toasts made in honor of thomas jefferson's. poems and songs in honor of thomas jefferson. there are a few critical anti-jefferson pieces. almost to provide some sort of context. the preference is for positive per trails of thomas jefferson. when you think about it, in a time for we had a gallup survey, what better way to keep track of the polls of public opinion? thomas jefferson was very much concerned with power -- people regarded him. we also can see that thomas jefferson, throughout his presidency is going to indoor -- endure low points and high points. high points like the purchase of louisiana. high points like paying down one third of the national debt. but we also see low points. we see jefferson's agonizing efforts to avoid foreign war. to work through the controversial embargo to keep american commerce out of danger. we see thomas jefferson retiring from office, and commemorating the pleasure of retirement through the poems that he pasted into his scrapbooks. one of jefferson's good friends was the wife of the editor of the jeffersonian republican newspaper. woma

know about thomas jefferson was that for a good 20 years, unknown about thomas jefferson. i'm referring of course to jefferson's authorship of the decoration of independence. was a jefferson 33-year-old delegate from virginia at the continental congress. he had performed capably on several different committees. he had gained a certain degree of renown among elite circles in america as the author of the review of the rights of british america. he was well thought of by his peers at the continental congress. other than being six feet tall and a man with red hair, there was nothing about thomas jefferson that would have stood out. he was a pretty obscure figure. and yet jefferson was selected , to be among the five-member committee that was tasked with drafting the declaration of independence. we know the basic story. jefferson was on this committee with the man who was perhaps the most famous american. benjamin franklin of pennsylvania. he was on the committee with one of the strongest proponents of the cause of independence, john adams of massachusetts. he served alongside

and acted by the state general assembly on january 16, 1786 and then my thomas jefferson. it addresses the principle of separation of church andstate . the three paragraph statute, the basis for our first amendment protections for religious freedom. next we learn about another founding father in the financial scandal that landed him in prison. >> robert morris was an important american founder but it's true that not very many people knew about him. he was the financier of the american revolution, so call because he served toward the end of the american revolution. he helped put that early government on a sound financial footing.everybody was in big trouble at the end of the war so he was a moneyman. he's also not well-known because of what happened to him at the end of the flood. he messed up pretty bad. he was one of the richest guys in the country. after the american revolution, he was an important senator from pennsylvania but at the end of his life, he ended up losing basically all of his fortune and went into debtors prison and we he came out of debtors prison and the

that is where thomas jefferson lived. that is where the story goes that jefferson, madison, and hamilton got together to work out the nation's debts and where the permanent capital should be. inspired the musical when it want to be in the room where it happened, the room where it happened, the room where it happened." it happened right on the other side of this will. want to be in the room where ittwo years ago, a show dd off-broadway hoping to make it to broadway. an show, " hamilton: american musical." this visa a call has introduced millions of people around the world to alexander hamilton. people are looking into his background with a positive spirit. why had hamilton been considered a less significant founder in the mind of the public? mischaracterization, a convenient villain. it was based on myths. new readers of the new hamilton musical go in and read this characterization and it is very confusing. on our website we shared the recommended books that relay accurate information about hamilton. subsequent authors on

that is where thomas jefferson lived. that is where jefferson, madison, and hamilton got together to work out the nation's debts and where the permanent capital of the united states should be. it's also inspired in the musical, where it says i want to be in the room where it happened, the room where it happened, the room where it happened. it happened right through this wall. just 10 days from now, two years ago, on january 2015, the show debuted off broadway, hoping to make it to broadway. the show made it to broadway. the name, " hamilton: an american musical." this musical has introduced millions of people around the nation and around the world to alexander hamilton. people are looking into his background with a positive spirit. why has hamilton been considered a less significant founder in the minds of the public? his characterization, the convenient villain, but it was based on miths. so new readers of the hamilton musical and fans start going in and reading this characterization, this very confusing, so our website,

there was one particular chapter, a vignette that took place between thomas jefferson and james madison and alexander hamilton. place as atook result of something that was going on in congress in 1790. it was a difficult and challenging issue called the assumption bill. the colonies came out of the war. there was tremendous debt that the states had incurred and could not pay the debt and alex ander hamilton had a great idea, that the government should assume that debt and pay it off on behalf of the states. that caused people like thomas jefferson and james madison to be concerned about the role of this federal government and the newfound responsibilities that it might have and so there was in tractability around some important issues, the role between the federal government and states. sounds a little like today. and they did something that doesn't happen very much today, they actually got together. they actually spent time together. in this environment that we live in this country today it is a very -- forgive the reference, but it is a very toxic environment. we have jerseys we put o

ellis, you are a mere pigeon on the great statue of thomas jefferson. i said, i said, thank you very much. next question, please. i was flustered. i didn't know what to say. but she came up to get her book signed. and she gave me had her card. had her name on it. it said "poet." and i said to her then, and i mustered this up, i said, madam, it is not really important whether you regard me as a pigeon. it is very important that you regard jefferson as something other than a statue. [ applause ] and my remarks today are to create real live human beings rather than statues. and in order to move in us in that particular direction, i want to ask you a question. i can't see you clearly, but i am operating on the assumption that many of you out there are parents and grandparents. an oral response would be is that true? >> yes. >> me too. have you had this experience, when your children are very young, you can do no wrong. you are their gods. you are omniscient. and then they cross a line. whether that line is metabolic or psychiatric or purely chronological, i

that is where thomas jefferson lived. that is where jefferson, madison, and hamilton got together to work out the nation's debts and where the permanent capital of the united states should be. musicalstarted in the where it said, i want to be in the room where it happened. it happened right through this wall. just 10 days from now, two years 2015, the show debut. hamilton," un-american >> people are looking into his background with a positive spirit. been considered a less significant founder in the mind of the public? his characterization a convenient dylan -- dylan -- villian? many readers of the new hamilton musical go in and read this characterization and it is very confusing. hamiltont authors on would previously rely on other accomplished writers that ended up propagating a lot of mischaracterization. that is why hamilton was not so well known and revered before the look he is getting now. our speaker today hasn't done the actual hard work of getting past the books and getting to the primary sources. he has written

george washington, thomas paine, and thomas jefferson. a man who is so engaged with the founding fathers, inevitably makes us curious about his own biological father. i will start with thomas lincoln. then there is a fifth father who assumes more and more importance as the civil war grinds on, and that is god the father. thomas lincoln was born in virginia. he was taken to kentucky when he was a boy. it was in kentucky that he married nancy and began his family. daughter sarah was born in 1807. abraham was born in 1809. second son thomas was born in 1812, but he dies after three days. in 1816, thomas takes his family to the brand-new state of indiana carved out of the northwest territory. in 1830, they moved again to illinois which is where thomas lived for the rest of his life. all of his life, thomas was a farmer and a carpenter. there was a trend in the mid-20th century i either be an history to treat thomas as a never do well. one of the first lincoln books i read was a modern library collection of his greatest speeches and letters. t

[applause] in fact, thomas jefferson said nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself, he said, becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. that was june 14, my birthday, 1807.

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jefferson and james madison to be concerned about the role of this federal government and the newfound responsibilities that it might have and so there was attractability and around some very important issues, sounds a little bit like today and they did something that doesn't happen very much today, they actually got together. they actually spent time together. in this environment that we live in this country today it is forgive the reference but it is a very toxic environment. we have jerseys we put on politically an otherwise and i think that's something that is damaging overall to finding answers to issues we faces a a country, but as they got together for dinner an dealt with this difficult challenge of assuming death and this idea that alexander hamilton had they were able to work out a solution and if you don't know, james ma madison and thomas jefferson said we'll let it go forward in congress, but in exchange we want something, we want to move to the shores of potomac, and we had it largely because of a dinner that took place between those three gentlemen. i share that for thes

to use thomas jefferson who was pretty big fan of the first amendment if i'm remembering correctly as a way to attack the american media is just not stand up to scrutiny. remember, jefferson may have criticized the media, but he did not see the media as an enemy of the american people. he never talked about it in those terms, although he did clearly attack the partisan press of his day. >> well, it's a good thing -- hold on. i want to actually bring in presidential historian here. julian, professor at princeton university to put it into context. was there accuracy to what president trump said about the presidents he named including thomas jefferson and relationships with media. >> what's true is often the media is at odds with presidents. that's when they're serving their function. they're supposed to be a watchdog and many presidents have complained about how they're treated by the press or even complained about certain parts of the press. i do think though that president trump has opened up a much more aggressive frontal assault on the media as a total institution. not just complain

rounding out the choices, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top ten. he is ranked dead last in the surveybothsurveys and there's br andrew jackson as well he found his overall rating dropping this year from number 13 to number 18. buhad good news for barack obama on his first time on the list historians placed him at number 12 overall and george w. bush moved three stops with big gains in public persuasion. how did historians rate your favorite president and who were the winners and losers in the categories you can find all this and more on their website. >> hopefully this is the first of many as most of you know, i know many of you know me as a political reporter for theal arizona capitol times where he spent the past eight years covering the governor's officee delving into the political scene politics especially arizona politics is a passion of mineof but those of you that know me personally know that my greatest passion is history and if you've been to my house you have seen bookshelves of h

so here's the quote from thomas jefferson. it says, were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, i should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. this is a founding father who of course as we know supported the first amendment, freedom of the press julian, what is your reaction? >> thomas jefferson believed deeply in the free press, the press, to the survival of this republic. he was frustrated as the press became more partisan, but he believed in the media as an institution. i think the comparison of president trump is different. what many feel they are watching is a president who was just questioning the legitimacy of the entire media. not simply as being too partisan, he's arguing they are just putting out fake news, and this is a different kind of attack than we saw with previous presidents. and it's not clear to many people how much he even values the press as an institution. even though, ironically, he has used that as the center piece of his

his son, thomas jefferson, was very different. indeed, all the revolutionaries knew things their fathers did not know, and they were eager to prove themselves in what they believed and valued by their disinterestedness, by their virtue, but there was one prominent revolutionary leader who did not seek to play this role that the others did. now on the face of it aaron burr had all the credentials for being a great founder. he was a revolutionary war veteran, a princeton graduate, and a charming and wealthy aristocrat. he eventually became a senator from new york and vice president of the united states, the third and his predecessors were john adams and thomas jefferson. he was well on his way to a great career, but something set him apart, set his character apart from his colleagues. he inherited his claim to leadership. he was a real aristocrat, if you will. john adams said that he had never known in any country the prejudice in favor of birth, parentage and dissent more conspicuous than in the instance of colonel burr. burr was t

thomas jefferson is in the rankings. good morning, welcome to the program. caller: my favorite president during my time is president barack obama. he stayed the course. he was involved in all the issues that we had a hand. and he was the commander in chief. for all the people. he kept grace. how to keep this world safe and secure and that is what he did. and with class and grace. he stayed focus on how to run this country. he did just that in the face of total opposition, where everyone tried to deny him. and to have to plow through that . the majority of the tea party are people that caused obamacare right now. so what we need to do is look at what is going on and keep things in place that will help all people. host: thank you. more comments. "my favorite presidency was roosevelt because he change the presidency and the country and created the great america that we know. " "theodore roosevelt -- vibrant, energetic leader he is the path of reform to bring out the u.s. best." obama was ranked 12th. that is as the best president ever. barack obama was whisked

this is patrick henry, thomas jefferson and george washington. easily three of the most famous virginian patriots of the revolutionary period. very often individuals like patrick henry or george washington become almost like untouchable figures when we look at them in history. so thinking about something as human as a pair of glasses that actually sat on patrick henry's face makes him seem like a much more three dimensional person and allows us, especially when we're working with visiting student groups, to talk about the fact that these people were making personal and challenging decisions to participate in the american revolution. this was not a cause they supported lightly. it was a cause that carried with it the condemnation of being a traitor to the crown and all of the punishments that would be associated with that. it's one of the best tools, i think, to turn patrick henry into a real individual who lived and breathed. we're standing next to one of the only remaining whipping posts to have been found in virginia after the civil war. so thi

. >> in your introduction, you say thomas jefferson included the phrase that we pledge to each other our lives and fortunes and sacred honor as a plea to support the revolutionary war. i would take exception to that into thomas jefferson and the other 55 men only wrote the declaration of independence after the american army achieved certain success and you get no evidence whatsoever. that was a direct inclusion by mr. jefferson as a plea for the powers to join the revolution. it was only at the end of the declaration including the passage that they might have taken particular notice of. the action describes what they would take notice of and not with the intent was. >> in the anticipation, the support is and what motivated it the success had the army not been successful not only would the gathering has been probably delayed but never been written by mr. jefferson. >> please read the book and you will see i lay out very carefully the crowning for independence only happens after the common sense was published in january of 1776. every discussion that was done before that referred to tr

thomas jefferson wrote in late may that mr. president, there's really nothing of note to report to you. so it shows it was a little bit of a different time in our history. you think president obama would like to disappear for a few months? and have nothing of note to report to him? that sounds good, doesn't it. so george washington selected this route. and he also wanted to see the governors in these states. he kind of arranged ahead to make sure he would do that. he didn't go certain places that many assume he did. he didn't go to norfolk on the southern tour. he didn't go to edenton, north carolina, in the northeastern section, which was one of our largest places, most prominent places at the time. that's probably because he was simply trying to get the best route to get to charleston. he missed edenton. he missed his namesake in north carolina. those folks there can't get over that. that's what we call little washington in north carolina. and he also missed fayetteville, north carolina, which often acted as our state capital

if you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. at the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had left state service and was the american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. nonetheless, richmond reached out to jefferson, asking for his help as an absentee advocate for the capitol building. he turned to the architecture of antiquity. he was fascinated by the temples of greece and rome. in paris he was able to meet and collaborate with a french architect who was a published authority on roman antiquities and those two men got together. i like to think of jefferson as the author of our original capitol building. -- it is known by the french as la maison today. theerson planned for richmond state capitol to look like a classical roman temple. he followed the advice of people is studied antiquity and he put the capitol on top of a hill and it became, by design, the centerpiece of our city. thing that would make an impression on you is this temple on the hill. it has

p next thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton reenenacters ebate the need for the bill of rights at the newseum in washington d.c. it's 30 minutes. >> good morning. i'm an educator here at the newseum. museum in washington d.c. abwe're here to celebrate he 225th anniversary of the bill of rights. behind me you can see a printing 1788.back in this was how everybody shared news of the day. i have steve and bill and we're go back in time to have thomas jefferson and alexander amilton tell us about exactly why we should or should not have a bill of rights. bit of to set a little ontest in 1788, we have successfully revolted from england. a new rying to form nation. we have articles of confederation which working tely are not very well. we have a government but it's tenuous. ad we think we need to create new constitution to bring us all together but the question is ratified. be is it good enough. and mr. hamilton, i hear you opinions very strong about this. there's a rumor you might have writing under the name -- in some newspapers. about why we me should or should not sign off to this n

jefferson i highly recommend. there's one set of readings but at one point, he is writing about aristocracy and its something like this ostracism scheme and jefferson responds with something like you thinks with the senate you can coordinate the aristocrats but what is more likely is the aristocrats will capture. what he meant is what you are basically doing is handing the government over by ensuring that they have one part of it and then they will likely -- i think adams never really had a compelling response to what happened in arguably something like that has happened. most of the congress millionaires, the vast majority [inaudible] i agree on this. i think that the lesson isn't so much of the institution the inse been proposed, but is too raised the question of how is it we as a society and a political system built institutions were failed to build institutions that can somehow counterbalance the power of social and economic elite? one institution that has been relevant in this regard is labor unions that serv

thomas jefferson said nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth, itself, he said, becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. that was june 14th -- my birthday -- 1807. >> well, good morning. that was the president speaking at his campaign event on friday -- or actually saturday in florida. just a little context for that quote, though. "the washington post" and others have noted when president thomas jefferson wrote that letter, he was imbittered by reports of political opponents that are spreading newspaper stories that he was sleeping with sally hemmings, one of his slaves. today, most historians believe she was the mother of six of his children and months before the constitutional convention and throughout his entire career, jefferson's actual view of newspapers, quite different. in fact, right before the constitutional convention when they were debating what role newspapers when the media should have, thomas jefferson wrote, were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers

thomas jefferson and adams were very clear about this. the declaration of independence, although it was written by jefferson as a document or the ages and then make that very clear, was specifically addressed to the course of france. you don't write a declaration just for the record. he never did that. the declaration jefferson wrote as i mentioned were taking up arms was specifically addressed to king george the third, even if he was not and i say this because the first considered action by the congress after his signature after his successors were not signed into law this, but its acceptance in printing july 4, 1776, the first action that congress do was to put it on a ship bound for france so that the kings of france and spain could be and they were very clear about that. so again, the writing committee evidence is all quite clear. yes, it certainly help to rally the troops, but the intent was always to bring france and spain and undecided this. >> france and spain both pat and the case to jump into the fray. i.e. written and understoo

. >> thomas jefferson said, nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself, he said, becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle, and that was june 14th -- my birthday, 1807. but despite all their lies, misrepresentations and false stories, they could not defeat us in the primaries, and they could not defeat us in the general election, and we will continue to expose them for what they are and most importantly, we will continue to win, win, win. >> so there the president is quoting thomas jefferson, and that's not all jefferson said about the media, brian. >> you can always cherry-pick quotes from the founders to make a point, and here's another something thomas jefferson said about the press, if i had to choose government without newspapers or newspapers without government, i would choose the newspapers without government, and he said it's a crucial check on government and necessary for that. i think what president trump was trying to do by quoting jefferson there at the rally was to say, hey, my comments about the press being the

there's people who come to museum who have never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson but they know edgar allan poe. he is a an international let literary figure and can't say he belong dozen world and is everybody's writer and that's the great thing about the museum. a place that brings together everybody. >> the james is virginia's largest river. it forms in the appalachian mountains, runs through richmond and slows goo the chesapeake -- flows into the chesapeake bay. wait a trade route for connellists and sometimes called america founding river. continuing the look at richmond we spoke with richmond native and former governor of virginia, douglas wilder. >> hold your hand on the family bible. and repeat after me. i, lawrence douglas wilder, do solemnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties inincome bunt e bent on me as governor of virginia, according to the best of my ability. so help me god. congratulations. >> thank you. >

jefferson who he hated. and hutchinson was the last one and the general that clamped down and failed completely. but adams, i think, he thought that a virtues executive, an executive chosen by the people could be-- could be effective. an important part of this was he didn't want the executive to be chosen by the legislature and right as the revolution was beginning to heat up,the various provinces, as they moved to independent statehood decided we'll have legislatures and then the legislatures will choose the governor or even choose an executive council, a quorum executive. you want one executive, you want that chosen independently from the legislature. so when he got his chance to show how it should be done in 1779 he drafted the massachusetts constitution and in that constitution the governor was elected annually by the entire voting population. so, he had a separate power base from the legislature. and then he had a senate and a house of representatives, and he thought all working together that this would

i'm reading a book right now the talks about how thomas jefferson. one thing that sticks out in the book is about the judiciary act of 1789. ms. monk: oh wow. this is good. >> ok. ms. monk: who is the author? >> i'm not sure. ms. monk: i think this will be our last question time wise. if we can condense and a little bit it is for everybody's benefit. >> it states in article three that congress can appoint smaller courts in the constitution, where is chief justice marshall said that the judiciary act of 1789 was actually unconstitutional, and when jefferson and madison actually heard about the ruling, they were livid. madison being the constructor of the constitution said that was not the interpretation. i am curious, what was the basis that justice marshall had that it was unconstitutional given that it was -- ms. monk: it is an excellent question him and for those of you who are historians, you know essentially there is a second american revolution in 1800. the judiciary act becomes a firestorm because the federalists dominate all three branches of

in fact thomas jefferson said nothing can be believed if you see it in the newspaper. reporter: on his way to the rally on board air force one reporters asked president trump you know is it too early to be holding a campaign rally 30 days into your presidency? his response, no, life is a campaign. laura: all right kristin fisher. going to be interesting that's for sure. thanks so much for their portrait right now we are learning a terrorist link to one of the most infamous attacks on u.s. soil has died in prison. coming up the life of the notorious blind sheikh plus a key figure in one of the most controversial court cases in american history died. she is a plaintiff in roe v. wade. we will take a look back on her complicated life ahead on the fox report. >> reporting on what matters. "fox news" channel delivers like no one else. the number one name in news all day every day start your day wir one choice of dentists. philips sonicare removes significantly more plaque versus oral-b 7000. experience this amazing feel of clean. innovation and you. philips sonicare. save n

he was a democratic republican, friend of thomas jefferson personally, a quaker, a pacifist, very pro-french. he thought if he could get to france and meet with france's leaders he might be able to talk them back from the edge and keep his country out of war. george logan was a prominent person. it was no one of the stature that would be needed to go and negotiate with a country's foreign leader. it would be like taking out a second mortgage to go to iran and negotiate a better nuclear deal. he spent his money and sold parcels of land to finance the trip. he went to france and was able to meet with france's leaders. france had seen the wisdom of walking back. it was impossible to determine what george logan's real impact was. but the french thought there was a lot of impact for his attempt to come and make peace. he became a celebrity in paris. you would think he would receive similar treatment for his initiative and trying to make peace. the federalist were out raged ad viewed this as interference in america's policy. they viewed the democratic republicans as the mob rule to the french amer

thomas jefferson would be dead. law professors are different because every day we have to decide. it's not that we are bad historians that we are trying to do a different thing. we are actually trying to apply principles to figure out where the plaintiff or the defendant wins in the crankcase. actually we do think about that a lot and i would say one thing that they would encourage soa have to actually talk across the divide and talk to people who don't live necessarily in our neighborhood or worship in our church. they are imagining a congress in which people from different parts of the country that aren't them indicating with each other will come together and the people in congress will exchange information and ideas and perspectives and every one of them is expected to be persuaded or make adjustments or compromises that the folks back home might not love but the folks back home don't know about the other districts that see the world very differently and the point is we are supposed to try to talk to each other and we do that in newspapers but also in congress. they think that

i am at the papers of thomas jefferson for a period of time. i love this document and what they mean and how north carolina used documentary research and the document of. the editing of documents can produce a lot of information about those document. >> charles, i think you can venerate the documents about the document. but there is some thing about being in the room, something that thomas jefferson touched that is irreplaceable. >> i agree. if a million people a year go through, it says something about the documents. it also says something about our culture. i'm not going to write a book about this, and i think pauline maier got into this a little bit about how our reaction to world war ii, to communism, to the continuing threat to our government way of life left us to hang, to come around this document. the way we come around other things around the table at this inning, christmas tree across the something like that. i think it is a device that we have in raise and come up with. i could use to assist terms, but i don't feel too aggressive abo

thomas jefferson, andrew jackson and abraham lincoln and many of our greatest presidents fought with the media and called them out oftentimes on their lies. when the media lies to people, i will never ever let them get away with it. i will do whatever i can to that they don't get away with it. they have their own agenda, and their agenda is not your agenda. jesse: donald trump is basically saying the media is not on your side, and he's aligning himself with the people. the media is officially the opposition. the democrats completely out of power. pelosi, schumer, totally irrelevant. the media has come forward and said we'll be the ones to fight against donald trump. that's a huge risk for the media. donald trump will say i'm the people's protector, i'm on the people's side and the media does not have your beth interests at heart. he aligned himself with the crowd so much he brought a crowd member up on stage with him. take a look. >> hop over the fence. he can do it. he's in good shape. look at this guy. this guy is great. don't worry about him. come on up. come on. [cheers and appla

and acted by the state general assembly on january 16, 1786 and then my thomas jefferson. it addresses the principle of separation of church andstate . the three paragraph statute, the basis for our first amendment protections for religious freedom. next we learn about another founding father in the financial scandal that landed him in prison. >> robert morris was an important american founder but it's true that not very many people knew about him. he was the financier of the american revolution, so call because he served toward the end of the american revolution. he helped put that early government on a sound financial footing.everybody was in big trouble at the end of the war so he was a moneyman. he's also not well-known because of what happened to him at the end of the flood. he messed up pretty bad. he was one of the rich

[applause] in fact, thomas jefferson said nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself, he said, becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. 14, my birthday, 1807. despite all their lies, misrepresentations, and false stories, they could not defeat us in the primaries, and cannot defeat us in the general election, and we will continue to expose them for what they are , and most importantly, we will continue to win, win, win. [applause] we are not going to let the fake news tell us what to do, how to live, or what to believe. we are free and independent people, and we will make our own choices. to be thee today truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. i hear your demands a, i hear your voices, and i promise you i will deliver. i promise that. and by the way, you've seen what we've accomplished in a very short. of time -- in a very short period of time. the white house is running so smoothly. so smoothly. me, i and we inherited one big mess. that i can tell you. you want safet neighborhoods where the streets along to families and com

and attended by colonial leaders and future founders, george washington and thomas jefferson. it was here that patrick henry gave his famous give me liberty or give me death speech. which helped spark the beginning of the american revolution. we continue our ec

>> thomas jefferson. >> designed to capital but still in use today. >> tell me about what we're seeing here. >> abraham lincoln came here right end of the civil war when richmond fell and basically he freed some slaves right over here. mrs. harry byrd over here. hill. about, thereing are a lot of monuments. >> do want to go to monument avenue? >> even liking here back in 2004, richmond was on that upward trajectory, but there is still much to be desired. a lot of this was basically abandoned. , i people come back now think what we are experiencing is that there are folks who went off to college other places come had jobs in other cities, placing sandwiches on washington and they come back because richmond is cool again. >> what made it cool again? businesses, and what made the change? change, try to explain this, vcu went to the final four, that helped with that, where's the school from? this is richmond. this was one of the epicenters of the .12 election. when president obama when virginia for the first time in 44 years. a democrat. >> so do you think that's change as far as governmen

. >> thomas jefferson: ♪ so what did i miss? ♪ what did i miss? >> rose: daveed diggs originated the role of thomas jefferson, 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