and and this is the place where ulysses grant penned his memoirs. he was dying of throat cancer. his family was facing serious financial problems. at this point in his life, he was a man trying to take care of his family. we get the story here that most people don't know about. after his second term as president, ulysses grant and his wife julia went on a world tour from 1877 to 1879. he met many world leaders. he was well respected around the world. when they arrived in the states in 1879, they were looking for a place to settle. for grant, it was always an easy decision, even though they owned multiple properties in the united states, the decision for grant was to be close to family. he chose the location where his young sons were living in new york city. the grants moved into the upper east side of manhattan. children lived nearby. they enjoyed a few years out of thelimelight, enjoying winters in new york city and summers with the family at their summer cottage. grant, when he arrived from his world tour, was in need of some income. which was a had scratcher, -- a hed scratche

and this is the place where ulysses grant penned his memoirs in 1885. he was dying of throat cancer. his family was facing serious financial problems. at this point in his life, he was a man trying to take care of his family. we get to tell a story here that most people don't know about. after his second term as president, ulysses grant and his wife julia went on a world tour years, from 1877 to 1879. he met many world leaders. he was well respected around the world. when they arrived in the states in 1879, they were looking for a place to settle. because they'd come out of the white house two years earlier. for grant, it was always an easy decision, even though they owned multiple properties in the united states, the decision for grant, because he was always a devoted family man, was to be close to family. he chose the location where his young sons were living in new york city. so the grants moved into a home in the upper east side of manhattan. and their children lived nearby. they enjoyed a few years out of the limelight, enjoying the winters in new

ulysses s. grant, that preeminent war hero was elected president but only by a narrow percentage of the popular vote and he actually lost the white vote in the country. 1858,ongress, elected in was it to me for the first time were to me for the first time, it is not clear that republicans were going to have the two thirds majority necessary to adopt a constitutional amendment. republicans had lost seats in congress and it was not entirely clear they would still have two thirds. democrats were starting to regain control of state legislatures so it is not clear republicans would be able to get 3 quarters of state legislatures to ratify an amendment at they did not act weekly. -- quickly. by adopting a black suffrage and then the republicans were , breaking a promise to constituents. their platform in 1868 was black suffrage in the south under the reconstruction act, in the north every state decides for itself. , a federal constitutional amendment guaranteeing black suffrage throughout the country

the reason for a constitutional right, the constitutional right is like ulysses tying himself to the mast, right, tying himself to the coil protecting his -- himself from a later, baser self. this higher self when he is responding to the higher angels of his nature. he says, you know, respect individual rights even when it's costly and inconvenient. damn it. we should respect them. right? that's what a copyright says. you're tying yourself to the mast. the problem is too often you have lawyers and judges and hers and law enforcement who are hacking away at ulysses' self-imposed coils in the name of siren justice, listening to that warble from the rocks about expediency and convenience and security and safety and start to sacrifice l of these individual rights for that. so many are hacking away at the coils in the name of siren justice. we have to keep on bringing home that is what it means to constitutionally police, to be motivated, animated, driven by this respect for constitutional rights even when it's inconvenient. even when it is damn burdensome. that's why we call it a copyrig

at congress lipping's urging in 1871 president ulysses s. grant appointed arthur collector of the u.s. custom house, the largest single office in the nation and a valuable tonight of jobs and favors that was rotten with corruption. when the custom house fine merchants for violations, chet arthur took a cut. he had his prince albert coatses and high hats imported from london. he owned at least 80 pairs of trousers. when an old college classmate told him that his custom house deputy was corrupt, chet waved him away. he said, quote, you're one of those goody-goody fellows who set up a high standard of morality that other people cannot reach. arthur held on to his post until 1878 when hutter orford -- rutherford b. hayes fired him. in june 1880, gop leaders resurrected his career. when republicans georgiaered in chicago to pick -- gathered in chicago to pick their nominee, james forwardfield upset former president grant and emerged as the surprise choice. party elders were desperate to appease conkling in order to secure his support in winning n

january of 1870, virginia was readmitted to the federal union over the signature of then president ulysses s. grant. when people come inside the hall of the house, they're immediately struck by the presence of an unusual object. it is staged front and center. virginia has an honest-to-goodness authentic mace. the one you can see on display in this case is made of english sterling silver and more recently applied 24 karat finish. it was made in birmingham in the 1930s and presented to the house of delegates in 1974. in keeping with the traditions, we actively deploy ours during each day of session on the floor of the house of delegates. the sergeant at arms to the house will come into this old museum chambers, put on white gloves, take it out of the display case and carry it out to the hall of presidents, make a left turn at the washington statute and head down to the east wing where the house of delegates convenes. when the speaker gives the nod, the sergeant-at-arms holds up the mace in front of the members and says the virginia house of delegates is now in session. right now, we're stand

ulysses perez diaz was initially rejected after he says he helped police as the victim of an attempted carjacking. >> translator: he felt badly because an opportunity was denied in this country that is his home. >> worst-case scenario is that someone has been deported and shouldn't have been. >>> smoke billowed out of a home in san jose today, before the fire department could tackle the problem. there was a fire at an abandoned home on south second street and market street. neighbors told abc7 news squatters were living there. firefighters quickly got the fire under control. >>> one man is rebuilding his life in santa rosa's charred coffee park. it's an area surrounded by ruins. wayne freedman is live with that story. >> reporter: it's a very big deal about a little house. if you had been to coffee park, this is what you're used to at this point, just flat, nothing here, houses are all gone. except for one, this house right here, the only house, ever wonder how it got here so fast? we asked. three months and counting after the firestorm and this picture fits the mood in coffee park whe

in ulysses i want to say you need to be obviated by that he will see when you departs and. cocktail. chances are you wanting the incentive i wanted more for his method of action k. . for you finally out of his will disappoint don't. be told it or you can. only get it going to the innocent. normal. girl. and it sets an image so it is that also speaks to hate inclusion of the audience. and i guess only going to be used as an checker than me on a daily kos the hit to the option only have you found your answer counted to the self-titled and was told to feel. somewhat he wound up the belgian on his old beat the sun meeting netted gentlemens in n.z. it was all the needy punishing continue on to an enormous eighteen usual semicolon chunk you are full of it decide to tell it to me it was shit i was somebody who taught chuck what his staff. just money is all you have. what we have learned is that if you are in a situation of low growth even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesn't work and it makes millions of people very unhappy those who are unemployed see their wages

ulysses s. grant was elected president but by a very narrow percentage of the popular vote. he lost the white vote in the country. when congress, that was elected in 1868, was set to meet for the that time, it is not clear republicans were going to have the two thirds majority necessary to adopt a constitutional amendment. in addition, democrats were starting to regain control of it isn'tislatures so clear that republicans would be able to get the three quarters of state legislatures to ratify an amendment if they didn't act quickly. second, the republicans were breaking a promise to their constituents. their platform in 1868 was, and i said, black suffrage in the south under the reagan action act, and the north every state decide for itself. a federal constitutional amendment guaranteeing black suffrage throughout the country was breaking a promise to their constituents. republicans may have calculated that if you are going to break a promise, if you're going to live your constituents, it is better to do it immediately after the election rather than before the next election

in ulysses s. and then you know if it was an absolute defense i mean was not as a live bomb is basically they don't they don't have to care about moneys that all have to care what's went on how to care about you know you know like the system is free so it's also ones it's constantly call from things themselves to go to the new you all to know you really think that's when you come across that movie and i'm so glad that we can really captures a woman doing time because it's really give a real example of what these teens to do its and bring and make that sometimes miss its most strongly because everyone can rely on. a specific search. alice it resonated with you when mr president said migrating with dignity that's exactly right i mean this is part of a broader debate we're having right now globally about migration and about refugees and it's incredibly important again to have a film like this that describes what that's like because there is unfortunately a migration anti refugee rhetoric and again we

most recently, kenneth white's "hoover," american ulysses by ronald white and herbert hoover in the white house . be presidential history is a topic that interests you, visit booktv.org and search presidential biography book. several programs appear, and you can -- will appear, and you can watch them all online. >> and in publishing news this weekend, author michael wolff's new book "fire and fury" about the inner workings of the trump white house is already on bestsellers' list. he discussed the book on "meet the press." >> you were pretty tough on donald trump early in 2017, to the media, it is a given that trump is largely out of control and that the people around him are viewing willing at all -- struggling at all times to save him from himself. this view exists despite trump's ricketily, and you thought that the media was two one-sided or that was the impression you were giving. i have to say, when you read this book, you almost seem to reinforce the entire media narrative you were criticizing. >> i think in the beginning the media took this point of view without having had this expe

inaudible conversations] >> booktv has covered many presidential biographies most easily hoover, american ulysses about president grant by ronald white. and herbert hoover in the white house. if presidential history is a topic that interests you, visit booktv.org and search presidential biography book. several programs will appear and you can watch them all online. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. welcome. happy new year. i am david azerrad, dean of hillsdale college, welcome to the center for constitutional studies and citizenship which is our campus in the nation's capital. this event is sponsored by real clear politics, realclearpolitics.com. david dozier who is hiding in the back is the publisher, jan mcintyre, the cofounder is with us as well. our discussion deals with a collection of essays the list on the 35th anniversary of the new criterion magazine in which those essays were originally published, the title of the book is "vox populi: the perils & promises of populism". which is also our topic. that is not a new idea. the voice of the people is the voice of god which was often

in grand, pulitzer prize-winning biographer explores the life of the president ulysses grant.on scene is a collection of unreleased images of african-american culture from the "new york times" photo archives. and best-selling biographer recounts the life of leonardo da vinci. >> in 1482, there's a big delegation that goes from florence to milan to the duke of milan that is led by a playwright and a poet. it has an architect artist, engineers and of all things leonardo goes as a musician because he does everything especially cause he loves theater, so he has invented musical instruments including one like a violin, but he made in the shape of a horse's head. he brings it to milan is a gift as part of that cultural delegation, but he kind of wants to stay there. needs a new horizon he's a bit tired of being just a painter turkeys been blocked on the last couple paintings he's done, so he writes one of the cruelest-- coolest job application letters in history to the duke of milan. it's 11 paragraphs long, and the pursed-- first 10 paragraphs are about engineering and science. he

at the final hours of our partnerships slip away i am regularly reminded of the great quote from ulysses and i truly believe that it applies to each and every one of you and the road we have traveled together for these last 16 years, so please listen carefully. though much is taken, much abides and though we are not now that strength which in all the days moved heaven and earth, that which we are we are, one equal temper of heroic parts made week by time and faith, but strong and will to strive, to seek, to find and never never to yield. for me and the team i brought with me to this place eight years ago that sums up what we came here to do, to strive, to win for the people we serve, to seek that which is good and right in all that we do, to find solutions to problems that no one could solve before us and never, never to yield, not to pressure or polls, not too wise or puffery, not to partisanship or that old phrase that had never been done here before. i believe you today grateful, happy and a better man that i was when i walked in here for the first time eight years ago. for that and s

a famous statement from ulysses grant. most of you have heard some of this before. the of us have not gotten full quotation. ellan.s grant on mccl he described him as one of the mysteries of the war. what is less often noted is the --viction no command or commander was likely to succeed early in the conflict. as grant said, "it only seemed to me that the critics of mcclellan did not consider this vast responsibility. the war, a new thing to all of us, new, everything to do from the outset with the restless people in congress. mcclellan was a young man when this devolved. and if he did not succeed, it was because the conditions of success were so trying. if mcclellan had gone into the war as sherman, thomas or meade, had fought his way up, i have no reason to suppose that he would not have won as high as a station as any of us." thank you very much. [applause] >> we have time for questions. >> mcclellan, did he develop close relationships with his staff or subordinates? did he develop plans with them for the peninsula campaign? >> mcclellan did not often share detail

with the final hours of our partnership slips away, i am regularly reminded of a great quote from ulysses and i truly believe it applies to each and every one of you over the last 16 years so please listen carefully. and those with heaven and earth one equal from our parts made week by time and faith but strong and will and strive to see and never never yield. for me and the team i brought with me years ago to pick up a win for the people that we serve. to find solutions that no one could solve before. that is a pressure or puffery or partisanship with that phrase that has never been done before. i leave you today graceful, happy and a better man than i was then walking in here for the first time eight years ago. and the wonderful people of the great state of new jersey. coming to this job eight years ago proud to be one of you and i leave next week even prouder to be one of you. god bless you. [applause]

we have ulysses. he's 25. he and his mother live together. he's fortunate enough to own his own home at a very young age. he's right now in the sfpd academy, and he's passionate about having a plan for the neighborhood with all the changes happening in the city, and thinking about how he can correct old residents and new residents together. and then, we have susan. she and her husband live in the outer mission area, and their daughter who was just born earlier this year. she's interested in how she can have a neighborhood where her daughter is excited to grow up. this is a list of the full working working members and other city staff, so if you're certainly interested to learn more about them, that's something we can make map. so what has all of this led up to? lots of meetings, talking, surveys. it's led up to a little bit about thinking of assets and challenges, and how do we leverage the assets to rise to the challenges. so this is what rose to the top when we talked to people about what they love about the neighborhood. they do have a wid

inaudible conversations] >> booktv has covered many presidential biographies most easily hoover, american ulysses about president grant by ronald white. and herbert hoover in the white house. if presidential history is a topic that interests you, visit booktv.org and search presidential biography book. several programs will appear and you can watch them all online. [inaudible conversations]

i do not think this is entirely the reason but people realize he was raised powerful and like ulysses s grant, he went to west point because he needs to get an education and they would pay you if you went to the military academy. so he was really, he certainly was not a soldier that loved war. he was a soldier who served his country and rather like the fox connor quote - i gave you he only looks work you have to. he was, he really believed in america's power was in, was derived in large measure through restraint. and when we go often on these escapades we lose a little bit more of our power. as a matter fact, we are more inclined to use our power today is a point where we can perhaps we've never been weaker. during the eisenhower administration all the way up until the reagan administration we were the worlds largest creditor nation. and from the 1980s onward, we, early 90s we became a worldwide detonation. this is absolute diminishment of the power and priorities. i do not know what that was about him but he was really serving a higher cause and it was not about war. >> thank you. >>

most recently kenneth white's hoover, american ulysses about president grant and herbert hoover in thehite house. presidential history is a topic that interests you, visit booktv.org and visit presidential biography book. several programs will. you can watch them online. >> the national book critics circle, price literary critics, authors and members of the book publishing industry, and the outstanding books of 2017, other finalists include jack davis's look at the gulf of mexico, francis fitzgerald's history of evangelism in america. russian-american journalist's report on the generation of russians who came of age during the putin regime. and the art of death, kevin young's bunk and roxanne's memoir hunger. booktv has covered several of this year's finalists. >> it means losing people we love but one thing i learned, especially the dying writers like audrey lord who have this -- even with my experience, one thing i realized, dying people want to live. live the best life you can. don't have any regrets at the end. >> do we find that message? >> living itself, in the back of our minds.

lee or even ulysses grant, right?why would we allow these legacies from the past to be haunting our present? other people say the statues are history, you can't erase them. what they really are is manifestations of, not the civil war themselves, but of a later period of history when they were revising their thinking about history. so what i'd like people to do is generally the answer to address historical problems is not less history, but more. to think about why are these statues here? who put them here? did people resist them at the time? in richmond, when the robert e. lee statue went up, the editor of the local black newspaper who was on the city council said this is a monument to treason. it's not as if people didn't think this all along, it's now that there's empowerment where they can say this in the public sphere. so i think that it is not an accident that we're doing it now because we live in a time where people are thinking about, you know, what does it mean to memorialize certain parts of the american past.

and now in the final hours of our partnership i am regularly reminded of that great quotation from ulysses and i truly believe it applies to each and everyone of you in the road we have traveled together these last lesson carefully. though much is taken much abides and though we are not now the stream of the old days of heaven and earth and that of what we are we are. made week by time and fate but strong in will strive and seek to find and never ever yield. for me and the team i brought with me to this place eight years ago that sums up what we came here to do. to strive and win for the people to seek that which is good and right in all that we do to find solutions to problems nobody could solve before us and never, never yield not to pressure or polls or allies or puffery or partisanship or the old phrase that has never been done here before. i reviewed today grateful, happy and a better man than i was when i walked in here for the first time eight years ago. for that and so much more i than thank you. most of all i think the wonderful people of the great state of jersey. i came to this

and like ulysses s. grant he went to west point because he needed to get an education and they would pay you if you went to the military academy. so he was really, he certainly wasn't a soldier who loved war. he was a soldier who served his country, and rather like the fox conner quote i just gave you, you only go to war if you have to. he really believed in america's power was derived in large measure through restraint. and the problem is every time i go off on one of these escapades as you have so artfully articulated for us, we actually do so that more of our power. as a matter of fact we are more inclined to use our power today at the very point where we perhaps have never been weaker. during the eisenhower administration on the web until the reagan administration we were the world's largest creditor nation. and from the 1980s onwards, early '90s, we became the world's largest debtor nation. this is an absolute diminishment of our power and our priorities. so i don't know what that was about it but h

"american ulysses" by robert white, and "hearth hoover in -- herbert hoover in the white house." visit booktv.org and search presidential biography book. several programs will appear, and you can watch them all online. >> hello. welcome to cambridge forum live in harvard square, and thank you for joining us for what promises to be a i'mly and somewhat edgy discussion about trust. a small word but one with huge ramifications in today's complex technological word. who can you trust? it's the subject of tonight's forum and also the title of rachel botsman's latest book on the subject. i'm the director of cambridge forum, and we're pleased to have rachel as our guest speaker tonight on the last stop of her nine week tour which rather begs the question of why is trust such a hot topic around the world at this point in history. it is a time when confidence in institutions and governments is at an all-time low, but when there has been a huge surge in the growth of shared economy companies like airbnb, tinder and uber. statistics show that we are shifting our trust away from institutions

ulysses grant, lee, they didn't have anything to do with the tennessee campaign. excuse me, sherman's atlanta campaign. there is william t sherman and joe johnston. it shows the different battles. it starts at dalton, well, he -- you can't read it very well here because of my poor -- what it says is john bell hood, is native of kentucky, called old wooden head by his men. a [laughter] >> it is there, i wish i could clear it. take my word for it, it is there. called old wooden head by his men. well, i had read probably thousands -- not complete letters -- but thousands of letters from soldiers either in full or excerpts or whatever. and not one time had i ever seen read where any soldier called john bell hood old wooden head. to show how -- maybe i should not have done this but it is too late now. [laughter] i was speaking at the cyclorama and history center, and my host, the guy who had been so nice to bring me there and make all of the arrangements is sitting in the front row and i am talking about how difficult it is to get myths changed. and how things get ingr