let's take herbert hoover versus fdr. whether you agree with fdr or not, jimmy carter and ronald reagan for eight years. the dramatic changes, though they started off with the country really in a slew -- >> there's another reason why he was so popular. he had tax breaks and those tax breaks, an economy that grew by 9.8% while he was in office. >> his ideas worked, but he inspired the country. >> he inspires people into it? he bought their confidence? >> after 3 1/2 years of ronald reagan before the great recoverytook hold. >> this gets to beth's point, whether people perceive their government as helping them or not. all this massive government intervention, americans want to say, get our free market back. get out of our way. >> as the leader we want to bring back from the 80s. i think -- >> why don't you join now? >> no, let's talk about president reagan. he was at 42% popularity. he had unemployment of 10.8%. and he managed to come out of that. it is way too early. tax cuts have been dancing on the grave of president oba

all this talk about their books on fdr, his policy, and their legacy. afterwards, the best-selling book "infidel," coming to the united states and the life she left behind. the weekend filled with books on c-span t2. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and signed up for our scheduled alert e-mails at at c-span.org. >> now, different perspectives on reviving the economy in the weekly addresses. president obama discusses the financial regulations legislation he signed this week as one of his initiatives, and criticizes the economic plan of the house gop leader. then, the house republican conference chairman calls on congress to extend the bush administration tax cuts that expire at the end of the year. >> this week, i signed into law a wall street reform bill that will protect consumers and our entire economy from the recklessness and irresponsibility that led to the worst recession of our lifetime. it's reform that will help put a stop to the abusive

the roosevelt family estate and lived with two other women in this house at a marriage and in fact fdr referred to the house as the honeymoon cottage and the love nest. happy living with these tw years. in her separate house at the family estate. >> that doesn't necessarily mean there was a karnal relationship among thein terms are necessarily carnal? >> some of the letters are are not. of children that were born of eleanor roosevelt contradicts in itself your thinking she had 5 children? >> i think as the movie brokeback mountain showed us all, in earlier air as who were gay or lesbian had to part might be to have normal looking family and social pretenses do you think thank lin had an eye for the trim ankle before he saw some of trace of what you're talking about in eleanor to go back to that question? he was 36 by my calculation aboutrcer was 27.'r 1916,1917,1918 >> very early. >> then you point out tha in 1945 when he died and you misincorrectly said he died in warm springs, west virginia where it was warm >> that's correct. >> that's an error in th book and it's a common erro beca

the roosevelt family estate and lived with two other women in this house at a marriage and in fact fdr referred to the house as the honeymoon cottage and the love nest. happy living with these tw years. in her separate house at the family estate. >> that doesn't necessarily mean there was a karnal relationship among thein terms are necessarily carnal? >> some of the letters are are not. of children that were born of eleanor roosevelt contradicts in itself your thinking she had 5 children? >> i think as the movie brokeback mountain showed us all, in earlier air as who were gay or lesbian had to part might be to have normal looking family and social pretenses do you think thank lin had an eye for the trim ankle before he saw some of trace of what you're talking about in eleanor to go back to that question? he was 36 by my calculation and mercer was 27.'r talking about 1916,1917,1918 >> very early. >> then you point out tha in 1945 when he died and you misincorrectly said he died in warm springs, west virginia where it was warm >> that's correct. >> that'sn error in th book and it's a com

here's a guy himself, that's actually a light bounce off of fdr roosevelt. this was his chakra. this was march 4th, 1933. he made the statement and he made it, i didn't understand a long time. the point i was making, people were terrified. because it seemed like the economy had no bottom and the banks were going down and there was no federal deposit dollars. so imagine a time when we actually had a president who told us we should be courageous rather than trafficked in fear. to his own advantage. there's been a long war on the new deal. it was when roosevelt got started. almost immediately, the more than great realized the lengths he was willing to go. at the beginning, roosevelt didn't understand how far he was going to go. the dupont family and the ones that set up the american liberty league. that was successful because they have unlimited amounts of money. there were so popular, they were not able to stop it. they began to finance right-wing think tanks. they have been successful to the university of chicago economics department and notable fraud such as milton freed man. th

and fdr mayo his presidency in part to his promise to repeal in prohibition. george w. bush's tea toter will status keep the oval office beer-free for eight years. but president obama shows the world that beer is back. diana alvear, abc news, new york. >> making us all

. >> in 1933, fdr said we're going to take all your gold. >> reporter: a theme picked up by goldline people, taped by a watchdog group. >> it's not true that the government has any power to confiscate your gold. and often, the same commentators that are stoking that fear are also selling these coins. >> reporter: glenn beck told us, he believes in goldline. and points to its a-plus rating from the better business bureau. fox news says it has never received a single complaint about goldline. and goldline remains a prominent advertiser on the network, despite the ongoing investigations in los angeles and by congress, which now plans hearings in the coming weeks. george? >> brian, thanks. >>> we're joined by the executive vice president of goldline, scott carter. thanks for flying in for this. >> thanks for having me. >> let's begin with the two allegations at the heart of the investigation. that your salespeople made false and misleading statements during the pitch. a and that that steer people to buy the gold coins instead of bullion. brian ross talked to someone who said that's how t

they include a 1933 letter of congratulations from italian dictator mussolini and fdr's handwritten must do list from 1935. on it are the wagner labor bill, which protected unions, and social security. both became law two years later as part of the new deal. >>> just ahead this morning, more bad news for the housing market. >>> plus, the hunt is on for a bear responsible for a deadly attack on a montana campground. >>> first, though, katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> they risked their lives to protect our soldiers in afghanistan. now these four-legged heros are reuniting with the men they've saved tonight only on the "cbs evening news." ght only on the "cbs evening news." [ female announcer ] fiber has never looked better. all-natural benefiber. the fiber supplement that's tasteless and dissolves completely. to make getting fiber easier. that's the beauty of benefiber. [ laughs ] this is it! [ all ] 10...9...8... a new school year has so much potential! any resolutions? my resolution is the same as always; keep her full and focused with my fiber. [ all ] 3...

was handed, which was a huge financial mess and he used government to pull us t of that hole, just as fdr did and the other side, the republican party -- >> you know when you call -- >> the republican party has been committed to his failure since he took office. >> you know what you call a he >> he is pragmatic belief. >> what is that? pragmatic belief in yourself? >> if he can do whatever he can. >> he has that going, too. >> which ideology? >> him first. he solve the problems that he can do the things that he is. >> he is hearing that wrap from his own party members? >> not from democrats outside the white house, but they are still high on 2008 inside the white house. they aren't thinking critically because they think that he can make anything happen. >> obama takes care of obama first, last, and always. >> ask nancy pelosi. >> do you agree with that? >> to a degree, i do. >> very self-involved in that way. >> at one point we thought he could walk on water. now he is barely treading water. he lost so much support inthe country and his rhetoric, he is so over exposed that it has not the

. >> fdr said, we're going to take all your gold and, gee, it's worth $8 now, but some people got smart and they said, well, wait a minute, i've got antique coins. you can't melt these down. these are antique coins. >> reporter: that's what zoanne says she was told by goldline. >> and that that would make your investment more secure because the government couldn't come in and take your gold basically. >> reporter: that's what a goldline salesperson told a researcher for a liberal watchdog group, media matters, citing glenn beck. >> when it comes to holding physical gold, there's a couple concerns our clients have. are you concerned with what happened in 1933? glenn beck talks about this very often. >> yeah, i wanted to ask you about that. >> glenn beck says, look, they've confiscated bullion before. i don't want them messing with my gold. so they exemted any coins that had a recognized special value to collectors. >> reporter: included in the sales brochure material is a replica of what it says is the 1933 edict from the federal government ordering the seizure of gold. >> it is absolute

she decided that you needed the congressional equivalent, fdr in a skirt, that's what she became. >> well, i would say he is and the federal government are probably more powerful than they have ever been because they are spend morning dollars than they've ever spent. frankly the new deal she is talking about say bad deal including financial regulations and i think she will be a little more surprised in november than she is relating to you here. >> i think what you said understates it. i think she's the most powerful elected female official in american history and the most powerful speaker period in a century since uncle joe canon. and what she has accomplished is especially impressive given the number of conservative democrats who she knew she would need to have majority in congress. >> powerful perhaps, but she's presiding over an absolute disaster. the legislation that has passed is disastrous for this country in the long-term. and you know we all know how history is jujd the architect of the titanic. >> bonnie: first i want to start with most powerful. you say most powerful. don't

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. >> you see, back in 1933 fdr said, we're going to take all your gold, and gee, it's worth $8 an ounce. but some people got smart and they said, well, wait a minute. i've got antique coins, you can't melt these down, these are antique coins. >> reporter: that's what zoann mart said she was told by goldline. >> and that would make your investment more secure, because the government couldn't come in and take your gold, basically. >> good enough for glenn beck, good enough for you. 866-gold-line. >> there is an unholy alliance, i call it, between the commentators on fox news and fox news advertising policies to sell ads to these guys. >> reporter: fox news says it has never received a single complaint about goldline. on his fox program beck said weiner was engaging in mccarthy-like tactics. that the investigation he conducted was a joke. >> the only way to deal with a joke of an investigation is to treat it like a joke of an investigation. >> reporter: beck points to the company's a-plus rating from the better business bureau. and in a statement to abc news, beck said he expects his audie

authors talk about their books on fdr, his policy, and his legacy. after that, a new book about coming to the united states and a life she left behind. that is on c-span2. for the complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> the senate judiciary committee voted tuesday to approve elena kagan's supreme court nomination. the nomination is pending before the full senate. some democrats have called for the vote be taken before the august recess. here are some of the senator's remarks and the vote by the judiciary committee. we begin with chairman pat leahy and ranking member jeff sessions. this is about one hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning. i would note before we start, at the end of this hearing, we were all trying to rearrange things so many of us, both parties, could attend the funeral of the longest-serving member of the united states senate, senator byrd, and many members of this committee were there. i know that in the i know that senators cardin and sc

counter to what worked for fdr. we can talk about what happened in the great depression, george. but the fact is that i think if unemployment weren't so bad, right now, people would feel a lot better about obama care and the stimulus packages. but the problem is. as long as unemployment is up, the public is not going to appreciate the president's handling of the economy. >> economic hard times move the country to the left, it's not true. before the '36 election and after the '36 election in which roosevelt carried 46 of 48 states, democrats wanted him to be more conservative. and only about 18% wanted to increase spending. >> they were enjoying social security. and other programs. >> ronald reagan, too, found himself with low approval ratings. and a tough economy. >> his numbers track with obama closely. >> but he did the opposite. he crafted an agenda that so appealed to the political center that it created a new class of voters, the reagan democrats. obama seems only interested in expanding government and increasing its roll in people's lives. i think it will have the opposite

it was the largest presidential victory since fdr. and there's three key numbers in california -- 7, 5, and 3. there's 7 million registered democrats, 5 million registered republicans, and 3 million declined to state voters. so jerry brown and barbara boxer start 2 million votes ahead of the other two. andbasic back of the envelope math they have to win 2/3 of those independent voters, many of whom are women and younger people. and they're on opposite sides, as you point out. >> so the question is how do they overcome that math? i mean, it's like what is the route to 51? >> well, i think the republicans are counting on a couple of things. they're counting on a very strong anti-incumbent sentiment that seems to be developing. it remains to be seen how strong that's going to be by the time voting starts because the latest polling, for instance, on health care reform shows people are more satisfied with it now than they ever have been before. so some of that anger may be draining away even as the republicans bank on it. but they're also

and we're not a situation where by sort of historical lels you look at the 1930s with certainly fdr had some very large minorities on the senate and the house where the party who is not in control had to really sort of deal with them and had no real chance to win in any -- and take over in any given year. now, in the past few cycles, they've been fairly close margins in congress and that just feeds into a partisan environment where a single party could feel that they can actually gain from being obstructionists. host: to jeff in oregon in a bit but joe from pennsylvania on our republican line, you're first. caller: good morning. listening to your show, it's been a long time since i watched, maybe a couple of years and just tuned in today. and from what i'm hearing it's gotten progressively worse. i think your callers are listening to npr and c-span, they are watching c-span, because basically these are to enjoy government funding program rather than that reflective of free enterprise and free thought. host: we're not government-funded. caller: well, it's c-span, it's washington. and i k

authors talk about their books on fdr, and his legacy. >> now, steny hoyer outlines the democrats' legislative agenda heading into the november midterm elections. he also talks about democratic initiatives for the u.s. manufacturing sector and contrast democratic policies dating back to the great depression. center for american progress action fund posted this month. >> i am the executive vice president. but to me say we are very honored to have house majority leader steny hoyer with us here this morning to talk about the and number one question in the country today. what is the best plan to create high-quality jobs and long-term economic growth? a poll found that half of americans surveyed across all the political spectrums as the most important problem facing the country today. 31% said the economy and 22% saying unemployment in dodd and sing their problem. the economy is job one projec. >> it was one on progress on every single indicator. the bush era was one of flooding returned. in contrast to the $22 million a create a climate of growth under the bush administration was worst in any posi

on sunday, the roosevelt reading festival and their books on fdr and his legacy. it is a week and filled with nonfiction books. go to book to. tvorg for the fall schedule. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and sign up for our scheduled of our e-mail c- span.org >> quick programming note. president obama is making remarks on the economy this afternoon, speaking at 12:05 eastern. we will have live for you when it happens. coming up at 11:15, house majority leader steny hoyer. he will have live comments on the economy from the center of american progress. -- to four american part desperate to get us there, comments from today's washington journal. the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2010] host: the front page of the sto headline, calls for worldwide tightening. public speing cuts and tax cuts should be imposed as evidence mounts of a healthy recovery. that comes from the european bank. mr. trichet argues that policym

on sunday, the roosevelt reading festival and authors to talk about their books on fdr. it is a weekend filled with nonfiction books on c-span 2. for the complete schedule, go to book tv.org. this weekend, the former new york times public editor on the changing world of the newspaper industry. >> i worry about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another person >> clark hoyt, sunday night on "q &a." cspan brings you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and nonfiction books as a public service created by america's cable companies. >>" continues. -- "washington journal" continues. host: there is a series getting a lot of attention about contract work and the federal government. you talked about this shadowy leader in the federal government. how do you define it? guest: i am talking about what is called the shadow government which is the massive work-force that has grown over the past 20 years, although it predates that and has grown greatly since 9/11 in a big way. it is the people who work for feder

books about fdr and his policy and legacy. a weekend filled with nonfiction books on c-span2. for the complete schedule go to booktv.org. >> this weekend, former "the new york times" public editor of the changing world of the newspaper industry. >> i worry about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen is congresswoman barbara lee from california, chair of the congressional black caucus. guest: glad to be here. host: a photograph of you with the agricultural secretary, about what seems to be the political story of the week, surely sherrod being fired and then it offered to bring her back to the department of agriculture. what is your thinking about what happens and what it means? guest: it is an example of what happens when one runs with sound bites, distortions in some media and how it can really nearly destroyed a good person's life and service to our country. in this instance, the congressional black caucus communicated t

of having a cut off period, after you earn so much money working, like, for your souls of security, fdr and so much, they don't deduct it, just keep deducting it while you work, the rest of the time you work that year, instead of having a cut off. you could earn money that way. host: a couple of more phone calls. i did we have one phone call this morning in support of raising the retirement. lansing, michigan. the democratic line. leon. caller: i have heard this, like other speakers who said over and over to raise the age. i think back to the 1960's, the early 1960's, the minimum vesting time in how much money you got was set at 10 years. and it would seem to me that people are living longer and longer and longer, that we should investigate raising the minimum amount of work that you do it in a lifetime to invest in social security and medicare. host: some news out of iraq this morning. here is "the washington post." and similar headline in "the wall street journal," where general petraeus is also asking for the taliban to be on the tariff list -- terror list. and here it is -- afghan r

authors talk about their books on fdr, his policy and his legacy. a weekend filled with nonfiction books on c-span to. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> in the house oversight and the government reform committee looked at the reorganization of the minerals management service, the agency formerly responsible for regulating offshore drilling. interior secretary can salazar and the head of the newly created bureau of ocean management testify. this is just under two hours. >> good morning and thank you for being here. the interior department is responsible for the oversight of offshore oil drilling. unfortunately, the bp oil spill followed a long history of regulatory and ethical failures at the interior department and its minerals management service. the deepwater horizon disaster has now exposed quite -- exposed what appears to be continuing major problems at mms. over the last decade, mms has essentially it permitted the oil industry to police itself. for example, in 2000, at mms issued an alert requiring all companies to have a backup

. >> this weekend on the book tv, on sunday, books on fdr, his policy and legacy. then the author of the best- selling books "infidel," and her new book on the coming to united states and the life she left behind. for the complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> now, house majority leader steny for all lines the democrats' legislative agenda heading into the november elections and talks about initiatives are targeting u.s. manufacturing sectors and contrasts democratic and republican economic policies dating back to the great depression. the center for american progress action fund hosts this 50 minute event. >> thank you very much. i am always pleased to be here at the center and particularly pleased to be here facilitated by the action fund. thank you very much. please tell john podesta that i thank him for his leadership on this effort. i had the opportunity to see -- and before we came in. i am pleased to be with martin frost, a former member of congress, did an extraordinary job in the congress of the united states, and not only represented our country well but

authors talk about their books on fdr, his policy and his legacy. it is a weekend filled with nonfiction books on c-span 2 appeare. >> a discussion on the fiscal health of states around the country. from today's oakwood washington journal" this is about 45 minutes. journal" continues. host: joining us from the capital of pennsylvania is gov. ed rendell, a democrat, from harrisburg. i just want to read a little bit from "the new york times" this morning about something that happened in the senate last night. it said the senate rejected a house version of an emergency spending bill that also contain billions of dollars for domestic programs, including $10 billion to help states and local school districts avert teacher layoffs. what is the impact in pennsylvania? guest: a double impt. not only that money but the money the president has proposed. and interestingly, the senate passed once and house passed ones for expansion of the stimulus aid for increased medicaid funding. that has not been approved in one bill. the combined impact will mean hundreds o