taft lived until the 1940's, a prominent figure in washington. announcer: and he was chief justice under three presidents. harding appointed him. what was he like as a former president and also chief justice with harding and coolidge? mr. seale: he was chief justice. he never presented himself as a former president, if that is what you mean, john. he -- taft was a brilliant man, and he had what he wanted. and he was chief justice to them. that was his relationship with them. he had no -- he never took the position of ex-president. announcer: it did the public allow him to be just chief justice? did the press ever ask him questions about his experience and commenting on issues both as chief justice and as former president? mr. seale: he was very restricted. he restricted himself very much from the press, from anything like that, and his ideas were always welcome, and the public loved taft. they just never considered him strong enough as president. he was not a public figure like theodore roosevelt or even coolidge. he was a receding sort of indivi

the national committee, in charge of the convention, and loyal to taft, pushed delegates toward taft to clinch the nomination. roosevelt was enraged and stormed the convention with his supporters to fight for his 'due' support. "the privileged, that is the representives of special privilege, of special interests can always make terms with a boss or bosses. they can make terms with the bosses who dominate the republican party. they can make terms with the bosses who dominate the democratic party. but, they can't make terms with the people." one of roosevelt's operatives called what ensued at the chicago coliseum 'the stormiest convention the republicans ever had'. roosevelt came in with ploys to get the delegates swayed his direction. they failed under pressure from taft forces and in turn, the former president high tailed it out of the republican convention, forming the progressive party. the democratic nominee, woodrow wilson, would go on to defeat both taft and roosevelt in the fall election but the convention set the stage for the modern republican party - one that champions less

he -- taft was a brilliant man, and he had what he wanted. and he was chief justice to them. that was his relationship with them. he had no -- he never took the position of ex-president. announcer: it did the public allow him to be just chief justice? did the press ever ask him questions about his experience and commenting on issues both as chief justice and as former president? mr. seale: he was very restricted. he restricted himself very much from the press, from anything like that, and his ideas were always welcome, and the public loved taft. they just never considered him strong enough as president. he was not a public figure like theodore roosevelt or even coolidge. he was a receding sort of individual, and intellectual, and i think he was a popular chief justice. announcer: we mentioned before that president obama is going to move into the kalorama neighborhood, which is also the neighborhood where president wilson lived. an area where former presidents moved to. mr. seale: it is a very wealthy and elite neighborhood, most of the buildings and things there are later 192

we saw general eisenhower win over senator taft on the first ballot. 845-280. the two chief rivals clashed at a symbol of party harmony after the centers announced that he will in which is -- the senator announced that he relinquishes presidential aspirations. the general has become it mr. eisenhower, following his resignation from the army. senator of california pays tribute to the vice presidential nominee. >> and i wish to say to you that i know of no person who could have been selected for this high position and high honor by the republican party of the nation than the my junior colleague, senator richard nixon of california. [applause] dwight's running mate is probably the youngest vice president of candidate in history. senator richard nixon is only 39 years old. [applause] the vice presidential nominee receives the accolades supreme from his attractive wife. but the high moment of the convention approaches as those nominated by mrs. eisenhower strides towards the speaker stand to make his speech. the climax of many months through which the general held h

almost 100 years after wilson and the taft experience. in the 24 hour news cycle environment, do think he will be allowed to just be a quiet former president question mark do you think he will be drawn into some of the political debates? he can pick and choose what he chooses to do. much. not have that so preciousme will be very precious -- precious. very precious for obama and mrs. obama. they are public figures and they listen to what they say. we will end this here. thank you for speaking with us. >> you're watching american history television. georgiae great state of and representing the most emphatic issue of today, development. mostly concerned with the economy and terrorism. i feel that clinton is a criminal who belongs in jail and it is disgraceful she is allowed to run to a, hopefully, loss. des it ising to both siz polarized and it is hard to see them my millennial friends fight. we need to listen to both sides. >> i'm thrilled to be here. job is important to me is creation and national security. we need donald trump in the whit

known as the wagner eleanor taft bill.ms a bill to clear the in the big cities, and to help .irect the low-rent housing that bill, as i say, passed the senate four years ago, but died in the house. that bill was reintroduced in the80th congress as taft-elinor-wagner bill. the with name was finally changed, but it passed the senate. there was -- it was allowed to die in the house of representatives. the committee sat on that bill. it was finally forced out of the committee, then the rules committee took charge, and it still is in the rules committee. but desperate pleas from philadelphia in the convention that met here three weeks ago could not get that housing bill passed. they passed a bill they called a housing bill, but did not -- was not worth the paper it is written on. [applause] harry truman: the labor, we need moderate legislation to promote labor harmony, but congress instead pass to that so-called taft-hartley act, which is disruptive labor-management and will cause strife and bitterness for years to come if it i

but there's a strong challenge from senator robert taft., senior conservative and a president's son. >> taft and dewey were natural lifelong and enthusiastic enemies. they were profoundly different men in vision. they were put on the planet to piss each other off. >> dewey has 350 delegate votes in the bag. but he still needs 200 more. >> preparation was dewey's middle name. dewey made sure that he had a card file on every delegate, who their friends were. who might be in a position to influence them. >> dewey's campaign manager is herbert brownell, a man who will go farther than most to get what he wants. >> he operated to get things done and he had his own style and knew what he was doing. >> brownell's mission, to get delegates to vote for dewey. easy when you know their darkest secrets. >> the taft people, with a touch of paranoia believe that the vaunted eastern establishment knew your bank accounts. probably who you slept with. all sorts of things with which to compel you to vote against your interests and your philosophical inclinati

taft was anointed by roosevelt to be the president after roosevelt left.teddy came back and started his own party, the bowman's party and ran against his best friend fl let me tell you no matter what hillary and donald say about each other, roosevelt and taft exchanged those kinds and worse. >> but social media wasn't around then. >> there were tabloids and newspapers. all of that trash talking went viral, just viral in another time. >> donald trump made no secret of his wealth. he has talked about it many times before. i think a lot of americans would be interested to find out, and you discuss this in the book he wouldn't be the richest president ever. >> oh, he would be in he was elected. >> he would -- >> well, let's put it this way, if we saw his tax returns, he would be. >> let's take the $10 billion that he throws out. >> the richest president ever when you adjust for inflation was surprisingly george washington because something that donald trump and george washington have in common is they were both real estate moguls, washington was very, very wea

theodore roosevelt because in the election of 1912 it was roosevelt that wanted to keep big banks, taft we wanted to prosecute them, brandeis and wilson we wanted to break them up. >> well, bernie gets a lot of things wrong and that's all i'm going to say on bernie. [laughter] >> a nonpartisan basis. all right, if you were listening closely to the passage that jeff read a few minutes ago and if you can remember back to economics 101, which is i know for all of us a long, long time ago, there's not a lot of economics in that passage. there's a lot of morality in that passage and this is what a number of scholars including me have questioned about brandeis economic thought, not the overall big part. i think most of us agree on the curse of bigness and the dangerous that bigness poses to a democracy but what brandeis was oppose to business was not primarily on economic grounds but on moral grounds. the new freedom which he helped wilson craft was designed because at that time economic success was seen as moral success. old inheritance from ancestors and the notion was that the marketplace

a three-way race that he precipitated by taking on his former friend and colleague william howard taft, he literally took off and went to the south america and went down the amazon in an extremely dangerous trek down the amazon and picked up a lot of exotic diseases which probably led to his not living past age 60. he had all kinds of health problems after he got back from the trip down the amazon. so clearly our most interesting president ever and happened to be a republican so i think -- i thought that was appropriate to be in the republican leader's office. >> how do you use this room today? >> well, this is where guests come in. they start here and frequently i come out and have pictures taken with them. then we go into the conference room. we have meetings. those are not only usually people from home but also you know, senators are in here all the time in and out because my job as the majority leader is to set the schedule to decide what we're going to debate. doesn't always guarantee the outcome because the senate's a really unusual body. it requires 60 votes to do most things an

president taft puts an article in the new york times that says you should have two, three weeks off to rejuvinate yourself. and so you see the idea of some of this stuff has broader meaning. has sociological meaning on why this is going on. it helps us understand who we are. are cities tour staff recently traveled to provo, utah to learn about its rich history. learn more about provo and other c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> a panel of historians talk about race relations in the post-civil war memphis and it looks at the lives of three in the city both before and after the riot that resulted in the massacre of african-americans. they discussed the testimonies of women who were assaulted and the role of several colored troops near the city. this event was hosted by the university of memphis and is a little bit over two hours. >> first, let

the convention machinery was wired for taft, but the delegates gave the nod to ike's forces, and that's what won him the nomination. 20 years later, in 1972, it was the democrats turn to reject a credentials challenge to the winner-take-all california delegation of the frontrunner, senator george mcgovern, after an impassioned plea by california state assembly member willie brown: >> give me back my delegation! >> reporter: without those votes, mcgovern would have fallen short on the first ballot and probably would have lost the nomination. as for party platforms, you can measure how far apart the parties are today on social issues this way: the last republican platform said "the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed." that language allows for no exceptions for an abortion. this year's proposed democratic platform says that every woman should have access to quality reproductive health care, including safe and legal abortion. that language allows for no restrictions at all. so when the parties meet in cleveland and philadelphia, keep a close eye on what t

president taft puts an article in the "new york times" that says you should have two, three weeks off to rejuvinate yourself. --see the idea of this stuff why this is going on. this helps us to understand who we are. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] > we traveled to proveo, utah. learn more about pr omp v omp, utah. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> i never felt the urge -- as i aid before, make money and admiring the contendies. >> sunday night, a two-part interview with former public interest lawyer, mark green. he talks about his life and career in public office. thatu have to have a drive is indesirable in a spouse or a friend and wake up and go to sleep and say i want -- if you do everything, you win. >> part one airs sunday night 8:00 eastern and part two sunday night 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> this year marks the 240th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence, next, author john ferling discusses his book "independence, the str

you take an example where he ran against the taft wing of the party, and taft wing of the party would hang in there for years to come. one might make the case then that that more conservative wing eventually comes around to the barry goldwater side and eventually to the ronald reagan side in a winning effort. >> host: we'll go to hilliard, ohio. caller, tell me your name. >> caller: denal. >> host: okay. you're on the air. >> caller: hi, yes. i hear it said that there is precedent for this scenario, what happened last night with cruz. but i wonder, were the contents the same because, i mean, i can't imagine the backlash that republicans are getting against cruz for saying to vote your conscience, that we all should vote our conscience always? and they're chastising him. so i can't imagine the republicans who are really chastising cruz more saying vote your conscience. so that's all he said. he didn't say don't vote for trump, vote for hillary. so was it the context? i don't think the historical context in 1964 was the same. >> host: okay, caller, understood. let's take that point, bec

since this morning, i have had helpful and heartwarming talks with senator taft.applause] governor warren. [applause] and governor stafford. [applause] know as i wanto you now to know that in the hard fight ahead, we will work together to promote the principles and aims of our party. i was strengthened and heartened to supportements this cause to the utmost. their cooperation means, their cooperation means that the republican party will unitedly move forward to a sweeping victory. we are now at a moment in history when under god, this nation of ours has become the mightiest temple of power and the mightiest spiritual force on earth. mankind, hangs in the balance on what we say and what we accomplish in these months i had. we must use our power wisely for the good of all of our people. if we do this, we will open a road into the future, on which today's americans, young and old and the generations that come after can moke -- move forward to a life in which there will be far greater abundance of materials, cultural and spiritual rewards that our forefathers or we ev

but after buchanan this nation needed lincoln; after taft we needed wilson; and after hoover we needed franklin roosevelt. [applause] but we're not merely running against mr. nixon. our task is not merely one of itemizing republican failures. nor is that wholly necessary. for the families forced from the farm do not need to tell us of their plight. the unemployed miners and textile workers know that the decision is before them in november. the old people without medical care, the families without a decent home, the parents of children without a decent school. they all know that it's time for a change. [applause] we are not here to curse the darkness; we are here to light a candle. [applause] as winston churchill said on taking office some twenty years ago: if we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the future. today our concern must be with that future. for the world is changing. the old era is ending. the old ways will not do. abroad, the balance of power is shifting. new and more terrible weapons are coming into use. one-third of the world

it is about teddy roosevelt and taft. and no history teacher, i specifically wanted to go back because it's a fascinating era. i should've taken from the title a book, bully pulpit that they will talk a lot about journalism. the other day going to a lot about journalist during that. of time and gave i think a short shift to the history that i really wanted but it what my appetite. for example last year read a book about speaker cannon, the relationship cannon had with teddy roosevelt was something i thought would be fascinated. it was barely mentioned at all. so i need to go deeper into that. but i am at least through it now, taft has been elected, let see what happens from here. roosevelt is in africa, life is good. that's the first one. were going to go through, and since i love baseball baseball going to pick up a baseball book again called the bullpen gospels. i actually have read that before. i want to reread it. it's about a about a kid who becomes a relief pitcher in the magaly major leagues after coming in through

taft. [applause] whether in the nation's capital, the state capital, or city hall, private morality and public trust must go together. [applause] from august of 1974 to august of 1976, the record shows steady progress upward toward prosperity, peace, and public trust. my record is one of progress, not platitudes. my record is one of specifics, not smiles. my record is one of performance, not promises. [applause] [cheering] [applause] it is a record i am proud to run on. it is a record the american people, democrats, independents, and republicans alike, will support on november 2. [applause] for the next 4 years i pledge to you that i will hold to the steady course we have begun. but i have no intention of standing on the record alone. we will continue winning the fight against inflation. we will go on reducing the dead weight and impudence of bureaucracy. [applause] we will submit a balanced budget by 1978. we will improve the quality of life at work, at play, and in our homes and in our ne

taft has been elected and let's see what happens from here on end. that is the first one. and then since i love baseball i am going to pickup a baseball book called the bullpen gospels. bullpen gospels which i have read before but i want to reread it. it is about a kid who becomes a relief pitcher on the major leagues after a long way coming. it is written in such a funny style i have to admit in the three three chapters i was laughing at loud which is embarrass on the plane when kwlm i am sitting next to him. but it is well-written and cool and has insight. the fourth and last year one of my staffers gave me a book about joe cannon. he is going to continue on with that trend. that gaves me two of the four with great speakers in the history of the house. what to me is fascinating is not only was he the longest speaker server of the house and speaker when the seniority system was in place. he could not reward or punish anyone. he said when i meet the chairman of the committee i bow at the waste. he got his way but had to do it through persuasion and whatever he did and that

taft has been elected let's see what happens then. roosevelt is in america life is good. that's the fist one and we're willing to go through. and then since i love baseball, going to pick up a baseball book and bullpen gospels, right. bullpens gospels which actuallyi have read before so i want to reread this thing. as a kid who becomes a relief pitcher in major leagues after coming up to minors but it is written in such a funny style i have to admit in first three chapter i was laughing outloud kind of erm embarrassing next it each other. but it's a well written bock and cool about about baseball with inside to take place in that era. fourth is last year one of my staffers gave me a book about joe canyon and this year he's gong to continue on with that trend and give me one about sam. so that had gives me two of the four fascinating in the house but longest serving speak orer of the house but speaker of the house when the seniority system ran thises place so he could not reward or punish anyone with any kind of moments and here's one that always said when i meet a chairma

he was a progressive republican who served president william howard taft as the secretary of war and herbert hoover secretary of state. the country faced the greatest crisis of its history based upon the law and justice instead of force. it seems like a quaint notion now 75 years. with china and southeast asia partially overrun by the japanese, the world was divided almost in two pieces by the fundamentally opposed camps echoing abraham lincoln, he warned the world cannot permanently endure half slave and half free. the danger he said is clear shepperton fall and germany take its fleet. the nation faced an emergency which is ill prepared and still worse prevented from facing the neutrality laws. the government could and arm belligerence either friendly belligerents all war goods sold by american manufacturers. american shoulamerican ships mee forbidden from carrying purchased weaponry ammunitions to the war zones. they provided support to any nation at war. hitler attacks in europe and japan and china. they called for the repeal of the acts into th and the rearmie british while also

and they defeated the taft people in what was a test vote. they went on to win the nomination. 1964 in the atlantic city boardwalk, the mississippi freedom delegation which basically knocked out the regular all white delegation from mississippi. a big credentials fight there. really made history. of course, the blacks won that one. a big victory for civil rights in the south. for people who wanted to end segregaugs. especially in party politics. we had big credential fights. >> chris matthews out there in cleveland, stand by. let's bring in chuck todd. we have chuck todd with us. obviously coming into this convention, the question here was how unified would the republican party emerge fromming this. we just went through the stats in the primary season. donald trump not getting 50% of the popular vote. we've seen polls that have him getting about 80% or so of republican support in the general election. you want to get that over 90%. what we've just watched in the last hour, how is that going to affect the question of unity going forward? >> le

i'm at least through it now, taft has been elected, let's see what happens from here on in. roosevelt's in africa, life is god. so that's the first one. so since i love baseball, i'm going to pick up a baseball book called the bullpen gospels, right? bullpen gospels. which i actually have read before. i wanted to reread this thing. it's about a kid who becomes a relief pitcher in the major leagues after a long wait coming up through the minors, but it is written in such a funny style, i have to admit in the first three chapters i was laughing out loud which was kind of embarrassing on the planes when i'm sitting next to people. but it's a well-written book, and it's cool about baseball. i has a lot of the inside stuff taking place in that era. the fourth is last year one of my staffers gave me a book about joe cannon, speaker. year he's going to continue on with that trend and give me one about sam rayburn. so that gives me two of the four great speakers in the history of the house. what to me is so fascinating about rayburn is not only was he the longest-seven serving speak

barely mention it at all, so i need to go deeper than that, but i'm at least through it now and taft has been elected and we will see what happens from here on and. roosevelt is in africa are quite as good. that's the first one. then, since i love baseball i will pick up of baseball book called the bullpen gospels. connection with this before, so i went to reread this thing about a kid who becomes relief pitcher in the major leagues after a long way to coming up to the minors, but it is written in such a funny style picked in the first three chapters i was laughing out loud, which was kind of embarrassing on the plane, but it's a well-written book and cool about baseball and has a lot of insights about that year a. of the fourth, and last year when my staffers gave me a book about joe canning, speaker. this year he will kind of continue on with that trend and give me one about sam rayburn, so that gives me two of the great speakers in the history of the house we have covered, but what to me is so fasting about rayburn is not only was he the longest serving speaker of the house, he wa

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my name is gene taft. i am a committee member and manager pleased to have you all here. we are a wonderful city that supports the arts and humanities and we are pleased to bring you this event. please silence all devices that might make any noise. we need your feedback. you've are intricate for a chance to win a gift card. our friends are here on site to brave the weather and would appreciate your support. it supports or book festival. hope you enjoy the festival and buy a book and come back and see us. if you are here or watching at home i really wish it didn't have the same connotation as ite does now. i remember my mother took my brother and i, we could barely walk and i ran off and the other direction and found the most fabulous thing filled with stuff. two minutes into my adventure the library and started yelling and all the loose change that were in there and there's a larger appreciation not just the wishing well. we are trying to cover a lot of ground today. libraries are not always what you think. i don't want to take a lot of time up here. i want to give a brie

[cheers] since this morning i have had helpful and heartwarming talks with senator taft.eers] governor warren. [cheers] governor stassen. [cheers] i wanted them to know, as i want you to know, that in the hard fight ahead we will work intimately together to promote the principles and aims of our party. [cheers] i was strengthened and heartened by their instant agreement to support this cause to the utmost. [cheers] their cooperation means that the republican party will unitedly move forward in a sweeping victory. [cheers] we are now at a moment in history when, under god, this nation of ours has become the mightiest temporal power and the mightiest spiritual force on earth. mankind, thef making of a world that will be fit for our children to live in, hangs in the balance on what we say and what we accomplish in these months ahead. we must use our power wisely for the good of all our people. if we do this, we will open a road into the future on which today's americans, young and old, and the generations that come after them, can go forward, go forward to a life in which th

taft, which had been down for months stopped going down. that's not the same as going up.ut the intels and facebooks seem to have exhausted themselves. without short supply, there's no way they can recover without moving upwards. it's almost as if redemption money created its own crescendo. one of the reasons i see seagate running after the beaten-down disc drive maker, the same things seems to be happening. maybe the selling's done. finally, we're beginning to realize that no matter who's elected in november, it could be better for stocks than in the current administration. friendly. name me one ceo who's friends with president obama. just one. i can't think of any. that's going to change. i can't say there won't be calls for more taxes by the rich by hillary clinton or more protectionism by donald trump. to me, it's good news, and the next dip, people will use it not to sell sell sell but to bye-bye buy. >> caller: a big boo-yah, jim. >> no doubt. >> caller: my question is about barclays. brexit hammered this by 40% in two days. some are calling brexit fears overdone. th

president taft puts an article in the "new york times" that says you should have two, three weeks off to rejuvinate yourself. we see the idea of this stuff -- why this is going on. this helps us to understand who we are. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> we continue with our look at the history of provo. >> our culture is who we are and when we look back at how our ancestors lived, the life they lived and how difficult it might have been, that reflects on us because that is who we are. those are our roots. in the bits and pieces that we uncovered tell that story. the most important thing about archaeology is finding the pieces of history that complete the story. the differences over the meeting house originate with the early lds church in the eastern united states and the central united states. the meeting house for them to worship and was always there. but the problem was building one when you first arrived. so when you com

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william howard taft the fattest.hughey get stuck in the bathtub? >> no, because he was so big, they had to order a special tub for william howard taft. it takes us in our imaginations, one step, one degree of separation to me, him stuck in the bathtub. >> you are right in terms of some of the presidents that have had some personal issues. >> yes. >> you write about that. you write it in such a way that it's not -- cellatious. that's the word. >> all of these president versus deep human flaws as we all do. then what we have to do as human beings is try our best not to make the other wrong, try our best to sort of balance these out. to understand that heroism isn't perfection but a kind of interesting negotiation between strength and weakness and that's what we try to do here. for children to understand that there is issues of race and slavery that are, you know, affecting almost all of the so far men here. there's a lot of things about finances and also of mistakes they've made. >> we return to politics and to speech.

you seen what president taft did around the carbs. but listen, this is something he should.rying to take the story line, the story line at both conventions have been hijacked by unforeseen events. it happened with debbie wasserman schultz. what he was trying to do was take the focus off the convention hall. the e-mails, he did that, but you should. joke around about espionage. >> i don't know that it was a joke either. i know you're a foreign policy genius. just give me one second. the one thing that is fascinating to me is he has three condemnations from really reputable people. one is leon panetta on that stage last night where there were millions of viewers. the other two came from intraparty, both speaker ryan and his running mate saying something very different. so i don't know if it was a joke, but i really believe that he thinks -- >> paul manafort said it was a joke. >> i don't believe paul manafort. he lied to chris cuomo -- >> putting that to one side, donald trump is right. if the russians released 30,000 e-mails, we would love it in the media. the journalistic te

a and in 1996, after nafta, the greatest betrayal of the working class in thisis country since the taft-hartley 1948. after the omnibus crime bill that exploded the prison population. it is a monstrosity what we've done. 400,000 people locked in cages in this country. half of them never committed a violent crime. that is alall bill clinton and t he went out and campaigned. in 2004, he called on ralph nader not to run so he could support a war candidate like john kerry. talk about the iraq war. 60% of the democratic senators voted for the war, including hillary clinton. the idea that somehow democrats don't push us into war defefies american historyry. amy:y: robert reich. i can say at allll this particular point in time -- many of the things thatat chris hedges is saying, i completely agree withth. the real question is what do we do right now? whatat do we do to mobilize and organize a lot of f people who e not momobilized and organized ad how do we keep t the energy buililding? i disagree w with chris with regard to bebernie sanders. i think bernie sanders h has ben a great and is a great lead

it of course is about teddy roosevelt and william howard taft. i specifically wanted to go into that is a fascinating era. i should've taken from the title there to talk a lot about journalism. the author did go into a whole lot about the journalists in the. of time and i gave it. so for example last year i read a book about speaker cannon. it was something i thought would be fascinating. we need to go in deeper than that. i am threat now. let's see what happens from here on out. life is good. and then since i love baseball i'm going to pick up a baseball book called the bullpen gospels. but to actually had that before. it is written in such a funny style i have to admit in the first three chapters i was laughing out loud. it was a well written book and it was cool about baseball. and has a lot of inside stuff taking place in that era. last year my staffer gave me a book about joe cannon. this year he will continue on with that trend. that gives me two of the four great speakers in the history history of the house we had covered. it's not only wa

that's taft, u.s. president 1909-19? . well preserved.nals served up the dodgers turner to strasburg deep twice. 1st inning, and the 3rd inning drove in five runs. they handed strasburg his first loss of the year. 6-3 winners to move within four games of san francisco closest they have been since june tenth. tennis. atherton at the bank of the west classic against vickery far court the 17-year-old had to work for it. this went three sets. mad fewer sets. she won. she draws venus williams in friday's quarterfinals. >>> the college basketball career of stanford playmaker leelee thompson here is over. news came out today that she will not return for her senior year. reason, unknown. that's a sole crushing blow to tara vandaveer's program. she will remain at the school and is on track to graduate next year. she was the cardinal's second leading scorer last season. >>> charles barclay a crowd pleaser maybe more than a fine golfer. basketball hall of famer and warriors antagonist is playing at this week's american century championship in tahoe.

you take an example like that where he ran against the taft of wingarty, and the taft would hang in for many years to come. one could make the case the rick -- the wing comes around to the taft said and then eventually to ronald reagan. host: ohio. tell me your name -- caller: -- host: you are on the air. is ar: yes, there precedent for this scenario, what happened last night with cruz. but i wonder if the context was the same, because i can't imagine the backlash republicans are giving against cruz for saying vote your conscience -- that we should all vote our conscience always. he put the country above the party, and they are chastising him. republicansgine the who are chastising cruz are saying vote your conscious. he did not say do not vote for trump, vote for hillary, so was it a similar context? i don't think the context in 1964 was the same. host: ok, understood. he did not say anything critical of donald trump, as one caller pointed out as well, but he did not use as what one delegate called thee e word. guest: that is right. he tiptoed to the line and did not cross it. he is ru

former president roosevelt founded the bull moose party in nearly won the presidency easily defeating taft but losing to democrat wilson. in the mid 1850's, the southern faction of the whig party split off to become the know nothing party. [laughter] the was driven by anti-immigrant fervor violent rallies and conspiracy theories. sound familiar? [laughter] the node nothing's disappeared in three years but the other half of the party we branded as the republican party went on to re-elect abraham lincoln in 1860. in the number of ways gary johnson reminds me of abraham lincoln. for starters and sheer physical strength and endurance. wiccans prowess as of rail-splitter's was legendary and not everybody knows he is an athlete he is a contest in for "iron man" triathlon world championships in his climb the highest nonpeak on each of the world's seven continents climbing mount everest with a broken leg. when you ask him how, he says i just put 1 foot in front of the other the reminds me of abraham lincoln that asked how long can a man's legs be? he says a long enough to reach the ground. he has

first one in the middle is a bully pulpit, which is of course about teddy roosevelt and william howard taftas an old history teacher, i specifically wanted to go into that fascinating era. i should've taken from a title that they're going to talk a lot about journalism. the author did go into the period of time and gave short shrift to some of the history of really wanted, but a weapon appetite. last year but a book about speaker can, the relationship can have been teddy roosevelt, something that that would be fascinating. i need to go deeper into that. i am not the spirit not have to do that day. let's see what happens. roosevelt in africa. life is good. that is the first one and we are going to go through. since i love baseball, i will pick up a baseball gospels. both had gospels. which i've actually read before. i wanted to reread this thing about a kid who becomes a relief pitcher in the major leagues after a long way coming to the minors. it is written in such a funny style i have to admit the first three chapters i was laughing out loud. it is a well-written book and it has a lot of t

catherine: chief justice taft was in charge of the building -- the supreme court building commission and one of the requirements when they were finally able to get a home of their own was there would not only be a cafeteria for the public and the attorneys because in that short window, the attorneys were also trying to go out and find something for lunch, there would be a cafeteria and the justices had -- what have their own separate dining room that had to accommodate at least 18 people and be in close proximity to the justices conference room. the half an hour lunch break lasted until 1970, when chief justice burger expanded it to an hour. so i am going to ask both, -- both of the justices starting , with justice ginsburg, so you know have a full hour. you have a beautiful dining room . what goes on during the lunch break and do the justices all generally try to attend on days when the court is in session? justice ginsburg: i will defer to my colleague because she is a regular at the table. [laughter] >> i will show up whenever the court is conferring, we confer in the morning at 9

>> chief justice taft was in charge of the build.o one of the many requirements for new supreme court building when they were finally able to get a home of their own was that there not only be a cafeteria for the public and the attorney, because in that short window the attorneys were trying to go out and find something for lunch. there would be a cafeteria and the justices would also have their own separate dining room. and it had to accommodate 18 people and had to be in close proximity to the justice's conference room. >> so the half an hour lunch break lasted until 1970 when chief justice burger expanded it to an hour. i'm going to ask both of the justices -- start with justice ginsberg. you sflnow have a full hour, a beautiful justices dining room. what goes on during the lunch break? and do the justices all generally try to attend on days when the court is in session? >> i will defer tony colleague for that one because she is a regular at the lunch table. i will show up whenever the court is conferring, we confer in the morning

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it was a little before my time, but in 1912, when teddy roosevelt was challenging william howard taft the convention was totally in the hands of the taft people and they were rolling through credentials challenges and they marched around the convention imitating a steamroller with bells and whistles -- i can't say i remember it, but that was a moment that shows you how much more boisterous contentious conventions were when we had contentious conventions. i don't know if it is the craziest, but in 1980, for the acceptance is free speech -- except since speech, there were rumors that ronald reagan is going to ask gerald ford to be his running mate and the work howkinds of speculation -- much power is being shared and at the end of the day, ronald reagan decided quite wisely this is not a good idea and came to the convention and said he had chosen george h.w. bush. oh myas probably the last goodness moment i can think of at a convention. vice presidents, why do you think senator 10 -- senator tim kaine expected nomination and on the republican side, governor mike pence with donald trump?

more strongly opposed to communism, and the cold war was harry harry truman's idea and not robert taft's idea. so that doesn't answer the question. part was simply that reagan had become a wealthy man and was making a lot of money at a time when the top marginallate on personal income tacks was 90% and you don't he to the a conservative to think that 90% is high and you's like to support those people that are going bring it down. so another part -- this is really important in reagan's political evolution and development, was that he got a job as a spokesman for the management of the general electric company, and they were paying his way for eight years of his life between his hollywood career and his political career. and this was at a time when they were writing the check for him and reagan was used to basically playing the roles of whoever the screen writers were, and now he is sort of writing his own script, but he understands where the money is coming from. it didn't -- he didn't have to abdur any strongly held beliefs to gradually think the private enterprise system works pretty rea

i tell you, one little tidbit, nelly taft went to the -- even though her husband was running as the republicanthe democratic convention. she was the first first lady to go to a convention and intimidated williams jenning brian into saying nice things about her husband instead of mean things. >> you mentioned eleanor roosevelt saying no ordinary time. i guess this could be the theme of this convention, as well. it's not going to be an ordinary convention. echoes of any others for you? >> you know, a rules committee fight sounds so arcane. but the truth is that they can often set the course for the party for years to come. and when i really saw that most was my first convention in 1964 when the democrats were having a fight over the mississippi freedom party and integration. and that -- they were not seated by that convention, but the conventions from there on out had very mixed delegations and that's true till to this day. >> as the chairman of the republican national committee reince priebus said, he does expect a few more surprises. and, cokie, i know you'll be here. for now that's all for us