another critic was henry adams. he was turned off by the johnson administration and even before grant became president he had vowed to write articles exposing corruption in the government. so he was ready for bear even before grant put his hand on the bible on march 4, 1869 to become president. throughout his term, henry adams wrote quite critical articles about him. if you have ever had the education of henry adams, you know grant comes off there very badly as well. these men thought that grant was a liar, he was vulgar, he was low in his instincts, he was stupid, he was conniving. very nasty portrait of grant in the white house. he also suffered i would say the president did from the partisan journalism of the time. that's par for the course for a president. but it was severe in grant's time. some of the newspapers, particularly democratic newspapers, gave him a very hard time. congressional investigations, again, once the democrats got control of the house of representatives, severely investigated and criticized

on the design center on henry adams street. another oscar viewing party benefits the partnership that starts at 5:00 p.m. at the fairmont in san francisco. the countdown to oscars is underway. comedian chris rock hosts the oscars on abc7 news today. the live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. join us to see who wins. you can watch as the stars arrive ahong hollywood boulevard outside dolby theater. our site also has photos, videos and stories about bay area connections to the nominees. we have breaking news this morning out of contra costa county. all lanes of interstate 80 in pinole have reopened after a fatal car extent this morning. a couple was driving on 80 when they were involved in aniston. the man got out of the car to look at the damage when another car sideswiped the car and the man who died at the scene. the driver was caught in vacaville and faces possible manslaughter charges. police are looking for a driver who shot and killed a man on interstate 80 in richmond early yesterday morning. the shooting happened near hilltop

plate number: 24-adam-henry-174. dispatcher: use caution. you are westbound 2nd street. 20-william-12 on southbound figueroa approaching 2nd. you're heading straight towards each other. somebody back off. ok. roger. what did she say? she said we're about to have an accident. you're gonna get us killed! i know what i'm doin'! [horns blare]

we have another primetime week from saint henry high school. adam is a senior and had 22 points in a win on friday night. they have wo n eight of their last 10 games . >> i am kind of surprised on how many votes i got. it was always because of my teammates and my family who helped me out. going back-and-forth. it felt good t o win. >> congratulations, 2015 primetime performer of the week. whoo ! george: yes, sir. congrats to adam and to the cyclones with a win, 4 that is all the sports for now. we will have more coming up later in the day. mark: taking a live look outside, 13 degrees out there. much colder with the wind chill. lisa: too hard to say. >> is not what british people called a bathroom? randi: it depends on where you are. mark: i am not european. randi: we take a look at the forecast for today. sunny skies but not warm temperatures. we are going to stay stuck in the freezer all the way through the weekend, and we have two shots of snow. tomorrow and into monday morning. if you are waiting for warm middle of next week. the flurries are gon

plate number: 24-adam-henry-174. dispatcher: use caution. you are westbound 2nd street. 20-william-12 on southbound figueroa approaching 2nd. you're heading straight towards each other. somebody back off. ok. roger. what did she say? she said we're about to have an accident. you're gonna get us killed! i know what i'm doin'! [horns blare] no, no! 20-william-12, we're gonna stick with the red. you chase down the blue. 20-william-15, this is 20-william-12. that's confirmed. you got red, we're going with the blue one. what's the pursuit, sir? we got a dual pursuit-- 20-william-15 and 20-william-12. who's that? riggs and murtaugh. and the squad. 20 bucks on riggs and murtaugh. who's driving? murtaugh in his wife's station wagon. i'll take some of that. i know nothing about the wife's station wagon. bet's off! hey, shut up! [siren] [speaking foreign language] what the hell is that? what language is that, huh? i never heard of that stuff before. i think it was german. is it it's a japanese japanese? radio. maybe they bought the lapd as well. they

..hunter meyer and reed bradfield working the pick and roll-up against a pretty fair st henry team...check out adam goetz with this acrobatic move.-but dixie got the ball inside.....the colonels advance with a 77 to 62 victory. the 36th district title was on the line at bellevue...newport and newport central catholic- had a feeling this one would be close...even tho the thoroughbreds won by a lot during the regular season.- newport can shoot the ball a little bit.....it's tyree bolden former the corner of the gym.-but ben weyer had a nice game for newcath...it took them overtime..but they beat the wildcats tonight 85 to 79. in ohio boys tournament acton, moeller beat oak hills...mason over middletown and wilmington over fairfield. they've been so close over the past six years....the jac cen del girls have been to the the past seven years....and that's where they got stopped- not this year...the lady eagles are over the hump and tomorrow morning in indianpolis they'll be playing for the class one a state championship. there was a big pep rally and sendof for the eagales this afternoon..-and there's

and also want to thank james smithson, john quincy adams and joseph henry. no, you all know but it's good to remind ourselves that james smithson gave 100,000 pounds, which translated into $500,000 in u.s. currency and ultimately into 105 sacks of gold. and he said that that money should be used in america for a quote, the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. and john quincy adams, we have to thank him, and i certainly thank him. i think he is greatly underrated as a president and as a congressperson, too. john quincy adams shepherded that money through, and often resisted and reluctant congress. john c. calhoun wanted to return the money to be to england because it would expand the role of the federal government in the states. and it would also be unwise to take money from a foreigner. [laughter] be once he got it through congress, once he had to persuade congress again to take the money because it fell into the hands, temporarily, of president van buren secretary of the treasury, and he lost most of it in the shady arkansas bond deal. and he had

me i am delighted to be here and honored to be here and also james nissen and john quincy adams and joseph henry. you'll also but it is good to remind ourselves that he gave 100,000 pounds that translated into a 500,000 of the u.s. currency and ultimately 105 sacks of cold and he said that money should be used in america for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. and we have to think john quincy adams he is under rated as the president in and congressperson he shepherded that money through with an often resistant and reluctant congress. calhoun wanted to reach her nominee to england because it would expand the role of the federal government in the state's and also unwise to take money from a foreigner. [laughter] once he got it through congress he had to persuade them again to take the money because it fell into the his temporarily and of president kim purine secretary of the treasury and he lost most of that in the shady arkansas bond deal in the now john quincy adams has to get congress to put pressure of the treasury to restore the money and that is what happened and i especially

henry coming up. former primetime former adam got turns on the burners. holy cross trying to answer back. and, of course, they do. just that. the indians win it in the end, 64-58. george: it's time for the blitz 5 basketball insider. meech, welcome back. >> good to see you, george. george: you can do the dance stuff. i'm lucky to do that. >> really good. george: even while i'm palming an ipad. i got skills, all right. we're talking kentucky basketball. the tournament's getting underway next week. some teams in the ninth region with a chance, like cov cath. >> 23-6 right now, 12-game winning streak. they have a three-headed monster monster, hon dorf, frederick and flood. when they're playing well, they can make a deep run. george: speaking of tough kids, new cath. >> led by ben wire, the kevin love of northern kentucky. when he's playing well, they're very tough to beat as well. george: that's the thorough breads. also, a team to consider, cooper. >> the young man, sean mcneil, needs to be healthy. he's been hurt with the broken hand. to make a nice run in the tournament, along with his br

henry? h.l. mencken has a lot to do with each's superstar adam. not to say there were not other folks reading and popularizing him in the united states but h.l. mencken is the one who writes the first full-length monograph on nietzsche in 1908. that is where we get a kind of synopsis about the jack's wife, his travails, struggles with christianity, struggles with health, we get a little bit about nietzsche and sexuality. would not be h.l. mencken if there wasn't something racy thrown in and then we get nietzsche's ideas and this book sold widely and sold well and it held to do two things. it helped establish nietzsche's reputation in america but it did something else, it helped h. l. mencken. >> host: if someone says i love frederick need joy, i agree with him what are , i agree with him what are, i agree with him what are they saying to you? not much. chest thumping atheists and bible thumping christians could make that claim about nietzsche and that is startling about his reception, he doesn't track right or left. he doesn't track religious or s

john adams kept a tended bar in his father's tavern. patri patrick henry was also a bartender for a while. i don't know who i am missing but not a tea total. >> back to spirits of america, you write that buying votes with booze during the early years of the republic, washington didn't start the practice but used the practice. >> i think that is a wonderful story. here is how the first informal, very informal political poll came about. one of the ways that you try to attract votes and putting a bigger liquor vat in front of your polling place. he who bought the most beer bought the most votes. the practice was to dip into the the vat of the person for whom you had voted. assuming you did that, then somebody who came along at 3:30-4:00 and looked into the vats and saw which one had the least liquor could go on the air saying early projections are that george washington will win the virginia house seat because he only has seven inches left in the barrel whereas his competitor has 12 inches. washington lost his first attempt to get a seat on the virginia house