john quincy adams is a vastly underrated american. we don't give much attention to one term presidents but he was the very great man. i think intellectually, iq levels, he may have been the most brilliant human being ever to occupy the office. >> host: 202 if you want to text in a question, 465-6842 is that number. next call for david mccullough is from tom in florida. >> caller: good morning. my question is my father in law was the manager of the wright aircraft factory in 1916. did david mccullough learn anything about him to his name was milton whiewend. >> guest: i wish i could say yes, but no i don't. my book ends in 1910 when orville and wilbur wright decided they achieved what they set out to do, therefore they can take that flight together. until then they would never do that because if one were killed they wanted the other one to still be alive to carry on with their mission. it was a mission which they gave total devotion excluding almost everything else we think of as a normal life in order to achieve it. they never married

supreme court, and thanks to roger sherman baldwin and john quincy adams, the supreme court declared they were free persons. if you saw the movie, roger sherman baldwin is played by matthew mcconaughey, so just picture that when i mention his name. another figure who's one of the younger men at the old gentlemen's convention -- and the younger men tended to be the republicans because that's the rising new party -- and his name is lucius chittenden from vermont, and he's important because the conference early on said no media, this is a closed event, and we're not evening going to keep our own detailed journal or minutes because we want everyone to speak, presumably, candidly. chit pden decided in his mind that this was a hugely important event on the scale of the constitutional convention, and he compared himself to james madison who kept notes, and he said i'm going to be -- declare myself the notetaker and journal maker of this event, and to his credit, announced that rather than doing it quietly, announced that to the conference early on. several objected vociferously, but old joh

>>lly gotten you look at john quincy adams. they kept saying he had the was mad. his wife was an illegitimate child of on and on. evening all my god not that bad. they the internet got only knows. it was bad enough as it was. i don't know that in terms of character there is any difference. think they just had a moment right now. in congress the guy who got hit in the head with a cane. that was south carolina. streak.always an crazy they can moment right now the crazy have to happen is people have to learn that we will lose if this happens. once we figure that out that things will on down. no certaintyre is to being civil. what happened? >> certainly in the past 25 years a number of things came together. and it altogether have a deleterious effect on things. one everyone in politics cap maximalist. no one can put forward a modest bill. this modest bill will do something. we can agree on it. it's all the world kind of an agreement on. look back this and put it forward. nobody wants to do that anymore. there's no payment. everything is my. can't have a small immigrat

i went to the spin court and thanks to roger sherman baldwin and john quincy adams they were free persons. he sold a movie on a sob, roger sherman is played by matthew mcconaghy, just picture that when i mention his name. the younger men tended to be republicans. he is important because the convention we want to run a little bit to speak candidly this was a hugely important advance on the constitutional convention that he compared himself to james madison. individual maker of this event so to his credit. but john tyler who was presiding and who was always very concerned about propriety had no control or authority over what the members demand a say. finally mentioned another figure from virginia. this very august forgotten figure who was a big deal at his day senator william reed who was a wealthy member of afterwards charlottesville also suffering financially a little bit and just a year before have sold over 100 of his slaves as another virginia delegate and the reason that the senator and diplomat to france during one of its revolutions in the 1830s and an idea of the kind of company th

like this desk that belonged to john quincy adams. it didn't start out as a desk. >> upright piano made in london. >> of course security there has a picture of what the piano originally looked like. >> these are floors. the public doesn't get to come up here. >> that's right. >> only special tours. >> special tours and some behind the scenes tours on the weekends. >> in one conference room charles lindbergh's 1927 leather helmet right next to 1965 gemini space helmet. basketball great michael jordan's 1996 jersey shows it's not all ancient history. >> you work in the building that is not filled with history but stuffed with history. do you see it? >> yeah. you know, the problem is that the smithsonian is located in 14 museums. so there's no way you can see everything even in 40 years. >> but he says he's going to keep on working and looking. in the district tom sherwood, news 4. >>> talk about a special welcome to the neighborhood, police escorts and big american flag help make an army veteran feel right at home. members of suntrust b

the first foreign-born first lady since john quincy adams' wife louisa, and the first first lady to have posed in a picture like this. >> ion't know how to put this. your image looking the way you do, is that a liability for your husband? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i think people will always judge. maybe they will say, oh, the past that you have, the way you were modeling. that's part of the job that i was doing. i was a very successful model. >>eporter: it's been ten years since donald and melania said i do in a lavish affair at trump's miralago estate in florida. this is your third marriage, what's different this time? >> i thi i understand life. i've gone through tremendous amountsf everything. deals, building companies, taking care of people. >> how does that help marriage? >> it hurts marriage because you're working all the time. >> your husband has been marri twice before. did you have any concerns it might not work out? >> no, i didn't have any concerns. we have a great chemistry. and to beith the man as my husband, you need to know who you are, you need to be very sma

history book, ladies of liberty about the early republic and was music by catherine adams, john quincy adams's wife and it was written when he was secretary of state ken she was running the campaign for president, called it her vocation to get him elected president and she wrote these wonderful gossipy letters from washington to john adams, abigail had died, here is abigail. she had died and john was lonely and she wrote these letters home and this particular letter was from the year 1820, the missouri compromise, because of hammering out a compromise the conversation took longer unusual. finally they go home. in july louisa goes to a meeting of the trustees in the orphan asylum the dolley madison examined after the british invasion in 1814. and one of the trustees says who is going to need a new building. and the woman says that sessions had been very long. fathers of the nation had left 40 cases to be provided for by the public and our institution was the most likely to be called upon to maintained those illnesses. congress left 40 pregnant women behind and there were 187 members of congress

it's important as john quincy adams.is as close as anyone accept the gentleman to my right is going to get being present because he's talking. if you are told the truth which he is not capable of doing that. and even when he was having the worst possible day even if gingrich had done something or had read the newspaper, -- "newsweek," that's an inside joke -- [laughter] november 3 and november 41992 defense league 72. his mother is asleep he can sleep at a quarter after midnight. i'm paraphrasing slightly. [applause] and those are tough words for a sitting president but then what does he do, he says have been be strong, be gracious finished strong. don't show them that it hurts and what stunned me the most is listening to the diaries was this is one of the most emotional men who could ever have held that office at. he won my heart. there is a scene from the mission of presidents reagan and he showed them to the children's look emea -- leukemia ward. he's standing there at the press is behind it, all the cameras and he re

>> when john quincy adams was running for president they kept saying he had affairs with his made when he was ambassador to russia, his wife was an illegitimate child -- on and n. you think it is not that bad right now. if they have the internet god only knows what they would have done. it is bad enough as it was. i don't know that in terms of character there was any difference. we have a moment right now -- and congress a man was hit in the head with a cane. it is always south carolina. it has always been this crazy street. we are in a moment with a crazy streak. what is going to have to happen is that people who are doing this will have to realize you are going to lose. then things will calm down. >> you work for a person known for being civil. what happened? >> may be in the past 25 years, certainly the past 10-15 a number of things came together. everyone and politics got maximalist. no one could put forward a modest bill and save this modest bill will do something. let's agree on it. it is small. we are in agreement on the essentials. nobody wanted to do that anymore. there was no

there have been a few families in american life starting with the adams family, going to john adams and john quincyms. i do want to two back to one point, if i might, poppy. >> sure. >> that is how remarkable it is we have just learned about all these diaries. >> right. >> and john meacham has been in there having interviews since 2006. this has been a nine-year-long project. this is a big, big deal. who knew that he kept all these audio diaries? i think it's positive for the country that they're there. you wonder in the internet age how much this is going to disappear on servers over time. but here things were preserved and you actually had the feeling at the moment. that comes in a valuable, valuable for historians. really valuable for the long term. >> especially since many of them were audio recorded and so you really get the feeling -- >> absolutely. >> -- and the tone and the voice. not just what was written on the page. a final thought, m.j., and final thought, david. m.j., to you first. >> i think that seeing the two bushes, the two former president bushes, and seeing the sort of side of th

ther and deal with each other >> when john quincy adams was running for president they kept saying he had affairs with his made when he was ambassador to russia, his wife was an illegitimate child -- on and on. it is not that bad right now. if they have the internet god only knows what they would have done. it is bad enough as it was. i don't know that in terms of character there was any difference. we have a moment right now -- a man was hit in the head with a cane. it is always south carolina. it has always been this crazy street. we are in a moment with a crazy streak. what is going to have to happen is that people who are doing this will have to realize you are going to lose. then things will calm down. >> you work for a person known for being civil. what happened? >> may be in the past 25 years, certainly the past 10-15 a number of things came together. everyone and politics got maximalist. no one could put forward a modest bill and save this modest bill will do something. let's agree on it. it is small. we are in agreement on the essentials. nobody wanted to do that anymore. the

thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, martin van buren and james buchanons before becoming president. should hillary clinton succeed, she will be the first former secretary of state to rise to the presidency in 160 years. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i this see you next week. don't forget, monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern you can catch my isis documentary "blind-sided: how isis shook the world." >>> breaking news this afternoon. who is this man? police say he is the third attacker at the paris stadium. investigators asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> plus, brussels still on highest alert, schools and subways still shut down p the prime minister speaking moments ago telling residents to remain individu vigilant. >>> and two eagles of death metal band mate talk about what happened inside the bataclan theater. >> several people hid in our dressing room, and the killers were able to get in and killed every one of them.

if they do reach the white house, melania would be the first foreign born first lady since john quincy adam's was born about 200 years before melania trump. >> randy joins us now tonight. what else do we know about her? >> we know she enjoys fashion, she played tennis, she does pilates, she does some work with the american red cross. she and donald trump have a son, 9-year-old baron. so he keeps her pretty busy. the couple reportedly does not have a full-time nanny so she does have her hands full with him on most days. the question is what would her hobby be or her cause be if she becomes a first lady. donald trump said she would be a great first lady. "people" magazine asked her and she said you know what, it's a long road ahead, i'm just going to take this day by day, anderson. >> just ahead, a 9-year-old boy gunned down execution style has become another heart breaking victim in chicago's south side gun vie epidemic. happens to be the focus of spike lee's new film. i'm going to talk to spike lee ahead and father michael plaguer who's worked for years to try to make chicago's streets safer.

if they do reach the white house, she would be the first foreign born first lady since john quincy adamse born 200 years before melania trump. >> what else do we know about her? >> reporter: anderson, she enjoys fashion and plays tennis and does pilities and does work with the american red cross and they have a son, a 9-year-old. she does not have a full-time nanny. anderson, the question is what would her hobby be or what would her cause be if she were to become first lady? we heard donald trump on the campaign trail saying she would be a terrific first lady but hasn't answered that question. "people magazine" asked her and she said it's a long road ahead. i'll take this day by day, anderson. >> well, that's a wise answer. thanks very much. >>> a 9-year-old boy gunned down execution style has become another heartbreaking victim in chicago's south side gun violence epidemic. happens to be the focus of spike lee's film and to father michael flager who worked for years to make chicago's streets safer. but it is not the device that is mobile, it is you. real madrid have about 450 million fa

if they do reach the white house, melania would be the first foreign born lady since john quincy adamse who was born 200 years before melania trump. >>> just ahead, the breaking news, new protests tonight in chicago after the release of a video showing a white officer shooting a black teen plus anderson talks to spike lee about the game wng war in chica that inspired his new film. dy wt to be part of this? nooooo well, chevy has a better way, with black friday deals all month long. that's a great idea. what if you could get up to twenty percent cash back when you bought it? bam. twenty percent back? that's awesome. avoid the chaos, not the deals. go to shop, click, drive at chevy.com where the price you see is the price you'll pay. plus get cash back for 20% of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. >>> we begin with breaking news for the second straight night, protesters taking to the streets expressing anger over the g graphic dashcam video and did not appear to be making threatening moves of any kind toward police, at least none that can be seen on the footage. they made the vid

believe it unto this hour, they are as important as john quincy adams diaries were, which quincy adamst throughout his whole life. it is. >> >> a close as anyone, except for the gentleman to my right, is ever going to get to being president. because he is talking. he is not writing. the act of writing, you step back from it. this is a man who turned on the tape recorder and told the truth. as he is incapable of not doing that. even when he had the worst possible day, even if newt gingrich did something or he read the newspaper -- >> "newsweek." >> "newsweek." >> that's an inside joke. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. it's gracious of you sir. thank you. >> welcome to dallas. >> yeah. where are those olives? even when he was having the worst possible day, he would talk himself back into the game. so he -- the night he lost, which i believe is the night that the 20th century ended, november 3rd and 4th, 1992, he is sitting in suite 271 of the hughs tonian. your mother's asleep. he can't sleep. a quarter after midnight. he gets up out of the bed. gez into the living room. turns on the tape recorder.

the first foreign-born first lady s sce john quincy adams' wife louisa. and the first first-lady to have posed in a picture like this. i don't know how to put this, but your image, looking the way you do, is that a liability for your husband? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i think people will always judge. maybe they will say, "oh, the past that you have, the way you were modeling." that's part of the job that i was doing. i was a very successful model. and i did some photo shoots. s, they were a littltl little risky, but nothing more than you see every year in sports illustrated. >> she was actually in sports illustrated. which i just saw that picture the other day. it was beautiful. and i will say this, if i'm will be so lucky to have melania. elegant, and good from the heart. lady. expected to have a cause. it be? >> i'm very involved in charities now. many, many charities. involving children, involving many different diseases. and i will, you know, if the time comes i will choose what is dearest to my heart and work on that hundred percent. >>

the fifit foreign-born firstst lady since john quincy adams' wife louisa. and the first first-lady to have posed in a picture like this. i don't know how t tput this, but your image, looking the way you do, is that a liability for your husband? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i think people will always judge. maybe they will say, "oh, the past that you have, the way you were modeling." that's part of the job that i was doing. i i s a very successful l del. and i did some photo shoots. yes, they were a little, little risky, but nototng more than you see every year in sports illustrated. >> she was actually in sports illustrated. which i just saw that picture it was beautiful. and i will say this, if i'm lucky enough to win, the public will be so lucky to have melania. she will be so beautiful and elegant, and good from the heart. she will be a fabubuus first ladydy >> reporter: first ladies are expected to have a cause. if you have a cause, what would it be? >> i'm very involved in charities now. many, many charities. involving children, involving man

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liz: the founding fathers, john quincy adams and his father john adams said the same thing, they wordangers of islam acting with natural hatred toward infidels, who in christianity preaches the opposite, david cameron, the u.k. prime minister said it is dangerous to basically the night the fact that these individuals are self identifying as muslims because it did some power to the muslims who wanted to fight and eradicate them. ashley: 116 years ago those lines written by winston church of could be written today and would be applicable. stuart: but not said. if you write them you are in trouble too. the mainstream media is calling out president obama. they did this yesterday. watch this. >> the question if you will forgive the language, is why can't we take out these bastards? >> i just spent the last three questions answering that very question. i don't know what more you want me to add. i described specifically what our strategy is. stuart: we picked right up on that because we were running the president's press conference at this time yesterday and when that question was asked we l

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andrew jackson thought his wife had died because john quincy adams' campaign had been so negative about when they were divorced. abraham lincoln was attacked in the most vicious kinds of terms. franklin roosevelt was attacked in the most vicious terms. this is part of the political process. you do end up facing questions of every kind. i remember talking to lamar alexander. he was running in 96 and he, you were talking just a second ago as well, he's self- vetted so that when i get up on the left side of the bed and asked me what i had for breakfast on august 2nd, 1974, i would be able to tell you. this is part of the game. i don't think it's a productive part of the game, necessarily. if you're running on your biography you better fact check the biography. >> willie, some of these are just again, i'm sorry, i can remember where i was 18 years old or 17 years old and said maybe you can play football at miami and fsu. i remember where i was when i was 20 years old. if i'm in pop eyes and a guy sticks a gun to my head, i'm going to remember that. if there's riots and i'm shielding white k

because it's a unique historical document and i told him at the time that they are as important as john quincy adamsies, because it is as close as anyone except for the gentlemen to my right is ever going to get to being president. because he's talking. he's not writing. the act of writing, you step back from it. this is a man turn on the recorder and told the truth and so even when he was having the worst possible day or if he had read the newspaper -- >> "newsweek", that is an inside joke. >> it is gracious of you. [laughter] >> welcome to dallas. [laughter] and even when he was having the worst possible day, he would talk himself back into the game. so the night that he lost, which is when i believe that this ended, he is sitting in suite 271. he can't sleep, it's a quarter after midnight, he goes into the living room and turned on the tape recorder and he basically says that they always said i didn't get it. and i didn't leave the pundit and i understand what the country is going through. but what i do not get is how this generation on as a country way that my generation did. and i am paraphrasi

possibly john quincy adam diaries, i'm sure you were all reading those on the way over. eat audio. that's unfair to john quincy adams. he was a remarkable guy and we all should read him. the diaries put you in the moment and he says things, talks about what it feels like to deal with gorbachev and what it feels like to deal with the fall of the berlin wall and what it felt to take on saddam hussein, what it felt like to lose bill clinton in a way that is as close to the american presidency as i have ever seen. he's such a seemingly buttoned up man. remember when he looked at his watch on his right hand. we all remember the caricatures. the supermarket, the seizing inability to connect that terrible last year for him to the presidency. but in private he was an incredibly tactile man who i believe used his diary in a therapeutic way because part of his code, part of is if i may wasp code is that he never complained. he put it to me once no one ever wants to hear the president of the united states say oh woe is me. you are just lucky to be there and because of that the only

extensively really do take you inside the presidency in a way that i've not seen before possibly john quincy adamsing those on the waiver. [laughter] there's great audio. [laughter] but, that is unfair to john quincy adams. it was remarkable and we all should read it. they put you in the moment with him and he says things, talks about what it feels like to deal with gorbachev and the fall of the berlin wall, but it felt like to take on saddam hussein, but it felt like to lose to bill clinton in a way that is as close to the american presidency as i'm ever going to get. and he is such a seemingly buttoned up than. remember when he looked at the watch on his right hand we offer a member of the caricatures. at the supermarket scanner, the watch and the debate in richmond, the seeming inability to connect in a terrible last year for him of his presidency. but in private, he was an incredibly tactile man who ibb used this in a very therapeutic way to do. you're just lucky to be there. he carried it around in his briefcase and dictated at camp david and studied upstairs and off the oval office. he can't

this is kumu gupta, and i'm in quincy, massachusetts, which is the birthplace of john adams.nd i had called in, you know, when you had the show on abigail adams. and i have a question and a comment. and my question is that you mentioned earlier that mrs. bush is the first lady after -- or the only first lady after abigail adams who was the mother of a president and a vice president. and my question is, is that also true that she's the only first lady after abigail adams who was the wife of a president and a vice president? susan: president and vice president, as well as -- myra: who was the one -- pat nixon. wife of a president and vice president. susan: but not the mother of a president. myra: barbara bush and abigail adams. susan: thank you for your call, and thanks for following the first lady's history along with us. so from watergate, chief of the republican party, to china, how did that position come across? jeffrey: this is a great story, because it tells a lot about president bush on many levels. watergate occurs, president nixon resigns, gerald ford comes in. george