and john quincy had said no, he voting against draping jennings from the mexican war -- generals from the mexican war in more brass and medals. he wanted no part of the war. he knew what was going to happen he forecast this gloom withse he had been dealing the antislavery movement a long time and he said no. thought that was rather marvelous because it is the end it is era and, of course, very much the beginning of another era, an era of and, as i said, of change. ecstasy in all senses of the word. cstasy as liberation and freedom and happiness, ecstasy and enraptured and delirium. it was a way to begin to understan understand, for me, what those os were going to come to mean, and what it meant to try to hange the law or put one self l -- one self-r against the law and with that and with that sense is where i leave you from my emarks and actually just read you very briefly from the is ing of the book, which right after quincy adams's death death. the present was and the future of d also be a time delirium. failure, greed, violence and research. or sal to listen and find create the har

that, john quincy adams new. he forecast this doom, the price the country would have to pay. some of the people in many of the events in this book are so familiar they seem ready-made. lincoln and his grief stricken face, george pickett's charge at gettysburg, the battle were robert e. lee meeting cigar grant. and ulysses s. the rich sense of variety in american life during this time ranknfidence and crisis into focus of another event, other characters. the impounding of the ima pearl as it tries to see washington dc with a boatload of fugitive slaves. hungry women ran through the streets of richmond, begging for bread during the war. elizabethony and stanton riding on wagons without springs through kansas to secure the ballots for women. , pt barnumen embracing the anguished honesty of hermann melville, the popular editor oren's really his political strides bread the execution of the lincoln conspirators. the end of the anderson present. the impeachment of a president. dickinson, aty the art cooper union. the saga of the anti-slavery general fired from the friedman spiro by

we have in massachusetts, john quincy adams, son of the second president of the united states, john adams. he, too, is a whig. but then most famously, of course, we have henry clay, hailing from the state of kentucky, and clay, well, clay ends up running for president five times. just can't get in. can't seem to do it. but nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. what does clay do? clay has a program, a system, an american system, and that american system is threefold. henry clay says, first, we need to have protective tariffs on american manufacturing. and sure enough, henry clay, when he becomes secretary of state under president john quincy adams, adams signs into law a new tariff, the tariff of 1828, raising the tariff from 25% to 45%. that's one heck of a tariff, 45%. why do they do that? to protect american manufacturers and textile goods. clay also says, we need federally funded internal improvements, using federal dollars to finance the building of roads, canals, bridges, and so forth. and then finally, clay says, we need to recha

that is a mistake, he is frightened to death of what john quincy is proposing. incy is coming in with an internal improvement and that is infrastructure if you will, let's build the federal government, it will build bridges, canals, all the kinds slaveholders are fed to death because of the federal government can do that, they can encroach and get involved in fiery, hed he becomes is concerned about the federal government power to do something about the nature of the institution. >> you are right, this is adams, he said the difference -- thewas no different. it was just as simple, just as vicious and other countries, do you believe that russian mark ? were the only democracy, we were the only republicans when he says the last best hope, he is talking in the aftermath of the failure of the 1888 revolution. we were exceptional in the 19th century and now there are democracies everywhere, we have a to biggest power in the world and we are the biggest democracy in the world with 330 million people, there is nothing like it but we are not exceptional in our democracy

that is a mistake, he is frightened to death of what john quincy is proposing. ncy is coming in with an internal improvement and that is infrastructure if you will, let's build the federal government, it will build bridges, canals, all the kinds of stuff, slaveholders are fed to death because of the federal government can do that, they can encroach and get involved in slavery and he becomes fiery, he is concerned about the federal government power to do something about the nature of the institution. brian: you wrote, this is a adams. the united states is no different than any other nation. this does corrupt, just as sinful, just as vicious as other nations. do you believe that? gordon: we were the only democracy, we were the only republicans. and that was same for lincoln. when he says the last best hope, and aftermath of the failure of the 1888 revolution, we were exceptional. now, there are democracies everywhere. we happened to be the biggest power the world, where the biggest democracy in the world with 330 million people. there's nothing like it. but we are

come to and john quincy adam and 24 years nearly a quarter of a century between presidency of the two men. john adam in last 16 months of life expwh john quincy a.d. dales was in office he was in massachusetts three day stagecoach ride maybe a six day stagecoach ride away from washington so wasn't able to be in washington to be any kind of influence on his son. son's presidency. but george h.w. bush surprise 76 years old when son took the office been there eight years before ands he was a position to be a real are influence on his son's life so this was a story is that needed to be told. 41 degrees to do it if george h.w. would agree, and i knew him a little bit he took meeting and i'm shocked that in the beginning of the meeting he said -- i've sited this story needs to be near for the guy to do if i was unprepared i didn't have a tape recording device. and he sat there and he put his feet up on the desk and he fingered unlit cigar, and he started august talking about his dad and i realized it was so much to him that was a mystery about his father. particularly his father's story ear

in this next president in line who never owned a slave, his son, john quincy. and there are no kuwait buildings name for either of them. no great statues for either of them. i think the taking the statues down the south is the right thing to do. because most all of the statues, as you have read, or put up in the jim crow era. not in the civil war they were done in the early part of the 20th century. and they were really saying that we believe in inequality of racial citizenship. professing where we stand on this. i would not have renamed calhoun college. i certainly wouldn't take wilson's name off of buildings at princeton. if it were my decision. and i do not want us to start renaming our cities and towns and the rest. i am more interested in giving more attention to people that we had ignored then getting too worked up about getting too much attention to the wrong people. >> he mentioned and talked a number of times here about the importance of history. and yet, we are in a situation in this country where things are changing so fast. that this location of the

abigail adams, but i don't think she was alive when john quincy adams became president.as the only person who saw her husband be president and her son. pretty unusual. mr. bush: it is. david: if you could run for president of the united states or former president of the united states, what would you recommend? mr. clinton: you have to live a long time as a former president to have any impact on as many people as president. mr. bush: the decisions you make have got a monumental effect on a lot of people. it is exciting to be in that kind of environment. ♪ anchor: i'm haslinda amin with the first word news. bitcoin has had a decline over the holiday weekend after a rally fell short of $20,000. the tumble started with warnings from financial authorities about elevated risk in digital coins. israel has banned companies trading bitcoins from the tel aviv exchange. hasan prime minister launched new delhi's latest system connecting the city to the tech hub across the river. the train is designed to operate without a driver, although there will be a person in the cab for the for

abigail adams, but i don't think she was alive when john quincy adams became president.as the only person who saw her husband be president and her son. pretty unusual. mr. bush: it is. david: if you could run for president of the united states or former president of the united states, what would you recommend? mr. clinton: you have to live a long time as a former president to have as many impacts as you have as president. mr. bush: the decisions you make have got a monumental effect on a lot of people. it was exciting to be in that kind of environment. ♪ ♪ david: so today, when you were living in the white house, some people call it a prison because you really can't get out very much. or do you really enjoy it? it is a great thing, you had all these servants, you can go to camp david when you want. it is a pleasure to live there, or not so much? mr. clinton: i think if you have lived an informal life, even though i had spent almost a dozen years in the governor's mansion in arkansas, it is very different. if you lived -- i basically was self-supporting from the time i wa

john quincy adams, the flute. many presidents played the piano from truman and nixon. story of richard nixon playing the piano with perl bailey singing. and of course we all know president bill clinton and the saxophone. ♪ reporter: early performances took place behind closed doors. but in recent decades, technology has ensured the white house is indeed america's stage. president harry truman demonstrated his musical skills during the 1950's televised tour of the white house. >> the president leads the tour to the east room, on whose piano he plays a small portion of mozart's 9th sonata. ♪ reporter: the arts were heavily promoted under president john f. kennedy. but it was ronald reagan who began regular televised performances in the 1980's. and at times, music has made history, not merely accompanied it. >> in 1985, prince charles and princess diana had taken the city by storm. so john travolta wanted to dance with princess diana and he was timid, he didn't know the protocol. he was finally assured it would be fine. there's that beautiful image of john travolta and pr

officers were often politically attuned and privately supported presidential candidates like jackson, john quincy adams, or john c calhoun who they knew three the association within a small government. this is an elite politics of gentlemen and government officials who already know each other, and asked such would write a lot of letters to one another privately. what do you think of calvin, but you think of jackson, who will be better for the army? her member how calhoun supported us on this or what jackson said about that? not a lot of things that were 1828 and 1829, many of the senior officers within a small senior officer corps, but many of that small number of senior officers welcomed jackson's presidential victory. seeing him as a former comrade who would support more troops and more funding for the army. that is usually the main thing that army leaders wanted at that point in time. we don't think we have enough troops for the canadian border if things go -- breakout of the indians inin or the the southeast, florida, for the border with mexico, for the coastal fortifications, for the indians

we've only had one other father-son president in the history of the united states, john adams and john quincy adams. there were 24 years, nearly a quarter of a century between the presidency of those two men. john adams was in his last 16 months of life when john quincy adams was in office turkey was in quincy massachusetts three-day stagecoach ride, make a six-day stagecoach ride away from washington. he really wasn't able to be in washington to been a kind of influence on his sons presidency. but george h.w. bush was us spry 76ers old when his son scent of the office. again, , he'd just been their agent before and he was in position to be a real influencn his sons life. this is a story that needed to be told. 41 agreed to do it 43 was, which george h. w. bush great to do the the book. i wasn't sure what he would say yes or no. i went up to dallas. i knew george h. w. bush a little bit. he took a meeting and i was shocked that in beginning of the meeting he said i've decided this story needs to be told and you're the guy to do. i was so unprepared i did have a tape recording device and he sa

they privately supported presidential candidates like jackson, john quincy adams or john c. calhoun, whom they knew through close personal association within the small government. so this is sort of an elite politics of general men and government officials who already know each other and as such they would write a lot of letters to one another privately. what do you think of calhoun? what do you think of jackson? who do you think will be better for the army. remember how calhoun supported us on this? remember what jackson said about that? it is a lot of behind the scenes politicking. not really anything public but in 1828 and 1829, many of the senior officers, albeit within a small senior officer corps, many of that small number of senior officers welcomed jackson's presidential victory seeing him as a former comrade that would support more funding for the army. that is usually the main thing that army leaders wanted at that time. we don't think we have enough troops for the canadian border. if things break out with the british again for the border with mexico, for the coast

during the 1820s, they practically supported presidential candidates like jackson, john quincy adams or john c. calhoon who they knew through close personal association within the small government. so this is sort of an elite politics of government officials who already know each other and as such they would write letters to each other privately, what do you think of calhoon, jackson, who do you think is going to be better for the army. remember how calhoon supported us on this, remember what jackson said about that. so there was a lot of behind the scenes politicking. not really anything public but in 1828, 1829, many of the senior officers, albeit within a small senior office court, senior officers welcomed jackson's presidential victory, seeing him as a former comrade who would support more troops and more funding for the army. and that's usually the main thing that army leaders wanted at that point in time was, hey, we don't think we have enough troops for the canadian border if things break out with the british again for indians in the southeast and for the coastal fortifications

that was john quincy adams then here's jackson with flowing hair with the battle love new orleans. everybody got their old lithograph of jackson he was into the latest technology. ♪ >> they are similar with their temperamental issues. how jackson could be volatile aisle but there were different types. but jackson was the geographic outsider he was not one of the virginia aristocrats. >> very much against the elite right down the western front they knew the people of boston did not know what it was like. >> with the first celebrity american history big crowds followed him in just like the senate. >> just by erroneous what we call fake news today by even more than that his reputation was smeared in print he would just rage he spent a lot of his public career making amends. >> he led his wife rachel she went to root negative fell to buy a dress with her girlfriends she found old stacks of newspapers and they called her a bigamist and a and adulterer and a broken heart and she went back to the hermitage and she died. and bailey became known as the jackson papers. they were vicious. >>

. >> notably, the sixth president of the united states, john quincy adams placed his hand up on a bookather than a bible when taking the oath of office. >>> and the backlash against president trump has been swift after what many believe to be a suggest tiff sexual attack on senator gillibrand yesterday in which the president said she would, quote, do anything for campaign contributions. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker reports. >> reporter: facing new accusations, president trump lashing out at senator gillibrand, the first female senator calling on him to resign. righting lightweight senator jill la brand, a total flunky for chuck schumer who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions and would do anything for them. firing back -- >> it's a sexest smear attempted to silence my voice. i will not be silenced neither will the women. >> reporter: and elizabeth warren accusing president trump of slut-shaming. >> he's obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play. >> reporter: there is increasing speculation, senator jill la brand is e

john quincy adams, he wrote his son, 1811, so great is my veneration for the bible and so strong my belief that when duel read and meditated on, it is of all books in the world that which contributes most to make men good, wise, and happy. that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more steadily they pursue the practice of reading it throughout their lives, the more lively and confident will be my hopes that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members f society. abraham lincoln said this, and it was official. this was his proclamation. those that think it's inappropriate for government to say these things, this was abraham lincoln who knew where in our hopes lie. lincoln said in his official proclamation, it's the duty of nations as well as of men to own their own dependence upon the overruling power of god. to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow yet with assured hope that genuine rependence will lead to mercy, and mercy and pardon and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the holy scriptures and proven by all history that those

. >> and their predecessors and john quincy adams. george washington and everyson. so jackson actually criticized the founding fathers for losing touch with the people. donald trump was vilified republicans and democrats prior for losing touch with the people. there's a lot of similarities there's no doubt. truch was right. there might not have been a civil war if andrew jackson was president. his focus was always union first. he was quoted everywhere as saying that. so trump did the studying there are differences one was born into weather. one was abject poverty, i get that, as they moved newspaper life very similar. they say that trump treated women differently. that's fine. when it came to light. donald trump didn't shoot anyone. andrew jackson did and got shot back at. there's a lives difference, because there's 100 years between them and mostly and foremostly had very interesting hair. >> well, as do you. >> now, i want to take this little pause to play a little of the special to give a sneak preview of what they will see on sunday here on fox. here it is. >> t

an issue of the presidential campaign when jackson defeated john quincy adams. jackson said nothing about it in in 1820gural address nine. the first inklings of trouble came afterward when reports reached jackson that certain branches of the bank had tried to wield their influence against him in the 1828 election. he heard about this afterwards. jackson sense of grievance over that election, in election in which jackson believed, "the virtuous human re-of the united emanry and all the corruption wickedness could event, circulated through subsidized presses in every way before to buy the patronage of the government." if you look at the election that way, learning that the bank of the united states was part of that horrid of wickedness and abuse would be enough to set you off against it. june of 1829 when he was president of three-month, jackson was writing friends that the only thing that can prevent our liberties to be crushed by the bank and its influence would be to kill the bank itself. well, jackson challenged both the constitutionality and the of the bankfi

it was not an issue in the storied 1828 campaign where are he defeated john quincy adams and he said nothing about it in his inaugural address. reports and tried to wield their offense. given jackson's sense of grievance over that election, an election in which jackson believed and he didn't go. and all the torants of slander, wickedness could invent. circulated through subsidized presses and in every way supported by the patronage of the government. learning that bank of the united states was part of that tornt of wickedness and abuse would be enough by itself to sent you up against it. already by june of 1829 when he had been president all of three months, jackson was writing friends that the only thing that could prevent our liberties to be crushed by t bank and its influence would be to kill the bank itself. well, jackson challenged both the constitutionality and the effica efficacy, the financial efficacy, competency of the bank of the united states and its first annual message to congress. this attack came out of the blue. it startled his audience, went against the advice of se

. >> and their predecessors and john quincy adams. george washington and everyson.e founding fathers for losing touch with the people. donald trump was vilified republicans and democrats prior for losing touch with the people. there's a lot of similarities there's no doubt. truch was right. there might not have been a civil war if andrew jackson was president. his focus was always union first. he was quoted everywhere as saying that. so trump did the studying there are differences one was born into weather. one was abject poverty, i get that, as they moved newspaper life very similar. they say that trump treated women differently. that's fine. when it came to light. donald trump didn't shoot anyone. andrew jackson did and got shot back at. there's a lives difference, because there's 100 years between them and mostly and foremostly had very interesting hair. >> well, as do you. >> now, i want to take this little pause to play a little of the special to give a sneak preview of what they will see on sunday here on fox. here it is. >> the historic french quarter. why wo

issue in the storied 1828 presidential campaign when jackson defeated the son of old john adams, john quincy adams. and jackson said nothing about it in his inaugural address march 4th, 1829. the first inklings of trouble came afterwards when reports reached jackson that certain branches of the bank had tried to wield their influence against him in the 1828 election. again, he heard about this afterwards. now, given jackson's sense of grievance over that election, an election in which jackson believed and these are all his words, the virtuious yeomanry of the united states had sustained him against more jackson's words all the tore renes of slander, the corruption and wickedness could invent circulated through subsidized presses in every way inspired by the patronage of the government. given that sense, if you look at the election that way, learning that the bank of the united states was part of that torrent of wickedness and abuse would be enough by itself to set you off against it. already by 1829, june of 129 he would have been president all of three months, jackson was writing friends th

thomasjefferson played violin, john quincy adams played the flute, many presidents have played the piano performances took place behind closed doors but in recent decades technology has ensured that the white house is indeed the american stage. president harry truman demonstrated his musical skills in a televised tour of the white house. the arts were heavily promoted under presidentjohn f. kennedy. but it was ronald reagan who began regular televised performances in the 1980s. and at times music has made history, not merely accompanied it. in 1985 prince charles and princess diana had taken the city by storm sojohn travolta wanted to dance with princess diana but did not know the protocol. he was assured it would be fine and then we have that beautiful image of them dancing in the grand foyer of the white house and the picture went across the globe. as american music evolved from its european routes so to have the range of performances, the marine band, the oldest continuing music group in the oldest continuing music group in the us, has more often than not provided the soundtrack of di

about it, there were great writers of history, including woodrow wilson and theodore roosevelt, john quincy adams to go way back. we began this with anniversaries, we got an e-mail today saying we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of his celebration. he helped to conceive of the smithsonian institution, and wanted there to be a national observatory, george washington wanted there to be a national university. in different ways, other presidents have sketched it out. >> maybe we already did, but the jackie. is hugely important on this particular issue. >> she deserves enormous credit. restoration from the white house, so much more. >> thank you. >> you present the sequential aspects of kennedy and lbj. i'm curious, how much influence did lbj have on kennedy, while kennedy was alive. >> go ahead. >> very little. worst year of lyndon johnson's life. and robert says as much. their relationship was really complicated even by washington standards, i've been reading the road to camelot, a very good new book. and it begins with -- in 1956 the patriarch, john f. kennedy's father, joseph kennedy u

in 1837, john quincy adams breathed new and threatening life into patrick henry's warnings. adams reversed his earlier opposition to military emancipation and repeatedly declared that, under the war powers clause of the constitution, the federal government could do exactly what patrick henry warned against. war and rebellion nullified the south's claim to confiscation of slave property or what amounts to the same thing, absolving north of any requirement to protect slavery. military emancipation became a minor but recurring theme in the wide writings of abolitionists and the speeches of anti-slavery politicians. alongside the political controversy, there developed a second source of political conflict over this one caused by the abolition of slavery in the northern states. there had been no fugitive slave clause in the articles of confederation because, as we all know, when americans declared independence in 1776, slavery was legal in all 13 of the rebellious colonies. they ensured that a slave was legally liable for rendition the matter what colony he or she escape to. by t

john quincy adams, to go way back. we began this with anniversaries. i got an e-mail saying we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of his birth this year. now that's probably not going to lead to a lot of celebrations in washington. >> i'm going to one later tonight. but he helped to conceive of the smithsonian institution, and he wanted there to be a national observatory. george washington wanted there to be a national university. so in different ways, other presidents have sketched it out. >> great. >> and it's also worth saying, i guess, maybe we already did, but that jackie is hugely important on this particular issue. >> yes. >> absolutely. she deserves enormous credit. the arts overall. also for the restoration of the white house. >> yes. >> so much more. yes, sir. >> hello. thank you. >> yes. >> you present the sequential aspects of kennedy and lbj. how much influence did lbj have on kennedy while kennedy was alive? >> go ahead. no, please. >> i think very little. >> okay. >> i think those were three of the worst years of lyndon johnson's life

and calhoun would say yeah, sounds like a good idea and you know, then monroe or john quincy adams would say yes, good, go. we'll try to fund that. but most of this reform was coming from the inside. the actual ideas for the reform. with a supportive political climate. but the 1830s were also difficult years for the army. so jackson's administration from 1829 to the beginning of 1837, these were difficult years for the army brought on by resurgence in u.s. territorial expansion. largely by jackson's policy of forcing indians to leave their land east of the mississippi. what we know from the title of the legislation as indian reform. nowadays, that you know, that sounds a little harsh, but and it was harsh, so we might say the exappropriation of the indian. we might say ethnic cleansing. so in europe, we would, if this happened in europe, you would say it was ethnic cleansing and everybody was like, yeah, those europeans, they're like that. while officers had professionals journeys to debate reforms in the artillery schools, this is an image of a later painting, a 20th century painting, b

you can see this in his correspondence with his son, john quincy adams, who is a christian and tries very hard to remain within the pail of orthodox christianity. but adams kind of chides himself for this point. he refers to what he called -- he says man kind will not progress, at least in religion, until we do away with what he calls the plas blasphemy of the reincarnation. so if you know anything about orthodox christianity. that is not orthodox. that heterodox, that's heresy. but adams kind of chides himself for this point. he refers to what he called -- he says man kind will not progress, at least in religion, until we do away with what he calls the plas blasphemy of the reincarnation. so if you know anything about christianity, that is not orthodox. so in his personal life he's moved into a more unitarian position. but it's not an atheist position. the dominion of providence over the passions of men. the dominion of province means that god acts, he interposes in the world, and he has a number of instances where he thinks the british are trying to -- pardon me -- they have an ill

the anti-slavery power can be seen as one last attempt by the cosmopolitan ghost of a john quincy adams to exact revenge on jackson and the laborers. indiana democrats for example, hated those that traversed the midwest and presumed to instruct them all racial equality and black suffrage credit they regarded the people of indiana as little children, incapable of making laws themselves. and then republicans joined a long line of jackson enemies who doubted the white man's capacity for self-government, joining wigs, federalists and even tories in that pantheon. democrats resented anybody that questioned democracy. the white men's democracy and especially white men's to my to decide the fate of americans of color and women. and in the key debate that became popular was popular sovereignty. democratically decided the status of african-americans in the territories. it was seen as the ultimate distillation of jacksonian democracy for the democratic party and as much as the democratic party of the 1850's is derided as a shield for andlavery, it was a genuine passionate advocate of white men's