this serves taft.is at his side while taft is dancing alone on the white house for ran into a gramophone. what is so interesting about butt is he admires taft and roosevelt so he watches with sympathy. as for taft, archie butt says it is as if he is too good for politics. people cannot appreciate him. butt noticed taft's achilles' heel, which is that he was a hater, the greatest hater he ever knew. if taft knew someone who was disloyal, he took an instant dislike to them and lashed out against them. one example is when taft was young, someone insulted his father, and he bashed his head against the ground. spasms of anger would erupt in him in the name of royalty -- loyalty. taft would engage in self-defeating spasms of anger against people he considered disloyal. he fired an environmentalist and the deputy and these had catastrophic political consequences. butt is clear-eyed and sympathetic. butt went down on titanic and taft was heartbroken. brian lamb: when did he write the book? titanic was 1912? wh

taft hoped he'd get on the supreme court. taft attacked brandeis.ay had almost an anti-semite tinge. he denounced anti-semitism. but basically after taft and brandeis get on the court, they bury the hatchet. taft is so devoted to the institutional legitimacy of the court that he persuades brandeis in joining him in unanimous decisions. brandeis embraces the decision. his administrator asked how it was possible that he is a good he hated being president, indian being chief is all happiness for him. an example of two great thinkers putting aside their personal differences for the devotion to the institutional legitimacy of the court. brian lamb: weight. what impact did his weight have on him as a person, a politician, a justice? jeffrey rosen: it is an inspiring and moving story. as americans think of taft asay, they think of him our largest president. there are cruel jokes about him in bathtubs, that he was stuck in a bath, a story by the white house that has been confirmed by no other source. he was large, 340 pounds. he ate his feelings. he hated b

taft is a fierce anti-communist. he believes there will have to be extraterritorial defenses to support our allies. he believes limited foreign investment is necessary. he believes some small amounts of foreign aid will be useful, but he does not support the marshal plan. he does not support mass investment. and over and over again he says we cannot allow a reciprocal free trade set of agreements. in january 1953 as eisenhower defeated taft for the nomination, it's now going to be inaugurated as president, taft lists out a series of priorities for his legislative agenda that he's going to pursue. first and foremost on the list is the fight against reciprocal free trade agreements. second is to fight against u.s. foreign investment being given favorable treatment under the tax code. and he continues a series of lists along these ways. he sees a political economy built around protecting domestic manufacturers in the united states to maintain american standards of living in order to protect the american people from what

that taft has laid out.he explicitly says the united states will have to enable a global economy that will show prosperity for countries around the world of where going to create a secure, stable environment for the united states as people. and the peoples around the world. taft is infuriated by this speech. and explicitly goes out in front of newspaper reporters and says, he is putting foreigners ahead of americans. he does not use the phrase america first but is implicit, and saying that. of time. now, most republicans are divided over this issue. and as the cold war heats up, by 1940s evan, big votes have to come into play were senators and members of the house have to explicitly vote on support for the new internationalism that is both run the ideal of the united states standing off to the soviet union, there is a lot of hedging that goes on within the republican party. taft himself starts to change his position in some ways. he recognizes that united states will have to play another role. he is a fierce

and on "q&a," jeffrey rosen talks about his biography on william howard taft. susan: "newsmakers" welcomes neera tanden, president and ceo of the center for american progress. she has been in that position since 2011. c-span viewers are familiar with the progressive think tank based in washington, d.c. let me introduce you to our reporters. darlene superville, her first visit to "newsmakers," glad to have you, covers the white house for the associated press. jerry seib, executive editor for the "wall street journal." darlene, i will start with you. darlene: hi, neera. i wanted to start with the big news of the week. how should democrats respond to paul manafort, his conviction on financial crimes? also, the guilty pleas by michael cohen, president trump's longtime personal attorney. how do you think should democrats respond to those developments? neera: there are tt play. both cases feed the idea of a culture of corruption in washington. democrats have been talking about the challenge of corruption. we have these two instances, and with the news around duncan h

he told his aide to serve both roosevelt and taft. i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me that is their prerogative. he has this view has heroes are james madison and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. madison and hamilton believe that majority should role but only slowly and thoughtfully overtime. the reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed through the public interest rather than factions. >> the andrew jackson foundation president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan to his rise to national fame after his rise and win against the british in new orleans. >> we are in the museum center. we are about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson colborne for a storm. it is the largest and most extensive exhibit we have done on his life and or 127 years as a museum. th

taft -- theodore roosevelt felt taft had betrayed him. he thought taft was going to continue with the square deal. taft had a different vision of the presidency. in some ways he was the first supreme court justice to be president. he later became chief justice. he had a sense of limits. that was being fought out between the two of them. roosevelt was the staunch progressive, against taft. it made it very likely wilson was going to win. the republicans were going to split. wilson was not a -- he was running a very strong campaign. calling for the kinds of things he talked about. >> john milne cooper, a fine historian, has a book called the warrior and the priest about the relationship between theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson. patricia, what was that relationship like? >> first i would like to say that is a wonderful dual biography. the first copy of it i had i read to pieces. i had to get another one. i read it before i ever thought of writing a book like this. the warrior and the priest is a phrase from nietzsche, and the two fit the

taft believes the entire system slow the popular passion so the people can be governed in the publicnterest rather than through action. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> sunday night on afterwards, economist discusses her book edge of chaos. she is interviewed by jason furman. >> you wrote a book with is quite a lot about politics and on political science? >> the most important thing for the motivation is born out of frustration. i talk about this in the book. my interest in academic grounds are in economic interest. if you think about the economy today, there are a whole host of structural long-term problems that the economy has to contend with. i imagine we will get to them in a moment. things like demographic shift, the impact of technology for the jobless underclass, concerns around productivity and debt and income inequality. something in my phd was never discussed and now it is the top three issues on the policy agenda. , structuralng-term problems and yet the people who are charged with overseeing the regulatory and quality environment -- politicians, are

and taft thought the system wasn't set up to slow the direction of popular passion so int people can be governed the popular interest rather than factions, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. at :00 eastern on c-span's q and a. --president trump folded president trump posted around the foreignon investment risk review modernization act. the president and lawmakers talked about protecting intellectual property from other countries, especially china. president trump: thank you very much for being here this morning, and thank you to secretary mnuchin for joining us, and congratulations. you have done a great job. we appreciate it very much, steve. i especially want to welcome senators john cornyn, who has been working so hard lately, and especially at the border, doing things nobody else thought we could do with very bad legislation. we have got to get that changed. i think we will get it done. tom cotton, mike crapo, marco hensarling.ff i want to thank you all. this is something we are announcing today, but people found out about it. each of you was instrumental

taft believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that thection, mo they were self interest rather than the public good. >> announcer: shellshocked is a term coined during world war i to describe psychological trauma and symptoms associated with the daystless and sometimes long artillery attacks soldiers were forced to endure under the trenches. rachellevandos ki gives a talk at the national museum in silver spring, maryland. ofistorian in the secretary defense is historical office, she details the nature of shellshocked and the lessons learned or not learned by military psychiatrist.

he told his aide archie butt who told roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me that's their prerogative. he has this mad sewnian view, his heroes are harrison, hamilton and james marshall. hamilton and harrison believe majorities should rule but slowly and thoughtful over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes that the system is set to to slow passion to that the people can be dporchd in the public interest rather than through faction, that is, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> the andrew jackson foundation's president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson born for a storm exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan in america's gone tear to his rise to national fame after his win against the british in the battle of new orleans. the exhibit was at andrew jackson's hermitage in nashville, tennessee. >>> we're in the museum in the andrew jackson center a

. >> he never learned politics, his aide archie but who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. of people want to reject me that is their prerogative. this madisoneven you and others in the federalist papers, the greatest american ever and the majority should war but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason rather than passion could prevail and the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction -- >> sunday night in eastern on c-span q&a. the minister of the medicaid and medicare services and the comptroller general, talked about medicaid fraud with the governmental affairs committee hearing and discussed

national constitution center president and ceo talks about william howard taft. >> he told his aide, i will not play a part for popularity. if people want to reject me, that's their perogative. they ploobelieve that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. taft believes the system is set up to slow it so the people can be governed in public interest rather than through faction. that's mobs that favor seventy interest rather than the public good. >>> next, university of texas professor danielle theller and his class talk about andrew jackson and the politics of mid-19th century. they discuss the different ways jackson's presidency has been interpreted by historians. this class is about 1:15. >>> we're considering the problem of jacksonian democracy. let me try to phrase this. what is jacksonian

james decided to leave at the end of roosevelt's term, rather than serve under taft. he rejoined his third brother in cleveland. abram, the youngest surviving son helped to resurrect washington's development directly. he did it quietly behind the scenes. an architecting cleveland, he quietly had a connection to theodore roosevelt. abram was appointed to the national council of fine arts. president theodore roosevelt's ill-starred -- predecessor to the national commission of fine arts. the council, through presidential executive order of architects met only once. it was to review the sighting of the lincoln memorial before the order was rescinded by the president, william howard taft. abram garfield, writing to his mother, indicated that all disciplines on the commission -- participants on the commission recognize the fertility of the council and the likelihood that william howard taft would abolish it at the behest of congressional opposition. abram came back and served on the commission of fine arts from 1925-1930 including a stint as vice chair, leaving federal gove

he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft as an aid, i will not play a part in the popularity.ive. madisones were james and alexander hamilton. madison and hamilton believed the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. than passion should prevail. he believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of public passions of the people can be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction, mops that favor self-interest rather than the .ublic good tv,, on american history edward l'engle talks about the experiences of american soldiers on the western front during world war i. he is the author of never in finer company, the men of the great wars of the last italian -- battalion. and to conquer hell. site innhower national gettysburg posted this hour-long event. >> good afternoon and welcome. we are at the world war i camp weekend. this is an opportunity for the public to learn about cam cole, which was a camp training program for tanks at the gettysburg national

who served, roosevelt and taft, i when i play a part in popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he had this madisonian view. alexander hamilton, and john majority they believed should rule but only slowly or possibly over time, so that reason rather than passion can prevail. taft believe the entire system was sent to slow the drastic expression of popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction,

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and taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion, so that the people can be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. >> next, university of tennessee professor daniel feller and his class talk about andrew jackson and the politics of the

president eisenhower had a fight with senator robert taft of ohio, where taft took it very personally when he lost, felt he was robbed of the nomination, closely together after eisenhower became president, and when senator taft died, the president said, i don't know how i can go on without him. robert kennedy and president lyndon johnson had a bad blood between them, but the president morning -- amily in in mourning. host: jeremy is calling from washington, d.c., on the independent line. caller: good morning, thank you for the opportunity. takingciate your guests time to discuss this critical issue. you addressed the freedom of to america, this great country of ours. i want to talk about the president and the future. -- greater all of time to talk about john mccain. he was a war criminal, civilian facilities. supporting every disastrous war america was ever involved in. he had no judgment and little decency when a campaign the samely led -- vomit inducing -- when he dies, aat the monster is actually mortal being and not a bloodsucking vampire, just because we live in a society that th

national constitution center president el jeffrey rosen talk about his biography of william howard taft>> he never learned politics. he told his aid archie but who served both roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not play a part of popularity. the point reject me that's their prerogative. he had this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison, i was in hamilton, the authors of those papers and john marshall reconsiders the grace american ever. madison hampton believe the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through action, mobs that favor the self interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, remarks by frank cissna, head of the immigration services at the homeland security department. he talks about challenges, his agency faces including the processing of credible asylum claims and the lack of

the sighting of the lincoln memorial before the order was rescinded by the president, william howard taft. abram garfield, writing to his mother, indicated that all alloses pence -- disciplines on the commission recognize the fertility of the council and the likelihood that william howard taft would abolish it at the back past -- at the behest of congressional opposition. he came back and served on the commission of fine arts from 1925-1930 including a stint as vice chair. federal government service 50 years after his father's death. garfield's political legacy would seem to be quite thin, since he served effectively as president for only four months. he had been a highly respected military men and legislator. through the distance of time, all the circumstances are murky. some of his decisions, some relating to washington seem to have been worth questioning. his dedication to friends could lead him astray. when he took on the completion of a lobbying job for the firm at the urging of his friend, richard parsons. was competingving for contracting with the district court of public works. sh

taft believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that they were self interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. vice president mike pence discussed supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the confirmation process. the confirmation hearing is set to begin on september 4. this is 35 minutes. [applause] thank you, thank you very much, appreciate you being here for this exciting day. and for making this luncheon possible. thanks to all of you and all of our more than 6000 members throughout the country. 2016, to electin mike pence and donald trump and therefore made this day

he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. reject me,le want to that is their prerogative. comment madisonian view authors of the federalist papers and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed majorities should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believed the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people could be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction. favoring self-interest rather than the good. >> on c-span's q&a. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. the bus is on its 39th stop in honolulu, asking folks what is the most important issue in hawaii? you see these places, one of the big issues is will they have a place to live? will they be able to afford to stay in the home of their birth? we have a huge homeless situation going on right now. we are looking for ways to take them off of the street, but i think the problem is going to get worse if we don't

he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is there prerogative. he has this madisonian view. -- john marshall, who he considers the greatest american never. they believe the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason can prevail. is setupved the system up to slow the direction of popular passion so people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span'd q&a. -- >> next, military historian mark snell talks about "gettysburg's other battle," the ordeal of an american shrine during the first world war. the battlefield was used as a world war i training camp in 1917 and 1918, named camp colt. its commander was a young dwight d. eisenhower. the impactescribes on the battlefield and the community. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> we are at the eisenhower national historic site on camp colt weekend. we are here to commemorate world war i as w

vandenberg and robert wagner should appear there alongside henry clay, daniel webster, john calhoun robert taft who were selected by the special committee back in 1957. that committee interestingly enough was appointed by lyndon johnson and chaired by john f. kennedy. i also heard in recent days that perhaps senator mccain's portrait should join that distinguished group. so it's a further tribute to our colleagues that there's no shortage of good ideas. in order to make sure we realize these intentions i'd i like to put together an official group that can collaborate and bring together ideas from current members, former colleagues, and friends. it will be bipartisan as only benefits john's legacy and come to think of it we probably call it not a committee but a gang. so i'm glad were to form this gain to ensure that a suitable lasting tribute becomes a reality. i've have more details regarding this group to share in coming days after our friend is laid to rest. >> this isthis is a sad time for the senate and our nation. with the passing of john mccain our country lost a legend and the same as l

protest is that true and that is not correct what happened two days ago a spontaneous reaction to taft that has been taking place in this fight is this election it was a spontaneous response by ordinary people have been suffering for the last thirty eight is. ninety percent of our youth today. and all they need is a very small trigger and that's what happened what we are living under now is a police state it is a military state and these people. you cannot have. i'm a nation against a defenseless population it cannot be justified and any circumstance a last quick question to you he's mentioned ninety percent unemployment zanu p.f. has run down the economy of this country and dept of zimbabwe's a lot of people say there's no way out of that what will the new presidents do to get the country back on track or your president is already getting the news and the country because with seventy thousand people employed you know in a period of six months but here there's been a little bit of. president but there's a lot of things these guys have to account for there's some sense that this country

who served aid, roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not fall apart for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he has this of you, his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, and john marshall. madison and hamilton believe that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. taft believes this system is setup up to slow popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. a group of conservatives met in austin, texas earlier this month. some of the topics covered ofluded the perceived bias social media platforms, the trump administration freezing fuel requirements, and upcoming ballot measures. this was a conference organized by conservative blogger and radio host erick erickson. >> we will get started. my name is true ryan.

he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part from popularity and some people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he has this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. they believe that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. they have the belief that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that favor soap interest rather than the public good.

he told his aide, who served under roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part of the popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is there prior good of -- their prerogative. his heroes are james madison, the authors of the federalist papers, and john marshall. and madison and hamilton believe that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time, so that we rather than passion can prevail. taft believes the system is set up to slow the direct expected of popular passion, so the people can be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction, that is the mobs that favor self-interest rather than public good. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. with davide talking shepperton about fuel efficiency standards. what did the administration announced last week about fuel efficiency standards? guest: a couple weeks into the administration, president trump announced that they would revisit the standards that obama administers and had imposed. in 2012, the obama administration agreed with automakers to nearly double the fuel efficiency to 50 mi

tonight, on national constitution center president and ceo talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. who served aide before as an intimate aid that "i will not play a part for popularity." he has this madisonian view. his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed that majority's should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. systemlieved the entire was set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that people could be governed in the popular interest, rather than faction, which are moms -- mobs. tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. the white house did not release an address by president trump. maryland congressman elijah cummings, ranking member of the oversight and government reform committee delivers the democratic weekly address. he talks about the trump administration. senator cummings: good morning. i am congressman elijah cummings from the seventh congressional district of maryland. i serve as a senior democrat on the committee of

who served, roosevelt and taft, i when i play a part in popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he had this madisonian view. alexander hamilton, and john majority they believed should rule but only slowly or possibly over time, so that reason rather than passion can prevail. taft believe the entire system was sent to slow the drastic expression of popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, self-interest rather the public at. good. >> six sunday night at it if our eastern on q&a. announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with names and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, the host of the online program, the young turks, discusses progress in opposition to the trump presidency. author anne coulter will join us about her new book. how the trump lost its collective mind. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. carranzareasurer talked about efforts to increase retirement savi

william howard taft joins the supreme court. speaks for the court's decision to, basically rule against the notion that wiretapping violates the fourth amendment. the approval will last for 40 years. here's what he says. again this is in favor of ruling in favor of wiretaps, claiming they don't violate the fourth amendment. congress may of course protect the secrecy of telephone messages by making them when intercepted, inadmissible in evidence in federal criminal trials by direct legislation. if congress wants to rule on this, they can. and depart from the common law of evidence. the courts may not adopt such a policy by attributing a large and unusual meaning to the fourth amendment. the reasonable view is that one who installs in his who is a telephone instrument with connecting wires, intends to project his voice to those quite outside, and that the wires beyond his house in messages while passing over them are not within the protection of the fourth amendment. those who intercepted the projected voices were not within the h

taft believes that the system is set to to slow passion to that the people can be dporchd in the public interest rather than through faction, that is, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> the andrew jackson foundation's president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson born for a storm exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan in america's gone tear to his rise to national fame after his win against the british in the battle of new orleans. the exhibit was at andrew jackson's hermitage in nashville, tennessee. >>> we're in the museum in the andrew jackson center and about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson called "born for a storm." it is the largeest and most extensive exhibit we have done on his life in our 127 years as a museum. the title of the exhibit comes from a jackson quote, the full quote is "i was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me." which could not better encapsulate the life of andrew jackson. we have

it served a number of various commanders over almost a 100 year span, but it was slightly taft,uptedy presidents franklin roosevelt, harry truman , dwight eisenhower, john clinton.to bill the department of defense says we seem to have a continuum through american history. this building was the largest building on the naval base. it was 9000 square feet. it was built originally as the paymaster and commander's home, but by 1911 the base commander realized things were getting snug so he merged into a single dwelling of all most 9000 square feet. at that time, key west was the command headquarters for the seventh averill district which covered key west to charleston. , admiralimitz is here chester nimitz is here expecting desk inspecting the base. he finds our base commander moved to smaller quarters because he is a bachelor and does not want to bounce around in 9000 square feet by himself. he left this large home sitting vacant. nimitz sees this house sitting vacant and is impressed by the research being done by the u.s. navy, so he gets home to washington to learn the president of the

here is what he says in particular regarding taft's last comments which are essentially in some ways saying the ends justify the means. decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. in a government of laws existence of the government will be i'm parld if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. in a government of laws existence of the government will be i'm parld if it fails to obviously the law scrupulously. our government is the omni present teacher for good or ill. crime is contagious. if the government becomes a law breaker it breeds contempt for law. it invites every man to become a law unto himself. it invites anarchy. to declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution against this pernicious doctrine this court should resolutely set its base. political spying ends from roughly the early 20s until 1936 w

it was slightly interrupted by andidents taft and truman eisenhower and kennedy and jimmy carter.he department of defense. we seem to have a continuum through american history. largestlding was the building on the naval base. it was 9000 square feet. assequently, it was built the commander's home. by 1911, he realized things were getting snug. he emerged it into a single dwelling of almost 9000 square feet. time, key west was the command headquarters for the seventh naval district, which went from key west to charleston. astor -- a general was inspecting the base and he finds that the commander has moved to smaller quarters because he is a bachelor and he doesn't want to bounce around in 9000 square feet by himself or get he left this hard home -- himself. he left this large home sitting empty. he was impressed by all of the research being done by the navy in key west. he gets home to washington to learn the president has a cough that he can't seem to shake. he immediately says, i have a perfect vacation venue. i'm sure that the president would love it. came,s why the president he

he told his aide archie butt, who served roosevelt and taft as an intimate aide, i will not play a part for popularity if the people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he has this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever and madison and hamilton believe that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail and taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >>> i want to begin today by talking about the international exhibition of arts manufacturers and products of the soil and mind. y'all want to go to that, don't you? that's exactly where you want to go. do any of you actually know where this actually was? it was also referred to as the centennial international exhibition, it was held in philadelphia from may to november 1876, it was supposed to ce

president eisenhower had a fight with senator robert taft of ohio, where taft took it very personally when he lost, felt he was robbed of the nomination, closely together after eisenhower became president, and when senator taft died, the president said, i don't know how i can go on without him. robert kennedy and president lyndon johnson had a bad blood between them, but the president morning -- amily in in mourning. host: jeremy is calling from washington, d.c., on the independent line. caller: good morning, thank you for the opportunity. takingciate your guests time to discuss this critical issue. you addressed the freedom of to america, this great country of ours. i want to talk about the president and the future. -- greater all of time to talk about john mccain. he was a war criminal, civilian facilities. supporting every disastrous war america was ever involved in. he had no judgment and little decency when a campaign the samely led -- vomit inducing -- when he dies, aat the monster is actually mortal being and not a bloodsucking vampire, just because we live in a society that th

who served roosevelt and taft as an intimate aide, i will not play a part for popularity. he has this madisonian view, his heros are james madison, alexander hamilton. the author of the federalist papers and john marshall. and madison and hamilton believe that majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so the peel can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction and mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> the most important thing i think in terms of motivation for writing the book is born out of frustration, i talk about this in the book. after you write, my interests and my academic background are in economics. but if you think about the global economy today there are a whole host of very deeply structural long-term problems that the global economy has to contend with. and i imagine we'll get to them in a moment. but things like demographic shift. what the impact of techno

the story of events in the lives of such great americans as daniel webster, sam houston, robert h taft, and others. i think you would rather hear about it from the man who wrote the book and our author is our guest today. the very distinguished senator from the state of massachusetts, john f. kennedy. >> this is the closest i'm going to get for a while. >> the two men knew each other and had a rapport. that makes these photographs even more interesting and personal, because this is one of john f. kennedy's last public appearances before he was assassinated in dallas. we also have in jim wright's papers his copy of the itinerary for that day that showed when president kennedy and mrs. kennedy were going to arrive in fort worth, and what their schedule was going to be. then, the itinerary for november 22, 1963. it is a poignant artifact -- poignant document because it goes through the entire day. of course, we know that president kennedy did not complete this schedule of events. but these are in the collection as well. jim wright wrote about his experiences that day, being with president

public relations that occurred in 1840 in the fall of 40 the leader of the conservative coalition of taft and roosevelt in the military production of hurt that only a couple hundred combat planes were produced so far but that roosevelt had promised 50,000 50,000 planes at a time. roosevelt and fortin handled that attack as carefully as they could. roosevelt said that could be accurate but the implication that the military production effort is not going well what you need are training planes not combat planes for now he has declared unprecedented third term the attack by senator byrd could have been a killer of attack but he handled that effectively horton was in the white house almost every day circulating the rules that you expect of bureaucracy and politics and bureaucratic pr stays out but with that gusher of information about airplane production contracts. you cannot bump you cannot bump into a press release about the latest about airplane production contracts. all of these things happen before pearl harbor. it is so important we understand that. it was exceptionally important. after