but john adams and john quincy adams were very, very close, very warm and relationship from early onn their childhood when john quincy was only ten but the road constantly. we are talking about father and son. the road constantly to each other. john adams was always there for his son and vice versa, so a very warm relationship between the two come and john adams, john quincy's wife, the from the very warm relationship and they wrote to each other for years until john adams death in 1826 kc-x [inaudible] becoming the secretary of state? >> by then the world had changed and he was proud of his son. he was quite an old man really done iain when his son was elected president and no, he was terribly proud of his son. by then in the jefferson era many things proved wrong. he tried to keep us out of the french and english conflict and poses an embargo on all of a foreign trade. suddenly america was shut down. he added in his head that america's were self-sufficient and we don't need to be involved in the foreign trade. he put the coastal cities out of business, the merchant bankers saw this

john adams the answer:c.s president george washington commissioned the building of the white house during his term as president. however, construction was not completed until three years into the term of america's second president john adams. president adams and his family moved from philadelphia, pennsylvania to the white house in 1800. it is a collection day. rain is imminent. we have some reports of snow to the west of us. the wind chills make it feel like it is a low 30's. dew point is 33. the water temperature is at 47. a big storm coming up the east coast. this is less than a week and a half after sandy hit the midlantic coast. by thursday we should be getting up to the upper 50s. here is when it gets seriously warmer. on saturday and sunday. there's quite a demarcation between the cold air that come in monday. there could be heavy rain as that happens. look at the pressure gradient right there. this will sit there and spendin. it is going to sit there and do its thing for a while. we will widen the vie

but honest and courageous, and he had great humor. >> safer: to those still wavering, john adams' speechd the tide. it was delivered during a thunderstorm-- an hour long, but carrying a short message. >> mccullough: adams insisted now was the time. now was the time. >> safer: whether you celebrate it on the second or the fourth of july, john adams also spelled out how it should be observed. ♪ ♪ >> mccullough: "it ought to solemnized with pomp and parade, with guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more." which is remarkable when you consider that these colonies were just on this side of the allegheny mountains, and the idea that he's seeing it all the way to the pacific ocean. so they dreamed big, and we ought to remember that, in this little room. >> safer: the new nation was barely out of its adolescence when it realized it had a lot to learn. so the best and brightest of america went to seek out the wisdom of old europe. and they came here, to the most magnificent city of the 19th century, paris. and 200 yea

by 1800, the federal lists around the john adams had to come here and organized to the point that there were recognizable as political parties.

chris: history record the fact that jefferson had died before john adams. pretty close there. when we come back, what advice could president obama felony from other presidents that he -- glean from other presidents that he might not know to ask? what will be the biggest problem he might not know to ask? what will be the biggest problem in chris: welcome back. in his first inaugural address president obama invoked the founding fathers. >> our founding fathers were failsed with perils that we are sayersly imagine for the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. those ideals still light the world. chris: does he have abinterest -- in "the new york times" piece that you wrote, you suggest or actually report he doesn't really have the profound interest in the earliest part of our history. >> the interest we see is more contemporary. now, he's a constitutional law professor, so we have to have some interest in the founding fathers, but the country has changed so vastly and his favorite president is lincoln, who's kinds of the hinge to the mo

>> john adams. >> wow, she knows her stuff. wow. wow. the resident act established the nation's first capitol in philadelphia. that's where george washington lived. they built the white house for eight years, cost $232,000 to build the white house. a bargain in today's dollars, but not back then. john adams and abigail moved in in 1800. >> back across to kathy. >> holly jean gifford, can you believe it upstate new york? who was the youngest person to become president, was it james polk, theodore roosevelt, john f. kennedy or bill clinton? >> john f. kennedy. >> that's what i thought, too. >> she's wrong. the correct answer there is -- >> theodore roosevelt. i have all their ages. >> tell us. 1901, theodore roosevelt became president at the age of 42 years and 322 days, youngest president. after his, kennedy, 43 bill clinton, third youngest, 46, then ulysses s grant and barack obama, fifth youngest president, sworn in at 47 years and 169 days. >> wow. back across to kath. >> nice lady from upstate new york what is the name of the new nbc

c-span: one of the things i noted is you mentioned abigail adams, john adams' wife. and i wanted to ask you what's in the famous 'remember the ladies' to her husband--letter or what was that? >> guest: letter, yes. c-span: and why did you use that here? >> guest: well, this is a letter where she writes to john adams right at the moment of the declaration of ince. and she says, 'please, when you make your new laws for this new country, remember the ladies, and don't allow men to tyrannize over them. remember that all men would be tyrants if they would, and there's a need to restrain that.' she was referring to the problem of some men abusing their wives and this was a problem that was acknowledged and in the early legislation that was passed in the various states, particularly in the northern states, the laws were changed to accommodate those kinds of extreme situations. cruelty was established as a ground of divorce in most of the states--northern states, actually, in the pre-civil war period. and that was what she had in mind. the reason why i mention it is because

john adams and hamilton very, very shaky allies to a person leaves the democratic republicans. r the democrats were so dominant by a the time john quincy adams becomes president he is a democrat leaving the federal list party that is dead. then is the rise of andrew jackson and it was a single party but there were those who were opposed to jackson that became the essence of the whigs party nonpolitical but anti-jackson. henry clay perhaps to talk about forgotten people he is not forgotten but overlooked because he did become president the most prominent american of his time. there was a pamphlet produced, talking about scandal and elections, 21 reasons why henry clay should not be elected. number two, he spends days at the gaming tables and the nights at the brothel. to think that was more gentlemanly can look at the 21 reasons so of the. >> host: demerged as anti-jackson with the slavery issue increases the whigs breaks down and merge with the republican party founded 1850's. >> host: any mail from north dakota, >> guest: a really interesting question and the bits of the consti

john quincy adams versus andrew jackson. andrew jackson was accused of being an adulterer and bigamist because of a cork in the divorce proceedings of his wife, rachel from her first marriage. this something that was circulated around the whole country called the handbill was a pamphlet that was posted throughout the country, showing the coffins. these are the man andrew jackson had supposedly killed, either as a general or ordering the execution. so being caught a bigamist, an adulterer and murderer and having them spread around the country widely wasn't that unusual. we like to think the good old days in powdered weeks. politics have always been a nasty business and it's always been a sharp knife business in the very beginning of presidential politics. >> host: is the power of the presidency changed over 44 different president? >> guest: well, i started out in "don't know much about the american presidents" to look at the very, very basic question of why we have a president. 225 years ago we just celebrated the constitutio

if the dice have ruled differently maybe john adams it's the presidency so he should probably just take a glance and see what he would have done the the important question is jefferson versus madison. so jefferson is incredibly thoroughly evaluated and the election is exciting and in some ways the most exciting election in our history because jefferson -- the idea of random things matter and this is why the argument is unconvincing to me. if he becomes president of the united states it is hard to imagine but he doesn't because in large part people realize aaron burr isn't somebody they want near the white house and so jefferson -- the question is how much does it matter. if you look at the jefferson administration, they are overwhelming on this the most important event in the administration was the louisiana purchase. that isn't surprising. if you double the size of the country peacefully and almost no cost, this is an enormous achievement for any president. any president would want them on their resume. so is jefferson high impact president? if jefferson hadn't been there with the loui

and i'll stick with john adams. independence forever. as far as i know be, it's going to last forever. i'm going to try to make it that way. >> thank you very much, john. [applause] .. this guy looked like he could have been the president of the united states. i asked him questions, what is this for? how did you get that? i can hit a deer at 100 yards. he took it for a minute and said what do you do when you get out of high school? i looked at him, eyes and i will play football somewhere. he said that is exactly what i would do because there is no way you will make it in the marines. quickly i realized that is what they're supposed to do. i set myself up. mileage period was over and i came back for those who don't know me i don't take challenge very easily and i don't take no very easily and if you wanna fly commanders i know that for a fact supply went to my room and started thinking about it and thinking of what the recruiter had done. he had challenged me. i came back to him and left my room and said if you packed your stuff up right n

john quincy adams b. andrew johnson c. franklin pierce the answer: a. ms served as a representative from massachusetts from 1831 to 1848, when he collapsed on the house floor from a cerebral hemorrhage.

john adams, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, john quincied a asms, william henry harrison and richard were all elected after one losing run. grover cleveland lost then won again. i am going to check the john adams part. trying to remember when he ran against george washington. white house soup of the day, chicken noodle. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... those little things for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's r

if the dice and roll differently maybe john adams gets the presidency and holds onto the presidency. he could probably just take -- and see what he would have done but the important thing jefferson versus madison, what happens? jefferson is thoroughly evaluated and the election in 1806 citing, one of the most exciting elections in u.s. history because jefferson -- from aaron burr. the idea of aaron burr as president, random think matters. if aaron burr becomes president it's hard to imagine -- but he doesn't and he doesn't because in large part people realize that aaron burris not summoned they want anywhere near the white house at jefferson becomes president and then jefferson, the question is how much does it matter? if you look at the jefferson administration historians are overwhelmingly, the most important event of the jefferson administration was the louisiana purchase. not surprising. if you double the size of the country peacefully and at almost no cost it's an enormous achievement for any president. any president would want that on their resume. so is jefferson a high-impact

numb beer three, it's three. 1796 john adams became our second president with a narrow win over thomas jefferson. adams served two terms before jefferson became the third president. after the break, the two closest races. the best light. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit. ask for transitions adaptive lenses. check with your employer to see if your vision plan covers transitions brand lenses. and discover the benefits of adaptive lenses. george w. bush and al gore. president. lice george w. bush and al gore. president. qu, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male anno

so in order to get them to attend john adams and school, i'm active not just in running for office, but the work doesn't stop because of the campaign. we should elect a supervisor who understands the challenges of the district, who understands how to bring people together. and who has, as andrew said, a vision for the future of what the district should look like? i understand and remember the past. it was not always bright in the district. q+!rknow how to make good th happen and bring people together in our community. and also, i know what a great district 5 could potentially look like. the african-american art and culture complex was once a place falling apart. it's now a place thriving with artists and the community and with you if you come visit us. it's an amazing facility and it's exactly what i want to make district 5, an amazing district 5. london breed for district 5 supervisor. >> thank you very much. thank you to all of you, [ applause ] >> before you leave tonight, let me remind you, if you are not registered to vote, please register right away and encourage others as well. i

i don't know if that is true because we don't know the future and i will stick with john adams it's rare to last forever and i went to try to make it that way. [applause] >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. joining us now in the studio is malcolm, the founder and the chairman of the foundation of the american writers museum. very quickly, what is the american writers museum? >> the american writers museum may be a future home for book tv studio is among other things. but seriously, it can be a place where people will come and engage with writers and writing in ways that they have never been able to do before. it will be the first national museum dedicated to celebrating our writers and helping people understand the impact it's had on our culture and our history and our daily life. >> we spoke to you about two years ago when the concept was just getting off the ground. what is the progress that you have made in the last two years? >> first let me thank you for having me back on. i very much appreciate that and have welcomed the opportunity to bring people up to date on the project. we

samuel adams, patrick henry and john hancock. n my book, "desparate sons: samuel adams, patrick henry, john hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war." the shot heard round the world was heard -- by that time, my book was finished. because i discovered that i had run across an article published in "the new york times" by the beginning of the current housing bubble bursting that it wasn't the first time that such a thing had happened. i began to tug on the threat of bad sweep of history. before you knew it, i have this book begun. a different way of bringing you into what it is about, in the wake of the recent presidential campaigns, the question of the day should be what now. a financial cliff looms. a partisan cliff threatens and modern-day tea partiers vow that their control of republican fiscal policy will be pried away from their cold, dead fingers. some might shrug and call this politics as usual. the glance backwards shows that impasse is not always inevitable. current commentators are using this

of course, that included john adams and jefferson and madison. of slavery the founding fathers of the complicated legacy and we did never wanted to believe. the crisis he did write private letters to a few southerners and then he was added to talk about slavery and right and wrong a. this is not new language four lincoln. he told a former law partner the slavery question cannot be compromised. that was a logical statement from a man that lincoln compared slavery in freedom of two beasts held apart. those antagonist break the bonds then the question will be settled. steven douglas the great democrat from illinois what he saw as the view of slavery he said douglas don't care but god cares and humanity cares proprietary. to his past lincoln describes evil over all national deals and dangers have come. it must be stopped. to accept a compromise that there would even permit the theory of expansion expansion -- lincoln. he never advocated any moves timing begin he declared the federal government does us no such power. even supported the one measure aim

he and john adams were the great frenemies in life. over politics in the 1790s and came back together again. it's actually an interesting tale of redemption. they fundamentally disagreed about the most important things about the country, but they admired each other in the sense that they were both fighting in a cause. >> can we ask about sally hemmings? you write this, slavery was a real subject where it kept him from martialing his hope in the service of cause of reform. on one hand, big reformer. you talked about optimism. on the other hand, his actual life completely contradicted that. >> absolutely. >> people describe sally, that she was in love with him. oth others have said that was completely untrue, that she was a slave and in a position that she was going to do whatever it took to survive. there's a range of theories on that. why was he like that when he so seemed to be for everything -- against everything that slavery stood for? >> because he was a human being. >> right. >> and he was fundamentally flawed and could not imagin

john adams wanted to appoint john jay, the first chief justice, but was governor of new york.he time of jefferson's aascension, he needed a justice, and jay says, are you kidding? the supreme court will not amount to anything. i was well out of it. [laughter] john adams, secretary of state brings the letter into him, adams looks at the letter, crest fallen, looks at the secretary of state, john marshall, and says, i guess i have to nominate you. [laughter] now i'm not saying he wouldn't have been nominated if somebody else brought in the letter, but it certainly is it possibility. [laughter] the list goes on and on. morrisson, the most obscure chief justice nominated by grant, the grant administration. corruption was ripe. the first five nominees that grant puts forward all seem to have been involved in some corrupt activity. grant says who was the lawyer that introduced me when i was taking the train across ohio? [laughter] they check, and that's morrisson. grant said, i liked him. let's nominate him. [laughter] he was described as being in the top tier of the third tier of l

virginia has been the setting for other historical filming like the highly acclaimed tv series on john adamsreally, really good. >>> and if you just can't get enough james bond, there's a special exhibit opening later this morning at the international spy museum. it's called exquisitely evil 50 years of bond villains, javier bardem is getting rave reviews for his performance in the new bond film "skyfall." and the display includes more than 100 artifacts and videos showing how bond villains have changed over the 50 years of the franchise. and you know javier bardem actually started acting in films when he was 16 years old in spanish cinema. >> i didn't know that. >> family of actors. >> my favorite villain? hard job with the hat that could slice. >> he's getting like we said rave reviews. >> the blond bardetermine. >> you guys made a good point. get your tickets online because i stood in line

upon terms of people reciprocity but on be relationship between lord and vassal, so lamented john quincy adamsat was back in 1841. that is how long americans have been complaining about the terms of trade with china. these days, the public is much more engaged with the issues and gunboat diplomacy being out of the question, the president has to take the u.s. case to international bodies like the world trade organization. richard nixon to find the modern u.s. relationship as a time when it was still largely important to the economy. that might have changed, the perception of the militia is too important to fail remains. -- of the relationship as too important to failed remains. >> you had the president of an up the relationship in 1972. every president, democrat or publican sense has continued to advance the relationship between the u.s. and china. we have never gone backward, we have gone forward. >> so, what to expect? a careful handling of the delicate relationship for sure. don't be surprised by 2016, america is even more indebted to china, a significant trade issues are unresolved and the

john adams, i can't. he would be cross. hamilton would send shirtless e-mails.-- >> jon, stop it. you're too humble. i know guys way more boring than that. i really enjoyed the book. really heart-breaking the part about sally hemmings. he takes her to paris and she's technically free there. he said i'm not returning with you to america, and then he twists her arm sxaing i'll free your children so then she has to come back. it's very heart-breaking. great book. congratulations to you. thank you very much. >> thank you all for having me. >> one place jefferson's skills with compromise could come in handy is this gradual fiscal slope fiasco. up next, the impact on jobs and hiring. ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪ ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade after decade. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make chan

. >> needafriendtotalkto is really 25-year-old john adam daniels, a carpenter.ks he's here to meet a 13-year-old virgin named nina. he asked her if she wants to try anal sex and if he can perform oral sex on her. after the decoy agrees, she tells him she's home alone. and he asks to pend the night. he comes prepared. >> he's brought his overnight bag, looks like. >> i had to do laundry right away. i had to have something cute to wear tonight. did you try some of my sweet tea? >> i see it. >> sorry, i'm almost done. >> okay, babe. >> did you bring me anything? >> yes, i did. >> what did you bring me? >> i have a drink and some kit-kats. >> looks like you brought enough stuff to move in. why don't you have a seat there. and like some of the others, needafriendtotalkto appears to know what he's walked into. >> am i being taped? >> you are being taped. >> oh, crap. am i going to be arrested? >> that's not up to me. you admit right here that you could be in trouble if anybody found out that a 25-year-old -- >> yes. >> -- was with a 13-year-old? >> yes, sir. i thought

now and some things i really think are great about that guy and you're doing what david did for john adamsavid eisenhower, evan thomas, the new book is called ike's bluff. post world war ii history, it's the best. anyway, we'll be right back. "ik" post world war ii history, it's the best. anyway, we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] if you care for someone with mild to moderate alzheimer's, you'll also care about our new offer. you get access to nurses who can help with your questions. and your loved one can get exelon patch free for 30 days. if the doctor feels it's right for them. it cannot change how the disease progresses. hospitalization and rarely death have been reported in patients who wore more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. the likelihood and severity of these side effects may increase as the dose increases. patients may experience loss of appetite or weight. patients who weigh less than 110 pounds may experience more side effects. people at risk for stomach ulcers who take certain other medicines sh

you can have god and john adams or thomas ovjefferson and no go.l of the republic then and jefferson was the first opposition politician. >> was the 1800 campaign the ugliest? >> the ugliest -- they were running against each other and then 1800 -- >> i mean ever? is. >> oh, sure, sure. it was an existential race. they really believed the british could come back at any moment, which is an easy argument to win because they did 12 years later. and so jefferson really believed the american revolution, which he thought of as a child, really, an organic thing that had to be raised and protected, he thought it was at risk. >> you said it almost rose to a paranoia. >> sure. >> his fear of britain. >> he was as concerned about britain as americans were concerned about the soviet union in the cold war. rough analogy but i believe it. everything that happened was interpreted through the prism of the conflict with britain. and why wouldn't it have been given that the world's greatest empire and we were this little coastal republic and nothing like this had eve

john adams brings out letter into him and he is crestfallen. looks at his secretary of state, john marshall, and says, i guess i have to nominate you. [laughter] i'm not saying that someone else might not have been nominated if they had been the one to bring in the letter. [laughter] in the grant administration corruption was rife. the first five nominees by grant put forward all seem to be involved in some activity or another. finally, grant says, who was that lawyer and introduced me when i was taken the train across ohio? and they go back and checked and it is somebody named morrison wait. and he said, i liked him. let's nominate him. [laughter] he was described as being in the top tier of the third tier of lawyers in ohio. and frankly, he served quite well as the chief justice. remember, i was not originally nominated to be chief justice. i was originally nominated to replace justice o'connor. and then chief justice rehnquist passed away and they switched my nomination at the end. all of us on the court appreciate the fact that we have been

the man who came in second in both the popular and electoral vote, john quincy adams, went on to winhouse because the man who came in fourth and was therefore eliminated had pulled some strings and produced a victory for adams. i think, in many ways, he regretted that and henry clay, the speaker, more that as a stamp of shame for the rest of his days and prevented him from ever becoming president. and trying to think of the third time. it will come to me. caller: hello. good morning. happy election day. why do you think of voter fraud is such a hot-button issue? do you think will actually cut down on voter fraud if we were to require identification at the polls? guest: again, these hot-button political issues, i prefer to leave them to people who deal with this for a living. personally, i have not studied this question as closely, obviously, as some of these other people have. my sense is that there's a disproportionate effort being made in the name of preventing voter fraud, whether it is intended to or not, has the effect of cutting down on the legitimate spread of error. host: ger

eventually, the matter is decided on a tie vote of the senate of which john adams breaks the tie. that is why the president can remove people, because of that thing. there's so many unanswered things. there's the national bank. there is who negotiates treaties and his sets porn policy -- sets foreign-policy. they say how come you get to do that? later on, the house says we should approve this treaty, too. it involves commercial matters. that gets disputed. then the house says the president can send us some papers. the presence as i claim presidential privilege. they said power for the presence stars to congeal. washington himself is try not to be political. he believes in the transcendent presidency. it is so hard to achieve. it gets involved with for policy and whether you favor england or france. you have really the genesis of two political parties. here is the interesting thing. washington is going to step down. he was the unanimous choice for the first president. now we have the first contested presidency. how is this going to work? the electorate is just going to go off? but

the man who came in second in both the popular and electoral vote, john quincy adams, went on to win in the house because the man who came in fourth and was therefore eliminated had pulled some strings and produced a victory for adams. i think, in many ways, he regretted that and henry clay, the speaker, more that as a stamp of shame for the rest of his days and prevented him from ever becoming president. and trying to think of the third time. it will come to me. caller: hello. good morning. happy election day. why do you think of voter fraud is such a hot-button issue? do you think will actually cut down on voter fraud if we were to require identification at the polls? guest: again, these hot-button political issues, i prefer to leave them to people who deal with this for a living. personally, i have not studied this question as closely, obviously, as some of these other people have. my sense is that there's a disproportionate effort being made in the name of preventing voter fraud, whether it is intended to or not, has the effect of cutting down on the legitimate spread a parrot --

and what was his connection to john adams and thomas jefferson. >> guest: i stumbled across this book, this project, when i was researching, where good ideas come from and i thought i was getting ready to write where good ideas come from and i stumbled across joseph priestly and i got so obsessed and i convinced my publisher to let me write another book before good ideas. priestly was a incredible figure of the 18th century. one of the great eccentric visionary minds of that period who not enough people know about. he's most famous for isolating oxygen for the first time. though he didn't actually do it for the first time and, when he did, instead of calling it oxygen he had called it defliscated air. which is not a very catchy title. he is in the britannica, that is his main claim to fame. he did number of other things. the most important one he was first person to truly realize, this was his first great breakthrough, he was the first person to realize plants were creating air. so the reason we have a breatheable atmosphere in the earth, actual oxygen, actual composition of oxygen on

generally thought to be our second greatest secretary of state after only his friend and mentor, john quincy adams. i think that is right. it is hard to name another secretary of state who accomplishes more. >> how many times did he have his hands on the purchase or the acquiring of another country for the united states? >> it is hard to even count them. in terms of one that got very close, he signed a treaty with denmark. we ultimately acquire 30 years later. for a higher price. he was within a few votes in the senate of acquiring the virgin islands. he signed a treaty with colombia to acquire the right to build the panama canal. that treaty was pending in the senate when word arrived that columbia's senate had rejected it. if he had more time, he could have worked out a revision to the treaty that would have been acceptable to the colombians and the senate. >> what about why? >> he finds a treaty dealing with trade rights that considerably improve trade between the independent kingdom of hawaii and the united states. he and others talk about the possibility of annexing the hawaiian islands. >> h

bush, john quincy adams, benjamin harrison, rutherford b. hayes all lost the popular vote and won the election and the electoral college, decided by the houses of representatives, but to answer your specific question, i mean, we have to make sure -- after 2000, which came down to one state, florida. of course, we all recall all the problems in counting the votes and the physical chads or holes on the ballots. today, when we went to vote, including myself, obviously, we filled out a sheet and we scanned it into a computer -- >> some places. in some places. but there were places where that didn't work. they only had 50 paper ballots. people were turned away. how can this happen in america? >> well, no. that's a very, very good point. first of all, you also have to factor in, the horrific storm, hurricane sandy. that created a lot of problems. they apparently were allowing email voting from new jersey. you know, of course, there are questions about, you know, how viable that is, albeit, that's essentially a democratic state. but, you know, ther

john quincy adams rutherford b. hayes, benjamin harrison, and george w. bush. what "the war room" researchers found looking at the 2008 presidential election. in wyoming there were 240,000 voters for its three electoral voters. 240,000 for its three electoral. that's about 83,000 voters per electoral votes. in california there were 12 million voters for its 55 electoral votes. do you know what that breaks down to, 220,000 voters per electoral vote. is anyone wondering why wyoming voters are three times as important as california voters? well that's a good question. joining us now is a woman who wants to fix this unfair balance in the electoral college system. laura brode with an organization known as national popular vote. it works to have the president elected by popular vote. welcome to "the war room"." >> thanks so much for having me. >> jennifer: so you're republican, i think and your party's platform includes this stance on electoral college reform. we recognize that an unconstitutional effort to impose national popular vote would be a mortal threat to our

john adams lost popular vote. harrison lost to cleveland.r lost the popular vote, but ended up becoming our president. >> some people think, don't realize that is a important, you know. >> absolutely. >> happened in our history. tell me about what it's like to put these together. >> at madam tussaud's we're home of the president's gallery. you can meet all presidents and other historical figures that helped shape our history. what makes this unique is we don't have velvet ropes or barriers. we allow you to go up, put your arm around and take pictures with all of our presidents and historical figures and of course, you can meet a celebrities and media types and music, musicians as well at the attraction. we're sort of an educational component and the fun. >> you have a pretty special event going on for kids specifically, especially with the election coming up now. kids election day. tell me about that. it's tomorrow? >> tomorrow morning, saturday, november 3rd from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. kids election day. kids under 12 are free. 13 and abov