i wouldn't go too far on john quincy's sourness. there is affection between the two of them and great love. otherwise she could have stayed in quincy. >> after they lost, i think, the daughter, is it true he gave her a book on the diseases of the mind? >> some months later, yes. >> it's the modernize, the insensitivity. he is certainly not a modern husband. louisa had by one count nine miscarriages. >> minimum five and a stiff birth, officially more. they are sometimes hard to read into it because of how discreet they are with their language. at least five with a still birth. she had a lot of tragedy. >> and three sons who lived to maturity. >> if you can call it maturity. >> speaking of their family, brian watkins asked on twitter, did having a former first lady as a mother-in-law help or hinder louisa? >> of course, abigail had passed by the time john quincy attained the presidency, so she can't ask her mother-in-law about handling the role and the role had somewhat shifted. louisa generally follows the presence that monroe set, no

but particularly for john quincy adams. and she was very defensive of them. think this is one of the reasons why the relationship with jefferson is so difficult because she had really loved thomas jefferson as a friend and she believed jefferson turned on her husband. rex how did she express herself -- >> how did she express her support of her husband? >> she went there. she was with him all of the time. when he needed her, she was there. >> was there an avenue for her to respond to the press? >> not that i can think of. her avenues to responding to the press was that she was in favor of the sedition laws. she liked the idea of curtailing the press. >> let's take our next phone call from oka raton, florida. >> good program. thank you for taking my call. i am a member of the press. for two colors tonight kind -- to callers tonight kind of insinuated that she was not a good matter. i believe john quincy was a leading abolitionist and here we are following american history. whether it is the kkk doing their thing in the south today, the john birch society, the t

they are both now former presidents, and in our history john quincy adams, of course, following johndams, but john adams was too old and died very early and john quincy adams presidency, and so he -- he's able to soak in this moment, as are we able to look and as poem who follow politics understand the cross-currents. look at how the republican party moved from the elder bush to a much different frame in the younger bush and how it's now moved away from the younger bush. it's just striking, all of these philosophical differences, ideological differences. a lot of raw emotion because of decisions about war and interrogation of prisoners and all the rest all captured on that state. >> here he comes. we'll hear an amazing half hour now of presidential addresses in order. it's going to be jimmy carter first and then chronologically through the senior bush, bill clinton, barack obama. it's going to be fascinating now. >> ladies and gentlemen, president jimmy carter. >> well, it's a great honor for me to be here today, and it reminds me of my favorite cartoon in the "new yorker" magazine.

he wanted to send him to west point but john quincy adams was president by then so it was impossible. >> first year was a fairly quiet one and the social side of the white house and social means politics by this time in washington so at what point does he decide he actually needs assistance? >> well, emily, rachel's niece and nephew, were with him all of this time, that they were so close, all these nieces and nephews, all named the same name so it's difficult sometimes to figure out which andrew donelson we mean but this particular young man had been one of their wards and became the president's secretary. he had married his first cousin, emily donelson, and they planned all along to come with the jacksons and they went ahead and accompanied him. >> how did she create the role of first lady in the administration? >> she had lovely manners. she was a very pretty girl, young, in her early 20's. she had very good manners, had been trained in a lady's academy in nashville. >> washington society loved her. >> they loved her and one of the main reasons they loved her was because she was yo

it's such a partisan matter, so much ill feeling that president obama has turned into a modern say john quincydams when the jacksonions were against him. he can't get any further health care passed. we did not have health care reform. we should have. we had insurance reform. all we do is add 30 to 50 million more people to a broken health care system and exacerbate the fractures. >> tracy: jonas, is a new law the answer to this? do we need more paper work? >> well, it needs-- the affordable part hasn't been added and in some parts, that hasn't been added on. and getting rid of it, you know, we're talking like the system before was so great. but that system was also going-- had the same problems the demographics and the taxpayers are paying for the americans and all of the uninsured people were going to hospital rooms and use it go like the family practice. paying a $10,000 insurance premium it for no reason. it needed some fixing and some were addressed, most were not. and the thing is we need key for incentives for health care and be healthy. they were not addressed and that's the only way to

john quincy adams. john f. kennedy and george h.w. bush. congratulations to the winner.conservative. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. >>> jane harmon, congress all the wants to respond to something. peter king yesterday who basically followed you i think on the homeland security committee, he wants, he thinks, his response is more cameras. is that what's going to happen? >> maybe. there are many more cameras in new york and washington than there are in boston. i don't think there are going to be cameras everywhere all the time, but it is true the london 775 2005 bombings were solved quickly because there were cameras everywhere and london is known for that. there will be more iphones, tv for sure. >> the question is -- >> and we'll figure this out because there will be a picture of somebody dropp

and washington, john quincy adams and james monroe agonized whether their nation, not principles of liberty and freedom should support the struggle for independence. in london, hard-bitten veterans of england's war against napoleon, mostly irish side not to fight for bolivar costs. lord byron made his boat and dream goes into with his daughter. but there would be five more years of bloodshed before his famous thrust from latin american shores. i'm sorry, 14 more years. i'm just reading the middle of it, so the fighters is wrong. there were 14 years of war have a great bloodshed before spain was thrust from latin american shores. at the end of the savage war, one man would be credited for single-handedly conceding, organizing and leading liberation of six nation subpopulation 1.5 times the size of north america, a landmass and the odds against what she thought of fermentable establish rural power, that wilderness, the splintered loyalties of many races would have proved daunting for the a-list of general santos command. had no formal military, but that'll more than boil and genius for leader

john adams and john quincy adams don't have presidential libraries, but richard nixon does.ng that the presidential library thing has gotten way out of hand, congress has tried to control the explosive growth of the size and the scope of the shrines, but the former presidents' layers find ways around the limitations. so modern presidents spend a career in politics, debasing themselves by begging people for money for their campaigns. many of them actually make the mistake of thinking that those very rich people giving them those big bags of money are actually their friends. some presidents believe that those very rich people would really want to be deeply involved in their lives, even if they didn't get to sleep in the lincoln bedroom from time to time. and after a career of begging people for money, a career of always having to calculate how their next political decision might affect their endless need for massive donations, from wall street, and the other wealth centers of america, you would think that the one pure joy of watching your successor take that oath of office as

john quincy adams, who hated john tyler, used to refer to him as his accidentcy, rather than his excellency. by the time fillmore becomes president, there's no question the vice-president will be inaugurated and sworn in. he is now the president of the united states. fillmore and graciously asked margaret taylor to stay on in the white house as long as she wishes. she moved out two days later. she had had enough. >> you told us earlier about the new york and baton rouge access. we will learn more about that from video. here is a bit of the millard fillmore home that you will see now on the videotape. [video clip] >> we are in the home little home that belonged to mildred and abigail fillmore. they did meet when they were both teachers. they both had this desire and love of reading. abigail was brought up in a family that had many books. her father was a baptist preacher, and he loved to read. so she was surrounded by books her whole lifetime. househe moved into this with millard fillmore, she continues that. they had their own personal library, and she wanted to let young people learn exten

john quincy adams, who hated john tyler, used to refer to him as his accidentcy, rather than his excellency. by the time fillmore becomes president, there's no question the vice-president will be inaugurated and sworn in. fillmore and graciously asked margaret taylor to stay on in the white house as long as she wishes. she moved out two days later. she had had enough. >> you told us earlier about the new york and baton rouge access. we will learn more about that from video. here is a bit of the millard fillmore home that you will see now on the videotape. [video >> we are in the home little home that belonged to mildred and abigail fillmore. theyid meet when they were both teachers. they both had this desand love of reading. abigail ought up in family that many b. her father was a baptist preacher, and he loved to read. so she was surrounded by books her whole lifetime. when she moved into this house with millard fillmore, she continues that. they had their own personal library, and she wanted to let young people learn extensively about the world as it was. this room that we are in is actu

first six, seven presidents ll did have slaves other than the johnsons, other than john adams and john quincy adams. hey were the only two of the early presidents who didn't have slaves. and basically stopped with zachary taylor. think he was the last president that literally brought slaves to the white house with him. after that, they didn't. >> next, a question from tennessee, jonesboro. carol.r caller is hi, carol. caller: hello? >> you're on. caller: okay, thank you. yes. husband's mother marry martha patterson's daughter, which johnson'se been andrew grand daughter some years ago. jonesboro two specifically to talk to my time sayingw at the that she feels -- that her thankful thats so 34i husband's great -- great, grandfather had saved the johnson homestead and had given passage to the family to johnson family so they had wanted to go to the homestead they could have. general confederate that at one time was over the a. tennessee area, gerald jackso jackson. his grand daughter was my mother-in-law. >> thanks for that story. any more about that? granting safe passage or a eneral that look

first six, seven presidents all did have slaves other than the johnsons, other than john adams and john quincy adams. they were the only two of the early presidents who didn't have slaves. and basically stopped with zachary taylor. i think he was the last president that literally brought slaves to the white house with him. after that, they didn't. >> next, a question from tennessee, jonesboro. and our caller is carol. hi, carol. caller: hello? >> you're on. caller: okay, thank you. yes. my husband's mother marry martha patterson's daughter, which would have been andrew johnson's grand daughter some years ago. she claimed two jonesboro specifically to talk to my mother-in-law at the time saying that she feels?-- that her grandmother was so thankful that her husband's great -- great, great grandfather had saved the johnson homestead and had given safe passage to the family to the johnson family so they had wanted to go to the homestead during the war, they could have. he was a confederate general that at one time was over the east tennessee area, gerald a. jackson. his grand daughter was my moth

day when slavery would be gone, many of them had been to church services down the hall, including john quincy adams, spent their livesy america. pushingorhat day a and t because the family research council held the beliefs about marriage being between a man and a woman, that most of recorded -- most people have in recorded history, and has -- though there are some people who interpret the bible differently, if you look at the real interpretation, it's no mistake what it says and what it means, but because people hold the values that the pilgrims depicted down in the rotunda having a prayer meeting with an open bible believed, as the family research council held the same views about marriage that george washington did, who is considered the father of the country, because the family research center held the same views about marriage that desoto, who is pictured down the hall in the rotunda, finding the mississippi river and being so overwhelmed at this incredible amount of fresh water this far inland, they commemorated the spot as depicted in that massive mural by digging a hole and planting a

john adams and john quincy adams and abraham lincoln or going back to george washington when he resigned to the military and his prayer was we would be following the divine author of our blessed religion without a humble imitation in these things we could never hope to be a happy nation. i understand things have changed but don't tell me that is not our history. it is. don't tell me those words are not up there. they are. and even though the park service for the time took the capstone that the tourists could see and turn it where you couldn't see it, it doesn't hide the fact that up there on the top of the washington onument those words are there. it's not like we couldn't read praise be to god, no. they knew that would be the highest point man had constructed in our capital city and they wanted to ensure that sun irst rays of god's illuminated anything in this town it would be the words praise be to god. that's why it's there. now as a christian, i'm supposed to turn the other cheek. not always good at it. but that is what i'm supposed to try to do. but as a part of the government we ha

his subjects included presidents john quincy adams, martin vanburen, house speaker henry clay, senator and statesman daniel webster and more man leader joseph smith. as one former colleague said, he wrote with such immediacy, you might think he had lunch with martin vanburen. the subject that interested him the most, though, was none of those great figures but andrew jackson. at least ten of professor rimney's books were about jackson, including an influential three-volume biography, the third volume of which won the national book award in 1934. andrew jackson was the embodiment of the new american. he was quote an orphan and talented and raised himself to the highest office in the land. he personified what the american dream is all about, that it's not class or money or bloodlines that are rewarded in america, but rather the ability of each individual to achieve something worthwhile in life, end of quote. professor rimney did not excuse jackson for his backward views on slavery or women's rights or his harsh treatment of native americans. he regarded jackson as admirable because -- qu