on air, jefferson helped start the parade writing up pennsylvania avenue on his horse, so the parade evolved into the great event it is today. jenna: when we will be there to witness tomorrow and share with our viewers. what about this president who actually hosted a party at the white house, who did that? [laughs] yes, picture the first six presidents who were all episcopalians, and they were political aristocrats, they were from the east coast, here comes this presbyterian from the west who had bullets in his body from duals, and that is andrew jackson. he opened the doors to the white house, it was a wild party, the drapes came down, and he finally could not take it, he snuck out of the white house and went to a hotel so he could sleep his first night as president of the united states. jenna: we do know presidents need their rest, but i cannot imagine that at the
yeah. full frontal airs on tbs. nine days until election day and fair to say it has been the slugfest. could it actually end with punches thrown? cnn s jake tapper ponders that question in this week s state of the union cartoonian. reporter: as we re reminded by the slam broadway musical hamilton. alexander, can we agree that duals with dumb and immature? sure. reporter: duals are as old as the nation itself. hamilton recalls the time vice president aaron burr went looking for a fight. man has to answer for his words, burr. reporter: sound familiar? don t i wish i were debating him? i wish i could take him behind the gym. reporter: this week, we contemplated a modern day dual with biden as burr and hamilton, trump. perhaps has high school students instead of, you know, grown men.
welcome back to cnn state of the union. there are only nine days until the election. it s fair to say it s been a rhetorical slugfest, but could it actually end with real punches thrown ? that s the subject of this week s state of the cartoon s ion. as we re reminded by hamilton. . alexander can we agree duals are dumb and immature political dues are as old as the nation itself. hamilton recounts the time aaron burr went looking for a fight. sound familiar? don t i wish i were debating him? don t i wish we were in high school and i could take him behind the gym. we contemplated a modern day dual. perhaps as high school students instead of, you know, grown men. i would like to take him behind the gym. i used to have a temper. i don t have a temper anymore.
all race car drivers put their caps inside their suit so when they get out, they can care of their sponsor, tuck it down in there. whenever i go up in flames, i look for fire reid. and just like that, i m strapped in, helmeted, gloved, and quickly thrust in to the thousand horsepower zero to i don t know what world of drag-racing. well, i think he really got a rude awakening. spin him around. roy enjoyed that so much, he had me do it again. leaving know ponder, how i wound up in this position. the short answer is, a need for speed. after the second world war, those side by side duals, starring rebels without causes, got a little too fast. souped up cars, known as hot rods, had no business on public
after the second world war, those side by side duals, starring rebels without causes, got a little too fast. souped up cars, known as hot rods, had no business on public roads. so the action move to dry lake beds and unused military runways. in 1949, the first timed speed races took place at the now famous bonneville salt flats in utah. the sport was made legit by a guy called wally parks who founded the national hot rod association back in 1951. it steadily grew from there with cars getting longer, times getting faster, and stakes getting higher. which brings us back to the one and only, roy hill. i don t know who s having the most fun, me or him. that d be you. oh. you running nine flat at 157 mile an hour. what do you think of it? i think it s balls on fire fast, man. it s just too fast. you re going to be driving one shortly.