nancy and marion became eleanor roosevelt's political mentors when eleanor roosevelt was just getting started in political life. we are in a room that originally was a living room in office for eleanor roosevelt secretary mel mina thompson or tommy, she was called. deathved here until her in the early 50's. with eleanor roosevelt. in the mrs. roosevelt took over the use of this area and this became her office sitting room. this is where she would receive guest. this is where she would work every day. at this desk, which was made at the val-kill industries. the industry thing about the desk is there's a little lame plates on there. it's actually her first name is misspelled on the nameplate. this was given to her as a gift by a child. she obviously noticed right away that her name was misspelled but you didn't say a word, she said thank you very much and she used it from that day to the time of her death. this tells you a lot about eleanor roosevelt. it was not important to her that her name was misspelled, she appreciated the gift of the child and given her. -- had given her. his appr

nancy and marion became eleanor roosevelt's political mentors when eleanor roosevelt was just getting started in political life. we are in a room that originally was a living room in office for eleanor roosevelt's secretary mel mina thompson or tommy, she was called. she lived here until her death in the early with eleanor 1950's, roosevelt. mrs. roosevelt took over the use of this area and this became her office sitting room. this is where she would receive guests. this is where she would work every day. at this desk, which was made at the val-kill industries. the industry thing about the desk is there's a little lame plates on there. it's actually her first name is misspelled on the nameplate. this was given to her as a gift by a child. she obviously noticed right away that her name was misspelled but you didn't say a word, she said thank you very much and she used it from that day to the time of her death. this tells you a lot about eleanor roosevelt. it was not important to her that her name was misspelled, she appreciated the gift of the child had given her. mrs. roosevelt wrote

nancy and marion became eleanor roosevelt's political mentors when eleanor roosevelt was just getting started in political life. we are in a room that originally was a living room in office for eleanor roosevelt's secretary mel mina thompson or tommy, she was called. she lived here until her death in the early 1950's, with eleanor roosevelt. mrs. roosevelt took over the use of this area and this became her office sitting room. this is where she would receive guests. this is where she would work every day. at this desk, which was made at the val-kill industries. the industry thing about the desk is there's a little lame plates on there. it's actually her first name is misspelled on the nameplate. this was given to her as a gift by a child. she obviously noticed right away that her name was misspelled but you didn't say a word, she said thank you very much and she used it from that day to the time of her death. this tells you a lot about eleanor roosevelt. it was not important to her that her name was misspelled, she appreciated the gift of the child had given her. mrs. roosevelt wrote

it made eleanor roosevelt unhappy. she wrote about this townhouse, and you can kind of read between the lines where she mentions that it was not a great thing where sarah was living right next to them and that she decorated their part of the townhouse and so forth. i would imagine that she was not happy to be in a wing of this house where sarah could also open the doorway from her bedroom into eleanor roosevelt's bedroom, or early on franklin and eleanor's shared bedroom, whenever she wanted to. when she moved out of the house, she moved all of the furniture from the room where franklin delano roosevelt was born into this room. so, the birth room became a guest room. so this, in essence, became the master bedroom to the house. after sarah died, she left a note saying that she wanted the birth room furniture put back into the room where fdr was born, because she knew that fdr planned to turn it over to the national park service and open it up to the public. she wanted the room to appear as it was when he was born in it.

it made eleanor roosevelt unhappy. townhouse,bout this and you can kind of read between the lines where she mentions that it was not a great thing where sarah was living right next to them and that she decorated their part of the townhouse and so forth. i would imagine that she was not happy to be in a wing of this house where sarah could also open the doorway from her bedroom into eleanor roosevelt's bedroom, or early on franklin and eleanor's shared bedroom, whenever she wanted to. when she moved out of the house, she moved all of the furniture from the room where franklin delano roosevelt was born into this room. so, the birth room became a guest room. so this, in essence, became the master bedroom to the house. after sarah died, she left a note saying that she wanted the birth room furniture put back into the room where fdr was born, because she knew that fdr planned to turn it over to the national park service and open it up to the public. she wanted the room to appear as it was when he was born in it. so, this be

that of eleanor roosevelt's cousin, allison longworth. poor eleanor, she took everything, most of all herself tremendously seriously. this is alice longworth speaking. if only she'd allowed a little levity into her life. she had a miserable childhood, which i don't think she ever quite got over. there was her exquisite empty-headed mother, anna hall, one of most beautiful women of her time. she was rather mean to eleanor. she called her granny and made her feel unwanted and unattractive. and then there was her father, my uncle ellie, the black sheep of the family. someone should write something on uncle ellie and call it the rigs progress. there was an intelligent young man who ruined himself with drink. he was considered far more promising than my father with young, but once he started hitting the bottle, the slide downhill was spectacular. my father was always trying to save him from some predicament. the conversation about uncle ell ellie was frequent, and stopped when i entered the role. and i learned at the keyhole. and learned of my

she gave eleanor roosevelt's allowance every month. and grace was smart enough not to live in the white house and she had more of a life of her own. she lived with her aging mother and all that, but-- >> thank you. >> another important lady though. questions? >> was-- >> i think you've got to go-- >> was there another man in her life. >> yes, yes, there was. and that was another thing that had not been explored real thoroughly. missy was in love for a while with a man named william christian bullet. what a name for a diplomate. but he was the united states first ambassador to the soviet union in 1933. and then he became the ambassador to paris. and he began, you know, courting missy in 1933 and they had, whenever he was home, and he came home quite a bit, considering how far off it was and how hard travel was. he'd take her out and wine her and dine her and they'd spend time together, but i think from my reading of her letters she was happiest when he was on his side of the atlantic ocean. he was a real ladies man and she got wind of t

exchange between eleanor roosevelt and -- the doctor. and i'm going to read that now he was a navy vice admiral dr. macken tire what he said to roosevelt is call on me if you need help. dr. macken tire said to ms. roosevelt at the start. that's what eleanor called it when president could get upset about thing tizzy and tried to get the president appetite back to normal he sent to new york for specialist and finally brought in doctors from the navy hospital and had dietitian arrived in uniform four times the president ate everything he was told to eat simply because it was ordered by the navy. the presidents reducing diet came from the navy and he was simple list on record cut out all fried foods okay so that was one directive from the doctor. but typically the president is going to get what they want to get and african-american staff is caught in the middle and so they often have to help the president out. and so i love this exchange with dealing with livey mcu duffy so lizzy was the wife of o.j. mcduffy who was president roosevelt long

and on the far right, eleanor roosevelt. his victory was so immense that fdr really felt confident going into his second term, that he was going to be able to expand the new deal. he had all kinds of ambitious plans for what he wanted to do on the domestic front during the second term. but as a lot of presidents find out as they go into their second term, events can sometimes take surprising turns. and in fact, his second term turns out to be a lot different than what he thought it might be. very early in the second term, fdr gets involved in a big conflict with congress. he becomes concerned that the supreme court is striking down a lot of new deal legislation, and he becomes concerned in particular that a court case involving the social security act might end with the court striking it down as unconstitutional. so come he comes up with a plan that he calls a reform plan, but that his opponents call a court packing plan. it was a plan to put additional members onto the supreme court. presumably at one point, he would get a

she was also an enormous fan of eleanor roosevelt. she was a scientist, so she felt their support for research and education were vitally important. she had instilled in me a love for the roosevelts and a real interest in history. my family were mostly scientists, so they were expecting me to go into the world of science. i went on a different path. the storytelling always fascinated me. there are so many extraordinary stories about franklin and eleanor roosevelt that it is hard not to be a fan. brian: back to the books. did he read when he was president and did he ever write a book? paul: he published several books of his speeches, but he did not ever write a book on his own. he had a screenplay that he is -- had written that in the 1920's he was trying to sell the hollywood movie studios. it was a spy mystery, pretty awful, no one bought it. he wrote the foreword to a book on whaling ships of new bedford, but he never wrote a book that was published. brian: what does the director do? paul: nothing. i have the greatest staff in the w

an interview with david roosevelt as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. and the author and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in his andwriting that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on american history tv, we tour the f.d.r. presidential library, the first one in the national archives system. >> the library was established by franklin roosevelt and looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers. and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate here on hyde park, new york. what he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. >> watch c-span citie

she was also an enormous fan of eleanor roosevelt. she was a scientist, so she felt their support for research and education were vitally important. she had instilled in me a love for the roosevelts and a real interest in history. my family were mostly scientists, so they were expecting me to go into the world of science. i went on a different path. the storytelling always fascinated me. there are so many extraordinary stories about franklin and eleanor roosevelt that it is hard not to be a fan. brian: back to the books. did he read when he was president and did he ever write a book? paul: he published several books of his speeches, but he did not ever write a book on his own. he had a screenplay that he is written that in the 1920's he was trying to sell the hollywood movie studios. it was a spy mystery, pretty awful, no one bought it. he wrote the foreword to a book on whaling ships of new bedford, but he never wrote a book that was published. brian: what does the director do? paul: nothing. i have the greatest staff in the world, t

she was also an enormous fan of eleanor roosevelt. she was a scientist, so she felt their support for research and education were vitally important. she had instilled in me a love for the roosevelts and a real interest in history. my family were mostly scientists , so they were expecting me to go into the world of science. i went on a different path. the storytelling always fascinated me. there are so many extraordinary stories about franklin and eleanor roosevelt that it is hard not to be a fan. host: back to the books. did he read when he was president and that he ever write a book? guest: he published several books of his speeches, but he did not ever write a book on his own. he had a screenplay that he is written that in the 20's -- that in the 1920's he was trying to sell the hollywood movie studios. it was a spy mystery, pretty awful, no one bought it. he wrote the forward to a book on whaling ships of new bedford, but he never wrote a book that was published. host: what does the director do? guest: nothing. i have the greatest

. >> our visit to hyde park brings us to val-kill, the home of eleanor roosevelt. learn about her life and creating jobs for rural workers and women. >> certainly this became the very first national historic site to be dedicated to a first lady and the only historic site dedicated to a first lady, and the only dedicated to one first lady. val-kill encompasses two major buildings. the first building, the stone cottage was built in 1925. the first building, the stone cottage was built in 1925 to initially serve as a retreat for eleanor roosevelt and her two political mentors, nancy cook and marion dickerman. it was built on the eastern end of the roosevelt property at the time, land that fdr had purchased in 1911 to do forestry

here you will find first lady eleanor roosevelt val killen national historic site. with the help of our cable partners, for the next two hours we will talk with local authors as we explore the history of the area and the roosevelt connection to it. the home of franklin d roosevelt historic site features his springwood estate. his presidential library next door and also the final resting places of fdr and first lady eleanor roosevelt. we visited the grounds and went to the home of david roosevelt, a grandson of president and mrs. roosevelt to talk with him about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. >> it really was not until my grandmother 's funeral that i realized it really kind of hit me. that she was really a special person. and something of a elebrity. and seeing you know the president to ex-president, one future president and all sorts of ambassadors and other diplomatic people there. very important people. that had really dawned on me, my gosh! she really was important! we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my

she was also an enormous fan of eleanor roosevelt. she was a scientist, so she felt their support for research , their support for education were vitally important. so she sort of instilled in me a love for the roosevelts and a real interest in history. my family were mostly scientists, so they were expecting me to go into the world of science. i instead went on a different path, but the storytelling always fascinated me. there are so many extraordinary stories about franklin and eleanor roosevelt that it is hard not to be a fan. brian: back to the books. did he read when he was president and did he ever write a book? paul: he published several books of his speeches, but he did not ever write a book on his own. he had a screen play that he had written that in the 1920's he was trying to sell the hollywood movie studios. it was a spy mystery, pretty awful, no one bought it. he wrote the foreword to a book on whaling ships of new bedford, but he never wrote a book that was published. brian: what does the director do? paul: nothing. bria

was on a diet and we're like to stray so the white house physician and eleanor roosevelt would team up to make sure he stayed on the diet so in her diary she memorialized in exchange between eleanor and the doctor. i will read that now. so what mcintyre said was colony if you need help. dr. mcintyre said to mrs. roosevelt. he cooperated in try to get the president back to normal finally he brought in doctors from the navy hospital the present eight every thing he was told simply because of the orders by the navy so to cut out all fried foods that was one directive from the doctor but typically the president will get what they get in the african-american staff is caught in the middle helping the president out. so i love the exchange sold is the was the wife of the president's longtime valet so she comes to the white house as a maid and often get a company resolved on a long trip but what was interesting about this the she had a big personality she would entertain the president with puppet showsy shows, and early version of the muppets called a suicide. [laughter] and the president wo

and eleanor roosevelt and franklin roosevelt and it was a fantastic series. it really made public interest in the roosevelt's. we saw attendance really starting to climb at that point. i've been here less than two years. i am a newbie to the roosevelt legacy family. but in that. what we have tried to do is expand. new permanent exhibit open in 2013 which is helpful. the narrative that we tell in our permanent exhibit was 13 years in the making. they put together a group of historians in 2000.he said we are going to completely rethink what the presidential library should be. how do we tell that story?how to be be honest, confront the issues, deal with controversy, admit his failures and celebrate his successes? the entire exhibit was reconceived. it really is now i think one of the most successful presidential libraries. enough time has passed where we can honestly deal with things like the japanese force of the temporary exhibit now can have it features 200 photographs, extraordinary pictures taken by dorothy langan ansell adams that documents the process of

, eleanor roosevelt and extended roosevelt family. saturday at noon earn on book tv an exclusive interview with david roosevelt, grandson of f.d.r. and eleanor as he talks grandmere, a r, personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. that's all she ever wanted to be. >> author tony muso and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archive in his handwriting, not type written, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we tour the f.d.r. presidential library, the first presidential library in the national archive system. >> it was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to of his the papers administration and al

sara delano roosevelt. two of his sons. and on the far right, eleanor roosevelt. his victory was so immense that fdr really felt confident going into his second term, that he was going to be able to expand the new deal. he had all kinds of ambitious plans for what he wanted to do on the domestic front during the second term. but as a lot of presidents find out as they go into their second term, events can sometimes take surprising turns. and in fact, his second term turns out to be a lot different than what he thought it might be. very early in the second term, fdr gets involved in a big conflict with congress. he becomes concerned that the supreme court is striking down a lot of new deal legislation, and he becomes concerned in particular that a court case involving the social security act mike end with the court -- social security act might end with the court striking it down as unconstitutional. so come he comes up with a plan that he calls a reform plan, but that his opponents call a court packing plan. it was a plan to put additional members onto the supreme

she was enormous fan of eleanor roosevelt. she was a scientist and felt support for research and support for education were vitally important. so she instilled in me a love for the roosevelts and also real interest in history. my family mostly scientists so they were expecting me to go into the world of scientists, i went a different path but the story telling always fascinated me and there's extraordinary stories of roosevelt that's hard not to become a fan. >> back to the books. did he read when he was president or did he ever write a book? >> well, he published several books of his speeches but he tid not ever write a book on his own. he had a screen play that he had written that in the 20's he was trying to sell to the hollywood movie studios, it was sort of a spy mystery. it was pretty awful. no one bought it. he wrote the four word to a book but no, he never wrote a bikebook that was published. >> now, what does a director do? >> nothing. >> i have the greatest staff in the world, they do all the work i stand up and talk

, eleanor roosevelt and the extended roosevelt family. today at noon on book tv, an exclusive interview with david grandson of fdr as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i really ashe was special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way, we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. that is all she ever wanted to be. >> then an author and his book "fdr and the post office." letters in ther archives that actually credited stamp collecting of saving his life, after he was confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday on american history tv, we tour the presidential library, the fdr presidential library, the first in the system. >> it was established by fdr. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. so he created a library on the ground of his estate on the grounds of hyde park. what he decided to do was

, eleanor roosevelt, and the roosevelt family. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, an interview with david roosevelt, grandson of fdr, as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother -- she was only a grandmother to us. that is all she wanted to be. >> then author tony and his book, "fdr and the post office." >> i found letters in the archive in his handwriting that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life and ended upme ill being confined to a wheelchair. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, we tour the fbi presidential library, the first presidential library, and the national archives system. >> the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers. he

with david roosevelt, as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt, from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. > then author tony and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archives in his handwriting, not typed written, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we toured the f.d.r. presidential library. the first presidential library in the national archive system. >> the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. he ba

two of his sons are on the far right and eleanor roosevelt. his victory was so immense that fdr really felt confident going into a second term, that he was going to be able to expand the new deal. he had all kinds of an vicious plans for what he wanted to do on the domestic front during the second term. finds a father presidents out in their second term, events can sometimes take a surprising turn, and in fact, his second term turns out to be a lot different than what he thought it might be. very early in the second term, fdr gets involved and in the conflict with congress. that thes concerned supreme court is striking down a lot of new deal legislation, and becomes very concerned that there are court cases involving social security act and it might end. so come he comes up with a plan that he calls ever form plan, but that his opponents call a court packing plan it was a plan to put additional members onto the supreme court. presumably at one point, he would think it a majority that would support his legislation. a very contentious issue, and

as i said, he married eleanor roosevelt in march of 1905. this became a very important, not only personal relationship, but i would also say, elliptical partnership. she was an important first lady. she transformed the expectation of what a first lady might contribute to the office, and to the white house. she was an active participant in politics, gave press conferences, wrote a newspaper column, and later, served in the u.n.. she became known as an advocate and a leader of women and civil rights. they had five children together, and it was by all accounts, and happy marriage. that was until one day, eleanor roosevelt discovered, by accident, a package of love letters that her husband was having an affair with her secretary lucy mercer. she was promptly fired. eleanor offered franklin a divorce, and he considered it, but the politician that he was, and with considerable pressure from his mother, he realized that divorce was not in his best interest. though he promised to stop seeing her, the affair lasted four years. the evidence suggested

, eleanor roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, exclusive interview with the grandson of fdr and eleanor, as he talks about his memoir from his time on the roosevelt's hyde park estate. >> it was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to was. and that is all she ever wanted to be. >> and then the book "fdr and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archive in his hand writing, not typed, that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we tour the fdr presidential library, the first in the presidential archive system. >> the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration, and his personal papers. so, he created a lib

geraldine hawkins and her book elliott and eleanor roosevelt. the story of father and daughter in the gilded age. and the gatekeeper, fdr and the untold story of the partnership that defined the presidency. in the last months of franklin roosevelt at 8:00 p.m. eastern a conversation with best-selling author from his home in new york city. >> the books i published last couple of years are the same kind of our characters written by an 85 yoga but it's a 25-year-old guy was writing about when i was that age. >> 's he talks about his career last 60 years. his books include the kingdom and the power, under they father, and unto the sons. >> i wanted to write about unknown people. a woman that was maybe an central park or maybe a little woman who clean the offices of the chrysler building at 4:00 o'clock in the morning or some doorman outside the plaza hotel and what he saw and what he didn't see. i wanted to write about sometimes what it was like to be a best driver in manhattan articling subways, obscure characters that ordinary people to not recogn

. >> our visit to hyde park brings us to val-kill, the home of eleanor roosevelt. learn about her life and creating jobs for rural workers and women. >> certainly this became the very first national historic site to be dedicated to a first lady and the only historic site dedicated to a first lady, and the only dedicated to one first lady. val-kill encompasses two major buildings. the first building, the stone cottage was built in 1925.

as he talks about his grandma, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i right lane realized that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. and author tony musso and his book f.d.r. and the post office. >> i found four letters in the archives if his handwriting that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we tour the f.d.r. presidential library, the first presidential library in the national archive system. >> established by franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. basically what he decided to do was to raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government

, eleanor roosevelt and extended roosevelt family saturday at noon eastern on book tv. an exclusive interview with the fdr and eleanor roosevelt. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really special person. something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us . that is all she ever wanted to be. >> than author tony russo and his book, fdr and the post office >> i found for letters in his handwriting, not typewritten but he credited stand collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we tour the presidential library, the first presidential library in the national archives system pure >> the library was established by president franklin delano roosevelt. was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also personal papers. he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park. what he decided to do was to raise priva

roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. on booktv, ann exclusive interview with david roosevelt as he talks about his memoir from his home on the roosevelt's hyde park estate. >> it was really not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us , and that is all she ever wanted to be. >> author tony musso and his book. >> i found for letters in the archives in his handwriting come and not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern firsttory tv, we tour the presidential library and the national archives system. >> it was established by franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers, and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate in hyde park, new york. w

should -- festival. -- and her book elliott and eleanor roosevelt. gatekeeper, fdr, and the untold story of the partnership that defined a presidency. and then at 8 p.m. eastern a conversation with rest selling author from his home in new york city. >> the sing kind o

we are home to eleanor roosevelt's and hyde park history is a living history. you know, it's something growing up here, which i did, it's part of our daily lives. and so we honor our history frequently through parades and through visits to the local homes, it's just part of the ethos of being a hyde parker. host: and make sure to tune in to the weekend -- this weekend to "book tv" and "american history tv" as we travel to hyde park, new york, and to watch the video of hyde park and all the cities we visited on our c-span cities tour. you can go to c-span.org/citiestour. we are taking your calls today for the rest of the show. taking in what's on your mind. ruben is calling on our democratic line from fort lauderdale. hi, ruben. caller: good morning. host: and what did you want to talk about today? caller: yes. i don't think it's a good idea for -- because the democrats and the republicans, they are not getting along together. right on television. host: so what do you think, then, members of congress to do should -- should do to feel safer, ruben? caller: need t

geraldine hawkins in her book, elliott and eleanor roosevelt, the story of a father and his daughter. catherine smith and her book, the gatekeeper, missing a hand in the untold story of the partnership the defined a presidency. book the final battle, the last month with franklin roosevelt. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a composition with author, data lee's -- the books that i've had published are the same kind of odd characters written by an 84-year-old guy that the 24-year-old guy was writing about when i was that age. .> he talks about his career his books include the kingdom and the power, honor thy father and unto the sons. >> i wanted to write about unknown people. maybe a little woman who claimed the officers of the chrysler building at 4:00 in the morning. the honduran man outside of the plaza hotel and what he saw. i wanted to read about what it is like to be a bus driver in manhattan or clean subways at 4:00 in the morning. obscure characters that ordinary people do not recognize. i wanted to be a chronicler of those who are unrecognized, untitled. >> for more of this schedule, good

and eleanor as he talks about his memoir a personal history of eleanor roosevelt from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that is all she ever wanted it to be. >> then tony and his book "fdr and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archive in his handwriting not type and that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up confined to a wheelchair. >> the first presidential library in the national archive system. >> established by franklin roosevelt he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers and so, he created a library on the grounds here at hyde park new york. basically what he decided to do is raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. >> watch the cities to

one -- eleanor roosevelt high school. one of the principal was on the verge of tears, she was so hurt by the allegations. there is a lot going on with the story. when we come back at 5:00 you will hear from a school board member behind the allegation. he says he stands behind his claim. we will tell you why at 5:00. upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. >> see you at 5:00. thank you. what a difference a day makes. last night's storms ushered out the humidity and in great weather for the last spring. our chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch7 weather center with the forecast today. nice out there today. brad: beautiful! you are right. a big change mainly the dew point dropping. zero chance of rain. comfortably warm temperature. talk about yesterday's cold front. it's still showing up on the satellite and radar now across southeast, the carolina coast and the beaches to georgia. this is going to stay there. a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures in the next couple of days. nice until friday. friday the pattern wi

elliott and eleanor roosevelt story of a fought for and water and catherine spent in her book. joseph and his book the final battle the last months of roosevelt. then 8 p.m. eastern in conversation from his home in dc. >> the 24 and 25-year-old was writing about when i was that age. >> he talks about his career the past 60 years. why did you write about unknown people or a woman claimed the officers of the chrysler building at 4:00 in the morning what about a doorman out of the plaza hotel. those obscure characters people do not recognize the. i can see in these books first moses, powers and cities, then do not johnson award and i didn't know anything about it at all. >> looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america and he shares his progress on the next volume of the biography of lyndon johnson. it was only when it coincided he realizes he has to pass the civil rights

the >> eleanor roosevelt had some words i attend for that momentnt where he could recognize courage, but he couldn't practice it. >> yeah, i think he was more courage, less profile, send tonight. when it comes to robert kennedy and joseph mccarthy as a political leader in new york and charles buckley, he wouldn't jettison people who were loyal to his family.weal he was awfully good to us in 1960 with something he always dreaded to hear because it meant he was about to do something they thought was more about politics than principle. those robert kennedy's at the end of jfk flight. the ruthless opportunist who would do anything. that was part of it that he didn't have this kind of guiding set of principles. when it comes to mccarthy, that was a person who had been good to their family, loyalty when he wasn't going to say mean things even if it scored political points. it was a political liability foa him. in some ways it showed politicat courage to stand by a person who he had been previously had feelings for her. for he also tried to break off for about a failing test file. he passed

, eleanor roosevelt and the extended roosevelt family. saturday on book tv an exclusive interview with david roosevelt grandson of fdr and eleanor as he talks about his memoir. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized she was a special person and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never fooud viewed my grandmother, she was only a grandmother to us and that's all she ever wanted to. >> then author tony amusso and his book fdr and the post office. >> i found four letters in the archive in his handwriting, not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we toured the fdr presidential library, the first presidential library in the national archives system. >> the library was established by president frank lin ruse sbrelt velt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers and so he cr

saturday -- franklin roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, and extended family at hyde park. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. that's all she ever wanted to be. book, tony russo and his "fdr and the post office." >> i found letters in the archives in his handwriting where he quoted stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and hated up being confined to a wheelchair. announcer: on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv," we toured the first presidential library and the national archive system. >> it was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers. thee created a library on grounds of his estate here and hyde park newhe basically -- whd to do was raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. >> wat

roosevelt seeing him there. >> talk about the press. the lying press. these are all the press that about chiang kai shek. if president trump wants to know what it is like to be written about badly by the press, he should just read theodore white. with andall in love married a chinese martial -- then the movie was made about --china just seemed into second the best of the journalists. on the other side, there is time life and the lewis family. it is a totally different story because they are in love with chiang kai shek and vice versa and he will make sure that chian magazineured on time four times. still will somehow get his picture on there because they try to work with chiang kai shek but it finally fell off. burma and there meeting with chiang kai shek. house, youde of the get a totally different story from and about chiang kai shek. the stories coming out of china are very different. that's depending on who is out in the field and what they are doing. hadng kai shek's wife converted to christianity and the missionaries in the united

roosevelt seeing him there. he will later retire as a two star general in the marine corps. let's talk about the press. the lying press. these are all the press that wrote harshly about chiang kai shek. if president trump wants to know what it is like to be written about badly by the press, he should just read theodore white. or he could try the local favorite, anchored snow. edward snow. he will fall in love with and married a chinese martial -- then the movie was made about hemingway --china just seemed in the best of the journalists. on the other side, there is time fily.nd the luce it is a totally different story becausthey a in love with chiang kai shek and vice versa and he will make sure that is chngctured on time magazine four times. stillwell somehow get his picture on there because they try to work with chiang kai shek but it finally fell off. this is clear loose booth -- clare luce booth in burma and there meeting with chiang kai shek. from the side of the house, you get a totally different story from

. >> our visit to hyde park brings we learn about eleanor roosevelt's life here and are working creating jobs for real workers and women. rural workers and women. >> certainly this became the very first national historic dedicated to a first lady and the only historic site dedicated to one first lady. val-kill

an exclusive interview with grandson of fdr as he talks about his memory, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. >> then an author and his book, fdr and the post office. >> i found four letter in the archive in his handwriting, not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv, we tour the fdr presidential library. the first presidential library in the national archives system. >> it was established by president franklin ruse vet. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers, and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. what he decided to do was raise private money to build the

the book eleanor and eleanor roosevelt, the story of his father and daughter in the gilded age. kathryn smith, the untold story of the partnership that defined a presidency. and joseph leilyveld and his book. and then at 8:00 p.m. eastern a conversation with best selling author guy talese from his home in new york city. >> the books i have publish in the last couple of years are the same odd characters written by an 84, 85-year-old guy that the 24, 25-year-old guy was writing about when i was that age. >> mr. talese talks about his career over the past 60 years. his books include "the kingdom and the power," "honor thy father" and ""unto the sons." >> i wanted to talk about unknown people, maybe a little woman who fed pigeons in central park or a little woman who clean the chrysler builder at 4:00 in the morning or a doorman outside the plaza hotel and what he saw or didn't see. i wanted to write about what it was like to be a bus driver in manhattan or clean the subways at 4:00 in the morning, the obscure characters that people do not -- ordinary people do not recognize. i want