trump: i wonder why they keep talking about trump and jackson, jackson and trump. [laughter] anchor: i know the feeling, andrew. host: how do they compare? both: i think that they came in on a populist wave and they both took advantage of a voting population that wanted change. in jackson case, a lot of people whok of him as someone spurred democracy. he took advantage of it. a lot of state had loosened suffrage restrictions by taking away property requirements, by allowing more white men to vote. that wave to the white house. he was benefiting from it. he benefited from populism. i think trump benefits or benefited from anger at the government. anger at the government. anger at the status quo, anger at lots of different things. i do not necessarily see that with jackson. and that is one of the gaps in historiography that i think the study of the jacksonian period was what was it that motivated voters to vote for jackson? was it that they saw him as a democratic hero? that he was a military hero? were they tired of the john quincy adams administration? was it the c

jackson's in the middle. there are times when he expresses concern about slaves when if they're sick, he'll send a letter asking about their well-being. he will make sure that they're given gifts. but at the same time in 1804 there's a runaway slave, there are actually two runaway slaves. one of them was captured and brought back, one is not. and he offers extra money if they're given 100 lashes. so that tells you that jackson saw the value of keeping slaves in line. because if one slave runs away and you don't do anything about it, what's to keep other slaves from running away? you have to maintain control over your slave population and if that means that you have to discipline one slave or even kill a slave, if that's necessary in order to keep the other 99 in place, then that's what you have to do to protect your property. brian: so the hermitage, the home of andrew jackson, wouldn't be there without slaves? mark: no, absolutely not. it was built, what you see today was built in 1819. it partially burns in

so you're thinking he's comparing himself to andrew jackson? >> well, he likes jackson. he's gone to jackson. >> salena said she didn't think he was comparing himself to andrew jackson. >> well, we know he likes him. we know he has admiration for him and he likes him because of supposedly being a populist, being a guy who really kind of fought the institution. but here's an interesting just little thing to take in. he's got -- here trump is with the two founders of the democratic party hanging in the oval office. jefferson and jackson. the very two people that the democratic party reveres. they have their party every year about march or so. they have a big party >> what does that have to do with the civil war, andre? >> well, you're beating up trump. >> i'm not beating him up. i'm asking you what -- >> i'm telling you these are two democrats that are revered by the democratic party. if you want to attack somebody and beat them up, they're the people that raised the money for him. that's who they revere. god. >> don, wait, can i -- look -- >> go ahead. >> i will almost ag

so you're thinking he's comparing himself to andrew jackson? >> well, he likes jackson.one to jackson. >> salena said she didn't think he was comparing himself to andrew jackson. >> well, we know he likes him. we know he has admiration for him and supposedly being a populist, being a guy who fought the institution, but here's an interesting little thing to take in. he's got -- here trump is with the two founders of the democratic party hanging in the oval office. two people that the democratic party reveres, they have their party about march or so and -- >> what does that have to do with the civil war, andre? >> well, you're beating up trump. >> i'm not beating him up. i'm asking you what -- >> democrats revered by the democratic party. if you want to attack somebody and beat them up, they're the people that raised the money for him. trump's not a republican or democrat. this guy's an independent, quite frankly. he's got different party leaders hanging in his office. >> he's not a republican? >> trying to get things done and -- i think he's more of an independent, quite

james jackson accused franklin of being senile in the debates. he said this is the only way franklin could've possibly signed this petition. franklin got his revenge. he wrote a satire in a local newspaper imagining in algerian politician defending the slavery of christians 100 years before. of course, franklin was a master of satire, and showing -- he responded directly to jackson, showing he still had his full faculties. this was really the last act of benjamin franklin, because he died only weeks after writing this editorial. yes? >> what kind of discussion or debate was happening in europe at this time? today informed the american debate? prof. polgar: when i read the petition at length, the abolitionist society are pointing out that there are abolitionist societies that have emerged throughout the larger atlantic world, what we call europe. the london society has emerged in this period, and it is closely corresponding with the pennsylvania society. there is a society in paris, which has also emerged in his corresponding. one of its leading a

while discussing andrew jackson, quote, had andrew jackson been a little later you wouldn't have had the civil war. also this, also, quote, jackson was really angry when he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. as has been noted all day long as we will talk about later in the broadcast. andrew jackson died 16 years before the start of the civil war. now to donald trump's invite to the internationally condemned president of the philippines and admitted killer, the man behind the deadly crackdown on drugs in that nation, the president said quote he has a very high approval rating in the philippines. on the threat from north korea there was this today, quote, nobody's safe. but the president would be, quote, honored to meet with kim jong-un a man he called a pretty smart cookie. over the course of the next hour we'll listen to each one of these remarks in context and discuss the news story attached to them. but we begin with north korea. >> how safe are our troops there along the demilitarized zone and our ally in south korea? how safe are they with some of the defense sy

jackson claimed they became pickpockets and only harmed society. i quote again, the sound of slavery,hen applied to jackson ominously warned, has this consequence. freeackson, any effort to a people whose natural disposition predispose them to slavery was not only a waste of time and resources, but also flew in the face of nature's intended design for africans, unconditional bondage. following jackson's speech, the members of the house voted down to the proposed amendment to the report. it continued to be debated and considered. during the next days debate, was bin laden smith and dennis burke, joined jackson in defending slavery. both echoed his depiction of slaves as culturally and inherently inferior and naturally fit for bondage. emancipation, aty were doing an act of -- that time, the leader of the british army conference in thousands of lives -- of blacks, but burke erroneously claimed that most of these slaves died in math, demonstrating how incapable a slave's of making a proper use of his liberty. smith followed burke with the speech in ex

i saw glimmers of. >> reporter: michael jackson: searching for neverland" focuses on jackson in latersed on a book written by two of his bodyguards. navi plays the man trying in the glare to live that childhood through his own kids. earlier this week jackson's state issued a statement describing this lifetime film and another script recently bought by netflix as "unsanctioned" adding the estate does not license or permit the use of any rights it owns, including to michael's music, images, video, film. >> we have shown the film to some of the jackson family and the response has been positive. >> seeing hah p wouldn't hold back, she would have said something by now. >> reporter: navi claims this movie comes from a place of love, respect, and fandom. >> michael jackson is a hero, he is my hero. >> is that your real hair? >> parts of it. don't ask about anything else. >> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. >> "michael jackson: searching for neverland" airs on lifetime memorial day. thank you for watching abc news. as always we're online at abcnews.com and our " >> you

edison jackson. dr. jackson has long focused on creating opportunities for students and is an authentic advocate for life-long learning. each of you who have had the occasion to interact with or work alongside dr. jackson knows has a profound, deep-seated belief and faith and an abiding belief in the transformation al nal power of character, moral courage and purpose. dr. jackson, thank you for your daily work to secure and make available a life-changing education for the students you serve. [applause] ms. devos: your career is a personal inspiration to me. and the embodiment of b.c.u.'s motto. enter to learn, depart to serve. graduates, you have heeded the first charge this that motto. -- in that motto. and today you stand at the interval preceding the second. i challenge you to leave this arena faithful to completing this mission. the words are simple. yet powerful. depart to serve. it is good and right to pause today, to celebrate your individual successes. but after that reflection, i am confident yo

i said, when was andrew jackson. 1828. a long time ago. that's andrew jackson. a mean and nasty campaign. they said this was the meanest and nastiest. unfortunately it continues. then you listen to what he said just yesterday -- or sunday, about kim jong-un. listen to this. >> and at a very young age, he was able to assume power. a lot of people i'm sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. and he was able to do it. so obviously he's a pretty smart cookie. >> a.b., is it a stretch to think he relates to these people. he, too, got power from his father at a very young age and was able to parlay that into success. are we just sort of seeing what president trump values because it reminds him of himself? >> well, perhaps. i actually think that sometime during the campaign, steve bannon told donald trump that his movement was similar to the populist attraction of andrew jackson and dragged him down to his grave on his birthday when other advisers in the white house, and this has been reported, wanted him to go to an event with just

jackson lee. her amendment would sunset the very modest yet necessary and appropriate authority that we're seeking to grant federal probation officers today. no valid reason has been given for the need to sunset this provision. in fact, ample evidence is available showing why probation officers need this authority to perform their duties safely and effectively. just last year over 1/3 of the safety related incidents reported by the probation officers and pretrial staff involve third parties encountered by officers while performing their official duties. for example, during an unannounced home visit to an apartment by officers as they approached the apartment, two unidentified subjects entered the hall from another unit. officers knocked on the residence' door and there was no answer. one third party stated, hey, 5-0, who are you looking for, and they began approaching the officers in a menacing manner. one of the thirds parties pulled out a cell phone and started videoing, yelling obscenities and

and i said when was andrew jackson? it was 1828. that's a long time ago. had andrew jackson been a little bit later, you wouldn't have had the civil war. he was a very tough person, and he had a big heart. and he was really angry that he saw what was happeni ining with regard to the civil war, he said there's no reason for this. people don't realize that the civil war, if you think about it, why? people don't ask that question. but why was there the civil war? why could that one not have been worked out? >> the civil war of course started 16 years after andrew jackson died. the reason the war broke out, many books have been written on the subject. and it was the fight over the states right that ulgt matly led to the civil war. and president jackson himself was a slave these comments, what do you make of them? >> as usual it's hard to figure out what he is saying, what we believe he is saying. it's not historically accurate, both the idea that andrew jackson was not alive during the civil war, so he could not have been u

a fancy there was a mute sympathy between general jackson and tom. finally, the last sentence, my readers had so much fighting and about to have more to render unnecessary, apology for introducing tom's history. the extended portrait of tom strother includes the first to protect taylor's two references to zachary taylor as my father. , and we will come to the second one, in each case the reference to his father accompanies an illustration of what he calls a phase of southern life now passed away. these illustrations, with their nostalgic whift of where are they now elegy, has nothing to do with the young men in the profession of arms, and everything to do with the delig hts of the picturesque. many modernterm -- rs as tomname of taylor slave was was pure coincidence. taylor's honorable and affectionate mention unapologetically reasserted a description of antebellum life attacked by harriet beecher stowe 27 years earlier and uncle tom's cabin, probably was not. there is more to terrorist aggression on tom strother then picturesque entertainment. taylo

andrew jackson, southerner. >> i don't think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he sternly represent some of the negative values jackson represented. i think i would tell president trump that if he wants to be like andrew jackson he has to put nations in front of his own personhood, put nation front of his own family and in front of his own interest. that is what jackson did for most of his presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on monday, washington journal is from a news organization founded earlier this year. will discuss the challenges facing new startups. our guests include cofounder executive editor mike allen. we'll have the latest news from the white house and capitol hill. washington journal, live from arlington virginia starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. on monday at three judge panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals will hear oral arguments on the revised travel ban, who i versus tron. the court is considering an appeal on issuing visas from six majority muslim countries. hawaii was the first state to see the trump

if jackson had been there in the 1850s, good lord, andrew jackson was a democrat.w jackson was a slave holder. he would have had the republican party, which elected lincoln, was the biggest danger to the american union. there's no logic how an drew jackson could have staved off the civil war, had he been alive. we are talking about nonsense. we have a president without historical knowledge. >> here's what really worries me. we need him to negotiate. and in order to be a good negotiator, you have to know something. you have to know the details of the other person's position and your own position. you have to know your bottom line. you have to understand the national interest. you need details. when he talks like this about history, i get the sense that he doesn't retain anything. that he talks about a basis for what he's saying. leaving history aside, as david and i mentioned, it is very important. john f. kennedy could not have managed the cuban missile crisis without a sense of history. we also need a man who knows something, so that when we negotiates with a fore

did he know andrew jackson was dead at the time. it's not clear from that audio, but the tweet implies. >> even if he did, andrew jackson, we were talking about putti inting new face on $10 bi. maybe he needs to go. he died a slave owner. trail of tears. really his legacy has not held up as well as one would have thought. he was a shrewd politician and a pop list. lots of people think around donald trump and others have been talking about andrew jackson so he had a little bit of information. >> the outsider mentality is what he's clinging to. >>> violent protests marring i may day protests. e details of those, next. >>> violence broke out across the country on monday. dozens arrested in oregon as anarchists smashed windows and targeted police officers with incendiary devices. police in seattle say five people were arrested in protests downtown including a 26-year-old who threw a rock as trump and anti-trump demonstrators faced off. >>> in olympia the protests turned into a riot with people in the crowd throwing rocks and bottles. a

positive values jackson represented. he certainly represents some of the negative values jackson represented. but i think i would tell president trump that if he wants to be like andrew jackson, he has to put nation in front of his own personhood, in front of his own family, and front of his own interests because that is what jackson did for most of his presidency. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." tv"uncer: "american history was at the organization of american historians annual meeting where he spoke with barbara shubinski about how the rockefellers philanthropic mission started and how it has changed over the years. -- barbara: alongside graduate school, i had a number of jobs in what we call the third sector or nonprofit organizations. i'm familiar with being a grant seeker and being aware there is a whole philanthropic structure that underwrote or funded or supported what we would call nonprofit or third sector work in the u.s. as i was finishing up my degree, there is this sort of job call f

so jackson's connection here and i believe what the president was referring to was jackson's firm belief that the federal government was what protected the independents and individual citizen ises. e he saw that independents as paramount. >> let me just bring you back in. we're talking about the history of the civil war when there's all this stuff going on. you have the health care debate. you have the crisis with north korea not to mention everything else. why is the president talking about this right now? >> he was asked a question. i think this goes back to the first point i made. this is a a big overreaction to do about nothing for the president that was talking. he was asked a question about his time. he was talking about being in tennessee. talking about the remarks he gave literally at this event. and was talking about how brutal the civil war was. maybe if andrew jackson was around, maybe things could have been a little bit different if he was around. i don't think there's anything wrong with having these comments. but this is the real issue i have. when something like this comes

that andrew jackson represented. he certainly represent some of the negative values that jackson represented. think i would tell president trump that if you was to be like andrew jackson he has to but the nation and front of his own person, in front of his own family. in front of his own interests because that is what jackson did for most of his presidency. >> tonight on 8:00 eastern una. --q and a. >> now senator chris murphy holds a town hall. this is about one hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you. sit down. sit down. thank you, everybody. that is very nice. cold and thatve makes the feel better today. i feel more well with that nice introduction.

andrew jackson was a fierce unionist. he would have worked just as hard as abraham lincoln did to keep the the union together. i don't know what he thinks, because he had a big heart and a tough guy he could have headed it off. i don't know where he's going with that. of course we've spent hundreds of years talking about why the civil war happened so people do ask why. this is an indication besides being off base historically, this is an indication of what reporters find so entertaining about trump. he will answer any question, go off in lots of directions. it's unsettling and can be dangerous when the president of the united states is doing it because it puts you off in directions policies changes that get people worried and i think are confused by it. i think in the case of north korea, i think there's something going on here, an impulsivity aspect to it. i think there's a strategy going on. i think the united states is trying to help build up kim jong-un, give him some standing in the world, and to try to diffuse this

he suggested former president andrew jackson could have prevented it. >> i mean, had andrew jackson been a little later, you wouldn't have had the civil war. he was a very tough person. but he had a big heart. he was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. >> reporter: that would have been impossible because andrew jackson died 16 years before the civil war even began. the controversies didn't stop there. president trump again re-visiting debunked wiretapping claims in an interview with cbs. >> you stand by that claim -- >> i don't stand by anything. you can take it the way you want. i think our side has been proven strongly. everybody is talking about it. frankly, it should be discussed. i think that is a very big surveillance of our citizens. i think that's a very big topic. it's a topic that should be number one. we should find out what the hell is going on. >> i wanted to find out, you are the president of the united states. you said he was sick and bad because he tapped -- >> you can take it any way you want. >> i'm asking you, because you don't wan

he suggested former president andrewal jackson could have prevented it. >> i mean had andrew jackson been a little bit later, he could have prevented the civil war. she was really angry he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. >> reporter: but that would have been impossible. why? because andrew jackson died 16 years before the civil war began. and the controversy didn't stop there. he began revisiting debunked wiretap claims. >>> you can take it any way you won't want. frankly, it should be discussed. i think that a very big surveillance of our citizens. i think it's a very big topwreck, and it's topic that should be number one, and we should find out what the hell is going on. >> i just wanted to find out you're the president on the united states. you said he was sick and bad. >> you can take it any way you want. >> but i'm asking you. you don't want to be fake news. >> you don't have to ask me. >> why not? >> because i have my opinions, you have your opinions. >> but i want to your opinion as the president of the united states. >> that's enough, thank you. >> report

. >> the new michael jackson movie.he revelations about michael during the last two years of his life are fascinating. that's just minutes away. >>> rashad and emma! >> wait a minute, what? >> rashad won? that's so not what you predicted last night on "e.t." >> what do you mean, i said rashad all the way? >> i think we ahave the tape. >> normani is going to take home the mirrorball. >> but in my defense this was such a close season. any one of the three finalists could have won. >>> i feel amazing. like, i can't -- i feel good, truly. to come on the show, never danced a day in my life and her winning. i'm her biggest winner. >> the nfl running back is the fourth football player to win in 24 seasons. his pro partner emma slater takes her first mirrorball trophy after seven seasons. and one of the secrets to their success -- logging more than 362 hours in rehearsals in just 3 months. a hundred more hours than the next person, that's insane. >> and you know what? we were thinking, "we need to rehearse more." >> so rashad e

now, we grew up with andrew jackson as kids, i'm older than you. an indian fighter, we changed our attitudes about fighting americans, we're seeing the cruel campaign and a lot of treaties, broken, we know that part. he was an indian killer. he's a slave owner. and i try to remind myself, despite my to think about washington, they whipped their slaves they had them in the shackles, they separated families. they had no sympathy for them for anything more than chattel, maybe a case they got to know some of them as human beings. it was awful, and yet, you know, trump doesn't seem to get that awfulens, it seems with regard to andrew jackson. >> he seems to be disconnected from it. he wants to cherry pick the populace president frame and leave everything else. i mean, certainly jackson was an outsider. so trump seems to be, he likes that piece of it. but that just doesn't make sense in this particular context. he owned 150 slaves when he passed away. he was proslavery and prowest ward expansion. that doesn't mention the trail of tiers, chris. now, we ha

and now, who thinks that andrew jackson was some role model. andrew jackson was a slave owner. andrew jackson murdered thousands and thousands of native americans. that's how he got to be so famous. and we're holding him up as a role model? i mean, come on. this is the worst donald trump i think has ever sunk. >> i think that when -- >> paris, go ahead. >> in a day in age when people are still denying the holocaust and talking about that issue as if it didn't happen, we can go back and ask why hitler did what he did to exterminate so many jews. we should ask why so that it never happens again. so, it is fair, bill, for the president to ask the question. >> no, no -- >> as to why we had the civil war so that it never happens again, so the divisions we saw again will not happen now. >> paris, paris -- >> and as it relates to frederick douglass, bill, wiei in the room when that happened -- [ everyone talking at once ] >> if everyone talks at the same time, i can't hear you. paris, finish. >> the only point i'm making is, we can ask the question why, and we should always ask the qu

few, however, can match diontray jackson's routine. >> eight [bleep]. you gonna try for nine? eight. mm-hmm! eight. >> in this jail, man, it's like you got to be strong. you got to be mentally strong. you got to be physically strong. people see a weak spot, you know, they come for you, you know? you got to use your hands. ain't no guns in here. >> there are about 24 fights per month among the jail's male inmates. after each one, staff must sort out what happened. >> let's go! >> the recent fight between william mitchell and deamon beavers is due to a disagreement over how many packages of noodle soup beavers would pay mitchell in return for a favor. mitchell allowed beavers to use his account to buy commissary goods. since any money beavers had in his own account would be garnished by the jail for unpaid booking fees. >> you ready? >> beavers must now tell his side of the story to disciplinary officer hale, who will decide how much time he will get in segregation. >> i don't have no problems. you know what i'm saying? come on, harvey. you know me. you know i don't cause no ruc

what he said about jackson surprised a lot of people.aid my campaign is most like -- my campaign and win was most like andrew jackson. with his campaign. and i said, when was andrew jackson -- it was 1828. that's a long time ago. had andrew jackson been later, you wouldn't have had the civil war. he was -- he was a very tough person. but he had a big heart. and he was he was really angry. that he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. he said there's no reason for this. people don't realize, you know, the civil war -- >> yeah. >> you think about it, why? people don't ask that question. but why was there the civil war? why could that one not have been worked out? >> the civil war, of course, started 16 years after andrew jackson died. the reasons the war broke out have been studied extensively. countless books have been written on the subject. slavery was the central issue in the fight over states' rights that led to the civil war. and for the record, president jackson was a slave owner. those are facts. lots to discuss with

here is how he described jackson at the seven-days. lee took himself off to the jackson to leave to leave the most brilliant victory failure isjackson's not so much a military as a psychological phenomenon. he did not try to fail, he .imply made no effort he spent the 29th in can't in disregard of lee's instructions, and the 30th in equal idleness at white oak swap. his 29,000 infantry practically did not fire a shot on those 2 days. alexander did not approve of tha t. even handed in terms of not following usual lost cause tendencies am usually they would try to deprecate grant, as if it was a zero sum game. you cannot admit they were both great soldiers, you have to pretended grant wasn't great. .lexander didn't do that he talked about grants movement away from the harbor, that amazing movement that involved crossing the james with that incredible pontoon bridge. this is how alexander describes this. grant had devised a piece of strategy all his own, which seems the most brilliant stroke in all federal campaigns of the whole war. it w

. >> tonight on q&a, the comparisons between donald trump and andrew jackson. our guest on his book. >> i do not think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he certainly represents some of the negative values that jackson represented, but i think i would tell president trump that if you wants to be like andrew jackson, he has to put nation in front of his own personhood, his own ,amily, his own interests because that is what jackson did for most of his presidency. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." "afterwards," elizabeth rosenthal explores the business side of health care in her book. dr. rosenthal is interviewed by dr. david blumenthal, the president of the commonwealth fund. >> has your book given you any thoughts on whether health care is a free market, whether it can solve our problems through free markets? isi think what we have seen probably not. at the beginning of the book, i put a somewhat tongue-in-cheek part about the dysfunctional roles of the health care market, where as if you think of health care as a butte -- as

and i said, when was andrew jackson? it was 1828. that's a long time ago. that's andrew jackson.and he had a very, very skmeen nasty campaign. because they said this was the meanest and the nastiest. and unfortunately it continues. >> he's -- >> i mean he was a very tough person. but he had a big heart. and he was, he was really angry that he saw what he was happening with regard to the civil war. he said there's no reason for this. people don't realize, you know, the civil war, if you think about it, why? people don't ask that question, but why was there the civil war? why could that one not have been worked out? >> for the record, jackson's presidency term ended 24 years before the start of the civil war. jackson died 16 years before the start of the war, the nation's seventh president was a proud slave owner. people do in fact ask why was there the civil war. most ebb historians agree the cause was slaifrmt journalism professor. jason, i'm going to -- i mean. where to start? does it matter he sort of screwed up up the history? to be honest i think he read something about 1832

he says that jackson once told him, you're a really great dancer.e a great dancer. michael said, really you think so? >> really because i agree with you. joseph feinnes should have been starring in that. >>> making news in america this morning, memorial day, president trump on the offensive firing back after questions mount about his son-in-law and top adviser jared kushner. is a staff shake-up in the works? plus one of europe's most influential leaders, angela merkel now saying her country can no longer rely on the u.s. we're live with details. >>> north korea fires its third missile in just three weeks. hear why the secretary of defense warns the country is a threat to the united states. >>> memorial day washout. millions of people in danger of having a wet holiday after severe storms caused severe damage. we're tracking it all. >>> see why this romantic hot air balloon proposal wasn't exactly smooth sailing.

jackson, seven or. >> i don't think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he certainly represent of the negatives that jackson represented but i think i would tell president trump that if he wants to be like andrew jackson has to put nation in front of his own personhood, has to put nation in front of his own family, has to put nation front of his own it should because that's what jackson did for most of his presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> secretary of state rex tillerson spoke to employees at the state department headquarters last week. he didn't mention the trump administration blade to cut almost 10% of the state department workforce. >> ladies and gentlemen,, the secretary of state. [applause] >> good morning. thank you. thank you. are we on? can you all hear me back there in the back? can you hear me now? [laughing] can you hear me now? >> yes. >> all right. i told them i have to walk around. my wife has always said if you tied my hands down to my side, i would be a complete mute. so i'm not great at podiums. i do know

the idea that somehow if jackson been in the 1850s -- andrew jackson was a democrat, he was a slave ownerave thought the republican party was the biggest danger to the american union. there's no logic to how an andrew jackson could have staved off the civil war had he been alive. we're talking about essentially nonsense. the relevant problem is we have a president without historical knowledge. >> here's what really worries me. we need him to negotiate. and in order to be a good negotiator, you have to know something. you have to know the details of the other person's position and your own. you need to understand national interests. when he talks about history, i get a sense he talks without a basis for anything. as david and i mentioned, john f kennedy could not have managed the cuban missile crisis. when he negotiates with the foreign leader, he's not giving away the store. >> we're almost out of time. your fellow historian, he described the president as having a confused mental state. do you agroo ewith that? >> well, i don't know what his mental state is but i do know what we don't wan

edison jackson. dr. jackson has long focused on creating opportunities for students and is an authentic advocate for life-long learning. each of you who have had the occasion to interact with or work alongside dr. jackson knows he has a profound, deep-seeded belief and faith and an abiding belief in the transformation al -- transformational power of character, moral courage and purpose. dr. jackson, thank you for your daily work to secure and make available a life-changing education for the students you serve. [applause] your career is a personal inspiration to me. and the embodiment of b.c.u.'s motto. enter to learn, depart to serve. graduates, you have heeded the first charge in that motto. and today you stand at the interval preceding the second. i challenge you to leave this arena faithful to completing this mission. the words are simple. yet powerful. depart to serve. it is good and right to pause today, to celebrate your individual successes. but after that reflection, i am confident you will find

if anyone under stonewall jackson had behaved the way stonewall jackson had behaved, he of course would have arrested them and maybe try to run out of the army, but we know that didn't happen. there is an interesting little aside that alexander did not put in the text, but wrote it on the paper that he was using, and he said there were several members re lee's staff that wandered charges against stonewall jackson because of his action at the seven days. lee said, what good would that accomplish at this point? he was more sophisticated than most people. here is how he described jackson at the seven-days. lee took himself off to the farthest flank as it too generously leave to jackson to of thehe opportunity most brilliant victory of the fail, he simply made no effort. days.tory embraces 2 he spent the 29th in camp and disregard of lee's instructions and the second in equal idleness. shotnfantry did not fire a on those 2 days. alexander did not approve. he is evenhanded in terms of not following usual lost cause. usually they would try to deprecate grant with a zero sum game. make a grant

eidson jackson. dr. jackson has long focused on creating opportunities for students and is an authentic advocate for life-long learning. each of you who have had the occasion to interact with or work alongside dr. jackson knows he has a profound, deep-seeded belief and faith and an abiding belief in the transformation al power of character, moral courage and purpose. dr. jackson, thank you for your daily work to secure and make available a life-changing education for the students you serve. [applause] your career is a personal inspiration to me. b.c.u.'s odiment of motto. enter to learn, depart to serve. graduates, you have heeded the first charge this that motto. and today you stand at the interval preceding the second. i challenge you to leave this arena faithful to completing this mission. the words are simple. yet powerful. depart to serve. it is good and right to pause today, to celebrate your individual successes. but after that reflection, i am confident you will find service more rewarding than a

jackson and jermaine.ry emotional experience. >> would michael be happy with ar>> pis is very intelligent and very sweet. michael would be proud. >> listen, it's a lifetime movie so it has its sappy moments. navi has a british accent. michael did not. overall the movie is very good and very, very entertaining. it's worth the watch. >> hold on a moment. i made a lifetime movie. >> all right moving on. >> every time they come on i'm screen shotting you and texting you. >> that's true. he did. >> all right moving on. let's talk about richard simmons whose life is shrouded in mystery this year. he remains in the hearts of so many including "dancing with the stars" pro kym johnson who took over the studio that richard simmons made world famous. ♪ >> i remember being here three years ago with my mum. >> developers almost tore down slimmons exercise studio and turned it into office space before kym brought it in february. >> i saw an article that it was closing down. robert and i got in the car and i said i want