theodore roosevelt took on many roles in american life. war hero, trust buster, canal builder, big stick wielding diplomat. but he deserves another title as well. he may have been football's most indispensable fan. thank you. [applause] >> i know john will take questions from the. it's interesting to hear roosevelt with a light touch. surprisingly. i also thought immediately in the beginning of your detroit lions discussion that they epitomize the discussion of instead as i have always understood. keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result. but the redskins are getting close. if you have any questions for john, please raise your hand. the microphone will come to you. questions from the football audience? >> thank you very much. my name is bill black. did you mission that the ncaa was born out of this meeting? >> yes. >> to the other sports, a long after this? >> so, so football was governed by a rules committee from years. the walter camp of course helped organize, dominate throughout the 1880s, the 1890s. but there was a r

it was quite a shock to everyone. >> theodore roosevelt, our youngest president ever, 42 years old at that time, with a sworn in. where and how did he find out about the death? >> roosevelt, as i said, was in the mountains. he was having his lunch on a lake when members of his party saw -- saw a ranger coming up the trail i think at that point everybody knew that there was bad news. roosevelt rushed to buffalo. took a train and arrive there had. the president had died. he was sworn in right away in buffalo. >> what happened to leon czolgosz? >> he spent some time in jail. it was a little awkward. people didn't know quite what to charge him with first. he shot the president. of course, if you had him committed in assassination, it was only when the president died that they knew what he was going to be charged with. i think at that point everybody just wanted to have the trial over with as quickly as possible. it lasted all of two days, including the formation of the jury. czolgosz admitted his guilty guilt. they had to go through a trial anyway for a crime of this significance. he said

if you go back to theodore roosevelt, there was a case where he tried to get advice from the booker t. washington, and he invited him to the white house for a dinner. it caused such a foss, you cringe at what was said about this in the south, about how terrible this was in the minds of the racist in the south but the president would have an african-american over for a social dinner. from then on, he never had an african-american over for social occasions, but did have booker t. washington over for a device, but only in a business setting. >> i would just like to remind everyone that the book is "family of freedom, presidents and african-americans in the white house" by kenneth walsh. george wilson, you get the last question. >> we have talked about everything except the culinary side. were there any black chefs that stuck out? >> there was a shaft that george washington said hu -- shaft that george washington had. a lot of the early presidents like french cooking. there was a pattern that once they were trained, a lot of them escaped, and they did not come back. jefferson had the same

that is theodore roosevelt andthere is glacier national park. ilem. there is no where i haven't been. this is pennsylvania in the thomas country. -- tom>> what is your web site? and country. >> carolhighsmithamerica.com. >> the 21st century project -- what is that? >> i have done alabama, and 21st century alabama. so that people can see what i am doing in alabama, also. some of these are on the web site and some are not. >> will reward you get out of this, personally? -- other than going out to the country, what reward do you get out of this personally? >> i am fascinated by america. and i love this country. and if i can leave this good earth and have left behind how beautiful that we are, for people to appreciate these places, that is all that i need. i will have accomplished everything i needed. >> will people be able to stay at home and look at these projects? >> not only that, i don't know many other places you can go. if you are in sweden andif you want a high-resolution image, you can download this from the library of congress. the same resoluti

the best way to sign off is with a quotation from theodore roosevelt.ram "in the arena." here it is. it is not the critic who counts or the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds does it pert. it's the man in the arena whose face is marred by sweat and blood who errors and comes up short again and again becaus

the best way to sign off is with a quotation from theodore roosevelt.ram "in the arena." here it is. it is not the critic who counts or the man who points out how the strong man stbl

and theodore roosevelt, the president, told both sides neither of these is going to happen, i'm going to veto it. and then there was a fired convention which was basically -- well, it included native american and whites but blacks were not welcome that created the state of oklahoma which wanted to invest in their constitution white supremacy. and to do that, they had to define a white person and they did it in a way that indians were white people. but other delegates said teddy roosevelt is never going to sign a small so they backed away from that and creative oklahoma and the first act of the oklahoma legislature was to segregate the cars of oklahoma. >> will do discuss the relationship between thomas benton and john fremont in california and also may be brigham young in utah and the mormons? >> fremont i believe was a son-in-law so benton was the backer of fremont and a general in the united states army and a bit of a loose cannon and he probably wouldn't be -- the history books at all because there were efforts to court martial him. they don't ultimately affect the boundary. you as

. >> the papers of president theodore roosevelt oare a -- an example of this. in 4izz diary a look at how he dealt with immense personal tragedy. >> his wife had given birth to their daughter that day. but had died in childbirth. to just simply compound the trauma, his mother had been living with them in that house. she died in the house the same day. he lost his wife and mother on the same kay. you see a black x and note by him, the light has gone out of my life. as you turn the pages over, going about thee pages, he wrote the event that happened on that day that produced the black x. so indeed, a black x is well justified. he goes on to say, for better or worse, his life has been lived out. he was a little on the romantic and emotional side. this was -- his life wasn't lived out. he went on to great things. >> it helps people to see that individuals are complicated individuals that have had great espare in their lives. their hopes, their fears, all in their personal papers. this is a diary from 1852. it's one of those diaries where the individual is just pour

to yellowstone and the teton mountains and in montana in the beautiful glacier park and the theodore rooseveltks. they have been the best times in our life. the staff is wonderful and the parks are beautiful. my question is, i know there was an oil spill in the yellowstone river, has that affected any of the parks out there? guest: first of all, i would like to know if you would pick me up next time you take that trip. the oil spill was 150 miles down stream from yellowstone. there was no impacts to the national parks system. host: our next call, steve for republicans. while we take your question, we'd like to take a look at the 10 most-visited national parks. go ahead, steve. caller: good morning, how are you doing? we do have great parks. glacier national park in montana is just super. the question i have. i have been doing a lot of research. what do you know about agenda 21. that's about it. i would suggest to everybody listening to this program. agenda 21. it's a u.n. mandate that's going to affect our parks. guest: i am not familiar what agenda 21 is. host: well, if any of the viewers are

to yellowstone and the teton mountains and in montana in the beautiful glacier park and the theodore roosevelt parks. they have been the best times in our life. the staff is wonderful and the parks are beautiful. my question is, i know there was an oil spill in the yellowstone river, has that affected any of the parks out there? guest: first of all, i would like to know if you would pick me up next time you take that trip. the oil spill was 150 miles down stream from yellowstone. there was no impacts to the national parks system. host: our next call, steve for republicans. while we take your question, we'd like to take a look at the 10 most-visited national parks. go ahead, steve. caller: good morning, how are you doing? we do have great parks. glacier natiol park in montana is just super. the question i have. i have been doing a lot of research. what do you know about agenda 21. that's about it. i woulduggest to everybody listening to this program. agenda 21. it's a u.n. mandate that's going to affect our parks. guest: i am not familiar what agenda 21 is. host: well, if any of the viewers are

to yellowstone and the teton mountains and in montana in the beautiful glacier park and the theodore rooseveltarks. they have been the best times in our life. the staff is wonderful and the parks are beautiful. my question is, i know there was an oil spill in the yellowstone river, has that affected any of the parks out there? guest: first of all, i would like to know if you would pick me up next time you take that trip. the oil spill was 150 miles down stream from yellowstone. there was no impacts to the national parks system. host: our next call, steve for republicans. while we take your question, we'd like to take a look at the 10 most-visited national parks. go ahead, steve. caller: good morning, how are you doing? we do have great parks. glacier national park in montana is just super. the question i have. i have been doing a lot of research. what do you know about agenda 21. that's about it. i would suggest to everybody listening to this program. agenda 21. it's a u.n. mandate that's going to affect our parks. guest: i am not familiar what agenda 21 is. host: well, if any of the viewers a

miller: we've heard the same arguments about this we heard a century ago, a century ago, when theodore roosevelt pushed for pure food law the meat packers said, do you want government to take away your right to buy meat? do you want government to take away your freedoto buy beef from diseased animals or spoiled beef and the american people said, yeah, that's exactly what we want. we want to know what we're getting. and americans want to know what they're getting in financial products too. do they want to lose the freedom to get a subprime loan when they qualified for a prime loan? yes, they do. do they want to have a credit card to note what they're getting on the credit card? yes, they do. they want to know that there's somebody with their interests at heart who is reading all that fine print that the banks -- banks' lawyers wrote to be good for the banks, profitable for the banks and let the consumer have no idea what's in that little print in the legalese. yes, they want someone, a strong agency, reading that fine print with their interest at heart in saying, no, you can't do that. you can't

. >> the papers of president theodore roosevelt are an example.is diary look at how all the future president dealt with future personal tragedy. >> his wife had given birth to his daughter, but had died in childbirth. his mother, living with them, died in the house the same day, so he lost both his wife and his mother on the same day. you see a black x and they know to buy him, the light has gone out of my life. you turn the page over, he writes down, the event that happened on that particular day that produced the black x. he goes on to say that for better or worse, his life has been lived out. he went romantic and on to great things. >> it helps to see that the individuals are complicated individuals that have had great despair in their lives, hopes, fears, they are all in their personal papers. this is a diary, one where the individual is just pouring out their innermost demotions. -- emotions. she is writing in very small print and saying for some reason i have had an extremely hard time to restrain the tears today. i have seldom felt more fro

. >> the papers of theodore roosevelt are an example.his diary, a look at how the future president dealt with the immense personal tragedy. >> what happened -- head wife had given birth to his daughter, that day, but had died in childbirth. she's simply compounded the trauma. his mother had been living with them in that house and she died in the house the same day. so he lost both his wife and his mother on the same day. you see a black x and a note by him, the light has all gone out of my life. you turn the pages of it, you'll see that he writes down about three pages over, the event that it happened on that particular day that produced the black x. so blacked x is indeed justified. he goes on to say that for better or worse, his life had been lived out. tr was a romantic, and he went on of course to great things. >> it helps people to see that the individuals are complicated that had great despair in their lives, hopes, their fears, they are all in their personal papers. this is a diary, 1852, and it is one of his diaries where he is j

miller: we've heard the same arguments about this we heard a century ago, a century ago, when theodore roosevelt pushed for pure food law the meat packers said, do you want government to take away your right to buy meat? do you want government to take away your freedom to buy beef from diseased animals or spoiled beef and the american people said, yeah, that's exactly what we want. we want to know what we're getting. and americans want to know what they're getting in financial products too. do they want to lose the freedom to get a subprime loan when they qualified for a prime loan? yes, they do. do they want to have a credit card to note what they're getting on the credit card? yes, they do. they want to know that there's somebody with their interests at heart who is reading all that fine print that the banks -- banks' lawyers wrote to be good for the banks, profitable for the banks and let the consumer have no idea what's in that little print in the legalese. yes, they want someone, a strong agency, reading that fine print with their interest at heart in saying, no, you can't do that. you can'

miller: we've heard the same arguments about this we heard a century ago, a century ago, when theodore roosevelt pushed for pure food law the meat packers said, do you want government to take away your right to buy meat? do you want government to take away your freedom to buy beef from diseased animals or spoiled beef and the american people said, yeah, that's exactly what we want. we want to know what we're getting. and americans want to know what they're getting in financial products too. do they want to lose the freedom to get a subprime loan when they qualified for a prime loan? yes, they do. do they want to have a credit card to note what they're getting on the credit card? yes, they do. they want to know that there's somebody with their interests at heart who is reading all that fine print that the banks -- banks' lawyers wrote to be good for the banks, profitable for the banks and let the consumer have no idea what's in that little print in the legalese. yes, they want someone, a strong agency, reading that fine print with their interest at heart in saying, no, you can't do that. you can'