van buren, not married, is very nice to them. and... c-span: what was he then?> guest: he was vice president -- no, he was secretary of state. and jackson wrapped his arm around van buren and named him vice president -- really ordained him for the vice presidency in the second term, because he was nice to eaton and mrs. eaton. so the whole cabinet is wiped out, eaton resigns and others are forced to resign. polk comes into office, and i think one of the reasons he didn`t dump buchanan was because he didn`t want that same sort of image that had haunted jackson. he didn`t want anybody to leave the cabinet over a controversy. he led george bancroft, his secretary of the navy, incidentally a great historian become minister to great britain, but he kept that cabinet as much intact as he could, even though he was constantly at war with buchanan in the cabinet meetings. c-span: you have all these names in your book, back in those years, martin van buren goes on, later, after he`s president, to run again. >> guest: he •. well, you know, his -- polk`s election was more t

other notable kentuckians include richard m johnson who became vice president for martin van buren and cassius clay, who became abraham lincoln's ambassador to russia. the art of being a hostess was a real skill in that era and it was in this home and in this room that mary todd learn those skills under betsy todd. mary todd's relationship with her stepmother is sometimes remembered as tents. there's a lot of drama portrayed around it. sometimes her stepmother is remembered as a strict disciplinarian, but there is also a take that she did not have genuine affection for her step children. however, within the todd emily among the siblings, they did not notice a distinction between whether they were step or full siblings. her stepmother, when she married robert todd, she certainly would have known the responsibility she was taking on. she had a very large household and a large number of children. she had nine children of her own in 14 years, so she was experiencing a lot of physical stress due to the endless cycle of having children and managing large households. the room we are in right

unlike the seven presidents before him, martin van buren was the first president to be born a citizen of the united states. the same day in 1997, supreme court justice william j. brennan died. he was known for his outspoken progressive views including opposition to the death penalty and support for abortion rights. and the true tales behind a few legendary figures of the old west. our journey continues. next, on "through the decades" our journey continues. next, on "through the decades" welcome back. in 1966, michael pelkey and brian schubert made the first base jump from the top of el capitan in yosemite national park. both came out with broken bones. base jumping has now been banned from the rock formation. and in 1978, billy martin was fired for the first of three times as the manager of the new york yankees baseball team. as a manager, martin was known for rning losing teams into winners. but he was also criticized for not getting along with veteran players and burning out young pitchers. tales of the old american west have filled pages, speakers, and screens for more than a centu

it included richard m johnson who became vice president for martin van buren and caches clay, a knownpacious. he was a student at transylvania university and became abraham lincoln ambassador to russia. it was in this home and in this room that mary todd learn those skills under the two lit of her stepmother, that the todd. mary todd's relationship with her stepmother is sometimes remember -- is sometimes are numbered as 10 and there's a lot of drama portrayed around it. sometimes her stepmother is remembered as a strict disciplinary and, but there is also a take that she did not have genuine affection for her step children. however, within the todd emily, they did not notice a distinction between whether they were step or full siblings. her stepmother, when she married robert todd, she certainly would have known the responsibility she was taking on. she had a very large household and a large number of children. she had nine children of her own and her teen years, so she was experiencing a lot of physical stress due to the endless cycle of having children and managing large households

were entertained here include richard johnson, who went on to become vice president of the martin van buren, and caches clay, who was a very well-known emancipation this. he actually lived with the todd's at some point when he was a student at transylvania university. he went on to become abraham lincoln's ambassador to russia. the art of being a hostess was a real skill in that era. it was in this home, and in this room that mary todd learned those skills under the tutelage of her stepmother, betsy todd. mary todd's relationship with her stepmother is sometimes remembered as tense, there's a lot of drama for trade around it. sometimes, her stepmother is rubber -- remembered as strict a strict disciplinary. there is also a take on her that perhaps she didn't have genuine affection for her stepchildren and favored her own children more. within the todd family, among the siblings, they didn't notice the distinction between her stepmother, when she married robert todd to become the stepmother of six young children, she certainly would've known the responsibility she was taking on. and she had

and in fact david van buren, the first prime minister and israel's second president wrote a book in 1918 when they were living in new york and they talked about the palestinians being jew and the evidence put forward was interesting. there was a battle where the kingdom was invaded and all of injew the jews with money and talent were taken and put in babylon were they stayed until alexander the great freed them. and they came back and claimed to be the original jews. those people many of them converted to islam or christianity. they think they are right. scientific and historical evidence sports this.-- supports this. and there is no difference when i aired this. >> host: we have more people lined up here. >> i have not read 12 days but have read the others and my question is about what you are talking about. one of the themes are came away with could be summed up in three words: lack of trust. i am wondering if this lack of trust between the parties and whether there will be middle east peace in our lifetime do you come across that as well? >> guest: lack of trust is essential to what i

have a camera in between you and a person, you are taking images and they can't see them, it is van buren you draw, it it is a vulnerable thing. if it sucks, they can tell you. most people haven't been drawn before. most people are delighted to be draw. so a lot of times i draw people because they like talking to them when i do it. >> sunday night at 8:00. washington journal continues. host: we are back, continuing our conversation with all of you. congress has been two months to look at over and decide whether they support or oppose the deal. we want to hear what you think. do you support it or oppose it? we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. we want to get to the headlines. beginning with the washington post. "a landmark nuclear pact with iran. " and then you have the new york times headline. "world leaders strike agreement with iran to curb nuclear ability and lift sanctions." and then in the wall street journal, "iran deal ignites fierce fight." you also have a picture of obama and netanyahu. and in the financial times " iran comes in from the cold with a deal to end 12 ye