he is defeated by andrew jackson.ifficult and was painful in his life because he came into office under a mutual -- unusual and controversial circumstances. he was elected by the house of representatives. the first was thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson was elected by the house of representatives under unusual circumstances made problemsburr and trouble. because of the weakness in the constitution that did not distinguish between presidents and vice presidents. aaron burr said, why not elect me president? rate, john quincy adams was elected under controversial circumstances that embittered the opposition. andrew jackson, their candidate, had the right to the office because he had more votes. it is the case that the constitution did not give slaveholding states the 3/5 for vision -- provision that allowed for extra electoral votes, john quincy adams would have been elected in the initial election. agreementause of an with henry clay. it became controversial. initially, it was excepted. -- acceptieded. >> there were --

andrew jackson has been glorified as a great hero of that. period. he is a hero of the battle of new orleans. in my view, andrew jackson was a terrible president and a disaster for the country. he was proslavery, anti-american indian. he was against a modern economic structure for the country area he hated banks. he had volatile and nasty temperament. there were some great things about jackson that were totally anti-adams. the fact that jackson is somewhat thoughtlessly glorified in our contemporary world and our contemporary view of 19th century american history, has pushed john quincy adams into a sort of gloomy netherworld, in which we don't think of him as the extraordinary man that he was. >> how much of -- when you get into a biography like this and you sink your teeth into someone like john quincy adams, you like him because he reflects the way you think. >> there is a great deal of that. there's no doubt about that. in terms of -- the fact that i share certain views of the american commonwealth of what our basic values are and how they should

for some reason we're not totally clear of, he became enamored of andrew jackson when he was running for president. his brother-in-law was the maryland campaign manager for jackson. that might have been one reason, but he was very enthusiastic for whenon, so much so that jackson became president, he became a very close adviser to jackson. he was a member of jackson tossed kitchen cabinet. this was the first time the term kitchen cabinet came into being, and it was a disparaging term. jackson was the seventh president, but the first who was not born in virginia or massachusetts. he was an outsider. he was from tennessee, and tennessee was outside. when jackson came in, he wanted to do things differently, but he useadvised that he should old washington-experienced people to be in his official cabinet. he said he would do that, but he would have his closest friends and advisers be his ditching cabinet and that is who he would lean on, so he did. except for two people, his cabinet positions were all washington insider politicos. remember back then, kitchens sometimes were not even in peop

jackson was andrew jackson. he immediately saw a conspiracy. he told the u.s. attorney prosecute this guy to the full law.t of the there were hearings on capitol hill. it became so evident that there as no conspiracy, there was a deranged man that key basically rosecuted him giving the jury the complete option and ncouraging them to go for a plea of insanity. he represented the famous sam case that another made a lot of headlines in washington. of houston had been a member congress. he wasn't at the time. e came back to washington and he was working for indians, some named standbury made a speech -- he wrote a letter -- houston saying he was stealing money, government money that was supposed to go to the indians. he went out looking for standbury. he found it and started to beat them almost to death with the canes come in handy back then. hauled before the house. jackson and hups on the were close friends. houston ad key defend in congress. trial in congress took a month. it made headlines. would give two-hour speeches nd sam houston would give speeches. this w

one of the most famous visits by anyone was andrew jackson. he came in 1840, basically a year after the building had been built and was asked to speak here in his city. jackson is named after the president. he was asked to go to new orleans to take part in the celebration of the victory at the battle of new orleans in 1812. when city leaders new he was going to be there, he was asked to come here. he did and it was a huge event. residents were asked to come to the state capitol. jackson was supposed to speak in this room but at age 73, his voice was so frail that he was unable to do it. so his nephew read his speech instead. another important visit was jefferson davis. he came in december of 1862, to boost sagging morale during the civil war. many mississippians will remember the quotes when vicksburg and jackson fell in the summer of 1863. after the civil war, one of the interesting stories deals with john roy lynch who was a former slave who earned his freedom. he was a member of the mississippi house of representatives and eventually becomin

so i started with then a dinner given early in the administration of president andrew jackson and with the first secession crisis of the idea of nullification the idea of the state could be toe or refuse to be bound by the laws with which it disagrees so we talk about the tax placed on goods coming into the country it was a boon for northern manufacturing which eliminated foreign competition but it was of burden on southern agriculture with the exporting economy relying on those tariffs and free trade to be successful. so south carolina was threatening to nullify and some of those decided to make their stand added dinner in honor of thomas jefferson and the founder of the democratic party. it should have been a big night for celebration elected there first official president jackson, so much to celebrate, the country was prosperous, but the issue was dividing them. by protocol the organizers would give the toast then in order of their station in so all right jackson is sitting there to listen to the organizers give a toast cheering vilification the idea they could ignore federal law. s

here's a clip from a history channel documentary about andrew jackson, but with porn music added to ithat he wanted to do and did it. ♪ the united states of america wasn't big enough for andrew jackson. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, let's -- another one here. john dellafield. again, thank you for these suggestions, you guys. "hey, jimmy. i've always wondered what it would sound like if legendary musicians played hit songs from the 90's. is there any way you can show me six second video clips of what that might look like?" great suggestion. um -- i think we should do that. first, let's try jimi hendrix doing some sugar ray. ♪ that's good. uh-huh. [ cheers and applause ] how about bob dylan doing blues traveler? ♪ [ laughter ] that works. [ cheers and applause ] finally, how about the beatles doing the spin doctors? ♪ yeah, very good. let's try another one here. [ cheers and applause ] it's from elaine minor. "hey, jimmy, remember those toy sticks where you turn them over one way and it makes a funny sound. then you turn it over again and it makes another funny sound? i'

to be on the world stage and the rest of the world begin to do that, as you pointed out, after andrew jacksonheck of the british at the battle of moral and. >> one of the most intriguing aspects of the research had to do with madison's hell and i think it's a major contribution from a historical standpoint as well. he had an affliction throughout his entire life and yet he was able to achieve these phenomenal objectives under extraordinary circumstances and it was one of the most important founders. can you tell us about that and what his problem was and how he dealt with it? >> you know, it was one of those puzzles to me in the beginning and people called him shy, which he was in. he was simply reserved. and they said that he was sickly. you could see that he was sick from time to time but he also between the episodes of whatever it was, he was enormously energetic taking trips traveling when travel wasn't easy between his home in the capital. and undertaking those routine treads that i have often thought that i thought none of them could manage. so he was on horseback for 60 hours when wash

history is ambassador andrew jackson young, jr., a living legend at a watershed moment for america with enormous or medications for our country in the world. the civil rights movement and the ultimate passage of the civil rights act of 1964. [applause] ambassador young met the challenges of segregation and discrimination with truly remarkable sacrifices, helping to transform america into a better, stronger, fairer nation. born in new orleans, during the depths of the great depression and jim crow segregation, ambassador young accepted responsibility of service at a young age. in 1960, after receiving his graduate degree at howard university and his divinity degree from hartsfield, he joined the southern christian leadership conference, the civil rights organization led by dr. king. he was soon named the director of citizenship school program where he employed mahatma gandhi's concept of nonviolent resistance as an organizing strategy and tactics for social change. later, after becoming the executive director of the sclc, he became one of dr. king's most trusted advisers and confidants.

. >> i went back to the golden age between andrew jackson and abraham lincoln.we had eight presidents in that time, four of which served less than a full term mainly because two died in office and their successors, the electorate basically didn't -- >> so who is yours? >> william henry harris so thon be mine. >> died in 30 days. >> he died in 30 days as simpsons once famously said. and he died because he gave esternly pardon the expression long inaugural address in freezing weather, refused to put on his own jacket and caught pneumonia and basically died. a president who talked himself to death. >> mike. >> well, chester a. arthur who i heard was actually pronounced his middle name in a disturbing way. and this mustache does not do the justice. this was a bushy furry wolverine that krofcrawled under his nose. we expected nothing of arthur. his father was a preacher. and when he was a lawyer, he defended the first woman who pretty much desegregated new york city street cars. but he ascended to the presidency, he was there to balance the ticket. garfield gets shot

andrew jackson, 119 million. teddy roosevelt, 155 million. he didn't earn it. washington, made some of it but married smartly and, of course, john f. kennedy would have inherited maybe a billion dollars. americans voted in the bushes, despite their wealth but seems to be a serious problem with massive wealth like the kind that hillary and bill have cobbled together while the rest of the nation struggled to get by. hillary, that is the real deal. let's open up a page from the policy of misfortune. you know i say this is what i'm saying, anyone with a net worth of 10 million dollars cannot be elected president. and i think it's a shame. even people who have inherited money have made it grow, and that's a trick case. i would love to see with our economy. >> i can't wait the bad year i have is 5 million dollars or the year i don't know how many houses i have. i think when politicians try to humanize themselves by using anecdotes and hillary using the book the way she did, it falls flat with people. you can't argue with president obama's politics, he had a pull your

. >> welcome to jackson, mississippi on booktv, named after the nation's seventh president, andrew jackson, the city has been mississippi's capital since 1821. with the help of our comcast cable partners we highlight jackson's history with local law this and learn about its literary scene. >> she loved jackson. she felt she knew the people in here and i think she liked it here because they respected her and they gave her promise. she could go to the grocery store and they wouldn't bother her, they really liked her and she was quite -- you go into a restaurant and the the heads turn as she walked to her table. everybody would be punching everybody. >> i had one which and call me and he said i want you to know that i talked to my national office today and they want me to tell you that we don't need to make their business. these are stores that helped the white citizens council that is dedicated to keeping you and i second-class citizens. finally, ladies and gentlemen, we will be demonstrating until freedom comes to negro's here in jackson, mississippi. >> as a child i remember vividly my mot

andrew jackson did not have it easy, and now, we make it almost impossible, because you are dammed ifou do and dandy if you do not. if you look back to harry truman, he made some of the wisest foreign policy and domestic policy decisions in history, and only in retrospect -- look at the present situation today. it would be common sense to pass the highway bill, and infrastructure bill, and a doctrine in which thankfully senator corker broke with in favor of a $.12 gasoline tax, but he is the only republican i know what in the senate that is willing to break with orthodoxy, so used to be common sense for congress to pass highway bills. we have really blown it for a long time now. we have not had a real highway bill for seven years. it is crippling for the country and crippling for the presidency to, but it is not all his fault. immigration is very important right now. it is reaching the level of a humanitarian crisis in california, texas. what is the hope for congressional action in terms of addressing this with some dispatch? senator? the senate, we passed a bipartisan immigration bil

andrew jackson didn't have it easy. now we make it almost impossible because you're damned if you do or don't. if people could remember harry truman, he was vilified yet made some of the wisest foreign policy and domestic policy decisions in history and only in retrospect do we see his greatness. look today, it would be common sense to pass an infrastructure bill, but because of not wanting to raise any taxes, senator corker is the only republican i know of willing to break with orthodoxy. so it used to be common sense for congress to pass highway bills. we've really blown it for a long time. we haven't had a real highway bill for seven years. that's crippling for the country and the presidency, too, but it's not his fault. >> right. immigration is very important right now. it's reaching a level of humanitarian crisis in california, texas. what's the hope for congressional action in terms of addressing this with some dispatch? senator? >> in the senate, we passed a bipartisan immigration bill which basically said secure

anything to do with the great popularity of political patronage in the army that started back with andrew jackson? why do you think it took so long. >> first off, we're afraid that grant had political ambitions, there was talk, in fact in the 1860s, that grant would be an ideal presidential candidate in 1864. grant tried to handle this in a jokingly and more serious way. all i ever wanted to be was mayor of my hometown.my they haven't finished the sidewalk to my house yet. i'd like that done.had th grant already hade taste for tha guilded age back in 1863. when grant comes to galina in 1865, there's a big banner. the sidewalk is built. but then, of course, they give them another house somewhere be else, by the way, the people understood to keep their job, they had to keep their general happy. gra later on, grant in fact writes letters, making it clear that h has no political ambitions, he n politician is an awful job. it's a slavish life as he puts k it, and he writes a letter to frank blair, who is one of his generals, who is now a s, i d congressman in o washington, an he says, i don't want to

it's very easy to know his name because he was named for andrew jackson. he grows up in the hudson river valley. his father is a gardener. his father is a great -- is a gardener to the great estates. he sees the hudson river valley industrializing. he sees this beautiful valley being polluted. he begins to ask himself, what is the relationship of the built environment to the natural environment? what do we talk about today? green this, green that. this is what he is talking about. he is basically america's first ecologist. the way he made a living? he practiced what we call today landscape architecture, but back then there was no name for it. he had all different names for it. when we think of landscape our tax the less architects, we think of flowerbeds for the wealthy. he was a city planner, a metropolitan planner. he was all about landscaping the whole environment. a brilliant man, and this is the fellow who understood that the bigger the cities got -- and they were getting bigger and bigger -- they were like a whale. the trouble is, city dwellers today

you know abe lincoln ignored the supreme court went on the issue the emancipation proclamation andrew jackson ignore the supreme court f.d.r. took on the supreme court. is a time for something. well you know if this goes by obviously before dred scott was marbury vs madison i think it's interesting to note this the argument is has always been is always been tom that if you don't have a if you don't have somebody deciding at the end of the day how are you ever going to have anything decided jefferson looked at that same issue and said that's bunk the way you decide the laws of the land is that the electorate by violent actions if that if you want to change the laws you you elect somebody so this this this is marbury vs madison you've always had this court trying to take control over over our lives now what's happened is the court we're talking about though is even a hybrid of that tom you can't tell me a time when you've had justices on t.v. talk shows or at book signings where they're talking about their their their decisions not just today but probably what they're going to decide in the fut

tonight, we get to go to the hermitage and see president andrew jackson's home, and also hear a famous oklahoman, carrie underwood, who now lives in tennessee. governor, i am still hounding you about that today. we will have great entertainment tonight. thank you. it has been a wonderful meeting. we are turned. >> and we will have more later today from the nga summer meeting, focusing on strategies to help veterans find work written jay nixon and rick snyder will leave that discussion. there is a chair and vice chair of the homeland security and public safety committee. we will have that live at 3:45 eastern time here on c-span. session, joeday's biden addressed the governors. the headline -- caning governors, only you save us from political gridlock between congress and the white house. the vice president called for congressional action on infrastructure spending and workforce training. and he praised democratic and republican governors who started a special program in their state. you can watch his appearance from yesterday in our video library at c-span.org. pictureoy tweeted this o

history is ambassador andrew jackson young jr., a living legend and an icon at the forefront of a watershed moment for america, one with enormous ramifications for our country and the world, the civil rights movement, and the ultimate passage of this or rights act of 1964. [applause] ambassador young met the challenges of segregation with truly remarkable sacrifice is open to transform america into a better, stronger, and fair nation. born in warns during the depths of the great depression, ambassador rihanna accepted the responsibility of service at a young age. in 1960 after receiving his undergraduate degree right here in howard university and his divinity degree from hartford theological seminary, he joined the southern christian conference, the atlanta base so rights organization led by doctor king. he was soon named the director of sclc citizenship school program where he, like dr. king, employed the ghandi concept of nonviolent resistance as an organizing strategy and tactics for social change. later after becoming the executive director of the sclc ambassador young quickly became on

world stage and that the rest of the world begin to do that especially as you pointed out after andrew jacksonust beat the heck out of the british at the battle of new orleans. >> one of the most intriguing aspects of the researcher came up with had to do with madison's health and i think it's a major contribution from a historical standpoint, something the reviewer said to matt. he had an affliction throughout his entire life and yet he was able to achieve these phenomenal objectives under extraordinary circumstances and clearly one of the most important founders. can you tell us about that both what his problem was and. >> it was one of those puzzles to mean the beginning. people called madison shockley but she wasn't. they said he was sickly and indeed you could see that he was sick from time to time but he also between the episodes of whatever it was was a marvelously energetic taking 1000-mile trips by respecting carriage with lafayette and another one of jefferson, traveling in days when travel wasn't easy between his home in montpellier and wherever the capital was new york philadelphia

anything to do with the great popularity of political patronage in the army that started back with andrew jackson? why do you think it took so long. >> first off, we're afraid that grant had political ambitions, there was talk, in fact in the 1860s, that grant would be an ideal presidential candidate in 1864. grant tried to handle this in a jokingly and more serious way. all i ever wanted to be was mayor of my hometown.my they haven't finished the sidewalk to my house yet. i'd like that done.had th grant already hade taste for tha guilded age back in 1863. when grant comes to galina in 1865, there's a big banner. the sidewalk is built. but then, of course, they give them another house somewhere be else, by the way, the people understood to keep their job, they had to keep their general happy. gra later on, grant in fact writes letters, making it clear that h has no political ambitions, he n politician is an awful job. it's a slavish life as he puts k it, and he writes a letter to frank blair, who is one of his generals, who is now a s, i d congressman in o washington, an he says, i don't want to

andrew jackson used to say, one man with courage makes a majority. mrs. jackson, i'd like to say, one woman with courage makes a majority. but in this case, we had a courageous republican from tennessee and a courageous democrat from california and they let me draft -- they let me draft with them and three of us put together this proposal. we worked with senator ron wyden who chairs the finance committee. i appreciate very much -- we appreciate very much his support for our proposal as well. and at the end of the day 79 senators said that's the right thing to do. the house, not to m my sprierks but to my disappointment says we're going to strip off what the senate said. and we're going to go back to what they said to us some time ago. which is not likely to get a six-year transportation program funded anytime soon. not this year, probably not for anytime soon. they sent that to us. but there's good news here. there's good news here. 79 senators -- again, over half the republicans and almost all the democrats -- said we want to do our job, we want to do it

would become a member of the nation's first kitchen cap, serving as an unofficial advisor to andrew jackson. he was a prosecutor in the first case of an attempted presidential assassin. he had 11 children. his sister married roger tammy, later supreme court justice. inducted into the american songwriters hall of 6 years after he wrote his one big hit. what does it mean to be an american? as,ter in wayco, tex republican line. caller: i am proud to be an american, basically, how america used to be. i am still proud to be an american. america was for america in the past. now i am not sure who america is for. there is a strong influence of communism. i don't know what else to call it. this is been going on for a while. is majority of the media extremely left-wing. i don't understand how they believe what they believe. it does not make sense to me. you see this with your eyes. i don't even understand what i am seeing anyhow. help.nnot i don't think she could possibly believe the stuff she says. it does not make sense. she is one of many. se, not a republican per but i go for the person that i be

slo job to brandon moss three batters later 2-0 a's bottom 4th/ 2-2 tie austin jackson singles to center off jesse chavez andrewne scores 3-2 tigers top 6th/ 3-2 tigers verlander gets out of a bases- loaded jam by getting nick punto to fly out to right to end the inning bottom 6th tigers break it open with 6 runs. jim johnson gave up 4 torii hunter singles to left miguel cabrera scores 9-2 tigers final: 9-3 tigers tigers sweep a's in three games verlander back to.500 at 7-7 the angels did lose tonight though. nobody for freed just walks out and gives the bay area fans 43 points. jason kidd was introduced as the new head coach of the milwaukee bucks today in the weird series of events last weekend kidd who was the brooklyn nets head coach asked nets ownership for final say in player personnel decisions the team said no. so kidd's agent asked for permission to speak with the bucks. permission was granted, and a deal was struck. here's kidd talking about his new bucks "family" this is a family and i am just very happy to be welcomed into the stanley. i am looking forward to good things coming in the future. but to

brandon moss three batters later 2-0 a's >> gary:bottom 4th/ 2-2 tie austin jackson singles to center off jesse chavez andrewes 3-2 tigers >> gary:top 6th/ 3-2 tigers verlander gets out of a bases-loaded jam by getting nick punto to fly out to right to end the inning bottom 6th tigers break it open with 6 runs. jim johnson gave up 4 >> gary:torii hunter singles to left miguel cabrera scores 9-2 tigers final: 9-3 tigers tigers sweep a's in three games verlander back to.500 at 7-7 >> gary: alex rodriguez was granted an exception. the following season he signed a two-year deal with yankees that would pay him a guaranteed $275 million he is not playing this season but everyone is different. a lot of us who love sports are tired of the story of the he used or not use in regard to trucks. drugs >> gary: i am just saying that i used this and i use that. >> pam: and gave you did banish of doing the report. >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: -aceves the steroid. if you are on steroids. i use to say tha 's the steroid >> gary:jason kidd was introduced as the new head coach of the milwaukee bucks today in the weird series of

moss three batters later 2-0 a's >> gary:bottom 4th/ 2-2 tie >> gary:austin jackson singles to center off jesse chavez andrewary:top 6th/ 3-2 tigers >> gary:verlander gets out of a bases-loaded jam by getting nick punto to fly out to right to end the inning >> gary:bottom 6th tigers break it open with 6 runs. jim johnson gave up 4 >> gary:torii hunter singles to left miguel cabrera scores 9-2 tigers final: 9-3 tigers >> gary:tigers sweep a's in three games verlander back to.500 at 7-7 >> gary: and alex rodriguez it will be interesting to see if he has anything left heat is on the other side of 40. >> gary:kidd introduced as bucks coach >> gary:jason kidd was introduced as the new head coach of the milwaukee bucks today in the weird series of events last weekend kidd who was the brooklyn nets head coach asked nets ownership for final say in player personnel decisions the team said no. so kidd's agent asked for permission to speak with the bucks. permission was granted, and a deal was struck. >> gary:here's kidd talking about his new bucks "family" >> i am very happy for this opportunity. >> gary: he was that

. >> welcome to jackson mississippi named after the seventh president andrew jackson. mississippi has been the state's capital since 1931. >> this building served as the mississippi state house. mississippi so you can seeded. the laws that granted rights to the citizens and many laws laws that took away those rights. it is easy to say that mississippi is where it is today due to what took place here. >> did you hear me? >> in the 1950's media attention focused on jackson because of the civil rights movement here and the murder of medicine gar medger evers. >> there was murders and beating that was not attracting national attention. if you could bring in outsiders norths who attracted more national attention that they could, you know, show to the rest of the country and the world what needed to change here. >> there are other