that's a teddy roosevelt maxism. and i abide by it. >> reporter: republican critics are skeptical this will do any good but today vladimir putin finally agreed to the first direct talks between moscow and ukraine's new leaders also including the european union and secretary kerry to be held sometime next week. brian? >> andrea mitchell, starting us off in our d.c. news room. thanks, andrea. >>> now to matters domestic. as we said at the top of the broadcast, the white house says today april 8th is an important date for women because they say for the average american woman to earn what the average american male was paid last year she has to work all of 2013 plus all the way through today into 2014. in washington both parties staged events to show their support for women, the president issued executive orders. at the end of the day the protests nor the orders changed anything. american women still make an estimated 77% of what men do. >>> in south africa today oscar pistorius described an excruciating detail how it was

hillary education young people for us teddy roosevelt once said a man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad yes in a gilded uncropped a sense is teddy knew and as we know today one needs to get the right education in order to steal the right thing. drama's the truth be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. the faces change the world.

. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt, used to say "talk softly, but carry a big stick." what you're doing is talking strongly and carry a very small stick -- in fact, a twig. >>> are you watching cnn "newsroom." >> a big welcome to our viewers in the united states and, of course, around the world. there's new optimism now that malaysia airlines flight 370 may be located within a matter of days. >> crews were finally able to reacquire underwater signals first heard in the indian ocean on saturday, and that's bringing a sharper focus to the search. today, 15 aircraft and 14 ships are working a grip of about 75,000 square kilometers. >> search leader august us houston says what's needed now is debris from the plane to confirm what the underwater signal suggests. >> the analysis determined that a railroad stable, distinct, and -- a very stable, distinct, and clear signal was detected at 33.331 kilo hertz, and that it consistently pulsed at a 1.106-second interval. i, therefore, assess that the transmission was not of natural origin and was likely sourced from specific elec

there was a trust from teddy roosevelt to jp morgan to take care of things. that started a whole evolution of what i call the financial era of capitalism. you fast forward to a number of years. you have the world war. a crash in 1929. other bankers and presidents are in place. fdr, rose set is a friend of a big banker running chase at the time. they worked together which a lot of people don't know to passing is called the glass-steagall act which separated risk taking at the banks from the deposits of ordinary people who were running to get their deposits out because the stock market was crashing. >> many people think that was a great act and kept our system, our financial system safe for many years. >> exactly. in the period between the 30s and the 70s you had another world war. you had the cold war, but the relationship which was still quite personal and quite family oriented. there were blood ties, inter marriages, pr protege, mentorsh, but there was an alignment of public interest. you had risk out of the overall system. and you had presidents wanting to

there was a trust from teddy roosevelt to jp morgan to take care of things. that started a whole evolution of what i call the financial era of capitalism. you fast forward to a number of years. you have the world war. a crash in 1929. other bankers and presidents are in place. fdr, rose set is a friend of a big banker running chase at the time. they worked together which a lot of people don't know to passing is called the glass-steagall act which separated risk taking at the banks from the deposits of ordinary people who were running to get their deposits out because the stock market was crashing. >> many people think that was a great act and kept our system, our financial system safe for many years. >> exactly. in the period between the 30s and the 70s you had another world war. you had the cold war, but the relationship which was still quite personal and quite family oriented. there were blood ties, inter marriages, pr protege, mentorships, but there was an alignment of public interest. you had risk out of the overall system. and you had presidents wanting

moments later, kerry hit back with a teddy roosevelt quote of his own. >> your friend teddy rooseveltlso said that the credit belongs to the people who are in the arena who are trying to get things done. and we're trying to get something done. that's a teddy roosevelt nexism, and i abide by it. >> tough talk, and we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball," where the past 24 hours republicans have blared the bugle horn on the irs, benghazi, fast and furious, to the point of near absurdity. first up, the irs, led by darrell issa, republicans will vote tomorrow to hold former irs official lois lerner in contempt. the reason, for exercising her fifth amendment right not to testify in front of the committee. shows these kinds of prosecutions haven't been successful since the mccarthy era, specifically when the house committee on un-american activities was hunting down alleged communists. if that's not thorough enough to illustrate the out of control tactics these days, here's a clip when issa literally shut down a hearing in a middle of a statement being made by the democratic ran

that was a situation with the government said teddy roosevelt said do this and morgan said okay. that was the beginning of the situation leading to 1913 while they have 30 seconds or less but added that came the idea that and not even to have the other backing and that they push for the federal reserve island -- backed by went to every presidential library with the original documents i don't trust media. the present company expected. >> of course. the purpose of the media is to tell the truth. but historically the expectation that the time was massive so now we see then jaime dimon stuff with jpmorgan, said jpmorgan chase there is the legacy there. i will wrap up a lot of love dash. [laughter] but the point is these things have a long tail with the relationships that manifest in policy not just from wall street to washington but one box not pate revolving door but one box of power that is shared by different groups of people that have a incredible philosophical and financial ties. [applause] >> taken from there. >>. >> guys teach finance that the business school wondering what is

winning several pulitzer prizes and was very much in to nature and was of follow-through with teddy roosevelt and conservatives being conservative meant being for the conservation of nature and those two words were intertwined so he was into her serving this into perpetuity to 200500 acres of these tidal flats that are right to be kind to me when the tide gets low all the birds come to feed to get to the crustaceans and the crabs. and the love minnows are pooled but if you come up when the tide is high there are no birds to be seen as the lawyers have to to come when the tide is low. it attracts over 800,000 visitors per year and the second most a visited wildlife preserve in the united states. the american white pelican spend the winter down here and this summer in northern minnesota and montana like brown pelicans but feed with their beaks and push some of the nose ahead of them and to scoop them up you can see them sitting all watch but is rare to see them the feed also eats little crustaceans. we stand on the of vanity overlook all the places we chose sarasota, charlotte sarasota, charlot

. >> my hero teddy roosevelt, he said to speak softly and carry a big stick.re carrying a small twig. >> let me begin with your premature judgment about the failure of everything. i -- i -- i don't know. i guess it's easy to lob the judgments around. israel palestine, they don't declare it dead. they want to continue to negotiate. >> we'll see. it has stopped. recognize reality. >> okay. we'll see where the reality is as we go down the road here. there are serious problems, it's a tough issue. but your friend teddy roosevelt said that the credit belongs to people that tried to get something done. i abide by that. i think it's important to do it. and you want to dump it on me? sure, i may fail. but it's worth doing. it's worth the effort. >> going head-to-head, accusing each other of being out of touch with reality. and stage three is when we regress from words that may never hurt me back to sticks and stones. giving up on arguing and start throwing punches. that happened today in the parliament of ukraine. a full-on fight broke out after accusations of dividin

that is a teddy roosevelt maxes him. and i abide by it. >> the united nations is warming -- warning of the hunger crisis. here is a received less than half the average rainfall since the fall. likely forcing the need to import more food. the shortfall could bring the number of syrians rely on food aid to 6.5 million up from 4.2 million. the yuan has cut the size of food rations after receiving a 16% of its budget needs from international donors. the top human rights official has renewed calls for the prosecution of syrian officials at the international criminal court. speaking to reporters, she said the regime of bashar al-assad is responsible for most of the atrocities in syria. but both the commission of havery and my office insistently pointed to human rights violations by both sides. but you cannot compare the two. clearly, the actions of the forces of the government far outweigh the violations of killings, cruelty, persons in detention, disappearances, so you can't compare the situation. it is a government that is m

that's a teddy roosevelt maxism. and i abide by it. i think it's important to do this. sure, we may fail. and you want to dump it on me? i may fail. i don't care. it's worth doing. it's worth the effort. and the united states has a responsibility to lead. not always to find the pessimism and negativity that is so easily prevalent in the world today. finally on the subject you raise about iran, we're talking. the option is you can go to war. a lot of people are ready to drop bombs all the time. we can do that. we have the ability. but this president and this secretary of state believe that the united states of america has a responsibility first to exhaust every diplomatic possibility to find out whether we can prove what the iranians say, that their program is peaceful. before you ask the american people to go to war, we have an obligation to exhaust the remedies that are available to us in order to legitimize whatever subsequent action we might have to take. >> tough exchange there between secretary kerry and senator mccain. let's go to capitol hill right now. north dak

they were both talking about teddy roosevelt. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt usedsay talk softly but carry a big stick. what you're doing is talking strongly and carrying a twig. >> your friend teddy roosevelt said the credit belongs to the people in the arena who are trying to get things done. we're trying to get something done. that's a teddy roosevelt maxism. >> now, i heard that watching it and i looked up the transcript on nbc. >> i heard it last night. >> they put -- nbc changed it to max im. >> they changed it. >> that's a teddy roosevelt maxism. >> you know, if that were bush or sarah palin -- in the transcript when i read it, it was back to maxim. i looked it up and marksism came up. when you may say something that karl marx said, that could be a maxism. >> don't you have a son named max. >> it's a maxism. >> john kerry ran for president. they made him out to be so much smarter. >> this is a dan quayle moment? >> his a lot of them. they made him out to be mr. phi beta cappa. then his biggest decision, you remember what it was? do you know who would be pres

that's a teddy roosevelt maxism. >> all right.s from washington, ace reporters carl cameron and james rosen. so how much fire is kerry under anyway and how is is he handling it, rosen? >> well, he came under fire at that hearing, not just from republicans but even from some of his democratic allies, bill. secretary kerry obviously would not ascribe to the notion that he is presently engaged in the business of failing. even if that were undeniably true. we should not ordained to failure. sometimes ball games are won in the late innings. with that said there is no doubt that some of john kerry's key initiatives are either dead or close to death. in syria, which is the site of this millennium's bloodiest catastrophe. u.s. policy is so nebraska blues as to be unrecognizable. in ukraine, both the threat and the imposition of sanctions have proved an inadequate deterrent of vladimir putin and european diplomats will tell you it is putin who is controlling events there even kerry's aides acknowledge his efforts to broker the two state so

. >> my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly but carry a big stick. what you are doing is talking softly and carrying a very small stick. in fact, a twig. >> your friend, teddy roosevelt, also said that the credit belongs to the people who are in the arena who are trying to get things done. we're trying to get something done. that's a teddy roosevelt maxism and i abide by it. i think it is important to do this. sure, we may fail. you want to dump it on me, i may fail. i don't care. it's worth doing. >> clearly a lot of frustration on this issue. with me now, the top republican on the foreign relations committee, tennessee senator bob corker. good morning to you, sir. >> morning, chuck. >> look, there's frustration. that's pretty clear. i guess i ask you this. what did you learn yesterday from the hearing for secretary kerry that makes you think this is the right policy and if it is not the right policy, what would you like to say? >> well, we talk a lot of policies, everything from syria to ukraine to china to the palestini palestinian/israeli talks.

. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt, used to say, talk softly but carry a big stickwhat you're doing is talking strongly and carrying a small stick, in fact, a twig. what has been done so far as a result of the russian dismemberment of ukraine in violation of a treat. -- treaty. some individual sanctions, some the -- diplomatic sanctions, suspension but not removal from the g-8, and now more threats to come. here we are with ukraine being destabilized, part of the dismembered, and we won't give them defensive weapons. it is just beyond logic. >> all right, senator mccain. let's give the secretary a chance to respond. >> let me begin with the place that you began with your premature judgment about the failure of everything. geneva two, my friend, i said will not succeed, maybe for a year or two. if syria is ever going to be resolved, it is going to betray political process. and that political process, geneva two, is now in place, though the moment is not right because we still have to change calculation. secondly, israel and palestine. it is interesting that you decla

. >> teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly but carry a big stick what.you're doing is talking strongly and carrying a small stick. in fact, a twig. >> teddy roosevelt said credit belongs to the people in the arena trying to get things done. and we're trying to get something done. it's worth doing. it's worth the effort the united states has a responsibility to lead not to find negativity prevalent today >> a brawl erupted on the floor when a communist party leader blamed nationalists for protests in the east. >>> a woman in texas faces up to life in prison following a conviction for stabbing her boyfriend to stej with a heel of her shoe. a jury at least 25 games faced with a five and a half inch he'll. saying her boyfriend had become enrageed and attacked her. >> republican lawmakers are distancing them selves from a louisiana congressman asking for forgiveness after a video showing him kissing a woman who is not his the woman in the video resigned yesterday her husband says they are now heading for divorce. >> i will say the american people deserve all

progressives like the sainted teddy roosevelt believed in spreading anglo-saxon civilization to places like hawaii, the philippines, cuba and central america. tammany boss richard croaker was among the most vocal opponents of america's imperialist designs. croaker retained a very irish and a very old-fashioned american view of imperialism. he once told reporters why he opposed overseas adventures. >> let me explain what i mean by anti-imperialism. it means opposition to the fashion of shooting down everybody who doesn't speak english. [laughter] it seems to be the fashion nowadays when a people don't speak english to organize ap army and send troops to shoot them down. >> croaker was criticized as numb skull for those views. years later when the same civic elites joined with cultural conservatives in an effort to restrict immigration tammany congressman william cochran bitterly opposed this neo-nativist maneuver directed not so much at the irish, but at southern europeans and jews. in 1922 as congress was considering legislation cochran told the hebrew aid society -- >> it is an abando

. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt, to say, talk softly but carry a big stick. carrying a very small stick. in fact, a twig. >> your friend teddy roosevelt also said, that the credit belongs to the people who are in the arena trying to get things done and we're trying to get something done. that's a teddy roosevelt and i abide by it. >> so again, do you think those current sanctions are doing enough or is senator mccain right here? >> well, i do think we need stronger sanctions. the biggest challenge, though, is not getting the u.s. to move forward with bigger sanctions. i think there's a great willingness to do that here. the challenge is getting europe to move forward with stronger sanctions and implementation of the sanctions we have. i would add to that we need to have europe organized now and ready to embrace sector-wide sanctions on russia if russia moves further into ukraine. but that's a challenge. europe has a lot more at stake economically than we do, yet this is in europe's backyard and i do think we're at greater risk if we don't show a strong hand i

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people like teddy roosevelt's father could put up $300 you're out of the draft for these irish people, many of whom are children and immigrants themselves. they couldn't get out. so when the draft was suspended, lincoln made it clear to new york, this is only a suspension. you have to figure out how to make this draft work and you have about a month to do it. so samuel tilden who is a big shot lawyer made his money by collecting fees and therefore of course never took a bribe. samuel tilden had this brilliant idea to sue the federal government for imposing an unconstitutional draft. boss tweed basically took him aside and said you know what justice goliad is going to say? i have a better idea. with tammany halted at tammany's suggestion is they took guided bombs they could pay the $300 for any man who wanted out of the trash. now it was neat and simple in principle it to an address started again in a month, there is no uprising. in terms of tammany's relations with african-americans, tammany style switcher poker was an honorary member of tammany's african-american component, which is

that's your next project, from the birth of teddy roosevelt to the are dead of eleanor, who was a niece to franklin roosevelt who was a fifth cousin. >> has more affect than any other family, i'll defend that to the end. this is a very complicated family drama, an american downton 18. abbey. about 3 extraordinary people, whose stories are timeless. what are we debating? what is the role of government, what can a citizen expect from government? how does character form leadership, how does adversity form character later in life and how does that form to leadership skills? these are the central questions of the roosevelts and the interplay of, after franklin was stricken with polio is one of the great american stories. i think we focus too much on the outer stuff. it's all there, the two world wars, the depression, everything that's going on but from an intimate point of view. >> having spent time with franklin delano roosevelt i know you said lincoln is our greatest president -- >> pop music and baseball and the presidency, besides george washington, besides babe ruth besides the beatles

and that was a situation where, you know, the government said -- teddy roosevelt said do this and morgan said okay and saved his friends. that led to the federal resevrv act and this idea that the bankers wanted a bank that could support them more in the panic. so to have other backing. and the bankers pucks pushed for the federal reserve act. i went to every presidential museum to examine the documents because i don't trust the media. present company accepted. the purpose of media is to tell the truth and it doesn't also happen but this this case it does. but at the time of the panic the newspapers made him be a king and he saved the world. we see this with jaime diamond stuff in certain publications. jp morgan and jp morgan chase there is a legacy. >> why don't we -- >> i will wrap up. the point is these things have a long tail and there is a lot of blood and connections and relationships and everything that manifest in policies that come not from wall street to washington and washington and wall stret but it is one box of power which is shared by different groups of people that have i

in fact, a twig. >> your friend teddy roosevelt all right said that the credit belongs to the peoplerying to get things done. and we are fryitrying to get something done. >> joining me now is a senior fellow at atlanta council in kiev last week. tell whults wus what was going e fight in the parliament? >> i know everything about the factions. the instigator, an admirer, of the far right party, and personally a nazi. he attacked the leader of the communist party who is a plutocrat whose mansion was burned down after the protests and after the collapse of the government so. he xiz fris extreme leap bitter. a communist comes out and attacks the guys insensitive. the fascist attacks him. he is pummeled by a woman wearing crimson. a woman he has been seen holding hand. a member of the communist party. a kind of a romeo and juliet story. you know. the capulets. >> more than one dimension. i just know too much about this stuff unfortunately. >> i want to show more of what john kerry was dealing with in the senate foreign relations committee hearing today. this is senator james rish of idaho

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every education young people for as teddy roosevelt once said a man who has never gone to school maysteal from a freight car but if he has a university education he may still the whole railroad yes in a gilded and corrupt a ten he knew and as we know it today one needs to get the right education in order to steal the right thing. crosstalk rules in effect and you can jump in anytime you want. if you are just joining us welcome to the program on r.t. international ukrainian photographer has lost out of the country's media for using his pictures without publisher putting words in his mouth a number of news outlets publishes images adding that he had said they featured russian agents he met in slovyansk washington went even further using some of his pictures to prove moscow's military involvement of the conflict on wrongly claiming they were taken in russia but now that the photos don't actually prove anything they're getting much less attention in the media and zante is an associate now reports remember the old days when major publications and media took the time to get facts straight

my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly, but carry a big stick. what you're doing, is talking strongly, and carrying a very small stick. in fact, a twig. >> the people of ukraine should know why won't we give them in defensive weapons when they are facing yet another invasion -- not the first, but another invasion of their country. it is just beyond logic. kerry responded that diplomacy should always be the avenue of first resort. >> but your friend teddy roosevelt also said that the credit belongs to the people who are in the arena who are trying to get things done, and we're trying to get things done. sure we may fail. you want to dump it on me, i may fail, i don't care. it's worth doing, it's worth the effort. >> ifill: in syria, president bashar al-assad is now seeking re-election, ignoring repeated u.s. calls for him to step down. more than 150,000 are now dead in that civil war, and peace talks in geneva fizzled earlier this year. on monday, while traveling in manila, the president offered a pointed response to critics who say he has been to

. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say, talk softly and carry a big stick. what you're doing is talking strongly and carrying a very small stick. in fact, a twig. >> wait until you hear how secretary state john kerry fires back. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin this hour with new details on the hunt for flight 370. here are the latest developments. searchers are now scouring a much smaller area of the indian ocean trying, once again, to hear those pinging sounds which may have come from the airliner's black boxes because searchers can't afford any competing noise, a drone mini subwi will remain out of the ocn until the pings are completely ruled out. aircraft may be getting ready to take off hunting for the strangely elusive debris. our analysts and reporters are nd stainding by in washington ad around the world. let's begin with matthew chance who is joining us right now from perth, australia. matthew? >> reporter: wolf, thanks very much. australian officials are saying over the course of the next coming days we can expect an incr

. >> my kehero teddy roosevelt sa talk softly, carry a big stick. you are talking softly carrying a little click. >> bob corker says russia and iran is driving policy in syria, and wants to know what john kerry thinks the u.s. should do. >> i guess we'll tell when you write your memoires, whether you support the policy of the administration. but we get a lot of conflicting reports. john kerry defended the obama administration perspective, and said it's trying to change the calculations of the syrian regime. >> the key is how do you get the parties to a place where they both understand that there isn't going to be a military solution that doesn't destroy the country absolutely and totally, but which could ultimately be negotiated. >> john kerry's visit comes on the heels of 13 days overseas. despite frustrations he kept a positive tonnes. >> the truth is the -- positive tone. >> the truth is the parties are talking to see if they can get over the hurdle. >> a wait and see message for congress repeated on a number of foreign policy fronts. >> secretar

get education young people for us teddy roosevelt. once said a man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education he may still be whole railroad yes in a gilded crap days such as teddy knew and as we know today one needs to get the right education in order to still the right thing. the. economic down in the final. day. and the rest because i. believe if we don't. know how you know i marinate it you're watching boom bust and these are some of the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up the as you see is waning a requirement that would have brokers tell investors exactly where their stock trades go to be executed now it's designed to address claims that decisions are often made against the client's interests but will it work we look into a common write up and then we have marshall are about on the show he's an expert on the european sovereign debt crisis and he is telling us his thoughts on the euro zone and in today's big deal edward harrison and i are discussing the so-called

. >>> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly and carry a big stickwhat you're doing is carrying a twig. >> your friend also said that the credit belongs to the people in the arena trying to get something done. and we're trying to get something done. >> john kerry was getting criticism for the ukraine. tensions seemed to ease -- but ukranian cities have seen a violent few days. a fist fight reflecting tensions coming to a boil. and in the eastern part of the country, pro-russian rallies. >> and everything we've seen from russian provocateurs in eastern ukraine tells us they've been sent there to create chaos. >> sergei lavrov said, stop trying to place the blame at our door. and they're also clashing with pro-ukraine demonstrators. and in this video, armed men shown occupying city headquarters. and a local tv station was attacked, and some protesters arrested. meanwhile, pro-russian demonstrators have taken over a different building. that's where we find simon ostrofsky. >> it's been completely taken over. wearing protective gear they made themselves.

. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt, used to say "talk softly, but carry a big stickwhat you're doing is talking strongly and carry a very small stick -- in fact, a

here is a case of young people for as teddy roosevelt once said a man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad yes in a gildan crap dave said his teddy knew and as we know today one needs to get the right education in order to steal the right things. the pledge was a terrible mistake now i'm very sorry to say going to let once again a little longer a plug that never had sex with others make their lives let's get a little blood. tests. listen to the i'm listening. instead of deescalation in ukraine the war of words increased tensions on the ground continue to see a showdown of some kind this is pitting washington against moscow is this artificially induced crisis in ukraine turning into a defining historical moment. today and signs of progress a secret peace. square demonstrators refuse to release a case saying i'm telling you. we are in. international news and call in july from moscow to get welsh mail saying to national with me as you know. very well welcome to the program. several people have died a

. >> my hero teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly but carry a big stick. what you're doing is talking strongly and carrying a small stick, really a twig. >> he also said the credit belongs to those people in the arena trying to get things done. and we're trying to get something done. and i abide by it. i think it's important to do this. sure, we may fail and you want to dump it on me. i may fail. i don't care. it's worth doing. it's worth the effort. >> so there is no love lost between attorney general eric holder and the congressman. but the two clashed over a house vote in 2012 to hold holder in contempt of congress. >> what we promised to do is provide you and your staff with -- >> sir, i have read you what your department promised and it's inadequate and i realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general but it is important that we have proper oversight. >> you don't want to go there buddy. you don't want to go there. >> i don't want to go there about the contempt? >> you should not assume that that is not a big deal to me. i think that

photo from 1902 and a congressional report, and it pictures the installation of a new boiler for teddy roosevelt in 1900 do. it's not very easy to see but if you can kind of narrow in on this is the best you can, it's rather instructive. this is a brick here on the ground fo floor level of the whe house. that would be a brick. that would be supporting a help to support all of the house about it. what you see broken up would be the very bottom of the house and what you see would be what they excavated to take note of the men there for skill. i want you to look at this. what is not? that's called rubble work. is a very crude foundation. basically they found stone that they dug and they threw them down there, maybe with a bit of mold -- a bit of mortar, maybe not. they built the brick on top of it. if you use the man's legs rescue, maybe three feet or so. you may think three feet of stone isn't a bad foundation. maybe not. but consider that on this pier and on every other pier in the basement, the white house was pressing down at 20 tons per linear foot. and the ground beneath the white house withs

it started literally 102 years ago when teddy roosevelt failed to get the nomination for president and started the moose party and split the republican vote. allowing woodrow will wilson, a progressive democrat, to become president of the united states. sometimes they look like roosevelt, nixon, ford, bob dole, john mccain, or mitt r romney. today it is mitch mcconnell and many others. we are fighting that wing of the party. the voters reject them. and only when the face is a limited government do we score big victories. this weekend, as a matter of fact, republican leaders, cantor and mccarthy are meeting at the ritz carlton in florida meeting with the mainstreet partnership and the objective is to, in mitch mcconnell's words, to crush them everywhere and that means us conservatives. so they are meeting with an organization to crush the party. the big government republicans understand the problem and they understand that we are their opponents. we hear in the press about the conservatives have lost ground, they are reached their high water mark, they are on the down hill now and tea p

that's a teddy roosevelt maxism, and i abide by it. i think it's important to do this. sure, we may fail. and you want to dump it on me? i may fail, i don't care. it's worth doing. it's worth the effort. and the united states has a responsibility to lead, not always to find the pessimism and negativity that's so easily prevalent in the world today. and finally on the subject that you raise about iran, we're talking. the option is you can go to war. a lot of people are ready to drop bombs all the time. we can do that. we have the ability. but this president and this secretary of state believe that the united states of america has a responsibility first to exhaust be every diplomatic possibility to find out whether we can prove what the iranians say, that their program is peaceful. and before you ask the american people to go to war, we have an obligation to exhaust the remedies that are available to us in order to legitimize whatever subsequent action we might have to take. now, we are engaged in eyes-open negotiations. we have no illusions about how tough this is. i'm n

. >> my hero, teddy roosevelt, used to say, talk softly but carry a big stick.ery small stick. in fact, a twig. >> your friend teddy roosevelt also said that the credit belongs to the people who are in the arena trying to get things done. and we're trying to get something done. that's a teddy roosevelt maxism and i abide by it. sure we may fail. you want to dump it on me? i may fail, i don't care. it's worth doing. >> what's with that? they used to be kind of buddies. >> that relationship on the way it's evolved ask fascinating. i covered john mccain and secretary of state john kerry with defense issues. this is really an expression of the frustration, specifically with this administration but specifically when you look at john kerry, used to be friends, negotiating buddies. their personal tension between john mccain and john kerry were never center stage quite like this. thing is just a display of how frustrated republicans are and how off track they feel the obama administration's foreign policy is. it's dominant not just in those circles but in politics overa

so as teddy roosevelt once and that has never gone to school may steal from a free baby as a universityeducation he may still the sole relevant. yes they do all the trappings of his ten the new tasmania on tuesday. one needs to get re education in order to steal the right thing. i am. rules are to get him to get a jump in anytime he was the eye. if the distorting us welcome to the program a international ukrainian photographer has lashed out of the country's media for using as pictures without permission. i'm putting words in a smile. a number of news outlets publishes images adding that he had said they feature the russian agents he met and stubby arms. washington when he went on to using some of his pictures to prove moscow's minute revolt of the conflict on wrongly claiming they were taken in russia. but now that the photos and actually prove anything to getting much less attention in the media as auntie is an associate choking on our reports the old days when major publications and media took time to get back straight before making headlines out of questionable evidence. it might be