james adams, martin luther king, jr., dorothy day, abraham heshel. many in american history did their work not just because it was sound policy or they had done good analysis or understood how to exercise good politics but because their faith and their values dictated it. and called for bold action. sometimes in the face of indifference, sometimes in the face of resistance. this is no different today for millions of americans, and it's certainly not for me. i wake up each morning and i say a brief prayer. i spend a little time in scripture and devotion. and from time to time, friends of mine, some here today, friends like joel hunter or pb jakes will come by the oval office or come by the phone or they'll send me an e-mail and we'll pray together and they'll pray for me and my family and for our country. but i don't stop there. i would be remiss if i stopped there. if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends, so instead i must try imperfectly, but i must try those values motivate me as one

frederick douglas, abraham lincoln, james adams, martin luther king jr., dorothy day, majority of great reformers in american history did their work not just because it was sound policy or they had done good analysis or understood how to exercise good politics but because their faith and values dictated it. and called for bold action. sometimes in the face of indifference. sometimes in the face of resistance. this is no different today for millions of americans and certainly not for me. i wake up each morning and i say a brief prayer. i spend a little time in scripture and devotion. and from time to time friends of mine and some who are here today, friends like joel hunter or t.d. jakes will come by the oval office or call on the phone or they'll send me an e-mail and we'll pray together. they'll pray for me and my family and for our country. but i don't stop there. i'd be remiss if i stopped there. if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends. so instead, i must try imperfectly, but i must try to make sure those values motivat

frederick douglass, abraham lincoln, james adam the, martin luther king jr. the day, a majority of reformers in american history did their work not just because it was sound policy or they had done good analysis or understood how all to exercise their politics but because their faith and their values dictated it. and called for bold action. sometimes in the face of indifference. sometimes in the face of resistance. this is no different today for millions of americans and certainly not for me. a week up each morning and say a brief prayer. i spent a little time with scripture and devotion. from time to time, friends like joel under court jake's will come by the oval office or call on the phone and send me an e-mail and prayed together and pray for me and my family and our country. but i don't stop there. i would be remiss if i stopped there. if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends, so instead i must try in perfectly, but i must try to make sure those values motivate me as one leader of this great

ligation from a spring time walk in hyde park to find his father, charles francis adams, american minister to the court of st. james dancing across the floor and shouting we've got new orleans. the effect of this news here, henry added, has been greater than anything yet. the confederate envoy in britain, james mason, virginiaen also wrote from london that the fall of new orleans will certainly exercise a depressing influence here for intervention. it was the climatic event in the series of union victories that winter and spring that talked about this morning that jackson's campaign began to turn around. but the fall of new orleans at the end of april was the climatic event in a series of union victories that winter and spring which dampened even the french emperor's pro confederate sympathies. the american minister to france noted there is little more said about the propriity of an early recognition of the south. farragut did not intend to rest on his loyals. his original orders instructed him take advantage of the panic to push a strong force up the river and take their defenses in the rear. you will also reduce

john adams, thomas jefferson and madison hangs the picture of the fifth president. james monroe. madison hung his own portrait as one said in the corner behind the door showing his modesty, but also hung his 54 trade next to his beloved dolly. he is telling you a lot about himself. the important thing in his life. over this portrait of himself, he hung a picture of his best friend, thomas jefferson and next to it, a 54 trade of mary mag dollen. i often thaw he poked fun at his close friend. this room really made a powerful impression. it was a functional room and served tea and welcomed their guest. they had many visitors. madison also used this room to control all of that public interest and to give himself some privacy. unless you knew him or had a letter of introduction, you wouldn't see any more of the house than this room. you would be welcomed here and served punch you would be on your way. you only went into the other rooms of the house and the family or a friend. now let's go into the south of the house which was the private apartments of madison's mother. we pass through

americans who fundamentally were conservatives alexander hamilton john adams and you had americans who were fundamentally liberals john james madison and thomas jefferson the most well known and what the difference between the two was that these guys thought the people were basically evil and therefore you had to have the appearance of democracy but not too much and that therefore the compromise for example when they wrote the constitution that the senate would not be directly elected or you know on the other hand you had jefferson and madison say no all the power has to be with the people and they were so emphatic about that that the constitution read article three section two it says even the supreme court shall function under such regulations as the congress shall make in other words everything a subordinate to congress why is that because congress stands every two years for election it's the closest to the people it's the way that you make sure that the people's will is is followed which brings us to today's occupy movement the question that they're facing is are they going to be a liberal representative democracy funct

the americans, in particular, and i think james madison, perceived a problem by the 1780s that they hadn't anticipated. in the debate between john adams and his opponent, daniel leonard, in 1775 in massachusetts, they had anonymous names, evangelists and massachusetts. daniel leonard, a loyalist, raises the question of the possibility of the congress becoming tyrannical. and he warns adams of putting too much stock in it because it can act in an oppressive way. and adams says that's just crazy. the people cannot tyrannize themselves. ten years later by 1785, lots of the founders were no longer so confident of this fact that a democratic despotism is a contradiction in terms. and one of the major issues that james madison, as rick knows better than i, is -- >> no, i don't. >> -- is his effort to deal with this problem, as he put it, and he knows that there's a problem with the articles of confederation. but that is not his primary focus. his primary focus is on what's happening in the states. and he writes a very important essay called vices of the political system of the united states. a working paper that lies behind his plans for th

next three presidents, john adams ii, thomas jefferson, third, but where his picture should be hung as the fourth president, madison hangs the picture of the fifth president, james monroe. and visitors note that. why doesn't he put his own portrait here? and then as they look around the room, they discover that madison has hung his own portrait as one visitor said in the corner behind the door showing his modesty, but he's also hung his portrait next to his bloeloved dolley. again, he's telling you a lot about himself, the important thing in his life. now, over this portrait of himself, he hung a picture of his best friend, thomas jefferson, and next to it a portrait of mary magdalene. now, family tradition in the madison family is that that portrait was a gift to madison from thomas jefferson. i long thought that madison hung it next to jefferson's portrait to poke a little fun at his chose friend. but you also see some other features of this room that impressed visitors. the bust. these are the notable people of american history from george washington to the marquis de lafayette. it was a functional room here. they tea here. they welcome their guests. as i sai

john adams, ii, thomas jefferson, the third, but where his picture should be hung, as the fourth president, madison hangs the picture of the fifth president, james monroe. visitors note that. why doesn't he put his own portrait here? and as they look around the room, they discover that madison has hung his own portraits, as one visitor said, in the corner behind the door, showing his modesty but he's hung his portrait next to his beloved dolly. he's telling you not a lot about himself, the important thing in his life. over this portrait of himself, he hung a picture of his best friend, thomas jefferson and next to it, a 54 trade of mary magdelinp family tradition is that that was a gift to madison from jefferson. i thought they hung it next at jefferson's portrait to poke fun at his close friend. you see other features of the room that impressed visitors. the bust, these are notable people of american history from george washington to the lafayette. this room really made a powerful impression. it was a functional room and served tea and welcomed their guests. i said they had many visitors. while every visitor had access to this room and would be

committee on the majority side, ellen deneski, who is wonderful to work with, james reed, gale sullivan, rich swayze, and adam duffy really worked on this bill and the negotiations for all these years that we've been trying to pass it. on representative mica's staff, jim coon, bailey edwards, and simone perez, representative rahall, jail zoya, ward mcgarricer, giles giovanazi and miles burr cet and on my staff the commerce committee minority side, richard russell and jared thompson, i want to say especially jared thompson who is the one i know the best because he is the aviation subcommittee ranking member staff leader and he knows the history of the aviation bills, he knows the subject matter, there was never a time when i would ask a specific or technical question that jared didn't know the answer, and i so appreciate his being on our staff and helping us through this very important time. so with that, mr. president, i yield the floor and i thank all of my colleagues and the house colleagues and staff for the work on this bill that i hope we will be able to pass when the vote comes at 5:30 this afternoon. t

james garfield. >> herbert hoover. >> harry s. truman. ronald reagan. george h.w. bush, bill clinton and barack obama. >> next one. >> you're not doing so well. which president was known for his early morning dips nude? john quincy adamsfranklin delano roosevelt -- i don't want to see any of these guys naked -- calvin coolidge or lyndon b. johnson. franklin had physical problems. >> i'm going with john quincy adams. >> coolidge because he was a whack job. >> go. john quincy adams! >> naked? >> yes. >> i don't believe it. all right. i don't believe this for a minute. i've never seen anybody who's better with people than you besides me. >> they say if your name is difficult to pronounce you are not favored in work, in your personal life, in school. >> who did you sleep with to get this job? >> ha. here's the thing. when people don't know how to pronounce your name, they don't ever say it because they don't want to be wrong. >> he doesn't care. how's by koda? most people go heeyyyy. >> some people are name injectors. >> both ends, so to speak. hoda and then kotb. you know? i mean -- didn't you add an "e"? what did you add? >> an "e." for a few minutes. to help people out. but people kept saying vowels, but it didn't work

college entry and as we heard from adam liptak, they will hear the arguments probably in october and november before the election and decision coming later next year. james, a republican in fullerton, mississippi. good morning. caller: good morning to you. i was raised as poor as you could get. i worked in the fields for $2 a day. and i didn't get much education but i paid attention to what i've got and i quit school at age 16 because i thought i would get a better job in time. i did. ok? but that's besides the point. i didn't have an education. but i used my head and as far as smaller schools these people with all the education, to me, when you look at what we've got in congress, in senate, in the representatives and the president at this time, education didn't work for us. host: all right. snansy, an independent in new jersey. good morning. caller: i do believe affirmative action should continue to be a factor in college because we are not a post-racist society in america and discrimination still exists. for example, joe who made the comment that discrimination doesn't matter. well, i mean that affirmative action doesn't matter, well, chris nation, whi