i think theodore roosevelt admired that about her. so he was there to give her away when she married franklin roosevelt on st. patrick's day. >> it sounds like at this point she has developed some sense of what social issues are important to her. >> she had exposure to them. she had an interest. but she is still very between two worlds. she is caught between the world of london which she loves and wants to stay in. she wants to teach and stay there. she does not want to come home. she is caught between the demand of being the daughter of the most dutiful debutante in new york as the "new york times" repeatedly called her mother and the social expectations of the needs of the president. just trying to figure out of the dance. >> theodore became bigger than life. she turned the name and relationship and the connections to a big influence. i found it very interesting, around 1936, she edited a volume of her father's big-game hunting letters where she kept a tiger skin of her father. she had every reason to be angry at her dad. he was bit

roosevelt's daughter-in-law, we'll see uncle theodore roosevelt in this room. ll see interesting personalities such as ameilia earheart that would have given mrs. roosevelt her first flying lesson in 1933 over the skyline of baltimore, maryland. val kill was very important to mrs. roosevelt because it was her first and only home she would own on her own. she would refer to it feels so good to be home. >> alita blackwell. you mentioned something about the chair. >> in the alcove victor showed us, you can see the picture of eleanor and jack kennedy. she switched the chairs so she would look up -- look down at him and he would have to look up. and she argues him to take a stance on labor unions and civil rights. which he does take belatedly. >> go ahead for your question for doug brinkley and alee that black. >> i have a question for both. who are the descendents of fdr and eleanor now adays. what would eleanor think about the direction that the country is going today? >> let's stick with the kids instead of trying to channel eleanor roosevelt? >> all of the childr

the museum of the american indian, the birthplace of theodore roosevelt, just places around town where they are unique to our city. and be able to visit, spend an afternoon or day there. especially certainly the statue of liberty. while the government is shut down unfortunately that will stay closed too. 72,000 new yorkers are federal employees and they are also affected by the government shutdown so a lot of people here hoping this thing wraps up quick. >> you said that well. she does look lonely out there. >> an extreme weather alert. a rare tornado ripping through an area south of seattle damaging buildings, dumping record amounts of rain and temporarily knocking out power to thousands of people. the national weather service says that winds from the storm reached 110 miles per hour. no report, thank goodness of injuries this morning. >> veterans living in an orlando, florida, suburb say their american flags are being stolen. air force veteran carl delasandros says he flies the flag 365 days a year and says not only was his flag taken but five other veterans in his neighborhood had t

on this day 1912 theodore roosevelt was campaign frg president when shot in milwau e milwaukee. he went on with his speech saying it takes more than one bullet to kill a bull moose. >>> happy birthday to madonna's daughter who's 17. usher hits 35. ralph lauren is 74. >>> how a u.s. default would affect you and your money. three things you need to know to protect your personal finances. keep it here for more news, weather, sports. thanks for watching. have a very good week. >>> we're not optimistic. we would advise the riding public to take precautions and make sure they have alternative transportation for tomorrow. >> a warning this morning from b.a.r.t. union leaders that another strike deadline looms. it's become a familiar story no strike but no deal either. this morning b.a.r.t. trains were rolling but if no agreement is reached by midnight workers say they will walk off the job tomorrow morning. >> it appeared talks were done for the night when union leaders made the announcement 10:30 last night. while many of us were sleeping the two sides went back to the table and talks

there have been several serious third-party candidates over the years than former president theodore rooseveltorge wallace won 13.5% and won four states. ross perot won nearly 19% of the vote in 1992. is there a serious third-party candidate who could emerge by 202 2016? >> i think every so many years there is that candidate. i think in order to -- it's going to have to be more than that in order to get a third party, a major third party across the country. you have to have senate candidates, candidates for the u.s. house in place and ready to, you know, win seats. that's where the electoral power is going to come. so right now, in most cases, you see third-party candidates that can get a significant chunk of the vote, maybe in a presidential race, maybe winning a governorship or two. but it's going to take more than that, more organization, i think more money to -- in order to have a major, widespread change across the country. >> all right. nathan gonzalez, thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. ♪ >>> this is pbs "news hour weekend" sunday. >>> finally, a development in the fight agains

they nominated for the office of president theodore roosevelt. y that fall, at least figuratively speaking. he drew massive crowds. modern art of presidential companying was created by thee roosevelt. days before the election he was shot and walked into the theater anyway and delivered his 90 minute speech. no question t. split in the republican party was fatal. he edged out taft 27 to 23%. it made it simple for the democrat to coast to the white house with fro% of the vote. the politicians like theodore roosevelt are rare. so are elections like 1912 when the engreedents are in place to when serious support. something similar has happened a few times. strom thirmd r thurmond won as a nominee in noon 48. george wallace grabbed 13% of the vote nationally that year. he remains the last third martied the who won electoral votes. also john anderson in 19 y. he got about 6%. ross perot grabbed 30% in the fall of 1992. he would have done bet fer he had not cracked up during the election. we are hearing how it will bring a third party uprising. because of

what he could which is very little then ends up coming back to the warehouse crossing over theodore roosevelt island to escape being into virginia with all the but the government is in disarray, it is hard to think three weeks later we come to a great moment of triumph and that is a story i tried to focus on. the next three weeks in particular are credible because the british, they don't have a big enough force to stay here. they destroyed all the government buildings in respected private property pretty well. there was some push to go straight to baltimore. why baltimore? we had a rivalry i am sure people here in those days it was far more important than washington. the third largest city in the united states when of the most important ports and the most support center of american private hearing that was a very effective manner of legalized piracy that was effective at curbing the british shipping. the british were very eager to go to baltimore handed move to directly bear this story could have ended quite differently because it was on the verge of capitulation after news of washington's pa

say, it is right on the boundary of the theodore roosevelt national park.alloween, but i think you need to come back to the day and join us. we are taking care of your part. we are working on that. [laughter] i just have to say, during that visit, where i learned a lot, about how companies are drilling to have a dollar footprint on the land, i also went out to theodore roosevelt national park. i met with the superintendent. she just got an award for the work that she did in working with developers there to help them recognize the impact of development on the national park. she described it as something like playing whack a mole. just as she thought she had one area protected and work with companies who were going to she hadtheir -- there, someone over there who said, i live in fear of taking a couple days off. we want to help people like this superintendent. she is one of many who understand the critical nature of the landscape surrounding their part or their refuge or their public lands. to workt to be able closely with us to understand what is at stake so

guest: where we look objectively at republican presidents, theodore roosevelt was a republican who did a tremendous job. dwight eisenhower was first rate. george herbert walker bush did very well. gerald ford is greatly admired. george w. bush has been very polarizing. there have been some outstanding republican presidents have done an amazing job for our country. you mentioned the draft. i was thinking about politicians in d.c. today. the problem with a lot of them today is they became lawyers and politicians. it used to be that we honored a man first for service to his country, meaning most of our residents were speakers of the house, senate majority leaders, ad been a general or kernel. -- colonel. e honored them for their military service to the country, then they became president. how we have people in washington with no military service -- now we have people in washington with no military service. they tend to use washington to line their own pockets. e might have to raise $1.5 billion to want to run for president in 2016. the money and lobbying has gotten so out of control. it i

john hay essentially was the guy who walked and taught softly, while theodore roosevelt granted the bigtick. and they got in the habit of one roosevelt would go to church on sunday morning, he would come by on the side of what is now the hay adams hotel and they would fit in his parlor and talk about politics and talk about what was going on publicly. teddy roosevelt with say i made all the big decisions. i was the administration. but it served him very well to have this avuncular paternal figure, giving him in face throughout his term. and they were terrifically well as a team, i discover and declared my book, more so than people really realize. >> gray. we will start with questions. >> thank you. my question is for mr. brands. i was really stand in your books to the extent to which between the wars the amount of his failure and humiliation. it seems to me into his mid-30s, like you said, working for the fathers, separation from his wife. then he goes on to become the highest ranking general since washington and a best-selling author. my question is first, did anything like that ever h

the party that i joined was the party of lincoln, the party of theodore roosevelt.he party of eisenhower. she's were patriots all. they were for one nation, indivisible. we have an insurrectionist, neoconfederate party that seems dedicated to all kinds of apocalyptic outcomes. i don't know if this comes from their fundamentalist religious outlook for whether it's just good fund-raising for them among their base, but they are no longer a normal political party. they are an insurrectionist party that is bringing down the government. >> okay. no longer a normal political party. i have heard a lot of commentators say this. i want to play devil as advocate and check my own biasses here, bruce. we had more shutdowns between tip o'neill and the democratic congress and reagan than we have now and there's some who argue a system like we have invest minority parties with a lot of power and so this is a natural system. what do you think of that? >> well, that's certainly true up to a point. but i think what we're really seeing here is a crisis of democracy, where one party bel

not been in african-american to meet with the president since property washington meets with theodore roosevelte day after the fifth tee lou since an invitation she comes and they have tea and the congressman publicize this and it gets attention but it will be o.k. but then one week later the representative house but tea as a fund-raiser for the naacp then all of a sudden the southern delegation in state legislature realizes this is getting out of hand all because mrs. hoover has an african-american and at the white house so all summer they're all spread through members of congress so it is quite a brouhaha throughout the summer. >> host: it was precarious time for african-americans how did this affect their future over the next few years about that invitation? >> it was a difficult situation because traditionally the republican party is the party of abraham lincoln of african-americans over 90 percent voted for. herbert hoover had broken into the party made a slight inroad and one over the solid democratic south so he was trying to balance the expectations of the party of lincoln in the herita

washington had met with theodore roosevelt. on june 6, the day after the fifth tea. invitation. thisongressman publicizes and it gets a lot of attention. everything seems ok. a week later, the representative hosts a musical and tea. all of a sudden, the southern delegations and the southern state legislatures realize that this is getting out of hand. is all because mrs. hoover had an african-american at the white house. the entire summer, you have sent your and threats from the southern states and members of congress to censure mrs. hoover. it becomes quite a brouhaha. is a precarious time for african-americans in the united states. how did it affect their future over the next few years over that brouhaha? the republican, party was the party of civil rights and the party of african- americans. in 1928, hadr, broken into -- harding made a butht inroad to it -- hoover was trying to balance expectations of the party of lincoln and a heritage of civil arets and seeing that there inroads to the south, which is democratic territory. negotiate lou have to effects of this brouhaha. it h

but theodore roosevelt is given the arc broadly and then devoted a separate book, the sweetness of youthof the rise of theodore relevant, the period of power, and then what he really wants to write about, which is the decline, the greek arc that he is interested in. in your book, have you weighted it toward any one of these periods in the life childhood, period of consummate achievement and decline. caravaggio didn't have time for decline. was it weighted towards the young grants? >> i would say, yes. but i would do the same for almost anybody. i think that without exploring in depth somebody's childhood, you are leaving out the most interesting part, and the part that enabled the rest of the life to make sense. once you know the child, then very often the adult person becomes much more knowable. the less you know about the child, the more in doubt you are about knowing the adult. with grant, the childhood is of enormous interest and enormous importance, that i devoted probably more pages than i should have to it. partly because i wanted to write about what a childhood in illinois was li

so the eletes like theodore roosevelt called for americanization.henry ford whole citizenship class is for the workers in the factories and the public schools did an admirable job of teaching immigrant children to speak, read and write english, to learn the basics of american civic culture and traditions. it's sometimes said that if i think that if i could employ a time machine i would like to bring back to run the public schools today the people that were running the public schools of new york city in 1913. nevertheless, there were demands that the immigration would be restricted and of wartime restrictions on people's movements convinced the government that they actually could be restricted as a practical matter to the and so, in 1924 congress passed an immigration act that in post quote us from countries in proportion to their share of the u.s. population in the 1890 census that is before ellis island started the surge of migration that began to come. so immigration declined to a trickle in the 1920's and 1930's as it is always the case with econ

where we look objectively at republican presidents, theodore roosevelt was a republican who did a tremendousob. dwight eisenhower was first rate. didge herbert walker bush very well. gerald ford is greatly admired. george w. bush has been very polarizing. have been some outstanding republican presidents have done an amazing job for our country. you mentioned the draft. about politicians in d.c. today. the problem with a lot of them today is they became lawyers and politicians. it used to be that we honored a man first for service to his of our, meaning most presidents were speakers of the house, senate majority leaders, had been a general or kernel. -- colonel. we honored them for their military service to the country, then they became president. how we have people in washington with no military service -- now we have people in washington with no military service. they tend to use washington to line their own pockets. we might have to raise $1.5 billion to want to run for president in 2016. the money and lobbying has gotten so out of control. it is hard as a father of three kids to say, i wa

got into that story i found out it wasn't it was more e emotional than anything else but when theodore roosevelt heard about this affair people said we should put that out there teddy roosevelt said no. it makes him sound more interesting the and he is. [laughter] but he was. >> but he certainly did have a romantic love affair with his second wife could you talk about that? >> i will burkhart would like to preface by saying woodrow wilson had a very sexual deeply romantic first marriage also a woman from georgia who was a presbyterian ministers daughter he having been that presbyterian minister son from agusta and when they admit wilson fell in love immediately over the next several years, that he could support a wife and children day encage in the most romantic conversations i have ever seen. there are thousands of intensely romantic love letters to and from woodrow wilson. yes. the letters got a sickening at a certain point. [laughter] they were so profuse if. then she died the first year in the white house. the president was utterly distraught and as you suggested the president then went to c

the brainchild of republican theodore roosevelt. it is really so sad what's happened to our country. defaulting on our debt would risk millions of american jobs. not thousands, not tens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands, but millions of jobs. social security checks would likely be halted. medicare payments and even payments for our troops wouldn't happen. so without exception, the most respected economist in the business said if america defaults on its debt, there will be dire consequences. we've heard this from everybody. not only economists, but business people. mr. president, i was happy to see the republicans engaged in talks with the president; the house republicans. that's over with. it's done. they're not talking anymore. we learned that this morning. i say to my friends on the republican side of this senate, time's running out. they've urged their more radical members to compromise. for example, my friend, the senior senator from arizona, mr. president, that man came to the congress of the united states with me and the

they did it in 1912 when theodore roosevelt led a lot of republicans out of the party and he came in second. i think it could happen. >> if you were advising republicans up for election, generally leading republican district and they're looking at the public tha that is angry abt washington dysfunction and having to shut down the government because of votes how do you advice them to run or frame that in terms of a re-election? >> i think what you are really trying to do is trying to emphasize the positive, trying to get back to your constituents and get back what you've done for them. i tell you leadership, we have got to get accomplishments. we need to move on quickly. we need immigration reform. we need a budget deal and progress because it's bad now, but it doesn't have to be bad in ten months. >> but it could be bad if democrats see that we've got republicans in a strangle hood right now, and we're not going to give them anything over the next year. >> understand the democrats are in the same boat. they've got a lot of folks who are in tough re-elections, mark prior is an example