most people have heard about teapot joe and the oil scandals in the early 1920's in the harding administration but at the time, the veterans bureau ford was thehich center, was equally important, and yet, this man -- got intrigued by this. announcer: with less than three weeks left in office, president obama held is finally meeting with combatant commanders and the joint chiefs of staff at the white house. he talked about the need to ensure a smooth transition to the trump administration and thanked the military leaders further service. -- for their service. happy new year, everybody. let me begin by thanking ash carter, our secretary of defense. by -- alsoe chair the and all of the commanders here. the purpose of this meeting, something i do on a regular

most people and about the teapot dome scandal during the harding administration, at the time, the veteransureau scandal was equally important. man had come down in history as a crook. it did not appear to me that that is what he actually done. i got intrigued by this. brian: on your first page, and the preface, you write, "good that until now that the fact that the that are in's scandal was neglected and forbes culpability unexplored." why do you think that was? rosemary: partly because it was a huge, good story at the time, which was a different story. that was that charles forbes was a crook through and through. what's more, he was a jolly crook. this was a friend of warren harding, the president, who was a younger man, a curious man in that nobody seems to know what his thoughts were. hawaiiwarren harding in when harding had just been made senator in 1915. they got along well and became friends. when harding became president, he appointed charles forbes to a job. he did extremely well as director of the bureau of war insurance, but then became wrapped into the much bigger veterans burea

most people have heard of called teapot -- heard about teapot dome in the harding administration, but at the time the veterans bureau scandal of which charles forbes was the center, was equally important. and yet, this man had come down in history to the present is a crook. it was never clear to me what he had actually done and i got intrigued by this. theunday night at 8:00 desperate :00 p.m.. -- 8:00 p.m. >> john kerry discussed president obama's record on foreign policy and climate change. this is just under an hour. secretary kerry: hi, everybody.

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you can build you're own steam punk r2d2 teapot.i have gone a step further and built my own r5d4 droid to pour me some java. he's not just a robot butler, he's my new best friend. okay, r5, i'll have my tea now. he time i build a robot buddy, it kills itself to avoid hanging out with me. maybe i should go back to capturing stuart varney in my basement. you can catch me on facebook kennedyfbn or email me at kennedyfbn@foxbusiness.com. good night. good night, stuart. use -- a family's legend. >> i can remember being a little kid and asking my father what it was. >> a century-old mystery. >> he said, "it's from the white house." and i go, "talking about d.c. white house?" i was just stunned. >> the white house neither confirms nor denies... >> what do you see? >> gold! [ laughs ] >> let's investigate! >> i scrape the paint layers down to the wood. >> and when you heard what it was worth? >> and sold! [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] >> i'm jamie colby, and today

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people over contract and it was thought you would go to this school and learn to be a tree and a teapotuld put you under contract. it was a brief sojourn for me. dancer,n to be a chorus which i think of as my true calling. and then from that i went into acting. charlie: when you look back, who has made a difference for you? who has been important, other than your husband? who has made a difference for you in terms of lessons and helping you? birithout question my aunt die, my mother's sister. she lived with her, their mother, my grandmother. years,my teenage actually when i was a baby, they would have me over to the house and i would stay a couple of days at a time and as i grew older, i leaned on them quite a bit teary they were the ones who theuraged me to take dancing classes and to sing and they made my costumes and drove me to the shows. she was very definitely most important. charlie: did you know you wanted to be a performer? >> i knew when i was three. my grandfather said of me when i was three, this child will end up on stage or jail. [laughter] fortunately -- charlie: birdie m

you see what money is in the teapot and you rob peter to pay paul and if you look at the executive order, paying for it's not difficult. >> i would say the opportunities, the challenges are a litany and the unique opportunity for folks in the media or who has a public voice as a leader of any kind is to remain extremely calm an observe what is happening which is what we have seen a tire iron, sandbag whatever it is, this is not a republican, this is not a democrat, this is not a traditional political event we are witnessing, this is a rejection of the legacy and to nigh that the legacy -- to deny that the legacy has been rejected and to talk he may or may not do this actually plays into what they want because they want you chasing it. they took this back, you're ben aflac saying you have $200 in your pocket and then you marshall the intellectual spiritual, of world leaders, media leaders intellectual leaders to remain calm and observe the news of the day that the american political legacy has been thrown into a state of objection, i won't offer an adjective beyond that, and how this is g

there was the teapot scandal in the harding administration, but at the time of the veterans bureau scandal was secretly important, and yet this man had come down in history to the president has a crook. it was never clear to me what he had actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. a program in kalamazoo, michigan that allows the students to attend college for free. , thiswashington journal" is 40 minutes. ke, a reporter for "christian science monitor." he's joining us from boston. he's here to talk about a piece he wrote for "christian science monitor magazine" on the impact of free college in urban areas. simon montlake, thank you so much for joining us this morning. simon: good morning. host: the story that your run was about something called the kalamazoo promise. what is that? promise iskalamazoo a privately funded scholarship in the city of kalamazoo michigan, southwest michigan. what the promise does is it provides in state college tuition for any student who goes through the kalamazoo public school system and graduates from high s

they had people under contract and it was hoped you'd go to talent school and learn to be a tree or teapotwould put you under contract. it was a very brief soldiering for me and a went on to be a chorus dancer which i still think is my true calling and from that moment to acting. >> charlie: so when you look back who's made a difference for you? who's been really important other than your husband or husbands made a real significant difference in terms of lessons and helping you? >> without question my aunt birdie. >> charlie: who is that? >> my mother's sister. she lived with their mother, my grandmother and during my teen years when i was growing up it began as a tiny baby they'd have me to the house and stay a couple days at a time and as i grew older they were the ones who encouraged me to take the dancing class and sing and made my costumes and drove me to the shows we put on. she was definitely a most important influence. >> charlie: did you know then you wanted to be a performer? >> when i was 3. my grandfather said of me this child will either end up on stage or jail. fortunately --

do republicans have themselves a tempust in a teapot?ld trump before he became presidt elect donald trump. now here is what's on, senator paul also wants to repeal obamacare and replace it with something. here is the problem. he doesn't like the way republicans are going about it. part of the budget resolution that he says will add about 9.7 trillion to the debt and that's a bigger buga-boo for him. some of the colleagues like marco rubio of florida also a former presidential candidate, well, they're sort of swallowing hard on this, we don't like adding to the debt either but we understand the more immediate need to jump this thing, address the debt thing later. i'm cutting to the chase here. but the reason i mention it now is they've got a very thin margin in the senate. if 52 republicans and suddenly 51 republicans, then you don't have much margin of error and you add susan colins and other moderate republicans who have been expressing concern about, you know, republicans going too far, expanding the deficit and the debt, you could hav

hoped that you would go to this talent school and learn that a tree, a teapot, and somebody could puta chorus dancer, which i still think of as my true calling. from that, i went into acting. >> when you look back, who has for you?fference who has been really important, husband, or your husbands, made a real significant difference for you terms of lessons, in terms of helping you, in terms of -- without think, question, my aunt birdie. >> who was aunt birdie? sister.ther's and she lived with her -- with their mother, my grandmother. during my teen years, when i was growing up -- actually, it tiny baby.i was a they would have me over to the house and i would stay for a time. days at a as i grew older, i leaned on them quite a bit. they were the ones who encouraged me to take the dancing classes and to sing and they made my costumes and drove me to the little shows that we put on. definitely ary most important influence on my life. >> did you know then that you wanted to be a performer? >> i knew when i was three. >> three? >> in fact, it's my grandfather when iarently said of me was th

most people have heard about teapot dome, the oil scandal, the harding and ministration. at the time with the veterans bureau scandal was equally important. yet, this man had come down in history to the president as a crook. it had not occurred to me what he had actually done. i got intrigued by this. c-span's q&a.t on >> next come on american history to become of the centennial of america's april 1917 entry into world war i approaches -- discusses economics and the role of big business in the u.s. response to the great war. examines relationships between british, u.s. and german business communities in a talk that this hour-long presentation was part of a two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and moral in kansas city, missouri. includes background censorship at brown university, -- heiversity of warwick is the celebrated author of many publications including his newest work, "american big business in britain and germany ." of you might be flying back home and i would encourage you to find this as an e-book version online and download it. it will get

domeprefer to the teapot scandal in the early 1920's, the ofding administration, that the time, the veterans bureau scandal was equally important, and yet, this man had gone down in history as a crook. there was no report of what he it actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> author mark riebling talked about pope pius the twelfth and the catholic church's secret actions against the nazis. he argued that, contrary to previous scholarship, the pope was involved in efforts to change the german regime, including plots to kill hitler. this talk was part of a multi-day conference at the world war ii museum, and it's about an hour and 15 minutes. mr. citino: our first presentation is important one. the theme of operation is important want. we are working on our public space and it will be dedicated solely to the theme of liberation. the museum talks about why the war was fought and how the war was won, but there's a third charge, what the war means to us today, and i think that is key of the liberation pavilion. one of the areas we will explore in t

one of those was the oil scandal known as teapot dome, which was where the secretary of the interior was responsible for getting oil leases taken over from the navy department, and harding signed this. but then he sublet them to major oil corporations. i think history is still out as to what his culpability was on this, or rather he thought he -- or whether he thought he was running a business of the interior. the business of the interior department and was responsible for making it efficient in business terms. or whether he actually was forty of taking bribes passing over oil leases. brian: was he prosecuted? rosemary: yes. brian: was he convicted? rosemary: yes, he was convicted. brian: did he go to prison? rosemary: yes he went to prison. brian: for how long? rosemary: i don't actually remember how long. casent to prison -- his strung up for a long time. you did not actually go to prison until the 1930's. brian: another person in the book is harry dockery. rosemary: he was harding's attorney general. briefly he was coolidge's attorney general too. these are all fascinating and int

the people have heard of teapot dome, the oil scandal in the early 1920's in the harding administrationt at the time, the veterans bureau scandal, of which charles forbes was at the center, was equally important, and yet this man had gone down in history to the present as a crook. it now occurs to me what he had actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night on q&a. >> c-span studentcam video documentary competition is underway and students across the country are busy at work and sharing their experience with us through twitter. enter.t too late to our deadline is january 20, 2017. in your documentary, tell us what is the most urgent issue for the new president and congress to address in 2017. competition is open to all middle school and high school students grades six through 12, with $100,000 awarded in cash prizes. the grand prize of $5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall intrigue and the remaining cash money will be awarded and shared between 100 students and 53 teachers. for more information on our studentcam competition and contest rules, go to ou

most people have heard about teapot and the oil scandal in the early 1920's. in the harding administration but at the time, the veterans which charles, of ford was at the center, was equally important and get this man has come down from history into the present as a crook. it was never clear to me what he actually had done and i was intrigued. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> wired senior writer talks thet president-elect's -- president-elect's use of twitter to criticize businesses. then philip joyce discusses donald trump's business background and to what extent the government can be run like a business. and later, georgetown university professor robert gallucci, former lead negotiator during the north korean nuclear crisis in 1994 talks about the nuclear threat posed by that regime. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. host: good morning. with the presidential inauguration less than two weeks away, the confirmation process on capitol hill begins for a number of key

domeprefer to the teapot scandal in the early 1920's, the ofding administration, that the time, the veterans bureau scandal was equally important, and yet, this man had gone down in history as a crook. there was no report of what he it actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> author mark riebling talked about pope pius the twelfth and the catholic church's secret actions against the nazis. he argued that, contrary to previous scholarship, the pope was involved in efforts to change the german regime, including plots to kill hitler.

but we finally had what was called the house bank scandal in the 1990's and tempest ofrt of the the teapot because it turned out the house was running a bank for its members and sometimes the members would write checks that would exceed how much money they had on deposit and the banks would hold the checks until their paired -- paychecks came in, which a bank will not do for you or me and people were outraged about that and as a result, i think three or four legislators quickly ratified this and it became part of the constitution. what is interesting about that agreementas a general for at least 100 years before that constitutional amendments needed to be ratified within what the supreme court called a reasonable time after the proposal. in other words, that you did not just put an amendment out there and have it like a sort of damocles, hanging over the republic for the rest of history. starting with the 18th amendment -- maybe was the 17th, amendments themselves began to include time limits. if this is not approved within x number of years it shall expire. the equal rights amendment was

turns out they had put highly radioactive polonium-210 into the teapot. and soon he was dying. he was in the hospital suffering from acute radiation poisoning. all his hair gone, he was starting to turn a very unnatural color. he was dying and he made a deathbed statement from his hospital bed. he said "you may succeed in silencing one man, but the howls of protest from around the world will reverberate, mr. putin, in your ears for the rest of your life." his deathbed statement. it took almost a decade for the british government to release a comprehensive report on that assassination, but when they did -- which was a year ago this week -- what they concluded was that that deathbed statement from alexander litvinenko was correct. he had named his murderer. britain concluded that in the judgment of this high level inquiry brought by the british government, they concluded that it was probably the case that the assassination of that russian dissident in the uk was directly ordered by vladimir putin. it's a big enough deal when your political opponents regularly turn up in jail or d

most people have heard about teapot dome, the oil scandal, the harding and ministration. at the time with the veterans bureau scandal was equally important. yet, this man had come down in history to the president as a crook. it had not occurred to me what he had actually done. i got intrigued by this. c-span's q&a.t on >> next come on american history to become of the centennial of america's april 1917 entry into world war i approaches -- discusses economics and the role of big business in the u.s. response to the great war. examines relationships between british, u.s. and german business communities in a talk that this hour-long presentation was part of a two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and moral in kansas city, missouri. includes background censorship at brown university, the university of warwick

so most people heard about teapot dome, the oil scandal, in the 1920's. ut at the time, the veterans bureau scandal, of which charles and yet this man had come down as a crook. i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> a live look at the capitol dome, where congressman paul ryan was elected speaker of the 2017-2018y for the congressional term, getting 239 votes. what 89 votes,t ryan from ohio received two votes. we will show you highlights the ho

teapot dome, the oil scandal, in the 1920's. ut at the time, the veterans bureau scandal, of which charles and yet this man had come down as a crook. i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> a live look at the capitol dome, where congressman paul ryan was elected speaker of the 2017-2018y for the congressional term, getting 239 votes. what 89 votes,t ryan from ohio received two votes. we will show you highlights the house floor in a few minutes. -- thesident presided vice president presided in the senate chamber for the last time. here are a few total -- photos. and we also included in those photos vice president biden with connecticut senator richard blumenthal. here is an article -- it says it will not be the same without told thetor thune the term runse until noon on inauguration day on january 20, the departing biden got one last chance to kiss wives, have babies, and offer dating advice. one more story from "the washington post," george and laura bush announced they would attend donald trump's inaugurati

most people have heard about teapot dome, the oil scandal, the harding and ministration. at the time with the veterans bureau scandal was equally important. yet, this man had come down in history to the president as a crook. it had not occurred to me what he had actually done. i got intrigued by this. c-span's night on

there was the teapot scandal in the harding administration, but at the time of the veterans bureau scandal secretly important, and yet this man had come down in history to the president has a crook. it was never clear to me what he had actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. a program in kalamazoo, michigan that allows the students to attend college for free. , thiswashington journal" is 40 minutes. ke, a reporter for "christian science monitor." he's joining us from boston. he's here to talk about a piece he wrote for "christian science monitor magazine" on the impact of free college in urban areas. simon montlake, thank you so much forni