jefferson was very close to john freeman. the book goes into that in some length, and deliberately chose to put him in the most public place in the white house as a footman, both greeting guests and waiting at table, wearing the same formal livery as the white footmen who worked in the white house and were freemen, and treated the same way, same accommodations, same supervision. what some historians have called a gray zone of slavery that jefferson established in the white house as a kind of model of what he hoped would be a transition from slavery to freedom. if we can slip to the slide with the kitchen. this is a monticello slide of the kitchenette monticello. the white house kitchen would have been similar indeed to this. jefferson brought up from monticello three young, enslaved girls in their teens, 15, 16, 17, in that range. initially the first one, called ursula granger, was brought up alone. the reason he brought these young women in was to have them learn french cuisine from the french chef he brought on to prepare m

so, jefferson has an agenda. humboldt has an agenda and two men forge a friendship that will last the rest of jefferson's life. so, this is the thing that brought them together -- when you get right down to it. this is the first, most complete skeleton of a mastodon. they thought it was a mammoth. but this was dug up in upstate new york, installed in charles wilson peels museum in philadelphia and this is the creature that literally helps bring jefferson, humboldt and american art and culture altogether. so, let's figure out how that works. if you walk into this first room ,it really is about those six weeks in the united states. this is splashdown. this is where humboldt meets jefferson. and this is the relative ages they are when they meet. this is humboldt at age 35, and jefferson at 65. both painted by members of the peele family, the first family of artists. so this is the relationship that will energize the way he think about exploration, the way we think about nature and the way we think about our national

jefferson brought monroe along. the fact that they were together so much, i think that wisdom comes with a clash of ideas and maybe not even clashing, but long discussions about constitutions and, jefferson and madison were fascinated by explorers, and when you look at their booklist, they were decided delighted to learn about the people who sailed around the world. and that is a purely enlightenment thing. they not only had the vast knowledge that each of them had studied, they had this whole environment in which it was about important to explore ideas as well as the country, and there is one last thing and i have not quite got this together yet, but one of your lectures talked about how modest a mansion in the united states was compared to -- for example, and no relationship, the one is tiny and the other is huge, they were on the periphery of civilization, they were not at the center, they were not at london, they were on the edges, and i think that made them more creative. you do not have this vast layer of trad

but jefferson just kept going. when madison's more moderate, more thoughtful statement went forward to the virginia assembly, jefferson got a hold of it and changed it and made it more amenable to his way of thinking. madison found out, he got it changed back and he did say a word, but not a grumpy one to jefferson. he just pointed out to him that these words like nullification and secession were not going to be very helpful if you wanted to get a whole bunch of states to come together and oppose the sedition act. so i think that madison's patients accounted for a great deal. >> i could not agree more. of the two, madison was clearly the better politician. i know there are a couple of graduates here. >> madison is a virginian as well. >> yes, and i went to school in virginia as well, but madison is the far better politician. on the idea of the bill of rights, it was charles pinkie who said we should promote such rights against the cornering of soldiers. you talked about the liberties of the press. but we were not r

jefferson described it best. he just had confidence and he was not only willing to go to war, he encouraged the congress to declare war in 1812. madison also had this gift of leadership. he knew how to change his mind. you know, and a friend of ours said to me once, you know, of course you don't keep a total consistency throughout your life. when the situation changes, you change. and i guess the most best example of that is madison and the constitution because when he left the constitutional convention he was very disappointed. he did not think they had done all that they should. but he sort of sat and thought about it, and decided that nothing better could be created. and then went to work on the ratification. he thought that when hamilton proposed a national bank, that was the worst thing he ever heard of. but then he supported a national bank during his own administration. some people, i think gordon wood wrote in his book, one of the chapters is called is there a madison problem, you know, with this back and

jefferson is on the horns of a different dilemma. how do you keep the sense of the mammoth when you can't really use the mammoth or the mastodon as your imprimatur? what you do is you go back to humboldt and humboldt's discussion about natural monuments. the two natural monuments that we adopt first come straight out of jefferson's notes on the state of virginia and out of humboldts writings and they are a natural bridge and niagara falls. natural bridge in jefferson's home state of virginia considered the largest arch of its kind at the time. it was the land and the arch were owned by jefferson at the time. and so, this is a painting which jefferson has put a great deal of stock. it is large, it is impressive, it is sublime. it gives you a headache when you lean over. was even better is it is patriotic. you notice the black man in the foreground. that is patrick henry who was a free man of color living there at the time that jefferson owned the property. he was the absentee landlord and the local tour guide. what he is pointing to u

jefferson davis, the man, is a contradiction. jefferson davis, in his early life, was a graduate of the united states military academy. he served in the frontier with the united states army. he was secretary of war under president pierce. he served in the united states congress, and he also served in the united states senate. and he and his wife were the hosts during james buchanan's administration in washington, dc. when the south left and formed their own government, they invited jefferson davis to become its first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become the president of the confederate states of america. we are standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held, at the conclusion of the american civil war. in 1865, jefferson davis received word from general robert e. lee, commander of the army of northern virginia, that they could no longer hold the federal army back from attacking the city of richmond. with that news, jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet and sent his family on the road fo

jefferson, jefferson tried to undermine the constitutional ratification. he sent letters out to friends who then showed them on the floor of the virginia assembly where they were undertaking a crucial ratification criticizing the constitution and suggesting that they not ratify it so that there could be more discussion and may be changes that should be made. madison, as i stay, the study asked of all did not get mad or at least not so that he showed it but he just quit writing for jefferson for a while but jefferson embarrassed at this time so it took madison a long time to send jefferson a copy of the federalist papers and well, i love it as an example the jefferson we mean it's. i think i will criticize the constitution now or the constitutional ratification. madison, holding fast, not losing his temper i think that jefferson must have been a very close friend. >> now, it's 11:30 so i don't u.s. me a couple questions and then we will go to the questionnaires on the chat room. >> when we married and you were phd in english literature. >> this is true. >>

washington, jefferson, madison and monroe. that will be out in about two years, but what fascinates her is that for the first 36 years of our republic, with the exception of four short years of john adams, the virginia dynasty was in power. of the 15 books she has written, five of them are history books for children and we have bought them for all of our grandchildren and i read them, over and over, with the grandchildren who loved them. i will just mention a few, because you might want to purchase them. america a patriotic primer celebrates the ideas that are our country. one of my favorites, a is for abigail, tells about the accomplishments of women in america and of course, the one that i love the most is "when washington crossed the delaware" and it tells about general washington leading his ragtag army of across the frozen river for his surprise attack. it teaches children about courage, heroism, and dedication to your dreams. she was also a baton twirler as a child. she required hours of discipline and practice and was k

but madison and jefferson saw it differently. now the statute failed to pass when they first brought it to the virginia assembly. the jefferson went off to paris for five years while he was gone, madison who was the sharpest politician among the founders, he saw an opportunity and he got a past. he wrote an exultant letter to jefferson in which he declared that the statute had been had extinguished -- madison's high regard for the stat sheet has been shared by generations. a much admired theologian called the statute and i quote an ethical shift in the western world's approach to relations between a civil and relations religious fears. by dividing them with the state on one hand and the church on the other, virginia statute is in martin marti's words, a hinge between the ages. i think we were on the side of the change that the founders accomplished, it's hard to realize it, because they have become such a part of our lives. madison made many decisions but perhaps the wisest was marrying dolly todd. he was out walking in 1794 when

jefferson was always the optimist. kitty had seemed amenable, but then she and her family travel to new jersey, and madison waited to hear from her about the upcoming wedding. he didn't hear. and he didn't hear. finally, he got a deer john letter. he poured his hurt and his heart out to jefferson, who gave him great advice. he told, him the world will present many other resources of happiness. you possess many within yourself. this is my favorite. firmness of mind, and on intermitting occupations will not long leave you in pain. in other words, throw yourself into your work. that's exactly what madison did. then kitty went on to marry a medical student. his name was liam clark. he later became a clergyman. kitty was a -- in her, well her father wrote that he had given to her wife and husband considerable sums of money, unattractive land, the father complained all is gone. he ordered his son nicholas to give her 70 dollars a month. now it's quite possible that disappointed as medicine was, austerity was better off for t

you know, jefferson was always the optimist. kitty had seemed amenable but then she and her family traveled to new jersey and madison waited to hear from her about the upcoming wedding and he didn't hear and he didn't hear, until finally he got a dear john letter. he poured his hurt and his heart out to jefferson, who gave him great advice. he told him, the world will present many other resources of happiness. and you possess many within yourself. then this is my favorite. firmness of mind, and unintermitting occupations will not long leave you in pain. in other words, throw yourself into your work and that is exactly what madison did. kitty went on to marry a medical student, his name was william clarkson and he later became a clergyman. and kitty was a spendthrift. in a will her father wrote that he had given kitty and her wife -- and her husband considerable sums of money, and attractive land but, the father complained, all is spent and gone. he ordered his son nicholas, having cut her out of his will, he ordered his sonic la

so jefferson has an agenda. humboldt has an agenda, and the two men forge a friendship that will last the rest of jefferson's life. so this is the thing that brought them together when you get right down to it. this is the first, most complete skeleton of a mastodon. they thought it was a mammoth. i will explain that later, but this was dug up in upstate new york, installed in a museum in philadelphia, and this is the creature that literally helped bring jefferson, humboldt, and american art and culture all together. >> learn more about alexander von humboldt sunday at six a copy of eastern, 3:00 p.m. pacific, here on american history tv. thatel of scholars argues the u.s. constitution was an antislavery document rather than a for slavery one as others have claimed. the panel swings have various political groups interpreted the constitution during antebellum fights during slavery. the heritage tradition hosted this event. they provided the video. >> good morning. my name is angela, and i am the vice president of

the rest of jefferson's life. so this is the thing that brought them together. the first most complete skeleton of a mastodon. they thought it was a mammoth. will explain that later, but this was dug up in upstate new york, installed in the museum in philadelphia, and this is the creature that literally helped bring jefferson, humboldt, and american art and culture altogether. >> learn more about alexander von humboldt sunday at 3:00 p.m. pacific, here on american history tv. month, wehts of this are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. monday night, from c-span's q&a series, historians susan scholten and eric rausch way -- auchway talk about two of the --t contentions presidential in history. between herbert hoover and franken roosevelt in 1933. watch monday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. period of theg a 19th century, nantucket, off the coast of massachusetts, was a hub for whaling around the wor

thomas jefferson comes in and he makes a couple of points very clear. first he says, look, in his inaugural address, not every difference of opinion is a difference of principle. in other words, look, everybody, calm down here. you can oppose somebody without considering them to be a traitor. the second thing he says equally important he draws a line between the way that john adams had behaved and the way he'll behave. he said, look, i think i have the federalists, the new opposition, will denounce me, but i can take it. and whoever is right will win. so i think he's really trying to set a different tone for a new presidency with a real emphasis i think on stability and the loyal opposition, which i think biden will imitate and i think it will make for a very different presidency. >> and jon meacham, your extraordinary work on thomas jefferson, i have the mental image in my head that you painted with your wonderful words where you have the third president of the united states before he actually wins the election, at the side of the bed, his feet in ice

and remember, jefferson is a widower. he mostly likes to just invite members of congress to his dinners. so dolley's house becomes a sort of important place of entertaining. and she establishes her reputation as a person with beautiful interiors, wonderful food, all of the people you want to talk to, all in one place and she will keep doing that throughout their time in dc, and it's this ability that this magnetic charm she has of pulling people together that will be the secret to her success. the fashions of the moment are taken from statues of greek goddesses. this is where these very high waisted, low cut and often sheer dresses come from. part of dolley's success is through her knowledge and keeping up with fashion. of course, this is the way all the jane austin characters dressed, as well. okay, so after eight years as secretary of state where they established their own social hub at their house on f street, madison becomes president after jefferson retires and he's inaugurated in 1809. and they move into the preside

in jefferson's time, his book was that book. printers asked him if he wanted to change anything in the book. he always said "no." that includes the dehumanizing passages about black people. susan: one set of memoirs that is available on bookstore shelves today is ulysses s. grant's. what is the story of him writing that set of memoirs? craig: it's almost an unbelievable story. he was a wonderful writer. i think we sometimes forget that when he was a general, some of his orders that would go out at the battlefield were printed everywhere in newspapers. they really introduced people to his literary style, which was concise, funny, and concrete. he was a tremendous writer. but he did not want to write a book. after his presidency, publisher after publisher said, your book would be the biggest selling book of any civil war figure. do you want to do it? he did not want to. what changed his mind were two things -- he went through a terrible bankruptcy, and he became ill with what ultimately became a fatal form of cancer. and so, he ha

illton and jefferson. in addition to madison, and hamilton and jefferson are in the cabinet. he is upholding washington's wishes in the congress. of course after one year, in 1790, this is the deal that all happens, the next thing, they make the deal to move the capital to philadelphia for ten years and then to the federal city that they're creating on the banks of the potomac. so philadelphia the largest and most kcosmopolitan. it has the biggest and most beautiful buildings. it is densely packed around the delaware river. the most buildings, the most people, the most cultural things going on. this is the city that assumes the predominance as the capital. and here is the hall where the u.s. congress sits. and madison is in congress this whole time. we're going to leave anymore congress. we're going to go back and start again with dolly and see how dolly gets to philadelphia in 1794 where she meets madison. dolley's biography is really, really interesting. because for a long time it was sort of dominated by narratives written, many of them by her friends friends and her niece

jefferson is a single dad tells his daughter not to dress like a slot basically. he says don't dress like a slovenly slot. it's really easy to check these things and what i did was when something seems strange like i would say like washington's father this was the first time i realized something was wrong and he said washington's father wanted to tame his mother. that he had disliked desire to do so. there is no endnotes. enter now did it feel like he had to give one because and i say this in the book plagiarizing myself here and probably worse than i wrote it but we just accept that and think, sure, a shrew needs taming sure enough. there are other things like the story that washington that his mother wrote a letter to the virginia assembly during the war and asked for help that she needed money. of course that was really embarrassing to washington because he was the general. she never wrote the letter. she never wrote the letter. she talked about struggling as all people in their 70s did which is why virginia was giving out pensions to older people and of course

that's madison, that's jefferson. it would not put monroe in that group though if you take to washington colors, monroe was not a great thinker. there's so much shade thrown at him. [laughter]. but he was really annotating it. and that the founders were a monolith, yeah, this is what we decided and this is how we're going forward is total bull-- and that's how partisanship happens. and a healthy amount of fighting is good. it's a conversation. it's ridiculous to emergency that a country who had fought eight long years to break three of a monarch, of a king, wanted absolute power. if they wanted that, they would have had a king. there's a romance nfl called "american royals" and it's about, had had washington decided to be a king and it's sort of like-- it's sort of interesting, the same publisher so they sent it to me. we don't have that for a reason and it makes me so upset to hear that. i also think that, it's sort of abuse of our history to present it in this way. and i think when people do that and they're being g

i will be guided by president jefferson's sense of purpose to stand for principle. to be reasonable in manner. and above, all to do great good for the cause of freedom the presidency is more than an honor. it is more than an office. it is a church to keep, it and i will give it my all. but thank you very much, and god bless america. [applause] the 2000 presidential contest took place between texas governor george w. bush, and vice president al gore. saturday morning at 8:30 eastern we look back at the election.

the house of representatives chose jefferson. alexander hamilton ended up supporting jefferson rather than alan bersten at the last minute, provoking the famous dual between the two. after the 12th amendment was approved and made it impossible for a president and vice president both to tie. in other words, separate votes cast. i needed to read the whole text in order to answer your question. no, the electoral college does not appear in the constitution. host: jeffrey rosen with us until 8:45 eastern. about the a question constitution and electoral college, now is a good time to call. -- we are talking about the electoral college on the day that electors are meeting around the country, and a reminder that you can watch many of those electors meet in state capitals right here on c-span. our coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. first.o indiana to delaware to see their electors. pennsylvania at noon you can also watch at c-span.org . you can listen on the free c-span radio app. jeffrey rosen, has there ever been a day when the form

i will be guided by president jefferson's sense of purpose. to stand for principle. to be reasonable in manner. and above all, to do great good for the cause of freedom and harmony. the presidency is more than an honor. it is more than an office. it is a charge to keep and i will give it my all. thank you very much. and god bless america. [applause] >>> you are watching c-span3. brought to you today by your television provider. as a public for the brought to you today by a television provider. >> during the week on c-span 3, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend. tonight, the gettysburg college civil war institute hosted evening with oklahoma state university professor jennifer murray discussing you know general george but need. watch tonight 80 eastern on c-span 3. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend.

he presently discussed the matter with jefferson and a decision was made. some of the commissions would not be delivered. later, one of the appointees, william arbery, became impatient. where was his commission as justice of the peace in the district of columbia? marbury brought suit against madison. his attorneys asked the supreme court for a writ to compel the commission. if marshall issued the order, would it be enforced? if madison refused to obey it, would this not undermine the prestige of the court? ♪ in this dilemma, marshall made his decision. backed by a unanimous court, he said marbury was entitled to his commission, but that the court had no right to issue the requested writ. the constitution, said marshall, defined the powers of the court in matters of this sort, and the act of congress was with the decision and therefore void. president jefferson and congress accepted this without protest. it gave them the victory. thus, they helped to establish the doctrine of official review. the doctrine that the supreme court, in settling a case, must ne

president jefferson and congress accepted this. they helped to establish the doctrine of official review. the doctrine that the supreme court, in settling a case, must necessarily ignore a law that it comes in conflict with constitution. it must in effect void the law. in the opinion of justices of yesterday and today, the court should be cautious in such actions. it must void a law only if a decision requires it. most observers feel the court has sometimes forgotten this rule of caution. often mention as an example is the dred scott decision. dred scott was a slave, but his master, and already -- an army surgeon, took him to the northwest territories, where slavery was banned by an act of compromise. presumably, dred scott was now free. later he was taken back to the south, and sold. dread scott then sued for his freedom in federal court. the case went to the united states supreme court. chief justice tani read the decision. notaid that a negro could be a citizen in the meaning of the constitution, therefore he could not sue in fe

those are things with jefferson, would not put munro in that group.p. keep in 20 talk to the washington scholars and monday great thinker. [laughter]. and so much came of that. he was just entertaining it. so don't think the idea that the founders were more like this is what we decided. december going forward. it is bs . they were fighting on time. this bipartisanship that's how it happened. and so i think that's really important to remember that sprayed so a healthy amount of fighting is good. if it is conversation. but is so ridiculous to imagine that country who had fought eight long years to write free of a monarchy is a king. wanted absolute power. if they want to dance, it a king. there's a romance novel called the american royals. it's about about how washington decided to be king targeted is sort of interesting. we don't have that for reason. is that the abuse of history to presented in this way. i think that when people do that, being general. just do not trust him. i think youd can see it three times when he taken away like a toy. it not allow

shortly after the election, jefferson, in a letter titled "reconciliation and reform," wrote this -- the steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we must safely moor, equivocal in principle and reasonable in manner. we should be able to hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom and harmony. 200 years have only strengthened the steady character of america. so as we begin the work of healing our nation, tonight i call upon that character. respect for each other. respect for our differences. generosity of spirit. and a willingness to work hard and work together to solve any problem. i have something else to ask you, to ask every american. i ask for you to pray for this great nation. i ask for your prayers for leaders from both parties. i thank you for your prayers for me and my family. and i ask you to pray for vice president gore and his family. i have faith that with god's help, we as a nation will move forward together. as one nation indivisible. and together we will create an america that is open. so every citizen has access to the american dream. an ameri

jefferson is a good democratic republican. he is not going to spend public money buying somebody's museum and setting it up as a federal entity. that is just not going to happen, which is probably why peale has both jefferson and alexander hamilton on his board, hoping out some point to be able to orchestrate this so they would buy him out and make this federal. that doesn't happen. that is going to take a request in order to create the smithsonian, which becomes what the peale wanted to be, which is a humboldtian networked enterprise that encompasses art, literature, music, politics, exploration, all in the same place. i mentioned that humboldt was a magnet. when he is in paris, that magnetism attracts authors, both of whom will write their books on the american west while they are reading the long expedition reports, while they are hanging around with humboldt in paris. the other person they are hanging around with is samuel morse, who is painting the studies for this magnificent painting called the gallery of the louvre. no

and jefferson says, oh, you don't need to read moral philosophy. you know, our god has given us the natural ability to understand what's right from wrong, and understand a moral philosophy. and if you want to know more about moral philosophy, just read king lear. and so shakespeare was very much a way to enjoy reading, but to learn some of the fundamental ideas about how humans should behave toward one another and how they should act, and what happens if you don't respect your fellow man, and you serve his powers. and so i think that is true for jefferson i think that's true , for washington and adams and many of the founders, probably perhaps all of the founders who've read shakespeare. jeffrey: wonderful. thank you for that. lucas, i guess i'll ask you a version of the same question. what were the indications of shakespeare by lincoln or douglas, or other civil war era figures that were most significant? and are there particular moments that really crystallize the crisis through shakespeare in ways that you'd like to share with the audience? luca

because rush was friends with jefferson. and some of the divisiveness, by the way, i think many of these people blamed it on alexander hamilton. regardless of the fact he has a musical and none of them do currently, he has a better publicist than the rest of them. rush, adams, and jefferson all very much blamed hamilton for sort of fanning the flames of partisanship and being kind of a bomb thrower in this era. and hamilton, during the yellow fever epidemic, announced he had yellow fever, and he was cured by somebody other than rush, and the cure that he had was the federalist cure. it really was unbelievably partisan, and a lot of it had to do with other countries. the image of being criticized for being too french after the french revolution was very common in the political writing in america, especially in the 1790's. fred: sarah? sarah: i think that there is an omnipresent fear of the french and british influence that is going to tear apart the first federal government. let me offer two quick, concrete examples. when joh

and so, i think that's true for jefferson. i think that's true for washington and adams and many of the founders, probably perhaps all of the founders who've read shakespeare. jeffrey: wonderful. thank you for that. lucas, i guess i'll ask you a version of the same question. what were the indications of shakespeare by lincoln or douglas, or other civil war era figures that were most significant? and are there particular moments that really crystallize the crisis through shakespeare in ways that you'd like to share with the audience? lucas: well, i have to, if you had asked me what is two plus two, my answer would still be the second inaugural address. [laughter] i think that is the most sublime, suigenerous, political speech by an american president, perhaps by any politician in american history. and i believe that the inspiration for at least the most harrowing part of the second inaugural, where he talks about the possibility that god might be using the war as a scourge, as a punishment upon both sides for, you know, 250 yea

next, author james conroy talks about his book, "jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac," which examines the physical state of the white house during jefferson's presidency and how he utilized the white house as a social and political tool. they white house historical association provided the video. >> good evening. welcome to white house history live. i am a senior vice president at the white house historical association and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history. the white house historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by first lady jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. and also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. this evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of "jefferson's white house: monticello on the potomac."

state of the white house during jefferson's presidency. a course onpart of the american road trip, professor christine henry talks about the history of roadside attractions. i will turn it over to john. i want to start with something i read in the introduction. absolutely fascinated by. it is about your father. it is really a lovely story. he wrote a book, published a book. diehard civile a war buff. kind --ot that nina: he did like to sing the songs. i have a question about your father. this is what you wrote. this book is not about my father civil war. it is partly about the people who created the civil war my father came to love as well as those who created the kind of civil war he despised. what did you mean by that? how cannot help us frame your book? ofa: in terms of the kind civil war he came to love, i guess i would say that was the civil war -- it was the civil war created by the popular front. of civile coalition rights organizations, int-wingers, some people roosevelt administration and the , alsoal administration the kind of pe

jefferson rejects any attempts to distinguish between facts and opinion. he says because the natural rights of conscience are individual, and each individual must decide for him or herself what is true and what is false, to empower a judge or a government official or a 27-year-old lawyer at facebook to decide what is true and what is false would be enat ma -- i would reject proposals by some that facebook should decide what is true and what is false and label the false stuff. that is up to citizens to decide for themselves. this is not rejecting the enlightenment faith in facts. i mean, we must as a society converge around the idea that there is a distinction between truth and falsehood. but ultimately deciding what falls on which side is up to each of us as individuals. that also doesn't mean that, you know, facebook can't identify accounts that are created by bots intentionally to create falsehood and downplay them and something like that. if it's clear that stuff -- the intentional falsehoods are being deliberately distributed then that may be a role fo

jefferson's university still lives and fosters innovation and progress to this day. however, some of this academic progress we see in american academia and student culture is rather regressive. instead of exploring different point of views which is what college is supposed to encourage, debate is sometimes shut down. labels given for being on the wrong side are based t on the binary of being good or bad as a person. it leaves little space for ideological nuance. in too many american universities today, administers do not stand up to students who try to silence those with whom they disagree. in some courses, students rarely get a chance to hear or consider the other side due to things like biased syllabi. in a liberal education all ideas should be studied, presented and fairly debated. the new norm of rewriting or reframing history that permeates into scores of campus cultures, the legacy of the founding fathers. while embraced forms of critical theory suggest it's best to view the world through the paradigm of power and physical characteristics, i believe and stand b

his hero wars andrew jackson and his other hero was thomas jefferson. state rates, protection for slavery is another thing that he's also big for and he was also a slave owner himself. he owned over nine slaves in his lifetime i believe, somewhere in that range. >> about 10 to 12, and he often -- johnson played up the apprenticeship as slavery that he's been treated as a slave. there was a -- there was a difference in actuality. in his mind though he conflates the two, and it's one of the reasons why he is -- often attacks planters, the wealthier slave owners who he sees looking down on poor whites like him. between he becomes wealthy he still identifies and sees himself as a poor white, and that guides a lot of his philosophy, a lot of what he does in his life is that self-image of being the poor hardscrabble white person pulling himself up. now, i just talked about how he didn't like planters. he viewed himself even before the war and certainly when secession started ripping the country apart is that he was with the honest yeoman fighting the slavocra

you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at www.kpix.com/hero. >>> still ahead forced to sell his playstation 5, the fib one man tomorrow his wife that made her say game over. >>> today on the drew barrymore show actress jennifer garner and comedian tom >>> in just minutes we are expecting a coronavirus update from governor gavin newsom just as california sees a surge in hospitalizations. we'll bring that to you live here on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> also coming up at 5:00 how's this for a close election? a bay area city council race has finally been decided and it came down to just one vote. we'll have that story and more at 5:00. >>> finally this afternoon, it's game over for one man in taiwan. he found himself out of a playstation 5 last month after he convinced his wife the console was an air purifier. she eventually caught on and then forced him to sell it. all right. he lied about it. he got caught and it's now gone. that's going to do it for us here at kpix5 news at noon. again, governor newsom set to speak very soon and you can watch it right he

. >> we are introduced to this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: arthur chan is 80 years old, he works seven days a week and has no plans to retire. why? so he can give generously to his community. in arthur chan's home countless awards celebrate his philanthropy. what he remains humble. >> i don't need to be remembered. i just want people to be inspired and what i did. >> and all mr. chan has donated more than $3 million to the chinese hospital, more than half 1 million of that to the new cancer center. he began in 2004 in memory of his wife annie who died from cancer. the hospital ceo says chance donations have helped update equipment and services in areas like diabetes and gastroenterology. >> he is our top donor. >> who also shares his business smarts. >> he would say these are the areas you need to improve and these are the areas you can do better. >> it is a small token that i can express my appreciation, gratitude to america. >> he came from china in 1960 two study at san luis obispo. he worked hard and started a food import company in chinatown. today it is a wholesal

we are introduced to this week's bay area and jefferson award winner. >> lisa sees food as medicine. and she and her volunteers bring healing and hope. >> i'm going to need another ball. >> lisa and her volunteers prepare delicious and nourishing meals for adults with serious medical needs and their caregivers. they call themselves culinary angels. that nonprofit lisa founded in 2016. >> we deliver hope free of charge. >> from the industrial kitchen in presbyterian church, volunteers have lovingly up to 5200 meals in four years and they are serving 300 people a month. 95% are undergoing cancer treatment like robin's husband. the couple signed up for culinary angels a few months ago. >> my husband hadn't eaten a full meal in two months because of chemo. >> that changed with the first delivery. >> he ate the whole thing, i was shocked. >> the food not only nourishes the body, but also the spirit.>> we are strangers to them but there is so much love sprinkled into every meal. >> the menu on this date includes stuffed chicken breast, sides and soups like bone broth. the head chef uses or

this is one of the reasons that he thought-- and he was following the path of thomas jefferson. jefferson was opposed to slavery, but he believed that once we freed the slaves, we have to basically get them to go back to africa or somewhere else because we can't leave them around, as jefferson put it, as lincoln put it. they both said essentially the same thing on the subject, white people in this country have done so many things wrong to black people that they can't forgive them live aside each other and white people have denigrated black people so long. lincoln said, i don't want to give up democracy, i want to give up slavery. and what we can do is free the slaves or have them go back to africa or the west indies. and most didn't want to go. they were more america than people to immigrated than when those that came here. >> we have to talk about the raid on harper's ferry 1869. this is the crux, the run-up to the important 1860 election. and the band were camping out and got made at a local farmhouse and drew suspension and see this play by play, an unbelievable story first,