his life, he and helen taft, the first lady, had been to japan to see the cherry blossoms.o scidmore reached out to the first lady, who remember the wonderful cherry blossoms from her own time in japan, and eagerly joined the cause. so the first lady's interest and influence proved to be the catalyst scidmore and fairchild had needed, and after inspecting the proposed location herself, helen taft wrote to scidmore on april 7, 1909, and she said, "i have taken the matter up and promised the trees." taft her own ideas for developing the park, too, and she continued, quote, "i thought, perhaps, it would be best to make an avenue of them extending down to the turn in the road, as the other part is still too rough to do any planting." the trees would fit in nicely with her plan to develop areas of east potomac park into a space that would evoke lunata park, which is a famous park in manila, in the philippines where , she and the president, again, had lived for several years. coincidentally, on april 8, and i apologize for my pronunciation of japanese names, a japanese chemist wh

after taft and roosevelt split, taft was moved to run for reelection with the greatest reluctance in order to defend the constitution against roosevelt's new populist incursions. roosevelt endorsed new progressive mechanisms like the popular initiative, 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 philadelphia, in the majestic temple to the constitution overlooking independence hall, there is a quotation in the lobby saying the people themselves are the maker of the constitution. it's an inspiring quote until you read the next sentence which was left off the wall, which says and when they disagree with the judicial decisions, you should be able to overturn them by popular vote. it's an appalling expression of populist enthusiasm, and i call to you, and to our dear c-span viewers, to send me alternatives to this excursion, this excess of populism so we can replace it with a quotation from madison or the other framers, expressing a devot

the man he chose was his friend william howard taft. that was the choice he would live to regret.she shortly before leaving office, you are provided insight into his future plans in a rather poignant letter to his daughter, in which he wrote, every now and then people come to me, tell me that our countrymen faced the problem of what it will do with its ex presidents. and i always answer them that there will be one ex president about when they need not give themselves the slightest concern. for he will do for himself, without any outside assistance. and i add that they need waste no sympathy on me. i've had the best time of any man of my age in all the world. i have enjoyed my stay at the white house. nor have i known any other to enjoy -- i will enjoy myself thoroughly when i leave the white house. as it turned out, roosevelt did not accomplish any particularly great achievements after all. though not for lack of effort. it suddenly became apparent that tiara was restless in retirement. after all, there were so many elephants to kill and it became increasingly disappointing, perce

taft yearned to be chief. he took the presidency with the greatest reluctance and fought the election of 1912 on the principle of defending the constitution against the populous demagoguery of roosevelt and woodrow wilson. theodore roosevelt unlike taft who said the president could do only what the constitution explicitly allowed. taft was our last madisonian president, a dream he eventually achieved and became what -- arguably one of our greatest chiefs since john marshal. after taft and roosevelt split taft was moved to run for re-election with the greatest reluctance nord to defend the constitution against roosevelt's new populist incursions. roosevelt enforced new mechanisms like the popular initiative, the referendum and the judicial recall of unpopular decisions. roosevelt attacked individual judges by name and demanded the people overturn their decisions. in the constitution center in philadelphia in our majestic temple to the constitution overlooking independence hall there's a quotation in the lobby s

with the first two trees planted by first lady taft. those are the trees we know.d now, for the rest of the story. it has long been assumed that none of the cherry trees from the 1910 shipment survived destruction. that's simply not true. as we heard earlier, one of them is here, on the library grounds on the southeast corner, i think it is. and the rest of them, under recently recovered evidence suggests that a small group of 24 of them were taken, under close observation, by government entomologists. and approximately 18 of the 24 survived. they are very, very old cherry trees. they are located on land now occupied by the east potomac golf course. they are not only some of the oldest but largester cherry trees in washington, d.c. but they also have survived more than twice their expected-maximum age. and they really have grown to an extraordinary size, as you can see by some of the photographs. these witness trees are living these cherry, 1910 cherry trees and the 1912 cherry trees are living and enduring reminder of the good will and friendship shared by the peo

. >> reporter: 74-year-old barbara taft says she heard and saw it all. >> turning his back to the camera and lowering his pants and mooning the camera. >> reporter: eventually someone at the outdoor service silenced the hateful guest. reverend george oliver says it hurt. >> to have a flagrant display of white supremacy at the most progressive church in san jose is unconscionable. >> reporter: reverend oliver is in the process of filing a police report and calling on zoom to track down the offenders and to restrict their access. >> we did not invite that into our church. that platform allowed that to happen. >> reporter: in a statement, zoom says it takes disruptions seriously and where appropriate work closely with law enforcement authorities. there is a go fund me for grace ban list to help pay for security. the hate speech incident comes four months after a deadly stabbing inside the church, violence that erupted as the congregation worked to help the homeless. >> made me more sad than angry. >> reporter: taft says she's praying for the three boys to brought so much hate to a church wh

two years later, william howard taft became the first american, the philippines for the filipinos wasn, independence, the promise. what followed was 30 years of hard work and nationbuilding. when the structure of the democratic and independent nation was fashion step-by-step. the philippine commonwealth, the first great stride towards full nationhood, was inaugurated in 1935. the fiery filipino leader became its president. [explosions] five years away from its promised appointment with freedom, the philippine commonwealth was plunged into war. lost to the enemy after a brave but futile stand, general macarthur promised its eventual liberation. this was the price of liberation. on july 4 1946, despite the devastation brought by war, the philippines became an independent nation. the president took the oath of office as its first president. the ambassador, then american commissioner in the philippines, declared u.s. sovereignty over the philippines at an end. the raising of the philippine flag marked the birth of a free, independent nation. ♪ an asian nation conceived in the selfless att

two decades and nearly $2 trillion of spending later, we have seen the limitations of those fan taft cal assumptions -- fantastical assumptions. our generals have offered powerpoint presentation after powerpoint presentation on how this time it is going to be different, but it never is because the failure really isn't in the execution. the failure has been in the design. a few thousand troops -- and that's what we have there today -- cannot deliver security and political stability to a complex, multicultural, multilingual nation long resistant on the other side of the world. we were right to pursue the al qaeda terrorists that attacked us on september 11, but that mission is completed, and it's time to face facts about the limitations of american military power in afghanistan and bring our troops home. now, let's be clear. al qaeda still wants to harm the united states, but the threat úneg when they attacked our embassies in kenya, tanzania, bombed the u.s.s. cole and killed thousands of americans on september 11. in afghanistan there may be only 200, 300, maybe 400 al qaeda members

on deaf ears for a quarter of a century until she was able to enlist the help of first lady ellen taft. the first cherry trees were planted in 1912, a gift on the people of tokyo. there is little concrete information known about the fate of the original trees planted in 1912. those who planted the trees did not leave behind a record of where they planted them. subsequent planting became mixed in with the originals. it is not known how many, if any of the original trees planted near the japanese stone lantern are a handful of very old and gnarled cherry trees that could date back to 1912. the average life of a cherry tree is only 40 to 50 years. there would not be more than a handful still living. we must replace trees in the park and on the grounds. cherry blossom festival is originated out of the cherry trees themselves. over one .5 one million people visit to take part in events. of course, the annual parade caps off the festival each year. swimming was actually a popular recreational activity in the early years. the first public swimming area was established in 1990. most famous cam

back in the time as president taft, he hired women segregationist called mrs. jeffrey.there was a multiracial white house cooking staff, she created a segregated eating spaces. before all the service a together, but she had a separate table for whites and separate tables for 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 that is progress or not, but it's no longer segregation, because there's only one race working in the kitchen. but overall we see that overall we have these cooks that are culinary artists and many times family confidence. presidents go to their funerals, their weddings, they send them notes, gifts one significant family events happen. we see presidents terribly moved when they have to leave the white house. and a change of administration there is a tradition where the resident staff lines up in the president goes known align and thank them all for their service. the other thing is we see there are often civil rights advocates. they're pressing for afri

pinchot and his allies implicated ballenger in the alaska scandal to blame taft for not firing him. >rruption. he is basically telling the president of the u.s. he is not doing his job, and he is doing it publicly. narrator: unable to resolve the rift within his administration, taft fired pinchot. >> he should have been fired for insubordination, because he was insubordinate. narrator: pinchot was defiant and publicly upbeat about his dismissal. it allowed him to campaign openly for the cause of conservation. but at forest service headquarters, where he gave a rallying farewell speech, his employees were apprehensive. >> they understood he had created this entity, and to have him leave under these circumstances was awful, because it wasn't clear whether or not the agency would continue once the charismatic creator had disappeared. >> would we have a forest service if we didn't have pinchot? i think yes, but i think it would be so different, we would hardly recognize it. >> he was only the head of the four service for five years, it wasn't even a full five years, but his stamp on the a

the better part of a quarter of a century until she was able to enlist the aid of first lady helen taft who agreed and helped her advance the the cause the first cherry trees were planted in 1912 a gift from the people of tokyo. fortunately, there's little concrete information known about the fate of the original trees planted in 1912. the arborist and the landscape designers who planted the trees didn't leave behind a record of where they had planted them subsequent planning over the years became mixed in with the originals. and today it's not known how many if any of the regional tre. granted but very near the japanese stone lantern are a handful of very old very gnarled cherry trees which could in fact date to that original 1912 shipment. the average life of a cherry tree. however is only about 40 or 50 years. so out of the original shipment there wouldn't be more than a handful that are still living. each year the national park service has to replace approximately 90 trees around the tidal basin in east potomac park and on the grounds of the washington monument. cherry, blossomsome

rapidly from one position to another they are it's a complicated transition because the republicans taft is an isolationist the mr. republican head of the party. he's an isolation. he wants to come back to fortress america, but young congressman richard nixon and you know young congressman jerry ford they're going oh, you know i think we have a to play a role in the world and they're more and they truman if you will the more internationalist camp, the republican party. drifts away from isolationism not entirely, but mostly to become a more internationalist party and the fulcrum here is andy communism. because they you know the fear of communism from within takes a rancid turn with joe mccarthy when you know, and this is truman god caught up in this the loyalty dose and loyalty test. oh, yeah, not a pretty time in the united states where we get all paranoid about the soviet union and we exaggerate it's internal threat in the united states. i mean there were spies world war two there are a lot of russian spies now no, yeah the known and decrypts and all that but by 1950 when when macarthur

to blame taft for not firing him. >> he is basically accusing his superiors of corruption. he's basically telling the president of united states that he is not doing his job. he is doing it publicly. >> unable to resolve this rift in the admin and, taft fired pinchot. >> he should have been fired for insubordination because he was insubordinate. >> he was upbeat about his dismissal. he campaigned for conservation. at forest service headquarters, for a rallying or will speech, his employees were apprehensive. >> they understood that he created this entity and to have him leave under the circumstances was awful because it was not clear to them whether the agency would continue once it's charismatic creator had disappeared. >> what we have a forest service we did not have pinchot? i think yes, but it would be so different we would not recognize it. >> he was only the head for five years. he was not even a full five years. his stamp on his agency was then and remains profound. >> he invented something really completely new and became known as a conservationist. >> the summer th

you go back to 1910 and you have president taft throwing out an opening pitch at griffin stadium for washington senators, and he sets off a presidential tradition, where every president except for the current occupant has thrown out a pitch for opening day, all-star game or world series, something like that, and it's a tradition that goes back to the 1880s of having celebrities or governors throw out the opening pitch, and the biggest fan in the white house was the first lady, grace coolidge. and she got to know the players very well and invited them to events at the white house and went to the wedding of bucky harris, who was a player/manager, and her husband was more of a modest fan and did not know as much as she did -- a good example is in 1924 when the senators are playing in world series they are going to win, and it's game one and they are tied against the giants, and that's when president coolidge decides it's good to go back to the white house, and she says, no we're not, and she grabs him by the coattails and sits him back down, and it went 12 innings. the senators lost, bu

you go back to 1910, president taft throwing out an opening pitch. he sets off a presidential tradition where every president except for the current occupant has thrown out a first pitch for opening day, all-star game, world series, some event like that. it's a tradition that goes back to the 1880s of having celebrities or governors throw out the opening pitch. but the person who probably was the biggest fan in the white house was the first lady, grace coolidge. she became devoted to the washington senators. she got to know the players very well, invited them to events at the white house, even went to the wedding of bucky harris who was the player/manager. her husband was more of a modest fan and didn't know as much as she did. a good example n 1924 when the senators were playing in the one world series that they're going to win it's game one. the game is tied 2-2 in the ninth inning against the giants. that's when president coolidge decides it's good to get up and go back to the white house. she says, no we're not, grabs him by the coattails and the

nobody in person heard it, but it doesn't people, mostly seniors on zoom did, including barbara taft from arizona. no, it was upsetting. um i'm old enough to have seen and heard just about everything in my life. i felt very sorry that young people have this kind of an attitude. she saw the culprits described as two young men and a kid allowed to speak during prayers of the people when congregants were asked to share prayers, the pastor believes the progressive institution was targeted a sign outside reid's black lives matter. rainbow banner reads. god is inclusive everything that they were too crying is everything that we stand for the hate speech comes after two people were killed, three injured as the church housed homeless one november night. they're not over that, and now they have to prepare themselves to try to get over this to zoom, issuing a steam it. we have been deeply upset to hear about these types of incidents. zoom strongly condemns such behavior. the company says it's updated default settings and added features to help host access. security controls, the pastor says if

dan: what was taft -- what was fascinating about the trump administration. he was a gift to the media. her in hid from any issue. he would be on three or four times a day on the fox news channel. but we can't get an't view with kamala harris. >> i think it's insulting to the american people. i think back to the trump administration. this is a crisis. there is no doubt, what's happening on our southern border is an absolute crisis. we also had a bit of a crisis situation at the beginning of covid. you saw president trump task vice president mike pence with operation warp speed. they were holding press conferences to keep the american people informed. the biden administration is the least transparent we have ever seen. and the media gives them a pass. they have been on their side since day won. they coddled joe biden the he tire campaign. where is vice president kamala harris. she need to get down to the southern border. it has been two weeks since she was tasked for this role. what we see down there is outrageous. it's bad for america. it's bad for the people

after he had dealt chabilly with a close friend of the president the future president william howard taft who was a civilian governor in the philippines. he did have other commands, but he expected to become chief of staff the united states army, but never did receive that appointment and when he died in 1912, he died with an element of bitterness. so father of douglas macarthur is an important figure in his life. douglas macarthur entered west point in 189 here he is as a cadet. he graduated at the top of his class with some of the highest marks ever received there. only a couple of people actually did better one was robert e lee. he was a dashing figure tall trim and handsome. his mother nicknamed pinky followed him there to manage her son's social life and see that he excelled. and she stayed with him ultimately until her death in 1936. so she was very formidable person. and keep played certainly. there's no question as we'll see a key role in his life helping to shape his personality. after west point after he graduated he joined his father briefly in asia, but returned to washington

during a congressional hearing shortly after the fall of saigon, julia taft who was of the interagency task force on indochina refugees declared, never before in the history of this country, mr. chairman, have so many people from such different cultures, ethnic and religions backgrounds been introduced into american society in such a short time. what set these refugees apart from previous refugee populations is not simply that they were racially, ethically and religiously different, but also that these refugee communities didn't necessarily have a community of people in the united states already to welcome them. so who were these new refugees? amid the contemporary debate about muslim refugees from syria and somalia. there's been little attention paid to the fact that the united states has been settling refugees who are muslim for a long time and in fact has been since the 1970s. the first muslim refugees accepted for resettlement were ugandan asian refugees. they had been expelled from uganda. they were resettled in the united states and also the united kingdom and elsewhere beginning

. >> dana: it was taft. >> bill: hank aaron tied babe ruth's total for what season?t the franchises first home run opening day of that season? >> bill: i will say only because he is a legend i'll say wade bo*g. >> dana: what catcher and amateur philosopher is credited with a home opener is always exciting no matter if it's home or on the road. >> bill: the answer is yogi berra. >> dana: international opening games. which city hosted five of those. >> bill: mexico city. >> dana: tokyo. >> bill: okay. how did i do? come on. >> dana: i have one more bonus one and do it after the show. "the faulkner focus" up next. >> bill: bye-bye. >> gillian: president biden is now formally rolled out his 2.3 trillion spending bill and critics are pouncing. republicans say the bill is a real job killer and ultimately transform the entire capitalist system as we know it as well as american's way of life. "the faulkner focus", i'm gillian turner in for harris this morning. as president biden is pushing to reshape america with liberal priorities democrats are calling for more covid relief

with a terrific panel of experts lisa fitzpatrick and howard taft. please utilize the chat function to ask questions today's events and will try to get in as many questions aswi possible. thank you and at this time i'd like to introduce former senate majority leader and dcc senior fellow who will provide -- >> thank you and thanks to the staff of the bipartisan policy center and our partners. today we have come together to discuss the timely topic covid-19 has taken too many american lives. hope that our economy and interrupt their socialma connections and has overwhelmed our health care system. mask and social distancing continue to be fundamental to our toolkit to reduce their risk for being exposed to the virus and now we have a game-changing tool that will accelerate our efforts and the pandemic, vaccines. the three fda authorized vaccines are safe and effective. vaccines are the miraculous final piece in the puzzle to help us to return to work, rick to return to play and to engage in everything in p between. vaccines will save lives. we have see

two decades and nearly $2 trillion of spending later, we have seen the limitations of those fan taft cal assumptions -- fantastical assumptions. our generals have offered powerpoint presentation after powerpoint presentation on how this time it is going to be different, but it never is because the failure really isn't in the execution. the failure has been in the design. a few thousand troops -- and that's what we have there today -- cannot deliver security and political stability to a complex, multicultural, multilingual nation long resistant on the other side of the world. we were right to pursue the al qaeda terrorists that attacked us on september 11, but that mission is completed, and it's time to face facts about the limitations of american military power in afghanistan and bring our troops home. now, let's be clear. al qaeda still wants to harm the united states, but the threat úneg when they attacked our embassies in kenya, tanzania, bombed the u.s.s. cole and killed thousands of americans on september 11. in afghanistan there may be only 200, 300, maybe 400 al qaeda members

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park, it was much easier to establish a national monument, and that's what happened when president taft proclaimed the area in 1911. the other distinction is a resource based. generally a national monument is set aside in recognition of one spectacular feature. in this case the russian -- the national park is like multiple national monuments all thrown together. so for example, yellowstone which was the first national park has its wildlife values. you have mountain range running through it. it has a huge high elevation lake. it's got all of the thermal features and so on. that is generally what sets parks apart from monuments. there are -- it is a fuzzy boundary between them. there are areas that our national parks. but probably more rightfully should be monuments and vice versa. autos early attempts to make the monument accessible included making trails and some of the canyons and also pioneering a road called the serpents trail. the serpents trail served not only to afford access to the monument, but it also afforded access for ranchers living south of the monument, giving access to t