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york life. one has to proceed east crossing park avenue to gramercy park itself with the soft glow of streetlamps and slightly overgrown foliage in order to glimpse the genteel privilege enjoyed by wealthy new yorkers in the days before the civil war. this provided the backdrop for the lively roosevelt family which at the time of elliott's birth in february 18, '60 consisted of your senior, theodore roosevelt's father, his wife, martha, her sister, a daughter, theodore junior and elliot. sometime later another daughter, corrine, would complete the family so there you have theodore senior and their four children, elliott and corrine. difficult to imagine how any child could have had more loving parents than elliott roosevelt. president theodore roosevelt wrote of his father many years later, i was fortunate in having a father who i have always regarded as an ideal man, he really did combine the strength, courage, will and energy of the strongest man with tenderness, cleanness and purity of a woma

she discusses her book at the publishing industry's annual convention bookexpo america in new york city. life coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. on sunday, matt tybee will be our guest on in-depth. >> you grow up looking at thousands and thousands of faces until one day you see that face that you feel is put on earth just for you and that's instantly you fall in love in that moment. for me, trump was like that except it was the opposite. when i first saw him on the campaign trail i thought this is a person who is unique, horrible and amazing, terrible characteristics were put on earth specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciated or whatever the verb is. i had really been spending a lot of the last ten-12 years without knowing it repairin preparing fd trump to happen. >> he is a contributor to rolling stone magazine and is the author of several books including smelled like that elephant, dispatches from a rotting empire, the great derangement: a terrifying true story of war politics and religion, chris tobia, a story of the bankers, politicians and the most audacio

way of life to new york from california or expand? >> so yeah. so yeah in essence yes, and i want to ask to stand because you all have to -- wrap your love and your prayers around tomoya because she's going to start a home safe house for women where women can come to and get that -- support, leadership, guidance that they can come and join and be a part of this movement to. so y'all remember about she's a member here. her daddy is a deacon here. >> all right. her pastor is right over there and y'all wrap your arms around her as she takes on this strug the in fight because it's not easy. [applause] you know to both of you and to ms. sames and my beloved vivian nixon, you know i'm very aware that -- often visible leadership of the movement to end mass incarceration is often meant and yet working has been doing what i do as women doing the everyday hard lift of the work all of the time not always in front of the mic. sometimes you don't know their name. sometimes you don't even notice their bodies. they're out there. and i see it all of

also being published they were called the life of -- smalls new york university journalism mrs. stevens discusses lowell thomas in, the voice of america. cardiac surgeon reflects on the successes and failures of his 11000 surgeries in, open heart. look for these in bookstores and look for many of the authors in the near future on book tv at c-span2.

jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> morgan: still ahead, a daughter gives her father the gift of life. this father's day is extra special for a family in new york. they are together after a daughter gave a life-saving gift to her dad. meg oliver has their story. >> i'm just really glad that i have him here the family has a lot to celebrate t was in liver failure and needed a transplant. >> i just didn't know how long i had. >> steven was on a transplant waiting list. the doctors said the chances of getting a liver were slim to mar yele got test todz see if she could give a piece of her liver and she was a match. >> if this is something i could help with, 100% i am there, i will do whatever i need to do. >> like any father, steven was more concerned about his daughter. >> i wasn't really afraid for myself. i was always afraid for her. from the minute we went to the or, too to the minute i woke up. >> as soon as we start cutting the liver in half, the liver starts to regenerate and within six weeks 90% of it grows back. >> dr. sandy and a team at mount sinai hospital in new york performe

kenneth moten abc news washington. >>> and awning saved a 2-year-old's life in new york city, the girl plunged out of an open window from the 6th floor in the bronx. her father described the moments. >> i was trying to climb up on the awning, the kid from the second floor apartment was getting her attention, so she got out and climbed out. >> the little girl was okay, her parents were in the apartment at the time of the accident. the window was opened by a cousin who wanted to hear the rain. the cousin left the window open. the girl at parents are paying for window locks. >>> more than 1100 dogs and cats have new homes after a mega adoption event in wilmington. brandywine valley spca were hoping to place # 800 pets over the weekend they surpassed their goal. hundreds of dogs were flown in from arizona earlier this month. >>> action cam was at charles martin memorial stadium in the city's rhawnhurst section where northeast high school held their ceremony. they filled the field wearing gold and black and plenty of proud loved ones looking on. >>> sky6 live hd showing you cape may, look a

an installation artist has taken three old phone booths in new york ci stories to life. people can pick up the phone and hear history. >> this installation is called once upon a place and essentially i collected migration stories from some of the newest new yorkers as well as second and third generation immigrants, talking about why they left their homeland, why they came to new york and i collected the audio and have repurposed three of the last phone booths to be removed from the streets of new york into audio players. so you step into the booth, you pick up the phone and you listen to these stories of migration from new yorkers. >> and visitor coastal storm vie stories until september 5th. very cool. >> it's creative t a lot of kid these days if i showed that to my youngest child he would be like and what is that. >> it's all interactive you see the phone booth which is also kind of a relic now and you get to listen to the stories and when you're done hang up and move on. >> and you keep going. we'll be right back. golf course homecoming in the making. bryane greene h

in new york city. the girl plunged out an open window in the 6th floor apartment in the bronx. >> i was trying to climb on the awning, but i couldn't. the kids from the second floor apartment got her attention, so she was climbing out the wood window and got out out. her parents were in the apartment at the time of the accident. the windows was opened by a cousin who wanted to hear the rain. the girl's parents are paying for window locks. >> the phillies are off today they open a series with st. louis tomorrow. the phillies bullpen continued its struggle yesterday. the back end of the bullpen caved in. the d-back swept the series. >>> the trade that will give the sixers the number one pick on thursday is expected to be announced today. the sixers will use the celtics pick to take markell fultz. they give up their first round pick, plus another one next year. >>> could a key to a better report card be the playground. >> plus experts are questioning the benefits of coconut oil. this summer, journey into

. >> the reading festival in hyde park, new york continues with kathryn smith. she looks at the life of marguerite "missy" lehand, considered president roosevelt's personal and professional confidante. hello, good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the roosevelt museum and to the reading festival. we're excited you're here for today. this program is a special one, i'll tell, but it in just a moment. if you're familiar with the program at this point, about a 30 minute talk and ten minutes of questions and then a book signing. we're lucky enough to have c-span with us here today so if you're going to ask questions, use the microphone on the other side these sorts of programs are only made possible because of the trustees and our members. we have a trustee here today and thank you for your support. [applause] >> raise your hand if you're a member and would he truly appreciate it. if you're not a member, get one of the pins, and it gives you free admission to the library and museum. we have an exhibit on the japanese internment and very powerful. i hope you'll see this

i am the president and ceo of make-a-wish metro new york and western new york. the mission of make-a-wish is to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope and strength and joy. we understand the importance today of the wish experience. it is part of patient care. we also understand its impact, not just in that moment, but over the lifetime of a child, of the family, of everyone in the community who has been touched by that wish. zach: i think you become a much better fundraiser, a much better philanthropist the more personally involved you are with the mission, directly impacting children and their families. ♪ zach: "toast to wishes" started six years ago. i was sitting around with a few friends and just saying, you know, hey, we go out in the city, we have fun, wouldn't it be nice to go and try to have fun but do some good while being together? we felt like there was a void in the market, so to speak, of really fun, truly fun charity events that supported great causes. and, you know, just like a

you have lived most of your life here in new york city. now you have relocated to a nice neighborhood in washington, d.c. it seems like every time you go outside to get a cup of coffee or take the kids out to the park or something like that, people are taking pictures of you. >> that is a weird experience. steve: right? >> every day there are photographers. steve: look what she is wearing. >> i'm looking for alternative routes out of my home but you know, there is a scrutiny and there is an interest that exceeds anything i have ever experienced before. but, d.c. has been an amazing place. the kids are thriving. and ultimately for me, that's the number one most important thing. if the kids weren't happy, it would be very hard for me. steve: no kidding. ainsley: they really love it down there. steve: does your husband like his job? >> he loves it. talk about impact. you saw the results of so much of his hard work on display in saudi arabia and in israel and subsequently in rome. but, you know, aside from what he is doing on the foreign polic

they're still enjoying life in new york and d.c. >> the trumps. >> still in d.c. jay-z, beon zbla. beyonce. bert and ernie. >> this is obvious. close. talking about martha stewart and snoop dogg. the clue being the song that brought us in. >> oh. so abc's nick watt, met up with the odd couple. takes us on a look behind the scenes. >> yeah. >> welcome to martha and snoop's potluck dinner party. >> tv's odd couple back for season two because it works. >> going to start throwing dishes unless we get going. >> reporter: and backstage. >> did we find lobsters? >> chef's cameras, controlled chaos. >> that's for the -- the [ bleep ] burger. >> for the -- >> the [ bleep ] burger. the most expensive hamburger. >> thought she made that up. he was like, the what? >> so expensive. the show is going. good food and guests today. rupaul. >> always interesting to see people from different worlds come together and, and, meet in the middle. >> the weirdest group of people ever on a stage together. >> they have aligned their freak when see. i think that's a lesson for everyone in the world today. >>

i'd like to talk about one of my constituents, one of my constituents, melba, born in new york city. she lived on the lower east side her whole life. here's what she told me. these are her words. medicaid is a strong part of my existence for everyday living in every single way. i was born with cerebral palsy, have relied on a wheelchair my whole life. day-to-day activities that most people take for granted getting dressed in the morning, cooking meals, going grocery shopping,, even getting to and from work, she works, are made possible because of medicaid. in 2012 you may remember super storm sandy walloped the east coast in new york city. melba was in her apartment on the eighth floor. because of her palsy and her wheelchair, which weighs several hundred pounds, she couldn't be evacuated. luckily for melba her home health care aid walked across the bridge in manhattan to be with her. melba was without power in darkness, no elevator, and her home health aide probably saved her life. by being able to theater and deal with the problems that she had. without medicaid, melba would probab

. >> this weekend c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to hyde park, new york, as we explore the history and literary life of a town that is synonomous of franklin and eleanor roosevelt, saturday at noon eastern on book tv. an interview with david roosevelt as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. and the author and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in his andwriting that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on american history tv, we tour the f.d.r. presidential library, the first one in the national archives system. >> the library was established by franklin roosevelt and looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers. an

adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >> an american tourist is fighting for his life after he was shot while kevin newman is now in a medically induced coma. he was shot and robbed in turks and caicos while there with his wife and son. one of the bullets damaged his liver, a kidney and several arteries. police have not yet made arrests. >>> a teenage girl from north carolina who has been missing for more than a year has been found alive at a home in georgia. a 31-year-old man has been taken into custody. the 17-year-old haley burns her name now reunited with her family thanks to a tipster who her parents say helped track her down. it's still not clear whether she was taken or left home on her own. >>> tennis legend john mcenroe fired a volley at serena williams. >> innant interview he says serena is the greatest woman's player in history, but he feels, quote, if she played the men's circuit she would be like number 700 in the world. well, a few years ago williams said she would lose in andy murray because the men are faster. >> oh, no, he didn't. >>> well, tiger woods won't be attendin

a new exhibit in new york is bringing that age to life. called "the jazz age," it highlights the architecture and lifestyle of the period. we went to have a look. ♪ >> the jazz age is a term that f. scott fitzgerald used about the age because jazz was popular. we feel that jazz is both a metaphor and an actual fact. metaphor being that it's a new beat. ♪ >> women get the right to vote. they drop their corsets, their new fashions, new ways of life . it's a lot less demure. part of it had to do with the jazz nightclubs that were being frequented by whites, particularly after they got introduced to them by going to paris. we have a few objects in the exhibition that directly reflect jazz. we have a bracelet and diamonds with cabochon sapphires. we have a wonderful painting by archibald motley. and in it are not only a woman smoking a cigarette, woman with a long necklace that would move around while you danced, as well wine, and glasses of new additions -- musicians. >> a giant of steel and stone dominates the skyline. >> i think architec

bloodget this is the life of new york is new ideas, new business and master rates of and everything is slowing and clogging up. we are sitting on a beautiful capitol n d.c. with hill there. capitol hill is not going to regulation.ire of that is what small business, the of the american dream in my it needs of the cores, it to be were easier to get a business, practice, get out there. in our remaining 45 germany, ou have prime may, macron and minister trudeau what would you tell our allies who have the you talked about with regard to this administration? guest: very good question. look, hope for the best, hope that trump will be educated about the value thelliances but prepare for worst. take out insurance against being several because that might happen. mac chronology are very oriolthers need to step in. if america is temporarily others off the stage need to uphold the system that america created. it is too valuable to be lost in space of one presidency. host: the retreat of western >> former house speaker new gingrich also has a book out. he's a guest on washington journal. his is recu

york bully approach to life. i mean you say anything, you do anything, because the important thing is winning. and i just -- you know, i don't know what else there is to say other than you want to put yourself through a car wash after you listen to the president talk this way. >> are there consequences, david? i mean, i heard what you said about some senators are just saying, well, it's not helpful, but other senators are going further and saying, this is really wrong? are there ever consequences or do we just go on like this? >> well, we'll see if people eventually get disappointed and get tired. i think one of the things that may begin to offend people is potential mafioso behavior. one of the things we heard this mornings in the op-ed piece in "the washington post" by two hosts is the white house threatened sort of extortion if the show becomes more trump friendly that a "national enquirer" investigation into their relationship will be spiked, and that's sort of mafioso extortion behavior, beyond normal white

york, as we explore the city's history and literary life. town superadvisor eileen talks about the historic's many sites. >> hyde park is located in the beautiful hudson valley. 90 miles from new york city. located right on the edge of hudson river in duchess county. we have many attractions. we are the home of franklin roosevelt as well as the first presidential library. we're also the home of the cullnear institute of america -- culinary institute of america so those are very important highlights for anyone visiting hyde park. we have the vanderbilt historic site, which is a beautiful hudson river estate. we are home to eleanor roosevelt's and hyde park history is a living history. you know, it's something growing up here, which i did, it's part of our daily lives. and so we honor our history frequently through parades and through visits to the local homes, it's just part of the ethos of being a hyde parker. host: and make sure to tune in to the weekend -- this weekend to "book tv" and "american history tv" as we travel to hyde park, new y

nast began his life in new york with a bit of a rocky start. he was not a great student. his mother enrolled him in a local school, but because nast was unable to speak english at six years old he fell victim to a playful classmate who directed him on the first day to get into a line. nast did not realize until too late this was the naughty line where you would get spanked. oops. he went running home at lunch and told his mother he was never going back to school. although not literally true, that was in some ways true. nast did not enjoy formal education. he was perennially truant. by his early teens he give up entirely on the concept of education. instead he went to work for frank leslie on his illustrated news. he got this job in a way he was proud of for the rest of his life. if you know any 15-year-olds, it may ring some bells. he went to frank leslie and said i'm an artist. hire me. frank leslie had a lot of personality himself. he was not unfamiliar with this kind of drama. he was not taking nast terribly seriously. theave him a task in tradition of going down to th

you are looking at life pictures from new york city where demonstrators are gathering. the march for truth rallies are expected to take place in more than 100 cities around the globe. they are calling for an independent commission to investigate links between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia. in washington dc, we send it back to to bowls and bears. dagen: donald from pushing congress again to pass healthcare and tax reform. some say the mess over all these intel leaks is delaying the white house's agenda, rush limbaugh thinks it is something closer to home. >> the republican party ostensibly the party of the president, they owe their majority to him particularly the senate. are road blocking donald trump more than the democrats are. dagen: what do you say? >> that is spot on. you always had leaks, george washington had a leak from one of his own generals, he was able to win a pretty big war that pounded our country. the leaks are bad but are not the problem. the problem is the gop had 7 used to get repeal and replace obamacare on the president's desk. wha

the family had apartments in new york almost throughout his entire life. they went back and forth frequently. it was easy to get here. it was one of the reasons that i --nklin matured as president that adds franklin matured as s franklin -- a matured as president, he could come here and feel like this was his home. he could relax, he could indulge in his passions, walking in the woods, seeing the birds, having his friends over, being with his books, being with his stamps. this was a place he really was comfortable. host: how did paul sparrow get here? guest: i was involved with the television business for a long time, and then became involved with museums. when the museum opened in washington, d.c. i spent 16 years there and became immersed in the idea of how do we tell history in new ways?fferent when the opportunity came to become involved in the national archives, i had been a client almost my entire career. i love the national archives. it is one of america's great treasures. when the opportunity came to become the director of this institution, idealiz

the family has apartments in new york almost his entire life. so they went back and forth frequently. it was easy to get here and one of the reasons that is franklin matured as president, particularly during the war years, he had two escapes. he had warm springs georgia which was a rehabilitation center for polio which he really created. then there was hyde park. he would come here and he could really do like this was his home. he could relax, indulge in his passions, walk in the woods, seeing the birds and having his friends over, being with his books, this was a place where he really was comfortable. >> how did paul sparrow get here? >> well, i was involved with the television business for a long time and became involved with museums when the museum opened in washington d.c.. i spent about 16 years there immersed and how do we tell history in new and different ways? when the opportunity came to be involved with the national archives i had been involved with them almost my whole career. i think it is one of america's best treasures. and i reali

next from hyde park new york. >> good afternoon and welcome to the presidential library museum. cap you could be here today for 14th annual roosevelt reading festival. the program from is the author will talk for about 30 minutes and then a ten minute question-and-answer time and then a book signing. c-span is with us today. if you're going to ask a question please use the microphone on the side so we can record your son. these reading festivals and programs are supported by our members and trustees. if we have any here today raise your hand. thank you. we could do this without you and we appreciate your support. if you have one of these buttons for attending today that will give you free admission to the museum. i hope you'll visit. we have a wonderful temporary exhibit called images of -- is important exhibit, the library has never done an exhibit on a japanese internment before. very powerful. i hope you'll see. this afternoon we have well you might call our most sensational books. it has sex, drama, and beautiful women trip behind not see the lines. they made into a movie a

the family had apartments in new york almost dragged his entire life so they went back and forth quite frequently but it was easy to get here. it was one of the reasons that as franklin matured as president, particularly going to war years, he had two escapes. he had georgia, the warm springs, for polio that he created and then there was hyde park. he would come here, he could really feel like this was his home. he could relax, he could indulge in his passions, walk in the woods, seeing the birds come having his friends over, being with his books, this was the place he was really comfortable. >> so how did paul sparrow get here? >> well, i was involved with the television business for a long time and then became involved with museums. i spent about 16 years there and immersing idea how do we tell history in new and different ways? when the opportunity came to become involved with the national archives i had been a client of the national archives almost my entire career. i love the national archives, it's one of america's great treasures. when the opportunity came to become the director

york. my grandparent lehand, the grandparents from the lehand side ham over on what was known as a copper ship during the irish potato famine. so many people died on these ships, they're called coffin ships. my grand parents got married as deans and had a baby, daniel. and my grandfather, daniel lehand-- my great-grandfather was working on a church building in potsdam and a part fell on him and killed him. and my great-grandmother never remarried. and that's why my father was an unusual creature, the only child in an irish catholic family. i'm the youngest of four children i was born in potsdam in 18-- i gave away my age, 1896. when i was a very small child we moved to summerville, a city within the city of boston and that's where i grew up. i went to the public schools there, and my education was going along well until i was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and i went two years in bed recovering. i did not finish high school until 1917 when our country entered the great war. well, i was feel

it's the race from france to new york. engines versus prevailing winds. >>> a life-saving lesson put into action. the way one 12-year-old was able to save her own brother's life. something...is better than doing nothing. that )s what a pleasanton mothe, and registered >>> pretty straightforward advice. doing something is better than doing nothing. that's what a pleasanton mother and registered nurse always tells her three children. she's going to be determined to share that advice with as many as possible. we're joined with this evening's area proud. >> reporter: there were some scary moments in the palsalvy home last month. by more than a few sleepless nights. and while that's not good, it gave her a way to turn what happened into something good for others. >> we have those mannequins right in front of us. let's actually practice some compressions, okay? >> reporter: of all the things a young person can learn in an advanced life saving class -- >> two gentle breaths, everyone. >> reporter: there is one part of the process

it was a time in her life when she was first lady of new york state, then the nation. her official duties kept her extremely busy. but her committed -- commitment to her community and val-kill industries never wavered. however, the great depression came along, the furniture was all handmade and pretty pricey. a little table would have cost you about $145, which was a small fortune during the great depression years. mrs. roosevelt used to say that she ended up being the best customer the val-kill industries ever had. when it became too much for her to keep on going with it financially, she then with great reluctance in 1936 shut down the val-kill industries and remodel this building into her home. she called her cottage of 20 rooms. the outside the building pretty much looks like a furniture factory. it is stucco over cement block and as one child described it, it looks like a whole lot of houses bunched together. the building was built in several stages, to separate -- two separate factory buildings and then additions are added on for showroom and pewter forge and so f

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. >> this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to hyde park, new york, as we explore the history and literary life of a town that has become synonymous with the story of frank roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, exclusive interview with the grandson of fdr and eleanor, as he talks about his memoir from his time on the roosevelt's hyde park estate. >> it was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to was. and that is all she ever wanted to be. >> and then the book "fdr and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archive in his hand writing, not typed, that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we tour the fdr presidential library, the first in the presidential archive system. >> the lib

you have spent much of your life either in new york or washington. you are an elite democrat, precisely the reason the democrats are not getting traction, in the rust belt states, where donald trump actually found his path to victory? i don't think so, needless to say. i spent most of my life in connecticut. always did very well in connecticut amongst working—class democrats, independents, and sometimes republicans. because they knew i was not a captive of any political group. really fighting for them, trying to get things done for them. helping them economically. 0ne element you have just said in your attraction to a certain brand of democratic politics was a muscularforeign policy. ultimately you walked out of your party precisely because of your differences with the mainstream of the party on a host of foreign policy issues, most particularly iraq. seems to me, you have not learned the lessons of what america has done in the middle east over the last two decades. endless interventions, endless commitment and belief that america could change the

nast began his life in new york with a bit of a rocky start. he was not a great student. his mother enrolled him in a local school, but because nast was unable to speak english at six years old he fell victim to a playful classmate who directed him on the first day to get into a line. nast did not realize until too late this was the naughty line where you would get spanked. oops. he went running home at lunch and told his mother he was never going back to school. although not literally true, that was in some ways true. nast did not enjoy formal education. he was perennially truant. by his early teens he give up entirely on the concept of education. instead he went to work for frank leslie on his illustrated news. he got this job in a way he was proud of for the rest of his life. if you know any 15-year-olds, it may ring some bells. he went to frank leslie and said i'm an artist. hire me. frank leslie had a lot of personality himself. he was not unfamiliar with this kind of drama. he was not taking nast terribly seriously. theave him a task in tradition of going down to th