i especially like calvin coolidge. i like ronald reagan. and i like donald trump.host: wasn't grover cleveland the father of baby ruth? let's hear from -- guest: that is -- his opponents go after these guys on those grants and they forget -- grover cleveland was the last gold democrat. anyway, william jennings bryan, we can go through that another time. host: we have time for one or two more calls. john is in florida. you are on with larry kudlow. john, you with us? let's try john in connecticut. caller: this is john from connecticut. i want to know if you think that john kennedy, senator from louisiana, would be a good presidential candidate in 2024. host: thank you, we are going to leave it there, we are running short on time. guest: john kennedy is a very smart man. i will leave it there. host: is he somebody you know? when you are in the white house, how often did you talk with senators? constantly? guest: tons. i had a lot of dealings with senator kennedy. i introduced him -- he spoke here at the state party fundraiser, he was on a tv show recently, he is a ve

calvin coolidge was another guy, liberals coolidge.maybe the first law and order guy, he was the guy stopped the police in massachusetts, he was tough on crime. that's a big issue today and andrew mellon was the quarterback read a/tax rates and space last bending. and they even slashed the federal debt. i don't care about that as much. they had unbelievable prosperity in the 1920s. again, another industrial age . literature, arts, everything. and unfortunately, herbert hoover came in and even though he was a republican and he served in coolidge, coolidge called him, hoover was a good businessman. he was a mining engineer and he did great humanitarian things as secretary of commercecoolidge had no time for him because he was a big government got . even though he had the hoover institution in sanford, hoover himself took the tax rate for 25 to 65 percent. and the smoot hawley terrace and determine what was a modest downturn into a depression and fdr made it worse because he kept raising taxes. kept controlling prices. so i'm reading this

calvin coolidge was a very feeble man. he did not like the idea of having a special train for the president said you can put my car in the rear of the train of a regular chamber don't do a special train. while in december of 19207 i think was in chicago there are two places in that city. and he decided he would go to a regular compartment and a regular sleeping car and i believe the name of the car's president grants of all things. he would eat there, he would sleep in that compartment, mrs. put before trains were air-conditioned, the car was very hot even though it was in december. so we had to sit there in his compartment with the door open and everybody on the train who walked past throughout the train walked through the aisle and look in there and gawk at him. and he did not like that. the very insecure situation with the secret service threat. i remember one time that waiter asked him as your coffee all right? he just said yes. then later he asked his wife why would he say that maybe there is something wrong with it.

. >> with calvin coolidge. calvin coolidge was a very feeble man. he was -- and he did not like the idea of having a special trained for the president. he says, so you can put my car on the rear of the train, a regular train, but don't do a special train. well, he took off in december of 1927, i think it is in chicago, [inaudible] there were two places and that city. he decided he would go in a regular compartment, in a regular sleeping car, -- and i believe the name of the car was the president grant, of all things. and he would eat in the diana, sleep in that compartment, he found out before trains were air conditioned that the car was very hot even though it was in december. so, he had to sit there in his compartment with the door open, and everybody on the train who walked past throughout the train, walking along the aisle and look in there and gawk at him. and he did not like that. he would use his meals in the diner. which was a very insecure situation, the secret service felt. i remember one time the waiter asked him, was your coffee all righ

my name is tracey messer, with the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. thank you all for being here this morning. on three occasions mr. coolidge wore a black armband as a symbol of mourning. on the death of his predecessor, warren g. harding, on the death of his 16 year old son, calvin junior, and on the death of his father, colonel coolidge. i wonder if any of you can speak to the tradition of wearing a black armband as a sign of mourning? when did it start, and when did it seem to go out of fashion? >> i know that i should be able to comment on this, but unfortunately i do not know the history of that. it is not really in style now, you don't see it now. unfortunately, that is a really good question i don't have the answer. >> sir? >> yes, thank you, sir. nicola, i had the privilege of marching in president kennedy's inaugural parade. and, that was my plebe year and my -- at the naval academy. and my first class year i had the privilege of leading the honor company that marched in his funeral procession. and the marine band, the u.s. naval -- national

my name is tracy messer with the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. thank you all for here this morning. on three occasions mr. coolidge wore a black armband as a symbol of mourning on the death of his predecessor warren g harding on the death of his 16 year old son calvin jr. and on the death of his father colonel coolidge, and i was wondering if any of you can comment on the tradition of wearing a black armband as a sign of mourning when did it start and when did it seem to go out of fashion? i know that i should be able to comment on this, but unfortunately, i don't know the history of that. but yeah, but it's something that isn't really in style now. you don't really see it now. but yeah, unfortunately that's a really good question and i don't have the answer. sir yes, thank you, sir. nikolai. i had the privilege of marching in president kennedy's. inaugural parade and i had to also that was my plea beer and my if the naval academy and my first class year, i had the privilege of leading the honor company. ah that marched in his funeral procession.

professor watson is served on the board the harry truman foundation calvin coolidge memorial foundation and the george mcgovern library and center for public service. professor watson has served as a visiting scholar with many organizations including the truman presidential library for ford presidential museum ellen i holocaust museum u.s. military to west point. now let's hear from robert watson. thank you for joining us today. >> flow everyone i'm robert watson and i'm here to talk about my latest book noel the epic struggle to build a capital city and a nation any american school child knows that george washington was heroic and stoic. he was a great and courageous commander on the battlefield and of course one of our greatest presidents who what he did and didn't say carved up the initiative for the presidency but what we don't always does that george washington had another side to him specifically a visionary and a dreamer and he could be a political player. by the same token almost all americans have been to our capital city. americans love their capital capital city. it's a spaci

, but her study the great depression her study of captain the presidency and life and work of calvin coolidge our seminal works in both fields. and then now she serves as the president of the coolidge foundation, which i'm blessed to support and be familiar with and i can tell you that we're all in this cause together fighting for the same things sometimes with different ways. i appreciate you all being willing to be here. i'll stick around and talk to you with any more questions that may exist. but i think we've we've covered a lot of people today of all sorts of difficult pronunciations. so thank you for ucla law professor devon carano recently spoke about the fourth amendment which defines unreasonable searches and seizures as the power of the place. here's a portion of that program. >> you can think about the trauma having a gun pointed at you not knowing where any, i didn't think that much about. reflect on it and call it out and realized what fighting moment it is and that vulnerability on what it means to be black. potentially a killing zone and what it means for existential reality. >

they do not like warren gco harding for they do not like calvin coolidge. that used to not like ronaldbu reagan but materials come out ragged and his own hand. they realize ragged was positive in electoral period let's go to the gilded age. gilded age i'm going to define it 70 can be some running room on that. i'm going to include u.s. grant into this grant was president 6d industrial revolution the gilded age of phenomenal. of inventions railroads across the country. airplanes, oil, the applications of oil. i brought a list because gosh i was hoping we could go into the stuff. telegraph rail lines telephones the red cross i mean come on they are bad mouthing everything about the gilded- age. made them all out. they completely miss the big picture this is a. unheralded prosperity for the united states. america became the greatest country in the world economic from the so-called gilded age. i was not industrial revolution might saintly wife is a painter, artist painting of the hudson river and painters coming through. tremendous stuff. steven crane, elizabet

you smith is not when that was the famous conventionally where 103 ballots and the republican calvin coolidge won that election. in 1928 al smith's running again for president he gets the nomination. and the he needs somebody to run for governor on the in the ticket here in new york. and he's thinking i need somebody well known. i like roosevelt. he's a friend of mine. i would like him to run new york was a swing state. can you believe that in 1928 swing state? tammany hall upstate agriculture and business wall street so fdr doesn't want to run he's down in warm springs smith and eleanor are at eleanor's active. she's at the convention in rochester the state convention. smith wants to get wants of fdr on the line. he stays away from the phone and away from the house. finally honor says, okay. i'm not going to promote this with them, but i'll get them on the line smith convinces him. it's his duty to do it. and you know, he decides yes as a good soldier the party i will run. louis howe and eleanor didn't want him to run lewis howe had said it's not a good year to run. the republicans are ridin

, but her study the great depression her study of captain the presidency and life and work of calvin coolidge our seminal works in both fields. and then now she serves as the president of the coolidge foundation, which i'm blessed to support and be familiar with and i can tell you that we're all in this cause together fighting for the same things sometimes with different ways. i appreciate you all being willing to be here. i'll stick around and talk to you with any more questions that may exist. but i think we've we've covered a lot of people today of all sorts of difficult pronunciations. program and others vit

try to imagine george washington saying my friends are calvin coolidge. the roosevelt understand the modern presidency and pioneered it more than anyone else and it's going to create an intimacy with the country. i don't think we want to -- they are the head of one branch of one of our many governments. >> host: who are the ideal president in your view and who did it right? ronald reagan was famous for communicating with the public and most conservatives look at the ghost of raisin and say -- the ghost of reagan and say bring themm back. >> host: is wrong to save president should be front and center all the time communicating all the time.e. when he was making his brief run for the democratic nomination for the presidency in 2020 he tweetedtw "from the nuclear president he won't have to think about forpr weeks at a time. >> host: do you think you mentioned the advent of radio. certainly social media has changed the game for all campaigns not just the presidency and how they communicate and how if you witness that change the cassette hasn't only changed ho

historian, but her study of the great depression, her study of the presidency and life and work of calvin coolidge, our seminal works in both fields and now she serves as the president of the college foundation which i'm blessed to support and be familiar with, and i can tell you we are all in this cause together fighting for the same things sometimes with different ways. i appreciate you all willing to be here. i'll stick around a talk to you with an' more questions that may exist but i think we have covered a lot of people today, all sorts of difficult pronunciations, so thank you for coming. >> no, thank you. [applause] >> begins on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's stories, and on sundays booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies and more including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why chart has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is co

or calvin coolidge to pick another of my heroes. but roosevelt understood the modern presidency. in fact he pioneered it more than anyone else. he was going to create anew intimacy with the country . i don't think we want it to be intimate. they are the head of one branch of one of our many governments. >> who's been the most ideal president in your field. who did it right or at least came close. because ronald reagan was famous for communicating with the public and most conservatives look up to those who write in and say bring him back . >> there's nothing wrong with communicative with the president . it is wrong to say the president should be front and center all the time, communicate all the time. when the senator of colorado was making his brief run for the democratic nomination for president in 1920. he tweeted vote for me and you'll get a president, you won't have tothink about for weeks at a time . that was for him. >> you think we talk about this you mentioned the advent of radio but certainly social media changed the game for all campaigns. not just the presidency and ho

raised to $20,000 during interject son's presidency and stayed that amounted to the presidency of calvin coolidge. as you can imagine, that money went quickly and wasn't evenly distributed across the rooms. so, since these funds didn't go very, far this meant fixing broken items, re-gilding, re-upholstery, and shifting items between rooms to address or concerns and, when necessary, selling outdated or wanted items that public option and using the proceeds to buy new items for the house. in 1826, congress passed legislation that mandated that all furniture purchase for the white house should be as far as practical be of american domestic manufacture. this is included as part of the appropriations bill, there were ways around this. as we heard, with for example, the china services. many of which were french made and were brought to the united states and then purchase for american firms. the white house, was after all, an office and a home in an extremely accessible one at that. this greatly affected the house, it's appearance at its furnishings. in 1840, to author charles dickens, yes that charles

only full-length biographies of first lady frances folsom cleveland as well as a biography of calvin coolidge's vice president charles gate stause. and most recent biography is why she is here today. a woman of adventure life and times of first lady lou henry hoover was released earlier this month by the university of nebraska press one would have to go back 18 years to find another book length biography of lou henry hoover. dunlap conducted much of her research before covid closed the research room for nearly two years. thank police is here to give us some of her insights on her findings. following her remarks will be a brief question and answer period and then book sales and signings will conclude the event in the lobby area. at this time please put all of your cell phones on vibrate. and join me in welcoming annette dunlap. well, good afternoon. it is just so great to see you and especially your willingness to come out on what is an absolutely beautiful beautiful day. so what i want to do is make sure that it is worth your time to be here this afternoon and share with you some of the interes

to $20,000 during andrew jackson's presidency and stayed that amount until the presidency of calvin coolidge. so as you can imagine the money went quickly and wasn't evenly distributed across the rooms. so since these funds didn't go very far this meant fixing broken items regaled in reupholstering shifting items between rooms to address different concerns and when necessary selling outdated or worn out items of public auction and using the proceeds to buy new items for the house in 1826 congress passed legislation that mandated that all furniture purchased for the white house should be as far as practicable be of american or domestic manufacturer. while this was included as part of the appropriations bill there were ways around this as we heard with for example, the china services many of which were french made and were brought to the united states and then purchased from american firms. the white house was after all an office in a home in an extremely accessible one at that. this greatly impacted the house. it's appearance and its furnishings in 1842. authored charles dickens. yes that cha

wood rrow wilson, fdr, grover cleveland, calvin coolidge. . ♪. ashley: some exciting news to share. reporter lydia hu just welcomed a new baby boy. craig was born thursday afternoon. he is named after lydia's husband. guess what? big sister emily thrilled and already sharing the baby with love. congratulations. there you go to lydia and her family. that makes you smile. now to the trivia question, we asked you before the break which president made labor day a federal holiday? lauren, who is a whiz at history, what do you say, lauren? lauren: going with grover cleveland because i think he was the earliest of that bunch of presidents. i think labor day has been around for a while. [laughter]. ashley: you can laugh but you're right on the money. grover cleveland. the law was signed june 28th, 1894. and lauren simonetti again, a whiz at history. take it away, neil cavuto. neil: all that is very good to know. thank you for sharing that. ashley: yes. neil: following same thing we've got going on here, concern how strong do you want the economy. a