theodore roosevelt. appier in a book than anywhere in the world. she was a bookish intellectual oman and there had been people like that before, mrs. fillmore was such a person. and, as a bookish woman again, mrs. harrison that no one has ever heard of anymore. mrs. harrison was a very smart individual and also astute.lly > now, one of the reasons we asked you these questions because you were involved with -span with the first lady series going every monday night at 9:00. however, there's a summer hiatus really restarted september 9. we've done 16 programs so far. doesn't matter what era. could be before or after -- the iw programs will start up and think there's another 19 programs to it. what are the milestone years for ladies through history? well, i would say certainly adams. mrs. the first woman to live in the white house. lady, capable lady. more social sign. the medicine and the mellow of the burning of the house. first ladies but there to a period where really aren't many first ladies. there toake it up from harriet lane, president buchanan

theodore roosevelt. the roosevelt. >> wide. -- why? >> the white house have been remodeled into him more modern setting. a was fresh and run like marine camp. everyone knew their job and everyone did it. that was true on all levels. it was spit and polish. >> the worst white house? >> the worst white house was ?arked i never -- white house i never think of the worst white house. the kerry harrison found white house in terrible condition. the structure was bad and the walls were in bad shape. moved out,oosevelts the germans moved into a pretty beat up house. the furniture was taken by the roosevelt. it was their own possession. things were beat up. it had been 13 years. it was pretty run down. that is not why truman remodeled the house, though. no president has time to do the house over. they had a requirement for it. the security was the basis of this with german. not the fact that it was shabby. the secret service said that it was too dangerous. the house was a house of would, primarily. one firebomb could ignite it. truman was presen

to some of the poker lives movies top current fia's knows the theodoric to new global companies new book goes to shows america as a good will state he says this isn't science fiction this is today this is no two in three americans now say the country is going the wrong direction host of them they could require a revolution the new york times most americans prefer movement people preparing for the worst has now gone mainstream. joins us thanks very much for coming on you wrote the code was coming on whole fintry of us would you say that fascism has come to america i don't say that as an inflammatory statement i use it as a statement of fact the merger of state and corporate powers by definition. is called chance and i could back up that fact with four simple words too big to fail. in capitalism there is no too big to fail so it's a been a corporate takeover a military industrial complex is so big that if you just take out one pig underpinning of the too big to fail the entire system collapses they essentially called martial law a state of seeds in boston magnified that in a couple of citi

. >> stephen: you've got some phat beats in here from abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt but you'vet things from, like, win william shakespeare and winston churchill. this is honorable truly american life. what do they know? what do english-- pardon me-- limey bastards know? (laughter) i mean that in the best possible way. why would you quote someone else to talk about the truly american life? >> because some of the principles that are most distinctly american are ones that are part of the human condition and that people like shakespeare could have written about and churchill, of course, was part american. his mom was american. >> stephen: it comes from his father's side. it was his father's side. yeah. (laughter) do you have a favorite get to here? something that if you had to throw autoall the others and just keep one, what would it be? >> there's a very short coupleet that says "life is mostly froth and bubble, two things stand like stone: kindness in another's trouble, courage in one's own." not bad. >> stephen: no. (cheers and applause) i believe that was written by flo-rida. (

it reflects more theodore roosevelt, what theodore roosevelt did during 1902. there was always a clock on the table. you served through a pantry through those doors on the side. dishes were washed there. the family gathered there at this great big table. not every family did. through the door was then a hall and staircase and a big dining room where state occasions were held. in 1902, this room was turned around and incorporated into a dining room. it is the state dining room of today. host: the grant family had four children. were all of them living at the white house? guest: the oldest son received an appointment to west point under the johnson administration. he was coming and going. the younger children were still there. julia talks about the dining room table, how ulysses sometimes with the kids would play around, play games, and take pieces of bread and roll it into a ball of dough and throw it at the kids, the boys. guest: she disapproved. guest: she also recalled upstairs in the private family area, the children and ulysses coming into her room about a

. >> our national forrests were established by theodore roosevelt.t said our forests should be used for multiple use, and sustainable use. they are not just for logging. they provide recreation, logging, grazing lands, fish habitat, and wildlife habitat. we cannot use them as a single-use land. we should not be selling these off to the -- to the private land owners. this is a resource that provides clean air, clean water, and lumber for our homes. >> what about the let it burn policy? >> i think that would be wrong to characterize it as something that the is the only way that the farrest service has managed it. smokey bear had some issues, but the forest service realizes there needs to be other factors. logging is not the solution to all of the problems. >> we'll get more into this in just a moment. how to manage america's lands to prevent and fight wildfires. after the break we'll look at the options. we'll be right back. ç] ♪ >>> welcome back to "inside story." fire seasons are getting more severe, and americans are building their homes in forests

. >> joining us from d dubai now, theodore, goo to have you on the program.learly, a lot of pressure on president barack obama to do something. he's unlikely to act without the support of other nations or indeed the u.n. security council, is he? >> well, i think we'll have to look very closely at all of the evidence first before the barack obama administration make as final decision on any kind of airstrike against syria. primarily i think the united states will go after syria on -- in response to this event regardless of what the u.n. says but needs the support of syria's neighbors particularly saudi arabia, jordon, turkey. that the would probably cement some kind of action. >> you have also got iran saying that it has a redline itself in syria and if the u.s. crosses that redline there will be severe consequences and syrian authorities say, of course, that any kind of action in syria will inflame the middle east. it does seem as though any military option is going to make the regional problems worse. >> indeed. inning we need to be very careful here about a

theodore roosevelt exploited it. they were very exploitable.dith roosevelt was the least willing to go along. the children had a great time. this is the hinge. you have newspapers with pictures. all of a sudden, presidents and their families who were very remote figures before, they have faces and personalities. that expanded to the families as well. it would take off as the media became course is physically. >> good evening. first of all, i want all the callers to know i have a comment to make. this program that you have put together on c-span has been phenomenal. i have watched most of the series and i've been educated and enlightened. i have a couple of comments. >> the gentleman sitting across from you, it was decided to do the series and our producer worked very hard on this. thank you. >> you are absolutely right. richard norton smith, it is a pleasure and an honor to be up to talk to both of you folks. i have as a love of history i have followed both of your works for years. i'm just honored to bring to talk to you tonight. first of all,

. >> john: that's nice because nothing lightens a man's spirits like theodore. i think you'll find him in barnes and enable's misery section. take that. now you understand suffering. i've got no problem with you, checkov. no problem. but like a hotel phone ringing at 5:30 a.m. because you specifically requested it, snowden has provided a real wake-up call. (laughing). he's forced americans to examine the trade-offs we've made between national security and not having the government listen into our private phone calls with 55 [bleep]. i told that in confidence about my private medical history. i'm concerned. i'm clearly not the only one concerned about this level of government intrusion. >> new nbc wall street journal poll shows the public growing more weary know the government could go too far in its surveillance programs and violate privacy rights. for the first time now a majority 56% now say they are worried that the u.s. monitoring programs will go too far. >> john: right. and the really concerning thing there, the data gathered in that poll didn't come throu

these door rooz vel theodore roosevelt had five living at the white house and a pony.of course that was like 100 rears ago. calvin coolidge was the last one not to have a dog. he had a cat. and i don't know if they thought about the name well enough. sunny and bo. if they get in trouble, you'd be like sunny and bo no. >> i don't know if they thought about that. speaking of presidents, scored a big interview for world humanitarian day 2013 with beyonce and they talked about world humanitarian issues. he said he was so excited he could die. and beyonce before he left made sure that he sealed things with a kiss. very cute moment. >> what can that guy not do. >> are we best friends? >> only if i get a kiss on the cheek. >> okay. >> come on, come on, come on. thank you. >> even beyonce hater has to admit it was a wonderful moment. and cliff diving. >> yeah, how can i follow that up. there was a diving contest. this guy diving off 50 feet. this bridge goes back to the era of the romans. even a 75-year-old guy was diving there. >> amazing. thanks, guys. this is "first look" o

item 16 the mta board to discuss the theodore glaza matter and to settle the matter and authorized a payment for the total compensation in the non movable fixtures and equipment resulting in the condemnation of property on stockton street. directors appropriate for a motion to disclose or not the information in closed session. >> motion. >> may have a motion? >> motion and a second. the aye's have it. okay. we are adjourned. >> that concludes the business before you. >> thank you. ♪ >> thank you for coming to the talent dance performance and talent show. [ applause ] >> today's performance and talent show. ♪ >> public recreation has every bit of the talent and every bit of the heart and soul of anything that any families are paying ten times for. >> you were awesome. yeah. that's it. [off-key notes] announcer: you don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. when you adopt a child from foster care, just being there makes all the difference. >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the july 25, 2013 special meeting of the board of supervisors neighborhood services and safety co

jefferson where he is today, that moved lincoln down further where he is, and now they had room to add theodore roosevelt. >> how much further? >> oh, not too far. got to go up the stairs, and we're gonna be there. >> how'd the workers get up here? >> well, believe it or not, it was a climb of over 760 stairs every morning from down by the studio, walk right up this way. and then in 1936, the upgraded train-car system would carry five people. so you got a free ride up in the morning, walked down at night. are you ready? >> all right, let's go. >> okay. >> on the way up, we passed the remains of an old pipeline. it once carried the compressed air that powered the jackhammers used to carve the faces. i'll show you something really cool that most people never get to see. this was gonna be the hall of records. gutzon borglum was mount rushmore's ingenious sculptor. he wanted a place where america's most important documents would be safely stored for future generations. although the hall of records was never completed, part of borglum's dream did come true. >> so, in 1998, park services were develop

. >> hi, my name is theodore. i work in san francisco. i'm against this proposal. to begin, plenty of people i have talked to have voted time and time again against the city turning our current utility public. why has this happened. you have already decided democratically. in the past we have struggled with a plethora of issues related to our electricity. let me tell you, change here is not welcomed. shouldn't the sf puc be worried about other issues, issues that are actually there. i'm talking about source, water mains, water transmission, they are shotty and they need to be up grated. where is sf puc focused? it's on clean energy and cost more to be delivered by shell. that is a step in the wrong direction. i said earlier that we voted against this public utility. that is not permission to give it to a company in texas under the guise of public power or renewable energy. what's going on here? when someone has to ask that question, it's time to rethink the proposal. thank you for your time. >> thank you. i have a few more cards. if there is a speaker waiting to co

item 16 the mta board to discuss the theodore glaza matter and to settle the matter and authorized a payment for the total compensation in the non movable fixtures and equipment resulting in the condemnation of property on stockton street. directors appropriate for a motion to disclose or not the information in closed session. >> motion. >> may have a motion? >> motion and a second. the aye's have it. okay. we are adjourned. >> that concludes the business before you. >> thank you.

was a piece of the new book he is doing which is really about new york city and the creation of theodorevelt. so much of the historiography surrounding t.r. has been about the roughriders or the american west. this book points out quite rightly that roosevelt was born in new york and grew up in new york and made his politics in new york and all this other stuff was really a self-created mythology that he wanted people to think of him as a westerner or a frontiersman or a rough writer. what he really was in his heart was in new york are and growing up in an affluent part of new york in a wealthy family shaped him as the early experience as police commissioner etc.. it was in new york city that he was forged as a politician. this is a dual book on the city of on the verge of greatness. >> one of the book coming up from basic, churchill's bomb? >> graham barr mellows another returning author. he wrote a book called the strangest man which is the biography of paul tarak. the new book is about the race to create nuclear technology during world war ii and all of the best scientists many of the

it would be reduced to three under theodore roosevelt and poured generously. was a lot of wine and men guests would sometimes have scotch instead of wine. and then you would have numerous plates, bone dishes, all of these things that -- at each plate, serving about 60 for a state dinner in those days. >> and i just wanted to say that the cups and saucers that were ordered for the harrison china did not arrive at the white house until after caroline's death. which is very sad. she didn't get to see them. and the china was reordered periodically in later administrations so it became a very popular service. ordered again by mckinley and roosevelt and even as late as jacqueline kennedy and mrs. clinton. >> in addition to the official design that she did, she was an avid painter of china as a hobby and in fact she gave classes in this at the white house. >> right. >> which may have been a political move. she had music -- she was a musician. >> politics in the white house. >> and a former lobbyist. >> she was a musician, painter and was fluent in french. and i think

typical children's book was within the dedication which read, quote, to my beautiful boys, matthew and theodore not sure if they are aware of this fact, but they happen to be married to a man named sean. shame on you for subjecting your alternative. and if you ask me, immoral private life on the mind of our nation's youth. edfreddy's hero is a frog castor. everybody knows a lady frog's place is on the lily pad. it is not in a pond office. they are predicting weather or collecting a paycheck. or voting. welcome to obama swamp. but perhaps most disturbing is the author's very own vindictiveness. when sally has babies and is out to, quote, tad pole leave, her replacement is too busy making celebrity appearances and cultivating fans to accurately predict the weather. could this be a subtle jab during her own maternity leave 1234 i am not saying the celebrated meteorologist would stoop so low as to take a topic as important as children's education and turn it into a red herring so she may settle old scores. in conclusion, if you are teaching about traditional values like revenge and deceitfulness an

party of lincoln and the emancipation proclamation of theodore roosevelt and the american conservationovement. the party of ronald ration who signed the deal with -- that eliminates nuclear weapons could be going ballistic. ted cruz talks in brinksmanship terms about shutting down the american government. he speaks in cold war terms of not blinking when it happens. letting the government drop before him as he gazes on in cold contempt. he uses the tactics of joe mccarthy suggesting now defense secretary chuck hagel, a fellow republican, might be an agent of this country's enemies. iran and north korea. will the republicans fight back? will they refuse to let their party's soul be grabbed by this new hard right that harkens back to the worst methods of the early 1950s? will they or let the cruzs and pauls and the rest dictate the new terms of political warfare in this country where no one blinks even when the u.s. government defaults on its debts, goes bankrupt and leaves the world's creditors to pick up the pieces. michael tomaski and jim moore. let's talk about this thing now with ted

party of lincoln and the emancipation proclamation of theodore roosevelt and the american conservationald ration who signed the deal with -- that eliminates nuclear weapons could be going ballistic. ted cruz talks in brinksmanship

coverage was first launched in the progressive party bull moose platform of 1912 when they nominated theodore roosevelt. and seven presidents tried and failed to get universal coverage, including franklin roosevelt who chickened out on it. others were blocked by congress for all kinds of reasons. obama had to do some unpleasant things, cutting deals with pharmaceutical companies, but he got done what presidents have failed to get done for a century. people will no longer have to worry about losing their house if they get sick. as a cancer survivor myself, this really cuts close to home. and i think all the noise, get the basics of the, gets obscured and it's a huge progressive accomplishment. if he gets immigration reform, that will be another big one. i'm critical of them for not being more progressive on leaning on the banks when he had a chance. that he relied too much on certain wall street advice. he had a set of reasons for that because of the state of economy, the brutal state of economy where we're losing 800,000 jobs a month and he didn't think, like roosevelt also rejected nationali

she knew the parents of theodore roosevelt in new york city. she bought at the best stores. they took summers in cooperstown, n.y., and in newport. molly arthur was a little bit more, i would not use the term "pedestrian," but she was just not interested. host: last question on the arthur administration, on mary arthur, the sister, she had a very strong opinion on women's suffrage. how influential was she in this non-official white house hostess role? guest: it really showed us that the country had come to expect a female presence, whether it was a wife, sister, daughter. she really walked the fine line. she made public appearances, sometimes on around, sometimes only with him. i think he almost was kind of ambivalent about how public a role she should take. her support of the anti-suffrage movement occurred after the white house. there was some coverage of it. i will add that she was also a great advocate of civil rights. in her home in albany, she not only welcomed as a dinner guest but as an overnight guest and booker t. washington. host: we have 12 minutes left. as arthu

but if you pick up theodore parker and martin luther king, if you believe that perhaps at the end justices economic prosperity, as freedom, that's what they need to work for. so we need to insert ourselves along the continuum as we can through aid, through attention, through friendships, through some tough love. and right now we need to give the egyptian government a lot of tough love. they've shot too many people in the streets of cairo and alexandria who are merely demonstrating, not acting violently, over the last couple weeks. we're going to have to pick and choose along the way how we intervene, because at the end of it we and they want to see a better future. here's another image that helps me to understand it. think of a play. think of a five-act play. the egyptians, syrians, tunisians, jordanians might be at the end of act one of a five-act play that isn't going to end for 30 or 40 years. so we have to have patience, and we have to stay with those people who support freedom, democracy, tolerance, religious pluralism. that's really important for us to do. and we should have, finall

theodore in the case of -- and antonia in the case of belisarius. they were both let native speakers. they both had women who were at al repute and very powerful and as long as those things that dynamism was there then belisarius could get away with being the guy to save eastern front in the guy the governor of the vandals in a matter of weeks. the man who retook sicily and the man who was on his way up to the north in a tie importer. but once that formula started to break down antonia pulled away and theodora died. there was a tension and suddenly he became a threat to the emperor and he was recalled at the height of his powers in italy. he was put into exile internal exile for 10 years. he was brought up to say the capital. he was always a suspect. he was more popular and a magnanimous political figures in an age where people were not -- so he was highly popular among the constantinople streets. >> host: do you think this is actually the case that the savior generals will always perhaps the more popular than the elected or appointed? >> guest: abs

it shows lucy with her daughter, her son, and her daughter of theodore davis, who was the man who designedhe white house china. she loved the 12 conservatories that were in the white house. every morning, she would send flowers off to the various hospitals. in washington, dc, she was a very compassionate person, and a number of the flowers she sent were to peggy eaton, who we have heard about on previous occasions. when she died, lucy sent flowers off to her funeral. >> bob is watching us in baltimore, maryland. >> hello. i am enjoying the program, as always. my question involves a key intellectual. she and her husband, the collection of books. she not only enjoyed reading books, but collecting them. did she have any particular type of book or genre that she preferred? >> the hayes collected over 12,000 books, all of which are at the rutherford hayes library in ohio. she preferred fiction. she liked harriet beecher stowe. she liked to read to the children. rutherford's taste went more toward the heavier drama. they would sit around and read to each other from the latest book or dickens. >>

raise your hand if you remember who was president before theodore roosevelt. no one remembered.a few guys, thank you. put those guys on "jeopardy!" most people forget when roosevelt came into the administration he was vice president and was somewhat who is this guy, this showboat guy from -- fighting wars in cuba. hat elevated him was that he was a very popular vice president for a popular president. it was mckinley.he was killed just after he was reelected. he was at a pan-american exposition, a world's fair in new york state. president mckinley was working the rope line, and a man standing at point blank range at the line pumped a bullet into the president's stomach. before he could squeeze off a second round, the bullet glanced off to the sized and grazed him. i have done presidential advance work with secret service and mapping out an event, setting up the rope line, watching them do their thing, and when you talk to guys, the only thing that has changed is technology.protocol is basically the same. you search everybody coming up head to toe.now we use met

september 9 for a look at the life of theodore roosevelt.ite has more about first ladies including the essential section, welcome to the white house. we chronicle life in the executive man -- mansion. and we offer a special edition the united states of america, providing a profile of each first lady. this is at www.c-span.org /products. span brings public affairs offense from washington to you, with briefings and conferences -- all as a public service of private industry. c-span, created 34 years ago and cable orur local satellite provider and now you definition. in high >> coming up, the center for american progress on consolidating small school districts, then an encore of first ladies featuring elizabeth monroe and catherine adams. and later, thad allen on federal crisis management. >> thursday the center for american progress looked at small school district consolidation. issues included the economy of scale, new governance programs for schools and the influence of technology and socioeconomics on education system. this is about 90 minut

if you pick up theodore parker and martin luther king, if you believe that perhaps at the end is justice and democracy and democratic freedom, that is what they need to work for. we need to assert ourselves along the continuum true attention, through friendship, through some tough love. we need to give the egyptian government a lot of tough love. they have shot to been many people on the streets of cairo who are merely demonstrating and not acting violently. we have to pick and choose along the way how we intervene. at the end of it, we and today -- and they want to see a better future. think of a five act play. the egyptians, tunisia's, -- tunisians, jordanians might be at the end of a five act play. we have to have patience and stay with those people who support democracy. we should have been little bit of humility. 1783 and 7089 -- between the end of the revolution when and 1789, we signed the articles of the confederation. disaster. you could see that in all of our history up to 2013. it is trying to perfect the more perfect union that jefferson talked about. we just gave fundamental

president.other dutch theodore roosevelt who bucked the arty he represent in bull moose election, martin van makes a es and substantial decision that he's what he go against spent his life working for. party run a third campaign with his son, john, and e runs on the free soil, free liberty ticket. it's a very interesting third party. republican of the party. they basically believed in free soil, free men and free labor. >> any evidence that angelica and her brothers or other in the were involved former president's future ambitions? john was involved because he stayed political. others weren't. other sides ofon this issue. >> i think what's interesting, she's is that after widowed, or actually before, part of spends the last her life in new york city. >> in new york city. cosmopolitan yearning. >> take a call from courtney in naples, florida. hi. grew up in kinderhard in the 1940s. recollection of lindenwald is it was an abandoned home that in total disrepair. were totally wild nd any evidence of a farm was totally absent. at what point did the this property get improved? my rex election

it's going to be a generation but if you pick up theodore parker and martin luther king if you believehat perhaps if and his justice is economic prosperity democratic freedoms. that is what they need need to work for so therefore we need to insert ourselves along the continuum as we can through usaid. through friendships and through some tough love and right now we need to give get the egyptian government a lot of tough love. they have shot too many people in the streets of cairo and alexandria who were merely demonstrating and not acting violently over the last couple of weeks. we will have to pick and choose along the way how we intervene. here's another image that helps me understand. think of a play. think of a five act play. the egyptians syrians to nations jordanians might be the end of act i of a five act play. we have to have patience and we have to stay with those people who support freedom hypocrisy tolerance religious pluralism. that's really important for us and we should have finally a little bit of humility because remember between 1783 and 1789 so between the end of the