the night before, they were hosted by john quincy adams and his wife. on both occasions, people commented he looked a bit distracted. he didn't seem himself. but nobody knew the fate he would face on that wednesday morning. he was a very popular man. you've heard some from admiral buck about his heroism in the navy. you'll hear more about his character in our program today. but he was so popular that when he died on the ground floor house, here at decatur news reports said 10,000 people came. 10,000 people in 1820 came to mourn him in front of decatur house. many believed he would follow james monroe as president of the united states. for the navyately admiral, that would have been the first naval veteran to become president. it was not until 1961, a few presidents later, when john kennedy became the first navy veteran, followed in quick succession by several others, as well. when you came through the parlors today, i hope you took a few minutes to see the items that we've collected for you in the small exhibit. if you didn't, i hope you'll go back and

john quincy. and finding evidence in the press of john quincy and charles francis. saying very tough things about martin van buren, it was a tough thing for adamslive up to. here he is again trying to find a middle ground. and beyond the right side of history so what was happening is that a long-standing us senator for the state those days the state assemblies all you have to say is i'm in i'm interested you have to come to him knock on his door he says in his diary, i'd love to have a seat. in virtually unanimous choice by state assembly and without any kind of lobbying on my part, including saying, i'd like to be a u.s. senator. of course that's the way john adams was chosen vice president. back after the constitution they said good news, you been chosen as vice president. by the 1850s politicians are tired of that kind of hamlet routine. he was friends with charles sumner. he owned a newspaper he was antislavery paper and because he had the money, he owned it and was the editor but he often wrote editorials for it and charles francis might be four years older than somewhere. and somebody says to him, adam, this is your perfect job being in t

about 200 years ago our sixth president john quincy adams actually answered that precise question iny compelling way when he said, and i quote. he said it would make a mockery of the constitution's impeachment power for congress to have the power of impeachment, but not the power to obtain the evidence and prove it needs for impeachment. i think we should focus on that. it would make a mockery of the constitution if these witnesses are blocked from testifying. i mean, that is an important principle that i think we should all keep in mind when we are debating what a trial should look like in the senate. >> glenn, let's talk time lines. once speaker pelosi hands over the articles how quickly could the trial start and could we see arguments play out by next saturday? >> we could. i think it's up to mitch mcconnell and the vote of 51 senators with respect to some of the rules they adopt and how quickly they move forward. but i just want to impress again. i think the american people deserve witnesses because if all we have are politicians making speeches, that is not trying a case. that i

and jackson thoroughly believed texas came with the louisiana purchase he could not believe john quincy adamsign it over in exchange for florida. that was one of the hottest issues in the country back then so i thought going back to understand it people would tap into their patriotism again. i just hope people will be interested just like washington and the tripoli pirates and andrew jackson who loses his entire family that by the time the book comes out i feel like i'm on a mini mission to push back on those who don't know how great this country is we are not perfect but we try to be and the reason we argue and fight we do something our parents told us not to do we argue in front of strangers but we have the same goal to make the country a better place. i would also like to take some questions from you if you have any and also i do have to be on the air tomorrow so i encourage you if you are ever around orlando jacksonville will be going for the next two months to see if we can tackle donald trump junior. he has a head start his dad is on twitter now. [laughter] but it's a great book. so doe

and then history professor, davos, recounts a decision of the defendants of john adams and john quincyms to dissolve the family's political dynasty. after that, examines the history and future of u.s. public lands. and as the senate effacement trial continues, we thought we would show you and afterwards program from 2016 within a majority leader mitch mcconnell, joining conversation by republican senator lamar alexander from tennessee. and wrapping up tonight primetime lineup is university of texas officer michael and, he argues that democracies are being unraveled by a new class work. check your program guide for more information. and now, joining conversation might new york times columnist thomas friedman. >> many thanks to all of you for making time in your day to join us. our gathering today includes ambassadors and representatives from across. across these printed from iraq and jordan and rocco, tunisia, turkey, yemen, the netherlands, norway, australia, and ecuador. so from the four corners, we come to hearou

came in the louisiana purchase and he cannot believe that president monroe and sector of state john quincy adams signed it over in exchange for florida. we don't really talk about that but back then that was when the hottest issues in the country and i just thought by going back and reclaiming it and understanding it and explaining it people would start being tapping into their patriotism again prayed when i did george washington secret six a study that for 20 years and hope people will be interested in thomas jefferson jubilee pirates are first war and terror i know people can relate to it and andrew jackson, the 13 -year-old who loses his entire family and raised by his country i thought people could relate to it but by this time the book comes out i feel like i'm on a mini mission to push back on those who don't understand how great this country is. i have no problem saying that. we are not perfect but i think what is great about us is we are trying to be and the reason we argue and fight is because we do something our parents told us not to do and we argue in front of strangers but when it's

i'd like to quote john quincy adams could he said america does not go abroad in search of monsters todestroy. she is the well-wisher freedom and independence of all. she's a champion and vindicator only of her own. president reagan's implemented this for apartheid south africa. the most popular television program in apartheid south africa at that time almost all tv sets were owned by white south africans was "the cosby show." my view what happened there was something very subversive which is "the cosby show" with the extraordinary humanity of the players got through the heads of the african white jordie. these are human beings. >> host: caller we are running out of town so make your point about iran or leave your question or comment for a guess. go ahead please. >> caller: do you think this is applicable to iran? thank you. >> guest: absolutely. when i said the united states should help in the democratic process one of the things i've are suggested is precisely that the united states have a lot of appeal to iran and the culture and universities have. ironically many of the children of

we found a good quote would probably be from john quincy adams that said it would make a mockery to the of congress if they didn't have the power and information and documents. it is pretty well settled law. >> every congress, every strieb is going to want to preserve the constitutional right to do this. much more ahead. first, a special message from lawrence. >>> over the holidays, you continued your generous support of the k.i.n.d. fund without many reminders from me because of the impeach news not leaving us much room to show you more about the school that needs desks. $2,947,698. the second highest amount you have ever contributed in the nine years since ms 2346rnbc pad with unicef. most of you did it on your own making it a perm nebt paanent p the holiday season. you can give any time of year. can you do that at last word desks.msnbc.com. the total amount since we started nine years ago is now $24,640,903. i could never thank you enough especially this year when we spent less time than ever on this program. you didn't let our concentration on the news break your concentration and s

quote a former american president, john quincy adams, who said that america does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. she is the well of freedom and independence of all, a champion and a vindicator only of her own. president reagan actually implemented this regarding apartheid in south africa. the most popular television program in apartheid south africa at the time, almost all tv sets were owned by white south africans, was the cosby show. what happened there i think was something very subversive. the cosby show, with the extraordinary humanity of the players and that got through the heads of the white south african majority that these are human beings. host: we are running out of time. can you make your point or question or comment for the guest, please? sure, do you think this is applicable to iran? guest: absolutely, i think it is very applicable. what i said, the united states should help the democratic process, one thing i have always suggested is precisely that. the united states has a lot of appeal to iran. u.s. culture has, universities have. ironically, many of the c

i hope if you read this book you will come to think of john quincy adams as a sad friend who lost two brothers and two sons to alcoholism and sympathize with henry kissinger who had the unenviable job of babysitting a drunk. this book has spanned four centuries and starts with the pilgrims and we will get into that it goes through the revolution, the civil war, senator joe mccarthy, the jfk assassination. i just took a bunch of events in which alcohol seemed to have or did have a huge effect on what happened and went through them. starting in 1620, so it begins with the pilgrims. when henry david thoreau moved to walden pond in 1845 the last thing that he had in mind was writing a book about it. he didn't have anywhere else to live, he had moved in with the emerson's because emerson went to europe. so throw did but he did not hink he was going to write bout it, he thought he would write a book about a river trip e took with his brother. but hawthorne asked him to come give a talk at the concord athenaeum. he came and david talk about the river trip. in the q&a, all anybody wanted to k

john adams, signing and enforcing the alienist addition laws, thomas jefferson, purchasing louisiana without congressional authorization. i'll go on. john quincy adams, martin van buren, john tyler, corrupt use of the veto power. james polk. here i quote abraham lincoln, who accused polk of abusing his power of office, usurping the role of congress and assuming the role of dictator. he didn't seek to impeach him, just sought to defeat him. abraham lincoln was accused of abusing his power for suspending the writ of has been habeus corpus. franklin roosevelt, harry truman, jimmy carter, ronald reagan. quote, concerning iran-contra, professor lawrence tribe said the following. quote, therein lies what appears to be the most serious breach of duty by the president, a breach which may well entail an impeachable abuse of power. george h.w. bush, the following released by the clinton/gore campaign. americans have begun to learn the extent to which george bush and his administration have abused their governmental power for political purposes. that's how abuse of power should be used, as campaign rhetoric. it should be in statements issued by one polit

courts that confirm this, some of our nations leading public servant servants, representative john quincy adams speaking on the floor of the house after he had served as president exclaimed, what mockery would it be for the constitution of the united states to say the how should have the power of impeachment, extending even to the president of the united states, himself but yet the house doesn't have the power to obtain the evidence on which the impeachment will face. as hamilton, story, adams and others have recognized, the president cannot insulate himself from congresses investigation of his wrongdoing. and then to get presented at his own trial to nullify that constitutional power of impeachment. this amendment is important because president trump simply cannot be allowed to hide the truth. no other president has done i it, the supreme court does not allow it. and the president is not above the law. witnesses matter. documents matter. evidence matters. the truth matters. let me turn to the third justification for this that is critical to consider the case for removal it is imperative we hea

some of our nation's leading public servants, representative john quincy adams, speaking on the floor of the house after he had served as president once exclaimed, "what mockery would it be for the constitution of the united states to say that the house should have the power of impeachment, extending even to the president of the united states, himself, and yet to say that the house had not the power to obtain the evidence and proofs on which their impeachment was based. as hamilton, story, adams and others have recognized, the president cannot insulate himself from congress's investigations of his wrongdoing. the president could decide what evidence gets to be presented in his own trial that would fundamentally nullify the constitutional power of impeachment. this amendment is important because president trump simply cannot be allowed to hide the truth. no other president has done it, the supreme court does not allow it and the president is not above the law. witnesses matter. documents matter. evidence matters. the truth matters. let me now turn to a third justification for this amen

filed. 15 former gop members of the congress and we found a good quote would probably be from john quincy adams the impeachment power of congress if they didn't have the power to subpoena and get information and witnesses and documents. it's pretty well settled law, i think. >> and that's not a partisan issue because every congress is going to want to preserve at the constitutional right to do at the. thank you to both of you for doing at the. much more still ahead but first a special message from lawrence. >> thanks, ali. oevrl t over the holidays you continued your support of the k.i.n.d. fund and you did at the with all the impeachment news and little time remind you of the girls in malawi at the needs disks to attend high school. i saw the total, $2,947,698. that's the second highest amount you have ever contributed in the nine years since msnbc partnered with unicef to create the k.i.n.d. fund, kids in need of desks. and what is so thrilling about at the number for me is most of you did it on your own. you've made it a permanent part of your holiday season. you have your own emotional conn

representative john quincy adams speaking on the floor of the house after he had served as president, once exclaimed, what mockery would it be for the constitution of the united states to say that the house should have the power of impeachment, extending even to the president of the united states himself, and yet to say that the house had not the power to obtain the evidence and proofs on which their impeachment was based. that's hamilton, story, adams and others have recognized the president cannot insulate himself from congress's investigations of his wrongdoing. the president could decide what evidence gets to be presented in his own trial that would fundamentally nullify the constitutional power of impeachment. this amendment is important because president trump simply cannot be allowed to hide the truth. no other president has done it. the supreme court does not allow it. and the president is not above the law. witnesses matter. documents matter. evidence matters. the truth matters. let me now turn to a third justification for this amendment. mr. mulvaney's testimony is critical

john adams, signing an important and forcing the alien and sedition laws but thomas jefferson, purchasing louisiana without congressional authorization. i will go on. john quincy adams, mount martin van buren, john tyler, arbitrary despotic and corrupt abuse of the veto power. james pope, here i quote abraham lincoln. he accused pope of abusing his power over his office contemptuously disregarding the constitution and usurping the role congress and assuming the role of dictator. he did not seek to impeach him just sought to defeat him. abraham lincoln, abraham lincoln was accused of abusing his power for suspending the writ of habeas corpus during the civil war. president grant, grover cleveland, william mckinley, theodore roosevelt, william taft, woodrow wilson, frank and roosevelt, truman, jimmy carter, ronald reagan quote, concerning iran-contra and now i say professor lawrence stride said the following, following, quote, therein lies what appears to be the most serious breach of duty by the president, a breach that may well entail and impeachable abuse of power. george hw bush. the following was released today by the clinton gore campaign. in the past week

members, former gop members of congress and we found that a good quote would be probably from john quincy adamsaid on this issue it would make a mockery of the impeachment power of congress if they didn't have the power subpoena and get information and witnesses and documents. so i mean it's pretty well-settled law, i think. >> and that's not a partisan issue because every congress of every stripe is going to want to preserve that constitutional right to do that. thank you to both of you for joining us. former republican congressman tom coleman and glenn kirschner. much more still ahead, but first a special message from lawrence. >> thanks, ali. over the holidays you continued your generous support of the kind fund and did that without many reminders from me because of the krulgs crush of impeachm needs of the girls in malawi who need scholarships to attend high school. i could not have been more thrilled when i saw the total of what you contributed this season. that's actually the second highest amount you have ever contributed in the nine years since msnbc partnered with unicef to create the

representative john quincy adams, speak on the floor of the house after he had served as president, oncexclaimed "what mockery would it be for the constitution of the united states to say that the house should have the power of impeachment extending into the president of the united states himself and yet to say that the house had not the power to obtain the evidence and proof on which there impeachment was based." as hamilton, story, adams, and others have recognized, the president cannot insulate himself from congresses investigation of his wrongdoing. the president deciding what evidence was presented would fundamentally nullify the constitutional power of impeachment. the amendment is important because president trump simply cannot be allowed to hide the truth. no other president has done it. the supreme court does not allow it. and the president is not above the law. witnesses matter. documents matter. evidence matters. the truth matters. let me now turn to the third justification for this amendment. mr. mulvaney's testimony is critical to considering the case for -- >> tucker: we ar

it was founded a few months ago in washington but our philosophy extends from john quincy adams almost 200 years ago a in their tens should go abroad and i think that sentiment is all the more appropriate at this moment when we are considering matters of war and peace. to talk about it almost as a footnote and what we can learn from the peace process and diplomacy because i think it is instructive for folks in washington. you know as well as i do how serious the situation really is. it doesn't hit you quite well in washington to monitor potential north korea propagation in the 60s when he was 18-years-old. all these thoughts came into my mind. i do want to start off by saying it is so grave a want to cite one survey that i read as an example of the type of lessons we can learn from the public when it comes to the north korean issue. the unification from last april found that even two months after the summit broke out between the u.s. and north korea people supported diplomacy and dialogue and compromise and i find striking. it was at its low point within the south korean public it is a

john quincy adams served in the house. i guess william taft did on the supreme court.g impatient to serve in the senate. it would be like bill clinton to go to the senate. all right, we're going to open the floor to answer questions. >> my question deals with his tenure act. this tenure office act. during the president have to sign that. or was it passed. >> everything passed over his veto. >> good question. >> is a true andrew johnson was an alcoholic. and there was something about that his inaugural address, he was said to have been inebriated. >> in his inaugural address as vice president, it was said that he took a shot or two or more of medicinal whiskey that had a bad effect. it was indicated by his 19th century cold medicine whatever that might have been. >> more whiskey. it. >> berman. in which case, and led him to slobber over the bible and he was a little bit of an incoherent speaker. >> you have many detractors as you might imagine and even sumner who wasn't, a wonderful man in many ways but catty. he saw big cases of urban going into johnson's room as kirkw

they should've been john quincy adams. this should have been oratory. they are hypocrites. hunter biden. they wouldn't let the president go to court. they went about executive privilege -- where was the passion? where was the -- i wanted much more meat. i think to allow the democrats a head start, which is what today was, i think is a mistake, sean. >> sean: there is a part of me that always wants that passion because that is in my dna, dan. it's in your dna. on the other hand, is not going to matter. because we all know how this and an it doesn't and the way the democrats want. but the biggest -- it's a tale of two americas here! china deal, commemorative pans and smiles, prayerful smiles, solemn smiles. and today this, and a president. the leader of the entire world, the envy of the world with our economy. now in davos talking about the great american economic success story and his great foreign policy success. >> yeah! it's profound. you have essentially a very c-spany news look with the president trump overseas. and you have "renin stimpy" with schumer and schiff. a sho

john adams, signing an important and forcing the alien and sedition laws but thomas jefferson, purchasing louisiana without congressional authorization. i will go on. john quincy adams, mount martin van buren, john tyler, arbitrary despotic and corrupt abuse of the veto power. james pope, here i quote abraham lincoln. he accused pope of abusing his power over his office contemptuously disregarding the constitution and usurping the role congress and assuming the role of dictator. he did not seek to impeach him just sought to defeat him. abraham lincoln, abraham lincoln was accused of abusing his power for suspending the writ of habeas corpus during the civil war. president grant, grover cleveland, william mckinley, theodore roosevelt, william taft, woodrow wilson, frank and roosevelt, truman, jimmy carter, ronald reagan quote, concerning iran-contra and now i say professor lawrence stride said the following, following, quote, therein lies what appears to be the most serious breach of duty by the president, a breach that may well entail and impeachable abuse of power. george hw bush. the following was released today by the clinton gore campaign. in the past week

just a few months ago here in washington, but, you know, our philosophy actually stems from john quincy adams who said in 1821, so almost 200 years ago, that america should not go abroad seeking to destroy monsters, and i think that sentiment is all the more appropriate and poignant at this very moment when we are considering -- thank you -- when we are considering matters of world and peace in the middle east and in east asia. i wanted to start off not as you typically do in washington which is to talk about south korea last almost as a footnote, and to begin this conversation with south korea, and what we can learn from the public sentiments in south korea with respect to the korea peace process and u.s./north korea diplomacy, because i think it's extremely instructive for folks in washington. i had a chance to visit the dmz last september, and for those of you who have been there, or even been to north korea, you know as well as i do how serious, you know, the situation in the korean peninsula really is. you know, it doesn't really hit you quite well out here in washington. we live in a bu

courts that confirm this, some of our nations leading public servant servants, representative john quincy adams speaking on the floor of the house after he had served as president exclaimed, what mockery would it be for the constitution of the united states to say the how should have the power of impeachment, extending even to the president of the united states, himself but yet the house doesn't have the power to obtain the evidence on which the impeachment will face. as hamilton, story, adams and others have recognized, the president cannot insulate himself from congresses investigation of his wrongdoing. and then to get presented at his own trial to nullify that constitutional power of impeachment. this amendment is important because president trump simply cannot be allowed to hide the truth. no other president has done i it, the supreme court does not allow it. and the president is not above the law. witnesses matter. documents matter. evidence matters. the truth matters. let me turn to the third justification for this that is critical to consider the case for removal it is imperative we hea

conviction, i want the president's lawyers to be like clarence and william jennings brian and john quincy adamsses, i want a summary judgment motion made and i predict that not a single republican will break right now. >> i have one thing to request, don't take the 24 hours, i don't think there's anybody in the world that watched the whole thing. >> brien: rachel maddow maybe. [laughter] >> i think that what you need now, i want alan dershowitz, i want him to spell out why the constitution requires that this president committed a crime and if there's no crime identified -- remember when eric holder was attorney general, if they had moved to hold the president of the united states in contempt of congress or sensor that would be much more appropriate than impose on him for doing something that is while irregular, not illegal and no big deal. what he was asking for an investigation of the bidens -- [laughter] brain brain it's incredible. [laughter] >> my back of discipline. >> not illegal, not illegal. ainsley: everybody is getting free subscription to fox nation, you get brian's book if you sign

is being dictated by other country's interest of big washington, moneyed interests, another, john quincy adams had argued we should be a force for good in the world and not be a force that sets out for monsters to destroy and it seems as though we have landed in a place where we cannot extricate ourselves from passionate attachments. how to just pursue a foreign policy that is not in our best interest. our best interest is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, protecting the nation, security, providing a situation in which communities here,milies can flurry protecting the liberties and freedoms we have, that is what our foreign policy should be about, it should not be about going out and trying to extend american hegemony and democratizing the world and i think we have lost sight of that. host: an organization has provided a map for troops of where regions are in the middle east. what is the best strategy for them? guest: i have a lot of people from my magazine who believe they should go home and extricate ourselves from the region. can we do that? at this point, it would be wise. it wo

quote a former american president, john quincy adams, who said that america does not go abroad in searchters to destroy. she is the well of freedom and independence of all, a champion and a vindicator only of her own. president reagan actually implemented this regarding apartheid in south africa. the most popular television program in apartheid south africa at the time, almost all tv sets were owned by white south africans, was the cosby show. what happened there i think was something very subversive. the cosby show, with the extraordinary humanity of the players and that got through the heads of the white south african majority that these are human beings. host: we are running out of time. can you make your point or question or comment for the guest, please? sure, do you think this is applicable to iran? guest: absolutely, i think it is very applicable. what i said, the united states should help the democratic process, one thing i have always suggested is precisely that. the united states has a lot of appeal to iran. u.s. culture has, universities have. ironically, many of the children

founded actually just a few months ago here in washington, but our philosophy actually stems from john quincy adams who said in 1821 almost 200 jessica that america should not go abroad seeking to destroy monsters pick i do think that sentiment is all the more appropriate and point it at this very moment when we are considering -- thank you -- when we a considering matters f world of peaceful in the middle east and in east asia. i wanted to start off not as you typically do in washington which is to talk about south korea last almost as as a footnote ao begin this conversation with south korea and what we can learn from the public sentiment in south korea with respect to the korea peace process and use north korea diplomacy. i think it's extremely instructive for folks in washington. i had a chance to visit the dmz last september and for those who have been there or even been to north korea you know as well as i do how serious the situation in the korean peninsula really is. it doesn't hit you quite well here in washington. we live in a bubble of when you go out to the dmz and you see what has take

adams. no less than george washington don'tadams and said withhold appointment of john quincy just because he is your son. when i sat down with ivanka t rump, she was the 19th son or daughter of an american president to be appointed to work in the white house with the father. there is a scene in one of my books where her mother, eleanor roosevelt, comes to her daughter and begs to be put on the manifest. her daughter says sorry, can't do. this has been going on for a long time. nepotism, but if you become the president of the united states you will want people that you can trust who are loyal to you, and you will have a tendency to pick people closest to you, and often that will be your own family. this has happened all through history, even modern history. they change the laws but the president will put them on the d&c payroll like jimmy carter did his son or the rnc payroll .ik there are two things that the child will do helping the president. is offer loyal and two continuity. if your boss is reince priebus and you have all of these great projects, all of your projects collapse. now it is