i don't know, but you can aspire not to be james buchanan. >> what number of president was james buchanan? >> in order he was the 15th. >> and before we go any further where were you born? >> philly. and he was from land caster about 16 miles away. >> when was the last time you went to his grave or home? >> i did a story on what you can do in lancaster if you went there for the weekend, it's also part of the amish country and i took my daughter who was in high school, not that long ago, she's a senior in college now, about five years ago. >> you give a lot of credit to patrick clark, and there's a quote about what he said about james buchanan. >> he's the guy who runs wheatland, buchanan's home when he was middle aged and lived the rest of his life. if you go to wheatland if you like historic homes with historic furniture it's very helpful. he knew i was not writing the most favorable biography of buchanan, and what's funny is he sort of acknowledges that buchanan is not the best president in the world but is of the mindset that you can do anything you want to do he runs the buchanan lega

and so when he decides to replace james buchanan in the senate in 1845 he is able to do that because it's almost 20 years of bridge building throughout the state. i would want to emphasize the importance of state political power that national political identity. most of most important political figures of this area is sent to national political office because they control or have at their disposal a very powerful base of people in their states here i think that's reflected in cameron is political career. it's important remember that to get to becoming senator you don't face the voters. you get elected by the state legislature with the idea you were going to represent the states interest. so in order to get elected you need the support of the state legislator, prominent party officials. and kamman did that. he did that to his cultivation through the immediate and he did that to the bank of middletown where they can he provided low-cost or no cost credit to influential political leaders and legislators. so cameron rises to lincoln to radar by being the man who by 1860 is in the control

on --buchanan was always james buchanan said that he was always on his side. he flattered me and nausea. president johnson, and speaking of mr. stanton often referred to his duplicity. he did not know any man who could be more obsequious that -- then mr. stanton. the afterward wrote that stanton believes in pure force as long as he wields it. you may be getting an idea for the sort of person you may have met. you may have met such people in your lifetime. if you ever worked in military service for academia or some form of organized crime, -- [applause] [laughter] william: these people are fairly prevalent. exactly. have thompson, i should left him out, he was just a confederate after all. he served in the canon's cabinet. then he confided to another one of his colleagues in that cabinet that i know no man who has reached eminence in america or anywhere else who has made for himself such a character and the contempt of all good and true man. of course he had some personal reasons for that but i think it was an honest evaluation of the last. -- nonetheless. then

james buchanan was not the only person to notice his site offended behavior whenever he occupied a subordinateition. on my side and flattered me ad nauseam. andrew johnson expressed the same impression in 1867. johnson's personal secretary noted that president johnson, in speaking of stanton referred to his duplicity. he didn't know any man who could be more who suggests as stanton when he chose. bates was the attorney general under lincoln and spent three years in the cabinet with stanton. and he wrote that he believes in the air force so long as he wields it but cowers before it when wielded by any other hand. he really be getting an idea of the sort of person, maybe you have met them in your lifetime, if you have ever been in military service or academia or some form of organized crime. these people are fairly prevalent. exactly. , i should have left him out. he was just a confederate, after all but he served in the cabinet with stanton and after the war he confided in another of his -- i know no man who has reached minutes in america or anywhere else who has made for himself so exempt verb

. >> reporter: james buchanan was the first captured in this fancy thing called a photograph. and in a photo four years later at lincoln's first inaugural, you can see the capitol dome still un william mckinley's was the first captured on motion picture cameras, and in 1925 coolidge, the first to be heard on the radio. it would be more than two decades later before truman is sworn in on television in 1949. and clinton's second inaugural, the first to be streamlined online. presidents are trend setters. john quincy adams and andrew jackson were the first to wear full length trousers instead of knee length ones. thankfully. kennedy was the last to wear a top hat. nancy reagan kept the hat thing in red and blue, but hillary clinton was the last first lady to dawn one. weather, major snow storms, the warmest was reagan's first, 55 degrees. the coldest was reagan's second, just 7 degrees. it's so cold it was held inside. it was also super bowl sunday, niners beat the dolphins. joe montana, mvp, george w. bush's was the first time a former president attended his son's inauguration.

and so when he decides to replace james buchanan in the senate in 1845 he's able to do that because he has almost 20 years of bridge building throughout the state. and i really want to emphasize the importance of state political power to national political identity. most of the important political figures of this area ascend to national political office because they control where they have at their disposal a very powerful base of people in their state. and i think that that is reflected in a political career. you don't face the voters you get elected by the state legislature that you're going to represent the state's interest. so in order to get elected you need the support of the state legislature prominent party officials and cameron did that. he did that through his cultivation of the media and he did that through the bank of middletown. he provided a low cost or no cost credit to him for lunch peoples -- to him for winchell people by 1860 is in control more or less of pennsylvania's republican party. it's important to point out that he have started out as a democrat. he rents for

the story backwards and forwards and came to so enjoy who he was compared to andrew johnson or james buchanan or some of the middling figures who had been the presidents way back to andrew jackson. and so his humility, his self-efacement that was more of a 19th century term, so endearing to people. and so he was not simply admired. he was really loved. and you can hear this and see it in the letters that people write or even in writing their die rayries. you can see it and heared in the soldiers. one of the most amazing stories to me is grant leads the overlean campaign of may 1864, four times the northern army invaded virginia, four times forced to retreat, and after the terrible, terrible battle of the wilderness two days in which 20,000 ewan union man were casualties casualties and the forest sets fire and men are called. the question is what will help now? will we retreat one more time? so grant orders 0 night march. it's 83:00 the evening. he is starting on the road with his huge horse and when they come to the junction in the road, one jung turns south, the other one turns north and the

and be they came to is so enjoy who he was -- enjoy who he was compared to andrew johnson or james buchanan or some of the midling figures who had been the president way back to andrew jackson. and so, but his humility, his, what i would call his self-effacement, that was more of a 19th century term, this was so endearing to people as it became endearing to people on this world tour. so he was not simply admired, he was really loved. and be you can hear this and see it in the letters that people write or even in writing their diaries. you can see it and hear it in the soldiers, they so admired him. one of the most amazing stories to me is grant leads the so-called overland campaign of may 1864, four times the northern army had invaded virginia, four times it was forced to retreat. and after the terrible, terrible battle of the wilderness, two days in which 20,000 union men are casualties in which the scrub forest sets fire, men are burned to death and men kill themselves before the fire will get to them. the question is, what will happen now? will we retreat one more time? so grant orders a

james buchanan the potus game and the legacy of the least of the lesser president.hat should be a, sorted again, a scholar and resident will be moderating that. he is a specialist on some of the more spirited presidents. that will be a terrific discussion. finally the complete schedule of our upcoming tom hawley event. please visit constitution b7 work for pick up a flyer on the registration table. i also want to thank the members of the audience thank you for being here. and for all you do for the constitution center. if you're interested in being a member please visit rebecca outside at the table. you can about some of the benefits of becoming a member of the constitution center. then i hope you will join both of our speakers for a book signing upstairs after the program. but otherwise, just a couple of logistics of the bill of rights patrick's 0 is the librarian and he is editor of the volume of the american revolution, the american revolution reborn. we are not covering this book but i wanted to plug the book here, the politics of war in early pennsylvania. give

president james buchanan being sworn in. the tomorrow we'll be on the west side of the capitol. stone yard was covered with boards providing a platform for the crowd. buchanan dealt with state's rights, the protection of western territories and the issue of slavery. so thanks for being with us today, everybody. the first 100 days at 7:00 p.m. tonight. see you then. >> shepard: and i'm shepard smith in new york. noon on the west coast. 3:00 in the nation's capitol where president-elect trump is about to take part in the first of the inauguration events. he arrived at andrews outside d.c. on a u.s. military jet after noon today. no more trump force one. it's all red carpets now. president-elect trump and his wife to start their new life. now as the inauguration process gets underway, president-elect trump again with perhaps the most solemn duty of all. honoring the sacrifice of those that have given their lives in service to the united states. he's at arlington national cemetery, land once owned by george

james buchanan had also those things.e was one of the worst presidents we ever had and had been at every level of government. it is not just the title position, it is what you learn from the position and how you learn from your mistakes and do you grow. that is where adversity matters. the presidents i studied say they all suffered bad diversity. polio for f.d.r., he thought his life was at an end. after that, he became more empathetic and understanding to people. he was able to make people feel happy about their lives again during the depression. teddy roosevelt when he lost his wife and mother on the same day became a different kind of person after being in the badlands and outside with ranchers and cowboys, becoming a more ordinary person. lincoln's whole life was adversity. interestingly, lyndon johnson when he suffered a near fatal heart attack became more interested in a purpose to which his power was going to be put. to go back to the earlier question of yours, you really hope even if people climb for power in the

so he and secretary of state james buchanan sent tryst to mexico as a peace envoy. they wanted him to negotiate a peace deal, they gave him a set of terms. there was the minimum that polk was willing to accept which was a border at the rio grande river in texas and, basically, all the land that we're standing on here today, the land we ultimately got, and then there was a few otherring concessions he wanted to get but, you know, weren't particularly important and, you know, how much he was able to pay the mexican government for this land was dependent on how much he was able to get. now, tryst seemed like a very safe choice to send to mexico. he was a loyal southern democrat, a very loyal supporter to buchanan, he was the second in command at the state department, and he was a very strong supporter of the war which was very controversial. he turned out to not be quite as safe as president polk had thought. once tryst got to mexico, he was kind of appalled by what he saw. he basically viewed it as an unabashed war of conquest and an abuse of power by the united state

so it's not just i the place where you were, and james buchanan had all sorts of things. he was one of the worst presidents we've ever had. and he had been at every level of government. so it's not just the title position. it's what you learned from that position. and how do you learn from your mistakes. do you grow. and that's where adversity matters. the president as you say they all suffered really bad adversity, polio for fdr, he thought his life was at an end, not just his career. but after that became more empathetic. more understanding to those whom fate had dealt an unkind hand. he became doc roosevelt, making people feel happy about their lives again. that is what he was able to do during the depression, teddy roosevelt when he lost his wife and mother on the same day and went to the badlands became a different person after being in the badlands and become outside with ranchers and with cowboys and becoming a more ordinary person. and lincoln, of course, his whole life was adversity. interestingly, lyndon johnson when he suffered a nearly fatal heart attack than

james buchanan ran on the mckinley tariff, got himself elected, implemented it, and it drove the globe, the entire world into a global depression. so, we have to be very careful on these issues. simple tax reform to me would be a blessing from the fed's standpoint because it would -- if it can generate more capex, generate more job-creation, then the fed can go back to performing its normal function and not be the only operator on the economic side. >> there besee melania trump arriving at this moment. >> there's some speculation in the papers. i guess reuters ran a big story yesterday. our steve liesman was e-mailing me about it last night. a chap named mason -- was it henry paulson special assistant in the treasury during the financial meltdown? he might take the regulatory chairman spot. >> that's a very -- i don't know the individual, but i think that's the key thing. remember, tarullo is the governor in charge of regulation. by congressional mandate, it's supposed to be a formal vice chairmanship. they didn't give him that. i don't know why president obama didn't. he's an obama su

and in terms of the way this is all covered, guys, james poke inaugural covered by telegraph, buchanan first with photos, coolidge first with radio, clinton with the internet. we'll have to add to that list and include social media as being one of the first ones covered in that way this year. >> yeah, of course, carl, a few hundred yards from where jim and i are and you are every day is where the first one ever took place at federal hall right downtown 1789 when george washington took the oath of office as the first president. >> there have been a lot of inaugurations that i think have come and gone. this one seems to have unique focus because of the celebrity style of the president. i remember when jimmy carter decided to walk and it was considered to be, wow, that's a big break with tradition. i think that trump is a break with tradition. and we're all kind of surprised to see tradition dovetailing with the man who clearly has said it's not going to be business as usual. right now, carl, the trappings are business as usual. >> i wonder, jim, if you think that the market is comforted

buchanan, bbc news. coming up at 6am on breakfast, charlie and louise will have all the day's news, business and sport plus more on the three day strike planned by southern rail drivers. i'm jamestrump has tweeted again that he's sceptical about intelligence warnings on russian cyber attacks just hours before he meets spy chiefs for a briefing. a car bomb in the turkish city of izmir has killed two people. police say they shot dead two militants thought to be behind the attack. a third is still on the run. in mexico, a police officer has been killed and more than 600 people have been arrested in violent protests over petrol prices. demonstrators are furious about a 20% increase announced five days ago. prosecutors in the us city of chicago have charged four people with hate crimes over a video live—streamed on facebook, in which a bound and gagged man was tortured. police believe the victim may have been kidnapped for up to 48 hours before the attack. we start our news review with the wall streetjournal website. it reports that during a us committee hearing on foreign cyber threats, intelligence chief james clapper described a "multifaceted russian campaign" surrounding last ye