look at theodore roosevelt. as you will see in our episode which is tomorrow night, tuesday, he pushes his four sons as close to world war i and to mostt and danger, with the horrible tragic consequences you can remember. to weigh make you want very carefully -- and i would urge you not to make a final weigh very carefully these twin polls of one of the presidents,dinary theodore roosevelt. franklin, we know his story, we think, pretty well. infantileicken with paralysis, polio, at age 39. up to that point, he had been the pampered only son of his older father james and his much wife.r they pampered him and instilled in him, thank goodness, all the optimism that any child has ever had. but he was essentially a very lonely child. a little bit too thin, a little bit too ambitious, a charming, as he tried to hit all the marks, all his more famous cousin theodore, as he too tried emulate his preposterous and trajectory to the presidency. it's only when he could not take thiser step that extraordinary empathy entered

burns but also your first project on the roosevelts and fdr. what drew you to roosevelt? >> guest: in particular john to him because fdr is such a fascinating and opaque person but you really can't have eleanor if you don't have theodore and that's a link that we wanted to show both in the show and in the book. they are to me in exhaustively interesting people and it was a great privilege and joy to do that but. >> host: we can show you "the roosevelts" an intimate history a companion piece with a 14 hour documentary airing this week on pbs. mr. burns i pretty describe this as an inside-out history. can you explain that? >> guest: we talk about this and geoffrey and i have talked about this in the 32 years we have collaborated on at least that many shows that american history is usually top down. that's the story of presidents and wars in general and that has a kind of lennearness and a convert and familiarity that is what passes for most people for american history. we have also understood that there have been trends and an interest in the bottom-up history talking about

that's what the roosevelt did. and theodore roosevelt said, the government is us. you and me. thank you. [applause] >> we have enough questions to go for two hours. so please, i apologize in advance. so i think will do a rapidfire. all try to ask if you could give questions and answers as succinct as you can, that would be great. >> i have brief nine part answers on all of them. [laughter] >> sure. seven part. tiahrt and fdr were strikingly different personalities with key are being boisterous brilliant and unlike. fdr being charming and money platoon and elusive. which of these figures did you find harder to grasp and why? >> that's interesting, all the adjectives are describing theodore r. all positive. to or three of them for franklin or negative. they're both equally disturbing and equally magnificent. franklin roosevelt is a much better president and the much better in some ways human bein beings. but you will be infuriated by his manipulative as an opacity, and at least early on his sort of overweening ambition. they're all complicated people. william shakespeare was des

and president roosevelt, teddy roosevelt decided to sent the united states fleet around the world. it's kind of, you know show american naval strength. and those days, the battleships were painted white. that's where the expression great white fleet comes from. >> reporter: the fleet was not quite the triumphant battle machine it appears. the ships were mostly obsolete by the standards of the time and two of them were in such poor disrepair that they could not complete the cruise. when the ships pulled into san francisco in the summer of 1908 for the very first fleet week they were greeted with awe and respect. despite the fact that the coal powered ships left a dismal fog of black smoke wherever they sailed. the visit had a lingering impact. at the end of the world war i the city decided to stage another fleet week celebration. sailors marched down market street in 1919 to advertise the fact that ships based here instituted an important segment of the u.s. navy. but expect for 1938 that was the last fleet week until mayor dianne feinstein revived the tradition. and these days the

host: why the roosevelts and why now? guest: this is a family that touched more americans than any other family and american history. we say that out front and we prove it. they raise issues that we are dealing with today about the role of government and the nature of leadership in the tension between idealism and pragmatism. the important thing is that traditionally weak cover these guys independently. we assume that because the it or was republican and franklin was a democrat that you can segment them and they contribute to different silos of american history when in fact they intertwined and integrated families, with the last name roosevelt is of much more interest. exponentially more interesting when you see how related they aren't that there is no franklin or eleanor without theodore. that there is no "new deal," without the policies of theodore roosevelt's nearly two terms as president but his attempts to run on a progressive third party. a great deal of history is commanded on his roosevelts. rest of thee the 20th

that took franklin roosevelt. and franklin roosevelt came up with that idea, and we all talk about how where in the most partisan of times, if you read through the arguments that went on about whether or not to allow for this library that's right here, whether or not to allow it to take place, you'd realize that there's been partisanship throughout our history, of course. a lot of people thought it was bad idea, and the man who thought it was the worse idea of all was hamilton fish who's from this district. [laughter] and he, if roosevelt said it was sunny, he said it was dark. [laughter] so we know some hamilton fishes out there. this is not a new, this is not a new thing. and he said, this is a terrible idea. first of all, it's this giant monument to this man's ego. and more importantly, we've got the library of congress. why don't we put 'em there? what he said was we're going to have to drive from squadunk to podunk because everyone's going to want one of these libraries. so i thought, that's a great title. [l

this is not just about teddy roosevelt and franklin d. roosevelt but also about eleanor roosevelt. who is a figure as remarkable in history as perhaps her husband. let's just talk about the similarities between teddy and franklin and connection there. let's just run this clip. >> they belonged to different parties. they over came different obstacles. they had different temperments and styles of leadership. but it was the similarities and not the differences between the two that meant the most to history. both were children of privilege who came to see themselves as champions of the working man. and earned the undying emnity of many of those who had grown to manhood they shared a sense of stewardship of the american land. and unfamed love for people and politics. and firm belief that the united states had an important role to play in the wider world. >> schieffer: doris, the thing that struck me over and over again, we find the same thing with eleanor roosevelt. these were rich people. these were rich boys and she, of course, she was came from family of means. but what was it that c

roosevelt presidential library in hyde park, new york which is home to the annual roosevelt reading festival. this is about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. i am the deputy director at the franklin d. roosevelt presidential museum and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the eleventh annual roosevelt reading festival. when fdr established the first presidential library at his home in hyde park he imagined it being the premier research center for the study of the roosevelt era and we are consistently one of the busiest research rooms in the presidential library system and one of the reasons we love this so much is we get to see the fruit of the labors of all the people who use our research rooms throughout the year so it is our pleasure to have you here. let me quickly go over the format of the day as well as a couple housekeeping matters. the first thing is will everyone take out your electronic devices and turn them off so there presentation isn't interrupted today? thank you. the other housekeeping matters if you find somebody on staff here today, that would

who married archie roosevelt, jr., the grandson of theodore roosevelt in 1950. andrea stone, freelance journal ist. chuck ross, washington correspondent for the "st. louis post dispatch.." jeffrey ward, writer, historian who has collaborated with ken since his civil war series. he has won seven emmy awards. donna lejae, reporter for usa today. a past president of the npc and vice-chair of the nbc speakers committees. skipping over your speaker for a moment. nick angilletta postalis, u.s. capital visitors center and speakers committee member who coorganized today's event with amy henderson. thank you, amy and thank you, nick. paula krueger, ceo of pbs and guest of the speaker. markham rick, washington bureau chief of bank rate, past npc president and chair of the club's broadcast committee. elaine king, professor of art history and theory and museum studies at can carnegie mellon and art critic for numerous publications. glen ellis, a documentary news and television producer. a round of applause for our head table. [applause] more than 30 years ken burns's docume

look at theodore roosevelt. as you will see in our episode which is tomorrow night, tuesday, he pushes his four sons as close to world war i and to mostt and danger, with the horrible tragic consequences you can remember. to weigh make you want very carefully -- and i would urge you not to make a final weigh very carefully these twin polls of one of the presidents,dinary theodore roosevelt. franklin, we know his story, we think, pretty well. infantileicken with paralysis, polio, at age 39. up to that point, he had been the pampered only son of his older father james and his much wife.r they pampered him and instilled in him, thank goodness, all the optimism that any child has ever had. but he was essentially a very lonely child. a little bit too thin, a little bit too ambitious, a charming, as he tried to hit all the marks, all his more famous cousin theodore, as he too tried emulate his preposterous and trajectory to the presidency. it's only when he could not take thiser step that extraordinary empathy entered

taft and roosevelt don't talk at all and taft tries to talk to roosevelt that roosevelt ignores themand finally they meet by happenstance in a hotel. what happened than? >> i was so happy this happen. what happened is when i finished the book up to 1912 i did not want it ended with a sense of betrayal but i didn't really know what the relationship had been like past that. i followed them in 1914, 15 and 16. people brought them together but taft says it was like an armed neutrality. in 1918 teddy was in the hospital with an operation that taft had once undergone any work undergone any wrote them a letter saying i know how painful this is an teddy wrote him back. it's often things a little bit so it just happened than some months later by happenstance they were both at the blackstone hotel in chicago and when taft checked in the elevator operator told him roosevelt was in the restroom -- restaurant eating alone. taft said bring me down immediately. he walked over to roosevelt and the whole room, 100 people dining in a broom and he says i'm so glad to see you. they throw their arms arou

that's what the roosevelts did. and theodore roosevelt said the government is us. you and me. thank you. [ applause ] >> we have enough questions to go for two hours, so, please, i apologize in vansz. so i think through rapid fire u i'll try to ask them. >> tr and fdr were strikely different personalities. fdr being charming and manipulative and elusive. which of these figures did you find harder to grasp and why? >> that's interesting. all the adjectives describing theodore are all positive and two or three out of them for franklin are negative. so there's a little bit of a thumb on a scale that we didn't feel comfortable doing. they're both equally disturbing and equally magnificent. franklin roosevelt is the much better president and, in some ways, human being, i think. but you will be infur rated by his manipulativeness and at least early on, his overweaning ambition. but they're all complicated people. shakespeare was described as having negative capability. the ability to hold in tension these things, when the wrerest us want to make a choice. the best figures in our liv

i am now just colonel roosevelt. and that is the way he stayed for the rest of his life, preferring to be remembered as the colonel commending the regiment of volunteers. the roughriders. always colonel roosevelt to the end. a wonderful opportunity for the national firearms museum to be the temporary custodians of these national treasures literally from our nation's attic. in fact a number of firearms his six children enjoyed using -- his oldest son earned the medal of honor at utah beach. his second son kermit, major in the british expeditionary forces during world war i and the united states in world war i and world war ii, died at fort richardson, alaska in 1943. son number three, archie roosevelt, given 100% disability from wounds received twice, both in world war i and world war ii -- and the first to pass, a fighter pilot shot down by the germans over france in 1918. the firearms used in the service for recreation around sagamore hill, as well as on safari in africa, are still wonderful examples and artifacts w

roosevelt. truman read them and ordered a structural investigation from the corps. and the resulting death sentence predictably, the corps said the house must be torn down and reconstructed. the widowed eleanor roosevelt moved out from the second and third floors sending 13 van loads of possessions furnishings, pictures, thousands of books, models of ships and more back to hyde park. president truman faced a family quarters only sparsely finished and they witnessed structural problems far more at a nearly empty house. and it was truman who said it was just worn down by living. most of the fault went to -- not to age but human quick fixes. the culprits were many through 150 years. mckim, for example, enlarging the state dining room in haste suspended the extended ceiling with iron tie rods anchored in the the old wooden timbers in the attic. and president coolidge tore off the attic level demanding it be done quickly as they all do. used steel and heavy concrete block terminating the tie rods of

it roosevelt by eric googler. roosevelt likes to play architect.archit he had -- mrs. signal and she got her friend 2 that silly man. he came in and did a design that roosevelt finally agreed to and that's the design the president wanted and there are parts of the other one in it. ma'am? >> who put the pool in? >> the pool was put in for president roosevelt, march of dimes. and it was in what was still, if you can believe, a laundry. it had always been that west wing that west wing that connects to the big building. that had been a laundry since the beginning and wine cellar and so president roosevelt, there were contributions great and small, schoolchildren, and they built -- it was a tank. it wasn't more like an exercise tank. beautiful room. had an arched ceiling. it is now the press briefing room. president nixon changed it to that and president ford had a backyard pool built behind the west wing. and i must add that it is very interesting recently that the place was changed. the briefing room. and a group of us from the association went down and you can see traces

so i tried to minimize roosevelt without deleting them. he is dark and not because they darted him but any president would hear from an economist and ignore it because he needs votes. their realistic people we do job sharing it is not perfect economics that could be either party so we try to minimize the issue of disability decided not to ignore it but not play it up as a distracts from the story so we tried to do do that successfully without losing our focus. >> [inaudible] of course, i can get an idea was like. if we read that non graphic versus the graphic version with the situation do you have a preference? >> that is a great question. what style does mom like better? [laughter] >> i like them both. there is more material if you go farther so how does she deal with it? what is her position and? that is why people want to read books. that is how they learned and think but it has more material. so how do i fledged that? you can see better imprint but honestly the older i got, the more clear by a pitted got about economics and i wanted to

eleanor roosevelt was not as good a politician as franklin roosevelt.y represented both the better angels of our nature and a sense of how to get it done. >> whatever their flaws, all three roosevelts shared an unshakable belief that government could be a force for good and benefit future generations. least theyope at would give us the benefit of the doubt. >> a century later, history has been kind to swashbuckling teddy, who did a lot to protect america's wildlife and wilderness. roosevelts are often admired and refiled in equal measure. but this document makes clear there intention. >> their legacy is concerned for the less fortunate. it says that these three people would have dedicated their entire professional lives to making the lives of people less fortunate than them better. their achievements are still debated, the roosevelts remained one of america's most fascinating and influential political families. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington. before we go, you may think the whole selfie crazes getting out of hand, though we have one even a cynic may

roosevelt. but she seated me at mrs. luce's table. and she said to me ahead of time, she said she won't take any notice of you, she's not interested in women at all. she'll only focus on the men -- [laughter] which, of course, she did. she didn't talk to anybody but alistair horne the entire dinner until the very end she lifted her head and said what do you do young lady? i said well, i'm a writer. and she said oh you're much too young to be a writer. and that was it. [laughter] so at the end of the evening i'm standing at the top of of the stairs waiting to leave, and she came up, and i thought she'd mistaken me for the hostess who was also short and dark. and, go, she was going to kiss me good night. so she gave me a kiss and said good night, you sweet thing, or something like that and swept out. and i was absolutely flabbergasted. so i then plucked up my courage and wrote her the first of several letters asking if i could do her biography. and she was really reluctant at first, but the bostons kind of gave a dinner party and we got

geoff ward who wrote "the roosevelts" and doris kearns goodwin. you'll hear her many times throughout this series. ken, i'm going to start out by just making a flat statement. this is your best work yet. >> i'm also told that you are in some way related to the roosevelts, does that have anything to do with you -- >> no, we've been talking about doing the roosevelts for as long as i've known geof or franklin or we decided to put them all three together which had never been done before. in the midst half way through new england historic genealogical society gave me an award present me with this book told me that, franklin and theodore and eleanor they are fifth cousins. i am 7th cuss towns theodore and eleanor once removed and eighth cousin once removed to franklin. i may than is the point which we do full disclosure.

man, teddy roosevelt went after big business. good, hate me, i don't care. >> exactly. mall factors of great wealth. i welcome your hatred. and then the great thing is the flexibility. he turns around, franklin turns around after making enemies all through the '30s and says guess what, i'm going to make awe lot of money. you need to outproduce everybody else and by the end of world war ii more than 50% of all the manufacturing is happening in the united states. and that's franklin roosevelt saying nope, 5,000 planes is not enough this year, i need 50,000 planes, you can't do that, mr. president. you will do it, i think you'll do it will. and it was because you had somebody saying you will do it he is that audacity. that's what makes them so remarkable. the key is fear. all of them had to face fear in some way. >> teddy had the health issues as a child, asthmatic. >> and unbelievable tragedy. his wife and his mother died on the same day in the same house on 20th street. >> jon: it was valentine's day. >> yeah. it was horrible. and

roosevelt did more.lation following the bank holiday extended the federal reserve's powers forced banks to meet tougher regulatory standards p and created the federal deposit insurance corporation to guarantee customers' accounts up to $10,000. give me my 60 cents. how do i know you got 60 cents? here's my bankbook. all right, that's fine. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60. that's o.k. americans showed their faith in the reopened banks and the crisis passed. the bank holiday was a watershed. it's remembered as one of fdr's most popular political moves. but, richard gill, was it really necessary? what had happened to the money supply? well, the money supply shrank drastically between 1929 and 1933. by money supply, we mean not just coins and currency, but also our checking accounts in the banks. since we make most major purchases by checks, rather than cash these deposits are the most important part of our money supply. commercial banks can actually create these deposits, actually create money

teddy roosevelt.eddy was known for his larger than life personality and on bending willpower during a campaign in 1912. a gunman attempted to assassinate him and not only did he survive but resumed giving his speech. here's that scene. >> the bullet passed through the ex-president's spectacles case and the folded 00-page speech behind it smashed through his chest wall and lodged in the splintered rib less than a quarter of an inch from his heart. pale and sometimes swaying at the podium he went on for more than an hour before his aides could get him to stop and agree to go to the hospital. >> ken, talk about why he didn't run. i know some of this. i'm sure you know more why he didn't run in 2000 -- i'm sorry, 1908. he could have easily gotten re-elected. why didn't he do that. >> the biggest political mistake theodore roosevelt made when he was elected in his own right as he sort of celebrating the victory makes this declaration like washington or cincinnati us that he's not going to run again. his da

his new documentary series "the roosevelts." our twitter question of the day, what should be the subject of ken burns' next documentary? tweet us @bsurveillance. ♪ >> good morning, bloomberg "surveillance." at the ceremonies for september 11 at the world trade center. very emotional ceremonies on the 13th anniversary. george pataki, former governor of new york. 8:00 a.m., "in the loop" with betty liu. this is bloomberg "surveillance ." i am tom keene. with me, scarlet fu and adam johnson. we are talking beer. >> never too early to talk about beer. trans atlantic m&a as well, especially the beer industry. had again turned down as to be downb -- heineken turning an sab offer. matt campbell joins us. rs are getting back to valuations seen before the financial crisis. beyond this sector, compare and contrast the pace and the tone of dealmaking overall with the height of the last bull market in 2007. >> i think getting back to the --ancial crisis is the theme before the financial crisis, i should say. deals are hot. everyone who has

franklin roosevelt knew, the media knew if people were pitying franklin roosevelt it would be political so there was a kind of gentleman's agreement not to cover it. let's remember, too, we think well we've got a much more active press today. we know less about our presidents over the last 50 years than that press knew about franklin roosevelt. he had 998 press conferences. because he couldn't stand to lecture and he invited them into the office knew everyone by name, when they got married, their kids, their problems. they knew his. they could see even though they were turning off their cameras they could see the arduous pain it took to stand up or move a few feet with braces and crutches and people holding on. now franklin roosevelt, to our ever-loving discredit couldn't get out of the iowa caucuses nor could theodore because he would be too hot for the cool medium of television. he would have ten howard dean moments a day. >> ken, let's talk business. we like asking you about distribution. this premiers on pbs sunday and goes all week. >> runs for seven straight days. they're showing

he learned that the roosevelts loved the old house. heoved -- all roosevelts love old houses and loved antiques. he loved that they wanted the historic white house and they wanted to live there. it was inevitable to be central to his administration and so mckim spun a web and wrapped the youthful president like a hero's cloak in all the prestige of the past. it was all to be a world image we now have been -- were an international nation. we had ambassadors, the world had changed and mckim restored the exterior but the interior which was the same house, but it was decorated in a more european way embassies were, with the french furniture and all. yet mckim's touch preserved the white house, bringing it into a new era with pinache. mckim preserved the exterior plan and the plan of the white house as people knew it. he tore off additions people loved, the conservatory. building new wings to the side. one is a new entrance, the other as new offices known today as the west wing. there were bathrooms, coat rooms, storage rooms and modern nic

after roosevelt became president nellie had hoped to get an office in his administration. she was hoping to become secretary of the interior. unfortunately for nellie that went to frances perkins who he selected as a as the secretary of labor. nellie did not succeed in becoming a cabinet member but appointed the first woman director of the u.s. mint. >> -- i have some magic power that i can direct the flow of this into bond buying. the revival of our happiness lies in the policies that president roosevelt is sponsoring. thate didn't serve in capacity for 20 years, from 1933 until 1943. she retire which was in her early 70's. she was nearly 50 when her husband died. from 1925 until 1953 is quite amazing. she is really well known in legacy and there is a thewhat she did as well as other women firsts stood wyoming had. i think it is pretty clear that wyoming, for many years, was a rightsin women and their and even somewhat in politics. >> american history tv is featuring wyoming's state capital. of the city is home to the cheyenne frontier days. it has since turned to america

why the roosevelts? has been written, so much seen on film in fiction and nonfiction about these families. tell me about your fascination and you see these connections. i never thought about fdr and teddy roosevelt as being that similar because they're in different parties, one, of course, inafflicteded with polio, the other the rough rider the forceful physical president. >> that's the whole reason to do it in this new fashion. they have is segregated by this arbitrary label of party. it was assumed they didn't have anything in common but together the three of them, including eleanor, this is a family that touched more american lives than any other family in american history, more of our world was created by both roosevelts than any other president and it's an intertwined complicated family drama like a downtownton abby, american, only it has the virtue of being true that we had to dive into it. we didn't like segregating these three extraordinary people into their own separate stories. it's united and

roosevelt went down on it for 55 minutes. t"the new york times" said he risked a valuable life in a collapsible and otherwise dangerous device. >> the book is "away from the white house: presidential escapes, retreats, and vacations." we have been speaking with larry knutson. thanks for being with us on american history tv. >> thank you. >>> by this time in the war, a lot of the soldiers had been away from their homes for three to four years. they were getting letters home saying, the farm is falling to pieces. we have patrollers in the area. they are taking supplies. when are you going to come home? there's a large problem with desertion at this time. it wasn't from the standpoint of soldiers not wanting to go into battle. it was -- their heart strings were being pulled by families needing them back home. what lee imposed was a strict set of orders that deserters would be sometimes shot and definitely that the punishments -- several occurrences of this happening. the moral was so low about this ti time, les miserables came o

i am now just colonel roosevelt. he preferred to be remembered as ehe colonel commending th regiment of volunteers. the roughriders. a wonderful opportunity for the national firearms museum to be the temporary custody and of these national treasures literally from our nation's attic. earned the medal of honor at utah beach. the second oldest son died at fort richardson, alaska in 1943. his third son received twice, both in world war i and world war ii theory be understood and first to pass, a fighter pilot shot down by the germans over france in 1918. the firearms used in the service for recreation around sagamore still wonderful examples and artifacts we can literally look at, reach back and touch the past. perhaps one of my favorite stories is of this winchester model 94. there is a silencer mounted. third son said father liked to take this gun out hunting early in the morning , dispatching varmints with it. if created little noise and tended not to wake the neighbors . if you can imagine someone on their lawn in o

i might have a chapter on not only eleanor roosevelt but on jackie robinson. they are everything i've looked in my whole life. >> do you still have that autograph? >> i can't even blame my mother because my mother died before these autographs and after my father died everything had been at his house. i was in college and i didn't come and get it all. not only that but all of my baseball cards are gone. i had all the brooklyn dodgers. you always say you blame your mother and i can't. i have to blame myself. >> it looks like will conclude with this young man over here. >> i would be glad to. >> the question would like to ask you is why do you think that fdr ran for a third term even as he was considering a return? >> absolutely interesting. i've just been thinking about why did fdr ran for his third term. i think by the end of his second term had there not been war in europe he would not have run again or even if he might have wanted to stay in office he too loved it just like teddy roosevelt did. somebody asked him once why would anyone want to be president but

when did teddy roosevelt and william howard taft first meet? >> they first meet in their 30's in washington. teddy is civil service commissioner and taft is solicitor general. they lived in the same part of washington and had kids the same age. they walked together to work. i love the image of them walking and taft listening to teddy. >> what is the difference in the size of these two men? >> taft would have been at a slimmer level, 250, 270. teddy weight in the 200's but he was 5'9", 5'10". taft is almost six feet tall but he is much bigger anyway. they would have looked shorter. >> what happens to their friendship? >> it lasted for a long time. in fact, teddy makes taft his successor in 1908 when he wasn't running again. he runs his campaign, gives him all the vice and the world. don't play golf, it is a rich man's game. fight, don't just answer. >> william jennings? >> right, he is so happy when taft wins. he says, taft will carry out my legacy. i trust no one more. he calls him a beloved person in his letters. teddy gives them space, comes

then filmmaker ken burns talks about his new documentary on the roosevelts. after that, a discussion on the challenges facing american youth. on monday, president obama awarded the medal of honor to bennie adkins and donald sloat. major adkins received the medal for his actions while serving during the vietnam war. army specialist sloat was awardrd his posthumously while serving as a machine gunner during vietnam. dr. sloat will accept the medal of honor on his brother's behalf. this is 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪[music]♪ >> let us pray. most high and gracious god, we pray today, if you will remind us of the value of sacrifice and how hero is a venable title because of the price paid by soldiers, like the two to be honored today, remembered by his persistent to defend his brothers, to never accept defeat and to never quit. and one who saved the lives of his friends by unselfishly giving up his own. these brave men living in death consecrate our history and our faith, the courage of our soldiers, the sacredness of

roosevelt for most poplar woman into the u.s. she had overcome the disadvantage of her childhood and was successful in multiple careers. luce may have disagreed with much of ms. roosevelts policy but she was recommended that truman ask her to be his running mate. she wrote that ms. luce would be an able ambassador who would represent us well. price of fame goes into the detail about luce's ship with the roosevelt and so many figures of the 20th century. and of course her stormy marriage to mr. luce. sylvia jukes morris makes an appearance in a wonderful account of how she became clare boothe luce biography. it is a great privilege to have her here tonight. born in england and her husband is a writer as well who i am proud to have here with us. she is the author of a book on edith roosevelt, another-person who had a complicated relationship with the resident of the house. our moderator is james atlas. he is finding editor of the viking press and the author of life of an american poet which was nominated for a national book award.

seventy-six wide open right now, along with the roosevelt boulevard. we'll continue to keep you updated on this for sure. now a look at sports with ukee. >>> torrey, birds are back at practice today. hearing from kerrey williams, who thinks chip kelly's practice style is making the birds tired by game dame. former eagles desean jackson burned the birds for the 81-yard touchdown, then did the eagles dance in the end zone, flapping the wings and all. coach kelly says, yep, he understands williams was upset. >> i think he was cents frustrated. and i understand that, karsy a competitor. i have no issues with carry. i think he knows, that i think he also under stands in some places cents you can go talk to a coach my doors are always open. anybody can come talk to me. >> eagles offensive line will be missing another start they are sunday against the 49ers. this time, center jason kelsey suffered sports hernia third quarter of the game against washington, expected to have surgery no timetable for his return. but the team is telling us about eight weeks. get

roosevelt suggested that he take a trip to siberia. that is roosevelt. and he did what the boss said. by the time that he got back, the knife was already in, and truman was a candidate. had he become a candidate in 1948, i don't want to go on for too long, but the short and simplified answer is that he originally wanted to challenge truman in the primaries. he never thought he could be him, but he thought he might be able to move his cold policies that wallace found acceptable. the other answer, though, is that the communist party really pushed him quite hard for their own reasons which i won't go into, but not for wallace's reasons. wallace's correspondence in the 50's show a lot of resentment. it played on a lot of his need to crusade, and to tell the people his views, and i do not think that, unprovoked by the communist party, wallace would have necessarily gone through with it. there is no way to say that with great certainty. but most people who knew him well outside of the party were urging him not to run. and he just would not listen. he had a pre

it roosevelt by eric googler. roosevelt likes to play architect.archit he had -- mrs.she got her friend 2 that silly man. he came in and did a design that roosevelt finally agreed to and that's the design the president wanted and there are parts of the other one in it. ma'am? >> who put the pool in? >> the pool was put in for president roosevelt, march of dimes. and it was in what was still, if you can believe, a laundry. it had always been that west wing that west wing that connects to the big building. that had been a laundry since the beginning and wine cellar and so president roosevelt, there were contributions great and small, schoolchildren, and they built -- it was a tank. it wasn't more like an exercise tank. beautiful room. had an arched ceiling. it is now the press briefing room. president nixon changed it to that and president ford had a backyard pool built behind the west wing. and i must add that it is very interesting recently that the place was changed. the briefing room. and a group of us from the association went down and you can see traces of jefferso

. >>> later, what would franklin roosevelt do? ken burns turns his lens on one of america's most fascinating political families and one of our greatest presidents and he's giving us an early look. "the cycle" is rolling on, friday, september 12th. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, this can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain, so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naproxen and meloxicam ha

roosevelt knew that wallace was a problem. roosevelt also knew that he was in bad health. there was some concern over whether wallace was a safe candidate to be president. i don't think roosevelt thought he was. as a matter of fact, when wallace came in and said what can i do to help the ticket? what can i do to put the whole team together and make things go better for us? roosevelt suggested he take a trip to siberia. [laughter] >> that's roosevelt. and wallace went. [laughter] by the time he got back, the knife was in, and truman was art of the candidate. that is the first part of the question. how did you become a candidate for president in 1948? simple financer, he originally wanted to challenge truman in the primaries. i don't think he ever thought he could beat him, but he thought he might be able to move his whole war policy closer to something that wallace found acceptable. the other answer is the communist party really pushed him quite hard, for his own reasons, which i won't go into in detail, but they were not wallace's reasons. there was a lot of cynicism, a lo

roosevelt boulevard. you can take aramingo avenue or justin right on to the schuylkill expressway. we'll have whole lot more when we c >> firefighters saved the day as they often do, this three year olds girl with her head stuck in a teapot, tee booth, maybe at a lost, but the little girl is fine. that's good. really. >> coming up in the next hour, breaking news, american jets strike hard against isis targets in syria. >> also, traffic nightmare, just in time of course for your mororning commute. , overturned truck stills trash all over 95. vittoria has your detours coming up. >> also, how your breath could help diagnosis disease. we're back in two minutes, see you at the top of the hour. good morning >>> we are following a bridge or breaking story on i at. traffic is back up after overturned tractor-trailer dumped trash all over the i-95 highway. heads up if you use that section of the highway. this is right at bridge street. the accident happened in the southbound lanes, but this is impacting both direc

do they even remember roosevelt and social security. i love the anecdote about the guy who said i don't want the federal government fooling with my medicare. >> right. >> so you know, it's this idea that but what they remember is rhetoric. and kennedy asked not what your country can do for you. reagan warning in america the pride is back soichlt think they make connection, and television, television he is enormously important. kennedy's froze in our minds at the age of 46. if he were alive-- he is 96 years old, but if he walked into this room at the age of 46, he would look like one of us. we still have a kind of presence. >> you give use lot more credit. >> that's right. >> he also had a little bit easier than later presidents because for instance when jeff was watching those press conferences in the afternoon there were three networks, how many of the networks koferpd the press conference, jeff. and when he gave the cuban missile crisis speech, 90% of the country was watching. so the president's voice in those days was so much louder