he was a northern man but he was strong proslavery and his predecessor was franklin pierce, president franklin pierce and concord new hampshire, even though he was from new england he was also a strong pull -- strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, controlled by southern influence, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, the father of kansas territory, he believed in the concept of popular sovereignty and let the will of the people being spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when the lecompton constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called lecompton constitution a swindle, and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty, it did not represent the role of the people. this constitution has debated -- was debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, which was controlled by southerners didn't pass it. they ratified it. it got to the u.s. house, which is more northern influence, when it got to the u.s. house, it was -- the debate was so rancorous

anyone who wants to be president can come to franklin pierce university new hampshire. first primary is in new hampshire. i think they can pass the test in that state if they understand the peterson foundation is telling omission look at it. betty: thank you so much for joining me this morning. the former chief of staff to george w. bush. i will headed back to you guys. olivia: thank you so much, betty liu. we will have more from the peterson summit all day long, including better -- betty's interview at 12, with a congressman. up, our banking executives really the highest paid corporate leaders, it -- or is that just a misconception? we will find out who are the best paid ceo's is next. ♪ olivia: a-ok with big pay packages being given to bankers these days. voting today to approve pay packages for their ceo's is. pimm: critics insist top executives are overpaid. a look at how the pay packages are compared to chief executives of other industries. classroom median pay at big banks has grown from $3 million to $11 million. jamie dimon has been ahead of jpmorgan from us a d

his predecessor, franklin pierce from concord, new hampshire even though he was from new england, he was also a strong proslavery candidate. democratic party in the 1850's was controlled by southern influence strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, who believed in the concept of popular sovereignty let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when it arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called it a swindle and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty or the will of the people. this constitution was ferociously debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, controlled by southerners, did pass it and ratified it. it got to the u.s. house with more northern influence and the debate was so rancorous that in february of 1858, late one night , while the constitution was being debated in the u.s. house of representatives, a brawl broke out over 50 congressmen were brawling on the floor of the u.s. house. supposedly, the only thing that broke them up wa

>> like i did this year i did franklin pierce which is where the former white house chief of staff issident now. so i'll get something like that. but for the most time exactly what kiersten said. >> liberty university was the worst speech i ever gave. the only time i've used a teleprompter. that was dumb. >> why did you use the teleprompter? >> because i was putting my book together. >> no wonder you don't get invited. >> you have ever given a commencement speech? >> no if i had to research any of my own best sellers, i wouldn't have time to give a speech. i'd be on postage stamps and the commencement speeches i won't complain about the topic being obvious and dull, but i will say, the kmepsment's usually oh, my gosh they're boring. thank heavens i don't have to give any commencement speeches. >> does matthew mcconaughey not impress you? >> i think mcconaughey's the only person to thank god on his accept and speech in the oscars, though i'm not an expert. >> i think there's too many conservatives speaking at commencement speeches. what is it 6-1? that's more conservatives than there a

so this year i did franklin pierce, which is where amy carr, the former bush white house chief of staff now i'll get something like that. but for the most part, exactly what kirsten said. >> one, liberty university. and it was the worst speech i ever gave. that was dumb. >> why did you have to use a teleprompter? >> i was on the middle of my book tour. i didn't have time to put one together. >> fwhonder you don't get invited. >> have you ever done a commencement speech? >> no i'm so relieved. if i were a liberal having researched and written my own ten new york times best seller i wouldn't have time so accept commencement speeches because i would be getting so many awards. oh my gosh they're boring. thank heaven i don't have to give any commencement speech. >> does matthew mcconaughey not impress you? >> i love him. that was great. also the group that sang his heart out, i think mcconaughey is the only one that thinks to thank god in his oscar acceptance speech. i'm not an expert since i never watch them but i believe i'm correct. >> i think there's too many con receiver tifs speaking a

like i just did this year i did franklin pierce which is where the former white house chief of staff is president now. i'll get something like that. for the most part -- >> exactly what kirsten said. liberty university was the worst speech i ever gave. the only time i used a teleprompter. >> why did you use a teleprompter? >> i was on my book tour. i didn't have time to put one together. did you ever do a commencement speech? >> no. i'm so relieved. i kept thinking if i were a liberal having researched and written my own "new york times" best sellers, i wouldn't have any time to write books. i would be on commencement speeches and be on postage stamps. i won't complain about the topic being obvious and dull but i will say the commencements usually are, oh my gosh they're boring. thank heaven i don't have to give any commencement speeches. >> did matthew mcconaughey not impress you? >> no, he was great. other than the group that sang its heart out here for a pitc think mcconaughey is the only one to thank god for his oscar speech. i never watch them, but i believe i am correct. >> i t

. >> so i like just did franklin pierce which is where andy card is president now.o i'll get something like that. but for the most part exactly what kirsten said. >> liberty university was the worst speech i ever gave. the one time i used a teleprompter. >> why did you -- >> i was on my book tour. the worst i ever gave. do you ever do one. >> no i'm so relieved. i kept thinking you know if i were a liberal having researched and written my own ten "the new york times" best-sellers i wouldn't have time to write they books i would be accepting so many awards at the kennedy center and giving commencement speeches and on a postage stamp and the speeches i was looking through them and won't complain about the topic being obvious and dull but i will say the commencement speeches oh my gosh they're boring. thank heaven i don't have to give any commencement speeches. >> wait a minute. does matthew mcconaughey impress you? >> i love him. that was great. >> that surprised me. >> other than the group that sang it's hard out here for a pimp i think mcconaughey is the only to tha

shortly after the inauguration of their successor, franklin pierce. number of people were tweeting about that earlier. the barbara bush connection. barbara pierce bush. we will try to answer that question three: we deal with the pierce administration. thanks to the white house historical association for their continuing help throughout the series. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: history tv is featuring c-span's original series on first ladies on sundays at 8:00 p.m. this is american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. each week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. up next from 40 years ago, a may 26, 1975 nbc news special report on the fall of saigon. it documents the capture of the capital of south vietnam by north vietnamese communist forces a month earlier and details events in the months

like if you, just an example, a lot of people think franklin pierce is one of the worst presidents we had. and if you measure that because he was elected right before the civil war and he couldn't stop the country's drift toward war and couldn't figure out how to stop the spread of slavery and this and that, that's absolutely true, but he was an immensely successful soldier in the mexican war. he was a successful member of congress and went home and became governor of new hampshire. only other governor of a small state to be elected president. and he was on his way to be inaugurated with his only child. presidents were then inaugurated in march. he took a train to washington. on the way, there was a train wreck. nobody was hurt very bad. there were a couple of broken bones, except his 11-year-old son, who fell on his neck, snapped it and died. nobody else would have gotten more than a broken bone and that's how he began his presidency. with his wife in a virtually catatonic state of grief so i always wondered and he had different circumstances he may have quite a successful president.

former white house chief of staff to president bush and franklin pierce university. andy card.uys, can you coup up right now? we got the federal court that ruled the state department has to move fast in releasing hillary clinton's e-mails from a private server and we got the news from cheryl mills, dragging her feet on four year requests. i think it's fascinating howard maybe you can explain this to us is mark halperin did some focus groups and these were -- iowa democrats. we would play some of them for you. there were two main themes that came out of them one nobody could name anything she did as secretary of state and, two, it just didn't matter because they want a strong leader. they want somebody that can win and they think hillary is that person. take a look howard then i'd love to get your input on it. >> tell me your first thoughts of hillary clinton. what you think of her as a person? >> a lot of the fact is made that she is so ambitious. well. you know what, if you are going to be a politician if you are going to set yourself up to be elected to any office you have to