so james madison by co-opting the issue that james monroe has really takes the win out of his sails, and he wins the election. one of james madison's biggest supporters wrote him and told him if this had happened a fortnight sooner, i think you would have lost. so what are the consequences of this election? besides being interesting for featuring two future presidents for the first and last time in american history, what's important? well, we have already talked about the federalist opposition to bill of rights. in the first congress the federalists win lopsided majorities. virginia and new york are agitating for a new convention. the anti-federalists are coordinating up and down the continent getting ready to sweep the fall's legislative elections in order to cause their state to call for a convention. only james madison seemed to appreciate the threat posed by the anti-federal movement, and so what he did right in the beginning of congress he notices there are going to be a bill of rights considered this election, and i plan to introduce them, and we are going to consider them. so i

well, that poor soul turned out to be james monroe. he charged the cannons, was struck down by a bullet and would have bled out right there in the street before trenton had it not been for the doctor. this is one of two incidents in the book where james monroe narrowly escapes death. one of the things i focused on was just how precarious everything that happened really was and how seemingly small and minor and unrelated events conspire to make great events happen on the stage of history. during the revolutionary war, james madison served in the u.s. congress. when he arrived in congress, he found an absolutely ruinous state of affairs. i know it's nothing like you could imagine today, but -- [laughter] the congress had already taken an enormous, crippling national debt. when congress had exhausted its revenue and sources of credit, they simply started printing money and giving it out to people. [laughter] thank goodness our leaders today are too wise to do this. [laughter] i think it's really telling that madison served on something ca

, president james monroe in 1822, my father and mother of both learned of into flames but it's astonishingto see them exert all the power to other children educate just like the whites. the promise of cornwall and hopes of boudinot and rich like the effigy on the town square have now gone up in flames. window in which john and sarah ridge and allies and harriet boudinot return him to indian country in 1825 he nonetheless immersed themselves to try to better the cherokee people. john ridge became a successful lawyer, while elias took on a lecture to work. boudinot became acquainted with the news, or to cherokee nation, samuel worcester. minister and expert linguist from vermont. worcester and boudinot begin a strong friendship that in a shared christian faith and evangelical desire to improve the cherokees. dried unremarkable billy created similar the two men had a newspaper that would be printed in both english and cherokee. it would publish laws of the cherokee nation as was spread is about its people's progress. it was called cherokee phoenix. they set up a shop with a newspaper in the n

james monroe presided over a national coalition that was tested and fired. in the summer of 1823, scarcely 11 years after he waited for peace commissioners to appear, john quincy adams, now monroe's secretary of state, spoke for a nation much surer of itself than it has now. in the face of russian territorial claim that is were extending down the coast, adams informed the russian ambassador that the united states strongly contested the right of russia to any territorial claims to north america. six months later, they were broadened and incorporated to the annual message to congress. monroe went on to warn european governments to keep the hands off of the affairs of newly independent governments. these noncolonization and nonintervention stages were the twin cornerstones of what came to be called the monroe doctrine. so i asked you again, what has the war accomplished? one american historian wrote the bonfire t cannons, the church fire that rebelled the peace against constituted less a shout of triumph than a sigh of relief. at first it was definitely true. th

slave named gabriel feature on page 45 of the book plant to reflect enrichment to kidnap governor james monroe. by october the plot was exposed and he and 26 other slaves had been executed and eight others transported out of the state. hear people ask me all the time what is your favorite story in the book, and i have a lot. but this was particularly interesting to me. september, 1799, a south carolina slave known as telemak won the lottery. how many of you even knew there was a lottery? [laughter] 1799. we have the ticket number. this ticket number was 1884, and he won $8,500 which was a heck of a lot of money in 1799. he determined he would use this money to buy his freedom and support his bid to end slavery. many of the slaves in the region had come with their owners when they had escapes the revolution. and the co-conspirators saw him as a hero and planned to burn the city and escapes. he and 34 others were free trade by other slaves and 33 others. but on the other hand, there is a man pages 56 to 57. [laughter] he was born we think in 1736. he died in 23 and was a representative of the sm

warning powers to stay out of the affairs of the western hemisphere was laid out in president james monroe'sge to congress. thanks to all of you for being part of my special show from davos, switzerland. i will see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. a check of your top stories. >>> happening in northern florida, interstate 75 is closed after a string of crashes overnight that killed at least nine people. officials tell us the highway will be closed in that area for most of today. the sheriff's office says visibility was really poor because of smoke from a nearby brush fire. >>> ugly scene

and just one vote cost james monroe a second presidential term in the 1820 election. in 2002 it was the tie photostat on a nevada county commission. so each -- tie for the seat on a nevada county commission. so each candidate pulled a card out of a deck, and the one with the spade bested the person with the diamond. so each vote does make a difference. >> it can change history in some cases. >> absolutely. >> let's check back in with topper on this arctic cold and when we can get symptom relief. >> let's start with a -- some relief. >> let's start with a live done learn and have some activity to the west of us -- doppler and have some activity to the west of us. there's another batch of activity through west virginia and that's our best chance for flurries, snow showers or even a period of light snow probably after midnight well before 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning. this is going to be the last of the arctic air. once this rolls through we'll see temperatures rebound nicely thursday and perhaps again even more so on friday. we're watching a couple storms over the weeken

european powers to stay out of the affairs of the western hemisphere was laid out in president james monroe's 1823 annual message to congress. thanks to all of you for being part of my special show from davos, switzerland this week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> newt gingrich has spent the year beating up on the elite media. hey, we're fair game for a series of debate moderators, but this week in the florida primary one of those moderate os fought back. >> you made an anization like that, you need to explain that. >> did wolf blitzer take the right approach? >>> from national review to the drudge report. a sudden avalanche of negative newt stories. >> well, it's increasingly interesting to watch -- >> why are so many conservative commentators ganging up on gingrich? >>> president obama's state of the union draws the usual wall to wall television coverage. >> good evening. while our focus in primetime here in washington tonight will be the president's state of the union address before a joint session of congress at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. to be fair, the attention hasn't been on the p

virginia slave named gabriel featured on page 45 of the book than to result in richland to kidnap james monroecould bike to overcome the plot was exposed in hand 26 other slaves had been executed and eight others transported out of the state. people ask me all the time, what is your favorite -- her favorite story in the book? i have a lot. but this one is particularly interesting to me. in september 1799, a south carolina slave donatella macht to his owner and known to history as mark vc won the lottery. now, how many of you need there is even a lottery? [laughter] we have a ticket number. this brothers ticket number was 1884 and he wants $1500, which was a heck of a lot of money in 1799. he determined he would use this money to buy his freedom and support his bid to end slavery. now in fact, many slaves in the charleston region had come with their owners when they have escaped the revolution. in denmark atms co-conspirators sought to some of the chewer as a hero. and they plan to bring the city and escaped. he and 34 others were betrayed by other slaves and save the 1033 others were hanged. b

named gabriel featured on page 45 of the book planned a revolt in richmond to kidnap governor james monroe by october the plot was exposed, and he and 26 other slaves had been executed and eight others transported out of the state. here i think people ask me all the time what's your favorite, your favorite story in the book, and i have a lot. but this one is particularly interesting to me. on september -- in september 1799 a south carolina slave known as tellamok to his owner and known to history as denmark vazi, won the lottery. now, how many of you even knew there was a lottery? [laughter] 1799. we have his ticket number. [laughter] this brother's ticket number was 1-8-8-4, and he won $1,500 which was a heck of a lot of money in 1799. he determined that he would use this money to buy his freedom and support his bid to end slavery. now, in fact, many of the slaves in the charleston region had come with their owners when they had escaped the haitian revolution. and denmark and his co-conspirators saw tucson as a hero, and they planned to burn the city and escape. he and 34 others were betr

. >> host: what was his relationship and early tete-a-tetes with president james monroe?onroe than madison and madison is older than jefferson. will they all take their line to succeed each other to get to the about how soon? and -- white house. and there's a moment in the second term when it looks like madison the youngest of the three wants to jump ahead of james madison, his elder -- elder in this lineup and become president before he does. and one of madison's task -- madison's is jefferson's secretary of state is he has to figure out politically how do i shove monroe aside? how do i kill him? he's got to kill him gently and only for one election cycle and then he's got to make sure he brings him back and make nice with him again because you don't want a feud in your home state. and the way madison does this -- it's a nice little study in politics. it's not quite the politics of personal destruction. he didn't want to destroy monroe, he just wanted to shove him aside and then after he'd won, i'll bring him back. >> host: but he ran against him for congress. >> guest:

james monroe, james madison, john quincy adams, and drew jackson and millard fillmore. and now is used as a gallery for the statues from each state. now we are live on c-span2 to get reaction to the president's state of the union address from members of congress, and we are going to begin with a member of texas, democrat eddie bernice johnson. what did you think of the president's speech? >> well i thought it was one of the most bipartisan speeches i've ever heard, and i appreciated the fact that he did make a strong effort to bring us all together. and of course i enjoyed hearing the emphasis on the importance of the faith and technology and the training and education in those areas because that is one of my strong interests. i also appreciated the fact that he emphasized our infrastructure on the transportation infrastructure we know how important it is to create jobs. so i was very pleased with the speech and the things he called for. i hope the rest of us will be as well. >> converse woman, you represent texas. what about his talk about oriole in his turndown of the

jefferson proceeded him and james monroe succeeded him because they got that little virginian thing workingst: how many books have you written about the american revolution period? >> guest: oh, i think this is my -- this is my fifth biography. i've written about george washington, alexander hamilton, john adams and his descendents, and i revisited washington a couple times writing a book called "what would the founders do" and that's about all of this. this is my fifth biography. >> host: go to booktv.org and you with watch his presentations on his books, and booktv covered him for most of his books. he's a columnist and an editor at national review magazine. you've been with them for a long time. >> guest: oh, yes, yes, since 1977. >> host: nebraska, steve, thank you for holding. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen. i also am a writer of american history, particularly the revolutionary period. the thing i know about james madison is he secretaried the writing of the constitution. he brokered between fighting sides, and, in fact, you really have to give 25% of the constitution that we ended

james monroe, james madison, john quincy adams, an injured jackson, and millard fillmore. and nowadays use funds -- for statues from each state. and now we are live. we are going to begin with a member from texas. the democrat eddie bernice johnson. why did you think the president's speech? >> at that it was one of the most bipartisan speeches that i have heard. i appreciated the fact that he is making a strong effort to bring us together. i enjoyed hearing the emphasis on the importance of space and technology and the training and education. that is in my strong interest. i appreciate that he emphasized our infrastructure. our transportation infrastructure. and how important it is to create jobs. i was very pleased. i am ready to go work for the things that he called for. i hope the rest of us will be as well. >> you represent taxes. -- texas. what about this talk of oil and this turned out of the keystone xl pipeline? >> it is time to move away from just oil. has he indicated, we have to look at all the above. we must separate this. it is time for us to be serious about

james monroe, james madison, john quincy adams, andrew jackson and millard fillmore.ow it is used as a galary of statues from each state. we're live on c-span2 to get reaction to the president's state of the union address from members of congress and we're going to begin with a member from texas. a democrat. eddie bernice johnson. what did you think of the president's speech? >> i thought it was one of the most bipartisan speeches that i have heard and i appreciated the fact that he did make a strong effort to bring us all together. and of course i enjoyed hearing the emphasis on the importance of science, and technology and training and education and those areas because that is one of my strong interests. i also appreciated the fact that he emphasized our infrastructure. i serve on transportation infrastructure to create jobs. and so i was very pleased with the speech and i'm ready to go for the work for the things he called for and i hope the rest of us will be as well. >> congresswoman, you represent texas and what about his talk about oil and his turn down of the

presidents were inaugurated in this wilentz pachauri whole and those president include james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, millard fillmore and andrew jackson. he was also inaugurated here. and now joining is freshman senator from arkansas, john boozman, senate republican. >> just showing off with all of your knowledge. i'm impressed. [laughter] very good. you guys are working hard to read some of you tell us what you thought of the president's speech and first of all, who did use it? a lot of the senators sat with members of the of the party. >> well, i actually sat with a member of the house, john mica on one side, chairman of the transportation committee and then on the eda side was the nebraska delegation. so it was kind all of those guys. >> what did you hear from the president that you agreed with? >> the part i agree with -- he talked about was actually coming together and doing some things, and sure there's probably 80% of all of this stuff that both sides and the independence, democrats, republicans agree with, and if we can just established that, get that done did some things

and those presidents include james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, millard fillmore, and andrew jackson. is also an document here, and now joining us is freshman senator from arkansas, john boozman, senate republican . showing off with all of your knowledge. i'm impressed. >> you tell us what you thought of the president's speech. and by the way, first of all, who did use it with? a lot of center set with members of the other party? >> i actually sat with a member of the house, john mica on one site, chairman of the transportation committee, and on the other side was the nebraska delegation. so, you know, was with all those. >> what did you from the president that you agreed with? >> well, apart that i agree with, he talked about us actually coming together, doing some things. i'm sure there's probably 80% of all of this stuff that both sides, in the pen is, democrats, republicans, the president agree with. and if we could just establish that, get that done, get some things that it would be a big step in the right direction. .. talking about tens of thousands of jobs throughout