about slavery which was the cause of john quincy adams when he was in the house and he was censured for refusing to recognize a ban on receipt of petitions, and that was all about slavery and power in the south and as the south saw a growing abolitionist movement in the north into north that was expanding they decided there only future, the firebrands but not just the firebrands was to separate and i think it was inevitable. the table was set for separation. and a violent separation. it took a leader like abraham lincoln to understand you can't accommodate secession. we are one country and he also

there is one 90 divorce that stood out, his name was john quincy adams, and he said, if you bring those people out west they are going to die. the reason they are going to die is because they rely and seafood in their diet. and they believed him. and that's where we were left alone. last two, they say indians of nantucket, who knows. except for some peoples lenses. they died within seven weeks apart. we'll still be got here? this is kind of cool right here. we might be doing this next year out here. seriously. we just got a 40 foot log pine, a 40 foot with pine log, we are

for example, in 1824, andrew jackson led the electoral college with 99 votes to 85 votes for john quincy adams, to 41 votes for william crawford, to 37 votes for house speaker henry clay. the house elected second place finisher john quincy adams president of the united states over first place finisher andrew jackson, prompting andrew jackson to famously declare, quote, the judas of the west has closed the contract and will receive the 30 pieces of silver. was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any election before. in 1876 wherein democrat samuel tilden won the popular vote and amassed 184 electoral college votes, one shy of ohio republican ruther forward b. hays, 185 votes. louisiana, florida, and south carolina electoral college votes were disputed because it strained credibility to believe these states voted republican while still suffering from the destructive effects of a republican-led invasion during the civil war. congress appoint add 15-member commission to study the matter which split on party lines. -- republicans for haste haze, seven for tilden. congress elected h

john quincy adams and henry clay cut a deal. henry clay became secretary of state, which was the way to become president then. and jackson then created a kind of 19th century hashtag. it was called corrupt bargain. but here's what happened. he talked about a corrupt bargain. he wrote about it. but he went home to nashville. he followed the rule of law. he went to the white house the night he lost the presidency in what he believed to have been an elite conspiracy. he greeted john quincy adams, who was to become the president. and then he came home to tennessee. and that's as close as we get, and that's following the rule of law. and i agree with everything jason said. i would add simply, too, that there's an erosion of a democratic norm here, lower case "d." we had an event at vanderbilt tonight with colin powell and madeleine albright. and they were talking about our domestic political situation. and i asked if you got a report about another country on your way to the seventh floor of the state department and the president wasn

institution including like blocking petitions in congress about slavery which was a cause of john quincy adams. and he refused to recognize van even though the constitution give them that right. and that was all about slavery and power in itself . analysis out soft a growing movement in the north and north that was expanding, he decided that their only future, was not justified. it was frankly to separate. and i think it was inevitable. and people with out the events during this for your freighted, i think the table had been set for the separation. the violent separation at that. took a leader like abraham lincoln to understand that we can't accommodate secession. we are one country. any also evolve to understand and to preserve the union, we actually had to end it. those that is video when he first took office. becky had said i can preserve the union by preserving slavery, would do that. enough i could preserve the union by eliminating slavery in some places and not others, would do that as well. i could preserve the union only by ending slavery, that to i would do. so when he began, it was a

intern, the jack sony instead of john quincy adams when john quincy adams as a foreign ambassador, he arranged for american women to provide sexual services to the russians are. here in russia has been in our election for a very long time. i want to show you a few political cartoons. this is a cartoon a famous cartoon of andrew jackson that's called the political barbecue. this is the fire of public opinion, they have andrew jackson what does he look like? he looks like a pig right? and they're doing this in a real interesting way. he's happy big, he's half man even has the cloven hoof and tail which were a little bit of a knock on his character but also the idea that evil and religious arguments against andrew jackson. the cloven hoof as being a symbol of the devil. and he has political adversaries. there you see justice, she's blinded she's got the scales that she's poking the fire. when you see is vice president candidate who wouldn't know who that county was? van buren. martin van buren. it was known as the little magician. can you tell me which figure looks most like the little m

anti-constitutional things like blocking petitions in the congress about slavery which was the cause of john quincy adamsn the 17 years he was in the house for refusing to recognize a ban on petitions even though the constitution is clear about the right of people to peaceably assemble and that was all about power in the south and as the south saw a growing abolitionist movement in the north and a north that was expanding, they decided that their only future, not just farmhands was frankly to separate and i think it was inevitable. i think people from 1860, i think the table has been set forseparation . and a violent separation at that. it took a leader like abraham lincoln to understand that we can't accommodate secession. we are one country and we also involved to understand that to preserve the union we had to end slavery. that was not the same view when he first took office but he said if i could preserve the union by preserving slavery i would do that. if i could preserve theunion by limiting slavery at some places but not others i would do that . and if i could preserve the union only by entering s

which was the cause of john quincy adams. in the territories in refusing to recognize the van even though the constitution was very swift about this. and it was all about slavery and power in the south. and as the south sought a growing abolitionist movement in the north and the north, was expanding. they decided that their only future are the firebrands but not just them. it was frankly to suffer. and he inevitable. i think even without the events that occurred in this four-year period of time, since 1860, i think that the table had been set for separation. the violence separation at that. it to the leader like abraham lincoln to understand that you can accommodate secession. we are one country and he also involved in this thinking to understand that to preserve the union, we actually had to end slavery. that was not his view when he first took office. in fact he had said, i could preserve the union by preserving slavery i would do that. i could preserve the union by eliminating slavery at some place, but not others, would d

economic things like locking petitions in the congress about slavery which was the cause of john quincy adams in the 17 years he was in the house but refusing to recognize how many positions he had inthe constitution . that was explicit. and that was almost sweeping power in the south and how the south saw a growing abolitionist movement in the north and a north that was expanding, they decided that their only future, not just the firebrands was frankly to separate and i think it was inevitable. i think people without the events in period, i think the tables have been set for separation. and a violent separation of. it took a leader like abraham lincoln who understand that he had a kind of a conception . we had a one and he also evolved in this to understand that you preserve the indians we had to end slavery. that was not his view when he first took office rent that he had said if i could preserve the union, by preserving slavery i would do that. if i could preserve the union by eliminating lavery in some places and not others i would do that as well if i could preserve the union only by end

anticonstitutional things like blocking petitions to congress about slavery which was the cause of john quincy adams when he was in the house and he was censured for refusing to recognize a ban on receipt of petitions, and that was all about slavery and power in the south and as the south saw a growing abolitionist movement in the north into north that was expanding they decided there only future, the firebrands but not just the firebrands was to separate and i think it was inevitable. the table was set for separation. and a violent separation. it took a leader like abraham lincoln to understand you can't accommodate secession. we are one country and he also evolved in his stand the to preserve the union we had to end slavery. that was not his view at first but he had said if i could preserve the union by preserving slavery i would do that. if i could preserve the union by eliminating slavery in some places but not others i would do that as well. if i could preserve the union only by ending slavery that too i would do. when he began it was all about the union but as the war went on he understood tha

in turn, the jacksonian said of john quincy adams, when john quincy adams was a foreign ambassador, he arranged for women to provide sexual services to the russian czar. even russia has been in our elections for a long time. i want to show you a few political cartoons. this is a famous cartoon of andrew jackson called the political barbecue. you've got -- this is the fire of public opinion. i don't know if you can -- it's kind of faint. you see public opinion there. they have andrew jackson. and what does he look like? just yell it. he looks like a big, right? and they're doing this and -- in an interesting way. he's half pig, half man and he has the hoof and tail which were a little bit of a knock on his character but also his idea of evil and even religious arguments against andrew jackson. the hoof as being a symbol of the devil. you have his political adversaries there. you see his vice presidential candidate. van buren. martin van buren. he was called the little magician. which one is it? that top right. he's being represented as a half pig with the tail. and she's running off and

the closest contest in history was when john quincy adams beat andrew jackson in 1824. they tied in the electoral college and it was decided by one vote in the house of representatives. in 1876, samuel tilden only conceded to rutherford b. hayes in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the south and an end to reconstruction. >> it looks like it's all over for al gore at this point. >> reporter: and in recent history, nothing beats 2000 when the election dragged on for weeks as poll workers examined damaged ballots in florida. george w. bush won thanks to the supreme court, but it was his opponent who stopped the bleeding. >> i offer my concessionch. >> reporter: professor ponce says donald trump may choose to pit one side against the other, but it is underlying, unresolved problems like race or immigration that are really keeping them apart. >> so it's the political philosophies, but it's centered and grounded by real issues that have been in our country since the beginning. >> reporter: he says we can't ignore those issues, and eventually everything will c

anticonstitutional things like blocking petitions in the congress about slavery which was the cause of john quincy adams, the 17 years he was in the house was censured for refusing to recognize a dam on -- the constitution is express about the right of people to petition the government. as the south saw a growing abolitionist movement in the north and the north that was expanding they decided that their only future, not just the firebrands, was frankly to separate and i think it was inevitable. even without the events of this four your period, the table had been set for separation and the violent separation at that. it took the leader like abraham lincoln to understand you can't accommodate secession. we are one country and he even understands the to preserve the union he had to end slavery. that was not his view when he first took office. he had said if i could preserve the union by preserving slavery i would do that. if i could preserve the union by eliminating slavery in some places but not others i would do that as well. if i could preserve the union only by ending slavery that too i would do. when

anti-constitutional things like locking petitions in the congress about slavery which was the cause of john quincy adams in the 17 years he was in the house and the senate for refusing to recognize a ban on the constitution, it was quite explicit about the rights of people and that was all about slavery and power in the south and as the south saw a growing abolitionist movement in the north and a north that was expanding, they decided that their only future or the firebrands let not just the firebrands was frankly to separate and i think it was inevitable. i think even without the events that occurred in this 4 year period i think the table had been set for separation. and a violent separation that . it took a leader like abraham lincoln to understand that you can't accommodate secession. we are one country and he also evolved in his thinking to understand that to preserve the union he actually had to end slavery. that was not his view when he first took office. in fact, he had said that i can preserve the union by preserving slavery i would do that. if i can preserve the union by elated eliminating sla

so going back to john quincy adams. >> i'm sure there are first children who had great political expertise and there will be in the future and you want them to be involved but that is not necessarily true just being related is not a credential to be at the table. they were not in the conference room. they did have experience to be there. and also did not have security clearance but not actively taking part in negotiations and where she was taking meetings and then talk about ivanka trump or her husband jared kushner involved in the policymaking process. >> we have a few mines to open up the floor i'm interested to know. >> this has been fantastic there are some questions i will post to you now. considering how difficult it was to go to yalta w did roosevelt agree to that location? >> at is point they recognize the balance of power has shifted now they need him more than heeeds them he had boots on the ground and ao a polish wakeboard cards. on that she holds more cards. al he had a fear of flying and then his doctors advised against traveling meanwhile he is dying. so there is some irony t

turn, the jackson campaign set of john quincy adams that when he was a foreign abbasid or -- said of john quincy adams that when he was a foreign ambassador, he arranged for women to provide sexual services for the russian czar. this is a famous cartoon of andrew jackson, called the political barbecue. is the fire of public opinion. they have andrew jackson. what is he look like? yell it. he looks like a pig, right? they are doing this in an interesting way. he is half pig, half man. he even has the cloven hoof and a little bit of a knock on hisof character, but also the idea of people and even religious arguments against andrew jackson. the cloven hooves as being a symbol of the devil. then you have is the local adversary there, you see justice is blinded. she has the scales. yet she is poking the fire. then you see his vice presidential candidate. anybody know who jackson's vice presidential candidate was? van burien. there you go -- buren. there you go. he was known as that little magician. [laughter] can you tell me which trigger most looks like the little magician in the cartoon

those presidents, john quincy adams in 1824, 1876, rutherford b.ald trump had 2.8 million fewer votes than hillary clinton in 2016. claire is in philadelphia and she is going to vote on election day. go ahead. caller: i am calling from philadelphia. i live in a section of south philadelphia. it was the only section in 2016 that voted for trump. i voted in person. i was born in 1932. i will be 88 years old at the end of the month, the 28th of november. i do not trust the mail and i want to vote in person. i want to make sure my vote is counted. i don't trust -- i live in a democratic city and democratic state. believe me, i don't trust anyone so that is why i am voting in , person. thank you very much. host: clearly, a lot of people are trusting mail-in, absentee, and early voting. guest: yeah. a trend. obviously, our country has different states in different places. even in recent years, we have states out west almost 100% voting by mail. other parts of the country are looking more traditional with most voting on election day. i see the trend that

he was there to do some part of the negotiating what it was jefferson, i'm sorry monroe and john quincy adams. and in some sense real there was a common the country and the presidency he had the most stable cabinet of any other president and that is a security and continuity that people felt. and jefferson and the governor of virginia much to the delight of patrick henry and james madison and of course not cut of the military cost and the problems of public finance. talk about the ways in which the war shape their character and their understanding of the unio union. how does that affect them? >> he could not become a warrior because he had epilepsy. so this is a theory i think pretty much substantiated in my madison book with a complex partial seizure. and to have such an event so that is what happened in the military didn't want them at that point so that was madison story feeling a little left out but then turning to what he felt past. and that study became more important to him. jefferson spent his whole life and then fled charlottesville. the charlottesville exit he tried to act like he w

those presidents, john quincy adams in 1824, 1876 rutherford b. hayes, benjamin harrison, 1888, george w. bush in 2000 and donald trump had 2.8 million fewer votes than hillary clinton in 2016. claire is in philadelphia. she is going to vote on election day. go ahead. caller: i am calling from philadelphia. i live in a section of south philadelphia. it was the only section in 2016 that voted for trump. i voted in person. i was born in 1932. i will be 88 years old at the end of the month, the 28th of november. i do not trust the mail and i want to vote in person. i want to make sure my vote is counted. i don't trust -- i live in a democratic city and a democratic state and believe me, this city i don't trust anyone so that is , why i am voting in person. thank you very much. host: clearly a lot of people are trusting mail-in, absentee and early voting. guest: yeah. there has been a trend, but obviously our country has different states in different places. in recent years we have united -- we have had states out west almost 100% voting by mail. othe

bush or tibet john edwards and john quincy adams we're going to be looking out for the talked about boy if it were after the fall. and they want to go for him and say part of america. well i think there is no. yes no go back now after your days. there is not anybody there is not anybody who is who has been mightily conversant even if you're double parked in terms of news and you're not really big if you have not seen at least a 1000 examples depending upon the source whether a project very well there's individuals whether it's your citizens with their phone and if you have not seen incredible voter fraud there's a sorority georgia or your hometown but you name it so i don't think the president has to establish that if you don't know there has been and maybe not just in this election but baby perhaps throughout the history of our republic but remount especially if you don't know the fix is it and if you don't see what kind of a corrupt organizations the power structure where you have people stopping the vote what is this time out like in boxing hold it how's he doing he's down all day i'

in other words, he was willing to strike his whole career on abolition, or as john quincy adams put it, most succinctly and aptly, mr. jefferson did not have the spirit of martyrdom. interestingly, sensing subsequent critics would bring charges to the hypocrisy, the reason for his restraint was, as he explained in so many words, to paraphrase, the time wasn't right. of course, he put it more more eloquently saying the moment of doing it with success has not arrived and an unsuccessful effort, as too often happens, would only rivet still closer the chains of bo bondage. much later in his life, in fact, only two weeks before his death, he returned to that subject, explaining his position this way. again, a good quote. a good cause, he said, is often more about ill-timed efforts of its friends than arguments of its enemies. persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates in question depending on the will of all others. this public opinion is not expected in a day or perhaps in an age, but time which outlives all things will outlive this evil also. concerning another modern cr

those presidents, john quincy adams in 1824, 1876 rutherford b. hayes, benjamin harrison, 1888, george w. bush in 2000 and donald trump had 2.8 million votes more than hillary clinton in 2016. from philadelphia she is going to vote on election day. sectionit was the only in 2016 that voted for trump. i voted in person. i was born in 1932. i will be 88 years old at the end of the month, the 28th of november. mail and iust the want to vote in person. trust -- i live in a democratic city and state. trusteve you, i don't anyone so that is why i am voting in person. thank you very much. host: clearly a lot of people are trusting mail-in, absentee and early voting. guest: yeah. a trend. obviously our country has different states in different places. in recent years we have united states out west almost 100% voting by mail. other parts of the country are looking more traditional with most voting on election day. i see the trains that many people are voting very early this time. -- the trends. some have decided they want to vote either early in person or

the future of republican government in latin america and the president who at that time was john quincy adams to send a delegation, congress went berserk and that we have no business interfering in the affairs of latin america in any way. that is not us or our business a strong racist reaction. but it was so late that one of those died before they got there in the other arrive so late that congress was over. so much for the monroe doctrine. >> washington when he broke the treaty with france these they are breaking the treaty? and he would not tell a lie to his dad about the cherry tree how does he break in alliance with france? >> a hugely controversial issue that you can imagine. there are different camps in the united states at this time in the jeffersonian's that dominated in the southern part of the country where pro- french the hamiltonian's dominated and then north for pro-british. so when washington said were not coming and will remain neutral the jeffersonian's went crazy. washington was very smart and strategic and then to know that alliance in under the current circumstances we don'

john adams refused to go with just elected thomas jefferson. it was a brutal election in 1,800 and you had an 1829 john quincy adams refusing.johnson in 1869. after all he had been impeached. so trump would be the fourth u.s. president. but the first in 152 years not to do it. >> what sort of a message do you think that sends to americans? >> it's not a good one. i think the transit should be peaceful and show that our democratic process works. i can write a book on some of the beautiful transitions, jimmy carter and gerald ford and they bonded that particular day when carter took over the white house from ford and they became closest of friend. look at bill clinton and george herbert walker bush, same thing. it's an opportunity to show the americans symbolically our democracy and constitution comes first and our egos and political parties second. but president trump is in a chaotic and intransigent mode. he is refusing to accept the election results. i'm afraid i wouldn't be surprised if he is a no show for the inaugural. >> this week, president trump said he would leave office if the electoral college confirm's biden's vic

his name was john quincy adams. he said if you bring these people at west, they will die. the reason they are going to die is because they rely on seafood for their diet, and they believed him. and that is why we were left alone. last two. they say indians of nantucket. who knows? some people's lenses. they died within seven weeks apart. here?lse do we got this is kind of cool right here. might be doing this next year out here. seriously. we just got a 40 foot log, richard, i'm looking at it next week. a 40-foot white pine log. we are going to make a 20-man boat. it is going to be considered the largest boat in new england. this picture is from a pow we made in 2002 to martha's vineyard. back in the 1990's, i had been at the museum for quite a while, we always say we used to make panels to nantucket, to the veneers -- make paddles to nantucket, to the vineyard. everything was past tense. why can't we do this again? the guy in the back, he is wampanoag. we all wanted to share this big 30 foot boat. we looked at each other and said, let's race for it. so we took two 12-foot

it was jefferson, i'm sorry, it was munro with john quincy adams help that made the united states a continental nation in the era of good feelings that people make fun of this description of monroe term in office of these two terms, was, in some sense, real. there was a column in the country and aid, and the presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the presidents and that is a kind of security and continuity that people felt. >> thank you. we want to talk about the revolutionary war and how it shaped their character because all four of them participated in some sense, right, washington and monroe and a military sense jefferson, governor of virginia and, you know, fled from the capital much to the delight of patrick henry and james madison of course being short and slight like he was was not because of military cough but was in philadelphia struggling through the problems of public finance especially so can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped their character, shape their understanding of the union so how did that affect them? >> in madison's case he cannot become a warrio

he was two terms for james monroe and one term for john quincy adams, and then he ran for president in 1832 as the candidate of the short-lived antimasonic party. i don't know if there are any antimasonic party members here. maybe it's still around. we haven't heard from them lately, i guess. but in any event, he failed in his -- we don't have a president wirt -- and died almost immediately after, so there you go. wirt also, by the way, is famous for having written two mediocre works, according to critics. i have read both of them and i thought they were okay. one was a book called "the letters of the british spy," which were serialized in one of the richmond papers, and include sort of portraits, sketches of famous richmonders and other political figures, including john marshall. and a lot of the anecdotal information we have about marshall's character and stuff comes from wirt. the other book that he wrote that enjoyed some celebrity was a biography of patrick henry. and it appears that it was wirt who had henry say -- this is the first time this appears anywhere -- "give me liberty

it was monroe with john quincy adams help that made the united states a continental nation. the air of good feeling people always make fun of this description of mine rose -- his terms in office come his two terms, was in some sense real. there was a calm in the country and there was a calm in the presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the president. and i think that's sort of a security in continuity that people felt. >> thank you. want to talk a little bit about the revolutionary war and helped shape their character here because all four of them participated in some sense, right, washington and monroe in the military since, jefferson, governor of virginia and fled from the capital much to the delight of patrick henry. james madison of course being short and slight as he was was not cut the military cloth was in philadelphia struggling through the problems of public finance, especially. can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped the character, shaped their understanding of the union? just how did that affect them? >> in madisons case, he could not bec

in other words, he was unwilling to sacrifice his whole career on abolition or, as john quincy adams put it most simply and most happily, mr. jefferson did not have the spirit of martyrdom. interestingly, jefferson himself address this matter of his apparent reticence on the issue, sensing that subsequent critics will lay charges of hypocrisy and, the reason for his restraint was and he explained in so many words was, to paris, tried -- to paraphrase, the time was not right rating on one occasion that, listen to this, the moment of doing it with success has not yet arrived and the unsuccessful effort as too often happens would only rivets no closer the chains much later. much later his life, in fact, only two weeks before his death he returned to that subject, explain his position this way. a good school often causes often injured more by ill times efforts of its friends them by the armament of his enemies. persuasion, perseverance and patients are the best advocates in questions depending on the will of others. the revolution of public opinion which this cause inquires is not to be

there is one 90 divorce that stood out, his name was john quincy adams, and he said, if you bring those people out west they are going to die. the reason they are going to die is because they rely and seafood in their diet. and they believed him. and that's where we were left alone. last two, they say indians of nantucket, who knows. except for some peoples lenses. they died within seven weeks apart. we'll still be got here? this is kind of cool right here. we might be doing this next year out here. seriously. we just got a 40 foot log pine, a 40 foot with pine log, we are going to make a 20 man vote. it is going to be considered the largest port in new england. this picture is from something we made in 2002 for martha's vineyard, we landed in history. back in the nineties, right, i have been to a museum for quite awhile, we always say, we used to make -- everything was past tense, what can we do this again? we had a 30 foot poplar tree donated. we myth about out of. the guy in the back is is from wampanoag, we all want to start with this boot, this big 35th boat. anna one look at i and

it was jefferson -- i'm sorry -- monroe with john quincy adams' help that made the united states a continental nation. the era of good feeling, people make fun of this description of monroe's term in office -- two terms was in some sense real. there was a calm in the country, and there was a calm in a presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the presidents, and i think that's sort of a kind of security and continuity that people felt. >> interesting, thank you. i want to talk put the revolutionary war and how it shaped their character. all four of them participated in some sense. washington and monroe in military sense, jefferson, for governor of virginia anded in from the capital much to the delight patrick henry, jamesman was not cut of military cloth put was in philadelphia, struggling through the problems of public finance. can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped their character, shaped their understanding of the union, just how did that affect them? >> well, in madison's case, he could not become a warrior because he had epilepsy. and this is a theory i think i pre

pilgrims were enumerated in speeches by national leaders such as john quincy adams and daniel webster. the descendents of the mayflower held parades and dinners to celebrate their forefathers. by the early 20th century, the story was being revised. those who felt constrained by the moral codes of the victorian age lamed the puritans, and in the process, mischaracterized them in many ways. this attack on the puritans is perhaps best encapsulated in the writings of the 20th century commentator hl mencken, who said that puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy. argued that puritanism suppressed creative, intellectual growth. scholars who saw economic drives as the essence of history argued that the search for wealth was the driving force behind the settlement and growth of new england. popular culture came to misunderstand puritans as theocratic, misogynistic, repressive prudes with bad fashion sense who executed those who disagreed with them and burned witches. in essence, historical fashion went from praise that ignored the blemishes that were part of purita

it was jefferson-- i'm sorry, it was monroe with john quincy adams' help that made the united states a continental nation. and the air of good feeling, people always make fun of this description of monroe's terms and term in office, his two terms, was in some sense real. there was a calm in the country. and there was a calm in the presidency. he had the most stable cabinet of any of the presidents. and i think, you know, that's sort of a kind of security and continuity that people felt. >> interesting. thank you. i want to talk a little about the revolutionary war and how it shaped their character because all four of them participated in some sense, right, washington and monroe and military sense, jefferson, governor of virginia, and you know, fled from the capital, much to the delight of patrick henry. james madison, of course, being was not cut of military cloth, but was in philadelphia struggling through the problems of public finance especially. can you talk about the ways in which the war shaped their character, shaped their understanding of the union, just how did that affect t

his name being john quincy adams, and he said, if you bring these people out west, they're going to die. the reason they're going to die is because they rely on seafood in their diet, and they believed him. and that's why we were left alone. the last two, they say, indians nantucket. who knows. like i said before, some people's lenses. they died within seven months apart, seven weeks. what else have we got here? this is kind of cool right here. we might be doing this next year around here. seriously. we just got a 40 foot log, i don't know if you know, looking at it next week. a 40 foot white pine log, which we're going made a mashoon out of. the guy in the back is named, he's wampanoag. we wanted to stay in this boat, this big 30 foot boat. hey, let's race for it. so we took 212 foot boats, he took one, i took another, mas shr and went across the eel river. it was like speedboats, and he beat me by half a boat length. he got to steer the boat. this trip took a lot of planning, it took three years of planning. we finally made the trip, though, and it involved large nations of people. it

he greeted john quincy adams who was to become the president, then he came home to tennessee.nd that's as close as we get, and that's following the rule of law. and i agree with everything jason said. i would add simply, too, that there's an erosion of a democratic norm here, lowercase "d." we had an event at vanderbilt tonight with colin powell and madeleine albright. and i asked if you got a report about another country on your way to the seventh floor of the state department and the president wasn't leaving, what would your assessment be? and where our conversation ended up is that might be a nation that might need some nation building. that's kind of where we are. >> and jason, also to your point this tradition that's so far been all men, the tradition the departing president will not criticize the sitting presidents. some of our more recent pre-s have been diligent to a fault about that. there's every reason to believe joe biden will get trolled every day on social media whether twitter or parlor or wherever the trump crowd ends up. >> yeah, and that's going to be i think

. >> i don't even know what that >> john quincy adams, you're comparing me to that freak show? that freak show? [ laughter ] >> john lithgow has forgotten more movies he's been in. >> that was from "3rd rock from the sun". >>> next up, the record, i'm sorry, savannah, has been broken. most viewed video on youtube and it was a long good run for despacito, notching over 7 billion views. but the new record breaker that just hit 7.04 billion, parents everywhere are probably familiar with it. >> baby shark. ♪ baby shark ♪ ♪ baby shark >> can we call on despacito nation to come and start watching it again today to knock baby shark out? >> you know what it is? all of our kids watch this and they go, again, again, again. >> you're right. >> 2020, baby. >> there you go. >> wow. >> finally, it's election day and many people are feeling a little anxious. jay shetty will be on in a few months. we thought we would highlight, there was a trending topic on twitter that i think is going to make you happy. the toronto international film festival fwe festival tweeted out what scene or line never

candidate who got the most votes doesn't always win, giving us history's greatest presidents, like john quincy adams of who you didn't vote for. thank you, electoral college. but don't feel bad about your vote not mattering. chances are your entire state's vote doesn't matter because thanks to the electoral college, candidates can ignore most of the states and focus on the ones that truly reflect everyday voters, like florida. it's full of average americans, like gator pete, and this 100-year-old billionaire mouse that lives in a castle. our elections focus on florida is why america has policies like the cuban embargo, and the ability to write off your jet ski as a home office space. so the next election you find yourself saying, "how in the hell did this happen?" remember, it's not hell. it's the electoral college. because there's no "u" in democracy. but there is a wyyyyy! >> stephen: we'll be right back with a performance by leon bridges and lucky daye. one up the power of liquid with tide pods ultra oxi. ♪ oh, oh, (announcer)®! ♪ once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes l

. >> except for john quincy adams. >> i do think that this is such a constant theme for joe biden that, you years ago today, he reached what would have been the highest heights of his life at that time, and it was followed immediately by intense tragedy. and he's seen so much tragedy time and time again. i think probably you'll hear this from him tonight, talking about the fact that at the end of all of that tragedy, also still hope. he is in the lar part of his life and he is finally getting to a place where he perhaps wanted to be about 30 years ago. >> the motorcade is pulling in, we're told. let's check back in with the person who covers the biden campaign for us. i guess we should start saying the biden transition team. i just saw former delaware governor jack markel behind a mask. that's how big a political nerd i am. are you seeing other individuals in the crowd? >> yeah. you know, this is really a hometown crowd who has come out to see joe biden deliver his first remarks as president-elect. a little while ago, i spoke to congressman lisa rochester who was one of his earliest su

antisemitic alert career -- in other words he was unwilling to sacrifice his whole career -- or as john quincy adams put its most succinctly and athlete, mr. jefferson did not have the spirit of martyrdom. interestingly, jefferson himself addressed -- sensing, the subsequent critics had charges for apocryphal, the reason for his restraint was that he explain in so many words was to paraphrase, the time was right. of course he put it more eloquently than that, writing on one occasion, -- has not yet arrived. and then unaccessible, often happens with only rivets the. closer to change the -- much later in his life, in fact two weeks before is that the returns that subject, explaining his position this way. again, very good quote. i could cause, he said is off thin andrew -- but the arguments of its enemies. persuasion, perseverance, and patients, are the best advocates in questions depending on the will of this -- the revolution of public opinion, which this cause requires, is not to be expected in the day, or perhaps in an age -- time which outlives all things. concerning another moderate criticism of

clay directed his supporters to back john quincy adams, pushing him over the top in the house. that ended up being a big by andrew jackson saying he should be president. fast forward 12 years, the election of 1836, a number of democratic party electors suppose -- refused to support richard johnson as the vice presidential candidate. johnson does not. the senate has to take a vote on who will become vice president. they decide to make johnson vice president anyway. this is a case where things didn't really work out as planned or very smoothly. the election of 1876 is a notable one. the eventual loser of the election, a democrat wins the with 51%.te 20 electoral college votes were disputed in congress. they were thrown out. that meant neither he nor haze have a majority. the debate over what to do dragged out for months. democrats being very upset that they lost an election they thought they rightfully won. open the popular vote and electoral college. ultimately they had the compromise of 1877. he gave the -- they gave the presidency to hayes for agreement to reconstruction in th

plurality in both counts when henry clay, who came in third, directed his supporters to back john quincy adams, pushing him over the top in the house. andrew jackson but he should've been president. fast-forward 12 years to the election of 1836. a number of democratic party electors refused to support richard johnson as martin van buren's vice presidential candidate. they vote for a number of other people and then buren wins a majority in electoral college and richard johnson does not. on senate has to take a vote who will be vice president, and they decide to make johnson vice president anyway. here is a case where things do not really work out as planned. the election of 1876 is a notable one. samuel tilden, the eventual loser, wins the popular vote and wins a majority of the vote any election with 51%. 20 electoral college votes were disputed in the house and the joint session of congress. they were thrown out, which meant neither he nor hayes have a majority. the debate over what to do dragged out for months, with thatrats being very it set they lost an election that they thought they righ

having plurality on both counts when henry clay came in third directed his supporters to back john quincy adams pushing him over the top in the house. and seen as a kind of a big problem by andrew jackson. we thought he should be president. fast forward 12 years, to the election of 1836. a number of democratic party electives refused to support richard johnson as van buren's presidential partner. -- richard johnson does not a senate has to take a vote on will become vice they optimally decide to make johnson vice president anyway. here is a case where things didn't work out. as planned or very smoothly. the election of 1876 is a notable one. samuel told the eventual loser of the election democrat, when the popular vote in fact when the majority of the vote in the election with 51%. they were thrown out which means he nor haze has a majority the debate over what to do dragged out for months but democrats being very upset that they lost an election that they thought they rightfully one. both in the popular vote and the electoral college. there were threats of another civil war ultimately they did