my mind went to roosevelt. it went to roosevelt. i said i did not want to talk specifically about the four freedoms, because every one will think i am try to sell my book. but i went back to the generation as a rendezvous with destiny, and i was convinced this generation right now that we confront, those of us in our 60's and older, and those who are younger, some of whom are here from high school. this generation has a rendezvous with destiny. we are not merely in the midst of a crisis which we can address by way of this policy and that policy. we need a dramatic change in the united states, a dramatic change that will not only mean electing a president, it will mean that americans themselves will have to reengage in public life in a fashion that is both radical and yet cooperative. that will involve doing something about plutocracy, the inequality in this country, dealing seriously with the weaponize inning of our everyday life. we will have to have a -- the weaponiz sing -- the ing of our everyday lives, and we'll have to have a

roosevelt? eleanor roosevelt, what role did she play? where she is enthusiastic as for slater about this passion that fdr had for saving our land? >> a great question. i write a lot about eleanor roosevelt to end their marriage in their book as i have to. what i think scholars have missed about their marriage is they had a shared love for an echo system, a treasured place, a sanctified landscape, the hudson river valley. that river meant everything to them and they would go on birdwatching trips together, fdr was more of an enthusiast than she was. i write about in the middle of world war ii them going to find golden eagles and together and more importantly she wrote in her my day columns regularly about america's woodlands, force, lakes, lakes, species, she worked with the audubon movement, she tried to get progressive laws for animal protection, she was a true equal, fdr had a little more passion on how to do it, he was more into the science and the biology, she was more of a pastoralists looking at beautiful places, but she wrote bett

roosevelt? eleanor roosevelt, what role did she play? where she is enthusiastic as for slater about this passion that fdr had for saving our land? >> a great question. i write a lot about eleanor roosevelt to end their marriage in their book as i have to. what i think scholars have missed about their marriage is they had a shared love for an echo system, a treasured place, a sanctified landscape, the hudson river valley. that river meant everything to them and they would go on birdwatching trips together, fdr was more of an enthusiast than she was. i write about in the middle of world war ii them going to find golden eagles and together and more importantly she wrote in her my day columns regularly about america's woodlands, force, lakes, lakes, species, she worked with the audubon movement, she tried to get progressive laws for animal protection, she was a true equal, fdr had a little more passion on how to do it, he was more into the science and the biology, she was more of a pastoralists looking at beautiful places, but she wrote bett

it was a real fighter and had been for roosevelt publicly but had suspicions about roosevelt privately. so you have a number of these progressives who have personal grudges against the president. ideological concerns. too much power being centralized. worried thatrats if the court became more of a political extension of the white house then civil liberties would be endangered. the court had been a champion of civil liberties even as it was conservative on economic questions. it had protected free speech over the course of the 1920's in particular. there is concern among liberals .hat there was a lot to lose toobin: the most dramatic part withur book was the part the response of the court itself. they were not technically allowed to speak out. how do they respond? esol: even cardozo was against it. brandeis was a supporter but he thought the nra was a disaster in certain ways. he is suspicions about the new deal. they were all strongly opposed to the idea of packing the court. they thought it would do great damage to the institution. some of them talked among themselves about resigning.

and roosevelt was such a -- you know, i see their dynamic as, you know, of course, roosevelt was the alpha dog of all alpha dogs. taft was a pretty -- i mean, brilliant man. oh. such a brilliant man. very, very -- you know, teddy was always one very quick to take credit for things. taft was the opposite. he had this stellar career where he just kind of went from strength to strength because he was just so smart and so good. again, we kind of forget the real taft. he is lost to this -- he's sort of seen as this marginal figure, kind of comical figure. he's not. he's this extraordinary man. he was like i was just -- my plate was right side up when things were falling. i was in the right time, right place. not me. it's opposite of others who say it's because i was so smart. he wanted to be a supreme court justice, which he eventually did. i think that they had a very convivial relationship. i think roosevelt felt that taft was going to be his guy and just do what he hoped that he would do. and he -- he got in the oval office and he said, i'm president. i'm going to not always do what te

roosevelt and the land of america, this is book 15. even you have lost count. bruce in santa cruz, go ahead. >> caller: i am a genealogist and i was wondering if he was related to david brinkley at all. that was my first question and i wanted to -- this second question, four of my great grandfathers were trustees, one was appointed by thomas jefferson in the louisiana territory, rufus east, i wanted to see if the national parks in the louisiana territory, and i wanted to know if he came across the family when he was researching theodore and franklin because they are so intertwined with each other. >> guest: i am not related to david brinkley. i get asked that a lot. the tucson book festival somebody put david brinkley, it happens a lot. no blood relation at all. my father was from western pennsylvania, clarion, pa. from the north, 0 north carolina brinkleys. the louisiana i write about in my book, write full heritage, fdr went to new orleans, they had done a big spill way to prevent flooding, went into the mississippi and went into the gulf of mexico, spent wee

roosevelt death in 1962. you will hear about all of us were activism later she was the cofounder of the national organization for women and really an extraordinary life and we will leave the rest of the story to the guests. our guests, patricia is the emeritus of women's studies and human development and family science at the university of georgia and a major chronicler of women's black lives including her book double stitch which won the memorial book prize. some of you saw the review at the boat years ago in which some of you remember the author of the notorious high praise for the first lady and knew that nothing was ever easy for polly murray a black woman born in 19 tens. a woman attracted to women and also a poet of memoirs come activists and priests. but her friendship with roosevelt sustained over nearly a quarter century and more than 300 cards and letters helped. it's for the firebrand into the first lady a tremendous book that has been 20 years in the making. i think that is what we call the rave a

as author chris epting talks about his book "teddy roosevelt in california". >> teddy roosevelt in 1903, fairly subdued, came through town called barstow, he enjoyed the welcome he got but not until he went to the codes he began to get amazed. first time he saw the pacific ocean he was in awe. than when he arrives at its 70, that is when he real and understood what this undertaking is. he is totally dazzled, becomes poetic, writes letters to try to sum up his feelings. seeing the great outdoors getting away from the city and the politics, a writing in nature, the cradle of nature, the beauty and majesty of california. the origins of but 4 are interesting, he spread since 1901 when mckinley is assassinated, elections in 1904. roosevelt took it as an opportunity to come out and shore up, the agenda and all that. in march of that year, he writes a letter and makes a special request to go to yosemite with no politics, no nothing, just he and miller in the woods. i think roosevelt knew the trip would be special politically but also had an opportunity, forge a friendship with a man he was a f

and then to get in his face he admonish roosevelt. and then evidently after and not only the 40 hours that is telling about his real passion. en with that revelation is monumental can the first night with bad experience to where they go up on horseback in 5 feet of snow to completely avoid the press so it is an interesting night end in the shadows to talk about the 94. and also future plans. it is in justin f. to love nature but to preserve as well but. >> what roosevelt thought it required a catalyst to step in and get him fired up and there was a lot of logging taking place. to focus in making it a river eating topic. and that is what made the difference but reza of those two cities and in parts ways. so already within days in soon after within a year or two with a forest as a national landmark over the course of his presidency he is formidable and lets it be known in a couple led years with very little push back to understand that it was serious to him. it to be pleased what theodore roosevelt is doing but as time went on and they

or roosevelt and then washington. two of those presidents served in perhaps the biggest crises that americans scene. the civil war, and world were to integrate oppression. -- world war ii and the great depression. that doesn't necessarily mean they would meet those challenges, but it was something that they could potentially do that others could not. this is actually something that clinton has limited. after 9/11 clinton was said to have privately said that he wished he had been president at the time. because to be a great president, you had to have a signature moment of leadership. he never had the opportunity to do so. a third problem is that presidential greatness is not set in stone. , those rate presidents ratings will change over time as new information emerges, and as our own values change. an example of a president whose ranking has gone down over time, would be john kennedy. when john kennedy died, he was externally popular. he died under tragic circumstances. the first appraisals of his presidency that were

roosevelt 3. the at our roosevelt 4. jefferson 5. truman 6. a first appearance for bill clinton. woodrow wilson 10. you see down here these for its much lower even though they are not afraid of that far in rankings. the scores are actually quite low. patterns we may have noticed, lincoln is number one in all five rankings. consensus. lincoln is the greatest president. they agreed the top three greatest presidents are lincoln, washington and fdr. washington and fdr alternated between 2 and three. evenly split. jefferson and roosevelt did well. they were commonly 4 and 5. neither president fell lower than 7 in these rankings. we didn't look at this i thought you should know there is rough agreement on the worst president. the two worst president would be warren harding, who spent his time writing love letters to his mistress in the white house while his friends rob the government blind. his most famous quotation, i am not famous for this office and i should not be here. and james buchanan. he did nothing as the country lurched towards the civil war out of a sense of constitutionali

it's some combination of lincoln, then washington and then roosevelt or roosevelt and washington.t's always the same. two of the presidents served in perhaps the biggest crises that america has seen. civil war and then world war ii and great depression. that gave them an opportunity to do things other presidents who served in more calm times might not have had the chance to do. didn't necessarily mean they would meet the challenges. but it was something that they could potentially do that others could not. this is actually clinton lamented. after 99/11, clinton said he wished he was president at that time. you had to have a signature moment of leadership. he never had the opportunity do so. a third problem is that presidential greatness is not set in stone. when we rate presidents, those ratings, they will change over time as new information emerges. and as our own values change. an example of a president whose ranking has gone down over time would be john ken dichlt den. when john kennedy died, he was popular. he died under tragic circumstances. and the first appraisals of his pr

it's some combination of lincoln, then washington and then roosevelt or roosevelt and washington.t's always the same. two of the presidents served in perhaps the biggest crises that america has seen. civil war and then world war ii and great depression. that gave them an opportunity to do things other presidents who served in more calm times might not have had the chance to do. didn't necessarily mean they would meet the challenges. but it was something that they could potentially do that others could not. this is actually clinton lamented. after 99/11, clinton said he wished he was president at that time. you had to have a signature moment of leadership. he never had the opportunity do so. a third problem is that presidential greatness is not set in stone. when we rate presidents, those ratings, they will change over time as new information emerges. and as our own values change. an example of a president whose ranking has gone down over time would be john ken dichlt den. when john kennedy died, he was popular. he died under tragic circumstances. and the first appraisals of his pr

things that roosevelt. help the united states set it supple -- set itself on a long path to recovery. his financial reform legislation .elped set the context unemployment is back up around 20%. can we say that roosevelt ended the depression? it is a debatable claim. said ragan winning the cold war is the greatest foreign policy, spent of any president in the postwar period. did he win the cold war? no, not really. other people had a role, too. you can argue that the soviet union had some internal vulnerabilities. send thegan he collapse, -- maybe reagan hast ened the collapse, but did not cause it. fair toproblem, is it compare pre--modern and of modern presidents? are going to put in the system barack obama and george washington. they had very different. the premodern presidents before franklin roosevelt were more clerks than meters. leaders. james garfield, 1881. there is no institutional support for president until 1857 that congress appropriates money for the president to hire a single click. staffersd

roosevelt is dead.illions of americans, it's like losing a father. >> oh, fdr had been our leader for so long. he was such an effective leader. that it was a terrible blow to the country at large. >> 11-car presidential train departs from the warm springs railroad station. sorrowing throngs line the tracks. >> those of us close to him in the white house could not conceive of the country without him. >> a flag-draped coffin carried on a black caseon. drawn by white horses begins the mournful trip to the white house. >> in washington, there were half a million people in the streets. to greet the cortege. people of all ages, races, backgrounds, turned out. many openly weeping. >> the vice president, harry s. truman, was among the first to learn of roosevelt's passing. >> word came that grandpa was wanted at the white house immediately. and so grandpa wasn't quite sure that was for. he was like, okay, i'd better get over there. when he arrived, he was ushered into the family quarters and mrs. roosevelt gree

roosevelt: absolutely. i think it is one of the greatest tragedies, actually that the two sides on this conflict taking such different paths had such difficulty seeing that they were both forms of patriotism and ways of expressing loyalty to america, american ideals. going back to the loyalty questionaire. it was responsible for your family moving from one camp to another. right? that?u talk about mr. takei: my parents answered no to both question 27, which asks to bear arms to defend the united states of america. my mother had three young children, and to ask her to bear arms leaving her children in a prison camp was outrageous. the question had to be responded to by everyone over the age of 17 years old in the camp. this was asked of a 17-year-old young man as well as an 87-year-old immigrant lady. preposterous with no real given thought to it. " to those two"no questions, and because of that we were transferred to a much harsher camp then the camp we were first incarcerated in in arkansas. we were in the

roosevelt were camping on three different spots. the first night was a place called mariposa grove, which is a beautiful grove and it's fairly simple cap unix variants, not that wrestling a thing. they go upon horseback to glacier point over the valley in five feet of snow in some cases. here's the president of the united states riding horseback all these horseback all the smiles that these trails, completely avoiding the press or any guess i want to get a glimpse of him. so 1992, getting to glacier point, it's nuts about five or six inches overnight on top of it. it is an interesting night at the man and very rugged and very pure and this is the night where they really kind of bonded especially over the fire because of what the weather was doing and put them closer together. night three they came into the valley. they came to the place called vital fall with this beautiful waterfall and that was a chance to talk about the night before and how crazy it is then that also talk about future plans that roosevelt might help. he scares th

roosevelt's death in 1962. you will hear all about polly murray, her activism later and choose cofounder of the national organization of women. ali particular stories about polly murray with our guests. our guest, patricia bell scott is at the university of georgia. she is a major chronic coal of black women's lives including her book, double stitch, black women write about mothers and daughters which one a book price. i hope some of you saw the book review, the new york times book review a few weeks ago in which they came to see us at hunter a few weeks ago, the author of the notorious rgb, they had high praise of the book and noted that nothing was ever easy for polly murray, the black woman born in 1910. the woman attracted to women and also poet, memoirs, lawyer, activist and episcopal priest. her tender friendship tender friendship with roosevelt sustained nearly one quarter century and nearly 300 cards and letters helped. it is the rich earth and that she tilts for the firebrand and the first lady. a trem

this is not to say, in 1901 when teddy roosevelt became president. on the contrary argument the book that spin is as old as politics. and argue about the place of rhetoric in athenian democracy. in all year rounds leaders have superintended their images and try to make sure they were held in esteem by the public when they derive their power. for the american presidency there was the transformation at the start of the last century. there is the reason we don't know too much about most nineteenth century presidents, we don't even know their names, they didn't do that much. congress according to the constitution was the first branch of government listed in article 1, the presidency was article 2. it surprises my students who are used to thinking of the president as the big enchilada. what changed? how did the president become the one who drives the agenda to put his program across rather than implementing what congress thought best. changes in large part because of the industrial revolution and the great social and economic problems that are introduced

roosevelt charter academy incorporated submitted a petition for renewal ever theodore roosevelt high school charter academy to the san francisco unified school district and whereas pursuarude cal education the board of education the district received a petition an january 12th and whereas district shall ply with the action on the petition as required by law and the whereas the board of education should consider the level of public support and review the information received with respect to the petition including the spofs dominates and warrior you've issued a report and recommendation to the board of education regarding the review the petition therefore, be it resolved shall grant the petition subject to the requirement and so forth by law all right. public speakers thank you for your your cooperation and (calling names) >> you thank you. the best thio hear in the students i thank you for allowing us to come before you my name is dr. alive the president of the theodore roosevelt academy as the name and it is an honor to speak on behalf of the theodore roosevelt high school charter ac

chairman ashers was a democrat, just like president roosevelt. yet ashers and the committee maintained their independence even against the wishes of senate majority leader alvin barkley, long-time united states senator. but he became vice president later. imagine that. he was senate majority leader. he was from kentucky. imagine that. judiciary committee chair standing up to a majority leader from kentucky. the accomplishments of these powerful chairs and many others are the historical models against which the senior senator from iowa will be measured. if he keeps his current obstruction, history will not be kind to his tenure as chairman of the committee.

and franklin roosevelt is to make science the servant of conservation, and to devise new programs ofl enable us to preserve this green environment which means so much to all of us. [applause] this country has great particular emphasis from its beginning, from the time of the massachusetts bay colony, on educating our children. most importantly, because we realize that the free democratic system of government, which places more burdens on the individual than any other system, must depend in its final analysis upon an informed citizen. of all the weight in the united states in the 1960's to have 8 or 9 million boys or girls will drop out of school before they have finished it, come into the labor market unprepared at the very time when machines are taking the place of men and women. i think we have to insist that our children be educated to the limit. not just in your state or in massachusetts, but all over the united states. thomas jefferson and john adams, who developed the northwest ordinance which put so much emphasis on education -- thomas jefferson once said that any nation which

the roosevelt library at the giant franklin roosevelt had in the shape of the sinks. wendy johnson library in texas as a joke telling robot of lbj. there was a cap raccoon that i saw at the richard nixon library sent to him just after he had the stroke that killed him. they thought maybe this stuffed raccoon will pull him out of his stroke. amazing stuff at the nixon library also has the famous picture of when he met elvis at the white house. they have a life-size version of that if you want to stand next to nixon meeting of this, you can do that. so many great things you can do a presidential library. for me, the weird stuff is worried gophers. maybe that is just mean. [inaudible] >> i had always wanted to just visit the sites. i thought it was about as close as i could get to meeting the president in person. i didn't know four years ago when i said i'm going to or visiting is exactly how it was going to turn out. what happened was there a convoluted series of e-mails, the stranger who thought the idea sounded interesting contacted an agent in new york could then con

s fifth cousin, theodore roosevelt, and today is known as the roosevelt conference room. >> for yearske meister was told his father had a family heirloom like no other -- a decorative piece of wood with peeling paint, reputed in family lore to be from the white house. the problem -- nobody knows how to find out if the story is true. it's become an irresistible mystery to mike and his brother-in-law, larry forrest, who are determined to solve it. larry's inquiries are all met by laughter and blank stares, until he calls author and historian bill seale. >> he was skeptical that it could be the actual white house. so i said, "can i just send you pictures?" >> what was your initial reaction? >> well, i thought it looked suspicious. [ laughs ] and so, i didn't tell them much until i researched it. >> did you say, "ah, just leave it in the attic another 50 years. it'll be fine"? >> no. no, i was too curious for that. >> in fact, the meisters' photos have bill scratching his head. >> he called me back, and he goes, "i swear i've seen it." >> bill is remembering a particular photo from 1898,

we have debris out there right at olmerton and roosevelt. seeing a little bit of an eastbound slow down on roosevelt and then the 54th avenue south entrance ramp to southbound 275 is blocked until about 6:00 a.m. due to overnight construction. great drive on the sky way bridge, a traffic light not working properly. cortez at 71st. in manatee county, treat it as a four way stop. back to candace and gayle. >>> right now, tampa is moving closer to reducing the amounts of marijuana to just a fine. the city council voted 6-1 in favor of the change. 8 on your side ryan hughes is live at tampa city hall. how much change is this? >> good morning. as it stands, somebody caught here in the city with marijuana would likely lose their license and have to pay a fine. they could go to jail. under this new ordinance, the punishment could be a slap on the wrist. this is the top clicked story right now on wfla.com and it is getting a lot of heated discussion here at city. >> first and foremost it is a plant. put here by nature. >> i'm here this morning as a

were usedresources skillfully and economically and because of the wise work done by theodore rooseveltnificant progress was made in conserving these resources. we make -- unless we make the proper decisions today on how we should use our water and air and land and oceans, unless we make an effort comparable to what theodore roosevelt and others made 50 years ago, we will waste. today's conservation movements must embrac discipline unknown in the past, marshall our best technological resources. it must concern itself with theear energy as well as chemistry of water. the factors of open space. our priority is to attack and increase our understanding of our environment to a point where we can enjoy it without defacing it, without subtracting permanently from its value, and maintain a living balance between man's actions and nature's reactions. for this nation's great andurces is an elastic productive as our ingenuity can make it. our national assets belong to all of us. find by concentrating our energies on our national resources, on conserving them and developing and approving them, the

it prompted fdr's granddaughter elenore roosevelt to issue this statement.ite my grandfather and ininternment defense of his own intolerant and divisive agenda is reprehensible. it's a tragic remind over what happens when we allow fear and hysteria to trump our values. what do you make of that part of the roosevelt tradition which today is very discredited? >> it's the low moment of his entire four-term presidency. you're right, he never feared among gers. he was optimistic, always. however, after pearl harbor he got deeply fearful that the japanese were going to burn all the coastal areas of california, washington, oregon by arson. take the dry season and have balloons that blew up and we would be burning on the west coast. >> where did he get the idea? what spooked him? what made him think -- these people are pretty civilized. why would they go out of country and start fire fights? >> the japanese did fire and burn a little bit near santa barbara and the national forrest and also up in oregon, but he just knowing the forester and how vulnerable it was in t

and we are delighted that the person discussting with you is roosevelt ector of house. harold joins us after a brilliant career in public life including being press secretary to one of hunter's own. he had a long life as head of marketing communications for the metropolitan museum of arts and, of course, he is, himself, an extraordinary historian. no one could be better cast in this evening's role than harold. he is one of the foremost biographers of abraham lincoln. just last year he was awarded a prize for his book on lincoln and the press and his collective contributions have earned him a national humanities medal. now that lin's musical has taught broadway how to bring history to life perhaps the next will be about lincoln. the only caveat is that harold has reduced so much rich material that it would need to be a marathon like staging all four ring operas in one night or another nicholas nickelby. it is a pleasure to have these two outstanding authors here for what i know will be a discussion that is really transformative, what ron has called a biographer's wish fu

he went to yellowstone with eleanor roosevelt and had a wonderful time.e souvenirs in the shop were made in china not by american wood carvers and she wrote in her column how upset she was that we weren't selling american trinkets in our national parks. >> thank you, douglas brinkley. you're an amazing author and amazing historian. you know so much and write it beautifully. the book is called "rightful heritage and the land of america." beautiful cover. >>> when we return, let me finish tonight with what else, look at this thing. st. patrick's day. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ right now at papa john's select sides are just $5 each... choose from our delicious cheese sticks... ...crispy chicken poppers... spicy buffalo wings... ...our chocolate chip cookie and more. choose a side for just five dollars next time you order pizza... ...at papajohns.com. ♪ >>> let me finish tonight with st. patrick's day. here it is again, at the time you never know what the weather is going to be like. when i was in philadelphia marching up broad stre

was a democrat just like roosevelt they maintained independence, alvin barkley, longtime united states senator but he became vice president later. imagine that, he was senate majority leader, he was from kentucky, imagine that. judiciary committee's chair's chair standing up to the majority leader from kentucky. the accomplishments of these powerful chairs and others are the historical which the senior senator from iowa should be leading. if he keeps his current obstruction history will not be kind as tenure of the committee. as of today the chairman's authority to the public leader. the chairman has turned a partial reputation into an extension of the trump campaign. just last month chairman grassley spoke at a rally for donald trump in iowa. at that rally the chairman said and i quote, we have had this trend going this way, away from the basic principles of our government so we have an opportunity once again to make america great again. before eight" remember what he said we have had this trend going away from the basic principles that have established our government. the senator fro

all of this drove roosevelt, -- edith roosevelt, the first lady at the time, very crazy by this. there was great antipathy between the two. what we should think about with helen taft is that she was much more ambitious for her husband then her husband was for herself. you remember it that william howard taft was the only person history who was both president and chief justice. he just wanted to be chief justice. but helen had aspirations for the white house. i will have richard tell the story. she personally lobbied theodore roosevelt for her husband's nod to succeed him. without helen taft, there would be no william howard taft in the white house. i will keep going, and you can stop me because i'm not the historian. but without william howard taft, there may not have been a angry theodore roosevelt, that messes a campaign, which put woodrow wilson in the white house. so here we go again. one woman's ambition starting this trajectory. richard: absolutely. an ohioan. she was among other things, one of the founders of the cincinnati symphony. cherryh you remember her blossoms, that

attempted practice a democrat just like president roosevelt that he and his committee maintain their independence even against the wishes of senate majority leader often parker , alvin barkley longtime united states senator that became vice president later. imagine that. senate majority leader from kentucky. imagine that. judiciary committee chair. the accomplishments of these powerful chairs and many others are the historical models against which the senior senator from iowa will be measured. if he keeps his current obstruction, history will not be kind to his tenure as chairman of the committee. as of today the chairman has for the sole purpose of weakening the presidency of the united states and obstructing senate work. the chairman has turned the impartial reputation and an extension of the trump campaign. just last month he spoke at aa rally for donald trump in iowa. at that rally the chairman said, we have had this trend going this way, way from the basic principles that established our government. sogovernment. so we have an opportunity once again to make america great again.

everybody loves reagan, everybody loves roosevelt. right, everybody loves bill clinton, or at least is intrigued by bill clinton. in so many ways, he's deserving of his story to be told, but it doesn't get told as often. - well, that's why i wrote the book. - but why not? i mean, i realize it was one term. - it was one term, and it was, first of all, in a historical context. since dwight eisenhower, no party has held the white house for more than eight years except once, and that was the term. - right. - it was the extension, to many people, the extension of the reagan term. and many people assume that everything that was achieved was just on the momentum of ronald reagan. but as i try to point out in the book, i don't think anyone could have accomplished what george herbert walker bush did internationally as well or as completely as he did. the collapse of the soviet union really, as i talk about in the book, it was his capacity to create personal relationships with his allies, thatcher, mitterrand, and kohl, and with the other side,

they could have been clipped from roosevelt's own script. in 1890, we were still moving to the western frontier. sitting bull was killed that year. "today, there is no more free land. we are learning to adapt to a crowded, pulsating society. no longer do we have adventures as settlers, but as responsible citizens in a mature nation. we're planning for the fullest use of our great strength, channeling our pioneer spirit into the endless path of making this nation a better place." his expansion of the new deal was about more than accepting political reality or expedience, he shared a progressive interpretation of the american past with franklin roosevelt and other comment administration fulfills, which led him to include federal welfare programs as part of his "middle way. the significance of the frontier in eisenhower history. this is the point at which i was going to end my remarks until i learned that after he left the white house, eisenhower became a big supporter of planned parenthood. i don't say this in order to flow fuel on the fire ra

and roosevelts confusion in february of the year the convention ended roosevelts day momentum was a term that describes behavior at the convention itself. and mention eisenhower's reaction if howard baker had given up his job as majority leader of the senate for years before the presidential election? end imagine and with that democratic primary race that two senior senators joe biden and chris dodd's hub logs 70 years where never seriously considered for the nomination because of the attention and energy by the former first lady in the first term african-american senator. sowed the electoral college is still very much the same as it has been but between 1968 and '72 the democratic party was part of the she huge reform system. in the proximate cause of those reforms of anti-war democrats. and the old system famously categorized was simply not representative of what the party was becoming. so the commission was in the democratic party. into change that nomination system 32 through 68 and that is a big space and. between 1832 and 68. we knew that nominating system. after that the world cha

chairman ashers was a democrat, just like president roosevelt. yet ashers and the committee maintained their independence even against the wishes of senate majority leader alvin barkley, long-time united states senator. but he became vice president later. imagine that. he was senate majority leader. he was from kentucky. imagine that. judiciary committee chair standing up to a majority leader from kentucky. the accomplishments of these powerful chairs and many others are the historical models against which the senior senator from iowa will be measured. if he keeps his current obstruction, history will not be kind to his tenure as chairman of the committee. as of today, the chairman has yielded his committee's long-held authority and independence to the republican leader for the sole purpose of weakening president obama, of weakening the presidency of the united states and obstructing the senate's work. the chairman has turned the impartial reputation of the judiciary committee into an extension of the trump campaign. just last month, chairman gra

reporting live in roosevelt, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> 6:04. right now, be prepared to see picket lines at area airports, baggage handlers and other workers at kennedy and newark liberty are on strike. it's part of a job action that began last night. the workers are raising security concerns in the wake of the brussels attacks. they also want higher wages. the strike is not impacting any flights this far. >> and brooklyn, police are trying to catch a pair of burglars on a big crime spree. the two men pulled off at least 19 burglaries since february. the burglars have targeted homes throughout the williamsburg, carol gardens, police say the suspect's break into homes overnight. they have stolen everything from credit cards to a lexus. >> 6:04. a man from the bronx is facing charges this morning after a police dog sniffed drugs in his car, but the drugs were not in the vehicle, per se. instead, police say doctors found more than 1400 bags of heroin inside the man's body. 41-year-old fernando pleaded not guilty to charges including heroin possessi

this time hoover and roosevelt took steps to fix the depression.s later we had the revenue act passed which doubled the income tax. it raised the top rate by more than a doubling. when franklin roosevelt came into office the new deal interventions came in. by the end of his first term franklin roosevelt doubled spending. in the midst of it all you had roosevelt constantly attacking people of end prize calling them economic royalists. john: on colleges everybody believes fdr saved us. >> it's so false. the depression was still with us on the eve of world war ii. we didn't get a recovery until after world war ii. john: the next myth. profit is evil. >> profit is the measure of success accepts. it's the fertilizer that quickens the imagination of men and women in a free marketplace. a depression is an economy without profit. >> a couple more myths. jesus was socialist. >> jesus himself was after he broached and this is recorded in the book of luke by a man who wanted him to redistwri tbiewt wealth. he says master, speak with my brother that he divide

highs -- roosevelt high school learners unlawful surveillance and endangering the welfare of a child. >>> disturbing discovery about sex offenders in new jersey. the state police website listing more than 70 people who were classified as noncompliant, meaning their addresses are unknown. former bergen county prosecutor john molinelli says the community will be notified only if there's a danger. >> if there was a megan's law offender at tier 3 that was absent, the local chief would certainly notify the community. >> i would be terrified when i get to know that my kid is around or these people are around my kid. >> passaic and union counties have the most sex offenders unaccounted for with 13 each. >>> an update on the story we brought you last night, the producer of broadway's hamilton has agreed to make changes to a controversial casting notice. the show put out a call for nonwhite reformers -- performance. hamilton press representative said the wording was approved by the actor's equity union. denied that, citing the union approved catching notice@backstage.com, saying the addition

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