so, one looks at eleanor roosevelt fbi files. john edgar hoover hated eleanor roosevelt. and her fbi files that we got in the freedom of information act are unbeatable. he hates her personally and calls her that old cow. the old cow is at it again and she has friends that are communists. every integrationist, every civil rights leader, all of the great southern integrationists were attacked by john e-echo hoover and called communist. who else would be for integration except a communist and of course the november. virginia? i mean, please. >> so you are hopeful. >> i'm hopeful, but who promoted this man to be the fbi had? i mean, he was george bush's appointment. what is he doing here and why is he doing it and why isn't he being removed instead of her being hounded from it is aggravating in my opinion. [applause] a question from upstairs about eleanor roosevelt. we are bringing you a microphone. thank you. 54 years ago what i hope hillary will do to try and, i was the runner-up iran against her in 1961 because my brother said she has nobody running against her and that is

president reagan roosevelt and first lady roosevelt -- roosevelt andklin first lady roosevelt clashed about this. the president signed executive order 9066 which authorized the removal of over 110,000 japanese americans from the west coast on the basis of their ethnicity. the president referred to the intern camps as concentration camps. wayeferred to them this meaning that this is where people were concentrated. not like the nazi co ncentration camps. this was the case of a government confining it on people. slightlyt is inaccurate. because there is no other word for this, we use it as a placeholder. time, the president allowed japanese americans to be stripped of their property and to be confined without charge. we will talk about what happened in a minute. his wife was a human rights activist who considered arbitrary confinement un-american. forced to remain publicly silent on this by her position as first lady. she privately attempted to persuade the president to not do this. she sought to speed the process of letting the inmate out. the vivid contrast between the roosevelts and t

roosevelt. everything that was controversial must be taken with the good and the appreciation and the honor. this isn't to tear down but to understand, and it is to foster atmosphere here that the president would have encouraged for debate and dialogue, based on evidence, not only evidence here in the archives, the evidence that is here for interpretation and review. and not merely on opinion. we may not agree with any given author, but we can trust that the sources here at the library are without question and that this forum is open to everyone. for everyone's views, conversation. we are pleased to have here today -- greg robinson. he will speak about his book "by order of the president: fdr and the internment of japanese americans." greg provided us with valuable insight. we encourage all of you here to go over and, if you have not seen it, go through the exhibit and appreciate the hard work that our team did to create this exhibit. greg is a noted scholar on internment, the author of multiple

president reagan roosevelt and first lady roosevelt -- president franklin roosevelt and first lady roosevelt clashed about this. the president signed executive order 9066 which authorized the removal of over 110,000 japanese americans from the west coast on the basis of their ethnicity. the president referred to the intern camps as concentration camps. he referred to them this way meaning that this is where people were concentrated. not like the nazi concentration camps. this was the case of a government confining it on people. we understand that technically -- internment is slightly inaccurate. because there is no other word for this, we use it as a placeholder. at the same time, the president allowed japanese americans to be stripped of their property and to be confined without charge. we will talk about what happened in a minute. his wife was a human rights activist who considered arbitrary confinement un-american. forced to remain publicly silent on this by her position as first lady. she privately attempted to persuade the president to not do this. she sought to speed the process of let

, i encourage you to become a roosevelt library member. you can join today at the membership table in the hall, or online at fdr library.org and if you haven't already, please do go see our new special temporary museum exhibition, images of interment, the incarceration of japanese-americanss during world war 2. at the top of each hour a session begins with a 30-minute author talk followed by a ten-minute question and answer period. the author then moves to the lobby to sign books and talk with you more if you have more questions. so, during the question and answer period today, this session will be taped for c-span so we'd appreciate if you could approach the microphone over here at the edge of the room to raise any questions. so, now it's my pleasure to introduce our next speaker, and this is adrian miller, who is a food writer, attorney, and certified barbecue judge who lives in -- [laughter] -- in denver, colorado. he is currently the executive director of the colorado council of churches and as such is the first african-american and th

the roosevelts, both of them, came to think very highly of hoover. here is the fact some of you already know, frank and roosevelt wanted hoover to run to be the democratic nomination as hoover's successor -- rather, wilson's successor in 1920. he even wrote a letter saying that he wished hoover could be president, there could not be a better one. roosevelt did become the running mate of the democratic presidential nominee in 1920. i believe, and my research i helpful demonstrate this, that roosevelt, who was encouraging a democratic pro hoover -- that he hoped to be hoover's running mate. he did become the running mate, but not of hoover. their wartime association and aftermath, which led to a cordial but not intimate friendship, did not cease because they still have contacts on occasion, but they were going and politically different directions. hoover had become a republican, and roosevelt was a democrat and seeking to overcome polio and rehabilitate his career. in 1928, hoover was running for president and roosevelt that year, somewhat against his

next, we are going to look at a vehicle that along to another roosevelt, one of teddy roosevelt's cousins, franklin roosevelt, who would be president a few decades later. teddy roosevelt preferred a horse-drawn vehicle throughout his administration, which led to his successor, william howard taft, to mobilize the white house fleet. he had an electric car, a gasoline powered car, and a steam powered car. from that time on, presidential transportation the vault quickly. the car behind us now is a 1939 lincoln model k, perhaps one of the most significant presidential vehicles in that it is the first car specifically modified for presidential use. when i say that, i don't mean armor, necessarily. notact, this car was armored at all when it was delivered to the white house. nor was it modified to be more luxurious or flashy. instead, it was modified for practical purposes. for example, the upholstery is thicker than it would be on a standard lincoln, because a lot of people were getting in and out of the car, putting a lot of where on the seat. this car is most often associated with frankly ro

there was more friction after pregnant roosevelt passed away -- after franklin roosevelt there wasy than before that time. i don't know about the time before eleanor and herbert hoover. there was an effort on the roosevelt's part in the years after world war i and in the 1920's to have them curry favor with the hoover's. i think they saw the hoover's were an up-and-coming power couple and they wanted to hitch their wagon to that success. franklin roosevelt was president of the american construction council, which was basically a residential housing trade group. working with the secretary of commerce would be a feather in his cap. there was every reason for them to try to make friends and that breaks down as franklin roosevelt becomes governor and hoover becomes president. it deteriorates before the dust during the campaign -- it deteriorates further during the campaign. communication after that time has been spotty. good question. >> i believe on that note, we shall end. mr. walch: i'm out of time? please. just another hour. [laughter] [applause] mr. walch: as my mother would say, sure t

frequent roosevelt was president -- franklin roosevelt was president of a construction company, residential housing trade group. working with the secretary of commerce would be a feather in his cap. there was every reason for them to make friends and that breaks down as franklin roosevelt becomes governor and hoover becomes resident. -- becomes president. it deteriorates before the campaign. medication after that time has been spotty. -- communication after that time has been spotty. good question. >> i believe on that note, we shall end. mr. walch: i'm out of time? please. just another hour. [laughter] >> let's thank -- [applause] and mr. walch: as my mother would say, sure to thank them all for listening to you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> interested in american history tv? visit our website, c-span.org/history. you can look in our tv schedule, preview up coming programs, and watch college lectures -- archival f

frequent roosevelt was president -- franklin roosevelt was president of a construction company, residential housing trade group. working with the secretary of commerce would be a feather in his cap. there was every reason for them to make friends and that breaks down as franklin roosevelt becomes governor and hoover becomes resident. -- becomes president. it deteriorates before the campaign. medication after that time has been spotty. timemmunication after that has been spotty. good question. note, weeve on that shall end. mr. walch: i'm out of time? please. just another hour. [laughter] --let's thank [applause] mr. walch: as my mother would say, sure to thank them all for listening to you. [applause] >> interested in american history tv? visit our website and review upcoming programs and watch college lectures, is in tours, archival films, and more. american history tv at www.c-span.org/history. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. mond

we have the sharp contrast putting franken roosevelt and wilson to the favor of wilson. had the samehoover political outlook as wilson. i think they were both centrist addresses as that term is understood in the 1910s. from hoover's point of view, american politics had left him almost an, there is companionship there, even though wilson is not around anymore. thank you very much. [applause] questione a facebook from peter, he says are there any historical resources on the people who died in detroit? >> there is one in particular, they did a piece. >> you can be featured during our next life program, join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/c-span history. and on twitter at c-span history. >> the washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, thomas sanderson, director of the center for strategic and international studies will join us to talk about the state of homeland security since 9/11 and then georgetown university's tim frazier on the federal government was disaster relief related to hurricane irma

we have the sharp contrast putting franken roosevelt and wilson to the favor of wilson. had the samehoover political outlook as wilson. i think they were both centrist addresses as that term is understood in the 1910s. from hoover's point of view, american politics had left him almost an, there is companionship there, even though wilson is not around anymore. thank you very much.

and eleanor roosevelt about the forced relocation of japanese-americans to internment camp during world war ii. here's a preview. but as far as the president's background and personality, that is a more subtle and compelling factor. it is hard to say what influence they had, but we certainly can say that fdr had a past history of sharing popular president -- popular prejudice against japanese americans. in the mid, years before he was elected president, france and roosevelt had written a series of articles about the united states and japan, but he publicly insisted that japanese inter-americanle society and justify discriminatory laws on the west coast that prevented japanese immigrants from buying property or marrying whites or becoming citizens on the ground that this protected the racial purity of white americans against intermarriage. i am quoting him. i'll try to give you my best fdr . this is from 1923. "so far as americans are concerned, it must be admitted that as a whole come up they honestly believe that the mingling of a white with oriental blood on an extensive scale is harm

what fdr really needed was to help put america to work. >> macarthur definitely thought of roosevelt as an intellectual equal. >> less than two months, macarthur mobilizes 275,000 citizens from 47 states. they were put to work in a civilian conservation corps. but inside the army, morale was dwindling. macarthur was furious when the congress cut a salary to $17.85 a month and only 16,000 soldiers stood combat ready. throughout the '30s, emperor hirohito were bent on building a force in the pacific. douglas' own friend knew his fledgling nation was a target. in 1935 the now four-star general needed a new job. his term as chief of staff was over. >> macarthur was hired to oversee the creation of a philippine defense force. >> is he still on active duty as an army general? >> he goes onto the retired list, but he's being paid by the government of the philippines and roosevelt knew what macarthur was getting. >> douglas and his mother, a frail 82-year-old pinky, sailed to the philippines in the fall. on the long voyage, macarthur met a petite woman from murfreesboro, tennessee. >> i coul

we don't have papers of every andident before hoover roosevelt. john quincy adams and john adams' papers are at the nasa chooses historical society -- massachusetts historical society, and another state has rutherford b. hayes and others. we have the most significant collection of papers in one place. more treasures can be found in these papers. this is a copy of the dunlap broadside inside the washington papers. it is technically a fragment because you see the bottom -- the dunlap broadside was the first printing of the american copies orn, about 100 so were done and sent to different colonies are they sent one to king george the third. i guess they wanted him to read it. this will have their copy in england. -- they still have their copy in england. there are 200 today. one went on the market a few years back and sold for over $1 million, so it can get you an idea. this is washington's personal copy. john hancock, the president of the continental congress, since washington this copy -- sent washington this copy and asked him to read it to the tr

of science as he did, why roosevelt sought to further the impact of science. continued to invest in the research system under the assumption of worthwhile outcomes. this is where science, the endless frontier comes into play as a recommendation of how to build up the research system that is not only funded by the government, but is also highly effective when it comes to enabling better living conditions. it must be said that bush was clever enough to realize what such a task demands. , being taskede with drawing up a blueprint for the funding and organization of nationwide research system might appear appealing. the more correct word is daunting. donald stokes explains, by the. -- by the period between world wars, there was active hostility on the part of the scientific community to the acceptance of federal support stemming from on ease about the control that such support might bring. letter to bush toailed a two fold job -- design a plan that would gain the support of the scientific community, but one that would also be politically acceptable by promising to

and first lady elinor roosevelt. fdr signed the document which led to the forced relocation of japanese-americans to internment camps. mr. robinson is the author of by order of the president, fdr and the internment of japanese americans. roosevelt museum hosted this event. it's about an hour. >> good

we don't have papers of every president before hoover and roosevelt. john quincy adams and john adams' papers are at the massachusetts historical society and the ohio historical society has rutherford b. hayes and others. we have the most significant collection of papers in one place. more treasures can be found in these papers. this is a copy of the dunlap broadside inside the washington papers. it is technically a fragment because you see the bottom -- -- the bottom has been cut off. the dunlap broadside was the first printing of the american declaration, about 100 copies or so were done and sent to different colonies are they sent one to king george iii. i guess they wanted him to read it. they still have their copy in england. there are 200 today. one went on the market a few years back and sold for over $1 million, so it can get you an idea. this is washington's personal copy. john hancock, the president of the continental congress, sent washington this copy and asked him to read it to the troops. they were in new york, and he did. washington had

the center there, the meat circle with roosevelt avenue going through it. we have housing on either side. we have streets named after trees and after flowers. side you have cedar and spruce.d fur and when the grand coulee dam was completed it was considered one of the largest concrete structures in the world area. it was started in 1933 and finished in 1944. it is 500 feet tall and 4200 feet long. after the dam was completed, he his wholee had spent life working on this project, and he died in 1949. tour staffes recently traveled to spokane, washington, to learn about its rich history. andn more about spokane other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv. we continue with our look at the history of spokane. live sunday at noon eastern, author and radio host is our guest on book tv. america is not defined by ethnic the exists. it is not defined by religion. every religion exists. we are the only country in the history of the world that was created and defined by an idea. in order to keep the republic as franklin enjoined us to d

they need this roosevelt station. they need to get these things done and get them now. mr. president, these are american citizens. they desperately need our help. we need all hands on deck in every relevant federal agency to help and help now. ok. we are ready for your questions. go ahead. reporter: [indiscernible] >> they just walk out of the caucus and announced they were not moving forward. i have not had a chance to talk to him. reporter: [indiscernible] >> i have been very clear and consistent, but i am ready to go the minute they say it is ok to go. >> i saw senator alexander in the gym this morning. and it will him -- [laughter] >> yes, that senator murray was eager to move forward, because she talked to me about this, and she seemed open to it. senator alexander said the single-payer plan, cosponsored by 15 democrats, was counterproductive to the marie alexander talks. was that a tactical mistake and the support that plan? >> there are lots of good plans out there. some democrats support one, some democrats support the other. i have not corresponded any of them as o

roosevelt. brian: the hayes library is a state-supported. anthony: just like the abraham lincoln one. brian: i want to show you another video of allen weinstein, who was the archivist during what president? anthony: during the george w. bush administration, 2000-2009. brian: let's watch. >> physically we follow the laws. the freedom of information act. these resources have a backlog of presidential libraries, a significant backlog to get everything out. that's because we don't have the funding to have a trained archivist to help the process. anthony: i agree. except there is a secondary point to be made. there are not enough archivist to process these records, but they begins do not employ people. they work on the public side. they work on sometimes the gift shop, sometimes the educational program given school judge in coming to learn about the president. the work on exhibits, traveling exhibits, public programming. some libraries can have wine tastings and hayrides and dancing lessons. the national archives has the funds to employ those peo

that stephenson was the real roosevelt liberal and eisenhower might have been touch to militaristic for heston. in 1956 he supported adlai stephenson, again a losing proposition, between 1956 and 1960, charlton heston became a major hollywood star. in fact, the biggest star of the '50s in hollywood. he supported john kennedy over stephenson, and in the primary -- in the democratic convention. he supported jfk. jfk, of course, won the nomination, and he went out and actively campaigned for kennedy. he was -- there was no ambivalence in heston about who he supported, who we wanted in office. in 1964, something changed. and he felt -- first of all, everybody who supported jfk was in shellshock after the assassination, and johnson's sudden rise was not what the jfk people had in mind as presidential future. so a lot of them either dropped out of politic for a while and waited for the tide to turn, heston decided that barry goldwater is something he looked and could support, and the reason for it was goldwater's campaign, which essentially was in your heart, you know he is right, somehow tha

he did not have much contact with franklin roosevelt. those paths did not cross much in this time. with the british leaders i cannot answer it specifically. what i know is that he was absolutely committed to where shipping should go. shipping during the belgian relief. they needed subsidies. the british and the french did of thecoughing up most money that came from the allied government. is not like he was failing and his relationship with the british printed a did get more or less what you want it. he came away from those in not liking them. i don't know whether they have the same view of him or not. didn't because he was a lower-level person at the peace conference. after the armistice and during the time of the first i conference was there any thought reliefrt about providing to the german population? i understand they continue to blockade after the armistice, i wonder if there was anything along that line that was thought of or considered. >> they did continue to blockade initially. to dissolvey start in march of 1920. he did end up within the blockade. he made a deal that whic

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>> theatre roosevelt is like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. he was a child that was not expected to live.o he suffered terribly from seizures of asthma which were really life-threatening. he was afraid of everything fearful of everything and he outgrew it and he out or let by facing adversity. he took hold of himself and he worked hard at it all the way through college and then on into life. l his father's death was a devastating experience for him. then his wife and his mother died on the same day and he was shattered man. that's when he went west. this idea of going west is so american. it's a way of healing and a way of escaping and many historians obviously have written quite profoundly about this. he is the essence of that but he never forgot who he was and where he was going back to and when he comes back even remarries and gets involved in politics in a very serious way. >> he was brilliant.erful writeh and he was a wonderful writer and an historian. >> he wrote about 40 books. theodore roosevelt wrote many books including a very good b

as many of you know, i am a great admirer of teddy roosevelt. i think he had it right. i do not believe our public lands should be sold or transferred. i do believe our public lands andfor the benefit enjoyment of the people and it is better to produce energy here under reasonable regulations then watch it produce -- get produced with none. i have been to a lot of countries in my life. if you want to watch how energy is produced without regulation, and the consequences that has, i invite you to take a tour with me to the middle east and africa. i can assure you, america leads the world in innovation, and regulation to make sure our energy is done right. we are the model for the world. the second is national security. onrica's strength relies american energy. i do not want to see us ever be held hostage to a foreign country to heat our homes and to power this nation. note, i do not want to ever see your children have to fight overseas for a commodity we have here. i have been to battle. never want your children to see what i have seen. here,can produce energy with respon

roosevelt. brian: the hayes library is a state-supported. anthony: just like the abraham lincoln one. brian: i want to show you some more video of a guy named allen weinstein, who tried to put this together and who was the archivist during what president? anthony: during the george w. bush administration, 2000-2009. brian: let's watch. >> i think basically we follow the laws. the freedom of information act. it provides procedures and resources and we have a backlog of presidential libraries, a significant backlog to get everything out. that's because we don't have the funding to have a trained archivist to help the process. anthony: i agree. except there is a secondary point to be made. there are not enough archivist s to process these records, but they begins do not employ people. they work on the public side. they work on sometimes the gift shop, sometimes the educational program given school judge in coming to learn about the president. the work on exhibits, traveling exhibits, public programming. some libraries can have wine tastings and

a reporter asked eleanor roosevelt in the spring of 1946. she quickly responded -- a kind and understanding heart. and perhaps this was the quality that herbert hoover and harry truman had throughout their friendship which began in this ping of 1945, a little over 72 years ago. hoover and truman were, on paper and on surface, very different men. hoover was a republican. he was the depression era president. he was an engineer. and he was also a humanitarian. truman was a democrat. he was the post-world war ii president. he was a politician. and he also had been a captain in the first world war. but as the joint project of the truman and hoover library so eloquently states, it is easy to overlook the fact that they both have roots in farming communities. they had known economic hardship and self-reliance. there were transformed by the conflagration of world war i. and they lived in the shadow of franklin d. roosevelt. but i also add that both men were quite similar in their hearts. both were ethical men in their respective religions. one, hoov

one was teddy roosevelt. you wrote a book not about his presidency, but about the time he left new york and the east and went west. why did you find that such an appealing part of his life, and what was the most important lesson you took away from that book? >> theodore roosevelt is like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. he was a child who was not expected to live.ld he was, he suffered terribly from these seizures of asthma which were really w life-threatening. he was afraid of everything, fearful of everything, and he outgrew it, and he grout grew it by facing adversity -- he outgrew it by facing adversity. he took hold of his, himself, and he worked hard at it all the way through college but then on into life.e. his father's death was a devastating experience for him. then his wife and his mother died on the same day, and he was, he was shatteredded man. and that's when he went west. and this idea of going west is so american. it's a way of healing, it's a way of escaping. it has been traditionally,

a reporter asked eleanor roosevelt in the spring of 1946. she quickly responded -- a kind and understanding heart. and perhaps this was the quality that herbert hoover and harry truman had throughout their friendship which began in this spring of 1945, a little over 72 years ago. hoover and truman were, on paper and on surface, very different men. hoover was a republican. he was the depression era president. he was an engineer. and he was also a humanitarian. truman was a democrat. he was the post-world war ii president. he was a politician. and he also had been a captain in the first world war. but as the joint project of the truman and hoover library so eloquently states, it is easy to overlook the fact that they both have roots in farming communities. him communities. they had known economic hardship and self-reliance. there were transformed by the conflagration of world war i. and they lived in the shadow of franklin d. roosevelt. but i also add that both men were quite similar in their hearts. both were ethical men in their respective r

and then there is an accident north on the roosevelt boulevard. it is right on the ramps coming off the schuylkill here, careful for anybody headed out of town, been flying around this curve here. and those cones come up on you quick, as you try to go north on the boulevard. septa having some delays on the chestnut hill west regional rail line. otherwise all aboardment amtrak, new jersey transit, patco, dart, all off to good start here this morning, hello pottstown, crews are working all day today along 422 out near route 100, and the cone zone on the boulevard, been out all night, be here all day today, roosevelt boulevard between red lion and the philly interchange of the pennsylvania turnpike, and as we mentioned, some baseball today in south philadelphia. we'll see a lot of unusual traffic, around that lunchtime hour, and then the big jam is going to come when the game is over. and everybody jumps into the party, and it creates instant afternoon rush hour. weather for the outdoor baseball game, sue has it in 15 seconds. >> now the tropical sto

and something clicked inside that little roosevelt brain and he scampered up out of that hole and faced the world you all think of a tortoise as something slow but i think about the burden he has to carry on his back yes for protection but ultimately it's the coffin he's going to get buried in . and he has to drag that thing around his entire life. go ahead and laugh but he affected me you know what i'm saying he affected me. there are some things in this universe ladies and gentlemen that are bigger than all of us and that terrace is now. and joining us now from los angeles is one of the screenwriters of lucky longtime assistant and friend to acting legend harry dean stanton welcome logan sparks to the hocks nast welcome and. thanks for having me. to be here with you oh it was logan you know we've all been friends for a long time it was a weird moment now here we are talking about your success with this approach as a writer and producer on the film i want to just tell us how much actual luck went into making lucky. like my football coach used to say i'd rather be lucky than good . we w

and was the real roosevelt liberal and eisenhower might have been a touch too militaristic for the case. again it was a losing proposition that between 1956 and 1960, charlton heston became a major hollywood star. in fact, the biggest star of the 50s in hollywood. see supported john kennedy over stevenson in the democratic convention he supported jfk who won the nomination. he was in shell shock after the assassination. it wasn't what the jfk people have implied since presidential future. so, a lot of them dropped out of politics for a while. it was somebody that he liked and could support and the reason for it is goldwater's campaign which essentially was in your heart, you know he's right. somehow that resonated with heston. he looked up and saw that and he thought that's right. and of course at the time, vietnam was just the beginning of johnson's great leap backwards into vietnam. so he voted for goldwater and lost again. something happened to cemented the shift. in 1968, he decided that he wanted to go to vietnam and meet the troops. this was not a popular war. younger people today

a reporter asked eleanor roosevelt in the spring of 1946. she quickly responded -- a kind and understanding heart. and perhaps this was the quality that herbert hoover and harry had throughout their friendship which began in this ping of 1945, a little over 72 years ago. hoover and truman were, on paper and on surface, very different men. hoover was a republican. he was the depression era president. he was an engineer. and he was also a humanitarian. truman was a democrat. he was the post-world war ii president. he was a politician. and he also had been a captain in the first world war. but as the joint project of the truman and hoover library so states, it is easy to overlook the fact that they both have roots in farming communities. they had known economic hardship and self-reliance. there were transformed by the conflagration of world war i. and they lived in the shadow of franklin d. roosevelt. but i also add that both men were quite similar in their hearts. both were ethical men in their respective religions. a quicker, and treatment as

roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. this led to the forced relocation of japanese americans to internment camps during world war ii. here's a preview. >> has far as the president's background and personality, it is more subtle. it is hard to say what influence the habit we can say that fdr had a past history of sherry popular prejudiced. years before he was elected president, britain was about having a set of arguments that he was proof. he publicly insisted that japanese were not able to be a simulated into american society. i'm quoting him. i will give you my best fdr. this is from his article in asia magazine. >> so far, as americans are concerned, as a whole, they honestly believe that the mingling of white with oriental blood is harmful to our future. while it is not clear how much he continued this through the. of the war, he was in correspondence with the chief anthropologist at the smithsonian institution about japanese skulls. he agreed that the reason that japanese people were biologically so aggressive and ev

roosevelts last battle. so she is a voracious reader and that is one of the things i absorb a lot of information every day with my ipad and i also read magazines. >> i lazore a lot of information. >> one is called the three days said in january. and the thing that makes the book so powerful is eisenhower's concern nuclear weapons were the issue. that happened right after the transition to ensure that you had control over the military. in the what translates. the other one is called pikes scandal during the suez crisis. those were big mistakes. >> one more the id was one of the best i have read a long time was the book, right brothers by david mcauliffe. he is wonderful. so all these people from north carolina he does have a bunch of sand and wind. [laughter] national title or not weekly mediation, not you. [laughter] . >> good evening. we want to give day will come to those who were watching us live on c-span.

roosevelt. but half of them were. and roosevelt was a good politician. with half of the businesses in his pockeet,e knew he could count on the c.i.o.o., the socialists, and the communists to kind of work something out, and here was the deal. "i'm gonna get the money from tthe coorporations and d the rich. i'm gonna help u on a scale you've never seen before. and in return, you're gonna stop talking about getting rid of capitalismsm. you're gonna mute that part of your message. you're gonna celebrate me as the guy who gives the mass of people something they never got b before." so, what did roosevelt do? three interesting things that i'll mention. one--he created the social security system. we never had that before. in the midst of a depression worse than today, when there's no money in the hands of the government--none is comingng in; it's really hard; e can't do anything--the president goes on the radio and announces that every american over 65 years of age who's had a lifetime of worork is now g ga get money fromom the govovernmet for the rest of h his

the grand canyon was really protected as a national monument by teddy roosevelt so he had the foresight to protect that area that eventually became one of the most popular national parks anywhere and now thousands and actually millions of people go to visit it every every year and so we're continuing to educate our members continue to educate the publics about the threats and mobilizing people to let their local elected officials know about it let their members of congress and senators know about it let the white house know that they want these areas protected you know it is amazing when people know i mean this is the simple thing about environmental issues and then to produce cases is when people know what's at risk if they're communicated with a very very embrace that ninety percent of the people are going to say yeah we want this protected unfortunately what happens in d.c. an awful lot is they do a lot of this behind closed doors they do it during a time when there's another issue to employees they do it on a friday afternoon where nobody's paying attention they do it during hurrica

roosevelt. but half of them were. and roosevelt was a good politician. with half of the businesses in his pocket,e knew he could count on the c.i.o.o., the socialists, and the communists to kind of work something out, and here was the deal. "i'm gonna get the money from tthe coorporations and d the rich. i'm gonna help u on a scale you've never seen before. and in return, you're gonna stop talking about getting rid of capitalismsm. you're gonna mute that part of your message. you're gonna celebrate me as the guy who gives the mass of people something they never got b before." so, what did roosevelt do? three interesting things that i'll mention. one--he created the social security system. we never had that before. in the midst of a depression worse than today, when there's no money in the hands of the government--none is comingng in; it's really hard; e can't do anything--the president goes on the radio and announces that every american over 65 years of age who's had a lifetime of worork is now g ga get money fromom the govovernmet for the rest of h his

aller: they named me after roosevelt. wrote three senators, documentation on waste, fraud abuse. and for instance, chuck schumer charge of the security and exchange commission. 40 billion way with and they never have found that instanceat is just one of waste, fraud and abuse. he started an military complex and it lasted a little while or $500 -- he was shot six weeks into his presidency. reagan was n, mr. only reading off of cue cards. even fell off his horse up there in california somewhere was a good horseman, but ho was running the country if he -- the documentation said that the doctor told mrs. ronnie will not be what he used to be. be. said, why would that they had to give him cold blood. fast-forward to today. congress is returning on capitol hill, the question we have, what priority, addressing the waste, fraud and abuse throughout the federal government? caller: yes, that is right. get an eagan tried to audit on military complex and he into his ix weeks presidency. host: got your point. lisa in d.c., line for republicans, go ahead. caller: yes, good morning. comments pr

and something clicked inside that little roosevelt brain and he scampered up out of that hole and faced the world you all think of a tortoise is something slow but i think about the bird he has to carry on his back yard for protection but ultimately it's the coffin he's going to get buried in. and he has to drag that thing around his entire life. go ahead and laugh. but he affected me you know what i'm saying he affected me. there are some things in this universe ladies and gentlemen that are bigger than all of us and that terrace is now. and joining us now from los angeles is one of the screenwriters of lucky longtime assistant and friend to acting legend harry dean stanton welcome logan sparks to the hocks nast welcome. thanks for having me. to be here with you oh it was logan you know we've all been friends for a long time it was a weird moment now here we are talking about your success with this approach as a writer and producer on the film i want to just tell us how much actual luck went into making a lucky. like my football coach used to say i'd rather be lucky than good. we were

they need this roosevelt roads naval station. so they need to get these things done and get them now. mr. president, these are american citizens. they desperately need our help. we need all hands on deck in every relevant federal agency to help and help now. okay. we're ready for your questions. go ahead. >> i wanted to talk to senator alexander about restarting your talks on your -- [ inaudible ] >> they just walked out of their caucus and announced they were not moving forward. i have just walked out of mine so i haven't had a chance to talk to them. i have been very clear and consistent. i am ready to go. the minute they say he's okay to go. >> i saw senator alexander in the gym this morning. and i told -- >> good of you to go to the gym. >> yes. i told him we wanted to move forward, that senator murray is eager to move forward, because she talked to me about this. and he seemed open to it. >> senator alexander last week said the single payer plan co sponsored by 15 democrats was counter productive to the murray-alexander talk

the grand canyon was really protected as a national monument by teddy roosevelt so he had the foresight to protect that area that eventually became one of the most popular national parks anywhere and now thousands annexing millions of people go to visit it every every year and so we're continuing to educate our members continue to educate the publics about the threats and mobilizing people to let their local elected officials know about it let their members of congress and senators know about it let the white house know that they want these areas protected and you know it is amazing when people know i mean this is the simple thing about environment. and then to good use cases is when people know what's at risk if they're communicated with in very very embrace that ninety percent of the people are going to say yeah we want this protected unfortunately what happens in d.c. an awful lot is they do a lot of this behind closed doors they do it during a time when there's another issue to employees they do it on a friday afternoon where nobody's paying attention they do it during hurricane sea

the grand canyon was really protected as a national monument by teddy roosevelt so he had the foresight to protect that area that eventually became one of the most popular national parks anywhere and now thousands and actually millions of people go to visit it every every year and so we're continuing to educate our members continue to educate the publics about the threats and mobilizing people to let their local elected officials know about it let their members of congress and senators know about it let the white house know that they want these areas protected you know it is amazing when people know i mean this is the simple thing about environmental issues and. cases is when people know what's at risk if they're communicated with a very very embrace that ninety percent of the people are going to say yeah we want this protected unfortunately what happens in d.c. an awful lot is they do a lot of this behind closed doors they do it during a time when there's another issue to employees they do it on a friday afternoon where nobody's paying attention they do it during hurricane season it's

we have gone all the way from teddy roosevelt's, to franklin roosevelt and then john f. kennedy's lincoln as transitional cars, to where they are built as an armored, standard, modified to stretch a little bit but this is a car built from the ground up as an armored vehicle, designed to provide maximum protection to the president. you have armed waiting behind the doors, bulletproof glass, and the vehicles can still drive a way to save the punctured. -- to safety if punctured. this car is most often associated with president reagan. theas shot in 1981 and survived. this is the car in which resident reagan was getting in after he made the speech to the union when he was shot. it is almost ironic. as he was getting into the car, or pushed into it by secret service, he was hit not by direct full it but one that ricocheted off of one of the armored panels on the car. it was a perfect shot, for lack of a perfect term, it went through his body, so if it had moved a fraction of an inch one way or the other, he may not have been hit at all. he was sped off to the hospital and ma

>> guest: theodore roosevelt is like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. he was a child who is not expected to live, suffered terribly from seizures, asthma, which were life-threatening, he was afraid of everything, fearful of everything. he outgrew it, and he outgrew it by facing adversity. he took hold of himself, and worked hard at it all the way through college into life. his father after death is a devastating experience for him. then his wife and his mother died on the same day, and he was shattered then and that is when he went west. this idea of going west is so american, it is a way of healing, a way of escaping. and written profoundly about this. he never forgot what he was going back to. >> he was a wonderful writer and historian. none of our great presidents has never been one who had no interest in history. >> and started in college. dwight eisenhower, and no ghostwriter did anything to help it. and fighting history, bringing history into the dialogue to the executive office again and again and again. >> in the darkness speech, talked about ha

the grand canyon was really protected as a national monument by teddy roosevelt so he had the foresight to protect that area that eventually became one of the most popular national parks anywhere and now thousands and actually millions of people go to visit it every every year and so we're continuing to educate our members continue to educate the publics about the threats and mobilizing people to let their local elected officials know about it let their members of congress and senators know about it let the white house know that they want these areas protected and you know it is amazing when people know i mean this is the simple thing about environmental cases and. cases is when people know what's at risk if they're communicated with in very very embrace that ninety percent of the people are going to say yeah we want this protected unfortunately what happens in d.c. an awful lot is they do a lot of this behind closed doors they do it during a time when there's another issue taking place they do it on a friday afternoon where nobody's paying attention they do it during hurricane season i

. >> that's going to be teddy roosevelt, i think of teddy bear. that's quick and easy. and so what we'll picture is is a big cuddly teddy bear sitting on this rustic historic table. okay? and we move over to the globe here. >> the globe is president taft. for this one, picture a giant raft floating on the oceans of the globe. a raft, which rhymes it taft. next up, this grandfather clock for wilson. the wilson tennis ball came to me. so picture yourself smashing it through that clock face. finally the sofa for harding. remember that it's rock hard, hard for harding. those are u.s. presidents 25 to 29. stick around, because we're going to test out my memory and yours at the end of the show. >> do you apply these techniques even subconsciously in your everyday life? >> yeah. yeah. it's just become something i love to do and i kind of do automatically. it doesn't mean i always remember things. but it does mean that i'm always thinking in images. >> parts. >> remember the video from those 2014 memory championships chld nelson is on the left. that's alex mullen on the right.