franklin roosevelt was a law student with him. roosevelt liked to say he and donovan were old pal and law school. donovan said that as a bunch of baloney. roosevelt had nothing to do with someone low on the social strata as donovan. he returned to buffalo and set up a lucrative law practice and married one of the wealthiest women in buffalo and world war i comes. he goes to war and commands a battalion in the 60 ninth irish regiment, famous new york regiment. he was awarded the congressional medal of honor during world war i for very heroic actions. his priest in the 60 ninth regiment said that donovan was one of the few men he ever met who enjoyed combat. and he really did. he would write to his wife that going out on, that was like going to treating at night. that is where heat earned the nickname wild bill. he was a very rigorous and brutal trainer of his men because he realized there were going into a meat grinder which they were. before they went into action in france he was running over hill and under bob wire and whatever a

james madison, franklin roosevelt was a politician. we hear a little bit of that in this oval office reported. >> there is probably never anyone in the white house the was more of a wily politician than franklin roosevelt. he had a skill and ability and success that has few if any rivals. willkie had the misfortune of running against that skillful politician. >> was one goulty consistent on the issues in the 1940 campaign -- was wendell willkie consistent all the issues in the 1940 campaign? >> i do not think so. the campaign started to go badly for willkie. \ the disorganization, the chaos. in the last part of the campaign, he moved in the position on the war and a new deal that he may not happily agreed with. they were more harsh than the truth wendell willkie. >> amity shlaes. >> he was inconsistent, but we cannot downplay is a success. he won more votes in that election with any republican had ever won. electorally, roosevelt was that wily fox. on the popular vote, it was much narrower. willkie got much closer to the democrats than

.. >> up next michael hiltzik examines the origins of franklin roosevelt's plan to confront the nation's economic depression. this is just over an hour. >> it is our great honor and pleasure to welcome author michael hiltzik who is here to discuss his latest book "the new deal: a modern history". mr. hiltzik has a ba from colgate university and an m s of journalism from columbia. in his extensive career with the l.a. times he has been a financial correspondent in new york city and bureau chief and financial staff writer, editor and columnist. he has had every job. topics he has written about include business, technology and public policy. , his many writing awards are the prize for the expos on corruption in the music industry, gerald loeb award for distinguished business and financial journalism, and silver gavel from the american bar association. michael hiltzik's three critically acclaimed books are the plot against social security, dealers of life, and a death in kenya. praise for this book has been enormous including the following:a sweeping, lively survey of the roosevelt administr

james madison, franklin roosevelt was a politician. we hear a little bit of that in this oval office recording. >> there is probably never anyone in the white house who was more of a wily politician than franklin roosevelt. it is just superb. he had a skill and ability and success that has few if any rivals. willkie had the misfortune of running against that skillful politician. >> was wendell willkie consistent on the issues in the 1940 campaign? >> i do not think so. few politicians are consistent on the issues. the campaign started to go badly for willkie. the disorganization, the chaos, the difficulty of challenging roosevelt. in the last part of the campaign, he moved toward a position on the war and the new deal that he may not have happily agreed with. they were more harsh, more vituperative then the true wendell willkie. >> amity shlaes. >> he was inconsistent, but we cannot downplay his success. he won more votes in that election than any republican had ever won. electorally, roosevelt was that wily fox. he had that large numb

look at roosevelt's great speech at franklin field in '36. he said we're going to get to this later in the show but i can't resist now. there is a big difference in the way you sell yourself for president. fdr knew he faced the hatred of the rich, the corporations. they screwed him everywhere they went the supreme court did for four years and he said the hell with you guys. i'm going populist. i'm going to get the socialist, communist, and democratic vote and beat flinn 10-1. bill clinton came back in '96 and said the era of big government is over. i'm going to the center. there are two different ways to run re-election. back to you, senator. should he go rousing left and say damn it you rich guys you're on the wrong side of history? or should he say i'm going down the middle with bill clinton? big question. it's still my question. >> to me, chris, this is not even left. the american people understand who caused this terrible recession. we have 25 million people now without jobs. wall street. you got crooks on wall street who are peddling wor

i wanted to establish the relationship franklin roosevelt had with the american people. from a letter that came into the white house in january of 1934 seeking advice on an excruciating personal dilemma. it began dear friend. our neighbor pete smith loaned us $25 and the mule team. area will pay the meal unless he can see me. here's my question. what should i do to save the mule? hard to imagine sending a personal question to any president the other than fdr including barack obama. but this tells you something about the personal affinity millions of americans felt for fdr whose harvard education, the man who ran up servants in upstate new york. tells you not only about his personality and how he projected a sense he cared about america and all walks of life and socioeconomic classes but the time. a unique period in history when america had been beaten down by an economic crisis so amazing that the wealthiest businessman and most experienced political leaders we had had thrown up their hands and declared they had no assets. roosevelt arrived in the white house having decl

administration his serve franklin roosevelt for all 12 years that roosevelt was in office, the other one being frances perkins. he was a very important aide and adviser to roosevelt. roosevelt did not always taken very seriously. he was the curio, a curmudgeon, would try to get his weight by threatening to resign, but he was also known, the reason that roosevelt put him in charge of the public works ministration which ended up with jurisdiction over a river dam was that he was convinced that it would be so careful with the public's money that he would always disperse it very slowly, which could result. and he did. never a scandal at the public works and ministration commanded give us some truly enduring public works. this gentleman right here. >> i don't know if you have done any reading on patrick moynihan discussion and studies of security. if he was alive today some of the things that he can say about the condition of social security. if i remember correctly, he looked at it more as a mathematical equation, in other words, the mortality, the age at which -- and the birth rate, is

including franklin roosevelt? >> hard to think of one, i think for instance, robert kennedy says in his preface to the memorial edition of profiles in courage, 1964, that at least half of his days on earth were spent in physical pain. if that's the truth i think more than franklin roosevelt, absolutely. >> you must've been think about arthur's question as you're researching this book and he was a friend of all of ours. were the questions he didn't ask that he wished that he had? >> i did can put everything is always 2020 in hindsight, 47 years later. as caroline mentioned for instance, and in those days most historians would not have thought to ask her a lot about her own experience. a first lady in those days, with sort of a side event so there's less on her. and also the purpose was basically to talk about president kennedy. i caroline and i have discussed this, too. there's thing since we know what happened later on, we sure wish he would've asked what president kennedy might have done in vietnam, of the issues

he persuaded franklin roosevelt to make the race. although smith lost by a narrow vote, roosevelt was elected to his first term as governor. already roosevelt was the leading favorite for the nomination. the leading opponent, none other than his old friend al smith. >> franklin d. roosevelt, having received more than 2/3 of all the delegates, i proclaim him the nominee of this convention for president of the united states. [applause] >> you have nominated me and i know it and i am here to thank you for the honor. [applause] i pledge myself to a new deal for the american people. >> and back live in the new york constituent assembly chamber. beverly gage, how did we get from 1928 f.d.r. calling al smith the happy warrior and nominating him to the 1932 election? >> well, they had been allies before, both coming up through the same new york democratic party. a couple of things happened between 1928 and 1932, some of which are very personal and some of which are on a grand scale. the most important thing that happened is of course that we

the death of franklin roosevelt had ended one presidency. the approaching government, the expectation that government would be more involved in insuring prosperity, the government would be used to fight economic downturns as the new deal had in the 30's and 40's. whether or not he believed in the success of those efforts, the assumption was that when fdr died, the new deal died with him. the set of expectations -- the relationship between the average american and his government which had been transformed by the new deal, that was not the case. on election day in 1948, a americans enjoyed record prosperity, record employment. the reasons the republicans in spite of that thought they could win was very simple -- here truman. we forget today that here a true man in his first term was a very unpopular president. there was talk about the little man from missouri. truman had a very difficult assignment. every president after a war has a process of readjusting economically, culturally, the agriculture sector. inflation, strikes -- all of that came

james madison, franklin roosevelt was a politician. we hear a little bit of that in this oval office reported. -- recording. >> there is probably never anyone in the white house the -- who was more of a wily politician than franklin roosevelt. it is just superb. he had a skill and ability and success that has few if any rivals. willkie had the misfortune of running against that skillful politician. >> was wendell willkie consistent all the issues in the -- on the issues in the 1940 campaign? >> i do not think so. few politicians are consistent on the issues. the campaign started to go badly for willkie. the disorganization, the chaos. the difficulty of challenging roosevelt. in the last part of the campaign, he moved in the -- he moved toward position on the war and a new deal that he may not happily agreed with. they were more harsh than the truth wendell willkie. -- more harsh, more vituperative then the true wendell willkie. >> amity shlaes. >> he was inconsistent, but we cannot downplay is a success. -- downplay his success. he won

he persuaded franklin roosevelt to make the race. although smith lost by a narrow vote, roosevelt was elected to his first term as governor. already roosevelt was the leading favorite for the nomination. the leading opponent, none other than his old p friend al smith >> frank len d. roosevelt, having received more than 2/3 of allle delegates, i proclaim him the nominee of this convention for president of the united states. >> you have nominated me and i know it and i am here to thank you for the honor. i pledge myself to a new deal for the american people. >> and back live in the new york constituent assembly chamber. beverly gauge, how did we get from 1928 al smith calling -- f.d.r. calling al smith the happy warrior and nominating him to the 1932 election? >> well, they had been allies before, both coming up through the same new york democratic party. a couple of things happened between 1928 and 1932, some of think -- which are very personal and some of which are on a grand scale. the most important thing that happened is of course

roosevelt was elected three times four times or do it or prior to that in some u.s. presidents ran for a third time but if i'm not mistaken none of the attempts was successful except for franklin roosevelt who was elected president four times running he stood at the helm throughout the or deals of economic depression and the second world war and was elected four times because his policies were effective. but the exact number of terms and years in power do not really matter it helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers another look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia now what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recoverin

roosevelt was elected three or four times what do it prior to that in some u.s. presidents ran for a third time but if i'm not mistaken people none of the attempts was successful except for franklin roosevelt who was elected president four times running he stood at the helm throughout the ordeal that economic depression and the second world war and was elected four times because his policies were effective human. but the exact number of terms in the years in power do not really matter that helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany and he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers are not a look at post-war france our president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms able to see it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia you know what does that mean when a country is facing difficu

someone dwarfed by the ghost of franklin roosevelt. truman had a very difficult assignment. every president after a war has the process of readjusting economically, culturally, thing a agricultural sector. all of that came due on his watch and the consensus in then 46 and 1947 was that he was not handling it well. it was so bad that republicans took congress in 1946 which of course only fed their expectation that the presidency with fall into their lap that years later. >> how were republicans viewing the truman administration at this point heading in 1948? >> that is a great question. the problem is there was no such thing as the republican. that was part of dewey's problem. the republican party then much more than now was split almost evenly between the eastern establishment, the old teddy roosevelt wing, charles evans profiled earlier in this series was very much in that tradition. dewey represented that in the 1930's and 1940's and into the 50's and then dwight eisenhower. opposed to that were the conservative midwesterners, many isolationists who rallied around bob atta

every inch from the 16-inch guns to its bathtub built for franklin roosevelt are soaked in history. >> that was franklin roosevelt's shuttle over to africa where he met with winston churchill. >> reporter: that history also includes a dark chapter. in 1989 an explosion killed 46 people onboard. >> we don't have any tours or spaces open to anybody in the public. we do allow -- we plan to allow families, the loved ones that they've lost to be able to tour if they would like to. >> reporter: david canfield doesn't need a history lesson on the iowa. he served on it for two years. now he's a volunteer helping to bring the famous ship back to life. >> i'm just so glad that the ship will be preserved to teach another generation what these ships are all about. >> reporter: before that can take bliss bob miller has to guide ships through the bay. >> we'll have about 12 inches of clearance. >> reporter: once past the shallows he maneuvers through the venetia bridge with only two feet of clearance. >> once on the other side a crowd watching from the venetia bridge gives the ship a warm embrace.

roosevelt was elected three times four times or do it over prior to that some u.s. presidents ran for a third time but if i'm not mistaken none of the attempts was successful except for franklin roosevelt who was elected president four times running he stood at the helm throughout the or deals of economic depression and the second world war and was elected four times because his policies were effective. but the exact number of terms and years in power do not really matter that helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers another look at post-war france our president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia now what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering

franklin roosevelt, president lyndon johnson. we strip or how many times the word happy came up in his conversations? >> i was. and nothing if not frank loved these interviews and one thing that she says more than one is that when her husband was elected in 1960, she had a novel reaction. like most incoming first lady's car she was terrified and she was surprised, per the because she had just given birth and partly because she thought it would recker family life, that there was just such a fishbowl of so many pressures and she was amazed as she says that it actually had the opposite effect. during their marriage, this 1953 john kennedy had run for vice president to run for reelection of the senate, run for president and so, she says almost every week and very much a part, a first-time now de rigueur in that house seat to make oval office. they were together in physical proximity a lot more. so i think there was an exhilaration finding a convert to it she accepted. we heard about her interesting fellow campaign in wisconsin. >> sh

and then with a population and i must say wants more that that was also the case of franklin roosevelt. and the new deal was an effort to bring more privileged to the underprivileged but the young generation and i ame afraid in many countries that will not be achieved bya political parties so thenurn turn to other groups to take. advantage that this new aspect of the possibility of getting in touch with people all over the world i don't know anything about that. [laughter] but if that turns them away from politics democraticallyu run administration and government, then why should one tell them they cannot change a democracy what is going on the democratic aspect. and it is relatively easy for me now because you're the party has come up with the extraordinary titleo nobody understands it. never mind. but they are very useful and to say yes, we are of the left. they are in impertinent to work with a socialist partyp w and to not only to go into the ngo. bad is the way my book should be interpreted. "time for outrage" it must be inside politics and change politics from the inside. and the

for several years they reached berlin suggesting franklin delano roosevelt was less committed to american neutrality in the face of conflicts raging across the globe and he publicly professed to be. having long suspected to be, quote, in sane and despicable president of the united states promoting, quote, the work of hatred and warmongering throughout the world hitler recently was presented before irrefutable proof his mistress was justified. he was not alone in questioning the sincerity of the president's unwillingness to entangle the united states abroad. before the german declaration of war he galvanized central asian sentiment worldwide. two of the administration members of the american press jointly published in the respected chicago and washington d.c. newspapers what appeared to be confirmation of their own fears that president roosevelt was lying the united states to war with germany. this monumental scooped consisted of excerpts of the top-secret rainbow 5 plan, army and navy testament the united states would be ready to launch its own assault on germany. july of 1943. perhaps mo

same thing with so many of the policies of franklin roosevelt. in the campaign, he said the government is spending too much. then of course, became a big spender. but at its core, people knew that franklin roosevelt, unlike herbert hoover, believed in a positive role for the government in social justice and economic prosperity and that in the end is what matters. >> american university's allen likt man, nice to see you sir. >>> other headlines in the news. another dramatic rescue in turkey. a 13-year-old boy was pulled out alive from the collapsed building following sunday's massive earthquake. it killed 570 people. relatives say he was trying to dig himself out of the rubble with a rock. >>> a potential glitch in the trial of michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray could push this case well into week six. prosecutors say they need more time to review new evidence. >> the problem from the start, the judge told the jurors they would be done by october 28th. that's today. nbc learned that the judge expressed concern that he'll start losing jurors b

roosevelt in 1944. at the end of 73 they changed it. a little later on, they changed something called regulation q. this is what put you out of your house and why your mortgage is not worth what to pay for it. they changed the rules in the congress. and then the savings and loans went out of business because they left housing and started building casinos and resorts and everything else. when they went out of business, the commercial banks get into housing. they did not know anything about housing. they started packaging mortgages in something called derivatives and they sold them all around the world and they were not worth a damn. then when they went out of business, they call for the government to bail them out. and that was not good enough but there was a regulation call g lass-steagal. republicans change that. now the thing is all messed up. the problem in banking and finance is we have too much integration. [laughter] nobody really knows what they are doing and they are doing it in secret and they

and for several years they've reached berlin suggesting that franklin delano roosevelt was perhaps less committed to american neutrality in the face of the conflicts raging across the globe than he professed to be. having long suspected the, quote, insane and despicable president of the united states of promoting, quote, though hatred and mongering throughout the world hitler had recently been presented with what he took to be reviewed and approved his mistrust had been justified. it wasn't allin questioning the sincerity of the president's long expressed unwillingness to untangle the united states abroad. a week before the german declaration of the war to galvanize isolationist sentiment nationwide to of the most administration members of the press had jointly published in the respected chicago and washington, d.c. newspapers would appear to be confirmation of their own fear that president roosevelt was as they put it lobbying the united states into war with germany. the monumental scope of only consisted of excerpts of the top-secret rainbow five plan, the joint estimate that the unit

to begin our discussion, we will show you president franklin roosevelt in 1937, his take on what was commonly called the court packing plant. after that, you will see chief justice john roberts. first, a newsreel from that time introducing us to each of the members of the supreme court in 1937. >> associate justice sutherland. it became a senator from utah. the only supreme court catholic. a democrat who supported president harding. from wyoming -- 78. 56 years on the bench. james reynolds of tennessee, 75. confirmed bachelor. has voted against every new deal measure. benjamin nathan -- benjamin nathan cardozo, a 67 -- 67, appointed by president hoover. arlen of new york, a former dean of the university law school. justice brandeis of kentucky. wilson dared not appoint him attorney general, but did reported him to the court. -- the did appoint him to the core. and justice roberts. at 61, the youngest justice. long a conservative. and charles evans hughes, 75. chief justice since 1930. sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal. >> president roosevelt goes on the air in an appeal for p

. >> ting answer may be yes but it was franklin roosevelt during the depression. >> one. >> that's exactly the question. the president has the wind blowing against him. no matter whether you think he did the right thing for the economy or not, it isn't very good and people aren't feeling very good about it. and that's not good for an incumbent. an incumbent president or an incumbent member of congress. a lot will depend on whether the republicans can position themselves as having a credible alternative. i think a lot of people will be ready to vote for change just because they don't like the current economy. but whether mitt romney or rick perry or herman cain, whoever the nominee is, can capitalize on that, it's a long way off. >> let's talk about occupy wall street. this movement is now on for a month. do you think this translates into any policy changes soon? >> that's a good question. i've been thinking a lot about that. it's certainly gotten a lot of attention. in political, if you've got a lot of public attention, you can sometimes have an impact on policy. i think it's provided a le

allen -- franklin delano roosevelt. which sealed what had already begun to be a seed. it had begun to bud and would, in time, bloom. it would also block some. -- blossom. with regard to this special bilateral relationship. he came to his position of leadership and influence in the positions and policies as part of his noble family. they lost one of their most prominent members in the last two weeks. the prince it did his formative education at lawrenceville, new jersey. not far from princeton. he also did his undergraduate work at georgetown university. so many people in this audience also went to school there. shortly after returning to the kingdom, and he was appointed adviser in the royal court. then, as the director general of the general intelligence directorate, which is the kingdom's primary a foreign intelligence organization, and for the better part of a quarter century he held that position through no end of troubling times and challenges from morocco, algeria, an alexandria and everywhere in between. he then

. >> ting answer may be yes but it was franklin roosevelt during the depression. >> one. >> that's exactly the question. the president has the wind blowing against him. no matter whether you think he did the right thing for the economy or not, it isn't very good and people aren't feeling very good about it. and that's not good for an incumbent. an incumbent president or an incumbent member of congress. a lot will depend on ether the republicans can position themselves as having a credible alternative. i think a lot of people will b ready to vote for change just because they don't like the current economy. but whether mitt romney or rick perry or herman cain, whoever the nominee is, can capitalize on that, it's a long way off. >> let's talk about occupy wall street. this movement is now on for a month. do you think this translates into any policy changes soon? >> that's a good question. i've been thinking a lot about ththat. itit's certainly gotten a lot o attention. in political, ifif you've got a lot of public attention, you can sometimes have an impact on policy. i think it's provided a

roosevelt who fought and won world war two he was also the liberal who created unemployment insurance so people who were laid off didn't end up on the streets and roosevelt was the liberal who created social security so people who worked their entire lives could have a decent retirement free from poverty he was also a liberal who put in place glass steagall after the crash of twenty nine it rained in the banks and prevented another market panic for more than sixty years and it was liberals who brought democracy to the workplace in the form of labor unions and safety regulations liberals created a safer working environment they kept americans mangling our arms and dangerous machinery were dying in factory fires because the fire exits were walk like at the triangle shirtwaist factory in new york. liberals put in place child labor laws to end the exploitation of nine year olds and liberals work for women to get equal pay for equal work and are still working to finish the liberals fought for women to have the right to vote liberals fought against institutionalized racism and fought for mi

roosevelt who fought and won world war two he was also the liberal who created unemployment insurance so people who were laid off didn't end up on the streets and roosevelt was the liberal who created social security so people who worked their entire lives could have a decent retirement free from poverty it was also a liberal who put in place glass steagall after the crash of twenty nine that reigned in the banks and prevented another market panic for more than sixty years and it was liberals who brought democracy to the workplace in the form of labor unions and safety regulations liberals created a safer working environment that kept americans mainly in their arms and dangerous machinery are dying in factory fires because the fire exits were locked like of the triangle shirtwaist factory in new york. liberals put in place child labor laws to end the exploitation of ten year olds liberals work for women to get equal pay for equal work and are still working to finish the liberals fought for women to have the right to vote liberals fought against institutionalized racism and fought for

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country in this ng goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet it's these pillars of stability including in politics that play a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something but it is a different thing

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country and this ng goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet it's these pillars of stability including in politics that play a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people in certain regions. suggest something but it is a different th

roosevelt and was elected president four times running he stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and the second world war and was elected four times because his policies were effective. but the exact number of terms and years in power do not really matter helmut kohl spend sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france or a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia you know what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability including in politics that play a vital role here anyway actually. mr putin you talk a lot about stability but stability has its negative sides as it

square deal to franklin roosevelt's new deal to lyndon johnson's great society seventy eight percent of americans oppose cutting medicare a program created by democrats seventy three percent of americans oppose cutting medicaid another program created by democrats sixty two percent of americans oppose any kind of cuts to social security another program created by democrats sixty seven percent of americans oppose cutting off unemployment insurance another program created by democrats let republicans run on their desire to cut these programs what a moron you try to run on handing over social security to wall street banks toure's any medicare over to for profit health insurance executives because they can't win at least not as long as democrats don't give in. and offer cuts up themselves like the six democrats in the game of twelve just it it's really simple democrats want to act like there's no difference between done and republicans what's the point of even having two parties as legend has harry truman saying people don't want to follow any democrat if it's a choice between a genuine

square deal to franklin roosevelt's new deal to lyndon johnson's great society seventy eight percent of americans oppose cutting medicare a program created by democrats seventy three percent of americans oppose cutting medicaid another program created by democrats sixty two percent of americans oppose any kind of cuts to social security another program created by democrats sixty seven percent of americans oppose cutting off unemployment insurance another program created by democrats let republicans run on their desire to cut these programs what a moron you try to run on handing over social security to wall street bankers they handing medicare over to for profit health insurance executives because they can't win at least not as long as democrats don't give in. and offer cuts up themselves like the six democrats in the gang of twelve just did it's really something democrats want to act like there's no difference between them and republicans that's the point of even having two parties as legend has harry truman saying people don't want to follow any democrat but it's a choice between a

all these problems which were very much inspired by the rich in great britain and by franklin roosevelt's new deal. those who came up in this program are the french resistance. 60 years later in 2004, a number of french who were former resistance responsible people in the resistance that together and said we are not happy with the way in which france -- not happy about the way in which france keeps the message of civility. let us bring that up and make a call. let us publish again this program of the resistance and tell our french friends if the french government is not going in that direction we must oppose the french government. that is what has happened and we had a moment -- so indeed, that was your question. it is a small moment of french history but is it significant as something that can lead you further into making the opposition in politics, not just -- but resist. and that i think is perhaps also what could be the message now. we mustn't police think of what is wrong but the way in which it could be effectively resisted against. there you are. >> you say in your book for reasons

but want to set the stage by establishing the relationship that franklin roosevelt had with the american people. so on going to read from a letter that came into the roosevelt white house in january january 1934 from a farm wife in the midwest seeking advice on an excruciating personal dilemma. the letter began, dear frank. [laughter] our neighbor loaned us $25 on our team. now he says he will take the meals lsc can come to see me when my husband is away. here's my question. what should i do to save the meals? now, it's hard to imagine a citizen putting the sense of a personal question to any president including barack obama , but i think this tells you something about the deep personal affinity that millions of americans fell for fdr. tell the privilege, product of a harvard education, amanda groped servants on the family estate in upstate new york. tells you not only something about his personality and how he projected the sense that he cared about americans in all walks of life and all socio-economic glasses, but about the time. a unique time in our history when america had been b

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country and this includes one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france would reduce the netherlands into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability including in politics at play a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say have bay would like to see that happen or when people. in certain regions suggest something it is a different thing w

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world view or two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country and the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability there including in politics that play a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something that it is a diffe

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country at the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced an amendment into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia but what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet it's these pillars of stability including in politics that overlay a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something that it is a diffe

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country at this same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of tournaments it was just recently that france introduced an amendment into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability including in politics are that way a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something that it is a diff

roosevelt called them ignored ridiculed them thought of progressives who wanted to create a new deal an american middle class and then they lost to in the one nine hundred sixty s. after years of ridicule and fights it was civil rights in the in the rights of the poor the issues in which s.d.s. was founded one hundred sixty four along with the right to young people to vote which was passed as an amendment of the constitution in just seven short months we want this is how our nation came to be and it's playing out again in front of our very eyes today wall street and its corporate media borns will lose to stay tuned. that's the big picture for more information on our stories we covered tonight visit our web site the thom hartmann dot com free speech dot org and archie dot com also check out our two you tube channels there are links a tomahawk tartan dot com entire show is available as a free video podcast i tunes and don't forget democracy begins with you tag your it see them are. wealthy british style sun. sometimes. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global econ

roosevelt stood up to helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country and this includes one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability including in politics are the play a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something it is a different thing when the whol

roosevelt who was elected president four times running he stood at the helm throughout the or deals of economic depression and the second world war and was elected four times because his policies were effective. but the exact number of terms and years in power do not really matter it helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country the same goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers another look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of terms it was just recently that france introduced amendments into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia you know what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet if these pillars of stability including in politics that play a vital role in carrying you actually. mr putin you talk a lot about stability stability has its neg

roosevelt stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and world war two and was elected four times because his policies were effective helmut kohl spent sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country and this ng goes for one of the former canadian prime ministers look at post-war france where a president could have been elected for seven years without a limit on the number of tournaments it was just recently that france introduced an amendment into its constitution and cut it down to no more than two five year terms very similar to what we have in russia what does that mean when a country is facing difficult and hard times when it's recovering from a crisis and getting back on its feet it's these pillars of stability including in politics that overlay a vital role as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted it is one thing when i hear some people say that they would like to see that happen or when people. certain regions suggest something that it is a dif