. >> the other set was theodore roosevelt and theodore roosevelt jr. theodore roosevelt jr. in world war ii because of his actions at normandy -- the invasion of normandy on d-day. he helped secure the beaches. and, actually, when they found they had landed at the wrong spot, he said it didn't matter -- "we'll start the war from here." his father didn't receive his medal of honor until many years after theodore roosevelt jr. had gotten his. theodore roosevelt was given the medal of honor posthumously for leading the charge up san juan hill during the spanish american war. >> the ringling bros. barnum & bailey circus -- it's billed as the "greatest show on earth." and as carly reports, you don't have to see it to believe it. >> welcome to the greatest show on earth! >> all aboard! >> ♪ all aboard, all aboard ♪ the amazing circus train >> it's called the "touch tour." the ringling bros. circus, together with metrolina association for the blind, are giving local visually impaired students a chance to get a real feel for the circus. this event proves that the circus is more than

theodore roosevelt was the master of this. and bryan and the democrats had a very difficult time reaching that broad middle class and convincing voters that they could bring progressive change, not radical change, but progressive change. and wilson was able to do that. he was professor at princeton. he had been governor of new jersey. he was a very moderate reformer, but progressive reformer. and he was able to succeed, where bryan was not. >> you want to follow up? >> i want to faem size the only reason wilson won was because the republican party split in 1912. and taft proved not to be a real progressive successor to theodore roosevelt. at least roosevelt didn't think so and roosevelt tries to arrest his nomination away from taft in 1912. fails to and then goes out and becomes a nominee of this new progressive party. if republicans had stayed united, we'll never know what would have happened. but it's quite possible that wilson would not have been elected. >> michael kazen who teaches politics and history at georgetown, univ

kabc's denise theodore shows what's next for him. >> reporter: after surgery, max page is heading home list -- >> i'm thinking about a lot of things. especially having a milkshake. ♪ >> reporter: it appears that max was perfectly cast as the mini-darth vader, who uses sheer will to move objects. his positive thinking kept him going through eight surgeries that began when he was a baby. this is the second time doctors have replaced his pulmonary valve. >> he came in, saying we have to do it, get it over with and i'll move on. the force is with me. he's really -- he's really maintained that sparkle and positive attitude. >> i came here when i was 5 weeks old. how young is that? >> reporter: we first met max last summer, at the opening of children hospital l.a.'s new pavilion. >> i feel at home. they feel at home. we all feel at home. >> reporter: max has used his talents and winning personality to raise $50,000 for the hospital last year alone. and last summer, he went to washington to ask for increased children's access to quality health care. he's a supercrusader for young patients eve

all right theodore if i can start with you your country has a new government ok so you're right presumably your job is assured for a while until yes yes yes it's today's government today's government i do the greeks want more europe or less europe as a result of the crisis and we we all know increases the country that's been hit the hardest since the euro crisis started yes indeed greece has been the heart of this this was the first to be hit and to be very hard i have to say. now we had two elections in a row in maine to june and that people voted good people voted and voted i think for the you will stay in you will and i think that this is a distinct unit if they vote for a stereotype as well are those two different things the know that more or less it goes with it goes together it goes together they know that's thinking you know he's a difficult boss but it's a path for them for perspective in the future and that's why i think personally that. the decision that was taken several years ago to enter the you and the decision late and the yunus on it was a very serious decision national dec

taft was popular because he was the hand-picked successor to a very popular president theodore roosevelt, so bryan couldn't get much traction that year. >> his closest rate was 1896 as we look at the election results. we're joined by marie from connecticut. go ahead, marie. >> caller: thank you very much. i'd like to know how did william jennings bryan come to live in miami, florida? >> in fact, boca raton, florida -- coral gables, florida. >> his wife mary contracted crippling arthritis when she lived in the house. she couldn't live in the winter climate of nebraska any longer. so miami was beginning to be a place for older people to go if they could afford to, and also he had been in the south before, he had a lot of strong supporters in the south. so they'd go to miami and stay at friends' houses before and they decided to move there. it was a very good move for mary certainly. >> you tell a story in the book about how he was used to help bring other people to coral gables, including the venetian pool that's still there today. >> he became a proeter in the 1920s as he gave up all hope

as president theodore roosevelt said, upon west point's centennial, 110 years ago next month, he said: "your duty here at west point has been to fit men to do well in war. but it is a noteworthy fact that you also have fitted them to do singularly well in peace. the highest positions in the land have been held, not exceptionally, but again and again by west pointers." west pointers who have risen to the first rank in all occupations of civilian life. were he here today he'd only alter that quote slightly - young men and women are prepared to do that. [applause] the class of 2012, this is your destiny, to lead your country, for you are the leaders of your generation, that 9/11 generation, which i predict will go down in history as the finest generation this nation has produced. [applause] i've had many honors as vice president of the united states, but none greater than being able to salute you today. may god bless you and protect you and may god protect and bless all those who wear the uniform of the united states of america. congratulations. [applause] >> on behalf of the class of 20

there is not an age to theodore roosevelt, there is not an age to lincoln. there is an h2 jackson. it was to always control how you feel and how you protect what you feel. whatever you may actually that's whatever is actually going on inside, always present a serene face to the world. this was a critical element. while he could be a compassionate, tempestuous person, you do not get to be the president of the united states from him background and have the record he had if you are just running around completely temperamentally. it just doesn't happen that way. and he was brilliantly taking advantage of the fact that people thought that was his weakness, and they turned it into a strength. that is what i think is one of the best stories of this. one of the stories is going to bangor, one of the fingers try to say that he, jackson, was wrong. that jackson ranted and raved and spewed. he had this vision of overturning furniture, but that is cinematic. jackson turned to an aide and said, didn't i manage them well? [laughter] he knew exactly what he was doing. it is a little like the old

it's actually theodor geisel. >> it's very important for kids to pick up books these days and keep readingimportant message about helping the environment. >> it's about a community doing things for the planet. one person can't save the world, but you can make a dent. >> and you can also make a difference when it comes to literacy. how can teens help people develop a love of reading? >> more things like this, man. this was incredible. the looks on those kids' faces while we were reading? gosh -- i want to read more. [ both laugh ] >> what teens can do is, when they have interest, go to the library. bring your younger brothers and sisters. show them how to explore their interests, whether it's travel and space, whether it's dinosaurs, go to the public library and find things to read. >> "i'll read to myself." >> i'll read to myself. >> "i'll read to a crowd." >> i'll read to a crowd. >> today's event ended with a promise -- everyone pledged to read more. [ cheers and applause ] so here's my promise -- i will read books in a box, and i will read them with a fox. and i will read them in a hous

. >> a rising young star, theodore roosevelt, beginning to make his presence known. he an influence in the outcome of the election? >> he was considered a mug wump, and that's a trend that begins his career in that direction,. t >> what's interesting about this election, it was highly personal. >> highly personal in a way we often don't think 19th century politics were. but they were highly personal. starting with andrew jackson, things get very personal. it's a fight about blaine as a corrupt politician, but perhaps cleveland had a child out of wedlock and they are slinging nasty mud out of each other. >> two phrases that most even high school students study in history books from this campaign. first of all is the phrase, rum, romanism, and rebellion. who said it, where did it come from, why it was so important in the campaign? >> a minister named bershard and a week before the election, he gave a talk that blaine was party to, in which he denounceed the democratic party of the party of rum, romanism, and rebellionism. rum, prohibition, romanism, the catholic church

the national health care system is a part of presidential politics for a century since president theodore roosevelt advocated for universal health insurance in an effort to win back the white house in 1912. president obama joins five other presidents that tried to enact national health care legislation. t.r. was out of office when he did it. harry truman, lyndon johnson, richard nixon, jimmy carter and bill clinton all took steps to create national health care coverage during their time in the white house. none of them able to successfully implement that legislation. >>> now for the real news, let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch congressman luis gutierrez come down with a raging case of bieber fever while playing a game he called pick the immigrant. the supreme court immigration threw out much of the arizona law but kept the most controversial that allows them to ask people to present paperwork proving they are in the country illegally if stopped with another crime. he brought props to the house floor. here are the kids. bieber, celina gomez, his girlfriend. here he is yester

. >> well, we have progressive party which is an instrument for theodore roosevelt to run for president. he lost to taft. >> would you term president obama as a progressive candidate going into 2012? >> i would. the term liberal took over the term for progressive for a long time and now progressive is back being used again. there are huge differences between barack obama and woodrow wilson, of course, but they both do believe in using the government to a power of big business. >> and the person that we've skipped over here is franklin roosevelt it best ideas of the progressive area and some of his administrators cut their teeth in government. >> who is a democrat then. he didn't support it wilson and became part of his cabinet. >> you pointed out the four candidates that ran that year and all pretty prominent americans. why in the 100 years since we've had an election would that sort of fire power in terms of four separate parties and candidates? >> well, this goes back to the structure of the american party system. in most times the two parties were able to absorb discontent, either on

theodore roosevelt was the master of this, and bryan and the democrats had a very difficult time reaching that broad middle class and convincing voters that they could bring progressive change, not radical change, but progressive change. wilson was able to do that. he was a professor at princeton, and he said able to success seed where bryan was not. >> you want to follow-up? >> the only reason wilson won is because the republican party split in 1912. taft proved not to be a really progressive successor to roosevelt, at least roosevelt doesn't think so and he tries to get the nomination away from taft in 1912 but fails to. for republicans to stay united, we'll never know what would happened, but it's possible wilson would not have been elected. >> michael and teaches politics and history at georgetown university and will thomas is the chair of the history department in lincoln, nebraska at the university of nebraska and josh joins us from phoenix. good evening. welcome to the program. >> caller: good evening. great show. thank you for your show. i wanted to ask something a little differen

final battle theodore to me again in care knocked out pedro already zero in what was the farewell the russian fighter in some pages. tonight it is the second quarter final of the european championships germany take on underdogs great in poland other countries have rocked the political horns of late but the greeks hope to come out of this evening with at least some credit from danske it's perfect . what a difference a week makes. but seven days ago greek fans were so convinced their team was going to be knocked out of the group stages many had to really book their flights home straight after their final game with russia however they produced a stunningly disciplined performance to shock to catholic outside and prolong their stay in poland and ukraine for another week i am as a ready talk of the spirit of two thousand and four where despite being massive underdogs greece won the european championships being repeated again i think a lot we didn't have one in two thousand and four i think probably not believing in us winning or have the possibility to win but we have today so i think it's

he was a friend, he was -- he was the great hero of theodore roosevelt, who roosevelt looked up to reed as just a wonderful figure, a mentor. reed was among other things a very accomplished writer. he had a professional author's facility. he wrote for the north american review and for all the braniac journals of the day. he was a professional author, and roosevelt admired his style. he admired reed's political skills. >> as long as we're talking about people, he was a friend of mark twain's? >> he was. that was much later in life after his congressional career. reed went to wall street to practice law with a firm that's still extangt tact. very much so, simpson, thatcher. it was reed, simpson, thatcher and bartlett. and he lived this great life in wall street. you know, he was a very financially successful guy. but he hobnobbed with the really interesting people in the city of new york including mark twain and he -- reed gave a very funny testimonial talk at twain's birthday party just a few months before reed died. >> reed was 63 when he died, i think. >> let's see. 1902, yes. >> serve

theodore roosevelt. you remember him. he led the charge of san juan hill in the spanish american war. teddy jr. fought with his brothers. his brother, quinton, a fighter pilot, was killed in action. general roosevelt was crippled and had a heart condition but he was not finished fighting. at the eage of 56, general roosevelt was the highest ranking officer that landed on the shores of normandy. he was determined to lead this new generation of warriors who became the greatest generation as they took on the nazis. his son, quinton roosevelt ii, named after teddy jr.'s late brother, the fighter pilot, was on the beaches of normandy that day. they were the only father and son duo to fight on d-day. roosevelt and his boys were part of operation overlord. the greatest invasion in history was expected to come at a high cost and it did. american youth gave their lives that day for the future of others. armed only with a walking stick and a pistol and under constant enemy fire, roosevelt led several groups of 20-

he was appointed by theodore roosevelt in the 20th century. >> i once read that about 7000 jews were in the civil war. i assume the number were in grant's own army. how did this general order effect jews in the army, and was there backlash among officers? >> is a wonderful question. the question is how did it affect people in grant's own army. we know that one of the reasons given later for revoking the order was jewish soldiers. i do reproduce in the volume a letter by a jewish soldier from cincinnati who resigned from the army, claiming that in the wake of general orders number 11, he finds that he can no longer serve. clearly, his position is made very uncomfortable by his fellow troops. clearly, there were in implications. the highest ranking jew, there was a man named marcus spiegel. that is the same spiegel who founded the spiegel catalog. he unfortunately did not survive the war, but he did leave letters. he makes no reference to general order number 11 at all. i don't know why. whether letters were missing, whether he didn't choose to say it or it was too painful. i don't kno

legacy, this country has pursued for more than a century, since the presidency of the president theodore roosevelt. it is an assault on the american environment. it is reckless, relentless, wrong, and it is time we all stood up to try to turn this around. [applause] [applause] now, this assault is not about jobs, as the proponents claim. it is about putting polluter profits first and putting the rest of us at risk. from the air we breathe, to the water that we drink, from the mountains to the sea. government regulations of all kinds account for far less than 1% of all major layoffs in our economy. we have economic data from the bureau of labor statistics that proves that. decades of data make clear that our economy has been strengthened by efforts to keep our environment clean, to keep our workers healthy. nearly 2 million americans go to work each day, cleaning up the air we breathe, the water we drink, the lands and wildlife that we use and enjoy. the american people did not ask for this rampage, but somebody else did. the corporate polluters who spend hundreds of millions of dollars e

officer lawrence powell, timothy wynn, theodore brisano and sergeant stacy cune have boon indicted with assault with a deadly weapon. >> racial tensions continue to mount. is there so much publicity and anger, the officer's trial is moved out of l.a. to the predominantly white community of simi valley. author and journalist, lou cannon covered the rodney king controversy for the "washington post." >> i was very concerned for what was going to happen both because of the demographics of simi valley and the demographics of the jury. >> february 3rd, 1992, exactly 11 months after rodney king's controversial arrest, the trial of the four white officers charged in the beating gets under way. >> immediately after this incident, you made a call for a rescue to ambulance, didn't you? >> yes. >> armed with a videotape as a star witness, rodney king feels a conviction is all but certain and justice served. >> i just knew it would be served. i didn't think i needed a johnnie cochran to win that case. there were cameras. >> but will a jury of 10 white, one hispanic, one filipino american and no blac

jewish cabinet member is strauss, also from here in new york, and oscar strauss was appointed by theodore roosevelt to the cabinet in the 20th century. >> yes. my name is dennis middlebrooks. i once read that about 7,000 jews served in the union army, and i assumed a number were in grant's own army, so my question is, how did this general order effect jews in the union army, and was there any backlash among officers? >> it's a wonderful question. how did it effect people in grant's own army. we know that one of the reasons given later for revoking the order was that there were jewish soldiers, and i do reproduce in the volume a letter by a jewish soldier from cincinnati who resigns from the army claiming that in the wage of general orders number 11 he, um, finds that he can no longer serve, clearly his position is made uncomfortable by his fellow troops, so, clearly, there were implications. on the other hand, the highest ranking jew in grant's army was a man named marcus spiegel. that's the same spiegel later his relatives founded the spiegel catalog. he, unfortunately, didn't survive th

teeton national parks and you see the great mountain views and the home himself is something out of a theodore and it's a 6,000 square foot cabin and fireplaces, 20-foot cathedral-like ceilings and taxidermy, it is the great west and it sleeps eight people and starts at $263 per person, per night. >> looking at the interior you don't want to leave the house and there's a lot to do and you don't want to go fishing or hiking or take in nature. absolutely, you might see elk and it might be named elk crest and foxes and moose and on the property is a fully stocked pond and if you want to try your hand at fishing you can have cutthroat trout. >> that's a lot of taxidermy, but gorgeous, nonetheless. beautiful places with views. j.d. renee, appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> you can find more travel tips about this amazing bucket list destination and others at jetsetter.com/cnn. >> daytime tv is going prime time and we're live on the red carpet. which of your favorite stars will take home an emmy gold? when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans

theodore lee babko, six pounds, one ounce.ive him the middle name lee, he is virtually guaranteed to be a serial killer -- >> or a celebrity. >> jimmy: decided to risk that? >> we are hoping for the best. >> jimmy: he kind of looks like you, a very sleepy version of you. >> that's me. >> jimmy: congratulations to both of you. [ applause ] our first guest is a multiple emmy-winning performer who has talked, taunted and tweeted herself into our enormous, congealed hearts. she has a new talk show called "kathy." which you can watch on bravo thursday nights at 10:00. please say hello to kathy griffin! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know, kathy, i know there's a whole makeup thing that goes on -- >> there's a whole crisis backstage. my boobs are falling out, i have no underwear on -- cross fingers. >> jimmy: when i went to kiss you, you moved your head so far away from me. >> i can't believe you tried to kiss my lips. which look like 20 minutes -- >> jimmy: i tried to kiss you on the cheek -- >> that's close enough. >> jimmy

throwing away a policy idea that almost every president has grappled with going all of the way back to theodore no doubt he voted this way because he believed it but for him as chief justice and as a whole it isolates both of them from criticism of being partisan out to get liberals and anything like that for decades. >> reporter: what's in the background says so much about rbs, a lawyer worth several million dollars, harvard grad, 57 years old, husband, father of two adopted children. roberts has had brushes with health issues, including cybers and one as recently in 2007 and roberts who has argued 25 kisses

throwing away a policy idea that almost every president has grappled with going all of the way back to theodoreorter: no doubt he voted this way because he believed it but for him as chief justice and as a whole it isolates both of them from criticism of being partisan out to get liberals and anything like that for decades. >> reporter: what's in the background says so much about rbs, a lawyer worth several million dollars, harvard grad, 57 years old, husband, father of two adopted children. roberts has had brushes with health issues, including cybers and one as recently in 2007 and roberts who has argued 25 kisses doesn't think that chief justice's health issues impacted his decision. >> think the idea that his health somehow influenced this is silly. this is a real legal question and he is the consummate lawyer and there was no reason to believe that anything external influenced him. >>. >> reporter: and the big picture goes without saying that chief justice roberts is very conservative and he's not somehow moving to the middle and this is an inusual case and there are likely to be more healt

bethany frankel and i want to congratulate our key board player, he and his wife had a little boy, theodoreounds 1 ounce. when you give them the middle name of "lee" they're guaranteed to be a serial killer? >> he's very cute. >> he looks like you. he looks like you, a very sleepy version of you. >> that's me. >> congratulations to both of you. >>> our first guest tonight is a multiple emmy winning performer who has pleaded herself into our enormous heart. a new talk show called "kathy." say hello to kathy griffin. >> jimmy: you know, kathy, i know there's a whole makeup thing that goes on -- >> there's a whole crisis backstage. my boobs are falling out, i have no underwear on -- cross fingers. >> jimmy: when i went to kiss you, you moved your head so far away from me. >> i can't believe you tried to kiss my lips. which look like 20 minutes -- >> jimmy: i tried to kiss you on the cheek -- >> that's close enough. >> jimmy: i wound up kissing the back of your head. >> you're lucky to get that at all. i got a lot going on. i just got in from chicago where i was the only person that was acciden

. >> officer theodore jackson also returns fire.e makes a running leap over the front desk landing close to commander davis. >> i didn't even see him jump over the desk. once i looked back up, he was right there in my face with a shotgun. >> at one point, we were probably no more than a foot and a half apart from each other. it was probably that close. >> moore shoots davis in the hand. and also hits him in the back. >> the gun i had, that was actually blown out of my hand. my hands are still injured because of that. >> somehow, the commander finds the strength to throw a garbage can at the gunman hoping to distract him while he scrambles to safety. but lamar moore has also been shot. he falls to the floor, fatally wounded. officer david anderson and commander davis are rushed to the hospital. sergeant marcellus ball rides with the commander in the back seat of a squad car, struggling to stop the bleeding with his own shirt. >> i was just talking to him. and he wasn't responding. i was really, really nervous at that point. >> davis

to the relationship with theodore roosevelt, because don't they pop up later in... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... down in cuba and... >> guest: well, roosevelt hit es ae cely tried to persuade inha w bbi mistake. crane decided to do it anyway because he felt that it would be dishonorable of him not to. and roosevelt sided with the cops, that was it. they were esanat in ar af r, eyh u t spanish-american war; crane as a reporter, roosevelt with the rough riders at that point. c-span: stephen crane was a reporter at how many different newspapers? >> guest: well, he was a reporter for the new york jon icofsps,achelor thw wld in the united states. c-span: a journal owned by hearst. >> guest: mm-hmm. and pulitzer's wld. c-span: and how many different wars did he cover? >> guest: two, the monthlong sp o97 trkish coctn th iser wwhwa yeagisme anhemeosh conrad. >> guest: joseph conrad. c-span: who is he? >> guest: well, a great polish writer who learned to write in english, known for the "heart of darkness," and "lord jim" and het er anouto yf you can remember his real name. >> guest: ah... c-s

he was named the theodore roosevelt o word recipient and lives with his wife and wisconsin. [applause] will allen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> food is a powerful way to bring people together. ♪ >> when i graduated high school i had 100 scholarship offers. i wanted to get an education and play professional basketball. i said i would never go back to the farm. turning local food production from 10%. ♪ they are growing energy energy, growing disloyal and people and that community. part of the whole concept provides the most important thing to all of us. mother's family was then farming and my father's family was a sharecropper. but he wanted us to know where our food came from. for practical reasons to grow our own food. >> actually i was driving down the street at the time 1993 working with procter & gamble and i saw a four sale sign i said this is the place. nine new a little bit about the area. just a few blocks away from the largest housing project that is called the food desert the only access to food in is the corner store or the fast-food swap. i was just in cleveland meeting with the mayo

theodore roosevelt hung his picture in the president's office and said, "whenever i have a major decision to make, i always ask myself would lincoln would do." woodrow wilson, who was a son of the south, who remembered seeing jefferson davis in chains being led past him at the end of the war, nevertheless developed something of a hero worship for lincoln. richard nixon as a 12-year-old was given a portrait of lincoln that he hung over his bed. nixon also justified what would later be seen as abuses of power by comparing america in the vietnam era to the country during the civil war. so, over and over again, lincoln is always there if you want to cite him to justify the expansion of presidential power, particularly in war time. >> sreenivasan: why do you think it is that people keep coming back to lincoln to study and to write and rewrite? >> it's a great question. he's not washington or jefferson about whom scholars obviously continue to write but who seem more remote. lincoln seems more accessible to us. in many ways, lincoln is one of us. a number of reasons for that. first of all he ha

>> it says that and it says that what every president since theodore roosevelt, including conservative presidents like richard nixon, tried to do, will go forward, it is something we have struggled for a century to do. it is not a perfect system, it is a foundation that needs to be built and the developed carefully, but it would have been a disaster, i think for the court to have said, go back to the drawing board, start over, that is what would have happened if chief justice roberts had not cast his lot with the four justice whose thought that this was clearly constitutional. >> rose: do you think that this clearly is a case where chief justice roberts was aware of all of that, you know, and went out to search for the legal justification he could hang it on? >> well, you know, it seems to me clear that chief justice roberts had a very broad vision in this case, not only of the affordable care act of which he was undoubtedly not a fan, not only of the taxing power, which is in the constitution, but probably not his favorite clause, but of the court and its role as chief justice i think

. >> exactly 100 years ago president theodore roosevelt championed national health insurance as partthe white house. he lost the election. >> it was the first time anybody thought about an american political system access to healthcare. so it was, like i say, a first big toe in the water towards trying to get universal coverage. >> fdr toyed with the idea of national health insurance in 1935 but settled on social security as a priority. president harry truman was next to focus on a national insurance program. but in language that echos the current debate, the american medical association denounced the idea as socialized medicine and it went nowhere. in 1965, the notoriously persuasive powers of president linden johnson led to the creation of medicare and medicaid. watergate prevented president nixon tackling health insurance. president carter was hamstrung by a recession. and then in 1993, president bill clinton put first lady hillary rodham clinton in charge of developing a plan for universal coverage. republicans united in opposition. and the plan died in the senate. and then came