is calvin coolidge promoting religion in that christmas greeting? of course not. he's promoting a mindset of goodwill. now, the more intelligent far left people realize what i'm telling you is absolutely correct, historically and thee logically. many don't care, they want any hint of spirituality out of the public scare. earlier this week, rhode island governor asked by a reporter why he will not call the state christmas tree a christmas tree. >> you understand how some people feel like you have somehow negated their religion. >> yes, you're right, whether it's gay marriage or accepting immigrants, you're absolutely right, they don't want to believe this is time's are changing. >> bill: a-ha, times of changing. the governor told you the truth, he's tying the christmas into politics. he wants to avoid-- and a more inclusive, where judeo-christian philosophy is tam pd out. that's the big picture here, that's the big picture. it's what it's all about. the the secular progressives want a new america and traditional christmas isn't a part of it. and that's a memo. now,

is calvin coolidge promoting religion in that christmas greeting? of course not.e's promoting a mindset of goodwill. now, the more intelligent far left people realize what i'm telling you is absolutely correct, historically and thee logically. many don't want any hint of spirituality out of the public scare. earlier this week, rhode island governor asked by a reporter why he will not call the state christmas tree a christmas tree. >> you understand how some people feel like you have somehow negated their religion. >> yes, you're right, whether it's gay marriage or accepting immigrants, you're absolutely right, they don't want to believe this is time's are changing. >> bill: a-ha, times of changing. the governor told you the truth, he's tying the christmas into politics. he wants to avoid-- and a more inclusive, where judeo-christian philosophy is tam pd out. that's the big picture here, that's the big picture. it's what it's all about. the the secular progressives want a new america and traditional christmas isn't a part of it. and that's a memo. now, for the top

reporter: we don't know we're not sure reporter: was calvin coolidge's cats?town. this all happened by the light of this lamp here >> reporter: this actual lamp ight eporter: the house had no telephone either. so? >> someone came down here by car, knocked on the door here and calvin's father answered it >> reporter: they said your son is president. >> basically reporter: we'll let calvin coolidge himself tell you what happened next. >> mr. president, what happened when your father woke you up to tell you president harding died? >> well, my father came up the stairs calling my name >> reporter: actually that's the calvin coolidge impersonator on videotape in the visitor center >> he had been the first to address me as president of the united states for president harding had died. >> reporter: the general store just across the street did have a telephone. >> this store was once operated by calvin's father. >> reporter: as a boy coolidge had worked here. >> he built these counters along with his dad. >> reporter: they are beautiful combination of bird's eye maple

there are political buttons out there that says calvin coolidge the law and order candidate. the phrase was rarely used before but it was the first time it was used as a political motto. again there are various people who i have to list is the best. there are couple of things that are in the book that are not american that came from overseas. israili is a real dark horse which is part of the political language and one that threw me a bit was the first person to use social security was winston churchill. in 1906 in an essay about modern society and what has to be done but he is the one who creates the term social security. there are some people that really do well with it. i think if you had a list of who were the most powerful presidents in terms of language i think you have -- frankly roosevelt has to be way up there. not only the phrases are but if he -- iffy he's talking about the supreme court insist some of these decisions of the supreme court if you ask me our iffy. next day the lead of the papers was in fact the president created the word today iffy and for five or six

and there are political buttons out there on ebay and stuff that says, you know, calvin coolidge, the law and order candidate. that was his -- the phrase had been used before, but it was the first time it had really been used as a political motto. the, um, again, there are to various people i just have the list as the best people. there are a couple of thing that are in the book that are not american, that came from overseas. disrailly is the one who created dark horse which is very much a part of american political language. and one that sort of threw me a bit was the first person that used social security was winston churchill, he used it in 1906 in an essay about modern society and what has to be done. he's the one that creates the term "social security." i, um, there are some people that really did well with it. i think if you're sort of going down a list of who were the most powerful presidents in terms of language and innovation, i think you've got to have, frankly, roosevelt's got to be way up there. not only the phrase "day of infamy," iffy, 1937 he's talking about the supreme

calvin coolidge in plymouth, vermont, and l.b.j. in dallas. james polk's inauguration was the first to be covered using the telegraph and war enharding's parade was the first to use cars. buchanan's inauguration was the first one photographed and william mckin le's was the first filmed. hoover's was the first in a movie newsreel. the first to be televised was harry truman and the first streams in the internets was bill clinton's second. lincoln's parade was the first to include african-americans acknowledged wilson's was the first to include women. bad weather moved some indoors. grants touched it out in 16 degrees and jack kennedy in 20 degrees without an overcoat. f.d.r.'s inauguration was the first held in january after a constitutional amendment moved the date up from march. finally more people witnessed brom's first than any other event ever held in washington. >> wow, i love that stuff. chris: thanks to our producer for that great, great great product there. anyway, you had something to add. >> my colleague, aleash yarks pointed out that

is calvin coolidge promoting religion in that christmas greeting? of course not. he is promoting a mind set of goodwill now, the more intelligent far left people realize what i'm telling is you an absolutely correct historically and theologically. many of them don't care. they want any hint of spirit the public square. earlier this week rhode island governor lincoln chief was asked by a reporter exactly why he will will not call the state christmas stree tree a christmas tree. designed howd some people like you have negated your traditions. >> absolutely right. gay marriage or accepting immigrants. you areti absolutely right they don't want to believe this is is time to change it. >> bill: ah-ha. times are changing are they? the governor told you the b truth. he he is tying the situation into secular progressive politics. mr. chief wants to ignore tradition of america and build a more inclusive nation where judeo-christian philosophy is tamped down. that's the big picture here that's the big picture, that's what it is all about. secular progressives want a new ame

host: calvin coolidge was sworn in in 1923 and had a second ceremony just a few blocks from the white house at the willard hotel. our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at presidential second terms. one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible]. tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. he said later on the soviet leaders kept a dying on him. -- dying on him. one thing led to another. there had been no discernible progress. i do not think many people on january 20, 1981 would have anticipated ronald reagan's greatest historical accomplishment would be significant arms control. not just slowing the rate of increase in nuclear arms, but actually doing away with the whole class in what became known as the inf treaty. host: a speech in june of 1987 in berlin. [vid

still jumping around, you know, it is calvin coolidge who comes down from massachusetts where he's put down a police strike and he goes to the convention and he is the law and order candidate. it was the first time it had ever been used as a political motto. there are a couple of things that are in the book that are not american but came from overseas. on that sort of threw me was the first person to use social security was winston churchill. in an essay about modern society. he is the one who created the term social security. some people did really well with this. going through a list of who are the most powerful presidents in terms of language, i think that you have to have roosevelt who is way up there. in 1937 he gives a press conference and he is talking about the supreme court and for some of the decisions of this court, if you ask me, they are iffy. and the next day they talk about the president creating the word effete. the five or six years, anytime they said pardon me but this is iffy. of course, slang gets people in trouble. with the wilson is a great waster. one of the thin

another disastrous vice- presidential inaugural address was calvin coolidge's. he used that opportunity to state and how the filibuster should be done away with. president roosevelt's second inauguration, that is when the congress started before the president. now presidents and vice presidents began to be sworn outside of the steps. there was one exception in the long tradition of inauguration's being held in the capital. that was in 1945, when franklin roosevelt was being sworn in for a fourth time. he was the only president of united states to serve more than two terms. his third inauguration was of the capital. his fourth one was in the middle of world war ii. he felt this is not the opportune time to have endean elaborate inauguration. it decided to move the inauguration today in front of the capital. could he do that? he did. the joint inaugural committee was not happy with that decision. the president of united states can decide above and beyond the date and time they're being sworn in. -- in, among other things. we move them from the east front to the we

in 1923, vice president calvin coolidge took the oath of office at his father's house in vermont following the death of president warren harding. coolidge's father was a notary public >>> caught on tape. a russian firefighter trying to rescue a family from a burning building gets pummeled by snow and ice. take a look at this. you can see the man climb the ladder to reach the people who are desperate to get out. suddenly that huge mound of snow and ice fell off the building, sent the firefighter down the ladder apiece there. you see that. the man somehow managed to hold on as his fellow firemen rushed up to help him. they ended up rescuing a family and officials say the firefighters were not hurt. >> hard to watch. >> it's amazing. he hit it hard, too. look at that. >> he held on. glad that was a good ending. >>> 5:11. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. meteorologist tom kierein here with the cold day. tom sm. >> that near miss winter storm unloaded tons of snow in southern, central virginia. a few scattered flurries north and west. in pennsylvania, many locations teens and the cold ai

calvin coolidge was sworn in by his own father and ulysses s. grant wanted canaries at his ball.lanners did not plan for and there were called temperatures, 100 birds for to doubt that day. that is according to "the national journal." back to your calls -- cincinnati, ohio, democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning, i am one of her biggest fans. this president is so scrutinized. he has done the best that he could to bring the country back to -- tried to bring the country back to normalcy. he has had a lot to deal with. he has a lot to clean up. because of his predecessor. maybe you and me will be dead before racism and hate -- is a thing of the past. i want to live and as society -- in a society where"star trek" is a reality. host: here is a headline from "the washington post" -- the next to that is about the preparations and our nation's capital including a photograph of the president as he began his day of service yesterday. caller: good morning, all. you read something from - about the president not compromising? host: yes, that was the piece in "the weekly standard."

host: calvin coolidge was sworn in in 1923 and had a second ceremony just a few blocks from the whiteouse at the willard hotel. our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at presidential second terms. one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it asiran-contra. but also comprehensive tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear -eapons.-- refer to it as iran contra. but also comprehensive tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. one thing led to another. there had been no discernible progress. i do not think many people on january 20, 1981 would have anticipated ronald reagan's greatest historical accomplishment would be significant arms control. not just slowing the rate of increase in nuclear arms, but actually doing away with the whole class in what became known as

i'm not pining for a return to calvin coolidge, i just reported it, but for crazed ideologues, that's inconsequence. they summed up saying, quote, it's encouraging that many republicans are repudiating and contemptuous, contemptible o'reilly-mitt romney world view. here is what's really contemptible, you guys spinning an honest look at the vote as a diatribe against poor people and minorities. that's what is contemptible. "the washington post" staff could not care less about the truth, that american society is dependent on a giant federal map which cannot possibly afford all the stuff it's giving out. that's the truth. we are turning into a western europe and that's exactly what "the washington post" wants. their world view is destructive to america and it will be confronted here. that's memo. >> another rundown, mary >> liberal and conservative america attacking mitt romney and me over entitlements. joining us from washington, mary katherine ham and juan williams, both fox news analysts. juan, you used to work for "the washington post"? what about that piece, the o'reilly-romney view

calvin coolidge in plymouth, vermont, and lbj in dallas.es polk's inauguration was the first to be covered use the telegraph and warren hardings parade was the first to use cars. james buchanan's inaugural was the first one photographed and william mckinley's what's the first filmed. cal lidge's what's the first on radio and hoover's was the if irs in a movie new reel. the first to be televised was harry truman. lincoln's parade was the first to include african-americans and wilson's was the first to include women. while bad weather moved the ceremony indoors for william howard taft and ronald reagan, grant toughed it out in 16 degrees and jack kennedy in 20 degrees without an overcoat. fdr's inaugust rag was the first held in january after a constitutional amendment moved the date up from manch. finally, more people witnessed barack obama's first than any other event ever held in washington. that was put together by producer will rabe. i love that stuff. fast, lots of information, lots of take home. anyway, up next, the moments we'll still

harding in 1921 and suddened to serve under calvin coolidge and herbert hoover.he was probably more powerful than all three of those. if you have a political question, e-mail us at dailyrundown@msnbc.com. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? >>> let's bring back our gaggle. jim, i want to go to you. what does speaker boehner have to do to get things through this house gop conference for these next two -- it's a very difficult thing. >> it is. he still hasn't proven that he can. frankly even this debt deal that he did lost three republican members. you can't do that and pass a budget because most likely he's only going to be able to pass it to start with, with republ

host: calvin coolidge was sworn in in 1923 and had a second ceremony just a few blocks from the whitee willard hotel. our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at presidential second terms. one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible]. tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. one thing led to another. there had been no discernible progress. i do not think many people on january 20, 1981 would have anticipated ronald reagan's greatest historical accomplishment would be significant arms control. not just slowing the rate of increase in nuclear arms, but actually doing away with the whole class in what became known as the inf treaty. host: a speech in june of 1987 in berlin. [video clip] >> we welcome change and openness. we believe that freedom and security go to

another disastrous vice- presidential inaugural address was calvin coolidge's. he used that opportunity to state and how the filibuster should be done away with. president roosevelt's second inauguration, that is when the congress started before the president. now presidents and vice presidents began to be sworn outside of the steps. there was one exception in the long tradition of inauguration's being held in the capital. that was in 1945, when franklin roosevelt was being sworn in for a fourth time. he was the only president of united states to serve more than two terms. his third inauguration was of the capital. his fourth one was in the middle of world war ii. he felt this is not the opportune time to have an elaborate inauguration. it decided to move the inauguration today in front of the capital. could he do that? he did. the joint inaugural committee was not happy with that decision. the president of united states can decide above and beyond the date and time they're being sworn in, among other things. we move them from the east front to the west front. t

the first ceremony broadcast live on the radio was calvin coolidge in 1925.he first one on television was harry truman in 1949, and the first to be streamed live on the internet was president bill clinton's in 1997. the reagan inaugural was the first held on the west front of the u.s. capitol. before, they were always on the east front, and the swearing in of fdr was the first to be held on january 20. the twentieth amendment of the constitution moved it to that date from march 4. bill clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president in 1993, january 20. he beat the first president bush in the 1992 election, in which independent candidate ross perot got about 19% of the popular vote. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> governor, are you ready to take the oath? >> i am. >> would you please raise your right hand? i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states -- >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states -- >> and will to the best of my ability preserv

at one point, when calvin coolidge was sworn in at his home in vermont because harding had died out hereancisco, he was sworn in by his dad who was a notary public. like obama will be the first president since fdr to get four oaths of office mainly because roberts flubbed the first one and they had to do it over the next day. because it fell on a sunday, they had a swearing-in yesterday. >> as we look at michelle obama, the cameras have been on her all morning. i'm wondering, does she set any press denies about being the most involved or somehow central first lady in any of this or has that changed? >> through the years basically women were not allowed as part ceremonies. it wasn't until the 20th century with harding and taft and others that they became part of it, riding to and from, being on the platform as well. so i think that has changed. interesting, there is only with one woman who has administered the oath of office to the president of the united states. that was a federal district court judge named sarah hughes aboard air force one when lyndon johnson took the oath of office. th

but really, one of the most unique presidents is calvin coolidge. both of his made it into the history books. first as vice president, he became president when president harding died in office and coolidge was sleeping at his parent's home up in new england. his father was a justice of the peace, had to wake him up and let him know he was the president. he was sworn in by his own dad in the family living room. two years later, when he was elected after his own campaign, he was historically sworn in by the only american president ever to have another career post-presidency as chief justice of the supreme court, william howard taft, our 27th president. you can see the photos out there of you know, the very famously large william howard taft in his justices robes, the former president swearing in the new one. >> jennifer: nice. behind us, we have ed markey and henry waxman, key players particularly on energy which will be a very important part, we hope -- i hope -- i hope you guys hope -- of the president's second term, especially as it relates to jobs

calvin coolidge.t will be a slightly more formal affair. >> gretchen: how would you think a? >> either way, gretchen had the answer. we'll give you credit for that. back to you. >> brian: by the way, those were the hardest questions everyone has ever asked us in life, let alone on live television. you just displayed us! >> i might have had a cheat sheet. >> steve: maybe. shannon bream, who has a very long day ahead of her, joining us from the national mall. thank you very much. great questions. >> brian: if you know how many layers shannon bream has, write us right now. >> gretchen: she obviously did not get the tank top memo from you. >> brian: right. that was four years ago. >> gretchen: you're looking at a live picture outside st. johns church where the president and first lady will affly a half hour. it's their first stop of the day. they have a long itinerary. that is the first stop. >> steve: two blocks north of the white house. it's known as the church of the presidents. >> gretchen: the rest o

another burly disastrous vice- presidential inaugural address was calvin coolidge as vice- president.ed his address to tell the senate how they should operate. it set him off on a bad -- starting in 1937, that is when the congress started before the president. now president and vice presidents are sworn outside on the steps. the vice president lost his chance to give an inaugural address. there was one exception in that long tradition of the inauguration speech held at the capitol. that was in 1945 when franklin roosevelt was being sworn in for a fourth time. franklin roosevelt, his third inauguration was done at the capitol, but his fourth one was in the middle of world war ii. he felt this was not the inopportune time to have an elaborate inauguration. he decided on his own to move the inauguration to the south front of the capital. the joint committee was not happy with that decision. the president of the united states can decide above and beyond the date and the time everything else is tradition and can be changed. we reverted back to holding inaugurations at the capitol. we moved

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