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

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]. >> i honor each and every one of you for coming out to the library on saturday afternoon to have a discussion on this important topic. who used personal care products? shampoo, face cream, deodorant, contact solution? the numbers could be staggering. the stories that i tell in the book and stories i talk about today are store reus about all of us. to tell you a little bit about my personal story. i was a 17 magazine makeup reading desperate to read in. with ea

how did roosevelt do that?ial security and levied heavier taxes, programs for housing and agriculture, put new controls over banks, public utilities and created enormous work relief programs for the unemployed. sounds similar to the president's proposals today, but unlike the last four years fdr saw the unemployment drop, millions of jobs created, gdp jumped, the deficit shrank and the middle class saw a huge expansion that lasted for decades, a building of the middle class that's the envy of the world or used to be. peter, peter morici, can this feat of rebuilding the middle class and reducing the deficit, can that happen again? >> absolutely, but we have to remember that roosevelt inherited a very small government, so expanding it wasn't the rock on the back of the private sector. a more comparable situation was reag reagan's dilemma, inherited an economy with double digit inflation and interest rates and unemployment that peaked at 10.8%, not 10 as mr. obama's did, but hy he took his stimulus in tax cuts whe

he has written much praised biographies for franklin del know roosevelt roosevelt and ulysses s. grant. mr. smith is a senior scholar at --s' spent time at the at toro. and our moderate you're will be jonathan yardley. he has been a feeman fellow at washington university. his most recent book, a compilation of the most memorable reviews of noted and neglected book from the past. please join me in welcoming david and julie eisenhower, jean edward smith, and jonathan yardley. [applause] ... president eisenhower's career, started as a general and then ae president. we are getting with really one s of the most underrated figuresan in american history, both as a general and as president.one ofa one ofso the reasons for that is because of eisenhower made everything he did look easy. you may recall those bumper stickers in the election of 1956. ben hogan for president. if we are going to have a golfer, let's have a good one. [laughter] eisenhower was franklin roosevelt's first choice to command the d-day invasion. eisenhower had three amphibious landings under his belt at that time. he

. >> there is a great story in my book about how some activists were meeting with roosevelt during then,ssio depressren, any were trying to have some legislation passed, and he said, "i agree with everything you just said. now, go out and make me do it." i wish obama had learned that lesson. some of the high-profile people told the progressive activists to basically slowdown -- slow down. it took about one year into the obama administration before they did it up again. that is when the health-care debate got a second wind, and i think that is one of the lessons of this book. everyone to martin luther king to the current situation, you need people on the outside to keep people on the inside honest. tavis: i am glad you mentioned dr. king, one of the greatest americans of the 20th century. let me link king to obama, since you mentioned both of their names. president obama, on the fund- raising trail, he has said any number of times -- he has retold that story many times. i have got a whole bunch of romney questions, as well. so the president tells this story time and time again. i am not

roosevelt's words etched in stone. what took so long?ger of "48 hours." >> reporter: at the tip of new york's roosevelt island in the middle of the east river sits a small piece of land dedicated to big ideas. enduring themes of the island's name sake, franklin delano roosevelt's "for freed many" speech. >> reporter: it was f.d.r.'s call for basic human rights worldwide. the planet was being engulfed by world war. the new park is simple, almost stark, a granite and grass homage to the words of a great american president designed by a great american architect. >> you come up these big steps. reporter: the late louis kahn, nathaniel kahn's father. >> you spect a monumental statue of roosevelt perhaps very form formal. >> reporter: mounted on a horse. perhaps. but instead here you come and you look down there and what have you got? you get a one-on-one with the president. he's right there welcoming you. >> reporter: a visitor to the "for freedom's qua qua park is is drawn to the main event by the shape of the place triangular just 550 feet

. >> was that in the company, the era of teddy roosevelt and his lament over the overcivilized men in famous speech he gave? >> right in the strenuous life. in that period, 19th century turning into the 20th century as roosevelt's roughriders were going up san juan hill and pursuing the spanish american war there's an effort to buff jesus up essentially, emphasize his scenes where he kicks the money changers out of the temple or where he's a carpente" and he's buff and got strong muscles and that sort of thing and that was an effort to bring men back in the churches, there were very few at that time and there was an effort to attract them. >> we won't try to summarize the various permutations of the image of jesus in your book, but one of theer aspects of it is your portrayal or your backgrounding of the laughing jesus. correct? >> yes. >> what was that? >> well,, you know, i think this is where the fridly mr. rogers jesus sort of ends up is the jesus who laughs. >> who produced the laughing jesus? >> well, there was a couple efforts to do it. there was a fellow called hubert eaton at

dedicated to teddy roosevelt, their beloved presidents. fans attending will receive themedroosevelt- items.onal >> it is 52 degrees. >> next, more problems for lindsay lohan. why good morning. this mondayjeras on morning. is a little silly to start. degrees in the district right now. fog in theme areas, western parts of virginia.nd northern like hagerstown and martinsburg looking at around 0.3 miles. use caution. throughl stick around midmorning. advisory expires at 10:00. 47 at dulles, 46 in gaithersburg, 51 in fredericksburg. the clouds will increase today a chance of showers late. 68-73. a dry day overall, not shabby, just a little chilly. to trafficon over with angela. fog is the big issue. reduced visibility this morning. still no early incidents to report. getting rid of the construction. cones have been lifted on the beltway inner loop at gallows northbound at we , the left lane was the only lane open in fredericksburg until a few minutes ago. nice ride continuing into springfield. crossing on route 50 point.y it's good to annapolis

across america demanding change which led to the election of the landslide election of franklin roosevelt that election there were not that many union members so so in areas that could be you there tom and you know we've feel in the seattle area really even a nuke is a very unionized town but we feel that people are just regular people are going union because they're mad at our health care our good health care and our good benefit and it's regular people my own family get mad now we have such good benefits and you know you get and they will but everybody union i've been we cannot afford it they would still have a care and i totally appreciate what you're saying it's very well said and let's have a race to the top and what the conservatives have successfully done is they've been worker against worker by saying hey you know you've got this lousy wal-mart type job or staples type job you know you have no benefits but that person over there they're in a union and they've got all these benefits you should feel jealous of them which is a horrible way to you know do any of this is anti-american

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> tonight is the night. it has come down to game 162. >> it feels like you're pitching tonight. you're so nervous. here we go, christian. >> these guys back here are awesome. even though they are, they still had a tough time managing hits last night. take a look. batting practice doing on. i believe it is adam jones. adam jones stepped into the cage. the pitches he's facing will not be as tough as what he faced last night and an amazing performance. the orioles had the one gigantic home run. the orioles pitchers were talking about the pitching performance. >> for me, personally, that's one of the best games pitched. to be honest, he was as good as i've seen in a long time. to get a "w" out of that, absolutely. you come in here today and you build from wins like that, even when they're 1-0. >> will's not that much different youan do. >> reporter: you heard from jim thome. now he's gotten into the cage himself. 42 years old. you heard what he said. that was one of the best pitching performances he's ever seen.

franklin roosevelt threw out the first ball in 1933. the nation was mired in the great depression, and roosevelt used baseball terms to explain how he'd deal with congress and get the country rolling again. >> i have no expectation of making a hit every time i come to bat. what i seek is the highest possible batting average, not only for myself but for the team. >> schieffer: roosevelt was more successful than washington's ball club. the last game of that series was exactly 79 years ago today. washington lost. but that 1933 team had four future hall of famers. mi, in uche, goose goslin, sam rice, and manager joe cronin. the team also had a catcher named mo bird. as far as we know, the only major league ball player who became a u.s. spy. and he was a good one during world war ii. presidents continued to throw out first ball, but washington kept losing. attendance dropped, and washington lost its team in 1971. baseball didn't return until 2005. and george bush did the honors. followed by the current white house occupant. so forgive us for

. >> abc2 news roosevelt leftwich reports on the cleanup. >> reporter: the cleanup continues. folks in cecil county thought they road the storm out pretty well but one family has a heck of a story to tell. the eastern shore is very flat. in these fields you can grow just about anything here, including, very, very tall trees. when they fall, you can hear it all over cecil. this tree came crashing through the roof of her kitchen. it looks bad on the outside. inside it's even worse. kelly was three steps from the doorway and saw it happen. >> i heard a loud crash, snapping sound, looked up to see the rain and the wind and the tree running through the middle of my kitchen. >> years ago he said this was a model kitchen because of the chestnut cabinets and modern styling. his air-conditioning and heating unit are right under it and they are trying to delicately balance the tree and root ball. >> are you the luckiest oren luckiest man in cecil? >> i feel lucky in that nobody got hurt. it's pretty shocking but i'm not that upset about it. like i said, nobody got hurt. i'll get a new k

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> there's a possible break tonight in the case of the missing jessica ridgeway. she disappeared while walking to school friday morning in a colorado neighborhood. police found a backpack with her name on it about six miles away from where she was seen. neighbors are remaining hopeful that they can find little jessica. >> it's awful. it's awful. >> police won't say what they found in her backpack. they're working to determine when that backpack was left there. >>> tomorrow we will hear from convicted child sexual abuser, jerry sandusky. sandusky faces life in prison. >>> details coming on. an mdta office are shoots a dog. >>> guests from two different weddings start throwing punches and one man died. one finally got crowd under control. >> find out how to maximize your reward for your next vacation. >> fans are really showing off their orange pride. we appreciate you showing your favorite fan photo. they're rooting for the orioles. go o's. >> well, we have nothing going on right new, spotty showers across the area. there are more showers as we head into

roosevelt leftwich -- abc2 news. >> a few patches of drizzle. a look around queen anne's county, around queen anne. more showers south of town. this will make its way no laurel, columbia and anne arundel county. mild compared to yesterday. 56 in ellicott city. north of town where we had a decent amount of sunshine, 60 degrees. cloudy, 55 degrees. drizzle developed. 50s, falling into the low 50s and fog will greet you by tomorrow morning. the warmup for tomorrow. there's a storm that comes in wednesday night coming into thursday this brings in cooler air. we'll talk about that in the seven-day. >>> yankees fans trying to return home on amtrak had to endure more suffering as the power outage shut down northbound rail service. long lines, delays and cancellations lay waited them at baltimore -- awaited them at baltimore's penn station. after about six hours amtrak dusted off some diesel powered trains to restore partial service. >> we can't get home using amtrak, can't get home using the transportation that i've already paid for. >> by early aftern

roosevelt leftwich works for you. >> reporter: the last time a fire like this killed this many people was back in deals of 2010. since then efforts to help educate people about fire prevention and safety have increased it. takes something like this to happen to make people think. just can't imagine what they're going through. the family and friends hovered around as they tried to figure out what happened here. the cause of the fire not known. where it started, not known. whether there were working smoke detectors in the home, not known. but a grandmother and four grandchildren are dead. >> the city had a very significant loss last evening with the matriarch of the family perished along with the four grandchildren. the fire is being investigated. we stand in support of the family as they try to get through this tragedy. >> it takes a tragedy like this to make people think of fire prevention. is my house safe. could i get out. until now fire deaths were down along with the number of fires and injuries. a program gave out free smoke alarms with a 10-year lithium batteries. they are hopin

roosevelt leftwich has information on cemetery thefts. >>> plus, jerry sandusky got his sentence. >>> a small increase for social security check is coming in 2013. >> i'm mike masco. we have clouds and drizzle. we'll talk about that next on news at 5:30. >>> here are some of our top stories. a quick trip to visit her aunt ended with a 15-year-old girl getting shot. police found the body of ahjee harrod on fairlawn in northwest ball. she was shot in the head. >>> the family of a teen who took her own life because of bullies is using social media for good today. they're encouraging you to leave nice messages on facebook and twitter for the kindness of grace. she killed herself easter sunday. >> they're used to rain delays but train delays? the yankees and o's experienced problems when the amtrak stopped because of power problems. normal service has been restored. >>> we're starting to feel better. up to around 60 degrees. 59 in eldersberg. centerville at 60. take a lock at aberdeen. a lot of humidity. that's one of our spots where we think some fog and low clouds will come into play. be

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> a beautiful fall day. october the 1st. >> but little rain might be coming our way. look who's back. let's check in with chief meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> glad to be back from cincinnati. the purple was not popular out there last week. clouds rolling in, changing weather. we've got a night where we will begin to see the showers roll. i think we're good for the rest of the evening but a stray shower. thunderstorms as this large hear of low pressure begins to drift east. as we go into the day tomorrow and early wednesday, this evening 70 or so will fall into the 60s and the possibility of showers into the morning commute. we'll talk about how fast this thing gets out of here. >>> all right. it's been 15 long years. the orioles clinched a playoff spot. abc2 news christian schaffer following the yankees. >> the orioles are here. they have taken the field despite that mishap with the airplane. they were talking about that in the clubhouse, a very relaxed team. here's what some of them had to say earlier. >>

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> we've got all the photos, all the interactive radar. you can find it all right there on abc2news.com. >>> a developing story that we're tracking as police search for a killer. a member of the u.s. navy is dead after a shooting last night in southwest baltimore. police say the 24-year-old had just stepped out of a car on marbourne avenue last night when two men got out of a dark colored sedan and opened fire. the woman was watching tv when she heard five gunshots. >> the older son came out. he was a pair med deck in the army. he said get me a towel. he ran over to troy to put pressure on it. he said i don't think he's going to make it. >> police say that gladden was an active member of the navy. they're offering a cash reward up to $2,000 for any tip leading to an arrest or indictment. if you have information, call 1-866-7-lockup. >>> three men died in a car crash. two appeared to be in their 20s and the other in his 30s. the chevy impala was speeding when it hit a tractor-trailer that was making a left turn on route one. the accident sh

roosevelt four freedoms park. the memorial celebrates the four freedoms famously outlined by roosevelt, freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. >>> and, finally, happy birthday to singer wyclef jean, he turns 40 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. an intimate look at the life of ethel kennedy. her children are live in studio with details on a new documentary about their mother. >>> and actor producer director tyler perry is live with matt and savannah to talk about his new role as a detective in the movie, "alex cross." >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one.

he has written much praised biographies for franklin del know roosevelt roosevelt and ulysses s. grant. mr. smith is a senior scholar at --s' spent time at the at toro. and our moderate you're will be jonathan yardley. he has been a feeman fellow at washington university. his most recent book, a compilation of the most memorable reviews of noted and neglected book from the past. please join me in welcoming david and julie eisenhower, jean edward smith, and jonathan yardley. [applause] ... we don't have much time so i'm going to ask our panelists to get right to it first mr. smith and then eisenhower to tell you about the books they are here to talk about. >> thank you very much. eisenhower in war and peace first as a general and then as h president we are dealing reallya with one ofl the most underratd of figures in american historyhd both as a general and as president.you one of the reasons bumper stickers in the election of 1956. ben hogan for president. if we are going to have a golfer, let's have a good one. [laughter] eisenhower was franklin roosevelt's first choice to comma

this is teddy roosevelt, george washington, thomas jefferson and abe lincoln. sprinting around the park during the national game on wednesday. a mascot knocked everybody down. after losing 500 times since 2006, teddy roosevelt wins for the first time. just like that. when we come back the search is over. a woman caught on camera breaking the law by riding a manatee has surrendered. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in d.c. thunderstorms 82 degrees. sunny in atlanta 84. 82 degrees in st. louis. 54 in denver. partly sunny skies in seattle, 65. >>> with millions of americans tuning in to watch last night's debate you might expect the candidates to be edgy but check out what mitt romney was up to before he took the stage. romney watched as three his grandsons and his sons by the way played jinga. that can be pretty intense. last year sales of dietary supplements totals $20 million. now some may have misleading labels. >> reporter: the report found that 20% of supplements had labels that claim to treat a disease and that's illegal.

teddy, as in theodore roosevelt one the race in football. how about the tigers getting the sac right here. and recovery in the end zone. wilson crushes roosevelt 52-6. i think it's revenge for a playoff march. and if you missed any of tonight's highlights, log on to wusa.hsshigh school/dc. and that's going to do it for the usa high school game night report. we'll have post game reaction once the game is done between the nats and the cardinals. for now we leave with the music of wooten's high school band. see you later. ♪music playing

this is teddy roosevelt, george washington, thomas jefferson and abe lincoln. giant 10-foot tall foam presidents. sprinting around the park during the nationals game on wednesday. a philly's mascot knocked everybody down. after losing 500 times since 2006, teddy roosevelt wins for the first time. just like that. when we come back the search is over. a woman caught on camera breaking the law by riding a manatee has surrendered. san jose police are investigating two deadly shootings. what we're just learning about the victims. plus: few fireworks and fewr surprises. the presidential candidates meet in denver. w big bird quickly became the biggest star of the debate. "..." and the a's have it! but not until after an amazing come. so who are they playing nexd what are the chances of anor ,,,,battle of the bay. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in d.c. thunderstorms 82 degrees. sunny in atlanta 84. 82 degrees in st. louis. 54 in denver. partly sunny skies in seattle, 65. >>> with millions of americans tuning in to watch last night's

roosevelt middle school, where is roosevelt? balboa high school, yeah! civic center secondary school. wallingburg high school! thank you everybody for being here. i know you are going to help us. and guess what? you are too legit to quit. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> how about a round of applause for our mayor? [ applause ] talk about two legit to quit. so let's get real. let's get ready to watch this movie. we're glad that you are here. let me tell you a little bit about this documentary. it's a documentary about a number of children in schools throughout our country. and you know, we see a lot of things on tv a lot of fake reality shows, you have all seen them, where people are paid to be angry or they are paid to fight or paid to say really hateful things to one another. this film is not one of those. this is real. the students featured in the film are actual students, just like you and they are targets of verbal and even physical harassment. in some cases it might be uncomfortable and other cases it might be painful to watch what we're about

roosevelt knows this.e knows that he also has to get the country to -- he knows that we have been at war for 3 years. and we have lost a lot of people. now the number of casualties are going to multiply. we have to keep building bombs and keep building bullets. >> jamie: you say he goes from the role of president to minister, rabbi, a counselor. >> he becomes the national minister. this shows how the country has changed. he leads the nation in a prayer. it is an ecumenical prayer that hay protestant, catholic or jew can recite. it's a gorgeous prayer. it is one of the finest melts in the presidency. and he gives the country courage to keep going and keep doing what they have to do to. >> jamie: the way you write, you take us back to these moments, moments even with linkon that are before the social media. president obama's speeches are not only carried carried on rady are on the internet. so how has the ability for a president to communicate with the nation changed? are people paying attention like they us

both parties -- theodore roosevelt on the republican side. franklin roosevelt pa on franklin rooseveltr on the democratic side. kennedy and johnson. we have had that to face down the powerful interests. president obama had the mandate to do it in 2009, as we have been discussing. i do not think he did it the way he could have done it. i am hoping after the election he will see that america needs is so much, the leadership to actually move beyond the vested interest right now, that he will take that as his personal legacy need as well as our countries priority. tavis: out in paperback with a brand new preface -- "the price of civilization." written by jeffrey sachs. jeffrey sachs, good to have you on this program. we appreciate your insights. thanks for your time. >> thank you so much. tavis: thanks for watching. >> there is a saying that dr. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to complet

at every home game, teddy roosevelt races against tom, george, and abe. for seven straight years, he's lost. he's faced -- hamstring problems. cheating competitors. rival mascots. even mr. kool-aid. he's also been disqualified -- illegal use of a segway. a zip line. a golf cart. some say it's a conspiracy against the republican roosevelt. >> i am outraged. that's why i'm calling for congressional hearings to right this horrible wrong. >> reporter: with the team finally winning, we set out the see if it was time for teddy to win, too. what's it going take to win? >> translator: you gotta run fast. >> reporter: after a little prerace workout, we put teddy to the test. come on, come on, come on. he can run but there's something about that finish line. you had it! he just acts like a loser. despite never winning, teddy is the clear favorite with the fans. who do you think is going to win? >> all: teddy! teddy! >> reporter: what's youred edyo for teddy? >> don't fall! >> reporter: as the team celebrated, we asked their star michael morse, the big question. is

his name is teddy roosevelt, one of the racing presidents at nats park. a lot of people think maybe this could be his year. maybe as the nats have begun to win maybe this could be his chance to finally win a race. teddy, is tonight the night? teddy says tonight could be the night. you know if you win, teddy, it's over, right? no more races. the shtick is done. you're going to win anyway? he says tonight's the night. there you have it straight from the mouth of teddy roosevelt himself. tonight is the night. for those of you saying let teddy win, he's in shape, he's been training. he expects to take the race tonight. of course, maybe it will be poetic justice because as we know the phillies are in found and 1 more game and the nats will be nl east champions. we should note some things for you. here's what can happen tonight. first of all, if the nats win, they will win their first nl east pennant. even if they lose, if the braves lose to pittsburgh tonight, the nats will still win the division. but if the nats lose and the braves win, we have to wait yet an

no he became a fan of franklin roosevelt, cheered for him as a boy growing up in the 1930s. in the 1950s some people thought cronkite he was republican because the founder of cbs work directly for dwight eisenhower, and ike, personally loved walter cronkite so when you have the 20th anniversary of d-day, dwight took cronkite there. so there is would feeling cronkite might be a republican but the vietnam war showed him to be a liberal, and he came out publicly saying, i'm a man of the left, in a speech with barbara jordan. >> host: did that hurt him? >> guest: no, because at that time he had stepped down as the anchor manin' 1981. he played mr. objective quite bell, and if you go to a doctor and are getting surgery you don't care if the doctor is a democrat or republican, but when he came out and voiced some disseptember own the vietnam war, it was the beginning of him editorializing, and today we see people in television who are editorializing all the time, and that's a slippery slope we're on now. and also, you see, with cronkite the berth of celebrities and television. whe

alice roosevelt longworth, who was approaching 90 at the time of the watergate scandal, teddy roosevelt's daughter, still very sharp and still very humorous and witty. she is my one witch's chorus in the book with long historical memory. howard hunt, one of the burglars, whos with only person i knew actually. i knew him when i was in the magazine business. he once wrote an article for me when i was at gentleman's quarterly. i had him review norman mail letter's spy novel. harlan's ghost. he used to write spy novels and had been a spy. elliot richardson from investigative side of things and a few more, relatively minor figures. the president's secretary, rosemary woods, who like fred larue lived in watergate. a great players haed their homes are. mitch shells lived there. it wasn't just the headquarters there to be burgled. >> thomas mallon, we interviewed and spent time with david and julie nixon ice hen hour at the national book festival. do they feature in the watergate novel? >> they do come and go. julie nixon was valiant defender of her father and david eisenhower of his father-in-la

he has written much praised biographies for franklin del know roosevelt roosevelt and ulysses s. grant. mr. smith is a senior scholar at --s' spent time at the at toro. and our moderate you're will be jonathan yardley. he has been a feeman fellow at washington university. his most recent book, a compilation of the most memorable reviews of noted and neglected book from the past. please join me in welcoming david and julie eisenhower, jean edward smith, and jonathan yardley. [applause] ... we don't have much time so i'm going to ask our panelists to get right to it first mr. smith and then eisenhower to tell you about the books they are here to talk about. >> thank you very much. eisenhower in war and peace first as a general and then as h president we are dealing reallya with one ofl the most underratd of figures in american historyhd both as a general and as president.you one of the reasons bumper stickers in the election of 1956. ben hogan for president. if we are going to have a golfer, let's have a good one. [laughter] eisenhower was franklin roosevelt's first choice to comma

eleanor roosevelt longworth approaching 90 at the time of the watergate scandal, teddy roosevelt staffer, still very sharp, still very humorous and would be. and she is sort of my one-woman which course with the long historical memory. howard hunt, one of the burglars who was one of -- the only person that i knew, actually. i knew him when i was in the magazine business. he was from an article for me when i was a gentle it -- jevons quarterly. i had him review a spy novel. he used to write them. and elliott richardson from the investigative side of things and a few more rail -- relatively minor, the president's secretary a great many of the players actually had their homes there. the mitchells live there. it was not just the headquarters of was there to be burgled. >> now, david mariness -- thomas mallon, yesterday we spent some time here at the national book festival. do they feature in watergate to the novel? >> in a minor way they come and go. julie nixon was a very valiant defender for father. david eisenhower was a good father lot throughout the scandal. julie nixon wrote a very goo

roosevelt four freedoms park. the only memorial dedicated to president roosevelt in his home state of new york. that park celebrates the four freedoms he famously outlined in 1941. they were freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom of what, and freedom from fear. >>> a second person in virginia has died from the meningitis outbreak. that raises the death toll to 16. more than 230 others are sick. the news comes as federal criminal investigators raided the massachusetts pharmacy linked to the infections. heat officials believe steroid injections produced for back pain were contaminated with the disease. on monday, the food and drug administration warned other drugs from the pharmacy may be tainted as well. >>> a new study refutes the theory that cranberry juice prevents bladder and kidney infections. british researchers reviewed the data from four studies and revealed taking cranberry pills or drinking cranberry juice were no better than a placebo. studies show they'd have to drink two glasses