andrew jackson and rachel fall madly in love. jackson helps rachel draft a letter and send back to robards, living in kentucky, saying please grant me a divorce. the time,at women could not initiate divorce. women did not initiate a divorce. rachel sends it to robards and thinks that she is divorced. 1791, they get married. here is a likeness. this is not a real painting. andrew jackson and rachel getting married. the problem, two years later they find out she was never actually divorced. robards was so lazy he never got around to finishing the divorce. rachel becomes the most scandalous lady in tennessee. the adulteress, the bigamist, a nd the whore of tennessee. it's a huge scandal. andrew jackson, to say he is thin skinned is an understatement. he would be the most famous duelist in american history. we like to think he thought these duels because of high political principles. he thought these tools because of what men said about his wife. so, they find out rachel was married to two men. it is a huge scandal. famous letter a se

clay and calhoun would never get their destiny, because of andrew jackson. john c calhoun, it was because of his opposition with jackson. he picked the wrong fight. calhoun was popular but jackson was more popular. going back to south carolina and saying i'm going to let jackson burn, because of the petticoat scandal, even though the elites were offended by the scandal, the masses ate it up. newspapers back then read like tabloids today. with stories about peg and eaton. jackson's heroic image, the orphan boy standing up to a british officer, the war of 1812, the duels, the attempt ed assassination. you can't buy that kind of press. calhoun misjudged and would never fulfill his destiny. in modern times you may think of ted kennedy or someone like that. clearly you put clay and calhoun on the list. questions? a follow-up. >> is it true that he went on to bankrupt the first national bank? prof. watson: jackson had many feuds. when he picked a fight he was in it to win it. negotiate was not part of his vocabulary. one of the many feuds he had was with the u.s. b

andrew jackson and rachel bought this property in 1804, originally it was about 425 acres in size. and with buildings on the property. over the next 41 years of jackson's life, he added land to the property. he bought and sold property all around the edges. so by the time he died in 1845, the plantation was about 1,050 acres. jackson understood clearly that part of your power derived from the stage that you're on. and they were building a grand stage set for him and the the family. the front of the house is very grand. it's -- the style is called greek revival, which was the height of style in the united states in the 1830s. we know of jackson or think of jackson as representing the growing democracy of the country. and the greek revival style appealed to americans because of the greek democracies. so as you approach the mansion coming up the driveway that's shaped like a guitar, very appropriate for nashville, the front of the mansion you see a two-story portico that runs across the house with a gallery and wings running off to the side. that is clearly very state of the art for 18

and one of the people they went after worked for andrew jackson in the white house. but jackson said no, you won't take him. >> we're almost out of time and before the last question to you, if i had to put your finger on one source of information that helped you the most, in trying to find these stories what would that be? >> the library of congress. stories like these are always found within the margins. very few of these slaves got tell their own stories. so, to find their stories, you have to go back and read the owners' stories. you have to read the information that their owners left behind. for me, the greatest came from the library of congress. i don't want to short change people that gave me help. i was surprised at how willing they were to work with me to find this information. but, everyone i came across at any of the presidential plantations, they were all willing to open up their records and let me look at them. but the majority of my work came from the library of congress, the best people in the world ever librarians. they want you there to work with them.

if you wanted to run a horse most likely andrew jackson's horse was in that race. he had some incredible thoroughbreds. he was known as one of the most powerful racing owners of that time. .. >> b. >> so jackson is trying to get one of those forces under control. one -- the jockey is not controlling in the way he went into so he moves toward the track. and van buren doesn't know what is going on so he moves toward the track as well. bay finally get the horse under control and he backs up soviet burin does not blink about it. a man sitting on the of course, in front of the starting gate jackson and that having to get the aberrant to move ambac in that scene follows him him the rest of his life that jackson had to pull him out of the way back of the bourse's big like he was a child that cemented him as his pocket and not followed him the rest of his career spee6 teefour fled to 6 inches tall? >> he was a jockey. he was the one jockey along with the wars that jackson could not beat he tried over and over pdf differed forces after him and he could never we tim. he is pr

it was used against him as a corrupt bargain. >> andrew jackson was his great nemesis. what was jackson's position on slavery? >> much more hostile than probably one of the first presidents. he marched into florida mainly to clear out what he considered a threat from florida. he's one of his major campaigns into florida was the issue of free blacks with british support living in florida, along with native americans who were raiding into american territories, taking slaves out of the united states. so he's very hostile toward any idea of much more so than our present. >> nextel phone call is from scott who's watching us in boston. hello, scoot. >> hi, how are you? >> great. do you have a henry clay question for us? >> i do. i went to high school in east port, maine, on moose island. kind of a cool, foggy, dreary island there. very close to canada. we all know in eastport that henry clay had insisted after the war of 1812, the island was taken by the british, he had insisted when he negotiated the end of the treaty the island be returned to the united states even when john

much that maybe he -- they felt it rubbed off on him. >> let's talk about the 1832 election, andrew jackson, when he faced off against him for the presidency. >> in 1832, it was probably one of those elections that clay couldn't win. jackson was popular still. the things that make historians upset with andrew jackson, like his indian policy, his policy towards african-americans and groups like that, those were positives for andrew jackson in his era and in the south particularly and in 1832 clay also faced the fact there was a third party that would take a sizable percentage of the vote, probably mostly for the whig party or the party that would become the whigs and that was the party known as the anti-masonic party. the whole issue of masonry, which we still hear today with movies and things like that about it. the anti-masonic party thought the masons should be done away with. >> clay was a mason. >> clay was a mason and andrew jackson was a mason. clay was not a practicing mason at the time so it was the lesser of two evils but the third party took votes away from him. he probably would

andrew jackson figured out to profit greatly for public policy. profit from public policy. jackson was ready to have a fight with indians, pushed them for the west. this land would be auctioned off the settlers. since andrew jackson new which would become available, before the flight, would send in his private surveyor. it was reported privately to him. he would contact his buddies who were investors and they would bid on the land before it became available for sales. they had been on the land before the indians were thrown off the land. to use the phrase from hillary clinton, dead broke to becoming one of the richest men in the country. in today's money, over $100 million. he took this money and bought a big slave plantation in tennessee. why do i tell you this? the roots of the clinton foundation, can be found in the land stealing policies of andrew jackson. the stuff we see today, to market policy. think of the clintons if i could fast-forward a little bit, the clintons, the clintons didn't come into politics with money. jfk was rich. the clintons came into politics but d

that is andrew jackson, as somebody who figured out how to profit greatly from public policy. profit from public policy. so here's what jackson would do he would be getting ready to have a fight with the indians and drive them off their land and push them further west, and the whole idea was this land would then be auctioned off to settlers. but since andrew jackson knew which land was going to become available, before the fight, he would send in his private surveyors who would determine the value of that land, which would then be reported privately to him. he would then contact his buddies who were investors, and those guys would bid on the land before it even became available for sale. in fact they would bid on the lap be of the indians had been thrown off the land. in this way, andrew jackson went from, to use a phrase from hillary clinton, dead broke, to becoming one of the richest men in the country. he was worth in today's money over $100 million and took this money and the bought himself a big slave plantation in tennessee. now, why die tell you this? because the roots o

so andrew jackson was the founder of the democratic party. andrew jackson is a controversial figure, controversial because of his indian war as a savage indian fighter. but i would like to highlight a a psychic and that's never talked about. there are biographies that never mentioned this. and that is andrew jackson as somebody who figured out how to profit greatly from public policy. to profit from public policy. here is what jackson would do. he would be getting ready to have a fight to push them for the west. this land would then be auctioned off the settlers. but since he knew which land was going to become available before the flight comes to send in his private surveyors who would determine the value of the land which would then be reported privately to him. he would then contact his buddies and they would bid on the land before it even became available for sales. in fact before the indians have even been thrown off the land. in this way, andrew jackson went from to use the phrase from hillary clinton if he broke to becoming one of the

clay ran against the incumbent, his archrival andrew jackson. the kentuckian, however, profoundly misread the national climate, and old hickory thrashed him handily. despite his poor showing in the race, clay decided to remain in the senate where important work remained to be done. it had taken less than a decade for the wounds clay had sutured in the two missouri compromises to begin to reopen. once again the nation needed a deal to be brokered or face potential ruin. the issue this time involved the a tariff which emerged as a political flash point in the late 1820s. congress had increased the tariff in 1828 and again in 1832 and had highlighted once again the growing differences between north and south. the north wanted protection for its fledgling industries, and the south wanted free trade for its crops, especially cotton. the state of south carolina under the sway of calhoun went so far as to declare its right to nullify federal laws, including the recent tariff measures. once again, talk of disunion became commonplace. president jackson v

so, john meacham, you got a pulitzer prize for your work on andrew jackson. what, say you, sir, about this most interesting podcast complete with a very pregnant pause. >> well, first thing i think is don't list newt as a reference. i think is the first thing i would say. the second thing, i think that this goes to the jackson point and it goes to what happened yesterday. the thing about andrew jackson, which people forget, is he understood that he had the vices of his virtus. he understood his own weaknesses. he knew how to manage people that thought he was temperame temperamentally out of whack. he was able to compensate for that and use that. what trump has shown is that he is able to create chaos, but not compensate for it. and i think that the temperamental gap here, the missing piece is that he has shown no capacity to learn from his own mistakes. he's shown very little capacity to admit them. that is a key point for presidents. whether it's andrew jackson or john kennedy learning from the cuban missile crisis or endless examples. if you can't learn fro

because of his indian wars known as a savage indian fighter but i want to highlight a side of andrew jackson that is never mentioned somebody who figured out how to profit greatly from public policy policy, so here is what he would do. he would get ready to have the fight with the indians to push them off their land than they would be auctioned off to sellers but he knew which land would become available before the fight he would send in the private surveyor who would determine the value that would be reported privately to him then he would contact his buddies in before they're even thrown off the land. un from dead broke to becoming one of the richest men of the country. and bought a big slaved plantation. i tell you this because the roots of the clinton foundation can be found in the policies of the andrew jackson. while we see today that the clintons can market policy think about the clintons if i can fast-forward but it is true they did it come into politics with money. we had residents who were rich but they were rich before they didn't have a whole lot of money saudia go from zero at $

they have written about george washington, andrew jackson, ulysses s. grant, franklin d roosevelt, and george h.w. bush. this was part of a pulitzer prize symposium hosted by the george w. bush presidential center. it is just over an hour. [laughter] mr. bush: thank you. that is enough. laura and i want to welcome you. all of us who work here are thrilled you are here. i've got mixed emotions. i am thrilled to be a part of this. but i'm disappointed you're not here to give me the pulitzer prize for the book i wrote. [laughter] every good organization needs a pulitzer prize recipient on the staff. here at the bush center, we have bill mckenzie. [applause] thank you for convincing us to join you in hosting this. it is very exciting for the bush center that you are here. all the members of the pulitzer prize board as well as the representatives from 41's library and i forgot lbj's number. [laughter] as a history buff, i aim thrilled that jon and annette and ron chernow are here to be interviewed. [applause] in order to get my book reconsidered, i thought i

his book american lion, andrew jackson in the white house, won the prize in 2009. he just wrote a book on george herbert walker bush. our moderator is the director of the lbj presidential library in austin. he's an analyst for abc news on matters relating to politics in the presidency. thanks to each of you in attendance for making this a very special evening. please welcome our panelists. [applause] mark: it is a pleasure to moderate this panel. we will start with presidential icons like washington and jefferson and lincoln. that is well trodden territory for biographies. for george washington alone, there are 900 biographies. i will ask each of you, when you are tackling a mammoth subject like a george washington or thomas jefferson or an andrew jackson, where do you start? jon: i was misinformed. i didn't know there were other books. i have two tests. one is, do i feel there is a place in the scholarly and popular conversation for argument about that person. it is wonderful that we are here with ron because one of the interesting things about jefferson is that h

andrew jackson had hominy slaves total? >> guest: in the hundreds.t is one of those weird things when we look at it now. he actually owned people. the he had affection for the people that he owned. he was not one that was known to mistreat them in good stand-up for them when someone else attacked them. cspan: he went to lebanon on tennessee beat him up with the cane so severely he was laid up for five weeks in warned him if he ever touched any servant of his again he would shoot him best be met jackson and stood up for his people you know, that if you mess with anybody he would come for you and that included political allies that goes all late to jackson slaves he would called them servants but they were slaves. if you were anywhere close you have to deal with the jackson himself. one of his slaves was charged with murder because of a fight at a christmas party. there was all called involved in the the slaves get into an argument and somebody dies so his political enemies in tennessee said it would charge jackson's sleeve with murder. most of the tim

they've written about george washington, andrew jackson, ulysses s. grant, franklin roosevelt and george h.w. bush. this was part of a centennial symposium hosted by the george w. bush presidential center. it's just over an hour. >> thank you. okay, that's enough. laura and i want to welcome you, ken and his wife julie who's the new president of the boosh center and all of us who work here are thrilled you're here. i must confess i've got mixed emotions. one i'm thrilled to be a part of this, two i'm very disappointed that you're not here to give me the pulitzer for the book i wrote. [ laughter ] by the way, every good organization needs a pulitzer prize recipient on their staff. and here at the bush center we have one in bill mckenzie and we're fortunate that bill is a part of our team. [ applause ] thank you very much, kevin, for convincing us to join you in hosting this. it's very exciting for the bush center that you're here and all the members of the pulitzer prize board as well as representatives from 41's library and i forgot lbj's number. [ la

andrew jackson and rachel bought this property in 1804, originally it was about 425 acres in size. and with buildings on the property. over

a biography of andrew jackson, which is just an amazing book. i recently saw some discussiontg comparing donald trump to andrew jackson. i thought clearly he has not read john's book.connec is he making that connection. he just finished a biography of president bush, a man that so many dead by her and love. it's really an extraordinary book that captures not only a man, but in era.writes that was an intimidating that so john sort of rice on the sidee with the editor of "newsweek." but for many of us, his most significant achievement is he's married to this wonderful, brilliant women from mississippi delta so we can claim had. if you ever have a chance to hang around both of them, you realize john jackson family. but the subject here is presidential year. i wanted to start out with you, senator. i just have to ask, how many times this year have you said to yourself after you wrote this book, that everything he talked about has only gotten worse? >> thank you very much for the introduction. i want to thank everybody that's involved with putting to

james polk, a couple president, andrew jackson, andrew johnson. what about august of them? >> guest: i will mention to you. "american lion," jon meacham's best book. i like the way jon meacham writes. in fact, he wrote a book called "american gospel" that not as many people know about. it's a short little book, i think that's the name of it, about the role of religion in america. his jackson book won the pulitzer prize and its the best book. john pope, i've read his diaries. pulled, six-month, you must a data with the quilt 10, this was the 1850s i guess, 1840s. he wrote sometimes lengthy notes, probably 10 or 11 at night, something like center is used and showed up at 9 p.m. for immunity. that would be sam houston. it took me a long time but a red all the way through the i don't know any president who is written such detailed diaries. host with what is truly on your reading list? >> guest: i'm reading a book that robert norrell wrote. the biography of alexander lee. alex haley was the tennessean. he's in the news right now because this is the 40th anniversary of "roots" wh

they've written about presidents george washington, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, ulysses s. grant and others. it is just over an hour. >> thank you. that's enough. laura and i want to welcome you. ken hershing is the new president of the center. and all of us who work here are thrilled you're here. i must confess, i've got mixed emotions. one, i'm thrilled to be a part of this. two, i'm very disappointed that you're not here to give me the pulitzer for the book i wrote. by the way, every good organization needs a pulitzer prize recipient on their staff. and here at the bush center we have one in bill mckenzie. we are fortunate that bill is a part of our team. kev and ann, thank you very much for convincing us to join you in hosting this. it is very exciting are not bush center that you're here. and all the members of the pulitzer prize board, as well as representatives from 41's library. i forgot lbj's number. anyway, looking forward to the performances that will take place here in a little bit and as a history buff, i'm thrilled that annette gordon reed, ron chernow and jon

president andrew jackson, either way about someone we want to remember thed a fond way as democrats.but the symbol has endured. >> think about the name hickenlooper. you didn't mention by the way your relatives in the hickenlooper amendment, or if you did i missed it. how many could there possibly be? spinnaker there were lots of stories you just have to try to keep the narrative moving. i think that as my mother would always say being a republican meant something. being the governor for 2 24 yeas in iowa, he was the first chair of the energy agency that would've now be called liberal and back then he was a moderate republican. i believe dan hired education. >> how many of you know what the event was? >> essentially it said if the foreign government had nationalized the company or assets and they hadn't worked out an agreement at what it was worth, then the u.s. wouldn't give the country a nationalized privately owned assets they wouldn't give them any foreign aid so this was a big part of it for a long time until the mid mid-1980s they had nationalized the oil company and haven't pa

. >> do you ever read books of andrew jackson. [laughter] >> my grandfather was forcibly removed from mississippi some of the last chickasaws to come out. we were raised with -- i use today tell people, when i was 5 year's old i wasn't sure who andrew jackson was but i knew he was a very bad man, my grandmother wouldn't carry a 20-dollar bill. so, yeah, i've read -- i remember when robert was the historian of the house and written a wonderful book on congress, i should have mentioned him, but roy blunt who has a -- he's a big reader, you should talk to roy sometime. roy -- he invites me up and he's chief whip to have lunch with dr. remini and presents me with a copy of jackson's indian wars and presents rodney with a copy of henry clay biography because rodney, i think it was his great, great grandfather theodore who ran on the ticket with henry clay and actually held the floor against indian removal for three days, so we were both sort of jackson enemies by decent and but it was -- i remember remini handing me the book saying, no

watson discusses the 1824 and 1828 elections which resulted in wins for john quincy adams and andrew jacksonmong the most important and scandalous in american history. universityfrom lynn is about 40 minutes. , to. watson: today's topic look at the early elections in the 1800s, the elections of 1824 and 1828. before you roll your eyes and not off to sleep, these

you, when you are tackling a mammoth subject like a george washington or thomas jefferson earn andrew jackson, where do you start? i was misinformed. i didn't know there were other books. i have two tests. one is, do i feel there is a place in the scholarly and popular conversation for argument about that person. it is wonderful that we are here with ron because one of the interesting things about jefferson is that he surrounded jefferson both from hamilton's and washington's perspective. our friends david mccullough had done john adams. jefferson had been more of a foil and a supporting character in the broad historiography of the last decade or so. i thought there was a place to talk about jefferson on his own terms. to make as much use of archives as i can. see can justify a new look. nette: every generation asks new questions. thomas jefferson is the most interesting man in the world. there's only aspects of his life. we've learned so much more about him. and so at monticello forth. there was a life to be rediscovered. it has always been present but it never been looked at. there are alwa

i recently saw some discussion that was comparing donald trump to andrew jackson.hought, clearly, this guy's not read jon's book. [laughter] they would never, never be making that connection. he just finished a biography of president bush, a man that i, like so many, just admire and love. it's really an extraordinary book. it captures not only a man, but an era. and if that wasn't intimidating enough, jon sort of writes on the side. he's actually done things like being editor of "newsweek," he teaches at vanderbilt, but for many of us his most significant achievement is he's married to this wonderful, brilliant woman from mississippi delta. so we can claim him. [laughter] and if you ever have a chance to hang around with both of them, you realize that jon's actually the domey of the family. [laughter] but the subject is -- the dummy of the family. but the subject is presidential year, and i wanted to start out with you, senator. i've just got to ask, how many times this year have you said to yourself after you wrote this book that everything you talked about has on

i mean, he is at least as reliable as andrew jackson. >> can you be more forceful than "sure"? >> i think that trump has a willingness to break up a system which is decaying. >> by the way, if you're so moved, read a biography of andrew jackson to see what kind of guy he was. trump's blunders and the steady stream of defections are continuing to push down his poll numbers and expand hillary clinton's lead in key battleground states. clinton is ahead by four points in iowa, five points in ohio, and 11 points in pennsylvania. a new quinnipiac poll also has the candidates even in florida, but clinton leads by four points in ohio, and ten points in pennsylvania, a state that has increasingly become must-win for trump. compare that to the last time this poll was taken almost a month ago, then trump was winning in florida and pennsylvania. joining me now, former senator gordon humphrey, republican from new hampshire who called trump a sociopath and plans to vote for clinton in the race is close. let's begin with the comments today about second amendment people. do you see the comment

he will end the day at andrew jackson academy. >>> howard university has a new big man on campus, host of america's got talent nick cannon. he posted pics on instagram and one caption reads my first day as a freshman, howard university, class of he is 35 years old and is in the university's school of communication. >>> police need your help finding a missing teen. the 13 year old was last seen on eastern avenue last wednesday around 6:30. she's 4'8" with black hair and brown eyes. she has a burn mark on her right arm. if you have seen destiny, please call prince georges county police. >>> it was on this day five years ago the d.c. area felt the ground shake beneath them around 2:00 p.m. it was an earthquake centered in virginia and caused millions in damage. we are joined live now from the washington monument, one structure that was hit especially hard. >> reporter: half a decade since the earthquake and we are still seeing problems because of it. if you were in the d.c. area august 23, 2011, you probably remember exactly where you were. >> >> i was riding a bike. >> at work. >> homesi

we hear andrew jackson. for some reason we don't hear seminole very often. instead we get phrases like this. chief mcintosh and his brigade. brigade. not his unit or his band, brigade. implying size. hundreds of creek warriors engaging in the war. 1600 of mcintosh's warriors. think about this in terms of size as we look at the historical record, as we look at the documents we can clearly see that the united states is concerned not about seminoles but they're preoccupied with the presence of the creek warriors but they're not preoccupied in a negative way. they're appraising mcintosh. once again, once upon a time four years before this mcintosh is the friend of hawkins. mcintosh is the leader of the creek soldiers against the red sticks. now here we are in the first seminole war. now this seems to be the a case. we look at the military records of the united states and they like most militaries keep remarkably good records of the behavior that they do and we read their behavior and this is what they say. creek warriors were almost always the scouts. sow that t

perhaps andrew jackson threatened death to people.>> but demonstrably unhinged and i think andrew jackson voice mails probably were lost somewhere. >> the next great book. but there's something about this lepage thing that stuck. that's got to be troublesome because he has been described as mini trump. the tell it like it is kind of guy. doesn't help trump. >> also, you wants your politics to have a certain humaneness to them. we have had canings here in the capitol before. there were duels. at the same time, you have a problem with somebody, you can pick up the phone and handle it in a professional way. >> lepage missed the days of duels. >> yes. there was a story in the "new york times" earlier this year where he was trying to organize the anti-trump people in the primary. a week later, he endorsed trump. he can turn on a dime and he can in this case as well. >> all right, guys. i will leave it there. paul lepage is a gift that even, you could break through in the presidential year, you are doing something. i don't know what that so

. >> have you ever read books john andrew jackson? >> and it was forcibly removed and i would tell people what i was five years old i knew he was a bad man who did evil things so i have read i remember the history of the house had written a book on congress but roy blunt you should talk to him some time to invites me up as the chief whip to have lunch and presents me with a concierge copy of jackson's indian wars in a dash copy of the henry clay biography the cuts that was the great great-grandfather the door who ran on the ticket for about and held the floor against said indian removal so they were enemies by dissent it was a waterfall led to remember he handed me the book to say you probably won't agree with my thesis is in the book think about that and come back that in some ways the removal of the tribes of the southeast that saved them because it pushed them further out from being totally overrun that is a unique explanation for violating treaty rights and ethnic cleansing and the selfie is part of the country. -- south east part

this little boy up over the heads of the family so that he could say he had seen the face of andrew jackson. people visit the hermitage and leave having a better understanding of jackson, who is a complicated man. i think far more complicated than public opinion today characterize him as. he was a man of great passion, great determination, could be very fierce at times. could be very tender and concerned. it really depended upon the situation. so a better understanding of this man who was considered second only really to george washington. announcer: 150 years ago, president woodrow wilson signed legislation creating the national park service. american history tv is featuring natural and historic sites throughout the country visited by our c-span cities tour staff and this is american history tv only on c-span 3. ♪ >> we are standing in the .indergarten room this was one of the four african-american in him entry schools operating in topeka in 1951 when the brown v board of education case was filed in district court. the brown v board of education case is a small piece of a much is started i

notable authors include jon meacham has written biographies on thomas jefferson, andrew jackson and george h. w. bush and former senate majority leader trent lott discussing his book on political polarization, crisis point. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> now a special edition of booktv. every night in august the programs focus on a new subject. then we will hear about life in george carlin's house thank you so much for coming out here tonight. we love putting on events such as this one. we can't do it without your support for thank you for being here.it we are pleased to have with us stories i tell myself growing up with hunter s. thompson which he shares the story of his father, large,larger-than-life literarye and relationship that they got to know over the course of 41 years. the conversation tonight with best-selling author douglas brinkley franklin d. roosevelt and the land of america is on our shelve shoulders now. ladies and gentlemen please join us. [applause] we want to welcome our longtime friend, and robert thompson, where is he, is he here right now? he

it says, i, andrew jackson young, former mayor of atlanta georgia and former ambassador to the united nations right in support of the honorable marcus garvey and the myriad of beneficiaries of his legacy in the african diaspora who are petitioning for a long overdue posthumous presidential pardon for the revered pan- african honorable marcus messiah garvey. i am confounded as to why a pardon has not yet been granted to this visionary, inspirational leader who when i consider that he is honored globally in recognition of his lifelong and substantial contributions to society and his efforts to uplift peoples of african descent throughout the world. every time i visit my granddaughter who lives across the street from the marcus garvey park in harlem new york, i am brief about the injustice this evil has been dealt with his name still bearing the star of a conviction, even though his sentence was commuted by calvin coolidge. marcus garvey lives in history as one of the first leaders of the american civil rights. in the early 20th century he was an advocate for the social, political and ec

offers include jon meacham has written biographies on presidents thomas jefferson, andrew jackson and george h. w. bush and the senate majority leader trent lott discussing his book on political polarization in a crisis point. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> next, duke university professor henry petroski talks about the road taken, the infrastructure. he spoke at the regulator bookshop in durham north carolina. >> in downtown durham north carolina we are happy to have you all here today. thank you for being here. we have henry petroski whose an acclaimed. the purpose of civil engineeri engineering. henry petroski has written many books both by engineers and laypeople alike some of which are pushing the limits engineering small things considered and many more into this is the first time that he is here with us at the regulator and i introduced a my boss who wanted me to mention we have a collapsed storm water drain. [applause] >> i want to talk about the infrastructure discussed in the book. it's about roads and bridges which i see as extensions but more generall

versus andrew jackson in another political brouhaha... adams taking aim at jackson .asserting that jackson didn't know how to spell, was too uneducated to become president, while newspapers portrayed his wife rachel as a "short, jackson shot back claiming that adams had sold his wife's maid as a concubine to the czar of russia! modern campaigns have seen their fair share of nastiness too. turn to 1972, senator edward muskie of maine, then a front-runner for the democratic nomination, that is until the conservative manchester union leader newspaper ran two pieces. one article, planted by the nixon white house, accused french-americans. the second implying muskie's wife enjoyed smoking, drinking, and cursing in an "unladylike" way. (nat: edward muskie (d) "attacking me by attacking my wife proved himself to be a gutless liar." but it was also reported he broke down and cried sending a message that he couldn't handle the heat and sending his campaign into a tail spin. in 1988, george hw bush let loose on mike dukakis (nat sound) asserting he

he was the one who put andrew jackson up outside. and that's leading to my story about clay and jackson. >> how do you use this room? >> well, we're having meetings in here all the time. the republican leadership meetings are in here. we have a particular issue we try and advance, i bring the leaders of both sides typically in to discuss ways to go forward. it is a beehive of activity. there are also constituent meetings in here, too. but mostly members. >> are you willing to share a story? doesn't have to be contemporary and give away anything, but a memory in this room? >> oh, my goodness. i'd have to think about that, there have been so many. well, one moment you'd be interested in. i think when president bush wanted to -- ordered the surge in iraq toward the end of his tenure, the democrats had just come to the majority and they believed that the unpopularity of the iraq war was the principal reason they can tomorrow to the majority. so there was a lot of resistance to providing the funds for the surge to see if we could finally g