doctor kerry quincy. and her father is so thrilled, they get married in a big house and charles francis is back and he gives her away. and her mother is just so distraught because this is going to be my companion and of course mary moves five, six miles down the road so to california. again, her job is to be a companion. then of course here's young peter, he goes by brooks adams. the on youngest child,clearly has what we now define as add . he can still, when his son five is funny, he literally shrinks, screams, jumps around and charles said in his diary is never going to go to harvard read this is not going to gowell but he does and he becomes a historian and a pioneering one but also an odd one . so in 1864, charles francis junior at the option of joining the first ever state black cavalry unit and there's of course a debate over which is the first black unit in 54, the first carolina. he wants to be clear that don't have the first ever black cavalry unit and the offer adams job on busy being in command

he even found time to teach a business law class at quincy university.between the professional milestones, the lovelace's started a family: first a girl, lyndsay, then three boys. cory juggled that part of their lives. >> how was your cory as a mother? she's a young mom. >> fantastic. she was a great mom. there wasn't anything she didn't do for those kids. >> reporter: cory's days were filled with diapers, play dates and tantrums, but even then, this great mom never forgot how to be a good daughter. in early 2006 her dad, john, was dying of cancer. >> that was a major event for all of you. >> that was a major event, yes. >> john's decline, huh? >> well, it -- four years he fought it, and the last six months of his life she came every night at 5:00, and sat for, like, a half an hour and visited. that was her time with him. >> reporter: worn down with the stress of care giving, raising four kids, was it any wonder when cory, herself, fell ill. it was the weekend before valentine's day, 2006. >> she was feeling poorly. >> feeling poorly how, curt? what was

john quincy adams had harbored a lifelong interest in botany and ho horticulture. this all changed when he came to the white house and established a tree nursy inside a home wood paling fence, and that's what we see here in the foreground of the image. all told adams grew more than 700 samplings. an oak tree survived up until 1891. some of adams' trees also held special significance having grown seeds and nuts harvested from historically significant trees. white oaks from a tree riddles with bullets fired during the war of 1812 and english oaks from the sate of salem, massachusetts, which i believe were likely procured from the infamous gallows tree used to hang during the witch trials. but the most famous tree ever planted on the white house grounds is undoubtedly the grand southern magnolia located just west of the south portico. that's this tree right here. legend holds it was personally planted by president andrew jackson who defeated john quincy adams in the election of 1898. both sides ran particularly nasty campaigns that year, but they accused jackson's wif

john quincy adams had a horticulture, but his political career always kept them moving from place to place and unable to do any real gardening of his own. this changed when he came to the white house and established a tree nursery inside a fence. that is what we see in the foreground of the image. adams grew more than 700 saplings, comprised of a wide variety of species. an oak planted in 1876 arrived up until 1991 and was the oldest tree on the ground with the presidential association. some of adams trees had special significance. having grown from season -- seeds and nuts from historically significant trees. used to hang condemned from the witch trials of the earlier years. the most famous tree planted on the white house grounds is the grand southern magnolia located southwest of the portico. legend holds that it was personally planted by president andrew jackson who defeated john quincy adams in the election of 1828. both sides ran particularly nasty campaigns that year but the adams camp clearly crossed a line when they accused jackson's wife rachel of being an adulterous. when h

quincy: i think you have to take semiconductors, chips together. some of them are for working at home. there are others that have to do with gaming. also working at home one you take a break. future, 5g once we pick up. you put them all together and they have become a major bellwether. i started following them in 2018 whenatching the group move it believed the global economy was slowing. they became a bellwether subsector when we were dealing with the chinese and u.s. trade war. i put them all together. some days, nvidia is up. they are all part of that story. the fact is they have been at, atently a look perspective on where we are headed after this. i don't include all of them but i include them altogether. they each have a part within the entire subsector. romaine: i want to get your thoughts on the credit market. we did see credit spreads tighten a little bit more. this seems to be the trend line we have seen in recent days. our performance of smaller and midsized stocks many folks have started to write off. what is your general take on the hea

see quincy. do the summer parts of. for shut down. people joke that august is the best time to visit paris because all the parisians are out of town. on top of the course. french workers can count on eleven public holidays. paid time off to something french people are attached to. many see it as a hard earned right they deserve. and when they're not on vacation french people have the reputation of working just thirty five hours a week but is that really the case well the short answer is not really at least not. everyone there are some people who work thirty five hours a week but they tend to be in public employment were paid by the hour. but the truth of the matter is a lot of people work a lot more than thirty five hours a week for instance independent business owners they're not even concerned by the law. and as for francis twenty five million employees they too tend to work more than thirty five hours a week in fafact on average. they work about thirty nine hours a week so more than thirty five but definitely less than countries li

electoral college but not the popular vote, there have been for presidents elected this way and a john quincydams who did not win either the popular vote or the electoral college, which was decided in the tiber capote in the u.s. house of representatives. the -- in the tiebreaker vote. the current significance of the electoral college came into hominids in that 2000 election between al gore and bush. the results had gore winning with 51 million votes to bushes 50.5 million about. this election was decided by florida. since it was close this crated controversy with many recounts any supreme court case that awarded bush the presidency. 16 years later after that 2016 election, the electoral college is in our pluto spotlight >> . we have to acknowledge -- back in our political spotlight. >> election cycle of 2016 was probably one of the most unique in the history of our nation. >> the fact that we had that happen, where there was such a disparity between the popular vote and the electoral college votes, and people were surprised. even the president himself. there are a lot of people for whom thos

for a letter to go through mount vernon to philadelphia to quincy. so it was plagued with communications that john adams really did not want alexander hamilton a second in command and trying to find ways to get out of it why did he want them as second-in-command but that he had actually conspired against the selection in 1796. but he and his wife believe he was more like caesar than cincinnatus but publicly cannot afford a falling out with george washington that he will resign if he doesn't get his way. but ultimately john adams does have to give way. so much for presidents not meddling with their successors. adams was so touchy that later he cuts off all communications with thomas jefferson and refuses to communicate directly with him. >> but by the time george washington dies he is no longer on speaking terms jefferson, james madison and james monroe. that is the third fourth and fifth president of the united states. [laughter] there is a variety of reasons why that happened and there is a personal reason behind the collapse but you get an idea all

quincy, what do you think? >> you know, to echo what ryan said regarding the spreads, credit default swaps were stable you would have thought over the last couple of days, they would just move up, the expense would just rise on the fear of defaults hasn't happened. but one thing that's for sure. it is forward looking. it's looking at americans going back and driving remember, most of the oil, the good portion of it, over 50%, not 100, but over 50%, comes from gasoline. and as you have nearly 20 to 25% of the population starting to be lifted from the restrictions, you can imagine that driving is going to pick up and the prices may move up another thing, we're watching germany, we're watching austria, and of course, china if those economies begin to inch higher without a second wave, that's a big issue, for any of the markets, it would suggest that our economy can start to open up, perhaps, even with a little bit more strength, le leading to more driving. and that's where you're going to get, i see, a pickup in d

john adams for example advise young john quincy don't try to write literature when you write a letter. don't strain for frills and fancy effect. write the way you talk. it's a letter, remember that, right the way your talk. so when he read his letters into very large degree the letters of john quincy you are hearing them talk. one of the things i have done in my books, and particularly in this book, one of the ways i approached biography is simply my way it's not the only way, that's a let them talk as much as possible. most of life is talk if you think about it. how they talk, the words they use, the figures of speech, expression, cadences is a reflection of personality. of style, of the person abigail was hugely influenced by the writings of samuel richardson specially the great novel clarissa that was a popular novel of the 18th century. true to very interesting letter to a nisei and you ought to read clarissa and you ought to write your letters the way they are in that novel. the whole novel, as many of you may know is just letters. it's people writing letters back and forth to on

dog adams. >> so john quincy dog adams is my dog. he's an american fox hound. interestingly i rescued him and then i found out that george washington created the breed. he bred english fox hounds that had been given to him, and created the american fox hound. he is my light, he is wonderful. and i sometimes will dress him up in historical costumes. so i have a picture of him in a top hat and bow tie in front of the linking memorial and in front of mount vernon. so he is a fun way to get people interested in history. >> you're also teaching a course and you have taught a course. so you're bringing it to the classroom and trying to interest perhaps a new generation of students. perhaps moving on to the doctoral program some day in white house history. tell me about the course that you've created. where you're teaching it and what kinds of students are interested. >> so i taught the pilot course last fall at american university and we had 17 students who ranged from a variety of majors and backgrounds, things like communications, intern

and they said it was that falsetto voice, but when you do it in quincy, illinois, for example, on the block of washington square, you remember that? we saw no grass from the plymouth and somebody said how did that work in your day? so without microphone, we spoke to 2500 people on the square, and even the policemen on the other block could hear it. we asked him from the platform. >> because the voice rose above the crowd? >> and it carries. >> what other characteristics do you share with lincoln, height, weight, that sort of thing? >> 6'5", 174, 175 pounds. this beard doesn't do him justice today, but with a little work, as we saw in the clip. and then i think when the hat comes on at the end and you're ready to go out the door, he's there as a channel. i've never had the experience that suddenly lincoln is among us, because it's an academic assignment. what is it that we need to do? so i'm constantly aware of that, but when we're ready and the beard is right and the other set of glasses is right, we see what it looks like. >> how long does it take you to become lincoln? >> an hour. i

quickly it would take three weeks for a letter to be relayed from mount vernon to philadelphia to quincy. so it was plagued with miscommunication so john adams s did not want alexander hamilton in command and tries to find ways to get out of it. why didn't he want him a second in command? he knew he had conspired against his election in 1796. that he and his wife don't believe alexander hamilton resembled a caesar and then to have this fear publicly but george washington makes clear he will resign if he doesn't get his way so alternately adams does have to give way in washington gets his man. so much for the former presidents not meddling with their successors f. >> as an aside adam was so touchy later he cuts off all communication with jefferson and refuses to communicate directly with him and would only do so through abigail and this lastedd just right up until the death. >> a lot of the founding fathers were touchy by the time washington dies, he is no longer on speaking terms jefferson, james madison and james monroe those are third fourth and fifth president of the united states. [l

so jackson is part of that same tradition, not john quincy adams. i saw a campaign broadside when jackson and on-quincy adams were running against each other for president. it says something like vote for the man who can fight, not for the man who can write. [laughter] >> so that shows you sort of jackson persona, so it mattered, that sort of thing mattered is the short answer to your question. >> thank you so much for your presentation. you did mention that there were differences between the american nature of dueling and european, but you didn't get into too much of the differences. when i was a young man long ago, i was in europe and i sort of had a brush with the fraternity that was part of their tradition had to do with dueling and the scar on the face and the operation of the second man to protect them and so on. could you or did you get into that and could you give us a little feedback on that? >> sure. i didn't write about it, but in the process of looking at america, i was looking at dueling and honor culture in other places to be able to c

en las próximas dos semanas dijo el gobernador por ese se levantó un nuevo centro de atención en quincyse suman al buque de la armada en el parque central aparte de eso se estarán enviando 250 ambulancias y 500 paramédicos de personal y exigencia para ser utilizados como morgue >>> uno de los nuevos contagiados es el hermano del gobernador el presentador de televisión y para prevenir el contacto el alcalde de nueva york ordenó cerrar 10 parques infantiles donde la gente se aglomeraba >>> en california unos 1500 reclusos quedaránen libertad. estos reclusos cumplen una condena por delitos no violentos y podrían ser liberados en los próximos 60 días. se anunció un fondo de ayuda de hasta 5000 $ para pequeños negocios locales, la iniciativa beneficiaría negocios que tengan menos de 25 empleados o a aquellos que sean operados de forma independiente los fondos estarán disponibles para unos 76 negocios y se otorgarán conforme se reciba la solicitud escamela pandemia de coronavirus está transformando la economía de estados unidos además, miles de personas en quedó sin empleo poniendo en riesgo

. >> some say it was a swipe at monroe or john quincy adams who came into office and had a different level of popularity? either way, it was probably more a reflection of the changing times. you are in the mid 1820's now, the united states, in terms of craftsmanship, had blossomed since 1800. there is a question of is is is supposed to be representation of who we are as americans, shouldn't the things inside the house be made by americans? >> what is your favorite place in the white house? >> i think my favorite room is probably the green room. i love the color. i love the landscapes that are featured. i also love, there is currently john adams tea set in the greenroom. it is this view to fall silver tea stand that has the presidents house, and you could have poured water out of it. i think it is an incredible nod to the history of the house, president adams was the first president that lived in the white house. i think it is mind boggling that it still exists and is in such great condition. that room i really love. i also really like the state dining room. not because of necessarily

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i love his regard for john quincy adams. >> and i'm not here to comment but what i like so much is the word civility which is lost are in the public discourse and the sense of comity that exists to show the common goal it's gone. and with that deep chasm of division. and then the two sides seem oppose. and that was trumps policy with the national goals and party goals martin matter more. leadership of the best kind to have the courage to stand up for their convictions to have the backbone to do what's right irrespective of what it means to their political future for the chance to be reelected then they have to come mainly from the people and the government of the executive and the fourth people and when we stand up no more of this. and there is a person right there who says the right thing and then to make sure that is decisive. is somebody reads about margaret chase says that's what i'm going to do. and then to survive. and then to expect that. >> and we are a centrist nation. 3545 or 60 percent are in the middle to get something done. >> absolutely. we ain't doing it. we have come th

why quincy washington? >> we chose it because at the data center capital of the world the other columbia river data center are built there because it's close to hydroelectric power. so what is becoming the infrastructure of the 21st century? these mammoth buildings, more than 20 filled with electrical generators, hundreds of thousands of batteries that are server computers and everything we do almost every day is accessing or storing data in the cloud for a data center. >> you have 100 of these and 20 countries? >> more than 20 countries more than 100 data centers. microsoft is one of the largest google amazon facebook and apple we all build more and more of these data centers it's where we store their data so they become the largest consumer of electricity in the world. >>host: if i send an e-mail from outlook to the office does it have to go to the data center? >> it doesn't have to you can still use our software in the form to store it on your own laptop or on your own server computer in your office. but

we saw a spike in delete quincy's. it is hard for people to buy and refinanced mortgages. do you think there are steps that need to be taken now by the sure aent to make mortgage crisis does not make recovery slower than need be. chair powell: i think the c.a.r.e.s. act does provide a moratorium, but you are right, mortgage market is important for the real economy. that is why we bought so many mortgage-backed securities at an aggressive pace. we feel that market is where a markets winddual up is functioning more properly. we are watching the situation with mortgage servicers and i will tell you we certainly have our eyes on that as a key market that does support households and consumer spending, which is 70% of the economy. we will be watching that carefully. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and it is all available on demand at c-span.org/coronavir

with the louisiana purchase and could not believe the president monroe and secretary of state john quincy adams signed over to exchange so we don't talk about that but back then, i was one of the hottest issues in the country and i just thought by going back and reclaiming in understanding and explaining it, people would start being tapping into their patriotism again. they stayed there for 20 years and i hope people will be interested in thomas jefferson, first where on terror, and a people can relate to it. andrew jackson, 13-year-old who loses his entire family and raised by the county in this country, i hope you relate to it by this time the book comes out, if you like i'm on a mini mission to push back on those who don't understand how great this country phthisis. i have no problem think that. we're not perfect but i thinknk what's great about us, we are trying to be and i think the reason why we argue and fight is because we do something we are not to do, we argue in front of strangers. when it's all said and done, we have the same goal, we just have different ways of getting there

the louisiana purchase and he could not believe that president monroe and secretary of state john quincy adams signed it over in exchange for florida. we don't talk about that, but back then that was one of the hottest issues in the country and i thought by going back and reclaiming it and understanding it and explaining it that people would start being, tapping into their patriotism again. when i did george washington secret six, i studied that for 20 years and hoped people would be interested and then thomas jefferson and the triple-e pirates, first war on terror, people can relate to it. andrew jackson, a 13-year-old who loses his entire family and raised by his town, his county, his country and hoping people to relate to it. by the time this book comes out 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're not perfect, but what's great we're trying to be. the reason we argue and fight we do something our parents told us not to do, we argue in front of strangers. when it's said and done, we have the same goa

the wind particularly brisk for eastern and southern coast, quincy gusts of 50 mph for the channel islandsrdiff and plymouth a high of 1a degrees. as you move through monday night as this area of high pressure builds its way quite strongly across the british isles notice the blue colour is developing on the chart with light winds, it will get cold. a widespread frost for tuesday morning bearing in mind if you have been gardening over the weekend, quite accordingly dan to say but it does turn warmer later in the week. hello this is bbc news. it will be taking a look at tomorrow morning papers in it will be taking a look at tomorrow morning a moment. papers in first the headlines. the uk home secretary responds to criticism after doctors warn they're still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. iam i am sorry if people feel they have been i'll be very very clear about that. at the same time we are at an unprecedented global health pandemic right

he could not believe president monroe and secretary of state john quincy adams signed it over in exchange florida. we don't really talk about that, but that then it was one of the i hottest issues in the country. i just thought by going back and reclaiming it and understanding it, and explain it, people would start being -- tapping into the patriotism again. george washington secret six i saturday for 20 years, help people will be interested thomas jefferson i know people can relate to it and andrew jackson a 13-year-old who loses his entire family and is raised by his town, county, country. by the time this 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's great about us as we are trying to be. the reason we argue and fight is because we do something our parents told us not to do, we argue in front of strangers. [laughter] when it's all said and done it's because of the same goal, we have different ways of get there to make the country better place. i

their situation like what i read about in quincy, where there were several parties, two partys that i'm aware of that occurred and, look, i think we're asking people to do the right thing. and most people -- the vast majority of people are doing the right thing. but if people are encouraging others to get together in groups of more than 10 or to not socially distance, i mean, i think at some point it is worthy of considering a real consequence. >> then you mentioned every day citizens. i want to ask you about that. how about someone who is at their home, right, and they live next door and there's you know, -- 50 people in the lawn. do you encourage them to call local law enforcement? >> i do. i would. >> we'll do one more question in the room. are you mentioned law enforcement. we've noticed state police, they don't seem to be pulling people order. has there been some directive from your office to conduct traffic enforcement differently? we've seen vehicles parked in the middle of expressways state police with their lights on trying to get people to slow down? >>, no i have not given an

why quincy washington?> we chose it because at the data center capital of the world the other columbia river data center are built there because it's close to hydroelectric power

the quiz show in the sixties pose the question which american met during his lifetime both john quincy adams and alger harris? of course it is holmes who had met the six president of the unitedad states another family friend when he was five years old and to one of the last sought law secretaries. but the civil war was the touchstone. i hate to read about those days he would say i have no interest to relive the war or the blunders of the battles. when a cousin sent him the biography of lincoln he felt compelled to tackle it half way through to t confess i should praise god if i finish the book or someone stole it. but he was cleanly aligned to the meaning for him that experience had shaped his life in the drive to fort stevens and for each new secretary. he marked each anniversary with his brush with death solemnly drinking and a glass of wine to the living and the dead and it never failed when writing a letter or postcard to know the occasion. the anniversary of antietam in 19 oh eight minus 1862 equals 46 years ago and shot to the neck. if the war destroyed the idealism and optimism

agrees is not qualified for the job is serving as the man in the middle between mount vernon and quincy and information does not travel quickly back then it could take three weeks for a letter to be relayed from mount vernon and back to philadelphia. so the most important communication was that john adams really did not alexander hamilton a second in command and really tries to find wise to get out of it so why did he want hamilton? because he knew he fired against his election he had other ideas who should be president. but he and his wife both believe alexander hamilton resembled a caesar and they had a fear but publicly adams cannot afford a falling out with washington and fears he will resign if he doesn't get his way. so ultimately john adams does have to give way in washington gets his man. so much for the former presidents not meddling. >> as the aside, adams was so touchy as you will recall that later on he cuts off all communication with thomas jefferson and refuses to communicate directly with him and would only go through abigail. this lasted right up until just before the de

it is one of my favorites, and john quincy adams post presidency, a lackluster terms in office but had extraordinary lives on either side. >> let's start over here. >> i was just thinking as you were talking, that would be a great opportunity to go cross-country and interview people, especially with your grandmother's ravioli and other things. >> it would be a great idea and i would drive. >> that was the missing link. >> my impression is the way you described it, you have a more indoorsy kind of guy and watch a lot of tv did you come out of that and feel comfortable performing in front of people? >> i always had an impulse to perform. my fifth grade teacher is here. but she is a therapist. i was in the next - i recall the performance of disruption fueled by sugary cereals. my parents encouraged me, local theater in the dc area. and it channeled it in a productive way, an extraordinary performed at the post office, - >> they called it that. it was in sequence. the tapes have been burned. >> once a teaser always a teacher. as a retired teacher, my hat is off to you. >> that is right. >>

javier: new york continÚa siendo el epicentro del coronavirus en estados unidos y dentro de quincy, precisamentete continÚa siendo el epicentro naciÓ del mayor, de 32.000 casos y acercÁndose a las 2000 muertes. un nÚmero de personas fallecidas en nueva york fue de 631 en las Últimas horas y aunque segÚn los datos de las autoridades, nÚmero de hospitalizaciones no aumentÓ el dÍa domingo, la realidad es que los vecindarios como este muchas personas siguen buscando opciones en locales ante el temor de mucho de buscar ayuda en los centros hospitalarios. es un inmigrante que fue contagiada con el coronavirus y nos narra que en primera instancia no recibiÓ la atenciÓn en un centro hospitalario pese a la gravedad de su estado, segÚn dijo, no podÍa respirar. ante la desesperaciÓn decidió ir a un segundo hospital donde finalmente la atendieron. >> me dijeron qque me tomara eso y mejor a mi casa. me enviaron a casa. cuando lleguÉ a casa mi salud empeorÓ. mi salud empeorÓ. al dÍa siguiente ya no podÍa respirar y cuando llegue a nuestro hospital iba muy grave. para decirle que yo ni siquiera me preguntaron

john quincy adams, who, after being president, was back in congress, wanted an astrophysical observatory. other congressmen wanted teacher training colleges or an experimental agricultural station. there were many, many ideas they batted around. for nearly a decade, they debated and tabled bills and fought over what this should be. and there were others, still, who didn't think it should happen. there were a number of southern congressman who were extremely wary of having a national institution. and adams, who was essentially a contemporary of smithson's -- and he had spent a lot of his childhood in europe with his father, learning about diplomacy and science. he felt himself to understand the sort of aspirations behind smithson's gift, and he really fought for it to happen. the eventual bill finally passed in 1846, which, i realize, is two years after the institution was created. i used to say that it was a classic congressional compromise. i just don't know that such a thing exists anymore. but it included a little bit of everything. library, museum, laboratory, lecture hall, a sculptu

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

both henry clay, when he was secretary of state under john quincy adams and john tyler, who was president immediately before polk, both had tried to buy california, the mexicans were insulted by both offers. and rejected blandishments by polk to give them the territory for money. and so he went to war with them and took it. >> one of the things that i noticed is there is similarities to the day. >> very. very sharp similarities. >> the house of representatives 108 to 107 with 24 independents, was that when he was speaker or president? >> that's when he was speaker. he presided over the closest house at that time until history. and he had a terrible time as speaker. he's the only speaker who became president of the united states. nobody else has been able to make that spring board as we speak. richard gephart is trying but to be another leader of the house who went all the way. but polk did it. he was -- he presided over a hostile house. members of the house were constantly trying to bait him into duels. henry wise from virginia called a dead shot and a man named baily payton from tennesse

. >> or a 45 minute tune about mixing up john adams and john quincy adams. >> or a two-hour ballad about martin van buren. >> and many more! so order -- >> and let's hope this quarantine ends soon, because there are only 45 presidents. >> announcer: it's "a late show with stephen colbert." tonight: the zoom where it happens! plus, stephen welcomes nancy pelosi and alicia keys! with jon batiste and stay homan. and now, live on tape from a safe distance, it's stephen colbert. >> stephen: hello, everybody. welcome to "a late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. i hope you're all doing well. we're good here. though, one of the oddest things about doing the show at home, from my lile study he is that it's starting to feel normal-- and that is really weird. i mean, why is my son sitting on the floor wearing a headset? he's talking to my director back in new york. say hi to jim. >> hi, jim. >> stephen: does jim say hi back? >> he didn't say hi back. >> stephen: is he mad at me? probably. >> stephen: peter's been terrific. every member of my family has been terrific, which statistically means,

for example when they found leej nares disease in quincy, illinois two years ago. the cdc did an investigation, called it an epiaid. they told them what to do at this home. residents who tested pneumonia should be tested with one of these -- both of these two types of assays. the cdc told them who exactly should supervise patient transfers from the veterans home to the local hospital. cdc picked who should be in charge of those transfers to make sure that the legionares testing. the cdc went so far as to tell them how to rerig their plumbing to ensure the water temperature was right to kill off the bacteria. the veteran home should establish control limits at fixtures prior to mixing. this is how it woshs. it's really good that we have them and that they're a top-shelf according zags. cdc gets called in because there's a public health disaster somewhere. they investigate what happened. they tell you what to do to fix it and to stop it from happening again. and you do it. that is how it works. that is how it's supposed to work. that is not how it is working now. let

surprised because her sewing teacher had posted a tutorial, her teacher deanna from in stitches in quincyted a tutorial. and you know, gaby, when she sets her mind to something, she does it. she likes to practice. she's very determined. so this was a way since gymnastics and dance and sewing were all canceled, this was a way for her to do her sewing and to get something done. >> and gaby, when you go back to st. brendan's, do you think you'll be bringing masks if they need them for your fellow students in fourth grade? >> definitely. >> and gaby, is the fourth-grade classroom up on the top floor like it used to be? >> yep. >> and it was a big event when i was at st. brendan's when you got out of third grade you were allowed to go upstairs finally to the higher grades. is that the way it still works there? >> no. because there -- like grade 5 is the -- it's the highest grade, but it's downstairs. it's the highest grade downstairs. sixth grade and fourth grade's up there. >> okay. we could go on and on about this, gaby, and i think we're going to have to sometime. gaby araica, thank you ver

quincy pettis is home from college so he isn't getting meals there. but he can't get snap either. >> i applied, but they denied me because they were saying that i t uld have to work 20 hours. >> reporter: he job, at dominos pizza, even ough hs taking 21 class credits online. and still no food stamps. >> i would have to go and have my own apartment. but i am currently living at my parent's house. >> repter: so because you're living at your parents' house as opposed to having your own apartment, y're not eligible for snap. >> yes sir, correct. >> reporter: did you get a stimulus check? >> no, i did not get a stimulus check.te >> rep because he's in college. the rules are a problem for millions of students right now says ken regal of just harvest. >> collegetudents can't get food stamps at school, can't get food stamps at home. the parent can't get food stamps for the child in their household. parent can't get the smulus payment for the child and the child, the college student can't get the stimulus payment of their own. it's a quintuple whammy. ter: are

two terms for james monroe and one term for john quincy adams. he ran for president in 1832. as the candidate for the anti-masonic party. we haven't heard from them lately. in any event, he failed. and died almost immediately after. he is also famous for having written two mediocre works. i thought they were ok. one was a book called " the letters of the british spy, " and included sketches of famous richmonders. the other book that he wrote was a biography of patrick henry. it appears that it was wirt who had henry say, give me liberty or give me death. a lot of people think that was a quote that wirt made up. that is the first appearance of that quote. in any event -- this is another trivial piece. the story that i had always heard as an indian lawyer was that wirt represented the cherokee nation for free. i mentioned that to one of chief hopkins predecessors and he said, we have got his bill. [laughter] that story make -- that may not be true either. history. ok. wirt teamed up with the guy named john sergeant. and filed this case. in the supreme court -- history was -- th