james k. polk hardly left the office, and the job nearly killed him.s presidents need time away. but it is only fair to point out this president was a harsh critic of his predecessor for golfing and taking a vacation. when it was president obama doing it, civilian trump went after him for it. so as you watch this, just remember this president has taken almost twice as much time off as the man he loved to criticize on the campaign trail. >> obama, it was reported today, played 250 rounds of golf. everything is executive order, because he doesn't have enough time, because he's playing so much golf. obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. i'm going to be working for you, i'm not going to have time to play golf. he played more golf last year than tiger woods. this guy plays more golf than people on the pga tour. i love golf, but i don't have time. if i were in the white house, i don't think i would ever see dural again. if i win this, i'm not going to play much golf. i wouldn't leave the white house very much, because these little trips

buchanan is going to james k. polk cabinet as the secretary of state and cameron decides to take over his friend's political office that there is a really important step in between pet and 20s and cameron becoming a senator from pennsylvania and that is found in the bank of middletown. he takes the wealth here comes in the 1820s and 1830s and persons banking which provides a really effective way of building his political prestige because by founding the bank of middletown, he had access to a ready source of credit as he could extend to politically influential people throughout the state, politicians, party leaders etc.. what that does is make him politically prominent even though he doesn't hold elected office. by the time we get to the 20s, cameramen is a well-known and well this good operative come he's james carville in the century so when he decides to replace james buchanan seems able to do that with almost 20 years of bridge building throughout the state and i want to emphasize the importance of state political p

and here we are with james k. polk, the 11th president of the united states. what we have for james polk is -- is thee mesh letter seal. his wife would travel with him and bring along her secretary travel desk. equalo of them had a very relationship together with all the letters he wrote. the seal is made from ivory and brass and is online to us from the historical society. here we are with zachary taylor and this item we have here is a letter on loan to us from the filson historical society. the letter was written by zachary taylor when he was president to a friend of his named colonel webb. he was writing him about millard fillmore and he is interested in their stance on slavery. owner but he slave was not for slavery continuing. fillmore thought slavery was evil but he also believed the government should have no involvement in ending it. that is what makes the letter and interesting letter. the handwriting of taylor is pretty hard to read which is sort of interesting because i think of these guys as having a -- more likable legible handwriting that a lot of

and here we are with james k . polk and we have the letter seal that you would seal with a hot wax. he was known to be the prolific writer. he and his wife would travel and she would bring along a desk and she would write things out and they had an equal relationship. it is made from ivory and brass and is on loan to us. here we are with zachary taylor and this item we have here is a letter that is on loan. it was written by zachary taylor when he was running for president and he was writing him about his vice president candidate millard fillmore and he is interested in their stance on slavery. owner but was a slave he was not for continuing. butmore thought it was able that the government should have no involvement in it. -- in ending it. taylor isiting of hard to read, which is interesting because i think of these guys having more legible handwriting than people today, but some people of this era had gorgeous handwriting but not taylor's. here we are with millard fillmore. as vice president, he was essentially appointing a friend theis to clerkship, so letter we have is to his men

. >> our 11th president, james k. polkfor his work ethic, taking up only 27 days during his four-year presidency. >>> president trump is working to spur the oil and gas industry. but in one part of coal country the biggest growth industry is wind. barry peterson reports. >> reporter: their job, dangling 300 feet up, roping a wind turbine blade. this job comes with a view across the wyoming prairie and a view well into the future. wind turbine jobs are expected to be the fastest growing jobs in america between now and 2024, up 108%. this reclaimed land covers a coal mine that was worked for almost 50 years. but increasingly, wyoming's energy comes not from mining what's down below but from mining the wind above. in wyoming, the top coal-producing state in america, wind now produces ten times more energy than it did a decade ago. and maybe more to come. >> you just bought another 40 turbines us from. >> reporter: a chinese company is recruiting workers for wind turbines and will even pay for training. >> if there is so much

you've got the president here, james k. polk, so this again, this is just a few months after the initial discoveries were made by james marshall. >> it was known that mines of the precious metals existed to a considerable extent in california. recent discoveries render it probable that these mines are more extensive and valuable than was anticipated. the accounts of the abundance of gold in that territory is of such extraordinary character is beyond belief. there are those who have visited mineral district and derived facts. the explorations already made warrant the belief that the supply is very large and that gold is found in extensive districts of the country, mines of quick silver is being mined in the area of the gold region. one of those is now being worked and is believed to be the biggest in the world. the discovery of these rich mineral deposits have produced a surprising change of the state of affairs in california. all other pursuits but that of the precious metals are abandoned. nearly the whole of the male populatio

where buchanan served as james k. polk's secretary of state. ing buchanan's presidency, and then also during the pierce administration, buchanan had become clearly identified with the interests of the expansionists. and during the polk administration, polk was, buchanan was often the person who was, who was arguing against expansionism. arguing within the polk administration against expansionism. in the end polk came to be quite irritated by buchanan. and one way of getting rid of buchanan, was to kick him upstairs and have him take a seat on the u.s. supreme court. which buchanan ultimately declined. buchanan himself is a fascinating person as we look over the course of his career, and then also as we look at the decisions that he made as president. as michael said, if there's a theme that comes out during buchanan's presidency, it is his errant decisiveness. he's a bit of a gambler as well. trying to get the le compton constitution through the house was a gamble on buchanan's part. he figured that if he could get the issue of slavery and the t

. >> our 11th president james k. polkg off only 27 days during his >> we were just talking about where polk spent his vacation. i'm glad you looked that up for us. >> why did she lose? >> that is a very difficult question that to this day keeps me up at night. >> we're also going to -- [ laughter ] >> i believe you're not drunk. >> you describe as the life of a father like traveling underground. >> you have one son that's tough going, tunnel underground. but with two kids it's like a subway and always smells like pea. >> you can really only see the sun or -- >> those are probably super bright. >> i already went blind. >> margaret's taking the smt proach to ke♪ping them off. [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. >>> great day washington, i'm montel williams, this is my last day. bellis

. >> our 11th president james k. polkring his presidency. >> we were just talking about where polk spent his vacation. i'm glad you looked that up for us. >> why did she lose? >> that is a very difficult question that to this day keeps me up at night. >> we're also going to -- [ laughter ] >> i believe you're not drunk. >> you describe as the life of a father like traveling underground. >> you have one son that's tough going, tunnel underground. but with two kids it's like a subway and always smells like pea. >> you can really only see the sun or -- >> those are probably super bright. >> i already went blind. >> margaret's taking the smart approach to keeping them off. elt comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would help us decide the best course of action. we have so many tools at our center. this is what attracted amy all the way from new york. these were people who

. >> the 11th president james k. polk was notorious for his work ethic.e talking about where he spent his vacation. >> if hillary was elected president -- why would she leave? >> that's a very difficult question that to this day keeps me up at night. >> we are also going -- i believe you. you are not drunk. >> you described the life of a father from traveling in the london underground. >> you have the london underground and it's a tough going. at midnight it stops. it's like having a subway where it runs 24-hours and it smells like pig. >> the one way to test it, you look at a bright light and you shouldn't be able to see normal light with the glasses on. you can only see the sun or something. those are probably super bright. >> yeah. >> welded like -- >> barbara is keeping them off. the gates -- at san martins beach in san mateo county. vinod khosla >>> good morning, it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego. a california appeals court has ruled that vinod khosla must open the gate at martins beach. he blocked off the only public access road when he bought the prop

our 11th president, james k. polke curious, was notorious for his work ethic taking up only 27 days during his four-year presidency. >> we were just talking about where president polk spent his vacation. glad you looked that up for us. >> always on it for you, charlie. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says the justice department is not targeting journalists as part of its investigation into leaks. attorney general jeff sessions announced a new crackdown friday. he said the number of active leak investigations has more than tripled since the end of president obama's term. jeff sessions also said the fbi created a new counterintelligence u in nit to fight the problem. he clarified yesterday, the goal is not to go after the press. >> the attorney general's been very clear. we're after the leakers, not the journalists. we're after people who are committing crimes, so we're going to devote the resources we need to identify who is responsible for those leaks and who has violated the law and hold them accountable.