also author of the best billing biography of calvin coolidge we do not hear too much about also the chair of the board of trustees from the presidential foundation. before i turned it over to her i want to say we have the great-granddaughter of part one -- herbert hoover we are delighted to have her here for this conversation. thank you for being here and then after that we invite you tears to the former dining rooms of the house where he will be signing copies of his book. now we turn it over to amity and can. [applause] i always knew roosevelt was relationship people and entertainers and we feel very welcome here and we thank you for that. my guest is canned white but there are the newspaper innovators to call into that second category. that is a very broad range. and that we always admired and with dozens of magazines. so it takes a great flexibility and also the author of william randolph hearst and now the extraordinary life in extraordinary times. and then to be called the monumental. and that is a badge of honor. and as we speak limit you as fast as we can and then open to question

she is also the author of best-selling buyinggraphy of calvin coolidge, another president we do not hear too much about in this home. amity shlaes is the chair of the board of trustees of the calvin cool lynn presidential foundation. before i turn it over to amity shlaes and ken whyte, we also have in the house the great granddaughter of her bert hoover, margaret hoover. we're honored to have her here for this conversation. thank you for being here. she is the at back of the house. thank you all for being here, after the conversation there will be a q&a. after that i invite you upstairs to the four freedoms rooms, former dining rooms of the house to, have a reception and a book signing. mr. whyte will be signing copies of his book. thank you very much, all for being here. i turn it over to amity shlaes and ken whyte. thank>> thank you. do we use both mics? thank you. i always knew the roosevelts were gracious people and gracious entertainers and ken and i feel very welcome here. to be at roosevelt house is honor for both of us. my guest is ken whyte. i want to add one or two words of bio

and then the remarkable memorial being constructed and opening with president calvin coolidge in 1926 and again the people of the community gathering here. at that time about 150,000 people. said to be the largest crowd that the president or a president of the united states had spoken to up until that time. such was the -- i think the outpouring of honor for those who had served in world war i. and also a yearning for peace and a different sort of future than the most recent past. >> watch highlights from national world war i museum and memorial on monday at 8 p.m. eastern. you're watching american history tv. only on c-span 3. >> 50 years ago on july 23rd, 1967, detroit erupted in five days of rioting and violence. fuelled by long-simmering racial tensions. wxyz tv was there to record the events as they unfolded. up next on american history tv's reel america, courtesy of the archives of michigan, a half hour wxyz documentary showing the events of that week. some viewers may find portions of this program disturbing.

every tax cut we've seen all the way back to calvin coolidge has been beneficial for this country this one will do the thing. dagen: john, stocks on a record breaking run the s & p 500 has had its best post-war bull market ever. it's more than quadrupled and of course much of that was under president obama but it's still going strong we created more than 2 million jobs in this country last year. does that help the gop? >> absolutely like seven straight years, six were under president obama 2 million jobs plus this economy continues and gary b. is right about two things. the left right now is talking from emotion they're not talking from facts when you don't have facts you argue with emotion. the rich are getting richer and the guy on the corner office is getting the tax breaks. truth is small business they will spend that money on jobs and other thing gary b. was right about is this benefits the gop. i'm not a fan of the gop. i don't think they have to be great, they just have to be better than the other side and i think they are better than the other side. they got the tax cut passed

coolidge american business so the american military industrial congressional complex cannot stop it's almost spastic spasmodic it starts it has a business objective it wants to make a profit but. this is not a very diplomatic way of going about things because it actually in the long run damage. not only the u.s. economy itself but. i just wanted to touch on what you said earlier about the effect that sanctions are having on russia i mean what would you say the long term effect has been of these sanctions on russian businesses. the long term effect is that it will strengthen the russian economy and make it more independent and weaken the dollar from what i can see because a lot of people especially germany because you must remember that this whole thing is about the battle for germany in the battle for europe who controls germany and europe is it going to be the russians or the u.s. hopefully nobody hopefully europe will be its own master but at the moment europe is still very much. under the american wing and i think that the long term effect will also be to see people like schroeder

donald: maybe 2000. 1923, when calvin coolidge gave the state of the union, it was over the radio. when harry truman did it television was doing it. audience is now international. millions of citizens are watching this event. the president's is not just to the people who are in the room, but it is really to the nation, and he is trying to get the nation behind the programs that he is promoting. he is hoping that if they do, it look call on matters of congress to support him. a picture earlier of the first lady's box. what is the protocol surrounding her box and that she have a reception there at some point? issueso, the white house from us, we give them tickets to sit around the areas. tickets and some of them are the people that are going to stand up, that our guest of the president. host: who are going to be referred to and talk about? bill: my office escorts her and stays with the first lady just to handle any problems that may arise or so on. they have started introducing kathleen joyce from the sergeant at arms, i missed that. host: nobody has been introduced yet. did introduc

trump is the first president since calvin coolidge not to host a foreign leader for a state visit during his first year in office. no official date has been set yet. trump and macron have had a unique relationship. one that is friendly, yet marked by long and awkward handshakes and high-policy disagreements. >>> coming up next on "morning joe," more on special counsel bob mueller's russia probe and the likelihood that he may question president trump in the coming weeks on accusations of collusion between moscow and his campaign. carol lee will have you reporting in minutes and joined by ari melber, clint watts and former chief of staff. and jim hines weighing in and former mexican president fox talks about how why he says president trump is going about negotiating border security the wrong way. [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] ♪ good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. change. most of the time it most of the time

the papers of 33 presidents from george washington to calvin coolidge. you walk down the aisles, as i did recently. because i have had the experience in baltimore, in maryland, and really, connected with frederick douglas's quote, once you learn to read, you will be forever free. i am going through the aisles in the stacks underneath the building, and i am passing by thurgood marshall, oliver wendell holmes, ralph ellison, susan b anthony, all of these people. and i get to frederick douglass. i say to the curator, can i just look at some of these things? i pull out a random box, box 22, open it up and pull a random file out, open it, and there, in his own hand, was frederick douglass's description of abraham lincoln, a plain and simple man. a man who, because he fought for the freedom for colored people -- that was the term -- he was murdered, killed, assassinated. every time he mentioned it, he said murdered, killed. you could see it. you could feel the anger, the emotion coming through that. and then he said, one of the worst injustices that he had wit

and so with those thoughts in mind, let's hear the words of calvin coolidge spoken on this spot in commemorating the sacrifices of over 243,000 american casualties and what earned on his behalf. this memorial erected in memory of those who defended their homes and their freedom in the world war stands for service in all the service implies. reverence for our dead, respect for our living, loyalty to our country, devotion to our humanity. consecration and religion, all of these and more, is representative in the towering monument in its massive supports. it has not been raised to commemorate war and victory, but rather the results of war and victory which are embodied in peace and liberty. we have little need to inquire how the war began. its day of carnage is done. but we should never forget that we were asserting our rights in maintaining our ideals. that at least we shall demand as our place in history. no one can doubt that our country was inspired by this experience. it attained a conscious national unity which it never before possessed. that unity ought always be cherished. this is all one c

the papers of 23 presidents from george washington to calvin coolidge. you walk down the aisles as i did recently, and because i have had the unique experience in baltimore and in maryland and really connected with frederick douglass's quote once you learn to read you will be forever free. so, i'm going to the aisles recently. the stacks underneath the building and i am passing by thurgood marshall and passing by oliver wendell homes, ralph ellison, susan b l funny. --susan b anthony and i get to frederick douglass. i said, hold on. i asked the curator, can i look at some of these? i pulled out a random box. box 22. opened it up. opened up a random and pulled a random file out. opened it and there in his own hand was frederick douglass's description of abraham lincoln, a plain and simple man, a man the because he fought for freedom or thought about the freedom for colored people -- and that was the term -- he was murdered, killed, assassinated. and, every time he mentioned that he said murdered, killed. you could feel the anger. you could feel the emotio

calvin coolidge said that, america business is america's business. when america business is doing well, home owning is doing well, people starting businesses are doing well. us old people, old pathetic weak people who have savings for our retirement, we're doing well. everybody is doing well if the market is doing well, and if the economy is doing well. let's remember, when the market is doing well, it means your retirement plan is doing well, it means your children's college endowment is doing well, it means your pension fun is doing well and let's give donald trump credit for that. donald trump in terms of freeing the economy from the shackles of obama era excessive regulations has done a hero's job. neil: all right. ben stein, always a pleasure. thank you very much, my friend. >> always a pleasure and have a very nice time in washington. neil: thank you. i am having a nice time. and this being washington, there are still playoff games to set up the league championships in football tomorrow. i don't care because my washington redskins are not in th