so he is going to speaking on half of zachary taylor. if he is not there to speak for zachary taylor against the democrat, he is not going to win massachusetts unless a third party candidate by the name of martin van buren is running on the new ticket, which was created to oppose zachary taylor by anti-slavery, and he's trying to convince them that yes, this is a great thing, but martin van buren can't win and zachary taylor can win. so we need to make sure that we vote for zachary taylor to keep lewis tapped out of the white house. well, what's interesting is lincoln goes to the philadelphia convention that nominates zachary taylor. he is in pennsylvania, it is lincoln's first trip, he had the chance to go to independence hall, just like many of you have been able to do. he does a lot of thinking and in the recess that happened after the death of john quincy adams, he actually goes to mount vernon. at many of us have done, he goes and pieces respect to george washington. it is not a national park or a tourist site at the time, but he go

did you know our 12th president, zachary taylor, was a cast member on the show "home improvement." think about it, it's kind of true. president obama celebrated by playing golf with tiger woods. obama took a three-day golf vacation to florida, and the

my favorite president would probably be zachary taylor because not many people know about him. i think so far i don't have a favorite president. i don't feel too educated with politics yet so you know, as a college student i feel like i should say obama. i just recently watched the lincoln movie so i would have to say lincoln is my favorite president because all he did was free the slaves and everything." valentine's day is a day of love and on campus it was also a day to show support. at the event center plaza there was a dance-a-thon to protest violence against women. the event was part of a nationwide movement called one billion rising, and it happened not only in san jose but across the globe. ">>>yanyin choy, battered women activist; this event is important because the violence against women is a local and global epidemic. i hope that people regardless of their gender will continue to be apart of the movement to end violence." the dance-a-thon also raised money for charities in support of survivors of abuse and also tickets to the vagina monologues starting next week. a gr

did you know our 12th president, zachary taylor was a cast member on the show "home improvement."nk about it, it's kind of true. president obama celebrated by playing golf with tiger woods. obama took a three-day golf vacation to florida, and the first lady took the daughters to colorado to ski. sure, honey, go have a guys' weekend with tiger woods. stop by the hooter's and have some wings. [ cheers and applause ] i tell you one thing -- bill clinton wouldn't have gotten that at all. most kids had the day off from school today. i wonder if they know why -- how much do kids really know about president's day. i guess they know the cherry tree, the top hat, and the beard, maybe wooden teeth. but that's it. so, today i asked my cousin mickey to venture out on to hollywood boulevard to ask some of the kids running free out there to tell us what they know about president's -- before i show this, i want you to know that there is no one acting involved here on my cousin mickey's part. you may think she is pretending she doesn't know the stuff she is hearing, i promise you every bit of thi

commissioner of the land office under zachary taylor, and he fails. a good thing that he feels, right? if he is in washington as a bureaucrat, he is not in illinois as a lawyer and he probably will not run for senate there. wasr it's passed over, he depressed. he thought it was the end of his career. as we all know, history at something better in store for mr. lincoln down the road. he ends up leaving washington as a one-term congressman, his future very much in doubt, and headed back to the state of illinois and almost as though nothing had ever happened. >> author chris derose on the reasons for his quick departure from washington. sure you are more or less familiar with malcolm x, the movie's about him, even postage stamps put out for malcolm x. at the time, he was counterposed to gain. he was always the man famous for being in favor of violence. that was not the issue. he was in favor of self-defense. but he did not promote aggressive acts. malcolm x said power against power. we're not going to convince the white segregationists to accept us. we h

did you know our 12th president, zachary taylor, was a cast member on the show "home improvement." think about it, it's kind of true. president obama celebrated by playing golf with tiger woods. obama took a three-day golf vacation to florida, and the first lady took the daughters to colorado to ski. you know you have a good marriage when you say, sure, honey, go have a guys' weekend with tiger woods. stop by the hooters and have some wings. [ cheers and applause ] i tell you one thing -- bill clinton wouldn't have gotten that at all. valentine's day was last week and we commemorated that by issuing a popular youtube challenge, i asked viewers to give their wife or girlfriend something she would hate as a gift, videotape her opening the gift and upload it to youtube with the title, "hey jimmy kimmel i gave my girlfriend a terrible thing for valentine's day." we got some disturbing submissions, i'll let you be the judge of which are which. enjoy. >> this is the box. that i bought her wedding ring in. my wife hates lizards. i splurged. >> you really got me something from tiffany's? >

zachary taylor created the term first lady. that did not exist. he applied it to dolly madison. that was the first anyone had ever used that term. he said the first lady of the land. benjamin harrison was keep the ball rolling. i'm jumping around a little bit, but it's sort of fun. woodrow wilson had potomac fever which something harry truman loved to quote. politics is adjourned was woodrow wilson's. watchful waiting was very closely associated with woodrow wilson first in his relationship to the dick dictatorship in mexo where there was a lot of feeling that we should go in and intervene in mexico where there was a fairly active and ugly dictatorship afoot, and wilson said, no, this is -- we're going to be, this is watchful waiting. we're going to wait and see. and once the world war started during world war i, that was attributed back to wilson, that he was using the term "watchful waiting." for whatever reason, watchful waiting is now familiarly used in diagnosis of certain illnesses where rather than treat them immediately, you go through a period of watchful waiting. so th

. >> the book concludes with lincoln trying to get a job in zachary taylor's administration. we are talking a lot about me you're sitting the earth. well, at this time their is a talk of a me your, uh, destroying the earth. and one of lincoln's france's actually certain it will happen. but he's trying very hard to get this job, commissioner of the general land office and the fails. it's a good thing he fails. washington d.c. as a bureaucrat. he is not in illinois found in the republican party. is that moving to the forefront of the party. the problem never becomes president. as we all know history of something better in store. he ends up losing washington. one-term congressman, future very much in doubt headed back toward the state of illinois, almost as and nothing happened. >> congressman abraham lincoln arrived in washington in 1947, the reasons for his quick departure. today at 7:00 p.m. eastern part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> here are some of the latest headlines around in the publishing industry this past week. a class-action lawsuit has been filed by three

. >> so the book concludes with lincoln attempting to get a job in zachary taylor's administration. it's a chapter called a comma at the end of the world. we're talking these days about meteors hitting the earth. well, at this time there's a talk of a meteor, a comet destroying the earth, and one of lincoln's friends is absolutely certain it's going to happen. in fact, lincoln chides him about it 12 years later when they meet again. but he's trying or very hard to get this job, commissioner of the general land office under zachary taylor, and he fails. it's a good thing he fails, right? if he's in washington, d.c. as a bureaucrat, he's not in illinois founding the republican party there, he's not the nominee for senate, he probably never becomes president. but at the time he was quite depressed when he got passed over. he went back to his hotel room, laid on the bed for an hour, couldn't move. he thought it was the end of his career. but as we all know, history had something better in store for mr. lincoln later down the road. but he ends up leaving washington. one term congressman,

. >> sack retailer, who was president at the time when dali died -- zachary taylor, who was president at a time when dolley died, said she was the first lady of the revolution. >> after mrs. hayes, it is constant. >> let us get to some questions. please introduce yourselves. >> i work here at the white house historical association. my question for the panelist is was there a first lady who husband did not have a particularly successful presidencies but who is remembered for being a good first lady in spite of that. >> that is a good question. [laughter] >> this may be a first. >> maybe mrs. coolidge. it depends on how you feel about calvin. grace coolidge was a very beloved figure, particularly in washington. she had a very outgoing and affable personality where he was known to not say too much very often. she was his pr person because she got along with everybody and had a wonderful disposition. her nickname was "funny." >> mrs. hoover, too. she was president of the national girls scouts. she was very active with children. she was very sensitive to racial issues. she was out there, b

. >> sack retailer, who was president at the time when dali died -- zachary taylor, who was presidentt a time when dolley died, said she was the first lady of the revolution. >> after mrs. hayes, it is constant. >> let us get to some questions. please introduce yourselves. >> i work here at the white house historical association. my question for the panelist is was there a first lady who husband did not have a particularly successful presidencies but who is remembered for being a good first lady in spite of that. >> that is a good question. [laughter] >> this may be a first. >> maybe mrs. coolidge. it depends on how you feel about calvin. grace coolidge was a very beloved figure, particularly in washington. she had a very outgoing and affable personality where he was known to not say too much very often. she was his pr person because she got along with everybody and image had a wonderful dispo. her nickname was "funny." >> mrs. hoover, too. she was president of the national girls scouts. she was very active with children. she was very sensitive to racial issues. she was out there, big

. >> of the book concludes with lincoln tried to get a job at zachary taylor's legislation. at this time there is talk of a comet destroying the earth and one of lincoln's friends is absolutely certain it was going to happen. he was trying very hard to get this job and he failed. it is a good thing he failed. he is not in illinois moving to the forefront of the republican party. he probably never becomes president. he went back to his hotel room and lay on his back for an hour. he thought it was the end of his career. as we all know history has something better in store for mr. lincoln later down the road. he ends up losing washington. his future very much in doubt, heading back to the state of illinois. >> congressman abraham lincoln arrived in washington in the 1840's 7. saturday, on 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> washington journal continues. host: we want to focus on america by the numbers. we welcome paul taylor from the pew research center. a report taking a look at how much americans are or are not saving for retirement. what is the headline? guest: our retirement system has c

. >> sack retailer, who was president at the time when dali died -- zachary taylor, who was president at a time when dolley died, said she was the first lady of the revolution. >> after mrs. hayes, it is constant. >> let us get to some questions. please introduce yourselves. >> i work here at the white house historical association. my question for the panelist is was there a first lady who husband did not have a particularly successful who isencies whbut remembered for being a good first lady in spite of that. >> that is a good question. [laughter] >> this may be a first. >> maybe mrs. coolidge. it depends on how you feel about calvin. grace coolidge was a very beloved figure, particularly in washington. she had a very outgoing and affable personality where he was known to not say too much very often. she was his pr person because she got along with everybody and had a wonderful disposition. her nickname was "funny." >> mrs. hoover, too. she was president of the national girls scouts. she was very active with children. she was very sensitive to racial issues. she was out there, big ti