calvin coolidge.now. >> warren harding. >> no. >> james monroe. >> no. jesse: william tilden. >> calvin coolidge. jesse: was james garfield president of the united states. >> no. jesse: do you know who i am? jesse: i'm watters and this is my world. my hair sure has changed. that's all for tonight. be sure to follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter if they don't kick me off. i'm watters and this is my world. [♪♪♪] judge jeanine: hello and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us tonight. a packed show ahead but first my open. the big jest danger to the security of this country is the fbi's failure. this federal agency has failed over and over again to snuff out crimes for which they have become aware. crimes they fail to prevent and crimes they fail to tell us about. the federal bureau of investigation proclaims they gather evidence to solve and prevent crimes. prev

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weritishbuss who havee bankru to be inffice very d l migrated toseer to describe out going president calvin coolidge, but as presidential historian points out, a lame duck still has wings. >> they still have every power that he ever had before. >> reporter: there's the power to issue headline making pardons. and the power to help or hinder a smooth handoff to the next commander in chief. >> so many other countries do not have that peaceful transition of power. it's been the hallmark of our democracy since good old george washington. >> to many people, the the 78 days between november 3rd and january 20th of this year are feeling more like 78 years. which raises the question, why is this period so long? >> well, originally the purpose of the waiting period was to give time for the new president to get from wherever they were to washington, d.c. and that purpose seems to be less >> 2020 is not thest modern tumultuous transition. after abraham lincoln's election, he to wait four months, back then, inauguration was not until march. before president james buchanont was like during the period of time betw

the remarkable memorial being constructed an opening in 1926 with president calvin coolidge. the people of the community gathering here. 150,000 people, the largest crowd that a president of the united states had spoken to up until that time. the outpouring of honor for those who had served in world war i across the nation. also, a yearning for peace and a different sort of future band the most recent past. this memorial come with many complexities, is a striking architectural feature. it served as a gathering place for many years. the people of the region responded to that having been that can see verse of this -- those who conceived it. they raised one entered $10 million to restore and refurbish the memorial. -- $110 million dollars to restore and refurbish the memorial. they began collecting in 1920. they made a consequential decision, to collect globally. we had the broadest, most encyclopedic collection of world war i archives of any institution in the world. that is exhibited here as part of our main galleries and changing galleries. this site has become a place of ref

calvin coolidge was -- we popularly remember fdr as the president who harnessed radio but it was reallye to begin with to harness the new technology. his presidency it was the first to use radio effectively. franklin roosevelt was more effective and the context had changed dramatically. roosevelt is also the first to call this the state of the union. it had been called the annual address. roosevelt is at the first to popularize the term every year. harry truman is the first to appear on television to deliver the state of the union. those technological advances started to make the speech less of an address to the congress and more of an address to the american people from congress. the house of representatives becomes a cool television set for presidents to directly address the american people. which is a very different interpretation of the state of the union than we find in the constitution and what early presidents expected. johnson formalizes this by moving the speech into prime time. if it is going to be a speech where you are talking directly to the people, why not do it when most

so, i don't know what the mindset was of calvin coolidge. you may remember.inton was benefitting from the tech boom and that tech boom was fueling optimism and i think that trump benefitted greatly from that. neil: adam, what do you think? >> there's no doubt that the combination of cutting taxes, taking a machete to regulations and the other measures that the president put into place have beneficial impact on the stock market. i'm not sure that it reflects confidence among the entire economy, but certainly enough of the economy for there to have been this boom. you know, you pointed out earlier that president trump inherited a seven-year bull run and it's worth noting that the economy which people have criticized so much under president obama was fundamentally sound and trump did these things that helped make the economy at least in the short-term, in those three and a half years even better. neil: you know, maybe it was the mix, rebecca, before the president got his tax cuts through he got a lot of regulation cuts that continue to this day. now, a lot them

and calvin coolidge was lilsed second to the last.is predecessor woodrow wilson, i think number 4, if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tend to reflect -- tend to suggest exactly the opposite kind of ranking. that is during the 1920s, the roaring 20s harding and coolidge demonstrated extraordinary -- they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken whereas wilson expaag> okay, so, mike, what's your question then for mark zandi? >> caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? >> okay. >> well, i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that it's a little sketchier. i think the lesson i've taken from our history since the 1930s depression is that in times of crises -- and i would argue that this is a time of crises. the pandemic is a health care crisis and an a economic one, and it's a global health care crisis an

question the most conservative candidate for president of a major party since the 1920s, since calvin coolidge. many political historians consider goal water pioneer of the reagan revolution. goldwater made a famous remark throughout the 1964 campaign that we are told that many people lack skills and cannot find jobs, because they don't have an education. that is like saying people have big feat because they have big shoes. the fact is people that have no skills have no education for the same reason, low intelligence or low ambition and quote. but it was in the area of foreign policy management, that johnson and goldwater deferred the most. cold water made a number of remarks in the campaign of 64 that caused some pundits to dump him the mad bomber. on one occasion he remarked he said i would for final would like to lob a nuclear bomb into the mend room at the kremlin. he actually said. that why the men's, room i'm not sure, but that seemed to have made a lot of people very nervous. and in the words of course goal waters famous address at the republican national convention where he accepted th

question the most conservative candidate for president of a major party since the 1920s, since calvin coolidge. many political historians consider goldwater the pioneer of the reagan revolution. goldwater made a famous remark that quote, we are told that many people lack skills and cannot find jobs because they did not have an education. that's like saying that people have big feet because they have big shoes. the fact is that most people who have no skills have had no education for the same reason, low intelligence or low ambition, end quote. but it was in the area of foreign policy management that eisenhower -- i'm sorry, that johnson and goldwater differed the most. goldwater made a number of remarks in the campaign of 1964 that caused pundits to dub him the mad bomber. he remarked for fun i would like to lob a nuclear bomb into the men's room at the clem lynn. he actually said that. why it had to be the men's room, i don't know. there was the famous address when he accepted the nomination as republican candidate for president, goldwater stated on that occasion, quote, extremism in the defe

harding was listed last, and calvin coolidge was listed second to last. his predecessor, woodrow wilson, i think number four if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tends to reflect, tends to suggest exactly theduring the 1920's, hd coolidge demonstrated extraordinary, they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken. whereas wilson expanded the military and expenses of the federal government and left the country in depression. host: so what is your question than? caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? guest: i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that, it is a little sketch here. the lesson i have taken from our history since the 1930's depression is that in times of crises, and i would argue that this is a time of crises, the pandemic is a health care crisis and an economic and a global health care and economic crisis, that it is important for the government to be very supportive. they have to have everybody's back,

because, remember that in 1927 when calvin coolidge adds a new roof, it is made of steel and concretel of that weight is put on that old wood. you are going to start hearing noises and not normal noises. the white house was literally crying out in pain because of the weight it was carrying. yes? >> not to go too far with this, but i think truman probably had enough ghosts of his own after having to deal with dropping the bombs on japan twice, and kind of having to reconcile with how they went about the war. i think president truman had his own demons inside of him that he had to reconcile, whether or not that was fair. >> yeah, i mean my general understanding is that i've not really heard about ghost stories since the renovation. that is my other argument to that point. these stories are constantly in the press, or people talk about experiencing unexplained things, but it seems like a lot of the stories go right up until about 1952. and then you don't really hear a whole lot after that. there is the story of president reagan's dog not going into the lincoln bedroom. he just stood outs

test.bbgxo pew tonight are students from calvin coolidge high school in washington, d.c. they participated in a podcast with me and wonderful students. and i would like them to stand. are they here? [ applause ] and so tonight, they're in the president's pew. and one thing we like to think of as educators, as we plant the seat and water the seed, but we may never see the results of that education. and we hope one day, these students and their peers are back here, maybe as president of the united states, sitting in the president's pew. and it's great to have them here this evening. we have the privilege of having two wonderful presenters tonight, david rubenstein is the cofounder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group. he has been the chairman of the board and held senior governance positions with many organizations that you're very familiar with, including the smithsonian institution, the john f. kennedy memorial performing arts center, which is the living memorial for president kennedy, the harvard corporation, duke university, council on foreign relations, and m

at the same time, he praises calvin coolidge for cracking down on the boston police strike.lson has a stroke, he's basically out of the picture and his cabinet is divided. on one hand you've got palmer, the secretary of state lansing, the postmaster general and probably most importantly john totally, who is on the crackdown side of the reds. on the other hand, you've got his secretary of labor, his secretary of the interior, the secretary of the agriculture, who says that they've gone too far. but no one is able to stop a. mitchell palmer. what is interesting is that there is good historical evidence that in the midst of this red care, herbert hoover is actually investigating both wilson and lane for their opposition to the justice department crackdown. this is a fair question, maybe we can get to it and the question and answer. how much of this was all sort of self interest and how much of it will really believing there were problems? so how does this end? and then we will open up questions. i've sort of gone over time. i beg your indulgence. a couple of reasons why this th

but at the same time, he praises calvin coolidge for cracking down on the boston police strike. once wilson has his stroke, he is out of the picture and his cabinet is divided. on one hand you have palmer, secretary of state lansing, albert burleson the postmaster , general, and probably most importantly, wilson's chief advisor, john tumbling, on the cracked down side of the reds. on the other hand, you have the secretary of labor, his secretary of the interior, the secretary the navy and the secretary of agriculture, say they have gone too far. but no one is able to stop mitchell palmer. what's interesting is that there's good historical evidence that in the midst of the red scare, herbert hoover is actually investigating both wilson and lane to their -- for their opposition to the justice department's crackdown. this is a fair question. maybe we can get to it in the question and answer. how much of this was all self interest in some of the key players? and how much of it was really believing that there were problems? how does this end? i have gone over time and i beg your indu

. >> reporter: the lame-duck label was used here to describe outgoing president calvin coolidge.me-duck still has wings. >> they still have every power they ever had before. >> reporter: there is the power to issue headline-making pardons, and the power to help or hinder a smooth handoff to the next commander in chief. >> so many other countries do not have that peaceful transmission of power. it has been the hallmark of our democracy since george washington. >> reporter: to many people, the 78 days between feel more like 78 years, which raises the question: why is this period so long? >> originally the purpose of the waiting period was to give time for the new president to get from wherever they were to washington, d.c., and that purpose seems to be less necessary today, given modern transportation. >> reporter: but 2020 isn't the first tumultuous transition. after abraham lincoln's election in november 1860, he had to wait four months. back then inauguration wasn't until march, before president james buchanan vacated the premisesment. >> i can't imagine what it was like during

theodore roosevelt, calvin coolidge. other presidents used it, just not lincoln.ruman repurposes the space as the lincoln bedroom post renovation and he puts lincoln era objects and memorabilia in there. so it looks more like this. lincoln's time, the late 19th century, and then later it is used as like a private office for the president. this is primarily where the president's work until the building of the west wing. today we call it the treaty room. it was between the treaty room and the lincoln bedroom. that was usually the two spaces day used for their office and cabinet rooms. this is a little later, i think during the wilson administration, but you see the lincoln bed being used there. i think this is during truman. but we get to a moment in time that truman, who is interested in american history, he learns the lore behind it that there are objects in the white house, we don't have an official collection yet, things just in the house that have an association or affiliation with abraham lincoln. so he designates the lincoln bedroom. and with truman it become

the pageantry of big inaugurations and parades happened in vermont when calvin coolidge became presidented on air force one when lbj was sworn in on november 22, 1963 as president gerald ford at the white house -- they have taken very different forms this year. it has a very different feel to it. there is a live picture from the washington monument looking east toward the capital and the theme of this inaugural is american unity. eliza, tampa, florida, what would you like to hear from president-elect joe biden? caller: good morning, thank you for having me. unity, i think it is incredibly important. you said the word unity much earlier this morning. i was reflecting on 9/11 and how we had all of the flags in the car windows and all of the cheering for the fire department and police vehicles as they drove by. there were no party lines. we were simply americans and we were banding together and it almost felt like the entire nation was hugging each other. over the last four years i have watched in shock and sadness at the pandering to those with either negative intent and/or undeserved loya

others in the group include james madison jr., theodore roosevelt jr., and calvin coolidge jr. ♪ thoughd reason few of us are aware of the distinction. >> you know, i'm not surprised that presidents or any politician would choose not to call themselves junior because what is the word junior but saying your lesser of something or a copy of something. we see presidents who found themselves using junior throughout most of their life. but when they wanted to get a public career on their own, frankly they wanted their own name, not to be borrowing someone else's. >> reporter: the first president to carry the suffix was the second to hold the jobs -- john adams jr. and in the modern era, one president who was a junior twice. our 38th president was born leslie lynch king jr., but his parents divorced, and he would later change his name to honor his stepfathers, becoming gerald rudolph ford jr. [ applause ] his successor is really james earl carter jr. but turned that into jimmy carter throughout his political career. and as for two former presidents who joined mr. biden at the capitol wednesda

donald trump is clearly nostalgic for like the 1920s, calvin coolidge era, early 20th century when white men just dominated the world and can do whatever they wanted to do and there was no one in their way. and they could sort of lead with sort of brute force. but joe biden is also nostalgic for an old era of politics in which the negotiation that he had to make in order to bring about change were largely with fellow white guys. he could negotiate with a strom thurmond and deal with him as well as a teddy kennedy. and he could have those kinds of relationships with both of those figures and they all still came from the same sort of demographic background and place. that's not this america. and he's now going to be negotiating with mitch mcconnell, who as claire would know as well could go to church with you on sunday and stab you in the back politically on monday. he's that ruthless. are you that worried that we're about to see the kinds of compromises that in our history, if you go to 1877 compromise, et cetera, have come on the backs of people of color, of the poor, of those in the mos

harding was listed last, and calvin coolidge was listed second to last.redecessor, woodrow wilson, i think number four if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tends to reflect, tends to suggest exactly theduring the 1920's, hd coolidge demonstrated extraordinary, they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken. whereas wilson expanded the military and expenses of the federal government and left the country in depression. host: so what is your question than? caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? guest: i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that, it is a little sketch here. the lesson i have taken from our history since the 1930's depression is that in times of crises, and i would argue that this is a time of crises, the pandemic is a health care crisis and an economic and a global health care and economic crisis, that it is important for the government to be very supportive. they have to have everybody's back, both i

harding was listed last, and calvin coolidge was listed second to last. predecessor, woodrow wilson, i think number four if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tends to reflect, tends to suggest exactly theduring the 1920's, hd coolidge demonstrated extraordinary, they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken. whereas wilson expanded the military and expenses of the federal government and left the country in depression. host: so what is your question than? caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? guest: i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that, it is a little sketch here. the lesson i have taken from our history since the 1930's depression is that in times of crises, and i would argue that this is a time of crises, the pandemic is a health care crisis and an economic and a global health care and economic crisis, that it is important for the government to be very supportive. they have to have everybody's back, both

his colleagues served with calvin coolidge and franklin roosevelt. 48 years later he's walking up those steps. he is a link to the past and a beacon to a better future. it's an interesting position. who would have predicted that at this stage in his life, he would be in that position. >> jake tapper, as president-elect biden looks out, he won't see that sea of people that president obama and president trump saw. he'll see a sea of flags, 200,000 flags representing people who are not there, also the reminder of the 400,000 dead in this country and that number still on the rise. >> anderson, it is a day of solemnity because of all that loss and also because of the terrorist threat that has required this intense security at the capitol. it's amazing, if you look back at madges of this exact spot in the capitol two weeks ago, and it was the scene of an insurrection, a terrorist attack. here it is, a day of magistery, celebration, transition of powerful, if not peaceful transition of power. >> sounds like they're announcing the leadership of the senate. >> majority whip, the honorable john t