s last war, theodore roosevelt, the great war and a journey of triumph and tragedy. and it really shows what a complex man teddy roosevelt was, and it's very eye-opening because most of us didn't know this, you know, this complex side to him. we knew that, you know, we think of him as, you know, charging up san juan hill or being known as someone who was an environmentalist or gave us the square deal and was very popular and expanded our, you know, our touch not only domestically, but internationally, in the kick january and the -- caribbean and the far east. and he was well thought of enough that he got his face on mount rush more. he is probably one of our greatest presidents, but his life was certainly not simple at all. so anyway, i'd like to welcome dade and just start off by asking how did you decide on this topic? >> trial and error. you trillion a lot -- you drill a lot of dry wells in trying to come up with a topic. and for a while i was thinking about doing a dual study of roosevelt and wilson because they're at such loggerheads at this point in history. and

i happen to be the ceo of the theodore roosevelt association. it was chartered by congress right after his death. it memorialized tr. i do a lot of work in that area. it got me to put my socks and behave a little bit. i wasn't behaving all that great when i was a college student. and the legacy became important. i began to realize how important his ideas were and how important he had been to this country and that his ideas deserved to be remembered and underlined and new generations need to hear about them. the idea of conservation, his ideas about the u.s. military his ideas about the relationship , between business and labor, the rich and poor, his ideas about dealing with foreign policy. many people have an incorrect view of him. he was thought of as this bombastic, almost clownish character. you always hear speak softly and carry a big stick and people think of him as if he was a warmonger. that is not what he did at all. his foreign policy was based on trying to prevent war. there were several cases, very interesting cases, where he easily

theodore roosevelt, lost his wife and mother the same day, retreated to the badlands. that may him grow being out in the country. fdr had years of polio, took years of him driving for to be able to walk or in his wheelchair. lbj in different way suffered a senate loss should not compared to the terrible reversals, like a repudiation of himself. he finally got back to having a later heart attack. that brought him back to the person he had been before. he had looked for wealth and power. >> host: that was in 1955 he had his heart attack? >> guest: correct. he lost the first race in '41. trying to win the second race he became more conservative, eschewed wealth and power. when he had the heart attack in' 55. what is power for, what will i be remembered for? it repurposed his life why he got into government in the first place. that led to the great achievements in civil rights. >> host: doris kearns goodwin, would you consider all four presidents to be political animals? >> guest: without question. politics became every fiber of their being. being out of politics would be

a couple of arizona politicians barry goldwater and know you president theodore roosevelt.nd if you think you have seen him do it all, you may have. he hosted saturday night live. he placed himself. >> what if he forgets to run? [laughter] the president forgets to run for reelection and republicans are without a candidate. [laughter] does a john mccain step in to fill the void? senator mccain: i would call the president and remind him to run. [laughter] if you have questions about senator mccain's future or past, give us a phone call. vietnam, campaign finance reform, primaries, or ted williams. >> you described coming into the anate and you first serve couple of terms in a house of terms and house of representatives with tremendous ideals about the place. i don't mean to put words in her mouth but almost a mr. smith goes to washington ah shucks reverence for the place and. -- that was quickly diminished by political bruising, partisan political fight. you have a better handle on the u.s. senate. what do you make of it now? before i ran for office, my job in the navy was as

and he -- it's a four-way race in 1912 he's running against the incumbent, theodore roosevelt charges in for a third term creates new party. and then eugene ran so he got 32% of the vote so that was enough to get them elected. and his -- after the election of 1918 when the democratic party collapsed, i'm interested in your question because he mostly tonight, he wasn't so focused on that. he was focused more on -- like how idiotic republicans were. how they refused to face reality are it of the world changed by world i so he didn't blame himself for that and after he left the white house only regret he ever expressed about the fight his failed fight for the treaty of versailles and league of nations of timing was wrong. had he said i think i was head of the american people on this one. so there he's a very sick man. you know he's had this stroke and still paralyzed. but he's imagining both in 1920, and then in 1922 that he's going to run for president again. you know, he's clearly not thinking straight but one of the last things, one of the two -- two of the last things that he wrote w

and president theodore roosevelt. if you think you have seen john mccain do it all, you may have if you stayed up late on saturday to watch them host saturday night live. what if he forgets to run? [laughter] [applause] all right. the president forgets to run for reelection and the republicans are without a candidate. how does john mccain stepped in to fill that void? guest: i would call the president and remind him to run. have questions about senator mccain's future or past, give us a call. as you describe coming into the united states senate, with tremendous ideals -- i do not ,ean to put words in your mouth there was a mr. smith goes to washington reverence of the place, that was quickly diminished by political bruising and fights. handle on theter u.s. senate. but do you make of it now? office,efore i ran for my last job in the navy was officer of the senate. i got to see jackson and barry , someter and john tower great leaders in action. howard baker. i began to eat appreciate how someone can wield when they are

tweed roosevelt is that great-grandson of our 26 president theodore roosevelt, and the ceo of the theodoreoosevelt association, which he's been associated with for a quarter of a century. clifton truman daniel is the grandson of our 33rd president, harry truman, and the honorary chairman of the truman library institute. linda johnson robb is the first child of our 36th president, lyndon johnson. she lived in the white house during the last two years of her father's tenure in office from 1966 to 1969. and for over two decades, has served as a trustee of the lbj foundation. and susan ford bails is the fourth child and only daughter of our 38th president, gerald ford. she lived in the white house during the bulk of her father's 1977,ency, from 1974 to and since 1981, has served as a trustee of the gerald ford presidential foundation. moderating our panel is david rubenstein, the co-founder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group and our country's leading patriotic philanthropist. generously contributing to the preservation of our nation's history and culture. he is also the host of blo

s fifth cousin, theodore roosevelt, and today is known as the roosevelt conference room. >> for yearsold his father had a family heirloom like no other -- a decorative piece of wood with peeling paint, reputed in family lore to be from the white house. the problem -- nobody knows how to find out if the story is true. it's become an irresistible mystery to mike and his brother-in-law, larry forrest, who are determined to solve it. larry's inquiries are all met by laughter and blank stares, until he calls author and historian bill seale. >> he was skeptical that it could be the actual white house. so i said, "can i just send you pictures?" >> what was your initial reaction? >> well, i thought it looked suspicious. [ laughs ] and so, i didn't tell them much until i researched it. >> did you say, "ah, just leave it in the attic another 50 years. it'll be fine"? >> no. no, i was too curious for that. >> in fact, the meisters' photos have bill scratching his head. >> he called me back, and he goes, "i swear i've seen it." >> bill is remembering a particular photo from 1898, during the mckin

b more than anybody could possibly know but in jefferson highln school maybe the same way theodore roosevelt and then to look down upon him. and work and then he said it with those private people so let's undo thh people with that defense of move politics. >>host: doris kearns goodwin is our guest.he caller: oood da you are on the air. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. ii recall i think madison had we will have the affluent people p, and good times in the republicyv with people we will not always we have a times.e her. and i think that goes back to the structure of the government with the checks and balances. and really the people and how we come together. by we have a system where we are not brought together by politicd but separated even more. so what i hope is mr. madison and mr. jefferson that this imperfect intention will make people realize that my worst enemy is my neighbor it isn't the left or the right but the rc people who want to destroy my- republic and our union. thinkoue >> i understand what you say.tet one of the things teddy roosevelt said if the people oft the differe

>> next, descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share their stories. you will the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of a their conference attended by oak their conference attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. you will it's my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 presidential site summit. the kennedy center is the perfect venue for this. it's so fitting because itself is a presidential site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the kennedy center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d.c. [laughter] >> and we want thank you for that. a

theodore roosevelt, lost his wife and mother the same day, retreated to the badlands. that may him grow being out in the country. fdr had years of polio, took years of him driving for to be able to walk or in his wheelchair. lbj in different way suffered a senate loss should not compared to the terrible reversals, like a repudiation of himself. he finally got back to having a later heart attack. that brought him back to the person he had been before. he had looked for wealth and power. >> host: that was in 1955 he had his heart attack? >> guest: correct. he lost the first race in '41. trying to win the second race he became more conservative, eschewed wealth and power. when he had the heart attack in' 55. what is power for, what will i be remembered for? it repurposed his life why he got into government in the first place. that led to the great achievements in civil rights. >> host: doris kearns goodwin, would you consider all four presidents to be political animals? >> guest: without question. politics became every fiber of their being. being out of politics would be

president theodore roosevelt personally applauded pershing's accomplishment.1905, while pershing was theing as u.s. observer of war between japan and russia, roosevelt promoted him from brigadier general, over 862 officers, who were senior to him. in 1915, pershing was in command the southwestern division along the mexican border, defending american interests against increasingly frequent raid by bandits across the border. it was at this time that the personal tragedy of his life occurred. his wife and three daughters a fire which raked the presidio at san francisco where they were living in his absence. only his son was saved. characteristically, pershing bore his loss with silent fortitude and turned his whole hearted effort to the new duty to which his country called him. punitivef the expedition into mexico, in pursuit of pancho villa, the most bold and reckless of all the mexican bandits, destroying on a brutaloperty raid in columbus, new mexico. daringly and courageously for year, pershing led his troops over 400 miles of the most desert, under trying of

theodore roosevelt lost his wife and his mother -- [inaudible] that made him grow being out in that country. fdr of course hadad the polio. it took years for him to be able to walk and be in his wheelchair. in a different way should not compare to the reversals that was like a repudiation of himself. he finally got back to having a heart attack and i brought him back to the person who he's been before.ea >> and that was in 1955? is that correct. he then signed to win the second grantee became more conservative for wealth and power. back in 55 he just asked himself the question, what is power for? what will i be remembered for and a refocused his life and that led to his great achievements in civil rights. >> doris kearns goodwin, would you consider all for this president should be very political animals? >> without a question. politics is in every fiber of their being. even outside of politics it would have been very hard. some of the time in everyone's life when you find a voice within the as this is the real me. they also not on the campaign trail for the first time. this is what i want t

and on that day, when theodore roosevelt, the theater of mccain, he wrote to the generpe of our time and any other time, he is a doer of the word as john mccain was. >> steve schmidt, i want to bring you in here and pay attention to the family here. meghan in crying, and we don't have steve yet, look at the family here. this is a human being, i want to bring you in, another young person here. we have watched jaump in here. the way he was destroyed in scare, we have all been in these chapters. as a moderate republican, and you have seen this guy take the turmoil and pay the price of being in politics. >> he did, and what is interesting about the parallels between his life as being a sailor, a soldier, and someone that has been in harm's way, in a camp where he was tortures, and the torturous path of politics. it is part of what formed him. hi shared that with us particularly in his later years many retried to see. he tried to keep it real for real people in so many ways, chris. it was difficult in politics because he watched as politics retreated to the corners and the edges, it was n

and then barack obama talking about theodore roosevelt who was john mccain's all seasons hero and didas your friend. >> governor jan brewer of arizona, you obviously knew john mccain well. >> i did. it was a powerful tribute today. by so many of those that shared their memories with us. and i felt today that we were all americans. we were all americans today. and meghan proved today she was john's daughter. there is no doubt about it. and i think she was able to release all those emotions and shared that with us, making us feel better. cindy was magnificent. showed her strength. and i believe truly that john mccain was a man of greatness and people are able to draw from so many different avenues and opportunities from him to be able to share with the world, so the world would really know the man of the greatness that he was, his faith in god, his humility, his ining at ttegrityt of all his service to the country. rest in peace, my friend. >> gloria borger, you watched as all of us did, your thoughts? >> first of all, i want to say, i agree with everyone about meghan mccain's eulogy, w

theodore roosevelt observed the survival of a republic depends on the character of the average citizen. he said the average citizen must be a good citizen if our republic is to succeed. debate and disagreements about public policy and political leadership are essential to building good citizens. the question for today's board, how to respond when collagen ministers seek to prohibit or punish protected by the .onstitution students hear about different perspectives. and they learn how to decide just.s true, right and to do that properly colleges must expose themselves to arrange of alternatives, and i say that as a parent who sent my first child to college, and i expect her to make her own decisions and choose from among conflicting ideas. abouteatedly hear examples of hostility to free speech and diversity on college campuses. professors, students, and guest speakers are shouted down and physically attacked for expressing their views in an effort to prevent them from expressing their views. attorney general sessions said this morning, suppressing voices is not the american way. our next

. >> the president vowed to solve a problem that has bedeviled presidents since theodore roosevelt, howosts and expand coverage. >> one of the greatest threats, not just to the well being of our families and the prosperity of our businesses, but to the very foundation of our economy. >> president obama absolutely understood that addressing the issue of health care was going to be a really difficult challenge, but we had to try. >> we're doing it on a bipartisan basis. we're working together. the president is being very pragmatic about this. he's open to listening. that's how we're going to accomplish the goal. >> obama believes republicans will vote with him on something that's reasonable. if he compromises, they will as well. but over the course of the next few months, it turns into a terrible political challenge. >> as members of congress return to their districts for their monthlong summer break to hear from their constituents, the shouting at so-called town meetings has sometimes reached a fever pitch. >> i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized count

. >> a century ago, president theodore roosevelt's invitation of booker t.the white house was taken as an outrage in many quartz. america today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. there is no better evidence of this than the election of an african-american to the presidency of the united states. >> what a moment. and john rose to the occasion and said, he is my president now. >> and i pledge to him tonight -- >> did you study his concession speech when you had to give yours? >> i did think about it. i tried to speak in a way that would create the same sort of reaction, even from people who were incredibly upset about what happened, didn't know what happened, couldn't figure it out. >> americans never quit. we never surrender. >> never quit, never surrender. even as he faces the toughest times to come. that when we come back. if you have psoriasis, ... little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer

voices from >> next, descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share their stories. you will the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of a their conference attended by oak their conference attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]

next, we interviewed tweed roosevelt, the great-grandson of theodore roosevelt. this is about 20 minutes. >> we are talking at the white house

the first duty of an american citizen, theodore roosevelt said, is to be engaged in politics. i think the argument now for both midterm votes and then ultimately however one responds to, the system responds to whatever director mueller comes back with, and ultimately to the 2020 election, all of that has to be decided upon whether what i think of as the sensible center -- about 20% of the country or so -- 35% of the country, if the president is taken to moscow in an orange jumpsuit, they would be with him. 39% was with mccarthy after the mccarthy hearings. president nixon had 50% until the very end. you're really talking about 20% of the country that i think of as -- and you'll appreciate this, i hope -- 401(k) trump supporters. because the numbers are going up, because they're doing better, they're willing to overlook the tweets, wave away, say, oh, the press is always overreacting to everything. but this is real data. this is real information about an unstable president who is, in fact, dangerous at the highest levels, and i think that the people, if you believe in democracy

lincoln, theodore roosevelt, franklin d. roosevelt, and lyndon b. johnson.elf at the beginning the question you say you ask all the time -- our leaders born, do they learn? did you come to any conclusion? >> it's both. there are certain qualities they are born with great intelligence, may be become indication abilities. mostly develop as leaders through self-reflection paid all of my guys went through really tough times. they had adversities, they came out stronger and wiser the event. certainly, frequent roosevelt was different because of the polio that he experienced. he emerged much more warmhearted. interesting, not all leaders recognizing their leaders in the first place. it's historians who helped figure that out. [laughter] they get it. at a certain point, it's interesting -- 23, 25, 28, these people knew that they wanted to be a politician. >> dana: thank you for being here. >> you are very welcome. >> dana: fox news alert, breaking news and the brett kavanaugh situation. just now, "the new york times" reporting that the accuser is now willing to tal

these days, we took a trip to north dakota, home to the theodore roosevelt national park, and an outdoorl that's been a summer tradition for more than 50 years. nbc's kevin tibbles has our story. >> reporter: in the badlands of north dakota, families gather each summer for good, old-fashioned fun. life's simple pleasures. and a little something they call pitch fork fondue. even with the heated senate race, you won't hear a lot of talk about politics around these tables. >> it's almost toxic. i don't like to talk to some people because they're so vitriolic and angry. >> reporter: folks say they judge candidates differently out here. >> senator heitkamp has done a good job. probably the most conservative democrat in the senate, but i think she's done a good job. cramer, i think, would do good. i'm torn there, you know. >> reporter: more than the upcoming race, trade is the issue for chuck monroe. >> china is biggest holder of our debt, right? ♪ >> reporter: he's not the only trump supporter worried tariffs could put the brakes on north dakota's booming economy. >> scares me a little bit, k

for example, theodore roosevelt took whistle stop tours around the country six weeks in the summer andin stop various places along the way not just the states he won but states he lost. keep on waving to everybody along the way. great moment when he is waving to a group and not very receptive. god that's a cold reception until he was told he was waving at a herd of cow us. but, think about if we could get our presidents out of washington and just going around the country and meeting all sorts of people. that's how you get empathy. you learn the way other people live. somehow they get stuck in washington these days not just president trump. i think it's been all these recent presidents. >> neil: you talk about two in the book teddy roosevelt and lyndon johnson who rose to the presidency through the deaths of a president. does that change it? did they feel adequate or inadequate or what? >> i think certainly with lyndon johnson it was hard. he felt the kennedy people and harvard people didn't accept him. >> neil: you harvard people. >> at least that's what he said to me when i went back

at the turn-of-the-century, theodore roosevelt is holding up alexander hamilton is the quintessential progressive. and then by the middle of the 20th century, franklin roosevelt is holding up thomas jefferson as the architect of the new deal, in effect. so i think that people read into folks what they want at a particular moment. thomas jefferson's stock is as low as it is been a century. stock, so to buy that to speak. i don't think this is about the fact, but about what we want to see. i am curious on how the panel seems to be talking about lin -manuel miranda but not ron chernow who wrote the book. he listened to the first song and said, wow, that is very accurate. why is no one taking on ron chernow? >> that person could not be here tonight. atre is someone who looks the challenges and inaccuracies in the play as he argues very directly from chernow's treatment. he has some real critiques of the chernow book. that is something that gets talked about. i think the chernow book does a lot of things well, right? and other things it does not as well. one of the key things that gets and

at the turn of the century, theodore roosevelt is holding up alexander hamilton as the content sense of the conservatives -- progressives. by the middle third of the 20th century, franklin roosevelt is holding up thomas jefferson as the architect of the new deal. i think people read into these books what they want at any given moment. is ask thomas jefferson about as low as it has been in about a century. it is time to buy that stock. facts ofot about the this story, it is about our needs at any given time, and what we want to see when we look at the past. curious how the panel seems to be talking about lin-manuel miranda, and paying no attention at all to chernow, who wrote the book. he said i listened to the first song and said it is very accurate. why is no one taking on ron chernow? >> that person couldn't be here tonight. we have that essay in the book. there is someone who looks at the challenges, inaccuracies in the play, stemming directly from ron chernow's treatment. he has some real critiques about the ron chernow book. that is something that does get talked about. i think

>> guest: theodore roosevelt once wrote something but the importance of a cries making a lead are great, and he said if lincoln had not had a war, no one would have known his name. but he is wrong. because all the people who had seen him from the time he was young, even he had never become president, they knew they were in the prepares of somebody special. the saw how much he was trying to learn. they wanted to help him on his upward climb. thaw would lend him becomes. the guy who was the village cooper would keep his fire on late at night so lincoln could read because that what's one place where there would be lightment they watched him help people who needed something done for them. they saw his sense of humor, even as a young kid he learned how to tell stories. used to listen to this father entertain people who came by the street andtle story. the father had the one thing he valued which was being a great story-teller and lincoln became a fabulous story-teller and had a sense of humor that matched his mel lan -- melancholy. he thought he would never reach his goal but he whistled thr

theodore roosevelt insisted the president could do anything the constitution didn't explicitly forbid, unlike taft who said the president could only do what the constitution explicitly allowed. taft was our last madisonian president, a position informed by his judicial background. he served on the sixth circuit and pined to be on the supreme court, a dream that he eventually achieved and became what arguably one of our greatest chiefs since -- after taft and roosevelt split, taft was moved to action with the greatest reluctance in order to defend the constitution against roosevelt's new populist incursio incursions. roosevelt endorsed new progressives, mechanisms like the popular initiative, the referendum, and the judicial recall of unpopular decisions. roosevelt attacked individual judges by name and demanded that the people overturn their decisions. in the constitution center in philadelphia, in our majestic i.m. pei temple to the constitution, there is a quotation in the library that says, the people are the makers of the constitution. and it says, and when they disagree with judi

he served theodore roosevelt and he gave a sense of taft's thin skinned tendency to lash out at those that are disloyal. but to really capture the essence of the man, i just read his papers. they're in eight volumes. it takes a while. you read them and you have touchdown enly throu suddenly a sense of this chief justice who views every decision through constitutional terms and think the president can only do what the constitution explicitly allows unlike roosevelt who thinks he can do anything the constitution doesn't forbid. so the combination was useful. i should say on documents too, at the constitution center, text is sacred. and it's incredibly wonderful as a teaching tool. so we just started an exhibit with the five rarist original drafts of the constitution. they've never been put in the same place before ever. james wilson's drafts. and it is interesting. we put the text online. go to americantreasures.org or google it. you can see the evolution of the office of the presidency from a six year term leelected to the evolution of the preamble of we the people of the states of new

eleanor roosevelt had a very loving relationship with her father, elliot roosevelt, who was theodore roosevelt's younger brother. but she didn't have such a good relationship with her mother. her mother was a very beautiful woman, felt that eleanor roosevelt wasn't pretty enough as a little girl. she made fun of her. so eleanor roosevelt was pretty much alienated from her mother. both of her parents died by the time eleanor roosevelt was 10 years old. she really didn't have a good example of being a good mom. so that's why when she had her own children, it was a little bit difficult for her to adjust to motherhood. they had actually six children. many times it's only mentioned that they had five because one child died as an infant of about 8 months of age. all the rest grew to adults. but eleanor roosevelt lost a child and it was devastating for her. we're on the second floor of the roosevelt home and on the right hand side are pretty much guest rooms and on the left hand side are family rooms. and when this house was enlarged, they had to put in an extra long hallway here because they added thi

the council on foreign relations , an institution that back to the adore roosevelt -- to theodore rooseveltthe president of the council on foreign relations and has served both parties and joins us this morning. that was a speech in disarray, this is a full throated articulation of america first. leaders you should abstain first, mexico first. this is his view of the world. tom: compare and contrast to wayne jennings bryant. hisou perceive foreign-policy is part of the republican party, part of america, or a one-off with this president? aberration or will this be the new normal? my hunt it -- hunch is it is an extreme version. it is not what is necessarily coming, but trump is tapping into something as much as he is creating something, so there is resentment come a protectionism, but he is putting it on steroids. francine: does it bring home the fact the world is flat on how to deal with iran? >> absolutely. maybe with saudi arabia and israel on one side, the europeans and others on the other. wasone area where iran meeting its international obligations was the nuclear agreement. that was t

>> guest: theodore roosevelt once wrote something but the importance of a cries making a lead are great, and he said if lincoln had not had a war, no one would have known his name. but he is wrong. because all the people who had seen him from the time he was young, even he had never become president, they knew they were in the prepares of somebody special. the saw how much he was trying to learn. they wanted to help him on his upward climb. thaw would lend him becomes. the guy who was the village cooper would keep his fire on late at night so lincoln could read because that what's one place where there would be lightment they watched him help people who needed something done for them. they saw his sense of humor, even as a young kid he learned how to tell stories. used to listen to this father entertain people who came by the street andtle story. the father had the one thing he valued which was being a great story-teller and lincoln became a fabulous story-teller and had a sense of humor that matched his mel lan -- melancholy. he thought he would never reach his goal but he whistled thr

quail forever, rocky mountain elk foundation, the theodore roosevelt conservation council, wildlife forever, wildlife and hunting heritage conservation council and the wildlife institute to name a few. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from massachusetts. ms. tsongas: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from mt. >> i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the pass on is will the house h.r. 2591 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from montana seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2606 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: an act to report the sedler act with respect to indians of the five civilized tribes of oklahoma and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the ge

>> they seemed to be the ones leading in really difficult times when you think about theodo theodore rooseveltld capitalism survive. lincoln coming in at the civil war where he said he wouldn't have thought he lived through it and a war that would kill 600,000 people about to start. and fdr coming in at the rock bottom of the depression people taking bank deposits out. and lyndon johnson on the assassination of jfk so each one of them, though, proved to be the right leader for the challenge at the time. they worked for who they were. >> that leads you to the question of do you think the times build the leader or the leader is there helping build the times? >> it's one of those great questions when i was in college -- believe it or not, we must have been pretty nerdy. but that's what we were excited about. i think clearly what the times does is offers up an opportunity for greater leadership because in a crisis situation, you mold together somehow you can bring people from different groups together. but you may not be ready for that hoover was in the same depression situation as fdr. but he did

seems to me theodore roosevelt said the first duty of an american citizen is to be engaged in politics matter where you stand, this is a vital election. and i believe that the american institutions are going to sti survive this stress test but only survive if they provide a check on a president that has reached this dangerous level and sends a message to the senate that you have a constitutional duty that it transcends you keeping your twitter followers and donor class happy. we have to send that message. >> john. >> again, willie, it's also a president who says he no longer has an attorney general because he disagrees. one constitutional norm shattered after another. if people believe there should be a constitutional check on this president there's one way to do it, get out and vote in november. >> john talks about that senate race in tennessee. phil bredesen was elected with 70% of the vote when he was governor. wouldn't be a huge surprise if he won. john meacham, who are you wearing to the oscars. men's warehouse? >> jay press has a special line. >> that's awesome. >> are they still

theodore roosevelt observed that the survival of a republic depends on the character of the average citizen. he said that the average citizen must be a good citizen if our republics are to succeed. debates and disagreements about public policy and political leadership are essential to building good citizens. the question for today's forum is how to respond when college administrators seek to prohibit or even to punish speech protected by the constitution. on college campuses, ideally, students hear about different perspectives. they test conflicting arguments. and they learn how do decide for themselves what is true, what is right, and what is just. to do that properly, colleges must expose students to a range of alternatives. i say that as a parent who just sent my first child off to college and i expect her to learn a wide range of a alternatives and learn how to make her own decisions and choose from among conflicting ideas. yet, we repeatedly hear about examples of hostility to free speech and viewpoint diversity on college campuses. professors, students, and guest speakers are shouted

really the get together with fellow sportsmen, theodore roosevelt, and started introducing hunting andshing license? >> i do. >> so if you want to get involved bass pro shops is the place to go? >> yes. our founder built the wonders and while life museum so people could go to learn about the conservation efforts. it turns one year old today on national hunting and fishing day. >> it is huge, right? >> there is a mile and and a half of trails that you can walk through. 1.5 million gallons of fresh and saltwater. 35,000 fish, mammals and stuff like that. there is so much to do. and rick, i know that you're a diver, right? >> i do. >> i would like to call you out right here to come to the wonders of wildlife and dive with the sharks. >> he is like, twist my arm! [multiple speakers] >> isn't there a pyramid? >> we do have one. 24 million cubic feet under one roof. it is amazing. >> thank you very much. >> hunting and fishing day. [cheering] >> windowswonders of wildlife.o. >> moore fox and friends ♪ ♪ moments away. ♪ [music] ♪ [music] you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else

sometimes you make enemies, sometimes you make friends, certainly he was battling throughout theodore roosevelt and i think peter doocy's point earlier as we see the casket now arriving there at the hears that you will have barack obama and george w. bush two former presidents from different parties, two men who defeated john mccain putting that aside and at the national cathedral at the will be delivering remarks and delivering eulogies, can you genesee that split between the casket being lowered into the hears on one side while the family taking all of this in with the rest of us. >> the hearse will go down constitution avenue and as you said, ed, fittingly stopping he at the vietnam war memorial, the war that changes his life shaped his life as a prisonerrer of war the dignity and honor that he showed in not asking nor literal release and coming back and saying it made me love my country even more. and really infused in him a belief that when america goes to fight wars we should fight them to win them. a champion of the surge in iraq, so the stop of the vietnam war memorial i think is a fitt

and about a month the collection of president theodore roosevelt will be put up, including his diary where he said on february 14, a light has gone out of my life, because his mother andnd his wife i figure , died on the same day in the same house. so those are the things that we are putting up. >> what role do members of congress have in the administration of the library, being the library of congress? >> the library of congress started to serve congress, and they have quite a bit of a role in terms of making sure that we not only serve members of congress and their staff members, congressional research service that is, i call them the special forces. in the policyli big give objecte information and research to undergird really the legislative process, and congress makes sure, i mentioned my visits to the country, that people know about our veterans history projects, for instance, oral histories in communities where we make sure that those books are available to libraries and schools. they are also very concerned that we make sure the library of congress serves them but also the com

with roosevelt, theodore, probably the greatest republican -- greenest republican we have ever seen.e work with republicans. lcv todayhairman of is a former republican chair. civil war clean air, people want clean water. it is great for the economy, for your health. i appreciate that. host: you mentioned the house. who are your friends on the senate side? guest: the funny thing about the senate is more and more senators have said i want to stand up for you. ranking people on the two energy committees stand up for that, senator tom from delaware. with scott pruitt, finally happened. the senator from delaware commanding champion. on has been a leader protecting public land into rollback, protect against attacks on our public lands. people like mr. carver, maria cantwell, sheldon whitehouse, there is a longer list, which is a great thing. saw this headline late last year, there were early signs of 2018, this is the huffington post, but i was wondering when we were preparing segment, with other news we here in town, segment, r news we here in town, are people paying attention? host: envi

. >> corey, i'm going to send you a present called theodore x, and you read what is a very good take on teddy roosevelt from a young age to where he got -- he is nothing like donald trump. he is not analogized to donald trump in any way. him defining -- >> chris, that's not true. >> -- a bully pulpit and him being seen as strong, he was never reviewed the way donald trump is, and you know that. he was a war hero who came in with a reputation. he was not cited by his own staff. >> chris, i will send you the op-eds that were written on teddy roosevelt that say exactly the same things they say about donald trump. >> no way. you show me where they said -- go ahead. finish your point. >> the individuals who are attacking donald trump today like george will, when they raised those same issues about teddy roosevelt, said he was a hero, one of the greatest american presidents. they don't like donald trump because he's brash, because he's bold. because he fights for an america first agenda. >> they don't like america first agenda because it facts of a j n jingoism. but be very clear, what he has done with the e