my father's name was theodore roosevelt. of course, he's passed now, and even before i started to school, he talked to me about the roosevelts, he talks to me about theodore and franklin and how progressive they were. this is the relativity i would like you to expand on if you would shed light on this. president obama is considered a progressive. he's always trying to bring the middle class up and the poor class up. why is it that during this age that they're not receiving the message that our country thrives on the middle class people? >> guest: virginia, you're absolutely right. and i think you're beginning to see the conversation. we've been locked for several years in kind of gridlock and political partisanship, but i think you're beginning to see the language even of the very rich understanding that they've done really well, by the way, since 2009 to now. and i think they've understood that if salaries remain flat, if earning remains platte for the so-called -- flat for the so-called middle class, it's declining. and the

my father's name was theodore roosevelt. e taught me about the roosevelts, about theodore and franklin and how progressive they were. this is something i would like you to expound on. pres. president obama is considered a progressive. he is always trying to bring the middle class up and support class up. why is it that during this age they are not receiving the message that our country thrives on the middle class people. >>guest: you are absolutely right. you are beginning to see. we have been locked in gridlock and political partisanship. there is an understanding. they have done pretty well, and i think they have understood that if salaries remain flat, earning remains flat, it is declining. wages are declining, and you you cannot have a healthy economy going forward without that. all americans subscribe to the notion of fairness, a level playing field. you are seeing that rhetoric i hope our film adds a small voice to the notion of the nature of and how we get things done in a complicated country that even back then was pa

established in 1908 by president theodore roosevelt as the first forest east of the mississippi river, it at the headwaters of the river, it 400,000 acres of wetlands and lakes and provides sandat for canada links, hill cranes and the chargest population of bald eagles in the lower 48. it also been home to native for 10,000 years and contains outstanding cultural resources, and that makes today's celebration even more important because the leach lake band much ojibwe has played a critical cole in partnering with service to bring the tree here. i'm told there are members of the band here today who were here as children in 192 when a chippewa national for e was last selected as the tree.l christmas other partners like choose have also contributed. partners like these are vital for all the work we do on the whether it'sst, conserving and restoring our forest eco systems or providing toreational opportunities millions of people. so let's celebrate this and this tree. merry christmas and happy holidays. [applause] >> thank you. this tree has been on a tremendous journey, in fact it's than

well, one of those republicans was theodore roosevelt.and theodore roosevelt may or may not have been a good president depending on your perspective but he was a very bad ex-president. he was not constitutionally suited to be an ex-president. he had run as being rejected by the elders of the republican party as a candidate against wilson in 1912. he ran as an independent bull moose candidate. so daniels thought that it would really make the administration look good from the beginning to bring a roosevelt into a democratic administration. and so in his correspondence he was describing later in life he described how he had this vision of this young man that he knew so well. and that he had identified as having, quote, the right stuff to bring him into the administration as his assistant secretary. in going over daniels primary sources, his diary and a letter to his wife. he said to his wife i shall bring fredrick d. roosevelt into my department as assistant secretary. it is possible that he did not know fredrick roosevelt as well as he clai

national of capitol.o the this year's tree comes from the chippewa national forest, established by theodore roosevelt as the first national mississippi.f the the forest is at the headwaters of the river. ofcontains 400,000 acres wetlands and lakes and provides sandhill cranes and the largest breeding population in the lower 48. the forest has also been home to native americans for thousands years and contains outstanding cultural resources. that makes today's celebration because theportant, lake band of ojibwe has played a partnering with the forest service to bring the tree here. indeed, i'm told there are members of the band here today who are here as children in 1992, when a tree from the chippewa national forest was the capitold as christmas tree. other partners like choose outdoors have also contributed to the long journey the tree has taken. these are vital for all the work we do on the national forest, whether it's conserving and restoring our forest's ecosystems or providing recreational opportunities to millions of people. so let's celebrate this tree.rship and this merry christmas and happy

and so, we have it here a picture of theodore roosevelt, president theodore roosevelt with booker t. washington at tuskegee, you know, institute. this is a controversial picture of booker t. washington. this is a controversial statue. this statue is at tuskegee institute. if you drive to tuskegee, even today, you will see this statue there. the statue is of booker t. washington, and the man crouching down is a slave. there he is, a blanket symbolic of like a veil, and booker t. washington supposedly is lifting the veil off of the slave's face such that his eyes -- such that he can see, and progress to something better. those who are detractors of booker t. washington raise the question, was washington lifting the veil over the slave's eyes or was he pulling it down farther? because of his accommodationist beliefs. because washington believed that the best thing for people of african descent to do was not to pursue political and social equality at that particular time. but instead pursue economic empowerment. and that political and social equality would come some time later. although,

well, one of those republicans was theodore roosevelt.and theodore roosevelt may or may not have been a good president depending on your perspective but he was a very bad ex-president. he was not constitutionally suited to be an ex-president. he had run as being rejected by the elders of the republican party as a candidate against wilson in 1912. he ran as an independent bull moose candidate. so daniels thought that it would really make the administration look good from the beginning to bring a roosevelt into a democratic administration. and so in his correspondence he was describing later in life he described how he had this vision of this young man that he knew so well. and that he had identified as having, quote, the right stuff to bring him into the administration as his assistant secretary. in going over daniels primary sources, his diary and a letter to his wife. he said to his wife i shall bring fredrick d. roosevelt into my department as assistant secretary. it is possible that he did not know fredrick roosevelt as well as he clai

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i knew it. >> theodore roosevelt.als to the white house and according to the "the new york times," he told them i demand that football change its rules or be abolished. >>> back in two minutes to explain why ted cruz didn't win many republican friends this weekend. many republican friends this weekend. you need to catch the 4:10 huh? the equipment tracking system will get you to the loading dock. ♪ there should be a truck leaving now. i got it. now jump off the bridge. what? in 3...2...1... are you kidding me? go. right on time. right now, over 20,000 trains are running reliably. we call that predictable. thrillingly predictable. is a really big deal.u with aches, fever and chills- there's no such thing as a little flu. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. and call your doctor right away. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms starte

that is president that knows the e manse waited slaved with an executive order and theodore rooseveltted the grand canyon, national park when the senate didn't want to deal with it or john f. kennedy did the peace corps. you're seeing he's getting traction. in the last two years, particularly in foreign policy, there's great openings for barack obama and i know climate change where a lot of politicians feel it's not that important, the president thinks it's the defining issue of our time. he's invoked in the both his inaugurals and he's starting to build an impressive record of being the global champion on climate. >> and here's what's also interesting heading into 2016. if you look at the way republicans have reacted just, for example to the normalization of relations with cuba. you have rand paul saying "you know what? i think that might be a good idea." and you have marco rubio on the other side saying this is a nightmare, a disaster, this president doesn't know how to negotiate and you'll see that play out in the republican party boxing republicans in on certain positi positions a

i hope they will be able to restore that. >> [inaudible] that the part -- the part where theodore roosevelt stayed was protected and not burn down. re, as well.ay the he did not always. >> we have john muir right here, as a matter of fact. in what would be involved restoring hetch hetchy? take any billions would it to find another place for the water? >> good question. well, i'm not here to speak about hetch hetchy. i would just briefly say that hetch hetchy reservoir is one of nine reservoirs along the river. to restore hetch hetchy does not require san of its co losing any water rights. it simply talks about redistributing the location of where it would be stored. there are nine other reservoirs downstream. it would take some reengineering. i have heard a lot of people cry that the dollar amounts are really huge. so i kind of look them up. you know, it is the price of maybe one bomber. the price of a new tunnel that the last couple years that went under the city for traffic. it's something, i believe, a little less than what the world trade center cost to build. so it is within our grasp.

the administration to bring young fdr into the cabinet, and, of course, his distant cousin theodore roosevelt an ex-president and a republican and had just in the recent 1912 campaign run on the bull moose ticket as an opponent of woodrow wilson's. so daniels thought this would make the democrats look very good to bring fdr, a prominent roosevelt, into the administration and named him as his assistant secretary. i found it in going through daniels' diary that is when we -- he claimed later that he knew fdr very well and that from the first time he met fdr, he knew that he had, quote, the right stuff and that he had always wanted to bring him into the -- his administration of th that i think it was a note on his appointment of fdr, he said i shall appoint fredrick d. roosevelt as assistant secretary. so it's possible he didn't quite know him as well as he later claimed to have known him. but he did bring fdr into the navy department, and they worked very closely together until just the end of wilson's second administration as fdr prepared to run as vice president on the 1920 ticket, and their

roosevelts were despised by a number of people in society. they were still able to get things done. one of the things that theodore and franklin roosevelt could not get done was the affordable care act. if theodore were to suddenly appear in our studio he would say, what? what kind of country are you look at the other countries. maybe it is is a big political football, but in the scheme of progress you can look at the affordable care act as the last act of the new deal. >>host: the next question. would teddy recognize the republican party today? >>guest: that is a big one. theodore roosevelt would be not surprised because he battled the very conservative views that are now prevalent all his life. he was republican and terribly popular but not with the right wing of his party. he built a great democratic machine which has largely broken up waiver, much weaker than it was before, and he had always the solid south. very different. i think that they would both be surprised at what has happened to there party. >> franklin would probably recognize. he would feel more at home in all its constituent parts and diversity of

the film is one of the last to star robin williams, who once again brings to life president theodore roosevelt. >> our very survival at stake. >> reporter: williams quickly became a friend. >> he was always funny and lovely, just an amazing guy. >> yeah, i feel very fortunate to have had a chance to work with him, i was always a huge fan and never stopped being one. >> and it might in the be the even of the series, film makers have in the closed a door on the fourth installment. susan marquez, cbs news. >> they are always so well done. >> i remember doing first two and talking with robin and the rest of the cast. they are a lot of fun. >> kid, for parents, one of those perfect family movies that everyone enjoy. >> no question. >>> night at the museum: secret of the tomb, opens up in theaters tomorrow. we will have another check of traffic and weather together on the other side. >> but first here's a look what is coming upright here on cbs-3. we will be right back. >>> and here we go another mischievous sometimes. look at this, i walk in the great room and look what he was doing, that is in the

and so, we have it here a picture of theodore roosevelt, president theodore roosevelt with booker t. washington at tuskegee, you know, institute. this is a controversial picture of booker t. washington. this is a controversial statue. this statue is at tuskegee institute. if you drive to tuskegee, even today, you will see this statue there. the statue is of booker t. washington, and the man crouching down is a slave. there he is, a blanket symbolic of like a veil, and booker t. washington supposedly is lifting the veil off of the slave's face such that his eyes -- such that he can see, and progress to something better. those who are detractors of booker t. washington raise the question, was washington lifting the veil over the slave's eyes or was he pulling it down farther? because of his accommodationist beliefs. because washington believed that the best thing for people of african descent to do was not to pursue political and social equality at that particular time. but instead pursue economic empowerment. and that political and social equality would come some time later. although,

most recent in a series of national monuments proclaimed that almost every president since theodore roosevelt. pinnacles national park is our notedecent national park -- note the quotes here. everybody needs beauty as well as bread. pray in, play in and where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. legacy through his life reminds us of the important things that one person can do. said "if you think about all the games our society has made, from independence to now, it was not government. it was activism. roosevelt's teddy -- teddy roosevelt established a national park, what a great president. it was john muir who invited roosevelt out and convinced him to ditch his security and go camping. near, an activist and single person. assee the idea of wilderness important in the legacy of john muir. his successors are those who actually created our national wilderness reservation system. one of those leaders, you all interview asked in an about how he was introduced to wilderness said, "through the reading of john muir. john told you about the wilderness. john muir is one of the fou

i think certainly if there had been a different president in the white house, possibly theodore roosevelt, might have taken a different line. he was quite clear about the fact in 1914 that i think he saw the germans as, if not necessarily to blame for the war, then certainly a greater threat for the united states than the entente powers, france, britain and russia. as far as 1916, again once again woodrow wilson was running for office, in part on the pledge of keeping the united states out of the war. i think in the long run, it did become -- once the question came on the table in 1917, what we might call the rendering of the question that is to say the dramatic rendering of the question of war guilt did become a big part of the story and that's when you really got to see a huge ramp-up in kind of the propaganda against the germans and the kaiser and so on. but back in 1914, i think most americans were genuinely bewildered by what was happening in europe. when colonel house went to europe on a somewhat unofficial mission for president wilson in may of 1914, you know, he said quite famousl

the strategy is to bypass the senior senator for the massachusetts when henry cabot lied and theodore roosevelted to appoint holmes to the court. how is the senior senator going to say no to that? but he writes a letter and says i think there are a lot of solid oak timber in the massachusetts bar and i wonder if carving a judge out of ornamental ivory would be better. so there's a sense. and then there's the famous colloquy between addison the -- the flannel tlo 3is, turned-philanthropist after the soldier's faith. holmes runs into addison and addison says i read your speech. i don't like it. it's bad morals and bad politics. there is a sense holmes writes after he's nominated to the federal court. there is a sense that holmes believes the sort of solid citizens of boston think he's just not reliable. that he's too intellectual. that he's too ornamental. he resents this. he doesn't have intimate friends drawn fra the group. but his intimate friends fall into two groups of categories. there's some flirtation early in their lives and now they're just friends. he has long correspondence with women

there was too much instability in cuba and people asked president theodore roosevelt, the man who charged up san juan hill during the spanish cuban american war and asked what are you trying to do? he was particularly a pointedly questioned before a harvard audience and here is what he said. i am seeking the very minimum of interference necessary to make them good. war,velt's secretary of the man responsible for the takeover of cuba in 1906 said the same thing to cubans. he presided over the reopening of the university of havana and he gave a speech and said we are here only to help you on with our arm under your arm, lifting you again on the path to wonderful progress. to a more recent time. 1991. the soviet union has just a question while mr. bush was walking by in the rose garden stop he said are you going to talk to fidel castro now you have been so successful with mikhail gorbachev? mr. bush paused, turned around and said "what's the point? all i would tell him is what i'm giving you -- tell them to give the people what they want and you will see what you should -- go down and lift t

is to bypass hore, who's the senior senator from massachusetts when henry cab bot lodge and theodore rooseveltter and consult him later and they know at this point hore can't oppose hore. how is the senior senator from massachusetts going to say no to that? senator hoar writes a letter saying, i think there are a lot of solid oak timber in the massachusetts bar. and i wonder whether carving a judge out of ornamental ivory would be better. there's a sense -- then there's the famous colloquy between addison, the philanthropist -- capitalist turned philanthropist after the soldiers faith. and holmes runs into addison and addison says, i read your speech. i don't like it. it's bad morals and bad politics. there is this sense captured in a letter holmes writes to frederick pollock after he's captured the court, there is this sense that citizens of boston don't think he's reliable, too intellectual, too ornamental. he resents this. and he doesn't -- with the exception of john chipman gray, he doesn't have intimate friends drawn from the braman group. but his intimate friends fall into two categories

in we go back. 1906, there was too much instability in cuba and people asked president theodore roosevelt, a man who charged up san juan hill during the spanish-american war they asked president roosevelt, what are you trying to do? and he was pointedly questioned before a harvard audience and here is what he said to the harvard audience. i am seeking the very minimum of interference necessary to make them good. and roosevelt's secretary of war, the man responsible for the takeover of cuba in 1906 said the same thing directly to cubans. he presided over the reopening of the university of havana. he gave a speech and said we are here only to help you with our arm under your arm lifting he -- you again on the path of wonderful progress. ok, fast forward to a more recent time, 1991. the soviet union had just disappeared and a reporter yelled out a question while mr. bush was walking by in the rose garden. he said are you going to talk to , fidel castro now that you have been successful with mikhail gorbachev? and mr. bush paused, turned around and said what's the point? all i would tell him

is to bypass hore, who's the senior senator from massachusetts when henry cab bot lodge and theodore roosevelt appoint him to the court. they know hore is going to apose it and go ahead and do it later and consult him later and they know at this point hore can't oppose hore. how is the senior senator from massachusetts going to say no to that? senator hoar writes a letter saying, i think there are a lot of solid oak timber in the massachusetts bar. and i wonder whether carving a judge out of ornamental ivory would be better. there's a sense -- then there's the famous colloquy between addison, the philanthropist -- capitalist turned philanthropist after the soldiers faith. and holmes runs into addison and addison says, i read your speech. i don't like it. it's bad morals and bad politics. there is this sense captured in a letter holmes writes to frederick pollock after he's captured the court, there is this sense that citizens of boston don't think he's reliable, too intellectual, too ornamental. he resents this. and he doesn't -- with the exception of john chipman gray, he doesn't have intimat

making a list of near great residents, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, theodore roosevelt, woodrowilson, harry truman. y andrew jackson? failures were larger than the undeniable's. the congressman not nearly as great. but, jackson, the notification crisis,-- notification andrew jackson dominated his age. haveystem, though he may in a persecutor of the indians, so yes, jackson, truman, jefferson, even woodrow wilson. i work for the woodrow rosen international center of scholars and cannot leave them off the list, but even wilson, a great transformer and legislative , the architect of american entry for all -- and over idealism and tried to negotiate a peace with a league of nations. ,o accomplishment significant presided over a time politically, and yet the asterix associated with the president's is too large, put them in the undeniably great category. this week, we are focusing on the leading authors and publications out this year. we are kicking off this week with the end of greatness. the three undeniably great presidents straddled the american story. washington, the proverbial f

there was too much instability in cuba and people asked president theodore roosevelt, a man who charged up san juan hill during the spanish-american war they asked president roosevelt what are you trying to do? and he was pointedly questioned before a harvard audience, and here is what he said to the harvard audience. "i am seeking the very minimum of interference necessary to make them good." and roosevelt's secretary of war, the man responsible for the takeover of cuba in 1906, said the same thing directly to cubans. he presided over the reopening of the university of havana. he gave a speech and said we are here only to help you with our arm under your arm lifting you again on the path of wonderful progress. ok, fast forward to a more recent time, 1991. the soviet union had just disappeared and a reporter yelled out a question while mr. bush was walking by in the rose garden. he said, are you going to talk to fidel castro now that you have been successful with mikhail gorbachev? and mr. bush paused, turned around and said, "what's the point?" all i would tell him is what i am telling

making a list of near great residents, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, harry truman. why andrew jackson? >> they are the close but no cigar presidents. their failures were larger than the undeniable's. their accomplishments not nearly as great. but they dominated their age. andrew jackson dominated his age. slave owner. truman, even woodrow wilson. i work for the woodrow wilson center for scholars. but even wilson, a great transformer and legislative resident, the architect of american entry for all -- and yet falls low over idealism and tried to negotiate a peace with a league of nations. so accomplishment significant, presided over a time politically, and yet the asterix associated with the president's is too large, put them in the undeniably great category. host: all this week, we are focusing on the leading authors and publications out this year. we are kicking off this week with aaron david miller and his book on the end of greatness. our phone lines are we will get your calls in just a minute. the three undeniably great presidents straddled

he once again brings to life president theodore roosevelt. >> i cannot sit by, our survival is at staker: williams quickly became a friend to gervais. >> he was always fun i, lovely, just an amazing guy. >> i feel very fortunate to have had a chance to work with him, and i was always a huge fan and never stopped being one. >> reporter: it might not be the end of the series, film makers have not closed the door on a fourth installment. susan marquez for cbs news. >>> looking forward to seeing. that here is traffic and weather. >> we do want to check in with our weather watcher network. get to the map here ape take a look what is going on out there we will start off with our weather watchers, in northeast maryland. sandor lipsick, sorry if i butchered your name. 36 degrees. full sunshine for him right now. we have found some cloud cover in a couple other locations. we will go out to nick, so thank you for up loading your profile picture. we call him out. he up loaded. 33 degrees. he does have more cloud cover. i want to jump right into storm scan three show and show you the nationwide map

i think certainly if there had been a different president in the white house, possibly theodore roosevelt, might have taken a different line. he was quite clear about the fact in 1914 that i think he saw the germans as, if not necessarily to blame for the war, then certainly a greater threat for the united states than the entent powers, france, britain and russia. as far as 1916, again once again woodrow wilson was running for office, in part on the pledge of keeping the united states out of the war. i think in the long run, it did become -- once the question came on the table in 1917, what we might call the rendering of the question that is to say the dramatic rendering of the question of war guilt did become a big part of the story and that's when you really got to see a huge ramp-up in kind of the propaganda against the germans and the kaiser and so on. but back in 1914, i think most americans were genuinely bewildered by what was happening in europe. when colonel house went to europe on a somewhat unofficial mission for president wilson in may of 1914, you know, he said quite famously

he just read a quote from theodore roosevelt on the death of his wife.then nixon says, but it is only a beginning always. the young must know it. the old must know it. it must only sustain us. he does not talk about greatness. he says "the greatness." he is not talking about him being great. he is talking about greatness comes not when things always go but things go bad and you take some knocks. when sadness, disappointments and sadness comes, that is when the greatness thing. he said always dream of the future. never think about the past. take thatople will away as a legacy, as part of his legacy, this idea of resilience and optimism and just moving forward. >> i want to thank you all for coming out tonight. frank, i want to thank you for not only sharing these remarkable tapes before your wonderful insights. thank you very much. [applause] >> every sunday at 8:00 and you can learn about presidents and first ladies, their policies, and legacies. to watch any of our programs or check our schedule, visit c-span.org/history. you are watching american histo

naval affairs and he brought to that a background already steeped in works and in the ideas of theodore roosevelt. he was a committed naval list, a naval strategist, a naval grand strategists and they tend to be leaders,ed than army long-term, political and military orientation and this is what roosevelt wrought to the chief executive during world war ii. he also surrounded himself with a leadership that was primarily civilian in its character -- harry hopkins, the informal national security advisor, adolph gurley and others, central political leaders who collaborated with roosevelt not through the structures of the throughpartment, but this informal grouping that was very much responsible for driving forward american grand strategy. hopkins in particular was a firm advocate for american engagement when from the beginning this was first discussed following the fall of france in the summer of 1940. it is an important observation that this was primarily a civilian operation in the early stages of the war because what it led to was ferocious fights between the central civilian leadership and the joi

didn't think he could solve, that could be solved and that was in the pragmatic tradition of theodore roosevelt. and franklin roosevelt, who richard norton smith, a really brilliant book. so spot on, accurate and fascinating arc of american history brings out, and fdr actually was hero, and role model for nelson, and -- >> which a lot of republicans never forgave him. >> well, okay. answer your question, maybe it's going to return in the future, the pendulum will swing back -- >> i would agree with larry. i think it's going to come back in the republican party. i think you'll see your no knee will not be a fire-brand senator. going to be a jeb bush or mitt romney or scott walker or john kashich, a governor, which could be an advantage for the republicans in 2016 for the reasons i was getting into. governors have to solve problems. governors know that they need to measure outcomes, improvement in people's lives, not inputs, how big is the budget item. if you put the question that way, they could carry in 2016. >> richard, one of the fascinating things you say in the book, one would have taken it

so we have here a picture for you of theodore roosevelt with booker t. tuskegee institute.s@ this is a controversial picture of booker t. washington. this is at tuskegee institute. if you drive to tuskegee. even today, you will see this statue there. the statue is of booker twa and the man crouching down is a slave. there is a blanket symbolic of like a vail and booker twa is supposedly lifting the vail off of the slave's face such that he can see and progress to something better. they raise the question was washington lifting the vail over the slave's eyes or pulling it down further because of his accommodationist believes. it will come some time later although they will say that he still believed, however, that black people ought to have the right to vote. they are exercising their voices, but that ought not be the primary objective the number one priority of people of african decent. so this monument raises a critical question. some of you who have problems with booker t. washington, that's the source of the problem in some ways. but was he leading th

presidentd in 1908 by theodore roosevelt as the first national forest east of the forest isi river, thee headwaters of the river, it contains 400,000 acres of wetlands and lakes, and provides links, sandcanada hill cranes and the largest breeding population of bald eagles in the lower 48 the forest has also been home to native americans for 10,000 years, and contains outstanding cultural resources. and that makes today's even more important. the band has played a the forestle with service to bring the tree here. i'm told there are members of leach lake band who are here here when a tree from that for e was last selected. other partners have also journeyted to the long the tree has taken. partners like these are vital do on thee work we national forest, whether it's conserving and reforring eco providing recreational opportunities to millions of people. so let's celebrate in tree.rship and this merry christmas and happy holidays. mr. bonnie., this tree has been on a tremendous journey, in fact it's than 2,000 miles across the country from minnesota. a mere 12 days ago this white spruce a

this year's tree comes from the chippewa national forest, established by theodore roosevelt as the firsttains 400,000 acres of wetlands and lakes and provides habitat for sandhill cranes and the largest breeding population of bald eagles in the lower 48. the forest has also been home to native americans for thousands of years and contains outstanding cultural resources. that makes today's celebration even more important, because the lake band of ojibwe has played a critical role in partnering with the forest service to bring the tree here. indeed, i'm told there are members of the band here today who are here as children in 1992, when a tree from the chippewa national forest was last selected as the capitol christmas tree. other partners like choose outdoors have also contributed to the long journey the tree has taken. partners like these are vital for all the work we do on the national forest, whether it's conserving and restoring our forest's ecosystems or providing recreational opportunities to millions of people. so let's celebrate this partnership and this tree. merry christmas and

was it millard fillmore, calvin coolidge or theodore roosevelt. >> i will go with unknown on this onennsylvania or virginia? >> sound like this one. >> and the correct answer, anna gets, i'm sorry, a, massachusetts. people's republic of cambridge. no surprise. in a charlie brown christmas, charlie brown tells lucy he has pant ophobia what is that? fear of heavy breathing, the fear of pant or fear of everything? and the correct answer is c, the fear of everything. you got -- >> i got two right. >> one of my favorite movies. who got electrocuteed in national lampoon christmas vacation. it was b, the cat. funny movie. here we go, name the three reindeer whose names begin with d. is it dasher, donor, dancer. dasher, dancer and ditzen or dancer, donor and dory. the correct answer is a. this is too early. >> donor or donder. >> is donor. >> i was watching miracle on 34th street. i thought i was wrong. you have christmas special. >> todd starnes all american christmas. 4,000 people came out. >> did you have sandy patty? >> our family used to sing that song at christmastime. we had al roberts

. >> theodore roosevelt president of the united states of america. >> i have no idea what that means.who starred as president roosevelt in all three films making the final one a bit more emotional. night at the museum, the secret of the tomb prepared this week -- premiered it this week. this is the third and final last hurrah for very successful film franchise in 2006 ben still ler and sean levies who directed this film had no idea of this con september of a museum coming to life when the sun goes down would take them this far not alone the first two movies ii million dollars at the box office. comes across as a farewell piece. you never say never to hollywood in sequels. this seems like the final one and they all say it is. farewell to robin williams, last movie he shot before he took his life in august. thursday night all the stars turned out to pay tribute to him. >> whenever i can. the last time that robin was on the bill, and he spent the whole night side of the stage watching all the other acts and laughing and speaking when they came on. he didn't have to do that. it's just so

president theodore roosevelt once said, in any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. the worst thing you can do is nothing. knowing the tremendous impacts ozone pollution has on our environment and community health, the decision to do othing is not a viable option. there are those here attacking this proposal with claims of job loss and economic harm. according to science deniers and special interests, this proposal would cause the sky to fall. the facts, however, state otherwise. since 1970, we have cut harmful air pollution by almost 70%, while the u.s. economy has more than tripled. while an ozone standard in the proposed range of 65 to 70 parts per billion has public health benefits worth billions of dollars. reducing ozone and particle pollution nationwide will avoid countless premature deaths and thousands of asthma reason related emergency room visits, not to mention fewer missed school and work days. the impact of ozone on agriculture workers is also important in its own right. a reduction in the ozone standard would translate into an annual cost saving