>> is to rivals andrew jackson was deeply hated by the establishment did not get a good biography untiltablishment disliked him so intensely. and abraham lincoln who was so hated by the south they seceded upon his election. so trump in that sense is an remarkable company the reason is very similar trump is the end of the world if you are a left-wing cuckoo. if you are one of these people who believes in a whole series of nutty ideas you know trump is going to wipe out your worldview if you are one of the corrupt people the teachers union for example the big city democrats you need the government money desperately trump is going to cut you off the gravy train. from the standpoint of a wide number of people on the left trump is literally the end of their world. that's why this is an all out desperate fight on their side because they know unlike the traditional republican who goes along to get along traditional republicans want to be part of the establishment. they did not want to replace it. trump is very untraditional. and is in a very rare group of people who are prepared to do whatever

and then i go into, the war of 1812, andrew jackson, the miracle of new orleans. if i told you of james monroe, james madison, thomas jefferson would become he wouldn't be surprised. but if i told you that an orphan kid at 11 years old who would volunteer for the revolutionary war loses family in that war, his mom would die right? the war ended. be an orphan would emerge as a two time president, a general senator, a self-taught general, i should add a congressman, a lawyer and a judge. only in america can that happen without a social safety net. andrew jackson, you need to know that story and the people that helped him which brought me to the guy he mentored, which is sam houston, the alamo avengers. sam houston was on his path. greatness got himself. ins got his own way a few times. turns out drinking a lot and fighting. not the. best thing for your career. but he ends up coming of it and leading us texas to their freedom. i always to talk about what happened after the alamo. people in texas get this every other year they believe that is the only history. but wha

president andrew jackson and other politicians insisted that this was almost a humanitarian action inests of the indians. they say that european civilization is destructive for them; the authorities help them preserve their traditional way of life. in fact, the reason was the desire to seize fertile lands in the southeast in violation of all treaties previously signed with the tribes. the population was declared voluntary, but in reality they were forced to participate by any means. the uprising of one of the siminolol tribes was suppressed with extraordinary cruelty. the difficult path to the west became the road of tears for the indians, so they called this path. the indigenous population of north america has decreased by a quarter. the extermination of the indians continued throughout the 19th century; only at the beginning of the 20th century were they granted civil rights, but they still lived mainly on reservations. on may 28, 1928 , maxim gorky, one of the most famous controversial writers in russian literature of the 20th century, arrived in moscow. before the revolution, he b

i'm not saying this in a like andrew jackson is canceled way. i mean, he should be. to be clear, i'm talking in a specific way about how you would characterize the ideological belief system of andrew jackson. like, is it accurate to call jackson a democrat? i think it is. theodore roosevelt, who is on mount rushmore. theodore roosevelt founds what becomes the american empire in the pacific where we will rule over these people. they're not going to get the vote. they are subject to authority from on high and they are forced to be under that authority and not that different away than the remote king and again with all these examples and giving, there are people at the time who recognize this. one of the most pitched debates that happens in history is about the trail of tears where people come to the well to say this is -- they didn't have the term at the time -- ethnic cleansing. this is totally unjust. at the same time, when we started fighting our wars under theodore roosevelt and pursuing american empire, there were people at the time, mark twain being very prominen

it was believed that he would follow either james monroe or, perhaps andrew jackson as president of the united states. it actually took quite a became president of the united states. actually, that was in the middle of the 20th century before that place. but stephen decatur was a hero whose home left to his wife. it then became the location of the of russia, the united and france. it served as a uniform depot during the american civil for union troops and a number of vice presidents and members of congress lived in this house and evtually became the possession of the national trust. historic preservation, which have a long term agreement with to. operate this as our headquarters anpriveged to do so and in thatat in that partnership with the national trust, we think it's fitting and proper to life, the leadership, the legacy of stephen decaturou annual commemoration of his birthday. and that's why we tonight. and that's a little about who? stephen decatur tonig tn our program we're honored to have the commander of the dently underway with his crew and it is fratto. he has recorded a gree

place for generations and used extensively by grant's immediate predecessors, notably including andrew jackson and abraham lincoln himself. perhaps most ominously, a major part of the definition of corruption held by grant's contemporaries critics was his reconstruction policy, which they deemed a threat to what they viewed as the republican ideal. so without actual misconduct in his administration now executive branch misconduct is, i think, one of the most poorly developed fields of presidential history. one that is plagued by glaring inconsistency is, for one thing, historians have not found the misdeeds of subordinate. it's whether real or hyped to be a fundamental component in the assessment of any president. unless that president was named grant or harding. not coincidentally, two presidents, historians long considered politically unsympathetic. that is to say nothing of that occurred with the participation of the presidents themselves. with the exception of nixon, historians rarely a judicious comparison of. young presidents across the board. and just consider the exception. a survey pr

there was a shipbuilder named andrew jackson higgins in new orleans who had invented on his own a very landing craft. he was a bit of a brash, obnoxioufellow. the navy didn't like him, and he found that he couldn't get the navy to adopt his much better designs. he went to his senator, harry truman, and said senator would help me out here. truman came up with a really good idea. this was for a heavier landing craft that would land tanks. he said, let's take a 30 ton tank, put one on this guy's boat, put one on the navy's boat and sail him through some rough, choppy water and see what happens. higgins but this happened down off norfolk, virginia. higgins boat sailed its tank to the beach, unload at the tank and then went around to circle around the navy vessel, which was nearly foundering in the waters. the navy suddenly that maybe they should buy this man's boats. and general dwight eisenhower credited the higgins boats as being one of the things that made the d-day landings a success. so there's no question that in many, many instances, like that, the intervention of the truman committ

that was andrew jackson in 1829, who i guess you could say from the white house, racism from the whiteouse. you can call it what you want, but that started way back then. you hear from the river to the sea, that speech that none yahoo! gave when the war started -- that benjamin netanyahu gave when the war started, it goes back in history. the native people here are still on reservations to this day, just like the palestinians are still on those i guess you would call them refugee camps. it has been started here in the united states, and it went even to south africa. they tried. australia used to be a black nation, but now it is all white. host: the republican line, jay in hyattsville, maryland. caller: good morning. i will get to the arrest warrant. i just want to say that there are a small group of us who are adamant c-span watchers who call ourselves the crazy 88's. we have taken the earliest c-span posts and the most controversial. the friendliest is john and the most controversial is you, mimi. let me explain, real quick. when you made fun of the mentally ill person, i know that yo

the next 28 signatures are elderly men of color who had served with andrew jackson during the war of 1812 and had fought at the battle of new orleans in 1815, and then follow. a thousand signatures of people who are making this claim for free, wealthy, elite people of color to have the right to vote. and now for our next excerpt. to his excellency abraham, president of the united states. the undersigned would respectfully submit the following that they are loyal citizens sincerely attached. the country and the constitution, and ardently desire the maintenance of the national unity for which are ready to sacrifice their fortunes and their lives that a large portion of them are of real estate and all them are owners of personal property that many of them are engaged in the pursuits of commerce and industry, while others are employed as artisans and various trades that they all fitted to enjoy the privileges and immunities belonging to the condition of citizens of the united, and among them may be found many of the descendants of those men whom the illustrious jackson styled his fellow

americans and then a tyrannical president can just run over them and just ignore the rulings like andrew jacksonuse of representatives when blumenthal was in the united states senate. there is accountability in both parties to a certain extent. there are some rogues. people get away with things. no doubt about that. but there is accountability. there is no accountability on the united states supreme court. none. i think you are correct. justice roberts, people who know him and who i know indicate he is a solid guy, responsible guy and has his eye on his legacy. his legacy is going to be ruined by the behavior of people like justice alito on the point of the supreme court having no accountability. on the point of the supreme court about to rule on presidential immunity . what impact do you think internally in washington among the collective powers and the senate and in the house and in the presidency, what is their view of the supreme court's function today and the supreme court's behavior today? >> i think this is another story about lack of accountability in the institutions. it is part of the

andrew jackson had to defend his wife's honor, but those were the exceptions, not the rule.or civility to take place is to have a just discussion and to come to a conclusion that both sides can live with. this idea that we have debased ourselves, and we are electing these people to put on the circus for us. people who come out and say he tells it like it is are ridiculous because we want people to say things. it is important. it has always been important. when we debase ourselves, we debase our institutions. thank you. host: just a quick programming note for you. in about 15 minutes, president biden is going to be delivering the commencement address at morehouse college. you can watch that at 9:00 online at c-span.org or on the c-span now app. let's go to elvira in pennsylvania. she is calling on the no line. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i believe civility ended when nancy pelosi tore up those sheets of paper behind trump's back. and also when hillary called the republicans deplorable. i am 92 years old. i have been a democrat all my life, b

andrew jackson had to defend his wife's honor, but those were the exceptions, not the rule.or civility to take place is to have a just discussion and to come to a conclusion that both sides can live with. this idea that we have debased ourselves, and we are electing these people to put on the circus for us. people who come out and say he tells it like it is are ridiculous because we want people to say things. it is important. it has always been important. when we debase ourselves, we debase our institutions. thank you. host: just a quick programming note for you. in about 15 minutes, president biden is going to be delivering the commencement address at morehouse college. you can watch that at 9:00 online at c-span.org or on the c-span now app. let's go to elvira in pennsylvania. she is calling on the no line. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i believe civility ended when nancy pelosi tore up those sheets of paper behind trump's back. and also when hillary called the republicans deplorable. i am 92 years old. i have been a democrat all my life, b

it is affiliated with president andrew jackson. giving jobs to your friends and your supporters, to someone who helped you along the way. you are getting them back. you are building your entourage around you of people who have been good to you. there are plenty of great examples. over time, the concern was, while theoretically this is good because if somebody is loyal to me, if i give either one of my son's a job or i give my daughter a job, they are pretty great humans and they will probably do a good job, so the american people get someone who is working hard, even if they are working hard because they want me to do well. the american people get the same result, which is good. but my sons are probably not qualified get to run the department of defense or the department of justice or to run an agency because he is still making his way through his high school experience. so, maybe that is not the best choice for the american people. that was the concern, among other things, that the american people were not getting the best work. s

it is affiliated with president andrew jackson.iving jobs to your friends and your supporters, to someone who helped you along the way. you are getting them back. you are building your entourage around you of people who have been good to you. there are plenty of great examples. over time, the concern was, while theoretically this is good because if somebody is loyal to me, if i give either one of my son's a job or i give my daughter a job, they are pretty great humans and they will probably do a good job, so the american people get someone who is working hard, even if they are working hard because they want me to do well. the american people get the same result, which is good. but my sons are probably not qualified get to run the department of defense or the department of justice or to run an agency because he is still making his way through his high school experience. so, maybe that is not the best choice for the american people. that was the concern, among other things, that the american people were not getting the best work. so

you saw famous black in atlanta like andrew and maynard jackson. now that's all being out. there are some biracial governments in like birmingham and selma, but the progressive aura that prevailed after the civil rights victories of the 1960s has pretty much dissipated over the folds. my last question, you were 25 in the 1960s. the klan was resurgent in. alabama. and you describe a high tide of militant racial identity exemplified by the bombing career of. chambliss. what is chambliss first name? robert. robert stone, known to bull connor as dynamite. bob. the man who bombed the 16th street church in birmingham. yeah. now, suppose someone might say there is a resurgence to white racism spilling out around country and that it may be encouraged by one of the leading presidential candidates. someone might say, are there any similarities between sixties alabama and 2020s america in that you probably just made declaration a moment ago. well, i want to elaborate to this degree, but by accident of the timing of my birth, i wound starting my career, covering the most gifted politic

then a tyrannical president can run over them and just ignore their rulings, like andrew jackson did.he house of representatives. senator blumenthal serves in the united states senate. there is accountability in both bodies to a certain extent. there are some rogues. people get away with things, no doubt about that. but there is accountability. there is no accountability on the united states supreme court, none. you're correct, justice roberts, people who know him, who i know, indicate he is a solid guy, a responsible guy, and has his eye on his legacy. his legacy is going to be ruined by the behavior of people like justice alito. susan glasser, on the point of the supreme court having no accountability, on the point of the supreme court about to rule on presidential immunity, i mean, what impact do you think internally, in washington, among the collective powers, in the senate, in the house, in the presidency, what is their view of the supreme court's function today in the supreme court's behavior today? >> yeah, i think this is another story about lack of accountability in our insti

andrew jackson changed a number of people on the court. abraham lincoln changed the number of people on the court. after lincoln's death they changed the number of people on the court. this is something that happened regularly until the 20th century, fdr tried it and it didn't -- it went sideways for him. so then every president is like, whoa, not going to do that again. >> uh-huh. >> but then maybe they decided not do that for political reasons because it ended so badly for fdr. but the constitution provides for this. and i would love to see republicans and democrats in the future look at what sam's talking about. that is reform of the supreme court that expands the court, that has term limits for federal judges and gives every president two supreme court picks during her or his term. and that way it's not left to chance. that way, there is an orderly procedure. and that way people don't get $1.5 billion to try to rig elections and transform the way the united states supreme court is run. >> yeah. no. it doesn't seem like something that's

his wife, john lewis, jesse jackson, andrew young, the list goes on. those folks were my mentors.al years ago when i started to see the nation divided around policing issues and those issues being used as points of division, particularly in the presidential election, i knew we needed to do something different . we started engaging with the law enforcement organizations from a civil rights perspective to cure the problems, if you will, between law enforcement and community. that's how we got involved. host: what would be on top of the list of divisions? guest: the notion that somehow communities of colors wan -- communities of color want less policing not more, that police are not interested in justice in communities of color. those have been used in the last two to three presidential elections. i think we are a great source of inspiration for us and the police organizations that we partner with to figure out a pathway forward that focuses not on the thing that divides us but the thing that unites us. host: we talk about what fosters those divisions, do you think that his perceptio

andrew young. the world was different because of being a jackson. needless to say, the world didn't because lewis and he has a constellation people. what the fauntroy whitey walker fred shuttlesworth people sprinkle the poor across the south and the rest of the united states. and i think sometimes when we write these biographies of dr. king. now, just because i haven't read it. but but think what happens is that he all this happened and no one says no in fact his students, his pupils, his acolytes went on to do even more. so in your conversations, his compatriots and and all the folks that you're interviewed that any of this ever come out? well, the actions speak for themselves, because those people that you mentioned, you know, on to do great things. and i would include coretta scott king on that list of course. but what about you? what's your take on that? how did the the heirs or the people who inherited the the movement, how did they. i think inspired by king. i think those who were paying attention were inspired and jean, i might have to differ

andrew wilson: after the order was given to abandon ship, joseph and juliet laroche hurriedly got their girls ready to go up on deck. kellie carter jacksonops up simone, and juliet scoops up louise. and they make their way up to the top deck of the ship. the two of them are separated. [indistinct shouting] a crew person sees juliet and louise, and he ushers them onto the lifeboat. juliet is panicking because she cannot find joseph, and she cannot find simon. they lost each other. by some miracle, they were able to find each other as they boarded the lifeboats. kellie carter jackson: and there's commotion. a crew member simply takes, simone hands her to her mother, and within moments, the lifeboat plunges toward the sea without her husband. [ominous music] bill wormstedt: and most of the forward lifeboats that left early in the sequence went down only partway full. [stirring music] tim maltin: titanic, although she sank slowly, she was actually sinking faster and faster and faster as she was settling deeper and deeper in the water, and crowds started to form around the last lifeboats. and that's where order started to break down. tad fitc