open issue but i think that you can't shut a paper down and john adams today couldn't do what he did unless he could show a clear and present danger. to the security of united states from what was said and if you criticize the government as you point out in your example that is going to meet that test well and then that was that was one of the major animating factors of the election eight hundred and the reason why thomas jefferson referred to it as the revolution of eighteen is it was every puti ation that you know that part of adams presidency but you know well you know what. yeah go ahead but what happens is in most other countries in the world is what happened as you describe it because. any time that you criticize the government there's been a long tradition throughout the world that you might be subject to a jail sentence because you know it's unpatriotic but we're way past that in this country so i think that if you did have a case where. let's take the snowden case for example or or the. new york times published snowden right. the government directly go in and punish the new

we think of the other adamses, john quincy's dad and samuel adams, but the book ends with john quincy adams 68 years later, on june 17, in the 1840s, with the building of the bunker hill monument, built on bunker hill, and once again he refused to attend, and yet he watches once again from the family home where he sees the smoke of a cannon go off that reminds him of that time, and at this time in his life, john quincy adams, a president, is now a lowly u.s. congressman who is taken up the fight against slavery, because what he realizes is the work that his doctor, dr. joseph warren, and his father, worked so hard for, is not over, and we segway to brenda. >> very interesting. a pleasure to be here. thank you for the introduction, grate to be here with nathaniel philbrick, and especially feel like as nathaniel was saying, baton has been passed, and the baton is john quincy adams and not necessarily a name that we conjure with anymore you think of -- i don't know -- washington and jefferson and madison and later, of course, lincoln, and even later than that, grant, and going forward. j

[laughter] her husband john adams said of hamilton, his talents are greatly exaggerated. he wishes to destroy everyone in his way and adams was just warming up with those comments. he went on to call hamilton a breath of the scottish peddler. his ambition, his restlessness and always grandiose schemes come on condensed a super abundance of secretions which he couldn't find enough to absorb. [laughter] jefferson was praised by some. abigail adams said of jefferson, he is one of the choice ones of the earth and john adams lauded his extraordinary mind and praised him as a gifted writer. lafayette called jefferson good, upright and enlightened. thomas ship in the philadelphia was on a european tour following his schooling and while in france he met jefferson and said of jefferson he's the wisest and most amiable man in europe. there were those who didn't care for jefferson. charles carol of harrington said jefferson was too theoretical and fanciful to be a statesman and one of jefferson's enemies in virginia john nicholas said that he thought jefferson was the most intriguing

so that was kind of where it made the cut and the other great cut i made was i left out john adams because he's been written about so many times over the years. so i wrote about william livingston who was a signer of the constitution and important because random magazine here in new york in the 1750s, you know, john adams who i left out of my book said that the american revolution -- the real american revolution have been 15 or 20 years before the shots rang out at lexington and concord. well, that's true. intellectuals remark. he said it happens in the hearts and minds of the americans. if you want to see how they changed their affection and their ideas, just look at the literature, the pamphlets are the servants even at the last 15 years or so. he didn't go far enough because the place where it really started was with living magazine in new york called the independent reflector. she wanted to model it on addison and steele spectator. >> host: >> is this a weekly, monthly quick >> he wrote with a couple of friends. he started making a fuss about establishing and then turned into the geopo

the grandson of john adams was lincoln's minister in lon dpon. you had an amazing cast of characters then you have lincoln who is always interesting. i think it's an aspect of his presidency under covered. you're watching booktv on c-span2. really honored and delighted to be here at the bush library. happy to be among you, but truth be told. i'm happy to be anywhere where juan williams can't interrupt me. [laughter] [applause] [laughter] i'll be sure to tell him how you feel. [laughter] i want to begin by saying how much i appreciate, mr. president, what you did for the nation at the moment of maximum danger. how you were clear-eyed, courageous in rallying the nation against a new barbarism. you were never afraid to use that word and idea. managing to recognize islam as a great religion while at the same time seeing no contradiction in denouncing opposing and rallying the nation to fight the perverted branch of islam which attacked us on 9/11. i wrote at the time, and i believe to this day, that historically treat you like harry truman. recognizi

for the rest of his life, john quincy adams resented webster for that particular action. they hated each other. they also loved each other. it was daniel webster who wrote who wrote the inscription that is on john quincy adams about the accomplishments. >> hated and loved each other? >> it was a love and hate relationship. >> another one. clay could be savage. there was a fistfight on the senate floor. who was benton? >> thomas hart benton a democrat , from missouri. henry clay was a whig. they were opposing parties. benton was a large bullying type of man who was remembered for pulling a -- pulling a -- for moving down the senate aisle in 1850 against a senator from mississippi. named foot, henry foot. foot was so intimidated by the presence of thomas hart benton that he pulled a silver plated pistol out of his inner coat pocket and pointed it at benton. 1850. >> where? >> in the floor of the senate. in the old senate chamber. it was benton at that point who theatrically opened his jacket and told other senators who were trying to put this to an end -- stand out of the wa

from his waistband getting into fistfights and charles francis adams in london the grandson of john adams lincoln's minister in london. so you have these amazing cast of characters and then you have lincoln who was always interesting. i think was an aspect of his presidency that he had been under cover. >> we have been talking with kevin peraino whose new book "lincoln in the world" the making of a statesman and the dawn of american power. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> what we know of the founders of 30-second version is the guys that were against the constitution or the religious conservatives of the day, the anti-federalist who very much -- henry at the time wanted to have religious tests for office and so forth. the founders were the cosmopolitans and yet less of them were bible believing christians. why did they take the approach they did? what are the ultimate come down where madison came down? they believed also no faith including their own was beyond faction. madison's prescription was essentially a multiplicity of sects. that is sects. >> there've been important developme

charles francis adams in london, the grandson of john adams, lincoln blank minister in london. he had amazing characters. and you have lincoln who is always interesting and was an aspect of the presidency under cover. >> we have been talking with kevin peraino, whose new book blink in and the portal but the making of a statesman and the dawn of american power. you're watching book tv on c-span2. >> social media is a very old idea. we think it is recent and the only people today but really what i'd argue that there's a long rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, the late roman republic that is the first century bc. the point is you don't need a digital network to social media. if you have wanted was faster but you could do it in the old days. cicero did it with messengers running to afro and other members of the elite and they all spoke to him and it was very much a social environment that there've been many other examples throughout history. martin luther and his use of poetry and thomas paine and the common sense and the way that they would use mor

>> a little bit above, a little bit of john adams meets war and peace, and in that sense you get a sense of the war of 1812 in the global politics involved but you also get a sense of their strength and their relationship between the two of them and how they, together, one the czar of russia over to favor the united states. and he was so successful that the breast -- british prime minister said that the czar was now have an american. you would never hear that today. it is a good success story that way. >> and do you have another project coming up? >> i have been working on white house phoenix which is about the burning of the white house, dahlia, james madison, and a little bit about the star spangled banner because next year is the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812 and the star spangled banner when we, you know, ended in 1814. >> great. thank you for your time. >> the decline of character education and moral education and kind of a move to replace it with things like self-esteem programs, various therapeutic approaches that are full of merit. we have a tried and true method of civili

>> guest: how strong america was at the time not just paul revere, sam adams, john adams and benjamin franklin, but it was every day americans fighting for this cause that they be beefed in that with no credit just wanted to be respected and that's what they be beefed. just because it doesn't mean that they were not important. >> host: okay. terrific book. >> guest: blank. appreciate it. >> host: take care. >> that was "after words," booktv signature program which offers at the latest nonfiction books were interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. "after words" airs every weekend at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and at 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the book tv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> host: joining us on booktv is joshua. before we get into your book what is your day job? >> i led the white house faith-based initiative and president obama's first term and now i am a columnist for the daily beast and

right for all americans joining me now for more on that is john nichols washington correspondent for the nation magazine welcome back its endless adam thompson libertarian radio host and attorney in new york city welcome back. good to be back tom great to have both of you with us so first of all john just to recap i think i told the story told very well reality but. the bottom line in this is that nelson mandela who we are honoring today and perhaps making even more of a hero that he himself would have wanted to be. is now being kind of reviewed for all the things that he really focused on in his life and there is no question that one of the things that was very very high on his list of priorities was this access to health care it was a big deal because in south africa there was a real division between a white minority that got health care and a great african-american population or african population apologize didn't get access now mendell that was a man of a certain unlike mitt and that enlightenment period was the world war two era he was a young man at that time and it is important to understand that his ideas about universal hea

some of the original wording came from john adams himself in response to the british searching homes and businesses back in colonial times. well, fast forward to modern day and our lead story tonight, a federal judge has ruled the nsa is violating our fourth amendment rights when it collects data on phone calls into and from the united states. in the name of keeping us safe, americans have sacrificed a number of freedoms since 9/11 including the privacy of communications. this judge's decision goes right to the heart of that. it's where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams in our d.c. newsroom. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. and this is the first ruling by a federal judge to suggest that collecting all this data about every phone call in the u.s. violates the constitution. and the judge says that a supreme court ruling relied on by the government to defend the program is out of date. it's a serious legal blow to one of the most controversial practices of the nsa. a once-secret program disclosed six months ago by a former nsa insider, ed

so that was kind of where it made the cut and the other great cut i made was i left out john adams because he's been written about so many times over the years. so i wrote about william livingston who was a signer of the constitution and important because random magazine here in new york in the 1750s, you know, john adams who i left out of my book said that the american revolution -- the real american revolution have been 15 or 20 years before the shots rang out at lexington and concord. well, that's true. intellectuals remark. he said it happens in the hearts and minds of the americans. if you want to see how they changed their affection and their ideas, just look at the literature, the pamphlets are the servants even at the last 15 years or so. he didn't go far enough because the place where it really started was with living magazine in new york called the independent reflector. she wanted to model it on addison and steele spectator. >> host: >> is this a weekly, monthly quick >> he wrote with a couple of friends. he started making a fuss about establishing and then turned into the geopo

it was then -- sam adams wasn't there and john adams wasn't there. hey needed someone from the boston committee of correspondence to show up and try to calm things down. in samuel adams absence a new person began to emerge as one of the leaders of the boston revolutionary movement. he was a young dr. named joseph award. 33 years old. he had been an accolade really of samuel adams for more than a decade and he had gained more and more of a public presence. he was a different kind of guy from sam adams. sam adams was almost two decades older. he had a different approach. joseph warren, there was a charisma about him and i'd like to read a passage in my book that describes warren as he -- because the quest went out that he come to cambridge said he and other members of the committee went to cambridge to try to quiet things down and they were successful in this. it was the key point at which this young 33-year-old man joseph warren stepped to the forefront of the patriot movement and here's a brief description of his background. whereas saying no adams wa

john. >> adam housley in l.a. thank you, john. >>> an update on the walk for the nasa space station. why nasa delayed one of those walks, coming up. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. >>> nasa postponed today's scheduled space walk on the international space station meaning astronauts will be hard at work on christmas eve. tomorrow crews will try to complete work on a broken cooling line. nasa had to push back the space walk after one astronaut hit a water switch in an air lock over the weekend. water could have gotten into his space suit. nasa reports that otherwise the first space walk on saturday went well. this is marking the second time nasa has conducted a christmas eve space walk. >>> and on this day in 1972, fans witnessed one of the most famous plays ever in nfl history. the immaculate reception. with the season on the line, pittsburgh steelers fank -- frank harris scooped up the ball and run in for a score. some argue that the ball di

but the turkish needed dismiss the case as a conspiracy to discredit him and his government of john adams. told us what he thinks is behind the rest. turkey's going to scenes there is talk about the fact that this corruption scandal erupted because there is a struggle between the. parties in the so-called. and you went by foot to look in it. and so in the role of those who say that there is a need to struggle for the soul of turkey and in the in the in the political field between the me between those two is going movements what for the moment i think out on the syrian state. because he is very steadfast in his. promotion is that he is battling inside and outside forces who are trying to thwart turkish pro turkish progress and as resulting in he is firmly entrenched i knew is not going to go anywhere however how does play out iran that people are going to cost their vote next year. ukraine can still move closer to the e.u. next year if the bloc sweetens the trade and association deal that announcement from the country's prime minister still didn't appease the protestors in central kiev cro

she was glad it is -- it was john adams. >> next week, we will delve in for 90 minutes for the life ofbigail adams. how many years post presidency did they live at mount vernon? >> he lived two years. she lived 2.5 beyond that. >> what was the time like, their last two years -- their last years together as a couple? >> it was a great time. they were experimenting, dealing with the mill and all the things he pioneered with. she had to organize the housekeeping appeared what is so interesting is mount vernon become the symbol of the nation after they retire. there is no white house yet. washington d.c. is building up but it does not exist. it does not exist as a large place. when foreigners and important people come, what do they want to see? the building we are seeing in d.c., they want to see mount vernon and washington after washington dies, they want to see martha washington and talk to her about what it was like. they see her as the leading remnant of that history. they continue to have this -- until they die. both of them. >> he sat down and wrote a will in the course of which he i

john. >> adam housley reporting. thank you so much. >>> a german magazine is reporting on a special hacking unite of the nsa. they said the hackers exploit hardware vulnerabilities and hijack microsoft's internal reporting system to spy on their targets. we'll begin with our special guest tonight, former cia director retiring michael hayden. general, good to see you. so the newspaper talks about the nsa, it is designed to crack the uncrackable. know the unknowable, get the unget sabl and hack into computer systems around the world to get information about what people are doing. this is a system you are family with because it was online when you were running the nsa. i think a lot of people are surprised about the extent of the capabilities of the nsa and some of what they are doing. >> well i'm surprised they are surprised. i think the article points out that when it comes to electronic surveillance, keith alexander and his people at the nsa are good at this. and that is good news for the american people. john, here

or like, you know, about that story how john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same day and it'se 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence, july 4, 1826. if you put that in a novel, that would be so laughable. but it's fact and therefore it can be as plausible as possible. [laughter] i know i'm a groupie and ip order everything as soon as i hear it's coming out. >> thank you very much. however this on -- [laughter] this one when it came out it was a title "unfamiliar fishes" i had no idea what you were going to be writing about -- >> that's because i hate subtitles. go on. [laughter] >> what inspired you to use that title? >> is a quotation from a letter written by one of the first hawaii and writers. his name is david, and he was almost 30-years-old when the first missionaries arrived on the island where he was at the time, and they taught him how to read and write. he was well skilled in the hawaii and tradition but the missionaries from new england had to invent a written language for hawaii and so they taught him and some other people to read. in fact pretty much t

and we've got a bottle made by a guy named john adams from mason city, iowa, and it's signed and dated3. when you look at that, though, you're immediately struck by, "that's really good, but it doesn't compare with these." just look at the level of detail. the imagery in this bottle is sort of murky compared to the crispness here. when you look at this piece alone, you would remark at the detail. but when you see it in comparison to clemens' work, you immediately realize it couldn't have been him. but, you know, even a bottle like that still has value. can you give us an example of what a bottle similar to this might go for? it's not as valuable as the clemens bottles, but still, i think in the right setting, that could sell for $2,500, $3,000. well, as a small child, there was an antiques shop across the street from the grocery store that we used to go to, and i always wanted to stop and my mother never stopped. but for my sixth birthday, she stopped at that antique shop and she bought for me a handmade wooden bank for a dollar. now, in the '60s, a dollar was a lot more than it is now

literally they should cooperate the cover so wilson did something presidents have not done since john adams in 1800. he showed up in congress to conduct business. he brought out the president appearing to deliver deliver the state of the union address. woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to joint sessions of congress and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress, which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now i think a lot of presidents have failed to find this room. i'm not naming anyone. but i think they have failed to find it existed as a rather tricky name. it's called the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> yes, he didn't really he founded big time. that why so much legislation got past i think. these were guys and johnson was in many ways in the wilsonian tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves and navy cracking a few legs and arms and twisting them and that is what wilson did. with that, we immediately saw in the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering of tariffs, the introduction of th

and so wilson did something presidents have not done since john adams in 1800. he showed up in the congress to conduct business. he brought back the president appearing to deliver the state of the union address. woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to a joint sessions of the congress. and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now, i think a lot of the presidents have failed to find this room. [laughter] i am not naming names. but i think they have failed to find it because it has a rather tricky name. is called, the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> estimated. and really -- and he found it big time. and that is why so much legislation got past. these were guys -- and johnson was in many ways in the los onion tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves, may be cracking a few legs and arms and twisting them. and that is what wilson did. in so with that we immediately sought within the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering

they should co-operate the government and so wilson did something presidents have not done since john adams in 1800. he showed up in the congress to conduct business. he brought back the president appearing to deliver the state of the union address. woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to joint sessions of congress and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now i think a lot of presidents have failed to find this room. [laughter] i'm not naming anyone. but i think they have failed to find it because it has a rather tricky name. it's called the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> yes, he did and really, he found it big time. that is why so much legislation got past i think. these were guys and johnson was in many ways in the wilsonian tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves, may be cracking few legs and arms and twisting them and that is what wilson did. with that, we immediately saw that in the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering of tariffs, the

that is just not the way they do it in boston for the people that we know and from samuel adams to john adamsi know he wasn't president when he would think it does say revolutionary war served there and would be treated better. >> host: you also say that reflects a part of their timber. so there is something quite yet about these people and willing to be in the shadow. >> guest: i used the term admirable and magnanimous. they don't want the credit they also know within that they are doing something pretty special and the cause is certainly worth their while. >> host: you told us how they frustrated the british plot to counterfeit the money and dry if inflation even higher than it was already going. they also frustrated an attack on the french fleet. tell us about that. >> guest: washington worried when the french said they were on their way, he worried the british knew they were on their way and he quickly activated the ring again after they were down for a little while to find out. townsend finds out pretty quickly. this is after the death of 355 he finds out how quickly they know and they m

adam: john, let me start with you. if the administration is calling the rollout a disaster where do we go from here? titanic? they will not scrap it or i would say do you scrap it but they're not doing that? >> they're delaying on installment plan. they do have a plan. they don't want to admit for reasons of politics and humiliation, they're delaying it. piece by piece everyone will be a hardship case and everyone will not pay the penalty. it is inevitable. adam: monica crowley talk likes to talk power, truth to authority. i thought we were sar castingly glorious leader bequeathed everybody a delay. when i heard there was delay, what are the mandates now? who has to sign up? who doesn't? how can do, insurance companies have to pay for this. how can anyone make heads or tails on this? >> yob can. i'm not sure the white house knows what is going on. insurance companies don't know what is going on. i spoke to two doctors last week. they don't know what is going on. certainly consumers don't. thissis the 15th unilateral ch

this is the worst recovery. >> woodruff: adam pos en. >> it is disingenuous of john. because the idea that the economy is going to get better proves the qe stopped working is backwards. the reason they are easing up on qe is because the economy is improving. playing that game doesn't make any sense. more importantly, it's not reasonable to focus-- focus on the-- rather than the goals. what matters is the state of the economy, not what tools they use. >> woodruff: john taylor you want to come become and then i will go to david wessel. >> there is absolutely nothing disingenuous. look at the data, look at american history. you can see what works and what doesn't. this policy has not worked. i actually think that's why a lot of people want to get off of it. it's not some of that the economy looks better. it's that this is an opportunity to get back to a more normal policy like we had in the 80s and 90s which worked very well. a lot of people had been skeptical about the qe. it's not just me, it's what we see when we look at the data. >> the market buying u.s. bonds and t

. >> it says thomas jefferson is president of the united states on one ribbon and john adams no more.ople to put your button on their shirt or coat, you stand a good chance of getting people to come out and actually go to the polls. >> reporter: and in an age before tv commercials were getting people out to vote. >> head to the polls on november 6th. >> reporter: -- there were huge political parades. >> here's this wonderful piece from 1860. this is "fear not old abeziars. >> and deep treasures like the old pocketwatch cared by the 1616 president. what would you say it is roughly in today's dollars? >> it's like a good rolex in today's dollars, whatever that means. >> do you think he was wearing this on the night he was killed? >> we don't know which watch he was caring that night. >> reporter: but most of things are far more energy than lincoln's watch. everyday stuff that might normally get thrown away. >> we're trying to preserve a little slice of that across the political spectrum so people in the future can get a real sense and feel of what those moments were like. so the logical

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we saw it during the john adams administration with the alien and sedition acts. we saw it during the lincoln administration when he suspended habeas corpus during the civil war. we saw it during the franklin roosevelt administration when he set up camps to intern japanese americans and we saw it after 9- 11. what is different this time? in the past decade, we have had an explosion of digital technologies that have enabled the government and the private sector to do far more with a much smaller base of information. in the past, no one in the government ever thought of collecting all of the metadata, the information around to the phone calls that are made in and out of the united states or even inside the united states. why didn't they think of doing that? because they did not have the computer power in the all the rhythms to sort through them. why collect the haystack when you have no chance of finding the needle? when the president sent this we saw it during the lincoln committee off, he said, do not tell me whether they are legal. i am a lawyer. i can sort that

. >> guest: i think she's everything abigail adams was to john adams to american history in her day ande, eleanor roosevelt was for the early 20th century almost as if she was a reincarnation of her. and i'm wondering if hillary clinton is maybe a reincarnation of her too. it's just -- there are these women who have a place in history and abigail adams and eleanor roosevelt strike me as that. >> thank you, chris. >> well, nobody is a reincarnation of anybody else. but the caller is right, abigail adams is a great first lady and her correspondence with her husband is quite remarkable. and the fact that abigail was an intellectual. that's what you're seeing well nowhere roosevelt. she is somebody who's intellectual, not just a political life or something like this. she has deep and interesting ideas about america that she develops not just as first lady later, she thinks in civil rights in terms of human rights before most people are. and she's thinking about how we become -- what democracy really means and she's also mentioning the fbi not liking her and embracing of the union movement.

adam: let's go back to john. do you think people, people talking about being off their parents plan 26 and older are they even talking about this? or people over 30 making much ado about nothing and those people this, isn't even on their radar screen? >> sure. i think it is less of a problem than it was in 2009 where unemployment is a little lower and more people are getting gainful employment after graduating from college. and it is becoming less of an issue. that said, anytime the government is requiring a tax on its citizens people are going to be talking about it so. adam: they are talking about it but, you can talk about something and you can vote with your feet. again are the people, sounds to me from your first response it is no big deal. they will buy insurance that people talking about, 27, 28. >> like i said that date is still to come but it seems to be apparent people will probably be signing up for it. adam: so what about these enrollment numbers, susan? in fact we have a recent statement from the adm

and the one hand in that direction is his book profiles in courage when he writes about john quincy adams who had been a president, he was defeated, and then he ran for the house and served a number of years as a very distinguished house member, independent, outspoken, did not feel like he was beholden to anyone. and it might be a kennedy might have thought about doing something like that at a certain time after he left the white house. that is something that, of course, we will never know. it is an area of conjecture that i find interesting. let me just wind up my comments. thank you for listening. glad to answer any questions and hear any comments. [applause] >> first of all, i can't wait and i was not paid to do this, to read the book is unexamined territory. anyone who has lived here for so long, before i ask my questions to my one subplot him i came here to hear about the book. here in the district of columbia. i don't know if you remember our last conversation. you were -- the elevator doors closing. thank you for 1978 making d.c. a part of america by voting for the d.c. voting righ

we saw it during the john adams alienstration with the and sedition acts.it during the lincoln when he suspended habeas corpus during the civil war. we saw it during the franklin roosevelt administration when he japanesemps to intern americans and we saw it after 9- 11. what is different this time? we have haddecade, an explosion of digital technologies that have enabled the government and the private sector to do far more with a much smaller base of information. in the past, no one in the government ever thought of collecting all of the metadata, the information around to the phone calls that are made in and out of the united states or even inside the united states. why didn't they think of doing that? because they did not have the computer power in the all the rhythms to sort through them. why collect the haystack when you have no chance -- because they did not have the computer to sortd the algorithms through them. why collect the haystack when you have no chance of finding the needle? -- sent president said this committee off, he said, do not tell me wh

and the one hand in that direction is his book profiles in courage when he writes about john quincy adams who had been a president, he was defeated, and then he ran for the house and served a number of years as a very distinguished house member, independent, outspoken, did not feel like he was beholden to anyone. and it might be a kennedy might have thought about doing something like that at a certain time after he left the white house. that is something that, of course, we will never know. it is an area of conjecture that i find interesting. let me just wind up my comments. thank you for listening. glad to answer any questions and hear any comments. [applause] >> first of all, i can't wait and i was not paid to do this, to read the book is unexamined territory. anyone who has lived here for so long, before i ask my questions to my one subplot him i came here to hear about the book. here in the district of columbia. i don't know if you remember our last conversation. you were -- the elevator doors closing. thank you for 1978 making d.c. a part of america by voting for the d.c. voting righ

but john quincy adams' wife lady when she was first the autobiography of a nobody which tells you something about time soe of mind at the there was -- i think most first awareness of the magnitude of the job but lady ofd johnson had such a sense history that she understood, she said she dared herself to keep a understood that was something special. >> throughout this program we will see some of the video from the naval crew that followed the couple around to document their days in the white house and hear some of the quotes. this is lady bird johnson on november 22, 1963, recording that first tragic day that the whiteem into house. >> mrs. kennedy's dress was stained with blood. one leg was almost entirely with it and her right caked.as that immaculate woman, it was her husband'sod, blood. she always wore gloves, like she them and that was the most poignant dressed andisitely caked in blood. i couldn't be of help herto come in and change and she said, oh, no, right, perhaps later i'll ask for mary gallagher but now and then was something, for a person that gentle, that dignified, had an of

adam: managed to do in office that wasn't redecorated for 1.3 million. >> i've been to his office. it's a very nice office but i don't think anywhere near the way -- johnin -- adam: charlie gasparino. thank you. lori: not even a decorator but cleaning service. >> by the way i do not have a 1400-dollar parchment paper wastebasket. adam: could use a wastebasket for piles of paper in your office. lori: you need a dumpster. >> or, or, or a 35,000-dollar commode. adam: thanks very much, charlie gasparino. lori: we have to sigh what is going on with the markets. although we turned lower, safely lower. mark newton from the new york stock exchange. adp report was good especially before government data on the end of the week. are we selling on taper may happen sooner than later? what is your take, mark? >> interest rates have begun to spike violently higher last couple days. lori: that's what we said. >> 30-year is pressing near 4%. look at two and 10 spread that has broken out to new highs. some of that is fed related. i would mention yellen in her testimony and speech back on march the 4th not to put too much emphasis on adp revisions. they send to be exagger