john adams it's a love-hate relationship with franklin, but john adams is very puritanical, very prudish, a little bit stuck up and franklin has at least two girlfriends in paris and is truly enjoying himself and john adams found that a little unbearable but also found jefferson unbearable as well. >> rose: what's relevant about benjamin franklin today? >> you know, in 1776, in july this very week when they're writing the declaration, jefferson writes the first draft, a messy draft. you can see it in the library of congress, a wonderful document. >> rose: a messy draft. a messy draft of the declaration. it's the first draft. you have all sorts of crossouts. it's like us who write long handed first. a big mess. jefferson writes a sentence on a little lap desk on market street next door to frankline's house. he writes, we hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable and then we send it two doors away to franklin and say would you be so kind as to peruse the document and in your great wisdom edit it for me? people were nice to editors back then. (laughter) franklin takes the heavy pen of p

could the honorable john quincy adams have been giving them out for political purchases? maryland was one of the states whose vote for the presidency, when he was running against john quincy adams wasn't known. maryland bucked the trend in support of adams. it is an interesting point that the two known legible are to maryland people who aren't on the official list. but another thing that is worth pointing out is, of the 52 that are known, those do not include the copies that we know were given to thomas jefferson, john adams, james madison james monroe. so if you're digging in an institutional collection, be on the lookout. maybe you'll make that great discovery. here's another copy of the stone first edition. this is the third one i mentioned being inscribed. but we can't read the inscription that's down there. so i'm hoping later on when we talk about multi-spectral images, this is the kind of project that might be looked at also. this is presented by the honorable john quincy adams which we've looked at it understand the lights and technology infarared or ultraviolet we

this is presented by the honorable john quincy adams which we have looked at under lights and technology, infrared, ultraviolet that we have, and i know that that is written by john quincy adams, unlike the others do. but we cannot tell who it was inscribed to. so that is a question i would love to get back to. and this is another engraving by benjamin tyler from 18 -- 1818. one reason i bring it up your -- i bring it up your, with this, benjamin tyler -- this decorative engraving of the declaration, john quincy adams remember was pointing out that the declaration was already significantly faded by the time he gave it to william stone. he blamed the creation of this engraving for a lot of the deterioration. and it did, in fact, infect the ink certainly guess he used it to create the ink, but we don't know if chemical process or from the display. but i'm going to go back very quickly because there are more questions that we can see looking at other documents. this is the dunlop printing of the declaration. the first printing, july 4. and this is the pennsylvania evening post, the first ne

in 1776, john adams writes and says to abigail, save every letter i write you. he end of the lives of adams and jefferson, when they write letters to each other, they are writing letters to us. they know we will be reading these things. if they were wrong and the american republican experiment failed, we would not be here. but they turned out to be right and this is now the oldest enduring public. they discovered the two principles that over the course of the last two centuries approved -- have proved to be successful. a political system, democracy, and economic system rooted in the energies of individual citizens are the source of real productivity. call it capitalism. charlie: who saw the future? guest: hamilton. most unbelievably fast thinker. the federalist papers were the great classics. this is a kid who is the bastard brat of a scotch peddler. [laughter] it was an epithet, but absolutely correct. he was born in the caribbean of a woman who was probably a prostitute. i had a student -- we were reading the correspondence between adams and jefferson. she said

they were both avatars of the enlightenment and the person they both hated was john adams because johndams -- john adams is very puritanical, very prudish a little bit stuck up and franklin has at least two girlfriends in paris and is enjoying himself and john adams found that unbearable. he also found jefferson unbearable as well. charlie: what is relevant about benjamin franklin today? guest: in 1776 in july when they are writing the declaration jefferson writes a first draft or it -- draft. it is a messy draft. it has all sorts of cross outs and stuff. those of us who write longhand at first -- a big mess. jefferson writes the sentence on the little lap desk on market street. he writes, we hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable. then he sends it to dub doors away to franklin and says, would you be so kind as to peru's the document -- peruse the document and in your great wisdom, edit it for me? franklin does those backslashes and he crosses out sacred and undeniable and changes it that we hold these choose to be self-evident -- truths to be self-evident. the point he makes is

he had about -- i think john adams had 2,000 people directly dependent upon him. so he was an 18th century politician of great skill. c-span: john hancock had 2,000 people dependent... >> guest: right. c-span: because i think you said john adams. >> guest: i mean john adams said that about... c-span: oh, he said -- ok. >> guest: ... john hancock. c-span: go to this book. this is a small version of what you do. why this small book? >> guest: well, it -- editor at random house asked me if i would be willing to write a book on the american revolution, 40,000 words. it seemed like a great challenge. that, i think, was the challenge, to compress all of the information we have about the revolution or the revolutionary era, which runs roughly 1760 to 1790, into 166 pages. that was a challenge, and to try to make -- to account for every event and still get it within that small compass is a -- was an interesting challenge and since i had been working on the revolution for, what, 40 years i said, "well, i can do this easily." it was a little more difficult than i had anticip

and jefferson is like, mmm, that seems a little religious (laughter) and then john adams stands you havefferson! i thought you were a man of piety and virtue! and now in! (laughter) and right at the moment, adams is like, hmm, jefferson is my friend, maybe i offended him. at that moment jefferson got up out of his chair and went over and just sat next to his friend, john adams. so it's, like, we can fight and we can disagree but we can still sit next to each other. (applause) >> jon: lafayette in the somewhat united states! that is a beautiful message to end this on. one of my favorite authors of all time. "lafayette in the somewhat united states," on the bookshelves in october! (cheers and applause) ? don't you know the tripadvisor you've always trusted for reviews, book! now checks over 200 websites to find the best price? book...book...book! over 200 sites checked to find the best price. so don't just visit tripadvisor... book at tripadvisor. new lipton sparkling iced tea. ♪ refreshing tea infused with light, crisp, tiny bubbles. for a taste that lifts you up. headache? motrin helps y

and jefferson is like, mmm, that seems a little religious (laughter) and then john adams stands you have i thought you were a man of piety and virtue! and now in! (laughter) and right at the moment, adams is like, hmm, jefferson is my friend, maybe i offended him. at that moment jefferson got up out of his chair and went over and just sat next to his friend, john adams. so it's, like, we can fight and we can disagree but we can still sit next to each other. (applause) >> jon: lafayette in the somewhat united states! that is a beautiful message to end this on. one of my favorite authors of all time. "lafayette in the somewhat united states," on the bookshelves in october! (cheers and applause) a new season brings a new look. a chance to try something different. this summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. ♪ ♪ take advantage of our summer offers. the 2015 cadillac srx, a crossover with space safety, and style. lease this from around $339 per month. ♪ ♪ what kind of beer do you want? get me a... get me a redd's apple ale. yeah me too. redd's apple ale.

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and jefferson is like, mmm, that seems a little religious (laughter) and then john adams stands you haveferson! i thought you were a man of piety and virtue! and now in! (laughter) and right at the moment, adams is like, hmm, jefferson is my friend, maybe i offended him. at that moment jefferson got up out of his chair and went over and just sat next to his friend, john adams. so it's, like, we can fight and we can disagree but we can still sit next to each other. (applause) >> jon: lafayette in the somewhat united states! that is a beautiful message to end this on. one of my favorite authors of all time. "lafayette in the somewhat united states," on the bookshelves in october! (cheers and applause) ♪ ♪ if you want a paint that's tough enough to protect from the elements. if you want a paint flexible enough to survive the subtle cracking of time. if you want a paint that gives you a lifetime warranty... only this can. aura exterior from benjamin moore. paint like no other. heineken light the best light beer you've ever tasted or your money back. with this guarantee, we're literally putti

>> john adams. he's very underrated. i always put him up there on my big list of the week, right behind washington. number two -- john adams. >> anyone else? >> ben franklin. i love the quote that's on his grave down on arch street. it says, "he took from the sky the lightning and the scepter from tyrants." >> and might i add sam adams? >> how about that? >> this guy is ready for the fourth. [ laughter ] george, who's your favorite? >> ben franklin. university of pennsylvania. >> i'm stealing dom's. sam adams, 'cause the beer is good. >> yeah, exactly right. >> i'll go with ben franklin. but also george washington because he could have been the king. i mean, he turned down the whole idea of making the presidency almost a monarchy here in this country. but ben franklin's my favorite. >> let's give hamilton some props. he's coming off the $10 bill. >> that may not happen. inside stories of the week coming up. >> "inside story" is presented by temple university. temple fuels students with academics and opportunities to take

andrew jackson reporters said john quincy adams provided a pimp for the coalition. cannibal and after his wife as a big mist. she died of a heart attack and president jackson blames john quincy adams for her death. this election when you see jeb bush or whoever engaged in attacks, all this mud and all this slime it's as american as apple pie. >> thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. you can catch us every sunday at 9:00 and noon. gps starts right now. >> the questions haunt us. each time we witness a terrible new savagery. >> the images are horrifying. >> each time we mead the face of evil. >> we ask how, why. how could they come out of nowhere and slaughter innocent and threaten the world. >> cop off the heads

b, john adams, thomas jefferson, and james monroe. john adams and jefferson died on the same day. jefferson said adams lives. we're going to go with b. >> b, unanimous. you are correct. it was james monroe who died with the other two. >> it was not andrew hamilton, whoever that is. >> and not on the same day. >> they all died on the fourth of july. that's incredible. >> but not in the same year. >> not on the same year. lee greenwood is coming up. he's going to sing for us this morning, but first we're going to hand it over to cheryl who has some headline for you. >> great job, guys. we're watching some other headlines this morning, for you. including this. terrorists down. the pentagon confirming a top isis leader linked to the 2012 benghazi attacks is dead. he was killed by a u.s.-led air strike in syria on june 16th, one day after his brother was killed by a drone in iraq. he was in charge of recruiting members and moving supplies to syria and iraq for that terror group. >> both brothers suspected in the attack on the u.s. consulat

our first president, john adams moved into the unfinished house november 1, 1800.during the war of 1812, following the british defeat of napoleon in 1814, british troops enter the city of washington on the evening of august 14, 1814 building -- burning the public buildings as they moved to the capital to the white house. after leaving the house, british troops were stationed around the exterior of the home at the shot of the single pistol when they were told to throw lighted torch or through -- torches through the windows. the interior of the house burned rapidly and after a few hours the fire consumed everything inside. a thunderstorm arose in the cold water from the thunderstorm put out the final flames and partially save the exterior walls. the house was pretty much destroyed except some exterior stonework. the treaty ending the war was signed in 1815 following andrew jackson's victory over the british about of new orleans. in the joy of victory, the congress decided to rebuild the presidents house, and james hi obain was rehired to rebuild it. the next major re

. >> let me quote to you from john adams.said -- the second day of july, the second day of july, 1776, will be the most important day in the history of america. you know what happened on the fourth of july? >> what? >> nothing. [ laughter ] >> i thought you were going to ask the wine question or something like that. >> why do we do it on the fourth of july? >> apparently because -- apparently because they drafted the declaration on the second of july and a printer really quickly transcribed it and printed a copy on the fourth of july. it actually all happened on the second of july. to this day, we celebrate it on the fourth. probably because of that printer. there are any other reasons? your guess is as good as mine. let's have a look at the fog and low clouds. we have low clouds that are offshore right now. and moving in over the bay area. and as a result, it could foul things a little bit for shoreline celebrations for the fourth. but inland, it looks like they'll be pretty good and tomorrow, we've got more low clouds. star

the second was thomas jefferson, then john adams. we have had political ambassadors for a long time. i like the system. if it were just political appointees, it would be problematic. there is a lot of diplomacy i didn't know. and i had a wonderful number two, the deputy chief of admission in finland, who was a career foreign service officer and we worked as a team. she knew how to work the bureaucracy of the state department, for example, which reports needed to be done when. i had two generations worth of leadership experience, projecting goals, organizing cultures. i have long thought that the most important job of the leader is to get the culture right. where people are working together. so the teamwork worked out well. i saw it that way in much of the rest of europe. it tends to be not one to one, but the more important countries end up with political ambassadors who can afford it and have a lot of leadership experience to come in. one of the things federal government typically doesn't do well overall is train leaders. this is no

. >> trying to do what john adams told us to do.celebrate with pomp and circumstance. >> reporter: in the back of everyone's mind will be security concerns for potential terrorist threats. something d.c. police chief cathy lanier addressed in yesterday's navy yard scare. >> we take every event seriously. our posture will remain high and will continue for the 4th. >> reporter: extra law enforcement will be on hand. 18,000 feet of fencing is in place and extra security check points throughout. enjoy the 4th, the most patriotic place in america. i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> crowds not your thing? you can avoid it all together by watching the broadcast of the capital 4th tomorrow on pbs from 8:00 until 9:30'. you can have more information about a capital 4th, another holiday event at your fingertips by downloading our free wusa9 app. check out our weekend guide. >>> it will be a long process to restore water for 30,000 people in laurel, maryland. crews with anne arundel county are on the scene of a 20-inch water main break. this is in

john adams wrote to abigail adams describing the scene. he said they were very spry, although not all instep and he thought that they needed a little bit of work to look professional, but he was very buoyed at the site of seeing this vast army marching through philadelphia, very much like the fellows in the painting are doing. of course, about a month later almost to the day, the british army marches down that same street and occupies philadelphia. so this was one of those many, many dark days of the american revolution. so, washington's army then marches into valley forge. and this was one of the winters, as she did every winter through the 8 years of the war, that martha washington joined general washington. one of the rarest objects in the collection i will share with you now. this is a volume that was actually owned by martha washington. it is -- see her signature. m. washington . and it's an early edition printed in england. it was known as a help and guide to christian families, published in london in 1752. quite likely a book that s

jackson's predecessor john quincy adams had a different view of indians in a different policy that ended up being effectively co-opted out of the last last man to georgia because end of georgia because the pressure was so great from below and in the 1820s we are talking civil war be ready to fight for your rights. there is a message from 1825 from the governor of georgia talking about how there is a conspiracy of washington elites, new york liberals, the unelected justices in the supreme court and the attorney general whose the mouthpiece of an untrustworthy president plotting against the state of georgia to take away that georgia slaves. this is actual message. i'm here freezing but that is the meaning of. >> and georgia was insisting on its land. any president was going to have to deal with that. andrew jackson did have one alternative that was discussed which was the continually older policy that went back to the days of president george washington, which was to encourage donations to civilized into so the tools to sell them stuff and hope. consumer capitalism. so there was an old pol

they called adams the pimp of the coalition, team quincy went avenue andrew jackson as a cannibal after his wife as a bigamist. after the election, they blamed john adams for her death. so this election season when you see whomever engaged in political attack, remember all this mud, all this slime, it's american as apple pie. >> thanks, for spending your sunday morning with us. i hope you have a happy fourth of july weekend. you can catch me every sunday at noon and on go to cnn.com/sotu. >>> the questions haunt us. each time we witness some terrible new savagery. >> the images emerging are frankly horrifying. >> each time we meet the face of evil. >> our 85 will continue to strike the next of your people. >> we ask how? why? how could a band of butchers come out of nowhere, take savt lands. >> we will chop off the heads of the americans, chop off the heads of the

even going all the way back to john adams and thomas jefferson who were these huge political enemies and jefferson defeat adams, went bitterly back to massachusetts. they revived their relationship in this famous correspondent. in these days we hear. so about how tough politics is. presidential level and in washington. it is so nice to see relationships between former presidents like clinton and bush and also, jimmy carter and gerald ford who ran against each other who became extremely close friends. >> let me just quickly ask to you play this out. if a year from now we're talking about hillary clinton, the democratic nominee, jeb bush, the republican nominee, how many of this good will survives something like that? >> i mean, steve, you know as well as do i and anyone else who has watched the clintons in public life to know that they don't exactly take hits lightly necessarily. they tend to have long memories. so i think if this campaign gets really nasty and goes to questions of character. then all bets might be off. i think what you were discussing is really the key part of this.

in 1776, john adams writes to abigail and says start saving every letter i write you.purchase a leather volume to put them all in. jefferson invents a machine to make copies for all his letters and by the end of the lives of both adams and jefferson who are the most interesting symbolic creatures because of their combination of friendship and rivalry, when they write letters, they're writing to us. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >>> this is "nightly busine" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >> not as good as it looks. the unemployment rate drops to the lowest level in seven years but for all the wrong reasons. >>> historic settlement. bp tries to put the gulf oil spill behind i by agreeing to the largest environmental settlement ever. crucial vote. the greeks head to the polls to decide tcountry. but what exactly are they voting on? all of that and more for "nightly for this thurs

in 1776, john adams writes to abigail and says start saving every letter i write you.purchase a leather volume to put them all in. jefferson invents a machine to make copies for all his letters and by the end of the lives of both adams and jefferson who are the most interesting symbolic creatures because of their combination of friendship and rivalry, when they write letters, they're writing to us. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >>> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. ♪ >>> calories, calories, calories! >> wow, it rocked my world! >> it just kind of reminded me of boot camp. >> i don't know what you had, but what i had was great. >> it almost felt like country club food to me. >> don't touch. it's hot! >> i gotta tell you, you people are getting me all excited with all these d

our first president john adams, moved into the unfinished house on november 1, 1800. during the war of 1812, following the british defeat of napoleon in 1814, british troops entered the city of washington on the evening of august 14, 1814, burning public buildings. as they moved through the capital, from the capitol to the white house. after eluding the house, the british troops were stationed around the exterior of the home at a shot of a single pistol they were told to throw lighted torches to all the windows. the furniture had been piled on the center of each of the rooms . the interior of the house burned rapidly. and after a few hours, the fires consumed everything inside. but a thunderstorm arose and the cold water put out the final flames and partially saved the exterior walls. the house was pretty much destroyed, except some of the exterior stonework. the treaty of ghent and in the war, was signed on february 17, 1815 following andrew jackson's victory at the battle of new orleans. in the joy of victory, the congress decided to rebuild the presidents house and

our first president, john adams moved into the unfinished house november 1, 1800.during the war of 1812, following the british defeat of napoleon in 1814, british troops enter the city of washington on the evening of august 14, 1814 building -- burning the public buildings as they moved to the capital to the white house. after leaving the house, british troops were stationed around the exterior of the home at the shot of the single pistol when they were told to throw lighted torch or through -- torches through the windows. the interior of the house burned rapidly and after a few hours the fire consumed everything inside. a thunderstorm arose in the cold water from the thunderstorm put out the final flames and partially save the exterior walls. the house was pretty much destroyed except some exterior stonework. the treaty ending the war was signed in 1815 following andrew jackson's victory over the british about of new orleans. in the joy of victory, the congress decided to rebuild the presidents house, and james hi obain was rehired to rebuild it. the next major re

self-absorbed -- and i'm quoted -- arrogant to ask for forgiveness is exactly the kind of person john adamsot get into the white house. among evangelical supporters that's why i was trying to get more out of donald trump about that yesterday. >> i know. it's very interesting, especially for the key early states. iowa south carolina where there are so many christian conservatives who want to hear about a candidate's religious faith. donald trump in your interview was quite critical of we in the media. let's take a listen to that. >> i find that 60 70% of the political media is really really dishonest. and, you know i tell the story, the american dream, i talk about the american dream in speeches. the american dream is dead but i'm going to make it bigger and better and stronger than ever before. the american dream is dead but i'm going to make it bigger and stronger than ever. the audience goes crazy. i come home and my wife says darling, that was so bad. i said, what was so bad? she said what you said. and she said, the american dream is dead. >> cut. >> on one of the major networks. >> so

you have to member the john adams had just put benjamin franklin's grandson j in jail. we had suddenly become partisan. there was no difference between the federalist and the republicans, or whatever. that is not necessarily a bad thing. the key to what jefferson said is that we may have differences of opinion, we do not have differences of principle. that is something that i think was true back then. the founding of the nation was so new and cool, people felt they should be reward for coming together and finding common ground, instead of the incentives of being divisive. i was walking in and could not help myself looking at franklin's grave. when he was across the street i benjamin tal when they were doing the constitution, and they were pulling themselves apart he finally got up. there was a big difference on the big state-little state issue and he said, when we were young tradesmen here in philadelphia, and putting together a table, and the joint did not quite go together, you would shave from one side and put it together, and so to hear we have to part from our dema

a man too arrogant too self absorbed to seek god's forgiveness is precisely the type of leader john adamsd would never occupy the white house. when a candidate under the republican banner would have abandoned the traditional magnanimous leadership of the presidency, when he would seek to demonize millions of citizens when he would stoop to attack p.o.w.s for being captured i can only ask as senator wech did of senator mccarthy have you no sense of decency, sir? my fellow republicans, beware of false prophets. we must move past the empty calories of trumplism and return to conservatism. >> republicans versus donald trump next with jonathon allen and april ryan. when you travel, we help you make all kinds of connections. connections you almost miss. and ones you never thought you'd make. we help connect where you are. to places you never thought you'd go. this, is why we travel. and why we continue to create new technology to connect you to the people and places that matter. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24.

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. >> john adams said on the night of the declaration of independence it should be celebrated every yearfires and parties and sports. and that was 139 years ago. we're continuing that tradition. i'm the executive producer of the capitol 4th for the last 235 years. >> michael kulberg the executive producer and son of jerry kulberg. >> this had begun a series of concerts here and i went to them and we wanted to do a television show for the country. it's one year at a time. i didn't plan it. i didn't have any idea it would go on this long. >> now the cameras and the equipment. we cover the whole mall and make it into like world's fair experience. >> the general public doesn't understand how much work it is. it's a year long process by the time you come up with the ideas, hooking with stars doing the publicity. but once we get to this point here at the capitol there's over 500 of us the symphony, washington, the military groups, the production groups, the staff, the events staff. it's a major undertaking. >> we've had several huge rain storms. we had one with the pointer sisters where we had

. >> john adams famously said facts are stubborn things. what this book does is describe the facts. i didn't know haggel. >> let's look at what you said at his confirmation hearing when he's up for secretary of defense. >> i will point out that right now this committee knows absolutely nothing about the personal compensation chuck hagel received in 2008, in 2009 or 2010. it is at a mineral vanity to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. >> from north korea. here's what you wrote in your book. in hindsight i made a mistake when i uttered the words north korea. there was no credible reason anyone would believe hagel received funds from north korea. >> but there was credible reason to believe that he may have received funds from a foreign government. the reason is that i along with 25 other senators sent him a letter asking him to disclose his income. i'll point out that's the same question that was asked of hillary clinton and she willingly gave over seven years. it's the same question harry reid as

john adams is really into the idea of happiness. james otis had been promoting the phrase for more than a decade, life, liberty, and property. we all know the declaration changes that into life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. maybe a pause there was to stress the word happiness. or maybe the pause was to stress that whole phrase -- life liberty -- which i cheated about being together, but that whole phrase inc. together. that may be with some kind of pause after happiness, what ever it leads to, is he really focusing on the individual's natural right life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. at this is what i was saying about making the more ambivalent about the declaration. on one hand, the notion of the second sentence is a syllogism convinces me more than ever that the declaration is an ordinance of secession. on the other hand, by drawing attention to that phrase, life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, i think congress intended to add emphasis on that phrase the jefferson himself did not intend. this is how it is

so whether it's that book or john adams or some of the others that he's written i look forward to spending some great time this summer doing that. additionally cheryl atkinson her book "stone walled" is fascinating when it comes to really holding our government accountable. serving on the oversight committee, it provides a new light as we start to see some of the things that are done or not done as it relates to holding our government accountable and transparent. so it looks like it's going to be a fun summer as we look to round it up, and so i would encourage all of you to get out and read a good book. my particular emphasis is looking at historical books of great leaders of the past. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading this summer. tweet us your answer @booktv or you can post it on our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> and now on booktv, "in depth" with author peter schweizer. the author of several books including his newest, "clinton cash," as well as the bushes and reagan's war answered your phone calls, tweets, e-mails and facebook posts. >> host: peter schweizer welcome t

benjamin franklin, john j, john adams were on hand to figure out how to make peace among the variousopean powers. the european countries all want different things. france and america both want access to the fisheries off of what is now canada, being able to fish in those waters was externally valuable. spain wants the western part of america and gibraltar. they want the united states to be as weak as possible. france wants great britain to be as weak as possible. britain wants the united states to be pretty decently strong to stand up against the french and spanish, but also be a dependent trading partner of the british. what the americans do is they take all of these interests play them off of one another and take advantage of it are people in british politics and also successes against france. ignore the treaty with france and instructions from congress and make a separate piece with britain that france is then forced to go along with. the united states gets independence, to the mississippi river and fisheries. spain gets florida. supposedly the british were supposed to protect all

article about the presidential campaign of 1800 when two men who are now icon, thomas jefferson, john adams ran against each other and the the name-calling in that campaign was worse than anything in recent campaigns. of course there weren't tens of thousands of ads and the impact is that what it was now. has always been tough. i couldn't imagine it being any tougher and yet here it is much tougher. i hope there will come the realization that while the leaders have an obligation to their parties and the members of the caucus they have a higher obligation to the country an institution of the senate that are up to her house to by ran with the nominating constituency in mind because that is how the election decided in their district. the second factor i believe is the truly immense end up seeing amanda fleming that is put into our political system and the electoral process. it's always been the case throughout human history money and don't have a role in selecting leaders. it has reached a point where it is degrading and corrupting our democracy. corrupting in the following sense. not that you

john adams wrote to abigail adams describing the scene. said they were very spry as they marched, although not very instep, so they needed a little work to look as professional as he thought they should. they marched through philadelphia pretty much like the fellows in the painting are doing. of course, about a month later almost to the day the british army marches down that same street and occupies philadelphia. this was one of those many, many dark days of the american revolution. washington's army than marches into -- then marches into valley forge. this was one of the winters, as she did every winter through the eight years of the war, that martha washington joined general washington. one of the rarest objects in the collection, in many ways, i will share with you now. this is a volume that was actually owned by martha washington. it is a -- see her signature? m. washington. it is an early addition printed in england -- early addition -- early edition printed in england known as a help and guide to christian families, published in lond

jackson's predecessor, john quincy adam had a different view of indians and a different policy but ended up being effectively co-opted in prying the creek nation out of their land, their last land in georgia because the pressure was so great from below. and the georgians even in the 1820s -- that's-off that's how far back we're going -- were talking of civil war, stand to your arms, be ready to fight for your rights. there is a message from 1825 from a governor of georgia talking about how there's a conspiracy of washington elites, new york liberals, the unelected justices of the supreme court an attorney general who's the mouthpiece of an untrustworthy president plotting, plotting against the state of georgia to take away georgia's slaves and not even pay for them. this is an actual message from the governor of georgia. i'm paraphrasing, but that's the meaning. and georgia was insisting on its land. any president was going to have to deal with that. andrew jackson did have at least one alternative that was seriously discussed at the time which is simply continue the old policy. there wa

. >> and our ambassador to britain, charles francis adams, who was the son of diplomats -- >> yes. >> he was is the son of john quincy adams and the grandson of john add a also, had a keen sense of american history. said we are now passing through the very crisis of our fate. and it was. >> yeah. >> and that's what your book is about. thank you, professor. [applause] >> thank you all for joining us this evening. i hope you join us downstairs for the book signing in the library. thank you. [inaudible conversations]

john adams said our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other and indeed what we've seen in videos, in recent days, have evidence that when you step out of that moral principle, you go into things unthinkable. and grotesque. it's been said that righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a repoach approach to any land. and how could we not feel reproached in looking at videos of a licensed doctor who's willing to take and sell body parts? and to count pain as just something as part of the process and totally unconsidered. i spent my good life in the pulpit administering the people far greater from this government . but the sum has said the children are a gift of the lord that's true. certain comment ateors will den great me for bringing me up this truths. the prophet said i formed you speaking of god, before i formed you in the womb, i knew you, i set you apart. david, who became king david, said for you form my inward parts, you wove me in my mother's womb, does that sound like what that docto