so the class today is woodrow wilson. in the origins of government propaganda and the book we're reading. what's a book published? right. and we're reading this book in connection with propaganda, because propaganda is what walter lippmann was reacting to. this is a photo of walter lippmann who looks like a quite buttoned down guy, which he was became one of our great public intellectuals. but we'll get to him in a minute. when he wrote public opinion in 1922, he said, persuade john has become self-conscious a self art and a regular organ of popular government. what happened at the end of world war two? world war one is that propaganda became established in all developed countries and clearly in the united states that we're going to get. we're going to talk about that on. he he was an ardent propagandist at the beginning of the war. and then became disillusioned at the end. so first, let's do a little of the bio. so emily, jacob, do you got. so, walter. from 1889 german-jewish family in new york that we lived until 1974 a

woodrow wilson was absolute nonsense. i think what's interesting hearing pat and reading book about lady bird is these things seem to ebb and flow because between them was. eleanor roosevelt. right. i mean, we had edith wilson pretend, you know, don't, don't look behind the curtain. i'm not doing anything important. i'm certainly not acting as the executive while he has a stroke. and then you've got, you know, pat not taking credit for anything and getting accused of being plastic pat lady had her own causes but was constantly giving lyndon credit for things that she should have taken the credit for and in between there was eleanor who very publicly political views and agendas that differed from her husband and in fact had use her as a trial balloon you know, to see if he could get little bit more extreme with things. so it's just how it it just underscores what a banana's job first lady is and how each woman has to define it for herself and figure out, you know, how to fill that and reflect american womanhood, which is a

the safety zone that we have established and that safety zone is for all waters north of the woodrow wilson bridge on the potomac river. so the area that you see here in the graphic in red, that's the coast guard established safety zone that only our vessels that's been prevented for this operation are going to be allowed to get into the coast guard. have right now on the border for what we call us mobile assets. that's monitoring that area. and then we have two coast guard cutters. that's also an area to ensure only those authorized vessels are in the area. and if there is any other vessels that have to get through this area or need to transit, you need to call on coast guard channel 16 or either call the coast guard command center so that you can request permission to see if there's any possibility of you coming in those areas. but right now, that waterway is closed only for those involved with this operation. and coast guard's primary missions. right now for this incident remain to ensure the safety of the public and first responders. and we will do that by ensuring no one is in this sec

the safety zone that we have established, and that safety zone is for all waters north of the woodrow wilson bridge on the potomac river. so the area that you see here in the graphic in red, that's the coast guard established safety zone that only vessels that's been pre-vetted for this operation are going to be allowed to get into the coast guard, have right now on the border for what we call our small boat assets. that's monitoring that area. and then we have two coast guard cutters that's also in the area to ensure only those authorized vessels are in the area. and if there's any other vessels that have to get through this area or need to transit, you need to call on coast guard channel 16 or either call the coast guard command center so that you can request permission to see if there's any possibility of you coming into those areas. but right now, that waterway is closed only for those involved with this operation and coast guard's primary missions right now for this incident remain to ensure the safety of the public and first responders. and we will do that by ensuring no one is in this

. >> appointed by the elected president, woodrow wilson. >> elon musk is a private citizen. standing to do what he is doing. >> he is. >> doing things that are patently illegal, gutting usaid, getting access to federal data over taking control of the treasury's payroll department. all of these things are things that he cannot do. those are illegal things. and we have a situation where a private citizen now is effectively the most powerful person in the country. he is more powerful. >> than the president. >> united states, and unlike a president who works in consultation with the congress and the constitution, elon musk. >> is working. >> in. >> consultation with nobody. >> yeah, we. >> saw the democrats vocally responding. your view to where that fits in? i mean, jon stewart had a riff this week about how basically the democrats should do whatever they can to not have chuck schumer respond to anything that they need new energy and new blood. but what you saw there in that rally about musk and about these sort of overreaches seem to be slightly more energetic than some of wha

conducting the salvage operations by enforcing the safety zone that we have on all waters north of the woodrow wilson bridge on the potomac river. uh, essentially, to ensure we keep all recreational boaters and non-essential vessels so that they can, can, can conduct all salvage operations. >> so you oversaw the u.s. coast guard's response the night of the collision. what's been the biggest challenge so far for you and your team? >> well, the challenge is to make sure we keep teams out there 24 over seven, primarily right now to, like i said, maintain the safety of and monitor the security, the safety zone. but we're doing that by bringing in multiple crews from across the coast guard to rotate crews out to keep them fresh and and make sure we maintain presence on the waterway the entire time. >> so the coast guard flies helicopters in this airspace yourselves. how concerning is this data discrepancy between the air traffic control and the jets? reporter. >> well, the coast guard, uh, hilo operation is a different part from what i am responsible for. my area is more so the water assets from the local

. >> with woodrow wilson. >> after his stroke. >> we had it with chester arthur. >> you know. >> who after after he left. >> and so it's. >> been a long time since we've had a post-presidency. >> where somebody. >> left office. >> really, you know, kind. of at an advanced age and certainly never in their early 80s. this is an unprecedented moment. >> in the post-presidency. >> so there. >> are seven presidents you examine here. most of them we hadn't mentioned herbert hoover yet, but most of them have very active post-presidential lives still in some ways in public service, the exception being george w bush, who is still with us, of course, who seems very content to have nothing at all to do with with politics, except to show up to the occasional inauguration and make comments afterwards about how strange donald trump's speech was. >> yes, absolutely. so, so, so. >> i'm glad you mentioned herbert hoover, because one of the things i. >> tried to do. >> in this book is make herbert hoover great again. you know, for a man who's got a long. >> way to go, that's a. >> new hat for a. man w

i'd be dead as woodrow wilson. i wouldn't live that long. that's just a billion. our debt's $36 trillion. you know how long it would take me to count to a trillion? 31,000 years, if i counted one numeral per second. about as old as chuck grassley, 31,000 years. it would take me one million years to count to 36 trillion. those are the kind of numbers we're talking about, and the american people understand it. since 2019, america's population has grown 2%. we're not having babies. 2%, and that's after massive immigration. you know how much our budget has grown? 55%, 55%. yeah, we've had inflation, but we haven't had 55% worth of inflation. that's how we got to this $36 trillion in debt. put up the next chart for me. now, some of this money we had to spend during the pandemic, and it was a bipartisan effort during the pandemic, republicans voted for it, and democrats voted for it, because we had no choice. i was there. i saw it from the inside. we came this close to losing the american economy. and you know who helped a lot, doesn't get enough credit? jay powell and

so the class today is woodrow wilson. in the origins