and then herb rt hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge ever the party regular finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement. hoover, he declared had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend only on c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us across the country to learn about hur history with the support of our cable partners. ♪ >> the kansas state capitol was built over 37 years, which is kind of unusual for capitols. but they started in 1866 after the civil war was over. we became a state january 29, 1861, so that makes us 154 years old in 2015. but they weren't able to start on the building because of the civil warsuch so when they did, they built it in sections. we are played out like the capitol. then they did the south wing which has the former supre

and then herb rt hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge ever the party regular finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement. hoover, he declared had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend only on c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us

george nash is our foremost authority on the life and times of herbert hoover. thedissertation, conservative intellectual movement in america since 1945, was quickly published and remains a seminal study on this topic. on the recommendation of william f buckley, hoover presidential library association, now the hoover presidential foundation, contracted with dr. nash to write a multivolume biography of herbert hoover. the three volumes that resulted hooverlife of herbert remains the most thorough treatment of prisoners life from birth through the end of his work in the wilson administration as head of the food administration. he expertly edited hoover's , and theed writings crusade years, herbert hoover's lost memoir. as one of our archivists described george, he is someone who will forget more than i will ever know about herbert hoover appeared dr. nash is currently working on a study of herbert hoover and franken roosevelt. his talk today is entitled the great engineer. [applause] dr. nash: thank you for that gracious and generous introduction. good morning. it

presidency,"he herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> 34 days before the election, coolidge gave hoover an extraordinarily if use of public endorsement in a prearranged evoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover, said coolidge, was able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe. history tv. all we can, every weekend on c-span3. >> now a discussion on san francisco's approach to providing public housing. from today's "washington journal," this is 30 minutes. >> welcome back. ethan epstein is with us.

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the1st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public endorsement and a prearranged hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv come all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television

presidency," herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> 34 days before the election, coolidge gave hoover an extraordinarily if use of public endorsement in a prearranged evoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover, said coolidge, was able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe. history tv. all we can, every weekend on c-span3. >> now a discussion on san francisco's approach to providing public housing. from today's "washington journal," this is 30 minutes. >> welcome back. ethan epstein is with us. he is a weekly standard editor. he is also a contributor to politico magazine. that is why he is here this morning, talking about a piece about how san francisco overall public housing. good morning. is a microcosm -- san francisco is a microcosm. ,t has some of the most lavish beautiful housing you can find in the country and some of the worst public housing in the entire united states. i wanted to show a paradoxical case that showed the extremes of the housing

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, every the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement in a rearranged telegram that invoked headlines. hoover had declared his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture, since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war, and s

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, every the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement in a rearranged telegram that invoked headlines. hoover had declared his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture, since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war, and s

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public endorsement and a prearranged hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv come all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. ethan epstein is with us now. he's a weekly standard associate editor and contributor to politico magazine. we are talking about his piece in politico about how san francisco's overhaul its public housing. what made you look at this issue in particular? guest: ethan epstein is a microcosm -- san francisco is a microcosm. ,t has some of the most lavish beautiful housin

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge ever the party regular finally gave hoover an endorsement in a prearranged program that invoked sensational newspaper head lines. hoover had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00 with the budget for congress to handle, we'll look at pending proposals for the federal budget. and friday, a profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history was, i tell people when i was born in perry, georgia, they stamp democrat on your birth certificate. in 1998 i made a decision to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. >> followed at 8:30 p.m. with a conversation with deathconfounder jeff moss. >> only people doing security were people in the military or banks. this is really a hobby. there were jobs a

scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular finally gave a publicve endorsement. there were sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy, and save -- safe. >> american history tv on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from austin, suri, out with a titled, the impossible presidency. thanks for being with us. guest: thank you for having me on. host: you write the following quote, "history has brought us to this difficult moment that we must recognize that our inherited assumptions and practices no longer serve the nation and the world as they once did." can you explain? the problems we have, steve, is we have these old presidential figures, many of whom i write about and revere like abraham lincoln and roosevelt and we are expecting our modern president to do everything they did and more and at no cost to us and no sacrifice to the american people. those are

george nash is our foremost authority on the life and times of herbert hoover. his dissertation, the conservative intellectual movement

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eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between thet president and calvin coolidge. >> four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular finally gave a publicve endorsement. there were sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy, and save -- safe. >> american history tv on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from austin, suri, out with a titled, the impossible presidency.

eastern on presidency, george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just before the election, coolidge by money gave hoover an extra ordinarily effusive public endorsement in a prearranged telegram that evoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, a week and every weekend only on c-span3. q&a, the night on lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk to thomas rhett ricks about his book giorgio and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, but the hero -- churchill read it twice and loved it. orwell admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. next on the presidency, black america export stephen rabe discusses the successes and disappointments of harry truman's policies in latin america. the truman little white house and the san carlo institute in key west florida, listed the event as part of the 15th annual symposium. >> harry truman's legacy toward la

if you've ever wore george nash's history of the movement there's a debate within conservatism foreveri think you can have both as long as it's defined by conservatism. limited government conservatism. we don't hear a lot about it from self-described nationalists. we hear something else. perfectionism is an conservatism from a nationalism is in conservativism. i think it will be a much harder cast to unified the tribes. i think liberalism has huge problems on this front. we me may be right for mccrone type a guy coming on a white horse out of nowhere that destroys both parties. elements of that would make me happy. elements that make me want to put the safety of my rifle. the simple fact that times have changed and will melt buckley does not appeal the way wednesday. the tools he had done exist with a once stood. >> i'm from washington state university. the nationalist influencer populist influence conservative movement now what people refer to as a new right one of the things that they're characterized by is more efficient uses of social media format. how do you think more traditional

presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave uber and extraordinarily -- finally gave herbert hoover an endorsement in a prearranged telegram that a vote sensational headlines. herbert hoover had declared, "his fitness to be president." he said he was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. tv, allcan history weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. up next on american history tv, larry would, author of, ozark gunfights, and other notorious incidents. he talks about feuding groups and infamous criminals from wild bill hickok to bonnie and clyde. the kansas city library hosted the event. >> welcome. welcome everyone. my name is jeremy and i had up the missouri valley special collection which is the local regional and history department of the library. our research room and heart -- and archives are located across the hall. in the missouri valley room you will find books, articles, and manuscripts documenting kansas as it row

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public endorsement in a prearranged telegram that the vote sensational headlines. he declared hoover has shown his fitness to be president. hoover, said coolidge, was able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on 3.span >> c-span -- where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> this weekend, tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern, best-selling author richard dockins on his book "science in the soul" on the scientific way of thinking and relying on prejudice feelings. >> science can help you enormously thinking about what is right or wrong. you can identify logical inconsistencies in your moral position. sunday, recalling the life of a former slave who

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the1st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next on american history tv, historian scott harris talks about the life of the fifth president, james monroe. he discusses his experiences in the revolutionary war, his legal career and his presidential legacy. mr. harris is director of the james monroe museum and memorial library. his talk at a conference in leesburg, virginia, is 45 minutes. >> our first speaker we are privileged to have here today is scott harris who is the

announcer: this weekend, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the defining relationship between the 31st president and .is oval office predecessor calvin coolidge here is a preview -- oval office predecessor calvin coolidge. here is a preview. >> coolidge finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement in a telegram that a vote sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had showed his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was "able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe." hoover was grateful. republican leaders were jubilant and relieved. in a landslide, coolidge hailed the result as an endorsement of his own administration and announced he could now retire from office in contentment. term, however, still had four months to run. no doubt with these sensitivities in mind, hoover aoposed that he take semiofficial goodwill to wear of latin america after the election. in 1928 agreed, and so and 1929, hoover not only stayed out of washington, better still he stayed out of the country. 1929, fulfilling an ambition that had touched his soul for a deca

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talked about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement, in a prearranged telegram that invoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to become president. hoover, said coolidge, was able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend, only on c-span3. >> next, author and salem state university professor emerson baker with an in depth look into the history of salem. he explores how it went from a simple town in massachusetts to a tourist attraction. the presentation was part of an all-day symposium held at salem state university. >> good morning, everybody. lovely to see you all today on this day, this reverent day. my name is donna seger. i'm chair of the history department here at salem state university. i thank you all for coming today. we're all here, obviously, because of bridget bishop

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >> now we take a look at legal documents from the salit

eastern george nash talks about the 31st president and calvage coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge gave hoover -- hoover, he declared had shown his fitness to be prez dent. hoover said coolidge was trustworthy and safe. >>> sunday night on q and a, the lives of winston churchhill and orwell. >> churhill and orwell never met. interestingly orwell, a real leffest all his life, admired churchhill across the political cavern. >> sunday night eastern at c-span's q and a. >>> the massachusetts historical society look on john quincy adams' views. this is just over an hour. >>> a remarkable historical figure and scentral to almost ay academic study from late 18th

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >> now we take a look at legal documents from the salem witch trials. margo burns discusses the documents in a book project she titled "records of the salem witch hunt." this is part of a salem university seminar on the legacy of the witch trials. >> welcome back. i'm tad baker and thrilled to see you all here for what should be an interesting session. i would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in witchcraft studies, margo burns. margo is one of the leading experts on the witch trials. one of the editors of the incredible records of the salem witch hunt. in some degrees she has probably forgotten more about the individual documents than i'll ever know

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement in a program where he invoked sensational headlines and hoover showed his fitness to be president. coolidge said he was able to be trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. >> this weekend on book tv, saturday at 8:30 p.m. eastern, best-selling author richard dawkins on his book, science in the soul, on the scientific way of thinking on relying on prejudice and feelings. >> science certainly can help you enormously in thinking clearly about what to do about what's right and wrong. you can identify logical inconsistencies in your moral position. sunday at 2:30 eastern, kate recalls the life of robert smalls, it is first slave that became a captain. >> i was fascinated by him and particularly fascinated by the idea that i'd never heard of him because i'd done through

eastern on the presidency george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement. in a pre-arranged telegram that o evoked sensational headlines. hoover he declared had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >>> this year marks the 325th anniversary of the salem witch trials. in this program talks about memorializing sites like salem. this hour-long speech is from the salem state university symposium on the legacy of the witch trials >>> for those of you i haven't

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, every the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement in a rearranged telegram that invoked headlines. hoover had declared his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes

. >> if you've read george nash's history of the movement since 1965 and it's about populism versus intellectualism and the rest. i think you can have both as long as it's defined by conservatism. limited, government conservatism. we don't hear a lot from the self-described nationalists, right? we hear something else. protectionism isn't conservatism, and nationalism isn't conservatism, and so i think that it will be a much harder task to unify the tribe, as it were. i think liberalism has huge problems on this front, too. we may be ripe for an emanuel macron type of guy on a white horse coming out of nowhere that basically destroys both parties. there are elements of of that which would make me happy. there are elements on that that make me want to flip the safety on my rifle. so -- the simple fact is times have changed and the model of william f. buckley doesn't appeal the way it once did. i wish it did, and the pools that he had don't exist the way it once did. yes, sir? >> hi. i'm amir from washington state university. what i wanted to ask was the national influenced or popular influenced now w