she just loved eleanor roosevelt. but the ability to kind of live with furniture that's made there, like carter makes his own furniture in his home and they used to have a furniture factory, very spartan, but yet very warm and pleasant, an emphasis on gardens and the outdoor life, but the bringing of the natural world. and we -- i can't emphasize enough to listeners what a special place that part of the mid-hudson is in duchess county. and one of -- and the great love and friendship of franklin and eleanor, from shared neighbors, shared friends, shared topography, in knowing all the little back roads and things together, it was a big part of both of their happiness. mr. slen: allida black, did she use that while she was first lady to get away? ms. black: yes, but she also used it for her own space to conduct business. i mean, val-kill is eleanor's home and her office. eleanor was very rarely alone at val-kill. i mean, victor did an extraordinary job in giving you a sense of the feel that eleanor had and how much she l

if you kidnapped eleanor roosevelt, it is a disaster. we do not want to exaggerate. >> i do want to say the one thing that doug brought up. the trip to the pacific. she finally got to go to the pacific. she goes right after the race riots where she is blamed for those race riots. for our audience to really understand the progression, we need to look at eleanor. she really does not started racing until 1935. >> that is what we're going to do. we'll go back to the wars. we have two hours to talk about eleanor roosevelt and her influence and image. we'll put the phone numbers on the screen. you know all of our programs are interactive programs. we want your participation. it is a put a comment on facebook and you can see the first ladies section right there. you can send us a tweet. #firstladies. professor doug brinkley, what kind of world was eleanor born into? >> she was born in new york city. part of that social swirl, societal stop the roosevelt name was as good as you could get. her father was elliot roosevelt. the brother of theodore

now, eleanor roosevelt. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders in congress are meeting with the president. the state department and army and navy officials have been with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very time that japan's airships were bombing our citizens in hawaii and the philippines and sinking one of our transports, loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. by tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a full report and be ready for action. ♪

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roosevelt's life that if anybody really is interested needs to read, and she's writing a third right now on the second world war. it brings out this intellectual side of eleanor quite well. mr. slen: would you like to add anything to what doug said about blanche wiesen cook and her volumes? ms. black: well, i think blanche is extraordinary, and she's given us a gift.

now, eleanor roosevelt on first ladies, influence and image. >> good evening. i am speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders are meeting with the president. the state department and navy officials are meeting with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the time that japan was bombing our citizens in the philippines and sinking one of our transports.

eleanor roosevelt was the longest-serving first lady for an unprecedented 12 years. all the while, her husband, unknown to the public, was affected by polio. her legacy continues today, as discussed as a possible face on the $10 bill. eleanor roosevelt on "first ladies: examining the public and private lives of the first lady and their influence on the presidency." tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. each week, "american artifacts" takes viewers into museums around the country. next, we visit the national museum of health and medicine located just outside of washington, d.c. to examine more than 150 years of the museum's this is the second of a two-part program. civilrst focused on the war collection. some viewers may find images in this program disturbing. >> hello. walk into the national museum of health and medicine. tim barker and i am the museum director. we are here to give you a short to work. it w

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it was eleanor roosevelt. she earned 35 pouds and she donated it to the united nations. >> man famous musicians have written singles, rolling stones, janet joplin, david bowie, d, u 2 for advil? >> janis joplin. >> incorrect. >> david bowie. >> incorrect. the answer is rolling stones for rice krispies. >> i was like, that can't be it. >> in 1941 the first legal -- commercial in the u.s. aired before -- >> >> watches. >> that is it. correct. >> i got to hand that to you. >> that was good. >> allyson, brooke one. 20 points for each correct answer. head back to the podium. nicely done. finally, mike and john. come on down. [ applause ] >> nobody likes you. nobody. >> go mike! >> come on, john. >> make up for don, john. his was embarrassing. >> all your questions will be about tv cowboys. >> ooh. >> giddy up. >> this guy is a tv cow boy. come on. >> i was told to wear my work clothes. >> tv cowboys. bonanza cowboy ben cartwright and sons live on which fictional ranch. >> me. >> john? >> ponderosa. >> me he says. >

chris eleanor roosevelt is the longest serving first lady for 12 years. all the while, her husband unknown to the public was physically limited by the effects of polio. she dedicated most for life to political and social changes and her legacy continues today. she is discussed as a possible phase of the $10 bill. eleanor roosevelt, this sunday night on c-span's original series, first latest: and -- first ladies: influence and images. their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. chris a signature feature of book tv is our all-day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with the top nonfiction authors. here is our schedule. wer the end of september a are in new york for the brooklyn a book festival. in early october, the southern festival of books and nashville. the weekend after that, live in austin. near the end of the month, we're book fairs. the wisconsin book festival in madison and back on the east coast, the boston book festival. at the

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eleanor roosevelt, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's ,riginal series, first ladies influence and image. examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. tonight on cue a day -- "q&a," robert costa on the presidential campaign and the similarities between donald trump and ross perot. >> the themes are really overlapping. i think perot had this distinct .ersonality the celebrity factor was not there with perot in the way it is with trump. you see people throwing themselves at trump, there is a power with his personality that perot did not have. being outside of washington and her publican party. the republican party's relationship with trump has been rocky this year. that they called him a couple months ago and said, can you tone it down on immigration? he did not turn it down. in thats what was pledge. it is a political document. i think

i love the story that as eleanor roosevelt watched them pack up their belongings, she went across the street to say goodbye to the trumans and she warned bess, watch out for the rats. they had seen a rat across the terrace recently. >> the white house is full of rats. >> right. they went to take a tour and were appalled. >> she was thrust into the job. harry truman was thrust into the job. >> did she have any guidance? >> her first problem was eleanor roosevelt probably had -- probably meaning well, set up a press conference. a tradition was started about press conference. bess truman went to the secretary of labor and said, do i have to do that? is it ok to set my own tone? she was assured she could do what she wanted and put a lot of thought into it and decided it was not something she would do and never did hold a press conference. >> edith was the old-time white house social secretary and went there with mrs. woodrow wilson the second. stay through all through the roosevelt's and everything. she knew everything to do, where the bodies were buried, everything. she handled the press

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i think she was eclipsed by eleanor roosevelt and maybe later i the glamour of jackie kennedy. she has kind of been forgotten. i was curious if any of you all know how she was perceived at the time of her reign as first lady by the press and the public. susan: also, the depression colored peoples view of her tenure. annette: when she came into office it was with the same expectations and enthusiasm that had greeted burts coming into office. there was a lot expected from this couple. lou had been involved nationally with the girl scouts. she had been involved with the national athletic amateur federation, the women's conference. she was very well-known. one of the things that she did early on -- she was unorthodox in other ways. she did not have -- she inherited grace coolidge's social secretary. they did not get along. she wanted lou to learn how to do things the washington society way. lou did not want to do things that way. those two parted company after one year and lou did not hire another social secretary. she did introduce a lot of changes. she was very unorthodox. susan:

. >> eleanor roosevelt. >> oh, i went to flowers. >> okay. that wasn't around when i was going through. eleanor roosevelt high school, go raiders. >> what helped prepare you for duke university and for medical school afterwards? >> yeah, so it did. it was actually a really good program. and so after that, i went to college at the university of maryland wallet more county, and that was also -- baltimore, and i was really well prepared from an academic standpoint. it was this whole other piece, the social and cultural piece which was what i struggled with. i was very well prepared academically, absolutely. yeah. yeah, so -- any other questions? >> so my question is now you're teaching students, but i think through your discussions you've obviously highlighted the need for physicians to be educated in terms of their dealings. how do you use your experience to help educate physicians? and how they interact with patients of color? >> that's one thing, actually a lot of physicians have talked to me after i've written this book, they've read the boo

nicole anslover: she admired eleanor roosevelt. they were friendly, not dear friends. mamie eisenhower, before she was the first lady, when bess was the first lady, they took a spanish class together in the white house. a group of washington ladies decided to learn spanish. and bess grew very fond of her then, and there was later a rift between the trumans but -- and the eisenhowers, but bess was fond of mamie. others? william seale: i can't think of any others. nicole anslover: i think she liked lady bird johnson. oh, they did very much enjoy the company of both of the kennedys. they went and stayed at the white house after jack and jackie were in the white house. william seale: they certainly did. they went for the inauguration, didn't they? nicole anslover: uh-huh. william seale: didn't like joe kennedy, but they liked the son. nicole anslover: no. yes. susan swain: i mentioned earlier our website, which has all the video of all of the first ladies programs we've done so far and also lots of other videos you haven't seen here. you can find it at cspan.org/firstladie

hudson found an invitation to the white house signed by eleanor roosevelt. flush requesting his presence on december 1th 1944. st, 1944. finding a note like this can go for at least $1,000. >> this looks very familiar to me. it's similar to documents you needed even in modern day to get into the white house. >> hudson thought about about how much it could set for but wants to return it to the family. she says it's about doing the right thing. >>> could the thing to staying strong in old age be eating apple peels? we'll explain interesting new findings in today's health minute. don't miss the final days of the biggest sale of the year! with the c2 queen mattress just $599.99. ends sunday! know better sleep with sleep number. with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store. don't miss the final days of the biggest sale of the year! with the c2 queen mattress just $599.99. ends sunday! know better sleep with sleep number. . >>> you can fight the aiming process -- ageing process. a compound found in groan tomatoes and apple pe

awe na nancy reagan, jacqueline kennedy, eleanor roosevelt. >> she donated it to the united nations. >> man famous musicians have written singles, rolling stones, janet joplin, david bowie, d, u 2 for advil? >> janis joplin. >> david bowie. >> incorrect. the answer is rolling stones for rice krispies. >> in 1941 the first legal -- >> watches. >> that is it. correct. allyson, brooke one. 20 points for each correct answer. finally, mike and john. come on down. >> nobody likes you. nobody. >> come on, john. >> make up for don, john. it was embarrassing. all your questions will be about tv cowboys. >> ooh. >> giddy up. >> this guys a tv scow boy. come on. >> i was told to wear my work clothes. >> tv cowboys. bonanza cowboy ben cartwright and sons live on which fictional ranch. >> me. >> me he says. >> ponderosa. >> played marshal matt dylan on -- >> this works. >> okay. gun smoke. i retract my answer. do you want to guess? >> miss kitty. >> james arnez plays marshal. giving this to you, matt dillon on gun smoke is the brother of, a, peter lupus, peter graves. >> peter graves. >> that is

it's a wedding invitation for eleanor roosevelt. she found it in a book she bought at a yard sale. she said she would like to return it to whoever it belongs to. >> jeff skeverski has a big win for the owls when "action news" comes right back. let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. to sports, the link is home to the hottest football team in town, it's not the eagles, the temple owls are 2-0. jeff skeverski has more on the big win. >> reporter: it is last time temple beat cincinnati 30 years ago. that's nothing, nothing compared to the streak temple ended last week, the 74 year drought against penn state what's 30 years. temple in a cincinnati, jumping for joy and jacked

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i like eleanor roosevelt. the more i read about it, the more i know about her role in the 1930s. she was the person who was out there looking out for the people in real trouble. >> i also found it fairly shocking that they had so much shocking coming up with a woman to put on the bill who they weren't related to. >> that wasn't a joke. >> no. a woman is going to be put on the bill. >> susan b anthony came out of the gate from rand paul. that was the most american answer to that question. >> and rosa parks was a good one, but there were so many others they could have chosen and they were stumped. it was shocking. >> tonight lindsey gram wham wa able to deliver some pretty funny lines at the first debate. a lot of people thought he was the carly fiorina of this one. he won the first debate tonight early in the evening. >> i wasn't the best law student. by the end of this debate, it'll be the most time i've spent in any library. ro ronald reagan sat down with tip o'neal, the most lip ral guy in the house. they started drinking together. that's the first thing i'm going to do as pres

for those of you, sarah eleanor roosevelt built this house her son franklin and daughter and bought eleanor. then the adjacent townhouse has served as all public policy program since 2011. so academic economists, i'm often confronted with skepticism from outside the profession. in particular the residents of economic. e. when faced with questions of the nature, my instinct is to check my watch and brad, but when that fails i have two favorite examples. [inaudible] both i think beautifully illustrate the value of economic trade. it is useful for telling us what is not achievable. so most individuals have our own rankings over a number of potential policies. how do we abrogate these for society as a whole? in a group that is logically impossible to come up with an aberration that satisfies the minimum requirement from democracy. but all is not lost. true democracy may be impossible but thanks to stable relationships, careers are in breach. he's done fundamental and exciting work. typically when we think about markets, we think true crisis which can do a very good job of allocating apples to t

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eleanor roosevelt, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image. examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> next week pope francis visits new york, philadelphia, and washington, d.c., where he'll address a joint meeting of congress. recently the cato institute hosted an event on the pope's views on economics and public statements on poverty, inequality, and capitalism. this is 1:15. >>> is the author or co-author of many books including religion and the constitution and sexuality and the u.s. catholic church. from 1981 to '84 was the assist ant to the solicitor general of the united states and he was elected to the american law institute in 1982. please welcome john garvey. >> thank you for having me down here. i've never been to the cato institute. i'm surprised. i have so many friends w

. >> eleanor roosevelt is the longest-serving first lady. for an unprecedented 12 years, all the while, her husband, unknown to the public, was physically limited by the effects of polio. she dedicated her life to social changes, and her legacy continues today. she is discussed as a possible face of the $10 bill. on c-span'sevelt, original series, first ladies, examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the lady and theirst influence on the presidency, from marshall washington -- from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00. >> american artifacts takes you to historic places. down pennsylvania avenue from the white house is the white house visitor center, which offers a look at how the executive mansion functions. center with the curator who shows is the desk franklin roosevelt used for his fireside chats. we see recreational items such as radios, bowling balls, for the first families. >> my name is john sandwich. book a mu to the white house visitor's center, which is just a short walk away from the white hous

earlier today and before he announced his possession the senator sent this quote from eleanor roosevelt do what you feel in your heart to be right where you will be criticized anyway. with the senators support that means 35 democrats are in favor of the agreement. we also occurred during the white house briefing the senator agreed the virginia senator mark warner and josh earnest agreed that senators may announce soon that he supports the deal and will confirm that when we hear from his office. right now though there is no republican support. a r. opposed and ten are now undecided. the senate is expected to begin debate wednesday return on tuesday, september 8. and we will have live coverage of course on c-span2. >>> more live coverage of the discussion of the military challenges for the u.s. and britain. the minister of the states for the armed forces will explain and answer questions here at the olympic council in washington. it should start any moment. >> as we wait for this discussion to get underway about the u.s. and uk military developments and military relations, we have just le

ruth baiter ginsburg, eleanor roosevelt, harriet tubman. susan b. anthony. any person like that. >> how about huckabee saying his wife? come on. i mean, and then carson saying his mother. obviously, was a wonderful woman. but this was a time i couldn't agree with you more. a time to say something serious and make a point. some of them were quite good. but the rest of them were off the wall. >> sojourner truth. a bunch of people. here's how carly fiorina responded. >> i wouldn't change the $10 bill or $20 bill. i think honestly it's a gesture. i don't think it helps to change our history. what i would think is we ought to recognize that women are not a special interest group. women are the majority of this nation. we are half the potential of this nation and this nation will be better off when every woman as the opportunity to live the life she chooses. >> go ahead. does she have an advantage as the only woman? >> i was going to say that's a summary of what carly's appeal to women is across the country. she's not saying vote for me because i'm a woman. vote f

. >> eleanor roosevelt is the longest serving first lady for an unprecedented 12 years all the while her husband unknown to the public was physically limited by the effects of polio. she dedicated her life to political and social changes aand her legacy continues today as she is discussed as the possible face of the $10 bill. eleanor roosevelt this saturday night on c-span's series, first ladies, examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> dr. steven ostroff has been acting administrator of the food and drug administration since april. he recently testified on capitol hill about food safety protocol in the u.s. s in an hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. i thank the witnesses as well as those in the audience. this hearing will come to order. this hearing will focus on the fda's efforts to improve and maintain the safety of our food supply. i thank you, commissioner, for for your presentati

and then franklin roosevelt cheating on eleanor roosevelt in 1917. so, the rich have their prerogatives and they take them. swain: one of our viewers on facebook asks, "how did mrs. harding respond to the rumors of harding's wandering eyes?" sibley: yes, it's a great question. and i didn't -- i think it's kind of fun -- i think we're going to have a little bit of a debate about some of these relationships, this extramarital relationships that warren g. harding had. he did have this affair with carrie phillips, who was woman, they met early on old friends, they were both a couple phillipses and the hardings who all were related as a -- in a connected way in ohio. and what happens over time is that warren falls in love with -- with carrie. and florence eventually finds out about this. so, sometime between 1905 when florence gets sick for the first time in 1911, she discovers this affair. and they were still friends and they were still vacationing together and the -- the caller asks how was this happening and how did florence react to this. well, not ve

roosevelt. audrey hudson said she found it at a yard sale tucked into books. instead of making money off the inhave invitation even though she could use it she is going to return it to whom it belongs. we'll be right back. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at three in the morning? who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? uh, khakis. she sounds hideous. well, she's a guy so... another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath!

i think eleanor roosevelt, she was the first lady of the united states. she was the longest first lady of the united states. rosa parks, 1955 civil rights movement in montgomery, alabama. racial carsons, a science, her book "silent spring," another one is barbara mcclintocclintoc. >> that's a good one. a scientist. >> they're not talking about leaving hamilton -- >> decreased production. >> they should have done that with jackson. i have a lot more 20s than 10s. is that because of the atm. >> there are 10 billion $20 bills in circulation. >> why not the $20? >> the $10 is the next to get a refresh. it's the next -- >> it takes them a long time to do it. it's not until 2020. they're making the decision this fall and it takes -- >> we talk about how the fed can print money overnight. not in this case. it will take at least five years to print all this money. >> i talked to george in jackson hole about the future of money. can i blipg my eyes, wave my hands and pay bills? she said, no, money is popular. people want it in their pockets. >> 85% of transactions

roosevelt, bess truman and maime eisenhower? and did she ever go back to the white house? thank you all. susan swain: thank you so very much. brief answers to both please because we will talk about it a little bit later. amity shlaes: we know that there was a solarium built, and she retreated to it in the end of the first full term of president coolidge, that is toward the end of his presidency. and i don't know whether she visited with succeeding first ladies. cynthia bittinger: yes, she did. but back to the roof leak, yes. the roof had to be reinforced, it was cracking, and they redid the family quarter as well and put in more closets, and that kind of thing. screeria -- nigeria. -

i like eleanor roosevelt. the more i read about it, the more i know about her role in the 1930s. she was the person who was out there looking out for the people in real trouble. >> i also found it fairly shocking that they had so much shocking coming up with a woman to put on the bill who they weren't related to. >> that wasn't a joke. >> no. a woman is going to be put on the bill. >> susan b anthony came out of the gate from rand paul. that was the most american answer to that question. >> and rosa parks was a good one, but there were so many others they could have chosen and they were stumped. it was shocking. >> tonight lindsey graham was able to deliver some pretty funny lines at the first debate. a lot of people thought he was the carly fiorina of this one. he won the first debate tonight early in the evening. >> i wasn't the best law student. by the end of this debate, it'll be the most time i've spent in any library. ronald reagan sat down with tip o'neal, the most liberal guy in the house. they started drinking together. that's the first thing i'm going to do as president

harriet tubman, eleanor roosevelt. it will be the obama administration, not any of those people on that stage, who will make the call because the treasury secretary is in the process of redesigning that $10 bill. i will tell you it was interesting. chris christie said the first lady abigail adams. i thought that was an interesting out of the blue. john kasich said mother theresa. she wasn't an american. we had margaret thatcher. >> can we talk about that response? even ana navorro who loves jeb bush. >> i think what was going through his head was here we are at the reagan library, margaret thatcher. he could have said nancy reagan. >> i totally thought that's where he was going. >> he knew thatcher is not an american so maybe that wouldn't have been the best answer. but to me it showed you what happens when these candidates, they are so prepped for every question. and then suddenly they get a question like that, where did that come from and they had to think on their feet. i love the abigail adams answer from chris chr

roosevelt, bess truman and maime eisenhower? and did she ever go back to the white house? thank you all. ms. swain: thank you so very much. brief answers to both please because we will talk about it a little bit later. ms. shlaes: we know that there was a solarium built, and she retreated to it in the end of the first full term of president coolidge, that is toward the end of his presidency. and i don't know whether she visited with succeeding first ladies. ms. bittinger: yes, she did. but back to the roof leak, yes. the roof had to be reinforced, it was cracking, and they redid the family quarter as well and put in more closets, and that kind of thing. and the coolidges had to move to dupont circle. so they were gone for a little while, and grace even donned a hard hat to go and crawl up and look and see what they were doing at the white house. so yes, that did happened. in terms of friendship with other first ladies, yes. she made a few jokes about madam roosevelt, but yes, they did get together. and there are people who saw m

. >> eleanor roosevelt is the longest serving first lady for an unprecedented 12 years. all the while her husband, unknown to the public, was physically limited by the effects of polio. she dedicated most of her life to political and social changes and her legacy continues today as she is discussed as a possible face of the $10 bill. onanor roosevelt tonight c-span's original series "first image" influence an examining the public and private from of first ladies martha washington to michelle obama. tonight on 8:00 eastern on c-span three. washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. let us know what is on your mind. we have about 20 minutes. pope francis visiting, also a state visit by the chinese president that will take place friday with a dinner at the white house. we will have live coverage of all of these events. cnn.com,ll from cnn, showing that carly fiorina is number two behind donald trump in a national survey. the poll finds out that donald trump is favored by 44%. in second is carly fiorina at 15%. that is up significantly from previous poll numbers. --

>> mine would be eleanor roosevelt. great story about the judge. my dad worked in the court system down the street here on the parkway, on 18th street. one time he went up to judge alexander and said to him -- he's an african-american, real dignitary in the city. said, what should i call you, your honor or judge? he said, call me friend. he was that kind of a guy. >> well, catherine drexel said in the 1890s when their were some people who thought african-american women shouldn't become sisters, that they didn't have a vocation, she was the one that made the argument that yes, she should. she reached out. she did more than many bishops. the whole church really. for african-americans. when we talk about we need examples of women leaders in the church, there you go. i'm so happy pope francis raised her up as an example. >> the pope has been beautifully briefed on what cities care about, as you can tell by the conversation from kathleen there. how each city has its pride. new york of course has its affection for -- well, its survival of 9/11. and of co

roosevelt in -- wait code that moors cost $285,000. it actually lights up. a large rock sculpture and a courtyard in the middle of the health center that cost $1.3 million. for a rock. a stainless steel, an aluminum sculpture in the entrance that ost $ 365,000. another sculpture that i am at a loss to describe, in an exterior lobby that cost $305,000. a sculpture in the shape of a half arc that is located inside the mental health center that .ost $330,000 as many of these projects are not yet complete, these costs actually could actually increase. let me be clear, spending money on conferences and relocation expenses for v.a. employees and on art installations for v.a. facility is not -- it is not more important than taking care of the veterans of this nation, providing them the health care that they have earned. it is simply beyond me why v.a. would choose to pay to complete the denver project by cutting medical services and medical facility dollars but not the exorbitance conference spending or bloated relocation expenses or art. i r

now, eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt: i'm speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders in congress are meeting with the president. the state department and army

. >> eleanor roosevelt is the longest-serving first lady. all the while her husband was physically limited by the effects of polio. she dedicated her life to political and social changes in her legacy continues as she is discussed as a possible face of the $10 bill. sunday 8:00 eastern on american history television on c-span 3. born in 1897 pope paul the six served from 1963 until 1978. you are looking at scenes from his 1953 coronation. the final hope to be crowned in this manner. succeeding popes have been inaugurated rather than crowned. next, from 50 years ago, october 4, pope paul the sixth this the united nations. the first pope to travel to the united states and address the u.n. general assembly. theever again, one against other. nevermore. was it not principally for this purpose the united nations arose? .gainst war, in favor of peace listen to the words of a great declared kennedy, who four years ago mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. many words are not needed to proclaim this. it suffices to remember

eleanor roosevelt, the sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency, from martha washington to michelle obama. study at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. each week, american history brings you archival films of that tell the history of the 20th century. ♪ independence, missouri, home of harry truman, where president johnson arrives despite steady rain for a brief sentimental visit with the former chief executive. he came from a speaking engagement in kansas city to make the informal call on mr. truman, who is now 83. the two men chatted privately inside the truman home for 10 minutes. their discussion was not disclose. president johnson left for the capital. pale and drawn, waved to the crowd in high spirits. the university of florida gainesville, scene of an important congress. conference. refugeesro cuban picket the meeting, objecting delegates from coming