it says calvin coolidge could have completed his presidency, but his son died. i see it as more like abraham lincoln. lincoln prosecuted his war after the loss of his son. coolidge pursued his policy plans. he did things notwithstanding the loss of his presidency. more joyless, but still that perseverance. coolidge did not give up and grace did not give up. >> i think the difference between the two is interesting. when there were holidays, calvin would note who wasn't at the table. grace took joy with whoever was at the table. just very different in that way, the way they handled it. >> bill is watching from delaware. >> two quick questions. is it correct historically that the room we now know as the solarium was built by the coolidges because there was a roof leak? did that occur during his full term or prior to him being elected to a full term in 1924? since mrs. coolidge outlived president coolidge for so many years, did she develop a friendship with lou henry hoover, eleanor roosevelt, bess truman and mamie eisenhower, and did she ever go back to the white ho

that proposes we ought to go further into the 1920s because calvin coolidge was the beginning of modern american conservatism that i saw her week ago when i said the overly launched a coolidge's cool movement. i said that probably wasn't easy to do because you see the cover of the book in the top hat. he's not really a 21st century kind of guy but gordon and die in his book think the place to go is actually to the 1930s because in our view modern american conservatism is essentially a response to the new deal of the 1930s to franklin roosevelt. and to us, the conservative response in the 1930s was the beginning of modern conservatism. that response initially actually came from former president herbert hoover. lots of people debate how conservative hoover was as a president and as the secretary of commerce in the 1920s. i am happy to talk about that issue today feed like that we are looking at him in the 1930s when he was shocked really by the excesses of the new deal. the 1930s the new deal was really the height of regressiveism and we argue in this book that just as edmund burke the en

this tradition dates back to president calvin coolidge. this year, jane lynch will host. performers like train and mariah carey and aretha franklin will take the stage. they are proud to be here. >> we're proud to be part of this american tradition and christmas tradition. we enjoy christmas too. the two together are just right. tree has been in place since 2011. it has 50,000 led lights. it is surrounded by state trees that are spectacular despite the soggy site. you can also bring an umbrella. you cannot use it in the seats. >> just be smart about what you bring. >> you can see the tree and the fun and all of the festivities. there is also santa's workshop. you can take the little ones to meet st. nick. if you cannot be here in person, you can watch it online. in northwest washington, brianne carter. >> i have the pleasure of one of the -- of being one of the cohosts. things kick off at 4:30 this afternoon. >> this is your third year. get down there and see her. pack your umbrella. stop the presses -- a major reversal for a famous magazine. >> and printers that work in

now every president since calvin coolidge has taken part in this terrific event, spoiler alert.in coolidge is not here tonight, but the first family is here and they will be joining million of americans celebrating this holiday season including this great tradition filled with music, memories and one very cool christmas tree. i would like to add a special welcome to our men and women in uniform serving our country in places around the world tonight. let's hear it for them. [ cheering and applause ] >> we have so much more on the way, but first let's hear it for our outstanding united states army blues! [ cheering and applause ] >> and now it is my great honor to welcome the first family of the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] ♪[ music ] >> welcome, first family. mrs. robinson, mr. obama, sasha, malia, welcome and merry happy holidays. >> we're still having fun, a little wet but still having fun. >> our main job today is to light the national christmas tree and so we're going to need a little help from you to count it down. we're going to start at five. >> yeah

rich karlgaard, president calvin coolidge said it's more important to kill bad bills than pass good ones. do you agree with calvin? >> as calvin would have said i agree and he would have stopped because that's why he was called account silent -- called "silent cal." the makeup of the presidency and the congress and in the senate today is similar to what it was after the $94 election. as i recall, the late '90s did well for the stock market. so john is right about gridlock. >> by the way, john, coolidge vetoed 50 bills while president. unlikely that the president will be doing that. do you think it's what is needed? one party or the other saying no to anything that comes their way? >> without question. economic growth is easy. it's the nature to grow. if you get the government out of the way, not legislating people can do what they are best at. there is no surprise that the stock markets are more confident. they are pricing a better future,because there will be very little legislation from washington. >> first and last word from john this time. using santa to scare kids. a new green tacti

♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> a tradition, the first national christmas tree lit by calvin coolidge. the first president to flip the switch, black and white there, but trust us, 2500 red, white and green bulbs. this tree lit in 1940 by fdr. the washington monument right there behind it. and it was 50 years ago after the death of president kennedy, the lighting ceremony postponed until late december. president lbj saying today we come to the end of a season of great national sorrow and beginning of the season of great eternal joy. and like so many americans in 2007, the first christmas tree in led lights to make it more energy efficient. and this year, the most energy coming from those little dancers, one of them president obama tried to keep up with. giant smile the moment he gives up. leaving the troeft her. there's a reason they call it cabin fever, tonight we ask how likely to get sick when the passenger beside you sneezes, a travel warning coming up here. and later tonight taking aim, the young girls across america, out to prove they have a great shot, too. matching jennifer law

president, the first lady lady, and 20,000 ticket holders are a tradition that dates back to an calvin coolidge was president in 1923. >> dry, toasty warm, with people i enjoy. >> 300 ornaments and 50,000 lights, no rain is going to dim the holiday spirit tonight. the president's going to be here. i'm here. theyelse more could possibly need? >> for some that's not enough. for some, rain can be a holiday grinch. >> still to come, we are waiting former riot carry and the president of the united states of the united states is going to address once more. i wish you were here. >> hatzel vela, abc 7 news. >> that will do it for abc seven news at 5:00. we start with storm watch. >> live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> had to do with the rain today and tonight. hill meteorologist doug with the latest on storm watch tonight. >> the good news tonight is it's a miserable out but it's just rain. sunday, not so lucky. a winter storm watch from .unday, monday this model does not mean it does not hav

. >> calvin coolidge and ronald reagan both did. >> in recent history for me is really not ronald reagan point i don't p think it's the government -- this isn't about the's - government. >> so i will take thatat as a no that you don't think there obama administration is promoting self-reliance depend dependent on parents not the government. >>l wider point take it as a no. you don't think the obama a administration is promoting self-reliance. >> i don't think they're tnot. i don't think they are or are not. t i don't think that's the role of the government to promote self-reliance. >> if i were president i would bebe saying -- >> you would be cutting benefits and starving them to death? wou >> yeah.scar i would have that starving to death gogulag and wouldn't give anybody food. i would encourage those who get a little bit of food to work hard. all right. what mr. kutcher is saying to t you have to e is work yourself up. start at the bottom, as i did. i don't know about you ladies. i started way at the bottom.h and you shouldn't whine about it.ith i think the government should promote it.

atty shlaes -- amity shlaes road we go further to the 1920's because really calvin coolidge was the beginning of the modern american conservatism and i saw her a week or so ago and said you have launched a coolidge is cool movement and i said that probably wasn't easy to do because you see the cover of the book and it isn't really a 21st century kind of guy. but we think the place to go is to the 1930's because in our view, modern american conservatism is a essentially a response to the new deal of the 1930's, to franklin roosevelt. and to ask the conservative response in the 1930's was the beginning of the modern american conservatism and that response initially actually came from former president herbert hoover. lots of people debate how conservative he was as a president and as a secretary of commerce in the 1920's and by happy to talk about that in the q&a if you would like but we are looking at him in the 1930's when he was shocked by the excesses of the new deal. the 1930's was the height of progressivism and we argue in this book that just as edmund burke the english political philosop

calvin coolidge had a press conference every week. president kennedy one every two weeks.dent roosevelt, the fireside chats that go over the heads of reporters. the white house uses, advances the media to go around us. they don't need us anymore. david axelrod told me when i was talking to him after the campaign they go fishing where the iffish are. they can put their paid controlled messages on "duck "dynasty"" "the big bang theory "inside video games. 22 million people watch the evening news every night. >> no one begrudges the white house using the avenues of communication. the fact is that they are banning, they are banning the free press from their events and what about the press publishing the propaganda photos? >> i'm not defending the white house. i get where they're coming from a little bit. >> the bureau chief from "time" magazine knows better. >> yes. i'm agreeing with you, though, that a lot of this seems just self-inflicted. >> self-inflicted, what do you mean by that? >> why not let a photographer into an event where like you said the president is doing the p

in 1923, president calvin coolidge when he lit the first national christmas tree decorated with 2500lights. over the years, christmas lights have become ever cheaper and more abundant and not limited to single tree inside the home, as you drive down many streets you'll see. setting up elaborate christmas lights is easy tasks, the challenges in the 1989 spoofed in "christmas vacation" starring chevy chase. nowadays versatile l.e.d. lights are out shining the old bulbs of thomas ed sop's time and computer software is giving home owners power to stage ever more elaborate over the top light shows. >> fanatic a few years ago. >> he made no apologies when bill geist dropped by his house seven christmases ago. boasted more than 10,000 feet of extension cords. had people waiting in traffic jams up to 45 minutes getting a look at his work. >> hopefully creating memories about this. talk about it. >> christmas gift from edward johnson that keeps on giving. >> osgood: just ahead. >> you might wonder -- a visit from feck know-claus. glossophobia, is the fear of public speaking. ♪ the only thing

it is an annual tradition first launched in 1823 by president calvin coolidge. here is a look at president obama's reefer marks. -- president obama's brief remarks. ♪ everybody!ristmas, this show is always a great way to get in the holiday spirit. every year, i rehearse my own little act but it seems like it again they couldn't find space to squeeze me into the program. you are lucky i am not singing. -- first of all, let me thank secretary jewell and welcome her to our first christmas tree lighting. she is doing a great job for our national parks. she used to run one of america's biggest outdoor recreation covenants can now she is in charge of protecting the great doors for all of us. we want to thank neil mulholland and the whole national park foundation and national park service team for helping to put this beautiful production together. o give it up for jane lynch and all the great performers who do an incredible job putting us in a festive mood tonight. and to all americans who are ,ere today and watching at home we are so glad to be part of this wonderful

calvin coolidge had vetoed this legislation in 1924. it had passed over his veto. the bonus march was about the fact that they were suffering now and could not wait. what they wanted with a full payment of their own as early. -- bonus early. congress that they can loan a certain amount. hoover had disapproved. they passed it over his veto. hoover vetoed the bonus marchers and there were over 10,000 of them. they were trying to push congress to pass the full bonus. the house does and the senate does not. there is a situation where 10,000 people camp out in washington. they have effectively failed and congress. what do we do with them? hoover makes a move where he asks the army to help move the bonus marchers. this turns into an incredibly graphic and violent episode. general douglas macarthur uses pretty violent means to make them move on their way. scenes like this. this is in the summer of 1932. >> you can see the capital right behind it very >> this does not look good at all for the hoovers. it does not look like he is concerned about the forgotten man. >> the st

and even presidents later such as calvin coolidge, especially, who wanted to retreat to the sidelines couldn't do it trade that is what really changed their. the first lady role probably in terms of -- i think ellen had more to do than edith did. >> that is a great segue because we are now moving into the ellen story. >> tonight is a special two-hour program because we have to first ladies to talk about. our lines will be open and you can reach us if you live in eastover central time zone. you can be part of the facebook conversation, go to c-span on facebook and finally you can tweet us using at first ladies and be part of the conversation. we're going to roll back the clock and talk about the long marriage of woodrow wilson to his first wife ellen. to sit the stage for that we're going to visit the wilson house. it is available for you to visit if you come to the nation's capitol. inside right now in the drawing room is peter. >> we are here with law and home who is the executive director of the house. this is a house where president and edith wilson lift post- presidency. how did t

to celebrate the tree lighting that's been an annual white house tradition since 1923 during calvin coolidge's of year again. the question is and always is, have you been naughty or nice? americans have bad habits, unfortunately and can't kick them. >> according to the study, you would think this time of year using nicer. >> right. >> it's the holiday cheer. you'd be in a better mood. amp it up for your fellow countrymen. not so according to the survey. in fact, these bad habits are coming back in droves. listen to this. number one, almost 60% admit to leaving their cell phone on at the movie theater. even with that message that they put on before the movie, you can't turn off your phone? you don't know enough to turn off your phone by now? >> how about this? 30% leave their phone on in the restaurant, which that surprises me, it's not even higher. >> what if you're a doctor? that's the only excuse. right? to be taking call during a restaurant meal. >> that's the reason -- people text all the tile. i'm guilty of it. >> 26% said they swear several times a day. 20 t 20% park in handy cap spots.