a man of very few words to women that there were seeming on one woman says to calvin coolidge's i bet my best friend. one hundred dollars that you was safe three words to me and he said you lose. i tell you those this concept well i just want to call you a tenant as they call me anything x. mayor. gavin works perfectly that's a so the whole idea came about with my stress and frustration about politicians using the tools of technology effectively relatively speaking to get elected but then turning off those voices after they get elected you vote guys like me decide it's a broadcast model every two or four years and so the framework was how can we use the tools of technology to more effectively activate citizen participation in governance not in politics not just in electioneering and i started experimenting with some ideas as mayor of san francisco working with these remarkable leaders at google and. all those folks twitter and playing around with this notion of open data and transparency initiatives and and putting initiatives out where third party developers can actually develop app

a man of very few words to women that they were seeming on one woman says to calvin coolidge's i bet my best friend. one hundred all those that you would say free words to me and he said you lose. tell me those this concept well i just want to call you new tenant as they call me anything x. mayor. gavin works perfectly best so the whole idea came about with my stress and frustration about politicians using the tools of technology effectively relatively speaking to get elected but then turning off those voices after they get elected you vote guys like me decide it's a broadcast model every two or four years and so the framework was how can we use the tools of technology to more effectively activate citizen participation in governance not in politics not just in electioneering and i started experimenting with some ideas as mayor of san francisco working with these remarkable leaders at google and. all those folks twitter and played around with this notion of open data and transparency initiatives and and putting initiatives out where third party developers can actually develop app stor

. >> calvin coolidge. >> jimmy: calvin coolidge, is that right?which president was the first to appear on tv? >> fdr. >> jimmy: fdr? that is right, fdr. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very, very good. and this week, it is the 150 th anniversary of the gettysburg address. >> four score, liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war -- hey, tell me when to stop. [ cheers and applause ] >> i think -- >> jimmy: that is good. >> it is too long. >> jimmy: it is too long? okay? maybe you will be a tv producer when you grow up. i feel like i'm in a peanuts cartoon right now. well, that was very good. you know, we actually have a gift for arreden, guillermo has special gift for arden, it is your very own lego build your own white house set. thank you very much. arden hayes, everyone, we'll be right back with armie hammer. the first time i saw a sony 4k tv, it was like opening my eyes. it's four times the detail of hd. colors become richer. details become clearer. which for a filmmaker, c

. >> calvin coolidge. >> jimmy: what did you say? >> calvin coolidge. >> jimmy: is that right?t is. >> jimmy: there you go. nicely done. yes. >> which president was the first to appear on tv? >> jimmy: ooh, on tv. >> fdr. >> jimmy: fdr? >> yes, that's right. [ applause ] >> jimmy: very, very good. this week is the 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i know you know the gettysburg address. would you tliek recite that for us? >> yeah. >> jimmy: okay. go ahead. oh, he's going to stand. okay. i like that. >> four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war. a nation or any nation -- tell me when to stop. >> jimmy: just keep going. [ applause ] >> okay. i think -- it's too long. >> jimmy: it's too long? okay. maybe you'll be a tv producer when you grow up. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i feel like i'm in a peanuts cartoon right now. well, that was very good. you know, we actually have a gift for arden. w

calvin coolidge astounding the world by announcing that he didn't want to run for re-election as president. he could have won in a landslide, and he decided he didn't want to do it. for reasons that are still slightly mystifying. henry ford, the summer that he had this mad idea to build an american city in am sonya. so just sort of one thing after another. there was lots and lots and lots going on. so the whole nature of the book changed to looking not just at these two iconic figures, ruth and lindbergh -- who are still central to the story -- but looking at all of the stuff that was happening. jazz singer was filmed, the first talking picture was filmed the same summer. so it was this frenetic amount of activity, a great deal of which changed the world, you know, changed the way we perceive popular entertainment and so on. so it was a consequential summer, but it was also a really, interesting and lively one. >> host: is there any reason all these events happened in the summer of 1927? >> guest: they just happened. that's what's kind of interesting about it. you know, sometimes these thi

calvin coolidge, no fan of baseball, he, initially ignored the pleas of the fans to honor the team.comed them a year later after they won the pennant. baseball's dodger, and the football giants were just some of the teams to visit reagan's white house. typically teams start in a holding area, get a tour of the white house, despite sequestrati sequestration, that end at the president's oval's office. and even the stanley cup needs to be sniffed by security dogs. when the yankees visited in 1999, the president turned to the owner, and said, don't get any ideas, it's not for you. last year's time-out was much needed from the dog days of summer for the giants and the president. now over to brett ehrlich. what do you have for us on fox news? >> first of all there is a new interview trending online, and it is being called the most embarrassing interview ever on fox news. it comes from an online show hosted by lauren green, and it's called spirited debate. it's a religion show. i used to watch it back when it was called something else. we used to indicate holy crap. [ laughter ] >> and the

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electoral information from 1968-1972 which would be akin to the 1965 congress looking back at the calvin coolidge election to figure out who should be covered in 1965. the first thing you need to do is look at what ever current information you have and get rid of this updated formula. the second finding they never problem is section two isg that section not a complete prophylactic for? i doubt seriously connect that argument. the one argument made today that is demonstrably not true is that there is this theory that section two litigation has to wait three or four electoral cycles before anybody brings a lawsuit and we know those lawsuits are brought before the first election as in your home state of texas. the professor's example makes my point about talking about a challenge to and at large system. the first point is section 5 cannot get at large systems because it only deals with voting changes. it had nothing to do with getting rid of the principal vote dilution technique that was employed in the deep south. this was a challenge to the city of charleston that they could have brought any time

calvin coolidge wanted to drop the tax rate. to wanted to return normalcy.hey cut the highest tax rate in america from 77% to 25%. the period was culled, "the roaring' 20s." production soared. the tax revenues from the of earned income earners went way, way up. the 1929 with the largest tax increase. highest marginal income tax rate in the depression, from 25% to 83%. a depression in this period and revenue trillions the 1% of income earners declined as a share of gdp. post-world war ii period with truman's cut rate boom, tax rates on the rich went up as a share of gdp. f you look at the period of jack kennedy. jack kennedy cut the highest tax rate from 91% to 70%. s, a ve the go-go '60 beautiful period of expansion. up as enue went way, way a share of gdp. he period i like to call four stooges -- johnson, nixon, ford, and carter. largest asemblance of bipartisan garbage ever put in the united states. the share of gdp declined from the top 1% and the economy was shambles. then ronald reagan and bill two administrations that cut taxes dramatically. in that to

calvin coolidge wanted to drop the tax rate. they wanted to return to normalcy. cut the highest tax rate in america from 77% to 25%. the period was culled, "the roaring' 20s." production soared. the tax revenues from the highest 1% of earned income earners went way, way up. we went into the 1929 with the largest tax increase. we raised the highest marginal income tax rate in the deession, from 25% to 83%. there was a depression in this period and revenue trillions the highest 1% of income earners declined as a share of gdp. go to the post-world war ii period with truman's cut rate tax, boom, tax rates on the rich went up as a share of gdp. if you look at the period of jack kennedy. jack kennedy cut the highest tax rate from 91% to 70%. we have the go-go '60s, a beautiful period of expansion. tax revenue went way, way up as a share of gdp. the period i like to call four stooges -- johnson, nixon, ford, and carter. the largest asemblance of bipartisan garbage ever put in the united states. [laughter] the share of gdp declined from the top 1% and the economy was in

we have president calvin coolidge talking about economic policy. it is not the most simple thing in the world, but it is fascinating to see him. we are going to reach a day very soon when there is a tremendous amount of material waiting for researchers to discover and make something meaningful of it. there are a lot of stories that can be told in our collection, and we are just so eager to make more of it available for people to discover. >> more on american history tv on c-span3. >> today the senate voted to confirm that consumer financial protection bureau teeth he has been serving as the head of the agency ever since his recent appointment in january of 2012. before that vote, senators discussed his nomination in the senate. this begins with senator jeff merkley of oregon. >> we would like to make a couple of comments regarding the activity of this chamber we are talking about the nomination of richard as the cfpb it is vested with the responsibility of predatory financial practices. we all discovered in the run-up to the great recession just ho

. >> the first sound video we have this calvin college -- calvin coolidge talking about economic policy. it is fascinating to hear in this early sound technology. we will reach again very soon when there are tremendous amounts of material waiting for a new generation to discover and make something meaningful of it. there are a lot of stories that can be told in our collection, and we are so eager to make more of it available for people to discover. host: -- >> more about early public affairs films sunday at 7:00 p.m. on c-span three. "> "washington journal continues. longtimening us is horseman bill pascrell -- congressman bill pascrell from new jersey. right before we went on the air you are making a comment about the mood in washington. what was that? guest: i sense in the last two weeks, and maybe it is a misperception, but that there is we oughtt around maybe to take some thought to the low ratings of the congress of the united states, lower than the worst disease in the world, for crying out loud, and maybe we should be talking to each other about things that we have fixated on --

. >> the very first sound film we have featuring a president is calvin coolidge talking about economic policy. that is not the most scintillating film and the world but it is fascinating to see them, this early sound technology. a day whenwill reach there is just tremendous amounts of material out there waiting for a new generation to discover and make something meaningful of it. that is a lot of stories can be told in our collection. we are just so eager to make more of it available for people to discover. >> more about early public affairs film sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, part of american history tv every weekend on cspan 3. continues. journal" flemingt only as john representing louisiana's, he is the vice chair of the gop doctors caucus. he is here to talk about aspects of the affordable care act. thank you for joining us. planned for today. talk about those votes. guest: we will be looking at the mandate for the president announced without any fanfare that the business mandate would be delayed for one year. that is huge. because the business mandate requires businesses to either c

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which would be a kin to the 1965 congress looking back at calvin coolidge election to figure out who should be covered in 1965. so the first thing you need to do is look at what current information you have and get rid of the outdated formula. the second finding they never made, and this is the thrust of my basic commentary, is what part of section 5 clearing that section 2 is not a remedy for? i doubt seriously can you make that argument. the one argument made today that again is demonstratable untrue, is you know from private practice, this theory that section 2 litigation has it wait three or four electoral cycles before anyone brings a lawsuit when we know they are brought before the first election as your home state of texas vividly illustrates. in fact, professor levitt makes any point, how he talks about the challenge of an at large system. the county can't get at large system because it deals with voting changes. it had nothing to do with getting rid of the principal vote dilution tech nick deployed in the deep south. this was a challenge for the city of charleston they could

property, raises the scale of everybody's -- very first sound film we have featuring a president is calvin coolidge talking about economic policy. it is not the most scintillating film in the world, but it is fascinating to see him, this early sound technology. we are going to reach a day very soon when there is tremendous amounts of material out there waiting for new generations of researchers to discover its, and make something meaningful of it. there is a lot of stories that can be told in our collection. we are so eager to make more of them available to people who discovered. american history tv, every weekend on c-span three. in his weekly address, president obama talks about the senate confirmation of richard cordrey. and the importance of the cfp. also legislation to delay the individual mandates in the health care law. >> hi, everybody. three years ago this weekend, we put in place tough new rules of the road for the financial sector so that irresponsible behavior on the part of the few could never again cause a crisis that harms millions of middle- class families. as part of that reform, w

. >> host: bill, on a macro level when it comes comes to american politics, calvin coolidge not runningal capone. was there the economy was -- was there something happening on the macro level as well? >> guest: yes. the economy was very interesting summer from the point view of the economy. the economy was booming and america was just motoring along. it was overheating if anything. and this was really a kind of matter of concern to some people. herbert hoover in particular was worried it was overheating, and it was. and the federal reserve, the federal reserve bank of new york and then the central bank of britain, france, and germany, and they had a secret meeting on long island, and they decided, very mistakenly, good intentions but decided to cut the interest rate everywhere, which was what really led to the stock market crash in the following year and then the great depression that followed after that. >> host: that's just a quick preview of bill bryson's upcoming book, october 2013. one summer, america, 1927. you're watching book tv on c-span2. ... [inaudible conversations] good aft

which would be a kin to the 1965 congress looking back at calvin coolidge election to figure out who should be covered in 1965. so the first thing you need to do is look at what current information you have and get rid of the outdated formula. the second finding they never made, and this is the thrust of my basic commentary, is what part of section 5 clearing that section 2 is not a remedy for? i doubt seriously can you make that argument. the one argument made today that again is demonstratable untrue, is you know from private practice, this theory that section 2 litigation has it wait three or four electoral cycles before anyone brings a lawsuit when we know they are brought before the first election as your home state of texas vividly illustrates. in fact, professor levitt makes any point, how he talks about the challenge of an at large system. the county can't get at large system because it deals with voting changes. it had nothing to do with getting rid of the principal vote dilution tech nick deployed in the deep south. this was a challenge for the city of charleston they could