all along the way there were places where we couldn't go to the andrew jackson hotel, we couldn't go to morten's cafeteria. there was a paramount theatre, we had to go in the back door, separate water fountains. it was a very negative experience. when i got to the library, right above the door, all are welcome. i could go in the front door. i could remember the librarian, she had a bonnet on the back of her head. very sensible shoes. i look at librarians today, that is how they look. she always spoke in a whisper. didn't talk out loud in the library. whispered. she was so kind to me that i loved librarians. when they ask me to do something, it is hard for me to say no. and that is why i flew in the dark at night from atlanta to come out here. [laughter]. but it is because of that generosity of the national public library. so i went there to get my books and i would bring them home and read all 3. then the next week i would take them back to the library. i would read often. when you read better, you read success. i credit the national public library with my successes as a young reader

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,

. >> announcer: carpet sample fun fact fa andrew jackson was borin 1757. . >> jimmy: keep that in mind [ laughter ] scoot down that way. contestant number two, come on over. how you doing my friend? >> good, how are you? >> jimmy: nice to see you. what is your name and where are you from? >> i'm dan from allentown, pennsylvania. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. i heard they're closing all the factories down? >> yeah, they are. [ light laughter ] [ scattered applause ] >> jimmy: dan, do you know the game, marry, screw, kill? >> yeah. >> jimmy: i give you three names and you have to say who you'd marry, who you'd screw and who you'd kill. all right? so, marry, screw, kill, the animaniacs. who would you marry, who would screw, who'd you kill among yakko, wakko and dot. >> i would marry the girl, dot. [ light laughter ] i would -- [ laughter ] wait -- all right then. i would screw the little one. [ boing ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: sorry, that's incorrect, that's incorrect. the correct answer was kill all three. they're cartoon animals, you sicko. you're a sick dude. [ cheers and applause ] all right,

i keep a portrait of another great man from tennessee and another former member of congress, andrew jacksonjackson once said, "one man with courage makes a majority." my friend bill frist is a man with infinite courage to make a fine majority leader. he held the same seat that jackson held two centuries earlier and now both of their portraits hang near each other in this great building we call the united states capitol. bill frist help choose the artist for commissions like this one here we are here to see today. as we will soon see when we unveil this work of art, michael has wonderfully captured senator frist's lightness for prosperity. dr., senator, mr. leader, bill -- congratulations to you and to karen and the boys, harrison, jonathan, and brian. before we hear from senator frist, please join me in welcoming the president. the first i had the honor of serving with. it is my honor and pleasure to introduce to you the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush. [applause] >> thank you. please be seated. thank you. please be seated. it takes a really good friend to get me to come

book describes his assent and how he fashioned himself, try to fashion himself after his hero, andrew jackson. he comes of age during the age of jackson he is a unionist. he is for the common man. he campaigns for the homestead act. it saw that it seems that seem very progressive and popular way. populism has this sort of story buried. lots of time populists are in favor of measures you think would be progressive. he is for the homestead act, giving poor people and. he wanted public education. he was always a champion of public education committee thinking about back on his own life and how depraved u.s. he wanted a better shot for people, people who were privileged. the catch was the only one at that for whites. he was for the homestead act. when reconstruction came and there was the time to get land reform, the republicans in congress wanted land reform and the south to give the former and salespeople to give them land, to give them the kind of independence that johnson and others understood it. you can grow your own food, and you're not beholden to anyone. he wanted that for whites, but he

book describes his offense and how he fashioned himself, tried to fashion himself after his hero andrew jackson. he comes of age during the age of jackson. he is a unionists. he is for the common man. he campaigns for the homestead act and there were lots of things about him that seemed very aggressive, very populist in a way but as you know populism has this sort of -- viewers at double-edged sword there. lots of times populace are in favor of measures that you would think would be progressive. he was for the homestead act, giving poor people land. he wanted public education. he was always a champion of public education thinking back on his own life and how deprived he was. he wanted a better shot for people, people who were privileged. the catch was he only wanted that for whites. he was for the homestead act. but when reconstruction came reconstruction came and there was a time to give land reform, the republicans in congress wanted land reform in the south, to give his former enslaved people, to give them land to buy them, to give them the kind of independence that johnson and others unders

he's one of the grand heaters and history that fits perfectly with andrew jackson and he would use his business power even if he felt he might suffer financially simply to destroy enemies who later in life he seemed to have a sense of admiration for as worthy opponents. s. >> this is something that i had a conversation with c-span, kevin baker a great novelist and he compared vanderbilt to the godfather. it's just business. it's not personal. so one example of this is again, the episode when william walker, this american adventure took over the country of nicaragua in 1855 and 56 and he blocks out vanderbilt and gives the transit rights actually it's a long story but basically the transit rights to carry passengers across nicaragua, go to the man who had been working in vanderbilt's company and his partner. so vanderbilt literally goes to war against them. walker was getting reinforcements, young men are excited by this that venture taking over nicaragua so thousands of young men are trying to get to nicaragua to fight the army so vanderbilt since i have to drive out walker and cut off

the states during the articles of the confederation, whether it was the political climate when andrew jackson was elected and the slurs towards his wife -- whether it was the state of the country with the rutherford b. hayes and a disputed election -- whether it was more recently with the red scare or, as mr. ford said, with watergate -- it is hard to say that this is the worst of times. i really sort of rejected. -- reject that. we are incredibly resilient as a people and as a nation because of the way that our founding documents were worded. i think that if anything i believe having thought about this over the last month getting ready for this today, i came away somewhat reassured. it is so easy to pick examples. we have so many different media sources now. every individual -- everybody who has their own i phone is their own media source and create their own media. we have -- we now have 300 million networks out there potentially. as a result, we are and boarded with bad news. the good news is somehow filtered out. if you -- i refuse to believe that we are -- that we have lost disability as

the states during the articles of confederation, what they're it was the political climate when andrew jackson was elected and the slurs towards his wife, whether it was the state of the country with the rutherford b. hayes and that disputed election, whether it was more recently with the red scare. or as mr. ford said, with watergate. it is hard to say this is the worst of times. i really sort of reject that if we look at this country on an historical basis. we are incredibly resilient as a people and as a nation because of the way that our founding documents, the way the constitution was awarded. -- was worded. if anything, having thought about this the last month, if anything i came away somewhat reassured. it is so easy to pick examples because we have so many different media sources. it is to the point where every individual, to build upon what bruce said, everybody has their own iphone and can create their own media. instead of having the three networks, we now have 300 million networks potentially. as a result, we are bombarded with bad news and good news is somehow filtered out the way

a framework that put our country on a track to be debt free by 2012 for the first time since andrew jackson's administration. mr. president, the fact is that alan greenspan was warning america and the senate that we were paying down our debt too fast, and that that could have implications on the marketplace. we know how to do this in a responsible way. how we got off track from that is a story i'm not going to go back into right now. it's pretty well known. but the truth of how we generated the 1990's economic boom is a story that has to be retold again and again. so let me just point out the difference here, we're not going to do this process in two weeks, we know that. so we ought to have a responsible c.r. that doesn't come back with another hatchet job that allows us to go forward and give ourselves a proper amount of time and agree we're going to tackle these larger issues and put something serious on the table with tax reform, spending, entitlements, all of those things on the table. but what we have in this house budget -- let me just point out, rather than just say it takes us backwar

we will go to andrew johnson's shot and injured jackson's great plantation. we have a behind-the-scenes tour arranged of the lbj ranch. we might even have a barbecue next to lbj's old swimming pool. the bush library, central high school in little rock, the site of the 1957 integration crisis. there is a lot packed into those 10 days. host: you are invited c-span viewers to come along on the tour. how many spaces are available? guest: we have about five rooms left. they can be single or double. we tried to keep it to a small group, intimate. we're going to historical hotels and restaurants. we have had a lot of c-span viewers in the past. a number have returned over and over again. host: it is 10 days and nine nights. what is the cost? guest: 6 under dollars for double occupancy. -- $600 for double occupancy. there is a number on the screen where viewers can call. 202-621-7250 anyway, it should be a good trip. host: people may be asking why c-span is doing a commercial for a presidential tour. is this a commercial enterprise? guest: know, -- no, i am glad you

andrew cash almost got beheaded there. l a's up. allow one earned run. bomb from jackson in the sixth.ombine in the eighth and 9 for a win. split squad action. others fall for the royal by final of 4-3. shoe man with the feature on veteran mark ellis. >>reporter: second base and mark ellis is the old man of the a's entering the 9th year in the big. he holds the club record playing 9 62 games in second and also the franchise leader for home runs at this position with 83. mark likes what he sees with this year squad. >> we have some nice distance to our team, pitching staff is great. a lot of depth. somebody goes down we have somebody that can step in an replace them. hopefully score more runs here and give them some breathing room. >>reporter: strength is defense. leading major twice in the last 5 years with career 9 90 fielding percentage. this year infield is intact with pl these men. >> l second year playing and that's always a good step for us. they do a good job too. so we have a lot of confidence in infield defense and feel like we can make a lot of play. >> been awhile since the

andrew cashner. coco crisp scores, 1-0, oakland. anderson goes five two-thirds. here it is, way out. brett jackson with a solo bomb in the sixth.s would erupt for six runs combined in the eighth and ninth innings for the 8-1 win. split squad day today. the other a's fall to kansas city. they expect a lot more wins than althoughs this year, as he told mike shumann. >> second base and mark ellis is the old man of the a's, entering his ninth year in the bigs. he holds the club record playing 962 games, and he's also the franchise leader for home runs at this position with 83. mark likes what he sees with this year's squad. >> we have some nice additions to our team. pitching staff is great and that will carry us a long way. we have a lot of depth. if somebody goes down we have somebody to step in and replace them. hopefully we can score more runs. >> his strength is defense, leading the majors twice in the last five years with a career 9.90 field be percentage. this year's back is intact." >> it's a good step for us, you know. cuz and they do a good job. we have a lot of confidence in the defense and feel we can make a lot of play