there is always a good picture of franklin delano roosevelt. roosevelte mrs. uncle, theodore roosevelt of his room. there were many interesting personalities like a millionaire ehrhardt.melia this was a very important place to mrs. roosevelt because it was her first and only home that she owned on her own. this is where she would start to refer to when she said it felt so good to be home. you mentioned something very quickly about the chairs. >> to see the picture of eleanor and jack kennedy. she switched the chairs so she would look up -- down at him and she would -- he would have to look up. fixed you're watching c-span's first lady series erie. >> i have a question. where are the descendents of fdr and elinor? the would you think about entries direction today? >> why don't we stick with the kids. >> all a virtual dead. the grandchildren are very much alive and active. some of them are involved in public service efforts and goodwill. they are running outlook health programs. once eisenhower was elected, what did eleanor roosevelt do? >> she was not thrilled

she was at mrs. roosevelt funeral with her husband. there are pictures. >> how to do get so interested in the trumans? >> interesting enough, hours before robert kennedy was killed and that got me interested in politics in general. since then, i have become particular aficionado of the presidents. politics in general. 1932-present. >> thank you for your call. years after the presidency, one of the things they did was interview for national television in 1955. talk about the interviews. who were they interviewed by? >> their daughter, margaret. >> we have a program that was on cbs. "person to person." a big hit program at the time. it was the only television interview that bess truman ever did. how about that? you will see that now. [video clip] >> and tell everybody why you went back to missouri instead of staying in washington. >> there was no question about coming home. is there reason enough? >> i will buy that. >> mother, are we still getting a lot of visitors? >> yes. >> all of the time? >> every day. [indiscernible] we can see yo

roosevelt talked about or she would -- tell about what she wore and the other people who were there. every once a while she would say, i met lady astor. i said, you did? she had put in her date book from 1948 or 1952 or whenever it was. she was a very disciplined person. she knew those were special things even if nobody else would cherish it home and she would cherish those words to look back. she knew things were going by so fast that if she did not prevent down, she would not remember. she taped her thoughts. she would have a little sign on the door, do not come in, i am busy or go away. she did not want to be interrupted when she was doing her taping. she kept a lot of nodes along the way to be able to do it. she knew today might be very busy. tomorrow, she could talk and to her machine as she called it about what happened today. sadly, she did not do the lady bird special the customer so many days that she cannot -- special, there was so many days that she cannot find the time. >> i promise this the last question. is there something you want people to know about term that they wo

roosevelt talked about or she tell about what she wore and the other people who were there. every once a while she would lady astor. i said, you did? bookad put in her date or 1952 or whenever it was. she was a very disciplined person. she knew those were special things even if nobody else would cherish it home and she would cherish those words to look back. going by songs were fast that if she did not prevent down, she would not remember. her thoughts. she would have a little sign on the door, do not come in, i am busy or go away. be did not want to interrupted when she was doing her taping. she kept a lot of nodes along the way to be able to do it. she knew today might be very busy. tomorrow, she could talk and to her machine as she called it about what happened today. did not do the lady bird special the customer so many days that she cannot -- special, there was so many days that she cannot find the time. >> i promise this the last question. is there something you want people to know about term that they would not think of? she had in this image but this is how she reall

roosevelt is in the dining room eating alone, i will go back down. >> there is a reporter there, thank god to record this, he goes in the room and 100 diners there, the wait staff is all there and he goes over to teddy, hello, throws his arm around him, teddy says sit down, the entire restaurant collapse they know this means the friendship has come together. it is so great and the reporter then. >> rose: that makes you crazy. >> and says to the reporter thank god this happens, i am so thad we are trends again and some months later, teddy dies and taft is an honored guest at the funeral and he says to teddy's sister i don't know what we would have done if we hadn't come back together again i would have mourned it all my life, it is emotional. >> rose: so wha what happened to taft after that. >> the great thing that happens to taft, all he wants to do is be a justice on the supreme court, teddy offers it to him three times and doesn't take it either a of the three times, he is in the ill philippines and thinks he can't leave his duty so, so, and finally in 1921 he gets appointed supreme

the others were martha washington and dolly madison and abigail adams and mrs. roosevelt. host: the producer tells me you have a connection with her. >> i was her executive assistant. >> what is it you would like people watching this program to know about mrs. johnson? caller: oh, my. cokie and betty are doing a terrific job, thank you. she was very warm. she was unflappable. she had a delicious laugh, it was a hearty belly laugh. she was such a good role model for all of us who knew her and loved her. when you work for mrs. johnson for the president, too, although i did not know the president. you became part of the family. she was my friend and i loved her. she loved me, too. it was a privilege working for her and knowing her and her family. they have certainly followed in her footsteps and they are terrific. it has been an honor. guest: at mrs. johnson's funeral, all the staff no matter how old they were and how far away they were came, including some secret service men who had retired long before but who loved her so much that they made the huge effort to get there. ho

the others were martha washington and dolly madison and abigail adams and mrs. roosevelt. host: the producer tells me you have a connection with her. what is it you would like people watching this program to know about mrs. johnson? caller: oh, my. cokie and betty are doing a terrific job, thank you. she was very warm. she was unflappable. she had a delicious laugh, it was a hearty belly laugh. she was such a good role model for all of us who knew her and loved her. when you work for mrs. johnson for the president, too, although i did not know the president. you became part of the family. she was my friend and i loved her. she loved me, too. it was a privilege working for her and knowing her and her family. they have certainly followed in her footsteps and they are terrific. it has been an honor. guest: at mrs. johnson's funeral, all the staff no matter how old they were and how far away they were came, including some secret service men who had retired long before but who loved her so much that they made the huge effort to get there. host: is there anything in the diary th

the others were martha washington and dolly madison and abigail adams and mrs. roosevelt. host: the producer tells me you have a connection with her. wht is -- what is it you would like people watching this program to know about mrs. johnson? caller: oh, my. cokie and betty are doing a terrific job, thank you. she was very warm. she was unflappable. she had a delicious laugh, it was a hearty belly laugh. she was such a good role model for all of us who knew her and loved her. when you work for mrs. johnson for the president, too, all -- although i did not know the president. you became part of the family. she was my friend and i loved her. she loved me, too. it was a privilege working for her and knowing her and her family. they have certainly followed in her footsteps and they are terrific. it has been an honor. guest: at mrs. johnson's funeral, all the staff no matter how old they were and how far away they were came, including some secret service men who had retired long before but who loved her so much that they made the huge effort to get there. host: is there anythin

the others were martha washington and dolly madison and abigail adams and mrs. roosevelt. host: the producer tells me you have a connection with her. wht is -- what is it you would like people watching this program to know about mrs. johnson? caller: oh, my. are doing atty terrific job, thank you. she was very warm. unflappable. laugh, itdelicious was a hearty belly laugh. she was such a good role model for all of us who knew her and loved her. when you work for mrs. johnson -- for the president, too, all -- although i did not know the president. you became part of the family. friend and i loved her. she loved me, too. it was a privilege working for her and knowing her and her family. they have certainly followed in her footsteps and they are terrific. it has been an honor. at mrs. johnson's funeral, all the staff no matter how old they were and how far away they were came, including some secret service men who had retired long before but who loved her so much that they made the huge effort to get there. host: is there anything in the diary that would shock us today? she w

she would go back and it would say, the senate ladies lunch, mrs. roosevelt talked about -- you know tell about what she wore, the other people who were there -- every once in a while, she would say, i met lady astor. i said, you did? she had just put it in her or 1952 orom 1948 whenever it was. she was a very disciplined person and she knew that those were special things that even if nobody else would cherish them, she would cherish those words to look back on what happened in the white house. she knew that things were going by so fast that if she did not put the stuff down, she would not remember it. she taped her thoughts and she would have a little sign on the door. don't come in. i'm busy. go away. to bed not want interrupted when she was doing her taping. she kept a lot of notes along the way to be able to do it. today might be very busy. tomorrow she could talk into her machine as she called it about what happened today. sadly, she did not do the lady bird special because it was so and she couldn't find the time, literally. >> i promise this

our president will kind of elucidate our position on this and mr. riskin and miss johnson are pretty familiar with my complaints so i will make a couple suggestions. one is to educate people about instead of spending $50,000 to send those rude people out to tell us we only have two minutes to talk, take some of that $50,000 and educate people who are parking in the city about, you know, what the rules are. and my theory on this is, i look at around city hall here and around no. 1 south van ness, a lot of people with permits on their cars and two blocks away there are blue zones with nobody in them for short periods of time. so my theory is the thing that says $250 fine on there, i think if people are misusing it maybe we can educate folks. my second one is to make sure mr. planthold addresses the california state assembly. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> karen mccoy, jonathan lyons, howard strassner. >> (inaudible). >> thank you. jonathan lyons, howard strassner. is mr. lyons here? he's coming up, good. >> good afternoon, mr. lyons. >> thank

we'd like to extend an invite to mr. baldwin. maybe he'd like to sit here for a couple minutes. >> no. >> all right. please come. bob, you're next. >> this day in history, 1941, franklin d. roosevelt established the modern thanksgiving holiday making the fourth thursdays in november thanksgiving day. one of the america's great presidents. he wasn't a vegan. >> that little girl is cute in that video. >> today's post. through november of this year in new york city, 43 homicide victims were between the ages of 13 and 21. last year in the same frame of time, 87. they cut the amount of murder victims in half. the majority were young minority men. ray kelly has done more to save minorities than any left winger. and he's leaving. >> abraham lincoln established thanksgiving. >> he officially made it the third thursday in november. >> was it lincoln or roosevelt? >> set your dvr so you never miss us. "special report" is next. >>> the supreme court gets another chance to bite out of obama care. this this is "special report." good evening.

she finally supplanted eleanor roosevelt, who had been number one for 12 years. mrs. kennedy was for five or six more years after that. she was riding high. remember, they lost their baby patrick in august of 1963, so people felt particularly kindly toward her. >> there is also an irony. when john kennedy was planning his campaign in 1960, he once made an offhand remark, we will have to run jackie through subliminally. he meant that jackie had been but shen an elite way, might not be too politically helpful. and there was no one who was more astounded and delighted that she had turned out this -- into this vast political asset. when jfk was planning the trip to texas, john conley and the others in texas said, you have to bring mrs. kennedy. she is so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. as indeed he did. >> john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his wealth in the way he was concerned with her? >> he felt there are many -- as many political leaders that come from affluence to, he gave the impression that he was a guy

in 1962 she supplanted eleanor roosevelt, who had the number one for about 12 years, and mrs. kennedy was for about five or four years after that. their babyd lost patrick in august of 1963 and i think people felt kindness towards her. >> when john kennedy was planning his campaign in 19 60 -- there was an offhand remark -- we will have to run her through subliminally. she had been raised in an elite she might not be too politically helpful. and there was no one who was more astounded and delighted that she had turned out this way. so in the state of texas -- john conley and the others in texas said, you have to bring mrs. kennedy. she is so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. >> i have to say that john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his help? >> he felt as may political leaders that come from affluent -- in 1957 she ar as ahim a jagu birthday gift. but hethis returned -- felt she was not someone who had a lot of political experience, and in 1960 -- this might be a difficult -- >> she felt she was a drag on him in the ear

in 1962 she supplanted eleanor roosevelt, who had the number one for about 12 years, and mrs. kennedy was for about five or four years after that. and they had lost their baby patrick in august of 1963 and i think people felt kindness towards her. >> when john kennedy was planning his campaign in 19 60 there was an offhand remark -- we will have to run her through subliminally. she had been raised in an elite way -- and she might not be too politically helpful. and there was no one who was more astounded and delighted that she had turned out this way. so in the state of texas -- john conley and the others in texas said, you have to bring mrs. kennedy. she is so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. >> i have to say that john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his help? >> he felt as may political leaders that come from affluent backgrounds, -- in 1957 she bought him a jaguar as a birthday gift. he had this returned -- but he felt she was not someone who had a lot of political experience, and in 1960 -- this might be a difficult

in 1962 she supplanted eleanor roosevelt, who had the number one for about 12 years, and mrs. kennedy was for about five or four years after that. and they had lost their baby patrick in august of 1963 and i think people felt kindness towards her. >> when john kennedy was planning his campaign in 1960 -- there was an offhand remark -- we will have to run her through subliminally. she had been raised in an elite way -- and she might not be too politically helpful. and there was no one who was more astounded and delighted that she had turned out this way. so in the state of texas -- john conley and the others in texas said, you have to bring mrs. kennedy. she is so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. >> i have to say that john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his help? >> he felt as may political leaders that come from affluent backgrounds -- in 1957 she bought him a jaguar as a birthday gift. he had this returned -- but he felt she was not someone who had a lot of political experience, and in 1960 -- this might be a difficul

in 1962 she supplanted eleanor roosevelt, who had the number one for about 12 years, and mrs. kennedy was for about five or four years after that. and they had lost their baby patrick in august of 1963 and i think people felt kindness towards her. >> when john kennedy was planning his campaign in 19 60 there was an offhand remark -- we will have to run her through subliminally. she had been raised in an elite way -- and she might not be too politically helpful. and there was no one who was more astounded and delighted that she had turned out this way. so in the state of texas -- john conley and the others in texas said, you have to bring mrs. kennedy. she is so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. >> i have to say that john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his help? >> he felt as may political leaders that come from affluent backgrounds, -- in 1957 she bought him a jaguar as a birthday gift. he had this returned -- but he felt she was not someone who had a lot of political experience, and in 1960 -- this might be a difficult

. >> one of our viewers asks how did mrs. harding respond to the rumors of harding's wandering eyes? >> it is a great question. there is a debate about these relationships that warren harding had. he had this affair with carrie phillips. they were both a couple who were related in ohio. what happens over time is that warren falls in love with carrie. florence discovers about this affair. they were still friends and vacationing together. how was is happening? how did she reacts? not very happily. she asked him to consider divorce. he knew he needed her for his career. he agreed to downplay the affair, and i believe he committed to ending it. he did not, as it turns out. as he is running for president, it is an embarrassment. it hasn't been an active affair for several years. they were flaring years of it. in the end, she is essentially bought off by members of the republican party who come up with funds to get her out-of- of the way. florence was not happy at all. there are wonderful quotes in her diary where she expresses how

he gives to mr. lincoln steffens i want everybody who sees this letter to tell him everything you know. he actually couldn't get them to talk as much as he hoped they would. he wrote corruption the state governments and city governments. >> the last person on the back of your book is william allen white. >> that is what is amazing. here is a country editor in kansas, almost never left home. he loved him. he was one of the most quoted journalists of his time. he wrote lots of short stories, lots of fiction, lots of books. he was the one who was probably closest to theodore roosevelt. they met when william allen white was a young man. he was a conservative. his father was a doctor in kansas. the wealthiest guy in town. he hated the populace and wrote against the populace. then, he meets teddy. teddy has already begun to know that something has to be done about the problems of the poor. he says the problem of the aged distribution, not production. he changed william allen white who became almost an acco

a letter came into the white house like this from shelby bennett, she wrote, dear mr. president, thanks for moving thanksgiving up. while you are at it, would you move sundays to wednesdays, turn mondays into christmas. reserve friday and saturdays as days for fishing trips trips down the potomac. there was simply general confusion telegrams from a restaurant in alliance, ohio asked when should we serve our thanksgiving turkey. some states, some fdr friendly states chose to act knowledge the date set by president roosevelt while others didn't. a nation with two thanksgivings just didn't work. in 1941, two years later, the holiday was changed for good. congress officially declared the fourth thursday in november a national holiday, thanksgiving. roosevelt admitted his experiment had failed. and that was that. thanksgiving and not franksgiving. now more than 70 years later, we are once again grappling with the idea of a holiday changing on us. this is what thanksgiving looked like for many americans this yearle. not just shoppers, but also all of the people who work in t

he gives to mr. lincoln steffens, i want everybody who sees this letter to tell them everything you know. he actually couldn't get them to talk as much as he hoped they would. he wrote corruption the state governments and city governments. >> the last person on the back of your book is william allen white. >> that is what is amazing. here is a country editor in kansas, almost never left home. he loved him. he was one of the most quoted journalists of his time. he wrote lots of short stories, lots of fiction, lots of books. he was the one who was probably closest to theodore roosevelt. they met when william allen white was a young man. he was a conservative. his father was a doctor in kansas. the wealthiest guy in town. he hated the populace and wrote against the populace. then, he meets teddy. teddy has already begun to know that something has to be done about the problems of the poor. he says the problem of the aged distribution, not production. he changed william allen white who became almost an ac

and in honor of that, the post office issued a commemorative stamp and mrs. johnson was only the fifth first lady to have a stamp. the others were martha washington, dolly madison, abigail adams and roosevelt. >> my producer tells me that you have a connection with the former first lady? >> caller: yes. i was her executive assistant from 1991 until her death. >> what is it that you would like people watching this program to know about mrs. johnson? >> caller: oh, my. well, first of all, cocie and betty, you're doing a terrific job. thank you. she was very warm. she was unflappable. she had a hearty and such a good role model and when you worked for mrs. johnson and for the president, too, i didn't know the president but you became part of the family. so she was my friend and i loved her but she loved me, too. so it was a privilege working for her and knowing her and her family. they have certainly followed in her footsteps and they are all just terrific people. and, anyway, it's been an honor. >> thanks very much for your call and adding your personal reflect

so i got interested in mr. taft. he turns out to be a far more sympathetic creature than i had known. >> not a lot of books on daft. >> i found out he and roosevelt had a much deeper friendship than i had possibly been aware of. they met in early 30s. they would write to each other. roosevelt would say my beloved taft. they were new reformers. roosevelt hands picks him to be president in 1908. runs his campaign. says stop playing golf. it's a rich man's game. you shouldn't be looking like it. get thinner. then gets tisdisappointed in tas presidency. comes back. runs against him. the echoes of the past never left. >> the echoes of the past, let's talk, speaking of echoes of the past, something we were just talking about how president obama is not as successful at -- at dragging republicans in congress's way. you talk about t.r. >> his brilliance. >> staring down his own party that doesn't want to pass any of these progressive reforms that at the time were necessary to curb the ills of -- the explosion of the industria