could you talk a little bit about millard fillmore? how did we get from this great compromise to bleeding kansas and john brown? fergus: again, i'll try to be very brief. that is -- we could be here for years answering that. i mean, a word about fillmore. within the context, if you believe that the compromise was necessary, as i do, and that its longterm effects in helping ironically, partly by the passage of the fugitive slave law, which helped radicalized northern whites, who couldn't care less about slaves and slavery in the south, but hated the idea of their own rights being taken away by being requested to collaborate with slave hunters in the north. if you believe that the compromise was ultimately balanced and a good and necessary thing, fillmore's support of it therefore was wise. ok? fillmore's record after that is doubtful. in 1864 he supported mcclellan. one could go on. what happened what happened , between 1850 and 1861, quick tour, bleeding kansas, kansas-nebraska bill, steven a. douglas, the political hero of the comprom

millard fillmore makes the oath of office after zachary taylor dies and fires the entire cabinet andhis left without cabinet heads for some time. our current moment is not the first time we have had a lot of vacancies in the cabinet. when they tell truman leave and you focus on europe he listened to them. we are going to move to questions but i want to talk about the close calls, to me it is fascinating. i found myself overwhelmingly frustrated writing this book because i don't understand why we didn't get the importance of figuring out presidential succession and never treated it with any degree of seriousness so it takes three presidents to be assassinated to decide to protect the president. we used to let the white house be overrun with office seekers and people who may or may not have been mentally ill and anybody had access to the president and the extent even by the time we start to protect the president we don't really do it professionally, it is a patronage opportunity for their buddies from home. if i was the target i would not want my buddies from home protecting me. i woul

newest best-selling book accidental president, he examines the legacies of these eight men john tyler, millard fillmore, andrew johnson, chester arthur, theodore roosevelt, calvin coolidge, perry truman and lyndon johnson who ascended because of these unfortunate circumstances. becoming president under these circumstances is a thankless task and many of these men have disappointed rather than reassured over several have exceeded expectations. he delves into the implications of the system of the secession and argues that the limited reading of the constitution one of which any americans take for granted may not be the only way to handle succession. walter isaacson author of leonardo da vinci among others rights to episodes in our history and reveals some lesser-known leaders to truman and lyndon johnson. we learn why america is a resilient nation and the constitution a living document, lessons very powerful for today. please join me in welcoming gerry cohen -- jared cohen. [applause] >> thank you for having me. i can't think of a better place to give a talk about this book and its incredible bo

millard according to a sanctions listing from june last year he heads the regional unit of the coast guard in zawiya that is consistently linked with violence against migrant and other human smugglers while you still employ these people i think there is a report coming from our minister of interior saying clearly that he is not an employee for minister of internal the u.n. panel of experts claims that he and other coast guard members directly involved in the sinking of migrant boats using firearms the un says this coast guard is consistently linked and you say you know nothing about it no i said our minister from germany they have a clear statement that this man is not an employee by the minister of internal so who is employed by the coast guard can well he has the coast guard coding according to the sanctions listing says that he collaborates with other migrant smugglers such as mohammed catch lafe who sources suggest is providing protection to him to carry out illicit operations related to the trafficking and smuggling of migrants several people in criminal investigations have stat

john millard discussed journalism and fake news, an event hosted by the liberty forum in mountain viewcalifornia. this is just over an hour.

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john millard discussed journalism and fake news, an event hosted by the liberty forum in mountain view, california. this is just over an hour. >> so, let's talk about fake news. have you heard the joke about the reporter who asked a tough question of elizabeth warren? [laughter] neither have i. but i'm a journalist, i run a journalism program. i just want to plead with all of you'd not to give the 99% of journalists gave the rest a bad name. [laughter] i was looking through some washington post headlines and my favorite one recently was from last week. this is the headline. this is true. this is not fake news. this is an actual headline in the washington post last week, it said, can republicans relearn how to accept political outcomes they don't like? [laughter] that's what the washington post was wondering last week. now, the more notorious headline joel mentioned, or alluded to, i guess, was when we learned about the killing of the isis leader and did you see the headline the washington post gave that? right? it was, al-baghdadi, austere religious scholar dies at 48. that was the act

nbc's vaughn millard is in iowa covering the weight of the contenders there ahead of the teamsters forumg where you are? >> reporter: we've got joe biden, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, bernie sanders are all going to be entering here, veterans memorial coliseum here in cedar rapids. to note, elizabeth warren is up in new hampshire here today. what you should be expecting is this is one of the last katia call events we should be expecting, essentially where the candidates come one after another to make a case to the teamsters in iowa. when you look at the candidates, who's qualified for the debate stage next month, it's a white stage. no candidates of color have qualified for that debate stage at this point. and as you've seen the likes of kamala harris drop out of the race earlier this week, you're beginning to see the candidates focus on one another, namely pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren. elizabeth warren on thursday calling out pete buttigieg over his work at mckinzie from 2007 to 2010, in which he has under a nondisclosure agreement, unable to talk about the clients that he work