The man who didnt get it, charles hughes, Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1915. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he would have been elected how American History goes in several different directions, on suffrage for women, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Hes the one you could write novels about. Charles evans hughes who is on the Supreme Court and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president and then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. Fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like god, end quote. 1916 footage of charles hughes, that years president ial nominee campaigned soon after the Republican National convention
Virginia is 45 minutes. Our first speaker we are privileged to have here today is scott harris who is the director of the James Monroe Museum and library. He has been as such since july 2011. Previously scott was the dwrekt to of the New Market Battlefield state historical park owned by vmi and previous to that historic of the city. He received his ba with honors and holds a masters degree from the college of william and mary. Mr. Harris. [ applause ] im not going to drop the mic but i will lower it gently to the ground. There. Thank you very much and good morning. Oh, come on. Good morning. Good morning. If youll turn in your hymnals to number of of 61. Oh, thats tomorrow. [ laughter ] if i may take the chance in a house of worship to spread the gospel of james monroe as my colleagues will be doing today. Any time that we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call the hardest working president in show business we like to do so. So its a real treat to b
President she has the support of the American People to help with wages and decrease the debt burden on students that go to college. I think there are many things she will be able to do between now and november. It is all about convincing the American People about there was someone who wants to build bridges and opportunities, not walls. Christina what do think is the possibility of Elizabeth Warren and ticket . N all woman rep. Becerra i think the secretary has a good number to choose from, including her Vice President running mate. You mentioned Elizabeth Warren and it would be a onetwo punch, very effective onetwo punch. My sense is that the secretary will have an opportunity to make a selection based on what she thinks is best. I have total faith that she will look this over carefully and her decision will be like many of her decisions, a wonderful one for the American People. Erika do you want the job . Rep. Becerra there is a lot of talk that the house of representatives could be
A growing refugee e population. And persistent fear. How france is fighting the terror threat. From abc news, its this week here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. Weve come to expect harsh rhetoric in this campaign. This week may have been one of the ugliest weeks so far. The candidates unleashing heated words about race, bigotry, and intolerance. Donald trump chasing the mi blistering accusation at his opponent. Hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings, worthy of a better future. Shes going to do nothing for africanamericans. Shes going to do nothing for the hispanics. To the socalled altright movement. Donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. Hes taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party. But both candidateslso facing problems of their own making this week. The democratic nominee dogged by new charges of inappropriate access given to Clinton Foundation donors
A growing refugee e population. And persistent fear. How france is fighting the terror threat. From abc news, its this week here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. Weve come to expect harsh rhetoric in this campaign. This week may have been one of the ugliest weeks so far. The candidates unleashing heated words about race, bigotry, and intolerance. Donald trump chasing the minority vote and hurling a blistering accusation at his opponent. Hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings, worthy of a better future. Shes going to do nothing for africanamericans. Shes going to do nothing for the hispanics. Hillary clinton tying trump to the socalled altright movement. Donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. Hes taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party. But both candidates also facing problems of their own making this week. The democratic nominee dogged by new charges of i