brian: back to john quincy adams. as born to john adams, but where, and how many kids are in his family? james: he was born in a place then called braintree, but it is now quincy. it was really quin-zee" but people always call it quincy. and so, he was this second child. he had an older sister named abby. and then there were two more boys who were born after him. he was the second of four. but because he was the oldest boy, he was always treated as number one. and so, on the question of education, for example, when the parents talk about nabby, she is kind of folded into the group. but john quincy is there, he is the one who is kind of nominated for to be the next generation. i suppose they must have seen early on that he was an exceptionally gifted person and also very disciplined, which his two younger brothers were not. they just did not have that iron in their soul that both of the elder adams had. so he always bore the weight of their hopes, their expectations, their disappointments with a heavy burden to bear. br

clay, it appears, cuts a deal with john quincy adams. historians are not so sure, but after john quincy adams wins the presidency, he picks clay as his secretary of state. and also picks a lot of the other people that were on board with him for positions. so where there's smoke, there's probably fire. and he gave the appearance -- now, john quincy adams' defense, clay had enormous respect at home. he made a good secretary of state. but it sure gave the appearance of it being improper. the 12th amendment was unclear. the constitution was unclear about the presidency. we suffered this embarrassing election in 1800. now here we are again in 1824. king caucus. a handful of members of congress and political elites would get together and decide who the candidates were going to be and who is going to be the president of the united states. and the public seemed ok with this. jackson helps raise consciousness and anger over this brouhaha. jackson says that describing how we pick a president, everything is carries by intrigue and management, not th

host: when did you think it was worth spending all this time with john quincy adams? john: among the various things i do, i teach a class on foreign policy at n.y.u. in abu dhabi where n.y.u. is a campus and the camp is basically a public policy from woodrow wilson forward and i was researching 1th century foreign policy and you come across adams name and was secretary of state for both of james monroe's terms and i should read the good book on adams and i looked and no disrespect to any of my predecessors but really since 1950 and 156 when the great diplomatic historian, samuel beamus wrote a prizewinning autobiography of him, that had been a substantial treatment of him. that was remarkable. kind of an underexplored founding father like territory. and then the second thing was i discovered that he had kept a diary, not an episodic diary like some public figures, a diary like no public figure has ever kept every day of his life from the time he was 18. he began when he was 11. from the time he was 18 he hardly skipped a day until he was physically paralyzed close to h

professor traub discusses his book "john quincy adams, militant spirit." ♪ traub, what would john quincy say if he was here today about what he sees in the world? james: john quincy adams did not ve m

john quincy adams, he served 17 years here in the house. his presidency was considered by and large fairly failed affair. but after he came here, he found his voice and he was an incredible champion of the right of people to petition their government, he was an incredible champion of abolition way before his time, he was a statesman and although he drove slavery holders to distraction here in the house, nonetheless they respect enchantress affected him for his intellect and his doggedness. he's an incredible figure actually. there are some great heroic figures who served here in the house that are also worthy of reading about and learning. >> there's a brand-new biography out on john quincy adams, by the way. >> that's right. have you ever thought about writing a book? and if you did what would it be about? >> actually, yes, i have. i served 14 years in local government and i think it deserves a lot more appreciation than it gets and i would love to write a book maybe, on local government. i would like to write about the congress during the

professor traub discusses his adams -- john quincy "john quincy adams, militant spirit." ian: what would john quincy adams say if he was here today about what he sees in the world? james: john quincy adams did not like his own word.

it was a letter written by louisa catherine adams who was the wife of john quincy adams. and she -- it was here in washington in 1820. and he was secretary of state. and she had written -- she wrote these chatty letters home to john adams. abigail had died and he was lonely so she had written him at one point saying it was her vocation to get her husband elected president. and so it's the year 1820. it's the year of the missouri compromise. congress stayed in session much longer than usual because of hammering out the compromise. and finally they adjourned. she goes to a meeting of the orphan asylum trustees. dolley madison, with the local women here founded the orphan asylum after the british invasion in 1814. so she goes to a meeting of the trustees and one of the trustees says to her that they're going to need a new building. and she said why? what are you talking about? and the woman said, the session had been very long the 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 maintain this

q&a" james traub on his book -- "john quincy adams" independent spirit." traub: he did not form alliances. he did not do anything you would do in order to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. and so his 40 years in the white house or just pain -- just pain. he achieved almost nothing. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." first worked as a photographer to president bush in 1993. he shows some of his work and discusses is position as a photojournalist for the bush family. here's a preview. mr. valdes: as we traveled around the world, we had a couple planes. this is the older air force one we used. you can see some of the grandchildren and his dog would come with us sometimes, and this is at their house in kennebunkport. the guy on the left, that is bush, later became president. the guy in the red pants is his grandson and now the texas land commissioner. and of course, just to the classic wave folders. of china.'s republic that was an interesting trip to go on. if you know the bio of george herbert walker bush,

a talksnist on q and about his book, john quincy adams. militant spirit. the life of the sixth president of the united states and his career after the presidency. >> he's a politician. has done whatever he has done to win. he did not form alliances. he did not do anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who might not go along with your agenda to do so. his four years in the white pain. were paying -- he achieved almost nothing. ontonight at 8:00 eastern c-span's q and a. c-span, created by america's cable television companies and brought to as a public service or satellite provider. this weekend on the presidency, librarian confronts three myths about presidents and her health. here's a preview. the second thing that i want to focus on tonight is the idea that presidents have always been truthful and honest with congress and the american people about the state of their health. sadly, that is another myth. that is true probably because people never are almost -- never give up great power voluntarily. the other thing, if there is one

jamesday night, on q&a, from talks about his book open door john quincy adams: militant spirit." about the life of the american six president. >> the guy is a politician. he has held elected office. he has done whatever he needed to do to win but he did not form alliance is. he did not anything that you would do to persuade people that might night -- that might not otherwise go along with your agenda, to do so. his years in the white house were pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next weekend here on american history tv, we will be live at eight at 5 p.m. eastern with the opening zero money national museum of african american history and culture. as final preparations continue on the national mall, we talked with african-american members of congress about the smithsonian's newest museum. 50 years after the passage of the civil rights act, what is the significance of the new african immune --african-american museum to the country? that comes to mind is pride and appreciation or the african-american experie

at one point or another, presidents john quincy adams and benjamin harrison and rutherford b. hayes and abraham lincoln, they were all members of the whig party. the whig party was a really, really big deal in american party politics, but then they weren't. they fell apart. the whigs were riven by internal divisions as the nation grew and changed. a lot of their division had to do with the issue of slavery and some other principled issues, but the whig party had been a huge deal and then it fell apart. political parties back then weren't exactly what they are today, but when the wig party fell apart, the two-party system of the time fell apart a little bit as well. you have two parties and one of them collapses. it doesn't just mean good news for the other party. it means that two-party system that depends on tension and one of the things that happened is that we had secrete societies that formed to drive catholics out of the country. one of them was the star spangled baern and order of united americans. they are all different groups with different names. the whole reason and

the narrative comes from john quincy adams diary. he used to when -- swim in the potomac. on this day he decided to go swimming. i hope you can see him down there in the right-hand corner and his son, john junior, susan -- per they stop by the thereand the boat is up where the organization of american states is. the stables are still there from the mansion area he didn't really examine the bolts too well. they cross the tiber. across,ed he would swim close --removes his you can still see the base of the washington sameent, i think it's the rock. didn't have a baylor and the boat took on water. he managed to get his clothing off. the virginia side. they were good swimmers because the river was much wider in those days. , all naked on the side of the river. pan --penhe president -- he put them on and went back into town. meanwhile the president said he and his son sunbathe and swam and gambled on the shore all the while regretting that he has gone out so unprepared. this is what is now the blue room at the white house. this is good because it is by washington irving, who is

. >> james traub, what would john quincy adams say about what he sees in the world? john: john quincy adams didn't like his own world. he was a sinsorious fellow was mr. adams and was critical then and would be critical now. i think, you know, of the donald trump thing, you know, his first reaction would be, what happened to the idea of public service? why are we having some guy who says his great qualification is that he was a businessman? john quincy adams came from a world that revered public service. he was very close to the founding of the republic. and he felt himself, if you had asked him why were you qualified to be president? and he would have said because i have served the republic selflessly. and that was true. but since i was a young man, he'd been a diplomat, he'd been a congressman, he'd been secretary of state and his own sense of service, of sacrifice, even of heroism all had to do with the idea, i'm here for the republic. that is what i'm -- that is my purpose. and i think he would be sort of saddened and sic

trumpight, on q&a, james talks about his book -- john quincy adams: militant spirit.hing that strikes you, he is a politician, he has held elected office. he did not form alliances. he did not do anything you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not have gone along with your agenda to do so. and so, his four years in the white house were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. next, it is washington journal. eliana johnsonde of the national review on recent developments in campaign 20 16th including polling numbers and public opinion. and after that, author joe man ofn on his book -- the world: the further endeavors of bill clinton. he has known bill and hillary clinton for several years. he will also discuss bill clinton's post-present -- post-presidency years. ♪ host: good morning. i live look at the u.s. capitol. the house and senate back in session this week. trying to work out a compromise on the spending bill. agreement, wicked city possibility of another government shutdown. b

at one point or another, president's john quincy adams, harrison, arthur and hays and lincoln, all ofcan presidents were all members of the wiig party. harrison, tyler, taylor, fillmore they were wiig party members when they were president. it was a really big deal. then they weren't. then they fell apart. the wiig's were richb by internal divisions dealing with emering things as the nation grew and changed. a lot of the division had to do with slavery and other issues. it was a big party, then it fell apart. they weren't exactly what they are today. when the wiig party fell aparty, the two-party system at the time fell apart as well. you have two parties and one collapses. it doesn't just mean good news for the other party, it mean that is two-party system that counts on tension between the two parties, that falls apart if one party ceases to function. when the two-party system fell apart, when that two-party system rocked because they collapsed, what was left behind in american politics, for a while, at least, turned incredibly nasty. a little bit violent, but also nasty. one of the

. >> on q&a, talking about the book "john quincy adams -- militant spirit." >> the thing that strikes you, the guy is a politician. he is held elective office. he did whatever you did when. he did not form alliances or anything you would do in order to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. and so is four years of white house were just pain. just pain. every thing was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." history,tures in teaches am professor class on african american women doctors. of theks about the areas birthing practices and cancer prevention. she argues that many of the doctors saw a connection between race and activism peers -- and activism. classes about 50 minutes. prof. shakir: good afternoon, welcome to class today. today we will be talking about like women in medicine. you know that we have spent quite a bit of time in our african-american history course this semester talking about the relationship between race and medicine. today, we're going to focus largely on black women in medicine. we

we can't see john quincy adams. it is. with the long hair, he looks a little strange. what do you make of a doctor who says healthiest guy in history? he is leaning on his arm for some reason. >> if i called and said i have this new patient. donald trump. tell me what he is like. he is the healthiest person. that doesn't tell me anything. good i have me some history and some back ground. >> what do you have? a little overweight. 230 something. >> he is overweight. the 230 puts him in an overweight category bordering on obese. i don't know that i would call him a healthy weight. we don't know much beyond that. he is on an aspirin every day. why? did he have issues in the past? we don't know a lot of his picture and that's probably the biggest concerning thing. i talk about it being a puzzle. we have all the pieces to put together. we have a few pieces but we don't have the rest to get a complete picture. >> thank you for coming on. i'm joined by mother jones washington bureau chief, david, a trump surrogate and former adviser. let me ask you a question i've been thinkin

on july 4th, 1828 john quincy adams, president of the united states, was breaking ground for the chesapeake and ohio canal, and on the same day the corner stones for baltimore and ohio railroad were being laid. they didn't know where the canal or railroad would be shaping technology of the country, but they both started on the same day trying to get to the ohio valley, and the railroad won, as we know, and the railroad became the shaping technology of the 19th century. i write in my essay about the importance of the baltimore and ohio railroad but also the impact of railroads in general on american history. in west orange, new jersey, the laboratory of thomas edison is preserved by the national park service, and they do a wonderful job of recreating a number of the important elements of what probably was the first research and development laboratory in the world. edison was probably more fascinated with research than he was in actually commercializing, although he did try to commercialize a lot of his inventions, but he still is the record-holder for patents. i think he has more than 1,000

james talks about his book john quincy adams, about the life of the sixth president of the united states and his career after the presidency in the u.s. house of representatives. >> the thing that strikes you, he's a politician, he's held elected office, he's done whatever you do, but he didn't form alliances, he didn't do anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. his four years in the white house, everything was hard, he achieved almost nothing. sunday night 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >> joining us on the phone is the deputy editor for breaking news. his work is available online and you have had a busy day. >> it has been a busy couple of days and increasingly every single day with the election approaching. >> let's talk of some of the stories you've talk and so far today. hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail tomorrow. she will in north carolina and here in washington d.c. for a couple days. a number of events we we will be covering. what can we expect? >> i think what is most important for hil

. >> sunday night on q&a, we talk about the book "john quincy adams, militant spirit".about the president and his life afterward. >> the thing that strikes you not as a politician, he has done whatever he you do, he did not form alliances. he did not to anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do still. so his four years in the white house were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >> the house of naturalers resources committee considers legislation about energy production, mineral lands and fisheries, oceans, native americans irrigations, and reclamation the committee has 44 legislators, 26 republicans and 18 democrats. joining us as the chairman robert bishop of utah. thank you for being here. that is a lot of jurisdiction for your committee that i just went through. tell me what your priorities are >> there is a bunch of priorities were hoping to get through a lease before we hand the year. you just

. >> sunday night, new york --versity professor james talks about john quincy adams in his career after the presidency in the u.s. house of representatives. >> the guy is a politician. he's held elective office. he's done whatever you do. he did not form alliances. he did not do anything you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. his four years in the white house were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. the mansion located in manhattan, new york was built in 1765 as a summer home for colonel roger morris and his wife. abandoned in the revolutionary war, it was used as a military headquarters. in 1810, stephen jumel purchased the property. , executive ward director of the mansion discusses the historical time between alexander hannemann and --

louisiana purchase that cold morning you gave a good speech my question is peter jackson and john quincy adams in the election of 1824 jefferson dies in 26. you're talking about the opinion in 1826 and old man i don't know the answer the mortal enemy. they probably have some affection because they'd already passed something up. they would've recognized in any jackson the morphing of the democratic ideal that the government dissolving estate. and yet jackson would go on to consolidate just as you would say the most important feature of thomas jefferson's presidency was not small government as he espoused all his life but the purchase of louisiana which is a big government with a capital b and a g-uppercase-letter. one of the things i like about working on a children's book you don't even say even. you get into some of the things. sometimes the thing and the opposite of a thing is also true. i think you can find that with every president. i would just remind you if they have won the presidency in 68 richard nixon probably would've been the biggest critic. if they'd have the guts to open up relat

q&a.nday night on about his book john quincy adams, militant spirit, about the life of the of the united states and his career after the presidency in the u.s. house of representatives. the thing that strikes you, he didn't form alliances. he didn't do anything you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. his four years in the white house were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. now remarks from democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton at the congressional black caucus awards dinner. she was presented an award and then gave leave comments. this is 10 minutes. [applause] mrs. clinton: hello. it is so great to be back here with all of you tonight. my friends,ank , donessman jim clyburn people, representatives butterfield, members of the congressional black caucus, and congratulate all of the honorees. want tosonal note, i recognize a dear friend who is retiring after 46 years, congressman charles wrangle. [applause] mrs. clinton: he is one-of-

had two great presidents in the roosevelt family and one of the great secretaries of straight john quincy adamse not as distinguished as that and no reason we would have heard of the clintons if george bush senior would not have allowed ross perot to split the vote. neil: we have another trudeau in this, people glom onto this sort of thing. are you then sensing that it's not so crazy for americans who for a revolt kind of mood to say no to this, this go around and entertaining donald trump? >> look, i think you get to a point where you have fond recollections and respectful recollections of a personality and related to the person who has the name, it's a reassuring thing. a lot of people felt that way about fdr coming 20 years after theodore roosevelt, in another party. it was a phenomenon of people thinking that the same family is claiming right to cling to the furniture in the country again and again, and they get tired of it. you saw a bit of that in the treatment of jeb bush. he spent a great deal of money and his campaign wasn't successful. neil: all right, we'll watch very, very closely.

. >> sunday night on q&a, a columnist talks about his big "john quincy adams, militant spirit." >> the thing that strikes you. he's a politician. he's held elective office. he's done whatever you do to win. he didn't form alliances. he didn't do anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. and so his four years in the white house were just pain. just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> with the 2016 election approaching, we covered an event analyzing the k-12 education policies of presidential candidates hillary clinton and donald trump. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is thomas burr. i'd like to welcome our guests today to discuss the positions of the presidential candidates, donald trump and hillary clinton, on k-12 and higher education. i would like to thank the education writers association for partnering with us on this news maker. with schools across the country starting this week and next, we felt it was a

. >> sunday night on q&a, a columnist talks about his big "john quincy adams, militant spirit." >> the thing that strikes you. he's a politician. he's held elective office. he's done whatever you do to win. he didn't form alliances. he didn't do anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. and so his four years in the white house were just pain. just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> now louisiana's secretary of state testify on efforts to prevent moting machines from being hacked. this house committee hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. >>> welcome to today's hearing entitled protecting the 2016 elections from cyber and voegt machine attacks. we're here today to discuss the subject of election security. it's hard to imagine a more bipartisan issue. election security is fundamental to the fairness of elections and democracy in the united states. elections are a key component of democracy and voting is the very essence of what presid

night on q & a, columnist and new york university professor james trump talks about his book, john quincy adams, militant spirit. about the life of the sixth president of the united states and career after the presidency and the u.s. house of representatives. >> the thing that strikes you, not only as a politician, he's held elective office. he's done whatever you do. he didn't form alliances. he didn't do anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. and so his four years in the white house were just pain. just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> and now the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on the security and political situation in afghanistan. witnesses discussed anti-corruption efforts, governess, and counterterrorism. two hours.ut >>in i want to thank the gentlen for being here and for the service to ourba country and th meeting is called to order. i apologize for being a few minutes late. i forgot we changed the time fr

on the fourth of july in 1821, john quincy adams delivered a remarkable speech to the members of congress. the speech is entitled "in search of monsters to destroy" and what adams says, look there's a lot of bad things that happen in the world. there's dictatorship, tyranny, starvation, famines, civil wars, confli conflict, wars between countries but outlining the structure of government called into existence by the constitution some 30 years before adam said this is a country whose government does not go abroad in search of these monsters and striving to destroy them, and saving people from them. instead, he said this is a country that is going to be devoted to a limited government republic and society whose people, whose country is going to be establishing a model society of freedom and peace and prosperity for the world to emulate. adams was drawing on the ideas of george washington and thomas jefferson, who had talked against the concept of allying america with other countries, automatically coming to the defense of other countries, entangling alliances, as they called it. they said t

professor robert was presented ,he 1824 and 1828 elections which resulted in victories for john quincy adams and andrew jackson, who became the sixth and seventh presidents of the u.s. according to robert watson, these two elections were among the most important and scandalous in american history. this class is about 50 minutes. professor watson: the 1800s, most specifically the elections of 1824 and 1828. now, before you roll your eyes and plan to nod off to sleep, know this. these two elections in particular were two of the most important in america's history. and two of the most intriguing

. >> james traub talks about his book "john quincy adams" about the life of the sixth president of the united states and career after the presidency in the u.s. house of representatives. >> the thing that strikes you, not as a politician, he's held elective office and do whatever you do to win. he did form alliances. he didn't do anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people otherwise might no go along with your agenda to do so. and so his four years in the white house were just pain, just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q and a." remarks from christopher murphy on gun violence in america and why he calls it his top priority in the senate. he recalled his experience on the day of the sandy hook shooting in newtown connecticut, back in december of 2012 and june 2016 filibuster to force congressional action on gun legislation. this is about 50 minutes. >> welcome to the national press club. i'm thomas burr, the national correspondent for salt lake tribune. our guest is chris murphy of ko con. i would

strachanght, james talks about his book john quincy adams, the life and his career after the presidencycian. done whatever you do to win. he did not form alliances. he did not do anything to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. housears in the white were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing good. it is time to announcer 2017 video documentary competition. help spread the word to students and teachers. this year's theme, your message to washington. what is the most urgent issue for the new president to address? our competition is open to all withnts grades 6-12 $100,000 in prizes. students who would produce a 5-7 minute documentary. include programming and explore opposing opinions aired the prizes will be awarded between 150 students and teachers and the grand prize will go to the student or team with the best entries. the deadline is january 20 2017. help us spread the word. >> earlier, donald trump spoke to families whose loved ones had been killed by illegal immigrants. evente the remarks at an in houston. >> good afternoon

about the we talk book john quincy adams about the life of the sixth president of the united states and career after the presidency in the u.s. house of representatives. >> be things that strikes you, he is a politician, he has done whatever you do, he did not form alliances. he did not do anything you would do in order to be able to persuade people otherwise who might not have gone along with your agenda to do so. his four years in the white house or pain, everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> sunday night on 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. journal"gton continues. host: joining us from dallas isk, senior writer from newsweek. how the trump organization's foreign business ties could of been u.s. national security. thank you for joining us. --e us a sense of the skies size and scope of the trump organization, where does most of its money come from? ofst: you went to the heart the question, it is impossible to know because the trap organization -- trump organization is in a black box, a private company that does not file any information that is publicly reviewable. except for

james trough talks about his book on john quincy adams. --thing that strikes he is a politician. -- heone whatever you do didn't form alliances. he didn't do anything you would do to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do so. his four years in the white house were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. hillary clinton: we are going to get things done. think things. that's who we are as americans. -- big things. oneld trump: we will have great american future. the c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday, september 26 is the first presidential debate. tuesday, mike pence and tim kaine debate at longwood university in farmville, virginia. , washington university in st. louis hosts the second presidential debate, leading to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump taking place at the university of nevada las vegas on october 19. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. watch live or an