he rote that theodore roosevelt was clearly insane and undoubtedly the worst president we have ever had, and roosevelt turned the complimentary saying he would like to skin mark twain alive. >> host: i'm at that page. twain sid that roosevelt was the most formidable disaster that has befallen the country since the civil war, and roosevelt, when he was talking to kipling about these antiimperialists like mark twain, the racism is is aston -- astonishing. he said these jack foals who think head hunters needs nothing in independence other than it bit turned into a new england town meeting and there was completely dismissive of of oantiimperials and mark twain was rabid about the examinationists but we are missing one piece of why there was the expansionist movement. it had to do with the fact that the u.s. was so productive at the time. american workers were making so many things, they'd run out of americans to sell them to, and roosevelt and lodge in particular we are very clear, we need to take other countries so we can subdue them, civilize and then sell them things. >> guest: absolutel

theodore roosevelt was undoubtedly. >> it was the most formidable disaster since the civil war and when he was talking to kipling like mark twain to racism is pretty astonishing and he said for instance they think any group of pirates and headhunters have nothing but independence in order to be turned into a dark new england town of meetings and completely dismissive but we were missing one piece of the expansionist movement how the u.s. was productive at the time they were making so many things and roosevelt was very clear we need to subdue them and then sell them things. >> i did a lot of research so i could understand what was being discussed. one of the things that comes forward american manufacturers and farmers had completely mastered the technique is that they were producing far more than the americans could consume and that's when he started having these labor strike in various parts of the country we felt that there mighthought thae serious of people coming out of the united states so the solution was to take the foreign countries and the european colonies were protected and ex

they were able to nominate theodore roosevelt -- franklin, sorry. [laughter] >> even though lippmann hated roosevelt and try today -- tried to torpedo in 1928 roosevelt elected as governor of new york, they saw franklin roosevelt as great hope and they got behind him early and helped him elect him and the rest is history. liberalism became the dominant movement to american politics, but i would encyst that their best days may have been when they were out of power and so for the despairing liberals in the group, i think there's a lot to be done by forming professional networks among journalists and politicians and even regular people and remaining engaged in all aspects of political life that you think are important and that you think are out rages in this country. i think a lot of liberalism during this time period was standing up for the underdog and that's what liberals should be doing today. with that, i'm going to open up the floor, i thank you for coming and fabulous to present some of the ideas of my book today. [applause] >> okay. thank you. >

selection of the first draft number. >> right, the first draft, secretary war newton baker. >> theodore roosevelt. >> he had three sons in the war. >> quinn tin roosevelt was a pilot and he died in the war and that strongly devastated roosevelt. >> three million american men were drafted. >> not all of this served but the vast majority of the american forces was made of enlisted and drafts. >> here we are seeing being scripted into war, taken from homes and lives to be turned into soldiers. >> yes. you can see the buildings. they were built structures by the army quarter master core. there were soforts scattered an constructed in the south and southeast where the climate is warmer. you had to factor in what the weather was going to be like. >> how difficult was the turning of citizens into soldiers? >> it was difficult. one of the things you find in reading the primary sources is many soldiers did not have the training they thought they theeded. they were rushed and getting them overseas. when you look at the footage you wonders what happened to the men. you see statue of liberty. >> yes. >> ther

the top five presidents, abraham lincoln, george washington, franklin roosevelt, theodore roosevelt and harry truman. see the full list on our website at cspan.org. also coming up sunday historians richard norton smith, edna medford and douglas brinkley will talk about c-span's o25017 presidential historian survey. this is the third survey that c-span has done on the subject, starting in 2000, we did it again in 2009 and then this year. you can watch that discussion live on "washington journal" and that's sunday morning starting at 8:00 eastern. watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we've had in decades. >> reporter: live tuesday february 28th at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and cspan.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sher man and joseph johnston met to

andrew jackson, an ego maniac, a guy who's constantly lying, these are things they said about theodore roosevelt, buone of our other greatest presidents, so it's hard in the eye of the storm to assess these things. i think it's kind of outrageous that people are trying to sum up the administration when the man massent even been president for two weeks yet. give him a chance. >> we continue with the consideration of the senate's confirmation of betsy devos. >> when it came down to it, mitch mcconnell was not going to get the votes he feed to confirm devos as education secretary. over the weekend, there was a lot of agitating, a lot of democrats and constituents calling and hoping they could remove one more defector from the republican side to tip the nomination over, but in the end it seemed like it was going to be just those two republicans. >> we turn to charlie's interview with brad stone, author of "the upstarts." >> upstart could be a business or a person who creates something new, but it has a secondary meaning where it has a negative cono nation, disrespect of the status quo. airbnb an ube

theodore roosevelt, who is from my district. sagamore hill on long island, oyster bay. harry truman. a very blunt, plain spoken, straightforward person. that's one of the things i worry about with me being in congress. it seems like there is so much intrigue and maneuvering and i'm like bla, let it out. we hope it will work out. al smith, governor of new york state, first catholic ever to run for president of the united states. he lost badly in that race, though. then i have got martin luther king over here. i love to show this one to kids because everybody thinks of martin luther king making his i have a dream speech on the steps with hundreds of thousands of people adoring him. it wasn't always that way. he was in church basements talking to people quietly worried about people beating them up, slowly organizing piece by piece before you could culminate in the speech that we all watch now and see on tv commercials. but it wasn't always like that. of course, bobby kennedy, who was so much hope for idealism at the time he was running for president. mario cuomo, the gover

and he had read edward morris' book, "the rise of theodore roosevelt," and t.r. is ranked number four and he won a nobel peace prize and never got america into a war, even though he was known as a hawk, same as ronald reagan. he talked all the time about the evil empire and for much of his presidency we were afraid he was going to be able adjourned and get us into somewhere and in the end, he made the world a more peaceful place. i'm glad to see reagan has been able to hang in there as one of the top 10 american presidents. host: we have had a couple of comments from doug brinkley and richard norton smith about andrew jackson. you focus some of your research and work about the mid-19th century presidents, the civil war, reconstruction. let's have a look at andrew jackson. he felt in -- he fell in this latest survey. the brinkley has talked about that, but other than lincoln, the mid-19th century presidents don't do well in our survey. >> that is true. they are challenged by a great number of issues. you've got sectionalism. with jackson, you have got political an

three other top vote getters, george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the top ten choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, jfk and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. james buchanan is ranksed dead last in all three c-span surveys. there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. he found his overall rating dropping this year, from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president, barack obama. he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 overall. with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >>> roger shimamura and his family were detained in idaho. later in life, he became an artist whose work focuses on issues such as ethnicity, race, and the japanese american experience throughout the 20th century. an excerpt of

three other top vote getters, george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. now rounding out the historians' top 10 choice, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. but james buchanon is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president dropped his rating from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president obama.

three our top vote getters, george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower from 1953 to 1961 makes his afeerns in the pop five this year. rounding out the top tern choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. but pity pennsylvania's james buchanan, he's ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. he found his rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up on the scale to 33 overall, with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who were the leaders and the losers in each of the ten categories? you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org.

these are things they set about theodore roosevelt. eye of theard in the storm to assess these things. it's kind of outrageous that people are trying to some of the administration when the eye man hasn't even been president for two weeks yet. host: there's also been a lot of focus on jared kushner, his son-in-law and his role in the white house. how do you see that? roger: the president has confidence in jared kushner and therefore, having mr. kushner has the ability to play an important role. the other hand, mr. kushner is discreet about his advice to the president. that's the way it is supposed to be. i can't tell you what advice he's given the president. i shouldn't be able to tell you. the airing of dirty laundry in public by people who work for the president through leaks really disserves him. that is something jared kushner will never do. ishas the president's trust, highly capable, and he doesn't leak. host: the president talks about this movement. you call it a revolution. i wonder, does he -- does he want to unite the country,

i would add theodore roosevelt. numbermost ironed in at four. he built the big navy. he did the panama canal. he named the white house the white house. he saved 234 million americans of wild america. he is the great conservation resident and a reformer. large as lincoln and fdr in my mind as the fourth wheel of the big four of the true mount rushmore of american presidents. host: this is from charles. i hope this is rhetorical. what is so terrible about william henry harrison? he was sick most of the time. guest: there's nothing terrible. he is inconsequential. personally, i don't know how you can pass judgment on someone who is president for 31 days. it's tough enough with james garfield who was there for six months and much of that flat of his back after an assassination attempt. some side ofed independence from henry clay and the congressional leadership. we will never know how that would have developed. enoughmply not presidency in my opinion to judge. host: we have a couple more minutes on our presidential survey. good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call.

he clocks in at number three, t.r., theodore roosevelt, he still does strong. name you hear a lot. dwight eisenhower, got us through the second world war and became president in the 1950s, george h.w. bush, he's popular. bill clinton, who succeeded, who defeated george h.w. bush. harry truman clocks in there as well. jimmy carter, he's rounding out the top ten. that's the end of the top ten. then who is the least popular president since the start of the 20th century? no real surprise there, i guess it is richard nixon. so there you go. there's a taste what have people think. it is our most important number of the day. 45, back after this. american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. [he has a new business teaching express cardlessons.rvices rodney wanted to know how his business was doing... ...so he got quickbooks. it organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands. ahhh.

george washington, franklin roosevelt, and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower, who sat in the office from 1953 to 1961 makes his first appearance in the top five this year. harryng out the top 10, truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top 10. pennsylvania's james buchanan is three dead last in all c-span surveys. badness for andrew jackson as well. from number 13 number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots overall, scale to 33 with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? overall,who are the leaders ane losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of those and more on our website at the span.org. -- c-span.org. >> join us sunday morning on "washington journal, as historians talk about c-span's 2017 presidential historian survey. that segment i

north west and come franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. eisenhower makes his first appearance in the top five this year. historians tope 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson come a john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps one spot this year to return to the top 10. isy james buchanan, he ranked dead last in all three surveys. and andrew jackson found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the winners and losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more at c-span.org. join us sunday morning on "washington journal," as historians talk about c-span's 2017 residential historians survey. the segment is live beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> former illinois republican hasressman bob micha

historical figures of the early 20th century coming to mind as having tattoos such as theodore rooseveltattooing has been seen as a controversial art form, it has been catalogued as taboo, and that is definitely not the case any longer. this is a show that celebrates tattooing as an art form that has arrived in mainstream culture. some extraordinary images there. let me know what you think either on twitter at, thank you for watching. ? we have seen a few snow showers over the last 2a hours, but for most of us the last 2a hours, but for most of us the weather has been pretty dull and cloudy. one place that did see some sunshine was on the outskirts of aberdeen, a bit of snow on the ground and some sunshine poking through the clouds. it is coming in from the north sea and you can see some showers working westwards, they will continue overnight as well. could give a covering in places, turning ici 's temperatures did low freezing. down to —10 in the highlands of scotland. freezing start to the day but at least you will be read by some sunny skies are the highlands and the western isles. cl

washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt.akes hisenhower first appearance in the c-span top five this year. out the historian top 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumped up one spot this year to return to the top 10. but james buchanan is ranked deadline last in all three c-span surveys. and bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his rating dropping this year from 13 to 18. forthe survey had good news outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three places up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? look at the winners and losers in each of the 10 categories. find all of this and more on our website at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. with philip here crowley to talk about trumps foreign-policy agenda. you pointed out that donald trump ran against the g

roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower served in the oval office from 1953 to 61 and thinks his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the choices, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top ten. he is ranked dead last in the surveybothsurveys and there's br andrew jackson as well he found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. buhad good news for barack obama on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall and george w. bush moved three stops with big gains in public persuasion. how did historians rate your favorite president and who were the winners and losers in the categories you can find all this and more on their website. >> hopefully this is the first of many as most of you know, i know many of you know me as a political reporter for theal arizona capitol times where he spent the past eight years covering the governor's officee delving into the political scen

well, it will be seeded theodore roosevelt. roosevelt led by four. dunbar in transition. easing with the rahe tiled by 14 at the break. third quarter, time winding down. miko leaves would bury the three. the rough riders cruise next week. >>> a small town is getting ready to welcome a minor league baseball team. there is a great grandfather looking to leave his mark as well. lauren zacalac has the story. >> it's about the love of the game. >> reporter: if you ask don royals why he loves baseball so much. be prepared for poetry. >> the smell of the fresh cut as and, i a little mustard on the side of your face. >> reporter: like so many other little boys growing up in text texas, he dreams of playing in the big leagues. >> i wanted to play for the cardinals. >> reporter: he just never thought his chance would come now. at age 78. you see, the city of cleburn is nearing completion of a brand new stadium for the revived minor league baseball team the railroads are going to play. city manager steve polasec. >> baseball is magical. it has been a part of cleveland for a long tim

if his name sounds familiar, it's because he is the great, great grandson of president theodor roosevelt. welcome. thank you for being with us. let's talk about executive orders. help us understand what does that really mean? >> well, an executive order is actually not as mysterious or important as most people think. it's the president telling someone within the executive branch to do something. the president has authority over the executive branch. he can tell his executive officials or his executive agencies, here is what i want you to do. >> we have seen a lot of these over the last couple of days. what is the difference between an executive order and executive action? >> the executive order is when the president transmits his desires to these people. so he is saying, customs and border patrol, you are officials within the executive branch. here is what i want you to do. when they do that, that's the executive branch taking action. >> is there anything different or unusual about president trump's executive orders? we have seen a lot so far. >> well, he has certainly been energetic. th

even people such as theodore roosevelt and dorothy parker are alleged to have been tattooed.aving carried tattoos. tattooing has been seen as controversial and taboo, that is not the case any longer. this show celebrates tattooing as an art form. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @benmbland. plenty more news for you on the website as well. thanks for watching. hi there. we have seen a few snow showers over the last few hours, but it has been pretty dull and cloudy. one place that saw some sunshine, some snow on the ground at aberdeen and some sun poking through the clouds. that's coming in from the north sea, showers working westwards. that will continue overnight. could be covering some places, icy temperatures dipping below freezing. and lows as low as —10 in the highlands of scotland. a freezing cold start but will be greeted with some sunny skies across the highlands and western isles. cloudy elsewhere in scotland with some showers still working in. also working across eastern towns of england, some significant snow across the tops of t

washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. dwies ic dwight eisenhower is i the top five for the first time in year. harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan, lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. but pity pennsylvania's james buchanan, ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. for time on the list, historians place him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moving to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and losers in each of the ten categories? find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >> the lantos foundation for human rights injustice presented an iraqi member of parliament with their 2016 prize. receiving the prize for defending thea zitty peop

executive that would rein in the aristocrats, you could cherry pick american history and point to theodore roosevelt and talking about the malefactors of the wealth. you could talk about franklin roosevelt and describing the economic loyalist and i welcome their hatred and taking on this antagonistic relationship of those times. but i would imagine that it would be just as easy to come up with examples of collusion. perhaps richard mentioned the influence of machiavelli. one clear element of the book is that machiavelli thought the executives always have to choose whether to ally with the few or the many. and machiavelli recommends executives ought to ally with the many because the people woulpeoplewould be there with ss of support and adams needs to believe that as well but it doesn't seem like there is a mechanism that would force or compel the executives to be at the center for the people and i don't see that. if anything i see the development of the presidency from world war ii until now. perhaps only making the problem more and more difficult because the president announces more and more power.

and theodore roosevelt the fourth. the great grandson to resident teddy roosevelt. in case we spoke too fast. how are you doing. i'm pat morrison. i could've said anybody could nine. you think of a good one and i'll be that for you. the environment of course as a topic that would take more than 50 mormons or any city. but i think a lot of it has to do with the kind of well that we have to deal with the problems that are at hand. if you look at it through rose colored glasses the environmental crisis can if we look at it in those terms be a moment for ourselves we have conquered nature in the past. we can heat the arctic. the question now is what we can do with what is confronting us and whether we are willing to do it. science has always come to our rescue in the past. we have vaccines that make people able to live to 80 who used it die at the age of 30. we made at the perry's in the deserts into agricultural fields and we made the urchins into our own fish ponds but if you remember the commercial from the 1970s nice -- it's not nice to fool mother nature. more impo

my full name is theodore roosevelt johnson iii, so my existence as a republican president and some southern sharecropper great-grandparents in south carolina appreciated president roosevelt for inviting booker t. washington to dinner in 1901. so i grew up privily -- up pretty privileged, middle-class, and i was blinded to a lot of what i would say much of black america experiences until i had gone off to college and become more of a world citizen and not so insulated in my middle-class suburb. i wondered, why is it i have had so many opportunities that have not been extended to others? it is a function of geography and zip code. but even though we have these disparate experiences, i would argue the black american experience is more disparate , more varied than it is ever been. there are black haves and have nots. a lot of black america has been left behind. i wanted to see what this very experienced black america has with politics going forward. that is what i was spent by year at new america looking into. we have got a great panel here today. first, we have got dr. kenisha university, aard

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three other top vote getters held their positions, george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt dwight eisenhower who served in the oval office from 1953 until 1961 makes his first appearance in the top five this year. rounding out the historians top ten choices, here he truman, thomas jefferson, john, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top ten. james buchanan is ranked dead last in all three surveys. bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his rating drop in this year from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for out going president, barack obama. on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did they rate your favorite. you can find this in more on our website at c-span.org. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2.ng bookt top nonfiction books and authors. television for serious rears

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george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. eisenhower makes his first appe appearance. harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f kennedy and lyndon johnson jumps a spot to return to the top ten. james bucanon is ranked dead last in all three surveys. and andrew jackson found his overall rating dropping from number 13 to number 18. good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list historians placed him at 12 ovall. and george w bush moved up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite presidents? who are the winners and losers in the ten categories? you can find all of this on c-span.org. >> i am excited about to talk about my first book. i am jeremy dudda and many of you know me as political reporter for the arizona capital times. i spent the last past eight years covering the governor's office. i think those who know me personally know my greatest passion is history. if you have been to my house you have seen wall after wall o

> sean: what a beautiful office, i saw a lotes of signatures inside your desk going back to theodore rooseveltdwight eisenhower. even al gore and job item. this has been a fast-moving administration. you seem to be involved in every aspect of what has been happening. how close is the relationship ctnow? >> vice president pence: i'm just very humbled. to be a small part of an administration and a president who from the first hours of this administration has been keeping their promises to the american people. right after the inaugural ceremonies, right after the parade was over, i walked with the president and other members of our team in the oval office, he sat down and started taking immediate action.. it has been a great encouragement to people all across the country to see that president donald trump is doing everything he said he would do throughout the campaign. we are just getting started. >> sean: let's talk about democratic opposition. you had a hard time getting some of your cabinet members through. i think a lot of democrats are pretty dedicated to a filibuster, to preventk neil gorsu

top vote getters continue to hold their positions, george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt dwight eisenhower who served in the oval office of 1953-1961 makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. rounding out the historians top 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. but pd pennsylvania's james buchanan, he is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seventh president found his overall rating dropping from number 13 to number 18. but the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list, historians placed him at number 12 overall. and george w. bush moved three spots on the scale to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in each of the 10 categories? you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >> now look at america's opioid epidemi

to be very generous towards adams'notion, you can cherry pick american history and point to theodore roosevelt and the factors of great wealth and a need for a strong president to bring them to heel. you can talk about franklin roosevelt, you know, describing the economic loyalists and welcome-- saying i welcome their hatred and, you know, taking on the very antagonistic relationship with the economic elite of his time. but there would be-- i would imagine there would be-- it would be just as easy to come up with examples of collusion, economics and presidents. and perhaps richard mentioned the influence of machiavelli. one clear element of machiavelli's influence, machiavelli thought that executives always have to choose whether to ally with the few or ally with the many. and it's not-- and machiavelli recommends that executives ought to ally with the many because the people will be there, the most stable basis of support. and adams seemed to believe that as well, but it doesn't seem like there's a clear mechanism that would force or compel the executive to be the defender of the people. and

theodore roosevelt would later call him a filthy little atheist. that was not true. thomas paine always said i believe in one god and no more. he argues and "the age of reason" that it is a system set up to terrify and enslave mankind. he makes a number of hits at islam, judaism, and in the religion he himself grew up in, christianity. in his book, he explains the moment where he says that he first came to this conviction. he says when he was 7 or eight-years-old, someone and his family gave a reading at home of a sermon on the substitutionary atonement. which is the christian doctrine that christ died for our sins. paine remembers that he left the room and he walked down some steps into the garden. he writes, i revolted at the recollection of what i had heard. i thought to myself that it was making god almighty act like a passionate man that killed his son when he could not revenge himself any other way. as i was sure a man would be hanged that did such a thing, i could not see for what purpose they preached such strong, such -- they preached such sermons. lincoln s

followed by george washington, franklin roosevelt, and theodore roosevelt. here comes the changes.ower moves into the 5 -- intiet eisenhower moup. and obama moves up the list for the first time, coming in at number 12. >>> we're working hard to improve your heart health. and part of maintaining a strong heart is eating right. >> as we all know, that isn't always easy, especially when you dine out. monday, we are sponsoring a free, heart-healthy food tasting. it will take place at carmine's on 7th street in d.c. you are invited to attend, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. andrea roane gets all of the fun assignments, doesn't she? she will be there, giving out hugs and plates. reservations are required. you do this by going going to our wusa 9 facebook page. here's the thing. don't call carmine's directly. they'll tell you go to our facebook page. and you have to make a reservation on our facebook page. top? >> live look outside. it is our live michael and sons weather cam. temperatures still 50. dew points have come up. might remember this time yesterday. dew points were in and actually, we look at

theodore roosevelt. this guy is different.you have ryan, at one point there was a real tension. you had ryan and trump like thi this. reince priebus is doing a great job because as paul ryan's closest friend, he is donald trump's chief of staff too. they are gradually coming together. that's a big deal. >> sean: 200 days you think is a real possibility in terms of the time frame. listen, i am willing to take the speaker at his word but i was surprised that a fellow congressman, republicans, i will keep an eye on it. i will hold them accountable. >> no, no. we should. let me say this. mcconnell and ryan are both strong, mature personalities. they centralize things more than i would but that is their style. they are now working with trump and they are getting to know each other better and better. these are three really determined people. i suspect that 200 days fits exactly within where the trump team wants to be and you know me, this stuff breaks down, i will be on the show saying it is breaking down. i am not going to cover fo

the last century, john rockefeller made his feelings known clearly about how he felt about theodore roosevelt. guess what happened, the federal government took down john rockefeller and broke the empire up. >> reporter: he cites the famous quote dating back to the bible and reiterated by leaders overtime. with the position of wealth and power comes great responsibility. >> pam joins us this morning to talk about it. we heard under armour ceo and nordstroms dropping ivanka trump. a lot of people vote with their dollar. >> they do. that is the concern. and that's what he brings up. you also have a lot of people working for these companies. investing in the companies. and so what you say, good or bad, can affect your whole entire company. he brought up the example of, for instance, the travel ban and immigration. for a ceo to go to his or her employees and say, hey, we have your back, we want to make sure that you're not sent on a plane and away from here, we're going to help you, instead of coming out against the travel ban or policies, it tells a different story for other people that might not

top boat getters continue to hold their positions, george washington, franklin roosevelt, and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower who served makes hisfeet -- 1953 first appearance in the top five this year. rounding out the top 10 choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. buchanan, he is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. bad news for andrew jackson as well, our seventh president found his overall rating dropping from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama, his first time on the list, he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots gains33 overall with big in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on our website at www.c-span.org. >> this morning, weekly standard contributor gary schmitt talks about his recent article on presidential power. then, daryl kimball, executive direc

abraham lincoln receiving the top billing with george washington, pregnant roosevelt, and theodore roosevelt dwight eisenhower entering the top five from number eight. barack obama entering the race for the first time -- ranks for the first time, obviously. we did this in 2000, 2009, and here in 2016. atin, all of that all nine c-span.org. look for our conversation coming up in just under half an hour or so with our three academic advisors on that survey. done quickly of rice university -- doug brinkley of rice university.that is coming up at 8:00 eastern . we go to conrad and hear from pennsylvania. good morning, republican line. caller: boy it is very difficult to get on this network. watch this daily. -- i this daily. host: glad you got through. caller: me too. i was an independent before trump. i am glad you brought up this subject today because i have had a lot to say but unable to get on the network on c-span. i am a c-span junkie. i turned republican because of trump's direction. i am a vietnam veteran from 1963 to 1967. elections, i noticed we were having protests at that time, but t