until i moved into the white house. i already had secret service protection back and be cut is of the sla i did and my mother didn't which was a strange phenomenon. but the most exciting part of it was moving into a place i had male bathroom and did not have to share with my brothers. [laughter] >> the secret service protection must of been a real shock to your everyday life. >> it was. but i grew up with three older brothers it's like having your brothers around nonstop. we worked with the secret service and i was had a good relationship with them. yes i did disappear once on them that everyone needs to do it to see if you can. it was fine. i still stay in touch with my secret service agents. they were great friends and they know a lot of secrets i don't want out. >> we are recording this at the presidential site summit by the white house historical association. how much of your life is devoted to your family experience. >> not as much as most people would think so having three brothers to break that then who will do w

. >> well, thank you for visiting with us during this white house >> i think fdr used this place as a place to bring these world leaders up but tend to let their guards down and focused on system of the major issues that they're here to talk about. springwood is really the same way. when you talk intoed the buildings, you didn't come in as king or queen, prime minister, first lady whatever your title was, you came in as a friend and coming into somebody's home as a friend is much different than walking into their place of business assay colleague. going into the white house with fdr and talking about major world events would be much different than coming to this secluded porch where, you know, they were no photographers wait to go take a picture of the handshake. it was a place where he could open with his guest and showing him sitting in his wheelchair layed it all out there. he's there showing off the fact that i'm not hiding anything from you and i think guests received that in such a way that they were willing to not hide anything from him and the way they used this place really f

house. >> you read father john had a brother who died the white house so it's close by telling the story because it was a real tragedy, i believe during a reelection campaign rated. >> yes, the brothers were 19 years apart excuse me 19 months apart and they are playing tennis, has found. calvin jr. developed a blister on his foot and that was treated but it became infected and the infection started to spread through his body and they had no antibiotics at the time to treat that so a week after getting a blister, he died in a hospital of texas. he was 16 years old. >> what you know about how that impacted the presidential family. >> i believe that i put a lot of pressure on john. he was then seen as the only remaining child and i think a lot of stress and pressure was put on him to be a model. i do know that it was a realize the president and that he blamed himself a lot because if he had not maybe been in that position, maybe his son would be alive. grace was a real driving in terms of saving the family and helping them to move on. she wrote a poem about calvin's death. it was called the

going into the white house with fdr and talking about major world events would be much different than coming to this secluded porch where, you know, they were no photographers wait to go take a picture of the handshake. it was a place where he could open with his guest and showing him sitting in his wheelchair layed it all out there. he's there showing off the fact that i'm not hiding anything from you and i think guests received that in such a way that they were willing to not hide anything from him and the way they used this place really facilitated some wonderful conversation and they were able to really delve into some of the major issues and i think come up with some really incredible solutions that may not have been possible at the white house or more formal places. >> this building was constructed in 1938. fda brings an architect to the site by the name of henry tooms by the state of georgia which was no strange internal revenue in fdr and had worked together in projects including the high park town library, stone cottage at valkill and warm springs in georgia so he knew what f

alice got married at the white house. but she was older than -- there was really two kids living in the white house, and that was ethel and quentin and they were there all the time. it was a zoo. a zoo of animals and kids. and tr loved having them coming into the office -- meetings in the office and they would run in and they would interrupt secretaries of stays in order to try to tell their dad about some bug that they found on the white house lawn. >> humanizing, isn't it? and alice married a man who became speaker of the house and so many of us have used the line, if you can't say something nice about somebody, come sit right here next to me. here's another question. roosevelt was the most prolific of presidents who were authors. which of his books is the most significant of his writings? >> that's a good question. and there's no easy answer because he wrote probably 50 books not all original monographs, compilations and things like that. one book stands out to me and that's called the winning of the west which is a th

. >> we're talking at the white house historical association's presidential site summit, the first visit, and the first time they sponsored it. how associated are you with presidential descendants, how much work do you do in that area? >> i have been going to missouri for a few years to meet with some of the other presidential descendants. we gather there for a cherry blossom festival. there's usually a panel of presidential descendants. and it's a lot of fun. we talk about how we are descended from our presidents, and what it's like to be a descendant and how we sort of carry on the legacy. that is about all i have done so far. >> so what is it like to be a presidential descendant? >> it is like having a double identity for me. i'm a stay-at-home mom. i do a lot of volunteer work. my every day life, i work with my school, and then there are special events that come up that allow me to travel and meet some really unique people which i'm forever grateful for. other descendants. other just people of importance in various walks of life. not so many politicians but some leaders and that kind

apparently the white house was involved in the decision in some degree. >> you were there and when first you sized those teammates of yours, i wonder what your first reactions were to the group. >> i wanted to know where these guys came from. several of them have been involved in the preliminary selection process so i was genuinely familiar with that background. glenn of course i had known before and because of our navy connections so i knew there was a lot of talent and i knew that it was going to be a tough flight to win the prize. >> between the seven of you. >> it was an interesting situation. because as i said i was friendly with several of them and on the other hand, realizing that i wasn't competing with these guys so there was always a sense of caution i suppose particularly about technical things. in the bar of course everything changed, but in talking about technical things it was always a sense of maybe a little bit of reservation not being totally frank with each other because there was a very strong sense of competition. >> let's try to go back over those competitions. >> it

alice got married at the white house. it was really two kids living in the white house and that was ethel and quinton. and they were there all the time. the rest of them were in and out. but it was a zoo of animals and kids. and t.r. loved having them come into office meetings, meetings in the office. they would run in and interrupt secretaries of state to try and tell their dad about some bug they found. >> humanizing, isn't it? and alice roosevelt married the man who became speaker of the house and so many of us women have used her line, if you can't say something nice about somebody, come sit right here next to me. this is jeffrey from florida. roosevelt was the most prolific of presidents who were authors. which of his books is the most significant? >> that's a good question and there's no easy answer because he wrote probably 50 books. compilations and things like that. one book stands out and that's "the winning of the west." which is a three-part series of books. what's interesting about it is roosevelt laze out wh

i think, generally, the rhetoric from the white house has been in line. the whole thing is very much this is good for everyone. there are specifics that we are also looking for. making sure that there is equity for them. childcare and eldercare and investment good for everyone. this is not a zero-sum enterprise. i think that it has been fairly effective in a weird way. >> the polling is great. >> a really interesting moment because i think you see the difference, the most striking thing about this moment in the fight on capitol hill is the difference between 10 years and the aca. ten years ago, people were showing up at town hall to scream and yell. threat to burn the place down. those literal same people are just doing that now, but they are showing up at school board meetings about masks and couldn't care about this bill. they just do not care. i'm telling you. i watch fox every day. there is no blood in it. they mandate masks. people are showing up at school boards to scream about that. >> right. >> i think in some ways it is a weird success. the messa

in fact come in during his is time at the white house. so this is a remarkable period of changing he seems to be really the first modern president because he understands that capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to you know, extend american power throughout the world. so roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house. not just because he names it but because he reshapes the office itself. well, we're going to take some questions like from i see them coming in from a lot of the people watching. but first we have another. special bit of insight from one of the brightest stars that i know at the white house historical association. it's senior historian, dr. matthew costello, and he's going to talk just for a moment about the remarkable influence that teddy roosevelt had on the white house itself. good evening. my name is dr. matthew costello, and i vice president of the david m reubenstein national center for wh

house to picket the white house in 1917. they're the ones that really made this space around the white house such an important place for political protest. and so 100 years later, just over 100 years later it remains that day today. if you've ever been to washington, d.c. you've probably seen someone outside the white house protesting something. and it's because of these, you know, famous protests, these famous images of these famous protests that we've gotten at the place outside of the white house is so important to our political movement. another image that is probably across your news media consumption over the past couple of years are images of women wearing white, particularly leading political figures. this is a group from the state of the union address all wearing white. and they're wearing white to recall the suffragists in particular. actually the suffragists were white as we saw. they wore white at a lot of their parades and processions, and they did it for two reasons. one was to emphasize their morality, their v

in the white house. >> yes. >> let's close by telling that story. it was a real tragedy. it was -- i believe it was during the re-election campaign that he passed. >> yes, it was. the boys were -- the brothers were 19 months apart. they were playing tennis on the white house grounds. calvin junior developed a blister on his foot. that was treated but it became infected. the infection started to spread to his body. they had no antibiotics at the time to treat that. a week after getting that blister, he died at walter reed hospital of sepsis. >> he was 12? >> he was 16 years old. >> what do you know, the family lore about how that impacted the coolidges, the presidential family? >> i believe that it put a lot of pressure on john. he was then seen as the only remaining child. i think a lot of stress and pressure was put on him to be a model first son. i do know that it was a real loss for the president. he blamed himself a lot, because if he had not maybe been in that position, maybe his son would be alive. grace was a real driving factor in terms of s

she was married in the white house. the beautiful gown, susan, was founded by george cleveland who is actually at this event. he's the grandson of grover. his sister anne and also marian cleveland cohen, they found the actual dress that actually exist, the wedding dress that actually exist in the white house collection at the first ladies smithsonian. a powerful display and how elegant she was and people certainly, you know, learned from history from that. >> but there was an enormous age difference between the two. >> absolutely. >> how does the family process that piece of information. >> you know, i think it was a love story that was kindled by francis' father, he was a dear friend of grover and i think upon his death, i think grover felt the need make sure that frances was taken care of and he was a lot older by stretch of 25 to 30 years but i think, you know, at that time she trusted him. i think he was the guardian for many, many years. even prior to mr. fulsome's death and i think she had complete trust and they

the white house staff simply came to admire truman he is's grasp of history. truman said if a man is aacquainted with what other people experienced at its best is it will be easier for him to go through a similar experience. it is ignorance that causes most mistakes. the man who sits here ought to know his american history at least. his wealth of knowledge was a great strength. when he said he would have liked to have a history teach per. he was asked rather teach it than make it? truman responded yes qb i think so it would be not nearly so much trouble. from his years of reading truman was also posed by demagogues and big on theory. among these including the ku klux klan. truman knew that as president he couldn't sit i'dly by and do nothing in the face of the glaring injustices occurring in the south. in response to a letter from home advising him to take it easy on kivrl rights. truman spoded the main difficulty with the south that is that they are living 80 years before behind the times and the sooner they come out it the better it will be for the country.

indeed he convened a white house event on nutrition and health. he brought in, partly on moynihan's suggestion, a very interesting, very tough french medical doctor, named jean maier, he went on to run tufts. jean maier had been in the french resistance, had been captured, escaped by shooting and killing an ss guard. he ended up running that conference. >> we have a photograph of him presenting the report to next on. >> this is actually christmas eve of 1969, that is jean meire on the left, the resistance fighter. those are the recommendations handed to nixon, nixon then handed them to me to be implemented. meire and i sat down at his desk. >> this is christmas eve, 1969. >> nixon in his may speech proposed radical change in the food stamp program. at that point, it was not in every county in the united states at all. and there was no uniform eligibility standard or, you know, requirements for levels of assistance. he changed all of that and created the food stamp program, which became the first true income guarantee. it was income tested. poor fa

he had this kind of elf wit which was not a premium in the nixon white house. he was not this breath of fresh air but this air of change. and then ends up as nixon's -- nixon's domestic policy so we have a very short clip from firing line in which william buckley introduces the democrat moynihan or the then partisan mannman and we butted up against a very short extra in october '71, a longer conversation. this would give you an idea of the nixon, moynihan dynamic, the relationship and sort of the interplay between these two minds because they were really intellectuals working on that policy. >> good morning, mr. president. >> where are you? >> i'm in new york writing a speech and give the russians a little hell. >> good. you got a minute? >> i do, sir. >> in fact, i'm writing a speech and i'm delivering tonight at 7:30. i'm right in the middle but you can listen. is your retention time that long? >> i never -- >> don't admit it. >> can i just say to you that the new yorker is running three long, long sections. i think you will be pleased. they are really astoun

and i think generally, even if it hasn't been whitman-esque, thete rhetoric from the white house has been basically in line. like, the whole thing is very much, this isy good for everyon. there are specific communities that we're also looking for and want to make sure that's equity forng them, but the larger thin is, like, childcare and elder care andnd green investments ar collectively good for e.everyon this is not a zero sum enterprise, a. b, i think it's been weirdly effective, in a way. >> yeah, the polling is great. >> c, it's a really interesting moment because i think you see the difference between the most striking thing about this moment and this fight on capitol hill is the difference between ten years ago and the aca. so ten years ago and the aca, people were showing up at town halls about the aca to scream and yell and threaten to burn the place down. those literal same people are doing that nowow but they're showing up s at school board meetings about masks and crt and could give a -- about this bill. like, they just don't care. i watch fox every day, there's no blood i

from the white house was incredible. having said that, they can't do it on their own. they need help from congress, civil society. good reporting makes a difference. it's absolutely crucial tr making the program. >> another question from the audience that i will direct to both you senator and representative. first question is what do you see the relationship between racism and white supreme si in the military? how successful has military been in rooting out racism? >> i'll take that. it's the predominant threat but it's not new. extremism, we're not lichlting it to those motivated by racial hatred, religious or division. like take timmy mcvey, you think bt he was associated with white supremacy groups, his primary motive is government. he saw government as over reach. whether they are acting out on their views about abortion, environmental issues, about animal rights. you see extremist behavior well in those single issue oriented people. white supremacy and nationalism is probably the primary driver that we're seeing in the military and across the country. that's why d

. >> thank you for mentioning that, the white house strategy is so important here it's a really good thing for us to end on print a question for both of you is, the white house strategy past the policy counsel led by ambassador susan rice was leading this work in partnering with civil society to tackle the problems and root causes of white supremacy in america including the military but across society what are some key action for the domestic policy counsel to consider and similarly what is really necessary for congress to do with this bill or in general to tackle this problem in this session for. >> congressman i'll let you tackle that first. >> some of the things we've already talked about which is collecting information and make sure it is shared broadly , i know for example congresses response to the january 6 insurrection we tried to create an independent commission similar to the post 911 commission to look at information sharing across government. whether it's focused just on january 6 or more broadly, extremism, there's information sharing. also, i do think and what the strat

house, carved that out with afederal district . thatseems to make the most sense but again what's the real motive ? it's about getting two senators and if we don't scratch the surface of the arguments we miss the real motive at hand . >> it's amazing the way the left works because they almost convince you. we've been talking about that that imperative action. they almost convince you it's sad telling you it's water and that's a huge problem for generations, younger than me that doesn't even know what freedom is. we're all here as conservatives talking about preserving freedom and protecting your freedom for people that are in their 20s, those that are just getting their first job, graduating from college, coming out of the pandemic by eight-year-old son being forced to wear a mask in school. this is the world he knows. this is what he knows so what advice do you have for us to think through how do we first define freedom. the next generation and in an effort to protect it to even get to the role of preserving it and having it down

i have been and orientations about the white house computer systems. someone saying you have to come over because president trump wants to call president putin or a condolence call. you need to give him something to say. first of all, what happened? i have not got any shoes. i'm going to go into the oval office wearing a pair of black sneakers. the women that you work with, he said just come in the oval office. stick that she was the desk. he did not pay any attention to me at all. it will be fine. i told the president two things. first of all, this is the first attack in the metro. this is putin's hometown. it will be very personal for him. this is a big deal. what terms will be a big deal. what is she doing in here? >> oh my goodness. i realize quite quickly, you know, walking in unannounced. she is also supposed to be a special advisor. this is from the beginning. trump was running the whole show from his family affairs. what he had done in the past with his trumpet family business. on many occasions, they would be in meetings. not past their portfo

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so he was kind of our go-to guy in the white house. others the government interfering and telling people -- making places accessible. so we tried to use the terms reasonable and cost. we didn't try to load it up. >> i assume a lot of that came from the business and the -- >> bush bragged about it now president bush 41. and it was a great day. there were about 3,000 people out there in wheelchairs and gurneys and white canes. anyway, he was up on the podium with bush. >> i assume there are disability advocates who wanted perfection. >> they're not happy now. in fact, they want to do a lot of things. i've been working with tom harken trying to be helpful without conflict with the law firm. but some people you can't satisfy. and i don't care what party or who you are. it's very important legislation. i don't know who counts the number of disabled. if you count them all that's 45, 50 million people with disabilities. some disabilities don't bother people. but if you're in a wheelchair or you're blind or paralysis, got some internal things

you cannot have an attempt from within the white house that is going to cause the deaths of americans to overturn the government. what are you drinking or smoking or whatever. this is a book ripped from the headlines but it is about deeper, more universal, more eternal issues and questions. we mentioned a trust, we mentioned friendship, revenge and love, courage. and these are all themes that louise has explored in the box. even though it looks like she's gone from the bistro and the bookstore and the whole life of her characters, the things that she's excavated over the course of 17 books run through this book because when you get right down to it, what are the eternal values and if we are talking about standing against evil or recklessness or mean spiritedness or hate and prejudice, eventually it is like doctor martin luther king jr. said. you don't get rid of hate with more hate. you get rid of it with love. it's a little hard to remember that sometimes and certainly it is hard to exercise it. but this book is truly about those values and so even though it is in a different genre,

but originally louise and i were opposed to proceed to the congress after the white house ceremony. and then the resepgds. he said let's talk about your flight. so, we had the reception at the hill. go back and the heads of nasa there. and the heads of the government, jack and linden johnson was there. and a picture of me sitting on the sofa. jack is in the rocking chair and i'm telling him how i was flying the spacecraft. we talked about specifically human had responded and reacted to the space environment and said what are we doing next? and he said well, there were a couple of guys in the corner talking about maybe going to the moon. he said i want a briefing. just three weeks after that mission, folks, we are going to the moon and we are going to do it within this decade. you don't think he was excited or a space cadette? absolutely. people will say he made the announcement with the bay of pigs, his popularity was going down. not true. not true. when glenn finished his mission, we flew with jack back to washington for glenn's ceremony. the four of us sat in his cabin and we talk

he was our go to guy in the white house. the old story of government interfering telling people, got to make the place accessible, we tried to use the term reasonable and cost and load it up. >> host: it came from the business community. >> through the white house constituency. bush bragged about it enough that it was a great day, 3000 people out there in wheelchairs, gurneys, and one of the leading disability advocates war his hat and passed away. quite a day. >> host: i assume among the disability advocates who wanted perfection. >> guest: they are not happy now. they want to do a lot of things that should be done. working with tom harkin trying to be helpful. some people just can't satisfy. very important legislation. the new number of disabled, 20 million overall with some disabilities. if you are in a wheelchair or you are blind or paralysis or internal things that may not show. and bipartisan legislation too. >> the bush presidency, and couldn't take credit for, cleaning and clean water. never thought he was one of the

the white house, they had consistency. bush bragged, bush 41 and it was a great day there was probably 3000 people out there in wheelchairs, gurneys -- and what's his name was the leading disability advocate. he came from a wealthy family, just passed away. anyway, he was up on the podium with bush. quite a day. >> i assume there is another side to this, they were out among the disability advocates who wanted perfection. >> they are not happy now. in fact, they want to do a lot of things with the bill. some should be done. i've been working with tom harken, trying to work with conflict of the law firm. some people just cannot satisfy. i don't care what part of who you are, it's very important the legislation. the number of disabled, probably seriously disabled, probably 14 15 million. some disabilities don't bother people but, you know, if you are in a wheelchair or you are blind, or, you know, paralysis, some internal thing that might not show, you've got problems. it was a bipartisan legislation as well. >> time has gone

. >> he wasn't at the white house yet. >> a yeah that's right. nick brady, secretary of treasury but basically it was bush going back on his word on the read -- >> the read my lips. yeah. >> and gingrich i think shot down the first deal and there was a second deal i heard described as worse than the first deal in terms of spending control. if there ever had been a time when you were entitle to say i told you so, that would have been it. >> yeah but instead fs trying to tell the white house. i was trying to work out something else that didn't look like a tax increase. and really about midnight though, i remember, and they were still talking to whoever it was at the white house. and said make a better deal here. i don't remember who it was but they kind of gave up. and bush said well he had no choice. democrats ran the place. and what are you going to do? i got to have the money. so it -- he's probably right too. there weren't going to give it to him without the tax increase. but he thought he never should have said that, "read my lips". >> what we