going into the 20th century with william howard taft, president of the united states, as cincinnati was a southern town and trade was with the south and home of the underground railroad. they can get at of kentucky and were safe and could be disbursed partying was from marion ohio, william mckinley elected president sell a bunch of ohio wins. james garfield you have presidents who came during this period after the civil war up through the 1920's pulling presidents from other parts of the country that tend to be more moderate. not ideologues that is still true statewide. attendance the to be more pragmatic and light -- less ideological. if you try to compete in the general election in helps to swing to the middle. but ohio generally is the average state. almost every demographic group is well represented here. catholic, fundamentalist, ma instream, protestants, ethnic groups. the only one is maybe the hispanics. some places as a significant concentration. they do not amount to two much but demographically almost as if you want to test a consumer product you have every slice that you want

jimmy carter on a peenut farm and william howard taft on a fat farm. he was enormous like a blimp.welcome back. my next guest is a terrific actor. he is in a new film called "we made this movie" which has its free online premiere september 20. how does that work? what's online? i work at cbs. i don't really understand. take a look at this. >> got a copy of the movie for you right there. just for your eyes only. >> i can't accept that because of lawsuits and stuff like that. i'm sorry. >> take the d.v.d.. >> trust me. i totally understand. i'm not going sue you. >> i don't think you understand. could you help me? >> no, mr. pullman, listen. listen. you are not going to regret this you're going to love this movie. it pushes the envelope. it raises the bar. please. >> bill, don't be a -- [applause] craig: arjay smith, everybody! arjay smith! [applause] arjay! yeah, there is geoff over there. i hardly recognize you. you're all grown. >> i know. last time you saw me, i was a teenager. craig: it was at "the drew carey show." you were on the show and i was there. >> you were there too. [l

and he looked up at me when i walked in and said you were an adviser to william howard taft?ughter] and i was just punchy enough and said, yeah. yeah, i was. and so the brow now beetling into sort of a cro-magnon protuberance, he said, well, so, we could talk about that? [laughter] and i said, yeah, yeah. we could talk about that. [laughter] and we did. [laughter] i have not yet been invited back on that show that it was really well worth it. [laughter] so here i stand before you, adviser -- and so if any of you have questions about what it was like to work for william howard taft, i can, i can help you with that. anyway, it is, it's grand to be back in washington. i lived here for 30 years. i moved back to connecticut last year. so i can no longer, charlie, be accused of being an inside-the-beltway elitist. [laughter] i am now an i-95 elitist. [laughter] but i, um, this was -- washington was and always will be a very special place for me. i came could down to write spees for george herbert walker bush as when he was vice president. i write satire, and -- [laughter] ground ze

william howard taft, supreme court chief justice and president of the estate's. cincinnati was a southern town because it was oriented. its trade. the whole of the approach road. if you can get slaves, they can get out of kentucky. across the ohio river. there were safe. the kid be the first other

as you go into the 20th century william howard taft in the supreme court justice and before that the president of the united states can from cincinnati. cincinnati in some ways was a southern town because a was oriented. its trade was in the south along the ohio river the and the mississippi. it also was the home of the underground railroad so if you could get sleaves, they could get out of kentucky and across the ohio river in some ways they were safe in ohio and then they could be dispersed other places that were even safer in ohio, so he was from here. harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william mckinley elected president in 1986. so a whole bunch of ohioans. james garfield, he was a short-lived president because he was assassinated in office, but you have a set of presidents who came during this period after the civil war all the way up into the 1920's and then it sort of stops and they were pulling presidents from other parts of the country afterwards. they tend to be more moderate for one thing. they don't tend to be of ideologues. that's still true for the sta

as you go into the 20th century, william howard taft, both supreme court chief justice and before that a president of the united states, came from cincinnati. cincinnati, in some ways, was a southern town because it was oriented. its trade was with the south along the ohio river and the mississippi. it was the home of the underground railroad. if you could get slaves, the slaves could get out of kentucky and cross the ohio river, in some ways they were safe in ohio, and then they could be dispersed to other places to be even safer in ohio. taft was from here. harding was from marion, ohio, just north of columbus here. william mckinley, elected president, a bunch of ohioans. james garfield was from ohio. there's presidents who came to the area from the civil wars into the 1920s, and then it sort of stops. they pulled presidents from other parts of the country afterwards that tend to be nor moderate for one thing. they don't tend to be ideologs. that's still true among major ohioan politicians. there's aendency to be more pragmatic and less ideological than those from the south. thee day

and that was the supreme court's initial state or so it seemed, but william howard taft, the capstone after his presidency would become the chief justice said the united states. and he says to the set and that the corporate greatly benefit from the ability to write some ticket can create its own dock and not have to take every case the camelot. so under his leadership, his urging that congress passed in 1929 what is known as the judges though because all the judges of the country got behind this effort and gave the court for the first indiscretion we have a supreme court that is capable of an data set its own agenda. and in doing that, it really set the legal agenda for the country. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> during the republican and democratic conventions, we ask middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of this year's c-span student can

now, in 1909, william howard taft was the first president to use an oval office. enlarged the west wing and moved the location of the redesigned oval office. and that's where it is today. i know some of you said teddy as well. if you have a political trivia question you think should be on the show, as archean as you want it to be, e-mail us. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. here at the hutchison household. but one dark stormy evening... she needed a good meal and a good family. so we gave her purina cat chow complete. it's the best because it has something for all of our cats! and after a couple of weeks she was part of the family. we're so lucky that lucy picked us. [ female announcer ] purina cat chow complete. and for a delicious way to help maint

. >> it was william howard taft on the food network. >> unfortunately he wasn't a chef. >> first of al it'en on "the view" and you like doing "the view," i don't know what you're talking about. you reached a mass audience with a lot of really important things you have to say when you go on "the view." >> i'm not disparaging "the view." >> it's not about "the view." >> i le "t ew >> why can't it be a serious interview on "the view?" >> it can. >> but you just said -- >> well, it's a serious interview, i was talking about "entertainment tonight." >> that's really not what you were saying. just be quiet, actually, be t't to hillary clinton who was fantastic. and she totally went there yesterday. >> where did she go? >> he was talking taxes, not just president obama doing that. >> okay. >> she weighed in on the issue -- >> -- at the clinton -- >> it's a grab bag. >> her husband's annual conference of world leaders and business politics and philanthropy. take a look. >> and one of the iues that i have been preaching about around the world is collecting taxes in an eabmanner, especially from

they're excited just to have the first sitting president to visit kent state in 100 years, since william howard taftt in 1912. people are so excited, in fact, they started lining up last night to get good seats at about 10:00. students aren't going to be allowed in until 3:30 this afternoon. still have six more hours and it stormed last night. dedicated. braving eligible. some have tents, umbrellas. like a rock concert. >> what issues resonate for students today? >> well, number one issue that we've heard from from students is, how is the president going to make college more affordable? whether it's grants. whether it's student loans. people want to know about the sticker price of education, plain and simple, but we also have a lot of international students on campus, and they want to hear what the president has to say about the middle east. what's been going on especially lately. we also have a very high population of lgbt students, and they want to know about social issues. especially the president's stance on gay marriage. really, people are looking for a lot of different things out of the presid

dedicated by president william howard taft in 1911. this incredible facility with 88 miles of shelf space took 16 years to design and construct. here in the forum, we are two floors below the world famous rose main reading room with its 42 oak tables and space for 624 readers. in the hall with me are hundreds of students ranging in age from about 13 to 25. they are here from all over the country. for the next two hours, we will hear from many of them. to help with that task, two of my colleagues from nbc news are in the house. working one side of the room is maura shaf campo. >> good morning, melissa. >> on the other side is luke russert. >> good morning, professor, how are you? >> good to see you. they're making their way around the room for people who want to ask questions of the panelists or respond to something we've heard. once we turn to the audience portion of the questions, you go got to flag down maura or luke. since we have a room full of young people we want you to know for today, it is okay to text in class. whether you are

he has been appointed to the record as the associate justice by president william howard taft. but he resigned in 1916 to become the republican candidate for president and he ran against woodrow wilson and a dreadful campaign he was the odds favor, but ultimately lost california by 4000 votes and therefore the election. he went to bed the night of the election thinking he had one. franklin roosevelt was said that wilson supporter went to bed thinking he's had one also. and the next morning the returns from the midwest and particularly california came in and it turned out that wilson one the election just rarely. roosevelt continued as assistant secretary of the navy and then he has to act to private practice in new york city. roosevelt in 1920 became the vice residential candidate of the democratic party, running with governor james cox of ohio. they got trapped by calvin coolidge and warren harding, coolidge's republican party. and at the same time after harding was elected, he was appointed hughes secretary of state. one year later, their fortunes seem to have gne one going u

review, courts of correction, and that was the supreme court's initial fate or so it seemed so william howard taft capstone after his presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states, and he sized this up, and he taut the court would greatly benefit from the ability to write its own ticket, create its own docket, not have to take every case that came along so under his leadership, his urging, congress passed in 1929 what's known as the judges' bill because all the judges of the country got bind this -- behind this effort and gave the court for the first time discretion over its dockets, and so that's the place with are today. we have a supreme court that is capable of and sets its own agenda, and in doing that, that sets the agenda for the country. >>> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> recounting 15 months engaged in historical war reenactments throughout the united states from the bookville raid to an imagine stalingrad in colorado. it's about 50 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you, connie, and thank you to moe mans, my favorite bookstore in the world

if any of the you have questions what it was like to work for william howard taft, i can help you with that. it is grand to be back in washington. i moved back to connecticut last year. i can no longer be accused of being an inside elitist. i'm now an i95 elitist. [laughter] but i -- this was -- washington -- a -- was and always will be a very special place where i came down to write speeches for george h. w. bush when he was vice president. i i -- i write satire. and [laughter] here we are at ground zero. it's -- you know, it is a satirist's sound. washington is, you know, we never really lack for characters, scoundrels, my character fictional characters tend to take of a their author. they are surround really as. my first one was a guy named knick who was a tobacco lobbyist. they made it a movie of it, and i don't know if you have seen the movie, but i want you to know, i -- if you look at the credits, you will -- it says men on subway platform. [laughter] there's a feel-good, and man on subway platform. there's the cleveland part about the subway platform. i urge you to -- [laughter