the coolidges were visiting mr. coolidge, vice president coolidge's father, john, and so it was early in the morning on august the 3rd, 1923. they had got a knock on the door, and the father answered the door and said, you know, what's going on, and he was informed that harding had passed away. so his father went up and woke calvin and shared the news with him, and then they went downstairs. they got dressed, went downstairs, and his father administered the oath of office to him. john coolidge was a notary public, so he felt that under the circumstances this was something that he could just sort of take care of so that our country wouldn't be without a president. and so that happened and they went back to bed, and so it was, again, a very modest, small ceremony. it was just a few reporters, a stenographer, mrs. coolidge. >> and when you mentioned mrs. coolidge, tell me a little bit about your grace grandmother, grace goodyou coolidge. >> so she was the opposite in character. she was very vivacious and fun loving. i

missus coolidge. so grace coolidge, she was the opposite in character. she was fun-loving and got the stories from my mother in a grace and was a really fun grandmother hard grace glazed was a teacher for deaf children in massachusetts. in school for the death and for deaf and she was also the only first lady to attend a four-year college and that was university of vermont. >> she had a great love of animals pretty. >> and many animals throughout the years most famed and normal was a raccoon and they had a variety of dogs and cats in the white house. >> you read father john had a brother who died the white house so it's close by telling the story because it was a real tragedy, i believe during a reelection campaign rated. >> yes, the brothers were 19 years apart excuse me 19 months apart and they are playing tennis, has found. calvin jr. developed a blister on his foot and that was treated but it became infected and the infection started to spread through his body and they had no antibiotics at the time to treat that so a week after getting a blister, he

what is the story that is trying to tell about the coolidge presidency and calvin coolidge's own upbringing? >> the story it portrays that the site is very simple. it is portrayed as the place that he grew up. it is exactly almost exact replica of his boyhood home and it has been kept that way purposely because we feel it very important to -- for people to understand that -- that anyone can come from very humbled beginnings, whether they'd be a farmer or, you know, very simple beginnings and then you never know. he never expected to grow up to be president, but so this is a very, very simple place where you can see that anyone can get started anywhere and it's very modest not pretentious at all. >> how hard was for farmers in that area in the harsh new england climate, can you talk about that? >> there was -- he did a lot of working with horses and with cattle, mostly dairy, dairy cattle. he also did a lot of maple tapping and told that he could get more maple out of a tree than anybody in the area which is a really good story but he had to bring in the wood for the fire every day to make -

published in may 1929. >> chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation amity shlaes on this episode of booknotes+. booknotes+ is available on c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts.

. >> presidential historian greg calls the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classic of presidential writing. the new authorized expanded and annotated division of coolidge autobiography has just been published by isi books. editors amadeus leis and matt denhardt quoted coolidge in the introduction as saying it is a great advantage to a president in a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we asked amadeus -- amity she that was published in 1929, years ago. >> the calvin coolidge foundation amadeus leis on this episode of booknotes plus. booknotes plus is available on the c-span app or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> gary hoover is the author of this book, the lifetime learners guide to reading and learning. before we get through the themes of the book. in your biography it says you bilive in the 33 room house, 32 rooms of which contain books. 57,000 books in total. explain. a. >> a few more came last week. so i've got to be closer to 60,000. it's an addiction and there is no 12 step program for book collectors. >> 33ct room

writings in the new authorized expanded and allocated editions of the coolidge autobiography justin published by isi a books and editors quote coolidge in their introduction of saying, is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we asked her to give us some background about the coolidge autobiography which was originally published in may 1929. chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation emily slave on this episode of footnotes plus, available on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcast. >> hello, and welcome to the 2021 library of congress, national book festival. i'm a reporter at the washington post i am here with patrick radden keefe, to talk about the book on the opioid epidemic that is claimed the lives of 500,000 people nationwide and to cover the worst drug overdose epidemic in american history as for the last three years reporting for the washington post investigative team about the opioid crisis and i'm writing a book about the epidemic with my colleagues so i'm particularly

>> presidential historian calls the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classic of presidential writing. the new authorized expanded and annotated edition of the coolidge autobiography has just been published. editors quote coolidge in introduction as saying it is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we ask amity shlaes to give us some background about the release coolidge autobiography which was originally published in may 1929. >> chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation amity shlaes on this weeks episode of booknotes+. booknotes+ is available on c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, my friends. welcome to "san diego union-tribune" festival of books. my name is satyan devadoss. i'm a professor of mathematics and computer science yale university san diego, and today it is my deep joy to have with me two authors, scientists, communicators that we respect and joy in the most recent books. i would like to introduce to you jordan ellenberg. jordan's book o

editors amity shlaes quotes coolidge in the introduction as saying it is a major source of safety foro know that he is not a great man. we asked amity shlaes to give us some background if about the re-released coolidge autobiography which was originally published in may of 1929, 92 years ago. ♪ >> chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation on week's episode of "book thoses plus -- book notes plus." >> columbia university visiting scholar recently argued that conservative evangelicals do not uphold christian values. here's a portion of that program. >> i must say i wrote the book out of a sense of sadness and also outrage at what the right-wing van jibbing christian as are -- van christians are are doing to this nation, to the detriment of so many in society. and, in fact, some of their dialogue and rhetoric has -- actually, particularly their support of a hateful former president who's caused so much a pain and division in this society. that's why i wrote the book. i want to share with you a little from the epilogue of the book to give you some sense of, well, give you some

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you should have known this one four it was chauvin coolidge. >> what? the president. kennedy: i don't believe your, for a second. you might want to press your luck on this, which of these presidents has two grammys? l clinton, jim carter, barackk obama or mariah carey? you want to press your luck? >> i know mariah has more than two. [laughter] who has two grammys? kennedy: you want to press your luck? >> what the heck, i'll give up the car and press my luck. i'm going to say bill clinton. kennedy: she's got four. gary, you and other you have one. even if you get this right, you're still only halfway home. which of these presidents regularly consulted with an astrologer before making the decision? harry s truman, john quincy adams, ronald reagan or ms. m cleo? >> i will have to go with john quincy adams. kennedy: you'd be wrong. ronald reagan. allpr conferences, most of the state of the union dresses takeoff and landing at air force one pretty good job, everyone. congrats to you for looking up the questions in the rundown getting them right. [laughter] g

. >> presidential historian greg calls the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classic of presidential writing. the new authorized expanded and annotated division of coolidge autobiography has just been published by isi books. editors amadeus leis and matt denhardt quoted coolidge in the introduction as saying it is a great advantage to a president in a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we asked amadeus -- amity she that was published in 1929, years ago. >> the caln

. >> presidential historian craig fairman calls the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classic of presidential writing. the new authorized expanded and annotated edition has just been published. editors quote coolidge in introduction as saying it is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we ask amity shlaes to give us some background about the re-release coolidge autobiography which was originally published in may of 1929. >> chair of the calvin college presidential foundation amity shlaes on this weeks episode of booknotes+. booknotes+ is available on the c-span now at or where whu get your podcasts. >> hello. my name is nathan patry and on behalf of of the humanities tennessee i would like to welcome you to the southern festival of books here in nashville, tennessee. whether you're watching us online or joining us later on c-span2 we've got a great session for you today and we are glad you're with us. before we start i would like to thank a few of the festivals he sponsors for the ongoing suppor

. >> what is your relationship to coolidge predict. >> my relationship with calvin coolidge, i am the great-granddaughter and my mother was one of two girls who were the grandchildren of the coolidge predict. >> and where do you live braided. >> in new hampshire pretty it is just a little bit over

we ask amity shoelace to tell us about the rereleased coolidge autobiography originally published in may of 1929, 92 years ago. >> chair of the column coolidge presidential foundation on book notes plus on the c-span now apps or wherever you get your podcasts. >> now agriculture secretary tom vilsack talks about the economy from the national press club in washington dc, this was about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. please find your seat. we will begin our program this morning. please welcome your host, doug o'brien. [applause] >> good morning, everyone, from here in washington dc at the national press club, welcome everybody who is in person, welcome to the fifth and final day of the 2021 cooperative impact conference for the hundreds of folks in residence -- registrants on live stream and our audience on c-span, this is a really exciting conversation i have been looking forward to. i will take a moment and introduce these two gentlemen and bring them to the stage and look forward to this important conversation about how cooperatives can be a critical strategy

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. >> presidential historian craig fairman calls the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classic of presidential writing. the new authorized expanded and annotated edition has just been published. editors quote coolidge in introduction as saying it is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we ask amity shlaes to give us some background about the

while in the white house, president coolidge was sent a raccoon that was supposed to be eaten for thanksgiving and named it rebecca. >> i have a thousand followup questions. >> don't ask any, that's all i know. >> why are you eating raccoons? i guess that is a silver lining. if the it turkey is dry, at least it's not a raccoon. >> you gave us the butterball and how to prepare and all that, what about side dishes? side dishes are the best. and when it comes to which side dish you add to your thanksgiving meal, what do you think? what is it for you. >> oh, for me? i said the hawaiian rolls. i love to put the mashed potatoes on it. >> you're an easy guest to please. come over anytime. i'll put out the hawaiian rolls. >> put the butter on top of it. >> i'm a stuffing guy. >> stuffing, and you are? >> i guess mac and cheese or stuffing. it's hard to choose. >> green bean casserole? >> not green bean casserole, get that away from me. anything cranberry, too. get it out of here. >> i'll eat the cranberry sauce. >> you have to have at least seven sides. the survey shows at least 77% of americans put m

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matt denhardt quote coolidge -- quoted coolidge as saying it is a great advantage to a president andor source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we ask amity sleigh to give us some background about the released coolidge biography, which was published in may of 1929, 92 years ago. >> chair of the calvin coolidge foundation is on this episodes of book notes plus. notes plus is available on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> tonight on q and a. >> most people care about community. but, how long does a community support journalism? because, now people want to get their news for free. and people are saying oh well, that's not worth a dollar. and that's not how you sustain a democracy. >> we will discuss storm lake. the film details a small town family-run newspaper in iowa and its efforts to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic. >> there was a dramatic spike which was unbelievable. we are continuing to employ as best we can. >> storm lake is the hottest spot in the country. >> we are losing money and there isn't a thing you can

matt denhardt quote coolidge -- quoted coolidge as saying it is a great advantage to a president and major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we ask amity sleigh to give us some background about the released coolidge biography, which was published in may of 1929, 92 years ago. >> chair of the calvin coolidge foundation is on this episodes of book notes plus. notes plus is available on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> tonight on q and a. >> most people care about community. but, how long does a community support journalism? because, now people want to get their news for free. and people are saying oh well, that's not worth a dollar. and that's not how you sustain a democracy. >> we will discuss storm lake. the film details a small town family-run newspaper in iowa and its efforts to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic. >> there was a dramatic spike which was unbelievable. we are continuing to employ as best we can. >> storm lake is the hottest spot in the country. >> we are losing money and there isn't a thing you

amity shoelace and match denmark quote coolidge is saying it's a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he's not a great man.

. >> what is your relationship to coolidge predict. >> my relationship with calvin coolidge, i am the great-granddaughter and my mother was one of two

. >>> what is your relationship to calvin coolidge? >> i am his great granddaughter. my mother was one of two girls who were the grandchildren of the coolidges. >> where do you live? >> i live in new hampshire. >> how far away from plymouth notch? >> a little over an hour. it's a nice distance to be able to get over there for events. >> we are talking at the white house association presidential site summit. your first visit. how associated are you with presidential

we asked amity shlaes to give us some background about the coolidge autobiography which was originallyed in may of 1929, 92 years ago. >> please take your seats.

what you're beginning to see at times it looks like it's positive or negative but it's negative coolidge and all the shells are from atlantic ocean even though that are made in california and along that line we make the lines stainless steel again going back to the idea of reflection, flash of the spirit and if you look up towards the harbor a fountain will fill up and then figures would be dominant and then it'll fill up again and those figures would be dominant. lastly, i want to end with a piece i had at the chicago who was called 3 trees and i was taken by a article that i had read in this new paper in chicago where they were blaming obama for cutting down trees in washington and jefferson park and it occurred to me that they never kind of referred to him as the president and so i asked for could i recycle the trees and so i made trees in the library of chicago and, of course, i had to put obama in there along with washington and jefferson. thank you. >> bravo. >> whoa! i hope i got through the time. i'm done. [laughter] >> walter -- walter that was wonderful and one thing that i was

jane coolidge, 52-year-old female.ma pascal. >> reporter: tammy's husband tonight telling abc news her memory will bring joy to all who kew her. the suspect has been identified as 39-year-old darrell e. brooks, arrested and charged with five counts of first degree intentional homicide. >> he was taken into custody a short distance from the scene and we are confident he acted alone. there's no evidence that this is a terrorist incident. >> reporter: brooks, a local rapper who caseen here in a mus video, has a long criminal history. earlier this month, brooks was accused of using what appears to be the same vehicle to run over the mother of his child. he faces multiple charges from that incident, but he was released on a $1,000 bail. >> when you look at someone that has mr. brooks' background and his propensity to act out aggressively or violently, a judge really needs to take a look at, is he a good risk to have on the street? >> reporter: this shows a police officer staring near an suv that may have been the same one i

jane coolidge, 52—year—old female. jane coolidge, 52—year—old female.old female. willem, 81—year—old male. the suspect involved in this tragic incident is identified as darrell brooks. 39 years of age, resident of milwaukee. at this time, the police department is referring five counts of homicide with additional charges based on the investigation. but those will come investigation. but those will come in time. there are many roads in the downtown area that were closed as of this investigation is the work of the crime scene. other roads has since been opened. minutes after the incident occurred, i responded to the scene and when i saw the chaos and tragedy i saw heroes. first responders coming together and working together and triaging victims the fire department working and and transporting multiple victims and officers picking up victims and officers picking up victims and officers picking up victims and putting them in squad and brushing them to the hospital and brushing them to the hospital and citizens also picking up victims and citizens also picki

editors quote coolidge and their introduction as saying, it is a great advantage to a president and aor source of safety to the country, for him to note that he is not a great man. we ask amity to give us some background about the released coolidge autobiography, which was originally published in may of 1929, 92 years ago. >> chair of the calvin coolidge provincial foundation is on this week's episode of footnotes plus. what does plus is available on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts -- footnotes plus is available on the -- book notes plus is available on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> a wyoming republican who serves as the vice chair for the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol will be the featured speaker at the -- school of communication in manchester. you can watch live coverage at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or on c-span now, our new video app. >> get c-span on the go. watch the days biggest political events live or on-demand anywhere, anytime on our new mobile video app, c

coolidge the forgotten classic of presidential righted -- writing.ded edition has just been published. editor's quote coolidge in their introduction as saying it is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know he is not a great man. we asked for some background about the re-released autobiography, which was originally published in may of 1929. >> chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation on this week's episode of footnotes. -- book notes. >> today dr. anthony fauci and the cdc director testify to the senate health committee on the biden administration's covid-19 response. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online on c-span.org, or watch coverage on c-span now. >> washington journal continues. host: in the next 20 minutes, we want to hear your voices, your views about topics we have talked about this morning. we will also go through more papers. brad, independent line. what is on your mind public policy wise? caller: you said the other day you had not had many calls about joe biden a

the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classic presidential writing. the new authorized expanded and annotated the position of the biography has just been published by isi books. editors amadeus lays quoted coolidge in the introduction as saying it is a great advantage to be president in a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great demand. we ask him to give a great background about the autobiography which was originally published in may of 1929. the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation on this week's episode of booknotes plus. available on the c-span app or wherever you get your podcast. the senate armed services committee hears testimony on the withdrawal from afghanistan and undersecretary for defense policy and director for the joint chiefs of staff testify. this is just over two and a half hours. >> i will now call the hearing to order. good morning. the committee meets today to examine the security situation in south and central asia in light of the transition of u.s. military from afghanistan. th

and calvin coolidge decided to draw a surplus reason charged sam. and during the non in $22.00 precisely that even a surplus of roughly one percent of a every year. and of course the economy burnt. and he took credit for it and said that the service was the reason the economy terms. when you look at the data carefully, what you find is, yes, there was a government surplus of one percent of every year. and every year the private sector was borrowing roughly 5 percent of j t. a. to speculate on the stock market. that's what gave it the turbocharged economy, not the surplus, but the, the government. but the deficit thing, right. i was only allowed to borrow and gamble to, to me, finish beta over in gamble on the stock market. and over that period of time that private debt level rose more, more margin debt. okay. just to buy the gambling shares rose from what a pay to 13 percent of j k and then crash right back down again. that's what i was the great depression. now that sort of responsibility on the private side is the real where achilles heel of capit

good night >> presidential story and cause the autobiography of calvin coolidge the forgotten classicidential writing. the annotated edition has just been published by isi books. it is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country for him to know that he is not a great man. we asked amity to give as background of the rereleased biography which was originally published may 1929. fifty-two years ago >> good evening >> good evening everyone. so i would like to share a

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calvin coolidge. roosevelt understood the modern presidency and pioneered it more than anyone else. he was going to create a new intimacy with the country. i don't think we want to be that intimate with presidents. they are the head of one branch of many of our governments.o >> who did it right or at least came close to it? ronald reagan was famous for communicating with the public and say bring them back. >> there's nothing wrong with communicating. it is wrong to say the president should be front and center all the time, communicating all the time. when they were making their brief run for the democratic nomination in 2020, he said to me and you will get a president you won't have to think about for weeks at a time. i was for him. >> do you think, you'd mentioned the advent of radio but certainly social media changed the game, not just the presidency and how they communicate. how have you witnessed that change not only how the candidates communicate about how people receive information and react to it. >> and how they talk to end abuse one another. i've never tweeted. if i had to,

. >> jimmy: you know, jennifer coolidge -- did you watch "white lotus?" >> jimmy: she's so great. i'm kind of interested in the story, because she says you guys worked together in a restaurant in new york. >> we did. 19th and park. i started in the coat check world during the winter holidays, and it's where you take a lot of fur coats, you get a lot of tips. i then was moved to hostessing, which i failed at, because i didn't know who the seat and who not to seat. you say, can you grab a cocktail. you make them wait and then seat them when all the special people are gone. then they moved me to the cocktail area, where i killed it. i was amazing. >> jimmy: were you a bar tender? >> no, they wouldn't let me behind the bar. but they let me serve people alcohol in the cocktail area, because i was -- i think i was very good at it. >> jimmy: wow. how much would you make in a night, do you remember? >> i never made more than -- oh, my gosh. i just remembered this story. i made like $500 a night one night because peter gabriel's drummer was coming in to celebrate