wendell willkie.rian: i would like to have you talk about him as a person because he saw his wife, as you say, was called billy at the time and his son philip. i do notlady friend, mean to call her mistress or whatever. tell us that story. and more about his person. you talked about his drinking and smoking. mr. lewis: wendell, when he reached new york to run commonwealth & southern, soon very attractive, a woman who had been carl van dorn's wife. they divorced in 1939. thats a cocktail party , thehy thompson through most famous couple in america at the time. there, he met her. at that point, it is not politics. it is being able to because the thecy and, well bred -- cosmopolitan, well bred, talk about culture. soon, he was reviewing books in the herald review as van dorn was the editor of the famous book of age. those reviews were luminous. so informed. i assume she had everything to do with the passion of the reviews -- panache of the reviews. she was not someone who was just interested and culture,

probable wendell wilkie conceived new world order. the last dog's crucible and the making of europe 1215. with this book, he gives us the presence and his passage from 1939 to 1944 he ran as the republican candidate against roosevelt in 1940. this is the same time that they evacuate and they are heavily enforced. had it not been for wendell wilkie, the republican party would have prevented america from coming to the aid of britain with the probable results that western civilization would have been lost to nazi germany and he managed to outwit the isolationist leadership of the republican party including at that time herbert cooper, robert taft, arthur vandenberg at the very strong america first contention that included robert hutchins, mccormick. to keep america out of the four. 193019 and 44 which i hope we spend most of this conversation in that time zone before we get there, tell us where was he born, what is his youth, what kind of a person is he and what does he look like to bring him into view? >> she has an interesting politica

all wendell does is burrow under the ground every day and night but the wise old owl, oliver, says wendell, get a life here. because you break up the ground every day, you're the one who allows the rain to come down, the plants to grow and everyone else to thrive. >> i love that. that's a message for children and adults alike. you are a professor emeritus of political science. you've written a dozen university level books. what brought to you write a children's book? >> children pick up ideas, values early in life. my business in politics by the fourth grade, one has a political party, for example. we don't think about that. if they learn early on their value and everybody n my opinion, has a value, no matter what, no matter who, that helps them deal with challenges later in life. the idea is to use wendell, our little worm friend, as a foil in a sense to help kids understand that gosh, if a worm is important, i'm important and special just like he is. >> you can buy the book on amazon. if people happen to be in los gatos, you're doing a reading today at the wooden -- >> horse. >> -- horse

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>> back to you nancy. >> thanks, wendell and nischelle. remember the suspected uk thief mistaken for david schwimmer? why police are thanking the real david schwimmer. next on kron-4 news at eight: police ramp up the search for victims buried in rubble left by the fire that incinerated paradise... an east bay man among those looking for loved ones. what the north bay fire victims did when they heard about the catastrophe in paradise.. plus. when the bay area could see some relief from the smoke smothering the air. i'm ken wayne i'm pam moore. the news -- at eight -- is next. now at eight ... denny's super slam is just $6.99. ♪ $6.99 are you out of your mind? ♪ eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, sausage and buttermilk or pumpkin pancakes. ♪ pumpkin pancakes are you out of your mind? ♪ still very much out of our minds. denny's $6.99 super slam. upgrade to new pumpkin pancakes. >>> travel consideration provided by -- >>> tomorrow on "entertainment tonight." >> the men of robin hood. >> yes. >> keeping it real on the romance front. >> i just buy you a h

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wendell phillips lost his home and animal rescue ar decker canyon in the woolsey fire.he is now suing southern california edison.his lawyers say the company is responsible for the devastation across so many communities.patrick mcnicholas/attorney"we want people to understand that they can and should be made whole even after this horrible event."patrick mcnicholas is one of the attorneys representing victims of the woolsey fire in a lawsuit against socal edison.they held a town hall meeting tonight to talk about victims rights, insurance coverage and steps toward rebuilding.mcnicholas tells us his firm specializes in wildfire litigations against utility companies.he says they've hired experts to help them prove socal edison caused the fire.patrick mcnicholas/attorney"they know what the indicators are from southern california edison's own equipment, we have 911 calls, we have eyewitness testimony. it becomes pretty clear."michael weisberg/fire victim"we're living in the hotel right now with five bags of clothing to our name, that's everything."michael weisberg is thinking about taking l

wendell phillips/fire victim "if the power company did that, they owe a lot of people a lot of money. can't bring the dead people back, but they owe a lot of people a lot of money." (jrs) victims of the camp fire are filing similar lawsuits against p-g and e. claiming the devestation in butte county could have been prevented. even though the cause of both fires is still under investigation. (jrs) the diocese of sacramento in california is offering free tuition to its more than three dozen private catholic schools--for students displaced by the camp fire. this includes the notre dame catholic school in chico. all education costs associated with the private school will be at no expense through the remainder of the school year. this includes tuition-- which usually costs between five and six-thousand dollars. displaced students will also receive uniforms... school materials... hot lunches and all other expenses. lincoln snyder / catholic schools superintendent:"we have open seats in some of our schools here across the dices, and we know that over thirty thousand people have been displace

. ♪ >> this week on q&a, david levering lewis discusses his book "the improbable wendell willkie: theho saved the republican party and his country, and conceived a new order." >> david levering lewis author of the improbable wendell willkie, the businessman who saved the republican party and his country and conceived a new world order i am going to go to your acknowledgmen

." >> reporter: inside a humble f, tucn wendell, idaho, on a shelf, tucked behind this picture, johner keeps the letter that he says got him through the vietnam war. >> it's written by a girl in the sixth grade. >> reporter: you didn't know this girl? n' nope. >> reporter: john was a 23-year- old army helicopter gunner. >> when you got up in the morning, you always wondered whether you would see the sun go down at night. >> reporter: because he had such a deadly job in such a thankless war, that little girl's note mattered. it arrived on christmas day, 1970. and it simply read, in part, "dear serviceman, i want to give my sincere thanks for going over to war to fight for us. the class hopes you will be able to come home." signed, donna caye. obviously, it could have gone to any soldier, but john took it very personally. it's not just the letter, right? >> damn sure isn't. >> reporter: does it mean as much to you today as it did when you got it? >> yeah. in fact, i think it means more nkday than it did when i got it. >> reporter: because she said, "thank you." >> yeah. >> reporter: no

the opinion is notorious in the generation since for a remark from justice oliver wendell holmes jr. he reflected on the fact that she was purported to be the daughter of a "feebleminded woman and the mother of another." this turns out not to be factually true. in an offhand remark in the opinion, holmes opined that "three generations are enough." state-level sterilization laws were new, with roots we have overlooked in the history of world war i. in particular, in the wartime regulation of prostitution around military camps. that was a federal power located in section 13 of the selective service act and upheld by the u.s. supreme court in a long forgotten 1919 case called mckinley versus united states, which cited none other than arver versus united states. during the war, women who were suspected of prostitution, who were young, working-class, immigrants, many guilty of little more than being out at night enjoying public amusements in the company of men ,o whom they were unmarried could find themselves detained and were forced to submit to medical examination without legal authorit

. >> reporter: inside a humble home in wendell, idaho on a shelf tucked behind this picture, john metzler the letter that he says got him through the vietnam war. >> it's written by a girl in the sixth grade. >> you didn't know this girl? >> nope. >> reporter: john was a 23-year-old army helicopter gunner. >> when you got up in the morning you always wondered whether you would see the sun go down at night. >> reporter: and because he had such a deadly job in such a thankless war, that little girl's note mattered. it arrived on christmas day 1970. and it simply read in part, "dear serviceman, i want to give my sincere thanks for going over to war to fight for us. the class hopes you will be able to come home." signed donna kay. obviously, it could have gone to any soldier. but john took it very personally. >> it's not just the letter, right? >> damn sure isn't. >> does it mean as much to you today as it did when you got it? >> yeah. in fact, i think it means more today than it did when i got it. >> because she said thank you. >> yeah. >> reporter: not long ago john even asked some family m

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the justice who wrote the opinion was oliver wendell holmes. famous, wounded three times in the civil war. he is now justice oliver wendell holmes. and let me -- here's what he said. he said, quote, it is better for all the world if society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind three generations of imbeciles are enough. the imbeciles and the manifestly unfit he referred to was carrie buck, her infant daughter vivian, and carrie bucks, single mother. human factors. here's the story behind it. carrie buck was born to a single mother in poverty charlotteville, virginia. she had sparse education, if any. at some time around the age of 15 her mother farmed her out to a family to be a domestic. so carrie buck becomes a domestic for a family in charlott charlottesville. almost like a slave. a nephew of this family rapes carrie buck. on more than one occasion. she becomes pregnant and has a child at age 16. the family is sort of embarrassed by this. they're also fearing some kind of maybe legal ramifications. so they hav

winning author on his biography of presidential candidate wendell wilkie. ,> here was an internationalist a great civil libertarian, a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched, say, an obama, perhaps. liberal a man who was a and at the same time accessible to the role of government in the economy. but only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing, and his honesty. there is a part in the book where we have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wants somebody new. typical fdr. lkie says no. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> leo is deputy editor of military times in his work is available at militarytimes.com. let me put a number on the table. 172. >> 172 veterans running for congress, about on par with what we saw two years ago, but the difference is a lot of these races are winnable for veterans. in the past we have seen younger veterans running in races where maybe they are tilting at windmills, districts that are heavily democrat and running as a repu

wendell webb, national commandant, marine corps league.l, executive director military chaplains association. david zirflu, national president, paralyzed veterans of america. george malone, senior vice commander, legion of valor of the usa. john h hollywood, commander in chief, military order of the world wars. philip holinski, national president of the retired enlisted association. dennis nixon, national commander, disabled american veterans. dana atkins, president, military officers association. heather brigg, for chair of united states public health service. michael r carton, president air force sergeants association. robert swan, national commander, polish legion of american veterans of the usa dr. paul cunningham, national president, korean war veterans association. the associated members of the veterans day national committee are located in the boxes to my left. i would like to ask the presidents and the national commanders that comprise our membership to stand and be recognized. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing our

wendell webb, national, done. executive director military chaplains association.lyzed veterans of america. george malone, senior vice commander, legion of valor of the usa john h hollywood, commander in chief, military order of the world wars. phillipos risky, national president and retired enlisted association. dennis nixon, national commander, disabled american veterans. atkins, president, military officers association. chair of united states public health service. for --, president air air force sergeants association. roberts one, national commander, polish legion of american veterans of the usa paul cunningham, national president, war veterans association. the associated members of the veterans day national committee are located to the boxes to the left. i would like to ask the national commanders who comprise our membership to stand and be recognized. please join me in recognizing our veterans national leadership with your applause. [applause] it is now my pleasure to , executiveiss karen director army national military cemeteries and arlington national emiss

consensus with something marvelous, that churchill taught us, and accomplish, one time, in 1940, wendell wilkie, who had lost the election to roosevelt was given a letter of introduction. roosevelt wrote it out in his own hand. and, roosevelt quoted from longfellow's, ship of state, this is a very long poem about building the ship, talked about hammers and saws, all of that. sale on oh ship of state, ceylon. ceylon, -- sale on all united states, humanity with all its hope of future years hangs breathless. churchill read this letter from roosevelt, to the house of commons. now, the house of commons hearing, a letter from the american president, with an american poem, not william shakespeare or board taliban, american poet, longfellow. churchill then follows it up, by saying, what answer shall we give? and the answer give, we shall not falter, we shall not fail. we shall not tire. give us the tools and we shall do the job. the tools, being the hammer and saw that longfellow talked about but also obviously the tools that they needed. this was his marvelous capacity to build consensus. and o

aimed at protecting nearly two million square kilometers of ocean from fishing and mining in the wendell see the area is home to a vast assortment of marine life this is even said to include undiscovered species the twenty five national members of the commission for the conservation of antarctica the rain leaving the sources we're told this for two weeks but couldn't find agreement. on the host of aa is a marine biologist on the oceans campaign director greenpeace welcome to v.w. let's start with your reaction to this failure to get agreement on this century the weddell sea. it's disappointing of course and it's a real missed opportunity and two point seven million people from around the world pushing pushing for action on this this year and it looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer it's i mean it's a truly amazing place i had the opportunity to visit the antarctic peninsula and explore these waters underwater earlier this year and it's just teeming with life and so ok so it's a wonderful place it's a beautiful place but why is it important to why do you believe it's important to get

>> oliver wendell holmes. >> that is correct. [applause] >> that concludes the first category. we will now move on to before they were justices. >> this category is before they were justices. the first question is about white, who took a leave of absence during law school to play professional basket -- football. what team did he play for? lions.oit >> correct. very good. [applause] >> he earned $15,000 per season. pretty impressive. ok. next up, which future justice fought to have the first ritual that mitzvah in her synagogue -- batmitzvah in her synagogue? >> kagan. >> and at the ceremony, she read from the book of ruth. another point for team madison. >> you go. team jefferson. which future great chief justice married the daughter of thomas jefferson's lost love, much to the dismay of jefferson? again? versus burwell [laughter] >> who will go with marshall. >> that's correct. chief justice john marshall, very good. when john marshall popped the question to polly, hi s love, se was so shocked that she ran off without answering him and finally sent back a lock of hair . it is

one time, in 1940, in february 1940, wendell wilkie, who lost the election to roosevelt, was given a letter of introduction to churchill that roosevelt wrote out in his own hand. roosevelt quoted from longfellow's ship of state and this was, but the few lies that he quoted, was set alone -- sale loan -- sail own united great inhumanity with all of his fears and future years hangs breathless on my feet. churchill read this letter from roosevelt to the house of commons. the house of commons is hearing the letter from an american president with an american point. an american point -- point -- poet. the answer that churchill gave is that we shall not offer or fail and we shall not tire. give us the tools and we shall do the job and the tools being that hammer in the sol that longfellow talk about, at the tools, and this was his marvelous capacity to build a consensus. of course he had the magnificent sense of balance and decency and the british people to help them. one time when i was in london in the 1950s, the english pacifist movement was at its height and they had brilliant leaders,

a two-time pulitzer prize-winning author, david lewis on his biography of presidential candidate, wendell wilkie. >> here was an internationalist, a great civil libertarian a man of civil rights convictions or would have matched a know, perhaps. say, obama, matched perhaps. a man who was liberal and at the to the rolecessible ,f government in the economy but only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing and his honesty in reality there was a part of the book really have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wanted somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> days to go until the midterm elections, former president obama was on the campaign trail in indiana today. >> whose ears, please welcome ! hoosiers please welcome your senator, joe donnelly! [applause] [cheers and applause] >> ready! hello gary indiana! [cheers and applause] >> are you ready to win on tuesday? [cheers and applause] mayor, theelcome our mayor of gary, indiana, karen our congressm

>> oliver wendell holmes. elizabeth: that is correct. [applause] that concludes the first category. we will now move on to before they were justices. sheldon: this category is before they were justices. the first question is about byron winter white, who took a leave of absence during law school to play professional football. what team did he play for? >> detroit lions. sheldon: correct. very good. [applause] elizabeth: he earned $15,000 per season. pretty impressive. ok. next up, which future justice fought to have the first ritual batmitzvah in her synagogue? arguing it was "no less important than the ritual of bar mitzvah for boys"? >> kagan. elizabeth: that is correct. and at the ceremony, she read from the book of ruth. another point for team madison. sheldon: here we go. team jefferson. jefferson, this is for you. which future great chief justice married the daughter of thomas jefferson's lost love, much to the dismay of jefferson? >> king versus burwell again? [laughter] >> we will go with marshall. sheldon: that's correct. chief justice john marshall, very good. when john ma

one time, in 1940, february, 1940, wendell wilkie who had lost the election, to roosevelt, was given a letter of introduction, to churchill, that roosevelt wrote out, in his own hand. and, roosevelt quoted from longfellow's estate, this is a very long poem about building a ship talking about hammers, and, all of that. but, the few lines that he quoted, were, sail on oh ship of state, ceylon. ceylon, o united great, he united -- humanity series with all of the hopes of future years, hangs breathless on thy state. >> churchill read this letter from roosevelt to the house of commons, now, look. the house of commons hearing, a letter from the american president, with an american poem, not andrew marvell, or william shakespeare, or lord tennyson, an american poet, longfellow. churchill then follows it up, by saying, what answer should we give? and the answer is we should not falter and we shall not fail. we shall not tire, give us the tools and we shall do the job the tools being the hammer that longfellow talks about but also the tools, this was his marvelous capacity to build consensus.

amenities but it isn't injured in two thousand and three a videotape surfaced of warren resident wendell campbell being beaten by three white police officers these police officers were at least two hundred pounds each kemble was choked slammed against the pavement kicked punched and even gored multiple times with a metal object all in front of his family children and neighbors at the time officers claim a campbell who had been pulled over for failing to use this turn signal had stopped crack cocaine and with mouth and they were only trying to save him but the video showed that this incident was about a lot more than a minor drug violation it painted a picture that many of us. always seen in pinpoint focus while others have struggled to see it clearly the law is above the law the city of warner is just one example of how small towns across america have been allowed to fly their brutality under the radar in the book blue mafia writer tim tolka investigates the town of warren as well as stupid fellow heigho and a civil rights attorney you took on small town corruption joining us now to disc

one time in 1940, i think it was february, 1940, wendell willke, who lost the election to roosevelt was given a letter of introduction to churchill that roosevelt wrote out in his own hand. and roosevelt quoted from longfellow's ship of state. this is a very long poem about building a ship. talked about hammers and saws and the whole thing but the few lines that roosevelt quoted were "sail on, oh ship of state, sail on. sail on, oh, united great humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years hangs breathless on thy fate." churchill read this letter from roosevelt to churchill to the house of commons. now look, the house of commons hearing, a letter from an american president with an american poet, not andrew marvel or william shakespeare or lord tenn tennyson and he asked what answer should we give in? and the answer is we shall not faulter, we shall not fail, give us the tools and we shall do the job. the tools being the hands and saws that longfellow talked about but also the tools that needed to win the war. this was his marvelous capacity to build consensus and he h

wendell's mother explained he is unable to speak.h his joy, he preaches to all of us. >>> the pentagon today identified three service members killed yesterday by a road side bomb in afghanistan. we told you about this last night. army green beret angela ross, sergeant first class imam. dylan was also killed. 13 american service members have been killed this year in afghanistan. >>> up next here, a community honors a hero it never knew. >>> finally here tonight, a vietnam veteran died alone in omaha this month. it appeared he would be buried alone, until this. >>> they turned out in droves, braving the bitter cold, to honor a man they never melt. >> stan would be in awe to see the outpouring of love and support. >> hundreds of strangers in military fatigue and civilian attire remembering a service in patriotism of 73-year-old army private stanley clyde stoltz. the rallying cry for stoltz began a week ago when the funeral home concerned that no one would show, posted this notice in the omaha world herald. the public is invited to the c

time closer prize-winning author on his biography of wendell wilkie. >> here was an internationalists, he was a great civil libertarian, here was a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched -- uh, say, an obama, perhaps. here was a man who was a liberal and, at the same time, accessible to the role of government and the economy, but, at, ,uh,, only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing, and his honesty. there is a part in the book where we have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace. he wants somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on q&a on c-span. travelingspan bus is across the country on our 50 capitals tour. during our. in a gusto, maine, we asked folks which parties who control congress and white -- in au gusta, maine, we asked folks who should control the parties in congress and why. >> i would like to see those move forward. i think it is port we keep -- important keep a republican majority. it is important for both parties work

. >>> and at the audience at the vatican, pope francis was the one watching. 6-year-old wendell.e scaled the steps to the stage and investigated the swiss guard and ran around like it was his play room when his mom tried to corral him. francis told her to let him be. he has speech and mobility issues. >> i love the look on the pontiff's face. captivated by him. >> beautiful. >>> could be one of the biggest tests yesterday of the president's diplomacy with talks on the horizon with the leaders of russia and china. next. ..about 80% ofpart b medicare costs. a medicare supplement insurance plan may help cover some of the rest. learn how an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company might be the right choice for you. a free decision guide is a great place to start. call today to request yours. so what makes an aarp medicare supplement plan unique? these are the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp because they meet aarp's high standards of quality and service. you're also getting the great features that any medicare supplement pl

oliver wendell holmes when heou was 6-years-old some of the greatest justices went on in an advanced age there's nothing in the constitution about the young age limitation. there's a limitation on congress you have to be 25 or 30. but you can be 13 and be a justice of the supreme court. >> good morning. this is for the professor. since the governor of michigan signed the legislation which says that it will not do business with entities that engage the people who boycotted a strategic partners what is the university's responsibility with regards to the students and professors in thes recent light. you have to write for advocating that is the first amendment right to think historically legislation passed always further than actual boycotts. there's all kinds of legislati legislation. from joining in the boycott of israel and so i think the michigan legislation as long as it doesn't ban advocacy it is perfectly constitutional, and i think that michigan to current position disciplining the professor. not for what he thought or believedee or said before discriminating against a student ba

there is a part in th park in tk where we have roosevelt asking wendell wilkie to consider being viceresident that he is going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. they made predictions about the turnout in tuesday's election. this is one hour we want to welcome everybody at the brookings institution this afternoon as w

within a year, there was another oliver wendell holmes changes his opinion.ays in a similar think the marketplace of ideas is what should win out. out in the should go marketplace and either be accepted or rejected. that will determine its viability. case, that the sent, is what will become what we consider our baseline standard for free speech. dissent to majority opinion. illustration of how the war laid these seeds that initially seemed not as important or as relevant but over time became the central driving factor in civil liberties and civil rights. the last thing i will mention is immigrants. the committee on public information not only funded the fourth minute men but produced volumes of "how the war came to america." it is the most popular of the texts that they printed. they came in a variety of languages. that demonstrates the ethnic diversity of the american public. were most concerned about the foreign-born and foreign speaking in america not being on board. that is what they print these not only in english but also in spanish, german , portuguese

two-time pulitzer prize-winning author david levering lewis on his biography of presidential candidate wendelle. >> here was an internationalist, here was a great civil libertarian, here was a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched, say, an obama perhaps. here was a man who was a liberal and at the same time accessible to the role of government in economy but at, only a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing, and his honesty. there is a part in the book where we have roosevelt asking willkie to consider being his vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. typical fdr. and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> we continue our conversation with a look at florida with susan mac man us in who is a political -- macmanus joining us this morning from tampa. good morning to you. >> guest: good morning. >> host: well, let's begin with how the florida voters break down by party. explain the breakdown and what impact that could have. >> guest: well, to put it mildly, we're pretty much

. >> david levering lewis on his biography of wendell wilkie. >> he was an internationalist. he was a great civil libertarian. he was a man of civil rights convictions that would've matched on obama, perhaps. liberal man who was a and at the same time accepts -- accessible to the role of government in the economy. but only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing. there's a part in the book where we had roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president. he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. typical fbi. -- fdr. but he says no. >> q&a on c-span. >> ♪ forhe washington journal november 3, polling leading up to next week's election suggest that young to -- young voters might turnout in significant numbers. what's the driving force for our program today? the youth vote and youth engagement in the midterm elections. elections and we want to hear from you, especially if you are in the younger ages about the election, who you may vote for come issues you are passionate about, and what you think will happen. who want to of

a two-time pulitzer prize-winning author, david lewis on his biography of presidential candidate, wendell wilkie. >> here was an internationalist, a great civil libertarian a man of civil rights convictions or would have matched a know, perhaps. say, obama, matched perhaps. a man who was liberal and at the to the rolecessible ,f government in the economy but only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing and his honesty in reality there was a part of the book really have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wanted somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span.

wendell wilkie got the nomination. it was the last dark horse candidate -- by which i mean a candidate who took multiple ballots and was a compromise at the end. and, of course, willkie got thrashed by roosevelt. willkie and my grandmother became or very close. actually, she campaigned for him also. and, yes, so in '40 -- so in 1942 governor of new york, and then in '44 and '48 dewey campaigns for president. and, again, when he runs for president, he runs in 1944 on the strongest civil rights plank that any major party candidate would run on in the nation's history up to that time. and eunice is involved with a group of black republicans drafting that party plank and persuading delegates to support -- this is back when political parties' platforms were really important and given a lot of scrutiny. and if you see the book,en on the cover of the book there's a picture of eunice standing there pointing in a meeting down, and there's a man next to her with his hand up in the air like that. that was at a meeting of black re

and there is a deeper problem which is it's not like whitaker is, you know, oliver wendell holmes or louis brandeis, or some brilliant person known for his independence and picked for that reason. this guy is from the bowels of the justice department. he is trump's lackey. i think that's what makes this really stink to high heaven. so there are constitutional problems, there's statutory problems, there's ethics problems, and you have to ask why would donald trump and his justice department risk all of that, and there can only be one answer and it's because they're afraid of mueller. >> please tell the story about how last week you were arguing a case in federal court and sessions' name was part of the title of the case as attorney general. by the time you got out of court, he was no longer the ag, and more importantly, make the tie between the fact that whitt -- whitaker's name now is, and because he wasn't senate confirmed, this could affect some federal cases? >> i don't think you need to be that creative. i think it's going to affect every federal case. last week i was arguing the

. >> two-time pulitzer prize winning author on his biography of presidential candidate wendell wilkey. >> he was an internationalist, a great civil libertarian. a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched say an obama perhaps. here was a man who was a a liberal and at the same time, access b bable to a role of government in the economy. but at only to a great degree. i thought all things about him were appealing and his honesty. there was a part in the book where we have roosevelt when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody n new. >> sunday night at 8:00 on cspan. >>> the french ambassador to the u.s. spoke about u.s. france relations at the hudson institute here in washington, d.c. recently. this is about 50 minutes. >> we are so pleased and honored to have you with us today as you were reminding me earlier, america's e first treaty with alliance was signed with france in

announcer: two time prize winning author on his biography of presidential candidate wendell wilkie. , was an internationalist a great civil libertarian, a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched, say, an obama, perhaps. liberal a man who was a and at the same time accessible to the role of government in the economy. but only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing, and his honesty. there is a part in the book where we have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wants somebody new. typical fdr. lkie says no.

importance of the place, your roots, where you came from -- >> walking in your grandmother's -- >> well, wendell barry talks about place, and gary schneider, who's a poet in california, and pete per coyote -- peter coyote, he's an actor but also someone i made chairman of the california arts council when i was governor the first time. he had a group, a troupe, he was part of the diggers that were in golden gate park, a radial troupe in the -- radical troupe in the '70s, i think the late '60s. he had a group called the reinhabitation theater. and reinhabitation, i'd never heard that term before. it's a little clunky. but the idea is, first, you inhabit, and then someone comes and reinhabits. so you to have -- you have to he the past for that. and if you have no past, in fact, totalitarian countries often want to eradicate the past. they want to invent their own past. we saw that in many countries where people want to eliminate inconvenient truths. so i think it's key to any kind of wisdom or stability to know the past even as you, you know, deal with all the latest gadgets -- >> governor, what di

. >> two-time pulitzer prize-winning author david lev ring lewis on his biography of wendell wilkie.re was an internationalist, here was a great civil libertarian, here was a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched, say, an obama perhaps. here was a man who was a liberal and at the same time accessible to the role of government in the economy but at only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing, and his honesty. there is a part in the book where we have roosevelt asking willkie to consider being his vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallace, and he wants somebody new -- typical fdr -- and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> again, this week we've been taking a look at battleground states across the u.s. as we lead up to the midterm elections. pennsylvania is ours focus tody the, taking aan look at the stae at large and then some of the specific races involved. joiningg us for that conversation, jonathan tamari of the philadelphia inquirer. he serves as the national political writer for

for wendell berry's vision of a sustainable world -- i talk about him in a previous chapter, kentucky farmer -- for his vision of a sustainable world, one imbalanced both economically and environmentally, the american heart needs a strong, well-supported, well-respected chamber outside its mentropolis. the life force that flows back into it, those places we hear our dwindling and where farms are going over and economic despair has sit in, the life source that flows back into this places will likely be from other places. the meat packing towns of western kansas, for instance, have become some of the most ethnic include diverse places in the country, as immigrants stream in from mexico, the middle east and central america to take factory jobs amid industrial agriculture boom. statewide, according to the 2010 census, many rural counties had declined and more than eight out of ten kansans were white, but the hispanic population has grown by 60% in the last ten years. that's a demographic shift not without tensions but one that had been embraced by some small town whites you knew their hom

the biography of presidential candidate wendell wilkie. >> here was an internationalist. here was a man of civil rights convictions that would have matched obama, perhaps. liberal a man who was a .nd at the same time accessible i thought all of the things about him were appealing in his honesty. there is a part of the book where we have wilkie considering to be his vice president. they want somebody new. >> q&a on c-span.