so bob, talk to us a little bit about andrew jackson and john quincy adams and who was first, and why there's a difference between them. >> well actually, john quincy adams was the first but was after he was president. he was returning to washington to be a member of the u.s. house of representatives and on december 30th, december 17th 1830, he got there and he traveled from massachusetts several ways. steamboat, road, when he got to baltimore the railroad had just started. cars would being pulled by horses. he had a horse and wagon that they put up on a flat car in hauled about seven miles from baltimore to the house. and then they lead his horse and wagon off the flak or anyone dressed the way on the road. definitely, it is the first piggyback operation that the railroad ever saw. piggyback means truck trailers placed on flat cars and when you get where they're going, they back up, picks them up, and take them off the flicker. very few people know that that first piggyback operation took place in 1830. jackson was the first sitting president who rode a train. he went up to ellicott

john quincy adams thought it was the territory of the united states that defined us as americans. u had john c calhoun who really questioned the idea of america as one country and saw the country as a confederacy of state which helped to notify american law. then you have andrew jackson who comes to office with ideas about american nationality as defined by our race. he believed to be an american, you had to be european and african americans and indigenous people, mexicans were all excluded. excluded from american nationality. there are these competing ideas of nationalism. they push the idea that nationality for us is defined by the constitution. the constitution is the organic expression of the american people and the constitution made us all americans regardless of our race, our faith, what part of the country we live in. the book is basically the story of how he did that. >> daniel webster is in the subtitle but shouldn't readers expect a flawed biography of daniel webster in your pages? >> this is not a full biography of daniel webster. this notion of american nationalism bega

so, bob, talk to us a little bit about andrew jackson, john quincy adams, and who was first and why there's difference between them? >> well, actually, john quincy adams was the first, it was after he was president. he was returning to washington to be a member of the u.s. house of representatives. and on december 30th, december 17th, 1830, he got there and he traveled to massachusetts several ways, steamboat, road. they got to baltimore, the railroad had just started with cars being pulled by horses. he had a horse and wagon but they put up on a flat car and hauled him about seven miles from baltimore to his relay house. and then they lead his horse and wagon off the flat car and went the rest of the way on the road. that is possibly, well, definitely, it's the first piggyback operation anyone ever saw. piggyback means truck trailers placed on flat cars and when they get to where they're going, a truck picks them up, takes them off the flat truck. very few people know that that first piggyback operation took place in 1830. >> yeah. >> andrew jackson was the first sitting president to ride

have seen these before because both of these specific cars were used in a movie which featured john quincy adams traveling aboard these very cars. which leads me too another item, bob, the first railroad in the united states also involved john quincy adams in 1833, do you want to talk a little bit about that? >> i don't remember that much about it. the first railroad accident in the united states on friday november 8, he was going across new george jersey towards washington about halfway between an emberley railroad. in an unheard-of speed of 25 miles per hour. because the cars careened down the embankment the coach remained upright no one in it was hurt. but the one just behind his overturned and two men were killed instantly. they were mutilated beyond expectation. >> this is from a contemporary report, bob correct? >> corrected. >> so quincy adams even though he was not the first sitting president to write he certainly was involved in several early milestones in presidential train travel and unfortunately the railroad wreck is one of the ones is most notable because the 25-mile per our travel

john quincy adams notes john tyler's nose and a couple of his entries in fact you could even say at some point john quincy adams almost became obsessed with john tyler's nose among other things about the accidental president of the present without a pardon. but judge tyler passed on much more than his physical characteristics. key to understanding him and key to understanding how his addiction to pollock six developed. tyler it was very close to his father. his mother died when he was seven years old and the young boy took it hard as you might expect. he developed >> ailments and his father worried about him both because he was sickly and a nervous child small and frail. the turning point of sorts occurred when the future president was about ten years old the story at the very least it's probably embellished. i kept it out of the book critic edited out of the book the incident involved a scottish schoolmaster taught john tyler and several other boys in the neighborhood school not far from greenway seemed to take special delight and wrapping his students in knuckles when they forgot their

john quincy adams notes john tyler's nose and a couple of his entries in fact you could even say at some point john quincy adams almost became obsessed with john tyler's nose among other things about the accidental president of the present without a pardon. but judge tyler passed on much more than his physical characteristics. key to understanding him and key to understanding how his addiction to pollock six developed. tyler it was very close to his father. his mother died when he was seven years old and the young boy took it hard as you might expect. he developed >> ailments and his father worried about him both because he was sickly and a nervous child small and frail. the turning point of sorts occurred when the future president was about ten years old the story at the very least it's probably embellished. i kept it out of the book critic edited out of the book the incident involved a scottish schoolmaster taught john tyler and several other boys in the neighborhood school not far from greenway seemed to take special delight and wrapping his students in knuckles when they forgot their

. >> you probably know john quincy adams as americas six president and also the son of john adams a secondy adams also made history as america's first recognize ambassador to the russian empire, flash forward to thursday when linda am tracey assumed her post in moscow as the united states ambassador to the russian federation. the first woman to hold that prestigious and perilous position. it comes as relations between russia and united states continue to sink to depths not seen since the soviet union era, it is burdened by russians barbaric war in ukraine which is now in day 339, now following much consternation germany plans to follow 13 of these, sophisticated leopard two battle tanks to ukraine. while authorizing other european nations to stand up to 88 more of them. there was a deal with russia that if you buy these tanks you can't pass them to someone else without germany's explicit permission. germany has given that information, united states is sending 31 of the advanced abrams m1 tanks, at the same time the important russian state media says that russia has acquired 30 t 34 tanks f

and he made some joke about president trump beating john quincy adams, because john quincy adams got two votes for speaker in the 18 hundreds, and that was supposed to suggest that trump did better than he did, even the who only got that one vote. and we do have images on the floor of marjorie taylor greene on the phone with donald trump, handing it to some of those holdouts, including rosendale, who ended up voting present and falling in line with all of those holdouts there. it really depends who you ask. it looks like in the beginning of the weekend, even to yesterday's vote that the former president didn't have much sway. but we know that he was on the phone with some of those holdouts. we also know just from watching sean hannity, when interviewed matt gates and lauren boebert last night, that was one of the things that he kept making a point of, that former president trump was able to keep them online. he had all this influence over the party, when in reality, tassels point, they need to stop showing dysfunction in order to have smooth sailing in 24. and since president trump i

john quincy adams was a member of the house of representatives, a senator, ambassador at the time they called them ministers, he became president of the united states and what did he do? came back and ran for the house of representatives because it was the body in congress that the baits, that argues. he called it the raucous chamber and it was his most favorite. what you saw was government working get. gridlock means government not spending your money so it is okay if we have healthy debate. what is important in that process is we treat each other with respect. if you go back and look at the footage, you will see me going to the democrat i'll and introducing myself to various democrats. putting a face with a name. i'm very conservative, doesn't mean we can't be friends. even if we disagree. there is a moment in the chamber where aoc comes over to me, we met earlier, we talked earlier, gives a handwritten note to two of my children. we made a point to become friends so once the debate is over and we have disagreed we treat one another with respect. andy ogles sits over her, aoc over he

john quincy adams was a member of the house of representatives, he was a senator, he was an ambassador to many countries. he became president of the united states and he came back and he read for the house of representatives? why? because it is the body of congress that debates and argues. it was his most favorite. when you saw was government working. gridlock means government is not spending your money. what is important is that process is we treat each other with respect. you will see me going over to the democrat i'll introduce myself to various democrats and putting a face with the name. i am very conservative. that does not mean we cannot be friends. there is a moment in the chamber where aoc comes over to meet and gives a handwritten note to two my children, because we made it a point to become friends. once we -- once the debate is over. you have andy ogles and aoc over here. if they can be friends, you have to get something done. host: what is something you think you can get done with aoc? guest: to be determined. i am still getting to know her. i would say i think the border c

it's a vision very close to what john quincy adams will have as president. and it is a vision of a nationstate that makes domestic and foreign policy in the robust way. and in that washington is a member of a very small minority in the nation. and anybody that opposes can lay onto his position because he is attempting to re-create the monarchy and of course jefferson is the main guy that is doing this behind the scenes. malone has spent 50 years writing about jefferson and said jefferson the 17 '90s i don't really understand what he is doing. it's been 50 years we don't understand what is doing. what he's doing is lying it is a treasonable. he is stabbing washington in the back. i might be wrong, kevin tell me, i have often said to students and i hope i was right, jefferson wrote to martha when he became president he was close to mount vernon, can i come see you? she never answered i don't think. she said that washington said i never want that man on my property. >> is right after washington's death in particular martha has a very powerful statement for jeff

it's a vision very close to what john quincy adams will have as president. and it's a vision of a nation state with fixed domestic and foreign policy in a robust way. in that view, washington is a member of a very small minority. and anybody that opposed it, he is a tory because he is attempting to recreate a monarchy. jefferson is the main guy that's doing this behind the scenes. douglas malone who spent 50 years writing about jefferson, they said that jefferson in the 17 90s, i don't really understand what he's doing. it's been 50 years, and you don't understand what he's doing? what he's doing is lying. what he's doing is treason. he is stabbing washington in the back. and i might be wrong, i've often said to students, i hope i was right. that jefferson wrote to martha when he became president, because he was only close to mount vernon. can i come see you? and she never answered, i don't think. but she said, washington said, i never want that man on my property. >> and it's right after washington's death in particular that martha has a very powerful state

president john quincy adams finally requested that we have a regular police force. on may 2nd, 1828, there was a law passed creating the police to regulate the capitol and capitol square. and this the date that the capitol police consider their beginning, because then they had four police authorities. in the next decade, responsibilities grew to guarding the capitol for 10 hours a day when congress was not in session and 15 hours a day when it was even serving as tour for visitors. by the onset of the civil war, washington, d.c. was a city on the edge. imagine the union capitol was surrounded by confederate. many southern sympathizers. the city was full of union soldiers and federal workers who badly needed protection. and so president, lincoln, since the officials offered to the new city police department to see how to form a comparable agency in washington. and on august. six 1861, congress, a bill to create the metropolitan police department. now the department's early were not without challenges. they were authorized to hire a grand total. of 150 patrolmen. you'

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. >> you probably know -- it's america's sixth president, also the son of john adams, the second president. john quincyms also made history as america's first recognized ambassador or minister as it was that known to the russian empire. last word to thursday when -- assumed her post in moscow, as u.s. ambassador to the russian federation, first woman to hold that prestigious umbrellas position. comes as positions continue to stink to depths not seen since the soviet union era spurred by russia's barbaric war in ukraine which is now in day 339. following much -- germany now plans to send 14 sophisticated leopard two main battle tanks, these things you are looking at it to ukraine while also authorizing other european nations to whom germany has sold listings to stand up to 80 more of them. united states is sending 31 of the advance abrams m1 tanks, at the same time a report on russian state media says russia is getting support tanks. it has acquired 30 teeth 34 tanks from laos, which the soviet union produced in 1944. it is 2023, they are getting tanks built in 1944. laos reportedly received them as a g

. >> john quincy adams said, duty is ours, results are god's. i can't control what happens in the senate or the white house. but we're going to do the job that the american people sent us here today. and that's what we're going to deliver on, our commitment to america. >> and his dad said, facts are stubborn things. thanks for joining us. >>> we're standing by for president biden to take questions in mexico city. first the classified material found in his classified office. what kind of documents were there? cnn is in brazil after rioters stormed the presidential palace and supreme court. hear why one person arrested said he would riot again. >>> it's not just the time but the location making the jail sentence so shocking today for allen weisselberg, one of donald trump's longest-term financial advisers. stay with us. n track us and see exactly when we'll be there. >> woman: i have a few more minutes. l let's go! >> tech vo: that's service that fits your schedule. go to safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ i'm a vegas

okay, who who who's for john quincy adams and who's for andrew jackson and so going back that far to 1824 is is really a long long, long period. so it's it's hard see polling be completely uprooted. it might be it might be i kind of doubt it am i my argument. no that it will not be completely uprooted and we'll still have election polls every election cycle midterms or presidential or even off year elections there's going to be polling a couple points, angela, than i yeah. sort of two point about people really closing their doors, not answering. i think that that is related. the trend of declining institution trust right across american society. and i think part of why poll bashing abated is because journalists are concerned about that. and similar to this idea that, poll bashing has become political. i journalists now looking at this poll bashing don't necessarily see just this sort of maybe friendly, maybe harsh between polls and journalists, but they see a broader, more concerning trend about institutional trust and they're less likely to engage in it because feel that it's actual

and was especially in stark contrast his opponent, the then president, john quincy adams. right. who was pegged as being an out-of-touch elitist, wannabe aristocrat. right. here are these two political camps again? right. the kind pro-democracy man of the people versus kind of aristocratic society folks of washington? right. these two camps that emerge. right. so jackson will be elected with the support of many of new voters. but he certainly had a lot of critics as well. right. and not just in washington, but he's going to confront those washington critics head on when he moves the city to start his administration. okay. now, i want to highlight the members of andrew jackson's first cabinet here. excuse me. right. don't feel the need to copy all these guys down. i just want to kind of highlight a few here because they'll come up again and. first, of course, is john henry eaton. right. who will become secretary of war, the kind of predecessor, the secretary of defense you may recognize, martin van buren. right. who will eventually become himself. he's serving as secretary state,

another side of this comes from john quincy adams, the only president to subsequently serve in boston. adams along with a handful of other members of -- the best number of probably joshua getting.'s a way again later ever publican congressman from ohio. they began to think of ways to challenge this idea of slavery as a positive good. working in concert with abolitionists movements, they came up with the idea of encouraging these movements to present petitions which is, of course, something that is guaranteed by the constitution to congress. the petitions could then be debated on the floor of congress. those debates then could be sent far and wide through the congressional frank which literally it was members of congress signing the document so it could be mailed for free. they sent these to the south. basically, this is a propaganda effort designed to spread abolitionist ideas into the south in a region that had become very hostile to the concept of freedom. southern members responded to this by coming up with the gag rule which changed internal congressional procedures to automatical

john quincy adams who? the democrats hated because he had been elected president instead of jackson back in 1824. he's the one who had drawn up that treaty. in 1819 between mexico and the united states so they blamed him for for giving it in other words. so if you want to annex, texas you vote for poke from tennessee known as young hickory. this is a pork. maybe i might be wrong about this, but i think he may be the only president we've ever had with a mullet. if you oppose, texas annexation or ambivalent or are ambivalent about it, you would vote for henry clay that year, so, it's clay versus polk clay never really comes out against texas annexation, but he never comes out in favor of it either. pulk 1 by less than one percent just about 38,000 votes and it was new york state that tipped the balance for for poke. he takes that as a referendum on texas annexation. but it's a very close election. in fact had anti-slavery purists not left the whig party clay probably would have won because new york would have

envision us as a world power, but i think his vision of us as a world power was close to what john quincy adams would say. we do not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. but i've lost my train of thought. what did you ask me again? >> just foreign policy vision. >> it seems to me another dimension to washington's legacy that is very much alive. though different people that claim loyalty to it don't always agree about what we should do. that is the realistic tradition in american foreign policy. it has its origins in the mimelion dialogues of greece. in washington's terms, the nations act solely on the basis of interest and you should not expect them to act on any other grounds whatsoever. in some sense, all treaties or temporary until that interest might particularly change. but if you want to carry it into a contemporary american world, we care a lot about human rights but we are not going to war on that. and i think that the person that most embodies it in the late 20th century's george cannon and his doctrine of containment. and it is clear that what realism does well, you have to dis

we got a great -- quincy massachusetts where i represent, city of presidents john adams, abigail adams quincy adams all grew up there and live there. we got a brand-new electric bus facility and its transformational i think not only for theor skill set of the workers but also wanted to talk about those america, by america provision of the infrastructure act so i know why but i want you to explain why that provision will help put more americans to work especially in a merchant industry we haven't captured well united states as of yet. >> thank you for the question, i want to correct a couple of comments. first of all, davis-bacon, it ensures the workers pay their wages. it's a significant problem. it ensures people bidding to do theit work qualified deliver and do the training and deliver wages needed a quality project. it prevents people from undercutting the marketplace abusing their workforce.ce the insurance products are delivered with the highest quality work available. have spoken to republican members in congress that support them and they were the contracting industry and they s

regan, we got a great new quincy -- in quincy, massachusetts, where i represent. city a president. john adamsl adams, john quincy adams. they all grew up there, lived there. we got a brand-new electric bus facility. it and is really transformational, i think. not only for the skill set of the workers but also i wanted to talk to you about the build america buy america provisions on the infrastructure act. so, i mean, i know why but i want you to explain to the public why that provision will help put more americans to work? especially in an emerging industry that may have to capture well in the united states yet. >> absolutely. thank you for the question. first, if i may, i want to correct a couple comments by davis-bacon -- >> go right ahead. feel free. >> first of all, davis-bacon, what it does it sets a wage floor. it ensures that also the workers are actually paid their wages. and an industry where wage theft, unfortunately, is a very significant problem. what it does is ensure that people who are bidding to do the work our qualified to deliver. they are qualified to do the training, they

john quincy adams was a member of the house of representatives, he was a senator, he was an ambassador became president of the united states and he came back and he read for the house of representatives? why? because it is the body of congress that debates and argues. it was his most favorite. when you saw was government working. gridlock means government is not spending your money. what is important is that process is we treat each other with respect. you will see me going over to the democrat i'll introduce myself to various democrats and putting a face with the name. i am very conservative. that does not mean we cannot be friends. there is a moment in the chamber where aoc comes over to meet and gives a handwritten note to two my children, because we made it a point to become friends. once we -- once the debate is over. you have andy ogles and aoc over here. if they can be friends, you have to get something done. host: what is something you think you can get done with aoc? guest: to be determined. i am still getting to know her. i would say i think the border crisis is a problem. fe

it's a vision very close to what john quincy adams will have as president. and it is a vision of a nationstate that makes domestic and foreign policy in the robust way. and in that washington is a member of a very small minority in the nation. and anybody that opposes can lay onto his position because he is attempting to re-create the monarchy and of course jefferson is the main guy that is doing this behind the scenes. malone has spent 50 years writing about jefferson and said jefferson the 17 '90s i don't really understand what he is doing. it's been 50 years we don't understand what is doing. what he's doing is lying it is a treasonable. he is stabbing washington in the back. i might be wrong, kevin tell me, i have often said to students and i hope i was right, jefferson wrote to martha when he became president he was close to mount vernon, can i come see you? she never answered i don't think. she said that washington said i never want that man on my property. >> is right after washington's death in particular martha has a very powerful statement for jeff

but i think his vision of us is a world power is close to it john quincy adams would say. we do not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. but, i flossed my train of thought when you asked me again? foreign-policy isolationism. >> it seems to me another dimension to washington's legacy that is very much alive. there are different people who claim loyalty to it do not always agree on what it means we should do. that is the realistic tradition in american foreign policy. it has its origins in the dialogue in washington terms nations act solely on the basis of interest. you should not expect them to act on any other grounds whatsoever. in all since all trees are temporary because the interest might particular change. if you carried into contemporary american world, we care a lot about human rights but we are not going to war on that. and i think the person that most embodies it in the mid and late 20th century is george kennan and his and doctrine of containment. what realism does well, you have to distinguish between what you can and should do and what you cannot and sh

it's a vision very close to what john quincy adams will have as president.and it's a vision of a nation state with fixed domestic and foreign policy in a robust way. in that view, washington is a member of a very small minority. and anybody that opposed it, he is a tory because he is attempting to recreate a monarchy. jefferson is the main guy that's doing this behind the scenes. douglas malone who spent 50 years writing about jefferson, they said that jefferson in the 17 90s, i don't really understand what he's doing. it's been 50 years, and you don't understand what he's doing? what he's doing is lying. what he's doing is treason. he is stabbing washington in the back. and i might be wrong, i've often said to students, i hope i was right. that jefferson wrote to martha when he became president, because he was only close to mount vernon. can i come see you? and she never answered, i don't think. but she said, washington said, i never want that man on my property. >> and it's right after washington's death in particular that martha has a very powerful statem