roosevelt. so even though it was not a popular thing to, you know, change the third branch of government, it could have been done, it seems to me, the it had been handled differently. >> and it's not just self-sabotage. there are external events. there are a couple of things that sort of happened in that first 30, 40 days. announcement of the plan in february. by early march the senate hearings are starting. the supreme court justices send a letter to the chairman of the committee that basically says we're current on our work. so they blow up the cover story. but then the supreme court in mid march starts to hand down decisions upholding new deal laws. all of a sudden this supreme court problem is receding. a state minimum wage is upheld, the national labor relations act is upheld. social security is argued that spring by robert jackson and charles la zahn sky, and its constitution toally is upheld. so that kind of confluence of events, i think, really made it much less necessary to do something

before we get to roosevelt being stricken, let's talk a little bit about the young roosevelt. and you mentioned sarah. so you make an interesting argument that she not only gave her only child great confidence, but that she also some of it might have been, you know, natural, but she also helped to develop a cheerfulness and an optimism. talk about that a little bit. yeah, i mean, i think fdr is was famous for having this sort of eternal, placid exterior. his speechwriter turned biographer robert sherwood talked about it as is heavily forested interior. you know, you could it was it was really hard to get at what was really going on inside of roosevelt's head, which is something that i struggled with writing about roosevelt. i am sure you did at times, too. and, you know, i think a lot of that has its roots in his upbringing from sarah roosevelt. she she described his childhood as this sort of wonderful idol where he he didn't really need much handling at all, in her words. and she was sort of the mistress of every aspect of his upbringing. you know, other women of her class in

he had a close relationship with theodore roosevelt. he was appointed by roosevelt to be u.s. attorney in new york city, where he helped roosevelt carry out some of his antitrust programs. he's a republican he's a republican. that's right. and like theodore roosevelt, who was fdr, his distant cousin, although fdr was, they were different different political persuasions, guys. but simpson would go on to be of war under president taft. he ran for election once a governor of new york with teddy roosevelt flogging his campaign with no success. he lost, unfortunately, in the. of 1910 and he never ran again for public office. but he was revered as a wise man and that ultimately led him be appointed secretary of state by republican president herbert hoover. and he had during the twenties, he also in colonial administration for the united in the in the philippines. that's right. he was the governor general over the philippines. so broad outlook internationally, both through work and general inclination in terms of how he viewed the america and the world. absolutely ali, although, you

because the farmers america liked the high tariff, and roosevelt had been promising to it.and then he realized he might lose the farm votes. so he kinds of, well, we're we're only going to, you know, to lower a reasonable level and we'll do it by negotiations. so. so kind of tried to smooth that over, but that was kind of the politics of the matter. and so that that was kind of the last gasp, though, of tariffs. the smoot-hawley got such a bad name, and ever since it's been held up as this kind of catastrophic policy error that we have moved in more direction of free trade, starting with, i think it's called a reciprocal free trade act or something close to that. in 1934, under fdr. so that's usually up as a bad example. my own point here is that it's import in the total context. i think has been overstated. i'm not the tariff. i'm saying that it's not is somehow the the the bugaboo that it was made to be. thank you. dr. nash. another wonderful lecture. certainly appreciate the clarity. bring us back to herbert. my question is, you would expect from west michigan, are there

democrat james cox, pictured here with running mate that year, some guy named roosevelt. so to a appreciate these presence. we first need to understand what the main political issues were at the time. and these are mostly very different than the issues that animate current political discourse. for example, there were still issues from the civil war during most of this period. one of the main ones had to do with the question of to protect, protect the civil rights of the freedmen in the south even as southern state governments, vigilante groups like the ku klux klan to strip them away. also union veterans during this period were constantly lobbying for the expansion of pensions for themselves and their and in general, republi tended to advocate for these measures, often engaging in something called waving the bloody shirt, painting their democratic opponents as being the party of rebellion and war. brutal polity. another huge issue of the time was what to do with the us currency during, the war. the us issued paper money, but many pro-business people wanted to enshrine the

franklin roosevelt president roosevelt said that the we're living in the horse and buggy days. the critics call them nine old men. it was the it the stuff of mass debate and, mass movements and the warren era. we saw over many years the growth, the rise of conservative activism in the united states on issues like abortion and like guns, all aiming change. what came out of the supreme court. right now, we certainly see signs of significant political impact, a significant backlash to this court. i would say you saw it in the midterm election in of 2022, knows you know the party that controls white house usually doesn't do well. just as one of the laws of political gravity. and in that case you had kind of 8% inflation low the fundamental were not good for the democrats but the democrats had the best midterm performance decades for a party in control of the white house. so much of was a response to dobbs the dobbs case, as well as fears democracy on issues like redistricting. but i would even point to something more recent than that as potentially beto gaining a very significant b

franklin roosevelt president roosevelt said that the we're living in the horse and buggy days. the critics call them nine old men. it was the it the stuff of mass debate and, mass movements and the warren era. we saw over many years the growth, the rise of conservative activism in the united states on issues like abortion and like guns, all aiming change. what came out of the supreme court. right now, we certainly see signs of significant political impact, a significant backlash to this court. i would say you saw it in the midterm election in of 2022, knows you know the party that controls white house usually doesn't do well. just as one of the laws of political gravity. and in that case you had kind of 8% inflation low the fundamental were not good for the democrats but the democrats had the best midterm performance decades for a party in control of the white house. so much of was a response to dobbs the dobbs case, as well as fears democracy on issues like redistricting. but i would even point to something more recent than that as potentially beto gaining a very significant b

franklin roosevelt president roosevelt said that the we're living in the horse and buggy days. the critics call them nine old men. it was the it the stuff of mass debate and, mass movements and the warren era. we saw over many years the growth, the rise of conservative activism in the united states on issues like abortion and like guns, all aiming change. what came out of the supreme court. right now, we certainly see signs of significant political impact, a significant backlash to this court. i would say you saw it in the midterm election in of 2022, knows you know the party that controls white house usually doesn't do well. just as one of the laws of political gravity. and in that case you had kind of 8% inflation low the fundamental were not good for the democrats but the democrats had the best midterm performance decades for a party in control of the white house. so much of was a response to dobbs the dobbs case, as well as fears democracy on issues like redistricting. but i would even point to something more recent than that as potentially beto gaining a very significant b

i don't think she celebrated. >> how did they get to know the roosevelt? >> that's one thing i'm not one 100% certain, i have not found that exact moment where theyw, t to know each other. he could have been by chance, that ishi something i would like to know more as well, correspondent without between coming back and moving in with the roosevelt is a little unclear. >> [inaudible question] >> i want to say doesn't write about cuba. that's not the life she wanted, most of her writing looking back on like are related to travel and to her. generally traveling destination, their home for a bit. [inaudible] >> the imperial war museum is a british war museum. >> at most. >> is just the biographies that go into more detail in one thing i want to note is the museum does have a book you make it more so by budget. it's yours for probably always so make sure a you check that o. i want to recommend her own words in my research but thanks for the this is all of her wartime article, the spanish civil war to turn john job for bosnia. this is with myself and another and

he then remained for all three plus years of franklin roosevelt's time in office. so that was the onset of the new deal. and then, of course, the second world war. that is roosevelt seatethere, signing a critical piece of crime legislation from the 19s. d hoover is basically the young man right behind him. and one of the things that i should tell you that is often a newsflash to many people is that j. edgar hoover was in fact once a young man. even though we all imagine him as that kind of towering old bulldog that is so stamped in so many people's minds, he's there for all of franklin roosevelt's time in office. he stays on through harry truman. so that's the late forties into the early fifties. the rise of the red scare. mccarthy ism, the onset of the cold war. he was there for both of dwight eisenhower's terms. so through the 1950s, wch as i'll talk about, were in many ways kind of hoover's happiest years in office and in many ways the heyday of his power. he then stayed on for john kennedy as president in the early sixties. he stayed on through lyndon johnson a

it's during this time that she meets the roosevelts. so understanding that was not her only famous relationship. she actually became very good friends withelinore in particular and despite the almost 30-year age gap, they had a good friendship. and gellhorn said that no one could fail to be moved. roosevelts had martha over to the white house and she moved in for a bit. she spent evenings working on correspondents and the first lady's women's home companion. through this relationship, martha got another reporting job. this one would be as a field investigator for the federal emergency relief administration. so she would then travel the united states to report on how the depression was affecting the country. again, remember, she's really looking at ordinary experiences. how do-- or ordinary people's experiences, how do devastating times impact them. so she first went to gastonia, north carolina, but later travel with dorothea lang to document the everyday lives of the hungry and homeless, a part of the official government files for the g

so that was one step forward and then teddy roosevelt came along. he was very dedicated to the grand canyon, too. he really loved it. but in a very paradoxical way. so teddy roosevelt, after he was president, went to the north rim to go mountain hunting, and he was a big game hunter. so he went to the north rim and there used be a lot of mountain lions there and there were hundreds of them that were killed over the years. the first service actually hired a ranger to kill the mountain lions and nobody was thinking ecologically then and thinking what happens if you kill all the predators? well, the the prey, the deer are going to explode. there is massive population explosion deer. but anyway, teddy roosevelt know loved hunting, but but he still loved the canyon for other reasons. he tried his best to make this a national park and he couldn't persuade arizonans or congress make it a national park. so in 1908, he made it a national monument, which a president can do just by signing a bill. so that gave its certain protections, but it was still a lower

already on his deathbed, roosevelt writes back saying, excuse me, mister font. style responds with solomon so humble from the bonus to be felt casual position is more aggressive. he approaches to us with his plans full authoration, unthinkable. an alliance of anglo saxons. and nazis found a method of panic, a survey of the cities, the refund on each side, but still no longer needs to emergency all well, just true. i turned in all stuff that i know 9 pretty spun as well. actually strand i applied under apologies over to in your department would like to stop by when the 2010, honda busi, the show dog died shouldn't be of us. gosh, to cut out there is him. this to him. then come, then i am the last blevins a sample columbia. they get up every morning and pray that's done and is alive as well. so at least on it can save the world. winston churchill, the once the world was saved, the churchill changed his mind. any attempt by the soviets to compete against the anglo saxons has to be crushed forever. the u. s . s. a has to be eliminated immediately, the general george, as commander of the us, th

so the roosevelt's often had martha over at the white house. pretty regularly and eventually martha moved in with them for a little bit and she spent her even. eleanor working on her correspondence, and then also helping her with the first ladies mighty column in the women's home companion. and so it was through this relationship the martha got another reporting job. this one would be as a field investigator for the federal emergency relief administration. so she would then travel around the united states with farah to report on how the depression was affecting the country again. remember she really is looking at these ordinary experiences. how do these or ordinary people's experiences how to devastating times impact them. so she first went to gastonia, north carolina, but then later she would travel with dorothea lang a photographer to document the everyday lives of the hungry and homeless their reports would eventually become part of the official government files for the great depression. and what was unique is they were able to investigate t

audrina patridge (voiceover): known for organizing roosevelt ave.ore than a decade. people here like to show off their food. audrina patridge (voiceover): and the first stop on this tour is china, specifically the region of tibet, represented by the aptly named, little tibet. there's a growing population of himalayan people here, so we figured people would definitely come and try some tibetan food. audrina patridge (voiceover): and nothing screams tibet more than its native delicacy, momo. so these are beef momos. ground beef, onion, scallion. do you eat it with your hands? you could. it's very juicy. let me put a napkin on my lap. it could happen. [laughter] [music playing] wow, those are delicious. it's just a dumpling. it's like nothing crazy. audrina patridge: it is, but the flavoring of the meat is so good. i'm not sure if we gave it to different cultures or we borrowed it from different cultures. well, i'm going to call them momos from now on. no more dumplings. audrina patridge (voiceover): next stop, a unique spin on a classic dish you'll on

what we are doing is not unlike what franklin delano roosevelt did.amala and i are making a historic investment, to connect everyone in america to affordable high-speed internet by 2033. for today's economy to work for everyone, internet access is just as important as electricity or water or other basic services. think of the parents of students sitting outside of mcdonald's or outside your office to get on your internet and in a parking lot. just so a child can go online to do their homework. we heard from jeff who has to drive his kids all over town to find a good internet connection. he is not alone. thousands of americans do the same thing. small business owners are not able to reach their customers and seniors not able to talk to their doctor through telemedicine. around 24 million americans across this country, there is no high-speed internet and for millions more, they internet connection is limited or unreliable. high-speed internet is not a luxury anymore. it has become an absolute necessity. that is why we acted as soon as we did with the am