with hamilton, hamilton had been very demonized. when i was growing up, the idea was that jefferson was a virtuous man of the common people and hamilton was this villainous figure, a tool of the plutocrat. i tried to show that hamilton was much more liberal than he had been portrayed. and jefferson, maybe less. similarly with grant, i always try to start out with some of the myth around someone. grant was actually a strategic genius militarily. or grant the drunkard. that turns out to be a very complicated story. grant the president, whose presidency was riddled with corruption and nepotism. that was there, but hardly the whole story. reconstruction was a big story of his presidency. there is so much that has been forgotten by ulysses s. grant. i'm hoping that when the book comes out, it will be as surprising to most people as hamilton or the other books have been. they are going to see so many more dimensions to this figure. brian: if you were able to interview george washington, hamilton, or grant, or rockefeller -- who would you

alexander hamilton's place on the $10 bill was in jeopardy. then the show "hamilton." now the founding fathers are seen as real human beings who love, hate, have passions, and ambitions, instead of card board figures in dusty books. and hamilton's place of honor on the 10 seems very secure. all of us at hunter college look on these extraordinary developments with pride because we claim with him as one of our own. he is after all a graduate of hunter elementary school and hunter high. [applause] in fact, this is where it all began. by the time he was in eighth grade he had already written his very first musical based on a favorite novel, "the chosen." while he was working on his first tony award winning hit, he returned to hunter high school to teach english. now, it wasn't always clear sailing for lynn. in his fifth grade music class with mrs. ames he got a report card that noted his many talents but also spotlighted a short , coming. after awarding him satisfactory in the stan be dard categories ms. ames hand wrote this note. lin manuel sings beautifully. he is very t

charlie: just as smart as hamilton. lin-manuel: just as smart as hamilton. hamilton says go and burr says stop. he is conscious. the only difference is legacy. burr came from money. burr's father was the president of princeton and his grandfather was a famous preisiest. he has all of this legacy and does not know what to do it, in my version of them. he is very cautious. he's got money. he's in the early american aristocracy. charlie: you do not necessarily know that much about burr. lin-manuel: i have to go looking for burr. charlie: he is everything you need. lin-manuel: yes, but it is tough because it is not linear. hamilton's squabbles were with jefferson. many would say jefferson is the bad guy and he should narrate because those were the political fights. the fight with burr is one of temperament. how do you dramatize a difference in temper? i have a friend that gets mad about everything, but our lives -- i had to confine that to dramatize it and always show hamilton going and burr pausing. charlie: i want to talk about the characters. they are latino

and finishes and hamilton writes almost the rest. and it was hamilton's idea. so, most of them are hamilton. madison wrote the part he was interested in. jay writes a few and gets sick. brian: 18, 19 and 20 are supposedly collaborations between madison and hamilton. mary: right. and even federalist 10, which people think is so famous is a pair up with federalist nine which introduces a problem of how you govern a large territory hamilton clearly wrote federalist nine and madison copied over. first attempt and probably he was racing for time. brian: in federalist 10, which we talk about so much, i don't think they use the word special, but it is interest. what do you think madison would think today or hamilton if they look at this is happening to this country? mary: i do not think a lot of it would surprise them. they would be sad that things had not worked out better, but they would not be surprised. they were fascinated with politics and one of the things they constantly worried about was the sense that all of politics involves the struggle between ambition an

and. >> rose: just as smarted as hamilton. >> just as smart as hamilton. but every time hamilton says go, burr says stop. he's just cautious. the only difference between them is legacy. burr came from money. burr's feafer was the president of princeton. burr's grandfather was the famous preparer jonathan edwards and he's got all of his legacy and doesn't know what to do with it, in my version of him. and so he's very cautious. he's got money he's in the early american arist october crassee. >> rose: when you got excited about hamilton, did you not necessarily know that much more about burr. is he everything that you need for dramatic tension. >> that's right, yes. it's tough because it's not linear, you know. hamilton's public scwawb el is with jefferson. most people would say jefferson is a bad guy, and jefferson should nar rate because those are the political fights. the fight with burr is one of temperment. so how do you dram advertise a difference in temperment, you know? i have a friend who gets mad about everything but our lives-- so i had to find th

we're with the man behind "hamilton." why thousands are getting the hottest tickets in town for just ten bucks. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. for donald trump, it was a bit of an i told you so moment as a prosecutor today declined to charge the campaign manager with roughing up a reporter at an event last month. it's welcome news for a campaign counting on a big and important win in the state of new york next week as it searches for a way for trump to cross the finish line before this summer's republican convention with enough delegates to secure the nomination. nbc's katy tur is covering the trump campaign. >> reporter: new video released by the florida state attorney's office has the trump team feeling vindicated. authorities say this video shows michelle fields defying a secret service order to stay back at a trump press conference last month. >> she's moving. she's now making her way back over.

hamilton. brian lamb: ron chernow, when did hamilton -- alexander hamilton first get on your radar screen? ron chernow: well, i started writing it back in 1998, brian. it seems rather comical because the reason that i chose to do alexander hamilton aside from the fact that it was the most extraordinary personal story among the founding fathers, was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. people were coming to regard him as a sort of second tier founding father. most americans know he was on the $10 bill, maybe that he had died in a duel with aaron burr, but that was about it. it seems comical that i was -- i felt as if i was lifting him out of the security. -- of obscurity. now his name is on the marquee of a broadway show. brian lamb: where were you at the time? what were you doing? ron chernow: i just finished writing my biography of john d. rockefeller, titan and what happened, i had done a series of books about moguls of the gilded age and i found it when i would go out to give lectures

the hamilton thing is just ridiculous. here to talk with the decision do keep hamilton on the $10 bill is a woman affected by the decision, harriet tubman. [cheers and applause] >> larry: hi, harriet. i appreciate you coming back from the beyond to speak with us. >> and i appreciate you summoning me. >> larry: ooh, so scary. many predicted you'd take hamilton's place on the $10. what do you think? >> i think this is some [bleep]. last year everybody wanted me on that $10 now i'm getting bounced for a musical because a white man's being played by a puerto rican who can rhyme good? >> larry: i mean about what you on the $20 bill in 2030? >> larry, i've already waited 100 years just to have this conversation and now a dead sister's got to wait until 2030? come on. >> larry: since your dead it's really not that far away, you know. >> larry, paper money won't even exist in 2030. we'll be using bitcoin and apple pay and virginity for currency by then. >> larry: virginity? >> yeah, it's a one-time payment but it's very valuable.

"hamilton"'s smash success on broadway has made history hot. and the show's hip-hop take on america's painful birth is a lesson that came full circle yesterday as teenagers performed their own history lesson for the "hamilton" cast right before the matinee. >> what is the government's task? give us liberty or give us death. >> these public school students a new york city's low-income areas, getting a shot at seeing the hottest ticket on broadway for just a hamilton. ♪ what did i miss ♪ what did i miss ♪ virginia my home sweet home i'm going to give you a kiss ♪ >> with the help of a $1.5 million grant from the rockefeller foundation, a special curriculum was created for these high school juniors with a focus on america's forefathers, including alexander hamilton. >> he started off as an immigrant. which we can relate to. >> it doesn't matter where you come from, it matters where you go. >> i think that's the essence of the american dream. >> the show's creator and star also attended new york city public schools. in 2008 he picked up a b

indeed that is inconceivable, especially in the case of hamilton. quite to the contrary, hamilton, we know from his letters, actually supported adams for vice president to keep him from getting any more meaningful post such as chief justice. there is no evidence that anyone at the convention for cell using the vice presidency as a way to hamilton rivals, yet figured out how to use it in precisely that way in the very first election. the second presidential election, in 1792, a further and racine political development carry the electoral system even further from the framers intention. national political factions had began to replace state political considerations as a driving force in the election. 1788-89 election, every elector voted for washington as president. them,2, all that five of out of 132, all that five out of 132 electors cast their other vote for the chosen vice presidential nominee of their atoms for ther nationalist and federalist, or new york governor george clinton , who was a former anti-federalist leader, or the state's -- for the

it tells the story of alexander hamilton using hip-hop. ♪ father hamilton using hip-hop. ♪ >> since broadway previews began in july, hamilton has sold tickets worth more than $61 million. it's grammy award-winning soundtrack has been certified gold earning $6 million in the u.s. now fans can get a backstage look at the musical in a new book "hamilton the revolution" as co-written by the show's creator lin-manuel miranda and jeremy mccarter. both of us join us at the table. welcome. >> thank you. >> we're so glad to see you. this is a masterpiece. >> beautiful. beautiful buick. >> yes. really well done. >> i don't even know what question to ask you after all you have been through. what's it like to be at the center of this? >> exactly the same it was as we opened in august. that's the great thing about tommy kale our director. he's really wonderful at keeping the temperature the same inside the theater. you know, i have to say the same words i did when we opened the show and it's just as hard to rap for two hours and 45 minutes and sing and dance, so we just keep doing the show and we know ho

hamilton, yes, i'm sure. medawar says when he asked why he shot his wife, the army staff sergeant said the two of them had been arguing. he then pressed why he shot the officers. he said he didn't know. he said he thinks he snapped and he might have ptsd. ge point as he was questioning hamilton, both of them could see a bleeding ashley guindon being tended to on the sidewalk. at that point hamilton asked him are the officers okay? sergeant medawar did not answer that question. back to you. >> thanks. >>> the two other officers are still receiving physical therapy as they recover from the injuries during that deadly shootout. you may recall they threw out the first pitch at the nats home opener this year. both of them say they're looking forward to the day they can return to work. >>> now to the arrest of two men accused of stabbing a teen in northwest d.c. it happened near roosevelt high school in the petworth neighborhood. >> reporter: it was about 11:30 this morning. construction workers heard a commotion a

inspired rap performance for miranda. >> his name is hamilton and he is from the carribean. >> making it a day, an honor the mirandas will not forget. honored by what could be the stars of tomorrow. >> i love that. i just do. >> bravo to them to be able to perform. that is amazing. >> very cool. they raised a lot of most thane today and they need more. >>> let's talk weather now. lonnie is here. what a day. >> what do you want to talk about? how nice it was? >> yes. >> it was a perfect day today. just about perfect. look at that shot. you've got some clouds that have rolled in. they're high thin clouds. let's call it filtered sunshine, 75 degrees. look at what the high temperature was in central park today, 82 degrees. it only topped out by edison which hit 83. flushing, queens was 80. sag harbor was cooler by the shoreline. everybody had a great looking day. typical would be 62. central park was 20 degrees above average. what's going on? here is this high pressure system that's been giving us day after day of beautiful weather. this high gives you the nice dry conditions. it's still

a pair of hamilton tickets in the auction went for four thousand dollars. cause, they are a hot commodity here in the city. it's good to markets. it looks likes cap markets are very hot. we are seen a bounce back from yesterday's decline, and, we are really seen a switch flip day by day here in the markets. ,ot just here in the u.s. globally, risk on, risk off. thise seeing a breaking of week in the japanese yen as well. is rising versus the japanese yen the first time in six sessions. among other things, japanese officials making indications that the bank of japan of a government would be willing to intervene with a currency intervention. it was very vague. nonetheless, they are hoping to trigger that reversal. u.s. stocks every commodity driven. energy materials are the two best-performing groups. it does feel like financial tech is a broad-based rally. markets stay mostly green. a lot of that is due to oil prices which have been surging today up more than five are sent, if you look at the wti, 5.5 percent right now. we'rey specific catalyst seeing for to

that's pretty much it for me. >> hamilton was sent back to the hole. but a few days later, we heard of an alarming new development in his case. he had assaulted an officer. >> sometimes you anticipate your moves as far as what inmates are going do and their capability, and sometimes you are just surprised. i didn't think he was going to take it to this level where he would assault staff. >> the officer was not badly injured, but it landed hamilton back in administrative segregation, with a high probability of being sent to the shu, a place most inmates dread. >> to me it's prison. it's still prison. it's not going to change. it's still prison. >> and set it down in front of dennis and said, look, here's what it says. >> next on "lock up: raw." i was a professional escort. i was running my adds in play action magazine and sex action magazine. >> a former call girl talks about her experience. >>no way. just for men gives you a natural gray-free look. just lather in. in just five minutes. great-looking hair, made easy. just for men. >>> prison is tailor-m

"hamilton" on broadway at the richard rodgers theater. we'll be right back. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thanks so much. you know, all week besides having i think the best band on television over here, so lucky y'all have been joined by some jazz great this week. we had sandoval. the heap brothers last night. and another beautiful musician with you tonight. tell me who is jamming with the band tonight. played with charlie parker, louis armstrong, everybody. and one of the ventures of bee bop drums an jazz, roy haynes. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: now mr. haines, i understand you are 91 years old. (cheers and applause) you have to do a little bit of mr. haines on the jazz. >> yeah, let's do some james. . >> stephen: here to perform their song spirits, please welcome the strumbellas. i got guns in my head and they won't go spirits in my head and they won't go i got guns in my head and they won't go spirits in my head and they won't i been looking at the stars tonight and i think oh, how i miss that bright sun i die but they sa

"q&a" the hit broadway musical hamilton based on the biography of alexander hamilton. as he said i was reading your and on vacation in mexico as i was reading it, hip-hop songs started rising off the page and said hamilton's life is a classic hip-hop narrative. >> he had a world-class hip-hop knowledge on his hands. my first question to him was, ken hip-hop be the vehicle for telling this kind of very large and complex story. he said, i am going to educate you about hip-hop and he did on the spot, pointing out that hip-hop can pack more information than any form of music. he started talking about the fact that hip-hop not only has rhymesndians, internal and all of these different devices that are very ior

hamilton's starlin manuel miranda is in the green room. how the broadway musical made a hit. >>> what used to take several hours can now be created in just a few minutes. ahead john blackstone meets an inventor whose life was transformed by a terminator maneuver. >>> right now, "the new york times" reports new handwriting analysis can determine the age of the bible. scientists discovered shopping lists by ancient forces. it indicates literacy may be more widespread than previously thought. that means the bible could have been read around 600 b.c. >>> it's reported that a jury will be e de side if an iconic song has been partially copied. it's over led zeppelin's "stairway to heaven." ♪ >> the judge says the opening notes of "stairway" sounds similar to the song called "tourist" by the group spirit. >> that sounds very familiar. the band traveleded told. led zeppelin says those notes have been used for centuries. >>> you'll be able to buy tickets through convenient pages soon. ticketmaster hopes to boost sales since people spend time on a

"hamilton" on broadway at the richard rodgers theater. leslie odom, jr. we'll be right back. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thanks so much. you know, all week besides having i think the best band on television over here, so lucky y'all have been joined by some jazz great this week. we had sandoval. the heap brothers last night. and another beautiful musician with you tonight. tell me who is jamming with the band tonight. >> we have a drummer who has played with charlie parker, louis armstrong, everybody. and one of the ventures of bee bop drums an jazz, roy haynes. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: now mr. haines, i understand you are 91 years old. (cheers and applause) you have to do a little bit of mr. haines on the jazz. >> yeah, let's do some james. ♪. ♪ ♪ across pennsylvania, he's praised as a progressive champion with a record of reform. josh shapiro the democrats most compelling candidate for attorney general. he'll protect seniors from scams and stand up to polluting frackers. he's backed by law enforcement, supported by planned paren

we need hamilton to correct our history. we need hamilton to tell us some of the things we needed to hear. >> reporter: it's only being held on wednesday matinees. >> hamilton is my favorite musical. it's just -- it's so exciting. i can't believe i'm here. >> reporter: lottery tickets cost $10, a steal considering it's sold out for many, many months. tickets on secondary sites go for more than most people's mortgage payments. >> they posted it on instagram yesterday. we've got to go. >> reporter: the chance to win is tiny, but odds are stacked against alexander hamilton 2. look how that turned out. >> i'm in town for three more days. it's a dream come true. >> reporter: there will be a afternoon due to a student matinee. as for the digital lottery, that is still going on for all other performances performances. i'm lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. dari: reading glasses aren't the only answer for people who are far sighted. steve: the new eye surgery that's changing the way people can see the world. fios is not cable. we're wired d

alexander hamilton is having the time of his death. the subject of the hottest show on broadway and cbs news has learned that the current treasury secretary is expected to announce soon that he has decided to keep hamilton's picture on the $10 bill. >>> in boston, it is marathon day. and there were thousand of winners. ethiopians lemi hayle. and atsede baysa took first in the men's and women's. patrick downs crossed under 6:00 and fell into the arms of his wife jessica. downs lost a leg in the marathon bombings three years ago. jessica lost both of hers. in a moment, how far another ,,, >>> three years after the tragedy at the boston marathon, we end tonight with a story of triumph at today's race. a spectator who lost part of her leg in the bombing ran today. and norah o'donnell has her story. >> reporter: 35-year-old adrienne haslet started the race pumped up and full of determination. each stride is a victory. how important is that to prove that you can do the impossible? >> it's very important. my friends and family will fell you i

he said, hamilton's life was a hip-hop narrative and i thought, what is this guy talking about? i quickly picked up on the fact that he had a world-class ignoramus on hip-hop. can hip-hop be the vehicle for telling this kind of very large and complex story? ron, i'm going to educate you about hip-hop, and he did on the stock. poptarted pointing out that you can pack more information into the lyrics than any other form because it is very dense. a rhymedot only has endings, it has internal rhymes. he started educating me in all these different devices that are very important to the success of the show. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span q&a. >> washington journal is next. we will look at today's news and take your calls. the house is back at 10:00. then we will join a house hearing on fetal tissue research. later on c-span. hour, north this carolina congressman robert pittenger talks about congressional efforts to combat terrorism. he chairs a terrorism task force. then a conversation with california congressman brad sherman about president obama's trip to saudi

two officers testified during the hearing including this sergeant who recalled asking hamilton why he grabbed an ak-47 and opened fire on three police officers killing rookie patrol woman ashley guindon. the 32-year-old army veteran replied stating the officers were storming in and so i shot them. hamilton broke down that the police shoot him on the spot. >> the tragic incident started as a domestic dispurr balance call. this sergeant said that he snapped and he went on to testify that hamm confessed to struggling with ptsd. even so prince william county prosecutors say they will fight for the death penalty. so it certainly appears that ptsd will be a central theme as it progresses forward through the courthouse. a grand jury will meet may 2 to see if there is evidence to indict hamilton on additional criminal counts. in manassas, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. maureen: the redskins and the u.s. supreme court. coming up the case that could be headed to the >> d.c. wants you to join the urban bee keeping program. i'm mike carter-conneen in northwest. coming up, details on the rigorous tra

chernow's biography of alexander hamilton. brian: ron chernow, when did alexander hamilton first get on your radar? ron: i started writing about it in 1998. it seems rather comical because the reason i chose to do

alexander hamilton >> reporter: who grew up in inwood and attended the city's elite public schools. he has long said he wants to inspire curiosity and encourage people who don't see themselves on the great white way. >> it was great to see cultures responding and performing. >> reporter: these are among the first of 20,000 school students to attend a matinee of "hamilton", for just $10 a ticket thanks to a grant from the rockefeller association. >> we first started as political enemies. >> reporter: the poor immigrant, abandoned by his father, who then grew up to be one of the founding fathers of the united states. >> i felt like, history leaves out so many important details that we have yet to learn about. and this is one of those opportunities where you can learn almost anything about alexander hamilton. >> we get to use our imagination to symbolize something. >> i'm a math/science student, so i'm not much of an english student, so this creative piece brought my writing skills out. rise up, rise up >> reporter: diggs plays thomas jefferson. >> to get to reach a broader background

see what the creator of hamilton has to say about it all. >> he didn't have to make a lot of money to feel important. and he was kind and he loved children. and he loved his family so i figured if he loved his family, he would love a family we crte >> nice. michelle become obama there. why she picked him as a husband. >>> looking at a pretty good start, a little chilly on your thursday. temperatures low 30s and -- it returns and rebounds pretty rapidly. low 50sened 60s -- 50s and 60s by 9:00. we will come back and talk about clouds coming in tomorrow and our yellow weather alert on friday and what delores kelley: although we were all one maryland, our schools weren't treated the same way. narrator: with neighborhoods getting unequal funding for schools, something had to be done for our children. kelley: it didn't matter ere chris was from. he knew that we couldn't leave a child having less just because they lived in a region that was poor. joanne benson: he has not just talked about it. he is going to stand tall for all children to succeed. i'm chris van hollen, and i approv