was a revelation. >> when you hear that, you know, the -- being part of the party that honors andrew jacksontion to hearing a story like had a? >> well, the reason we still have jefferson-jackson dinners around the country is probably the same reason thomas jefferson is on the nickel and andrew jackson is on the $20 bills. inertia tradition. heritage being played out with an anglo-saxon bias if you will. i think that it is time for dem droots re-evaluate using these two names and at least -- in the way we did in mississippi, perhaps not you a ban donning the name entirely. but adding a new chapter to history. up can't erase history or study and learn from the mistakes of history. i think that by adding to history in mississippi we pointed out to -- our state to a lot of young generations about -- a lot of people never heard of miss hamer. i this that adding new chapters as we move along we have would figures from the 19th century and add ad figure from the 20th century. i hope to live long enough to see it add somebody from the 21st. >> mark, what do you make of it? go -- did you ever have a

lincoln's whigs grew up in opposition to andrew jackson, who they called king andrew. this out of control executive. then you get lincoln elected, and he was a committed whig for as long as the party exist ed. then he faces a terrible crisis and he faces what he believes is a choice between embracing his powers as commander-in-chief to the maximum or watching the country fall apart. and he chose his powers. and i think an analogy today is when he expanded habeas corpus. understandable. then the suspensions become routine. then they uncover the entire north. then you have overreach and abuses. and maybe the nsa program the closer we were to 9/11, the more understanding people would be of it. but when something so massive with so many implications goes on for so long, you have to wonder, have we gone too far? does this need to be tightened up? and certainly the at the very least, we need to have a debate about it. >> now in the modern debate, isn't it frightening as journalists who cover this that it can be a contractor who has access to secrets who takes it upon himself

calhoun, the vice president of the united states under john quinncy adams, and andrew jackson's first term, and jackson declared the formula where the line of 3620 would be tolerated and even encouraged to protect it, but secession or any reduction of the prerogatives of the federal government opposite any individual state would not be tolerated, and he carried that proposition in south carolina, and he cared it out, and that effectively, and i don't think -- there's no evidence this was in andrew jackson's thinking at the time, but it effectively enabled free states to be strong enough deem gram of cocainely and -- demographically and economically that when a show down happenedded years later, the country was able to suppress the insurrection and abolish slavery, and that would not have happened if the south attempted to secede in jackson's time successfully. if they attempted to secede and i think not possible to suppress them at that time. >> host: the second section, predestined people, 1836-1933. what are you trying to relay? >> guest: a tremendous period of growth. of course, th

calhoun who was under john quincy adams and andrew jackson's first term. jackson declared the formula whereby slavery would be tolerated in the missouri compromise line of 20 and would be tolerated and encouraged and protected but secession or any reduction of the prerogative of the federal government opposite the individual state wouldn't be tolerated. that effectively -- i don't think there is any evidence this was an andrew jackson's thinking of the time but it effectively enabled the states to become strong enough demographically and economically that when a showdown did happen 25 years later, the north by the narrow margin and the brilliant leadership in the country's history was able to suppress the insurrection and abolished slavery. and that wouldn't have happened if the south had attempted to secede in jackson's times successfully. if the had actually attempted to secede i think it wouldn't have been possible to suppress them at the time. >> the second section of the book, predestined people come 1836 to 1933. what are you trying to relay? >> a tre

>> i say this is typical of politicians this has gone on since andrew jackson and fdr.y find the business owner to blame. easiest thing in the world. you pass a law that is unfavorable. then you come in, they realize hey ,this is going to be free. it's not free. it will cost all of you. business owners saying if we have to pay extra $5,000 per employee, if we have 30 employees, $150,000 is all we make per restaurant that we have. they cannot afford it. what does the president do? he turns and blames the small business own they're creates 50% of the job. insane but typic polits >> brenda: >> gary:y: bgary b., is itthe be healthcare law? >> the latter. i scratch my head onhis. okay. the reason you are feeling the pinch is because the bad employers, the only ones we have out there creating jobs are passing the cost. where does he think the cost would go? they'd vanish? there is no extra cost to obamacare. the cbo said the affordae care act will cost the country 800,000 jobs. that was the original estimat estimate. we expect to cost more jobs. loss of the job kick in as tem

i want to thank the teacher for the invitation to visit andrew jackson academy. a great school there in prince george's county in forestville. had a lot of fun. asked great questions. great to see you there. let's check traffic with danella. >> good morning. i'm back with a live look from chopper 4. the first 4 traffic office chopper 4 is in silver spring over the early morning crash along university boulevard heading eastbound. your closure is at dennis. that's where police have it blocked off as chopper pans out. cones are up. if you are traveling eastbound university boulevard you could turn right or left onto dennis avenue. you'll not be able to continue eastbound. crash involved a dump truck and another vehicle that's just off to the side. police on the scene. here's the other vehicle here that's crashed. so taking some time to clean up while police are investigating so keep that in mind if you are traveling in silver spring this morning. aaron and eun? >> thank you, danella. >> let's check in with richard jordan at the live desk. >> information about three

his nickname was young hickory and andrew jackson was old hickory. they worked as a team. sarah polk helped write his speeches. she talked all it took -- he talked politics with the other members of congress to see how they were leaning. she would sound them out. she would help get legislation through. nancy reagan is more in that kind of mold. she was throughout the career in sacramento and washington both attuned to ronald reagan's agenda and how to get that agenda in act it. -- that agenda enacted. she was an intellectual. she had strong views with regard to the soviet union come out with how to pursue arms-control initiatives, views on issues like south africa. and she made them known. namely inside the closed circle. she didn't take her differences of opinion public. but inside the white house itself, she was not at all reticent about getting involved in political matters that mattered most to her. she didn't have any separate ambition. i think the difference with hillary clinton and bill clinton is that these were two people who came together in a different era, both

the very name of the city -- the city was an actor andrew jackson by the white settlers when jackson1820 was able as an ending commissioner -- indian commissioner basically to pressure the choctaw indians to give up 13 million acres of land and moved to oklahoma and the treaty. that is why the white settlers and the city after jackson because of his success of ethnic cleansing. and its history throughout the slavery and jim crow. how did this change occur? how were you able to put together this coalition to be elected given your history as a radical and activist in the black liberation struggle? >> i think it is a tribute to our consistency. it is a tribute to our refusal to say that we would out to the oppression that was around us. it is a tremendous story of our people. you talked about medgar evers. but the continuation since medgar evers of fighting against oppression and economic repression, fighting against the kinds of things that have surfaced in our decades which are similar to the kinds of things you cite in the distant history of jackson, we have been persistent. with tha

have to be honest with you, i love the stories of the 1812, andrew jackson and the btle of new orleanswhat brought you to it? >> well, i was really fascinated with the story of louisa adams she was such a strong woman back during the jane usten era. i became intrigued with john quincy adams because he was down on his luck. he lost the job of his dreams and had to go to russia of all places, yet he uses that opportunity, makes the most of it, and it really resurrects his political service career and it puts him on track to be president. i was drawn to their stories. >> as a presidential hiorian, you're talking about one of the great presidents. you're talking about one of the pivotal monts in american history. when you look at what is happening right now in washington, d.c. with this president, this congress, this senate, give us your comparison, your thoughts, your emotions on the contrast. >> well, what strikes me about today is how heavy laden that the bureaucracy is. everybody is hiding behind the person above them or below them. there's a bureaucracy. wh john quincy adams was a dip

let's honor jfk's whoring and drinking or the thirteen duels andrew jackson fought to defend his wife'shonor. why don't we sculpt that? who's on that damn rushmore anyway? is it mckinley, arthur, garfield, and lincoln? and, yes, i know, there's a rival sculpture of crazy horse, but the sight of that one is ball-shrinking because crazy horse never allowed his image to be captured, so which sculptor do you think he'd now attack? i've never been to mount rushmore. it's just too silly. even now, as i write this i'm thinking about george w's wartime lies, clinton's cigars, and nixon's microphones, and i'm cringing because i know every president, no matter how great on the surface, owned a heart chewed by rats. who's on that damn rushmore anyway? is it buchanan, both adamses, and mr. lincoln? answer me this -- after the slaughterhouse goes out of business, how long will it go on stinking of red death and white desire? should we just cover the presidents' faces with gas masks? who cares? i've never been to rushmore. it's too silly. even now, as i write this, i'm thinking -- "who's on that damn

. >> andrew jackson isn't talking to them at all. >> she just married a saudi prince and that billione more need -- >> a saudi prince. i need to get me some of that. i'm sorry honey. >> stephanie: that's right. that saudi prince could have gone to someone needier. >> like you. >> stephanie: right! all right. this one i had not heard. i don't know if you've heard of this story peter. there is an anti-semitic elmo attempting to extort the girl scouts. gawker brings us the story. >> anti-semitic elmo trying to extort the girl scouts. >> i don't understand any of the piece of this story. >> stephanie: an elmo street performer known for spewing hate speech shouting anti-semitic diatribes and terrorizing -- >> where is this? >> stephanie: dan sandler. he's been yanked back into a courtroom for allegedly attempting to extort $2 million from the girl scouts of america. he said he would disseminate false rumors, mainly that they arranged sexual meetings between the underage scout and adult men. he was going to call them little -- >> what's wrong with you? when you're trying to extort the girl

his nickname was young hickory and andrew jackson was old hickory. they worked as a team. sarah polk helped write his speeches. she talked all it took -- he talked politics with the other members of congress to see how they were leaning. she would sound them out. she would help get legislation through. nancy reagan is more in that kind of mold. she was throughout the career in sacramento and washington both attuned to ronald reagan's agenda and how to get that agenda in act it. -- that agenda enacted. she was an intellectual. she had strong views with regard to the soviet union come out with how to pursue arms-control initiatives, views on issues like south africa. and she made them known. namely inside the closed circle. she didn't take her differences of opinion public. but inside the white house itself, she was not at all reticent about getting involved in political matters that mattered most to her. she didn't have any separate ambition. i think the difference with hillary clinton and bill clinton is that these were two people who came together in a different era, both

rachel was not a fan of anything that took andrew jackson away from the hermentage. during the war of 1812 there are letters from her that say things like, yes, do not let fame and for tune blind you to the fact you have a wife and i'm home and i need you. and i think he knew pretty well that she would have preferred him just to stay home and be plantation owner andrew jackson. this is the earliest letter we have that jackson wrote to rachel and it was written in 1796 when he was in east tennessee on business and it's addressed to her, my dearest heart. it says, it's with greatest pleasure i sit down to write to you though i am absent my heart wrests with you and with what pleasing hopes i view the future period when i shall be restored to your arms there to spend my days in domestic sweetness with you the dear companion of my life. never to be separated from you again during this transitory influctuating life. the garden was always considered one of her really special places lots of comments from visitors about her gathering flowers to use them. there's one story wh

andrew guzman and dr. richard joseph jackson at the la fayette library in la fayette and that's all by the commonwealth club. you can check their website at commonwealthclub.org. thank you. stay with us. more ahead. she sang with beyonce and kelly rowland with the r and b girls group destiny's child. michelle went on to the solo recording with heart to yours. next she hit the broadway stage playing the title role in ieta. her music continues through recording and song-writing as she was cast in major roles in stage productions of the color purple, chicago, and what my husband doesn't know. recently, she performed again with destiny's child at the superbowl. michelle is currently in oakland performing in the musical at the paramount. take a look. at oakmont's paramount theater this afternoon and tonight as we take this on a thursday. michelle williams, we welcome you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> first of all a lot of us have seen clips of that and we certainly saw a little bit of that here, but who was cela? >> he was

. >> i knew jackson, i knew andrew young i was best friends with jose williams. i knew john lewis. these men showed during the civil rights movement are unprecedented but they are all liberal democrats. lewis far con as a church has part of the message about responsibility is good. >> one of the things we are doing in baton rouge we have a mentor program called conservative protege program. we are in entrepreneur ship. these kids are not -- the shipment truant mentality. we go out there and ask them what they want to be when they grow up that's what everybody asks them. we ask what kind of business they own when they grow up. they can be a pipe if you look at what you want to be when you grow up they say pipe fitter. we ask what kind of business they say a refinery owner. >> as long as they sadidn't sayv or radio talk show host. die need any more competition. >> we show the kids that only way they are getting out of this is owning their own. >> then they will own their own house and business and yes. in the corner. >> i am charles butler. >> hi, charles. >> i listen to everyone tal

jackson hospitalized after a suicide attempt. hello, everyone, welcome to "omg! insider," i'm kevin fraiser. >> i'm thea andrewsg to beyonce. >>> back to paris jackson's attempted suicide. the 15-year-old was rushed to the hospital after trying to take her own life. our christina mclarty is on the scene with the very latest on the developing story which is trending now. >> we're learning about the hospitalization of paris jackson. that is right, she is the 15-year-old daughter of michael jackson. >> i'm christina mclarty outside

jackson's wrongful death suit pu perhe ed? hi, everyone. welcome to "omg! insider." i'm thea andrews. >> and i'm michael yo.ruce jenner living in separate homes? plus, carrie, taylor and miranda, our night out with country's biggest stars. >> but first let's turn to michael jackson's 15-year-old daughter paris. was the pressure of being called to stand to testify on her father and family's behalf the trigger behind her suicide attempt? it's trending now. >> now to that apparent suicide

jackson's testimony in court. hello, i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm kate andrews. >> we have a bunch of headlines.t, you know where we start, right? where else? kim k. and now there is allegedly delivery room drama. the latest outrageous reports, including her refusal to breastfeed? and insisting she give birth in look, anywhere you look, anybody asks, it seems like everybody wants to go negative on kim. why? why the backlash? we're dissecting the intense media fascination. it's trending now.

jackson five. this receipt shows he had an alibi, auditioning young singers from 4:30 to 8:30 that evening. >> the studio was a small demo studio. >> kathy andrewso-owner of that studio. >> to my best recollection, he auditioned young kids for a group that never existed. they were roughly as young as 8 and as old for the kids they were as old as 11 or 12. >> now living in another state, kathy andrews did not want her face shown because of what she saw on another day at her studio. >> at one point in time he came for one of the sessions, he walked to the back of the studio and he had horrible scratches on his arms. >> deep and painful, crisscrossing both arms. >> it was more this way and that way and that way and that way and that way and that way. and they were angry looking. and when i looked at him, the first words out of my mouth was, oh, wayne, what happened? that looks awful. he said he had fallen into a bush. >> 15-year-old terry pugh died late that january. his body dumped on a roadside 20 miles from home. he had been strangled. >> whoever kill him he had to usle with him because he had scratches all over. >> it gives me chills down my sp

andrews. >> and i'm michael yo. we're going to be diving into a lot tonight, including kim kardashian's claim that the paparazzi are threatening her life. and the latest on paris jackson'sew bombshell claim that michael isn't her father? >>> but first we start with brad pitt giving fans the surprise of a lifetime, showing up unexpectedly in four cities in just one day. is this just the beginning of brad's media blitz? it's trending now. >> really nice to be here. >> brad pitt on a whirlwind tour. lots of secrecy.

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