and it is portraying what we would call theodore roosevelt's kitchen cabinet. so it's not the actual members of the cabinet, it is all people that were friends of his and close to him political allies , and people that he relied on for advice. you can see that jacob riis is in the picture. so he is in th eir circle. he is the small figure in colonial uniform, second from the left, holding a hanky to his face. you can see that booker t. washington is also in the doorway. it is sort of a metaphor of the civil rights status at that time and him being welcomed at the white house by theodore roosevelt. roosevelt himself is the only person in the picture not crying. how did riis meet theodore roosevelt? that is the story of his activism in new york city. we have we have here in our case on allies the basic story of the bromance between theodore roosevelt and jacob riis. they first met in 1894. the new administration was elected in new york city that was a reform administration under mayor william strong. it is often described as "the good government" movement. in tha

they met, the mayor appointed theodore roosevelt as police commissioner and the police headquarters was right across the street from jacob riis's journalism office. the door roosevelt was artie aware of him. they met and jacob rees said i knew in the moment i saw him, they merely formed a bond. they went about at night on these nightly raids so that riis could familiarize roosevelt with the neighborhood. he showed them some of the things that were happening in tenements and checked up on what policemen were doing. the issue of using police lodging houses as homeless shelters. riis had a personal reason for having a grudge about police lodging houses. when he was a young immigrant, he sometimes stayed overnight in these homeless shelters. he tells a story in his autobiography of a night when he was in particular despair where he had considered throwing himself into the east river and he was befriended by a stray dog. the dog was his buddy, his only friend. that night, he went to stay at a lodging house, they would not let the dog and the dog was waiting for him outside. as he slept, a pr

>> i would date it to theodore roosevelt in 1901.ertainly, other things had been leading up to, it the development of fast, media put more attention unpleasant presidents wives. lucy hayes in the 19 seventies was the first presidents wife to -- train station to see her and so forth. but in 1981 theodore roosevelt moved in, the assassination of president mckinley, they really turned the presidents into what historians call the modern presidency with a lot of attention from the media, taking a very strong position on matters of the world. putting the attention on washington instead of the state capitals. it was really a big change, and theodore roosevelt's wife, can be pointed to as instrumental in that. she heard a secretary. they all had secretaries but they were social, and, needs relative, a friend who helped them write letters. she did what we would call press secretary were because edith was smart enough to say that if she did not want the public to know that she wore the same dress twice she would tell the secretary to say it wa

well, i would i would date it to theodore roosevelt 1901 certainly other things had been leading up to it the development of mass media had put more attention on president's wives lucy hayes in the 1870s was the first first lady to travel across country and she got a lot of attention for you know, people turned out at the train station to see her and support but in 191 when theodore roosevelt moved in on the death of mckinley the assassination of president mckinley, they really turned the presidency to what i think most historians call the modern presidency with lots of attention from the media taking a very strong position and matters of the world making the attention on washington said of the state capitals. it was really a big change and theodore roosevelt's wife edith can be pointed to as as instrumental in that she hired a secretary. well they had often had secretaries, but they were just sort of social. up on a niece or a daughter or a relative or a friend who helped them write letters edith hired a secretary what she did what we would call press secretary work because edith was

and you know, i was also with her for a bit with bully pulpit so i got to know theodore roosevelt and taft and and then in 2010 i was so fortunate to be hired in the job that i'm currently at in the manuscript division and amazingly all of basically everything all the skills that i'd learned along the way including the tour guiding classes actually came come into play with this particular job. so it was sort of one of those life is what happens when you're making other plans, but you can pick up those those skills along the way and you never know what's going to what's going to come in in handy later on. so i'm delighted to be at the library and it was like you're still able to use those skills as an educator as well as a researcher and an archivist in all of the different hats that you wear right at the library of congress in terms of speaking with the public and working. the public but also of course working intimately with these documents and these collections so absolutely and because the manuscript division attracts researchers from all different backgrounds what they're going to

they have a stake in making sure that as theodore roosevelt also said, these places are preserved for their children and their children's children forever with their majestic beauty all on march -- unmarred. >> thank you, mr. burns. that was beautiful. you have given us a new term there will be used around here, geyser world. that is one we don't want to remember. our next witness is sean benge, who is the acting director of the national park service. he has been with the park service for over 30 years. i don't have you following ken burns, but give us an update on the status of the park service and the parks as of the beginning of the 2021 summer season. >> it is a hard act to follow. chairman, ranking members, thank you for the opportunity to address the park system, including the impacts of covid-19 on staff and facilities. the last 14 months have brought unprecedented challenges to our parks but they have also shown a spotlight on the importance of parks as spaces for physical and mental health as well as places to reflect who we are as americans and who we want to be. most parks

describing the building as the white house, but it was not until 1901 that the -- that president theodore roosevelted it the white house. >> the white house is huge. it has six floors, 132 rooms, 28 fireplaces, and four kitchens. there is also a swimming pool, tennis court, movie theater, and bowling alley. you not only see paintings, sculptures, and other priceless objects, you also get a sense of how much history has happened here, like the east room which has been the setting for countless beaches, concerts, and other important ceremonies. >> or, the state dining room where the presidents serves fancy parties. as many as 140 guests can be seated here for dinner. now those four kitchens make a lot of sense. >> many of the rooms are named for the color they are painted, like the blue, red, green, and yellow rooms, which brings us to our first question. >> my name is olivia and i am in fifth grade. dr. biden, do you have a favorite room in the white house? dr. biden: there are many special rooms in the white house. but i want to show you one that is really interesting, so, follow me. here we all in

now from manila the us, theodore roosevelt. the strike group returns to the south china sea for a 2nd time this year. the us 7th fleet says the visit is part of its routine operations. but regional tensions are flaring because of china's reclamation of many areas, and it's use of maritime militia to enforce its illegal claims. in the south china, the u. s. considers the philippines, one of its strongest allies in the region, and these, so called by liquor and exercises, allow both countries to conduct, joint military and humanitarian exercises designation. their resume this week after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. but they've been tone down. that's because philippine president would be good at to cancel the visiting force agreement between the 2 countries. early last year, after a political ally was denied a u. s. visa, but faced with widespread criticism and mounting public pressure, 230 announced in november, he was spending that position for 6 months. the church has declared since he took office nearly 5

that might be in part because theodore roosevelt was an explorer. a lot of them visited the white house. it helped that eleanor roosevelt became a member. she became friends with a otte, a chickasaw interpretive dancer and storyteller. she invited her to the white house to perform for british dignitaries, to show them what american culture was about. francis perkins and francis oldham kelsey, this is kind of strange. they almost look like sisters, don't they? caroline: a little bit. [laughter] jayne: when roosevelt became president, blair pressured eleanor to convince fdr to hire the first female cabinet member. he hired francis perkins for the department of labor. francis oldham kelsey was also a member who worked for the fda. she's the person who refused to approve the drug slid my. those are some of the trivia that i found out while i was doing the research. caroline: ok. do you think the society of women geographers is still relevant today? since the explorers club now expect -- except women. jayne: absolutely. there's a place for women. there n

henry wilson who was euless grant vice president wrote history books and theodore roosevelt who didn'tt to be vice president and said that he would rather be just about anything other than vice president, it was too little work for a man of only 42 years old, thought that he might spend his vice presidency going to law school. in the 19th century and the 21st century, the presidential candidate didn't choose his running meat. the convention chose the running mate in order to balance the ticket either on ideology grounds or geographical grounds, sometimes you'd have presidential candidates and vice presidential candidates who disagreed and were on opposite side of major issues of the day. sometimes the vice presidency was used as part of a deal to secure the presidential nomination for a candidate. sometimes a politician from a swing state was chosen as the vice presidential candidate. between 1904 and 1916, there were eight vice presidential candidates, five of them were from the state of indiana. oftentimes the vice presidential candidates in the 19th century were really putting undis

here it went on to paint a number of prominent americans including presidents william mckinley theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson the porter that you see here of president mckinley was painted after his assassination using photographs and previous artistic portrayals and harry murphy actually beat a bunch of male artists to win this presidential commission. so his success is a painter is especially impressive as many women were excluded from the fine arts and the early 20th century next slide. however, as the century went on presidential portraits painted by women became more prevalent and one of these women is elizabeth schumachov who painted two american presidents and a first lady now schumachov was born in russia actually present-day ukraine and she took art lessons informally as a child, but her family permanently left russia following the october bolshevik revolution in 1917. like many of the artists will discuss today. she resettled in the united states, but following the tragic and unexpected passing of her husband. she needed a way to support her family. and so she turned to her artis

this is not a recipe for victory. 1850s the whigs died because they split owe versely. 1912 theodore rooseveltbarry goldwater, the new republican nominee, at a moment in his acceptance speech that people were expecting him to welcome all of the elements to get together for victory in 1964. he said extremism is known violence. goldwater lost in an historic defeat, 39%. this is what the republicans are doing and they're doing it for a president who's a liar, who's an incompetent and who on the 6th of january was in favor of and tried to encourage a coup d'etat. hostage crisis, suspension of inauguration. >> we heard from matt sh lap. >> he made the argument, this is about the special role of leaders and messaging and cheney is the one that keeps dragging this back. they want to focus on other things. he almost argued this was somehow a pivot. your view whether that's a realistic assessment? >> it's absurd because matt schlapp who's head of the american conservatism union should throw out liz cheney who has a 70% plus acu rating as he said to you last night on the show in favor of stefanik who ha

storytellers of her generation candice millard whose books have taken us into the lives of theodore roosevelt of james garfield and yes well, winston churchill. so without much more for me, i'd like to start with crosby and ask. set the set the stage for us paint the picture. how did it happen the churchill came to missouri? and what was the scene? what was that day? like so it is you have to start off by asking yourself there. they're actually so many reasons. this shouldn't have happened. i mean small town in, missouri fulton a small college westminster, which was failing at the at the time there were only 200 students because of the draft and world war ii and and churchill churchill had just been defeated a few months earlier while he was with meeting harry truman for the first time at potsdam the the british held an election and an overwhelming vote against him though. he remained the leader of the opposition but bullet mcclure the president of westminster college decides after talking to some friends to to send an invitation to churchill to see if you would come and they had the bright i

they were a handsome couple and they were the melding of two branches of this family and as theodore roosevelt famously said, it's good you're keeping the name in the family. their wedding was scheduled for march 17th because her uncle was going to be in new york for st. patrick's day. teddy roosevelt liked to be the baby at every christening, the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. next slide, please. the young family grew quickly. eleanor was not a great mother by her own admissions in who are autobiography. she had not had a nurturing mother growing up because she had been orphaned so young. she started having children. in 1910 or so, franklin roosevelt gets into politics, runs for state senate and when woodrow wilson is elected president, he is appointed as the assistant secretary of the navy and they all move to washington, d.c. now the wife of the assistant secretary of the navy back then had very, very specific and ridged social responsibilities. calling on the wives of other naval officers, hosting events and eleanor was not familiar with the washington social scene

you know, in 1912, theodore roosevelt broke the republican party in two. there might be a need now for a new, conservative party. that would ensure the end of trumpism and this sort of nativist, xenophobic, anti-democratic spirit that seems to be encompassing, unfortunately, over a hundred million americans. >> well, past is prolog, you are the one to tell us. thank you so much for yourp time, douglas. nice speaking to you this evening. >> thank you. >>> only-six republicans voting in favor of the commission to investigate, just -- just to investigate -- the insurrection. even the mother of a fallen capitol hill police officer couldn't stop the majority of republicans from embracing donald trump's big lie. but that mom is, still, having her say. officer brian sicknick's mother, gladys, and his partner, speaking out to cnn. that's next. >> we knew they weren't sincere. they weren't sincere. >> and they didn't want to get to the bottom of what happened? >> no, no, and i don't understand it. i -- we -- we -- they are elected for us, the people. and they don't

so was archibald roosevelt, grandson of theodore roosevelt.ssadors. some became critical figures in the creation of the c.i.a. others were actually really important in american science. >> wertheim: so there's all sorts of impact, years and years and years after the war, from this-- this camp in maryland? >> frey: it was not only the short-term impact on the battlefield-- it was an impact on war crimes. they were critical in terms of arresting the-- some of the major figures, and gathering the evidence for nuremberg. then, shaping the cold-war era, they really played a significant role. >> wertheim: how do you think we should be recalling the ritchie boys? >> frey: i think we look at this group and we see true heroes. we see those who are the greatest of the greatest generation. these are people who made massive contributions. who helped shape what it meant to be american, and who-- in some cases-- gave their lives in service to this country. >> wertheim: this-- this is a remarkable story. why do so few americans know about this? >> frey: beca

and they were, the melding of two branches of the family, and as theodore roosevelt famously said, to eleanor, it is good that you're keeping the name in the family. of course there wedding was scheduled for march 17th because he was supposed to be -- teddy roosevelt like to be the baby at every christening. the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral. next slide please. the young family grew quickly. eleanor was not a great mother by her own admissions in her autobiography. she had not had a nurturing mother going up because she had been orphaned so young. but she started to have children, and then in 1910 or so franklin roosevelt gets into politics, once first eight senate and when woodrow wilson is elected president, he's appointed as assistant secretary of the navy, and they all moved to washington d.c.. the wife of the assistant navy secretary had very rigid social responsibilities calling on the wives of all naval -- eleanor was not familiar with the washington social state so she hired someone to help her. she heard a young girl from a prominent family called lu

trouble anybody recognize that if you said a state assemblyman from new york by the name of theodore roosevelt. you're absolutely right. now this man this cartoon of course is one of the great democratic attacks on blaine and it it was circulated all over the place the irony is that the cartoonist that drew it voted for blaine in the november election. it was just it was just a job to him and here's another wonderful one and you can say it says blaine can't beat his record. you see the tattoos are running all by themselves. it's a marvelous kind of a race out there well against the person like that who could the democrats run? well, you can't run anybody that's connected with the civil war one way or the other certainly not somebody of confederate loyalties. it's 25 20 years in the past, but people still remember it hardly and well, but they did have a very good choice choice was the governor of new york grover cleveland grover cleveland was something of a political flu. four years before he hadn't been in politics at all. he just been a lawyer up in buffalo, but when there was a scandal in bu

and she is also the current manager of the presidential papers from president polk through theodore roosevelt. is that correct? that's correct. correct. michelle has had a long and very interesting career, which i