Opponents had bad mouthed little peg and his wife, wanted to oppose him. So jackson reaches out to his Kitchen Cabinet about the only member of his inner circle who didnt say bad things about peg and gets that person to run in his place. Thats martin van buren, the little magician, as they called him. Otherwise ratherrer relevant politician. Martin van buren is happened picked by jackson to continue his legacy. Martin van buren wins. And jackson picks him because hes the only ally to jackson who doesnt treat peg bad. Why is van buren who doesnt mind peg being around . Van buren was a widower. [laughter] so it ties into that cabinet wives petticoat government. So little peg, having a whore in the white house affected the outcome of a president ial election in 1836. Bizarre. So heres the punchline at the end. Eaton dies, the secretary of war. Hes older than little peg. And he did well financially, is so little peg does well in washington, d. C. As this extravagant bid toe that everyone l
Is a threat to democracy . Well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the Intelligence Community and his characterization of us as nazis. The commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. The assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. General clapper, i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Very tough words from General Clapper there. If you are just joining us now, lets quickly lay out the top story tonight. The riveting testimony, did he make the case for the Obstruction Of Justice . And well get reaction from the
Intelligence Community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. Reporter the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. The administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confidence in its leaders. Tho
Administration, not only conducted by white house officials but allies of this white house want to know who anonymous is. How much weight is the white house taking these. You say theyre printing them out and basically showing them to him. Reporter my understanding is that, yes, he is, remember, this is a president who likes to have Cabinet Meetings where he goes around the room and Cabinet Officials and secretaries praise him for the work hes doing. This is very much in line and character with that. I will tell you, anderson, talking to sources close to this white house, i talked to one source earlier today raising questions about the strength of some of these statements coming from some of these Cabinet Officials. I think there is, in sort of the same way they were going through that New York Times oped searching for clues whether this person or that person wrote this
in the New York Times. There are allies of the president going through these Cabinet Officials wondering if theyre loy
We run everything straight by the book. Not sure what book hes talking about but not much book on governance that seems to be going on in this white house or anything this anonymous official describes. The president is said to be volcanic about it and said nothing this afternoon going to a trip to montana where he will be speaking tonight and Sarah Sanders spoke about this gutless loser and the times for being deceitful of this act and tweeted the times phone number. Sarah sanders called on him or her to come forward and resign. No takers so far. These are all the Senior Administration officials up to and including the Vice President who have denied writing the piece. Secretary mattis, and pompeo and dan coats and more than two dozen top officials in all, one exception Chief Of Staff john
tweet asking whether or not the journalists of the New York Times are going to investigate themselves and reveal who this anonymous source is. I can tell you talking to sources close to this white hou
How are we culture he . On rosa parks 101st day, her birthday, the author explores the question of rosa parks. What was behind that . Those that know her. What is the price paid for having done something . Dr. Jeanne theoharis answers some of those questions and she writes it in her new book the rebellious life of mrs. Rosa parks. Jeanne theoharis was born in Staten Island six weeks ago and her family moved to milwaukee, wisconsin, where she was raised. She held the first chair in womans studies and as professor of science at boca raton college, she is also cofounder of educators for civil liberty. She is the author of numerous books on the Civilrights Movement and the politics of race in the United States including as coauthor of schools suck students talk back to the segregated nation and its failures of segregated schools. Jeanne theoharis received her ab in afroamerican studies from Harvard College and ph. D. In American Culture from the university of michigan. She is author or coa