thomas jefferson is in france. he says things about the french revolution. the tree of liberty must be watered by the blood of tyrants. he does not know that this guy is not going to be a hugo chavez type. jefferson does a lot of, you know, bat crazy stuff -- c-span is here. why is he thinking he might be? he doesn't. he says jefferson is all of these horrible things, but too bad we do not have jurisdiction. >> what is the process? dr. amar: i will tell you who was impeached. a justice who sat on the marbury versus madison court. a man named chase. not solman p. chase, but samuel chase. it is the same process as any other impeachment. a majority of the house and two thirds vote of the senate. impeachments are different in that the chief justice presides, but otherwise who would preside? the vice president. that would be wrong because he would win the presidency upon conviction, so he would have a conflict of interest. for every other impeachment, the chief justice does not preside. house two of the , thirds of the senate -- i myself have been involved in the

studies enter at the thomas jefferson foundation. -- center at the thomas jefferson foundation. we are truly honored to have them here this evening. he is the winner of innumerable prices. prizeorge washington book , and an award from the society of military history, among other book honors. he has the -- he is the author andold world, new world" also "the man who lost america, american revolution, british revolution, and the empire." , because of myd job title, who i think was the best president. i am also asked who is the most ambitious, talented, influential, and even most interesting president. now, i never know how to answer that except to say, probably jefferson hit all bars, the answer to all of those, which is why i am particularly pleased to have a man here tonight who can tell us exactly what why jefferson was just that .nfluential, interesting so if you will join me in welcoming andrew o'shaughnessy? [applause] andrew o'shaughnessy: well, i would like to thank jeff engel, the george w. bush library, and the center for presidential studies at smu for this invitation. i

george washington, eliza hamilton, thomas jefferson were dreamers. i stand on this stage tonight and in this theater surrounded by dreamers. dreamers like lin-manuel who had a big idea and worked tireilessly over six years to bring it to life. dreamers like tommy and andy and alex and the extraordinary company of "hamilton" who have showed up at our theater almost every single day for the last year and a half to share their vision of america. to the most supportive, appreciative and diverse audience i've ever witnessed, "hamilton," an american musical embodies the best values, the best impulses that make our nation a beacon to the world.

. >> next, a discussion 0 on thomas jefferson with authors annette gordon-reed and peter onuf. this is an hour. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i'm representative jim roebuck, and i'm certainly very happy to be here this evening. i'm native philadelphian, i group up in philadelphia, graduated from central high school. but my particular -- [applause] -- my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to first college at virginia union university in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors, and then i did my masters and ph.d at the university of virginia in charlottesville. so i'm a wahoo as they say. subsequent to that, i taught history at drexel university for more years than i like to think about. hitting all the right points here. i worked briefly in the mayor's office as legislative assistant to mayor wilson. and i am chair of the house education committee. the free library is dedicated to advancing hit arrears, guiding learning and inspiring curious it. from it's award-winning author event series to it's thought-provoking programs li

[laughter] i called him the peseta have a manuscript i called him because he was the thomas jefferson memorial professor so i figured he would be hot style and i wanted to hear what he had to say. [laughter] he read the manuscript and to my surprise he liked it not only that he wanted university press of virginia to publish the book i had an offer from another trade publisher i decided i wanted to do with virginia because it is jefferson's university and the academic press because of the nature i thought it would be better to have academics note that this had been vetted by other academics sometimes a you submit that two or three scholars are asked to review before they decide to publish so i felt it was better to go with virginia and ever since then we have our good good friends and have been on a journey together he had been writing about the standpoint of the intellectual historian his right thing is and what he read his answer politics. i am more of a social historian. i write about jefferson and slavery in his private life so this is an opportunity for it to people all looking at

thomas jefferson said i like to dream of the future better than the history of the past. -- you say it is impossible. if i should agree with you on this, i would still say at least let us try the experiment. let the experiment continue. [applause] ♪ air and spacenian museum opened 40 years ago. realcan history tvs america is showing a series of nasa films. , from 1979. planet mars documents the search to a understand our earthlike planet. and the viking mission that .anded to crash ♪

jefferson said because i knew thomas jefferson. reagan always used humor purposefully. and especially when it came to the soviet union or calling out graphically the evil empire but also in a positive sense. so you actually felt, believe it or not, that reagan did not thomas jefferson. because he was actually counseling with them. in 96% of his speeches he referred to the prophets, the patriots, and he made their speeches glisten. he was a bridge builder. he was building bridges to people who had gone on before. so he made you feel as if he was right there with the founders and the founders were people that by and large regardless of whatever side of the aisle that you had to give credit to the founders and as a result you gave credit to reagan. so reagan was hearkening back to the founding principles, to the constitution. he felt that it wasn't about him. it was never about him. and those eight years as said about reagan, it was not about reagan, it was about america. and i would like to say that there was a big brand on his foreh

thomas jefferson said -- i like to dream of the future. better than the history of the past. so did his friendly rival, john adams, who wrote of his dream -- to see rising in america and emperor of liberty and a process that you 200 or 300 million free without one noble or one king among them. you say it, it is impossible. if i should agree with you on this, i would still say let us try the experiment. only add -- let the experiment continue. thank you. [applause growt] ♪ >> the smithsonian air and space museum opened 40 years ago. leading up the anniversary, real america is showing a series of massive films. marsxt, from 1979, "planet ." this film documents the search to understand our solar system positive most earthlike planet. it includes an overview of the mariner flyby of the red planet from 19 six four and 1971 and the viking mission that crashed on the surface in 1970 x.

with residents thomas jefferson's full endorsement it fourthsrequired three ratification by the state in seven months, in time to govern the 1804 election. in state after state, it was anyfied on the grounds that republic, the voice of the majority should prevail. it became part of the constitution and the ground that presidency.the vice tellingly, in 1804, george first postame the 12th amendment vice president forng declined to run president on account of his age and poor health. he saw this as an ideal retirement job as it required so little work and left so much time for recreation. clinton was elected to office twice. once with jefferson and once with madison. he died during the second term. he was succeeded by a 68-year-old. he passed away in less than two years after assuming the role. given their age, neither man was viewed as an heir apparent or competitor to the president, but did play a role in balancing the party ticket. as a big state northerner running with a virginia slaveholder. as intended the 12th amendment brought american politics in the vice presidency more in line

>> rose: rapper daveed diggs plays thomas jefferson. he is hamilton's primary political opponent. >> jefferson: ♪ i've been in paris meeting lots of different ♪ ladies. i guess i basically missed the ♪ late '80s. >> hamilton: ♪ the bullets out your gun. ♪ the bullets out your gun. >> rose: the show reflects miranda's broad musical taste, but hip hop and rap define it. your music is hip hop. your music is rap. >> lin-manuel miranda: yes. and i also believe that form is uniquely suited to tell hamilton's story. because it has more words per measure than any other musical genre. it has rhythm and it has density. and if hamilton had anything in his writings, it was this density. >> angelica schyuler: ♪ i'm a girl in a world in which ♪ my only job is to marry rich ♪ my father has no sons, so i'm the one who has to social climb ♪ for one, so i'm the oldest and the wittiest ♪ and the gossip in new york city is insidious... >> rose: miranda wrote this for hamilton's sister-in-law, angelica schyuler, played by renee-elise gol

. >> next on the presidency, andrew o'shaughnessy discovers the election of 1800 and thomas jefferson's peaceful resolution. he argues it was one of the most toxic in our history, and relied heavily on sheer campaigns -- smear campaigns against ehrenberg, thomas jefferson, and john adams. mr. a shaughnessy is the director of studies at the jefferson study at monticello. this event is one hour. >> and now, let me turn to why you are here this evening, which is not to discuss the 1968 thetion or gas crisis of 1970's, but rather the 1800 election with thomas jefferson, and to hear from a man who has been arguably one of the leading scholars of that most fascinating president

ago, thomas jefferson who would later become the third u.s. president, was -- had been trying to get the right fit from vietnam. and he wrote at that point in time, this has a reputation of being the most productive. and more than 100 years ago, back in 1911, 1912, ho chi minh to find ways for the liberation of his country of vietnam, at that time under french rule. and as early as 1941, during world war ii, the vietnamese people stood by the sides of the allies. and by promises made by the .llies in september 1945, vietnam got independence in the french declaration the new of independence included the ideals of jefferson. "all men have been created equal. we have the right to life, to be happiness." eve between 1945 and 1946, president ho chi minh wrote several letters to president truman. he was in full cooperation with the u.s., however the relationship was missed 70 years ago. was painful for everyone. for us in vietnam, we were forced to defend our freedom and national dependence. we had on told sufferings -- u ntold sufferings, at least

thomas jefferson we are ready. the birth pains will be the crash. we will get through the birth pains and d what comes out of tt will be a new life. it i is a wonderful thing. i am not willing to trash hillary clinton or s say she is not good enough. i personally prefer elizabeth warren. clinton, she knows how to take names and kick out. i can say that. if the times push her, she will do it. if the times push barack obama, he could do it. he only had 13 weeks from the time ted kennedy died where he had a filibuster proof senate. that was it for the whole, entire presidency. he had that health care legislation past. he got a lot of good stuff done. and then absolute obstruction. -- what it will take happens when a crash happens is that for the average person in america, reality rips open. it cracked open. leonard:, -- cohen, the light comes through. someone s in and says, here is the solution. we do not haveve to llll an economist from sweden.n. we know how to do this. one wonders if there's any segment of our society that will be affected stop who w

jefferson said because i knew thomas jefferson. reagan always used. and calling out graphically, the evil empire, but also in a positive sense. and the prophets, the patriots, and speeches glisson, and building bridges to people who had gone before. and he was with the founders and they were by and large regardless your side of the aisle, you had to give cdit to the founders and as a result you gave credit to reagan, so reagan was harkening back to the founding principles of the constitution and he felt it wasn't about him. it was never about him and in those eight years as was said about reagan was not about reagan, it was about america and i like to say there is a big brand on his 4 head that said made in america, he cared more about america than he cared about himself and this was brought out not only in his writings and speeches the conversation and remember the plaque, the gift from queen victoria to the american people which by the way he never would have pictured putting his feet up on the president we have had the past 71/2

the capital thomas jefferson also constructed. and you guys have already learned about that. they did not want the confederate capital destroyed. these exceptions follow hard upon the orders that were given by president lincoln. in the spring of 1864 lincoln issued general orders 100. this is known commonly today as lieber's code. it was compiled by a german immigrant to the united states. he taught at the university of south carolina. he didn't like the south. he hated the idea of the confederacy and left the south. considered a lot of different things about the law, much of our international law is based on what he wrote during the american civil war. among these things as prohibitions against destroying any kind of art, classical buildings. the words are classical works of art, libraries, scientific collections, precious -- mustnts, must be can be preserved. that is article 35 of his code. what you have in the immediate four years, destruction of military property, destruction of the economy of the south. infrastructurel of the economy of the south. at the same time, you h

thomas jefferson wrote that washington was incapable of fear. his legendary courage as commander-in-chief of the continental army might have worried his aides but it inspired his name. his actions at princeton with this training has taken, he was as close to enemy lines as a picture is to a battle when the firing burst out at princeton. at places like brainy line, his response to falling shells at yorktown, someone said he is cool like a bishop at prayer or demonstrate a man seemingly immune from normal fear in the presence of death. i think his response to his baptism by fire is telling how many would respond to it the same labor day the bullets whistle, believe me, there is something charming and the sound. not many men are wired that way. washington was long enamored with her own death. if you go to mount vernon, there are a number of portraits -- this one is of general montgomery -- but heroic death is a worthy death, as he put it to sally fairfax, when a british officer died, this was his view, and a fairly young officer dead -- who is ther

nearly 230 years ago thomas jefferson, one of the drafters of the u.s. declaration of independence, and would later become the third u.s. president, had been trying to get the right seed from vietnam to grow in his home town in the state of virginia propp and he wrote at that point in time "this dry rice from vietnam has the reputation of being the whitest to the eye, best flavor to the taste, and more productive." and more than 100 years ago, back in 1911, 1912, president ho chi minh came to boston, the cradle of american revolution, of independence, to find ways for the liberation of his country, vietnam. at that point in time under the french rule. and as early as 1941 during world war ii the vietnamese people stood -- and extended struggle by the national patriotism and by the promises made by the allies at yalta, san francisco, and potsdam conferences. and in september 1945 vietnam got independence from the french colonial and the new vietnam declaration of independence included the ideals of jefferson, and i quote. all men are created equal. the cr

george washington, eliza hamilton, thomas jefferson were dreamers. i stand on this stage tonight and in this theater surrounded by dreamers. dreamers like lin-manuel who had a big idea and worked tireilessly over six years to bring it to life. dreamers like tommy and andy and alex and the extraordinary company of "hamilton" who have showed up at our theater almost every single day for the last year and a half to share their vision of america. to the most supportive, appreciative and diverse audience i've ever witnessed, "hamilton," an american musical embodies the best values, the best impulses that make our nation a beacon to the world. inclusiveness, generosity, ingenuity, and the will to work hard to make our dreams come true. look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now! (cheers and applause) thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, what an incredible night. and here to sing us out, what other way could we end it than right here in the greatest city in the world, the 11-time tony winning cast of hamilton! (cheers and applause) >> s

in 1800, thomas jefferson and aaron birth were running together with the understanding that thomas jefferson was the presidential candidate and aaron burr was the vice presidential candidate. but they ended up in a tie. although jefferson's votes were for president, it resulted in a tie and it took the house of representatives 36 ballots to break the tie. that, afraid federalist future could bargain with whoever was jefferson's running the to make a deal with him and thereby elect jefferson's vice presidential running mate. so, they arranged to have the constitution amended and an act the 12th amendment to the constitution which separated the election of president and vice president so that electors would vote not twice for president, but once or president and once for vice president. change eliminated the original reason to have the vice presidency and the discussions over the 12th amendment, some people said we should get rid of the vice presidency now. but they decided it was simpler to keep it, so it continued. it continued in tire as a legislative office. the vice president's soul respo

joyce tian, a senior at thomas jefferson high school in fairfax is on the way to 48th international chemistry olympiad. the competition begins on july 23rd. i can't imagine what they do in the world chemistry olympiaolym. i know she's super smart and we wish her the best. >> lots going on there. >>> right now at 5:00 a.m., metro just opened many experience a new round of safetrack work. >> a number of reporters and traffic experts to make sure you get to work on time. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. back to 90 degrees for us. >> chuck bell here with our weather headlines. >> inching our way into the summer heat and humidity over the last couple of weeks. today will be noticeably warm back up into the 90s with plenty of sunshine for today. still tracking a chance for thunderstorms coming our way tomorrow. looks like best chance for the rain comes up on thursday. as far as temperatures out the door, 71 at the national mall. 64 in leesburg. 59 in frederick, maryland. 57 in manassas and culpeper. not too much in the way of humidity. poor air quality. code orange for today. limit strenuou

it was first introduced to the united states by quaker colonists, and thomas jefferson was known to be a leg lar either of ice-cream like rick williams. >> i'll have a scoop. or two. more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at noon. >>> the playboy mention sells to someone that can't kick out hugh hefner. you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours. you know what it means. so does pat toomey. toomey got rich working on wall street. then he got elected and kept working, for wall street. voting to let banks continue their risky practices. and supporting huge tax breaks for millionaires, but higher taxes on working families. no wonder he's gotten millions from wall street. pat toomey. right for wall street. wrong for pennsylvania. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues. >>> hello again, here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. >>> prosecutors say that chaka fattah used charitable and federal funding to pay back a loan but the congressman says he did nothing wrong. >>> voters in new j

he was apprehended in a relatively nearby subdivision called thomas jefferson place townhouses at 5:45 this morning. stephen: but while n custody en route from the sheriff's office to the jail, sumter attempted to get away and allegedly assaulted another deputy. so now the 18-year-old who allegedly tried to break in the townhouse is behind bars facing a slew of charges, including the attempted murder of a sheriff's deputy and assault. stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: a teacher is arrested accused of taking inappropriate pictures of female students without their knowledge. 38-year-old todd scriber was teaching at bethesda-chevy chase high school last october when a student says she noticed him holding a cell phone beneath her skirt. an investigation began a he no longer works for montgomery county schools and he is charged with six counts of sexual abuse of a minor. leon: overseas now to a developing story out of tel aviv, israel, where police say three people are dead and at least five others were injured when two gunmen opened fire. reports say there were shootings in two differen

. >>> and jefferson, thomas jefferson university hospital celebrates a transplant milestone with a reunion of participants. >>> a windy relative cool day. 77 the high. but real heat that's developing across the plains. we'll talk into this over the weekend and another round of strong storms are possible. awful -- all of the details in the forecast. >>> the phillies with the first overall pick in the major league draft and ducis rodgers with the story of the young m at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. like putting oregano in their water. it has natural antioxidants that keep our chickens healthy. and we don't have to use antibiotics in their diet. more like orega-yes, am i right? oregano, just one more way we bring you chickens raised with no antibiotics ever. it's not the easy way. it's the perdue way. >> vice-president joe biden has written an open letter to the woman sexually assaulted by the former stanford swimmer, brock turner. he said i don't know your name but your words are forever seared on my soul. this is in response

nearly 40 years after the first sunsteinreleased, cass themes fromer technology to thomas jefferson. he has written about it in his new book " the world according to star wars." he joined me a short time ago. you are one of the top legal minds in america. how did you write a book about star wars? cass: if you told me a year ago i would write a book about star wars, i would not believe you. it would have been more likely i would have become a ballet dancer. my five-year-old toy got obsessed with star wars. his obsession with star wars got me thinking how did these movies come about? why does it appeal to five years old? why is it the saga of our time? why are people in denmark, the thailand focused on star wars? when i asked those questions, i was hooked. jane: use a there are 13 different ways to look at star wars, from feminism to constitutional law. you could say that about lord of the rings or harry potter. what makes star wars special? cass: it draws on myths and religions of multiple kinds. george lucas, the maker of the basic idea of star wars, is self-conscious about this. you

thomas jefferson we are ready. the birth pains will be the crash. we will get through the birth pains and d what comes out of tt will be a new life. it i is a wonderful thing. i am not willing to trash hillary clinton or s say she is not good enough. i personally prefer elizabeth warren. clinton, she knows how to take names and kick out. i can say that. if the times push her, she will do it. if the times push barack obama, he could do it. he only had 13 weeks from the time ted kennedy died where he had a filibuster proof senate. that was it for the whole, entire presidency. he had that health care legislation past. he got a lot of good stuff done. and then absolute obstruction. -- what it will take happens when a crash happens is that for the average person in america, reality rips open. it cracked open. leonard:, -- cohen, the light comes through. someone s in and says, here is the solution. we do not haveve to llll an economist from sweden.n. we know how to do this. one wonders if there's any segment of our society that will be affected stop who w

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. >>> and jefferson, thomas jefferson university hospital celebrates a transplant milestone with a reunion of participants. >>> a windy relative cool day. 77 the high. but real heat that's developing across the plains. we'll talk into this over the weekend and another round of strong storms are possible. awful -- all of the details in the forecast. >>> the phillies with the first overall pick in the major league draft and ducis rodgers with the story of the young man when "action news" continues tonight. >> vice-president joe biden has written an open letter to the woman sexually assaulted by the former stanford swimmer, brock turner. he said i don't know your name but your words are forever seared on my soul. this is in response to her open letter describing the attack. contrary to turner's claim he had never used drugs or alcohol before college, a sentencing report obtained by abc news contains texts and photos from his phone showing that he indeed had. >>> 23-year-old devonte sanford from detroit getting his first taste of freedom. nine years in prison nor crimes he didn't commit. just

george washington, eliza hamilton, thomas jefferson were dreamers. i stand on this stage tonight and in this theater surrounded by dreamers. dreamers like lin-manuel who had a big idea and worked tireilessly over six years to bring it to life. dreamers like tommy and andy and alex and the extraordinary company of "hamilton" who have showed up at our theater almost every single day for the last year and a half to share their vision of america. to the most supportive, appreciative and diverse audience i've ever witnessed, "hamilton," an american musical embodies the best values, the best impulses that make our nation a beacon to the world. inclusiveness, generosity, ingenuity, and the will to work true. look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now! (cheers and applause) thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, what an incredible night. and here to sing us out, what other way could we end it than right here in the greatest city in the world, the 11-time tony winning cast of hamilton! (cheers and applause) >> summer in the city, some like

jefferson purposes any central and billion blood book by to the nation's foremost scholars that like its protagonist into our we're so pleased to have them with this year this evening please join me to welcome our authors.

next, andrew of shaughnessy stores the election of 1800 and thomas jefferson's peaceful revolution. he argues that the election was one of the most toxic in our history and that it relied heavily on smear campaigns against candidates john adams, thomas jefferson, and aaron for. -- ehrenberg.

. >> next, a discussion 0 on thomas jefferson with authors annette gordon-reed and peter onuf. this is an hour. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i'm representative jim roebuck, and i'm certainly very happy to be here this evening. i'm native philadelphian, i group up in philadelphia, graduated from central high school. but my particular -- [applause] -- my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to first college at virginia union university in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors, and then i did my masters and ph.d at the university of virginia in charlottesville. so i'm a wahoo as they.

thomas jefferson. and, of course, george washington -- or, as his friends called him, "george w." [laughter] [applause] george w. bush: i am proud to by my side.eney [applause] george w. bush: he is a man of integrity and sound judgment, who has proven that public service can be noble service. america will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as vice president of the united states. [applause] bush: i'm grateful for senator john mccain. i appreciate very much i his speech tonight's ago, i appreciate his friendship, i appreciate the spirit for america. and i want to thank the other candidates who sought this nomination. their convictions have strengthened our party. [applause] george w. bush: i am especially grateful tonight to my family. no matter what else i do in life, asking laura to marry me was the best decision i ever made. [applause] george w. bush: to our daughters, barbara and jenna, we love you, we're proud of you, and as you head off to college this fall -- don't stay out too late, and e-mail your old dad once in a while, will you? and mother, e

jefferson, walk down the famous colonnade into the oval office. its location in the corner of the west wing, that was roosevelt because he simply needed to access it better with his wheelchair. good question. >> president obama, previous presidents who would hold monthly meetings, press conferences, i don't get that with president obama. i know he speaks at crises and whatever but he doesn't seem to be the communicator that other presidents were. can you make a comment about that? >> in terms of the number've interviews -- >> it was like a weekly thing with previous presidents, but he doesn't really open himself up to the reporters in the news on a regular basis. >> i've ???ed that. >> okay. >> after eight-year-old -- the whole landscape has changed and the white house -- this is nothing new. presidents want to try to control their open message, but technology has gotten to the point where presidents, i think,ed in journalists less, as i mentioned before. you can -- the president has 70 million twitter followers. 70 million. 50 million facebook fr

thomas jefferson. and, of course, george washington -- or, as his friends called him, "george w." [laughter] [applause] governor bush: i am proud to have dick cheney by my side. [cheers] [applause] governor bush: he is a man of integrity and sound judgment, who has proven that public service can be noble service. america will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as vice president of the united states. [cheers] [applause] i appreciate very much his -- governor bush: i'm grateful for senator john mccain. i appreciate very much his speech two nightss ago, i appreciate his friendship, i appreciate the spirit for america. and i want to thank the other candidates who sought this nomination. their convictions have strengthened our party. [applause] governor bush: i am especially grateful tonight to my family. no matter what else i do in my life, asking laura to marry me was the best decision i ever made. [cheers] [applause] governor bush: and to our daughters, barbara and jenna, we love you, we're proud of you, and as you head off to college this fall -- don't s

jefferson as secretary of state. it limited the privilege of naturalization to free white persons. a policy that remained in effect in one way or the other until 1952. 1922 a litigant appeared in the supreme court with a nonwhite litigant with a pretty good argument as the law was drafted there was a loophole that may be allowed him to naturalize. a certain category of people of color could become naturalized citizens. the court rejected the argument based on a strong policy of racial restriction. called theus court white naturalization policy a role in force from the beginning of the government. a part of our history as well as the law. of theto the structure national policy by a century of legislative acts and judicial decisions. as a question of interpreting the intent of congress the court was clearly right. the policy of chinese exclusion began in 1882 and was extended to other asian racial groups over time. , jewish immigrants, catholic immigrants were discouraged, not explicitly by race or religion, but by jer

jefferson by the time he was 11 and there's no doubt that there was a certain genius to this very, very unusual young man in plymouth. when he came back from military experience, he ended up getting graduate degree, university of st. andrews, earned that 1952, came back in 1953 and strangely enough million copy-best seller. the book called the conservative mind which the timing was just right. it hit the market from a chicago publisher on may 11th, 1953, ended up going through seven editions over lifetime. they might be conservative to some degree, libertarians to another degree. there are a whole number of voices that i think kirk's book allowed -- allowed something, some kind of forum for all of the voices to be able to speak right at the world war ii, right at the korean war, hi becomes very important. specially we wouldn't have a gold water movement without kirk. we also wouldn't have had a reagan movement without kirk. he did represent that strain of conservatism. >> he helps conservative thought and what most people may not imagine is that the conservative mind came out in 1953 wa

long before george washington leads an army or thomas jefferson writes of independence, sam adams unites the colonies and takes on the british empire. even more than a founding father, adams is the architect of the revolution. and it is his fight for the natural rights of men that makes america possible. >> gentleman, i propose that we establish an association for the purpose of resisting these attacks to our rights. >> here, here! >> the natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, not be under the will or the legislative authority of man, but only to have the loss of nature for his rule. >> along with hancock and his cousin john sam's inner circle includes silversmith and master organizer paul revere and an often-overlooked hero -- dr. joseph warren. >> and defending those same rights as british citizens against the tyranny of crown, by force if necessary. >> by force? is there some patriot army that you're keeping from us, dr. warren? [ men shouting ] >> outside in the streets, the city celebrates guy fawkes day. >> guy fawkes day goes back to when guy fawkes

in the early 1800s, thomas jefferson referred to his political coalition as the democratic republicans or republicans for short. when the party got established in the 1850's, they self-consciously embraced jefferson's ideas about agriculture and the importance eomanneryn re- -- y republican government. republicans believe that killing the soil or multiple generations -- tilling the soil for multiple generations on small arms or to use thess, language of time, civilization. they also connected small farming to an idea that historians have long recognized as critical to understanding the civil war, and that is the concept of union. the union meant republican government itself great while they were always quick to advertise their ties to jefferson and political propaganda and speeches, even their namesake, they differed from jefferson in some critical ways. republicans opposed, unlike jefferson, the extension of .lavery westward that was their whole reason for existence. they believed that slave taste agriculture destroyed -- based agriculture destroyed the soil, creating what they called

thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton walking around, hey mr. hamilton, visit hit broadway show, we have colleges named after you, w city over here. and they would say to each and every one of you as theyey walk around, you know, that big highway there were cameras all and post. one of those cameras for? zero, for speeders and criminals. prevent crime. wait a minute.g abou the government has you under constant surveillance something about the 4th amendment.ha that is the way you have today? i don't think there would be so happy about it. what only the elites actually read books in 1776 and 87. here we are at the book festival. everybody reads books. i think they would approve that omicron is a ship reading. >> yes. they would appreciate it. the title of the book, we the people. it almost makes me want to cry. it's so simple, so inspiring, such a beacon beyond our shores, but to the world in terms of the ideal of governments, of how we should treat each other and how we should organize ourselves as people, and yetand they did not recognize blacks

thomas jefferson was a slave owner. any of us who had entrepreneurial -- being sued is a regular part of business. >> yes it is. >> no, it is not. >> most businesses are never sued. >> major -- >> top it. that is nonsensical. >> most businesses have been souled multiple times. >> understand this. >> large corporations, maybe small -- large corporations are sued on a regular basis. >> you top. >> i want to ask you about a point that you made at the end of your piece. today, we see, beginning in your involvement in this, you were hoping that christians were influencing politics, now you see it reversed, politics is influencing christian leaders. do you regret what has become of this movement, and now that you can look at it over decades, might it have been better for religious leaders to stay on the sidelines? >> well, i regret where it has gone, that is for sure. i believe that the movement was well intentioned. at the grass roots level. i think that a lot of good things did happen. for one thing, the number of people in

jefferson since. they walk down it into the oval office. that was roosevelt because he simply needed to access it better with his wheelchair. >> president obama, previous presidents would hold monthly meetings, press conferences, i do not do not get that with president obama. i know he speaks at crisis and whatever, but he does not seem to be the communicator that other presidents were. can you make a comment about that? >> in terms of the number of interviews he did. >> it was like a weekly thing with or monthly thing with previous presidents but he doesn't really open himself up to the reporters in the news on a regular basis. >> i've noticed that after eight years of being there. the whole landscape has changed in the white house, and this is nothing new, presidents always want to try to control their own message. technology has gotten to the point now that presidents i think need journalists less. i mentioned before that the presidents have 70,000,000 twitter followers. followers. 50 million faceb