herbert hoover was almost emphatically grateful. almost two months after the election, calvin coolidge died suddenly. hoover was shocked and attended his funeral in northampton. perhaps partly in gratitude for coolidge's contribution for the republican campaign, hoover in the years to come tended to suppress their past differences. to a in 1934, he denied ever been any friction between coolidge and himself. the acute underlining since of fixation that they came to feel about each other was lacking in hoover's later reminiscences. long after his predecessor passed away, hoover perpetuated the patina of diplomatic correctness that had marked the relationship in life. personal factors may also have contributed to his self-restraint. during the 1920's, coolidge's wife and hoover's wife had become dear friends corresponded for years. they eventually had nicknames for each other in the letters they exchanged. mrs. coolidge was known as lily, or sometimes easter lily. mrs. hoover was bleeding heart. i think this derived from their custom of

here we are with herbert hoover, the 31st president of the united states. and the president that i work for. what we have for herbert hoover movies-- but some home that were taken of him, which really shows him in a different light. that was part of the exhibit for us, to show a personal side of the president. included with the films we are showing are two color films, the earliest from the white house. these were taken by his wife in a format called kodacolaor. run through a regular projector they look like black and white films, but through a special filter they become color. ande filters did not exist, were colorized -- we got a grant to do that. they were released to the public in february of this year. tourncer: watch the entire of american presidents at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum ethics of rpm and 10:00 p.m. eastern sunday on american artifacts. in-depth, american educator and tea party activist chris van hollen is our guest. >> for different reasons, everybody has an idea that the federal government is out of control. and then

here we are with herbert hoover and the president that i worked for. home movies is taken of him that show him in a different light. there is a personal side to the president. films andre color there is films that would look like black and white. when run through a special filter, they become color. filters didn't exist and this was recently digitized and colorized. now, we have roosevelt. but we have on loan from stamps ands magnifying glasses he would use. collectld, he would ,tamps and, when he had polio he would take his mind off of things and it would allow them to recover quicker. known to say that he is never more react when he -- never more relaxed than when he could look at stamps. harry truman would spend some of his winters in key west at the little white house and he would and theyon up shirt itame very fashionable and theyted men's fashion and are the men's clothing companies across the country. he really liked the shirts a lot. eisenhowerare and has given us one of his paintings. painted over 260 paintings after he was president and he at

here we are with herbert hoover, the 31st president of the united states. and the president that i worked for. what we have for herbert hoover is some home movies taken of him which show him in a different light. that is the idea of this exhibit, adding objects to show a personal side to the president. included with the films we are ,hown here are two color films the earliest color films from the white house. these were taken by his wife, lou henry hoover, in a format klled coated color -- odacolor. when run through a special filter, they become color. the filters didn't exist and this was recently digitized and colorized. we got a grant to do that. they were distributed to the public in february of this year. now we are with franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd president. roosevelt said i owe my life to stamp collecting. what we have on loan from the franklin roosevelt presidential library and museum is some of his stamps and one of his magnifying glasses he would use to explore stamps. as a child, he would collect stamps. they taught him about geography an

what also makes these book s unique is that these were owned by herbert hoover. herbert hoover purchased these at a bookstore in new york city -- i'm not exactly sure what year -- about two blocks from where he lived in waldorf towers. the books were part of his private library, sold by his family in the later 1800s, for $20. herbert hoover spent about $2700 to buy these books. now who knows what they are worth. here we are at john adams. john adams was our second president. one of our founding fathers. what we have for john adams is to seal, which he used authenticate his signature on the treaty in paris. he was sent to negotiate with the british and this seal, while the adams family did not have their own family crest, that is the crest he used, the wilson family crest, which was the family crest of his mother-in-law. then, moving on to thomas jefferson, our third president, also a founding father, we have a glass ink well and 810 name -- -- and a pen nib holder. the quill pen a lot, but a wooden holder with held a special tip which would be used to write. the

what we have with herbert hoover n actuala object, but home movies. we wanted to show a personal side of the president included with the films shown here are two color films, the earliest color films from the white house. these were taken by his wife and a format called coda color. through a special type of filter at the time they became color. they were digitized and colorized by -- we got a grant to do that. they're released to the public in february of this year. west the entire tour of american president life or trick at the herbert hoover residential library and museum at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern sunday on american artifacts. of 1975, newch york city was billions of dollars in debt and came close to defaulting on several massive loans. tv, on american history -fein talksphillips about her book and recounts how the new york city reduced .ervices she argues that the threat of bankruptcy and refusal of new york to bail out --

among those he retained was secretary of commerce herbert hoover. since entering the cabinet in 1921, hoover had rapidly established himself as one of the most able and energetic of harding's advisors.

herbert hoover scholar george tracks the relationship between the 33rd president and calvin coolidge.ven -- public endorsement. that was in a prearranged telegram. declared, had shown his fitness to the president. this is trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. might be the only government class we ever take. tools to give you the that will help for the rest of your life. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, this high school teacher discusses how current events/people discuss the history and politics. >> this is a chance for them to learn a little about their story. starts with people who come long before them who shaped the way that the world around them -- is going to operate. they start to realize, wait a minute. -- and should be. tothat way, it allows them take in the perspective of others, also it gives them a chance to really think, this is how they see the world but why? how can i expand that? >> tuesday at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, and listen using the free c-span radio app. historian and -- but a person have been givin

what we have for herbert hoover -- home movies. personal side of the president. included with this film that they're showing here is to judge films which are from the white house. these were taken by his wife lou henry herbert in a phone call to code a color. for regular projector -- they have black and white films. there is a special type of filter at the time, it becomes color. those filters didn't exist. it would digitized -- and colorized, they got a grant to do that. they would distribute to the public in february of this year. >> watch the entire tour of american residents live portraits at the herbert hoover presidential library at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. sunday on american artifacts. >> tonight on c-span to inspect tv on afterwards, journalist to cbiz are reports on how to justice department handles white-collar crime in his book, this club, why the justice department fails to prosecute executives during his and my jenniffer -- from unlawful professor. >> justice requires initially speakers. in raising your site -- if you are not just seeking this for the

eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. election,before the coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive hub with endorsement -- diffusive public endorsement that evoked newspaper headlines. fitness toared his become president. he said coolidge was able to, experienced, trustworthy and safe. allmerican history tv, weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. unfoldsn, where history daily. ' as979, c-span was created a public services by america public television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> american history tv is on c-span 3 every weekend, the chewing museum tours, interviews on the presidency, the civil war and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> hamilton advised the creation of an energetic, efficient government, one that did one thing well for as little money as possible. that one thing was to protect american lives, liberty and property from tyrants, foreign and mastic. straight off, i think hamilton would

herbert hoover had declared, "his fitness to be president." 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 c

. >> story is unfolding as herbert hoover elementary school in bucks county. natasha brown is live with tonight's community response. natasha. >> reporter: well, racist graffiti was found on windows, doors and sign outside of hoover elementary school on friday night. meantime tonight rally was a town hall meeting and really trying to strike a cord with community healing and light in that disturbing discovery. for anyone stepping into the town hall meeting in langhorne, pennsylvania the message was very clear. hate has no place here. >> act will not be accepted. >> community members came together on the heels of racist graffiti found scribbled on the herbert hoover elementary school sign over the weekend. >> ugly racist graffiti was found. the community is concerned about it. kids are starting back to school next week. and we thought it would be good to bring people together and talk about their concerns. >> will this be considered a hate crime to pursue suspect. >> the peace dinner in bucks county org nisd the gamin gamingerring as concerned neighbors broke in

one guy, herbert hoover. truman tapped in. e he had been tapped by a democratic president. when i was a young reporter, he would still talk about hoover at these democratic rallies. hoover's legacy is much more complicated than the president who did not do enough after the stock market crash or during the depression. herbert hoover, egg and, woodrow wilson center. his efforts saved many, many people. he did the same thing after world war ii. brian: you talk about the marshall plan. how important was said and what was it? carl: the marshall plan was a plan to upper relief. rude, housing, medicine. clothing. , housing, medicine, clothing. other things, too, but mostly the war.r it was mostly an anti-communism measure. was on the verge. other countries, too. in eastern europe was behind the art curtain and western europe, which way did they want to go? the marshall plan was a map to american hate.e --was not really motivated it was mostly motivated by anti-communism. that americans got it, it was to help people we did not want to

herbert hoover, woodrow wilson sent him to organize relief efforts after world war i.ny lives. in this easy talk about the marshall plan. piece you talk about the marshall plan. fort was for relief devastated communities in europe after world war ii. it was sold to congress as an effective 80 communism measure --anti-communism measure. we used to talk about countries falling to communism and greece was on the verge. eastern europe was under the iron curtain. the marshall plan was a massive plan to help these people. it was not really motivated by anti-communism, that is how we sold it to ourselves. but americans got it, it was to help people we did not want to see star. -- see starve. host: you mentioned the current president but you have items on every president along the way. from your standpoint, what is the most interesting president in history to write about? >> that is lincoln. i do every one of them on lincoln. i had to watch myself. when i had these morning notes, there were 40-50 on lincoln. i did a couple. i learned something about myself doing this about pre

eastern on the presidency, a herbert hoover scholar talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, everett 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 be president. cooper said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. states entered world war i a century ago on april 6, 1917 when congress voted to declare war on germany. the conflict was already in its third year. more than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform. the influx of manpower changed the tide of the war, bringing it to a close in 18 months. next, we travel to kansas city to learn about the national world war i museum and memorial built to preserve the history of what was then called "the great war." and to honor the americans who served. >> it was soon after the 1919 arm assist that a group

we tour the presidential portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover leapt -- presidential library in iowa. and president lyndon b. johnson's exhibit. >> lyndon johnson was always on the telephone. telephone installed in bathroom and he would talk with people, he would bring people in and talk them, i think it would be a little disconcerting. he also recorded telephone conversations he had and that bathroom and he would talk withwas supposed to be not opend the public until the years after he had died. the among the presidency, harry truman at celebrities. archivist david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrities, politicians and entertainers. truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers are well-known people, yet he cultivated relationships. especially jack benny, he had a good friendship with. -- clip. clip very ♪ [laughter] [applause] from american history tv, every weekend on c-span three. next, a look at the relationship between government officials and the press, including access to lawmakers. the role of press secretaries and the challenges of handling cla

we toured the portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover museum in west branch, iowa. and president lyndon b. johnson's exhibit. >> he was always on the telephone. he had a telephone installed in his bathroom. he would bring people in there and talk to them. it was a little disconcerting. he also recorded telephone -- telephone conversations. those were supposed to be not open to the public until 50 years after he had died. >> at 7:00 p.m., harry truman and celebrities. archivist harry clark looks back on the relationship to celebrities and entertainers. >> president truman did not necessarily seek out entertainers or well-known people, yet he cultivated relationships with jack benny, especially he had a good friendship with. birthday]aying happy [laughter] >> american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. next, a look at the relationship between government officials and the press, including access to lawmakers, the role of press secretaries, and the challenges of classified leaks. this is just over two hours. ms. kiely: welcome, everybody. barbara cochran

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

eastern on the residency, herbert hoover scholar george stash talks about the relationship between the calvin cool t and edge. >> four days before the gave hoover anly extraordinarily effusive public endorsement, in a prearranged that evoked sensational newspaper headlines. oover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. oover said coolidge was able, experienced, trust worthy and safe. nouncer: american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only c-span 3. anouncer: now, president trump's eekly address, followed by the democratic response from of ressman jim hindz connecticut. president trump: my fellow the profound ad honor this week of addressing meyer n troops at fort and speaking to thousands of americans at the american legion convention. today, i want to speak to all americans about what we can earn from the men and women of our incredible armed forces. very person who puts on the uniform makes our nation proud. our all come from across

eastern on the presidency, her jan herbert hoover scholar talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever a party regular finally gave hoover an extraordinarily public endorsement. in a prearranged telegram that evokes sensational newspaper headlines, he declared he had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was able, experience, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend, every weekend only on c-span three. >> earlier this afternoon, greg abbott held a news conference with reporters as hurricane harvey approaches the texas coastline. he called for evacuations and warned the storm will likely bring severe flooding. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. i wanted to let you know about a status update. as you may know, we just had a statewide call, a call that involved more than 30 state agencies involved in helping to respond to this hurricane, a call that involved county officials, everyone around the entire state of texas that is involved in this process. we talked to people from the

the uber herbert -- herbert hoover presidential library and museum. >> lyndon johnson was always on theelephone. he had a telephone installed in his bathroom. he would talk with people, bring people in there. he also recorded telephone conversations. note were supposed to be open to the public until 50 years after he had died. >> at 7:00 p.m., harry truman and celebrities. david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians and entertainers. president truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers or well-known people, but he cultivated real relationships with them. this is a clip -- ♪ [laughter] ♪ [applause] tv, allcan history weekend every weekend on c-span3. "> "washington journal continues. host: joining us now is scott jaschik, the editor at inside higher ed. he's here to discuss the justice plans tot's investigate and potentially sue universities over admissions policies they find disseminate against white applicants. -- discriminate against white applicants. the trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the justice departm

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,"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.

herbert hoover came out of retirement and wrote the civil service act.hey did a lot of good things. and i feel that george and i have been blessed. because we were reasonably young. barack obama is young. you can be double lucky. you can serve eight years as president and do good things. david: john kennedy was once asked at a press conference what , do you think about this job and would you recommend it? he said i guess not to others so so i can finish my tenure. would you say it is worth the aggravation factor to become president, or would you recommend they pursue something else? mr. clinton: in a heartbeat. >> [applause] david: the highest calling of mankind i always thought was private equity. >> [laughter] david: you say being president of the united states is better than equity? mr. clinton: i don't know. mr. bush: we make $200,000 a year in pension. when you make? >> [laughter] david: money isn't everything. but yes. >> [laughter] mr. clinton: if we could say one serious thing, there are a lot of really big questions floating out there. a mexican

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

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

we toured the exhibit at the herbert hoover library and museum in iowa. -- thatdent'johnsons president johnson's exhibit -- >> president johnson was always on the telephone. he had a telephone installed in the bathroom. he would bring people in there and talk to tell conversations which he had whose were supposed to be not open to the public until 50 years after he died. truman.p.m., harry the president's relationship with celebrity athletes and entertainers. president truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers or will people but he did cultivate relationships them. this is a quick. -- this is a clip. ♪ [violin playing "happy birthday"] tv, allcan history weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> c-span, or history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service for america's cable television companies and is brought to today by

on american artifacts, we tour the american presidents life portrait exhibit at the herbert hoover presidentialibrary and museum in west branch, iowa. north carolina painter and sculptor chas fagan created the portraits for c-span in 1999 and recently added president trump. the traveling exhibit created in conjunction with the white house

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

tonight there's a town hall meeting and this comes after someone spray painted racist graffiti at herbert hoover elementary school. >>> the white nationalist who says that he pepper sprayed a demonstrator in self-defense during clashes in charlottesville, virginia, has turned himself in. the university of virginia police say he is in custody in lynchburg. now to a new controversy over that statue of robert e. lee in charlottesville, video shows a man trying to cut the tarp off the pave ht from the bottom there. he called the tarp a desecration and police stopped him from taking the tarp down. workers placed the tarp over the statue yesterday morning. this follows the violent protests surrounding the violence in charlottesville earlier this month. it placed the tarp over the statue as a memorial to heather heyer. she was killed after a car drove into the demonstration. >>> a columbus statue will be considered for removal. a commission will conduct a 90-day review of so-called symbols of hate. columbus has come under fire for his poor treatment of people in the caribbean. >>> president trump has d

the difficult task of explaining to her grandson the words of hate graffitid on the marquis at herbert hoover elementary where he goes to school. parents made the disturbing find last weekend. >> i had to put it in terms that he would understand. >> reporter: town hall meeting hosted by the grass roots activist group the piece center bringing together concerned residents with public officials to address the matter. >> in order to fix this we'll have to show up. we'll have to speak up. >> reporter: middletown township police chief shared what he could about the on-going investigation and the search for the racist vandal. >> we've gotten some good, credible tips and information from the public that we're following up on, and, um, i think we're pretty encouraged by the leads. >> reporter: parents scrubbed off the racially charged misspelled graffiti but it was enough to shock live-long bucks county residents. >> i've been in middletown, penndel, hulmeville, langhorne, and this just -- just took me completely by surprise that someone would do this. to think that's okay. >> signs denouncing hate h

we tour the portrait exhibits at the herbert hoover library and museum in west branch, iowa. >> linda was always on the telephone. a telephone and stalled his bathroom. it would talk with people. he would bring it in their and talk with people in the bathroom. he also recorded telephone conversations he had and those were supposed to be not open to the public until 50 years after he died. >> harry truman and celebrities theavid clark looks back on president's relationship with celebrities and entertainers. >> president truman didn't seek out famous people, but he ultimately did relationships with them -- he cultivated relationships with them, especially jack benny. ♪ [happy birthday son] [applause] american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span three. >> joining us now is eugene o'donnell, former police officer with the new york police department. he is here to talk about recentnt trump's comments in which the president seemed to encourage rougher treatment of people and police custody. good morning. mr. o'donnell: good morning. let's talk about where he seemed to suggest th

american history tv," on c-span3, on american presidents, we toured the portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum in iowa. at president lyndon johnson's exhibit -- >> president johnson was always on the telephone. he had a telephone installed in his bathroom. he would talk with them on the bathroom. he also recorded telephone conversations, which he had, and those were supposed to be not open to the public until 50 years after he had died. >> at 7:00 p.m. on "the presidency," harry truman and celebrities. we look back on his relationship with celebrities, athletes and entertainers. >> president truman did not necessarily seek out well-known people. he cultivated relationships with them. this is a clip. [violin] ♪ [applause] [laughter] >> "american history tv", on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's television cable companies and brought to today i is cable of satellite providers. brought to you today by your cable or satellite providers. host: david beckworth is with the george mason university, the mercatus

vandals defaced sign outside herbert hoover elementary school in langhorne, members of the community, gathered for a meeting last night in middletown township. police say that the racist graffiti was scribbled on the school sign friday night just days before the start of the school year. we took up with one of the meeting organizers who said hate has no place in their community. >> ugly graffiti, ugly racist graffiti was found, the community is concerned about it, and kid are starting back to school next week. we thought it would be good to bring people together and talk about their concerns. >> police believe same person who vandalized the sign also defaced apartments near school that very same night, graffiti has been removed at both locations, so far there are no arrests. >>> turning now to sports eagles fans woke up very happy this morning after a big pre season win begins miami dolphins. all right. bird owe even if started hot, carson wentz throwing 50-yard to torey smith, yes, smith, scoring a touchdown there. not all roses for the owe even if wentz throws but ball gets tipped,

presidents -- tour the president so exists at the herbert hoover residential library and museum in westbridge iowa.

vandals scrubbed on the sign outside of herbert hoover elementary school in langhorne fright night. "eyewitness news" was there as community members discussed the issue last night. organizers held a meeting so people could share their concerns over the vandalism. also discussed ways to stop act like this from happening again. >> it didn't surprise me. it is a good time to have this discussion. >> police believe the same person who vandalized this sign also defaced apartments near the school the same night the graffiti has been removed. >> hiker struck by lightning, and survives. finds out what happened to him at the moment of impact. >> also, this morning, hear from the good samaritan who helped rescue 81 year old man from this burning car. henry? >> reporter: i'm henry rossoff in willow grove. susan g. komen three day is about to kick off. we'll have a live report just on the other side of this commercial break. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> walk on, well, we are wishing all of this year's walkers a safe journey as they make their way through the delaware valley. >> and we'll have some real wonderf

herbert hoover came out of retirement and wrote the civil service act.hey did a lot of good things. and i feel that george and i have been blessed. because we were reasonably young. barack obama is young. you can be double lucky. you can serve eight years as president and do good things. david: john kennedy was once asked at a press conference, what do you think about this job and would you recommend it? he said i guess not to others so so i can finish my tenure. would you recommend the job to people, would you say it is worth the aggravation factor to become president, or would you recommend they pursue something else? mr. clinton: in a heartbeat. [applause] david: the highest calling of mankind i always thought was private equity. [laughter] david: you say being president of the united states is better than equity? mr. clinton: i don't know. mr. bush: we make $200,000 a year in pension. what do you make? [laughter] david: money isn't everything. but yes. [laughter] mr. clinton: if we could say one serious thing, there are a lot of really big questions

into for example the mythology that comes about as a result of justice holmes' invocation of herbert hoover social status saying the law does not enact mr. spencer -- and many have associated this with a condemnation of social darwinism when in fact spencer was not a social darwinist of any kind and he did believe in evolution, but he didn't believe in social darwinism. and social statics was a very famous book that argued for what was called the law of equal freedom, that is everybody should be free to do what they will provided that their freedom does not infringe upon the like freedoms, equal freedoms of other people. i just brought along my copy of "social statics" here, so rights of women and the rights of children. spencer in 1845 was way ahead of his time when it came to advocating for those rights. the idea of equal freedom inherently brings up the subject of inherent regulation. if in fact everybody should be free to do what they like so long as the exercise of their freedom doesn't impinge on the freedom of other people, that calls the regulation of liberty in some way, shape or f

weekend on the presidency, herbert hoover talks aboutge nash the defining relationship between the 31st president and his oval office predecessor, calvin coolidge. here's a preview. >> in the end, just four days ,efore the election, coolidge ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public --extraordinarily public endorsement. , he declared, has shown his fitness to be president. he said coolidge was trustworthy in safe. hoover was grateful. republican leaders were jubilant and relieved. in ahen hoover won landslide, coleridge hailed the of hisas an endorsement own administration, and announced he could now be -- he could now retired from office in contentment. the president's term still had four months to run. and he was known to be very touchy about his prerogatives. no doubt with the sensitivities and mine, who were proposed that officialr, take an goodwill tour to latin america after the election. coolidge agreed. 1928o, from november 19, until early january 1929, hoover not only stayed out of washington, better still, he stayed out of the country. on

two local organizations hosted a town hall after the vandalism was discovered at herbert hoover elementary last week. they found graffiti at a naesh apartment complex. >>> the school is called stockton university. tonight the statue of richard stockton is no longer in the library. the college says it was moved temporarily. stockton was a signer of the declaration of the independence and a slave owner. stockton says the statue will you return later as part of an exhibit about the controversial figure. >>> we continue to cover the controversy of frank rizzo today. today the office of arts, culture and creative economy sent a letter asking the community for feedback. critics called him racist and want the statue relocated and have till september 15th to weigh in online. >>> well, eagles hung on to win a thriller against the dolphins tonight in south philadelphia. you saw it only on nbc10. it was the birds' third pre-season game which is considered a dress rehearsal for what to expect during the regular season. thousands of fans enjoyed tonight's game at the linc. that pails in comparison to 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, 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

. >> community members came together on the heels of racist graffiti found scribbled on the herbert hoover elementary school sign over the weekend. >> ugly racist graffiti wasd about it. kids are starting back to school next week. and we good to bring people together and talk about their concerns. >> l a hate crime to pursue suspect. county org nisd ther in bu org g gamingerring as concerned neighbors broke tdiscuss the troubling incident. cases like this are on the to have thisut bucks county it. discussind congressman brian fitzpatrick returnedto town to e that keeps being discussed on-call toll hill after two weeks ago. >> someone's got to look at incidents like charlottesville. the message needs to be healing of unification. speaking out unequivocally anda. >> and another act of vandalism as apartment complex near believe the suspect is linked to these cases. white male, early teens, late 20s carrying ntact police right. live in langhorne, natasha brown, cbs3>> natasha thank yo. controversy surrounding confederate statuess triggered n galloway township. richard stockton a slave over eb

we tour the exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum in west branch, iowa.lyndon b. johnson -- >> he was always on the telephone. he had a telephone installed in his bathroom and it would bring people in there and he would talk with them, which i think is a little bit disconcerting. he also recorded telephone conversations that he had and they were supposed to be open not for the public until after he had died. announcer: at 7:00 p.m., harry truman and celebrities. david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians and entertainers. >> this is one of those, president truman did not seek out entertainers or one of people necessarily, but he cultivated relationships, especially with the jack benny. this is a clip. ♪ [playing "happy birthday"] [laughter] [applause] american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. among the speakers at this year's national conservative student conference, radio talkshow host dennis preger, former house speaker newt gingrich and george allen. we will hear from them and others of

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

the first one when i was still alive was herbert hoover when i was a kid. i was privileged to shake fdr's hand during world war ii and harry truman's when he came back to my hometown. and harry truman was my first commander-in-chief. we should render respect to the office. the office should be sacrosanct. we should celebrate a freely elected leader. but we do not necessarily have to respect the person who is in the office. we garner respect to ourselves based on how we compose ourselves. on the constitution and how we teach governments, well, i hear it all the time "that is not constitutional." the last thing in article one, section eight gives congress the power to enact laws and those laws, by definition in that paragraph, says all the laws enacted in pursuit of the constitution are constitutional. we fought the battle, we had our founding fathers give us the veterans papers and everybody read them. we adopted the federalist papers, not the anti-federalist and we keep fighting those over and over again. the most important lesson they gave us in those pape