john adams, who also despised hamilton, partly for good reason, would later join jefferson in crafting a narrative which per trade hamilton in a most -- which portrayed hamilton in a most unflattering light. adams believed that hamilton suffered from an overabundance of secretion which led him to engage in unbridled touring. -- whoring. both jefferson and adams were nativists and it perturbed them that this creole bastard, as adams referred to him, who was not quite american, held such sway over george washington, whom, by the way, they also resented. the civil war and the rise of the anti-slavery republican party provided a brief respite from populist hamilton bashing. a series of republican presidents, including james garfield, rutherford b. hayes, all deeply admired hamilton and to some extent for his antislavery stance, which stood in contrast to jefferson. hamilton's reputation peaked at the dawn of the 20th century when theodore roosevelt invoked hamilton and his embrace of energetic government to provide a further progressive agenda. one of roosevelt's left and progressive prede

hamilton's premature death in 1804 at the hands of vice --sident ehrenberg presented burr, -- john adams, who also despised hamilton, partly for good reason, would later join jefferson in crafting a narrative which pretrade hamilton in a most unflattering light. he talked about him as a plutocratic character. adams believed that hamilton suffered from an overabundance of secretion which led him to engage in unbridled whoring. both jefferson and adams were nativists and it perturbed them bastard, whiche was not quite american held such , sway over george washington, whom, by the way, they also resented. the democratic party, particularly jackson and then ren echoed thisu characterization of hamilton. the civil war and the rise of the anti-slavery republican party provided a brief respite from populist hamilton bashing. a series of republican presidents, including james garfield rutherford b. hayes, harrison, all admired hamilton for his nationalism, and to some extent for his antislavery , stance, which stood in stark contrast to jefferson's beliefs. hamilton's reputation peaked at the da

john quincy adams was on a different side. robert: except when john quincy adams wasn't arguing with clay. when he was secretary of state, he was talking about these issues. -- areians don't always not always consistent. i know, that are shocking to all of you, but even john quincy adams i think was capable of talking himself into something. the extreme rhetoric he used to talk about monsters being destroyed when no one was talking about doing any such thing, that is neither here nor there. i do think it is a relevant question. it has been a key question for americans in even talking about it. by the way i'm not talking about invading countries. we never invade countries to promote democracy. but whether countries we are dealing with are capable of democracy, we've gone through an evolution. we believed catholic countries could not be democracies. we believed for a long time that asian countries could not be democracies. with catholics it was the pope who was in control. they had a rigid hierarchy. we've gone through every raci

you know, john adams. what about me? part of this is his ego. but the idea of electrifying and all that, in a number of places he makes reference to michelangelo's sistine chapel ceiling. an old and grieving john adams went to see this picture in samuel hall in 1818, 5 weeks after the death of typhoid of his beloved abigail. we do not know exactly what he wrote or thought, no record of it, but surely upon finally samuel hall in 1818, 5 weeks seeing the doctor, even though he is in the middle of the picture, he must've thought it depicted american independence as it might have occurred in heaven as opposed to how it occurred on or in. harmonious, poised, consensual, contested, filled with rancor, demagoguery, and falls starts. the road to independence is flattened, made attractively smooth and straight. the same day that trumbull wrote to adams he went to jefferson and jefferson right spectrum as well. very interesting. jefferson was in full agreement with trumbull and what he done in this painting. the exact opposite of adams. jefferson writes t

i would say george they would say washington, i was a john, they would say adams. when they got to the middle of the pack i would go grover they would say kleven, i would say benjamin david sadie harrison, and then they would get very excited and i said we should do a children's book to introduce people to the presidents. to introduce them as human beings and to tell about their families and their siblings, and their pets and hobbies. talk about the central features of their administration without necessarily going into sex scandals, you can talk about race, you can talk about money, you can talk about things that went wrong, but you could communicate love for the idea of a service. the extraordinary variety of people went there. we have people with great physical disabilities who are president for longer than anybody else but cannot stand on their own. we have people who are just [inaudible] [inaudible] >> history disappear and my thought is the word history is mostly made up of the word story plus a hello. we are to be telling our children interesting stories. >>

and its first resident, john adams, wrote a prayer that's carved in the mantle of the state dining room. a prayer that moved all the presidentes who followed him. i pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, he wrote. and on all that who shall here

when john adams said my country, he meant massachusetts. the sense of being united nations is not yet clear. the united states was still a plural verb. that was true until the civil war -- "the united states are." think about it. most people do not think about the meaning of that. united, but not really united. these states eventually came together in a loose union called the articles of confederation. they are not an early version of the constitution. they are a different thing altogether. they are a treaty like the e.u. that is a parallel in modern times to what they are doing. it's better than thinking of them as an early version of the constitution. they were not ratified for various reasons. there were not ratified until 1781, six months before the battle of yorktown. the battle of yorktown ended the british will to continue the revolution and was the ending of the war. the new state constitutions ever drafted in 1776 were terribly important, more important than the federal constitution that followed. the federal constitution was deriv

and he will especially go to john adams and benjamin franklin for some of their ideas and critiques of his writing. but generally it is his work. he is building on a lot of other things that both he and others had written. some of the grievances that the growing reputation for his writing and his political thought. and the committee sit, deciding what to say, decides jefferson should be the writer. so he works then for about 17 days on the declaration of independence, and he will especially go to john adams and benjamin franklin for some of their ideas and critiques of his writing. but generally it's his work. he's building on a lot of other things that both he and others had written. some of the grievances they'd already been talking about make up the big bulk of that declaration of independence. by june the 28th, the declaration is sort of back here in the assembly room. but that's a friday. they'll wait until the next monday to start debating. so july the 1st begins debate on independence. now, the first thing they'll debate is not the declaration but the idea. so they'll start disc

professor wood is working on a book on john adams and thomas jefferson. wood has done is he has taken all kinds of interpretations about the revolution and he has synthesized but also delved into comerimary sources and has up with an interpretation of what the revolution was and almost as important, what that revolution -- how the revolution transformed the american people and made us a unique people that others might look to. and so, that is what he is going to be talking about today and i think you will enjoy it. [applause] wood: with an introduction like that, i have to reciprocate and tell you of that about what john is doing to historical research. dot john and other editors is long-lasting. , those books are very ephemeral. history is a quasi-science. what john is doing will last as long as the republic. happening, that may not be very long. [laughter] i want to emphasize how important it is. needs to be ate the sized interested in political theory. collected 25ady volumes of these ratification debates. debates that took place over whether the count

taking a late night victory immigrant...now the first foreign born first lady since john adams' wife louisa. melania's road to the white house, anything but conventional. she met trump in 1998 when she was modeling in new york...the couple married in 2005 and welcomed son barron a year later. melania telling abc news he was the reason she was largely absent from the campaign trail. melania trump (gs intv) 10:13:54;18 my priority is my son, barron, our son, barron. july, she was warmly greeted as she took the stage at the republican national convention... (nats applause) but her words...widely criticized for bearing striking resemeblance to michelle obama's 2008 dnc speech-- sots overlap sot michelle: "you work hard for what you want in life" sot melania: "you work hard for what you want in life" sots back-to-back sot michelle: "that your word is your bond and you do what you say" sot melania: "that your word is a lower profile...but just last week, hit the battleground state of pennyslvania to campaign for her husband...showing voters her more personal side sot melania trump pa speec

announcer: at the new york historical society, author of "john quincy adams" and his story of an columnist robert kagan debate the question was john quincy adams a realist. they talked about his foreign policy views and alexi of the 6t h president. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> all weekend long, american history tv is joining our cable partners to showcase a history of tucson, arizona. to learn more about the cities are a current tour, visit c-span.org. we continue with our look at the history of tucson. >> hey. >> hey. are you ready to take a ride around tucson? >> i'm. -- i am. >> ok. tucson, arizona, if somebody has never been, what is the court thing about the city that people should know? >> we are no longer a cowboys and indians kind of city. that is for sure. people are thinking about john wayne and western movies, that is something they needed to put out over their mind. we are close to the border. is reallyder politics important to a lot of people in tucson. estate is very conservative politically -- the state is very conservative politically but takes pride in b

john adams. >> al roker? had. >> john adams. >> john adams is correct. construction began in 1792. president washington oversaw the construction of the house. n in november of 1800 adams became the first president. >> i get that point. >> my buzzer came in first. >> al roker is our big winner today and we do have prizes for him. take a look at this. >> ooh! >> pez dispensers and a nice coffee table book. >> i love pez dispensers. just so you know about this election specifically, we filled those with valium. so after tonight, it is not candy. >> yeah! thomas roberts. >> of course, you are going to be -- >> great job. >> al roker did a great job. thom >> thomas is going to be taking part in msnbc's all-day election coverage right here on nbc starting at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. lester holt, savannah guthrie, chuck todd. or as we like to call him, todd. mary todd who was married to of course abraham lincoln. we'll be back in a moment but first this is "today" on nbc. ? our neighborhood public schools. they are the bedrock of our communities. the place where 96% of our kids are edu

louisa adams, wife of john quincey adams, was the first. >> trivia. >> and he's the youngest presidential son since jfk, jr. presidential facts all lined up. >> maybe. just dropping a little knowledge on you. did i say that fast enough so it was not noticeable? >> you did. >> oh, it was a lot hotter the first time. >> i think. >> i don't know. >>> coming up, what the simpsons predicted about a trump presidency 16 years ago. simpsons predicted that prediction that came true. >> dozens even after being sworp into office. first, a look at today's forecast. >>> "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. approaching medicare eligibility? don't put off checking out your medicare options until 65. now is a good time to get the ball rolling. medicare only covers about eighty percent of that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could help save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. taking informed steps really makes a difference later. that's what it m

were trying to figure out what john adams and abigail looked like at various points in the career. they went back and looked at the paintings. so they would know how they dressed at certain particular times. artwork is another example. the other, and tom and i were talking a little bit about this and grace knows this because of the visual aspect, is to go to the place where the historical event happened. i cannot stress how important that is. all of the authors i have worked for, if there is a place that is still in existence of the subject matter you are dealing with, you have to go see it because even if you pick up one little thing, it was worth doing that. countless instances i have had, david mccullough with the wright brothers book, the john adams houses, being in this room. going there is such an important thing. quickly, i heard a wonderful story a couple of weeks ago. and --n marietta, ohio, with david -- and i was talking to one of the historians and he told us a wonderful story that when gore vidal was working on his burr historical novel, there was a story that there wa

historicalew york society, the author of "john quincy adams: militant spirit" and a historian and columnist debate the question, was john quincy adams a realist? talk about the foreign cause review and legacy of the sixth president. for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. this weekend, the c-span cities tour is visiting tucson looking at the city's history. we are headed to a former nuclear missile site, located 25-miles south of town. it was shut down in the late 1980's near the end of the cold war. today, it is home to the titan missile museum. we will learn about cold war era history. yvonne: the titan ii's mission was peace through deterrent. our job was to project a credible threat. to be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly with enough force to devastate the soviet union, even if they launched their missiles first. we are at the titan missile museum 25 miles south of downtown tucson. we are in the launch control center of the missil

john adams and samuel adams thought of him, dr. warren, as their protege. he may have been a future u.s. president. unfortunately we'll never know. what was the point of the battle of bunker hill. british have charlestown peninsula, no man's land. they meanwhile put 600 officers and soldiers into this fight not counting reinforcement that comes over later of which 41% of them are either killed or wounded. almost half of the fighting force is killed or wounded for a peninsula that no one really needed or cared for. meanwhile the british had to extend their troops to two peninsulas to protect more land and less men to do it because they lost quite a few. americans meanwhile george washington tried to figure out later how many americans actually fought at the battle. because there was no real organization, there's multiple militias from different counties and different parts in new england, nobody knows for sure but george washington estimated perhaps 3,000 participated overall, but they would come and go throughout the day. so it's believed no more than 2,000

john quincy adams asked stone, produce something that is exact and he does. it takes him about three years to painstakingly do it. but the document you see now, the one that you may have hanging in your home or in a school classroom is incredibly exact and right down to the signatures, which is pretty amazing. mr. lamb: do you have an idea a dunlop broadside would be valued at today? mr. puleo: i do not. i know there have been assessments done by the library of congress of the range and the hundreds of thousands but i do not know the exact number. mr. lamb: do you know where the 17 r or some of them? mr. puleo: the library of congress has one, the historical society of massachusetts has one. mr. lamb: who was stephen pleasanton? mr. puleo: he was a real hero in american history. they stormed the capital, the presidents house, public burnings in washington and the state department and he at that point in time things just before they get there, it is a good idea to save some of the documents and to save the original declaration and the original constitution. he

john adam's papers are digitized by the historical society.t is a wonderful treasure trove of documents. madison's papers are digitized. a lot of that of additional research from then you can do really in a digital way which is a fascinating way to do research. mr. lamb: here is some video of the transfer you just mentioned on december 13, 1952. as we watch it on the screen, why is there a transfer from the library of congress? mr. puleo: the national archives, which the cornerstone is laid in 1943 and the feeling at the time was the archives were going to be a place where americans can view their documents, and of course the declaration and constitution were among the most prominent. there are a lot of fighting and bureaucratic infighting between the library of congress in archives at that time and it takes a while before the decision is finally made. world war ii interrupts that in the documents go to fort knox. after that, finally, the national archivists wayne grover in the library of congress get together and say, it is probably time we m

. >> thomas jefferson a hired a scurrilous scottish writer names james callender to accuse john adams of being a hideous memory afro indict which has neither the force nor firmness of a man, sensitivity of a woman. john adams and his people for their part were already spreading rumors that thomas jefferson was sleeping with slaves at monticello, which in fact he was. they also used one of my favorite all-time slurs in american campaigns by simply saying, well you can't vote for thomas jefferson because he is dead. and how can you vote for a dead man. >> i am afraid the election is going to be rigged. i have to be honest. that is something we haven't seen before in american elections. >> there was even a time when he didn't get an emmy for his tv program three years naah row and he started tweeted that a the emmys were rigged. >> i should have gotten it. >> i would say the only truly rigged election in american history was 1876 which is the dirtiest election of all-time. where you had rutherford b hayes the republican running against samuel tilden the democrat. >> tilden was ahead, thi

jake browning finds john >> adam: first time since 2001 both teams are ranked for this meeting. spoilers, rick. ioplaying spoiler on nebraska. >> rick: hawkeye fans going "wamight have been." 75-yard jaunt by wadley gets them off to a great start. they're taking care of the cornhuskers which means wisconsin will represent the big ten for the west in the championship game in nebraska had won the last three at iowa, hawkeyes finishing strong. the big win over michigan. another spoiler. north carolina needing this win. >> brian: fourth and 20. i don't think rick neuheisel has a play called for fourth and 20. bug howard just barely outside his reach. >> adam: n.c. state gets the win. that means virginia tech is the coastal division champ in the a.c.c. they'll face clemson. n.c. state goes to a bowl. ey coming in. to the m.a.c., western michigan trying to win the west against toledo. >> rick: trying to get the bid. see if they can keep alive in the new year's six bid. >> adam: broncos defense doing the job on the high-powered toledo team. logan woodside 41 touchdowns on the year. boi

with a lot of historic miracles that both john adams and thomas jefferson die on the same day july 4 50 years after the signing of the declaration of independence. he says time will outlive this evil also, clearly taking the long view of slavery. who knows when he's thinking it will happen. >> he believes in the afterlife. >> true. i'm curious, in the writings, in his letters, he talks the slavery on a grand scale as an institution, but does he ever refer to it within the context of family? does he talk about any of the paradox and contradictions that we see now in his relations with sally hemmings or any of the other enslaved people on the plantation and a direct way? does he wrestle with that ever? >> no, he's not wrestling with this. he's not wrestling with sally hemmings. talking-- about sally hemmings or anything like that. he sees himself as being a good master to these people. to my family and it's not-- this is not something that is keeping him up at night and most of the time that he's talking about slavery is that it's a request of someone. someone has written to him and as

alison: she is the first foreign-born first lady since john adams' wife. next at 5:00, what to expect from melania trump as she gets set to move in the white house. >> donald trump won big with male voters but it may have them push him over the top. the passionate words of the female voters coming up when larry: as we first showed you at the top of the newscast there are women visibly upset at donald trump's victory. there are also a lot of other women who couldn't be happier. jeff goldberg is live in fairfax with that part of the country. jeff? jeff: for the past month or so we have been speaking to female trump supporters who have been telling us all along that he would win the election. including the proud owner of the trump fairfax county. while donald trump did not win virginia, the female voters are very proud they say that other female voters across the country may have help put him over the top. alice butler short has been driving this truck around northern virginia for months. >> i am feeling great. jeff: never more proudly than today. >> i believ

john adams, john quincy adam and all six were epicopallions and here come andrew jackson who was presbyterian they said no, this guy will destroy the presidency. don't let an unkouth westerner, that's what tennessee was back then. don't let him in the white house, he will destroy it all. >> interesting, we were here before. not only in the character of the presidents, but the reaction to him, that he was going to destroy the fabric of the nation? >> yeah, there was real concern. and he came back to washington and was a rock star and first celebrity even including george washington in american history. huge crowds showed up when he and his horse came through. as an inaugural party. they got drunk a allowed to come in. and he finally had had to leave the white house and check in a hotel in order to get to sleep. so a lot of people oh, this is going to turn out badly. but he was a great president and his statute is there in lay fayet park. you can see the pigeons land on his hat. >> and trust, president-elect trump has a hotel and it is easy for him to escape for a good night's rest. why was pre

>> john quincy adams asked them to produss an exact replica. there were people who produced certain replicas of the deck rahlation, lots of discussion about whether it was exact who had the official replica version, and john quincy adams says to stone, go produce something that's exact. and he does. it takes him about three years painstakingly do it. but the document you see now, the one that, as i say, you may have hanging in your home or incredibly room, is exact right down to the signatures, which is amazing. >> do you have any idea how much a dawn lap broadside would be valued today? i don't. i know that there's been assessments done by the library of congress that range into the hundreds of thousands but i really don't have an exact number on what that would be. >> do you know where the 17 are? or some of them? >> library of congress has one, i believe the mass historical society has one, and they are located around in different societies. >> who was steven me santon? >> a real he -- pleasan tombings n? >> a real hero in american history. h

january 20th, michelle passes the torch to the former model, the first foreign born first lady seance john adams' wife. raised in this town, locals flags. ? ? t she was not your ordinary girl. her alleged former girlfriend -- >> she was not a typical girl. very, very classy. >> reporter: asked in 1999 when trump considered a run for official, what kind of first lady she would be, replying, i would be traditional like betty ford or kennedy. despite the taken a backseat in the campaign only seen a few times. >> isn't he the best? >> reporter: saying she's busy being a mother. >> i support my husband 100%, but we have a 9-year-old son together, and i'm raising him. >> reporter: just last week, finally giving the world a glimpse of what her future cause as first lady may be. >> we have to find a better way to talk to each other. >> cyber bullying. children get hurt. >> a modern cause for any mom, first and foremost. thank you for watching, and as always woour online at abcnews.com and our nightline facebook page. good night, america. >> mr. trump goes to washington. the handshake seen around the wor

american character there was a sense that was given to us through people like george washington and john adams that our job was not to make the world a new box to preserve the best and he thought the founders being very classically educated were giving us something so he didn't think of america against hitler or stalin. he thought of america as something separate that was above stalin and hitler but it was our duty to take these guys out as well as possible. they were good ideologies and the dehumanizing and it was too complicated for that so the conservative mind is truly bad. he wants to conserve what has come before. in 1953 it was pretty revolutionary. he wasn't catholic at this point. he would become catholic leader on. but he talked about the dignity of the human person and a lot about personalism, ideas of community at times when those were not popular words in america. he's although us as more than equal. it was properly understood that it trump trumped all of the lefd right. >> worthy ideas accessible? >> again this is lost to us now but this was a household name in the 50s and not ju

michelle will pass the torch to the former model to become the first foreign born first lady since john adams' wife. raised in this small town, locals celebrated by raising american flags. ? ? >> reporter: the former not your ordinary girl, former alleged boyfriend telling abc news -- >> she was never typical girl. very, very classy. >> reporter: she was asked by "the new york times" in 1999 when trump considered office, what kind of first lady she would be, replying, i would be very traditional like betty ford or jackie kennedy. despite the forshadowing, she took a backseat in the campaign. >> reporter: telling barbara walters, she's busy being a mother. >> a support my husband 100%, but we have a 9-year-old son together, and i'm raising him. >> reporter: just last week, finally giving the world a glimpse at what her future cause as first lady may be. >> we have to find a better way to talking to each other. >> reporter: cyber bullying. >> it's very bad out there and children get hurt. >> our thanks to juju chang, and a fixer upper. coming up, a smaller version of fenway park built in the ba

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