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all the time affect i must say much of that current moment does disprove i stole that line from henry adams but write that down. writing the letter in 1935 get on tv you need to talk more there is something in the psyche that will not withstand the scale into set that into 140 characters tweet that out for me. he understood how to lead in a democracy and it was incredibly frustrating. with mrs. roosevelt one of the greatest women represented better angels in every sphere of life. so whenever i visit domestic trouble which is often i will say at least fdr did not tell mrs. roosevelt that winston churchill thank you for coming to stay in the white house for a weekend stay for christmas until christmas eve afternoon. it is amazing she did not just kill him. also fdr drank odd martinis that were three quarters removed and one quarter gin it is amazing that we want. [laughter] churchill hated them he would pour them out and kill the plant during one summit. and if he would pour out a drink it was bad. he wasn't perfect because what is the greatest american moment? people say world war ii. absolu

including in particular when trump called roosevelt after the white house and with that portrayal of henry adams and that was a finalist to the pulitzer prize. >> thank you. >> what motivated you to write ? >> it was a big puzzle to me. and the roosevelt book has a lot of world war i and i was fascinated by world war i. i thought about i would write about him as commander-in-chief then i realize he delegated most of the responsibilities. there wasn't enough for a book but a paragraph. wilson as commander-in-chief. [laughter] so many started to think about his record in office as highly successful, then the terrible last years. it is a mixed legacy so i was a student of character and wanted to know why that happened. >> the last years there have been other books that have come out of well acclaimed biographies of wilson. how do you think of your book in context? >> they are quite different you can tell when you write biography active real graffiti of major figures. cooper's is a political historian and a very, very good biographer as well and he concentrates more on the politics and he tries to c

henry adams would write to his father, who is the minister to great britain. july 23, 1863 -- "the disasters of the rebels are unredeemed by even any hope of success. it is now conceded that all idea of intervention is at an end." meaning foreign intervention. colonel josiah gorgas -- most of you have never heard of, but he was the chief of ordinance for the confederacy. he made cannonballs, down in richmond. you should look him up sometime. july 28, 1863 -- "events have succeeded one another with disastrous rapidity. one brief month ago, we were apparently at the point of success. lee was in pennsylvania, threatening harrisburg and even philadelphia. vicksburg seemed to left all of grant's efforts to scorn. fort hudson had been off banks' forces, all looks bright. now the picture is as somber as it was bright then. lee fell to gettysburg, and has recrossed the potomac and resumed their position of two months ago, covering richmond. vicksburg and fort hudson capitulated. it seems impossible that human power could affect such a change in so brief a space. yeste

all the time affect i must say much of that current moment does disprove i stole that line from henry adamsbut write that down. writing the letter in 1935 get on tv you need to talk more there is something in the psyche that will not withstand the scale into set that into 140 characters tweet that out for me. he understood how to lead in a democracy and it was incredibly frustrating. with mrs. roosevelt one of the greatest women represented better angels in every sphere of life. so whenever i visit domestic trouble which is often i will say at least fdr did not tell mrs. roosevelt that winston churchill thank you for coming to stay in the white house for a weekend stay for christmas until christmas eve afternoon. it is amazing she did not just kill him. also fdr drank odd martinis that were three quarters removed and one quarter gin it is amazing that we want. [laughter] churchill hated them he would pour them out and kill the plant during one summit. and if he would pour out a drink it was bad. he wasn't perfect because what is the greatest american moment? people say world war ii. absolut

because lincoln is such a compelling human character and washington is almost too good to be true as henry adams said. we have this show of freedom rising with a great actor. it's this elevating, thrilling, educational experience for all of us. we just finished four weeks on figures of reconstruction. it's a great way to connect. telling stories is crucial. >> you can do governor mars who wrote the we the people. there's a very sexy story. >> he lost his leg. i think it was john adams who said i think i lost another image. >> he was searching for the original more perfect union. >> we've got the beginning of the musical right here. he was quite a character. >> let's talk about the many modern depictions of lbj and movies since we're on the movie them right now. how does this librarian foundation respond, if at all, especially if they stray from the research. >> three dramatic depictions in recent years. a film by rob reiner called " "lbj "lbj." they did a marvelous job. ava did this story of selma which included lbj. the first two were pretty good. they help us. we had woody and bryan come to th

adams. he, too, is a whig. most famously, henry clay, hailing from the state of kentucky. clay ends up running for president five times. just can't get in. he can't seem to do it. nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. henry clay has 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 president john quincy adams, adams signed into law a new 1828, of raising it from 25% to 45%. that is one heck of a tariff. why did 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, bridges, and so forth. and finally, clay says, we need to recharter that bank of the united states. unlike jefferson -- excuse me, unlike hamilton, however, clay frames his defense of the bank of the united states in common man rhetoric. hamilton said the bank is good f

lincoln in the 20th century because he is compelling and washington is almost too good to be true as henry adams said. what we are doing at the constitution center is using live theater and digital experiences to try to pass the hamilton magic by telling great stories. freedom rising with a live actor that tells the story of the president but nowadays we see the stories of lesser-known figures that are compelling to help people connect. this great podcast that i want you to listen to. i call up the top liberal and conservative scholars and it is thrilling for all of us. we just finished four weeks on figures of construction. frederick douglass and the african-american seamstress who advocated for labor rights and telling those stories on the podcast is a great way to connect. telling stories is crucial and if we can do the james madison music, it will be great.>> he has a very sexy story. >> an amazing story. he has a wooden leg and the story was that he jumped out of the window after a carriage accident and >> the husband came home.>> he lost his leg and john adams said i have lost another appe

henry adams wrote a novel, "democracy" about washington in the 19th century which was an anonymo anonymous. joe cline. here is something particularly important about who this author is and willie was talking about the process of it. it would be fascinating to know exactly when the conversations with the "new york times" and the author or the author's representatives began. because this reads to me as though there are really two elements to it. one is about donald trump. but the other is, hey, we're trying. and it's a defense of the people who are publicly associated with the administration and i can't help but believe that the death of john mccain, a week ago saturday and the eulogies of someone who put country first, who stood up to donald trump did not have some atmospheric effect here. i don't know that this. and, so, this is purely speculative. stipulate that. but this reads to me like it was written by someone who was either in the national cathedral or watching it and thinking, what are they going to say about me? >> mike, you're agreeing with that. i think all talking to each other

but, i stole that line from henry adams but if you're going to steal, steal from henry adams. write that down. he wrote a letter in 1935, someone had said you need to get on tv, you need to get on the radio more, you have to talk more, you have to be more present and he said there's something in the human psyche that will not stand the highest note in the scale being played at the highest constant level. if you can fit that into 140 characters, that out for me. he understood how to husband's capital. how to lead in a democracy and it was incredibly frustrating. mrs. roosevelt who was the conscience of the white house, one of the greatest people who ever drewbreath , represented our better angels in every sphere of life. and also i think endured what i must think of as whenever i'm in domestic trouble which is often, i will say at least i never, fdr didn't tell ms. miss roosevelt that winston churchill and 35 of his aides y were coming to stay in the white house for a week and come to stay until christmas afternoon. it's amazing she didn't just kill him). the other amazing thin

clay, another candidate who did not make it into the final round, henry clay, the speaker of the house, agreed more with john quincy adams on policy that with andrew jackson. and so adams makes, according to jackson, a corrupt bargain -- clay makes a according to jackson, a corrupt bargain and in exchange he would, adams would give him the position of secretary of state. that event, secretary of state was seen as a primary route to the white house. so jackson loses in the house, he expected to win, he's obviously just as furious as you can imagine over what happened jacksonelection, and decidesis corrupt and in response to basically launches 1828 campaign a bit target of make the his 1828 campaign government corruption, a rigged system, rigged against democracy and rigged against the common man. whether will discuss there are parallels with the trump presidency, but let's get your phone calls. john joins us from pennsylvania. go ahead, john. jon.r: good evening, i have a question concerning andrew jackson. if he was a cherokee indian himself, why did he go against his own people? what was the reason why they moved them f