so, when jefferson comes home to monticello, his beloved monticello, john meacham loves to say the roads are open, but it's always always jefferson decrying that he can't be in monticello for four years in public service, but he finally comes home in 1889 and never leaves. he almost immediately calls for his daughter and her family to come and live, for her to be the host of the plantation and run it and manage it and bring her family there. i think it's partly because he wants a woman to be in that role, and he can't obviously have his concubine doing that, but i think it's also because he wants to protect her and have her and her children at monticello. >> she does make a couple appearances while jefferson is present. this is martha jefferson randolph. and she is officially his hostess but she's not there a lot. meanwhile dolly madison is on the other side of town creating a whole political center of networks and connections at the white house, and jefferson lets her do it. but there are these moments where she does show up, and i'm thinking of the work of cynthia ke rrk kerner and it'

lonnie bunch is an old friend and so helpful to the monticello. it was really one of our first major victory, landmark and didn't have a museum yet, but now with that museum we joint by prepared the exhibition of slavery and it went on to elizabeth our creator and rex ellis, we announced we were going to do this, he said you cannot understand race in this country if you don't understand slavery and you can't understand slavery if you don't understand the plantation system and you don't understand plantations unless you go to places like monticello. so what i would ask you to link to is not sally hemming because you can't understand sally hemming unless you understand how the entire country was tangled. >> five minutes left, who is the presidential story you don't study, like if it is on the history channel, and you say yeah, that hees the presidential family i want to spend some time with. >> i have been lucky. i started out with the adams and they are fun and then i was with the madison family adams, but yes, i would be interested in michelle oba

hundreds of descendants returned to monticello in june. >> i think you can't understand this country if you don't understand how it was founded, and i don't think you can understand race in this country without understanding slavery. >> so monticello is more than a mansion on a mountain? >> yes. it's much more. it's a crucible of really what our country has been and what it means today. >> reporter: sally hemmings' story and others at monticello capturing the country's early aspirations and its stark contradictions. jeff bennett, nbc news, charlottesville, virginia. news, charlottesville, virginia. you need insurance. but it's not really something you want to buy. it's not sexy. or delicious. or fun. but since you need both car and home insurance, why not bundle them with esurance and save up to 10%? which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like... well, i don't know what you'd wanna buy because i'm just a guy on your tv. esurance. it's surprisingly painless. >>> banksy has long been known as sort of the prankster of the art world and his latest truck is one for the amgt

now the room and hemingz' new prominence are a much larger part of the story of monticello. >> so when i had a chance to step on that dirt, i actually got on my knees and i rubbed my hands in the dirt because i wanted to feel the presence of my ancestors. and i did. >> reporter: gale jessup white descends from one of jefferson's enslaved chefs, sally's brother, peter hemings. hundreds of descendants returned to montd chicello in june. >> i think you can't understand this country if you don't understand how it was founded. and i don't think you can understand race in this country without understanding slavery. >> so monticello is more than a mansion on a mountain. >> yes. it's much more. it's a crucible of really what our country has been and what it means today. >> reporter: sally s' story and others at monticello capturing the country's early aspirations and its stark contradictions. geoff bennett, nbc news, charlottesville, virginia. >> good to see all sides of american history being recognized. >> it should be. it sho sally hemings had a very complex and fascinating past. important

and until recently was entirely absent from the exhibits at monticello, s jeffersohome. as nbc's jeff bennett reports, that's all changed now. >> reporter: it's a public reckoning of the founding father revered for penning the words, "all men are created equal," yet owned saves throughout his lifetime. >> it's the great paradox of the founding of the country, right?f sorson writes the declaration of independence, and yet he's the man who60 owns men, women, and children. >> reporter: here, the story of sally hemmings now takes center stage. ester more than two centuf ignoring or covering up an open secret during jefferson's life. enslaved by jefferson, hemmings is believed to have given birth to six of his children. dna evidence backs itup. visitors learn about hemmings' life through the recollections of herson, madison. >> it's emotional. you really feel it. >> i think it's important again to acknowled that truth about our founding fathers. they were deeply flawed humanbe gs. >> reporter: sally hemmings' story, now embraced, wasn't always welcomed here. >> i came on the

it's part of the winery in napa at a monticello winery, his clothes got caught into the machine and dragged him into it. he's a native of napa. cal osha is investigating what happened. we did try to contact the winery to get a comment but we have not heard back to them. >>> and we have new information about the man and women who died when they fell off a scenic overlook at yosemite national park. they're originally from india, they most recently living in new york. they were 29 and 30 years old. they fell 800 it. aft point last week. there's no -- from taft point last week. there's no railing on that ledge. >>> and they're going to consider a ban on flavored tobacco products. the ban would include men that will figure restricted priest and they said vaping has doubled among middle school and high school students in marin county in the past two years. this morning it begins at the civics center in san raphael. >>> we're exactly one week from the midterm election, today is the last day you can ask to vote by mail. your local elections office has to receive your request by today. many people h

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until recently, there was almost no mention of her at the museum at monticello, jefferson's virginia home. the new exhibit dedicated to hemmings commemorates more of her life. the museum is redoing some of their other exhibits with the of being inclusive of the enslaved people who lived there. >>> new video of what you might call an unusual political protest, nearly 1,000 dogs and their owners marched on parliament in london. they're demanding a second vote on brexit, britain's plan to leave the european union. protesters claim animals will suffer when britain leaves the eu saying that there will be a shortage of vets and a rise in the cost of pet food. >>> thousands of people spent sunday morning running through the streets of the south bay. >> it was the 13th rock 'n' roll running event in san jose. the two-day event is musically themed whationed along the route playing live music. the weekend featured a number of races for everyone, from kids to people wheelchairs ran the main and half marathon, and one man we spoke with has really been coming out for this race for about eight yea

it took place on monticello road in napa. the clothing got caught in the machine and it pulled him in and he died. he has been identified as leon marcella law, a napa native. cow osha is investigating. we reach out to the winery for comment but have yet to hear back. >>> you semi national park officials have identified the couple who died last week after falling from an look. they were from india. authorities say there 29 and 30 years old. they had been living in new york. they felt 800 feet from taft point, a well-known tourist spot. there is no railing across much of that ledge. >>> man arrested in a shooting rampage at a synagogue in pittsburgh appear in federal court today. police say 46-year-old robert bowers was yelling anti-somatic slurs as he shot worshipers gathered for saturday's services. he came to court in wiltshire after being shot and injured by police. president trump is set to visit pittsburgh tomorrow. the rabbi at the tree of life synagogue said he would be honored to saying, his message is the same for eve

the reason i was at monticello over the weekend thinking about the origins the reason you want these in a democracy is so that you are not ruling by the referendum allowing the unique these institutions so that officials can make the right decisions about what is best for their country and that is a question for the british citizens. we've seen the dangers of the referendum and other countries and i think my democratic advice would be to where it's with because they arguably go around at those institutions. >> thank you for the debate. we are looking up to america for democracy that over the last decade, we see more going to china. they've lost their luster and another question i'd like to ask for the moral democracy -- if you could comment on that. >> china offers a lot of money and they are investing a lot in africa. there's been an increasing amount of commerce for some time now in a way that the united states and the west has been involved and less engaged if china is willing to offer resources to invest and buy up the wheel analoyal and other ren yes, the other countries will go

the napa county sheriff's office says it happened on monticello road around 12:45 this afternoon. the worker has been identified as 49-year-old leon lua... we're working to learn more about the circumstances of the accident.. (catherine) developing news tonight... a human skill detatched from its body has been found in the east bay. (vicki) investigators say there may be clues found in a decomposed torso found near the same spot. kron 4's haaziq madyun has the story. (pkg)there may be a link to a human skull found in the backyard of this home and the headless body of a person found a few blocks from this locationsotthe decayed skull was found october 26, 2018 on this property on 29th street in oakland. back on september 26th a skelontonized body was found in the basement of an abandoned building on the 2800 block of martin luther

also makes me jefferson's daughter, in support of the embargo act, started to homespunspun, cotton at monticello. were lot of the women who supportive of the democratic republican party and jefferson supported the embargo act. and they would do this. and broad cloth. broad cloth is made of cotton. >> [indiscernible] something? organic material. silk's,wool, cotton, cotton linen. those basic fabrics you will find and that is why they last so long. you jump in between and they were metals -- metallics and rayon's and those last forever also. that is the range in fabrics. mr. carl sferrazza: interesting. nly talkcan o about so much but we talk about mrs. hoover during the depression and the cotton industry really hurting. and at that time, we were beginning to import rayon from japan. fear was that there was going to be -- that the american manufacturers were coming up with a blend. cotton with rayon. practically became an international incident and the japanese ambassador spoke to president hoover about it. and i you do see that know with mrs. next and you see a especially a lot of the blends that

it is on monticello road in napa. the workers clothing got caught in the machine, pulling him in and killing him. he was identified as 49-year- old leon louisville from napa. cal osha is investigating. we reach out to the winery for comment but did not hear back. he is the fourth napa valley winery worker to be killed on the job since 2016. >>> you 70 park officials say the two people who died after falling from an overlook where a married couple -- were a married couple from india. the chronicle reports they have been living in new york. they fell about 800 feet from taft point, which is a well- known tourist spot. there is no railing across much of the ledge. park visitor spotted the bodies last wednesday. >>> the owner of the infamous townhomes that burned last week is offering buyers who already purchased a unit options. a fire ripped through the icehouse complex weeks before people were expecting to move into the first of the hundred 26 units. for those who already purchased a home, city ventures is allowing them

the vineyard is part of the winery on monticello road in napa. the workers -- napa, his clothes got caught in the machine. he was a napa native. and cal osha is investigating the incident. we reached out to the winery but did not hear back. >>> we have new information about the man or woman who died last week after falling off a scenic overlook p the photo of the married couple originally from india they were 29 and 30 years old living in new york. they fell 800 feet from taft point that is a tourist spot, but there's no railing near that ledge. >>> and oakland mayor libby schaaf will reopen a housing facility. it's a job placement center that can serve up to 180 people a year. the new start in early december. >>> the marin county board of supervisors are considering the ban of a sale of flavored vaping products. it's doubled in marin county in the past two years. this morning's meeting begins at the march republican civic center in san raphael. >>> the wife of the journalist who was killed this that -- in that saudi journalist, how she's honorin

the napa county sheriff's office says it happened yesterday at deconinck vineyards on monticello road.the worker has been identified as 49-year-old leon lua of napa. occupational safety and health officals are investigating his death. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news..crews continue their underwater search for victims of the plane that crashed in indonesia. we'll have the latest. ( james ) plus...thousands of american troops are headed to the u.s. mexico border right now to stop a migrant carivan headed here. ( james ) and after the break...one bay area neighborhood is furious this mess was left behind by a cleaning crew. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. checking the bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive time is less than 30 min from the maze to fremont street maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or, simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing with energy upgrade california. major hot spot in dublin wb 580 after 680 the two left lanes are closed due to police action and a downed light pole. traffic jammed from santa rit

. >> it has something to do with being monticello and looking down at everyone. hamilton was inflamed by stuff and it ended up in the press. wrote his essay defending the constitution and the federalist papers appeared in newspapers as a briuan anti-federalist. these have reach and were distributed slowly. were written in the partisan national gazette expressed the hope that at some ofnt and enlighten class the ones towould be solely disperse reason across the land and people will take the time to read, catered arguments and this will obviate the dangers. the bad thing about having to be country is people cannot discover facts. the good thing is mops cannot formalize, he thinks, because the press travels slowly and mixes with long, condit created arguments that people read and reason will prevail. and we havepeed been partisan before, but we did not have twitter. obvious difference is that now journalistne is in a -- is a journalist. everyone can express opinions in real time, but it allows for the quick formation of mobs in a way that has undermined the institut

earlier today, a worker at the winery on monticello road in napa fell into or under a grape picking machine, a machine neighbors confirmed the winery uses. the deceased is 49-year-old leon marcelo lua, a napa native, pronounced dead at 12:45 this afternoon. the first responders appeared to be cal fire units. the napa county sheriff's office is working on a public statement but the investigation is under the auspices of cal osha. this is a privately owned winery that has been producing bordeaux style wines since 1986. it's owned by the family that operates the 94-acre vineyard and winemaking facility. this is the fourth worker death in northern california wine country in 3 years. including today's, back in 2016, an accident at the joel gott winery claimed a worker's life. last year at sutter home winery in santa lena, a worker died from a fall. and last may, an arrowhead winery worker died in a tractor accident. one other, back in 2010. a worker was killed at a winery in lodi, california in san joaquin county. in each of these cases, cal osha is the investigative agency and does a thorough i

earlier today, a worker at the winery on monticello road in napa fell into, or under, a grape picking machine, and machine neighbors confirmed the winery uses. the deceased is 49-year-old leon marcelo muoa, a napa native pronounced dead at 12:45 this afternoon. the first responders appeared to be cal fire units. the napa county sheriff's office is working on a public statement but the investigation is under the auspices of cal osha. this is a privately owned winery that has been producing bordeaux style wines since 1986. it's owned by the family that operates the 94-acre vineyard and winemaking facility. this is the fourth worker death in northern california wine country in 3 years. including today's, back in 2016, an accident at the joel gott winery claimed a worker's life. last year at sutter home winery in santa lena, a worker died from a fall. and last may, an arrowhead winery worker died in a tractor accident. one other, back in 2010. a worker was killed at a winery in lodi, california in san joaquin county. in all those other cases, of course, cal osha was the lead agency. and a

. >> it has something to do with being monticello and looking down at everyone. hamilton was inflamed by stuff and it ended up in the press. madison wrote his essay defending the constitution and the federalist papers appeared in newspapers as a briuan anti-federalist. these have reach and were distributed slowly. madison's essays were written in the partisan national gazette expressed the hope that at some point and enlighten class of journalists would be the ones to solely disperse reason across disperse reason across the land and people will take the time to read, catered arguments and this will obviate the dangers. the bad thing about having to be country is people cannot discover facts. the good thing is mobs cannot formalize, he thinks, because the press travels slowly and mixes with long, condit created arguments that people read and reason will prevail. now is the speed and we have been partisan before, but we did not have twitter. obvious difference is that now that everyone is a journalist. everyone can express opinions in real time, but it allows for t

until recently, there was almost no mention of her in the museum at monticello. now the exhibit dedicated to hemings dedicates more of her life. the museum is redoing some of the other exhibits with the goal of being moreinexclusive. >>> what you might call an unusual political protest. it looks normal until you look down. near lay thousand dogs and their owners marching on parliament in london. and they're demanding a second vote on brexit. britain's plan to leave the european union. they called ate wolf rendum saying britain will suffer when it leaves the eu saying there will be a shortage of veterinarians and a rise in the cost of pet food. the march backed a wider campaign for british voters having a say on terms on the deal. >> a thousand dogs. >>> what would you pack for a trip to hawaii? a bathing suit and some sunscreen. >> check, check. >> a redwood city went a different route. she recently returned to her hometown on the island of hawaii with something much heavier and much more meaningful. garvin thomas is here with tonight's bay area proud. >> reporte

i would say the reason -- i was at monticello over the weekend so i've been thinking about kind of america's origins. the reason you want mediating institutions in a democracy is so that you are not ruling by referenda alone. right? you need mediating representative institutions. so that elected officials can make the right decisions about what is best for their country. and that's a question for british citizens not us. ut we have seen the dangers of referenda in other countries and, you know, i think my democratic advice, my advice to democracys would be to tread warily with referendums because they arguably go around those mediating institutions in a representative democracy. susan: you, sir? >> thank you for the inspiring debate. . will take you back to africa you know, africans in other parts of the world like daniel said look up to america as a model for democracy. but over the last decade we see more african leaders going to china than coming to america. does that say that american democracy has lost its luster in africa? that's one question. and another quick question, that i would l

in order to film the series, judge ginsburg has been traveling to do research and filming in monticello, montpelier, independence hall, gettysburg, and winter harbor maine where he spoke to lobstermen about the articles of confederation. he also went to london to view the magna carta. he told me that 1939, the magna carta was on loan to the world's fair in new york. when the war broke out, our government took the magna carta , our u.s. constitution, and declaration, and the gutenberg bible, to fort knox kentucky for safekeeping. at one time, prime minister churchill suggested giving the magna carta to america to encourage us to help with the war effort. he was reminded he did not belong -- it did not belong to the british government, it belonged to the salisbury cathedral so that was that. the tv series is due to air in september 2019. how perfect for our legacy series. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the man that president reagan called unpretentious, the great american judge, we firmly believe in the rule of law. thank you. >> thank you all for being here. my task is i was given

this is william mckinley of monticello. he works in customer service and he has a western. -- a question. >> who is your role model in politics and white? >> for this one, we start with mrs. brenton again. >> thank you. roleften torn by who is my mali in politics because there are so many people you can my role model in politics because there are so many people you can admire. i admire president lincoln. why? him, mr.aid to president, you have to destroy our enemies. he said madam, i will destroy my enemies by making them my friends. is there anyone worth admiring? worthst politician admiring was john f. kennedy. he stood up and said come you know what, we are the greatest country in this world and we will put a man on the world in 10 years. we don't know how we are going to do it, but we know we will do it. the kind of -- that is of aspirational leadership that i aspire. me that, mr.tell braun, you should have gotten the first go on that. why don't you go ahead? >> role models, i am doing this for the outside. when you hav

this is william of monticello. he works in customer service and he has a question. >> who is your role model in politics and why? >> for this one, we start with mrs. brenton again. >> thank you. i'm often torn by who is my role model in politics because there are so many people you can admire and not always for the right reasons. i admire president lincoln. why? a woman said to him, mr. president, you have to destroy our enemies. he said madam, i will destroy my enemies by making them my friends. does that not destroyed my enemies? he had some other issues as well. is there anyone worth admiring? the last politician worth admiring was john f. kennedy. he took a stand and said you know what? we are the greatest country in this world and we will put a man on the moon in 10 years. we don't know how we are going to do it, but we know we will do it. it is that inspirational leadership to which i aspire. >> producers tell me that, mr. braun, you should have gotten the first go on that. why don't you go ahead? >> role mod

jeff: it has something to do with monticello and looking down on everyone. alex: liberals and the ivory tower. obama mountain. of hamilton and burr was inflamed by the press. or madisonl gazette, wrote his essays defending the constitution and the federalist papers appeared in the newspapers, is a very anti-federalist organ. at the same time, these things have limited reach and were distributed slowly. in 1891 --his essays madison in his essays in 1891 expresses the hope that at some point and enlightened class of willalists, the literati slowly disperse reason across the land and people will take time to read complimented -- comp of gated arguments. the bad thing about having a big country is people cannot discover facts. the good thing is the passion that mobs cannot formalize because the press, it travels that all these particles -- that reason will prevail. right now it is the speed of deliberation. we have been partisan before, the press has been partisan before, but we did not have twitter. now, everyone is a journalist. it is a wonderful, empowering t

this is william of monticello. he works in customer service. and he has a question. >> who is your role model in politics and why? anne: this one we start with ms. brenton again. ms. brenton: you know, i'm often torn about who would be my role model in politics simply because there are so many different people that you could admire. and not only for the right reasons. for example, i admire president lincoln. why? because when a woman said to him, president lincoln, you have to destroy your enemies, his answer was simply, madam, i am going to make my enemies my friends. does that not destroy my enemies? he had some other issues as well. i guess really the question becomes is there anyone worth admiring? the last politician of modern days i really admire was john f. kennedy because he took the stand and he said we are the greatest country in this world, and what we are going to do is put a man on the moon in 10 years. we don't know how we are going to do it, but we know we are going to do it. and that sort of inspirational leadership is to which

vernon or monticello which has literally been transformed. it is being transformed as we speak. i've not seen the sally hemmings quarters. i read about it and eager to see it. it's remarkable that these institutions that aren't grounded in veneration can find it within themselves to renew themselves and to be contemporary in the best sense of the word. i really tip my hat to organizations like the mount vernon ladies association and the thomas jefferson foundation. i mean they are models, i think, in a lot of ways. >> montpelier has done it too with the slaves quarters. the constitution is more inclusive. and that idea of telling the story in ways that gives voices to all of underrepresented groups and includes sthem a great privilege. >> i have two more disruptors and 22 minutes. jeffrey, you're my lead on this one. we touched on it a bit. it is digital technology. i shows you fchose you for thisu teach and i was just overnight reading a study based on scientific research that the digital generation are having brain changes because of digital technology. they learn differently.

this is part of the winery on the monticello road. the clothing got caught in the machine and then attract him in. authorities say that they have identify the worker as the 49- year-old leon marcello of napa, a native and they are investigating the incident. we reached out to the winery for the comment but we have not heard back. stomach a woman posted a video on the bart video page of a man with two chainsaws. bart responded to the woman saying that it had received several calls about the man. the police officers positioned themselves to board the train at the station in oakland where the man ended up getting off. it is unclear if he was taken into custody. >>> divers expanding the search for a victim of an airplane crash. the past concerns about the airplane that went down and the new concerns about air travel in indonesia. >>> following the latest surrounding the deadly attack at a synagogue over the weekend. president trump prepares to visit pittsburgh to grieve with those impacted families and explaining why some say they do not