there's this other coolidge book, where the certain perspective on coolidge. i have a different one which is that calvin coolidge -- by the way, this book is one of three endorsed by ted cruz i hope might be another president in the near future. the basic argument of this book is that history matters and they're so much about our history that we -- those on the right know that this is sew, as reagan put it, and ought to know that don't because the left controls our curriculums and controls our minds. now, why is coolidge interesting? coolidge lives in a time in which there were riots, there were all these questions about immigration, fights with public sector unions -- didn't call them public sector unions then -- fights about the very night tour of government. fights over education, how should colleges look. what should they be teaching? he won on every one of these issues. he actually transformed the nature of government and used this very shy kind of dry wit of majors using the technology of the time, radio to go and get his message out to the whole country

now, coolidge, why is coolidge entering in coolidge -- interesting in coolidge lived in a time in which there were riots, there were all these questions about immigration, there were fights with public sector unions, there were fights about the very nature of government. there were fights over education, how should our colleges look, what should they be teaching? and he won on every one of these issues. he actually transformed the nature of government. and he used things as this very shy, kind of dry wit of a man used the technology of his time, radio, to go and get his message out to the whole country. he was the first president to appear on radio. excuse me, to appear on television, on film. they didn't have television yet this those days -- in those days. and he's the first president -- the last president, rather, to write his own speeches. and we know that a young man somewhere in the midwest was listening to him on the radio and he actually decided that he would go into radio because of what he heard from calvin coolidge. that man, of course, was ronald reagan. and ronald reagan, o

she is chair of the calvin coolidge memorial foundation based at the birthplace of president coolidge in vermont. she is author he the new book, forgotten man." she also came and spoke at a reading festival. shes also author of coolidge which was on "the new york times" bestseller list. she writes a kole plumb for forbes -- column for forbes, and has served for over the years as a columnist at the financial times and forbes and is also a fellow with our sister library the george w. bush presidential center in dallas. so everyone, please william, amitiy shlase. [applause] >> i'm going to push this back. thank you hear me? if you can't hear me or there's something wrong with the audio, stop me. i'm so happy to be here today. i think i'm going to ask mr. clark to give me that book, though. and i'm grateful to mr. clark, who i've known a long, long time. working on various projects, and mr. lobby and this library is just an awesome library. every one of us has the same job, which is to share information about presidents and history, and no library has been as pleasant to work with as this

it was most definitely not the scene parents and educators wants students to see as they left coolidge high school on the first day of classes. >> did they get shot? >> this is unacceptable. it should start at home with some home training. >> reporter: d.c. police were called to somerset place just across from the high school around 3:30 and found two young men, ages 17 and 19, with nonlife-threatening stab wounds. a d.c. public school spokesperson says the two are not college students. sources tell news 4 the two teens initially refused to answer officers' questions about what led to the stabbing. parents bringing younger children home from school expressed frustration. >> you want your child to be safe, you want your child to be in school. but how can you do that when things like this are going on? >> reporter: there are reports there was some type of fight just before the stabbings. live in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> classes start tomorrow in prince george's county after a full day of orientation today. the kids were there to meet their teachers and get to know more about

often early 20th century presidents like coolidge and hoover fishing in three-piece suits. >> are there any of those images that are in any way controversial? you write about teddy roosevelt liking to chop down trees on his property just to hear it fall. we knew george w. bush was always clearing brush on his ranch. outside of golf, have president's been criticized by the activities they pursue on their vacations? >> sure. sometimes with a little bit of tongue-in-cheek. president theodore roosevelt, who won the nobel peace prize for in the summer of 1905 monitoring the hand of the ru vacation,se war on had a newspaper scolding from the "new york times." the reason? he needed a break. the break appeared on the waters of oyster bay. and it was an early u.s. navy submarine, called "the plunger." roosevelt went down on it for 55 minutes. hee new york times" said needlessly risked a valuable life and a collapsible and otherwise dangerous device. >> the book is "away from the white house: presidential escapes, retreats, and vacations ." we've been speaking with lawrence knutson, the author. t

coolidge in vermont. the forgotten man graphic addition. the only graphic edition of her best seller. she also came and spoke at our reading festival. she is also the author of coolidge would debuted at number three on the new york times best-seller list. she writes a column for forbes, teaches at nyu stern school of business and has served for over the years as a columnist of the financial times and for its and believe she is also a fellow with their sister library that george w. bush presidential center down in dallas. everyone, please welcome amity shlaes. [applause] >> i am going to push this back. can you hear me? okay. if you cannot hear me or there is something wrong with the audio, stop me. i am so happy to be here today. i will ask mr. clarke to give me that put tow. and i am grateful to mr. clarke a mile i have no long time working on various projects. this library is just an awesome library. every one of assess the same job, to share information about presidents and history. in no library has b

. >> this is happening near coolidge high school where students are walking out of class to see yellow crime scene tape. police tell us the stabbing happened across the street from the school at the area of fifth and summer place southwest. we are told the victims are 19 and 17 years old. the investigators say the two are not cooperating with police. detectives on the scene are combing the area for evidence. nearby elementary schools dismissing, as well. jackie bensen will have a live report coming up. >>> first at 4:30 the vacation is over for president obama. he is back at the white house after a two-week vacation punk c chu -- punctuated by two crisises. now he faces decisions on whether to launch air strikes against isis militants in syria. the next steps to address the crisis in ukraine and other pressing issues. president and first lady michelle obama and their daughters arrived in washington around 10:00 last night. >>> service is restored on the sony play station network after an online attack. the play station network went down yesterday with an individual or group called liza

so amity shlaes is chair of the calvin coolidge foundation. she is author of "the forgotten man" graphic edition, her best seller about the great depression which cannot several years ago. she came and spoke at a reading festival and this was issued. also author of coolidge teaches at nyu stern school of business and has served for over the years as a columnist at the financial times and is also a fellow with our sister library the charge of the bush presidential center. so everyone please welcome amity shlaes. [applause] >> can you hear me? okay. if you can't, stop me. i am so happy to be here today and i am grateful. i have known him a long time working on various projects you know, this library is just an awesome library. everyone of us has the same jobs which is to share information about presidents and history. and the library has been as much of a pleasure to work with this is one overtime. so i'm here to tell your story, basically describes a work project. almost like a contractor, an architect, allied build a certain house. i am also e

calvin coolidge's son said, if your daddy was calvin coolidge, yes, you would. that is the american attitude towards work. founder ofe great the republican party, abraham lincoln, said, whatever is calculated to advance the condition of the honest, struggling, laboring worker, i am for that thing. it is long past time that the republican party realizes that mass low skilled immigration, whether legal or illegal, is not one of those things. >> rich lowrie, thank you very much. professor? >> it's a pleasure to be here and i associate myself fully with the previous remarks of both rich and jim. both my parents were immigrants. we are not nativists. but that is not the issue. the issue is how many, given the fact that we admire and respect immigrants, given our immigrant tradition. specifically, the issue is, do we let everyone in the world who wants to come here come here, or are we going to enforce some kind of limit? i'm a lawyer. lawyers like to think we can argue both sides of every question. are we going to let every single person in the world wants to come he

among the most popular werements of tom horn chapters in books by dane coolidge entitled "fighting men of the west" and eugene 's "trigonometry," which incidentally is still in print. the wyoming sheriff who presided at tom horn's exultation publishes recollections in a -- the wyoming sheriff who presided at tom horn's execution. retired army officers and old pioneers who had known him were provoked to try to correct this exaggerated image that was floating around. fact, under the leadership of charles gatewood junior, the son of the army officer who was responsible for negotiating geronimo's surrender, charles gatewood junior organized the circle of correspondence to try to fight the exaggerations and embellishments about tom horn, but alas, they were unsuccessful. in spite or perhaps because of the popularity of this well-known and controversial frontiersman, my efforts to reach the third tom on, the documented one, proved much more difficult than anticipated, and my research for previous books concerning u.s. marshals and county sheriff's on the southwestern frontier, i had occasion

on a softball field, any number of things, prellses fishing, early 20th century presidents like coolidge and hoover, fishing in three-piece suits. >> are there any of those images that are in any way controversial? you write in the book about teddy roosevelt liking to chop down trees on his property, just to hear the tree fall. and we, of course, knew george george george was always clearing brush out at his ranch. outside of golf, those sorts of activities, have presidents been criticized by the activities they pursue on their vacations? >> sure, and sometimes with a little bit of tongue in cheek. president theodore roosevelt, ho won the nobel peace prize in the summer of 1905 for monitoring the end of the japanese war while on vacation, got a newspaper scolding from the new york times. the reason, he needed a break. the break appeared on the waters of oyster bay, and it was an early u.s. navy submarine, appropriately enough, called the plunger. roosevelt went down on it for 55 minutes. and the "new york times" said he had needlessly risked the valuable life in a collapsible and other d

>> calvin coolidge to buddy like to right eisenhower also. >> we're talking about calvin coolidge. [laughter] >> of those are the other two. >> thank you very much. of. [applause] >> host: today's tip nine his book "clinton, inc." the audacious rebuilding of a political machine." we'll come. this is so interesting the summer of 2014 cash hillary clinton looks like she is inevitable democratic nominee i said that if the to her pullovers are daunting and there are a number of books about the clintons' especially hillary clinton. now your book comes out and that a neil you take is fascinating because the suggestion is the clintons are not just a marriage of 38 years but a political partnership thickhead business enterprise that the foundation to hundred $40 million last year? that is the incredible way to look at them as a business. help us to understand what are the dimensions of the "clinton, inc."? >> guest: there are several leaders and i suggest they are emerging leaders and also suggested not just a primary goal of money it is the major gold also political fortune since leaving

so president coolidge asked me to take over that job. we moved about a million and a half of people out of the low ground and pulled them out of the water and put them in had camps on the high ground and looked after them for three months and put them back in their homes again. we lost only three lives in that operation, three lives. and it was conducted entirely by american charity. we never called on the government for a dime except that i had the services of the navy and the coast guard. >> you referred briefly to russian relief, in 1923. could you tell me more about that? >> a dreadful drought struck russia. on behalf of the communist government, i was appealed to undertake american help. i organized the operation. we sent some 200 americans into russia. they gave them completely free movement. i raised congressional appropriations of $70 million of american money and we unquestionable saved about 17 million russian lives. they accredited us with that. and when we finished, they got out a beautiful scroll and addressed to me and the

public schools say the 17 and 19-year-old students were not students of coolidge. the teens are expected to be okay. parents were upset about the double stabbing. >> this is not acceptable. this is unacceptable. this should start at home with some home training. >> sources tell news4 the two initially refused to tell what led up to the stabbings. >>> and many are still working to clean up after last weekend's earthquake at this mobile home park in napa valley. three homes were destroyed by the fire that followed. those whose homes survived have to get water from neighbors swimming pools. the salvation army is helping to bring neighbors meals as they work to get back on their feet. the napa valley was the epicenter for the 6.0 quake that hit sunday morning. >>> and as people continue to clean up this morning, there are calls for a warning system for future earthquakes. california senator dianne feinstein says there needs to be a statewide system to alert that a quake is about to happen. that way people can duck for cover and get away from the windows. feinstein sugg

crime scene tape lined the streets and the school signs as the kids came out of calvin coolidge high school this afternoon. sources tell our jackie bensen that the victims are 19 and 17 years old. the school spokesperson says the teenagers are not d.c. public school students and it's not yet clear what led to the stabbings. >>> now to the corruption trial of a different bob mcdonnell on the witness stand, quieter and not so confident. >> the former governor faced his first questioning from prosecutors who say he accepted cash and gifts in exchange for promoting a businessman's company. julie carey reports the foundation of the first couple's defense is now under attack. >> reporter: on his way into court and on the witness stand it was a more subdued bob mcdonnell than last week. initially his voice so soft the judge told him to speak up. >> this is a very different bob mcdonnell. >> prosecutors tackled the mcdonnell's broken marriage defense head on. bob mcdonnell gave revealing testimony about how his marriage crumbled as he climbed the political ladder. the defense says the couple

and then what i am most excited about, a story about calvin coolidge, one of my most favorite presidents. he took a red line to the entire budget and truly cut spending in a tremendous way. if you don't know your history it is worth rushing upon. that is what is coming up today on this fabulous program. now senator jim demint. come on up. [applause] all right. great. thank you for coming. i guess i need to use the microphones. thank you for being here. this is an opportunity for us to hear from you and to share a little news, the things that we are doing. think it is important. i appreciate the group, a longevity in the movement. so many folks who claim to be on our side, and go. they tend to be tempted away to the wrong ideas. i sure appreciate her strong stand over so many years. thank you for being here. i just want to take a few moments to talk about this whole concept of being conservative. what does it mean? sometimes the political labels get confusing. probably all of you here consider yourself conservative in some way. sometimes we don't talk about what it is that we are trying t

crime scene tape lined the streets and the school signs as the kids came out of calvin coolidge highl this afternoon. sources tell our jackie bensen that the victims are 19 and 17 years old. the school spokesperson says the teenagers are not d.c. public school students and it's not yet clear what led to the stabbings. >>> now to the corruption trial of a different bob mcdonnell on the witness stand, quieter and not so confident. >> the former governor faced his first questioning from prosecutors who say he accepted cash and gifts in exchange for promoting a businessman's company. julie carey reports the foundation of the first couple's defense is now under attack. >> reporter: on his way into court and on the witness stand

the double stabbing happened yesterday afternoon near coolidge high sc.e the fight against aging a littler. dr. cheryl burgess made especially for those lines around our mouth. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> we're talking about laugh lines. you're talking more etched-in wriveng wrinkles? >> most people refer to them as smoker's lines even though they don't smoke. etched in around the mouth area. so, they're present -- yeah, when you're at rest. you see them when you smile. and so this is a new product called belotera balance that addresses just the lines. it doesn't give you volume like you've heard me talk about in the past where we lose the fat in our face and we have to plump it back up. this is more for that fine finish work. >> is this a filler, though, in the traditional sense? is it injected? >> it is injected. but it's right under the skin.

oval office at the start of the great depression, he also secretary under presidents harding and coolidge. in this documentary, he discusses his life beyond the presidency. his childhood, in china. this is part of these stanford university archives. >> when did your career as an engineer come to an end? >> it came to an end shortly after i took over the belgian relief in 1914. i did not know it at the time. that the war would be over shortly and we would get back to work. as the war went on and on, my clients and partners had to have some other interest, so i never went back to the profession. >> who was it you to get into the relief work question marks above that was the combined belgians,of leading the belgian prime minister, the american ambassador in london, and the american prime minister in brussels. they all seemed to concentrate on me to undertake the job. so this operation carried on during the war -- it you certainly must've been in for exciting experiences from time to time. >> most of it was pretty humble business. you had to transport a tremendous volume of food overseas with

assume needs no introduction, and then, what i am most excited about, little story about calvin coolidge one of my most favorite presidents, who if you don't know anything about him he took a red line to the entire budget and truly cut spending in a tremendous way. so i you don't know your history, it's worth brushing up on that. so, that's what is coming up today on this fabulous program. now, senator jim demint. come on up. [applause] >> already introduced you. you missed it. >> i'm glad i showed up. >> i am, too. >> got everybody -- thanks for coming. i guess i need to use the microphones here. >> please, because you're being taped. >> 0 okay. well, thank you for being here. this is an opportunity for us every year at heritage to hear from you, but also to share news of the things that we're doing, and i think it's important that first of all i appreciate the group, particularly phyllis, for her longevity in the movement. so many of folks who claim to be on our side, come and go, or tend to be tempted away to the wrong ideas, but i sure appreciate phyllis' strong stand over so many ye

crack -- first day of classes in the district, police are invested getting a double stabbing near coolidge high school in the 500 block of somerset lace. two men were taken to hospital in serious condition. those menal tells us were not students or employees. local oregon a state football player died just two weeks after practice. >> he just graduated from friendship public charter school . he just started his football career at morgan state when his life was cut short. he earned a scholarship to morgan state where he would have started his first day of classes today. forhis guy was the limit him. wantedcally whatever he to do, he was going to get it done. >> he was described as a leader both on and off the field. >> he always did what you asked him to do. life was cut tragically short after the incoming during onessed out of the teams work out two weeks ago. >> i don't understand how it happened. he had never been hospitalized and was never sick before. >> she says her son never made it out of the icu and was pronounced dead on sunday morning. there are still many unanswered questions sur

putting the case to a little story about calvin coolidge he took a red line to the entire budget and truly cut spending. that is what is coming up today. al senator jim demint. come on up. [applause] >> and glenn and shoot up the -- i'm glad i showed up. thank you for coming. i guess i need to use the microphones. >> please. we are being taped. >> thank you for being here. this is an opportunity to hear from you and to share a little there's of the things the we are doing political think it is important to. i appreciate the group's for longevity. so many folks who claimed to be on our side come and kill, tend to be tempted away to the wrong ideas. i sure appreciate her strong stands over so many years. thanks for being here. i just want to take a few moments to talk about this whole concept of being conservative. what does it mean? sometimes the political levels get confusing. probably all of you here consider years of conservative in some way. sometimes we don't talk about what it is we're trying to conserve. if you take the political levels of unthinkable what it is a we're talking

so president coolidge asked me to take over that job.e moved about a million and a half of people out of the low ground and pulled them out the water and put them in the camps and put them back in their homes again. we lost three lives in that operation. >> three lives. >> it was conducted entirely by american charity. we never called on the government for a dime except that i have the services of the navy and the coast guard. >> you refer briefly to russian relief in 1923, could you tell me more about that? >> a dreadful drought struck on behalf we sent them in and they gave them completely free movement. i raised about $70 million of american money and we unquestionably saved about 17 million russian lives. they accredited us with that. when we finished, they got out of a beautiful scroll and addressed to me and the american people gratitude and you'll find it somewhere here in the library in russian. when the american communist get too entirely abusive i send out a photograph of it in translation by way of stopping them up a little. >

the so-called jihadi coolidge promoted on line. >> they have a sense of wanting to belong to something. so a lot of the imagery that is used by the radical folks, the radical mullas is attractive to them. i think we all like the idea of being liked, being involved. and for whatever reason these folks feel very detached from society. >> reporter: a recent study found a surprising number of european recruits, 6% are new to islam. many are second or third generation immigrants. have no experience fighting. and no connection to syria. they're drawn by dueling images, both welcoming, posing with cats and also violent. >> social media and other types of evolving technologies allow them to do these things much easier and much faster. in the old days they had to involve couriers and write letters. >> raising fears of what they might do if they return home. >> they may have again a place to organize a major attack on the united states and that's very serious. >> reporter: a lot of those fighters are inter entering thrh turkey in the north. the islamic state group grew in power. turkey is now st

during that time they were buying and selling politicians or as the teapot dome scandal during the coolidge of ministration in the middle that in one hundred twenty five i think was twenty four twenty five and all that came to a screeching in one nine hundred twenty nine so in a way history is repeating itself i wrote a book about this called the crash of two thousand and sixteen i think we're seeing this i think we're going to see this play out fairly fairly straight fairly you know fairly soon. we got some tweets from people. here's one this is canadian social program. as david would at will be david he tweeted us this he said the political parties in canada are doing away with social programs and soon the free healthcare that we have here in the united states. you're right what's happened in canada and it's also happening in australia and to some extent it's happening in europe is at least in western europe not so much in northern europe not in the scandinavian countries but in many of the european countries is that the neo cons are taking over the right wingers are taking over the billi

the great depression, hoover also served as the secretary of commerce under presidents harding and coolidge this hour-long 1960 nbc interview, hoover discusses his life beyond the presidency. speaking with reporter ray henle, he delves into topics including his childhood, his time in china during the boxer rebellion and involvement in supplying food to civilians in german occupied belgium during world war i. this is part of the stanford library's department of collections and university archives.

president coolidge said the nation that forgets his defenders will be forgotten. please, members of congress, don't forget our nation's defenders. thank you. >> thank you so much, master sergeant. and we very much heed your testimony. next is dr. david chu. >> mr. chairman, -- >> welcome back. >> thank you, sir. ranking member inhofe, members of the committee, it is indeed a privilege to appear before you again this morning. i should emphasize the views i offer our and on my own and they do not this is reflect the research by the institute for defense analyses or the department of defense. i do have a formal statement which i hope might be made part of the record. the limitation asks that i focus on the evolution, special recent evolution of military compensation but how do we get to where we now are. i rg3 important forces that have created the compensation system that is the subject of discussion this one. first of course the longer history of military pay and benefits. especially explains the fact that so much of noted compensation is deferred and a substantial

president calvin coolidge says the nation that for gets its defenders will be forgotten. please call members of congress, do not forget our nation's defenders. thank you. >> thank you for if so much, master sgt for. we very much indeed your testimony. next is dr. david chew. >> mr. chairman, welcome back cetera, members of the committee to make is the privilege to appear before you this morning. the views the offer are entirely myron do not reflect the institute for defense order the part of defense perry that have a formal statement which i hope might be made part of the record . the limitation as the focus on the revolution, especially the recent evolution of military compensation, particularly added we get to where we are now. i would argue there are three important forces that have created the compensation system that is the subject of discussions. first and other military pay explains the lack of so much a military composition is deferred and a substantial part is offered in kind as opposed to in cash. second : there is a desire by the kutcher to recognize reward for

and then what i am most excited about, a story about calvin coolidge, one of my most favorite presidents. he took a red line to the entire budget and truly cut spending in a tremendous way. if you don't know your history it is worth rushing upon. that is what is coming up today on this fabulous program. now senator jim demint. come on up. [applause] all right. great. thank you for coming. i guess i need to use the microphones. thank you for being here. this is an opportunity for us to hear from you and to share a little news, the things that we are doing. think it is important. i appreciate the group, a longevity in the movement. so many folks who claim to be on our side, and go. they tend to be tempted away to the wrong ideas. i sure appreciate her strong stand over so many years. thank you for being here. i just want to take a few moments to talk about this whole concept of being conservative. what does it mean? sometimes the political labels get confusing. probably all of you here consider yourself conservative in some way. sometimes we don't talk about what it is that we are trying t

the floor of the cme group, special guest today, william amny, you write great books, whether on coolidgepression. yesterday you wrote a great op-ed about looking to the north potentially for some tax reform on personal family investing. why don't you elaborate? >> well, yes. thank you. i wrote this with chris edwards of kato. the point is, there's a lot we can look to candidate da for. one thing is, how to change our tax culture, because right now congress just gives little gifts to different groups, whether it's a child credit for this group or another for another group and canada changeds its entire culture by having basically an account you can put your money in and take it out when you feel like it, and if you make money on your money, realize the capital gain. it's not taxed. it's called a tfsa. it's wildly popular, and the idea is to export that down here. just like we're bringing in tim horton, i guess. so that americans can get in the habit of saves and thinking for themselves instead of waiting for christmas handouts. >> well, i'll tell you what. it's interesting, because whethe

assume needs no introduction, and then what i'm most excited about, a little story about calvin coolidge, one of my most favorite presidents who, if you don't know anything about him, he took a red line to the entire budget and truly cut spending just in a tremendous way. if you don't know your history, it's worth brushing up on that. so that's what's coming up today on this fabulous program. now, senator jim demint. come on up. [applause] i've already introduced you. you missed it. >> well, i'm glad i showed up. >> yeah, i am too. [laughter] >> how are you? well, great. got everybody spread out. thanks for coming. i guess i need to use the microphones here? >> please. because you're being taped. >> oh, okay. well, great. thanks for being here. this is an opportunity for us every year at heritage to hear from you but also to kind of share a little news of the things that we're doing. and i think it's important, first of all, i appreciate the group, particularly phyllis, for her longevity in the movement. so many of folks who claim to be on our side come and go or tend to be tempted away

the great depression, over also served as the secretary of commerce under presidents harding and coolidge. in this hour-long 1960 nbc interview, hoover discusses his life beyond the presidency speaking with reporters ray henle he delves into topics included his child but, his time in china during the box rebelled and -- boxer rebellion, in supplying food to occupy belgium during world war i. this is part of the stanford university library's department of special collections and university archives. when did your career as an engineer come to an end? shortlyme to an end after i took over the belgian relief in 1914. i did not know it at the time. we all expected the war would be over shortly and we would get back to work. as the war went on and on, my clients and partners had to have other interests, so i never went back to the profession. was it that asked you to get into the relief work? the belgianthe ambassador, the belgian prime minister, the american prime minister -- ambassador in london and the american ambassador in brussels. they all seemed to concentrate on the to undertake that