It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood, and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times which we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And it the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with talking about the politics of the era. It was a republican decade. Three republican president s, harding, coolidge and hoover, and the republicans controlled the presidency from 1921 until 1933, and congress from 1918 or from the 1918 electio
Very much. Give yourself a round of applause. [applause] this is one of our favorite events of the year and we feel so honored to have been here with us today. I hope that you all come back next year. I want to introduce first susan, professor at william and has written 12 books, four of whom are on roosevelt and the most recent is a blueprint for war, the 100 days that mobilized america. Whats truly remarkable is the way that it zeros in on a specific timeframe and a series of decisions and actions that were made by one president and one specific circumstance. Michael lost obviously has written nine books and is both an nbc news historian and National Archive foundation, White House Historical society in monticello, i could go on for 20 minutes. Although the awardwinning producer for the documentary the decisions that shook the world coming in his new book president s of war, which bill gates ranked as one of the five to read. It looks at a range of decisions that they made to go to w
The good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelts reading festival at the president ial library and museum. Im the director and im so honored to be on stage today with these distinguished historians and supporters of the library. How many of you have been here all day . Raise your hand, okay thank you very much. Give yourself a round of applause. [applause] this is one of our favorite events of the year and we feel so honored to have been here with us today. I hope that you all come back next year. I want to introduce first susan, professor at william and has written 12 books, four of whom are on roosevelt and the most recent is a blueprint for war, the 100 days that mobilized america. Whats truly remarkable is the way that it zeros in on a specific timeframe and a series of decisions and actions that were made by one president and one specific circumstance. Michael lost obviously has written nine books and is both an nbc news historian and National Archive foundation
The good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelts reading festival at the president ial library and museum. Im the director and im so honored to be on stage today with these distinguished historians and supporters of the library. How many of you have been here all day . Raise your hand, okay thank you very much. Give yourself a round of applause. [applause] this is one of our favorite events of the year and we feel so honored to have been here with us today. I hope that you all come back next year. I want to introduce first susan, professor at william and has written 12 books, four of whom are on roosevelt and the most recent is a blueprint for war, the 100 days that mobilized america. Whats truly remarkable is the way that it zeros in on a specific timeframe and a series of decisions and actions that were made by one president and one specific circumstance. Michael lost obviously has written nine books and is both an nbc news historian and National Archive foundation
Violence. How are jewish students supposed to feel when they walk by that sign. That was everywhere. That was even after the negotiations with the administration. I saw the antisemitism for myself when you talk about the students that were part of the encampment, it is large. Maybe they did not see it. Maybe they were part of that specific piece. They had students showing up phone with the hamas flag. Maybe the student did not see it in that moment is no question you had antisemitism. Some individuals, but the minority, somewhere in favor of hamas but thats the minority of the students. It is a sobering time on campuses across the country but particularly at columbia university. Thank you so much for joining us we will see you again. In moments we will impact the testimony of hope picks and how prosecutors are creating a narrative of Michael Cohen. Welcome to alex witt reports. We have new reaction to riveting testimony from hope picks, the former spokeswoman for donald trump. She test