read her book and in light to yourself on calvin coolidge. thanks for watching the show tonight.ontinue the conversation on twitter. or e-mail us. have a beautiful rest of your presidents' day. goodnight. >> we have 27 million people today that are in slavery. >> it is slavery. modern day slavely, human trafficing. >> this is our kids that are under fire out there. >> this is child abuse. >> the victims of these crimes have names. all have families. >> as long as it is occurring we'll continue to go after it. and put away the bad guys. >> we found it in every corner. in every state. in communities far and wide in the nation. >> trafficers must be brought to justice. >> it is heartbreaking. >> human trafficking is a crisis, it is happening in

"the business of america is business," declared calvin coolidge. the financial community agreed.h the clarity of hindsight we can see that the economy was fundamentally unsound. there was a huge gap between the richest and poorest americans. banks failed at the rate of two a day. 2 million workers were unemployed. agriculture was in a state of depression throughout the 1920s. those weaknesses weren't obvious at the time, except to the victims. from business' perspective the economy was booming. throughout the decade, productivity and profits kept climbing as prices and wages remained relatively stationary. huge profits were reinvested. the stock market soared. fortunes were made overnight. rags-to-riches stories filled the papers. even high school students played the game, as economist paul samuelson recalls. my high school teacher and i my mathematics school high teacher, used to pore over the financial page. she was in favor of hup motors. i thought auburn motors was better. both of them went off the board completely in the end. literally the case the elevator boys would ask yo

this is actually from calvin coolidge's christmas tree i believe in 1923. christmas tree. the sale of these ornaments actually funds the majority of the preservation for the white house itself. >> got to be a lot of rules. you have three days to do the white house. that's as lot of property to cover, i'm sure so what kind of rules are there and how hard is that? >> it's a well oiled machine, my friends. rules, no selfies. and no sitting down on the furniture that we are trying to preserve. some of the stuff when wandering through the white house, which is an incredibly humbling honor no matter how many times you do it, but it's strange to go in and i know everybody now, which is also strange. it's bizarre but wonderful. you work and you feel honored to do the work because you've been invited to this house. i paint rooms, i design your bedroom, coming to the white house, feels like wow, why do i get to do this? >> it's very special. >> it's magical. >> never gets old. you're walking by some of the most important art pieces in our country's history and they'r

calvin coolidge had many pets. billy the pygmy -- >> billy the pygmy hipo. >> that is incorrect. a donkey, the donkey, the horse? >> smoky the bobcat. >> that is incorrect. >> zackariah the horse. >> that is correct. >> there is no such thing as a pygmy hipo. >> president bill clinton set the record for the most what? >> international trips. >> that is correct. number 14, since taft in 1910 every president except one has opened a major league baseball season during their tenure. >> jimmy carter. >> that is correct. who was the only one not to have done that. >> what was the question? >> who did not open a season. how many presidents were never elected to their own term, a, three, b, 8, c, 5, d, 4. >> c, 5. >> that is correct. john tyler, mill lard fill more and chester arthur were vice president when elected president. president ford obviously after nixon. engaging in a first-ever televised presidential debate, in what city did the debate take place. new york, washington, d.c., chicago, st. louis. >> chicago. >> that is correct. took place at the cbs broadcast facility in downtow

this year, they are honoring calvin coolidge. here is the box it comes in. we are not selling these. it comes with a campaign pen and in a little box. here is the ornament itself. it is intricate. it is a christmas tree with some campaign stuff and some of the stuff that calvin coolidge was interested in and when he was in the white house. the white house historical association. michelle obama picked this one out. coming up, two members of congress, the houses in at 9:00 a.m. this morning. it is only a two our "washington journal." mike conaway will be here and after that, ted lieu. we will talk about congressional issues, including the authorization for the use of military force. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. there are 43 new republicans and 15 new democrats. there are 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house. keep track of the members of congress. the congressional chronicle page has lots of useful information. new congress, best access on c-span c-span 2, c-span radio and c-span.o

cathedral exhibited his work in local arts and crafts shows, and met with dignitaries such as misses calvin coolidge. the mark for grimm's work is the insignia of his regiment, the 89th division of the 355th infantry. sadly grimm's memory of his war experience never left him, and in february of 1935, he used gas to take his life. i'm going to skip this slide. horace pippin lost the use of his right arm to a sniper bullet during the war and confronted limitations of access to the kinds of rehabilitation programs that were typically available to white disabled veterans after the war. despite the celebrated accomplishments of pippin's 369 revit -- regiment, they were the only american troops to serve consistently on the front lines with the french for six months. their heroism was blunted by racism and their ambition of the quality -- equality were summarily dismissed. pippin shows to go his own way using art to craft a new identity, knowing that the war brought out -- noting that the war brought out all the art in me. as the sole agent of his own rehabilitation, pippin married, created a stable home l

\s >>> time for one more thing this day in history president calvin coolidge dedicated acreage in thea national park and very beautiful and got me to thinking that in all of this cold weather, as a family you sit down tonight, you might start thinking about your summer vacations. i have to highly recommend either the grand teton national park or any of our national parks, great resources at nps.gov, national park service.gov and plan an entire vacation and maybe make a goal of it to visit all the national parks in your life. it is something that i would like to do. >> wow. that was lovely. >> total dana one more thing. >> as i'm reading it, could this one more thing be any more like me? >> the spokesperson for the parks now. >> eric you are next. >> agree with you, the national parks system is amazing. >> i hate them! >> anyway 22 years ago?h8 today, 1993, world trade center bombing where al qaeda drove vans filled with explosives into the parking garage underneath the world trade center that ton nated, six people died 1,000 injured. i was in the building at the time seven world trade

. >> calvin coolidge had many pets during his term as president, which was not one of his pets, billyenezer the donkey zachariah the horse. >> smoky the bobcat. >> that is incorrect. >> zachariah, the horse? >> that is correct. >> there is no such thing as a pygmy hippo. >> answer? >> who is mark felt. >> that is correct. let's take a look at how much you wager 400 points that brings you to ten points ahead. jake and alisyn you guys win. >> beyonce, he was right on beyonce! >> you all know the truth. you all know the truth. >> jake and alisyn get $20,000 for their charity. >> and what fun to watch. and now we know who the real nird nerds at cnn are. >> chris cuomo and don lemon got the hardest questions. >> they were up against the guys from washington d.c. so they had a bit of advantage. am i making excuses for cuomo and lemon? >> they are a lot smarter than it appeared on that show. they just got tougher questions. >> so it seems. >>> nbc's late night television show "saturday night live" celebrated with a long list of current and former snl stars. >> some of the stars looked the sa

calvin coolidge at 2:30 in the morning in 1923.eeded president warren harding would died in san francisco while his wife was reading to him. harding had been on a speaking tour. >>> on this presidents day we wanted to know who your favorite president is and why. so we hit the streets to hear what real people think. starting with the oldies but the goodies. >> washington. the first. >> theodore roosevelt. >> strengthened the country and reformed and strengthened the environmental together at once. >> abraham lincoln because he held this country together under terrible circumstances.3njv guided this country through the civil war. 16th president. >> lincoln, because he embodied everything that ouruh9 >> some folks seem to prefer more present day presidents about not everyone can agree. >> best president ever was ronald reagan followed by george washington. >> ronald reagan. everything went smooth when he was th e president. >> one of my favorite was reagan. another one was bush. another one was carter. >> when they took over the count

we call it calvin coolidge 2000. >> okay i've got to run.e just blame jews or the growing anti-semitism in europe? greg is going to play that tape next. . ♪ music ♪ ...the getaway vehicle! for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. ♪ ♪ you hope >>> a word the left loves to use is denial when describing those with flawed global warming predictions. bill nye the science guy will call you a climate change denier linking it to the holocaust. it's creepy given that nye is also a denier. on bill maher's show when the topic of fearful jews fleeing europe came up, nye scoffed at the threat and instead get this, blames the jews. >> netanyahu is asking european jews to come to israel. >> come home to israel. that's what he said right? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, i mean -- >> but the people have never been there. they grew up in whatever, in germany or in france. >> it's a shame that they should have to move. >> well, they probably won't either because it's not their home. what do you do about it? i think you get to know your neighbor

calvin coolidge. he was in the white house from 1923 to 1929, and this is a gorgeous -- >> beautiful. >> painting. very beautiful. >> the president wanted her to wear a white dress and the artist said he wanted the composition to be red and white and apparently the president, who liked the odd joke, said paint the dog red. >> and you said that dress was originally slit higher, right, like with some leg showing? >> it was in the notes. >> apparently. this is part of the white house historical association, not ours. >> and this is a very interesting photograph. president coolidge prevented grace from wearing pants and bobbing her hair as short as she would have preferred, and he often bought her luxurious hats and gowns to wear to public events. what's interesting about this photograph, we were looking at it earlier, it is in the white house. it's a staircase that no longer exists. it's been removed, and i hope not because of what she was wearing. this is quite beautiful. >> this is beautiful. >> beaded

the passage of immigration restriction legislation in 1924 signed and supported by president calvin coolidge who very much believe the natural rights. supporting cut supporting cut mass immigration, and perpetual emigration and clearly facilitated the assimilation process. this is almost never discussed for obvious reasons. some reasons. some of the supporters of the restrictions advance arguments, northern european racial superiority eastern europeans, asians, and, and others, all range of baggage this was not the argument that coolidge used as president. he opposed the japanese exclusion. he did favor limiting overall legal immigration. coolidge addressed the congress december 6, 1923 and said american institutions rest solely on good citizenship. new arrivals should be limited to absorb them. coolidge them. coolidge is echoing the views expressed by the american founders, adams progressive woodrow wilson. they are all of one on this. i suggest you pick up a book by tom west palm indicating the founders. as founders. as a whole chapter on immigration. very much disagree. though as a west c

other than calvin coolidge at the regulars like washington and lincoln. heard some comments is why the lbj. kennedy was a great guy. lbj voted against the voting rights act. he only signed as president because he was under pressure from conservatives. i think ronald -- host: as far as reagan is concerned, why is you stand out? caller: now i am an independent. host: caller can as a question? ok, david from michigan. caller: good morning, pedro. ongoing use the verb "is" and not "was." what we talk about president's, we speak in terms of zeitgeist. what was the air of the moment. when you say modern day media and how fast news travels and how as we are sitting here discussing president's day, this bead of things that have been and how gets to the general public, and how they handle it. how would abraham lincoln traveled this bead of information traveling as fast as it does. it probably would not have fared well. if we want to talk about our first president, george washington and this bead at which information traveled, when he had fared well? i think that b