um, willkie did not like hopkins. and roosevelt said, you know, you may be in this office someday, and you'll understand. but he asks for nothing except to serve me. >> trusted adviser, friend and confidant to fdr, harry hopkins lived in the roosevelt white house for thr a

after he won the election, wendell willkie, we become was in his office, and they remained friends. and willkie said to the president, why do you keep that man so close to your? batman being hopkins. wilke did not like hopkins and roosevelt said community, you may be in this office someday and you will understand, but he asks nothing except to serve me. and by that time hopkins had set aside his personal and political agenda. and secondly roosevelt drew him close it has he -- hopkins had superb judgment and razor-sharp political instinct. hopkins had a linear way of thinking, and roosevelt was a visionary. has odds were vague and disconnected. hopkins could translate roosevelt of visions into concrete action. roosevelt knew that. and then he had a contempt for bureaucracy, cut through red tape. and then he had these enormously helpful political connections. because he was handing out jobs during the depression, harry knew the big city bosses. he knew the mayors. he knew the governors. and then another major reason why they were so close. this is the key to their relationship i think

wendell willkie said the president why do you keep that man so close to you?that man being hopkins. wendell willkie did not like hopkins and roosevelt said you may be in this office some day and you will understand but he asks for nothing except to serve me. >> trusted adviser, friend and confidant to fdr, harry hopkins lived in the roosevelt white house for a 3-1/2 years. david roll on the hopkins touch sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. the election assistance commission recently heard from two new york city officials and power outages and displaced citizens in the wake of hurricane sandy which happened the week before the 2012 election. part of a panel looking at issues that arose in november. another official from pennsylvania described how difficult it was to train poll workers and considering a new voter id law in that state. this is about 90 minutes. ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i would like to welcome you back to our round table discussion informing change and review of the events and issues surrounding the 2012 elec

horizon, roosevelt decided to run for a third term against the strongly anti-war candidate wendell willkie. the stakes were high. the nation would soon be a war. roosevelt weigh the options and chose a controversial secretary of agriculture, henry wallace, as his running mate. wallace had successfully overseen rebuilding after the depression. he had provided food stamps and school lunches. he instituted programs for land use planning and soil conservation. he carved out his credentials in the new year deals as an outspoken anti-fascist. he was considered the scientific community's best ally. he spoke out strongly against the building of a of racial theories in rebuke of the hitler polity -- policy. >> he first introduced me to the mysteries of plant fertilization. i spent a good many years breeding corn because the scientist deepened my appreciation of plants in a way i could never forget. superior ability is not the exclusive possession of any one provided men aret right given the right opportunity. >> democratic party leaders feared wallace's views. it looked like his nomination would go

willkie said to the president, white do you keep that man so close to you, that man being hopkins? willkie not like hopkins, and rose about said, you may be in this office some day, you will understand, but he asks for nothing except to serve for me. >> harry hopkins lived in the res about white house for 3 1/2 years. sunday at 10:00 p.m. c-span2. >> a look at what voters think about the federal deficit from research from the pew research center, specifically, what trade-offs should be made between reducing the deficit and preserving the entitlements. this is about 40 minutes. host: joining us, michael demoss -- host: joining us, michael dimocka new report looking at voters. but how young voters obverses older voters look at entitlement. guest: these clearly have different implications for the process. the other generation is skeptical that they ever will be part of the process. host: common philosophy would say, if you are younger, you are not paying attention to it much, but if you are much older, things like social security, it matters more. guest: young people are not paying a

willkie did not like hopkins. you may be in this office sunday and you will understand, that he asked for nothing except to serve me. spirit trusted advisor, friend and confident to fdr, harry hopkins lived in the roosevelt white house for three and half years. david roll on "the hopkins touch" sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> the federal government yesterday imposed new home mortgage regulations designed to assure borrowers can repay their loans. under the proposed rule, banks would, banks would have to verify if a borrower's income and employment and borrowers debt could not exceed 43% of their income. consumer financial protection bureau director richard cordray announced a new rule in baltimore, maryland. >> the consumer financial protection bureau is an independent federal agency whose mission is to help consumer finance market works by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by empowering consumers to take more control over their economic life. i a

after he won the election, wendel willkie we beat was in his office, and they remained friends.nd wilkie said to the president, why do you keep that man so close to you? that man being hopkins. wilke did not like hopkins. and roosevelt said, you know, you may be in this office someday and you will understand. but he asks for nothing except to serve me. >> trusted adviser. >> trusted advisor, friend and confidant to fdr, harry hopkins lived in the roosevelt white house for three and a half years. david roll on "the hopkins touch" sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> yesterday, the consumer financial protection bureau released new rules for mortgage lenders. these regulations include limits on fees and rules to ensure that borrowers are able to repair their lives. cfpb director richard cordray announced a new financial regulations at a public hearing in baltimore. maryland senator ben cardin and congressman elijah cummings also spoke at this two-hour event. >> whose mission is to help consumer finance market work. by making rules more effective, by consistently and f

after he local election, wendell willkie was in his office, and they remained friends, and like you said to the president, why do you keep that man so close to you, that man being hopkins. roosevelt said, you may be in this office and they, you will understand, but he asks for nothing except to serve me. >> trusted adviser and friend to fdr, harry hopkins lived in -- in the result white house for 3 1/2 years. david roll on "the hopkins touch." [drum line] host: the military marching parade in formation and the reversals taking place on capitol hill. all this in advance of the ceremonies that will get underway in eight days. a mild day here in washington d.c. temperatures in the mid '60s. not unlike what we sought in 1960 and 1980. the rehearsals are taking place here in washington d.c. we want to focus on the nomination of senator chuck -- chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. we want to welcome gary schmidt, with the american enterprise institute, and steve clemens of "the atlantic" magazine. did his nomination surprise you? guest: he has been serving as the president's co-chair

after he won the election wendell willkie who he beat was in his office comp then they remained friends. wilkie said to the president, cut why do you keep that man so close to you? batman being hopkins. wilkie did not like hopkins and roosevelroosevel t said you know, hume may be in this office some day and you'll understand. he asks for nothing except to serve me. today defense secretary leon panetta said his department is preparing for budget cuts if congress doesn't act on the sequester. automatic spending cuts that would remove $500 billion from the defense budget. secretary panetta was joined by joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey at this 45 minute pentagon briefing. >> earlier today, i was pleased to welcome president karzai to the pentagon, along with his delegation from afghanistan. including minister of defense mohammad. i had long, i think it was an hour-long, one-on-one meeting with president karzai at. we have the opportunity to discuss the ongoing transition to afghan security lead as well as the commitment of the united states to afghanistan, the enduring commitm

after he won the election, wendell -- wendell willkie, whom he beat, with in his office. they remain friends. and he said to the president, why do you keep that man so close to you? that man, being hopkins. will he did not like hopkins. and pres. said kamal you may be it -- the president said, you may be in this office someday he asks for nothing but to serve me. >> david role on the hopkins touch sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> if you ask how many ourself identified libertarians, people who would describe themselves as libertarian, the penny on which poll you are looking at, you may get between 10% to 15%. if you ask people a battery of questions about different ideological things. if you believe in export do you believe in -- if you believe in this or you believe in god, you may get up to 30% of people -- if you believe in this or you believe in that, you may get up to 30% of people identifying themselves as libertarian spiris. if you ask most americans if they want smaller government, they say yes. if you want them -- if you ask them if they want