he beat the republican of kansas by a margin of 11 million votes. he won 523 electoral votes to only eight for landon. it was a stupendous, unequivocal mandate to fulfill the promises of the new deal. but soon after that earthquake election the political winds shifted, and that overwhelming mandate proved to be fragile. by the spring of 1937, roosevelt s long honeymoon with congress was over. and by 1938 things were falling apart. the country was sliding back into recession, and the supreme court was declaring unconstitutional key new deal legislation. but it was not only economics and checks and balances that frustrated roosevelt. he confronted another problem, too, there was a serious cleavage within his own party. it was true the democrats held staggering majorities in both houses of congress, but that huge democratic majority was deceptive. because conservative democrats, many of whom were from the south, were allying themselves with republicans and voting together to str
and this year s group of authors reflect the wide variety of research done here. we are delighted to highlight our researchers work at book talks throughout the year, and especially with this, our annual reading festival. before we get to our speaker, i want to quickly go over a few housekeeping matters. first, if you have cell phones or pagers turn them off or turn them to vibrate. also, after our speakers talk, we will move out next to the new deal store where you can purchase your books and have the authors sign them. and i would like to acknowledge the presence of our friends from c-span who are here today. we appreciate, as always, their support and participation and the good work they do at bringing the festival into the homes of those who are not able to come to hyde park in person. and now it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker this afternoon, professor susan dunn. in addition to being a great friend of the roosevelt library, she is also the preston parish thir
contamination. and a female wing walker fighting for her life after her husband was forced to crash land the airplane. he speaks about her condition today, monday march 21, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. busy monday morning. i m matt lauer. ann curry is back from japan, in for meredith. what an extra job you did over that on what had to be a difficult trip. it was difficult for everyone involved. i think we are all thinking of the people that are still there and especially there japanese. we ll have the latest from japan including the latest evacuation of the workers from the nuclear power plant and also the detection of radiation on spinach and milk coming up, matt. also ahead the u.s. army is issuing an apology for disturbing photos that portray abuse allegedly committed by u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. they were published in the german newspaper derspiegel and some show soldiers posing
fighting for her life after her husband was forced to crash land the airplane. he speaks about her condition the airplane. he speaks about her condition today, monday march 21, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. busy monday morning. i m matt lauer. ann curry is back from japan, in for meredith. what a job you did on what was a difficult trip. it was difficult for everyone involved. i think we are all thinking of the people who are there and especially for the japanese. we ll have the latest from japan including the latest evacuation of the workers from the nuclear power plant and also the detection of radiation on spinach and milk coming up, matt. also ahead the u.s. army is issuing an apology for disturbing photos that portray abuse allegedly committed by u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. they were published in the german newspaper derspiegel and some show soldiers posing with dead afghan civilian
have to solve their problems foh themselves.pr ..obt we should recognize and value and emphasize and by any means possible support that very large part of the iranian population that dislikes the regime under which it labors. i don t think the military intervention, the one that the sea above the saudis were all begging for, i don t think probably the only thing that would unite the people of iran would be an attack from outside. it would be counterproductive. it turned out to be not a fan of the iranian regime but the military attack would be counterproductive. host: i every watching the jewel and the crown, an adaptation of paul scott. what do you think of the books or the film of the depiction of the end of the british empire in india? guest: the film improved on the novels because it cleaned up the time line. told the story chronologically and made it more fun. i wasn t bothered by the fact that as usual it had to do with rape. i don t know why is red indians raping w