john adams is no longer very popular, he's been repudiated. ut john's martial is all those politics, and the personality there. second cousin from virginia, they're both connected to the random plan. marshals mother in law was the former fiancÉe by jefferson and there was some bad blood there. so there is that whole overlay on top of that. then, remember one final thing. it's marshall himself who, as secretary of state fails to effectuate the delivery of these things. now, as chief justice, he's hearing a lawsuit about that transaction of which he is a witness. the supreme court is sitting as a trial court and what is called the original jurisdiction. so there really is a question, truthfully of weather john marshall should be hearing this case at all, or if he shouldn't recuse himself, not because he's a federalist, because everyone is a federalist if your republican, everyone is friends with everyone else but he is a witness to the very transaction involved and, yet, he has shown no indication and is threatening that will issue his order to h

he's going to vany hand over the president to samz madison and john quincy addles, john adams son was secretary of state. this might be good news for hillary clinton today but remember john kerry didn't quite prevail. john marshal is john adams ally but he's also the the new incoming chief justice. and for a month he -- what happens if the deadline goes on and on and on and come inauguration day they're still deadlocked? well, here's one possibility. maybe there's this anonymous newspaper essay that kpz out maybe the person should occupy the white house in that circumstance is none other than the secretary of state john marshal. so john marshal is even mentioned as one of the possible people trying to sort of nose himself into this really complicated situation. but right as adam's administration is ending, yes, john marshal is both the secretary of state and the new incoming chief justice. >> one point very important to emphasis down there is adams nominates marshal and gets confirmed in late january, 1801, becomes chief justice in 1801. and john marshal himself has a lame duck appoin

it wasn't just john adams. other delegates, too, were starting to get this message from their own constituents. and on friday, june 7, 1776, richard henry lee, a member of the virginia delegation, introduced to the continental congress the first formal proposal for american independence in that body's history, a resolution to declare that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the british crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of great britain ought to be finally dissolved. two days of intense debate followed richard henry lee's revolution, although the outcome of the debate may not be the result you are expecting. richard henry lee, john adams, and other delegates in favor of independence did not have the votes to carry the day, at least not yet. so the members did what congress has always done best, they kicked the can down the road. [laughter] they delayed a final vote, and agreed instead to

twice won the pulitzer prize for truman and then john adams. pulled them out of the relative neglect they had received compared to the presidents preceded and succeeded them. adams was president between washington and jefferson truman between franklin roosevelt and eisenhower. these are all iconic figures but with new narratives to humanize history and more than that, also celebrating the human stories and great events like the building of the panama canal, brooklyn bridge and historic tragedies. david mccullough is our citizen chronicler his latest book is the greater journey. nineteenth century story of americans journeying back across the atlantic to discover the learning of the old world even at a time when other americans word journey to the pacific to discover national resources and natural beauty of the american frontier. america was opening a new world physically in the west while enriching itself culturally and intellectually in the great city of light in the journey east across the sea. ladies and gentlemen since mccullough came into m

john adams and john quincy adams and there was 24 years, nearly a quarter of a century to the presidencies of those two men area john adams was in his last 15 months of life when john quincy adams was in office. he was in quincymassachusetts . three days stagecoach ride, a six days stagecoach ride away from washington so he really wasn't able to be in washington to be an economy of influence on his son's presidency but george hw bush was a spry 76 years old when his son took the office.he had just been there eight years before and he was in a position to be a real influence around on his son's life so this is a story that needed to be told . and 41 agreed to do it if 43 which george w. bush agreed to do the book, i wasn't sure whether he would say yes, sir no republic of the dallas and i knew george w. bush alittle bit . the meeting and i was shocked that it would the beginning of the meeting he said i've decided this story needs to be told thatyou're the guy can do it . iwas so unprepared i didn't have a tape recording device . and he sat there and he put his feet up on the desk and he ha

and then the incumbent adams was overly cerebral. john quincy adams concluded that johnson's followers of seek we as champions of executive power. and that was a worrier cult of conduct democracy was a smokescreen western expansion drove politics slaveholders would expand to the pacific. it was a union of land speculators and southern slaveholders. john quincy adams elected to congress 1830 after the one term presidency ended. it was an unusual move never to be repeated. remained in the house until his death in 1848. parties ruled. it was quite design military was sanctimonious calls with southern democrats to purchase auxiliary support from the men of the north. jackson, head of the democratic party jefferson small government party now with executive power. and john quincy adams as a princely air comfortable with titles and rituals and long serve as a diplomat. somehow like his father before him with a secret promoter of monarchy. the cult of personality and often voters didn't care. but a slaveholding oligarchy took hold of the presiden

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adams, john adams, who suggested i be the author. well, i said, "no, mr. adams, you must write it." he said, "oh, no, you must write it." i said, "no, you." and mr. adams replied, "i am generally considered obnoxious, disliked. no, you have quite the flair for fluid and felicitous writing. i think you should write it." "besides that," he said, "a virginian ought to be at the head of this business." you asked me what sources of thracian did i draw upon in drafting our declaration. firstly i would tell you that i write on this slope, if you will. you can even refer to it as a laptop. was is my design and it andted by my cousin in 1775 1776. this, not ton write anything new or original. i've groupon the sources of the code of the sixth century. i drew on the cold of the writings of john locke. i grew on mr. thomas payne's pamphlet, common sense. providedis together foundation. nonetheless, the virginia declaration of rights written by george mason, he wrote that virginia declaration of rights at the same time that i was writing our declaration of american independence. a further questi

adams, john adams, who suggested i be the author. well, i said, "no, mr. adams, you must write it." he said, "oh, no, you must write it." i said, "no, you." and mr. adams replied, "i am generally considered obnoxious, disliked. no, you have quite the flair for fluid and felicitous writing. i think you should write it." "besides that," he said, "a virginian ought to be at the head of this business." yes, we had put forth that resolution for independency first. your next question, mr. light? >> what sources of inspiration did you draw on in drafting the document? thomas jefferson: you asked me what sources of inspiration did i draw upon in drafting our declaration. well, firstly, i would tell you that i still write. i still write on this lap desk, this slope, if you will. you can even refer to it as a laptop. this is my design, and it was created by my cousin, mr. benjamin randolph,a cabinet maker in philadelphia, created at that time, 1775 and 1776. i set about on this not to write anything new or original. i drew on the sources of the justinian code of the 6th century. i drew on the

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he was the great grandson of john adams and grandson of john quincy adams. and the adams family was in this state of political decline. there were two adams presidents in the background, but henry adams couldn't make a start in politics. henry adams became a historian. when he was writing in the 1860s, when grant was president, this was just ten years after the publication of charles darwin, introduction of the theory of evolution. adams' take was, anybody who looks at the progression of the presidency understanding that evolution is a crock. it refutes the theory. [ laughter ] >> i was going to say that, in most cases, it looks as though there's this linear line that maybe you think it goes down or up. george washington is a tough act to follow. i'm going to propose this to you. you can decide whether you agree with this or not. there is one sense, at least, in which donald trump is positively and this is an adjective i haven't heard applied to donald trump, that donald trump is positively washingtonian. he's very much like the father of our country. and do

a start with a former australian chess federation rep who was asked to take part in the debates john adams refused and took to twitter instead to rebuke the a.b.c. saying the taxpayer funded national broadcaster is raising relevant topics during a pandemic is anger was echoed by world class players like russian grandmaster anatoly karpov to. the period of total insanity has become what does it have in common with the centuries old game john adams who said tweet propelled the round to the open on choose even says the order of who goes 1st has got nothing to do with race and called out the a.b.c. from flaming racial tension. i was on the phone call the a.b.c. wanted to have a discussion about whether they should change the rule because of the current racial context i think it's a big scandal the fact that what goes 1st has nothing to do with race. it all comes down to a convention is that we should in the late eighty's i think in western democracies there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a.b.c. tried to jump on the bandwagon by including chance the fact that the a.b.

or john adams whose tweet propel the row really into the open seas the order of who goes 1st has nothing to do at race and called out at the a.b.c. for inflaming racial tension. i was on the phone call the a.b.c. wanted to have a discussion about whether they should change the rule because of the carl rochelle context i think it's a big scandal the fact that what goes 1st has nothing to do with race. it all comes down to a convention is that we should in the late eighty's i think in western democracies there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a.b.c. tried to jump on the bandwagon by including chance the fact that the a.b.c. decided to pick chess as a topic i think is fully exposed what their agenda is and we don't need more tension would only to divide people i think it's dangerous if we allow games that have nothing to do with race to the full size the a.b.c. ses its aim has been misunderstood the radio host to show plan to hold the discussion and they weren't looking for people to say chess is racist instead james valentine sees that we're seeking to create quote

the period of total insanity has begun what does it have in common with the centuries old game john adams who's 20 propelled the row into open then says that the order of who goes 1st has got nothing to do of race and called out the a.b.c. for inflaming racial tensions i was on the phone call the a b c one and to have a discussion about whether they should change the rule because of the current rochelle context i think it's a big scandal the fact that what goes 1st has nothing to do with race it all comes down to a convention established in the late eighty's i think in western democracies there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a.b.c. tried to jump on the bandwagon by including the fact that the a.b.c. decided to pick chess as a topic i think of fully exposed what their agenda is we don't need more tension would only to divide people i think it's dangerous if we allow games that have nothing to do with race to be. footnote to this the a.b.c. says it's a must be misunderstood the radio host whose show planned to hold the discussion insist they were looking for peopl

john quincy. i was a park ranger for a summer for the adams historical site. everything you say and more about those people, he made the president's. also some of the redactor. but anna the comment on the belief that integration be required. i'm a professor of social studies methods to teach both in service and future teachers. there are elementary school teachers. he said that is the families and the lack of learning about history and culture and learning to live with others and appreciate differences in suckling on the house. what about in the elementary school. i got around to lots of elementary schools. hundreds and until there is no time for social studies. we only have half an hour a week. went to do math science and reading. i point this out at the national conference and i couldn't can answer some wondering what yours is pretty. david: my feelings, very strong feelings as a way to get young people involved in history. best time to get them is in grade school. because they want to know. it but the presidents and heroes accomplishment and so forth. and t

what you are looking at is the drafting committee that wrote thomas --ation led by john adams of course thomas jefferson, presenting to the entire continental congress. that launched about three or four days of debate before the language was finalized on the fourth of july. the sculptural panel really shows you the people who helped create the defining document of the american people. it is the power of the pen. it really is the ideals, the concept, that has made the most important event in our nation's history and one of the most important events in world history. the second panel we have, same scale, also in bronze, tells the other story of the american revolution. that is the power of the sword. painting,replica of a "washington crossing the delaware." this represents the improbable feat of overcoming impossible odds against the british military and the battlefield. it was really due to george washington's leadership. the painting really dramatizes that aren's leadership a number of details about this painting. it absolutely is truthful in capturing washington's leadership and the se

some people like john adams who we think probably did realize that when you declare that all men are created equal, people might say, well, what about women? what about enslaved people, laboring men? so we try to explore that story through this wall here where we look at the status of laboring men, of enslaved people, of women, including abigail adams. we also explore the foundations of religious freedom through a group of objects representing different communities of faith in the colonies. so these on the left, these were eme.re known as remon these were very highly decorated finnalls to cover the ends of the torah that were used by jewish community here that still is an active community in philadelphia. we have a weather vane from one of the first lutheran churches in trapp, pennsylvania, 1743. we even represent the presence of islam in america, very difficult to document through material culture, but a very small charm, this is a little copper charm with an inscription from the koran that was excavated in pennsylvania from an archeological site dating from the 18th century, perhap

, it is the delivery of the first draft of the declaration of independence by thomas jefferson, john adams, and others on june 28, 1776. why? it was the process that was still ongoing. we see here that jefferson, the key drafter, is handing the document to john hancock and now begins the debate and discussion and controversy and fighting over what exactly to say to the british and whether to sign this document. then we have two military scenes, but notice there is no battle. there is no fighting, no heroic military action. instead, the focus is on the surrender of the british. this is the triumphal scene. we have the surrender of burgoyne in 1777 and another surrender of lord cornwallis. finally, a heroic civilian image of general george washington resigning his commission. why so important? rather than make himself a king, he relinquished military authority for civilian rule. in particular, why a controversy about this? this scene is not the signing of the declaration of independence, which we often think it is. what john trumbull did and which caused some consternation among those still

laura: we are a nation of laws, not of men, so said john adams, the secondresident. the u.s.ttorneyileneral got a ng in washington today. the democrats questioned his use of the law and federal agents deployed in american cities. he faced hostile questioningit from pal opponents as republicans were supportive. it was a contentious day. >> an appearance in congress by attorney general william barr was alwaysoing to be confrontational. democrats accuse him of aiding the president in using the justice departmenty as a hig politicized plank. >> black liv>> matter. one issue they focused on what's t deployment of outside federal forces orand, oregon, after the killing of george floyd. the forces have been accusedvi f behang like secret police so donald trump can say he is tough on law and order. something the air al orney generongly denied. >> take portland, the courthouse is under attack. the federal resources are inside the perimeter around the courthouse defending it from almost two months of daily attacks, where people march to the court, tried to sin entrance a fires, they ha

on this day in 1776, john adams described his vision of how we should celebrate our nation's ndependencehe said it should be marked with pomp and praise, with shows, games, sports, guns, be on fires, and illuminations. from one end of a continent to the other. 244 years later, president trump fosters adams' vision even in times of challenge. adams recognized -- [applause] it's pretty awesome. adams recognized that our independence day would bring people together. by doing so, we can reflect on and appreciate the principles and freedoms that bind us together to make america the greatest nation on the planet. thank you and god bless america. cheers and applause] gov. noem: thank you, secretary bernhardt, and thanks to your entire team. this was no small feat pulling off this evening's event. and you guys are absolute rock stars in helping us get it accomplished. it is so good having a here tonight. i just appreciate you coming and helping us celebrate our independence day. we have been working since before i was even sworn in as governor to get to this night tonight. n fact, when we had th

john adams, susan b.nthony, frederick douglass that will be housed in there and could appeal to many people. we shall see. we have to get to the latest on the coronavirus now. independence day celebrations a r. a little bit different this year as several cities are closing beaches, banning fireworks displays and gathering back large gatherings. the number of new covid-19 cases sores to over 50,000 third straight day. 50 states seeing a rise of a dozen states including florida, california, texas and arizona break single day records for new cases. griff? griff: yeah. you know, i mean, look, there is no doubt that this is going to be fourth of july like no other when it comes to the fireworks being canceled. even the music acts are going viral. i want to get to one more thing. and that's it. being the fact that we are about 120 days from a national election. it reminds me being on the campaign trail in 2016 and, believe it or not, we now have one of those voices coming back in. that is former secretary of st

we are a nation of laws not of men — so said john adams the second president of the united states.y, as democrats questioned his use of the law. from federal agents deployed in america's cities, to accusations that he does the president's bidding, mr barr faced hostile questioning from political opponents — as republicans were supportive. it was a contentious day, as aleem maqbool reports. in appearance in congress by attorney general was going to be confrontational. democrats accuse him ofaiding confrontational. democrats accuse him of aiding the president and using the justice him of aiding the president and using thejustice department him of aiding the president and using the justice department as him of aiding the president and using thejustice department as a highly politicized plaything. one issue they focused on was the deployment of outside federal forces in portland, oregon, which is in its 60th day of protest after the killing of george flood. the forces have been accused of acting like secret police so donald trump can say he is tough on law and order. something that the

in 1776, who believe in the founders, who believe in jefferson, washington, benjamin franklin, john adams the rest and those who do not. joe biden hasn't defended the cops in this country once. he hasn't denounced the rioters other than one barely coherent sentence other than once. rob: the biden campaign stretched across the country, buttigieg, beto o'rourke, gretchen witmer, amy klobuchar, the economic roundtables in various states. let's talk about this. carly have a flight going out at 11:00, the storm jumping toward long island and the city around that time. >> check with your carrier. it is stronger, tropical storm fay right now just off the mid-atlantic coast. if you need a place to stay. going to see -- thank you. the offer is always open to you, you are part of my family as well. let's look at the radar. i will show you where we have the worst of the rain and wind hitting portions of new jersey. we expect landfall of this tropical system later on today, new york city in the path of the center of this storm. there is the tropical imagery, 50 mile-per-hour sustained winds, it has b

you can see here under our armed guard contains 56 signatures, including that of ,uture president john adams second president of the united states, inventor benjamin franklin, and richard henry lee, who was first to put forward the vote for independence in the continental congress. the version here has more signatures because of what was immediately published afterward. the new york delegates of the continental congress did not even receive permission to vote for independence until july 9 and five of the pennsylvania delegates who signed the declaration of independence were elected to congress 16 days after july 4. what's even more curious is one of the pennsylvania delegates of signed the declaration independence voted against the declaration of independence of july 4, and yet signed it. the more curious, one of delegates of delaware was present at july 4 but did not 1781until 1777 or perhaps -- we're not sure. what is it then that we treasure ? i believe it is the values that are encompassed in that written text. the declaration of independence set the ethos for the united states and its s

he and john adams sorry i didn't think of that. why you so awesome? thank you for sharing that. >> i want to say thank you because they read your book and appreciated it. he was arrested and imprisoned and the mystery is why wasn't he tried and convicted and hung is the this poor irish born a small guy. >> i love this and you will see in chapter 34 and then to kill washington and everything going on against him yet the mayor and governor. >> and then they let him go. and i like the ending and something that happens in my thriller i change the ending. and i like that character i kill him that because i'm a fiction writer to be even more scrutinized for this to say can you just change history and those that are on the subject most want to tell you flat out here's what happened and that is one of the questions because i woman who disappeared we had leaves to find every single one we found the 9/11 flag and the hitler diary obviously the people you are talking about right now and tell this on national television i promise this will happen. we will get a l

adam schiff. the president committed treason. that's a quote from john brennan. is there no accountability? , because he's an elected official, not be under oath and lead a witness anywhere he wants even if he's lying and just get away with it, no problem, and the rest of us are all under oath. >> well, as far as public comments like these, people have been making in press conferences and on television and so forth, you know, the accountability is really elections for schiff. that's why we have elections. people in his district, want him to continue to behave as he has, they can send hip back to office. it -- send him back to office. it is infuriating, it's the same phenomenon i discussed with the media which is the media misled the american people grossly over a long period of time with exaggerated claims and misinformation and they haven't been held accountable and the same for a lot of these talking heads who are out there saying that their information was that the president and his family were going to be indicted on friday. nothing happens. later, when it turns out there's nothing there

mark: i seem to recall, and 18, 19, a letter back and forth between john adams and thomas jefferson andefferson said i've been thinking about rome and america and he said, the romans could never have come up with any kind of government to save itself towards people because the people lost their virtue. he said any of the others but the united states different. i'm here to tell you, if we lose our virtue and what we see in the street right now, i don't think we can describe it as virtue. will we see on the media and what we hear from the democrats, there's no kind of government who can protect us from ourselves. >> absolutely. the "wall street journal", some are conducting a study and quoting a study, they didn't say how but there are so many people who are just caving in. at one time,d i was proud of the university of chicago of how they handle themselves in the majorwhen so many universities were caving in to all kinds of demander but in the past year, the university of chicago, they suddenly decided they will do away with requiring sat and others admissions test. that means they want

when john quincy adams became president, john adams did not have to change his name, so i'm sticking with george bush, and of course his immediate successor, bill clinton. and george w. bush, the one who came next, then finally, we sort of dip our toe into the obama presidency. part of which pat oliphant was able to capture in his cartoons. we are also going to see at least one example of pat all offense great gift as a sculptor. unfortunately, we only get the seed into dimensions. it is an extraordinary work. and one of our panelists, i will introduce right now, mary kay carrie, can tell us something about that sculpture and the president who it portrays. mary kate is a senior fellow at the miller center. she has been teaching this year in the politics department of the university. she was a speech writer and a communication specialist of all sorts in the bush quail campaign in 1988, and then during the george bush presidency. philip, former director of the mueller center, and a member of the history department here, held a prominent position and both bush administrations. both geor

john adams at one point rights that this is a mid 17 '90s, the previous week george washington had had dinner with four different indian delegations on four different days. as i'm fond of saying he did that not because he liked having indians over for dinner but because he understood that is infant republic was still weak and the native american nations, despite the hammering that they had taken over the previous generations, was still powerful and still mattered and could still affect the future of the new nation. >> fascinating. in fact, the image, it's almost like a photograph. where does it come from, this particular image? >> william birch engravings of philadelphia. it's published in 1800. we zeroed in on a larger image. >> remarkable. so actually i think it made brief reference the fact you came to mount vernon to work on this book in some ways. i should mention that this event is an operative opportunity foi to talk is sponsored by the ford motor company but how long were you able to come in as a research fellow? how long did you spend working out of our library? >> it was brok