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I think it would be a terrible idea.

I'm hoping we don't go down that road.

I'm disappointed.

What the president is suggesting he may do is clearly prohibited by law.

My goodness!

I mean, does the president not have any respect for the process?

We did not elect a dictator; we elected a president.

I think it would be a profound mistake for the president of the United States

to overturn American immigration law with the stroke of a pen.

It's very very clear that he has said, "I'm not going

to enforce the laws that I don't want to enforce.

And by the way Congress, I'm going to recommend legislation to you and if you don't pass

that legislations, I'm going to implement it by my executive edict.

I will oppose President Obama's effort to unilaterally fix a broken immigration system

This is a tremendous presidential overreach.

Signing an executive order, giving a speech, barnstorming around the country defending

that executive order is not leadership.

I hope we have a new president who respects what the office is supposed to be about, who

follows the constitutional rule of law and who understands that congress is not just

an inconvenience, not just an inconvenience, that congress is part of the process.

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Trump Tweets About Aurora Shooting - Duration: 0:13.

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Trump Speaks In Broken English To Mock Chinese During AM Speech - Duration: 1:32.

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Trump DECLARES National Emergency | (IMPACTS) - Duration: 12:37.

Trump DECLARES National Emergency | (IMPACTS)

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President Trump Says He'll Declare A Nation Emergency To Get Border Wall Funding - Duration: 2:49.

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Pelosi Responds To Trump's National Emergency Declaration In Seconds - Duration: 2:38.

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Melinda Gates issued a stern warning to President Trump and TEAM TRUMP - Duration: 3:41.

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Donald Trump declare state of emergency on border -What happen ? - Duration: 0:26.

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Fifth Circuit Court Judge Sides With Dems In Historic Anti-Trump Move - Duration: 3:35.

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U.S.-China trade talks to continue next week with Trump hinting at deadline extension - Duration: 0:46.

President Donald Trump said Friday local time,... that trade talks with China are going very

well and the U.S. is closer than ever... to having a "real" trade deal.

His comments came after two days of high-level talks wrapped up in Beijing... in which the

two sides reported progress.

Negotiations are set to continue next week in Washington... aimed at signing a memorandum

of understanding before Trump's self-imposed March 1st deadline.

The talks cover a wide range of issues, including U.S. demands over intellectual property protection.

Citing prgress in talks,... Trump said he may extend the current deadline to accommodate

a deal... and keep tariffs on Chinese goods from rising.

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Breaking News Today_Why has Donald Trump declared a US national emergency_latest News - Duration: 2:07.

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Trump Declares National Emergency, Claims Media Backers Don't Influence Decisions | THR News - Duration: 1:52.

Donald Trump is pushing back against those who think his backers in conservative

media tell him what to do. In a White House address on Friday, Trump said popular

personalities, including Fox News host Sean Hannity, radio host Rush Limbaugh

and pundit Ann Coulter, "don't decide policy."

The three hosts have all been seen as crucial outside advisors to the president on the

topic of immigration, with Hannity referred to as Trump's "shadow chief of staff"

in the press. Trump said,

Of Limbaugh, he said,

Trump also spoke fondly of Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson,

two strong voices in the conservative world on combating illegal immigration.

He said, "Laura's been great, Tucker Carlson's been great."

He then added that he's gotten backing from pundits on CNN, a network he

strongly dislikes.

Okay, so it looks like everyone's terrific, unbelievable, and great. Great!

Trump also used the address to announce his decision to declare a national

emergency to fund the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

According to aides, bypassing Congress, which approved $1.4 billion, far below the

$5.7 billion he insisted he needed, Trump announced he'll be spending roughly $8 billion

on border barriers. And to do so, he'll be combining the money approved by Congress

with funding he plans to take from federal military construction and counter drug

efforts for the wall. A move that is already drawing bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill

and is expected to face rounds of legal challenges.

For more on Trump's address, head to THR.com.

For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Jordyn Rolling.

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MUELLER LEARNED THE ONE TRUTH THAT CHANGED THE FATE OF HIS PLAN TO IMPEACH TRUMP - Duration: 5:59.

MUELLER LEARNED THE ONE TRUTH THAT CHANGED THE FATE OF HIS PLAN TO IMPEACH TRUMP

Robert Mueller set out on his rigged witch hunt with the one goal of destroying Donald

Trump.

And he has one card left to play that could decide everything.

Now Robert Mueller is about to learn the one truth that will change the fate of his plan

to impeach Trump.

The biggest weapon in Robert Mueller's arsenal is his report.

Department of Justice regulations require Mueller to submit a report to the Attorney

General explaining why he filed certain charges and detailing why his office refused to bring

other charges.

In this case, the two items Americans are most interested in are collusion with Russia

and obstruction of justice.

Many Americans fear that Mueller will frame his report to make President Trump appear

guilty without actually charging him with a crime.

The backdoor Mueller can use to frame Trump for an impeachable offense without actually

making the case Trump is criminally liable is to write a report detailing all the actions

Trump took in the run up to and after the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

Mueller and his gang of angry Democrats can lay out a road map of what they view as Trump's

misdeeds and follow the letter of the law by explaining that they did not bring charges

against Donald Trump because Department of Justice guidelines prevent indicting a sitting

President.

Some Trump supporters also fear that Mueller will not simply submit a report saying the

case is closed against the President on the collusion front.

Mueller has not charged any Trump associate with conspiracy with the Russians.

Instead, he racked up a number of process crimes for making false statements about interactions

with Russians.

Mueller's team could submit a report that claims these supposed false statements obstructed

their ability o investigate possible Russian collusion and blame Trump's team for concocting

a cover up of the crime even though in reality there is no evidence one exists.

But there is also no regulation that says the report must be made public.

Its fate lies with the Attorney General.

And in this case that will soon be William Barr.

Once the Senate confirms Barr, the decision to make the Mueller report public is his and

his alone.

That worries some Trump supporters.

Some swamp Republicans recommended Barr for the job because of his good friendship with

Robert Mueller.

The anti-Trump resistance may have scored another victory in planting a Deep State mole

at the head of the Department of Justice.

Trump forced Jeff Sessions to resign because Sessions made it clear his loyalty resided

with the Deep State and not Donald Trump.

The Mueller report will present the test of William Barr's loyalty.

During his confirmation hearing, he sent some signals that he may not release the report.

Trump supporters do not believe that if Mueller submits a politically biased hatched job that

it should be released to the public so the Democrats can use it to frame the President

for imaginary impeachable offenses.

We will keep you up

to

date

on any

new developments.

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Possible hotels for Kim and Trump say their bookings are full, but security is not too tight yet - Duration: 2:41.

Vietnam's foreign minister and protocol chief wrapped up their visit to North Korea, and

now, we're expecting the two negotiating sides and the host country to put their summit preparations

into high gear.

To get updated on the situation, let's go straight to our Lee Ji-won, standing by in

Hanoi.

Ji-won, do fill us in on some of the tell-tale signs of how the host city is getting ready.

Daniel, behind me is the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi, that's where President Donald Trump

is expected to stay during his summit with Kim Jong-un in two week's time.

The reception says rooms are fully booked as they have a big team staying over that

period, without giving more details.

And it seems security's gotten a bit tight, especially when we tried to film the hotel.

We were approached by hotel personnel, telling us that we can only film the hotel close up

with our phones.

Meanwhile earlier in the day we were over at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, one

of the possibilities for Kim Jong-un's hotel.

That's around 10 kilometers away from the JW Marriott.

The security there was much more lax, but they were also not taking any reservations

from February 25th to 28th.

When I asked them, they said the rooms are almost full and also that they have (quote)

"delegations staying."

When I tried to confirm if they mean that the North Korean delegation will be staying

at the hotel, the reception said it's confidential.

Okay then Ji-won how about the summit venue?

We have one place that's widely expected to host the event right?

Yes you're right Daniel.

Many of us are speculating that the Vietnam National Convention Center will be the summit

venue.

That's where the 2006 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and the 2010 ASEAN Summit were held.

It's really just a five minute walk from JW Marriott,... but the security was much tighter.

All roads leading to the center were blocked, and we weren't even allowed to walk past the

street next to it.

But this may not be necessarily due to the summit as locals say it's normally a high-security

area.

Another place where we saw lots of surveillance was the North Korean embassy.

While we couldn't see any significant preparations, there was a sign in front saying 'no entrance'

and the guards in front of the gate were watching us with keen eyes.

The North Korean officials also blocked windows with a cover, something that wasn't there

a few weeks ago.

It's reported that, according to a local police officer, the embassy had been designated as

a special security area by the Vietnam police earlier this week.

That's all from me for now Daniel.

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Trump va a declarar un estado de emergencia nacional - Duration: 2:48.

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TRUMP JUST WRECKED ROBERT MUELLER IN ONE TWEET - Duration: 7:33.

TRUMP JUST WRECKED ROBERT MUELLER IN ONE TWEET

PRESIDENT TRUMP ARGUABLY GAINED THE 2016 ELECTION BECAUSE OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.

SINCE TAKING OFFICE, HE HAS CONTINUED TO BE AMONG THE MOST VOCAL INFLUENCERS ON TWITTER.

AND HE JUST SHOWED HOW POWERFUL HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT CAN BE AFTER WRECKING ROBERT MUELLER

WITH THIS ONE TWEET.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A SOCIAL MEDIA ICON.

THE PRESIDENT HAS CONSTRUCTED A BIG FOLLOWING ON OUTLETS SUCH AS TWITTER AND FACEBOOK, AND

HAS CONTINUED TO CIRCUMVENT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA THRU SOCIAL MEDIA EVER FOR THE REASON

THAT TAKING OFFICE.

AND THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT USED HIS TWITTER PLATFORM TO WRECK ROBERT MUELLER AFTER THIS

MASSIVE RECORD FROM CONGRESS CAME OUT, VINDICATING TRUMP AFTER YEARS OF ATTACKS.

AFTER MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION, A BIPARTISAN SENATE COMMITTEE DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS

NO EVIDENCE LINKING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 2016 CAMPAIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WITH RUSSIAN

INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTION.

FOR YEARS, DEMOCRATS HAVE ARGUED, WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE, THAT THE PRESIDENT USED TO BE

ILLEGALLY ELECTED TO WORKPLACE AFTER STEALING THE ELECTION FROM HILLARY CLINTON.

THAT HAS BEEN UTTERLY DEBUNKED.

NOT SOLELY HAS THAT FANTASY BEEN DESTROYED, BUT THE SENATE OUGHT TO NO LONGER LOCATE A

SINGLE SHRED OF PROOF SUGGESTING THERE USED TO BE ANY REALITY TO THE CLAIMS.

NATURALLY, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAD A MOTIVE TO CHEER.

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP DID EXACTLY THAT.

TRUMP TOOK TO TWITTER TO SHARE THE NEWS.

"THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA!"

TRUMP TWEETED ON WEDNESDAY.

THE TWEET HAS RECEIVED OVER 145,000 PREFERRED AND 34,000 RETWEETS.

TRUMP HAD STRONGLY ADVERSARIAL THE CLAIMS THAT HE CHEATED IN ORDER TO DEFEAT CLINTON.

AND THE DATA HAVE IN NO WAY SURELY BACKED UP THESE CLAIMS EITHER.

CLINTON LOST BECAUSE SHE WAS ONCE AN LOUSY CANDIDATE, NO LONGER BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP

COLLUDED WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN ORDER TO STEAL THE ELECTION.

PUTIN DIDN'T PERSUADE THE HUMAN BEINGS OF MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WISCONSIN TO VOTE

FOR DONALD TRUMP.

TRUMP DID.

AND WHAT'S MORE, CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN DID THE WHOLE THING FEASIBLE TO LOSE VOTERS IN

THESE STATES.

CLINTON DIDN'T EVEN CAMPAIGN IN WISCONSIN ONCE DURING THE WHOLE ELECTION.

TRUMP DIDN'T WANT TO COLLUDE WITH MOSCOW IN ORDER TO WIN.

CLINTON DID ALL THE WORK NECESSARY TO WRECK HER POSSIBILITIES AT TRIUMPHING THOSE INTEGRAL

BATTLEGROUND STATES.

TRUMP HAS EACH CAUSE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME THEN.

AFTER ALL, THE LARGEST CONSPIRACY CONCEPT NORMAL IN DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES FOR THE PREVIOUS

TWO YEARS USED TO BE JUST BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER.

AND NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, TRUMP HAS SOONER OR LATER BEEN VINDICATED BY MEANS OF A BIPARTISAN

COMMITTEE.

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE DECIDED TO TAKE TO TWITTER.

FOR DEMOCRATS, THE INFORMATION IS DEVASTATING.

NOT SOLELY HAS THE GREATEST RALLYING CRY AGAINST TRUMP'S LEGITIMACY BEEN SHATTERED, BUT THE

DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT USED TO WIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IN 2018 IS NO LONGER ON THE TABLE

HEADING INTO THE 2020 ELECTIONS.

THIS MAY WANT TO HAVE PROFOUND OUTCOMES ON THE RACE FOR CONTROL OVER BOTH CHAMBERS OF

CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY NEXT YEAR.

WHAT'S MORE, THE INFORMATION IS EVEN WORSE FOR ROBERT MUELLER, WHO GREATER OR MUCH LESS

STAKED HIS WHOLE INVESTIGATION ON THE CONCEPT THAT TRUMP COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIANS.

THE TWEET IN PARTICULAR USED TO BE A LARGE BLOW TO MUELLER, AND CONFIRMED THAT TRUMP

IS NOW NOT EXECUTED WITH SLAMMING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR CONTINUING HIS PARTISAN WITCH

HUNT.

DO YOU ASSUME THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ONCE RIGHT TO HAVE FUN THE INFORMATION CLEARING

HIM OF ANY CONNECTIONS TO COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIANS?

LET US UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE COMMENTS

AREA BELOW.

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Rush Limbaugh Just Made A Bold Prediction About Trump's Next Big Move - Duration: 6:31.

RUSH LIMBAUGH JUST MADE A BOLD PREDICTION ABOUT TRUMP'S NEXT BIG MOVE

RUSH LIMBAUGH IS THE LORD OF MODERATE RADIO.

FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME THE RADIO CHARACTER HAS BEEN AMONG THE FIRST TO SPOT

RISING PATTERNS AND NEW MOVES THAT OCCUR INSIDE D.C.

WHAT'S MORE, THIS TIME, LIMBAUGH IS MAKING AN INTENSE FORECAST ABOUT WHAT TRUMP'S NEXT

ENORMOUS MOVE IS.

PRESERVATIONIST RADIO HOST RUSH LIMBAUGH ACCEPTED AN OPEN DOOR THIS WEEK TO PLUNGE INTO THE

WRECKAGE ENCOMPASSING THE ONGOING EXCHANGES OVER FRINGE SECURITY IN CONGRESS.

IN THE WAKE OF CONSUMMATION THE LONGEST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EVER, CONGRESS STARTED

GATHERING TO HASH OUT A TRADE OFF BILL SO AS TO TURN AWAY A SECOND SHUTDOWN BY THE CENTER

OF FEBRUARY.

LIMBAUGH IS SUSPICIOUS THIS NEW "BARGAIN" BILL IS DEFINITELY NOT A TROJAN HORSE FOR

REPUBLICANS BE THAT AS IT MAY.

"ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, WE SHOULD GET TO THE SUBTLETIES OF THE TRADE OFF ENACTMENT.

THIS NEW OFFER FROM THE DEMOCRATS — THEY'VE FALLEN OFF OF ZERO.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING CASH FOR A DIVIDER, $1.375 BILLION.

WHAT'S MORE, I NEED TO BRING UP THAT THAT IS STILL NOT EXACTLY THE FIRST CASH CONSENTED

TO BY THE ALLOCATIONS PANEL," EXPRESSED LIMBAUGH.

THE PRESERVATIONIST ANALYST WENT FURTHER IN ANY CASE.

"ALSO, THE PROCEEDING WITH GOALS THAT TRUMP HAD BEFORE HIM HAD NO CASH IN IT, NOTHING,

WHILE THE SENATE SIDE HAD APPROVED $1.6 BILLION THAT GOT HAULED OUT IN THE TRADE OFF SO'S

THE REASON I SAID HE'S GETTING NOT AS MUCH AS NOTHING."

LIMBAUGH THEN DOVE INTO THE SUBTLETIES OF THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL TRADE OFF BILL, WHICH

PUTS ASIDE $1.37 BILLION FOR ONLY 55 MILES OF FRINGE SECURITY.

HE CALLED ATTENTION TO THAT TRUMP'S UNDERLYING PROPOSITION OF $5.7 BILLION FOR THE DIVIDER

WASN'T ONLY AN IRREGULAR NUMBER, YET WAS GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENT IN THE WAKE OF COUNSELING

WITH SPECIALISTS.

THIS IS THE PLACE LIMBAUGH MADE HIS FORECAST ABOUT WHERE TRUMP WILL GO.

"SO HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A GANDER AT THE ALTERNATIVES.

ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THIS, NOTHING MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID.

HE CAN SAY, "LOOK, I NEEDED A 64-MILE EXTENSION OF THE DIVIDER.

I GOT 55 HERE, AND IT'S ONLY A CONTINUATION."

ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUBJECTS THE PREVIOUS EVENING WAS WE'RE NOW DOING IT.

WE'RE AS OF NOW CONSTRUCTING THE DIVIDER."

LIMBAUGH PREDICTS THAT TRUMP COULD DEPICT THIS AS A SUCCESS, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE

DEMOCRATS WERE AT FIRST OFFERING NOTHING AT ALL TO HIM.

HE LIKEWISE CALLED ATTENTION TO, BE THAT AS IT MAY, THAT DEMOCRATS COULD AND LIKELY WOULD

LIKEWISE PAINT IT AS A TRIUMPH FOR THEM AS WELL.

LIMBAUGH AT LAST FIGURES TRUMP WILL TAKE THE ARRANGEMENT AND LIKELY WORK TO DEPICT IT AS

A CONTINUATION OF HIS ENDEAVORS TO GET THE DIVIDER ASSEMBLED.

OUT OF THE 64 MILES HE WAS INITIALLY SEARCHING FOR, THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD FINANCE 55 MILES

OF THE DIVIDER.

THE PRESIDENT COULD THEN UTILIZE HIS NATIONAL CRISIS CARD AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET THE REST,

OR HOLD OUT UNTIL ANOTHER SPENDING EMERGENCY APPROACHES TO GET MORE CASH FROM CONGRESS.

OR THEN AGAIN HE COULD BATTLE FOR RE-APPOINTMENT ON THE GUARANTEE THAT THE ACTIVITY IS JUST

HALF COMPLETED AND HE SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO WASHINGTON FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR-YEAR

TERM SO AS TO FINISH WHAT HE HAD JUST STARTED.

IN ANY CASE, LIMBAUGH CAUTIONS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TRUMP'S BASE WOULD BE AGAINST

THE ARRANGEMENT, AND CONCEIVABLY CONSIDER IT TO BE A CAPITULATION.

IN THE EVENT THAT TRUMP TAKES IT, CONFINING WILL BE VITAL, AS WILL ANY SUBSEQUENT MOVES

HE TAKES FOLLOWING MARKING IT.

WE WILL STAY UP WITH THE LATEST WITH ANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PROGRESSING STORY.

'TEDDY BEARS' ENTER MARKETPLACE, FEB. 15, 1903

ON THIS DAY IN 1903, MORRIS MICHTOM, A TOY STORE OWNER, PLACED TWO STUFFED BEARS IN HIS

BROOKLYN, N.Y., SHOP WINDOW, ADVERTISING THEM AS "TEDDY BEARS."

MICHTOM, A RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT, ALSO SENT A SMALL STUFFED BEAR CUB TO THE WHITE

HOUSE, ASKING PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT FOR PERMISSION TO USE HIS NICKNAME, "TEDDY."

ROOSEVELT AGREED.

THE PRESIDENT WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS TEDDY, ALTHOUGH HE LOATHED BEING REFERRED TO BY HIS

NICKNAME.

THE TOY BEARS WERE A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, CAUSING MICHTOM TO FOUND THE IDEAL TOY CO.

TEDDY BEARS HAD THEIR GENESIS DURING A 1902 BEAR-HUNTING PARTY IN MISSISSIPPI ORGANIZED

BY DEMOCRATIC GOV.

ANDREW LONGINO ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, WHO WAS AN AVID HUNTER AND CONSERVATIONIST.

MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTOURAGE HAD CORNERED, CLUBBED AND TIED AN BLACK BEAR TO

A WILLOW TREE AFTER A LONG CHASE LED BY HOUNDS.

WHEN ROOSEVELT ARRIVED AT THE SITE, HIS COMPANIONS SUGGESTED HE SHOOT IT.

ROOSEVELT DECLINED, SAYING SUCH AN ACT WOULD BE UNSPORTSMANLIKE.

HOWEVER, HE INSTRUCTED THAT THE BEAR BE KILLED SO AS TO BE PUT OUT OF ITS MISERY.

THE EPISODE INSPIRED A POLITICAL CARTOON BY CLIFFORD BERRYMAN THAT RAN IN THE WASHINGTON

POST ON NOV. 16, 1902.

SUBSEQUENT BERRYMAN CARTOONS SHOWED THE BEAR SMALLER AND CUTER, IMPLYING THAT UNDER THE

TOUGH, OUTDOORSY AND MACHO IMAGE OF ROOSEVELT LAY A SOFTER, MORE SENSITIVE INTERIOR.

IT WAS ONE OF THESE DRAWINGS THAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE TOY PEDDLER IN BROOKLYN.

IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, OTHER TOY SELLERS JOINED THE CRAZE FOR "ROOSEVELT

BEARS."

ROOSEVELT USED ONE AS A MASCOT IN HIS FAILED 1912 BID TO REGAIN THE PRESIDENCY.

SOME TEDDY BEARS FROM THAT ERA HAVE BECOME COLLECTOR'S ITEMS, WITH OLDER AND RARER

ONES FETCHING LARGE SUMS AT AUCTION.

THE FUZZY BEARS REMAIN ICONIC CHILDREN'S TOYS.

THE POPULARITY OF THE BEAR TOY INSPIRED JOHN WALTER BRATTON TO COMPOSE THE MELODY "THE

TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC" IN 1907, WHILE ROOSEVELT WAS STILL IN OFFICE.

JIMMY KENNEDY ADDED LYRICS IN 1932.

BECAUSE POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOUND THAT TEDDY BEARS CALMED CHILDREN IN

CRISES , THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & LAY CHARITIES CREATED THE TEDDY BEAR COP'S

PROGRAM TO DONATE TEDDY BEARS TO FIRST RESPONDERS.

ROOSEVELT CONSIDERED HIMSELF A CONSERVATIONIST, BUT ON ONE TRIP TO AFRICA HE AND HIS PARTY

SHOT 6,000 WILD ANIMALS TO DEATH.

ON ANOTHER AFRICAN SAFARI THAT ROOSEVELT MOUNTED IN 1909, THE YEAR HE LEFT OFFICE, HE AND HIS

SON KERMIT KILLED MORE THAN 500 ANIMALS, INCLUDING 17 LIONS AND EIGHT HIPPOS.

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