once again, welcome to the city of taft. glad to have you over here.people truly understand what the petrochemical industry does, what petroleum does for them, day to day on every single day, it would just absolutely blow up some of the misconceptions. simply take a look around. if you're sitting in your living room and you're comfortable where you are, what are you wearing? are you wearing just wool and cotton? are you wearing polyesters and nylons and rayon? the oil and gas industry and the petrochemical industry create so many benefits, and all of these things that impact quality of life are things that people are taking for granted. man 2: they are essentially putting their heads in the sand and saying, "we're gonna drill, baby, drill until we can't drill no more, either by an act of god or because an act of government, and i think that's irresponsible. man 1: thquality ofife in the united states of america, the state of california, the globe is going to be the marriage and the efficient use of all of our available technologies, but if we learn and

that is a fascinating passage from william howard taft.omething we expect wilson to have said. there was a yearning for greater cooperation, greater coordination between branches. the address wilson gave in april 1913 was not an official state of the union. in the written form, the state of the union was delivered in december of the calendar year at that time. the practice of a december state of the union did not change until 1934 with a changing congressional calendars. now they are given mid-to-late january. occasionally early february, at start of the congressional session. woodrow wilson believed a strong party leader could overcome what he viewed as it the defect of our constitutional system. during the early years of his presidency, he dominated the democratic party and congress. it lent credence to his views that a popular party leader could overcome the obstacle embedded in the constitution. he did not formally change the constitution. presidents are not prime ministers. nor are they monarchs. he was able to temporarily overcome co

william howard taft, the defender of the constitution.e in his 1912 address, the rigid holding a part of the executive and legislative branches of this government has not worked for the great advantage of either. there has been much lost and the machinery due to the lack of cooperation and interchange of views face-to-face between representatives of the executive and members of the two legislative branches of government. it was never intended that they should be separated in the sense of not being in constant effective touch and relationships to each other. the legislative and executive each performed its own appropriate function. these functions must be coordinated. that is a fascinating passage from william howard taft. it is something we expect wilson to have said. there was a yearning for greater cooperation, greater coordination between branches. the address wilson gave in april 1913 was not an official state of the union. in the written form, the state of the union was delivered in december of the calendar year at that time. the pra

in the first era was in 1909 with president taft. he was the last one that had it here. by the time we got to 1913, which was president wilson, he would have none of it again. he was like john adams. he decided it was too expensive and wanted nothing to do with it. the second period of time there were no balls until we got past world war ii to president nixon. let's go upstairs and taken another look at what this place might look like. we're standing in the first level of the building. it turned out that when general mags realize what was going on, he realized there was room to add another level. he constructed a design, another level and that is what you are looking at now. it is the extra rope railing and balcony he added to provide access to the upper spaces. these levels do not have windows to the outside. the only have windows, skylights and the light that is coming in from the windows at the top. down at the bottom on the level floor, we were talking about president taft being the last of the particular era from 1885 to 1909. you can see the large columns in the mi

at the moment in time, this was helen taft in 1909 of the gorgeous gown that she wore.those familiar with gowns is that it was probably the most gorgeous inaugural down that had been worn in history. many of them are available in the smithsonian institutions. museum of american history. that becomes a theme for all the inaugural events, how is the first lady dressed? president wilson did not want them. then came world war i, then came the depression. generally speaking, there was not an issue of having a very elaborate ball through that period of the 1900s. up until the end of -- actually after the vietnam war and , president nixon decided to re-institute having an inaugural balls in this building. we have a break in here of about 50 years. now we get back to here is a 1973. picture of the space when president nixon. at the bottom, here is the outside of the wonderful brick building. the humongous brick building. president nixon's pictures here. vice president spiro agnew here. here, you can clearly see the inside of the building with the stage down here and many of the

here is another one of these fantastic grand manner full-length portraits of nellie taft, helen taft, responsible for having all of this beautiful cherry trees planted on the tidal basin, which she fell in love with during her travels in the philippines and in japan before her husband ascended to the presidency. here is a small portrait, four or five inches, of ida mckinley. when i was doing research for the exposition, i spent some time at the first ladies library, a wonderful place, and they were very helpful. i learned so much about ida mckinley. they occupy, in part, the mckinley house that belonged to her family. one of the things that really stands out about this portrait is ida mckinley had a very difficult life. it was not easy for her after mary and william mckinley, the couple had two daughters who died in pretty quick succession. this stereoscopic picture was published as a series of stereographs. these kind of three-dimensional images, you look through the viewer and the two images combined together to create a three-dimensional effect. the series was published when her hu

and he lost, he cost taft the election. taft carried eight electoral bugs.tah and vermont, which are not one of the most democratic and most republican states in the union a century later, roosevelt 188 electoral votes and came close to winning 180 electoral votes. how enduring is this split? four years later, it is gone. roosevelt and william howard taft are supporting the republican candidate who nearly beats the incumbent president woodrow wilson. he loses by one states electoral votes. roosevelt looks like the strongest candidate to run again for president in 1920, except he dies in january, 1919 of what is now regarded as the very youthful age as 60. compared to our current leaders who are, the last two presidential candidates, more than a decade older than that. that split you know, disappears, and is papered over, and the party basically supports its next president, harding, coolidge and hoover, almost overwhelmingly in their elections. walter: i suppose that mugwumps are a point of comparison for never trumper's. michael: like some never trumper's th

taft be earned to be chief. he took the presidency with the greatest reluctance and thought and the election of 1912 -- was in the election of 1912 on the principle of opposing populist demagoguery. woodrow wilson argued that the -- thattion could the president could do anything but constitution did not explicitly forbid. taft argued that the president could not do anything the constitution did not explicitly allow, the last madisonian president. he became our gilly one of our greatest chiefs since -- became arguably one of our greatest chiefs since john marshall. he ran to defend the constitution against roosevelt's populist incursions. roosevelt endorsed progressive mess and it comes -- progressive mechanisms like the referendum and the judicial recall of unpopular decisions. roosevelt attacked individual judges by name and demanded that the people overturned their decisions. in the constitution center, in our majestic temple to the constitution, there's a quotation in the lobby saying the people themselves ar

the last inaugurational ball in here of the first era was in 1909 with president taft.as the last one that had it here. by the time we got to 1913, which was president wilson, he would have none of it again. he decided they were too expensive, too elaborate. so we started a second period of time in which there were no inaugural balls either here or any place else in town until we began to get past world war ii and until president nixon. let's go upstairs and we'll take a look at what this place might look like. we're standing on the fourth level of the building. you remember when we first showed it, it was only three stories high. it turned out, though, when general megs realized what was going on, he realized there was enough room on the third level to add another level. so he constructed and designed another level which was used for the records of the pension bureau and that's what you're looking at now, is this extra railing and balcony that he added to provide access to these upper spaces. these levels up here do not have windows to the outside. they only have the w

here's another one of these fantastic grand manor full length portraits of nellie taft, of helen taft, of course responsible for having all of the beautiful cherry trees planted on the tidal basin, over 3,000 of them, which she fell in love with during her travels in the philippines and in japan before her husband ascended to the presidency. and here's a little -- a small portrait, about four or five inches, of ida mckinley. when i was doing research for the exhibition i spent some time at the national first ladies library which is wonderful and super interesting place. they were very helpful and i learned so much about ida mckinley since they occupy, in part, the saxton house, the mckinley house that belonged to her family. and one of the things that, you know, really stands out about this portrait is, you know, ida mckinley had this very liflt li -- difficult life. it was not very easy for her when her -- after marrying william mckinley. the couple had two daughters that died at ages 2 and 4 and were buried. this picture of their graves was published as a series of stereographs of t

that and thinking about these, particularly when you see them in portraits, like millie taft and youabout what they try to do and what they experienced and that they really wanted to show themselves as in possession of all this kind of power and that is really exciting. >> catherine asks how long it takes queue to pull this collection together? >> the exhibition was started about four years ago, my colleague who is now the curator of america's before she retired, she handed off to be and i never thought i'd be curating this, i am so thankful that i have the opportunity. as i said, i have learned so much and doing the research, it is very subtly over the last 18 months and it really was illuminating working with the curators of the white house. working with the staff at the national first lady's library. and just reading up a storm. and over that period, trying to see some of these pieces. once we went into the covid work from home, and it became more difficult, some of the works from exhibition had to be represented through reproductions. the library of conference has a war moratoriu

kennedy: taft is correct, emily tied for the lead. the batting order. dave here's your next question. which first lady had an ice cream company named after her? was it mary todd lincoln, dolly madison, ashley madison or dolly parton? [laughter] >> these questions are ridiculous kennedy. c-4, not on this show. >> dolly madison. kennedy: dolly madison is correct davis on the board, everyone is got wide braid leslie this what it's really seeking pulled the lead. which presidents once got shot during a speech and refused medical attention until he finished. was it ronald reagan? teddy roosevelt? franklin pierce? or frank underwood? [laughter] >> i am guessing to on this one, i teddy roosevelt. before that gas is correct he was shot in milwaukee, wisconsi wisconsin. emily can tie right now. true or false, kelvin coolidge also known as silent cal liked a petroleum jelly run on his head during breakfast because he thought it was good for his health. >> i mean that is so insane it has to be true. schematics before and true it is. that is corr

that nelly taft one actually is really cool because she's such a tiny little thing.u see her perched on a bench in the garden in front of the white house. the white house is in the distance, you know, and she just looks like a princess. and yet, she was such a force. you know, she's the first first lady who insisted on riding in the procession to the inauguration with her husband. she's like, i worked so hard, you know, to get us here. i'm going to cherish every single moment. and you can get a little sense from that portrait of her sense of self. and you know, that she has -- she's got a lot on her mind. she's, you know, in that picture, she's there in the garden. i can almost imagine her making plans to bring the cherry trees to the tidal basin. and that she felt worthy, you know, of a full length, really large portrait when so many of these women were not -- you know, were not ever portrayed in that way. we have in the exhibition betty taylor bliss, who was the daughter of zachary taylor, who served as a hostess in the white house for her mother. her mother margar

taft that had a vision for the city. and mrs.taft, for example, got involved in legislation, and that ended up in the first health and safety measures, and the federal workplace, but it was still all sort of related to life in washington, or life within the federal government. mrs. wilson, ellen wilson, again the whole issue over seeking to rid the city of what we're deplorable housing without providing housing for the displaced people of color. you know there were those before her that undertook -- but mrs. harding had a national view. she saw her entire nation as her constituency. even when they made that western tour, she started to speak and give informal speeches from the back of the train to the public. she saw the first lady as a public role. and i think that is the most important legacy. >> excellent. so just for a final question, what do you think her -- what specific impact did she have on future first ladies? >> i don't think she did. eleanor roosevelt knew that mrs. harding had close relationships with female reporter

clinton who got involved in a local charity or this is taft who had a vision for the city and mrs. taft got involved in legislation that ended up in the first health and safety measures in the federal workplace. but it was still all sort of related to life in washington, life within the federal government. mrs. wilson, the whole issue of her seeking to read the city of deplorable housing without providing housing for the displaced people of color. mrs. harding had a national view, she saw the entire nation as her constituency. and even when they do the western tour across the country and alaska, she began to speak and deliver speeches from the back of the train. she saw the first lady as a public role. that's most important legacy. >> excellent. just for a final question, what do you think her specific impact would have on future purse ladies? >> i'm not so sure she did, she was largely forgotten. eleanor roosevelt's -- i came across something where she knew that mrs. harding had a very close friendship with a couple of reporters, women reporters, because some of them new mrs. hard

extraordinary things about the vote on the truman doctrine was he even got mister republican robert taft who was a devout isolationists and had been since his experiences of world war i to vote along with him too. so i think that has a lot to do with it.but again, just because i'm a creature of congress and was there when i was young and have followed closely through the years i just don't think you can overestimate how important it was that he had positive relationships with people inside of congress. he knew how congress works. it reminds me of those old lbj case when you had lbj harassing for subcommittee chairman of these house subcommittees who nobody ever called. even the chairman of the committees wouldn't call these subcommittee members but lbj knew exactly where the bills were. pick up the phone and harangue them and say get it out of your subcommittee, i need to get it up to the committee and we need to get on the floor and that's something again harry truman had as well. and i do think to hear all the time where not going to be able to get these things done in washington over

for years later it is gone roosevelt and taft are supporting republican presidential candidate who nearly beat the incumbent president woodrow wilson with the one state electoral vote one of the close selections of our history roosevelt looks like the strongest candidate to run against the president in 1920 weeks of tea dies january 1919 at what is now regarded as a very useful age of 60 compared to our current leaders. in the last two presidential candidates more than a decade older. but that split disappears and is papered over as the party supports harding and coolidge and in their election. >> i suppose the mugwumps are a point of comparison for the never campers. >> magazines with low circulation which actually didn't make money in most cases and the intellectual movement the roosevelt and henry cabot lodge did not support that they stayed with the republican a young man in his twenties would become very important leaders of the party. the never troopers in some sense represented people who democrats the upscale subs are one - - suburbs where he did worse than previous republicans in

back in the time of president taft, he hired a woman named mrs. jaffrey, who is a segregationist.e was a multi racial white house cooking staff, she created segregated eating spaces. before, all the servants eight together, but she had a separate table for whites and blacks. by the time eleanor roosevelt gets to the white house, she rectifies the situation by firing most of the white people. i will let you decide if that is progress or not. [laughs] [laughs] but it's no longer segregation, have one race walking in the kitchen. overall, we have cooks that are culinary artists and many times family confide'ce. presidents go to their funerals, weddi'gs, send them notes and gifts when significant family events happened. we see presidents moved when they need to leave the white house. there is always a t)adition during the change of administration or the presidents staff lineup and the president goes down the line and thanks them all for their service. the other thing is there are often civil rights advocates pressing for african americans to have humanity accepted in the broader socie

william howard taft, who was the only form of president to serve as a chief justice, a post he enjoyed presidency. and the present chief justice, earl warren. in addition to the chief justices, there have been other members, such as oliver wendell holmes, who have left a deep imprint on the court and its deliberations. but, again, the powers of the supreme court are not absolute, not without their checks or balances. each member of the supreme court is appointed by the president, and the appointment must be confirmed by the senate. and although appointment is for life, any justice can be removed by congressional impeachment. just as a president can be removed from office. the vision of our founding fathers as seen beyond the years. the three branches of our federal government have worked together with mutual respect and individual integrity for almost 200 years. we today are the posterity to whom the founding fathers referred to in the constitution. we are the inheritors of the "more perfect union" that has been passed on and handed down in peace and in war, in good times and in bad, d

senator margaret smith of main, senator tomas of oklahoma, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies of all senators. reading and answers letters from his constituents. this is as it should be are his neighbors and those that support made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituent come to call in person to seek jobs, ask favors to make proposals. letters or people must get personal attention and those that call in person must receive, their problems discussed and answered. national lawmakers must be sensitive to the constantly shifting opinions and criticisms of the public. as expressed over the radio -- >> spending is the favorite occupation of the administration, a million here and a billion there. >> the newspapers or editorial columns. and in television bringing praise or criticism to the senator of massachusetts and his colleagues. magazines are another check. this freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democracy. but the most direct contact of all is talking to neighbor

taft who had a vision for the city, and mrs.taft, for example, got involved in legislation that ended up in the first health and safety measures, standards in the federal workplace, but it was still all sort of related to life in washington or life within the federal government. mrs. wilson, ellen wilson, again, the wholezphx!q issue ov seeking to rid the city of what were deplorable housing without providing housing for the displaced people of color, you know, there were those before her who undertook these projects, but mrs. harding had a national view. she saw the entire nation as her constituency, and even when they made that western tour across the country and up to alaska, she began to speak and deliver speeches, informal speeches from the back of the train. to the public. so she saw the first lady as a public role. and i think that's her most important legacy. >> excellent. so just for a final question, what do you think her -- what specific impact did she maybe have on future first ladies? >> well, i'm not so sure she di

william howard taft, who is the only former president to serve as a chief justice.t he told he enjoyed -- a post he told friends he enjoyed more than the presidency. and the present chief justice earl worden. there have been other members such as oliver wendell holmes who have left a deep imprint on the court and is the liberation's -- it's the liberations -- deliberations. the powers of the supreme court are not absent, not without their checks or balances. each member of this report is supported -- appointed by the president and the appointment must be confirmed by the senate. and although appointment is for life, any justice can be removed by congressional impeachment, just as a president can be removed from office. the vision of our founding fathers has seen beyond the years, the three branches of our federal government has -- have worked together with mutual respect and individual integrity for almost 200 years. we today are the posterity to whom the founding fathers referred to in the constitution. we are the inheritors of the more perfect union that has been

senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies that of all lawmakers.f of his average day is spent reading and answering letters from his constituents. this is as it should be for these constituents are his neighbors, and the voters who made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituents come to call in person to seek jobs, to ask for favors, to make proposals. letters or people must be given personal attention. many letters must have individual answers and, those who call in person must be received, their problems discussed and answered. national lawmakers must be sensitive to the constantly-shifting opinions and criticism of the public as expressed over the radio. >> spending is a favorite occupation of the administration. a million here, a billion there. narrator: in newspapers. whether in the news or editorial columns. and the medium of television brings praise or criticism to this senator from massachusetts and his colleagues. magazines are another check. this freedom of the press is the very cornerstone of

in '52, eisenhower or robert taft. eisenhower represented the establishment. senator taft, mr. republican, represented the conservative outsiders. then nixon and lodge, goldwater and rockefeller, and then again nixon and then rockefeller. but there's always a split inside the republican party between the conservative outsiders and the more moderate insiders. this, of course, happens again in 1980. reagan represents the conservative outsiders and bush represents the more moderate insiders. and this is the fight over the nomination, the future of the party boils down to these two individuals. >> well, tell us about it. >> well, it was a seesaw battle for a while, because reagan kind of coasts. reagan is at his worst when he's not challenged. reagan is at his best when somebody is challenging him. he was competitive. mike deaver once told me he was the most competitive s.o.b. he ever knew. but reagan needs to be challenged, otherwise he kind of doesn't rise to the occasion. so he doesn't take the george bush challenge seriously. and he ends up losing the iowa caucuses in january o

and it has been split since the fifties. 50, to eisenhower or robert taft.isenhower from the establishment. robert taft represented the conservative outsiders, is that nixon, lodge, goldwater, and rockefeller, and then again nixon, and then rockefeller, but there is always a split in the republican party between the conservative outsiders and more moderate insiders. this of course happens again in 1980. reagan represents the conservative outsiders, and bush represents them more modern insiders. and this is the fight over the nomination, and the future of the party boils down to these two individuals. >> tell us about it. >> it was a seesaw battle for a while, because reagan is at his worst when he is not challenged. he is at his best when someone is challenging him. he's incredible. mike beaver told him he was the most competitive person, reagan needed to be challenged, or he doesn't rise to the occasion. he doesn't think george pushes challenge seriously. and he ends up losing the iowa caucuses in january of 1980, which was a stunning, stunning upset of the

back in the time of president taft, he hired a woman named mrs. jaffrey who was a segregationist.even though there was a -- she had a separate table for whites, a separate table for blacks, so by the time that eleanor roosevelt gets to the white house, she rectifies the situation by firing most of the white people. so i'll let you decide if that's progress or not, but you know, it's no longer segregation because you have just pretty much one race working in the kitchen. but overall, we see that we have these cooks who are culinary artists and at many times they're family confidants. presidents go to their funerals. they go to their weddings. they send them notes and gifts wh)i!pp significant family even happen. we see presidentsfn0yç terriblyd when they have to leave the white house at the change of administration, there's always this tradition where the resident staff lines up and the president goes down the line and just thanks them all for their service. and the other thing is we see that they're often civil rights advocates. they're pressing for african-americans to have their

street cannot. >> taft street generates about $2 million a year in revenue for complete compliance with this wdr, the engineers are saying it is about a half $1 million. >> he says that might be enough to put smaller operations out of business. the on a hill with the group russian river keeper, said the new worlds will require wineries to evaluate their operations for other kinds of spells like last year when a 10 get rodney strine winery breasted sending 100,000 of gallons of wine rushing into the russian river. >> when you are making wine, everything involved in the process is considered wastewater if it ends up potentially spilling out of your take and going on the ground. that is what the plan is about is thinking through what if. >> reporter: mike martini said winemakers are committed to protecting the environment, but he wonders if regulators are asking what if, the new statewide rules and upsetting smaller wineries. in sebastopol, john ramose, kpix 5 . >> the state is given the wineries eight years which would affect wineries producing more than 10,000 gallons of wastewater per y

. >> one other thing i might add about the election of 1952 is it was a repudiation of robert taft from isolationist so eisenhower represented the continuity of truman's foreign-policy in a way and it took a pot -- politician not popular to bring republicans that believed in the truman doctrine. >> i'm so glad you said that. that brings up another thing that i say in the first page of my book which is when i got to congress i was small government conservative and members of my own caucus that i was too intense at times but i had to presidential portraits on my wall. one of course was of ronald reagan but the other was of harry truman and people would always come in and say okay we get the reagan but what about harry truman? i said harry truman put a policy in place that helped us win the cold war and i thought it was extraordinary that the nine presidents from harry truman to george h.w. bush, they put their country above their party and you are right, there was that continuous line from truman to ike through kennedy, lbj and all the way through to a george h.w. bush where they stated i

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sinclair weeks to head the commerce department, and ezra taft benson, the secretary of agriculture. ♪ then there was harold stassen, director of the new mutual security agency. ♪ narrator: mrs. oveta culp hobby, after her appointment as administrator of federal security, became the 10th cabinet member, and sherman adams, special assistant to president. ike acknowledged the waves of all, happy to see this group of important notables approaching the white house. the inaugural parade with all its colors, bands and marchers has become as marked a part of the ceremony as the oath taking itself, perhaps more so as far as the public is concerned. since the first inaugural in 1801, there have been parade, but at the start, they were largely local and unorganized affairs. the signal for going all out seems to depend on the change of the party in power. as the years rolled on, the parades became bigger and better, and this year, fired at the uninhibited spirit of victorious republicans, it succeeded in outdoing all others passed in review, taking four and a half hours to march through the court

larger businesses may be able to afford the new water discharge requirements but smaller places like taft street winery in sonoma say they can't. >> for complete compliance, the engineers are telling me it is about half a million dollars for us. >> when you are making wine, everything involved in the whole process is considered, you know, waste water if it ends up potentially landing, say, spilling out of your tank and going on the ground. that's what the plan is all about. is thinking through. what if? >>> stunning new video of a landslide in siskiyou county. at first just a few rocks come rolling down the hillside. but then, the landslide started to gain momentum and then that sent about a dozen trees crashing down. there were no car ins the area at the time. the area was open to one way traffic as crews cleared the debris. we are likely to see more of that kind of thing and darren peck will explain why. >>> all the rain coming into the burn scars from the 2020 fire season. and i showed you the map off the top of the newscast for one of them. the czu burn scar in the santa cruz mountain