And hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship that lasted after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the United States with the great depression. Of course, the two of them had known each other for quite some during world war one, Franklin Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. Tom, do you mind talking about what hoover did during world war i . Sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe. Hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . And he did this by appealing to american housewives, to sign lunch cards, where they would hooverize. To hooverize, that meant you gave up a certain essential component. Meet, wheat, sugar, fats. So you had meatless mondays, meatless wednesdays. Hoover was able to use that as a stopgap before the farmers could increase the
College is going to have more instances if we keep it where the winner of the popular vote loses the presidency. It means that 30 of americans do not reflect the diversity will elect 70 of 100 senators. We know that natural residential patterns as well as in the way in which we do districts in the Supreme Court, that basically brushed aside doing anything about partisan gerrymandering will distort the house even for them. What voters want wont be reflected there. The courts are going to take us further and further away from popular will whatever it is with those elections. We are going to have some work to do to prevent a real crisis and legitimacy in the system that goes beyond some of these issues that we have talked about and even transcends some of these deeper divisions along racial and ethnic and regional lines. Thank you very much for that and for sobering us in such a powerful way. Ed, the last word is to you. The era of American Civil War in emancipation is far worse and we ca
Just a morning here in moscow youre watching international all of us here a very warm welcome to. North korea and south korea are holding their First Official talks to us. Taking place right now in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries and here is what preceded the negotiations and the reopening of across the board a telephone line and the following day donald trump agreed to delay military drills with sold until next month. In south korea. This morning. Do we know anything yet any agreements yet to come out of these talks that are in effect happening. At this moment its all very sensitive and secretive given that you know this is the first meeting face to face meeting between the two sides in two years and its been a heck of a year with all the saber rattling with all the missile launches the war games and you know what gives it away is where this is taking place along the most heavily militarized border in the world the most heavily mined border in the world were getting b
People think this is a perfect. A very warm welcome to you from all of us here in. North korea and south korea right now holding their First Official talks in over two years. Taking place in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries and heres what preceded the negotiations january third the reopening of across the board a telephone line and the following day donald trump agreed to delay military drills with sold until next months Winter Olympics in south korea lets get more details on this. Joining us live here in the studio good morning to you obviously the doors are mostly closed on this meeting happening in the socalled peace village but whats been discussed so far. Well as you say its all very secretive behind closed doors and highly. Tense. For size the point look at where its happening in a village along the most militarized border in the world the most heavily mined border in the world nevertheless weve heard tidbits coming out what the south korean News Agencies are repo
People think this is a perfectly. Good morning. Thank you. North korea and south Korea Holding their First Official talks to us the negotiations are taking place in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries and heres what proceeded the negotiations. So the reopening of a cross border telephone line the following day agreed to. Hold until next months Winter Olympics in south korea. In the studio as far as the talks on what is being discussed when its all happening. Secretive atmosphere there and you know just to give you an idea this is all happening happening in a village along the most militarized border in the world the most heavily mined border in the world so theres some tension some tension present nevertheless they have agreed on some things and were getting bits and pieces from south korean press for example the North Koreans have agreed to send a high profile delegation to the winter Olympic Games there is still a geisha include sporting figures as well as performers for