. >> james garfield the president of the united states? >> yes. tell me about james garfield?president of the united states. >> yes. do you know who i am? >> i don't remember your name. >> waters and this is my world. >> that boy is good. good and terrible. clayton: pen station is the place where everybody is going to know presidents. heather: time now is about eight minutes until the top of the hour and wrong number. >> can i help you? were you trying to reach the white house? heather: the sandwich shop inundated with walls but no one wants to order, all they want to do is talk to the president. clayton: pint-size police fan that got the surprise of their life, the story that will make your morning. ♪ audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks. and now much of that same advanced technology is found in the audi a4. with one notable difference... ♪ the highly advanced audi a4, with available traffic jam assist. ♪ test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test i don't want to live with the uncer

but what interests me are the more private moments of struggle when someone is sick like james garfield were terrified like theodore roosevelt or desperate like winston churchill. and searching for a foothold and uncertain. i think it's in those moments and it's true for all of us that we all share with these great historical figures is that is when your true nature is revealed. >> quite specifically what drew you to winston churchill? >> i heard the story years ago. my husband was a journalist for the new york times and he began his career in south africa. covering the ansi national congress in the early 80s. when i met him 25 years ago did you know and that his skate. and i thought you are kidding me.. how do i not know this? so that stayed with me all of these years and after i turned in the manuscript for my second book we went to lunch and i said you have any ideas for your next book i said i would love to write about winston churchill and the war. and he said yes. >> i wondered when i was reading your wonderful book with its story in this nearly disastrous war, i wonder if the vie

. >> james garfield, was he theth president of the united states? >> tell me about james garfield. >> he was president of thete united states. >> yes. ♪ >> do you know who i am? >> no. [laughter] >> do you know who i am? >> um, i don't member your name. >> i am watters and this is my world. >> that boy is good. >> good and terrible. >> bill: watters, did the last guy hit his head before he talked to you? the presidential quiz, evente though you gave the names. >> they still didn't get it right. the best part wasn't even on camera, i asked an old guy, can i ask you a few questions, he said, "i am high on cocaine." >> bill: at least he was honest about it. when you hear these names, monroe was a president, no. do you ever follow-up off-camera and go, why don't you know that? >> no, i don't want to embarrass these people.ff i'm trying to establish rapport. >> bill: you are not judgmental. >> i made them feel nice like they got it right. >> bill: you are not judgmental about them knowing nothing. [laughter] >> just now i am. >> bill: okay. it's america.

bell and i found out they tried to find the board and garfield and i found out i wonder what james garfield is about so i started researching him and he was extraordinary and brilliant and kind, instrumental bringing about black suffrage. i didn't start out thinking this was how i found him and how i try to do it with all my books. >> in his multi-volume biography and then his various writings was a distinct ideological point of view and may have been bending history. to >> absolutely.that >> i came away after reading this thinking we missed away. as one to hear your thoughts on if garfield hadn't been as fascinating what type of person do you think he would have been and maybe the others. >> he would have been one of the great presidents. he was an inspiration to the country because he had come from such poverty and he seemed to be together in a way that was a sharp contrast and it divided the country even more. so many people have put so much hope into him. as i said, he was a very progressive thinker for that time. if you can imagine he didn't even want to be president and was shoved int

reading her second book "destiny the republic," i kept hoping that james garfield would somehow survive the ineptitude of his doctors, even though i knew he would not. i am well into her latest book, which i have right here --"hero of the empire: the boer war, a daring escape, and the making of winston churchill." i am already on the edge of my seat wondering if winston churchill is going to make it out of south africa live. if my remarks sound more like a fan letter than a formal introduction, complete with a listing of all of her awards and achievements, of which there are many, that is because it is. it is my very great pleasure to introduce to you candice millard. [applause] ms. millard: thank you very much. do we have the powerpoint? i am so sorry. i didn't know that -- i sent it in earlier. great. ok, all right. sorry about that. so, thank you mary for that introduction. i really enjoyed our conversation over lunch. i wanted to say a quick thank you to the international churchill society, especially lee pollock, who has been a tremendous help to me in the source of encouragement a

been clemency and pardons given since george washington, including george washington himself and james garfieldnd thomas jefferson. they all gave clemency at one time or another. did admit she was wrong. several years is a stiffer sentence -- to my republican friends, i would like to take him at take a look at donald trump right now and see what he is doing to the country. look what he is doing with putin , how he is putting us at risk. taiwan whenng with we don't deal with taiwan openly. that's be reasonable, let's try to have fairness for everybody on both sides of the aisle. i hope people take another look at trump because he is fooling the world that's pulling -- he is pulling the wool over a lot of people's eyes. chelsea manning is not a threat. chelsea manning has been in jail since may of 2010, was 2013 guilty in august of president obama cutting short that sentence by two decades. in alabama. opposes the president's actions yesterday. go ahead. say, i i would like to think it was terribly wrong because it gives other people ideas that they may be able to do this thing. i'm a student of

review the parade from the white house after his inaugural ceremony and then in 1881 president james garfieldw reviewed the parade from a especially built box. that is why you have that enclosed box. i'm going to come in front of the camera now. hopefully we won't miss him walking. this is also a chance for reporters to get a question to the new president. he's pretty close to me so we'll give it our best shot. four years ago we tried that with president obama. we got a wave. so we'll see if we can do a little bit better this time. in terms of what they're doing inside, this is a time of quiet and reflection. this is the first time they've been in the white house as a family. of course, they're joined by all of their new staffers, so part of it is getting to know those folks as well. they were here this morning with the obamas, but it must be a very different feeling to be here for first time and knowing that this is their new home. >> kristen, when did the obama staffers leave? what was the change over like? >> well, we know that the change over overall takes about five hours and what happen

review the parade from the white house after his inaugural ceremony and then in 1881 president james garfieldw reviewed the parade from a especially built box. that is why you have that enclosed box. i'm going to come in front of the camera now. hopefully we won't miss him walking. this is also a chance for reporters to get a question to the new president. he's pretty close to me so we'll give it our best shot. four years ago we tried that with president obama. we got a wave. so we'll see if we can do a little bit better this time. in terms of what they're doing inside, this is a time of quiet and reflection. this is the first time they've been in the white house as a family. of course, they're joined by all of their new staffers, so part of it is getting to know those folks as well. they were here this morning with the obamas, but it must be a very different feeling to be here for first time and knowing that this is their new home. >> kristen, when did the obama staffers leave? what was the change over like? >> well, we know that the change over overall takes about five hours and what happen

i kept hoping that james a. garfield would somehow survive the ineptitude of his doctors, even though i knew he would. i'm well into her latest book, "hero of the empire, the boro war, daring escape and the making of winston churchill." and i can tell you i'm very on the edge of my seat, wondering if winston churchill is going to make it out of south africa alive. if my remarks sound more like a fan letter than a formal introduction, complete with a listing of all of her awards and achievements, which there are many, that's because it is. ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce to you candice mallard. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm so sorry. >> sorry about that. so thank you, first of all, mary jo for that intro duckduction. i wanted to say thank you to lee pollock, who has been a tremendous help to me, a source of encouragement and incredibly gracious and generous over the past five years while i've been working on this book. it's a tremendous honor to be here, very humbling to have a chance to meet

future president james a. garfield. davis arranged for his wife, sarah, to sit in the lady's gallery and she reflected his excitement when she wrote their son its considered the most important case ever brought before the supreme court. milligan's lawyers made great oral arguments. they described the angle american heritage of liberty. they stressed the founding father's suspicions of executive power. garfield echoed those arguments but also argued that the military trial was inconsistent with the provisions of the habeas corpus act which he had helped to pass. the arguments on behalf of the government did not come close to matching these great legal oruations. attorney general james speed was way out of his depth. he brought in the bombastic radical republican general benjamin f. butler to help him. that made sense, he thought, because butler had been the military commander in new orleans, where butler had exercised military authority to the fullest. surely a good lawyer like butler had figured out why he was authorize

president james garfield reviewd a parade from a specially built stand.e been here since about 9:00 this morning, just sitting there waiting, and not to be too glib about it, but it is going o rain on this parade. dave pointed out that it looks like it's raining. it is drizzling right now. one more thing i wanted to point out, jonathan. if you had gone through as early as we did at 4:00 this morning they did let you bring fruit in, but we're going to keep it close right here. not going to do anything with i. actually we feel really honored to be right here. it is such an incredible view directly across from the presidential viewing stand and the white house, witnessing the transition of power and very shortly here the celebration ofa new president. back to you at the canadian embassy. >> kimberly, before you and i'm not sure if you know the answer to this or not. do we know if the president will be getting out of his limo and perhaps with the first lady walking, i think that became moe popular with jimmy carter and ever since then it's been been appearing

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