but when mckinley was shot, they couldn't find theodore roosevelt, he was on top of mt. marcie in new york lost in the wild. and now as ex-president nobody knows where roosevelt is in the bush. not only did he collect a lot of species for the smithsonian as a hunter collector, man of science. but he also wrote a quite marvelous two-volume inventory of the species of africa. while he was there, his hand-chosen successor william howard taft, a man he admired greatly. i know you all are aware, doris kearns good win wrote a best-selling book largely on this. but taft gets the nod, t.r. wants him to be the successor he's the hand-picked guy for t.r. and taft ends up firing gifford pincho, the chief forester. and somebody who roosevelt helped build 150 national forests with. pincho republican for pennsylvania, gets fired. roosevelt's very angry about it. comes back. and defies everybody and runs as a republican nominee, feels he's being cheated at it by the republican party that's now being owned by corporations and banks and the like. and he breaks, in 1912, and runs the most

. >> the other set was theodore roosevelt and theodore roosevelt jr. theodore roosevelt jr. received his medal of honor in world war ii because of his actions at normandy and the invasion of normandy on d-day. he helped secure the beaches and, actually, when they found they had landed at the wrong spot, said it didn't matter -- "we'll start the war from here." his father didn't receive his medal of honor until many years after theodore roosevelt jr. had gotten his. theodore roosevelt was given the medal of honor posthumously for leading the charge up san juan hill during the spanish american war. ought i could ignore it, and i wished it would just go away. [rock music playing] it was my adhd. and like many kids with adhd i didn't outgrow it. one of the issues i had was not being able to focus. i would read and i would reread the same sentence. you'd read it over and over and over again. and then, five minutes later i wouldn't know what i just read. it wasn't sticking with me. it wasn't sinking in. and that, to me, was really frustrating. as i got older i was still having tha

sharecroppers in the south and two of those were my grandfather, they named their second son theodore roosevelt, here i am theodore rooz roosevelt johnson iii. i got to meet president barack obama in the white house. their dream came true. >> back in those days. ted good to talk to you thank you so much, for joining us. ted johnson is a writer often race and politics. as he mentioned he was a white house fellow in 2011 and 2012. that is our show today, i'm ali velshi thank you for joining us. have a great weekend. proposal by france and germany to end the violence in creurnlg eastern ukraine could succeed. >>> trust why millions of nigerians still have no access

sharecroppers in the south and two of those were my grandfather, they named their second son theodore roosevelt, here i am theodore rooz roosevelt johnson iii. i got to meet president barack obama in the white house. their dream came true. >> back in those days. ted good to talk to you thank you so much, for joining us. ted johnson is a writer often race and politics. as he mentioned he was a white house fellow in 2011 and 2012. that is our show today i'm ali velshi thank you for joining us. have a great weekend. >> the right to die. canada's highest court strikes down a ban on assisted suicide. the implications the decision could have on this side of the border. >>> concern and skepticism. u.s. tries to verify claims an american hospital contaminating died in a coalition air strike. a young woman who devoted her life to ending the suffering of others. school segregation 60 years afte

sharecroppers in the south and two of those were my grandfather, they named their second son theodore roosevelt, here i am theodore rooz roosevelt johnson iii. i got to meet president barack obama in the white house. their dream came true. >> back in those days. ted good to talk to you thank you so much, for joining us. ted johnson is a writer often race and politics. as he mentioned he was a white house fellow in 2011 and 2012. that is our show today, i'm ali velshi thank you for joining us. have a great weekend. >> monday. >> we're going to the bottom of the sea. >> deep submergence vehicles. >> three, zero, three, six. >> ocean experts have made some miraculous discoveries. >> octopus everywhere. >> but are the most important discoveries yet to come? >> implications for energy and also for climate change. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science. >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> he

once, a great republican president named theodore roosevelt took on those who abused their wealth and power; today's republican president invites them in for secret meetings, sells out our environment, tolerates their abuses and lets them evade taxes by moving their headquarters to an offshore shelter that is nothing more than a post office box or a mail drop. that must stop. dick cheney's old company halliburton has 58 offshore tax havens. the bush administration's response is to hand halliburton a seven billion dollar no-bid contract. my response as president will be: no more lavish government-funded life support for favored corporations . no more tax allowances for bonuses of over a million dollars for ceos who have done nothing to earn them. no more tax breaks that help companies move american jobs overseas. a tax code that once ran 14 pages now takes up 17,000 pages, filled with twists and turns and customized loopholes. everyone in america knows it is not fair, and if i am president we're going to scour that tax code and make it simple and fair once and for all. instead of tax b

>> d, theodore roosevelt. >> c. >> franklin roosevelt, you are correct.icely done. >> you don't even know what the answer was. >> richard nixon became the first president to visit all 50 states, and first country in 1972? >> china. >> that is correct. >> i was waiting for the answers before i answered. >> you don't have to wait for the answer. >> now you tell me. thank you, host. very helpful. >> all the rules were explained to you before the game began. which of these historic moments was president nixon not a part of, establishing the epa, ending the draft, created the fdic, implementing title 9? chris? >> the draft, b. >> that is incorrect. >> title 9. >> that is incorrect. created the fdic. >> i didn't think that was one of the choices. >> you've offended her. >> president nixon was idolized by a teenager in what tv show? life goes on, wonder years, c -- >> she didn't have her hand behind her back. >> chris, one point. alisyn, two. 20 points for you. go back to your team. nicely done. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right. coming up next, don versus jo

theodore roosevelt he liked. >> the rough stuff. >> reporter: we have windchills across the region ranging from 15 broa to 20 below. ment temperatures is 3 degrees in philadelphia. one off the record. we have tied or broken records in wilmington and atlantic city this morning. a couple of more may fall. with the wind in the teens out of the northwest it's giving windchills in the below-zero range. 16 below in philadelphia. 18 below in allentown. 11 below in wildwood. these are dangerous windchills, frostbite an issue this morning as long as the windchills are that severe. in fact it could take as little as 30 to 6 minutes in the philadelphia and lehigh valley area. in the lehigh valley it could take 15 to 30 minutes in windchill environments. bundle up and cover up. 21 degrees by 3:00 p.m. with clouds increasing. there's a winter storm warning for areas south of philadelphia. a winter storm watch in the city and on up toward reading. the lehigh valley out of that, because snowfall amounts won't be as bad up there. we're looking at accumulating snow buildings in the this evening, and overni

once, a great republican president named theodore roosevelt took on those who abused their wealth and power; today's republican president invites them in for secret meetings, sells out our environment, tolerates their abuses and lets them evade taxes by moving their headquarters to an offshore shelter that is nothing more than a post office box or a mail drop.

abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, supreme court justices louis brandeis and william douglas among others, eloquently warned about what thomas jefferson called "the excesses of the monied interests" dominating both people and their governments. the struggle between the forces of democracy and plutocracy has ebbed and flowed throughout our history. each time the cycle of power has favored more democracy, our country has prospered "a rising tide lifts all boats." and each time the cycle of corporate plutocracy has lengthened, injustices and shortcomings proliferate. in the 1960's and 1970's, for example, when the civil rights consumer, environmental, and women's rights movements were in their ascendancy, there finally was a constructive responsiveness by government. corporations, such as auto manufacturers, had to share more decision making about how they built their cars with affected constituencies, both directly and through their public representatives and civil servants. overall, our country has come out better because of these movements, more tolerant, safer, and w

theodore roosevelt once said i have enjoyed my life and work because i believe that success real success, does not depend on the position you hold but how you carry yourself. it is unquestionable that secretary hagel's lifetime of service in every position he has held is the very definition of success. it will be before -- he has tested and been tested in the crucible of combat. home his career during a lifetime of service. his resolve is as solid as steel. at the draft board a 20-year-old timothy hagel made the decision to volunteer because there is a war going on. and he felt the responsibility to serve. he said, my father had suddenly passed away. i was not coming together the way i should. today, we can say without question that he came together. i'm certain the old be 25 tailgunner -- b-25 tailgunner would agree. i am proud to have served by your side. it is my honor to introduce the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> mr. president chairman dempsey. i no-hit has been hard to raising a father and a good job. -- i know it has been hard raising a father and husband. you

president theodore roosevelt once said, i have enjoyed my life and my work because i thoroughly believe that success, real success is not tentative on the position you hold but how you carry yourself in that position. it is unquestionable then, that secretary hagel's lifetime of service in every position is a very definition of success. moreover he'll be the first to tell you that his service was meant possible by the love of his family. we thank you for your service, your sacrifice, understanding, and tireless support. give a round of applause to the hagel family. [applause] on this day in history, 55 years ago, the dallas cowboys enjoyed the national football league. i consider this a day of great sadness. this historical note is timely with the super bowl coming up. many of you probably do not know that long before you volunteered to serve in the army, secretary hagel had aspirations to play football. not for the dallas cowboys, of course. he wanted to play for the university of nebraska. sports can teach many valuable lessons. that same president said in a life as in football, the p

some stores believed he was talking about theodore roosevelt. [laughter] but, you know, the question of temperament as the great political scientists, the late richard said is the great separator. you can have all of the experience. you can be smart. but what separates the great presidents from the merely good or mediocre presidents is temperament. a very complex quality, a very lucid quality, in little bit the way the supreme court defined per not a know it when you see it. -- pornography, you know it when you see it. i think obama has first-class temperament when he was elected and now says the class temperament. it is not enough. -- and now second-class temperament. and with hillary, it's too soon to know even though we are familiar with her. the pressures are such it is too soon to know what her public temperament would be in office. >> carl, she is often compared more to president obama and contrasted with her husband. the point being that she is more like obama in that she is very much an analytical, an analytical mind and has been pointed

familiar enough with dupont circle to know it was once home to such notable people as james lane theodore roosevelt, twice william howard taft, and cissy patterson. it was also home to other people that a lot of you are not familiar with or did not know they lived here. that was president grant's widow and her entire extended family, alexander graham bell, and the bell clan, senator george hearst, bloody randolph hearst's father and the cast of the finest from the 19th and 20th century. they are in the book. i want to discuss the development of dupont circle and how larz and isabel anderson fit into the history of the neighborhood. before dupont circle was born, i would like to go back to about 1800 when the city was starting up. there are basically two classes of tools in what was considered high society. that was the residential society and the official society. members of the residential society consisted of landed, southern, slave owning, democratic families who came to washington during the first administrations of jefferson madison. and they just stayed. some of the notable residential societ

theodore roosevelt, frankly roosevelt, lyndon johnson, they didn't go to the middle.y went bold and brought the middle to them. that's what the democratic party has to do. >> you've had your say and you've had your chance and you've blown it. [ laughter ] >> the book is called "the trust ump and tragedy of lyndon johnson" with a new introduction by joe califano. >>> you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. if you want to succeed in business, mistakes are a luxury you can't afford. that's why i recommend fast reliable comcast business internet. they know what businesses need. and there's a no-mistake guarantee. if you don't like it, you have thirty days to call and get your money back. with comcast business internet you literally can't mook a mistick. i meant to say that. switch today and get the no mistake guarantee. comcast business. built for business. now back to "hardball." >>> hillary clinton was back in the spotlight today, late today speaking before a crowded room at a women's conference where she was reportedly paid a speaking fee of $300,000, accor

. >> theodore roosevelt. >> strengthened the country and reformed and strengthened the environmentalr at once. >> abraham lincoln because he held this country together under terrible circumstances.3njv guided this country through the civil war. 16th president. >> lincoln, because he embodied everything that ouruh9 >> some folks seem to prefer more present day presidents about not everyone can agree. >> best president ever was ronald reagan followed by george washington. >> ronald reagan. everything went smooth when he was th e president. >> one of my favorite was reagan. another one was bush. another one was carter. >> when they took over the country they had a lot of problems and tried to help the country. >> thanks to everyone for sharing your real thoughts on presidents day. >>> check out this story. 19-year-old player steals the show during the nba slam-dunk contest. minnesotac71oz9íz]bokç timberwolves player hitting four dunks win an ode to michael jordan wearing the number 24 jersey. look at that move! lavine the second youngest contest winner after kobe bryant. pair olympic at

enough with dupont circle to know that it was once home to such noble people as james blain, theodore roosevelt twice, william taft and siszy patterson. but was it was also home to people you didn't know that they lived here, president grant's widow and entire family alexander graham bell and the bell clan, george hurst, senator george hurst who is william randolph hurst's father, and a cast of societies from the finest in the early 19th and 20th centuries, but i'm not going to talk about those folks tonight. they're in the book, and it's a lot of them. but i want to discuss the development of dupont circle also specifically how isabel anderson fit into the history of the neighborhood. but before dupont circle was born, i'd like to go back to about 1800 when the city itself was starting up, and there are basically two classes of folks in what was considered high society at the time. that was the residential society, and the official society. members of residential society consisted of land and southern slave owning and democratic families who came to washington during the first administrations,

you had great leadership in the form of theodore roosevelt and the whole progressive area -- europe. -- progressive era. they built institutions and fixed a lot of things. i would say that i guess the only thing to keep in mind is that history does not always repeated itself. and -- [laughter] in theory, democracies should be self-correcting in this fashion. but you need three things. you need a kind of grassroots mobilization where people are angry, upset, and want things to change. you need good leadership, as simon says. and you need an idea. you have to have a concept. it can be a really bad idea. hitler had an idea. you do not want the wrong kind of idea. you want roosevelt rather than hitler. those three things have to come together to really fix the problem. simon: it is important to highlight this sense of vision, a future we can build. this is one of the great things about the american experiment the declaration of independence. we declared what we wanted a country. all men are created equal. this proposes that when we are on our best -- you compare that to the arab spring.

theodore roosevelt, frankly roosevelt, lyndon johnson, they didn't go to the middle.d and brought the middle to them. that's what the democratic party has to do. >> you've had your say and you've had your chance and you've blown it. [ laughter ] >> the book is called "the trust ump and tragedy of lyndon johnson" with a new introduction by joe califano. >>> you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. mouths are watering, lemons are squeezing and stomachs are growling. or is it just me? every minute between you and red lobster's lobsterfest feels like an eternity. and who could blame you for craving our largest variety of succulent lobster dishes all year? dishes like dueling lobster tails. with one tail topped with creamy shrimp and a second tail stuffed with tender crab. i was hungry already and now you show me lobster lover's dream® let's make this dream a reality. a delicious, delicious reality. but one that won't last forever, so hurry in. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to

election in 1896 that brought mckinley to power, then you had some great leadership in the form of theodore roosevelt and, you know, the whole progressive era, and the country made up its mind and said, okay we're a modern industrial country, and they built the right institutions and fixed a lot of things. so i would say that, you know, that -- i guess the only thing um, to keep in mind is that history doesn't always repeat itself. [laughter] and so in theory, democracies should be self-correcting in this fashion. but, you know you need three things. so you need a kind of grass roots mobilization where people are angry, and they're upset, and they want things to change. you need good leadership simon says. and then you need an idea. you have to actually have a concept. it can be a really bad idea hitler had an idea. you don't want the wrong kind of idea. you want roosevelt rather than hitler. and those three things have to come together, you know, i think to really fix the problem. >> i think it was a really important thing to highlight this idea the seasons of vision, the sense of -- the sense of a

during the time of theodore roosevelt. but there was also a pro-american faction. they said america is just like us. their surpassing us is no big deal because they're us and the chinese view seems to be the hundred year marathon should not have a use of force as part of it ideally. and they're quite sensitive in their writings to who is who in washington, dc. who is the healthy force. a friend of china someone who northeasts to be supported and praised and visit beijing and then who is an unhealthy force? who is trying to set back the hundred year marathon process and that's a whole chapter i give on what i call the message police. the message police. that it is actually becoming more and more difficult -- one reason i wrote the book becoming more' more difficult to get just the straight fact about u.s.-china relations because there's so much spin applied by either the chinese government itself or americans who claim to have an enlightened understanding of u.s.-china relations. so kind of a long answer but -- if i were an ambassador i wouldn't give such a long ans

theodore roosevelt is my favorite. the man in the middle on mount rushmore. have been to oyster bay sagamore hill, i hold him in the highest esteem. roosevelt island is a wonderful place. he had the integrity, the zeal the sense of purpose. he created the national park service, the forestry service. much of america, millions of acres are enjoyed by people because of theodore roosevelt. he did a lot more than that. a man of great integrity and energy. host: from mechanicsville virginia, independent line. caller: your request and not so much is who is my favorite, i would say the most important. i'd daresay, obviously, george washington. but also lincoln. he had to hold this country together. i would say it would be a tie between those two. both of them were instrumental. host: when did you know that these were your favorite? caller: i said most important. host: regardless. caller: when did i know? i have always held it like that. i teach my grandchildren to rate the presidents, your top five. believe it or not, they are only six years old, but they do it and th

have to crush them or use force against them in the caribbean in panama during the time of theodore roosevelt. the chinese view seems to be the hundred year marathon should not have the use of force as part of it ideally and they are quite sensitive in their writings as to who is who in washington dc the healthy forests, a friend of china, someone who someone who needs to be supported praised and visit beijing and who is an unhealthy force trying to setback this hundred year marathon process as a whole chapter i give on what i call the message police becoming more and more difficult to get just the straight facts about us china relations. there is so much spin applied by either the chinese government itself or americans who claim to have an enlightened understanding that is kind of a long answer. if i were an ambassador would not give such a long answer the phone trying to get into why i wrote the book by how much i borrowed from their own writings try to explain a sympathetic way, this is there dream. .. >> you know a lot of the jokes about americans. >> talk about your book and how it led t

them or use force against them in the caribbean for example and that mama during the time of theodore roosevelt but there was also a pro-american faction that said no america is just like us. they are surpassing us and it's no big deal because they are us and the chinese view seems to be the 100 year marathon should not have the use of force as part of it ideally and they are quite sensitive in their writings to who is to in washington d.c.. who is the healthy forests. a friend of china someone who needs to be supported and praised and visit beijing and who was an unhealthy force. who is trying to set back this 100 year marathon process and that is a whole chapter i give him what i call the message place -- the message police that is becoming more and more difficult. the reason i wrote the book come it's becoming more and more difficult to get just the straight facts about u.s.-china relations because there is so much spin applied by either the chinese government itself or americans who claimed to have an enlightened understanding of u.s.-china relationship. that's kind of a long answer but if

some stores believed he was talking about theodore roosevelt. [laughter] but, you know, the question of temperament as the great political scientists, the late richard said is the great separator. you can have all of the experience. you can be smart. but what separates the great presidents from the merely good or mediocre presidents is temperament. a very complex quality, a very lucid quality, in little bit the way the supreme court defined pornography, you know it when you see it. i think obama has first-class temperament when he was elected and now he has a second-class temperament. it is not enough. and with hillary, it's too soon to know even though we are familiar with her. the pressures are such it is too soon to know what her public temperament would be in office. >> carl, she is often compared more to president obama and contrasted with her husband. the point being that she is more like obama in that she is very much an analytical, an analytical mind and has been pointed out -- first-class intellect. but jon eludes to in terms of having

realigning election in 1896 that brought mckinley to power and had great leadership in the form of theodore roosevelt and the whole progressive era. the country made up its mind. we are a modern industrial country and built the rightist fusions and fix a lot of things. i would say i guess the only thing to keep in mind is that history does not always repeat itself. so in theory democracies should be self-correcting in this fashion but you need three things. you need a grassroots mobilization where people are angry and upset and they want things to change. you need good leadership and then you need an idea. you actually have to have a concept and it can be a really bad idea. hitler had one so you don't want the wrong kind of idea. you want something more like let's say roosevelt rather than hitler. those three things have to come together to really fix the problem. >> it's a really important to highlight this idea of a sense of vision in the sense of the future that we can build on this is what i think is one of the great things about the american experiment which is the declaration of independence. w

. >> theodore roosevelt, thomas jefferson and george washington. >> and teddy roosevelt apparently. > he hates being called as a reference to the teddy bear. he had a great time. there is thomas jefferson who has a twitter, which i thought that was hilarious. >> yes. >> afterward they had this costume contest. the here's a cute picture of some of the kids dressed up, and some of them are former presidents. you can see george washington and abraham lincoln there were great questions. i asked some questions for our presidents there a a lot of kids there. a couple hundred. and then, we gave to the audience here, and, we said go ahead and ask. there was an eight year-old boy named arthur. he said i have a question. >> i said, okay, go ahead glow said george washington, my question is for you. what are the names of all of your dogs. >> he goes i know you have nine so good luck with that. he was trash talking george washington. i have to give it to him. poor george washing son he didn't know what to say, he said i have had plenty of dogs throughout my lifetime. so to recall them all would b

in 1886 that brought brought mckinley to par, then you have great leadership in the form of theodore roosevelt and the whole progressive era. and the country made up its mind it's okay we are a modern and daschle country as they build the right institutions and fixed a lot of things. i would say that, i guess the only thing to keep in mind is that history doesn't always repeat itself. [laughter] so in theory democracy should be self-correcting in this fashion but you need three things. so you need kind of grassroots mobilization were people are angry and upset and want things to change. you need good leadership simon says. and you need an id. you have to have the concept. it can be a really bad idea. hitler had an idea, so you don't want the wrong kind of idea to join something more like let's say roosevelt rather than hitler. those three things have to come together i think to really fix the problem. >> it's an important thing to highlight, this idea the sense of vision, a future we can build. this is what is one of the great things about the american experiment which is the declaration of in

some historians believe he was talking about theodore roosevelt. but, you know, the question of temperament as the great political scientist said temperament is the great separator. you can have all the right experience. you can be smart. but what separates the great presidents from the merely good or mediocre presidents is temperament. it is a very complex quality. a very elusive quality. a little bit the way the supreme court defined pornography. you know it when you see it. so i thought that president obama had a first-class temperament as well as a first-class intellect when he was elected. i now think that he has maybe a second-class temperament. that being calm in a crisis is not enough. that there's sort of a public temperament that is very important and the answer with hillary is that it is too soon to know even though we're very familiar with ler.her. pressures of the presidency, it is too soon to know what kind of public temperament she would have in office. >> carl, she's often compared more to president obama and contrasts with her husb

>> guest: theodore roosevelt and i of course loved the bully pulpit as someone who is totally fascinating he rises above party. he's both a republican and a bull moose party, that he is somebody who wonders and the importance of the bully pulpit, of traveling across this country and saying he wanted a square deal. you know, it is almost lake a time of prosperity, a time of great technological change. people moving from the farm to industrial. great technology exacerbating the divide between rich and poor. make it harder for the middle class for the middle class. so they comes up with a square deal and unlike some of our leaders today, he says i'm going to do it and i'm just been a go for 90 days on a train and talk in every single talk about the malefactors of great wealth. the bankers who was friends at jpmorgan nobody called the malefactors of great while to say we have to have a square deal. so i love teddy roosevelt and never surpassed was good when i know. >> host: william is calling in from hot springs national park in arkansas i believe. hi william. call code minus my comment and a