now, that's the great paradox about andrew jackson. if he liked you, nobody could be kinder. if you stood in his way on something, you are in deep trouble. intime may be the most popular president we've ever had, and perhaps even the most popular military leader after washington. he had enormous prestige in his lifetime. that's how crockett got in trouble. he started opposing the jacksonians and it cost him his seat in congress and his life at the alamo basically. crockett was at the alamo as opposed to being further east, because houston was a protÉge of andrew jackson, and the political rivalry from the state of folic crockett and houston here to texas. but i feel divided with great admiration, and, obviously, some great reservation about figures like andrew jackson. >> certainly jackson was i believe our last president to personally shoot other people in duels. i mean, which i think in political discourse and debate would probably make you cause when you argued with him when you knew this back story on old hickory. well, if jackson of course is kind of the saintly bully, t

he fought under andrew jackson in the indian wars to become jackson's bitter foe later on the issue of indian re-- the removal of indian tribes from their homelands. his contradictions exb tnded beyond politics. he had a few months of formal education, but he read. he was neither a monkey or a great intellect, but a man always evolving on the stage of a nation in adolescence, a pioneer whose dream reflected a nation with a gaze pointed towards the west. perhaps more than any one of his time, david crockett was arguably a first celebrity hero. inspiring people of his own time as well as a 20th century generation. the man, david crockett, may have perished mar 6, 1886, but the mythical davey crockett, in the american psyche, lives powerfully on. in this way, his story, then, becomes far more than a one note walt disney legend while his life continues to shed light on the meaning of america's national character. spoonful from a chapter een titled "kilt him abar." [laughter] david crockett believed in the wind and in the stars. this son of tennessee could read the sun, shadows, and wild cl

they had this strict code of who we should be as americans, and then i had andrew jackson fanning the flames. this first contact, down to george bush in 2008. all of the characters that appear are real characters that are taken from my research. we are an interesting mix and i want to provoke wonder about who we are. every one of the characters are taken from actual photographs or documents that i found in my research on american history. in a lot of my banners, you conceal -- uc the melting pot, the imagery and myth that we use in our culture. talking about these reductions of all these different mixes of people, how you distill the experience. that is something i want to think about, collecting the ideas and ingredients, and i wanted to do the san francisco de lexie. -- elixir. we found a spring water underneath a church in cow hollow. we put rosebuds in the water to attract peace, and it made a meade. it was sitting in the gallery. we distill that through local herbs. it was really surprising how delicious it was, because we were mixing a lot of seemingly in congruent ingredients,

when andrew jackson got rid of the debt it was the one time anybody has. the way the wheels are turning in the opposite direction as we think they are money isn't actually the scarce resource like petroleum or something where there's only so much. but how much we create and who gets it. that is the real political struggle. on a global scale is similar for most of cold war history. the countries actually were holding the treasury bond. the u.s. has this advantage it can raise checks and treat them like gold and use reserve currency by the rest of the world. there used to be west germany was one of the bigger holders and gold states and japan and south korea. they are all under u.s. military protection in one way or other. in a way the amount of debt is the same or increases with military spending so people are lending as the money to create these armies that never quite pay it back. now that china is involved is more complicated but that is the symptom being challenged and it is simply true that the last few hundred years the global reserve currency tended

and when they partied to celebrate andrew jackson's victory, washington was shocked at the mess they white house. but our seventh president was a popular reformer -- the first frontier man to lead the country. after two terms, he gave a farewell speech warning against paper money. that's ironic, because nowadays you see him on every $20 bill. >> when he wrote lyrics about his favorite football team, he had no idea it would make him a hip-hop star. carina reports on a teen rapper's surprising success. >> [ rapping ] ♪ i'm that kid with the spikes and the mike ♪ ♪ gotta speed ♪ they'll look at me ♪ everybody lookin' at me... >> move over eminem. there's a new midwestern lyricist on the mike, and he's already a youtube sensation. >> my favorite thing is just going in the studio and actually rapping. >> jbyrd started writing rhymes when he was only 9. >> i just started writing lyrics, like, in my room and stuff, like, mainly about, like, i don't know, stuff i like to do. >> but it was a challenge from his manager that led to the big hit that made jbyrd a star. >> he texted me saying, "ju

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framers of the constitution and you know you don't just have to stick with them you can look at andrew jackson not a guy that most people think of as a great constitutional scholar but when he was asked to do a national day of prayer during a cholera epidemic he refused to do so because he said the function of the president of the united states cannot be to become involved in religious matters while it was shocking as you were generations after the revolution can you imagine anybody saying that today you know even on the coins people think well in god we trust that least was on the coins forever not true also it was first put on a coin the two. cent piece which we don't have any more and probably don't need right about the time of the civil war and then you're right in the one nine hundred fifty s. we put under god in the pledge of allegiance which was of course a document written pledge written by a baptist minister specifically tool boy the controversy of including any religious language he didn't put it in under god was then added again in the mid fifty's to show that america was godly and

who was the first democratic president elected to the party a andrew jackson.en do you know who. >> he was shortly after that. >> bill: yes he was jackson's vice president. so he was the next one. >> jackson was two term. >> bill: how much time do we have can i educate these ladies? the term o.k. came from martin van buren, did you know that? >> yes. >> he kissed jackson's butt. that's all right. his old name was kinder hook. van buren ok. some conservatives still mad as democratic president woodrow wilson. >> you talk to anybody about woodrow wilson, they don't know anything about him. he is he neutral at worse. the guy was a racist monster. >> bill: woodrow wilson. >> a monster. >> he was. >> bill: one of the main goals of wilson's second term was trying to get the u.s.a. to join what international organization? the answer is league of nations. mcdowell wins. >> i meant it. >> bill: should we give it to her. >> i totally knew. nail polish blinded her and that's what happens. >> bill: we will give you that one. maccallum. >> up by one. >> when i come back you

who was the first democratic president elected to the party a andrew jackson. who. >> he was shortly after that. >> bill: yes he was jackson's vice president. so he was the next one. >> jackson was two term. >> bill: how much time do we have can i educate these ladies? the term o.k. came from martin van buren, did you know that? >> yes. >> he kissed jackson's butt. that's all right. his old name was kinder hook. van buren ok. some conservatives still mad as democratic president woodrow wilson. >> you talk to anybody about woodrow wilson, they don't know anything about him. he is he neutral at worse. the guy was a racist monster. >> bill: woodrow wilson. >> a monster. >> he was. >> bill: one of the main goals of wilson's second term was trying to get the u.s.a. to join what international organization? the answer is league of nations. mcdowell wins. >> i meant it. >> bill: should we give it to her. >> i totally knew. nail polish blinded her and that's what happens. >> bill: we will give you that one. maccallum. >> up by one. >> when i come back you better spot me

he fought under andrew jackson in the indian war. only later to become jackson's bitter foe on the issue of the issue of removal of indian tribes from their homelands. crockett's contradictions extended beyond politics. he had only a few months of formal education yet he read the bard. he was neither a buffoon or great intellect but a man who was always evolve in on the stage of the nation and its adolescence, a pioneer whose dreams reflected a restless nation with a gaze pointed toward the west. perhaps more than any one of his time david crockett was arguably our first celebrity hero. inspiring people of his own time as well as the 20th century generation. the man, david crockett may have perished on march 6th. elite team 36 in the final assault on the alamo but the mythical davy crockett the bigger still valid interval part of the american psyche perhaps more so than any other frontiers and lives powerfully on. in this way his story becomes far more than a one node walt disney legend. his life continues to shed light on the meanin

we're talking about books about history, the civil war, and andrew jackson, and it is really -- it doesthis kind of perspective, jon, the idea that, some of the social unrest in the country, it really sort of manifests itself in our politics, in a way that it did before the civil war. this kind of sectional politics rearing its head. you try to capture more modern history here, and set up to an ebook about the return of the republicans, out on tuesday for politico. this is what you write in the introduction. the dawn of 2009 was supposed to inaugurate a new political age, after a decade of war and a year of epic economic collapse. a young democratic president unscarred by the cultural conflicts of the clinton years promised a post-partisan ethos, conservatism was said to be dead. except it wasn't. beginning in early 2009 dispirited republicans said while the presidency may have seemingly come ease toy to barack obama, nothing else would. the rebirth of the right is an extraordinary tale by historical standards it was a rapid shift, on par with the 1966 conservative backlash against lynd

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the answer -- general andrew jackson. jackson would go on to serve as president for eight years.s winn. he was one of the first to tweet the correct answer to me during the break. so many of them piling in. thank you so much for responding! >>> herman cain's campaign is pointing the finger at the perry campaign. cain's camp says rick perry's people almost certainly provided the press with the story about sexual harassment allegations made against cain in the '90s. perry's campaign communications director has in turn accused the mitt romney team. but who has the most to gain really from this scandal? that's "fair game" for my guests today. with us, republican strategist karen hanrady, who does this political scandal help? >> i don't think it is helping anyone right now. by the way, details about this cain story are changing almost by the hour. there's breaking news out of politico that they've identified the settlement amount of one of the women has being $45,000. also cain's campaign manager is starting to back away his accusations against kurt anderson, one of perry's campaign s

may -- i wanted to make a reference earlier today to meacham's book, which i'm reading about andrew jacksonhat they said about andrew jackson, as well. he was not taken seriously, even after he was elected. the -- >> meacham is available -- >> i'm trying to -- >> his fee is $1.2 million. >> gene and i are going to set up a firm the meacham-robinson group. >> we're sweet. >>> among your guests this sunday, you've got senator jon kyl from the super committee. we'll be watching "meet the press." >> pizza too, pizza's a vegetable. >> will you do that for me? >> i will. >> i'm going to watch. i will be -- >> i'm actually talking to the white house chef today. i'm going to bring this up for our conversation that will air next week. >> i love that. i'm going to air that. joe's going to be out for a few days. please tune me in. >>> all right. coming up, go big, or go home. why a growing contingent wants to step up the amount of savings. we're going to talk with pete shumer. >>> i'm still waiting for democrats to actually solve the problem. put something on the table. if you don't like the republica

america from running the nation through the banks if you all remember, i think it was president andrew jackson who was very much opposed to the banks and the power that your sign now says to end corporate rule. i think i've said enough, and i want to thank you gentlemen for being here and to find how you can get the diverse global group, not only should we organize locally, but we have to extend that nationally and globally, and i think that we are at that point now where his parents are willing to listen more closely to what he had to say back then about turning the pentagon into a day care center and what our spiritual leaders such as dr. martin luther king and malcolm x told us about creating a consciousness and an action of peace and justice; then we'll have prosperity and no more foreclosures and no more displacement from our workplaces. i thank you gentlemen for being here, and the next time have some women up there. they are over here, all right? we want them up there. i thank you very much. continue your good work because you're god blessed and directed. >> thank you. >> thank you very

america from running the nation through the banks if you all remember, i think it was president andrew jackson who was very much opposed to the banks and the power that your sign now says to end corporate rule. i think i've said enough, and i want to thank you gentlemen for being here and to find how you can get the diverse global group, not only should we organize locally, but we have to extend that nationally and globally, and i think that we are at that point now where his parents are willing to listen more closely to what he had to say back then about turning the pentagon into a day care center and what our spiritual leaders such as dr. martin luther king and malcolm x told us about creating a consciousness and an action of peace and justice; then we'll have prosperity and no more foreclosures and no more displacement from our workplaces. i thank you gentlemen for being here, and the next time have some women up there. they are over here, all right? we want them up there. i thank you very much. continue your good work because you're god blessed and directed. >> thank you. >> thank you very

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america from running the nation through the banks if you all remember, i think it was president andrew jacksons very much opposed to the banks and the power that your sign now says to end corporate rule. i think i've said enough, and i want to thank you gentlemen for being here and to find how you can get the diverse global group, not only should we organize locally, but we have to extend that nationally and globally, and i think that we are at that point now where his parents are willing to listen more closely to what he had to say back then about turning the pentagon into a day care center and what our spiritual leaders such as dr. martin luther king and malcolm x told us about creating a consciousness and an action of peace and justice; then we'll have prosperity and no more foreclosures and no more displacement from our workplaces. i thank you gentlemen for being here, and the next time have some women up there. they are over here, all right? we want them up there. i thank you very much. continue your good work because you're god blessed and directed. >> thank you. >> thank you very much.

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america from running the nation through the banks if you all remember, i think it was president andrew jackson who was very much opposed to the banks and the power that your sign now says to end corporate rule. i think i've said enough, and i want to thank you gentlemen for being here and to find how you can get the diverse global group, not only should we organize locally, but we have to extend that nationally and globally, and i think that we are at that point now where his parents are willing to listen more closely to what he had to say back then about turning the pentagon into a day care center and what our spiritual leaders such as dr. martin luther king and malcolm x told us about creating a consciousness and an action of peace and justice; then we'll have prosperity and no more foreclosures and no more displacement from our workplaces. i thank you gentlemen for being here, and the next time have some women up there. they are over here, all right? we want them up there. i thank you very much. continue your good work because you're god blessed and directed. >> thank you. >> thank you very

. >>> reverend jesse jackson, ambassador andrew young. eight names from the civil rights movement are offering support and advice to the occupy movement. reverend jackson talked to me a short time ago. >> in many ways, this is a new version of dr. king's last effort. his miss was to occupy the wall in washington, d.c. he thought the bomb dropped in vietnam. further we argued if we kept giving more and more privileges to the wealthy and dr. king called that moral and spiritual bankruptcy. we fight those same charges, t.j. more and more, very expensive wars and poverty on the expansion. >> are they getting results yet, the occupy movement? >> first, the attention, we were discussing politics for a change. secondly, last week we saw the banks back down off of it. banks have been making money off of origination of loans. they made money off of property mortgage joosh. they made money off of the excessive fais phase, off of foreclosures. they have made money over money over mope. i might add, credit card debt because of the oppressive schemes o

america from running the nation through the banks if you all remember, i think it was president andrew jackson who was very much opposed to the banks and the power that your sign now says to end corporate rule. i think i've said enough, and i want to thank you gentlemen for being here and to find how you can get the diverse global group, not only should we organize locally, but we have to extend that nationally and globally, and i think that we are at that point now where his parents are willing to listen more closely to what he had to say back then about turning the pentagon into a day care center and what our spiritual leaders such as dr. martin luther king and malcolm x told us about creating a consciousness and an action of peace and justice; then we'll have prosperity and no more foreclosures and no more displacement from our workplaces. i thank you gentlemen for being here, and the next time have some women up there. they are over here, all right? we want them up there. i thank you very much. continue your good work because you're god blessed and directed. >> thank you. >> thank you very

reverend jesse jackson, minister andrew young, andrew young, heavyweight names from the civil rights movement. this weekend i talked to reverend jackson. he told me of the parallels he sees between the occupy movement and the last campaign of dr. martin luther king jr. >> in many ways, this is a newer version of dr. king's last effort, the poor people's campaign. his mission was to occupy the mall in washington, d.c. we call it resurrection city. dr. abernathy appointed me to be the mayor of that city. we were sent there for more than a month choosing people to choose the war on poverty at home, to survive the war, or the palm in vietnam. he felt that bombs dropped in vietnam would explode in our cities. he felt if we kept giving more privileges to the wealthy and the -- he called it moral and spiritual bankruptcy. today we fight the same challenges. fewer and fewer have more and more. more poverty. >> that r th-- are they getting results yet? >> they're getting attention for discussing poverty for a change. secondly, we saw the banks back down off of a fee. banks have been making mon

>> now the significance here of having men like reverend joseph lowery, reverend jesse jackson, ambassador andrewthe city of atlanta all a major part of the civil rights movement. the protesters respect just getting a history lesson here but practical lessons in nonviolent demonstration. our george howell with that. >> reporter: we have seen police clash with protesters across the country but in the cradle of the civil rights movement, it is a different story. >> everywhere we walk in this neighborhood is in the steps of dr. king a tapped is big shadows. >> reporter: in the heart of the south where images like these from the civil rights era are still fresh in the minds of some, occupy protester tim franzen says the stakes to keep the peace are high her, for both sides. >> it would be be a lot painful to see, you know, acts of civil disobedience met with you know, physical brutality. so i do think that the mayor is in -- you know, necessary precarious situation. >> i think that we have handled them consistent with our values. i mean, we had -- we didn't use any tear gas, we didn't use overwhelmin