the administration of warren g. harding has been dismissed as being very poor by scholars, principally a poll that was done by american scholar historians in 1948 and was recently updated. warren g. harding was listed last, and calvin coolidge was listed second to last. his predecessor, woodrow wilson, i think number four if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tends to reflect, tends to suggest exactly theduring the 1920's, hd coolidge demonstrated extraordinary, they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken. whereas wilson expanded the military and expenses of the federal government and left the country in depression. host: so what is your question than? caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? guest: i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that, it is a little sketch here. the lesson i have taken from our history since the 1930's depression is that in times of crises, and i would argu

the administration of warren g. hardingas been dismissed as being very poor by scholars, principly a poll was done by american historians 1948 and recent lebeen updated. and warn g. harding was listed as last. and calvin coolidge was lilsed second to the last. his predecessor woodrow wilson, i think number 4, if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tend to reflect -- tend to suggest exactly the opposite kind of ranking. that is during the 1920s, the roaring 20s harding and coolidge demonstrated extraordinary -- they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken whereas wilson expaag> okay, so, mike, what's your question then for mark zandi? >> caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? >> okay. >> well, i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that it's a little sketchier. i think the lesson i've taken

the death of america's most scandalous president, the life of the woman married to president warren g. harding and dispels the myths surrounding her time in the white house. the white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. >>> so today we are welcoming karl fi rcarl sferrazza anthony author of a dozen books on presidential families, four full length first lady biographies and a comprehensive overview of all the families who made their home in the white house. an inside of 200 years of private life in the white house. he served as a consultant to a smithsonian reinterpretation of its first ladies exhibit. and was the national first ladies library historian until 2017. he is currently writing camera girl for simon and shoes ter, the first chronicling of jacqueline bouvier's life when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer when she met and married john f. kennedy. welcome, carl. >> thank you, i appreciate so much being able to join the white house historical association today, and very honored to give you a little bit of a background about florence harding

which of these presidents did not die in office, zachary taylor, chester arthur, warren g harding or i believe it was worn g harding. support that is incorrect it's actually chester arthur, very unremarkable politician who by default became president, laura here's your first question. which president installed a putting green into a white house garden? donald trump, dwight eisenhower, barack obama, or josiah bartlett? [laughter] smacked thank god for the one give me on that one. i was a good old general eisenhower. kennedy: you be correct but i like ike because he has a golf spike. good job you and robby tied it one after the first round. let's continue to perez shall we? or it robby question were two for you, was the only president to be single in the white house? james buchanan, teddy roosevelt, james mattis, or dwight eisenhower? subject toby buchanan i belabored >> how do you know that? robby that is correct you got two points. feel free to prez away. all right jimmy got to catch up your buddy. which president was be the first to be protected by the secret service? grover clevela

the administration of warren g. hardingeen dismissed as being very poor by scholars, principally a poll that was done by american scholar historians in 1948 and was recently updated. warren g. harding was listed last, and calvin coolidge was listed second to last. his predecessor, woodrow wilson, i think number four if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tends to reflect, tends to suggest exactly theduring the 1920's, hd coolidge demonstrated extraordinary, they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken. whereas wilson expanded the military and expenses of the federal government and left the country in depression. host: so what is your question than? caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? guest: i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that, it is a little sketch here. the lesson i have taken from our history since the 1930's depression is that in times of crises, and i would argue that

the administration of warren g. harding been dismissed as being very poor by scholars, principally a poll that was done by american scholar historians in 1948 and was recently updated. warren g. harding was listed last, and calvin coolidge was listed second to last. his predecessor, woodrow wilson, i think number four if i'm not mistaken, very highly. yet the performance of the economy in those cases tends to reflect, tends to suggest exactly theduring the 1920's, hd coolidge demonstrated extraordinary, they cut the federal budget i believe by 25% or more if i'm not mistaken. whereas wilson expanded the military and expenses of the federal government and left the country in depression. host: so what is your question than? caller: so what are the lessons from that period in history for us today? guest: i know my history very well back to fdr and the great depression. prior to that, it is a little sketch here. the lesson i have taken from our history since the 1930's depression is that in times of crises, and i would argue th

historically, 1920, warren g. harding after the wars and the spanish flu.talking about, we can come together. there can be healing. he specifically said, thank you to all my predecessors who chose to be here today. i think he did that because it fit with his theme of unity, of coming together, of healing. when he spoke of restoring the soul, the silent prayer. when he talked about my whole soul is in it. he goes back to abe lincoln signing the emancipation proclamation. it has such power because republicans and democrats admire lincoln. >> i just want to take this moment, as mike pence took one look back at the united states capitol where he's spent many years. this is usually where you have the former vice president and president and new vice president and president. it's come down to these four people as they watched vice president harris and the second gentleman wave good-bye to mike pence. this has been a very tumultuous few weeks for mike pence. think about the dissolution of his close relationship with president trump, who he stood by throughout the e

i think back -- i think it was 1920 campaign warren g. harding coming to be inaugurated. what he said after the country had been through world war i and the spanish flu, reminiscent of our own troubles at the moment with our pandemic. he said he wanted to offer america a return to normalcy. that was his campaign slogan. he used it again in the inauguration speech. a return to normalcy. so in the coming six months i think one of the positives that we have as america to look forward to is that biden may actually be a little bit more, well, boring -- i don't say that in a negative sense. but he brings in a cabinet with people like janet yellen, someone well-known in the financial community as treasury secretary and merrick garland. well-known in the judicial community and criminal justice community and viewed as a bipartisan figure despite what he went through in terms of his supreme court nomination. this is the kind of experienced group of people that in fact could inspire trust and confidence in government rather than having the emphasis be on disruption of government tha