parlor, this is where i point out some of the taft family members that's been influential in william howard taft's life. first i'd like to point out, in the oval portrait here, alfonzo taft. this is william's father, originally born in small townsend, vermont, in 1810 on a farm. grew up, attended yale university. then in the year 1838, that's when he would tell his mom and dad it's time for him to pack up his bags and head out west, so to speak, calling cincinnati home where he would become a lawyer and later a judge on the ohio superior courts. then he advanced on and became secretary of war under president ulysses s. grant's administration for a brief time in 1876. his last appointed position that he would take up was minister and ambassador over russia and austria, hungary in the early 1880s. and then as i move to this portrait here of the taft family members, this is louise taft, the second wife to alfonzo. louise was a very beautiful lady. she was originally born in boston, massachusetts. at the age of 3, she would later relocate to milbury, massachusetts, her and her family, down in the blac

it comes from 1912 and this is a race in which william howard taft is the republican candidate and woodrow wilson is the democratic candidate and theodore roosevelt is running in the progressive party, the bull moose party. by them is produced democratic national committee and is called the old way and the new. very rich, with this fat plutocrat who comes into his office where one of his flunkies is dutifully dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and william howard taft. together as an example of the old way of doing things. so he's got lots of money and is dispensing favors and there's all sorts of bribes and political corruption. new are contrasted with the way of doing things represented by woodrow wilson, the champion of the common man. plea forends with a people to send one dollar to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaign because woodrow wilson is for the common man, republicans are for the wealthiest 1%. nothow, those tropes have changed in the last 100 years. have 1.4 million items in the collection, so there are plenty of treasures out ther

was it william henry harrison, zachary taylor, william howard taft, or herbert hoover?tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. >>> this week's book of the week is a long essay by george packer in the "new yorker" titled "hillary clinton and the populist revolt." i thought it was the single-best piece on the politics behind this election and even though it's technically about clinton, it is still vitally relevant. now for the last look. there were a lot of "what ifs" thrown around this week. what if hillary spent more time in the midwest? what if she focused more on working-class whites? what if the polls had been slightly more on point? well, we thought we'd add a comparative what if. what if america had a presidential system like most other countries in the world? hillary clinton lost the election but it now seems she has won the popular vote. presidential candidates have lost the presidency after winning the popular vote five times in the history of the united states. in 1824 when andrew jackson lost to john quincy adams, in 1876 when samuel tilden lost to rutherf

the philippines also until he ran afoul of the civilian governor who was appointed over him, william howard taft. the other thing i would point out is that down here, is arthur macarthur's glasses. you see pictures of him in later life and he looks a lot like teddy roosevelt. these are the glasses he is wearing in those pictures. 1898 is when the spanish-american war started and arthur macarthur was on his way to command american troops in the campaign. after the battle of manila. his son douglas, 18 years old, had just graduated from west texas military academy and had grown up idolizing his father and wants to go with his dad as a volunteer aide. arthur macarthur performed a brave service at this moment. he turned to his son and said -- son, you have an appointment to west point. i want you to take that appointment. this will not be the last war. this will not be the last war but it will be my last war. your job is to prepare yourself for that time. so douglas took his advice and went off to west point. incidentally, mom followed along because with her oldest boy in the u.s. navy, her husband

the other william howard taft who died in 1930. >>> "the new york times" says it is meeting with president-elect donald trump. that meeting is back on. he's expected to meet with the publisher and journalist this morning. earlier today trump tweeted that he canceled the meetinging. he is also slated to hold another round of meetings and he works to fill his administration. news 4's tracie potts has the to new york to rejoin the transition team. they're in no hurry to announce more cabinet officials before thanksgiving. >> it could come this week, it could come today, but we're not in a rush to publish names just because everybody is looking for the next story respectfully. >> reporter: sources say mayor and trump confidant rudy giuliani is being considered for director of intelligence. newt gingrich will continue to adv the president's cabinet. he favors giuliani over mitt romney as secretary of state. >> rudy is a better pick and has the right temperament. we're going to need somebody who is a fighter. >> reporter: in a video released, president-elect trump says his first 100 days will focus on

some made the case the smoke-filled rooms that selected william howard taft over theodore roosevelt led to good decisions. this broader notion of whether we should have recalled elections, a serious change to the system. unlike europe, we empower a strong president. the tradition is the president can't be recalled or impeached, except for the highest crimes of state and the two impeachment presidents andrew johnson and bill clinton were impeached and acquitted by the senate. it suggests we don't like political impeachments or recalls. they are interesting suggesti s suggestions. >> todd is on the line. you are on with jeffrey rosen from the constitution center. we are learning about the electoral college. >> caller: consider there th since it's hypothetical at this point about the popular vote. if candidates did spend a lot of time in new york or california taking consideration then northern california does vote, does tend to vote differently than southern california and definitely the case in northern and southern ohio. here is something that you might want to consider, too, as far as

. >> it was william howard taft. >> but we have a little bit of time, last word, michael? >> the house of representatives is going to be --. [ inaudible ] >> they have done a good job of tying trump and the house of representatives together. >> you say there is a chance for the democrats to take it. >> no i am not say that but to make ryan utterly miserable. >> i cannot believe he is still going to be speaker. no matter who wins. >> i would be quitting. >> why? >> through is no one else. my prediction is taft was the last president with facial hair but he will not be the last. >> your friends in brooklyn... >> isn't it november? the next break? so everyone growses a beards. >> can you grow a beard? >> i can but i look like a dirt back. >> i cannot. you never knew that. >> that is all the time we have tonight, but, never fear we have a special "i'll tell you what," tomorrow at midnight. >> i'm great at midnight. >> 9:00 p.m. on the west coast and we well see you in prime time. check out or mod cat with the same name perino & stirewalt "i'll tell you what," wherever you can

if you guessed william howard taft, he was elected as a judge to ohio superior court prior to his presidency but you still get points. thanks for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. >> hello, everyone, i'm fredericka whitfield, donald trump soon to make his first big decision as president-elect. trump's campaign manager telling -- one of networks this morning the announcement is imminent. >> it is imminent, means coming soon and perhaps means mr. trump is making a lot of important decisions, i think he can't go wrong with the decision. >> also happening, the president-elect is set to receive his first two top level intelligence briefings. trump will learn about the nation's most secretive intel gathering programs and u.s. spying operations overseas, but the timing of all of this is playing a part in trump's ongoing legal woes. his attorneys in the trump university lawsuit have asked a federal judge to postpone this month's scheduled trial until after he his inauguration. his attorneys argue the trial would take time away from trump's quote critical and all consuming e

schizophrenic time when even the former president and later chief justice of the supreme court, william howard taft, observed with regret that the strongest tendency of human nature was the desire to lay down rules on conduct for other people. i don't think we have changed very much, have we, since then. unlike others who had wealth and social station and used them surreptitiously to defy the unpopular law that they were often charged with enforcing, al capone ignored it. and he told the truth about why he did so. he openly admitted that he sold illegal alcohol to the best people, and he said he did it as public service, to supply a demand that was pretty popular for most americans. and in the 1920s, it made him an american hero because he did publicly what most of them had to do in hiding. al capone de -- capone defied the law and got away with. it's accepted that cultural norms underwent seismic changes at the end of world war 1. women got the vote, shortened their skirts and went to work. jaded and dill illusioned men refused to join the traditional work force, and they took off for foreign clim

william howard taft wrote what must be considered one of the most wooden opinions ever handed down. he tried to limit it to one question, did evidence from a private telephone conversation intercepted by a wiretap, amount to a violation of the fourth and the amendments? since the federal agents had not entered the house or office, all they did was listen from the outside, there was no physical penetration and therefore no constitutional violation. there were three dissents, each one joint by the newest member, stone. the normally conservative peers -- butler tore apart the argument on both on historical grounds and misreading the meaning of the prior cases. holmes condemned wiretapping as a dirty business and explained that there are two desirable goals, one to detect criminals using evidence, and the other that the government should not use illegal means to catch criminals. he wrote, it is less evil that some criminals should escape, that the government should flow -- should play in a noble part. -- play an ignoble part. he wrote separately because brandeis asked him to do so and a

if you guessed william howard taft, he was elected as a judge to ohio's superior court prior to his presidency. but you still get points. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i will see you next week. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter, time for a special edition of "reliable sources." this is our weekly look at the story behind the story, how the media really works, how the news gets made. a special welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world on cnn international. first, something different. before i get to the tease, before i tell you about the great show we have in store today, let's level with each other. tuesday night was the culmination of one of the biggest media failures in many years. most journalists heading into tuesday night believing hillary clinton would be elected president at the end of the night. and most viewers had the same impression. you can see in this pre-election data most viewers, most americans believed clinton would win. now this did not occur in a having satoshi uematsu. the donald trump campaign also thought it was likely to lose. wall st

chief justice william howard taft wrote what could be considered the most wooden opinions handed down by the court. he tried to limit the opinion to one question, did evidence from a private telephone conversation intercepted by a wiretap amount to a violation of the fourth and death of minutes -- fourth and fifth in the midst? -- amendments? all they did was listen in from the outside. there had been no physical penetration and therefore no constitutional violation. , there were three to each joined by the newest member of the court harlan fiske stone. pierce butler 20 opinion apart, both on historical grounds and from misreading the meaning of prior fourth amendment cases. condemned it as a dirty business and expand it were two desirable goals. one is to detect criminals using all available evidence, and the other that the government should not itself used illegal means to catch the screen. that miscreants. "i think it lets you will do some criminals should escape them at the government should pay an ignoble part." holmes had not intended to write separately, but he did so for two r

they are dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and william howard taft in thisf dog together as an example of the old way of doing things so he is dispensing favors and there's all sorts of political corruption contrasted with the new way of doing things as a champion of the common man it ends with a plea to send 1 dollar to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaignus because woodrow wilson that republican guard with the wealthiest. >> they would watch whoever else was purporting and have [inaudible] against the establishment whohew would represent the small guy against big guy and very few have the farmer. >> you write that the white house has become just as much a part of america. >> you can't separate the two really.ag it's such a symbolic combinati combination. eisenhower proposed a high-rise to the south and he would live on the top two floors. the public went crazy. we don't know whether that would happen. i wondered was it grover cleveland -- >> he was 20 years older than she was and what the press was intrusive with her and didn't h want

succession, there have been candidates who have died before the electoral college has met, william howard taftdied and electoral college had to choose to vote for who wasn't on the ballot smchlt voted for charles evan hughes, but the 20th amendment sets out time table. it, go to the interactive constitution or check out org, to ion center dot read it. it is so complicated, but one congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any person whom the can of representatives choose a president when the involves choice essentially it also said in section three, if a presidential time fixedbefore the for the beginning of the term, vice president elect shall act as president until the president qualifyd and congress may provide for the case, whether president elect qualified president, and so forth. law determines the act of succession. some people thinks it has holes in it. the american enterprise at brookings said this is have tutional crisis, we to rethink that succession law, all the scenarios you signal provided for by federal statute. host: helen in morrow, georgia, caller.ic good morni

colorado chose democrat williams jening brian, you know, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. america was like cross of gold, sounds fine, lets go with howard taft, 108 years ago. >>> back to real life, president elect trump planning tr ticket to inaugeration, we have the hook up, limiting limited number to coloradans who want to go to dc for the day. i assume, senator gardener, who refused to support trump won't be waving a home made trump/pence sign. requests need to be in by december 1, details in the story on 9news.com. >>> president elect trump is a tweeter, and he is a deleteer, and that raises an interesting question about the presidential presidents' records, all, are transferred to national archives at the oendf the term-- end of the term. they didn't have twitter. you can bet that with nearly 16 million followers, president elect trump can't tweet and delete fast enough to escape history. >>> our week-long investigative series on sky rocketing prescription drug costs brought in a lot o wants to know team, kevin von tackles the one tern we heard most. >> reporter: you called and we listened. one thing we heard over and over, seniors cau