tuesday is the 9th anniversary of theodore roosevelt's death.president's life. >> for 25-year-old new york state assemblyman, theodore roosevelt, february 1884 began joyously. >> he was the happiest man on the planet. his wife had just given birth to a baby girl. >> but then came some distressing news. >> he gets a telegram say snook come back immediately. your wife is dying and your mother is dying." >> the future president rushed from albany home to manhattan to find the two most important women in his life suddenly fallen ill. his mother, martha, with typhoid fever. hi young bride alice with bright's disease a failure of the kidneys. >> his younger brother elliott ran out of the house and said "there is a plague on this house." he got theret jus in time for his wife to die in his arms and his mother died shortly later. it was just awful. >> his diary entry that grim valentine's day a stark x and eight simple words. roosevelt needed to get far, far away. >> he knew he had to do something to restore his soul. >> ted roosevelt, the 4th, is presi

was illegal and this year my rent check will go up $400 those are robbery one hundred years theodore roosevelt they're living and doing well in san francisco yes high rents across the nation we don't have to follow the nation you don't have to study we need to do something a little bit better and it looks like the economics from silicon valley are just going to continue unless we do something to help us thirty years ago the apartments got $44 million from the state issued by the redevelopment in the city and in january 1st of this year the 60 units of blow market rate units will expire and of the 83 we have we'll only have 23 left those are the only people that have stayed in the area for a long time do we want to have housing or make investment for rich people and folks that live outside of the area i believe we need to make a turn around and help the people that are living in homes thank you. >> thank you very much any other members of the public that want to speak during public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk read the moirmd. >> today's meeting will be adjourned on

. >> he's starting to learn that he could be like f.d.r., and theodore roosevelt-- don't worry about congress. just lay down these executive orders. >> reporter: now, all of those policy proposals that the president will be rolling out next week will be included in his state of the union address on january 20, and we are told by white house officials that he has been working on that speech while hawaii. jim. >> axelrod: chip reid covering for us tonight from waikiki beach. thank you, chip. gas prices have now fallen 100 days in a row. aaa says unleaded regular is now averaging $2.22 a gallon nationwide. how low is that?" in california not even a new gas tax has people upset. here's carter evans. >> reporter: california's new law is aim at reducing carbon emissions but it could cause gas prices to rise 10 cents a gallon in a state that already has some of the highest prices in the nation. are you going to raise your prices? >> i have to. >> reporter: this gas station owner says the impact might have been painful a year ago. now, it's barely noticeable. that's because his prices are al

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. >> theodore roosevelt. >> bully! i have never really understood what the attraction was that this man had. but there was a kind of social justice choice that he made against all the developing monster industries and so on. he wanted controls. and that was a pro-democratic stance. >> a lot of bill clinton. there's one with knives in his back. >> he was being, yes, stabbed behind. there were things that -- wherever he stepped, there was a question. whatever he said or did, he was extremely open to fun, to all sorts of -- he was the kind of -- what you hope for in any president, a human being who made mistakes but was brilliant about some other things. that balance, he balanced on his own. >> monica lewinsky with a cigar. >> unfortunate. a good cigar is still something special. >> newt gingrich on the back side of the elephant. >> well, i mean, he was associated with the grand old party elephant. and i think he was talking out of the other side of his mouth too often. there was this thing that -- he was a snake oil sale

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and i was in the pragmatic tradition of theodore roosevelt and franklin roosevelt, richard norton smith and really brilliant book. so spot on, accurate and fascinating arc of american history brings out. and fdr actually was a hero and role model for nelson. >> which a lot of republicans never forgave him. >> well, okay. sal answer your question, maybe it's going to return in the future the pendulum will swing back -- >> i would agree with larry. i think is going to come back in the republican party. i think you'll see a nominee will not be one of these firebrand senators. it's going to be a jeb bush or mitt romney or scott walker are john kasich. it's going to be a government which could be an advantage for the republicans in 2016 for the reasons i was getting into but governors have to solve problems. governors know that they need to measure outcomes improvement in people's lives, not inputs which is the biggest the budget item. if you put the question that we i think they could carry in 2016. >> one of the fastening things you said in the book one would of taken for granted many year

for you have the incomparable satisfaction of being, in theodore roosevelt's words, in the arena. as he wrote, it is not the critic who counts. not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who comes up short you again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, and who knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. we americans are the most fortunate people ever to have lived. to be citizens of a society which, despite its imperfections, is the most free, the most open, the most just in all of history. most of us are americans by accident of birth, but america was built by immigrants, and became americans by choice. some came to escape religious persecution or political

i mean this is a state that had people like theodore roosevelt and franklin roosevelt as governor.was also an amazing father and his children have done so well and it's continuing his legacy and that's nothing that slight. and finally when he said "no, no i don't want to run for president, no i don't want to be on the u.s. supreme court" he later said he didn't regret it. he was following his gut. and i think that's why people admire mario cuomo. he was a gut player. he did what he felt was best all the time for the people of new york and for his family. >> is there a politician like him today? >> well you know ted kennedy had a little bit on the othertory spot but, no i don't think we're finding that person -- i mean maybe de blasio in some ways. most people on the left of the democratic party like the word "progressive" not "liberal." but i think we're lacking a kind of cuomo -- somebody who has a real populist appeal from the northeast who can project himself in a national way. the closest we come to it is his son andrew cuomo. look recently at the guts andrew cuomo said no to f

theodore roosevelt is very dynamic as you would expect he would be. >> above the doors of the chamber are last chamber are latin phrases as well as the symbolic imagery. the marble by the artists were done in the early 1950s as was the latin motif. basically it was all part of the renovation in the 1940s and early 1950s. the imagery that you see his patriotism, courage and wisdom. we don't have exactly why they selected those three images but he was given a lot of latitude to define what he thought would be appropriate to go in the senate amber and that these are quite lovely pieces. the latin phrase god has favored our undertakings. the decor him that it is a new order of the ages. then you have in god we trust and in the presiding officers desk is one out of many. >> the hold in the senate has become a fundamental problem and i don't know how anybody could support the concept. >> why did he win the house and the senate to play an active role opening up the chambers? the >> i don't want to get too sanctimonious about this but i do belief in openness and government. i generally don't

so why is it in 1927 thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt is greatness to be carved into a mountainhat don't make your list quiet >> aro on the list. >> none of the truly great. >> truly undeniably great presidents i call close but no cigar. five additional presidents, two of whom are in fact on rushmore. the sculpture are actually cited in this case to those four would be and they were picked for a specific reason. washington for obvious reasons. tr because of his work in conservation. and lincoln, are clearly greatest president because the most imaginative of any nation which is civil war. i think those are at the time quite appropriate. the historians basically what arguello and played the waiting game is a fun national pastime. that is not what this book is about. it's not an effort to reach a conclusive development on rating the presidents. but the rating game as historians tell it shows a remarkable consistency since 1948 when arthur's a future senior and his son later continued to gain a remarkable consistency in terms of the top seminary presidents. there has been very littl

looting theodore roosevelt. as you would expect. >> above the doors and the chamber are latin phrases and symbolic imagery. these marble release were done in the early 1950's, as were the latin motifs. basically it was part of the renovation of the chamber in the early 1950's. the image that you see his patriotism, courage, and wisdom. we don't know exactly why the artist selected those three images but he was given a lot of latitude to design what he thought would the appropriate for the senate chamber. these are quite lovely pieces. the latin phrases the first one is that god has favored our undertakings and the east -- in the east entrance doorway. on the west entrance doorway it says the new order of the ages. then you have -- in >> miss use of the hold in the senate has become a fundamental problem. >> why did you in both the house and senate play an active role in opening up both chambers to television? >> you know, i don't want to get too sanctimonious about this but i do believe in openness in government

. >> he's starting to learn he could be like fdr and theodore roosevelt. don't worry about congress. just lay down these executive orders. >> reporter: republican leaders have said they plan to pass legislation the president opposes and dare him to use the veto. in six years, the president has vetoed only two bills. far fewer than any other president in modern history. in a press conference before departing for hawaii he strongly suggested that could change. >> if republicans seek to take health care away from people who just got it they will meet resistance from me. if they try to water down consumer protections we put in place in the aftermath of the financial crisis, i will say no. >> reporter: brinkley says the president's biggest worry this year is not the republican congress, it's the supreme court, which is expected to rule on a key provision of the president's health care reform law. if that decision goes against the white house, it could gut the cornerstone of the president's domestic agenda and, of course, the president does not have a veto over

the statue of theodore roosevelt is quite dynamic, as you would expect it to be. >> above the doors are latin phrases and symbolic imagery. the marble reliefs are by artists that were done in the early 1950's. this was all part of a renovation to the chambers in the late 1940's and 1950. the imagery that you see is patriotism courage, and wisdom. we don't know exactly why the artists selected those three images, but he was given a a lot of latitude to design what he thought would be appropriate to go in the senate chamber. these are quite lovely pieces. the latin phrases -- god has favored are undertaking. over the west entrance -- a new order of the ages. then you have, in god we trust. finally, over the presiding officer's desk -- one out of many. >> misuse of the holder in the senate has become a fundamental problem. >> you know that i don't want to get too sanctimonious about this , but i do believe in openness in government. i generally don't like secrets of any kind. i just think life is a lot easier if you live in open book. i thought it was part of the modern era. we are not cov

this is theodore roosevelt. >> above the doors in the senate chamber are latin phrases as well as symbolic imagery. the marble was done in the early 1950's as was the latin motif. it is part of the renovation of the chamber in the late 1940's and early 1950's. the imagery you see his patriotism courage and wisdom. we don't know exactly why the artists selected those three images that he was given a lot of latitude to design what he thought would be appropriate to go in the senate chamber. these are really quite lovely pieces. the latin phrases the first one is god favored are undertaking which is over the east entrance. over the west entrance is a new order of the ages. you have in god we trust. finally, over the presiding officers of desk, one out of many. >> misuse has become a fundamental problem. i don't think anybody can support the concept of speaker holds. >> why did you play an active role in opening up both chambers? >> other really get to sanctimonious about this but i do believe in openness in government. i generally don't like secrets of any kind. i think life is a lot easier i

the statute of theodore roosevelt is really dynamic, as you would expect. >> above the doors in the senate50s as well as a latin motif. basically it was all part of the renovation of the gym in the late 1940s, early 1950s. the imagery that you see is patriotism courage, and wisdom. we don't know exactly why the artist selected those three images but he was given a lot of latitude decide way that would be appropriate to go into the senate chamber but these are quite lovely pieces. a latin phrases and the first one is god has favored our undertakings, that's over the east entrance doorway. the west entrance doorway which is a new order of the ages then you have in god we trust. and, finally, over the presiding officer's desk is e. pluribus unum, one out of many. >> misuse alcohol in the senate has become a fundamental problem and i don't know anybody could support concept of secret holds. >> by which you play an active role in opening up both chambers to television? >> you know i do want to get too sanctimonious about this but if you believe in openness, government. i generally don't like se

the statue of theodore roosevelt is really dynamic as you would expect a theodore roosevelt bust wouldabove the doors in the senate chamber are latin phrases as well as symbolic imagery. the marble relief by artists lead laurie were done in the early 1950s as was the latin motif. basically it was all part of the renovation of the chamber in the light late 1940s and early 1950s. imagery that you see his patriotism, courage and wisdom. we don't know exactly why the artists selected those three images but he was given a lot of latitude to decide what he felt would be appropriate to go on the senate chamber. these are quite lovely pieces. the latin phrases and the first one is god has favored our undertakings. that's at the entrance doorway. the novus the dorm which is a new order of the ages. then you have in god we trust and finally over the presiding officer's desk is e pluribus unum, one out of many. >> the misuse of the senate has become a fundamental problem and i will tell anybody who supports the concept. >> i don't want to get too sanctimonious about this but i do believe in openn

. >> we've got presidents who used the word liberty, theodore roosevelt, 37 times. george w.arak obama, once? >> because it's not part of his lexicon. he's likely to talk about fairness and equality. liberty and freedom is not really part of what he has to say. >> has any president ever used fair as many times as this guy? >> i don't think so. and the other issue about this president is that he uses the word but quite often. this is a very interesting communication. >> why? >> which is where he will provide the defense of what he disagrees with first for 30 or 45 seconds. then you hear the word but. and then for the next 2 1/2 or three minutes, he totally contradicts what he just said. >> i'm going to talk you out of my earlier argument. >> exactly. he's trying to make a pitch to both sides, but the problem is it hurts his credibility. in the end, in these speeches you need to be declarative. >> james buchanan used it 168 times. andrew johnson 112. polk, 91. jackson, 96. barak obama has only used it thrice. >> the reason why the constitution was so important, starting in the

let's turn back to the test president theodore roosevelt put before us. he said that there is no more important mission than -- quote -- "leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us." that's the challenge. let's rise to that challenge. mr. president, let's rise to that challenge. help lead your colleagues, all of us, in stopping this assault on our farms and our fishing and our forestry. stop this sweetheart deal for a canadian company and let's substitute a real jobs bill, a rebuild america jobs bill that will create more than a hundredfold more construction jobs than the jobs we have before us. when think about really the complete lack of accountability and responsibility embedded in this bill, when you think about the enormous damage that comes from turning on the faucet to the dirtiest oil in the world there really is only one way to vote on this bill, and that is to vote "no." thank you mr. president and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. >> her

project, working diligently to ensure the completed renovation would live up to president theodore roosevelt's declaration in 1906 when he called it the handsomest building he ever saw. more than a century later, the building still strikes visitors with awe. although he has many accomplishments to his name, it has been representative climber's gentlemanly demeanor for which he's best known. paul was known in government as a man of conviction who would stand up for his principles, yet also able to listen to those who passionately opposed him. he's been a model public servant and mentor to many, including to me. and i want to say well-done paul, in your retirement. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you mr. speaker. this morning we started by reading the constitution and i did not want to leave this week wi

to theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson to restrain the abuses and excesses of the industrial revolution and assert our leadership in the world. to franklin roosevelt, to fight the failure and pain of the great depression and to win our country's great struggle against fascism. and to all our presidents since, to fight the cold war. especially i recall, two who struggled to fight that cold war in partnership with congresses where the majority was of a different party. to harry truman who summoned us to unparalleled prosperity at home and built the architecture of the cold war and to ronald reagan whom we wish well tonight and who exhorted us to carry on until the twilight struggle against communism was won. in another time of change and challenge i had the honor to be the first president to be elected in the post-cold war era, an era marked by the global economy, the information revolution unparalleled change and opportunity and insecurity for the american people. i came to this hallowed chamber two years ago on a mission to restore the american dream for all our people and to make sure