Conservation in culpeper, virginia, preserves and provides access to the librarys vast collection of films, television, radio broadcast home and found recordings. American history tv visited the campus to learn about the earliest Public Affairs films, including u. S. President s the , spanishamerican war, world war i, and the first ever political ad created in 1912 by the democratic party. My name my nigh is mike mashon head of the , moving image section of the library of congress, the home of the largest collection of video and the world. Today we are at the packard campus in culpeper, virginia, a facility that opened in the summer of 2007 dedicated to preserving our audiovisual heritage. In the late 1880s, edison started thinking about doing for the eye what the phonograph did for the ear. So began a whole series of experiments with Motion Picture film. Most of that work was done by his engineer, a guy named dickson,ennedy sometimes an unjustly forgotten figure in history. It was dic
Not just colorado and d. C. Is doing it. I think there is a Movement Towards more openness either by making whatever drug is penalties there are much less or it legalizing it as in colorado. I am kind of libertarian. The idea that the federal government is going to tell us where State Government everything we can and cannot do is appalling to me and we have really run up the cost of government by putting people in jail, prisons for what should be a minor offense. I would be all in favor of performing those laws. Host Mickey Edwards we often hear Chris Matthews on msnbc talk about how tip oneill and Ronald Reagan could find out they can have a drink at 5. Was that your experience during the reagan years . Guest yes, i was very close to reagan. Somebody complemented me the other day and i have declined to complement and they said you tend to be not full of certitude you are not very ideological and thats why you were able to work across the aisle. I said thank you but it wasnt me. It was
Happy friday. Here with me at post nine. Carl has the day off. We start with the markets. What a wild week it has been after suffering the worst day of the year on wednesday, major averages are recovering a fraction of their losses. In fact, theyre having the best day today in about a month. Lets bring in david kelly and mark kessler good morning to you, david. Were looking at all 11 s p sectors higher right now. Clearly theres been a lot of turmoil out of washington. I think the appointment of the special prosecutor may actually help calm things down because rob miller will work away in the background. But meantime as long as the administration maintains some discipline and focuses on its agenda, it may find it easier to do that with a special prosecutor working in the background rather than this constant back and forth with the media and the senate and house committees. I think thing also quiet down in washington. So, mark, still after the swings weve seen and sentiment in the market
Neville teach a class about Franklin Delano roosevelts time in office. They described his policies as they talk about president roosevelts relationship with Winston Churchill. Both of these representatives talk about an expanding powers too roosevelts relationship with far. This class is about one hour 50 minutes. Welcome to todays lecture on Franklin Roosevelt. This is history 2131 b. The introduction to american presidency. His is a second level course. In this class, we trace the development and evolution of the office of the presidency and we look into particular the president s that have had the most impact on the shaping of the office. Not all president s get their own lecture, lincoln of course did, and the second one that has his own lecture is of course, Franklin Roosevelt who we will look at today. As i said earlier, i will be speaking on Franklin Roosevelt and his domestic presidency and challenges, initiatives, successes, and failures. I will turn it over to my dearest frie
Incredible person for everybody, but also for women. At 217yearold twin daughters. I want them to know really what is possible, which is the world is your oyster, right . Dont let anybody ever hold you back. Youre one of those people i watched for many, many years. Im not trying to flatter you. Im just telling you honestly because i began to see people now you were a leader at the epa, a leader all of your life. I ran into senator lugar the other day, trying to rid the world of some of these nuclear weapons. I saw senator bob kerrey a couple months ago. I dont know about you, but when i see these folks who are bigger than life, rather than love for their party, i have to say send dean. Its frustrating. We seem to have lost that. First of all, im really impressed by your book. Very personal, insightful and very clear on the kinds of things that you think are at the bottom of our challenges as a country. I wanted to ask you, you talk about two paths. How did you come to that title . Gues