they traveled with john quincy adams on the turnpike and they had to pay because it's a turnpike, ok. [laughter] john quincy adams goes on the turnpike, ok, and he pays and the toll gentleman says mr. president. you're 11 cents short. he follows a present in the carriage and sees lafayette inside and he goes, he says oh, i'm sorry i didn't see the nation's guest in the carriage i'm not going to make , him pay and john quincy adams goes, well, it's a private tour, we're going to see former president monroe to his country estate, so he has to pay, end of the story, sir, in any other country in the presence of the head of state, lafayette would not have had to pay, but in the u.s. he has to pay. [laughter] thank you, mark for giving me the opportunity to explain the project thank you everyone for turning out. it's been a great lecture. [applause] >> that's how we roll in the u.s. [laughter] >> i have a question. >> for me? >> yes. >> how was the tour developed? >> originally they wanted to go to 24 states. successs so much of the that lafayette extended the trip to the 24 states going as

second thing we learned is that the most famous freshman in the house of representatives since john quincy adams will be there. today, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez was named one of the new members of the house oversight committee. that is the committee michael cohen is going to testify to in the house of representatives. so michael cohen's public testimony in the house of representatives was already

great, he used to swim in the river all the time, john quincy adams. and there is a good diary entry where he says he went down to the willows. the mansion is just above the cottage there, and you can see the octagon up there. and got his boat and with his son, john jr., and his servant antoine, they were going to row across the river and antoine was going to row back. the adamses were going to swim. they must have been good swimmers because the river was much wider in those days. and i would think twice before striking out. and i a good swimmer. am i would think twice before striking out to national airport. [laughter] anyway, this is another painting by me for another job. this was for the white house historical association. here we have john quincy adams, his servant, and son sitting out on that fateful journey. you can see the wall there. it's called aha ha wall, an english tradition, from the white house you were unaware there was a giant wall around the place. but from the outside, people are standing on top of the wall if you look closely, and t

they traveled with john quincy on the turnpike and they had to pay because it's a turnpike, ok. quincy adams goes on the turnpike, ok, and he pays and says mr. entleman president, many president, short.11 cents he opens the carriage and sees lafayette inside and he goes, he see oh, i'm sorry i didn't the nation's guest in the caring, i'm not going to make adams and john quincy goes, well, it's a private tour, we're going to see former his country roe to estate, so he has to pay, end of the story, sir, in any other of the in the presence head of state, lafayette would not have had to pay, but in the he has to pay. thank you for giving me the explain the o project and thank you everyone for turning out. it's been a great lecture. pplause how we roll in the u.s. [laughter] >> i have a question. >> for me? >> yes. did the tour develop? how did they decide where they tour?going, the original >> originally they wanted to go states. there was too much of a success lafayette ally extended the trip to the 24 tates going as far as west as st. louis, missouri and as far as south as louisiana, but going

and john quincy adams, who was swept away in a populist wave at the behest of andrew jackson.ystery deepens when we think about what happened in his life. you to think of what i am about to take off as not just bullet points on a piece of paper, but think about the political drama likely to attend many of these things. he led us into a war with spain in 1898. it ended up being a huge success. it was a three month for. we destroyed the spanish empire and destroyed to spanish fleets, the atlantic and pacific. we became an empire by acquiring pro -- puerto rico, guam, and the philippines. we liberated cuba. hadould have kept it but we already made a commitment that we would not. he kicked spain out of the caribbean and turned the caribbean into an american lake. he acquired hawaii through negotiation and annexation. he set in motion the event that to the panama canal. gets an awful lot of credit for that, but it was really reversed the policy of cleveland who was an anti-expansionist and said we will move on this canal and set in motion the studies and actions and planning that l

he was working on a farm in indiana when john quincy adams was born. in 1775, he was the boy that heard the gunfire at the siege of washington. washington was born in 1732. that's five lifetimes. you want to make six, washington's father was died at the right age of 48, 14 years past the average life expectancy for an englishman at the time. six lives and even then it was just getting started. economists say for most of man's life, he left no better on two legs than on four and there's another guy i can't remember points out that the average english citizen in material terms lived no better than the average roman citizen did. the steady state of poverty was unbelievable and in just six lifetimes, all of that changed . there are pubs in oxford i've been to that are older than us. that's 1300s. the striking thing that comes up whenever we, if you take say that 2016 election. which is something we can deal with toward the end of the book and the question of what our current political situation tells us about where the west is. that we have these two narra

haven't seen this kind of hatred for a president and refusal to do what's good for a country since john quincy adams. even back then, as now, even though they know something is good for the country, because they have walls themselves. they have gated communities. they will not allow that for america. they will not allow us to save american lives. just because of their contempt for this president. it's outrageous. if you've ever a member at a time in american history with, with a shutdown going on, that one party leader would take off on vacation to hawaii? that if such arrogance as well as contempt. it's an extraordinary time. they said they are not negotiating. that they won't let a wild. >> harris: i need to step in for you and i are about to handle this together. i want to get your thoughts as the president of the united states arrives on capitol hill. to talk about the wall, and reopening the government. what is about to happen? what do you think will begin to hear and see that has been different? >> my hope is that you have a speaker and a leader in the senate that relies they are starting to b

now, we have not seen such a famous freshman member of the house since john quincy adams was elected to the house of representatives after serving as our sixth president of the united states. and in modern politics, in social media politics, with fame comes power, the power to direct media attention where you want it. the power to push a policy position into the national political debate. and congresswoman ocasio-cortez did that today more effectively than any other member of the house of representatives could have done it because of that fame. and there is apparently no one in the house of representatives who understands fame and knows how to use fame better than congresswoman ocasio-cortez. who does not need a staff to explain instagram to her or any other social media or mass communication tool, including how she should handle herself on stephen colbert's show. she went to the senate chamber looking for mitch mcconnell, after she checked the majority leader's office adjacent to the senate floor and she was told he wasn't there, but it's a large office suite with plenty of places t

second thing we learned is that the most famous freshman in the house of representatives since john quincy adamsbe there. today, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez was named one of the new members of the house oversight committee. that is the committee michael cohen is going to testify to in the house of representatives. so michael cohen's public testimony in the house of representatives was already guaranteed to be the worst day of the trump presidency this year, but now the anticipation of that hearing has intensified with the news that it will be alexandria ocasio-cortez's first turn in the spotlight of an already very important congressional hearing. that hearing is going to be rescheduled because michael cohen's lawyers told congress today that he would like to delay his testimony before the house oversight committee, which was scheduled for february 7th. our next guest, "vanity fair's" emily jane fox is reporting that michael cohen is still determined to testify before the house committee before he reports to begin his prison sentence on march 6th. so some time before march 6th. michae

bill clinton said i was the most qualified to serve since john quincy adams. >> [laughter] have tolala: grown-ups step up, particularly on the senate side and say enough is enough area as you know, during the shutdown during the clinton administration with the whole government shutdown, senator bob dole, majority leader, said enough is enough. everybody is going back to work. this is tragic. me is we are using policy differences to hurt people, to close down the government. i don't know of any country in the world that when they have policy differences, they close down the government. i couldn't think of one. i looked as far as i could. for these kind of things. perhaps continuing resolutions that cut in when you can't agree . but we cannot go through this again ever again. it is going to end. at some point the senate will step up. very now they have said clearly they won't do anything the president won't sign. what we did in the house is we passed the senate approach -- appropriations bills. we didn't pass the house wine. we took the bill that passed last year and passed them word for

bill clinton said i was the most qualified to serve since john quincy adams. [laughter] grown-ups have to step up, particularly on the senate side say enough is enough. as you know, during the shutdown during the clinton administration with the whole government shutdown, senator bob dole, majority leader, said enough is enough. everybody is going back to work. his is tragic. what scares me is we are using policy differences to hurt people, to close down the government. i don't know of any country in the world that when they have policy differences, they close down the government. i couldn't think of one. i looked as far as i could. we need rules to prevent this kind of thing. perhaps continuing resolutions that automatically cuts in when you can't agree. but we cannot go through this again ever again. t is going to end. at some point the senate will step up. right now the senate has said very clearly that they will not do anything the president won't sign. so what we did in the house, now we have the majority, is we passed all the senate appropriations bills.

someone said, wait a minute, you know, this happened -- hasn't happened since john adams and john quincy, and they didn't have cameras in. let's have a picture of this. so, we all have pictures of us with former president bush and president bush. well, there was one good decision, however, there's always a little bit, isn't there, good, bad. one good decision in 1999 called olmstead v. lc. it was a georgia case. again, it was two women who were put in an institution and they had argued that they didn't want to be there, that they should be free to live on their own out in the community, and this made its way all the way to the supreme court. and the supreme court sided with them and said, yeah, the constitution, the least restrictive environment is a constitutionally based right of persons with disabilities. imagine that. so, that means that persons with disabilities, rather than being put in institution, they have a right to live out in the community, in group homes or wherever, but not in an institution. so, that was a good. now, i got to close up. where are we now? where are we now? i

. >> what's interesting, however, is that john adams actually -- and his son, john quincy -- support both the louisiana and that makes them less than hamiltonian-type figures. >> makes them hated in new england. >> it was very unpopular. >> james madison, professor ellis, his legacy. >> madison is the toughest guy. there's a new book on him by the harvard law school guy which talks about three madisons. and the madison up till '87-88 is one guy and then he switches positions. gordon and i have argued about whether that's a contradiction or not. madison is -- in terms of -- madison is a thinker who's responsible for moving us from the confederation to the constitution, perhaps more than anybody else, making that happen. he recruits washington with jay's assistance. he writes the virginia plan which becomes the agenda. he oversees the ratification process. now it's hamilton -- >> teams up with hamilton. >> has the idea for the federalist papers. he writes 51. madison writes 29. and jay writes 5. but they actually play the ratification process too. what madison understands is get to nin

over two years, he talked to president john quincy adams. he had plans after. he said how about this? >> a longtime journalist and former president of the national press club. he's the author of mafia square, protest in the white house. thank you so much. >> i appreciate this opportunity. >> -eye out for more interviews from the national press club's book fair to air on the near future. you can also watch them in any of our programs in their entirety at booktv.org. the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. ...

over two years he hit every state, came back and talked to president john quincy adams. everywhere he went people named things after him. so people in washington said how about this park? so it became lafayette park. >> host: next time you're in washington, stop by lafayette square. gil klein is a longtime journalist and a former president of the national press club. he's also the author of "trouble in lafayette square: the fascination, protests and murder at the white house." >> guest: thank you so much. that long terrific, i appreciate the opportunity. >> host: keep an eye out for more interviews from the national book -- press club's book fair. you can watch any of our programs in their entirety at booktv.org. type the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. >> here's a quick look at the next three programs airing on booktv. next, former "vanity fair" media journalist matthew pressman examines the role of the press today. then, louise shelley looks at the growth in illegal trade with the emergence of new technologies. and later, we bring you the well-r