one edith roosevelt who becomes teddy roosevelt. so here's this manic roosevelt. she provides him with this safe harbor. you can come home, six boisterous children. nelly taft was unconventional. she smoked, she went to beer halls, she wanted a life beyond her own idea of a society girl and getting married. she finds the perfect partner in taft. she spurs him on to politics. then one of the great muck rakers who prays when she's 14 i never want to get married because i want a career. we can do all these things. sometimes difficult, but we can do them all. what a great movement the women's movement has been. >> so roosevelt, taft and the golden age of journalism. we're talking about their lifetimes, middle of the 19th century and the turn of the century. why does this period matter? >> the period matters so many ways. partly because it was the response to the guilded age. what happened after the industrial revolution was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. monopolies that were squeezing out small businesses. people moving from the country to the city. lots of

so that's all there is too it. >> well, rick is correct with respect to teddy roosevelt. and he did lose after that. many politicians of change parties have now su seeded. i think all voters give candidates a mull began when they believe the position evolved on con slens. kwen mpx again, somewhere between 55 and 75% of the public. if they want to go and campaign, i think they're climbing up a steep hill. >> we will leave it is there. >> look, the ballot issue was of 262%. >> look at the polls today. it's a different day today. >> first it was our e-mails and then our computers. now, the nsa is building a new super computer. if you thought your online records were safe, think again. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 1406 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall off roble avenue. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the sa

. >> you had could have just written a book about teddy roosevelt.ou expanded it to include successor william howard taft, why? >> i realize so many good books have been written about teddy roosevelt i didn't feel i could add a lot if i focus on him. i had the same problem when i decided to meet with abraham lincoln. when i dealt with radios vel, it was franklin an eleanor. i learned within i started doing the research, taft had a stronger friendship over many, many years him. they had written over 400 letters, when taft became roosevelt's successor, later, the two ran against each other in 1912, it was much more emotional than i thought it would be. i love to have that society of relationships. >> you write how extremely close they were and the fact that roosevelt basically was a campaign manager for taft in 1908, but four years later, roosevelt comes back, decides to run against taft in a sense sabotaging both of their chances and opening the door for democrat woodrow wilson. why did roosevelt do that? was it his ego? >> i think there are two thing

. >> you could have just written a book about teddy roosevelt.xpanded it to include a successor william howard taft. why? >> i realized that so many good books have been written about teddy roosevelt dip feel i could add a lot if i just focussed on him. i have the same problem when i decided to deal with abraham lincoln. i needed a team of rivals. when i dealt with franklin roosevelt, it was frank sxlin elmore and home front. it did expand to become william howard taft. i learned when i started to doing the research they had a much stronger friendship over many, many years than i had known and written over 400 letters to one another. so that when taft became roosevelt's successor and then later two of them ran against each other in 1912, it was much more emotional than i thought it would be and i love on have that set of relationships. >> you write how extremely close they were and the fact that roosevelt basically was the campaign manager for taft and in 1908 but four years later roosevelt comes back, decides to run against taft and in a sense s

all presidents have done, it is not to say it is king like that you are using executive orders, teddy rooseveltdid it, jfk did wit housing they all need to act when they can't get any other way to act and it is part of the power of the presidency he is trying to use right now. >> let me just show now because i know people have mentioned it, this is sergeant recommends burgh who was standing and sitting next to the first lady and the president at the end of the speech recognized him and for his spirit and for his service and for the fact he didn't quit .. here is that clip. >> let me tell you about one of those families i have come to know. i first met cory rims burgh, a proud army ranger at omaha beach on the 65th anniversary of d-day. along with some of his fellow rangers he walked me through the program of ceremony, he was a strong impressive young man, had an easy manner, sharp as a tack. and we joked around and took pictures and i told him to stay in touch. a few months later, on his tenth deployment cory was nearly killed by a massive roadside bomb in afghanistan. his comrades found him in

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i am thinking of teddy roosevelt, your current book and what might we learn from his lessons.omebody who used executive orders more than almost everybody else. he understood he could not get certain things through congress so he decided i will issue an order. i am the steward of the people, he said. he made the presidency the center at a time when congress was much more important and all of those national parks, a lot of those monuments were executive orders that were issued. so i think he can use teddy roosevelt as an example of somebody who didn't understand when you're stymied by congress, you still have powers as president, not just with executive orders but with mobilizing other people, getting the business community. no matter what, you are the steward of the people. >> i have less than a minute. one quick question, republicans, does the tea party have the same power that it had and does it depend on the midterm elections? >> no, it does not matter. don't forget, not only did cathy mcmorris rodgers give a obama, ando barack so did rand paul and mike lee. let's not think

so i think he can use teddy roosevelt as an example of someone who did understand when you're stymiedy congress, you still have powers as president, not just with executive orders but with mobilizing other people, getting the business community. no matter what, you are the steward of the people. >> i have less than a minute. one quick question, republicans, does the tea party have the same power that it had and does it depend on the midterm elections? >> no, it does not matter. don't forget, not only did cathy mcmorris rodgers give a rejoinder to barack obama, and so did rand paul and mike lee. >> exactly. >> so let's not think this is a unified republican party. because it is not. when it comes to the midterm, i will yield to larry summers. [laughter] >> thank you very much. al, great to have you here. mark, thank you. glenn. larry, thank you for joining us. doris, from florida. tank you very much. >> thank you, charlie. >> as they often say, it is going to be exciting to watch and see what happens as the president tries to redefine where he was the country to go and how. thank you f

teddy roosevelt reference is not out of place here.nd you look at the disparity in wages and certainly the 1% versus the 99% or whatever, it's not really -- everybody says a lot of people say class war fare. i don't think so. one, big points going forward that this president and the next president, i think, is going to have to focus on and articulate is for lack of a better phrase the development of a corporate conscience in this country. the idea that these huge companies come in and buy smaller companies in small towns, in rural areas or wherever. in chicago and wide urban areas. and because of the cost of the purchase of the company, they immediately layoff people to appease their shareholders to get their profits up for shareholders. we have to rethink these things. it makes no sense whatsoever, other than economic sense for the shareholders, to go in and buy a company in a small town in indiana that employs 300 people, in a region where those 300 jobs are critical. and say we paid so much for your company weerk have to appease our

presidents from teddy roosevelt to franklin roosevelt to john kennedy and richard ixon tried to do. but i guess it's because they didn't have you, it didn't get done. there's an old expression, the greatest gift god gave mankind as the ability to forget. but right now it's important to remember -- it's important to remember what it was like immediately before the affordable health care act. we've already sort of dismissed it like it's done. a lot of americans were in pretty good shape, particularly those who worked for large companies who provide and still provide decent health care plans as part of their compensation. they were by and large in good shape, but even there, there were hidden costs, hidden vulnerabilities. even these families were paying higher premiums in part because hospitals were necessarily passing on $40 billion a year in losses they incurred every year for having to treat uninsured people or underinsured eople. just to put this in perspective, the average cost of one visit to the emergency room -- which is by the way the only recourse for poor moms and dads when

there were pro-spanish riots in havana in january and teddy roosevelt and others sense the uss maine to have been a harvard harvard -- harbor in february. the idea was to show the spanish authorities and cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaries overthrew the government. the maine was in havana harbor and then it was sunk in an explosion. the bugle was especially poignant to cause the capital of maine was writing a letter to his wife and he heard taps that night. i think it was about 9:30 at night. he had heard that huekler sound taps which in any military out those is a sign of people expressing it -- but it is very peaceful and soothing quality. he heard taps and just after that the maine exploded. most of the man on the maine were killed. over 250 of them were killed at night and not explosion.

there was pro-spanish riots in havana, in january, and so teddy roosevelt and others sent the uss maine to havana harbor in february, and the idea was the show the spanish sthorts in cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaryies overthrow the government. maine was in havana harbor, and then it was in a big explosion. the bugle is poignant because the captain of the maine, fikse, was writing a letter to his wife, and he heard back that night, 9:30 at night, he heard the bugler sound taps, which in any military outpost, you know, is a sign of, well, there's a peaceful and soothing quality to it. he heard taps, and then just after that, the maine exploded. most of the men on the maine were killed. over 215 men killed that night in that explosion. he described it as calamitous noise and black smoke and really chaos aboard the maine. the maine went down in havana harbor, and we went to war in april of 18898 with spain and won puerto rico, philippines, had control over cuba and so on. the navy established items for next year, and then in 1910, brought up the maine, s

a great length in biographer once said that if you compare him to teddy roosevelt, woodrow roosevelt, theodore roosevelt he did not do all that much, but what he did do was important. my approach was to be selective in the kayfive key episodes. one of the reasons is is possible to do this is there has been a genuine and astonishing boom in lincoln scholarship, and they don't just mean the quantity, but the quality of books coming in right now. of want to explain how scholars have done this. because there been so many biographies of lincoln some of the greatest historians have written about him had become themselves figures of the importance. they leave their research materials, note cards to university libraries are libraries of congress or other scholars who can flip through the end of cards. yet to be careful, fact check, but is useful because historians can look for bids that ended up on the cutting room floor the an old newspaper clippings, net cards conditions of the primary sources admit that were to offer me of a project like this mary lincoln, and images for is a difficult per

the best environmental record since teddy roosevelt. the idea of the new democrats is not abandoned democratic principles but to make sure we can further them. you have to further them with new ideas. the candidates in 2016 are going to have to have a new version, a new set of ideas. the basic principles is a core regressive democratic value. the idea that people have a responsibility to take advantage of that opportunity and to give something back to the commonwealth is a core democratic value. and a lot of so-called progressives like to ignore this. criticalvernment is a liberal value. , part of thebook intellectual roots of our movement came from franklin roosevelt avenue from senator ed muskie. he did a speech at the liberal party in new york where he said that efficient government is not an abandonment of liberal goals because ifal to them government is the vehicle that progressive want to use to achieve big important social end s, and people need to have faith in government. people lost faith in government and we had to come in an

century early twentieth century and you know americans rebelled against that in one thousand seven teddy roosevelt was president they passed the tillman act making it a federal felony to give to give campaign donations to any campaign candidate for growth for a corporation to give a campaign donation and that's what counted up a lot of the unions too because you might have been a big catalyst in why this has happened because they've had such an overwhelming effect like when you look in washington d.c. itself where i live the only people who will win in the election here are the ones that the unions get behind and that's pretty sad because a lot of people want to see an influence outside of the union so so let's let's all agree that the supreme court is wrong on this and needs to be modified or we need to model and we got a solution to say money is property it's not it's not speech and therefore not protected by the first amendment and corporations or voluntary associations are not people and so they're not protected by the four to be argued he want to think about what the alternative is to the cit

he met with teddy roosevelt. they talked about his fictions. he met with president taft. he met with fdr repeatedly. he was a force to be reckoned with. sinclair lewis, if you are over 50 you know who he is from the novels main street and it can't happen here. which are still part of the political landscape of america. and mencken. all of you know who mencken is but you probably don't know that mencken was the most influential liberal of the 1920s. you don't know this because in the 30s he was enormously hostile to fdr and he was cast into perfidy. in the 1920s no one and i say no one was more influential among liberal thinkers and young advanced thinkers on the campus, today's equivalent of the creative class, god help us. no one was more influential than mencken. like communism, fascism, modern liberalism was it vanguard movement born of a new class of politically self-conscious and like shills. let me repeat that because it may sound odd. like communism fabianism and modern liberalism was a vanguard movement born of a new class of lee self conscious intellectuals. i'm

kermit roosevelt, archie roosevelt, the grandson of teddy roosevelt and miles coppola.'t guess or recognize in its early expression in the middle east. so how could things have been so rational and sensible and clever and be what it is today? >> that is right. what you mentioned was some of the cia's offices in the u.s. had very little official presence in the region before the cia itself had only been just created. and so they change this wanted to do something different from the previous western powers in the middle east. and it was a former alliance with progressive national tweeters and a set of allies in an area that was crucially strategic. lou: with american representatives through the eyes of those three urbanists. respect for islam and the muslim culture, wended change? >> these men inherited a positive attitude towards some british arabists and also american missionaries in the region who have been there since the 19th century. so they were really quite pro-arab. and partly because the secretary of state is unreliable. also because some of the leaders themselv

that you the eyes of roosevelt, grand somes of teddy roosevelt and miles copeland, a cia agent, mostns, i would hazard a guess don't recognize in its early expression in the middle east. how could things have been so rational and sensible and clever in those days and be what it is today? >> that's right. the men you just mentioned were some of the cia's main officers in the middle east in this period when really, the u.s. had very little official presence in the region before and the cia itself had only just been created. and they came to the region wanting to do something very different from what the previous western powers in the middle east, especially. british and french, had done. which was to form an alliance with the region's progressive national leaders. and create an ally, a set of allies in an area that was of strategic significance. >> what is the point at which, obvious, american respect represented through the eyes of those three arabists but also, the government itself. respect for islam and the muslim culture and the arab culture. when was that all torn asundis r and w

albert einstein stayed there, teddy roosevelt.ou think, why are you going to the grand canyon in the winter time? because there are no crowds. also, it's so isolated that any kind of connectivity there is very dodgy. and it's cheap. only $170 a night. >> last couple seconds, pittsburgh. >> pittsburgh has a family digital detox package. one of the most popular. they make you give your laptop, your cell phones, add the front desk, and they have taken the tv out, the phones out, and they charge you $260 a night for the renaissance pittsburgh. >> thank you so much. >>> all right, carson, big thank you for helping me out for the last couple days. >> thanks for having me. always a blast. >> coming up next week, kathie lee will be back, we'll have marissa hargitay, kellen lutz. >> also, kris jenner, dean cain. sophia bush, and much more. >> have a great weekend, everybody. >> i'm here to help. you and i will get through this together. ♪

roosevelt grandsons, maybe asking you to speculate a little bit but what would you say would teddy roosevelt himself have been on their side or do you think he might have been more on the -- i guess you called it the conservative, more sort of standard american interests side of the equation? if there's even a way to speculate. just asking. >> sure. sure. i think as regards the possibility of divisions amongst the arabists, i think they're fairly concerted in terms of their values and the vision they have for the arab world. there are -- kermit roosevelt -- of the two roosevelt cousins, i think is the more inclined to covert action, and i think archie roosevelt was a little bit more cautious, even conservative in his approach. but nonetheless, even he actually in 1956 and 1957, was involved in a coup operation to overthrow the government of syria. so he was trying to repeat the feat that kermit roosevelt understand 1953. and there was some sort of permanent rivalry between them as well. archie rather fancied himself as the main guy in the u.s.' -- the cia's middle east division. that was a r

simple concept that teddy roosevelt would agree with, that most of the political figures of the last century would agree with, and that amendment should come in the context of other amendments. we should eliminate the electoral college. the electoral college shouldn't exist because no one loses the popular vote should become the president of the united states. we think that we should have a constitutional amend that says you canned jerrymander congressional district because it's absurd 85% of americans live in areas where congressional elections don't matter. finally, we think the constitution of the chutes be amended to say that every american has a right to vote and a right to have the vote counted. that right is not detailed anywhere in the constitution, and the lack of that right has been used again and again and again to strike down protections for groups that need to vote. i know what you're saying at this point. i do know. that you're all sitting here, as every group we see, saying, wow, those are great ideas. i love those ideas. and i like being in this room at this wonderful

to whether the session of the 1/12 congress ended on january 3 and therefore we have the same teddy roosevelt situation, or whether by adjourning on december 30 and conduct of getting no further meetings until january 3, whether that in effect was a sine die adjournment that ended the first session of the congress. if the president had the same view, he could've taken the view about the sessions between december 17 and january 3 and could have had a better legal argument and attending to claim that between december 20 30th -- he did not do that. by waiting until the convening of the first session of the second section of the 112 congress, by january 4 instead of january 3, he gave an extra year to his appointees to serve. that shows this is indeed the bottom of the slippery slope. it is a complete abuse of the process. it is being used for no other purpose than to overcome the senate opposition or disinclination to agree with the president's nominations. the framers contemplated when they came up with the joint power of a -- in a country of 3 million -- 300 million people, when they want a no

two roosevelt grand sons, maybe asking you to speculate a little, but what would you say would teddy roosevelt himself have been on their side, or do you think he might have been more on the, as you call it, the conservative, sort of more sort of standard american interest side of the equation? if there's even a way to speculate. i'm just asking. >> sure, sure. i think with regards to the possibility of divisions amongst the arabists, i think they are fairly concerted in terms of their values and division that they have for the arab world. there are -- kermit roosevelt, of the two roosevelt cousins, i think is more inclined to covert action, and i think archie roosevelt was a little more cautious, even conservative in his approach, but nonetheless even he actually in 1956 and 1957 was involved in coo operations to overthrow the government of syria, trying to repeat the feat that roosevelt performed in 1953, and there was a little bit personal rivalry as well, and archie factored himself as the feign guy in the u.s.' chris middle east divisions, and that's the role that kermit eventually acquir

the roosevelts were basically teddy roosevelt republicans. his father was a donor to the democratic party. and when young fdr was four or five years old, he was taken by his father to the white house to meet grover cleveland, who was the first democratic president since before the civil war. the previous democratic president, not one anyone could've been proud of was james buchanan. in any case, grover cleveland three greeted the young franklin. he said i have one wish for you, little man, that you never become president of the united states. he was beset by all kinds of political troubles and he didn't think he could wish that on anybody. roosevelt had no ambitions to become president. but suddenly, his fifth cousin, theodore roosevelt became president. he was running for vice president. mckinley, the president elected. he was reasonably close to theodore. in fact, when he was about to be married to his fifth cousin once removed, eleanor, he was actually closely related to theodore van allen r. theater offered to have said mary in the white

so with that in mind, captain jacob, back in the day of teddy roosevelt, there were recommendations thatfficer had to ride 90 miles on horseback, what is the fair measure of a good soldier in today's warfare? do you have to do pullups to be a good soldier? >> it measures your ability to lift and carry yourself, as well as your mobility, which is important in combat situations. but, you know, the training that the infantry goes through is job specific training that's geared towards developing the skills necessary to survive on the battle field. pullups and running and crunches are a measure of overall fitness. the two are related but i never filled out a mission profile and picked a guy to go on a mission because he could do 14 pullups and the other can do ten. >> there are issues like scaling a wall and climbing up ropes, lifting and carrying heavy ammunitions and theater. those are all real challenges that in war men and women have to function properly. >> absolutely and women have been doing it without the minimum of three pullup standard and to transition the women to the three pullup

teddy roosevelt appointed wendell holmes. he ended up deciding in the wrong way in an antitrust case. they may have more luck at a deep philosophical level. even then they do not always get the one they want. san francisco, i was born and grew up in. i lived in cambridge massachusetts an awful lot of times. i have seen a lot of disagreements, but i did not know what one was until i came here. i wish those people agree with me more. over time, i thought, it is a big country. there are a lot of different points of view. we have 310 million people. they think every race, religion, point of view possible. well, it is not so bad that you have courts with it and points of view, based at that level of philosophic philosophy or different basic approaches. it is ok. and i am not always in the minority. it shifts a lot. when i am, it is a miraculous thing. i see it every day. there is a miraculous thing still that these 310 million people have decided to resolve their differences under the law. it was not always that way. it only took

teddy roosevelt appointed wendell holmes. he ended up deciding in the wrong way in an antitrust case. they may have more luck at a deep philosophical level. even then they do not always get the one they want. san francisco, i was born and grew up in. i lived in cambridge, massachusetts an awful lot of times. i have seen a lot of disagreements, but i did not know what one was until i came here. i wish those people agree with me more. over time, i thought, it is a big country. there are a lot of different points of view. we have 310 million people. they think every race, religion, point of view possible. well, it is not so bad that you have courts with different points of view, based at that level of philosophic philosophy or different basic approaches. it is ok. and i am not always in the minority. it shifts a lot. when i am, it is a miraculous thing. i see it every day. there is a miraculous thing still that these 310 million people have decided to resolve their differences under the law. it was not always that way. it only t

>> i think this is more the i'm going to go it alone approach, and he is no teddy roosevelt in this area. the truth of the matter is joe's right, we are going to pay our debts, we're going to pay it in full and on time. but investors looking at the country are really wondering will the white house, will congress actually address the biggest issues, social security, medicare, our long-term size of the government. that's what's missing. this is a perfect opportunity to have that discussion in a bipartisan way and we're ready to have it. >> but will the republicans at the end of the day in order to avoid a government shutdown, a debt default, will they not accept a clean bill? >> you know, i don't think we will from the standpoint that, one, we recognize the affordable care act is the biggest budget buster we got, a new entitlement with huge consequences, but this is also an opportunity, i think, to begin the work bipartisan to eventually shrink the size of government, put in place some guardrails around future spending. it won't be easy because the president is so obstinate in this area. b

teddy roosevelt, when the japanese beat the russians in the russian-japanese war of 1905, talked about the plucky japanese, and so did the british, and the attack on the russian fleet in port arthur could be seep as a kind of -- not a dress rehearsal because it was the real thing, but a kind of pearl harbor at that time and succeeded admirably. >> the americans would object the fact that the operation -- surprise attack as well, but the soviets don't seem to make as much of a myth about that. the surprise, stealth nature or the attack. has to do with the fact that so dramatic and the fact that the america was attacked on its soil, very heavily japanese populated island, ironically. i think it just became part of the american psyche, and collective narrative and became a symbol and departed from its real significance, perhaps. >> what does that play into american myths, john bauer among others, and he didn't necessarily condone the attack on pearl harbor. in fact he didn't. but his analysis is that one of the reasons that the americans were so shocked by this event and so outraged, the

his father was one of the few democratic roosevelts, they were basically teddy roosevelt types, republicans. his father, a donor to the democratic party, and when young fdr was 4 or 5 years old he was taken by his father to the white house to meet grover cleveland who was the first democratic president since before the civil war. previous president was james buchanan, and grover cleveland's greeted the young franklin and said i have one wish for you, that you never become president of the united states. he was beset by all kinds of political troubles and he would not wish that on anybody. roosevelt had no ambition to become president but suddenly his fifth cousin, theodore roosevelt, became president, he was running for vice president. mckinley, the president, was shot in 1901 and theodore became president. the first entry in the public that young franklin made was he joined the young republican club at harvard as a freshman in order to campaign for cousin ted. he stayed long enough for president roosevelt to be elected. he was reasonably close to theodore and in fact when he was about -- w

someone who understands a bureaucratic method as opposed to something that's more, you know, teddy rooseveltld reagan type -- >> didn't understand a word of that. it sounded really good. >> is that true? >> i'll ask you -- >> i threw in a bunch of names. i thought he was more of a woodrow wilson -- >> here the most important part of the interview -- >>s age tearus. >> are you ready -- >> i have flow idea what you're talking about. you're -- i have no idea what you're talking about. you're a standup guy. >> you know this -- i will always defend my positions. i don't put there out there lightly. >> no. the thing i like about you, you take cheap shots all the time, but you defend those cheap shots. >> that's not the only thing you like about me. your respect grows for me in leaps and bounds. you're like the grinch right after he realized they don't need present for christmas what you see me. your heart grows to dimensions you didn't even know about. i'm like a shot of levitytown in your ass, like a b-12. boom. you love it. you loaf me because you know we're the same people. >> jon stewart. >>>

from teddy roosevelt to bill clinton, with all kinds of consumer protections and other things and ronalde all done that. >> so, doug, i want to throw up a statistic on the screen for everybody to look at. people know that te approval ratings for the president are in the toilet. he is at a 43% approval rating according to cnn's poll of polls. that's lumping in all the polls together. he has a big disapproval rating around george bush's at the same time in his administration. let me ask you about the reason for doing these states of the union. they are mandated by the constitution. i remember the day when we popped the popcorn and all gathered around the television and these things mattered. today, in the days of information overload, i feel like this is more noise and it doesn't get the kind of tracks or have the effect of raising approval ratings like maybe it used to. am i wrong? >> no. the state of the union has gone through many different changes. when thomas jefferson was present, he wouldn't deliver a speech but write it as a memo and living in congress. we are living in the age of

someone who understands a bureaucratic method as opposed toto something that's more, you know, teddy roosevelt> i didn't understand a word of that but itto sounded really good. >> is that true? i just threw in a bunch of names. >> i have no idea.pe. >> i thought he was more of a woodrow wilson. >> here is the more. >> sagittarius. >> are you ready for this question he? [ laughter ] >> i have no idea what you are talking about.wo i appreciate you coming in here. >> i'm a very nice man to do this. >> you are a standup guy. >> i will always -- you know this. i will always defend my positions. i am not -- i don't put this out there lightly. >> no.ti the thing i likeon about you is you do take cheap shots all the time but you defend those cheap shots and do it well. >> your respect forch me grows in leaps and bounds in a way. you are like the grinch right after he realized they don't need presidents for christmas when you see me. your heart grows to dimensions you didn't even know about. i'm like a shot of left town right in your ass like a b-12. boom, you love it it you love me because you know we

. >> and they want more teddy roosevelt or they want more this, they want more that. >> it's interestingbe more of the mind-set of, you know, history -- you know, presidents are there when history is happening. do you feel that's something that's changed or is that something that you think every president, as they're beginning their sixth year in office, believes that more and more? that, you know what? they're not as powerful as they thought they would be. >> and time is running out. >> and time is running out and they want to rationalize it? >> even when you had the former chief of staff like william daily saying something like he did to my colleague, ryan lizza. after 2014, nobody cares what barack obama does. because all the air is sucked out of the room by the race for the succession. in fact, a lot could happen between 2014 and 2016, whether it's in syria, iran, the middle northeast general. u.s./china relations, which is probably -- may be the big geopolitical question of our century, how the united states handles the rise of a new china. enormously important. a lot can happen. >>

been 117 years since a major official had national office or even big state office and that was teddy roosevelt so it's been very hard to export new york politics nationally. and it could be that the distrust of government is so strong that even though people acknowledge that inequality is a big serious issue, they don't quite trust big government programs to take care of it. >> mark, is this a liberal message that has legs outside of new york? >> yes, it does, judy. first of all, franklin roosevelt was a governor of new york when he was elected president of the united states in 1932. >> not new york city though. >> oh, new york city, okay, i'm sorry. the yes, it does, judy, and i say this. lost in the results in 2012 because of the presidential race was the fact that we saw a you populist revolt in california. put to the ballot test, proposition 30 jerry brown, the governor pushed it. the state was in dire financial straits and funding for education was way down. proposition 30 raised taxes on couples earning over $500,000 a year. millions spent against t-1 1 million by one secret group alone

that is on my mind as i meet students is teddy roosevelt, who said far and away one of life's great religiouso work hard on something that matters. is important to this community and to all the communities around the country, aspiring to work in a business thatmatters, do business matters in these communities. one of my abiding believes is that people care about what happens in their local towns. they want to hear about what occurs. men can talk well about national , and wernational media will have an opportunity to talk about local media, tonight. another thing to focus on is how culture is so important in any , along with these notions of core purpose and core lasts along the built to theme, the notion of transparency, honesty, and integrity in reporting. values that transcend the strategic and tactical changes that occur in media on a regular basis. those are lasting values. there was a great piece in "the new york times" a couple of weeks ago, october 26, that that do not values go out of style. one of the things we are focused on as a company is ethical decision-making in the digital wor

you may want him to be teddy roosevelt all over again in 2014. sense that's what he is going to do. some democrats may be disappointed, but this president plays a deep game, and he is hoping that kind of thing and a rising economy will keep the democrats in decent shape come the fall. i don't know if it's going to work, but that's their strategy. >> well, let me give you my position. my position is everybody, the people who like the republicans, they say the country is going in the wrong direction, whether it's the koch brothers or the regular guy, the woman on the street corner who needs a job, they're rooting against the president because the big no to them sounds like a big yes. if we get rid of this guy, we get rid of the demographic changes in the country. well get rid of government spending. we get rid of taxation, we get rid of all kinds of things we don't like. all of the sudden it's nirvana. that's what the republicans promise by not being specific. get rid of this guy and all you're dreams will be answered. i think the president has to

or do we end up like teddy roosevelt in the early 1900? , whatt voters want to see americans want to see, is opportunity. this that thing is, there are a lot of people who do not believe that the american dream is obtainable. they need to obtain their education through manufacturing. more importantly, their kids can get ahead. you will see a lot of unrest. we have had a lot of turbulent elections. we may see more of that. people should feel that they have people in charge who are moving not just the country, but giving them opportunities. >> we do have a headline crossing now. it is about argentina. the paste it was getting hammered the last couple of days. they have currency controls in place to drive people out of the dollar and into the peso. they're lifting those controls and giving in. we will soon affect that has. >> continuing to spark more selling. we will keep an eye on them. let's get to company news as well. we will start with carl icahn. he says he is ready for a fight over ebay. he is telling the wall street journal that he ex

one quotation that is on my mind as i come here and meet students is one of teddy roosevelt who said and away one of life's hard privileges is to work and have a chance to work hard at work that matters. i do -- view journalism as occur that matters in this country and this in every community around this country. are aspiring to work in a business that matters, the stations and they are represented here it do work that matters in these communities and what of my abiding beliefs is that people care about what happens in their local towns and they want to hear about what has occurred in their local towns. they want to be plugged in. ben can talk well about national and international media. our business, our bread-and- butter is local media and will have an opportunity to talk about that tonight. another theme that i hope we have a chance to focus on is how culture is so important in any organization. it is particularly important in news organizations and notions purpose and core values along the built to last theme. the notion of transparency and honesty and integrity in reporting. the