. >> let's do a little history. 1909 william howard taft becomes president. the 1912 presidential race and the reason i get to that is because mindora, i remember seeing the shirt with the bullet hole in it. >> yes. >> that's an assassination attempt you don't hear much about. what's that story? >> roosevelt was running as the third party candidate, the bull mooser against woo throw wilson and william howard taft. he went to give a speech in milwaukee and a crazed anarchist took a shot at him and he was bleeding. now what people -- he had such bad eyesight, roosevelt, that he had always carried bird glasses with him in his pocket and he had a thick script in there, papers, and he had his case, metal-like case with this bird so he could see the coloration details and that's what the bullet hit. now wounded him terribly, there is some thinking if it hadn't gone through that bird watching glasses, he would have died. here he is bleeding, shot, and t.r. -- it it will take more than that to kill a bull moose and keeps going. much like ronald reagan was shot in mar

chief justice william howard taft put the issue into perspective stating -- quote -- "nothing tends more to render judges careful in their decisions and anxiously solicitous to do exact justice than the consciousness that every act of theirs is subject to intelligent scrutiny of their fellow man and to candid criticism." in the same feign, justice felix frankfurter said if the news media would cover the supreme court as thoroughly as it did the world series, it would be very important since public confidence in the judiciary hinges on the public's perception of k. it would certainly comprehend television and modern days and certainly justice frankfurter's use of the term media would include television as well. it is worth noting that justices have been frequently -- have frequently appeared on television. chief justice roberts and justice stevens appeared on "primetime," abc, justice ginsberg was on television, justice meyers participated in "fox news sunday," a debate between justice scalia was available for viewing on the web. there is no doubt of the enormous public interest in what t

chief justice william howard taft put the issue into perspective stating, "nothing tends more to renderges careful in their decisions and anxiously solicitous to do exact justice than the consciousness that every actor bears is subject to intelligent scrutiny -- of every act of theirs is subject to intelligent scrutiny of their fellow americans." in the same vein, justice frankfurter said, if the news media would cover the supreme court as the early as they do the world series, it would change the public's perception of it. richmond newspapers certainly would comprehend television in modern days. answer the, just as frankfurters use of the return, "media" would -- of the term "media" would help as well. chief justice roberts and justice stevens appeared on prime-time abc tv. justice ruth vader ginsberg appeared with mike wallace and was televised. and justice scalia and justice breyer appeared in an interview on the web. there is no doubt that there is enormous public interest in what the supreme court does when the case -- in the case deciding the supreme court -- the box around the su

while in africa william howard taft fired his chief forester pinchot goes on the mississippi in that picture headed to a memphis conservation conference. he was the chief forester. taft fired him over alaska's land arguments. taft was trying to let commerce into a land of roosevelt put aside for preservation for federal use. so they fired pinchoy. he goes to italy. taft

with president william howard taft named to serve as the organization's first honorary president. pursuant to its stated purpose, the newly founded boy scouts of america sought to educate america's youth in, quote, patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kin drid values to a variety of educational, civic, and recreational programs and activities. by the year 1912, every state in america could claim a troop of scouts. in 1916 the organization received a federal charter from the 62nd congress. since its incorporation in 1910, the boy scouts of america has now witnessed the enrollment of over 111 million scouts. with scouting currently found in 185 countries around the world. former scouts and scout volunteers include a number of prominent americans. including president's john f. kennedy, george w. bush, jimmy carter, bill clinton, and gerald ford. president ford often described the impact of scouting on his career stating that, quote, without hesitation because of scouting principles, i know i was a better athlete, i was a better naval officer, i was a better congressman, and i was