your uncle a job? roosevelt. who got your granddaddy the pension? roosevelt. right. now children, who made you? after a moment of silence one little boy says god it.st where of boy leaps up to sayter] throw that a sorry republican out of fear. [laughter]cons the whole idea of a ejecting conservatives from the democratic party was very much out of character for roosevelt because heism showered people with personal magnetism and charisma. and goes to support the legislation to know who work with friends and adversaries alike. and then to work with people he didn't like or trust but it was necessary to do so in order to reach his ultimate goal. roosevelt was anin expert.tery as president he lavished his talents and even his talent for deception on the senate and house leaders. in gore is found ways topoli reconcile to support the politicians. a north-south east-west and people who knew him spoke about his magnetism and just poured it on. seen him smile or to hear him laugh is li

roosevelt? excellent question. my next project is on eleanor roosevelt and world world war i. when i started writing on fdr i planned to have a chapter on eleanor to see how other people saw japanese americans. but she woulds so important and so interesting she was going to take over the entire book, and so i decided that i would -- had better let her go for the time being, and so in the meantime, i've been assembling stuff. the story of eleanor roosevelt and japanese americans, very briefly, is a story of dissidence. it's a story of eleanor roosevelt trying to find ways to push her husband against -- to dissuade him from removing japanese americans, then to help japanese americans, she approved emergency funds from her account with the american friend service committee nor emergency programs for the japanese american evacuees. she asked to visit a camp, and in 1942 this was forbidden, but in 1943 she actually visited the gila river camp. i wrote to a number of japanese americans who had been to gila river to ask for their stories of mrs. roosevelt's visit. the first thing the

roosevelt performed very well. on his first round up the cowboys really began to have a good impression of him. on that first round of 60 cowboys spent five weeks writing 200 miles down the little missouri river valley scooping up all the cattle they could find for 50 miles on each side of the river and they were also driving several thousand cattle. they were also driving several hundred forces because if you had 60 riders, you needed about six to 10 horses per person to do this work. so, there was a lot of work involved in hurting these animals along. the cowboys who notice roosevelt was extremely tough. he could ride all night long and the next day write another 100 miles. on one occasion he wrote for 40 straight hours anwr out of five horses before he himself took a nap. so the cowboys still admired his willingness to pitch in. he wasn't a good roper because that takes a lifetime of practice and as i said wasn't very good but they recognize that he did what he could. one of the tougher ranch foreman said that f

roosevelt was in tuskegee in 1939 or 1940 for a board meeting of the roosevelt fund. she was on the board of directors of the fund responsible for doing lots of things, mainly building schools for african-american children in rural areas. she had been to tuskegee several times because of her interest in infantile paralysis research. what people don't tend to remember is they had to do that research at tuskegee because it didn't allow blacks. she had been there several times. she knew about the work dr. carver was doing and when she got there she did hear about this training program that tuskegee institute had going on, civilian program for its students. chief anderson was the chief instructor pilot and when she visited the facility she asked if chief anderson could take her for a plane ride. there was a famous picture taken of the two of them along with louis jackson who was another instructor pilot who appeared in black newspapers all over the country. she wrote a couple of columns about it. it provided very important publicity for the project and momentum for the pr

the world wants roosevelt, roosevelt, roosevelt! in an hour, order was restored, but everything now was anticlimatic. the next day, roosevelt's name was put in nomination, and ailing old senator glass name -- nominated jim folly with a few rasping words that could hardly be heard and occasional boos and cat calls from the floor. impatiently, the convention waited while they were nominated, seconded, and given sad little demonstrations. [laughter] the only ballot was the first. roosevelt 946, tidings 9. hall, 5. then folly, a party of the end of the end moved roosevelt's no , ma'am vaition pi acclamation to a roar of ayes. late at night on thursday. the president announced the convention from hyde park. it is with a very full heart that i speak tonight. i must insist that i do so with mixed feelings because i find myself in a conflict between deep personal desire for retirement on the one hand, and that quiet invisible thing called conscious on the other. lying awake as i have on many nights, i have asked myself whether i have the ri

roosevelt performed very well. on his first roundup the cowboys really began to have a good impression of him. on that first round of about 60 cowboy spent five weeks writing for 200 miles time, little was -- missouri river valley scooping up the cattle they could find were 50 miles on each side of the river and they were driving several thousand horses because if you have 60 riders, you needed about 6010 horses per person to do this work. there was a lot of work involved in hurting these animals along. the cowboys notice roosevelt was extremely tough. he could ride all night long in the next day write another 100 miles and on one occasion he wrote for 40 straight hours. he would go around five horses before he himself took a map -- map. the cowboys admired his willingness to pitch in to the extent he could. he wasn't a good roper because that takes a lifetime of practice and then his eyesight wasn't very good but they recognized that he did what he could. one of the tougher ranch foreman said that 48 maverick has

roosevelt. the command officer's boss was heneral hunter but had it not been for office, they would have served in the pacific. that was the longest fiercer question. the mac is that answered your boat was >> yes, it is. >> thank you so much. [inaudible] [applause] >> thank you very much.

the roosevelts, in the time of jefferson, none of the roosevelts thought very much of jefferson.o fdr kind of overdid this. and, once again, i think there should be a monument to thomas jefferson in washington, but that nice neoclass call structure that you see along the tidallal basin, and i've always thought was fdr's taste, the memorial, i think, is very much a 1990s view of franklin roosevelt. and, um, i say this partly out of, from design conviction. and i don't think the structure is what he would have particularly liked. but, also, it's franklin roosevelt that we now think about historically, and that is the franklin roosevelt of the new deal. the fdr memorial in washington heavily concentrates on the depression, it concentrates on his domestic policies, on his conservation, his stewardship of, of national parks and so on, all of which is true. but to the total exclusion of certain other aspects of him. you would never know that the great conservationist was also one of the great dam builders of the 20th century which is somewhat anathema in our time, but fdr thought that

roosevelt? excellent question. i have to tell you my next project is exactly on eleanor roosevelt in world war ii. when i started riding that fdr and japanese-americans are planned to have a chapter on eleanor to see what he could have done differently. to see how other peoples of japanese-americans but she was so important and interesting that she was going to take over the entire book. i decided i had better let her go for the time being. in the meantime, the story of eleanor roosevelt and japanese-americans very briefly is a story of dissidents. a story of eleanor roosevelt trying to find ways to dissuade her husband from removing japanese americans, then to help japanese americans she approve the emergency funds from her account to the american friends services committee for emergency programs to japanese american yvette kiwis. she asked to this a camp and 1942 this was forbidden but in 1943 she visited the he the river can't. i wrote to a number of japanese americans to ask their stories of mrs. roosevelt's vi

roosevelt's fireside chats became legendary as roosevelts way of getting around the largely republican newspaper press of the day, and speaking directly to individuals. ronald reagan a little bit, jfk even more, was the master of television. i do not know if the media, and it is very plural today, can have a master. i will just add one thing at this point on obama. george is right that the american economy is in the worst shape it has been in since the great depression. having said that, barack obama just might get reelected. amazing, given the context of the economy. presidents don't get reelected. historically, there should be an uprising within the democratic party. he should be having to fight off challengers for the nomination. he is not. if i were making but today, i would say obama is a point to win, in part because the republicans cannot figure out who they are, and there is a situation where the only type of candidate they are able to nominate, and this is not simply because i lived in texas and then hoping that my governor is going to go on to different things -- i think rick

a few years ago i wrote the book called the wilderness warrior on theodore roosevelt and it was really about the birth of conservation in the united states dealing with gifford pinchot on forestry and john muir. this is ultimately the second volume. it's called the quiet world: saving alaska's wilderness kingdom and i pick up with tr's presidency. >> yeah. >> .in places like the tongass national forrest and take it all the way up to 1960 when president dwight eisenhower signed legislation creating what's called anwr today. >> yep. >> .which is the "drill, baby, drill!" of sarah palin. this is the "save, baby, save!" story. this is about how since the 1870s people have been fighting to save wild alaska, these beautiful pristine places and save the great species up there ranging from polar bear to literally hundreds of different types of rare birds. >> you could have called it save, baby, save! >> well, i know. [laughter] >> that actually.as a commercial thing that would've been awesome. >> it may have been good but the quiet world is -- you know we're.we're such a noisy and cluttered cu

he is not a roosevelt. heat is not a figure who would fit -- he is not a figure who would fit a depression or new deal time. reminds me of an earlier time, maybe a progressive era figure, in his high mindedness, in his story broke qualities. he is so reasonable. his speech is so lofty. and moralizing -- he is very comfortable moralizing. he reminds me a little of wilson in that sense. he is a bit remote and aloof like wilson and i think he would have probably done better if he had been governing at a time closer to the progressive era when there were -- when it was not one crisis after another, when there was no fox news, there was no michele bachmann, it was -- although there were tendencies like there have always been in politics. a time when an appeal to civic mindedness and political reform and those higher quality is actually had a real audience, especially among sort of the professional middle class across the country where the real backbone of the progressive movement. instead, obama is a reasonable

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d kl >> the eleanor roosevelt and franklin roosevelt. it was complicated.a bedro he had his go friend living in r better next to him. he had heard girlfriend living next to her in the white house together.gether the american public to know any of this. the fascinating thing about the story is frank thomas girlfriend, turned out to be essential to helping these two figures become the great heroesh of american history that led usr to the great depression and the world wars. it is an essential piece of the stories, extramaritale relationships, and it is an important piece which has been t long ignored.our >> let me take a caller to. he will hear character three a c chapters story. let's hear from my collar in alaban, alabama. one nation under sex. go ahead. >> this is bobby more in auburn onabama. one of your buddies, woody harrelson to put you in that movie. i know that online born plays a big part in his life. how much as a play in yours? >> guest: use the online. >> host: that was his question. that was his question. q >> guest: we have

i think he did the opposite of what the roosevelts did. rather than drawing a line, he said let's all be adults. >> they say why is he not shake them? why does he yelled? >> this is probably something you cannot take. >> you have to wonder how much you all are talking about is because he is afraid of looking like an angry black man. i do not know the answer. >> that is a critical point. another question? >> what eric kanter got so mad about this may -- what do know about this >? >> there in the white house on monday. >> good question. the president tried to downplay it. i assume we have to wait for both their memoirs to find out what happened. do we have another question-can you stand up and wait for the microphone, please? >> i want to continue with the personality issue. it seems much greater than not getting that in public. and not being afraid to appear at an angry black man. by the fed great leaders like alexander the great, cleopatra, certainly robert moses and lyndon johnson, and these people were very comfortable with their aggress

. >> yes, because wilson was a more theoretical, he gave the theory for which roosevelt would pracce. >> charlie: rooseveltlso was a pragmatist too, was he not. >> sure. >> charlie: that's the argument they make about president obama. >> i know they do. >> charlie: he's a pragmatist. look at the economy not brought about by george bush but b an economicollapse and a sub-prime crises and other things. thereaft you needed the programhich you agreed with. >> no. look, the program as advertised might have been all right. we're going to help by the toxic assets of troucdqb financial institutions. i don't see anywhere in that where they're going to go buy general motors. again, you can't -- >> charlie: was george will presented to see general motors go under. >> absolutely. >> charlie: that's th american way. >> well first of all, general motors did go under in the sense it went through bankruptcy. >> charlie: of course it did. was general motors worth being the way it is if in fact they pay back the money and if in fact they back a healthy auto company and jobs were saved and a great ameri

for the first time, he met roosevelt. roosevelt dragged him to the smithsonian to show off glass cases full of american indian arty facts. i never got over the wonder of a people who having abandoning the aboriginals of their country more than any other race had done honestly believed they were a godly little new england community setting examples to brutal mankind. of the five countries united states invaded and/or acquired, hawaii is the only one that became a state. that said, i have come to understand that even though hawaii has been a state since 1959 and an american territory since 1898, a small, but defiant network of native activists question the legality of both developments and do not consider themselves to be americans at all which is easy to pick up on when they march past you down the main drag on honolulu on the 50th an -- anniversary of statehood carrying signs says we are not americans. so -- [applause] oh, okay, thank you. [applause] so, if you have questions, a microphone carrier will -- [laughter] find

in an effort to balance the budget, roosevelt cut spending, increased taxes and the fed tightened the money supply. >> the result was that the economy went into a secondary recession in 1937. >> walker says congress and the president today are making the same mistake. >> we're making the same mistake nobody has learned a thing. >> but it is not so clear says political analyst. for one, roosevelt cut spending at the same time he raised taxes and the feds squeezed the money supply. >> and figuring out which was the most important is difficult, particularly if you got an ideological lens you are bringing. >> professor walker would respond, take a look what happened in 1937 when the economy went into the double-dip. roosevelt reversed himself, he begin new programs and started spending money and the economy rebounded. the only things he didn't do, he didn't get rid of the tax increases he put into place, the tax on people making more than million bucks back in 1938 was 75% and the economy still grew. in the news room, mark matthews, "abc 7 news." >> a lot more to bring you, a copper caper

so franklin roosevelt concluded a lend-lease program. that's what it was called, the lend-lease program. even president roosevelt at the time said in his writings, he considered this probably unconstitutional. but he had to do it to save our country. because it was a crisis. and he acted boldly to do it. now, there was no clear authority for him to do 25, but as i point out, there was no prohibition against him doing that, either. there was no prohibition against explicitly in the constitution to prohibit thomas jefferson from making the louisiana purchase. there was no express prohibition against lincoln signing the amans makes proclamation. there was no express prohibition against franklin roosevelt -- signing the lend-lease deal. so again i point out where meaning is unclear and the 14th amendment the meaning is kind of clear but we do have a court case, perry v. u.s., 1935. read it. read what chief justice hughes said in his opinion. he said quite clearly -- quite clearly that congress has the power to borrow money. that's a good thi

in 1934 president roosevelt signed into law the national housing act which allowed low income americansrchase a home. in 1944, roosevelt signed a bill to provide aide to world war ii veterans to buy homes and start businesses. in 1956, $25 billion for construction of the highway system. in 1965, president johnson signed into law the higher education act, which provided financial assistance to students, and in 1972, an amendment to that bill created the predecessor of what is now the pell grant. that is some of the legislation that characterized the greatest generation and allowed their children, the baby boomers, to prosper, integrate, to improve american prosperity and make america the world's economic superpower. that legislation would never pass this congress. instead of responding to the poor economy by investing in human capital and housing and infrastructure, all this congress can talk about is spending cuts to things like federal subsidies for student loans to grad students, such cuts will fall on a generation that's struggling badly. according to research, child poverty increase

owned -- franklin roosevelt, you're smiling, rick.y was better at sarcasm. with file oh speech, destroyed opponents with sarcasm. this president doesn't to team sow have that gift. >> he has his own rhetorical mode an doesn't need to use sar kitsch. this is the position that 60% to 70% of the american people hold. point to 23-30 poll, and he can talk, again, to the broad center of the american electorate, but he can't do that without putting republicans, extremists in his sights. >> okay. why does he make this simple case that nixon was to his left? that he is not a left wing jer that nixon wanted an employer mandate. all our president got through individual, making the individual american responsible for his own health care costs. a conservative idea. why does he left thet tag him as a socialist and guest away with it over and over again, rick? >> he's letting hills be intim dapted. letting them get inside his head. playing to the beltway elite which treats the tea party as if they're somehow the broad center of the american electora

roosevelt cut spending, increased taxes and the fed tightened money supply. >> result is that economynt a secondary recession. >> walker says congress and president today making the same mistake. >> nobody learn aid thing. >> it's not so clear says abc 7's political analyst. roosevelt cut spending at the same time raising taxes and the fed squeezed money supply. >> and sorting out chf these things was the important is difficult if you've got an ideological end you're bringing to this debate. >> professor walker would tell you consider what happened when the economy did go into the double dip. roosevelt started spending more money, starting to build more things and raised the deficit, and loosened the money spli. one thing did he not do, he didn't get rid of tax increases. and the tax on those making over $1 million, back then, it was 75%. >> wow. >> double of what it is today. >> the economy still grew. >> interesting. >> good history lesson. >> in tonight's money matters more on the state of the economy. retail sales rose in july by most in four months, helping drive the stock market

you might mention roosevelt. roosevelt was popular when the economy was bouncing back very fast under the death of the depression. >> and, by the way, one of the reasons i think obama retains that popularity jonathan was talking about is because he does come across as somewhat pragmatic. he does come across as somebody who's not entirely in hock with thleft wing of the democratic party. i happen to think it's good politics but i also think it where's he is fundamentally. >> the idea that he's been spectacularly successful. if you were to say that... i mean, fourp say that to the 25 million americans who are looking for work right now, if you were to say that to the erage american right now, the average working or middle-class american who has spent their lives basically understanding that if you work hard and play by the rules things will work out for you and that you'll have a shot at the american dream for your kids, tell name this has been a spectacularly successful presidency and they'll look at you like you

roosevelt and he could create a consensus he could get things passed in congress you know we had a majority and that's why it's very different right now because obama is very weak and we have a very disorganized and i would say you intensely selfish congress i mean. it's really is just as much their fault as it is alan greenspan's or bernanke he's. well a couple of things i would say first i would agree with what was just said that the fed caused the current economic troubles by inflating the housing bubble and i also agree that the european central bank even though theoretically they had a good single mandate of price stability these indirect bailouts they're doing are reprehensible but my main point is that franklin delano roosevelt extended and exacerbated and worsened the great depression with all of his spending the higher tax rates more government intervention i mean hoover and roosevelt between them were two terrible presidents that kept the economy in the dumps for a long time now the only good thing i can say about the current political situation is that we do have gridlock because

in other words just in summary what teddy roosevelt proposed in one thousand nine hundred twelve was that a minimum wage a living wage should be enough to live on enough to raise your kids enough to put them through school and i think have a vacation and enough to have retirement we used to call that the united states of middle class and the debate on the viability of social security is another issue that has many of you talking all over the past few weeks i've said several times that despite what republicans want you to think social security is not bankrupt it's not either bankrupting us as a nation nor is it itself bankrupt but some of you are still not convinced but here you have senator sanders who say that so she. serious flushing is like two point four trillion dollars of tax. cuts funded. then if that's the case why isn't there going to be checks to the people who get so security checks that forward your file cabinet full of ious. that's not funded put forward or as a paper there's no cash there if there were sick cash and checks for it go out or present demagoguing you know u

roosevelt i thought ended the war. roosevelt kept it on his feet until the war came. >> doesn't hurt to put more money in the economy when you're in a depression. that simple. >> the tea party needs to read history. michele bachmann, the founding of our country, first. thank you. nobody knows all the answers. they know less of the answer. thank you, sir. >>> coming up, something you don't see every day. a major republican politician sticking it to the full mooners in his own party who talk of this phony threat of -- i like this guy christie. watch him in action, the governor of new jersey. a real jersey guy coming up next in the "sideshow." >>> you're watching "hardball." only on msnbc. >>> back to "hardball" now. to the "sideshow." first up, hidden talents. a glimpse of the non-political side of a couple of the republican candidates this week. while greeting supporters in new hampshire, jon huntsman bent down and began playing something on the piano. let's listen. >> come on. sit down and hit a few. [ playing the them

no i don't think he's shown much leadership but he unlike roosevelt doesn't have a powerful labor movement pushing him he doesn't have a strong socialist and communist party as we had in the one nine hundred thirty s. pushing him so his pressure comes from the business community from the wealthy who fund all of our politicians now so it would take much more heroism on his part than it took for roosevelt to move in that direction having said that i am not very impressed with what he's doing he keeps talking about things nothing much changes and i think his poll numbers reflect that the america.

>>neil: we will have james roosevelt jr., his granddad, yes, franklin roosevelt. what do you think of what roosevelt thinks of what they did here? and later tomorrow, house majority leader cantor with us and only us. and the big stock sell off going on. what, really, is the community telling folks? and governor barbour in mississippi. stay tuned. [ melody ] the bar is raised for everybody in an ap class, from the teachers to the students. i had a student the other day that said... "miss stacy, this class is changing the way that i look at things." sparking that interest and showing them that math and science are exciting... it's why i teach. ♪ i know they can, even when they think they can't. >>neil: coming to you from the capitol where i set up a condo at this spot. not quite private but cozy. not so cozy today with the environment for stocks swooning better than 265 points eight days in a row, with a drop better than 700 points and we have not seen that kind of a streak since october 2008 around the time of the financial meltdown. could we be looking at that aga

no i don't think he's shown much leadership but he is on like roosevelt doesn't have a powerful labor movement pushing him he doesn't have a strong socialist and communist party as we had in the 1930's pushing him so his pressure comes from the business community from the wealthy who fund all of our politicians now so it would take much more heroic says on his part than it took for roosevelt to move in that direction having said that i am not very impressed with what he's doing he keeps talking about things nothing much changes and i think his poll numbers reflect that the american people see that there's not much coming in the way of leadership and that was richard wolffe economist and radio host of the economic update and be a i ninety nine point five if you want to catch it saturdays at noon now for a different perspective earlier i spoke with doug campbell he is a former staff economist on president obama's council of economic advisors also a ph d. candidate at the university of california in davis now unlike richard wolffe doug believes that quantitative easing actually has not o