house of representatives, henry clay.background sounds] >> henry clay was an early 19th century politician, statesman. he ran for president three times, tried to get the nomination two others, failed on all occasions. but he's probably the best known non-president of that period. >> why is that? >> well, daniel walker howell argues that clay had the most expansive vision for the country of any politician of that period. he's speaking, basically, of the american system which was an attempt to unify the country. we were a big country, in fact, most people thought we could not exist as a democracy as large as we were. but he believed through transportation, through commerce that we could tie the country together. howell says that he was a better visionary than he was a politician. he could not get other people to go with him. but if he could have stood out here on this front step and looked out to the west where interstate 75 and interstate 64 come together, he would have said, by god, i told you so. because that was exactly

how clay kept going, i can't comprehend. i don't think i could withstand the tragedy that affected him with his children and grandchildren, but you know, i think it was appearances. i think the stories began to be told, and it's like, you know, once a story is told, it never goes away. it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, but the sons took a long time to find their way. they were very slow to find their way. one of them ended up in the lexington lunatic asylum which, of course, fed the rumors about others, so i think it's just the circumstances of the family that caused that belief to build. >> so before all of the traj sigh, what -- tragedy, what kind of life did they lead here at ashlyn? >> i think it's a fairly normal life for the upper class of the society. clay loved having his children around him. one son he built a home just to the east of here. in fact, it was on the edge of the property. they would come up and have dinner once a week with the family. the younger sons, another -- a daughter bought a home a the so

clay left berlin. before he left, he got a cable from kennedy saying, i think we are in a pause but we're not at the end of this. we don't know what it will be but something will happen and we must be ready for it. what happened next was cuba. in berlin we knew this was going to be a crisis because the soviets began building pipelines, oil pipelines, from the polish border to the west german border and also to the surrounding the berlin. something they did not do when they had limited maneuvers. they knew they were going to try to make a major force in berlin and that they want us to know it. a major show of force at the border. khrushchev sent a cable to kennedy saying, you know, we should settle this with the united nations. we should substitute united nations forces for allied forces maybe 25% a year until at the end of four years allies are reportedly out. kennedy replied, i'm not going to do that. but gramiko went to the white house, you know, khrushchev is going to come to november with the unite

what the clay sons did very well west of mary good women. with no help from henry. but they married a really strong women who help them to establish stability in their lives. >> if he had become president of the united states what affect do you think that would have had of his family? >> they would have -- i think it would have lived with it. i think lucretia it would have gone back to washington. she knew what was needed. she had shared duties with john quincy adams' wife when play was secretary of state, so she was not beyond the ability to do with. the sons, i don't know. i don't know what might have happened. they were good businessman. one of them served briefly as a diplomat to portugal and the late 1840's, so they had some experience at government as well, but i think equally interesting is what henry clay would have done as president, how his health would have held out. he suffered tremendously while secretary of state from the workload. how his temperament would have gone as president of the united states. i think it was meant to carry, an economist at the

>> then you want to get the measurements from the clay model.awing lines, take the measurements of the eyes, forehe forehead,. i start dropping the head back and bringing the nose forward. if you make a mistake then you have to carve deeper and if you keep carving deeper you add wood in the back because you're taking a lot of wood away in the front. so you can make mistakes but it's costly because it requires a lot of time. >> when it's completed this figurehead will be eight feet tall and will replace an earlier version that sal created many years ago. >> the dress she'll have will have a 23 carat gold design, with real gold laid into it. she'll be looking up like so she's the eyes of the ship. >> sal showed us one of the other works in progress. a partially assembled mermaid. >> i have to put the rest of it together. that's all i could work on the rest of the body and finishing and painting it. once i get done with that, i'll laminate all the pieces together. >> after seeing sal's ability firsthand, i had justs one mor question. do you think y

uncle a piece of land and would u do it up legally with a seal and deed and title and put it in a clay pot so it lasts a long time. >> many west bank cities are under palastinian-arab control. the only controlled areas frequented by tourists are bethlehem and jerco. oldest city in the world. >> holy sites time and again ruined. >> for example long term agreements protected joseph's tomb. in 2000 palastinians forced out the jewish study and ransacked the place. a few months ago, a palastinian policeman killed a jewish worshipper there. israel called it a terror attack. other sites include rachel's tomb in bethlehem where abraham, isaac, jacob, and their wives are buried. >> they would be willing to swap this biblical heritage for peace. >> if god for bid we uproot ourselves, there will never be peace. these jews don't feel any connection, let's wipe them out of the country altogether if we are not in jerusalem, hebram, we won't be in tell tel aviv. >> i think god's plan and purposes was that israel would allow the stranger to dwell here, but he is giving this inheritance to israel. he i

but i think equality interesting what henry clay would have done as president. how his health would have held up from the secretary of state and workload and how his temperament would have fit as president of the united states. i will say that i think matthew kerry, an economist that said if clay had become president, the civil war would have postponeed. significantly. how can you say that, i don't know. you obviously can't prove it. but hi felt like his economic policies would have helped to weaken slavery and therefore taken away the major cause for a civil war. >> booktv was in frankfurt, kentucky as part of our cities tour where we visited several southern cities over the next few months. to bring you a taste of their literary history and culture. for more information on this and events from other cities, visit c-span.org/local content. richard north patterson's newest novel "devil's light" discussed the possibility of a terrorists attack and another 9/11 in the u.s. he talked about this in san francisco. this is just over an hour. >> the program is presente

he made a big deal out of working in clay.hings he was doing was something never seen before. >> it is a large scale bronze. it has been sitting here of the hall of justice since 1971. talk about what happens to the work of art out of the elements. >> the arts commission commissioned the piece. they did not set aside money for repair. it has slowly changed color. it was black. it has been restored. >> it has been restored to the original patina. >> there was no damage done to its. i do not think there were any holes made in it. they have been working on it for six or eight weeks. it is practically ready to go. i am very excited to see it done. >> over the course of the arts in richmond program, we have added almost 800 works of art into the public space. maintaining that is not something that the bond funds allow us to do. this is why you came up with the idea of art care. >> i hope we get the community going and get people who really like to be involved. we will give them a chance to be involved. if you are interested in art,

forward to joining the team abdo is a three time champions league winner and the most decorated african clay of all time lightening pace has made one of the sport's most prolific goalscorers increased again this still assigning houseboat of this region of russia the north caucasus into the soccer world spotlight this is the in the says. it seems that until recently few side of russia had heard off but which is now making sports had lines across the globe and it's in this unlikely setting that i team of world soap a stone house is being built the story behind this transfer began in january when the darkest on the clock was bought by sally month good enough a locally born businessman and one of the richest men in russia he valid to turn gene into a contender hoping to transform the republic's image in the process a handful of promising acquisitions followed among them legendary brazilian to found out about the cardless the current captain of the club the fact that one of the best wears in the world will be playing him there are some families will. america a very big impact so it's a good devel

the career of region has been known for its dim covered toys base an ancient pagan day tease these clay figurines have been handmade here for hundreds of years the handicraft strict tradition prescribes that artisans was depict very specific subjects namely peasant women and improbably colored down the most of this is not just a trademark a very gentle this is russia's visiting come out who want the world to take notice the toys can only be made by women and apprentices have to perfect their craft for years before they can be called masters and i suppose the most. before i became a tall maker thought making the same things over and over again would be boring but actually they always turn out different and once i have most of the traditional motifs i my grandchild and. local authorities are hoping master classes like this one will become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen. eager of party cure of region. here i am today ten dollars back with a recap of our top stories in a moment. thanks . to you. feel. the limits to. exit. if. we want. the official t. applic