i would go out to the badlands, to theodore roosevelt, national park and. there's something mystical in that place. it is it is a place that like to say when you're in the east, you feel the presence of theodore ghost. when you're at sagamore or his boyhood home, when you're in the west, you really feel the presence of theodore roosevelt's spirit. this is a place where he came to recover after abject loss and true depression. even though many family members never that word and, it's a great story, right? it's romantic and got a sweeping narrative arc and it's almost irresistible able to see this individual as the product of his own autochthonous will that he just found his way through any challenge. and it's certainly true to a certain extent, but he had help. and the thing that i found when i'm talking about the loves of theodore roosevelt with people is that everybody has, if they're fortunate, a brother or sister or a father or mother or a colleague, friend, somebody that has picked them up and propelled them when they're knocked down. and it doesn't make

it was a real insight to their relationship, and to the mythos that theodore roosevelt would have grown up with. as i mentioned before, we are very fortunate that alice roosevelt longworth granddaughter, donated 24 letters that detail the love between alice and theodore. they were not available. they were doing it in the 1980s to harvard. they are extraordinary. theodore roosevelt writing the six ordinary phrases, there is nothing whatever else but you. underlining, nothing, whatever to her. he love this woman so deeply, so profoundly, but there was never any evidence of it. historians couldn't say that definitively. you can speculate. now you can see it in its own hand. >> what a wonderful, great book. you also found these letters, but also such great insights. you are all going to want to read it and get it signed. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> friday night, watch cspan's 2024 campaign trail. seeing how the presidential candidates campaigns have progressed. we talk about the issues, misuse, -- messages, and events, taking a look at the weekend ahead. watch cspan's 2024 campaign

alice roosevelt longworth said bamie, had she been a man, that she not theodore roosevelt would've beenresident of the united states. it's a pretty extraordinary statement for top-five president and none other than eleanor roosevelt agreed with that assessment. so, i think they just simply wanted to confirm the belief of the world the theodore roosevelt had done it all himself. >> so, it was part of the same effort that they spend their lives doing which is propelling him not for their own glory but for his. >> it was their life's work too. it was the collective of this extraordinary family to put their effort and energy into one singular individual who would represent the success of all of them. >> do any roosevelt biographers or historian of the time think you're making too much of this, disagree with you on the analysis you have done? >> edmund morris isn't around to argue with me but i mean, you know and sadly, i did correspond with him before he died far too young at 78 and, you know, i don't know. it's interesting. i've talked to a lot of the biographers of theodore roosevelt in t

another example of alliances and presidential participation on the world stage is theodore roosevelt and his role in the panama canal. so for some time prior to roosevelt administration, the united states had been interested in acquiring a financial interest control over a canal. it was going to make trade and travel much easier rather than having to go all the way down through either around south america or through the i think it's called the strait of magellan. so that right my navigation skills are i haven't really studied on that since the gold rush in my fourth grade unit and so in 1902, congress passed what's called the spooner act, which basically gave roosevelt right to try and pursue rights to any sort of territory and pursue a participation in the panama canal at that time panama was still part of colombia and colombia was very to any american participation. so theodore roosevelt encouraged panamanian independence, encouraged the separation of the two nations and sent a number of warships to block colombian troops from crushing the rebellion. this is later been called gunbo

theodore roosevelt decides to get back in the ring first as a republican and loses that primary. take us through that story and how taft ended up winning the gop nomination. so roosevelt, because of this intense public support that he had really believed that the primaries were the way that he was going to show that he had the party support. so like i said, there were 12 primaries. the first two were won by a progressive senator, robert lafollette, and then roosevelt very quickly overtakes him and sweeps ten of the next primaries. and so roosevelt does show a strong popular support through the primary system. that said, he goes into the convention with to a little over 200, maybe 300 votes. he needs more than 500. and while he was working on getting all of those primary votes cast, was shoring up his relationship with members of the party. this was something that he had been working on for the better part of a year where he was going to delegates, winning over their support, figuring out how to win over the convention so that when the convention voted for who their nominee was goi

theodore roosevelt decides to get back in the ring first as a republican and loses that primary. take us through that story and how taft ended up winning the gop nomination. so roosevelt, because of this intense public support that he had really believed that the primaries were the way that he was going to show that he had the party support. so like i said, there were 12 primaries. the first two were won by a progressive senator, robert lafollette, and then roosevelt very quickly overtakes him and sweeps ten of the next primaries. and so roosevelt does show a strong popular support through the primary system. that said, he goes into the convention with to a little over 200, maybe 300 votes. he needs more than 500. and while he was working on getting all of those primary votes cast, was shoring up his relationship with members of the party. this was something that he had been working on for the better part of a year where he was going to delegates, winning over their support, figuring out how to win over the convention so that when the convention voted for who their nominee was goi

addition to the fact that roosevelt was leaving for rotation there, another aircraft carrier group theodore rooseveltit is practically not far away, that is, it will pull it up quickly, the third group, there is an amphibious landing group in the eastern mediterranean, truman is also approaching there, now the rotation, which... propaganda and also biden just read this out, no, no, no, we, so to speak, will not interfere there, they will hammer now, the price of oil will go up, and before the elections they do not need the price of gasoline at all, absolutely, absolutely this, well , besides, they work for, do you like oil at 300, i do, especially the brand, the brand at 300, this is very good, here wti can be thrown out altogether, it is west texas no, it does not interest us. somehow it shows that he can solve this problem, but here, given that he will inevitably have internal problems, immediately after his election, as soon as they announce his victory, an internal revolt will immediately begin. this internal revolt can develop into a very serious clash, we saw the twentieth year, we saw blm, thi

and my question is targeted on theodore roosevelt. and i just want see if do you have any portion of your book that discusses like maybe using roosevelt as an example of like presidents who are perhaps very difficult to deal with because they have like an anti-corporate view or they're a big trust busters or the against monopolies and did you have like ceos that perhaps still tried to meet with him or just used him as an example of how it would be hard to? foster like a connection between and presidents. yeah, well, thanks. first of all, i'm very interested in that roosevelt and booker t relationship because. one thing that i talk about that's relevant to the power of money is that roosevelt would befriend and thinkers and he would bring them into the white house to discuss ideas with him and some his antitrust ideas came from some of the people he was reading. and so i think that's an important part of roosevelt's persona. he would much rather meet with a thinker or an artist or an intellectual than he would with a corporate ceo for,

and my question is targeted on theodore roosevelt. and i just want see if do you have any portion of your book that discusses like maybe using roosevelt as an example of like presidents who are perhaps very difficult to deal with because they have like an anti-corporate view or they're a big trust busters or the against monopolies and did you have like ceos that perhaps still tried to meet with him or just used him as an example of how it would be hard to? foster like a connection between and presidents. yeah, well, thanks. first of all, i'm very interested in that roosevelt and booker t relationship because. one thing that i talk about that's relevant to the power of money is that roosevelt would befriend and thinkers and he would bring them into the white house to discuss ideas with him and some his antitrust ideas came from some of the people he was reading. and so i think that's an important part of roosevelt's persona. he would much rather meet with a thinker or an artist or an intellectual than he would with a corporate ceo for,

another example of alliances and presidential participation on the world stage is theodore roosevelt and his role in the panama canal. so, for some time prior to roosevelt administration of thee united states have been interested in acquiring a financial interest and control over a canal. it is going to make a trade and travel up much, much easier rather than having to go all the way down through either around south america ort through i thik it's called the strait ofig magellan come is that right? my navigation steals i have not traveled on that since the gold rush in my fourth grade unit. and so athe night 1902 congress passed the spooner act the right to try to pursue rights to any sort of territory and pursue part of cold cumbia it was very resistant to any american participation. encourage independence the separationwa this was later cald gunboat diplomacy. very apt description. once they blocked the ships rights to basically run the canal took the isthmus started the canal and left a congress paid not to debate the canal but to debate me. that is both a very accurate distillati

and you are quite right that theodore roosevelt was not a believer in the checks and balances in separationpowers of the founders constitution. he found -- he called for judicial decisions to be overturned i majority vote. he viewed the president of a steward of the people who gentle popular impulses as opposed to william howard taft, who is a more constrained hamiltonian president. and, in all these respects, neither roosevelt nor holmes believed in strict construction of the text of the constitution in any formalistic ways. so you raised an important point. i think justice kennedy and justice souter had different approaches. justice kennedy was more of a fan of the natural law approach that holmes rejected. justice kennedy believe there was a certain basic ways, a right to define one's conception of meaning of the universe and the mystery of human life as kennedy upholding roe v. wade. that was the argument about self evident natural white -- natural rights that come from nature that holmes was not a fan of. but justice souter was an analog because he was a common-law constitutionalist. h

for example, and it doesn't surprise me, i didn't realize until now, i have forgotten that theodore rooseveltt appointed him to supreme court because mr. roosevelt didn't seem to have too much concern about the constitution either. and i'm sure you know what i mean. i was saying that one of the things i was thinking, there are other people in the modern-day supreme court who have similar types of approaches. in two of the most recent ones were, number one, anthony kennedy, and number two, david souter. i'm wondering how mr. holmes would feel about the jewish prudence of those justices, and just as an aside one other one that might come to bear in mind, because i've been learning a lot about the liberal world order, liberalism in general, how would mr. holmes feel about the jurisprudence of the german jurors during the nazi time, carl schmidt. peter: thank you, stephen, in west palm beach. pragmatism, sedition, anthony kennedy, david souter? jeff: it's an important question. i take it from your question you are voicing an objection that many conservative constitutionalists would have a pragmat

after president theodore roosevelt. this is -- served as secretary under woodrow wilson. 1928, to -- do fdr and herbert hoover know each other? >> part of the wilson imagination. they would get together occasionally for dinner. i assume the conversations would have been about that. they had a lot of respect for each other. a lot of back and forth. collaborations, and that kind of thing. fdr, among several democrats. as a democrat in 1920. >> how did fdr in his 1932 campaign, approach economic matters? >> he didn't really have a plan. his whole strategy, was that the country was in complete shambles. the republic was responsible for it. they need to make sure they had some brain trust. they were going with policies and proposals. there weren't a whole lot of detailed suggestions. he caught a lot of flak from journalists. nothing specific that he was going to do. i will make things better. see what works. from hoover, it was very analytical, very short. their own capabilities, and how they go. >> what about production? >>

peter: in your book you talk about theodore roosevelt's country life in 1908. steven: a lovely footnote in the progressive era. the first major agricultural crisis that became a national topic of discussion was the original populist movement where farmers were feeling squeezed and it erupted into a political movement that reached a crescendo in 1896. with that in mind, when he became president, teddy roosevelt decided to create a commission from a commission, to study and offer recommendations of what is going on in rural, mostly agricultural areas, is what they focused on. they issued a report. it is filled with descriptions of what is happening in rural america, but what is implicit underneath this is that rural america is not keeping up with urban america. so here are a variety of recommendations so that country life will be just as good and rewarding as city life is. what we can deduce from that is that there was already a perception in the early 20th century that somehow urban life was accelerating faster, rural life was struggling to catch up. so it is a

he was a cousin of president theodore roosevelt. he had served in the new york senate. he was assistant navy secretary under woodrow wilson and elected new york governor in 1928. mr. . martel, did fdr and hoove know each other prior to 1932? >> yes, they did. they had both served as you noted in the wilson administration and they lived near each other in washington and they and their wives would get together occasionally for dinner. i imagine it would be . they had a lot of respect for each other and sent letters back and forth and fdr was among several democrats who tried to persuade hoover to run in 1920. >> how did fdr in his 1932 campaign approach economic s matters? >> he didn't really have a set plan from the early going. his, his whole strategy was that the country was in complete shambles, the economy was in the tank, and the republicans were responsible for it. so he had his brains trust which became short to brain trust over the course of the campaign and they were charged with coming up with policies and proposals. but there weren't a whole lot of detailed su

edith wharton, henry james, theodore roosevelt was a close friend of the second charles and a -- probably most prolific president in our history in terms of his book output. he was a very active and productive scribner author. he also was a bit of an ego test. my great-grandfather was very fond of him. he used my great-grandfather as his eyes and years in the new york business community. at one point in one of roosevelt's books, his publisher had to send out to the foundry -- in those days, books were pointed with lead type, it was all typeset. they had to send out for several hundred, maybe thousands of more capital letter i's because we did not have enough for roosevelt. roosevelt used it quite heavily. we owe him a huge debt in an area we later got into in a big way. that was children's books because my great-grandfather wanted to turn down the window in the willows, which came to him from england. president roosevelt said absolutely not. it is going to be a classic. you must publish it and we did. that was followed by peter pan, which also had a good long run and i think -- both books

he was a cousin of president theodore roosevelt. he had served in the new york senate. he was assistant navy secretary under woodrow wilson and elected new york governor in 1928. mr. martelle, did fdr and hoover know each other prior to 1932? yes, they did. they had both served, as you noted, in the wilson administration, and they lived near each other in washington, and they and their wives would get together occasionally for dinner. i imagine it'd be kind of a fun thing to recreate what those dinner conversations might have been about during the wilson administration. but they knew each other. they were professional friends. they had a lot of respect for each other. there are some letters back and forth, kind of a mutual admiration society kind of thing. and fdr was among several democrats who tried to persuade hoover to run for president as a democrat in 1920. but hoover demurred. how did fdr, in his 1932 campaign approach to economic matters if he didn't really have a plan from the early going, his his whole strategy was that the country was in complete shambles. th

he was a csin of president theodore roosevelt. he had served in the new york senate. he was assistant navy secretary under woodrow wilson and elected new york governor in 1928. mr. martelle, did fdr and hoover know each other prior to 1932? yes, they did. they had both served, as you noted, in the wilson administration, and they lived near each other in washington, and they and their wives would get together occasionally for dinner. i imagine it'd be kind of a fun thing to recreate what those dinner conversations might have been about during the wilson administration. but they knew each other. they were professional friends. they had a lot of respect for each other. there are some letters back and forth, kind of a mutual admiration society kind of thing. and fdr was among several democrats who tried to persuade hoover to run for president as a democrat in 1920. but hoover demurred. how did fdr, in his 1932 campaign approach to economic matters if he didn't really have a plan from the early going, his his whole strategy was that the country was in complete shambles. th

richard nixon was born nearly two months after theodore roosevelt had lost in 1912 election. to woodrow wilson, and also his predecessor. his successor. there was an atmosphere of progressive republicanism in his house. all of this accounts for if i can account and lead into legislation. not yet the ones that frank mentioned. rather healthcare, health insurance. it was out of the context of his own family of the death of two brothers, of tuberculosis, and a time of no health insurance, of course workmen's comp., no employment benefits, no social security, that the family was in peril financially. his mother had to go twice, two successive times, one for each of her two sons that died of tuberculosis, to work for there, being able to be in the sanitarium by helping not just her own kids, but other patients. nixon grew up with this in potion, to do something about healthcare. he started as early as 1949. this again, in his mind, and in his interior, had a lot to do with the family, with the ability of the family at the edge to hold together. he proposed in 1949, in national hea

richard nixon, born a mere two months after theodore roosevelt had lost in the 1912 election to woodrow wilson and his and also his predecessor or his successor, taft. and so there was an atmosphere, progressive republicanism in the house. so all this accounts for if i if i can then lead legislation, not yet. the ones frank mentioned, but rather health care health insurance because it was of that context of his own family, of the death of two brothers to tuberculosis at a time of no health insurance, of course, no workman's, no unemployment benefits, no social security, that the family was imperiled financially. his mother had to go twice, two successive times each for one of her two sons who died of tuberculosis to work for their being able to be in the sanatorium by helping not just her own kids, but other patients. so nixon grew up with this impulse to to do something about health care. he started as early as 1949. and this again, i think in his mind and in his interior had a lot to do with with the family, the ability of a family at the age to hold together. and he proposed. in 1949

richard nixon was born a mere two months after theodore roosevelt had lost in the 1912 election to woodrow wilson and also his predecessor, or successor, taft. so, there was an atmosphere of progressive republicans. so, all of this accounts for -- if i could then lead into legislation, not yet the war as frank mentioned, but rather healthcare, health insurance. because it was out of that context of his own family, the death of two brothers to tuberculosis at a time of no health insurance -- of course, no workmen's comp., no unemployment benefits, no social security -- that the family was imperiled, financially. his mother had to go twice -- two successive times, each for each of her sons who died of tuberculosis -- to work for their being able to be a sanitarian, by helping not just her own kids, but other patients. so, nixon grew up with this important to do something about healthcare. he started as early as 1949, and this, again, i think, in his mind and in his interior, had a lot to do with the family, with the ability of the family at the edge to hold together. he proposed, in 1949, a

this is amazing because on october 14th, 1912, former president theodore roosevelt. he shot while delivering a campaign speech in milwaukee, wisconsin, the bullet launched into the rough riders chest and he still managed to live or a 50 minute speech before he sought medical attention. can't believe that he listen. >> 11 white. >> yeah. so right. there was back in 1947. chuck yeager. and the test pilot extraordinary was breaking news by breaking the sound barrier and the air force captain became the first person to move faster than the speed of sound. less amazing. and then 45 years ago in 1979, tens of thousands of men, lesbians, bisexuals transgender people and allies marched on the national mall in washington, d.c., demanding civil rights for the lgbtq community. very nice. it was the first such march on washington. >> i-45 now and work badge releasing clearing getting a little bit more sunny moment by moment. >> you are definitely seeing some bright spots above san francisco, but still very fogged in downtown. >> stormtracker 4 doesn't show any rainfall out there

the writings of george washington, the works of theodore roosevelt, beautiful positive eleanor rooseveltover here, you will like this. this is a replica of the biden family bible he has taken the oath of office on every time he has been elected to office including the presidency. host: how did you re-create that? it even has the wear marks. stuart: this is the exact same edition. we went out and obtained an exact copy of what he has. host: we walked past a couple of doors. stuart: if we were in the real white house this tour would go into the president's study at the dining room. you have seen a picture of the president having lunch with the vice president. some presidents work in their most of the day and because the oval for ceremonies. others will spend the workday in here and to use that to take a phone call just to have a change of scenery. the door in the wall behind us goes out to the roosevelt room and the cabinet room. the door that we walked through coming into this building in the real oval, you would be in the outer oval office the president's assistants sit, and there is a d