clay, when heenry becomes secretary of state under president john quincy adams, adams signed into law a new tariff, raising it from 25% to 45%. that is one heck of a tariff. hy did 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 buildings of roads, canals, bridges, and so forth. we needlly, clay says, to recharter that bank of the united states. -- excuse me,on claye hamilton, however, frames his defense of the bank of the united states in common man rhetoric. hamilton said the bank is good for financial interests. clay says the bank is good for farmers. the bank is good for mechanics, for manufacturers, for the country as a whole. we need to recharter this bank, and there is the whig party platform. they support utilizing the powers of the federal government to stimulate economic activity, and they adopt a broad interpretation of the constitution. , theederal government togs say, do have the right engage in this activity. mostly from new england, but also from the we

we also have john quincy adams. son of the second president of the united states, john adams. he, too, is a whig. most famously, henry clay, hailing from the state of kentucky. clay ends up running for president five times. just can't get in. he can't seem to do it. nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. henry clay has an american system. that american system is threefold. henry clay says first, we need to have protective tariffs on american manufacturing. sure enough, henry clay, when he becomes secretary of state under president john quincy adams, adams signed into law a new tariff, raising it from 25% to 45%. that is one heck of a tariff. why did 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 buildings of roads, canals, bridges, and so forth. and finally, clay says, we need to recharter that bank of the united states. unlike jefferson -- excuse me, unlike hamilton, however, clay frames his defense of the

an invaluable research -- resource is the diarrhea john quincy adams, who kept it -- an invaluable resource is the diary of john quincy adams, who kept a running tally of things. brian: what did he think of harrison? ronald: he thought he was ok. not an intellectual giant, but he did not like tyler because he was a slaveholder. he did not like the fact that tyler was able to rise to the presidency. brian: you say that william henry harrison having won gave an 8000 plus word speech. they had the first inaugural parade in history. why did they have it just starting with harrison? wasld: mainly because this the hallmark of his campaign, big rallies with the log cabins on wheels. they had the first official inaugural committee and arranged like the rallies with the log cabins and marching bands. baltimore had gotten a brand-new wagon for harrison to ride in, but he did not want to ride in it. he rode his horse, did not wear a hat to workout. he did have a hat but he kept doffing it as he went down pennsylvania avenue. once he gave his speech, they paraded back to the white house. brian: couple

the big one was john quincy adams, who installed the bathroom.rian: what didn't you know before you started this? ronald: one of the things i did not know was the heavy involvement of women. this was the first campaign that women were involved with. they could not vote, of course, but the whigs decided they would be great allies because they could persuade their husbands and boyfriends to vote for harrison. it became a great movement. women wore sashes, whig husbands or none, and refused to marry their boyfriends unless they said they would vote for the whigs. women came to the parades and waved handkerchiefs, some gave speeches were wrote pamphlets. it was very shocking. they were criticized by the democrats, who said these women should be home making pudding. this was the beginning of the movement for the women's vote. a lot of these women went on to push for the -- one of my favorite anecdotes, i have got to tell you. there was a rally in springfield, illinois, and the horses stampeded. a woman was heard to say, if any are to be killed, let th

john adams boycotted, john quincy adams boycotted. >> bill: there was bad feeling but never like this oh, if you know american history, and i know you do, there have been even more contentious times than we face today. >> bill: eh, not with the internet. the internet spreads the hate s: fast that by the time the pony express got out to missoura when john quincy adams didn't like jackson, he was out of office already, jackson. it took four years to get out there. it is always good talking to you. we appreciate you taking the time.ys plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves along this evening. bernie goldberg will cover john lewis as a correspondent. now, some problems with his behavior, that should be interesting. and watters roaming around washington today. >> why is everybody hating on donald trump? >> donald trump hasn't really given us a reason to like him. you know, and until he does, i am not going to support him. >> bill: notice the red star on that guy's little lapel there, huh? i hope you stay tuned for those reports. mercedes-benz, you can drive as far as you want for up to th

john adams skipped inauguration and john quincy adams followed suit missing andrew jackson's swearing in. >>> all right. something you need to american democracy. the presidential inauguration, the peaceful transfer of poier. >>> pilar of that tradition is having former presidents there to witness the history. today will be no different. former president and wives attending today's inauguration include jimmy and ros lynn carter. george w. and barbara bush. hillary clinton and bill clinton. the only living president that will not be there is george h.w. bush. he and his wife are both improving after suffering health problems. treating for a blockage in lung. barbara bush is recovering from bronchitis. prior to hospitalization, hw did send a supportive note saying his doctor suggested he not travel. >>> now when president elect donald trump takes the oath of office, he will be sworn in with two bibles today. >> the first is the same bible that abraham lincoln used. referred to as the lincoln bible. president obama used it as well in his inauguration and the second is one plt's mother ga

john quincy adams was the first to take the oath on a constitutional law book instead. here's the first film of an inauguration. it was william mckinley's ceremony in 1901. this photo captures dwight d. eisenhower, the first and last president to be lasso during his inaugural parade so inaugurations are held on the capitol west front and follow a very prescribed order. including the oath of office at exactly noon. and while most inaugurations have been conducted with decorum, some have had their mishapps. vice president andrew johnson had too much to drink the night before abraham lincoln's second inauguration. johnson delivered a speech the next day, still drunk, embarrassing the president. >> that we shall pay any price. >> an electrical short caused john f. kennedy's podium to catch fire as cardinal richard cushing gave the invocation at his inauguration. >> are you prepared to take the oath? >> barack obama had to take the oath of office twice in 2009. that's because chief justice john roberts misspoke and one word was out of sequence. >> that i will execute the off

for 40 years, from washington to john quincy adams, and then andrew jackson came along. he was the voice of the people. and regular people sent this new president to the oval office, to the white house, and he made history by serving two terms and changing america. my first visit to our new president in the oval office today, i looked behind his desk and there was a sculpture of andrew jackson. how appropriate. join me in welcoming the next president who is going to make history and turn america around, donald trump. [applause] president trump: thank you very much, mitch. so nice. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you. so nice. nice to win. do we agree? it's been a while. it's been a while since we've had this position. nice to win. i want to thank so many friends in the room. sit down, everybody. let's enjoy ourselves. it is great to be in philadelphia. i went to school in philadelphia. this is a very special place in our nation's three. nation's history. the place where we launched our american independence. the state of penns

for 40 years, from washington, to john quincy adams, then he ew johnson came along, was the voice of the people, and regular people sent this new tosident to the oval office, the white house, and he made two terms andving changing america. my first visit to our new president, the oval office the day, i looked behind his sculpture ere was a of andrew johnson, how appropriate. welcoming the next president, who is going to make history and turn america around, donald trump. [applause] president trump: thank you, mitch, so nice, thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. so nice. .ice to win dochlt do we agree? it's been a while, been a while this position. i want to thank you in the room, thank you very much. down, everybody. let's enjoy ourselves. it's great to be in philadelphia. in nt to school philadelphia, very special place n our nation's history, it's the place where we launched our independence, the state of pennsylvania is very special reasons, lots of especially from a couple of months ago. remember? pennsylvania cannot be won. remember. pennsylvania cannot be won.

john quincy adams and andrew jackson were the first to wear full length trousers instead of knee length ones. thankfully. kennedy was the last to wear a top hat. nancy reagan kept the hat thing in red and blue, but hillary clinton was the last first lady to dawn one. weather, major snow storms, the warmest was reagan's first, 55 degrees. the coldest was reagan's second, just 7 degrees. it's so cold it was held inside. it was also super bowl sunday, niners beat the dolphins. joe montana, mvp, george w. bush's was the first time a former president attended his son's inauguration. obama and johnson screwed up their oaths. obama got a do over. lincoln was the first to include african americans in his parade. dwight eisenhower was lassoed. the parties can get rowdy. andrew jackson's nearly destroyed the white house. he escaped out the back door. the clintons had an all time high of 14 inaugural balls including one featuring the king. but only the obamas had the queen. ♪ ♪ at last >> oh, yes, they did. what a beautiful moment that was. >> what a moment it was, indeed. you know what stock was

>> who do you want john quincy adams. > i'd pay a anyway, thanks for joining uss tonight, everybody.more fox5 news at 10 and 11. happy 70th fox5. that's right, happy birthday. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, tv and phone for just 79.99 per month online for the first year. hurry offer ends january 21st. only from fios. z27mkz z16fz y27mky y16fy harvey: oprah winfrey is a little scared of donald trump. >> i go, oprah, what makes you nervous about him becoming president? >> i don't want to be in the twitter bird sunday. >> did you press? >> i go, oprah, what's the first question you'd ask donald trump? >> you were so good, you're ab

unhappy with the election in 1801, john adams refused to attend thomas jefferson's swearing in. like father, like son, in 1829, john quincy adams skipped town, upset at the inauguration of his enemy, andrew jackson. and then in 1869, andrew johnson skipped ulysses s. grant's ceremony after grant refused to ride with johnson to the capitol. but we will be there, of course, with live coverage friday beginning on "cbs this morning"" and continuing throughout the day, including a special hour- long edition of the cbs evening news. today, russian president vladimir putin stuck his nose in american politics again, and his finger in president obama's eye, accusing him of undermining the legitimacy of the trump presidency. putin also disparaged those unsubstantiated tales of trumpian escapades in russia, and in doing so, went way out of his way to spill some of the salacious details. elizabeth palmer is in moscow. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a routine news conference with the president of moldova. but president putin used it to pour scorn on anyone associated with washington's dirty dossier, those unverified allegations of

here are your options, was it jkk, was it ronald reagan,ea john quincy adams or william wil henry harrison>> i think jim knows it.im kno >> i'm going to say it'say i william henry harrison he gave e a long speech and died 30 days later. late >> you're correct sir. you >> i'm going say that'r too. >> that's right em tragicallyria delivered the longestdered inaugural address that historyry lasting one hour 45 minutes on a blistering cold march day in n washington. >> i don't think he had a cold on it. >> he didn't either. he h't tadco ald he case of pn. died 30 days after takinging office. shortest tenure of anyf a president. ready for number three? so thr far so goo >> what was the first inauguration to be>> w nationaly televised. was it dwight eisenhower harry truman or franklin rooseveltlt or j.f.k.or j.f >> i'm going say j.f.k. j.f >> i'm going with eisenhower.r. >> we got two thumbs down onmbs this one, chris. it's -- [laughter]ghr] >> it's truman. >> that was around the television>> t era. e it was truman 1947 an estimated 10 million americans a watched his 1949 inaugural according to

they admitted things they auctioned off, they ran around collecting petitions, send them to john quincy adams, the only person who would take them and they drove everybody else nuts and legislators went crazy and she did it. it was her book that made that happen, you can just see this clear hawk there and one writer did it. >> host: when will we be seeing the memoir? the gail collins memoir? >> guest: i am getting tired of memoirs. it is not the first thing on my list. >> host: how about fiction? >> guest: i tried doing fiction, when i'm writing about actual real so other people are in charge, i am making a pattern that stuff with older women to interview, nobody who was older is still alive by the 1950s. i did ruth bader ginsburg, talked to her again and looking forward to go along. there are so many older women out there, very exciting i have to say. >> host: i want to circle around to statehouses where you started and i know it has been a subject of interest to you all your career and i want to ask if you think for those of us who are terrified and anxious and worried about the next 4 year

john quincy adams was one of the most noted religious presidents. of all the presidents, he probably attended church services more than anybody. he was essentially a unitarian for most of his life, but he would attend afternoon services at st. john's when he was president and afterwards. presidents came to attend this church, because, yes, it was it was just a small trip across convenient. it was just a small trip across -- yes, it was convenient. it was just a small trip across the square to the church. you can see even here from the gallery looking down, this was part of the expansion of the church from latrobe's original building. it's very intimate. if you look above the chandelier into the coopala, you can see stained glass windows there. they were put in in 1895 in memory of peter hagner, one of the original founders of this church, by his family. it's kind of hard to see those from the ground floor. that used to be nothing but clear glass, but from here you get a bit of an idea of how this church has been adorned over time in various ways. an

astute observers that interested and reporting back and then collected these great letters from john quincy adams you just graduated and is apprenticing breaking his college friends and it turns out he is the anti-federalist heating so will create an aristocracy then somebody points out the irony you have been president he said kids do crazy things. [laughter] soy think of gordon would as a historian with is cray intellectual history of thought and political thought from the revolutionary war to the constitution. it was published 1969 i think of him driving around in a beat-up car and light can sit at my computer it is digitized. tiepin documentary history or a state james madison. the madison papers. the hamilton papers. they have their own collection and is edited by experts they take with their referring to with an offhand references it is unbelievable to have this luxury then teaching at harvard i have all these students who wanted to work and collect letters and check my sources come in his of luxury. i did not travel at all but is all available on your laptop that the university of virginia

john adams skipped the inauguration and john quincy adams followed suit missing jackson's swearing inyone showing support for trump today either. entire philadelphia congressional delegation is skipping inauguration. includes boyle, brady, evans. part of nationwide boycott on democratic lawmakers. >> spoke to pennsylvania's gop chairman who said that won't help the divide especially for a city that will need president elect trump's help over the next four years. >> all the people in philadelphia who live in the city need a lot of help. even mayor kenny sent a tweet he wants to meet with the president. why would he want to meet with him. because he understands that. we need to get the navy yard open. why not build them in the navy yard. they would create wonderful jobs in philadelphia. we'll overlook the politics. it's politics. they're going on. it's disappointing. it's rude they don't show up. >> chairman also says the president is bigger italithan t boycott and will help philadelphia. >>> the could will be big today. many people from pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey be on hand to

where celebrating because john adams was 90 years old and alive and well his son philip said the white house says president john quincy adams amazing. so thomas jefferson he recognized jefferson was the of best writer of those who did fix their name only three were still living typically the life expectancy was more than 20 years last and people thought we were incredibly fortunate. for but reportedly the last words word jefferson survives. but he didn't. he died in six hours earlier . the only presidents to die on the same day. to say november 22nd, 1963 huxley dies and jfk dies. so what? by the way trump that. then c.s. lewis died. that this is like a joke but they have nothing in common. jefferson and adams have everything in common november 22nd, 1963 was the other day until the death of john kennedy. that was a special day even before the two giants died on did. so the odds of this happening you have about the same mod's of this happening on the 50th anniversary july 4th and the presidents to die on the same day in the other two by the way the only another one president to die in july july 4th was james monroe a

only time that happened before was john quincy adams but that was before photographs. >> i remember thisi thought it was amazing. you took it. pfeiffer living presidents together. george h.w. bush, ronald reagan, jimmy cart, gerald ford and richard nixon and also one with obama and clinton in it. >> oval office. >> did they get along? >> first time five presidents stood together on the turf. tomorrow first time had six alive even if george bush senior won't be there. going back to nixon. i worked for ford. ford lost to carter, carter to reagan and george bush was reagan's vp. at reagan library. it's mt. rushmore moment. that's what i live for, take photos of real live history. >> i'll take that one. >> i'll send you a bill. >> the guys that have won or lost elections appear to handle it bette than many of their supporters or the people against them, which is interesting. they have to. >> i don't know if they have to but they do. president ford was incredibly gracious loser, and it was painful. i mean there were tears all around. and -- but -- >> what is it like being with them all the ti

in the early days of this republic, whether it was a thomas jefferson, a james madison or a john quincy adamshad. he spoke to them in a very different way. he governed in a very different way. so i thought it was -- it certainly caught my attention to hear donald trump invoking the example of andrew jackson, especially listening to you there, cal, describe the scene down there. just to reset this for folks. they seem to be in a bit of a break right now in this concert at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. they are calling this the make america great again welcome to washington concert. donald trump is there, his family is there. you heard from jon voight. he is playing the master of ceremonies. the hollywood actor jon voight. you heard from sam moore. cal saying he feels like the feeling there is a lot like the trump rallies that we felt during the fall in the campaign. it sounded like the song "you can't always get what you want" the rolling stones song, being piped in on the loudspeakers, to the crowd. that of course, was a staple of donald trump rallies throughout the campaign. the c

existence that argued for it relentlessly, his name was john adams and he wa was 90-years-old and was alive and well as president of the united states john quincy adams, amazing. similarly, thomas jefferson, who adams had chosen to write the declaration because 50 people that were there in the continental congress jefferson was also outlined a both presidents of the united states, the typical life expectancy is 20 years less than that. people thought we were incredibly fortunate. john adams died that night on july 4 and reportedly his last words were jefferson survived. but he didn't, he died six hours earlier. the only two presidents to die on the same day. okay so he writes in and says wait a minute, november 22, 1963 the british novelist dies and john f. kennedy dies, so what. i'd wake my pardon the expression, trump that. cs lewis dies and what is the connection, this is like a joke like three guys and a great theological thinker they walk into a bar and they have nothing in common. [laughter] >> jefferson and adams have everything in common and november 22, 1963, this was just another day until that happened. july 4, 1826 was a special day

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. >> for 40 years, from washington down to john quincy adams, and then andrew jackson came along. he was the voice of the people. and regular people sent this new president to the oval office, to the white house, and he made history by serving two terms and changing america. my first visit to our new president in the oval office the other day i looked up behind his desk and there was a sculpture of andrew jackson. how appropriate. join me in welcoming the next president who is going to make history and turn america around, donald trump. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mitch. so nice. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. so nice. nice to win. do we agree? it's been a while. it's been a while since we had this position. nice to win. and i want to thank everybody in the room. so many friends. thank you very much. sit down, everybody. let's enjoy ourselves. it's great to be in philadelphia. i went to school in philadelphia. this is a very special place in our nation's history. it's the place where we launched our american independence, the state of pennsylvania i

john quincy adams asked an engraver here in washington, d.c. to produce an exact replica. there had been people that produced certain replicas of the declaration, whether it was exact, who had the official replica version, so he says to stone go produce something that's exact and he does. it takes him about three years to painstakingly do it. but the document you see now, the one that as i say you may have hanging in your home or a school classroom, is incredibly exact. right down to the signatures which is pretty amazing. >> do you have any idea how much a dunlap be valued today? >> i don't. i know that there's been assessments done by the library of congress that range in the hundreds of the thousands. but i don't really have an exact number on what that would be. >> do you know where the 17 are? >> the library of congress has one. i believe the mass historical society has one. they're located around in different societies, yeah. >> who was stephen pleasanton. >> a real hero in american history, i think. he was a state department clerk in 1814, when the british invade an

for it relent leslie, his name was john adams he was 90 years old and was alive and well and his son was in the white house as president of the united states, john quincy adams. amidessings. sim largery amazing thomas jefferson, the guy whod a adam has chosen to right the declaration because he recognized jefferson was thehe best writer. jefferson was also alive. a 55 people who affixed their names to that declaration, only three were still living. john carroll was old in maryland, adams and jefferson. imagine both presidents of the united states -- jefferson, 83, adam in 90. the typical life expect ten -- expect tan si was left. and people thought we were incredibly fortunate. john adams died that night on july 4th, and reportedly his last words were, jefferson survive. but he didn't. jefferson died actually six hours earlier. the only two presidents to die on the same day. okay so this guy who writes in, this guy who writes in says, wait a minute, wait a minute. november 22nd, 1963, the british novelist dies dies and n f. kennedy dies. so what? by the way i -- pardon the expression -- trump that. also on november 22, 1963, cs lewis died. you have thr

john quincy adams won. and finally we get a shot at taking our country back. it is a feeling.estion to guys like that is, so, what if he does not do things? and you think, when he does not reason tohere is no believe he will not disappoint everybody. what is your reaction to that? steve: i don't know. and i think that will be the key. i got so many tweets during the last break. one of the first scholars on your show is optimistic about trump because he promised to enact price control. i wondered if anybody would catch that. his convention speech out of cleveland was right out of nixon 1968. nixon enacted price control first. >> the rural places voted for trump the most. steve: for those of you watching on c-span, trump did not promise limited government. he promised, i alone can solve. here is a guy who clearly loves the country. she says, this is a guy who can -- based on who he is, i believe he can solve this problem. prescription drugs cost too much for the elderly. the last time we had a republican president we enacted the largest government program in american history, in

john adams. he was 90 years old and alive and well and his son was in the white house as president, john quincy adams, amazing. similarly amazing, thomas jefferson, the guy who adams had chosen to write this declaration because he recognized jefferson was the best writer of the 50 people who were there in the continental congress, jefferson was also a live. 855 people who are fixed the the name to that declaration, only three were still living, john carroll was old and maryland, plus adams and jefferson. imagine both presidents, jefferson is 83, adams is 90. the typical life expectancy at the time is 2 20 years less than that, much more than 20 years less. people thought we were incredibly fortunate. john adams dies that night on july 4, and reportedly his last words were, jefferson survives. but he didn't. jefferson died actually six hours earlier. the only two presidents to die on the same day. okay, so this guy who writes in, this guy who writes in says wait a minute, wait a minute. november 22, 1963, the british novelist huxley dies and joh jo. kennedy dies, so what? by the way, you will pardon t

got nothing on john quincy adams and andrew jackson. it, after they had various family members accused of pimping and prostitution. neil: what did he do? >> he was surrounded by essentially militiamen and supporters who were screaming, give him bully, old hickory. neil: i see. by the way no accident that donald trump relates most to andrew jackson. >> yeah. neil: that populist, in your face type of leadership that defied the conventional party system at the time. his was born, won popular vote, screwed around in the electoral vote, in the end he avenges it all but it was, it was nasty. >> eventually he became president but a very contentious race they had the four years before and very interesting that, because they had expanded voting right in several big states like new york, more people were able to cast a vote. neil: that is fascinating i wish you would stop. you're so boring me now. >> can we you can talk about snacks in the car again? neil: don't get me going on electoral votes. i will bore you back, i've gotten all this wrong. so

the 46-year-old already making history as the first foreign born first lady since john quincy adams'sa. >> she's only been an american citizen for ten years. i think that that's a very interesting way of us to look at this job. she'll have different perspectives on that. >> and in recent decades the role of the first lady has changed dramatically and only time will tell how melania trump leaves her own mark on the white house. for now we know she will stay behind in new york while her son barron finishes the school year. >> amy, thank you. cokie roberts is back with us now along with author and presidential historian mark updegrove. i like that. >> thank you. >> you didn't get the memo about -- >> my green suit. next time, robin. >> at least green tie. >> we'll call you. >> thank you. >> we heard what amy was talking about that melania will spend time here in new york and also in d.c. commuting like that. has that happened before. >> no, that hasn't happened before but it's a comfortable plane and it probably won't take much longer than me to get downtown from my house in the suburbs

. >> from 40 years from washington down to john quincy adams and then andrew jackson came along. he was the voice of the people and regular people sent this new president to the oval office, to the white house and he made history by serving two terms in changing america. my first visit to her new president in the oval office the other day, i looked behind his desk and there is a sculpture of andrew jackson. how appropriate. join me in welcoming the next president who's going to make history and turn america around, donald trump. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much, mitch. so nice, thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. thank you. thank you. so nice. nice to win, do we agree? it's been a while. it's been a while since we had this position. i want to thank everybody in the room. so many friends. thank you very much. sit down, everybody. let's enjoy ourselves. it's great to be in philadelphia. i went to school in philadelphia. a very special place in our nation's history. it is a place where we launched our american independent -- independence. the state of p

john adams refused to see thomas jefferson ascend to the presidency. his son, john quincydams didn't want to see andrew jackson elevated to the presidency. and then andrew johnson refused to watch u.s. grant take the oath. nancy cordes has been counting the noses of democratic congressmen who have declined to be here today. nancy? >> reporter: we're up to 62 who have announced they will not be attending today's inauguration. not all of them have said that they are boycotting this president-elect. some just said that they don't plan to attend, but for the most part they are doing this as a form of protest against some of the things that the president-elect has said both during the campaign and in the months since. number of them were inspired by congressman john lewis who a couple of weeks ago said he viewed the president-elect as illegitimate and then, of course, the president-elect responded on twitter, as you were just discussing. many democrats didn't like what he said about congressman lewis. so that really hastened the number of democrats who said that they're just no

that is a strain in american thinking that goes right back to the john quincy adams, secretary of stateefend our interest in the world, it means a very strong international posture, which is where i think he's going. >> bret: looking live on pennsylvania avenue. that is still at the capitol there as they're getting ready to start the parade. it will travel all the way down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. there you can see the route from the capitol building all the way down. these buildings that line the streets, a lot of people have come out to the rooftops to look at the parade. it will make its way down to the reviewing stand, at which point you'll see the first family post-up there. there you can see the trek from the capitol to the white house. people were asking before where the protests are. they're about six, seven blocks away from right here. take a right. it's about six blocks that way. so they're a little pushed back. >> martha: they weren't able to get close at all. one of their goals was to disrupt the parade. this neat little graphic shows what the path will be. th