there are over 1000 letters between abigail adams and john adams.nd neither of them was capable of writing a boring letter, or a short one. and you are reminded that history is human. history is not about memorizing dates and statistics and quotations. it's about human beings. that's why it is so important. jefferson said, any nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never can be. of course, he said, "when in the and thef human events," operative word there is human, that "none of the people who occupy our highest office has ever been perfect." charlie: remind me, jefferson did not write books. david: no. charlie: did he write letters? charlie: -- david: yes, indeed. charlie: as many as adams? david: no. the main thing with jefferson was he destroyed every letter he ever wrote to his wife, or that she ripped him. he would write to friends of theirs and say, if you have any correspondence from my wife, please return it to me, because i would like to have it, and then he destroyed it. charlie: why did he do that? david: n

found in the letters and there's over 1,000 letters between abigail adams and john adams. neither of them was capable of writing a boring letter or a short one. you're reminded that history is human. his -- history's not about remembering dates and quotations, it's about human beings. that's why it's so important. jefferson said any nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what it never was and never can be. and he said when in the course of human events and the operative word is human, none of these people who occupied our highest office have ever been perfect. >> charlie: remind me -- jefferson didn't write books. >> no. >> charlie: did he write letters? >> yes, indeed. >> charlie: many letters as many as adams. >> jefferson destroyed every letter he ever wrote to his wife or she wrote to him. he would write to friends of theirs saying if you have correspondence from my wife return it to me and he destroyed it. >> charlie: why do you think he did that? >> i think he felt his private life must remain private. >> charlie: why didn't you write about jefferson or

then there is john adams. john adams, not from onesylvania, but probably of the strongest critics of the pennsylvania government. two, one of the greatest defenders of mixed government. massachusetts, when they write their constitution, adams is the primary author, it is governor, upper house, lower house, all checking one another. adams is conservative in this sense. he is about order, structure. with adams in favor of independence, of course. the parts ways with pennsylvania. we live in the age of political experiments, many will fail, some will succeed. dividedsylvania will be and weekend -- weakened. no fan of democracy. no fan of giving the people so much power. we have got to love adams on the pennsylvania constitution. people cannot be free or happy whose government is one assembly. totally right to the pennsylvania constitution, a single assembly is liable to all devices, follies and frailties of an individual. subject to fits of humor, starts of passion, enthusiasm, partiality, prejudice. focus on the

john quincy adams in fact had been secretary of state. secretary of state was really the stepping stone to become president. and so essentially, clay is setting himself up to become john quincy adams' successor once adams decided to leave office. so that's exactly what happens in the house. the house votes for adams to become president, and jacksonians jump on that alleged corrupt bargain, and they use that as their main campaign theme in 1828. brian: why is it the democratic party for years has had every year something called the jefferson-jackson dinners? mark: this is a way to commemorate what many people -- or who many people consider to be the founders of the democratic party. you have thomas jefferson, who formed that original democratic republican party, and then you have jackson, who many people within the party see as rejuvenating or revitalizing the old democratic party and making it more modern, in the 1820's and 1830's. brian: representative tom cole of oklahoma in an interview had the following to say. [video clip] >> we are

the original letter written by john adams to john bens complaining about adams' absence from this print. and sent a copy of his print to john adams who when he received it was horrified to find that his portrait was missing from the print. therefore, he returned it to john bens along with this letter, saying i'm returning this. please do not send another copy. in 1823, perhaps the most important facsimile reproduction of the declaration of independence was issued. this is the so-called stone broadside. this print was actually taken directly from the original manuscript in -- and now on display in the national archives. as you know if you've seen the original it's quite faded. one of the reasons that it is faded is that the treatment received at the time that this print was prepared, the original manuscript was dampened and then it was pressed against a metal plate to transfer some of the ink from the original to that plate. that ink then became the template that the engraver used to engrache the print being plate from which this copy was printed. therefore, unfortunately, damaging the o

you can see john adams' quote, which i have to read. would notgn powers engage with us until we had acknowledged ourselves as an independent nation," and adams was not known as a fan of foreign entanglements. the declaration of independence alone would allow european countries to treat with us. the declaration was not commissioned by congress as a message to george the third. he had already gotten the memo. he knew the americans were fighting for independence, and the americans knew this. they also were not sending the declaration for the american people because they american people had sent delegates to philadelphia to vote for independence. in fact, the document that is upstairs in the rotunda was written specifically as a call to arms, and engraved invitation asking france and spain to come and fight alongside us. started the war, we were be reft of gun power, guns, artillery, and france and spain first began to furnish all of these arms. even before the declaration of independence had been signed, a french merchant named be , theche

sold so there is the official freak out and john adams if somebody is apprehended then they beat him bloody in the middle of the street but then to snuggle back that is the in portugal where customs agents can i get anywhere because they will not convict a customs official they're bringing case after case of building a winning 10 percent. so that's in sight to me talk about smuggler nation and how much law-enforcement it was the point of friction and is john adams quotation that says where the where is defending the smugglers because there and then that this is a great cause. says he writes in his bill of complaints there are swarms of officers. >> with this is justin saying that is the police. >> going through new york city in neighborhoods swarms of officers. but as you said in the book the parallels are so nuclear so talk about just to emphasize those parallels. fundamentally the documents that are produced by the various authorities in ferguson with the males between the city manager and the sheriff and then with the revenue pipeline you need to write more traffic tickets to make

this is what general washington wrote to john adams. apologize for the length but it is important. business as he did not want to do. i shall of avoided as much as possible. i have no hesitation in declaring that if the public is to be deprived of the services of colonel hamilton that the policy is destined development and hed not lead forces is saying he is destined to be the person to lead the military. it is profound. although colonel hamilton is never acting in the character of a general print his opportunity as a confidential aid to the commander in chief. he is capable of doing everything on a larger scale. who knew nothing of the correspondences of the commander in chief by the various orders to or transactions with the general staff of the army. havingdvantages of peacefulness that the constitutional convention and having to fill one of the most important parts of government made him respected in the united states. there is so much. this is the end of it. by some he is considered to be a ambitious man and therefore a dangerous o

one of my favorite movements in my work on john adams was reading through his diaries and coming to a point several times done imagine, the only entry for the day says, at home, thinking. imagine if we had people in public life that could honestly write that as their entry for the day. i also feel very strongly that if you researching or truth to understand the people of our past, male, female, wherever, it's as important to read what they read it is to read what they wrote, bus in there you find the essence of attitude, outlook, anger, heartbreak, whatever it is. one of adams' most charming of all letter this wrote to his christian was written to his son, john quincy, who was doing everything just right in his studies in the netherlands. and the father wrote and said you have to read more than just what they're assigning you at the university. he said, you'll never be alone with a poet in your pocket. carry the poet with you. wonderful, wonderful line. and how powerful is the work of these people that are represented here? excuse me. and all of that work is still as alive as the day

he has written best-selling books about many of our american presidents, among them john adams, 1776, mornings on horseback, teddy roosevelt and truman. his book in 2011, the greater journey is about americans in paris stories about some of the ventures american writers and artists and politicians among others. i recently chanced upon a beautiful book called the house tells the story: homes of the american presidents published by a boston publisher a collaboration between artists, adam van doren and david mccollough. it's amazing. david mccollough is a two time winner of a pulitzer prize as well as a two winner of a national book award. and he has received the presidential medal of freedom. our nation's highest civilian award. on a much lesser note he has been a favorite in my bookstore, in winnetka illinois. in 1992, and we were talking about this earlier he remembers, on his way back from a trip to independence, missouri, to visit the truman home david and his wife, rosalie, stopped by the store for a store signing of his new book, truman. in david's words, the truman house is far d

with the possible exception of john quincy adams, the first president who, given the right set of circumstances, if things broke right, might take decisive action against slavery. i bring up john quincy adams because he is a relevant to what lincoln does during the war, and using his presidential war powers to forge a policy of military emancipation. because the idea that a president in the event of a war over slavery, and a rebellion of the southern states might have the 42 emancipate slaves as a military measure predates the civil war. it is not a new idea. it is articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. he is defeated in 1828 in his bid for reelection by andrew jackson. he returns to the house of representatives and had a long career and the house of representatives. he became something of a continual born in the side of proslavery interests. if you remember, he let the fight against the gag rule, that prevented anti-slavery petitions in congress. the other think quincy adams did was respond to seven threats about succession in war over issues of slavery by articulating a do

adams at the festivities for madison. he goes up to him and says, i just want to thank you for coming. i want to know, are you writing anymore poetry these days? john quincy adams puts this in his diary and writes -- he underlines poetry, because jefferson knows, even though it was anonymous, who did it, and this was his dig at him. john quincy got the message. carol: if it is any consolation, john quincy's wife had a lot of difficulty with him and with their children. one son was an opium addict who fathered an illegitimate child with the chambermaid, and the other confessed to his mother that he had prurient interests, so he went to prostitutes. annette: there is another story about louisa and sally hemings. jefferson invited native american chiefs to the white house. that had happened before, but he invited the wives. many of the women in washington, the white women, were insulted, because it put them on par with them. louisa is riding in her diary and says, what next, maybe the magnificent sally will make her appearance. there was a lot of bad blood between the two of them. lesley: let me ask this question, and anybody jump in. can you tell us

we have the laws i war with john uasi ware with john adams early in the republic. most americans felt this is not what we should do. two other wars shaped how we look at the world. one was the french revolution, and that is a war that started out simply in france and then swept the consonant and was marked by the emblem of the guillotine. this is something americans looked at with real revulsion. you don't hear about this often, but it plays in terms of how americans thought about getting involved in the war, and that is the american civil war. that was the greatest war we ever fought at the time and to give you context, abraham lincoln when he re-provisioned , for the war went again, he thought it would be a four-month skirmish. costs a four-year war that 625,000 lives. i might dissent a little bit saying we could of gotten an earlier. there was maybe a little running room. but we had to overcome habits of our very beginning and our very way of being. >> can i get you to answer my question about -- because the germans perceived u.s. neutrality as hostility, that w

like there's an official freakout in the court, benjamin frame franklin and john adams writing bit. there's a mob freaking out and the mob with grab the customs agent and beat him and march humly to the streets and they'll steal back the beer or wind -- or wine, there's jury nullification where sclupt -- customs agents not not guess convictions because no jury will convict officials and they're winning 10% of the case us. the norm of the community is like this is okay with us. and so the key insight here to me is -- i didn't -- i have to give a shoutout to peter andres great book, mother nation. have to understand how much law enforcement and smuggling what's point of friction that was the thing -- there's this john adams quote where he says, when he goes to this famous trial, where a lawyer is essentially defending the smugglers against unwarranted search and seizure, he says then and there was the spirit of revolution born. everyone who watched this went away saying this is our great cause, and in the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson writes in his bill of complaints a

it was the point of friction that was the thing and there's this john adams quote where he says when he goes to this famous trial where a lawyer is essentially defending the smugglers against unwarranted search and' sure then and there the spirit 6 revolution born everyone who watched this away saying this is our great cause and in the declaration of independence thomas jefferson writes in his bill of complaints about the crown. that the crown has sense swarmed, crown swarm of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. which is just him saying, at f e police almost literally swarm of officers, swarms of officers talk to people in ferguson go talk to people in new york city in that i that i neighborhoods d swarm of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. >> as you call it you said in the book the parallel of ferguson so clear that lis operated i think as armed tax collectors can you talk about the ways and fines and fees and extraction are working in ferguson just to emphasize during that period. >> ferguson is neatest parallel are because back to th

it was written chiefly by john adams and did include the provision that the governor of massachusetts had to swear his religious belief. well, from jefferson's point of view, imagine this. some fellow as he let the governor of massachusetts and they come to him and says you've been a lack it. you have to search your religious belief. is he going to say about that to be governor, but i don't really have that or is he going to say i swear. great. so jefferson's point was government by telling you what you had to say about religion couldn't actually make you a subscriber to that religion. it could make you a hypocrite, make you a liar. would be absurd to people that you are a hypocrite or a buyerfor much of this is undesirable in dallas. jefferson said later in life that the most difficult political conflict in which he had ever been involved with the establishment of the official church in virginia. it involves them in a long-running quarrel with some of his best friend and close political allies, john page, jordan with who was an episcopalian, not really thrilled with the establishment

is a quotation that was first carved into the mantel piece by franklin roosevelt from a letter john adamste to his wife, abigail, the first night he spent the night in the white house. he was the first president to spend the night there. and then when kennedy was president, he had it cawrved into the marble part of the mantelpiece, rather than the wood, which had been prior to that. what adams wrote to abigail was, "may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." >> glor: james fader is an actor known for his disark darkand destructive characters. he stars as the concierge of crime on "the black list." the series is now in its fourth season. >> nowadays, to a great degree-- and it's probably the reason for the explosion on television in terms of programming-- is that writers and directors and actors have migrated, to a great degree, to television to be able to pay for the plays and the films that they might like to do. >> rose: in other words, you have your own standards. >> i just-- i bury myself in the work. when i-- it's why, when i did films-- that's all i did-- i didn't

if there were strong opposition on the part of that was continuing a thread from john adams to 9/11. on that note, we are going to end. thank you. [applause] thank you, everybody. >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums, archives, and historic places. the national museum of african american history and culture opened in 2016. located on the national mall near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nation's capital with capacity crowds almost every day. up next, in the second of a two-part look of the history galleries, we tour the exhibits titled "the era of 1877-1968." and hear the history of african-americans after the civil war. >> after the end of the civil war, african americans released from their bondage immediately sought about creating their own lives with their own resources. one of the first things many of them tried to do was reconnect with family members

him abigail adams first met and john had told her about washington she scolded him, for not preparinger for the phenomena. dr. benjamin rush describes washington this way. there is not a king in europe that would not look like a valet by his side. madison lacked in stature then made up for in braids. itjefferson described it came out of a habit of self possession. in my book as she mentioned i call him a genius. some murmur around critics. i am happy to stand my ground on that. worldn not only saw the that he was born into. he also saw how it could be different. at age 36 he arrived in the philadelphia convention later known as the constitutional convention full of ideas and intent on creating a nation from the 13 states that had never been seen before. three years before they had thrown up the rule of great britain and with through a rocky time of confederation. he is ready to change things. he is ready to make this totally new kind of nation. he imagined a vast republic where people are sovereign and their fundamental right, respected and nowhere on earth. people who are thinking ab

it was presented by john quincy adams on a number of occasions.boutn come up with talk slavery and race. >> antislavery activists and especially the pennsylvania abolitionist society put forth a vision of a new nation that imagined a racially occlusive republic with the basic rights of enslaved africans were respected. professoristory charles discloses -- discusses letters. >> they were encouraged to be expressive about intimacy, connection, and love. oflong as the boundary sexuality was absolutely and strictly maintained. full schedule, good to www.c-span.org. >> in the united nations security council session, north korea's deputy said that the country would not abide by the u.n. security council sanctions. this is 25 minutes. >> good morning. thank you so

everyone from john adams defending british soldiers in boston to thurgood marshall who fought for desegregation. it's not lawyers and it's not the law. we have to look at ourselves collectively as citizens. it is true that our politics have become poisonous and uncivil. we have a race to the bottom, not just in terms of rhetoric, but just dealing with each other. these politicians are reflections of us. they do what is popular. it is not the lawyers. as citizens, we have to say that we've had enough of this and we want mature decisions. that's reason for an independent investigation. these investigations going to long, that's why in the past i've discouraged the idea of having a special counsel. there are times where you reach a tipping point. you see that in some of the voices on programs like this. host: one of the voices in the pages of "the financial times." the first calls to mount the special prosecutor to take over the russia investigation -- mr. nixon was compelled to do so, as was bill clinton. guest: the funny thing is that the independent counsel -- there's a lot of confusion in term

but every president since john adams because george washington was the first can point to the predecessorabout it. i think the question will be what is he going to do about this. of will be what is he going to do about this. of course these questions are tough and the wrapping is not easy tough and the wrapping is not easy to explain. but he cannot face the american people in 2020 and say this is not my fault. i take your point. but what he can do, and let us get specific on the middle east, he can point, at 0bama's red line on chemical weapons with bashar al—assad, which would produce an american military response, which of course, it did not. by donald trump actually made good on the motion of that being a red line. —— but. frankly, many people criticising donald trump during the campaign in the early days of the presidency, like former cia director, michael hayden, are now saying, do you know what, he handled that really well, and it was an important signal and and it was an important signal and an important question he sent with that airstrike on the airfield in syria. —— important me

fascinates her is the first 36 years of our republic with the exception of four short years of john adams the virginia dynasty was in power. of the 15 books she has written five of them are history books for children and we have bucked him for all of our grandchildren. i have read them over and over with the grandchildren who love them. i will just mention a few because you may want to purchase them. one of my favorites is "a for abigail" of course, the one i love the most is when washington crossed the delaware it talks about the general leading his army across the river on christmas night and his surprise attack on the enemy in trenton. it teaches children about courage, heroism, and dedication to your dream. she was also a pathan thrower -- baton thrower she required hours of practice and she was known as flamboyant as her baton were sometimes set aflame on both ends. in 1954 she was the junior champion in wyoming and in 1956 she won the state senior championship medal. i asked if she would be willing to show us a few of her tricks. she said you could not pay me enough. i have heard sh

what jefferson is this what john adams wanted? wethe people must demand take our country back.t's time for we the people to take it back. host: mark is on our independent line from philadelphia. caller: good morning. i just want to say to the trump supporters out here, you keep saying there's nothing there, there's nothing going on -- if there's nothing there, why didn't trump want comey to keep going with his probe? did he want a loyalty pledge from comey when he had that dinner meeting with them? he said you ditch this investigation or you are out. is basically a boy scout. you are asking an untouchable to break the law. i wonder about his judgment. ofs man made millions dollars. is this how he ran his corporation? thank god it is privately held. if you was running a publicly controlled corporation, he'd be ankrupt -- if he was running publicly controlled corporation, he'd be bankrupt. host: the investigation could include a probe into whether there was a cover-up. investigators into russian meddling are now authorized to probe whether white house officials have engaged in a

john adams wrote to thomas jefferson that power always thinks it has a great soul. the way you guard against that is having people ask hard questions. ask good questions and demand straightforward answers. i promise i will do my best to give that kind of answer today. i appreciate the conversation i know we will have today and over the next few about reauthorizing section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act you mentioned mr. chairman. this is a tool that is essential to the safety of this country. i did not say the same thing about the collection of telephone dialing information by the nsa. i think that's a useful tool. tool, and ifential it goes away we will be less safe as a country. i will be happy to talk more about that. thank you for engaging on that so we can tell the american people why it matters so much and why we cannot let it go away. the magic of the fbi you oversee is its people. we talk a lot about the counterterrorism work, the counter intelligence work. thought i would give the semi-yet of the work being done by those people all over th

do they think thomas jefferson and john adams were members of a criminal class that needed to draft thiso protect their nefarious deeds? the fact is, they after hundreds of years through history evolves these wonderful documents to protect us because once the government zeros in on someone and hears something and thinks something, they can get you. trish: i'm going to stop you there. i'm wondering, how do we deal with it in this type of environment where these terrorists are connectingon line? and they are on these social media sites. this is where they meet, this is where they connect. how do we prevent them from connecting if we also want to be protective of everybody's rights in this process? >> we go after the terrorists. donald trump said that. but we don't go after james rosen how just interviewed. and he was targeted. trish: he sure was. he was part of this. everyday americans are getting wrapped up in this and you you think for nefarious political purposes rather than intelligence gathering to keep our country safe. >> 100 years ago cardinal richelaeau. he said give me 9 lines wr

fascinates her is that for the first 36 euros of our republic, with the exception of four short years of john adams, the virginia dynasty was in power. of the 15 books she has written, five of them are history books for children. we have bought them for all of our grandchildren. i have read them over and over with the grandchildren, who love them. i will mention a few because you might want to purchase them. "celebrating the ideas that is our country." of them is "abigail" celebrating the women of america. washingtonut general leading his ragtag army across the frozen river on christmas night and the surprise attack on the at enemy and trenton -- on the enemy in trenton. it teaches children about following dreams. she was also a baton to learn as a child. she was known across the state of wyoming is flamboyant because her batons were sometimes set aflame at both ends. in 1950 four, she was wyoming's 1950 six,mpion and in she won the state senior champion mehta. i asked her if she is be willing to show as a few of her tricks. she said "you could not pay me enough." although i heard she still might d

it is articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. >> 6:45 p.m. eastern, talking about the first u.s. congress' debate on slavery. antislavery activists and the pennsylvania abolitionists society put forth a vision of a new nation that imagined a racially inclusive republic rights ofbasic enslaved africans were respected. exchanged between abraham lincoln and his friend. talk about theto everlasting love for each other was normal and encouraged, to be ,xpressive about intimacy expression, and love. as long as the boundary was maintained. .> for more go to c-span.org >> another commencement address from republican senator rob portman. he spoke at ashland university in ohio. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you very much. thank you for your friendship and inviting me to be here at

thank you, john. adam jones says that he was the target of racial abuse in boston . during last night's game against the red sox, dan: the n-word several times and a bag of peanuts was thrown at him. the fan that threw the bag was escorted out of the ballpark he said that this was not the first time that hecklers targeted him with a slew of racial of use. larry: breaking overnight, a tense scene outside the jefferson davis monument in new orleans. sam? sam: a busy night for the police in new orleans. supporters and opponents of this confederate statue, clashing over the statue that they have been trying to remove for the last week. take a look. in the the statues have been removed over the last week. last night supporters showed up with rifles at the jefferson davis statues and opponents showed up. they clashed, some of those people going nose to nose. those people eventually dispersing the crowds. as you can see, a lot of people want it to remain there. it's a developing story that we will continue to follow. autria? the search is intensifying for a prison in jessup

think it was john adams left the white house with his one tooth. no first of all, the trial -- you see washington -- his agent person -- his method suck and and and swollen. washington complained that one of the portraits made him look swollen. them -- we know washington too well as an old man. the portraits don't often show him enough in his rhyme. >> he was oftentimes in pain because those dentures were so ill fitting. he complained about them chronically. i show my students sometimes, there are paintings of washington where he is bigger than horses and cannons and battlefields. fellow, butas a big if you are to extrapolate, he would be about 14 feet tall from some of the paintings. >> my favorite is the apotheosis of george washington. it was joe ellis, and your series who said, it was important that we be worshipful of our great men in nearly days of the republic. it helps knit us together. there's no better example of that van washington. his is in the capital -- i can't remember where the apotheosis of washington is. taken is ag religious. wa

john adams' wife, abigail, much smarter than john.never would have passed the alien sedition act and on it goes pretty much. even ms. harding was much smarter person. ms. hoover spoke fluent chinese. and on it goes. >> you also wrote about marco rubio. you said marco rubio doesn't look old enough to drive and steered his campaign like a sixth grade who could either see over the dashboard or reach the pedals, not both at the same time. >> got one at home. >> he has also become somewhat outspoken against the trump administration. what do you think of that? >> i liked marc rubio. i saw marc rubio -- one thing about living in new england is you get to see the candidates at the town hall meetings and rubio was impressive at his. he had a straightforward, conservative but comprehensible questions. he had hostile questions he dealt with with tact. and he was very patient. someone had an angry veterans affa affairs question and he handled it well. then the next day, at the same place, saint ann's college he got the needle stuck on the record.

it's articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. >> 6:45 p.m. eastern, history professor paul talks about the first u.s. congress' 1790 debate on slavery and race. >> in a series of petitions that generated this heated debate, anti-slavery activists and especially the pennsylvania abolition society put forth a vision of a new nation that imagined a racially inclusive republic where the basic rights of enslaved africans were respected. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, history professor and author charles strozer on letters exchanged between abraham lincoln and his friend, speed. >> to talk about their ever-lasting love for each other was normal and encouraged to be expressive about intimacy and connection and even love and i think that's the way to see this relationship. as long as the boundary against sexuality was absolutely and strictly maintained. >> for our complete "american history tv" schedule go to -span.org. >> president trump departed for his first overseas trip as commander in chief a short time ago with first lady melania trump and