review on this book written by theodore roosevelt. so surprised by that, the president taking his time to write a book review. my mind around that. the essay on robinson and then went back, and that more research on roosevelt to find out what was going on. i read about roosevelt i started to get all this information about him as a lover of poetry. i was stunned by it. so i wrote an essay on that. then i thought i was finished, i started to recall i abraham somewhere that lincoln read poems. then i knew that jimmy carter had written poetry. probably did son something with poetry because he did everything intellectually. source of the research in all the presidents. them which ith 18 of had some degree of involvement in literature and poetry. suddenly i realised i had a ever that nobody had written about before. was an interesting story so put together all these essays that i wrote and ended up with this book. that is how got started. presidents who wrote poetry, does the poetry as lect their experiences head of state and the terms on w

-- theodore roosevelt." please extend a warm welcome to dr. paul for lazo. [applause] >> good evening. welcome. i want to begin by thanking those were arranged this evening. and also thinking the administration at fairhaven for their hospitality. so my talk tonight is called reading poetry in the white house: the surprising story of theodore roosevelt. the reason i say surprising is i do not think most people do not think of theater roosevelt as a lover of poetry. we have had many images of him in our minds, i am sure. and none of them would have you picturing him reading a book of poetry. he was very interested in poetry. red poetry and supported poets. that is the story we are going to talk about tonight. what's. he was our 26th president. his professional life as a politician, of course, was pretty well-known. just briefly i will go over it a little bit with you. elected in 1881 as a new york assemblyman. then to the u.s. civil service commission, new york police commissioner, assistant secretary of the n

roosevelt and even eisenhower. over all, what is your view as to whether reagan's legacy both during his presidency and afterwards has either affected the nation positively or negatively? >> i think that reagan's, the legacy of the reagan's presidency when you think about it, the best case that you can make for the reagan presidency is the sort of restoration of confidence and the idea of national greatness which a lot of people think is inherently a part of american identity, which he does so well in the '80s. and then this sort of single-minded focus on ending the cold war, which he does. so i think, i personally think that you is problematic in many ways but i can see the wisdom of the. i think the problem with the reagan presidency is in many ways it starts on the first day. it's with the famous line in our present crisis government is not the solution to our problems. government is the problem. that idea, which again i see us such a departure from the consensus sensibility of government that is dedicated to so

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one of those republicans was theodore roosevelt. theodore roosevelt may or may not have been a good president, depending on your perspective, but he was a very bad ex-president. he was not constitutionally suited to be an ex-president. he had run, being rejected by the elders of the republican party, as a candidate against wilson in 1912. he ran as an independent candidate. so, daniels thought that it would really make the administration look good from the beginning to bring a roosevelt into a democratic administration. , hein his correspondence was describing later, actually, in his correspondence later in life, he described how he had this vision of this young man and that he so well had identified as having "the to bring him into the administration as his assistant secretary, but in going over daniels' primary sources, his diary, a letter to his wife, he said to his wife, i shall bring frederick d roosevelt into my department as assistant secretary. so, it is possible that he did not know frederick roosevelt as .ell as he claimed

to the relationship with theodore roosevelt, because don't they pop up later in... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... down in cuba and... >> guest: well, roosevelt tr--apparently tried to persuade him not to testify at the police hearing, that it would be a big mistake. crane decided to do it anyway because he felt that it would be dishonorable of him not to. and roosevelt sided with the cops, that was it. they were estranged at that point. a year and a half later, they both turn up in the spanish-american war; crane as a reporter, roosevelt with the rough riders at that point. c-span: stephen crane was a reporter at how many different newspapers? >> guest: well, he was a reporter for the new york journal, for the bachelor johnson syndicate of newspapers, for the new york world in the united states. c-span: a journal owned by hearst. >> guest: mm-hmm. and pulitzer's world. c-span: and how many different wars did he cover? >> guest: two, the monthlong greco-turkish conflict in the spring of 1897 and the spanish-american war, which was 100 years ago this summer. c-span: other names: joseph

over to ourn it panel, i am reminded of the words of theodore roosevelt, who said it is far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to write with for those who live in a gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat." it is my pleasure now to turn this over to dr. phil smith. >> you are listening to the remarks from one of the directors at the nebraska medical center. we know that the man who passed away had a wife and children who live in maryland. john gonzalez spoke with some of the family today. he is live with the latest. john? >> as the relatives tell me, the doctor's wife remains in nebraska at this hour while family and friends are gathered justat home in maryland, one week ago these loved ones were celebrating because the initial tests came back negative. now they are grieving and mourning together. >> iirmly believe that this was a calling. is the doctor back in april. the local surgeon was recently diagnosed with ebola in sierra leone and flew to nebraska for treatment over the weekend. this morning he passed away. him

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theodore roosevelt, william howard taft and the golden age of journalist, she's doris kearns goodwin, this is overherd. [ applause ] >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down, this guy says, hey, goes to 11. [ laughter ] >> doris so good to see you. >> i'm glad to be back. >> thanks so much, congratulations, what another -- another great book and wish you great success with it. >> thank you. >> i had to say you had me at journalism. [ laughter ] and the reality is, as much as it may be unexpected, a book about teddy roosevelt is a book about the media, about journalism. in fact journalism does play i a part. >> huge part. >> yeah. >> i mean more than i even realized. i mean i think the real success of teddy roosevelt was his relationship with the journal i, the congress was grid locked or actually c

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theodore roosevelt agreed to a japanese take over of korea. >> thomas jefferson with the louisiana purchase. all presidents of both parties historically try to push the envelope. try to expand executive power. that's why we have checks and balances. the courts are supposed to strike down what the president does. as the supreme court did with hea harry truman when he tried to steal steel -- richard nixon, very famous for all sorts of things, doing that way. so, you know, just because people have done bad things in the past, doesn't that this particular bad thing is justified. stossel: we'll see how it shakes down. thank you. next, people say immigrants take away american jobs. some probably will. but i'd argue for every job they take, they create many new jobs. better jobs. we'll debate that next. yo, bro, you on woo-woo? are you kidding me? everybody's on woo-woo! [elevator bell rings] woo-woo? lock and load, people! we're going all in on woo-woo! mark! comp us up a profile page! susie! write us some posts! i want sponsored woos. i want targeted woos. we need an ethnically ambiguous woo-woo

theodore roosevelt agreed to a japanese take over of korea. >> thomas jefferson with the louisiana purchase. all presidents of both parties historically try to push the envelope. try to expand executive power. that's why we have checks and balances. the courts are supposed to strike down what the president does. as the supreme court did with hea harry truman when he tried to steal steel -- richard nixon, very famous for all sorts of things, doing that way. so, you know, just because people have done bad things in the past, doesn't that this particular bad thing is justified. stossel: we'll see how it shakes down. thank you. next, people say immigrants take away american jobs. some probably will. but i'd argue for every job they take, they create many new jobs. better jobs. we'll debate that next. obama: i'll make it easier and faster for highly-skilled immigrants to stay and contribute to our economy. so many business leaders have proposed this. stossel: that was good news from the president tonight. though, he wasn't at all specific about it, about what he will do or how many people he wou

theodore roosevelt agreed to a japanese take over of korea. >> thomas jefferson with the louisiana purchase. all presidents of both parties historically try to push the envelope. try to expand executive power. that's why we have checks and balances. the courts are supposed to strike down what the president does. as the supreme court did with hea harry truman when he tried to steal steel -- richard nixon, very famous for all sorts of things, doing that way. so, you know, just because people have done bad things in the past, doesn't that this particular bad thing is justified. stossel: we'll see how it shakes down. thank you. next, people say immigrants take away american jobs. some probably will. but i'd argue for every job they take, they create many new jobs. better jobs. we'll debate that next. sheila! you see this ball control? you see this right? it's 80% confidence and 64% knee brace. that's more... shh... i know that's more than 100%. but that's what winners give. now bicycle kick your old 401(k) into an ira. i know, i know. listen, just get td ameritrade's rollover consultants on the

roosevelt and abraham lincoln or franklin roosevelt. >> one of the great things about the texas book festival is audience participation, and i am going to guess that a lot of you were drawn here because of your interest in politics and the sort of things authors have been discussing if any of you have any questions, here is your chance to come up to the microphone and give your best shot at our authors. and please speak into the microphone so everyone here and the c-span audience can hear us. >> can you hear me okay? >> yes. >> i am sitting here listening about conservatives. can i speak about liberal's four minutes? i just read a fantastic book by bill bradley. three-time all-american from princeton, ten years in the nba and also a three term senator from new jersey. i just read his book. it is awesome. okay? now, my question is, can we reach out, like what bill bradley did, and across the aisle and get republicans and democrats to work together? i mean, this book was phenomenal. you get a little cynical on what it takes to put up big bills through congress today >> let me put the q

roosevelt, steady, had a big stick, and 'd big stash. there is classic mustache, isn't it? >> that is indeed. we all know this next guy. right? this is mr. monopole. and apparently the stash look really says money. he had money, baby. >> maybe back when monday open lee was invented. >> people wore top hats? >> google, who is googling, it had to be back during the depression? maybe? >> let's look. >> charlie chap lane? >> he is dangerously close to a hitler mustache. >> what about hulk hogan? >> oh, look at that thing. >> man! handle bar stash? >> who was the cartoon charge here had that? >> whiplash? >> all of the firefighters had the hulk hogan mustache, it was a thing. >> not a fan of. that will probably the most famous tv must stash this dude right here being tom celek, right? women loved that snow, and loved that mustache, and him. >> indeed they did. it was very well grouped stash. >> something i wanted to start 15 minute ago, but do we have a pie yet? >> 1935 is when monopole first came out. >> just after, well, yes, during the dep

you know, our heroes are not the war makers, not theodore roosevelt, but mark twain. not woodrow, but helen keller. speaking in 2005. viggo mortensen wrote -- read an exit who wrote a short account of the destruction of the indies. inthe indies were discovered 1492. perhaps the most densely populated place in the world. 200e must be close to leaves of land, and it is discovered as a beehive of people. it is as though god had crowded into the land the great majority of mankind, and all the incumbent unit -- infinite universe of humanity, they are the most obedient and faithful to their native masters and spanish christians who they serve. it is are so we can complacent, they are less likely to indoor heavy labor and soon die of no matter what malady. yet into this land of make outcasts, there came a to immediate be behave like wild bets, wolves, tiger l be staedy days, killing, terrorizing, affl torturing, destroying the native peoples. doing all this with the most varied new methods of cruelty never seen or heard of before, and to such a degree that this island, when

you know, our heroes are not the war makers, not theodore roosevelt, but mark twain. not woodrow, but helen keller. speaking in 2005. viggo mortensen wrote -- read an exit who wrote a short account of the destruction of the indies. inthe indies were discovered 1492. perhaps the most densely populated place in the world. 200e must be close to leaves of land, and it is discovered as a beehive of people. it is as though god had crowded into the land the great majority of mankind, and all the incumbent unit -- infinite universe of humanity, they are the most obedient and faithful to their native masters and spanish christians who they serve. it is are so we can complacent, they are less likely to indoor heavy labor and soon die of no matter what malady. yet into this land of make outcasts, there came a to immediate be behave like wild beasts, wolves, tigers, lions that have been starved for many days, killing, terrorizing, afflicting, torturing, destroying the native peoples. doing all this with the most varied new methods of cruelty never seen or heard of before, and to

roosevelt. the nationalo press club, where news happens. i want to thank the national press club staff for helping organize the event today. bill a karen, joanne booz and richard, among others. --you would raise your hand and rebecca vander, my longtime executive assistant, who will be vanna wh white -- the of the eventite. also on senator schumer's staff, matt house, and many of the others who made this event possible today. we will address the controversial issues that are out there, the immigration order, the health care bill, and whether those will be allowed to stay or whether they will be killed or we can buy -- or weakened by funding cuts. chuck hagel at the department of defense, his new position. these are the new items that are up, but we look forward to senator schumer's speech and he will speak for about 25 minutes, and then we will open it to questions. senator schumer? >> thank you, bob. it is great to be back here at the press club. happy thanksgiving. i hope you are all with frie

one of those republicans was theodore roosevelt. theodore roosevelt may or may not have been a good president, depending on your perspective, but he was a very bad ex-president. he was not constitutionally suited to be an ex-president. he had run, being rejected by the elders of the republican party, as a candidate against wilson in 1912. he ran as an independent candidate. so, daniels thought that it would really make the administration look good from the beginning to bring a roosevelt into a democratic administration. , hein his correspondence was describing later, actually, in his correspondence later in life, he described how he had this vision of this young man and that he so well had identified as having "the to bring him into the administration as his assistant secretary, but in going over daniels' primary sources, his diary, a letter to his wife, he said to his wife, i shall bring frederick d roosevelt into my department as assistant secretary. so, it is possible that he did not know frederick roosevelt as .ell as he claimed

before i turn it over to our panel, i'm reminded of the words of theodore roosevelt who said, "it is far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in a great twilight that knows not victory or defeat." it is my pleasure now to turn this over to dr. phil fill smith who will then introduce dr. dan johnson. dr. smith? >> thank you, chancellor. i'm dr. smith, medical director of the biocontainment unit at unnc. dr. martin salia, a physician, a surgeon, in fact, from sierra leone, died. he was admitted to our biocontainment unit after a long trip from africa late saturday afternoon. he arrived in very critical condition. in spite of that, we had nurses and doctors working literally around the clock to try to reverse his condition but were unable to do so. even though he was only here 36 hours, we got to know his family very well. wonderful family. especially his wife and we have great respect and admiration for the way they conducted themselves and we ext

before i turn it over to our panel, i am reminded of the words of theodore roosevelt who said it is far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in a great twilight that knows not victory or defeat. it is my pleasure now to turn this over to dr. phil schmitt who will introduce the other panelists, dan johnson, dr. chris kraterville and ms. rosana morris. dr. smith some. >> thank you. i'm dr. fill smith, medical director at unmc. i told you this morning about 4:00 a.m., dr. martin salia, a surgeon from sierra leone died. he was admitted to our biocontainment unit after a long trip from africa late saturday afternoon. he arrived in very critical condition. in spite of that, we had nurses and doctors working around the clock to reverse his condition and were unable to do so. even though he was only here 36 hours, we got to know his family very well. a wonderful family, especially his wife and we have great respect and admiration for the way they conducted

roosevelt will lay down the marker and in doing so, become a foek hero to latino americans. >> presidential historian at rice university; appreciate it, sir. >> thank you. >> a programming note for you. tomorrow ronan wraps up his border battle series with the third and final piece, lawless on the border. it's a rare look at what legal rights those making the treacherous journey have. that will be tomorrow here at 1:00 p.m. first, up next, more fallout for bill cosby as new video of him surfaces. woo will have the latest in three minutes so don't go away. already 41 compani are investing almost $80 million dollars, and creating 1750 jobs. from long island to all across upstate new york, more businesses are coming to new york. they are paying no property taxes, no corporate taxes, and no sales taxes. and with over 300 locations, and 3.7 million square feet available, there's a place that is is right for your business. see if startup-ny can work for you. go to startup.ny.gov. and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works

theodore roosevelt. and looking for another subject. and i keep this file on interesting people. and i lacked at these cuttings that i have, "new york times" articles and pieces. and something fell out. and i picked it up and it was interview with clare booth luce that "the new york times" did when her play the women was revived on broadway in 1973. >> and she was all -- >> she was how old at that time. >> she was in 77. and i read it, child actress understudied mary pickford. we made a movie at the ed ton-- edison studies when she was 13 and went on to the great careers which we already talked about. i thought wow, this is a really interesting person. that's why i kept the piece, obviously. and so i didn't say anything to anybody. but just a few days later, i had a call from a friend in washington. you probably know her. and she has said i'm giving a dinner party. would you like to am could. i said well, i'm lucky we're in new york. you're in washington. well, you know, who is it for? it's for allister horne, the english historian but said clare booth luce was coming on. she did

roosevelt. so, welcome to the national press club, where news happens. i want to thank the national press club staff for helping organize the event today. bill a karen, joanne booz and richard, among others. and our interns, if you would raise your hand -- and rebecca vander, my longtime executive assistant, who will be the van a white -- the vanna whi of the eventte. -- the vanna white of the event. she will bring you the microphone if you have questions. we get better sound that way. also on senator schumer's staff, matt house, and many of the others who made this event possible today. we will address the controversial issues that are out there, the immigration order, the health care bill, and whether those will be allowed to stay or whether they will be killed or we can buy -- or weakened by funding cuts. chuck hagel at the department of defense, his new position. these are the new items that are up, but we look forward to senator schumer's speech and he will speak for about 25 minutes, and t

roosevelt administration when they had done some redesign of the building itself. this is another picture of grace in a different type of style. she absolutely loved animals. she had a pet dog. and by the way, prohibition had already gone into effect at this point. she wasn't a strong proponent of prohibition, although we don't have any record of her serving alcohol in the white house against the law, similar to what we allegedly have regarding the hardings, their predecessors. but the name of her dog is after a mixed drink called rob roy. and she has rob roy in her official portrait, too. and coolidge, for as much as he loved how his wife dressed, was a little bit uncomfortable with red which, of course, is a power color. and he really -- he made the comment after he saw the painting of why didn't you wear a white dress and let the dog be painted red? which now brings us to lou henry hoover. and i put lou in the category of our first modern -- of our truly modern first ladies because for those of you that live in this area and have had an opportunity to perhaps se

and he said, 'well, i can't come because i have to work on my volume two--two of theodore roosevelt.' so she said, 'well, i'll give you a room to work in. you won't be disturbed.' so he said, 'all right.' so he came. but it turned out that that house was right on the ocean, and all of the doors were louver doors and all the windows were slatted. so even though he was in his own little room, when we were in the library and the winds were blowing through and all the windows were open, he could hear us talking. and one day she came in and started to tell me about that weekend at--at churchill's country house. when she went to bed that night, as--she was just on the point of falling asleep when her bedroom door opened and somebody came in in the dark, and she heard them crossing the room, and they tripped over the coal scuttle. and she put on the light quickly and she said, 'well, it was bernard baruch, and i was expecting randolph.' my poor husband next door--he was trying to write about the interstate commerce act of 1906, and he just could not concentrate. it was like that for the whol

roosevelt administration, when they had done some redesign of the building itself. this is another picture of grace in a different type of style. she absolutely loved animals. she had a pet dog. and, by the way, prohibition had already gone into effect at this point. she wasn't a strong proponent of prohibition, although we don't have any record of her serving alcohol in the white house against the law, similar to what we allegedly have regarding the hardings, their predecessors. but the name of her dog is after a mixed drink called rob roy. and she has rob roy in her official portrait, too. and coolidge, for as much as he loved how his wife dressed, was a little bit uncomfortable with red which, of course, is a power color. and he really -- he made the comment after he saw the painting of why didn't you wear a white dress and let the dog be painted red? which now brings us to lou henry hoover. and i put lou in the category of our first modern -- of our truly modern first ladies because, for those of you that live in this area and have had an opportunity to perhaps

roosevelt. so, welcome to the national press club, where news happens. i want to thank the national press club staff for helping organize the event today. bill a karen, joanne booz and richard, among others. if you would raise your hand -- and rebecca vander, my longtime executive assistant, who will be the van a white -- the vanna whi of the eventte. lso on senator schumer's staff, matt house, and many of the others who made this event ossible today. we will address the controversial issues that are out there, the immigration order, the health care bill, nd whether those will be allowed to stay or whether they will be killed or we can buy -- or weakened by funding cuts. chuck hagel at the department of defense, his new position. these are the new items that are up, but we look forward to senator schumer's speech and he will speak for about 25 minutes, and then we will open it to questions. senator schumer? >> thank you, bob. it is great to be back here at the press club. happy thanksgiving. i h

roosevelt. so, welcome to the national press club, where news happens. i want to thank the national press club staff for helping organize the event today. joanne booz and richard, among others. if you would raise your hand -- and rebecca vander, my longtime executive assistant, who will be the vanna white of our event. also on senator schumer's staff, matt house, and many of the others who made this event possible today. we assume that senator schumer will address the controversial issues that are out there, the immigration order, the health care bill, and whether those will be allowed to stay or whether they will be killed or weakened by funding cuts. chuck hagel at the department of defense, his new position. these are the new items that are up, but we look forward to senator schumer's speech and he will speak for about 25 minutes, and then we will open it to questions. senator schumer? >> thank you, bob. it is great to be back here at the press club. happy thanksgiving. i hope you are all wit

. >> theodore roosevelt, president of the united states. >> i have no idea what that means. >> you are speaking with the pharaoh, kiss my staff. >> is it okay if i don't? >> sun goes down, tablet starts to glow and everything comes to life. >> do you think it's going to be hard for audiences to see robin williams? >> i think it might be a little bit hard. he rep rises the role. this is the last chance to see him on screen. i think people will see it as a final good-bye. >> and "into the woods" -- >> this could be her 19th oscar nomination. >> she keeps breaking it. >> she keeps breaking her own record. come see us again. >> thank you. >>> more on the announcement a short time ago by the mayor of ferguson, missouri, about whether darren wilson will receive severance pay. it's coming your way next. hey guys...guys! pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistable sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. make breakfast pop! why do i cook for the to share with family to carry on traditions to come together, even when we're apart in stuffing, mashed

his most memorable lectures were those on the spanish american war and colonel theodore roosevelt. his lecture on t.r. was so memorable that i could recite most of it today. t.r. commandeering two leaky boat tots transport the rough riders to cuba, t.r. being down to the last pair of glasses at the last charge. the lever action rifle beings outranged by the spanish guns. and a young second lieutenant recently graduated from west point, leading a platoon equipped with gatling guns. donald rumsfeld was appointed by president nixon to headed the office of economic opportunity and phil decided to run the -- for the congressional seat vacated, the 13th illinois district. . i spent a good deal of my time attempting to be of some service to phil and his campaign. he referred to his philosophy as conservatism. an approach i thought daring at the time. he attended many t's, thought the district and was -- throughout the district and was always received, especially by the lady voters who were the primary attendees. in subsequent campaigns, i had the privilege of flying phil around illinois.

i think theodore roosevelt, on the enough, might not. the moral war continues under mckinley. foreign? it depends on how you define things. all the indian wars of the post-civil war era. very few. maybe john tyler or james monroe , the era of good feelings. here,thinking, coming in about military experience, what president did and did not have it. after civil war, you have all these republican general types running the white house am a all the way up to mckinley. get people with no tr, all theories after the way from task through hoover . into the 40's. frankly -- franklin roosevelt. eligible fore was a naval cross or something. he had been in combat because he toured the front lines here at the -- in terms of realize military, no. psyche toifted the want a president with military experience, thinking of today's times, when you have the threat of terrorism after september 11, 2001. >> it is a natural thought. we want people with experience to look at it and frame the right questions, coming to the right answers. greatin roosevelt was a were president. basically by letting the

let's remember the test president theodore roosevelt gave us. there is no more important mission than -- quote -- "leaving this land a better land for descendants than it is for us." this bill fails that test. thank you, madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i think we're going to take a recess shortly. i just wanted to thank everybody on both sides for their statements. and to sum it up from my perspective, you've got a situation here that, frankly, i'm very glad we're confronting because there are lots of people who say, oh, this is no big deal. it's just a little pipeline. and we have so many pipelines. you know, senator thune said, oh, it's so much safer to transport this oil by pipeline than other ways. just try telling that to the people of marshall, michigan. there was a spill there in 2010, the kalamazoo river. they are still trying to clean it up because it's not the pipeline, folks, it's the dirty tar sands oil that is so much more dangerous, has more heavy metals, is more car

roosevelt. so welcome to the national press club, where new toppings. i want to thank the national press club staffer helping organize the event today. don't mccarron, joanne booze and richard for among others at the press club and our interns, autumn kelley if you raise your hand and i've been gone now and rebecca vanderlinden, my longtime executive assistant who will be the van be the vandal fight of our events and carry the microphone, which you have. the audience may for questions. it makes a much better sound that way. so, also on senator schumer staff, madhouse, justin goodman, many of the people that were very, very helpful in making this event happen today. we assume that senator schumer in today's speech will address the many controversial issues out there. the immigration order, the health care bill and whether those will be allowed to stay or whether they will be killed or weakened by funding cuts. ferguson and the decision they are in police and grace and chuck hagel at the departmen

i came upon this book review that i mentioned was written by president theodore roosevelt. and i was so surprised by that. takinght, a president time out to write a book review of poetry? it seems so out of character! especially him! quite get my mind around that. so i finish the essay on robinson and then i went back and i did more research on roosevelt to find out what was going on. and as i read about roosevelt, i started to uncover all of this foundation about him and he was a lover of poetry. i was stunned by it. and so that i wrote an essay on that. and then i thought i was finished with it. but then i started to recall that i have read somewhere that abraham lincoln had britain poems -- had written poems. and then i thought, hmmmm. and then i found out that jimmy carter had written poetry, and then thomas jefferson had probably written poetry because he had done everything into likely. so i started researching all of the presidents. and sure enough, i came up with 18 of them who had some degree of involvement in literature and in poetry. and then suddenly i realized

let's remember the test president theodore roosevelt gave us. there is no more important mission than -- quote -- "leaving this land a better land for descendants than it is for us." this bill fails that test. thank you, madam pre