of the 20th century, one internally, the great depression, and one externally, world war ii. now, there has been a long and ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced by more individuals or by larger social, cultural, and economic forces of the times. well, i think it is of course both of those. but certainly it seems to me that franklin d. roosevelt is a prime example of the significance of an individual s impact on history. true, it was broader social and economic conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader. but in his case in particular, i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element, as i think we will see today as we go along. so let s examine roosevelt s presidency, beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. the economic collapse of 1929 brought the worst conditions the country had experiences the civil war. and the incumbent president, herbert hoover, seemed incapa
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it all down. then, the leadership s shake up rocking silicon valley. the latest of a whirlwind weekend at open a.i.. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, live from washington, d.c.. donald trump s lawyers and jack smith prosecutors squared off in a federal appeals court today over the limited gag order in a case accusing him of plotting to overthrow the 2020 election. that order stops trump from publicly attacking prosecutors, potential witnesses, or court employees involved in the case. in court this morning, jack smith s team argued that order is needed to protect the jury pool and to keep people physically safe. trump s team argued that it violates his free sand ability to campaign for president. the order is unprecedented, and it is setting a terrible precedent for restrictions on core political speech. as thil approaches, the atre is going to be increasingly tense. why does the district court
night and lots of states across the country, we hear at msnbc we ll be covering it until the cows come home, until steve kornacki s eyelids turned inside out on live television. all, right that does it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with of the great lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. as word witgood evening, rachel. i have a programming question to your programming note about wednesday night. you said we will all be here discussing the so-called debate. you don t have somewhere else to be, do you? does all include me? yes? because i haven t watched a single republican debate. i have a perfect record of not watching or commenting on a single republican so-called debate. i am going to change you to the proverbial loom, it is good for you, you know, anything can happen, lawrence. do i have to talk? yes. okay. i won t ever tell you what to say, but, also i like that you are appealing to me like i am making these decisions. it s up t
it s up to you lawrence. yes, it s completely up to you. you must discuss a lot about vivek ramaswamy. now, rachel, i ve spent the weekend curled up with this amazing new york times number one bestseller, debuting at number one on the bestseller list. and i have so many questions. and i was kind of wondering if maybe tonight, you could come over? yes. okay, here s what we ll do, to give you time to come over. here is what we are going to do. we are going to do a first segment with mary trump s reaction to her uncle being out of control in court today. and then we are going to talk about rachel maddow s number one best selling, new york times number one bestseller, debuts a number, one prequel, an american fight against fascism. and what i m gonna do, rachel, is it is going to be a discussion, but i am going to be selling the thing. no, but it s specific. i am going to be selling the audio book. and you know why i want to push the audio book. we will discuss all of t