quite an impressive figure daniel webster is. we also have, in massachusetts, john quincy adams, son of the second president of the united states, john adamdams. he, too, is a whig. most famously we have henry clay hailing from the state of kentucky. henry clay -- well, clay ends up running for president five times. just can't get in. can't seem to do it, but, nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. what does clay do? well, clay has a program, a system, an american system. and that american system is threefold. henry clay says, first we need to have protective tariffs on american manufacturing. and sure enough, henry clay, when he became secretary of state under president john quincy adams, adams signs into law a new tariff, the tariff of 1828, raising the tariff from 25% to 45%. why do they do that? to protect american manufacturers and textile goods. clay also says we need federally funded internal improvements. using federal dollars to finance the building of roads, canals, b

can you imagine what daniel webster thought of something like this. he's not going to like it too much. jackson is ready and, well, is the country ready for jackson? this is the real question. what's this man going to do? there's no telling. he is a loose cannon, right? what's going to happen? well, henry clay says, all right, well, we lost that election, that's fine, clay says. i'm going to push through my american system. and he begins with internal improvements. clay says we need a road. we've got all these farmers from my home state of kentucky, we need a road that stretches from lexington, kentucky, to mazeville, kentucky, right there along the ohio river. and i want to use federal dollars to build that road. the bill goes on -- arrives on jackson's desk after it flies through congress, jackson responds and vetoes the build. one of the first famous vetoes in presidential history. clay very upset. this is just the beginning. this is just the beginning. all right. clay says, he vetoed my internal improvements bill, let's try another plank of the am

poet henry longfellow and senator daniel webster among his friends and in fact it was for donna mckay that longfellow wrote his famous poem "the building of a ship". in 1851 the flying cloud built in donald mckay's yard the parts from new york with a full load of cargo bound for san francisco and then from there to china. her captain is a native of massachusetts named josiah creasy, very tough old soul who made several voyages to the china trade before this was his first clipper ship that he commanded and had never commanded a ship of this size and speed. very important asset at his side , his wife eleanor creasy was his chief navigator. she had traveled with him since they were married. it wasn't uncommon for captains to bring along spouses, but in the case of eleanor she was an expert navigator and had been taught by medic navigation by father as a teenager and thanks to her tremendous skill and also

kennedy said that in a little committee -- daniel webster. house of representatives, maybe john quincy adams. how they interact during their careers? brian: i want to ask all three of you what book you have been reading that you would recommend to someone else. book in history. >> i have been too busy writing to read anybody else's right now. brian: i've got one of your books right here. >> we ought not go there. my project is -- i am a historian, but i am also a diarist. i kept a journal when i was in the house history office. it is one million words, and i kept that, but now, i am doing a day to day -- almost day to day account of my reactions to the current political situation, and i have a chance to relax and think about that now. i am trying to figure out our current congress and why it is so dysfunctional. i'm trying to figure out our current president and why his presidency is so dysfunctional, so i've got plenty to keep me busy. brian: don ritchie. mr. ritchie: currently, i am reading "american revolutions" by alan taylor. a reinterpr

i'm trying to write a book between the relationship of adams andn quincy daniel webster. daniely adams set webster, he is a man of a rotten heart. records, sominous there is a lot in mind. they were from the same geographic region. -- they were of the same political party. they went in vastly different directions. they become the guide through a significant time of american history, particularly for congress. mostink of who was the significant person to serve in the senate. john f.ple would say kennedy said that. daniel webster and the house of representatives, maybe john quincy adams. how they interact during their careers? brian: i want to ask all three of you what book you have been reading or what book you have been reading that you would recommend to someone else. a book in history. mr. smock: i have been too busy writing a book in history to read anybody else's right now. brian: i've got one of your books right here. mr. smock: let's not go there. my project is -- i am a historian, but i am also a diarist. i want to -- i kept a journal when i was in the house histor

representing new england for the wigs we have daniel webster. a lawyer from massachusetts. one of the most brilliant orators. we also have john quincy adams the son of the second president of the united states quincy adams he also is a wig. and we have most famously, henry clay hailing from the state of kentucky. and clay, well, clay ends up running for president five times. can't get in. can't seem to do it. but, nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. what does clay do? clay has a program. a system. an american system. that american system is threefold. henry clay says, first, we need to have protective tariffs on american manufacturing. sure enough henry clay when he becomes secretary of state under john quincy adams, adam signs into law a new tariff. the tariff of 1828 raising the tariff from 25% to 45%. that's one heck of a tariff, 45%. why do they do that? to protect american manufacturers and textile goods. clay also says, we need federally funded internal improvement. using federal dollars to finance the building o

recommended that senators arthur vandenberg and robert wagner should appear there alongside henry clay, daniel webster, john calhoun robert taft who were selected by the special committee back in 1957. that committee interestingly enough was appointed by lyndon johnson and chaired by john f. kennedy. i also heard in recent days that perhaps senator mccain's portrait should join that distinguished group. so it's a further tribute to our colleagues that there's no shortage of good ideas. in order to make sure we realize these intentions i'd i like to put together an official group that can collaborate and bring together ideas from current members, former colleagues, and friends. it will be bipartisan as only benefits john's legacy and come to think of it we probably call it not a committee but a gang. so i'm glad were to form this gain to ensure that a suitable lasting tribute becomes a reality. i've have more details regarding this group to share in coming days after our friend is laid to rest. >> this isthis is a sad time for the senate and our nation. with the passing of john mccain our country lost

and so, daniel webster bought paul jennings from the guy who had bought him.he made him work it off a little bit, but then he granted him his freedom. he went on -- there was a large free black population in washington before the civil war. he helped organize slave escapes. during the civil war, his sons fought for the union. but in 1864, he published a memoir of his life in the white house. and so, he becomes the first tell-all chronicler of the white house. now, we are going to go into the great dan rickles. don rickles -- no. [laughter] >> they look a little similar. so the story here, dan sickles was a man of great appetites, for women, for power, for money. he was a great in-house -- he knew how to work the political system. he was from new york city. he was part of tammany hall. he was a protege of martin van buren, who actually had lived in the decatur house when he was secretary of state. at one point, he was named the second in charge of the american embassy in london. james buchanan was the ambassador. i'm missing a big point here. he married a 15-ye

it chronicles the lives of such americans as daniel webster, cap, and others. i think you would rather hear about it from the man who wrote the book, and the author is our guest, a very distinguished senator from the state of massachusetts, the honorable john f. kennedy. kennedy: it's my honor. men knew each other and had a rapport. that makes these photographs even more interesting and personal, because this is one of john f. kennedy's last appearances before he was assassinated in dallas. we also have a copy of jim wright's itinerary for the day that shows when president and mrs. kennedy were going to arrive in fort worth and what their schedule was going to be, and the itinerary for november 22, 1963, and it is a poignant a poignant document because it goes through the entire day, and of course, we know president kennedy did not compete -- complete this schedule of events. but these are in the connection -- the collection as well and wrote about his experiences that day, being with president kennedy in the motorcade. hese are diaries kept by inresentative wr

it catalogues the stories and events in the lives of such great americans as daniel webster, sam houston, george norris, robert a. taft and others, but i think you would rather hear about it from the man who wrote the book. our author is our guest today. the very distinguished senator from the state of massachusetts, the honorable john f. kennedy. much, i thank you very have never been to texas, and this is the closest i will get for a while. >> the two men had a report and rapport, and they knew each other. that makes this photograph even more interesting and personal, because this is one of john f. kennedy's last public appearances before he was assassinated in dallas. we also have in the papers, a his copy of the itinerary for that shows one president kennedy and miss -- mrs.were going to a liv kennedy were going to arrive in fort worth, what their schedule was going to be. the itinerary for november 22, 1963. it is a poignant document because it goes through the entire day, and of course, we know that president kennedy did not complete this schedule of events. these are in the collec

in particular, as he started to try to develop a defense, webster actually went with daniel webster to see if he could -- coulded him that he defend him but he would have to admit to killing parkman. if you say it was self-defense or if you say it was a visitation of god and went insane temporarily there is no way the state can pin a motive on you because nobody saw you do it. i don't know, was it self-defense? if you admit to that you can put together a defense. webster's reaction was absolutely, it was all or nothing. and his family was particularly stringent on this point. he was innocent. i can't defend you then. out the decision by webster to go with that defense strategy was sup optimal. it did not work very well. i'm going to end with a little excerpt from the aftermath of the case. one thing that's worth pointing webster wound up being very curious figures at the time. webster was very well known to students coming from harvard and the local community. if you took an undergraduate course in chemistry or went through the medical schools and went through webster's class at some p

this was also a man who courted, counted men like henry wadsworth longfellow and daniel webster among his friends and in fact it was for donna mckay that longfellow wrote his famous poem the building of the ship. in 1851, the flying cloud was built in his yard and departs from new york with a full load of cargo a to china. he commanded the first clipper ship. he had a very important asset at his side, his wife eleanor was his chief navigator. she had been traveling with them. it's common for captains to bring along their spouses but in this case she was an expert navigator and had been taught mathematics and navigation by her father as a teenager, and thanks to her, also some good luck going around cape horn, not encountering any of those notorious gales which will blow the ship backward for days or weeks on end, the flying cloud makes the voyage from new york to san francisco and 89 days, 21 hours on only a few years before 180 days was considered to be a good passage. she then sailed on to china, picks up a cargo and sales to new york. this around the world voyage becomes extremely

daniel webster, ed cleveland elementary, gordon j. lowe will have safety workers added to their sites. we're really excited about monday. we're excited about partnering with our partners to keep our students safe and we're excited that you're all here today. with that, and without any further ado, i'd like the introduce our chief of police to you, chief scott. [applause] >> good morning. >> as we relate to the start of this school year, the safety of our residents, especially our children as the mayor stated, is one of our top priorities. under mayor breed's leadership, we're collaborating closely with our partner agencis to put in place smart strategies to drive down traffic injuries and fatalities. outlined in our vision zero initiative, we want to get to zero fatalities by the year 2024. and here are a few numbers to think about. while children represent about 6% of our traffic injuries overall, they make up a slightly higher proportion, 8%, of our pedestrian injuries. compared to 6% of passenger and 4% of bicyclist injuries. we're

daniel webster once said, i don't agree with a thing say, but i defend to the death your right to say it. host: we have a call from milwaukee, wisconsin, the democrat line. caller: thank you. donald trump -- because he was rich. the man didn't know anything about running a country. going tocause he was discard everything obama put in. i don't know one thing this man has passed as he has been elected -- he criticized women, ballplayers, everybody. the man was elected because he had money, and they thought he was going to do away with obamacare. but thank god he couldn't. people, get out and vote so you can have a voice. you don't have a voice if you don't vote. host: what has been the top or policye achievement of the white house, coming into the midterms? guest: you are going to hear a lot about this on the campaign trail, the tax cut that the president put in. and the credit that he takes for the booming economy, certainly the market last week is something that white house spokesman will say is directly president'she economic agenda. in addition, another issue that is near and dear t

>> commissioner johns: if i could sort of rest on daniel webster's opening in the dartmouth college case. it is only one true, but those of us love it. it is only one building in the neighborhood, but i think it is also by far the most significant building in the neighborhood. and i think it's true whether you look at it from the point of view of it's development and the development of the economic system of the west, if you look at it as far as an extremely fine example of 19th century architect's use of building techniques which allowed it to survive the 1906 earthquake by essentially floating. if you look at it in so many different ways, it is so important to san francisco that i think it -- excuse me, i think that we should press as diligently as we can so that this building does not just sit and deteriorate. now, i know the city has, over the years, expressed very little interest in this because there has always been something that people felt was a little more pressing in need. but eventually, it will just fall down. so i -- i think that the letter is -- is the way to go. >> presid

he will be remembered with robert taft and daniel webster and henry clay as one of the greatest senators in american history. a giant. connell: what about how that body will change without him being there? i suppose it was already changing for some time, but now with the death of senator mccain, what does it do to the senate? >> yeah. they lose a man of great integrity and there's a wonderful lesson to learn from the life of john mccain. lot of people forget, he not only overcame the hanoi hilton and the pain that he suffered there, but in 1989, the keating five, keating went to prison, it was a savings and loan scandal. the five u.s. senators' careers were cut short but one of those was john mccain. and he tediously, laboriously worked his way back to integrity until today, now, at his passing, he's seen as the epitome of honesty. the mccain-feingold act which reformed corruption in campaign financing, the straight talk express, the name of his bus. so he's going to be missed as a moral compass for the u.s. senate, but he's a wonderful lesson for me and for anybody that you can make mis

that daniel webster later on was effectively to say it was a compact between states and a constitution, which is a definition of a nation, which applies to individuals. so, instead of passing back through the states, in fact, one had to want the constitution affected individuals directly. that -- >> that's a wonderful description. i'm going to skip to merlo real quickly because you know the roots in dublin. when you look at the white house, what do you see in it that's uniquely american? >> that's an interesting question, because in a way what i've been doing in the last has been focusing on the irish roots within it. and i suppose that the houses that we see that it was kind of modeled on in many ways are houses such as lynnster house, which would have had, i suppose, at the moment obviously it's the seat of the government, but it was this image of a kind of -- a grand -- a grand house but in terms of how it expresses in american history and in a way there's a relative modesty in terms of the scale of it, which was obviously smaller than was originally intended. and something about ho

people like robert lafollette and daniel webster, all these grand figures. if we were doing that nowadays, john mccain would be one of the first portraits we would paint there. you're doing the history of the senate. this is one of the great leaders in 200 years. but the other thing to look at is, the character of the man. who this was. this was someone who as we all know now for 5 1/2 years in north nooet vietnam resisted torture, was there in solitary confinement for a long period of time. went on from that without by e theness bitterness. had a career of grace. any of us would love our children to grow up to be liking that. >> michael, always great to have you on with that perspective. thank you so much, nbc news, presidential historian, michael beschloss with us there. we now go to governor john kasich who joins us now on the pho phone. we're hearing from michael beschloss, one of the great senators of the last 200 years. >> well, it's kind of hard for me not to say i agree with that. i would -- i'd say something even bigger than that. one of the greates

daniel webster said that back in 1850. it was dying of natural causes because cotton is like tobacco. it zaps everything out of the soil. and edwin ruffin was running late. and so they would grow cotton year after year after year until said field would not even grow weeds. then they searched for other land and they were desperate to do throughout the 1850s. pardon me. trying to find usable land for cotton. certainly the new acquisitions, new mexico, arizona, california offered no outlet for it. slavery would have died naturally because its bumper crop cotton would have ceased to exist. that's one compromise that could have come about. in addition, the industrial revolution was swinging into gear in the late 1850s and industrialization would clearly surpass agriculture. the great farmers which jefferson envisioned never had a chance. and we would become an industrial nation and the cottoning kingdom would disappear. and so in spite of these factors, neither side could agree. southerners were too proud to admit what little t

daniel webster and said that in 1850. it was dying of natural causes because cotton is like tobacco, it saps everything out of the soil. at been rough and was running late with his crop rotation. in the deep south of the planters would grow cotton in the field year after year until said field would not even grow weeds. then they switched to other land. they were desperate throughout the 1850s. trying to find usable land for cotton and certainly the new acquisitions in new mexico and arizona, california offered no help slavery would have died naturally because the bumper crop of cotton wood has ceased to exist. that is one compromise that could have come about in addition, the industrial revolution was swinging into gear in the late 1850s and industrialization could clearly have surpassed agriculture, the great land of farmers with jefferson envisioned never had a chance. we would have become an industrial nation and the cotton field would have disappeared. in spite of these factors, neither side could agree. southerners w

recommended that senators arthur vandenburg and robert wagner should appear there alongside henry clay, daniel webster, john calhoun, robert lafalatte, sr., and robert taft who were selected by special committee back in 1957. that committee interestingly enough was appointed by linden johnson and chaired by john f. kennedy. i've also heard in recent days that perhaps senator mccain's portrait should join that distinguished group. so it's a further tribute to our colleague that there's no shortage of good ideas. in order to make sure we realize these intention, i'd like to put together an official group that can elaborate and bring together ideas from current members, former colleagues, and friends. it will be bipartisan as only befits john's legacy, and come to think of it, would probably call it not a committee but a gang. so i'm glad we're able to form this gang to ensure that a suitable, lasting tribute becomes a reality. i'll have more details regarding this group to share in the coming days after our friend is laid to rest. madam president, august is usually a time for senators to spend more time

daniel webster who articulated a vision of the american union. henry clay who patched together important compromises if ultimately flawed in the middle of the 19th century. you go into john foster dulles, james baker in our time is an incredibly talented public servant who was never president. they're statesmen. there's people who love the country. you led with i think one of the great mccain insights, which is i fell in love with my country when i was a prisoner in someone else's. and i've always been incredibly struck by that. when you think of what your reaction coming out of that cell and the way mike so wonderfully talked about it. the idea that you would actually fall more in love with the country which had consigned you to this unimaginable for so many of us experience. and i think that's part of the reason for this reaction is we honor that service and i think all of us wonder what would we do if we were shot down out of the sky over enemy territory and found ourselves in captivity without doctors, where the only entertainment was mccain

daniel webster once said, i don't agree with a thing say, but i defend to the death your right to say it. host: we have a call from milwaukee, wisconsin, the democrat line. caller: thank you. donald trump -- because he was rich. the man didn't know anything about running a country. going tocause he was discard everything obama put in. i don't know one thing this man has passed as he has been elected -- he criticized women, ballplayers, everybody. the man was elected because he had money, and they thought he was going to do away with obamacare. but thank god he couldn't. people, get out and vote so you can have a voice. you don't have a voice if you don't vote. host: what has been the top or policye achievement of the white house, coming into the midterms? guest: you are going to hear a lot about this on the campaign trail, the tax cut that the president put in. and the credit that he takes for the booming economy, certainly the market last week is something that white house spokesman will say is directly president'she economic agenda. in addition, another issue that is near and dear t

recommended that senators arthur vandenberg and robert wagner should appear there alongside henry clay, daniel webster, john calhoun, robert taft who were selected by the special committee back in 1957. that committee interestingly enough was appointed by lyndon johnson and chaired by john f. kennedy. i also heard in recent days that perhaps senator mccain's portrait should join that distinguished group. so it's a further tribute to our colleagues that there's no shortage of good ideas. in order to make sure we realize these intentions i' i like to pt together an official group that can collaborate and bring together ideas from current members, former colleagues, and friends. it will be bipartisan as only benefits john's legacy, and come to think of it, e