you look at what the socialite said about calvin coolidge.to remember that they were from families that endorsed different policies. differenthad a president. teddy roosevelt was a bully pulpit president. and calvinld coolidge's silence was cultural. he was not talking a lot or waving his arms about. he was temperamental. he was a shy person. he knew that if you do not talk a lot, people would stop talking. a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was a way of not giving in. >> an author and columnist will on depressionents era presidents and fiscal policy on sunday on c-span2. next, a conversation about the effects of war on civilians. we will hear from robert dreyfuss and a hiker who was imprisoned by the government of iran. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. welcome. panel 2467. 12:30 is the beginning of this panel. my name is jenny and i am honored to be here today. i work for the american red cross here. i am honored to be back. without further ado, i want to inform everyone that c

here was coolidge, prissy and cold and not giving out favorites. she said he looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. coolidge was from new england, farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. if you lived -- and it was tempermental. he was a shy person. also had a political purpose. he knew if he didn't talk a lot people would stop talking, and of course a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests, and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests, and he articulated that specifically. taxes >> booktv asked, what are you reading this summer? >> i think i'm doing a catchup summer. reading a lot of things that are not particularly new but i have meant to read and not gotten done. so i ticked off a little list of them.

calvin coolidge did nothing to fool any of this.he was famously talking about how business in america is business, but also his treasury secretary -- the treasury secretary that served for harding and coolidge and hoover come into mallon was himself a banker in himself or leave it was important to allow the banking immunity to do what it needed to do, not having any real rules. the ultimate result of that was a tremendous amount of speculation after world war i that ultimately led to a tremendous crash, which ultimately led to great depression. so those presidents had relationships, but they did try and use them to get anything back from the bankers. go inserter of oregon history can all be with who didn't come from the same eastern establishment and some of the main bankers at this time. but he was such a master politician that he understood how to sort of stroke the personalities and positions of the people in the power banking at the the time as well as get that done. so he was very much a man about i will pass -- i will not worr

coolidge's science was cultural. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them, as you know if you've lived -- and it was temperamental, of temperament. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking. and, of course, a president or a political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests, and he articulated that quite explicitly. >> author and columnist amity shlaes will take your calls, e-mails, and tweets on taxes and current fiscal policies, "in depth," live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on ..

. >> if you go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero. his tax rate was a gold standard tax rate that we saw in the , he brought the top rate down to. he fought like crazy with wilson. when you look at what all the socialites said about coolidge in washington -- how cold he was, how he would not meet with them. you want to remember that they were all from families that would endorse different policy. here was coolidge, or c and cold and not giving out favors -- and col.d d. a -- he was from new england. farmers do not talk a lot because a cow my kick them. he was temperamental, a shy person, but he also had a political purpose. he knew if he did not talk a lot, he knew that people would stop talking. of course, a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests, and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. >> author and columnist amity hlaes will take your calls. "in-depth," line for three hours, sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's "book tv." tuesdaydent obama outlined his plan for keeping troops i

calvin coolidge did nothing to thwart any of this. he was famously talking about how the business of america is business, but also his treasury secretary the treasury secretary that served for harding and coolidge and hoover and andrew melon, was a banker and believed it was important to allow the banking community to do what it needed to do, which meant not having any real rules, and they also met results with a tremendous amount of speculation after world war i that ultimately led to a tremendous crash, which ultimately led to a great depression. so, those presidents had relationships but they didn't really try to use them to get anything back from the bankers. it just going forward in history, lbj was someone who didn't come from the same eastern establishment societal connections as some of the main bankers about he was such a master politician that he understood how to sort of stroke the personalities and the positions of the people in power and banking at the time, as well as get stuff done. so, he was very much a man about, i w

calvin coolidge didn't do anything to support this.he was famously talking about how the business of america is business. also, the treasury secretary -- actually, the treasury secretary that served for harding and coolidge and hoover come and room allen, was himself a banker and himself the leave to doubt it was important to allow the banking communities to do what it needed to do which meant not having any rules and the ultimate result is that it tremendous amount of speculation after world war i that ultimately led to a tremendous crash that ultimately led to the great depression. so they have relationships but they didn't really try to use them to get anything back from the bankers. going through history, lbj was someone who didn't come from the same establishment as some of the main bankers in his time but he was such a master politician that he understood how to sort of stroke the personalities and the conditions of the people in the power in banking at the time as well as get stuff done. so he was very much a man about -- i will

coolidge's silence was cultural. he was from new england. farmers don't wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. you know if you have lifted and it was temperamental. he was a shy person but also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot people would stop talking and of course a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interest. he articulated that point explicitly. next on booktv a discussion about charity. kern stern author of with charity for all and michael weinstein co-author of the robin hood rules for smart giving talk about charitable thing in the u.s. in place to give that do the most good. they are by tucson mayor jonathan rothschild. this is an hour. >> my name is jonathan rothschild sometimes known as the mayor of tucson and we are here today to discuss the private sector dollars alleviating poverty. i'm happy to have with us to folks who know a little bit about this. the first is the co-founder and director of programs

. >> if you go back and look at coolidge he was a conservative hero and he had a gold standard tax rate. he got it down to 25%. and he fought like crazy. it started with wilson in the '70s and when you look at what the socialites said about coolidge you want to remember they were from fame families that endorsed different models. here he was prissy and cold and not giving out favors. she said he looked like he was we know -- weaned on a pickle -- it was temperamental -- he was of temperament and a shy person. but he had a political person. he knew if he didn't talk a lot people would stop talking. and a president or political leader is bomb barded for request and his silence was a way of not giving in to special interest. >> author amity shales will take your calls at noon eastern on c-sp c-sp c-sp c-span2's book tv. we asked what are you reading this summer? >> the first one is a book about tip o'neill and ronald reagan, the president, and how they had opposite views but forged a relationship and got it done. i think the present day congress can use that advice and i will be interested

coolidge's for vets. george w. bush for vets. obama is for vets. they're all for vets and they all want to be and the more important question is whether they can follow through and make it right when something big and complicated and long-standing is wrong with how we are treating vets in this country. this is being treated as a scandal. you can call it a scandal. but if you look at the context of this, this is not so much a news scandal as much as it is a big problem that still needs to be fixed, that we have known about for years. this is an actual test of governance. this is the real deal. [ brian ], it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. it's important to know the difference. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. and that i had to take action. so he talked to me about xarelto®. [ male announcer ] xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help prevent dvt and pe that d

calvin coolidge understood this in his own time. andive in an age of science the value of material things. this did not great our declaration. our declaration created them. the spirit come first. unless we cling to that, all of our material prosperity will turn to a barren scepter in our grass. he was right. the things of the spirit do come first. we must act now to protect them. the temptation to ask richard and his fractious battles from practical terms, it would only matter to those who value religious freedom and that was won over the course of centuries of persecution and blood. we should not surrender without a fight. the word religious they would is a war over free speech. without the first, there is no such thing as a second. this is not a battle any of us would have chosen. and done we should join so gladly with our heart and mind set on things above. i really just liberty should not be linked to the ever-changing opinions of the public. the contrary, we must understand that our freedom of conscience protects all in all of

was a let's get them active role pulled -- and here was coolidge's.she said he looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. coolidge was cultural. he was from new england and farmers don't wave their arms about. it was temperamental. he was a shy person but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot people would stop talking and of course a president or a political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. he articulated that quite explicitly. next they look at the upcoming week on capitol hill and at the white house. this is from "washington journal." it's 45 minutes. >> host: we are back for two veteran reporters here in washington. bob cusack is managing editor of the "hill newspaper" and jim kuhnhenn reported the "associated press" to give us the week ahead in washington. jim let me begin with you. what's on the president's agenda this week? >> guest: you know quetta he's it's been doing one of these fanatic weeks. the weeks ago was energy-saving and

coolidge's silence was cultural. he was from new england.rs don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them, you know, if you've lived -- and it was temperamental, of temperament. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking. and, of course, a president or a political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. and he articulated that quite explicitly. >> author and columnist amity. >> leitz will take your calls, e-mails and tweets on taxes, depression-era presidents and current fiscal policies "in depth," live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> now a hearing assessing the future of the u.s. postal service and new innovations in the postal delivery industry. along with top officials from the postal services, witnesses included representatives of private postal companies including stamps.com, outbox and newgistics. this hearing's an hour and 40 min

coolidge's silence was cultural. he was from new england. farmers don't wave their arms a lot because cowboys may kick them. -- because cows may kick them. he was a shy person. but also had a political purpose. he knew if he didn't talk a lot people would stop talking. and of course a president or a political leader is constantly bombarded with requests and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. and he articulated that quite explit italy. >> amity shlaes will take your questions. in depth live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on -span 2's "book tv." >> we'll have president obama live on the proposal to hold over troops in afghanistan until 2016. that will be live at 2:45 eastern. right now, though, a discussion on the conservative movement and the republicans' legislative agenda from today's "washington journal." washington journal continues. host: we want to welcome back to the table ramesh ponnuru. let me show you the headline from the wall street journal on may 21. gop primaries taming the tea party. is that

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now, we have 1500s coolidge roma children and just 60 non-roma children -- 1500 school-age roma childreni consider this to be reversible and do not even want to think about what will happen in 15 to 20 years time, but when i try to make school authorities aware of the problem, no one wants to listen. >> the children are taught in two shifts -- upper grades attend classes in the mornings, and primary schoolchildren in the afternoons. 200 24 first graders attend school here, all roma like nikola -- 224 first graders. teaching here is a real challenge. >> it's incredibly difficult to hold her attention and teach them the basic material, the bare necessities. you can see this or yourself. i turn my back for five minutes, and it's chaos already. >> not only that, most pupils barely speak a word of slovakian . nikola can only show us how old she is. when we ask what she likes best about school, she only understands the question after her teacher translates it. "reading," she replies, a bit embarrassed. when these children graduate, they will likely suffer the same fate as their older siblings

he was coolidge christiaan: and not giving a favorite species that is the look like he'd been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might take them. and it was temperamental of temperament. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking and of course the president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. >> next, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren talks about wall street coming financial crisis in her fight to help create the consumer financial protection before running for the senate. posted by the campaign for america's future, and this is 30 minutes. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> so, thank you so much for having me here today. i am delighted to be here. thank you for your invitation on robber. thank you committeeman for the introduction. i'm glad rosie laughed in parts of the book. you know kind game and actually does make a good point. th

you look at what they said about coolidge and how cold he was. they were probably also from families that endorsed a different policies. some of them had a different model. coolidge was seen as pretty and cold and not giving out favors. he was from new england. did not talk a lot. waved his arms a lot. temperamental, a temperament. he was a shy person. it also was a political or biscuit if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. a president or political leader is constantly up aborted with a request. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interest. shlaes on taxes, depression a presidents on "in tv.h" on c-span 2's book , last night's hearing before the house veterans affairs committee looking into problems with veterans health care in phoenix. this is four hours. >> i want to welcome everyone to our hearing. tonight we are going to discuss va's continued lack of compliance with the subpoena for documents that this committee issued on may 8. unanimous consent that the representative jackson be allowed to join as. she said s

it happened on the evening of march 28th near coolidge and brookdale avenues. this had is near fruitvale elementary school in oakland. oakland police say the man was walking along a street when the woman robbed him. >>> caltrans has found a relatively inexpensive treatment to prevent hundreds of bay bridge bolts and rods from cracking. a live picture now of the bridge, the fix has been applied to nearly 200 rods on the eastern span, which is what you're looking at. engineers are nicknaming it the grease cap. the procedure became necessary after 32 rods snapped last year during tightening. steel containers filled with a special grease are placed over the heads of the rods. the improvised caps act as shields. engineers say this is probably a temporary fix. >>> your future facebook visits will be a little more private. the silicon valley giant announced today what it calls anonymous log in. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg delivered the keynote today saying the company can still make money and reach its more than 1.2 billion users without following you quite so closel

. >> if you go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero. his tax rate was a gold standard tax rate that we saw, 25 percent was what he got the top rate down to. he fought like crazy. it started, remember, with wilson in the 70's. that was an epic battle. when you go with what all the socialists said about coolidge in washington, how cold the was, you want to remember that they were probably also from families that endorsed different policies . his father had a different model of president. and let's get them, go active, bully pulpit presidency. she said the looked as though he had leaned on the -- been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because account might kick them. it was temperamental. of temperament. he was a shy person. he also had a political purpose. he knew that if he did not talk a lot people would stop talking. of course, it president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interest. >> author and co

calvin coolidge understood this in his own time. we live in an age of science and the value of material things. this did not great our declaration. our declaration created them. the things of the spirit come first. unless we cling to that, all of our material prosperity will turn to a barren scepter in our grass. he was right. the things of the spirit do come first. we must act now to protect them. the temptation to ask richard and his fractious battles from practical terms, it would only matter to those who value religious freedom and that was won over the course of centuries of persecution and blood. we should not surrender without a fight. the word religious they would is a war over free speech. without the first, there is no such thing as a second. this is not a battle any of us would have chosen. it is one we should join and do so gladly with our heart and mind set on things above. i really just liberty should not be linked to the ever-changing opinions of the public. the contrary, we must understand that our freedom of conscie

coolidge's silence was cultural. he was from new england, farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them, you know? if you've lived -- and it was temperamental, of temperament. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking and, of course, a president or a political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests, and he articulated that quite explicitly. >> amity shlaes on taxes, depression-era presidents and discall policies "in depth" sunday, june 1st at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv of. >> the heads of both the securities and exchange commission and the commodity futures trading commission testified on capitol hill last week about strengthening financial markets. they talked about their respective budget requests and the additional resources their agencies would need to fully enforce new regulations under the dodd-frank law. they spoke befor

it was a let get 'em, and coolidge was prissy and cold and not giving out favors. she said he looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. his silence was cultural. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. you know if you lived there. and it was tempermental. a shy person, but also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking and of course a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests and articulated that. >>> jill abrahamson the first woman executive editor of the "new york times." fired last week with conflicting reports for the reason. she gave the commencement address today at wake forest university in winston-salem, north carolina. the address was a little less than 20 minutes. [applause] >> you brought a lot of friends with you. there are few jobs more daunting thanked didding a newspaper. editing a newspaper, but the very viability of newspapers at stake, the

calvinmaller then coolidge was the first president to come.we have had every president come since then. not every year. dinner has, this grown exponentially in size. about 2600 people now. obviously, our main celebrity is the president of the united states. for a kind and gracious. he has come every year since 1981. >> how has the dinner changed and evolved over the years? >> well, a number of ways. there's no smoking at the dinner. i was just talking to three or four of the most senior waiters at the hilton. they're been waiting at the head table for about 40 or 45 years. i asked them the same thing. one of the key things is, there is no smoking, drinking has changed. reporters used to drink many bottles of scotch, whiskey at every table. now there is a lot less tricking, more wine, and as the waiters tell me, a lot of fruit flavored drinks. we have hollywood celebrities. we have had hollywood celebrities before. we have had waves. in the 40's we had multiple entertainers including frank sinatra and jimmy durante and bing crosby and animal ac

this photo taken just after it happened around coolidge and brookdale avenue. >>> donald sterling banned for life. now the clippers owner may cash in. who wants to own an nba franchise? the bidding war that's turning into a celebrity circus. >> as long as you plan, you can go anywhere. >> no joke. this guy got a vacation for next to nothing. the game plan he used to score free flights and hotels. >> and a stingray surprise. they're all over the bay. but it's where this creature popped up that's creating some buzz. ,, ,,,,,, donald sterling to sell the angeles clippers -- finding buyer shouldn't be a proble several big name >>> if nba owners vote to force donald sterling to sell the los angeles clippers, finding a buyer shouldn't be a problem. several big names have stepped forward expressing their interest. oprah winfrey is considering teaming up with media mogul david geffen and larry ellison. also floyd mayweather and sean combs are also in contention. but tomorrow an nba owners committee will hold the conference call to discuss the next step in removing sterling as the clippers owner.

here is coolidge, pretty and cold and not giving out favors.she said it looked as though he had been weaned on ethical. his silence was cultural. he was from new england. farmers do not talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. of course, a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. here take you waited that quite explicitly. >> the author and columnist and many slaves will take your calls, e-mails, and tweeds. "in depth" for three hours on sunday, june one, at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. ben: we want to welcome fitzgerald, program director for technology and national security at the center for a new american security, here to talk about the justice department filing espionage charges against chinese hackers. let me begin with attorney general eric holder yesterday when

. >> if you go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero. his tax rate was a gold standard tax rate that we saw, 25% was what he got the top rate down to. he fought like crazy. it started with wilson in the 70's. when you look at what all the socialites said about coolidge in washington, how cold he was, remember that they were probably also from primaries that endorsed different policies. a let's get them, active, bully pulpit president. coolidge was not giving out favors. they said he look as if he had been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about. was temperamental. he was a shy person. it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking. a president or political leader is constantly unguarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. he articulated that quite explicitly. shlaes will take your calls and tweets live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's "book tv. >> donald trump delivered rem

calvin coolidge once said you don't improve the weak by tearing down the strong. i want more people to be rich. i want more people to be independent. i want more families to be stable. all of these things i'm for it. who could be against that? but the president is out there and a lot of democrats frankly are out there constantly bashing success. penalizing success. subsidizing failure and what you penalize you get less of and what you subsidize you get more of. >> host: it is interesting, you have a background having worked for the moral majority, jerry fallwell. >> guest: five years. >> host: you talk about joshua at the white house president's spiritual advisor and head of the office of faith and public service. i might be misquoting the exact title. he has written a book and he talks about how the president reads daily meditations and scripture and talks about other people in the city, washington, d.c. and federal government who do the same. >> guest: yes. >> host: you say dubois is off when he comes to his message because what he talks about the idea that gove

coolidge was cultural, from new england.rmers do not talk a lot or wave their arms about because the cow might take them. but temperamental, a shy person, but he also had a political purpose. he knew that if he did not talk a lot people stop talking. president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests sports. he articulated that quite explicitly. >> author and columnist will take calls, e-mails got tweeds, taxes, depression era presidents and current fiscal policies. in-depth live for three hours sunday june 1st at noon eastern on c-span2 book tv. [inaudible conversations] >> and a couple of minutes more from the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] >> here is a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to the chicago tribune that's double the list is good morning america anchor robin roberts with our more everybody's got something. in second, a 21st century by thomas beckham t, the french economist focusing on wealth and income inequality in europe and the united s

here was coolidge, cold and not giving out favors. said he looked as though he leaned on a pickle. he was cultural, he was from new england. it was temperamental of temperament. he was a shy person. he had a political purpose. he knew if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. isresidential leader constantly bombarded by requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interest. she will take your calls, e-mails and tweets on taxes, .epression every preside 's book tv. host: we're back with michael waldman. he is also the president of the center for justice. with where you begin in the book. what happened on april 18, 1977? how does that fit into the story of the second amendment biography? guest: i'm guessing you might mean april 18, 1775. which is patriots' day. that is the day of lexington and concorde. that is the day the american revolution began and it began the role of the well-regulated militia and the citizen soldiers that are at the heart of the debate over the second amendment. british soldiers and re

on coolidge avenue. if you can't make today's meeting there will be another one next month. >> the city of napa is reporting ash decrease in crimes. they said last year's crime rate dropped 12% lower than before. they said there were fewer burglaries stolen vehicles, but rapes robberies and assaults increased. other places saw an increase of crime according to county stats. >>> a walk is planned in san leandro for friends and family members of homicide victims. a group called 1,000 mothers to prevent violence that organized the walk at the park. it was founded by lorraine tailor who lost her sons to oakland. the walk started at 10:00 this morning. >>> it's the largest single day food drive in the nation. you can help by dropping off canned food right this at the box. it's the stamped hunger event. it's going to provide assistance to provide food every day. the stamp out hunger drive collects 800,pounds for food banks. >> we don't just deliver the money, we also deliver food and in doing so when we are di

he liked the bully pulpit presidency and here was coolidge who was pretty and cold and not giving outrs. it was said he was weaned on a pickle. he was from new england and was cultured and farmers don't talk a lot or raise their arms because a cow my kick them. -- might kick them. but therehy person was a political purpose. if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. a or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests and he articulated that quite explicitly. . the author will take your calls on taxes, depression your presence, and current fiscal policies in depth live for three hours sunday, june 1 at noon eastern on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. host: each week we spotlight a recent magazine piece. this week's segment comes from the may-june edition of the m.i.t. technology review and the cover story is 10 breakthrough technologies of 2014. the deputy editor is with us for today's discussion. how do you define richer technology as your group put together this package or m.i.t.? separate

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suggested she was having coolid coolidge shoe horn us into the 2 21 st century. but you have no bones you were trying to put a what would washington do today almost. >> guest: what i am getting out is the concept of originalism and reading the constitution based on what the people who ratified it thought. and there is debate among the justices, judges throughout the country about how much weight to give to that history. i fry to stay away from that. i say the vast majority give it some weight so i am looking into history and seeing what we can derive as general principles. i hope i pull it off but i am earring to though this is how they are thinking about this gruesome subject and i think there is much to learn, but i try not to say george washington did x so therefore x is correct today. >> host: and in your conclusion you try to make that fine distintion but at the same time it is clear to me you are trying to impart some of the messages from the past whether it is torture, the finances of the country come up too, so what are you trying to extract from washingt

they believe this woman is the person who robbed an 82-year-old woman near coolidge and brookdale avenues. this image was captured just after the crime occurred. she's described as 40 to 50 dwreers old, hispanic or african-americans. 5'6" and about 152 to 180 pounds. >>> you can outsmart the bad guys. that's the lesson learned after women were kidnapped by a transient in separate incidents. police believe they might not be kenneth middle brook's first victims. he's known to change his look as you can see in the two different photos. reporter david louie has more from elvis owe where the trouble started. >> the 19-year-old woman bought kevin middle brook's story. he needed someone to drive him to see his father. he couldn't drive his car because his license was suspended. she drove him from one place to the other. police aren't saying what caused her to realize she was a kidnap victim. >> she felt her safety was in danger. that's when she decided not to be a vic fim anymore. convince him she could drive him more and intentionally crashed into another car. >> it happened on the bay shore fr

get the first president to come until calvin coolidge. we have had every president come until then.this dinner has grown exponentially in size. about 2600 people now. obviously, our main celebrities the president of the united states. he has come every year since 1981. >> how has the dinner changed and evolved over the years? >> a number of ways. one, there is no smoking at the dinner. i was talking with three or four most senior waiters. they're been waiting at the head table for about 40 or 45 years. i asked them the same thing. one of the key things is there is no smoking. the drinking has changed. reporters used to drink many bottles of scotch, whiskey, at every table. now, it is a lot less drinking, more wine. a lot of fruit flavored drinks. we have had hollywood celebrities. we have had hollywood celebrities before. in the 40's we would have includingntertainers, ,rank sinatra, jimmy durante animal entertainers. barbra streisand came to her first dinner in 1962. we have had more in the last two years. we have had scholarship winners. the association only started sponsoring a s

a bully pulpit presidency and here was coolidge prissy and cold and not giving out favors.ked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. from new england and farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because the cow might kick them. he was a shy person but he also had a political purpose. he knew if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. up president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. he articulated that quite explicitly. your calls,ake e-mails and tweets on taxes, depression-era presidents, and current fiscal policy " in depth" live for three hours sunday at noon eastern. on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. is theoining us now assistant secretary for international security affairs, welcome. how do you describe your job to other people? guest: i am the assistant secretary of defense and a cover several regions of the world, europe, middle east, africa, and the western hemisphere. any defense issues involving any of those regions of the world are my responsi

you look at what they said about coolidge and how cold he was. they were probably also from families that endorsed a different policies. some of them had a different model. coolid w

here was coolidge, prissy, cold, and not giving out favors. she said, it looked like he had been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. it was temperamental, of temperament -- he was a shy person. it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. political leader is constantly bombarded with requests and his silence was his into specialtting interests. he articulated that quite explicitly. taxes, depression era presidents, and current fiscal policies. in, live for three hours. in-depth, live for three hours. >> george washington university hosted the leaders of the house intelligence committee and the president of estonia. the gush and on cyber security -- discussion on cyber security and diplomacy. has put american soldiers in danger. the estonian president said that snowden leaks have created a wedge between the u.s. and its allies not seen before in the postwar era. this is an hour and a half. >> ladies and gentlemen, th

. >> if you go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero, his tax rate was gold standard tax rate, 25%. that's what he brought the top rate down to. he fought like crazy. it started with wilson in the 70's. when you look at what the socialites said about cool nidge washington, how cold he was, he didn't meet with anyone, they were probably also from families that endorsed different policies. pecially alice roosevelt longworth who -- whose father had a different way, here was coolidge, prissy and cold and not giving favors. she said he looked like he'd been raised on a pickle. farmers don't wave their arms about a lot because a cow might ick them and it was kemp remital, he was a shy person, but it also had a political purpose he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking and of course a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests and he articulated that quite explicitly. amity or and column nist shlaes will take your questions on "in detcht," live sunday at noon eas

you don't think of the white house is doing photo ops in 1924 but that's a photo op of president coolidge greeting civil war veterans. president george w. bush has kept a fairly low public profile since leaving office in 2009. he has done some speeches for money but when president george w. bush does events it's more often than not having to do with veterans who were wounded. he did not attend the 9/11 memorial today in manhattan. it's always interesting see presidents together but it was striking that president obama and president clinton, that skips a presidency, namely the one who was president when 9/11 happened. he did not go to the opening. he instead sent a statement. president obama today was there and he gave a speech. he gave a very emotional speech about the attacks of september 11th and about heros who helped people that day and veterans who have fought in the wars that were launched at least nominally with some relation to 9/11. >> here we tell their story so that generations yet unborn will never forget. of co-workers who led others to safety, passengers who stormed a cockpi

calvin coolidge was a very good president. james polk was a very good president.rialism. they better leave california and some of the other states. i think he was a very good president. i can't remember all of them. there have been some very poor presidents. martin van buren was a very poor president, james buchanan was a very poor president. i am no fan of fdr but on the other hand he helped bring us through world war ii so you can't dismiss that although the aftermath was a disaster, him and truman as far as i am concerned. i think obama has to be in the top ten of disasters presidents if not the top five. what he has done to this country, what he has done to our constitutional system, what he has done to one industry after another, his rhetoric, his propaganda, i just think he has been a very destructive -- too bad because the first black president and he could have done so many great things not only bringing the country together but advancing the cause of liberty and property rights and all these other things that were so crucial to our thinking and to our cou

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coolidge is prissy, cold, not giving out favorites, so she said it looked as though he'd been weaned on a pickle. he was cultural. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. and it was temperamental. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking and of course, a president or political leader is constantly bombarded with requests and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. he articulated that. >> amity shlaes will take your questions on current fiscal policy, "in depth," live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. the american enterprise institute hosted a discussion tuesday on iraq's recent parliamentary elections and the possibility of prime minister al-maliki returning for another term. two former advisors to presidents also spoke about the now iraq. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> he's done a great deal of work with and around iraq and so i'm thrilled to welcome brian to this conversation. to my i

the first president to attend was calvin coolidge in 1924.very president since then has attended at least once during their term. >> we're back in two minutes with more "roundtable." ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ [ birds squawking ] my mom makes airplane engines that can talk. [ birds squawking ] ♪ my mom makes hospitals you can hold in your hand. ♪ my mom can print amazing things right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] my mom makes trains that are friends with trees. [ train whistle blows ] ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ >>> what happened in oklahoma is deeply troubling. i think we do have to, as a society, ask ourselves some difficult and profound questions. around these issues. >> president obama on friday ordering a federal review of the death penalty after an execution in oklahoma this week that went horribly wrong. the lethal injection was botched before the convict suffered a heart attack. that is spurring a debate. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: torture. that's how clay

but again, calvin coolidge, i want people to be taxed less so if i have more to spend them to invest and that is what creates the jobs. well, so do i.. there is a case of having it both ways. now you know what is interested in listening to this though obviously you remember that under clinton we actually had not only the same tax rates now but in fact they were a little higher but we have a surplus because the democrats led by the president were cutting the defense and cutting their spending on what most people would agree particularly the age of terror for some and the rise of china and the nuclear progr program. much with the wherewithal clinton cut the defense budget and when you cut spending and maintain a certain level of revenue are going to get a balanced budget surplus and that's what's happening in the states. i have a whole chapter on what's happening in the states. we have indiana, louisiana doing fantastic jobs in balancing budgets. i wish we could have that in the federal level. the federal government of course the word goes out at the end of the fiscal year if we haven'

[ laughter ] >> actually i think that was during coolidge administration.what would you have -- >> teddy roosevelt. >> seth: what would you have the administration do differently? like how do you deal with someone -- >> right now, i'd be giving them some weapons with which to defend themselves. i would be taking other measures, such as giving them money that they need to get their economy back on track. we should be saying if they want to, they can be members of the european union. there's so many -- we're the strongest and most powerful and best nation in the world. [ cheers and applause ] and we can make him pay a price so that he is not guilty of these kinds of aggression. and we just had to be strong and steadfast. and if we aren't, then he will continue to kind of take advantage of us. we're not going to have world war iii. we're not gonna go back to the cold war, but we are going to have a very aggressive vladimir putin. >> seth: as someone with guns, just domestically, i would prefer the idea of more background checks when an american wants a gun. so