theodore roosevelt is a hero they were the most famous of all of the units and that really wasn't fair to any of the other units because of theater roosevelt and who they were. they were very famous and popular there is boardgames of the rough writers. their faces were everywhere. but, what happens is almost instantly the powerbrokers are pushing that. they accepted the nomination. he won the governorship in the 1900. as governor three months after but then as governor there is an appeal to put them on the ticket in 1900. who would not put at military hero. it is a heartbeat away from the presidency. >> in 1901 mckinley was assassinated. and theodore roosevelt is now that. he is now president of the united states. see mecca because of that charge up san juan hill the next three years do you attribute the next three years of his career to that charge? yes, i do. that gave him recognition that he have never had before his face was known. he was known. for the next three years whether intentionally or not he wrote that all the way through the highest elected position in the united states

this trial was a big deal to theodore roosevelt. roosevelt was no stranger to libel cases. tell us about the other involvements he had had as a protagonist. he is plaintiff in the case where a paper had accused him of being a drunk. it wasn't just a paper, there were rumors going around. there roosevelt was a drinker. he was getting tired of it. he wanted to wait for the right paper meaning of paper not of his political party who made the comment in a way that he would take them to court and make the statement he wanted to make. and the iron ore, i think was the name of the paper in michigan. they wrote an article saying he was a drinker, he was drunk. and he said them. he presented all of these witnesses who roosevelt testified he has never been drunk in his life. he had all of these witnesses testified that they only saw him drinking milk. and he said that every once in a while, he would drink quote like mine. but that he had never had any other kind of alcohol et cetera. when their case ended, the publisher got up and said look, i can't defend it. we don't actually have

eyeing the possibility of a 1916 or 1920 run for the presidency again but just as important theodore roosevelt cared enormously about how people viewed him and they viewed him as a man of integrity they were trying to humiliate roosevelt and stain ehis legacy to put his high up on the wall and we believe , this is our speculation that his lawyer for the plaintiff was part of the reason the lawsuit was brought that the attorney may have encouraged him to bring the lawsuit against roosevelt. >> so tell us the reaction and then tell us about william barness. >> take a step back. they were allies and fellow republicans. in 1912 which was a real divide between them comes out intoen the open. he felt the republican nomination was stolen from him and many moree votes if individual folders could have a direct vote in every state in the republican primary. instead they did. >> i think he did lose the new york primary. >> today they are caucuses. it's not that it was such the incredibly novel idea that roosevelt was convinced he was robbed in may have r been right. that this really was party boss out -

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so it's about theodore roosevelt and the rough riders. just for some context, the 30-second version for people who maybe are new to story. in 1898, america declared war on spain primarily over cuba and cuban war for independence. america was, this is our first humanitarian intervention. the problem was we didn't have an army. america had, by law, congressional law, a mandated cap of 28,000 soldiers and officers. so right away there was a need for just people to go and fight the war. so roosevelt, who at the time was working in washington for the navy department, proposed the idea of getting together not just volunteers, but people who could very quickly go into war because they had certain, let's say certain skills. i describe it as sort of like that liam neeson movie, he has certain skills. sort of like dirty dozen but a thousand. see, rachel laughed. [laughter] so he recruited a thousand college athletes, cowboys, police officers, people from all walks of life. the number one and the number two the tennis players in the country quit ten

theodore roosevelt was offered colonel c. once they had these regiments of cowboy type troops, knowing roosevelt burning desire to go to war at 39, he offered him the cruelty of the first regiment. to the amazement of everyone, he turned it down. he admitted that he give me a few more weeks, i felt like i could get some knowledge under my belt but i'm not ready to leave a regimen of 1000 men. everyone knew roosevelt had an ego and he was shocked he did not take this position. he recommended his good friend, he was an army captain. leonard wood was a couple of years younger but he bought in the arizona and he said if you make leonard wood colonel, i would accept ownership. he respected those wishes and that's what happened. >> how quickly was he in cuba? >> very quickly. once the war was declared in april, roosevelt was madly rushing around, trying to get arms and equipment because he's bureaucrat, he wanted the people in the department. they go on to texas and roosevelt stays behind for a short time. by late may, they were on

of it, but they're a growth of the imperial presidency, really a mainstay since the days of theodore rooseveltbut it doesn't mean it's just pure presidential power all the time. the courts and congress can step in. my great political hero, franklin d. roosevelt, won in 1932 the presidency. he did all these new deal reforms. some made it through congress, and some didn't. then he gets elected in 1936, and he's so full of power that he says, you know, the courts are starting to stamp on me. and i see which justices they are. why i make it from 9 supreme court justices to 15. i'll be able to so-called pack the court with six pro-fdr new dealers. that's hubris, right? that's real presidential hubris. but his own party starts calling him accountable. some democrats said that's overreach. meaning people in congress started pulling in their own president. of course, it melts away. we don't have that done because of checks and balances. so the hope is that when a president does these overreaches, we have safety nets with congress, as you see the subpoenas coming to president trump. and in the courts.

call it, has been a mainstay since the days of theodore roosevelt. but, it doesn't mean it is just your residential power all the time. the courts and congress can step in. presidential power. my political hero, franklin d roosevelt, in 1932, he got the presidency. he did these new deal reforms. some made it through congress and some did not. then he gets elected in 1936. he is so full of power that he says, you know, the courts are starting to stamp on me. and i see which justices they are. why don't i bake it from 1 supreme court justices to 15? why don't i make it from 9 supreme court justices to 15? i can stamp it with pro fdr judges. that is pure hubris. his on hardy starts calling him accountable. some democrats said, that is overreach. we need people in congress. they started pulling in their own president. we do not have that done now because of checks and valances. his own party starts calling him accountable. when we see this overreach, we have safety nets with congress, as you see the subpoenas come into president trump. and the courts. if

so theodore roosevelt uses the presidency as a bully pulpit. he creates heez relationships with journalists and again uses public opinion to launch and advocate for a very specific policy. franklin roosevelt takes this ao stepr ve further. so he capitalizesa on radio an uses that to create an intimate connection with the american public. and i'm going to play you a quick clip just to give you a sense of what this sounded like. again, thinking about if you were a listener, you were tuning into your radio during the 1930u to listen to your president, to this would have been what you gt heard. >> ladies and gentlemen, the of the united states. >> my friends, i want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the united states about banking.th more particularly with the overwhelming majority of you whr use banks for the making of the products and the drawing of change. >> what did he do just in that very simple opening? >> he definitely personalizes the chat.the chat he uses i, you, we, and he creates this personal link between the presidency and t

one of the great lessons of american politics that i've learned is the tale of two brothers theodore roosevelt, calvin coolidge, hairy truman and lyndon johnson sent to the presidency because of these unfortunate circumstances. the limited reading of the constitution, one of which many americans take for granted may not be the only way to handle succession. walter isaacson, author of leonardo da vinci writes jerrod coming treats us to some of the most colorful episodes in our history. the historic importance of the leaders and highlights the greatness of tr, truman and lyndon johnson. why america is a resilient nation and the constitution living document lessons very powerful for today. join me in welcoming jerrod cohen. [applause] >> thank you for having me. i can't think of a better place to give a talk about this book then this incredible bookstore. when i lived in dc it was my favorite place to be and i haven't been here in some time and i love the backdrop of these books tonight. before that, four years working at the foreign policy. some people ask me when i told them i'm writing a book

proud of brilliant leader. >> in our book we talk about from your interview the rift between theodore roosevelt and howard taft and how like adams and jefferson and they came together late. can you tell that story? taft is persuaded at roosevelt ais a demagogue threatening the comes to cushion against the demagoguery and then reporters see him on the campaign trail after he's denounced roosevelt and says my closest friend and then he just convulses in tears and it is a drama. they knew they had to come back together again. how has the availability of the universal and instance information impacted our differences from the predecessors? i think they are getting more information almost all presidents want more informati information. they want to be informed and why not. being able to gather information quickly and better have arisen with technology and would be something all presidents want and the other thing about it ifs the wouldn't want them to appear so how they deal with that information is the defining thing. >> is there any question between good or bad evidence or legislative experience c

wrote a short two sentence letter, and this was in typical theodore roosevelt direct bravado style.y shaw. i think our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness. would it be possible without asking permission of congress to employee a man like st. gaudens to give us some beauty? sincerely yours, teddy roosevelt." the passion roosevelt expressed in this letter comes from two deeply held core beliefs, one, we are a great nation and we should have coins of great classical beauty worthy of the united states of ameri

theodore roosevelt understood this fully. when president wilson called for making the world safe for democracy, roosevelt replied emphatically, first we are to make the world safe for ourselves. that remains our objective today . let's consider some of the specific problems we face. from the we withdrew joint comprehensive plan of action, the jcpoa, the nuclear deal, because it failed utterly in preventing the mullahs from developing nuclear weapons. any nation that chant death to america or death to israel will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. we designated the islamic revolutionary guards for a foreign terrorist organization. no other element of a foreign government has ever such a dubious distinction. what it means in practice is that we were watching very closely for any individual company or institution which dolude -- which chooses to business and anyone associated with the group will find it difficult to get into the united states. following u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal president trump reinstitutio

what does theodore roosevelt bring to the presidency. >> theodore roosevelt brought increased media connections at the beginning of the 20th century to start formalizing the process of the executive office in the media. >> excellent. >> the offices set up the west wing as a source to have the press within the white house in order to have a connection with them as well. >> these are key in terms of he saw the press as an asset, something he wanted to capitalize on to control and help state look opinion. excellent. caroline? >> he also had fireside chats but there was this idea of a personalized president that if everyone person has a radio they can listen to him and it's like he's speaking to them using rhetoric that's easy to understand and not super complicated political jargon. >> so roosevelt really brings in this idea of the fireside chats. he uses the president's as a pulpit and creates relationships with journalists and again uses public opinion to launch and advocate for specific policies. franklin roosevelt takes this one step further. he capitalizes on radio and uses that to create an

andrew jackson was a bully, theodore roosevelt was a bully, and others were bullies. perfection has never been a prerequisite. the charge that she is a communist was ridiculous. rose pak was a journalist. she was an activist, she was never a communist. most of all, people think that chinese people have contributed nothing to this city in the last century -- >> thank you. unfortunately, your time is up. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. [speaking native language] >> hi. i'm strongly against naming of rose pak. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. [speaking native language] >> are you going to translate for us? it's time for the translation. thank you. >> his name is nien, and he's seen a lot of division in the chinese community, so we're fighting each other just because of naming issues. rose pak, this name is like a nail stick deep down into our hearts, into the chinese community's hearts, so i just hope that you have the power to stop this dividing, and i just hope that you can cast your righteous votes. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> may god

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to him by his distant cousin t he had those mistakes narrated to him by his distant cousin theodore roosevelt who hated winston at roosevelt was still alive during world war i as i guarantee had fdr's here, in case you are ever president, don't do it the way woodrow was doing it and roosevelt got that message. one of the messages was if you are ever a war president make sure every single american knows what the mission of the war is. they didn't in 1917-1918 and they sure didn't in 1940s. in january 1941, he was nearly elected to a third term. what does he talk about the four freedoms? something we think around the world that essentially became american war aims and in case anyone had miss apprehension. and the other thing i was saying earlier, not only in fall of 1940, in the late 1940s americans were terrified by any sign their president was secretly plotting to bring about a war people were accusing roosevelt in 1937, he was in a position of having to ask congress for a big program for rearmament which would inflame those fears. he knew the alternative was if he did not rearm and we did ge

those mistakes, he had this mistake sort of continuously narrated to him by his distant cousin theodore roosevelt who hated wilson, and roosevelt saw jr and he was still alive during world war i who i was guarantee you he was whispering into fdr's here in case you are president, don't do it the way woodrow was doing it. and roosevelt got the message. one of the messages was if you are ever a war president, make sure that every single american nose with the mission of the war is. they didn't in 1917 in 1918. they sure did in the 1940s. so in january of 1941, franklin roosevelt was newly reelected to a third term, it gives his state of the union, and what is he talking about? the four freedoms which should be something that we see all around the world. that essentially became american warring great in case anyone had any mess apprehension during the next four years, they would know that we are fighting for. the other thing is, i was saying earlier i had guts. not only in the fall of 1940, late 1930s when americans were terrified by any sign that their president was secretly plotting to bring about

as president theodore roosevelt is rumored to have said, comparison is the fief of joy. understand those complicated emotions but i have never felt threatened by neilia. joe has always made sure that i feel his love for me and in fact, he often jokes that he loves me more than i love him. [laughter] how can he measure that? i don't know but from the beginning i knew -- this is what i said to joe, i knew if he could love neilia that deeply, that completely then maybe i could be loved that completely, too. and this could be the love i had been looking for and the kind of love my parents had. joe used to tell the boys that mommy sent jill to us. he believed it so the boys did as well. ... it was a gift joe gave them. a way to make sense of the world. i didn't want her memory to be hidden away. i didn't want the boys to think that they had to choose between mass or feel like they had to put asidhave toput aside that pf themselves. so we made space for her. we didn't live in the home that they shared, but she was there nonetheless. we kept her pictures displayed around the ho

secretary of treasury, president did or roosevelt wrote a short two sentence letter, in typical theodore rooseveltado style. "my dear secretary shaw, i think our coinage is

for independence and when mckinley died, i think hay was somewhat terrified of the idea of theodore roosevelt coming into office. they had been friends a long time. he had known theodore since he as a child, 5 years old. he actually he actually stayed with the family for a while so he knew roosevelt well. i think what he hoped was that he could sort of keep roosevelt within the bounds of reasonable diplomacy and reasonable behavior and he ended up doing some things on behalf of roosevelt as a duty to the president that i don't think he was altogether comfortable, i think it was maybe the only time in his life or career that he recognized he might have done some things that brought a ittle dishonor to himself. boy, clemens was so hot in his hetoric about roosevelt. he really disliked his public stance, but at the same time, when he wrote about the moral massacre, he didn't publish it at that point. he was past the point of speaking out. he was past the point of beating his chest about this because i think he realized there was not much he was going to change this tendency, the trajectory of th

when theodore roosevelt had to deal with the san francisco earthquake, he couldn't go to san francisco walter cronkite would be the person, by linden johnson got in a boat and actually went at night where people were suffering and put a flashlight in his face and said, you know, i hear you, i'm hear. america loves you. and it was a great moment and nixon followed suit with hurricane camille when it hit the mississippi gulf in 1969. but it's ronald reagan with the challenger, wi challenger that set this bar up that we expect modern presidents to be a grief counsellor. >> kristen, in past times, you usually see, both citizens and politicians on both sides of the aisle pulling together and that's one of the extraordinary things about moments like this. but we've seen in -- we've seen citizens do it, but just in terms of politics, kind of the opposite was happening at times this week. i'm wondering what you think that says about where we are as a country? >> the thing that i just keep asking myself is how can republicans be okay with this? i understand that people say that they like things

most great presidents are optimists, people like theodore roosevelt, fdr, john kennedy, and donald trumpoperating on fear. he wants to divide people on race and ethnicity and hence, our country, the question is it going to be are you better off than you were four years ago? 2020? the question is are we more united than we were four years ago, and then the big answer is no. we are a much more disunited united states under trump's xenophobic leadership. >> i just really quick want to ask you about what we heard from anthony scaramucci, and adviser of the president and was a supporter and now he's sort of changed his tune and the president is operating at a level worse than racism. do you agree? do you think that president trump is stirring the pot thinking that creating these divisions and stoking the flames of white supremacy, for example, as some have accused him of doing for his own political gain in some way? >> i believe that's the core of it although he has an entire history of race echl, juism, ju with the central park issue alone. we tracked him hundreds of times that you would cal

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. >> reporter: this is the "uss theodore roosevelt."ng a four and a half acre floating flight deck. didn't last long. it got loud again. that noise is nothing compared to the up close action of an f-18 super hornet going from 0 to 160 in two seconds. as one takes off, the next comes in to land, catching one of four steel cables laid across the short landing strip. the captain calls it a full sensory emersion. this is why it's important to always be training. >> that's what we're doing out here, training, to make sure our sword is sharp and we'll do the tasks as they come up. >> reporter: he's in charge of 5,000 personnel working this floating city 24/7. the nuclear powered ship can be at sea for 25 years, but holds ninety days of jet fuel and supplies. that's nearly 20,000 meals a day. what do you think of the food here? >> food's not bad. >> reporter: of course there's a weather department. an accurate forecast for combat ops is crucial, but not always fool proof. >> do pilots come back and give you grief about an inaccurate forecast?

but i will say this, theodore roosevelt said the presidency is the bully pulpit, right?trump has been incredibly divisive -- trish: gianno, you're an african-american man, do you consider this president racist? >> here's the problem, trish, me growing up in a poor neighborhood on the south side of chicago, it was indoctrinated in in that every republican is a racist no matter who that individual is, no matter who that individual is. so this is where it becomes problematic from using these terms to apply across all people. trish: i hear you. unfortunately, i'm out of time. thank you both. bill de blasio has some really weird reason as to why he thinks he's going to win the presidency. that's next. ♪ ♪ body weight. it never questions the tasks at hand. but this year, there's a more thrilling path to follow. (father) kids... ...change of plans! (vo) defy the laws of human nature... ...at the summer of audi sales event get exceptional offers now! [ text notification now that you have] new dr. scholl's massaging gel advanced insoles with softer, bouncier gel waves, you'll mov

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. >> let me ask you about the son of theodore roosevelt, teddy roosevelt jr. and his participation in the invasion of normandy a normandy. >> incredibly, 56-year-old, oldest general officer on d-day. he begged -- basically begged to go in with the fourth division on the first wave of utah and actually did arrive on the first wave on utah beach. 6:28 was the time of the first americans wade ashore. a guy called captain leonard schroeder. schroeder remembered looking over to his right and seeing this 56-year-old guy who had arthritis and a very bad heart with a walking stick huffing and puffing his way across utah beach in the very first wave on d-day. so an extraordinary guy. i think he had a father-son complex. he wanted to prove he was as courageous as his famous father. that day he actually did. he became one of four americans to receive the medal of honor for actions on june 6th, 1944. extraordinary courage, extraordinary american leader on d-day at utah. >> correct me if i'm wrong. that's teddy roosevelt jr., and his son was actually in the invasion as wel

. >> let me ask you about the son of theodore roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, jr. and his participation in the invasion of normandy. >> incredibly, 56 years old, the oldest general officer on d-day. he begged dsh basically begged to go in with the fourth division on utah and did arrive in the first wave on utah beach. 6:28 was watt was the time the first american. leonard schroeder. and schroeder remembered looks to his right and seeing this 56-year-old guy who had arthritis and a bad heart with a walking stick huffing and puchg across utah beach in the first wave on d-day. an extraordinary guy. i think he had a sort of father-son complex. he wanted to prove that he was courageous as his famous father and that day he did. he became of one of only four americans to receive the medal of honor for actions on june the 6th, 1944, extraordinary courage, extraordinary american leader on d-day at utah. >> well, correct me if i'm wrong, too, that's teddy roosevelt jr. and his son was in the invasion as well. am i right? >> yeah, actually amazingly the father is on utah. and

the quote from theodore roosevelt included in his high school yearbook. can be no 50/50 americanism in this country. there is room here for only 100% americanism. only for those who are americans and nothing else. and then in his first job as an aide to a republican congresswoman michelle backman, arguing unauthorized immigrants were bringing in diseases, bringing in drugs, bringing in violence. we have heard very similar language from the white house and it seems like miller formed these opinions at a young age yet when he joined this administration former aides to the president said he's just a speechwriter. a speechwriter who is really smart and gets the president's voice. he is not just a speechwriter anymore. he's had these values for quite sometime and now those values and views are being enacted in policy. >> no, he's not just a speechwriter. he is the most prominent face of a very influential movement that has i think overtaken the republican party. the movement to restrict immigration. and i think there's an element of potential self-fulfilling p

few americans realize it was the vociferous republican president theodore roosevelt, who was the first to successfully, but passionately, advocated for health insurance and the 20th century. later, his cousin, a democrat, and still lyndon johnson and bill clinton, pursued a role for the federal government in providing health care to all americans. johnson's medicare and medicaid offered some relief to vulnerable populations. but not until the obama administration did the federal government offer a fresh path to relieving the anxieties of those shut out of health insurance and the health insurance market. however, many issues remain. so where are we now? how can history help us? the united states of america has the richest country on the globe has still to solve many problems. we have some of the highest health care costs on the planet. according to 2017 estimates, we spend $3.5 trillion every year, around 17.9% of the gdp, and about $10,739 per person each year in health care costs. but it's doubtful whether this high expenditure translates into true patient care and health care outcom

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the sierra club now lists the main presidential stewards of the environment as theodore roosevelt, franklinoosevelt, richard nixon and jimmy carter for their records. certainly what he did in that area is relevant today. and there are so many areas today in which things that he did 50 years ago or during his presidency are still unfolding today and affecting the lives of people, if you are a volunteer -- if you're in the military services. he created the all-volunteer army. all-volunteer forces. and what is the -- how is richard nixon relevant to people for how his history and in some cases ancient history, why should they be interested in and aware of and even grateful to richard nixon for what he did 50 years ago? >> well, we've seen a great deal of concern properly expressed about the fact that not everybody in this country has had equal access to opportunity. and that has led to some excesses in the other direction as we're seeing now in some of these unhappy reports about people trying to go to college. richard nixon was -- and i'm always slightly amused when i think of it in the conte

the libel case against president theodore roosevelt 1915.hat, casey cupp recalls author harper lee's attempt to write a true crime book. and later, george will writes about the state of americans conservatives him in his latest, the conservative sensibility. >> good evening. i am harold halter and i have the honor of serving as director of roosevelt house. we are thrilled to have you here for what we think will be a special evening. we welcome our guest, dan abra abrams. who as you know provides regular legal analysis to abc news,

polk was not the first modern president in the commanding way theodore roosevelt was. the powers her irrigated to the executive branch during the way passed away with the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo. democratic partisanship, suspicious temperament, and penchant to micromanage along with his own self-discipline and his self-conscious unwillingness to attack civil liberties, with the exception of self-discipline these might work together or separately to hinder the prosecution of war. in polk's case they operated together to make him an efficient and successful commander in chief during the mexican/american war. thank you. [ applause ] and now i'd like to introduce aaron crawford who might have the best title of any of us up here today. aaron crawford formerly of the center for presidential history at southern methodist university has just begun his tenure as assistant editor of the papers of andrew jackson at the university of tennessee and is working on a monograph about presidential memoirs. aaron's going to talk about the arresting achievement, of the overshadowed, t