people in letters certainly john quincy and abigail wrote about her. people were drawn to her and they tended to reflect that. anyone else? >> context of another former first lady in the news, hour do you see the role of the first lady being different in the early republic vs. how we conceive of them today. >> it was quite different. one of the interesting things about louisa's life is her period in the white house was actually a low point in her life. not in terms of being a low point but she didn't have anything to do. there wasn't any precedent for a kind of active role for a first lady. she stayed at home and ate chocolate, literally. and she copyied mozart scores but she prefigured the role of first ladies now. bag surrogate figure for someone who -- and kind of making up for some of the flaws of shortcomings of her spouse. you can't draw a straight line from her to first ladies now because for a long time -- probably because she was so forward and she was criticized for being forward, her role disappeared. in fact she was punished for it in some

and that was john quincy adams. thank you. [applause] if anyone has any questions there are microphones set up on either side. so please go to the microphone and identity be happy to talk about adams, whether it's what i was talking about or some other thing all together. sir? >> i know that lincoln was one term in the house. was he in the house at this time? >> yes. so, there is a kind of tantalizing -- they must have known each other. they saw each other. lincoln's first term was adams' last term. lincoln was there when adams died, and when adams' casket was taken from washington north on a train to be buried in quincy, massachusetts, an honor guard of two representatives from each state, including lincoln as one of those men. so for those who like to see a fair amount of adams in lincoln, both in some of the arguments lincoln used about slavery and analysis the activist government that adam talked about, that lincoln sought to pass. yes? >> how did the media treat all of this? >> the media of the day. >> the media of the da

in his review of john quincy adams spirit, sean, author of "the rise of american democracy jefferson to lincoln" wrote -- james traub's new biography of john quince ad dams is especially strong. adams is a complicate hero, a -- and a spirit. and slavery's greatest enemy in american politics. traub does justice to both the man and his times but the historian's sense of complexity and a writer's eye for drama and key tail. after his talk and question and answer, assuming we have time, mr. traub will be signing copies of this book, one level up, outside the national archives store. please welcome james traub to national archives. [applause] >> thank you very much for that introduction. so, when i was coming here this morning, i was taking a taxi to penn station, new york. every bus i passed had a giant sign on the side that said: "hamilton" and so naturally i thought, what if miranda's a producer came to me and said, i've done the hamilton hip-hop thing. what you got for me with john quincy adams? so i thought i need to have a story to tell him. so, this is the first book event i have do

>> next, discussion on the life of john quincy adam with author james raub. his book looks at adams' time in congress and and his controversial views on slavery. >> james traub from "the new york times" magazine, and is a regular columnist for foreign policy.com. his books include the best intentions, kofi annan and the u.n. the devil's playground, century of pleasure and profit in times square. city on a hill. and the freedom agenda. in his review of john quincy adams spirit, sean, author of "the rise of american democracy

henry clay, john quincy adams. john quincy adams served 17 years here in the house. his presidency was considered, by and large, a fairly failed affair. but his -- after he served as president, he came here in the house, and he found his voice. and he was an incredible champion of the right of the people to petition their government. he was an incredible champion of abolition way before his time. he was a statesman, and although he drove southern slavery holders to distraction here in the house, nonetheless they respected him for his intellect and his doggedness. and he's an incredible figure, actually. so there are some great, heroic figures who served here in the house that are also, i think, worthy of reading about and learning. >> host: and there's a brand new biography out on john quincy adams, by the way. >> guest: that's right. >> host: this spring. >> guest: i'm looking forward to reading it. >> host: and have you ever thought about writing a book? if you did, what would it be about? >> guest: actually, there are two books -- well, yes with, i have. and there

and there are some figures and those who served and john quincy adams he surged 17 years in the house the presidency was considered an affair after he said to the president he found his voice and incredible champion to petition the government which does subcurrents slavery holders nonetheless they respected him. and has an incredible figure actually. he served here in the house. >> host: there is a new biography out and john quincy adams. >> host: dave you ever think about writing a book? >> actually there are two books. yes i have. and served 14 years in local government and with the appreciation of congress during the civil war our so that congress but to do the land grant university act there are extraordinary things they're doing and that would consume you. and then to continue to invest in this country and is an extraordinary story. in the other one is a broader more philosophical tone and there is a lot of conventional wisdom tickets examined. i have lived here 40 years in washington i think a lot of our fox drive us and tend to do harm. as a result incredible loss of life and t

andrew jackson, john quincy adams, william crawford and henry clay.lay hated each other through the remainders of each other's lives. jackson won the most number of popular votes but did not win the majority of votes. then the remainder were divided between john quincy adams, henry number four.ford's not a majority opinion and the electoral college they did some worse trading. this is called the corrupt clay supposedly approached adams and said i would give you my vote if you promise to make me secretary of state and you get elected president. place, the house of representatives elected john quincy adams president and jackson lost out. theson was furious and felt will of the people, the most number of people voted for him as opposed to the other candidates. as a result of this worse trading, the people's will has been -- had been circumvented by the aristocratic washington. jackson's loss in the , jackson and his supporters determined he was not going to lose a second time. yearsnt the first building friendship and support from the state legislatures

then james and his book john quincy adams, militants parents. then she writes about john quincy adams wife and her burke. book. then thomas jefferson's intellectual development. part of book tv in prime time all week on c-span2. >> c-span's "washington journal", live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. on thursday, we are live in the radio texas on the us-mexico border to talk about trade issues affecting the region and the country. san antonio express trade reporter discusses the flow and volume across the laredo border. also texas congressman joins us to talk about how trade benefits laredo and the country. then state director for texas fair trade coalition looks at how the trade deal moves jobs from southern texas to mexico and how that hurts mexicans as well. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live from laredo texas beginning at seven am a.m. eastern thursday. join the discussion. >> i think today we need to catch up to the 20th century. we've been the invisible half of the congress for the past seven years. we

andrew jackson, john quincy adams, william crawford, and henry clay. jackson and clay, it's fair to say they hated each other through the remainder of each other's lives. thehe election, jackson won most number of popular votes, about 48%, but he did not win the majority of votes. the remainder of them word divided between john quincy adams, number twol. henry clay's number three. crawford's number 4. not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives, and in the process, henry clay and john quincy adams did some horse trading. it's called the corrupt bargain, where clay supposedly approached adams and said, i give you my votes. the trade took place. representatives elected john quincy adams as president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious. he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people, the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates, and as a result of this horse trading, the people's will had been circumvented iac saw in the aristocratic interests of

at 930 john quincy adams militant spirit. authors discuss their book most blessed of the patriarch about thomas jefferson's intellectual development. part of book tv in prime tn all week here on c-span2. >> c-span's washington "washington journal", live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. on thursday, we are live in laredo texas on the us-mexico border to talk about trade issues affecting the region and the country. san antonio express reporter discusses the flow and volume of trade across the laredo border. also texas irishman joins us to talk about how trade benefits laredo in the country. then state director for texas fair trade coalition and how the jobs hurt mexican as well. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" from laredo texas beginning at seven am a.m. eastern on thursday. join the discussion. >> coming up on book tv, finalist for the 2016 pulitzer prize. next any jacobson on her book the pentagon nominated for the history price. then the winner in that category , tj stiles and his biograp

of a pleasure and profit in times square city on a hill and the freedom agenda and his review of john quincy adams author of the rise of american democracy the is especially strong as a complicated hero a missionary barrasso a spirit was the most important diplomats in all of american history and slavery's greatest enemy he does justice to the men in his time the historian's sense of complexity in the eye for drama and detail after his talk with question and answer he will be signing copies of his book outside the national archives store. plays welcome him to the national archives. [applause] >> thanks for that introduction so when i was coming in here this morning i was taking a taxi to penn station every bus that i passed had a giant sign on the sign that said hamilton. [laughter] so naturally i thought what of the producer and the writer and the star of theip show came to me and

in the john quincy adams 19th century. in recent memory? similar things with republicans staging a sit in and the democrats turned out the lights. this is an extraordinary moment. you draw the contrast between the u.k. and the u.s. appropriately. we had 50 people killed in , 49 people killed in a nightclub, these are the kind of massacres that have become commonplace here and the american people are starting to say when is enough enough? when can we pass minor bills to tweak our gun laws? francine: how will the gun control debate play out in the u.s. presidential election? will it dominate or be quietly simmering? megan: it has been forced to the forefront. donald trump has made a big play for the nra, but he has been a little bit all over the shop. hillary clinton called again to renew the federal ban on assault weapons. it is something where the democrats sense that the tide is shifting. they do feel there is a rare to have some limits. they think there should be some limits. it seems like common sense to many people that someone on the t

in a house where some of the icons of american history serve and rose and gave great speeches, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln, john f. kennedy, john dingell, john lewis today i heard amazing speeches from so many of my colleagues and i know we're going to hear more. unscripted. completely authentic. something is happening here. and i'm proud to be a part of it. so speaker ryan, come out of your office. come and talk to us. [applause] mr. huffman: get out of that right wing echo chamber of special interest and unhinged ideologues and listen to the voice of the american people. if we don't have a bill, if we don't have a vote, we will not ave a break. thank you. mr. cartwright: my name is matthew cartwright, i represent northeastern pennsylvania. i am so honored to be among these courageous bans of brothers and sisters in violation of all the known house rules and against all the regulations and dereliction of the normal order of things around here and i'm honored to be among you. and i have some questions. it is a repetitive series of questions. i apologize in advance. my question is th

and if you read how she raised her son, john quincy, great and brilliant american president. you recognize the incredible merit of that woman. but it's just important not to always project onto the past. they were men of their time, but they had their faults, they also have things to tell us today. i think we ignore them with great danger and peril. so having said that. i'm, i'll just end with, with one thing. is religious liberty incompatible with islam? the only real answer to that is whose islam? i think for many people in the muslim community, in the past and the present, in some ways religious liberty as is defined in the modern world is incompatible with their version of islam. the islam that i embrace, which i believe is normative islam, i do not believe religious liberty is incompatible with islam. and i think i could make a very powerful argument. i think i could do it from the koran and i'll leave you with three verses, the koran says [ speaking foreign language ] >> had god wanted, everyone would have believed in the world. in other words he gave you free will. and

the same historic reoccurring struggle between freedom and power that the abraham lincolns, the john quincydams, the daniel websters all faced. it's the struggle between fulfilling the promise of america or breaking it. they knew the torch one day would be passed, where it resides with us. a daughter of a cherry farmer from kettle falls, washington. a nurse from tennessee. a businessman from texas. an air force chaplain from georgia. an author from utah. a combat surgeon from ohio. it is about this generation's responsibility right now to cherish, to embrace, to protect the fragile, carefully crafted american promise that puts people in charge through their elected representatives. it's our call to put aside any personal ambition so the next generation can have their individual power protected, to freely pursue their version of the american dream. let's use the power of the purse to make government bureaucracy more accountable to the people and less arrogant, so the i.r.s. can't target free speech and the e.p.a. can't regulate mud puddles. let's do our job of reviewing, rethinking and possi

tonight it's books about the finding fathers time and citing historical books on george washington, john quincy adams and thomas jefferson. that's tonight starting at the eastern here on c-span two. >> i think today we in effect sort of catch up to the 20th century. we've been the invisible half of the congress the past seven years. we've watched our house colleagues with interest, at least i have with interest. and the tv coverage of members of our colleagues in the house. today, as the u.s. senate comes out of the communications dark ages, we create another historic moment in the relationship between congress and technological advancements in communications for radio and television. 50 years ago, our executive branch began appearing on television. day marks the first time when our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that that medium of communication through which most americans yet their information about what our government and our country does . televising the senate chamber proceedings also represents a wise and unwarranted policy. broadcast media coverage recognizes a basic

the same historic reoccurring struggle between freedom and power that the abraham lincolns, the john quincy adams, the daniel websters all faced. it's the struggle between fulfilling the promise of america or breaking it. they knew the torch one day would be passed, where it resides with us. a daughter of a cherry farmer from kettle falls, washington. a nurse from tennessee. a businessman from texas. an air force chaplain from georgia. an author from utah. a combat surgeon from ohio. about this generation's responsibility right now to cherish, to embrace, to protect the fragile, carefully crafted american promise that puts people in charge through their elected representatives. it's our call to put aside any personal ambition so the next generation can have their individual power protected, to freely pursue their version of the american dream. let's use the power of the purse to make government bureaucracy more accountable to the people and less arrogant, so the i.r.s. can't target free speech and the e.p.a. can't regulate mud puddles. let's do our job of reviewing, rethinking and possibly

and she actually -- there was some concern that she might harm her husband john quincy adam's politicalmore acceptable. where melania trump could capitalize on that -- on that flair, that elegance. >> she like jackie o speaks four languages which is of course very impressive. all right, thank you so much. congratulations on your success. the book is "unusual for their time, on the road with america's first ladies." thank you. more "fox & friends" is moments away. man, my feet are killin' same time tomorrow, fellas!? new dr. scholl's stimulating step insoles. they massage key pressure points with each step, for all day comfort that keeps you feeling more energized. dude's got skills. new dr. scholl's stimulating step insoles. and you're talking to your doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. doctors have been prescribing humira for ov