of course, john quincy is an incredible overachiever. at 14, goes to russia as the secretary of our delegation. he is serves in congress for some time. serves as a cabinet member and of course, becomes president of the united states. and the most extraordinary thing about john quincy is what happens after he serves a term as president. he becomes a member of the house of representatives and serves 30 years in the house. what an extraordinary thing for a president to do. he didn't seek fame and fortune. what he sought was to serve the people with the united states of america and he does it extraordinarily well. he does things that i think deserves our eternal thanks for. he defends some of the slaves, the would be slaves accused of rioting. the riot as they were being taken to this country against their will. he successfully manages their defense. he is a lifelong opponent of slavery and dies pretty much in the south after a member of congress. he learned his parent's lessons well. one of the appenducovvclj six ws advice he gave to his ch

you read the letter from abigail to john quincy.he comes across in that letter is somewhat traditionalist at as opposed to the image that is presented of her today as sort of the first woman's liberation advocate. was there any element of advice that she gave to her children that could be viewed as more modern than traditional? >> not really. keep your nose to the rhinestone, work hard, give it everything you have got. and remember god. be respectful and he will turn out just fine. she's pretty traditional. she wanted congress to remember the ladies when they were deliberating over independence from great britain. i don't think she wanted them remembered in quite the modern sense we would think of that. i think what she intended probably was that they gain some rights. they had none. they were property. i do not think she was saying we want the vote. she was saying, we would like not to be property. we would like to have laws that would treat us with dignity and respect. by and large, the constitution went a long way to improving th

and, of course, john quincy is an incredible overachiever., he goes to russia as the secretary ofá4qu our delegation serves in congress for sometime. serves as a cabinet member and, of course, becomes president of the united states. and the most extraordinary thin about john quincy then is what happened after he terms the term as president. he becomes a member of the house of representatives and serves 30 years in the house. i don't think it would have been quite as profitable as it is now. he didn't sook fame and forge. he just wanted to serve the people of the united states of america. he does it extraordinarily well. he does things that i think he deserves our eternal thanks for. he defends some of the would-be slaves who were accused of rioting and the riot as they were being taben to this yes against their will. he successfully manages their defense. he is a life-long opponent of and extraordinary human being. and dies pretty much in the south. as a member of congress. he learned his parents' lessons well and one of the appendixes that w

of course, john quincy is an incredible overachiever. at 14, goes to russia as the secretary of our delegation. he is serves in congress for some time. serves as a cabinet member and of course, becomes president of the united states. and the most extraordinary thing about john quincy is what happens after he serves a term as president. he becomes a member of the house of representatives and serves 30 years in the house. what an extraordinary thing for a president to do. he didn't seek fame and fortune. what he sought was to serve the people with the united states of america and he does it extraordinarily well. he does things that i think deserves our eternal thanks for. he defends some of the slaves, the would be slaves accused of rioting. the riot as they were being taken to this country against their will. he successfully manages their defense. he is a lifelong opponent of slavery and dies pretty much in the south after a member of congress. he learned his parent's lessons well. one of the appenducovvclj six ws advice he gave to his ch

cruisers, and he was not -- he was of the view, when it comes to military intervention, that, as john quincy adams put its we're the friend of liberty everywhere but cuttan only of our own. our neoconservative friends have this idea that we need be militarily involved in countries where we do not know the culture or the way of life in order to have our foreign policy advanced. i don't hold that view. i'm of the angelo school, if you head his stuff, i'm of the view that rebel makes no trouble-that a strong united states is not necessarily a united states that intervenes interdaily in every country. coolidge is of that view as well. so he would get involved and did get involved in a number of skirmishes in mexico, in the caribbean, and so he was not kind of a do-nothing kind of military type. he was very loved and respected by the military. and so he had a record that was quite successful on this front. now, as for what came afterwards, arguably you might -- my grandfather, you can google it, it's true -- was a rear admiral. navy cross winner. a number of people who in the 30s took the positio

and he was not, he was of the view when it comes to military intervention that as john quincy adams put it, that we are the friends of liberty everywhere but custodian only of our own. i think a lot of our conservative, neoconservative friends have this idea that we need to be militarily involved in countries where we do not know the culture, the way of life in order to have our foreign policy advanced. i don't hold that view. i'm of the angelo codevilla school. if you've read some of his stuff, i highly recommend it. i'm of the view that a strong united states is not necessarily a united states that intervenes militarily in every country. coolidge is of that view as well. and so he would get involved, and he did get involved in a number of skirmishes in mexico, in the caribbean. and so he was not kind of a do-nothing kind of military type. he was very loved and respected by the military. and so he had a record that was quite successful on this front. now, as for what came afterwards, i mean, arguably -- so you can google this, it's true, my grandfather was a rare admiral, dwight johnso

obama may not be perfect, but there's no way he worse than john quincy adams. [ laughter ] [ applauseome on. more political news, yesterday, iran asked the u.s. for an extension on disabiling their nuclear program. when asked how much time they needed, they said, "ten, nine, eight, six, three." [ laughter ] i couldn't believe this. according to a new report, kim kardashian will make over $85 million from her new smartphone game, kim kardashian hollywood. which i think means -- i think means we have to stop calling them smartphones. [ cheers and applause ] that's enough of that. very weird. this week, the ku klux klan in south carolina gave out goodie bags -- goodie bags filled with candy as a way to increase membership. you better watch out k.k.k., 'cause you know who likes candy? everybody. [ laughter ] you don't know. when people hear there's candy there, you get all types. [ laughter ] candy, candy, candy. people are going to start saying the "k" stands for candy. [ laughter ] another weird story, this week a pilot in idaho accidentally dropped over 3,000 ping-pong balls on a local

john quincy adams, and later, going to bed that night, having pry prayed that this would be the last great war between if two great, english-speaking countries. but it took a long time for word to cross the atlantic in those days. andrew jackson assembled an army of pie rats and miliitia men and put them behind a makeshift. facing this mighty british army, forced through centuries of warfare. later that year, it would include the downfall of napoleon. they should have waited until they took the flank across the mississippi river. instead, they had no cover. they were picked off one after the other. surprisingly, the american artillery was more accurate. as the day wore on, the ditch became a pool of british dead. when it was all the over, there were more than 2 million british casualties. britain had never suffered such a lopsided defeat in its military history. i think, it didn't speculate in the book, but i will now. i think had that battle been fought in advance of the peace treaty, we might be running canada today. and so from that moment, you could say that america won its digni

john quincy adams, leader of the american delegation, went to bed that night having prayed this would be the last great war between the two great english speaking countries. time for wordlong to cross the atlantic in those days. too late for armies squaring off at new orleans. andrew jackson had assembled a rack pack army of frontiersmen, ruffians, pirates, and militiamen. he put them behind a makeshift rampart of wood and mud. facing him was the mighty british army forged through centuries of warfare. later that year, it would include the downfall of napoleon. the british were impatient. they were led by the brother-in-law of none other than the man who had defeated napoleon at waterloo, the great duke of wellington. .hey should have waited but instead they charged in a frontal assault over a flat feel of sugarcane stubble. they had no cover and were picked off one after the other iv sharpshooters from tennessee. -- by the sharpshooters from tennessee. as the day wore on, the ditch in front of the american ramparts became a pool of uniformed british dead. the battlefield was sticky w

thomas jefferson, john adams, john quincy adams so let me tell you my main interest this summer willitle. the great debate:edmund burke, thomas paine, and the birth of the right and left. the reason i am very interested in that is i have quoted edmund burke so much during my political career, never really studied his background and this gives me an opportunity, i read a short synopsis of this book, gives me an opportunity to find out what a conservative that things you ought to have an incremental change versus the other rider that thinks you ought to do it by revolution and make change fairly quickly so it is a difference between what i would call edmund burke conservative, i would even call thomas paine a conservative. people might disagree with my analysis of thomas paine but they seem to be people, how they want to change, more than exactly that they disagree on what ought to be done. since i quoted these people so much during my political career, i want to study them in depth and i have never done that. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what is on your summer reading

thomas jefferson, john adams, most recently john quincy adams so let me tell you my main interest this long title. edmund burke, thomas paine, the birth of the right in the left. the reason i am very interested in that is i have quoted edmund burke and so much during my political career never really studied his background. this gives me an opportunity as i read a short synopsis of this book, gives me an opportunity to find out what a conservative that thinks you ought to have incremental change versus the other rider that thinks you ought to do it by revolution and make change very quickly. so it's the difference between what i would call edmund burke the conservative. i would even call thomas paine a conservative. people might disagree with my analysis of paine but they seem to be people, how they want to change more than exactly that they disagreed on what ought to be done. so since i have quoted these people so much during my political career i want to study them in depth and i have never done it. .. look for these in bookstores this weekend watch for the authors in the near future

quincy, illinois, john, thank you for waiting. what would you like to say?es, i remember eisenhower, and i heard him say one time he just did not believe in what he called brush wars, these small wars, because they always expand and get larger. document,back to the and i watched the people on the american enterprise institute, they talked about the american army, so in the cold war was over, they took it to the middle push that, and clinton would not buy that thing, but finally after 9/11, bush could not get in there quick enough, and you can just see how that thing has expanded now, and now we are worried about i.s.i.s. over there. i read here a little while back that we were training in helping arm the people over there in jordan and syria to try to overthrow assad. we had the cia in syria over trying to overthrow him there. it just keeps growing and growing and growing, and eisenhower i think went through eight years there and hardly lost a soldier because he kept his nose out of these things. guest: first of all, bringing up israel into this and suggesti

joining our "closing bell exchange," peter anderson from congress wealth management, quincy krosby from prudential financial, john rutledge from safanod and terry dolan from benjamin and gerald brokerage, and our very own rick santelli. one and all, welcome. let me begin with you, peter. the market seems extraordinarily, maybe even unnervingly resilient right now. is there anything out there that is worrying you? >> well, of course. i mean, we're all worried about something, right? but let me just first say that the optimism is promising, because we've got pretty good growth today, right, with low inflation. however, and that's a big however, let's not let that get to our heads. that's just one data point. so, i think further down this year, what we will see is some tips of inflation, and that's what's going to cause us some worry, tyler, is how are we going to react on that? are we going to react to that in a calm fashion or are we going to really have our head spun all around? so, the market has to factor that in, and we should start thinking about that now. i mean, it's great that things are looking great toda

quincy down there with the big crowd. >> beach half send amazing, beach haven, make some noise! >> we're having so much fun. i'm swimming with the lifeguards, johnre. now, we're doing a food challenge right here. beverly, we have three different food contests going on right now. >> that's correct. the first is the boardwalk, we do ice cream challenges, there are challenges with flotation devices, 16 scoops of ice cream in each, plus a whole bunch of other stuff. >> oh, my gosh. the second challenge, chicken wing challenge? >> from the chick or the egg, their wings are amazing. and then on the end, we have uncle wells pancake house doing a pancake challenge. >> okay, wow. so we have the chickens. this guy looks like the chickens. now, the pancake, i think this lady is winning right now. how are you doing? okay, doing good. hey, buddy, how are you doing. >> good. >> doing good? i don't know who is winning over here, you guys okay? >> ya. >> he's okay. we also have john run john still here. jon runyan, als challenge, you will dump water on elvis? elvis' turn. can we see this? three, two, one. >> beach haven is absolutely insane. people are having s