>> you could be jailed. >> to recall paige smith mentioned earlier as the biographer, paige smith said that press wrote that the press at this time was the most scurrilous in american history. they made things up. they didn't have standards. the press was -- it was not only that they were supporting the french, they made up stories that were not true and adams was seriously worried about this. it should be said jefferson supported the acts, except that he believed that states should be passing laws, not the national government because he was in favor of states rights and that was part of what separated them. it was something that at that time people didn't have the same horror about -- about suppressing the press that we have today. >> right. it was in the heat of the moment. >> right. >> next question comes from steven watching us in chicago, hi, steven. >> caller: hi there. i'm -- i was just wondering they say history repeats itself and i was wondering if there are any presidents and first lady, first couple that most resemble or are analogous of the adams -- of adams. people talk ab

you >> could be jailed. >> to recall paige smith was mentioned earlier, he's a biographer. >> paige smith said that the press wrote that the press at this time was the most secure realists in american history. they >> didn't have standards so that the press it was not only that they were supporting the french they made up stories that were not true and adams was seriously worried about this and also should be said the jefferson also supported the alien and sedition act except that he believed the states should be passing sedition loss not the national government because he was in favor of states rights and that was part of part of what separated them. so it was something that at that time people didn't have the same horror about suppressing the press that we have today. >> right, and it was in the heat of the moment. >> right. >> next question comes from stephen watching us in chicago. hi steven. >> hi there. i was just wondering they say history repeats itself. and i was wondering if there are any presidents and first lady, first couple that most resemble or our knowledge of the adams. p