and now live from washington, d.c., a profile of the life of charles evans hughes. >> it is what we claim we want in the presidential candidates and president. >> and man named charles evan bayh -- charles evans hughes. woodrow wilson thought he was beaten. >> american history goes on in several different directions. what is he doing for foreign policy? he is the one you could write novels about. >> he was on the supreme court. he left the supreme court. he ran for president. then he went back to the supreme court. when of the finest minds on the court's. >> why use? >> andrew jackson said that "he looks like god and talks like god." >> charles evans hughes -- the republican presidential nominee soon after the national convention. tonight, we looked at the life and legacy of charles evans hughes who was a two-term governor, secretary of state, and twice a supreme court justice. he was perhaps best known as one of the co-authors of the new deal. we're broadcasting live across from the capitol. he inaugurated this building when it first opened in 1935. let me introduce you to our guests thi

. >> a man named charles evans hughes. woodrow wilson thought he was beaten. >> american history goes on in several different directions. what is he doing for foreign policy? he is the one you could write novels about. >> he was on the supreme court. he left the supreme court. he ran for president. then he went back to the supreme court. one of the finest minds on the court. >> why hughes? >> andrew jackson said that hughes "looks like god and talks like god." >> charles evans hughes -- the republican presidential nominee soon after the national convention. tonight, we look at the life and legacy of charles evans hughes who was a two-term governor, secretary of state, and twice a supreme court justice. he was perhaps best known as one of the co-authors of the new deal. we're broadcasting live across from the capitol. he inaugurated this building when it first opened in 1935. let me introduce you to our guests this evening were joining us to talk about the life and legacy of charles evans hughes. my first guest is an histor

we have collected a number of things including original books that charles evan hughes author. ed. notably is the autobiography that we find interesting. my favorite story in here is one that justice hughes tells. a visit when he was the president of the baptists society in new york city. he asked to booker t. washington to come and speak to the assembly. when booker t. washington and his wife arrived, justice hughes escorted him to his own table and sat in there. at that time, that was a controversial thing to do. justice hughes took advantage of that to speak about the importance of diversity and tolerance. he was very disappointed that a group of religious people themselves would be intolerant to having booker t. washington at their table. >> we have about 22 minutes left talking about charles evan hughes. we have brought back one of our first guest who is joining us on the plaza of the supreme court. david pietrusza, one aspect we have not spent much time on his his chair as secretary of state in his pivotal one post world war i years. would you tell us about what contributions

this week, charles evans hughes. then treasury secretary timothy geithner testifies on the u.s. economy at a house financial services committee hearing. later, mississippi governor haley barbour on the republican economic agenda. >> next, from washington, d.c., a profile of the life of charles evans hughes on the

host: tonight our program features charles evans hughes.ormer governor of new york, republican candidate and nominee for president in 1916 against woodrow wilson. that is tonight, from the supreme court at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. you can go to c-span.org /contenders if you want to find out more about who was on their. we will put the website up on the screen for you. john, what you think? caller: has anyone seen the retailers say -- here is your money back? put into the retailers, this is no benefit to the public. this is typical of the legislation with a pass it first and read it later. no one wants to see them laying off 50,000 people. the revenues are now $6 billion. that is all that i have to say about that. host: this twitter message -- a is from "the washington post." pos host: francis, what do you think about a bank fees? caller: calling in from indiana. host: i saw that, and i thought that might be wrong. caller: that is ok. listen, i want to tell you something. community banks, 8500 of us did not do this greed. the credit unions di

. >> before the presidential election in 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, at two-termovernor of new york, and before he launched his -- he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact remained. he is one of the 14 men featured in our new weekly series, "contenders," live in the supreme court building in washington, d.c. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. watch a number of video at him out our special website for the series. -- and our special website for the series. >> watch more video of the candidates, see what political reporters are saying, and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns. candidate bios and the latest polling data, plus links to c- span media partners in the early primary and caucus states, all at -- c-span.org/campaign2012. >> find new books for your fault reading list. september 19, 1981 -- 1881, james garfield is near death. candace miller on the political intrigues and the destiny of the republic. a

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a-2 term governor in new york. although he lost his bid for the presidency, is impact remained. serving alternately as chief justice of the u.s.. one of 14 men featured in an " the contenders." tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern. in a preview, watch more about him on our special web site for the program. "washington journal" is next. this afternoon, our coverage of the family research council. we will hear from rick perry, herman cain, and newt gingrich at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. at 2:00 p.m. eastern time.

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor and aernor. though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact remains, serving as a secretary of state and chief justice of the u.s. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new series, the contenders. live on friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview, watching number of videos about him at our special website for this series. >> with congress back in session, the house will consider a bill that will keep the government open for another six weeks and the senate is proposing a bill. watch our live coverage on c- span. use our resources on congress to get more information about your elected officials with the this chronicle including video of the voting records, the daily schedule and more. it is washington, your way. >> former massachusetts governor and presidential candidate mitt romney is evident -- interviewed by an editor. the new hampshire and union leader is one of the largest newspapers in the state. the meeting was held in manchester, new hampshire. this is about an hour and 10 m

this week, the life of charles evans hughes. >> my first session i was paying close attention to the discussion as i remember it and i failed to hear the knock on the door. and billy brennen and bill rehnquist answered the door and made me feel like i was about two feet high. i learned from that one of the most important jobs of the junior justice is to remember that you are a doorman. >> john paul stevens on his new memoir "five chiefs" on "q&a." >> this morning former virginia congressman tom davis talks about legislative gridlock and the 2012 presidential campaign. the 2012 presidential campaign. then

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copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, a two-term governor of new york and although he lost his bid for the presidency is impact on political history remains. serving as a post war secretary of state and ultimately chief justice. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series "the contenders." live from the supreme court building in washington, friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview, watch and number of videos about him on our special website, c- span.org/thecontenders. >> with congress back in session this week, the house will consider a spending bill that will keep the federal government open for another six weeks through mid november and the senate is proposing a bill dealing with china's currency. watch our live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. use our comprehensive resource on congress to get more information about elected officials with c-span's congressional chronicle, including video of every house and senate session, voting records, daily sc

washington talking with historians and taking your calls about the presidential campaign of charles evans hughesve every friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can see tonight on eugene debs on sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern. for more information on our series, go to our website. he will find a schedule of the series, biographies of the candid is, appraisals and a portions of some speeches. it is all that c-span.org. >> the return -- retirement ceremony for admiral mike mullen. after that, a briefing on the debt of anwar. then a discussion on the job opportunities for veterans. >> the supreme court will hear oral arguments on whether states can be sued for failing to pay medicaid. here's similar case from 1990 arguing that states cannot be sued by a private party to enforce medicate compliance. >> it may be helpful to return to the language of the statute. that's specifies that a state medicaid plan must provide the payment of raids -- rates. >> listen to seize band radio at 90.1 fm. >> president obama announced the death of anwar at a ceremony as the joint chiefs of staff chairman and honoring ou

he runs for governor in 1906 against charles evans hughes and loses. he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by has control of the two newspapers, the evening journal and the new york american, and he churns out real are, the basest appeal to people and to try to tell them that i know better, i'm a reformer, i want municipal utilities that will lower your rates. i want transparent government, you can get that if you back me. in 1918 he wants the nomination for governor and they try to figure out who is going to get this. they settle on smith. smith goes and gets elected. in 1919, immediately william randolph hearst starts to poke at smith's programs. there's a milk strike in new york city. the upstate daries can't get milk into new york city. they then have a milk strike upstate where the producers won't ship it to new york city. well, none of this is within the purview of the governor's powers. the governor tries to get his departments of farms and markets to act. they won't because many they don't report to the governor. hearst won't take thi

he runs for governor in 1906 against charles evans hughes and loses. he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by has control of the two newspapers, the evening journal and the new york american, and he churns out really the basest appeal to people and to try to tell them that i know better, i'm a reformer, i want municipal utilities that will lower your rates. i want transparent government, you can get that if you back me. in 1918 he wants the nomination for governor and they try to figure out who is going to get this. they settle on smith. smith goes and gets elected. in 1919, immediately william randolph hearst starts to poke at smith's programs. there's a milk strike in new york city. the upstate dairies can't get milk into new york city. they then have a milk strike upstate where the producers won't ship it to new york city. well, none of this is within the purview of the governor's powers. the governor tries to get his departments of farms and markets to act. they won't because many they don't report to the governor. hearst won't take this

we will be taking your calls about charles evans hughes. the series airs live every 49 at 8:00 eastern december 9 on c- span. you can see our program from indiana on eugene v. debs again tonight at 11:00. for more information on our series, go to our website. you will find a schedule of the series, biographies of all the candidates, historians appraisals and portions of speeches when available. that is all at c-span.org. contenders. >> president obama remarks on the death of anwar al-awlaki. at 11:00, the contenders on key figures who have run for president and lost. tonight, from indiana, the life of eugene v. debs. >> watch more video of the candidate, see what political reporters are saying, and track the latest campaign contributions. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape in. links to c-span media partners. >> president obama announced the death of al qaeda clara anwar al-awlaki at a ceremony welcoming martin dempsey as the 18th joint chiefs of staff chairman and honoring outgoing chairman admiral mike mullen. he wa

as i mentioned earlier, the statement of charles evans hughes it occurs to me signals that the president can do what is necessary. and this is an implied not only power of the president, i believe it's a duty of the president. so often when we talk about presidential powers we're speaking, well, the president has a right to do this. i think there is a higher responsibility than simply his right to defend the united states. i think it is something he has a duty to do, he has a sworn duty to defend the united states, and i think he has a duty to do so in a way which survives, which survives with the republic. so this idea of necessity is at the core of the president's powers. and if there is a transition that is, has been and is being made, i believe it's one that could be referenced to the opening remarks of attorney general meese in that the courts are injecting themselves as evaluators of the necessity, whereas in previous times the courts largely yielded to the judgment of necessity, and that judgment being rendered by the executive branch in the executive branch. i'm not sure why cour

when you look at the republican party, all of these figures, teddy roosevelt, charles evans hughes, coming as well. >> what is tammany hall? >> tammany hall is technically just the new york city's democratic party. the manhattan democratic party. tammany hall from the mid-19th century was best known as the machine of machines in urban america. it was identified as a primarily irish machine. a machine that really depended on the neighborhood power, word power, and that was as much about taking care of your neighborhood and the coming up through the neighborhood as it was anything really about national politics. tammany hall is the most powerful force in new york city politics at that moment, but really in new york state, democratic politics. >> how did tammany hall fit into the 1928 election? >> that was the brush that painted smith into a corner. we talk about the religion issue. this started at the convention in 1928. tammany hall would go to the conventions and they would always have -- new york was a key state. it would nominate the democratic candidates. many candidates -- we had both

after that, our c-span series, the contenders , profiling the life of charles evans hughes.n treasury secretary tim geithner testifies at a house financial services committee meeting. >> the chairman of the armed services committee, representative but mckeon -- buck mckeon. john donnelly is a senior writer and editor of "congressional quarterly." charles is from politico. >> good morning. the first question -- the big question in washington is obviously the budget situation. with regards to the defense budget, a law passed would cap senate appropriations of the next 10 years in

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, a two-term governor of new york. and though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained, serving as a postwar secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, "the contenders," live from the supreme court building in washington, d.c., friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview about hughes, watch a number of videos about him at our special website for the series, cspan.org/thecontenders. >> who gets the door? >> i was paying close attention to discussion. i fail to hear the knock on the door. brennan was on my left and they both up and answered the door. it made me feel like i was two feet high. one of the most important jobs of the zero judges is to remember that you are a doorman. >> john paul stevens on his new memoir, sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: kevin gray, thank you for being here. you heard about -- kevin brady, thank you for being here. y

he runs for governor in 1906 against charles evans hughes and loses. he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by has control of the two newspapers, the evening journal and the new york american, and he churns out really the basest appeal to people and to try to tell them that i know better, i'm a reformer, i want municipal utilities that will lower your rates. i want transparent government, you can get that if you back me. in 1918 he wants the nomination for governor and they try to figure out who is going to get this. they settle on smith. smith goes and gets elected. in 1919, immediately william randolph hearst starts to poke at smith's programs. there's a milk strike in new york city. the upstate dairies can't get milk into new york city. they then have a milk strike upstate where the producers won't ship it to new york city. well, none of this is within the purview of the governor's powers. the governor tries to get his departments of farms and markets to act. they won't because many they don't report to the governor. hearst won't take this

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, two-termk and though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained, serving as the post-war secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. one of the 14 men featured in the weekly series "the contenders." friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview about hughes, watch a number of videos about him and our special web site about the series crsh span.org/ the contenders. >> congress is back in session and the house passed a spending bill that will keep the government funded through mid-november. the senate continues on a bill dealing with china's currency. watch live coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span 2 and use our comprehensive resource on congress to get more information about your elected officials. the c-span's congressional chronicle and every house and senate session, vote records, the daily schedules, committee hearings and more. washington your way. the c-span networks, created by cable, provided as a public service. >> watch more video

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, at a two-term governor of new york. his impact on political history remains. serving as a postwar secretary of state and chief justice of the u.s.. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new weekly series "the contenders." for a preview, what a number of videos about him and our special website for the series. >> marco rubio is not seeking the vice-presidential nomination and will not accept any offers from the potential gop candidate. the senator's remarks were made an interview wednesday hosted by the atlantic and the aspen institute. william daley took partial responsibility for president obama struggles with john boehner. washington politics are a reflection on american and civility. this is about 40 minutes. >> i go on line and i began to read "the times." just to make sure i can watch what my predecessor is doing. so that when he calls 10 minutes later, i can harass him. >> does he call you a lot? >> we talked a lot. >> what does he say? [laughter] >> this is being recorded, it isn'

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, a two-termgovernor of new york. even though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political analyshistory remaine. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series "the contenders," live from the supreme court building in washington, d.c. for a preview, watch a number of videos about him at our wish -- our special website at c-span span.org/thecontenders. >> in this part of the event, treasury secretary timothy geithner discusses the it ministrations economic policy. we will also hear from bank of america president brian moynihan, former treasury secretary robert rubin, white house chief of staff william daley, and marco review. this is two hours. [applause] -- marco rubio. this is two hours. [applause] >> i should be able to say something witty about the culture of self-effacing it, but it escapes me. >> i set it for you. >> thank you. we have about 15 minutes together and then we will take a couple of questions from the audience. the other official who has been grappl

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes which a lawyer and professor, a two-termh he lost his bid for the presidency his impact on political history remained serving as the postwar secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series the contenders, live in washington, d.c. friday at 8 p.m. eastern. for a preview about him, watching number of videos about him at our special website for the series, c-span.org/thecontenders. >> with congress back in session this week, the house will consider a spending bill that would keep the federal government open for another six weeks through mid-november and the senate is proposing a bill dealing with china's currency. watch live gavel to gavel coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. use our resource on congress to get more information about your elected officials with c-span congressional chronicle including video of every house and senate session, voting record, many hearings and more. it's washington your way. the c-span networks, create

before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, a two-term governor of new york, and though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remain, serving as secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s.. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new series, the contenders, live at the supreme court building in washington d.c., friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview of about hughes, watch a video at our website, c- span.org. at his news conference, president obama urged congress to support his $447 million jobs bill. other topics include china's currency, relations with pakistan, and europe's debt. from the east room of the white house, this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i will take your questions in a second. i want to say a few words about the economy. next week, the senate will vote on the american jobs act. by now, i have made my view is well known. some of you are keeping a tally about how many times i have talked about the american jobs act. the reason i keep going around the

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evan hughes was a lawyer and professor. a two-term governor of new york and though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained serving as a post-war secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. he's one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, the contenders, live from the supreme court building in washington, dc. friday at 8:00 pm eastern. for a preview about hughes, watch a number of videos about him at our special website for the series, c-span.org/thecontenders. is set to release the september jobs electorate we'll show you a portion of his testimony from this morning as we wait for the u.s. senate to return here on c-span2 and that's at 2:15 eastern. >> the hearing will come to orde order. >> good morning, everyone. i look forward to chairman bernanke on the state of the economy and the recent rackets taken by the federal reserve and its insights into the short and the long-term of the challenges facing the united states economy. my hope for today's hearing i

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a two-term governor of new york. though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained. serving as a post-war secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. he's one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, "the contenders," live in the supreme court building in washington, d.c. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview about hughes, watch a number of videos about him at our special website for the series, c-span.org/thecontenders. >> now president obama talks about key elements of his economic agenda. the president is also asked about the status of pending trade agreements. this took place during a meeting with cabinet members at the white house. >> all right, good morning, everybody. i am pulling my cabinet together to talk about the one topic that's on everybody's minds, and that is how do we put america back to work. each of the secretaries and heads of agencies have been assigned to look at what we can do administratively to accelerate job growth over the

. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor. though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained. serving as a secretary of state and ultimately chief justice. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new weekly series "the contenders." tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview, watch a number of videos about him, visit our special website for the series c-span.org/thecontenders. >> if you think a bill of rights is what sets us apart, you are crazy. every banana republic in the world has a bill of rights. every president for life pass a bill of rights. the bill of rights for the former evil empire, was much better than ours. literally, it was much better. we guarantee freedom of speech and of the press, big deal. they guaranteed freedom of speech, the press, street demonstrations, and anyone caught trying to suppress criticism of the government will be called to account. that is wonderful stuff. of course, just words on paper. >> justices antonin scalia and stephen breyer testified before the sen