the pendleton act in 1883, the corruption involving outsized corporate influence on president theodore roosevelt that led to the tillman work in 1907, the teapot dome scandal that resulted in the federal corrupt practices act of 1925, the abuse of federal employees that led in 1938 to the passage of the hatch act, the taft-hartley act in 1947, the watergate scandal spurring the federal election campaign act of 1974 and that was revised, of course, by buckley, and on through the abuses of soft money in other ways that brought about the federal election campaign reform -- bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002. it was scandals that led to corruption that led to change. all of that focus was turned on its head by citizens united, brought as a very narrow as applied decision and then broadened out to basically take away almost all of those protections, at least going back to 1907. and then to mccutcheon. now, i want to make a couple of broad points particularly about mccutcheon. despite some of the other focal points, what has alarmed me the most about the mccutcheon decision was justice roberts bas

secretary my members of the committee like john mccain, republican of arizona, who referenced that theodore rooseveltbout how leaders should speak softly and carry a big stick. a excuses the secretary of state of speaking strongly but carrying a small stick in, fact, so small it might as well be a twig. now, when it comes to sear request, members of th syria members want to know what they are thinking. the top member of the g.o.p. on the sen foreign relations panel say they want more specifics from the obama administration and also wants to have more classified briefings to get more intel about what is coming down the pipe. and frankly what u.s. options are there. another big issue, mideast peace talks. secretary kerry going in to this hearing saying this is a crucial moment, but with both sides, both palestinians and israelis pulling back on some of their earlier agreements, here is how kerry summed up things right now. >> that no other nation can give people the confidence to come together and confront some of the most difficult challenges in the same way as we are privileged. i take it hear it abo

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>> theodore roosevelt? >> close. >> jfk? >> close. >> ronald reagan?>> it wasn't reagan. >> it was close. >> it wasn't reagan. >> it was not reagan. >> nixon or something? >> nixon? >> sock it to me? >> i actually know that one. >> let's go, while we're young. >> i can't remember his name. >> oh, my gosh, george washington. >> we're going to have to deport you? >> my goodness, who was president of the united states during world war ii? >> roosevelt. franklin d. roosevelt baby, yes! >> tdo you vote? >> i haven't voted in a couple of years, because i have my own emotional thoughts about it. >> when you do vote for the president, how do you vote? >> well, it's around spring. >> october. >> it's november. >> do you ever watch the o'reilly factor? >> i have seen it a couple of times, i like it. >> my roommate watches it. >> i'm into the paranormal. >> ever hear of watters world? >> no. >> i'm watters, and this is my world right here. >> oh, here now is jesse watters, so it is kind of grim again. >> it was a bad one, i'm from philly, that hurt, that really h

benjamin disraell, theodore roosevelt, winston churchill or vaclav havel. howard has been trying to explain how a few changes in the way that government works would make it more effective if only people listened. now you can by buying this book. >>> now for the last look. pundits between russia and ukraine is a symbol of a new cold war. there's been much talk about old dividing lines. russia has been accused of building a new berlin wall. putin says he doesn't want another iron curtain. but did you know that those old cold war boundaries are dictating lives today? here's how. straddling the border between the czech republic and germany, when that was between capitalist germany and czechoslovakia, there were electric fences. a large herd of deer was split apart. there was satellite tracking to follow the movement of 100 red deer. 50 in germany and 50 in the czech republic. the land is open for migration but the new generation of deer still respect the boundaries of the iron curtain. according to the scientists who led the project, biologically it would make

you mentioned theodore roosevelt. he was a loose cannon. >> real quickly, you mentioned carter. so each in those cases, we did go and harken back to their traditional roles as governors of states. >> and that's why the odds are likely that we're going to go back, especially after obama, some people are appalled at what is happening with an outsider. they may go back to tried and true. but i don't think you'll find a historian who thinks it's very healthy. >> doug wead, you explained that even so i could understand it. >>> there's a new poll out, and mike huckabee is on that list. he tops the list of potential republican candidates. still early, but this is been a consistent theme of late for governor huckabee. what can we glean from that? >> he beat mitt romney in 2008 by nine points in iowa, and he sits right at the top here in the early going among a tightly screened group of gop caucusgoers. >> are those caucusgoers, at least early on, more religious in are they more into social issues that he teams to be most remembered for, what? >> sure. on both sides, you have sort of a p

but the greats that we need to honor are theodore roosevelt.dr, and the drought, we're having drought now, of the dust bowl of the 1930s, he had the ccc, civilian conservation corps, plant 1 billion trees around the country. you know, just aggressive action. because if you love america, and you say america the beautiful, and you say this land is your land, then we have to take care of it. we all need to do a better job of being custodians, and we can't count on corporate america to do it, we need the help with the federal and state governments to protect our waterways, air and public lands. >> quick question as we part ways. how do you rank our current president? >> hard to rank right now. he's behind, certainly, the roosevelts, kennedy, johnson, carter, and clinton. but he could do something quickly. right now, tomorrow, sign a national monument creating the oregon mountains, desert peaks national monument near las cruces, new mexico. half a million acres. it would play right into the eco-tourism of the region where you had guadalupe national

go of the at least two the administration and their reports of theodore roosevelt who would be in thefamily dining room having dinner. it had to put their forks and knives santucci rats out of the room. so the problem is with the house renders to. the other or to your question is fdr really loved old houses. and truman did too. he'd grown up on the farm. so what frame houses to create, it's probable to thought not a big deal. so the answer to your question is yes, roosevelt said no to a degree, but they certainly didn't know if it's bad. >> i remember when jacqueline kennedy lived in the white house and she was horrified by the furnishing and the eisenhower set out and stuff from sears. >> the eisenhower's made made it worse in the german. i don't want to make personal judgments here, but -- >> so it was each president sort of like a residential room? been macinnes. usually what you see here what i saw this time. i don't how they do it today. i would assume it's an analogous arrangement is the news paper will run a story that the first lady is redecorating. what that means is they hir

united kingdom and since 8898 theder secretary of state under mckinley then under president theodore roosevelt. but one of the insiders at coveted hay and nicolay jobs they resented the influence in thought they were tot se break for their britches of faults that could be blamed alan nature but it is little wonder that they would consult the hay and nicolay ratings record may because they were letter writers and provide the eyewitness account of the lincoln white house. in and we rely on them to document that period. it is there life's work after lincoln died that is the unwritten story. it is the official biographers that they were close through the 1947 that is the 21st anniversary after it linked -- robert todd its cohorts in debt and after hay and nicolay passed away its second quarter century mission to build the reputation of their leader in that culmination the extensive 10 volume biography which wasn serialized often in theas century magazine which at that time was america's leading mass circulation magazine. it constituted one of the singularly successful exercise is of historical rev

that was the argument being made at the turn of the 20th century when even people like theodore roosevelte's so much wealth in this country and poverty, the income tax is the only way to do this in a just way. >> now that we've disclosed all of the president's tax information, has there ever been a president that didn't cough uf the money? >> the most notorious and it gets forgotten because of water gairkts nixon had tax trouble. he took deductions that the irs deemed were a little too aggressive and he ended up paying a hefty fine and back taxes and this was all going on while watergate itself. >> they donated papers isn't that it? >> yes. the allowance for the contribution of papers to a library. it was just a little bit of what we call aggressive. >> thank you for being with us. >> always a pleasure. i hope you get a refund. >>> coming up hollywood heavyweights join forces to save the planet. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ abe! get in! punch it! [ male announcer ] let quicken loans help you save your money with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze. [ male announ

when theodore roosevelt became president in 1901 he continued this effort, speaking on the importance of preserving the habitat and wildlife and signing the an tech wits act. the president declared by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures and other objects of historic or scientific interest, end quote. then about a decade later in 1916, the national park service was created to place all of the sites under the care of a single independent agency. fast forward to today, now today the park service manages nearly 400 sites totaling 84 million acres. these parks cover all corners of our nation in almost every american state and territory is at least home to one. people around the globe are now attracted to our national sites because both of their beauty and also their grandeur. every year our parks hosts, note this, 280 million visitors. the legislation before us today has 307 co-sponsors and a companion senate bill has 73. the coins will be minted and sold at no cost to the taxpayer. no proceeds from the sale may be used to acquire new lands. mr. spea

to promoteresident the idea of health care was theodore roosevelt. yet you never died. no president made a persistent effort until franklin roosevelt, who made two major attempts, both of which failed, probably because republicans opposition to social security. truman tried and failed. neither eisenhower nor kennedy made any attempt at all. starting with lyndon b. johnson, the president has made some attempt to pass national healthcare. tank89, republican think heritage foundation heavily promoted a plan that included a mandate that all uninsured would be required to purchase health care in order to allow increased revenues to insurance companies to lower premiums and increase --host: all right tim, bring this to a conclusion. caller: there are so much disinformation that people don't understand that everybody has wanted this, but each party denounces the other if it is not being done the way that party wants it done. host: that is timid pennsylvania. morning.itical" this clinton discussed her work of the state department. calls for young women not to take criticisms pe

partnership between jacqueline kennedy onassis and arthur schlesinger and theodore sorensen and teddy wait for eleanor roosevelt relationships with the number of people who helped to define franklin roosevelt's legacy. my hope for this book will help us to remember as we remember him today and a very real efforts that went into that and a price. thank you. i would love to take some questions if there are any. [applause] >> what is your opinion of daniel epstein's book the lankans man which covers some of the same material that you have talked about? secondly, what do you think about the recent biography? >> i like them both very much. epstein is really a literary man , a poet, scholar of literature. i think he was trying to do a different project. it draws and other characters. we're looking at different questions using the same people, but it's a beautiful read. the biography is magnificent. if you are interested in how comprehensive -- i should not say this. if you're interested in a comprehensive biography don't buy my book, but you want to read both. john did a number of other things that i don't cover. not

partnership between jacqueline kennedy onassis and arthur schlesinger and theodore sorensen and teddy wait for eleanor roosevelt relationships with the number of people who helped to define franklin roosevelt's legacy. my hope for this book will help us to remember as we remember him today and a very real efforts that went into that and a price. thank you. i would love to take some questions if there are any. [applause] >> what is your opinion of daniel epstein's book the lankans man which covers some of the same material that you have talked about? secondly, what do you think about the recent biography? >> i like them both very much. epstein is really a literary man , a poet, scholar of literature. i think he was trying to do a different project. it draws and other characters. we're looking at different questions using the same people, but it's a beautiful read. the biography is magnificent. if you are interested in how comprehensive -- i should not say this. if you're interested in a comprehensive biography don't buy my book, but you want to read both. john did a number of other things that i don't cover. not