>> dennis hastert came in in the wake of the gingrich revolution, some of the problems that caused newtexit so quickly in 1999. there was a lot of healing that needed to be done. hastert was well-liked by republicans. he served 20 years in congress. at the time, he had been in congress 12 years. he was a wrestling coach in his previous career. he was an affable man. he could be a strong partisan, but he was well-liked by his colleagues. at that point with the house in turmoil, they looked to someone who had balance, that looked like a regular guy. dennis hastert was that. he represented a district west of chicago in northern illinois. he is from aurora, illinois. he had a very nice counterpoint to newt gingrich's revolutionary style. >> what kind of the speaker did he turn out to be? >> he turned out to be an effective speaker. he served -- he is the longest-serving republican speaker, consecutive terms. in eight years, he was speaker for four terms, he was known for the hastert rule. the hastert rule meant you did not bring a bill to the floor of the house unless a majority of the repu

let me also recognize our new speaker elect, denny hastert and his wife jean, that are here today. denny, we are all starting a new congress. some, like yourself, are starting this congress in a new role. some as new members. some of us are continuing in old roles. all of us are concerned. can we do it right? can we get the job right? for some of us, can we do it better? >> all right. >> take care. >> [indiscernible] >> one of the things we need to do is get to work. >> with the impeachment hanging out there. >> the total numbers of votes cast are 427, of which, the honorable j. dennis hastert of illinois has received 220 and the honorable richard gephardt of missouri has received 205 with two voting present. therefore, the honorable j. dennis hastert of the state of illinois is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 106th congress having received a majority of the votes cast. [applause] >> mr. speaker and members of the house before i hand the gavel over to our new speaker to me say to him simply, let's bury the hatchet. [applause] >> first, i want to say to t

and now here's dennis hastert in january 999 on the opening day of the 106th congress. >> good morning. mr. speaker monica is going to be doing the interview. >> thanks so much for taking the time today. >> sure. >> we're set up in here. >> fine. >> how did the conference meeting go? >> very good. this one side was out. just had the rules and ordinary things to do but it went as well as could expect. >> did you see the post this morning? >> no. >> there was an inside story of the press conference. it's great. a great shot. >> didn't have time to open the papers this morning. >> i have them all in my bag. >> right after the intro do we want to break and have the c-span camera leave? >> we'll get the first question. >> thank you. and we're all set. >> great. mr. speaker you used to teach history and today you're about to step into the history books. how has your teaching background prepared you for this? >> one of the things i think it does is give you an extreme exposure in trying to explain things to human beings. it's the personal touch that you have day in and day out. and of course,

>> then speaker of the house of representatives denny hastert house of representatives denny hastert sat down with brian lamb in 2004 to discuss his book, "speaker" on booknotes. representative hastert recounted his years as a civics teacher, football coach and member of the u.s. house of representatives. he also discussed how we handle the daily responsibilities of the house immediately after the september 11 terrorist attacks. watch for an encore presentation of this interview now on booktv. c-span: denny hastert, author of, "speaker," what`s the granby roll? >> guest: the granby roll is a move in wrestling that you can score from the bottom. not many people do it. and it`s good in wrestling, it`s probably good in politics, too. if you can score when you`re on the bottom and keep winning, that`s what it`s all about. c-span: where does the name granby come from? >> guest: granby high school in norfolk, virginia. they were the instigator -- coach by the name of bill martin was -- instigated it and taught it. and it kind of passed through the east coast. i picked it up in the midwest,

and now, here is dennis hastert in 1999 on the opening day of the 106th congress. >> good morning. this is monica, going to be doing the interview. >> thanks for taking the time today. we are set up in here. >> all right. >> how did the conference meeting go? >> very good. just one side without. we just had the rules of ordinary things to do. but it went as well as we could expect. >> have you seen "the post" this morning? >> no. >> there was an inside story on the press conference with you and deb price with your hands in the air. it was great. >> i did not have time to look at the papers this morning. [laughter] >> i know. i have them all in my bag. >> do you want to break and let the c-span camera leave? we will get the first question. thank you. and, we are all set. >> great. mr. speaker, you used to teach history. and today you are about to step into the history books. how has your teaching background prepared you for this? >> it gives you extreme exposure in trying to explain things to human beings. it is the personal touch you have day in and day out. and of course, teaching

history tv looks back at opening remarks from former house speaker's, tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastertpelosi. first, we learn about the speaker's roll from the house historian raymond smock. >> what is a speaker's job? >> the speaker has a big job. it started as a constitutional office. because the constitution says the house shall choose their speaker. choose its speaker and other officers. there were no other duties mentioned. it was assumed since the founders knew all about speakers from colonial legislatures and from british parliament going back to the 13th century that what a speaker was, he speaker -- a speaker was a presiding officer. but in our congress, it was not only a presiding officer. he quickly became a powerful person because he appointed appointees and as the two-party system developed, the speaker it became the leader of the majority party with political ramifications. the constitution is silent on this. on the powers. the powers of the speaker is what the speaker can make of them, and that is the unique part of it. some speakers exercised great power, even rivaling

i like the one of denny hastert. i think it captures him. it is one of the more recent ones. he has the mace of the house in his picture. and the silver inkstand. i find i have a fondness for that inkstand. it had to be repaired. don anderson and i had to have coin silver. we took some old, worn down coin silver's when they had silver content close to the silver that was used. every time i see a portrait, or see that inkstand, i feel a nice connection to it. it is in his portrait. >> thank you very much. >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation like us on facebook on c-span history. >> monday night on the communicators, three technology reporters reveal the big issues of 2013 and the key communication and technology issues facing the new year. >> the chairman is not expected to unveil this proposal until february or march at the earliest. that gives an opening for republicans to give -- to introduce a bill of neutrality on their own. is that going to force him to move more quickly or going to put him in a positio

we'll feature the opening day remarks of former speakers tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosi. we'll hear from raymond smock who explains the role and offers brief profiles of the four congressional leaders. that's today at noon eastern time on c-span 3's american history tv. >> monday night, on "the communicators," martin cooper inventor of the cell phone on spectrum issues and the efforts by federal agencies to provide for the growing needs of mobile phone service providers. >> the ultimate in the spectrum efficient technology is dynamic spectrum access. it includes a lot of things. it includes cognitive radio. and it includes some new technology that's just starting to become laboratory available where we can use satellites to actually create a model of the world so when somebody transmits, they will know whether they're going to interfere with somebody else. you put all of these things together i hesitate to tell you how much more efficient it will be because you will laugh me out of this room. but we're talking not about tens of times improvement or hundr

the gentleman from illinois, denny hastert. there were some great achievements during those 12 years that followed. there were also some profound disappointments. if there is one less that stands out from our party's time in the majority, it is this -- congressional majority is simply a means to an end. the value of the majority is in the chance to use limited power to achieve great things. we refer to the gavel we are holding as the speaker's gavel. it really belongs to the american people. it's on loan from real owners. this is the people's house, this is the people's congress. most people don't care who controls it. what they want is a government who is limited, honest accountable, and responsive to their needs. it begins writing itself a ticket to minority status. the 110th congress will write the next chapter in american history. the american people will dictate it. today the american party assumes the challenge and opportunity of majority power in people's house. republicans will hold the incoming majority of accountable

behind many of those achievements will continue to serve with us, the gentleman from illinois, denny hastert. [applause] there were great achievements during those 12 years that followed. there were also some profound disappointments. if there is one lesson that stands out from our party's time in the majority, it's this -- a congressional majority is simply a means to an end. the value of a majority lies not in the chance to wield great , -- great power, but in the chance to use limited power to achieve great things. we refer to the gavel i'm holding as the speaker's gavel. but like everything else in this chamber, it really belongs to the american people. it's on loan from the real owners. this is the people's house. this is the people's congress. most people in america don't care who controls it. what they want is a government that is limited, honest, accountable and responsive to their needs. and the moment a majority forgets this lesson, it begins writing itself a ticket to minority status. the 110th congress will write the next chapter in american history. but the american people will

the strategist for dennis hastert and and some other republicans. unpack the weekend activity and we will start with a guy who seems to have helped himself the most within conventional wisdom at that event in des moines. wisconsin governor scott walker. >> we took the power away from the big government special interests and we put it firmly in the hands of the hard-working taxpayers. that is what we need more of in this great country. >> i do not quite understand what all the fuss is about. where do you think walker ends up after the weekend? >> i certainly think his performance is -- i am used to governor walker being much more subdued and this was a concern that he did not have the fire in the belly. this speech proved me wrong. he definitely has the ability to fire up conservatives. he hit it on all cylinders and talked about the policies that helped the state of wisconsin and how they were conservative. i hope this gets him get noticed and can propel him forward if someone to look out for in the 2016 primaries if he chooses to run. >> were you j

[applause] >> in 1999 incoming speaker dennis hastert allowed c-span2 follow him around. tell us his reputation among his republican colleagues? what made him an attractive

eastern, opening day remarks by former house speakers tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosi. on sunday night at 8:00 we'll hear from former senate jorlse, rob byrd howard baker, bob dole, and. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 20 -626-3400. email us at comments at c-span.org. or send us a tweet at c-span #commnts. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> in november, military veterans gathered at the u.s. navy memorial for a conference about their service. marine corps comma can't t.s. kelly was one of the speakers at the conference. -- come can't t.s. kelly was one of the speakers at the conference. >> we thank the navy memorial for that film as you saw from their lone sailor award. i give to you general kelly. [applause] >> put that old cane away. it's tough getting old, let me tell you. but what happened was a few years back i had a really bad case of sciatica. so i went to the naval hospital and saw the doctor and he took an m.r.i. and said that's the worst good dam back i have ever s

on c-span3 tonight opening-day remarks by tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosi. sunday night at 8:00, we will hear from former senate majority leaders. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. what us know what you think about the programs you are watching -- let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call, e-mail, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> history bookshelf features popular american history writers every weekend at this time. offer nicholas patler discusses his book "jim crow and the wilson administration." he describes policies during his term that segregated the federal workforce and the protests that followed. the university of virginia hosted this event in 2005. it is about one hour. >> good afternoon. i would like to welcome you all to this annual eve library's multicultural issues committee. we'll go right into our program. and the introduction of the guests author. nicholas patler is a resident of stanton, virginia. he holds a bachelor of science degree in gov

on c-span3 tonight opening-day remarks by tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosiunday night at 8:00, we will hear from former senate majority leaders. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. what us know what you think about the programs you are watching -- let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call, e-mail, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter.

eastern opening day war, by former house speakers tip o'neill newt gingrich dennis hastert and nancy pelosi. sunday night at 8:00 we'll hear everywhere robert byrd, be robert baker, bob dole and george mitchell. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments comments @c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. the c-span cities tour takes book tv and "american history tv" on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to austin, texas. >> we are in the private suite of lyndon and lady bird johnson. this was a private quarters for the president and first lady. when i say private, i do mean that. this is not part of a tour that is offered to the public. this is -- this has never been open to the public. and you're seeing it because of c-span's special access. vips come into this space just as they did in lyndon johnson's day, bu

opening day remarks by formerer house speakers tip o'neal newt gingrich, dennis hastert and knapp. we'll hear from robert byrd, howard baker bob dole and george mitchell. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are watching at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org and send us a tweet. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitterer. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archived films that tell the story of the 20

expectation that you would always have the majority of the majority, so called hastert rule which denny hastert says he never created. the understanding was that you would have to get the majority of the majority. in the last several years it was hard to do. when boehner moved forward without the majority of the majority it strengthened his hand rather than him falling through the ice which was the fear. so i guess the sense that we have is that now the folks who want to get stuff done are getting pissed off. which is what it's going to take. it's going to require the basic rank and file members of the house and senate to say i'm not willing -- this is not why i came here. one senator described his job to me as being a glorified telemarketer who occasionally gets to vote for an assistant secretary of education. they're furious. this is not what they wanted to be doing. and that's going to have to start -- you see these gangs forming, these sort of bipartisan legislative gangs. that's going to have to become part of the culture of the actual committees. and you're starting to see the polls start

>> dennis hastert came in, in the wake of the gingrich resolution -- revolution. some of the problems that caused newt to exit so quickly in 1999. there was a lot of healing that needed to be done. hastert was well-liked by republicans. he served 20 years in congress. at the time, he had been in congress 12 years. he was a wrestling coach in his previous career. he was an affable man. he could be a strong partisan, but he was well-liked by his colleagues. at that point with the house in turmoil, they looked to someone who had balance that looked like a regular guy. dennis hastert was that. he represented a district west of chicago in northern illinois. he is from the world illinois -- aurora, illinois. he had a very nice counterpoint to newt gingrich's revolutionary style. >> what kind of the speaker did he turn out to be? >> he turned out to be an effective speaker. he served, he is the longest-serving republican speaker, consecutive terms. in eight years, he was speaker for four terms he was known for the hastert rule. the hastert rule meant you did not bring a b

and now here's dennis hastert in january 999 on the opening day of the

. >> then speaker of the house of representatives denny hastert house of representatives denny hastert sat down with brian lamb in 2004 to discuss his book, "speaker" on booknotes. representative hastert recounted his years as a civics teacher, football coach and member of the u.s. house of representatives. he also discussed how we handle the daily responsibilities of the house immediately after the september 11 terrorist attacks. watch for an encore presentation of this interview now on booktv.

opening day remarks by formerer house speakers tip o'neal newt gingrich, dennis hastert and knapp. we'll hear from robert byrd, howard baker bob dole and george mitchell. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are watching at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org and send us a tweet. join the conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitterer. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archived films that tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ >> when we think about the geography of cuba, we might keep in mind two important ideas. first, cuba is an island. second, cuba has a tropical climate. let's learn more about this island and its people . here are some of the people of rural cuba. there are many different types of cuban people including those descended from original spanish settlers, those descended from negro slaves and some from various european and west indies people s. what relationships can we find between the people and the big island on which they live? the tropical island of uhcuba lies

i like the one of denny hastert. i think it captures him. it is one of the more recent ones. he has the mace of the house in his picture. and the silver inkstand. i find i have a fondness for that inkstand. it had to be repaired. don anderson and i had to have coin silver. we took some old, worn down coin silver's when they had silver content close to the silver that was used. every time i see a portrait, or see that inkstand, i feel a nice connection to it. it is in his portrait. >> thank you very much. >> you are watching american history television, 48 hours of american history. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. next we continue our look at the 1864 presidential election between abraham lincoln and general george mcclellan lincoln's former commander of the army of the potomac. elizabeth bavaron view of the confederates. >> my name is catherine lincoln. it is my pleasure, my privilege to introduce professor elizabeth barron who will speak on the election of 1864 and confederate eyes. i think