but jefferson died in 1826. peter was only 11 and all of a sudden his life completely changed families were broken up 130 people were auctioned after jefferson's death. joseph was actually one of the people that were that were freed, but but peter was not he was sold to a master a very cruel master who forbade him to read who whipped him, you know, it was a very is a time of suffering for that for this young man who left monticello. he tried to escape and was caught and brought back. eventually joseph foster joseph fawcett rather with the help of some friends was able to buy his son's freedom and they all the whole family moved to ohio peter fawcett became a reverend. he became a caterer had a successful business. he worked with the underground railroad. and years later it was in 1900. he was 85 at this time. he was invited back to monticello. so by this time, you know, the jeffersons had long since lost the house the levy family a jewish family. that was very inspired by jefferson's commitment to religious free

jefferson, i take a little bit of liberty with jefferson. it is fairly clear that jefferson thought that coming together just to amend the constitution was good enough, right? but that's not so much fun, right? so ultimately i kind of take where jefferson said an imagined real constitutional conventions where they could in fact start over. i do make the argument though that until 2022 there wouldn't have been hugely radical design changes. things were working relatively okay in terms of, legislature, presidents, someone. yes i make arguments that, you know you might have one-term presidents that are six or eight years. ultimately, structurally, separation of powers and federalism probably would not have been tinkered with in the radical sense. in 1903 i make an argument that henry kava lodge, for example, would've wanted real significant power shifted to the president and foreign affairs. what does that look like? that is a real structural change! i had it a little bit more like that. 2022, i think the senate either goes away or is so radica

so so jefferson, i take a little bit of liberty with jefferson. it's fairly clear that jefferson thought that coming together just to amend the constitution was good enough, right, but that's not so much fun. right? so ultimately i i kind of take what jefferson said and imagine real constitutional conventions where they could in fact start over again. i do make the argument though that until 2022 there wouldn't have been hugely radical design changes because things were working relatively. okay in terms of bicameral legislatures and presidents and so on. yes, i make arguments that president, you know, you might have one term presidents that are six or eight years, but ultimately structurally separation of powers and federalism probably wouldn't have been wouldn't have been tinkered with in the in the radical sense, but you have in in 1903 i make an argument that henry cabot lodge for example would have wanted a real significant power shifting to the president and foreign affairs, right? so, what does that look like? that's a real structural change

yes, so thomas jefferson and your childhood hero? was way over the top and pinning every bad thing in the american colonies on king george. it king george made a convenient villain because they're going to set up a republic which would replace the monarch, but jefferson knew the other members of the continental congress knew that the laws that they were complaining about hadn't been passed by king. george have been passed by parliament, but it was more convenient for their political purposes to come up with one figure of face on the evil that they were confronting. rather than just a committee. and so if you read the declaration of independence, it really exaggerates what it was the americans were facing and especially impending the blame on king george. one of the things one of the many things i've learned is how difficult it has been for authors to make their work known during the last two years of this pandemic. winning pulitzer prizes being nominated for them so treat yourself and read their books. they're marvelous. we owe them

getting rid of slavery and jefferson. i'm going to show you a phrase that jefferson put in his draft constitution and up through the us constitution. yes, they do talk about it and they want they want government to stop it, but that they don't stop, you know, but that they don't free their own enslaved. property people so this is the this is the paradox. this is the incompatible moment. but this also shows what? you know people trying to adhere to these beliefs these ideas and how it's coming up against. this whole sleep holding system and what what individual choices and what collective choices the americans are going to make in this moment. so, you know jefferson's drafts on this constitution are fascinating. he called it new modeling government and this is a phrase right out of the english revolution the puritan army in the english revolution was the new model army, right? so he's like we're starting over jefferson, you know is is a strangely, you know, very interestingly kind of radical person for an elite person. he

well, let's start with the jackson jefferson thing. these are two huge figures in the party's history if you will who are out of favor now, i guess that's not all that surprising. no because more and more historians, especially in a lot of americans too realize he how central slavery is two american history you can argue about 1619 project whether the correct about about that or not, but clearly we had the most important event in american history some would argue as a civil war. i would probably agree civil war i would say and the civil war was of course about whether a part of the country could break away to preserve slavery. so it's not surprising that two presidents who were incredibly popular figures at the time when they were president when they're alive, but also were major slave owners independent slavery. in fact in jackson's case wanted to expand it into the western territories taking from mexico. it's not surprising that present-day democrats in this multi-racial multicultural party are not going to be very, you know, happy a

the market at the 1200 block of jefferson avenue, if you know the area. this is live pictures right now, heavy police presence still on scene. the person of interest or the shooter we are told by police in custody, the shooting took place around 3:00 this afternoon. so far, eight people have been shot and killed while going to the supermarket on a saturday afternoon. heavy police presence there interviewing eyewitnesses, you see people standing by watching the entire parking lot of this supermarket cordoned off. fox news has not confirmed as of yet but there is a report from a news agency called c and o news the shooter opened fire while live streaming on a platform called twitch and apparently posted it online manifesto describing himself as a white supremacist and when he was taken into custody, his wearing what appeared to be military fatigues. according to an eyewitness we showed you on fox news, the shooter had a machine gun and one of the weapons, we don't know how many weapons this person had but it is a sad story on a saturday afternoon, small tow

we reached out to the great, great grandson of jefferson davis. he's trying to reclaim his legacy for those to see davis as a hero of white supremacy. the night before meeting, we slept in the home of joseph basis, jefferson's brother and mentor. >> you said your davis divorce and then the mississippi. you better be ready. it brings responsibility. people are assuming that you are going to be a davis. somebody asked me, why don't just supply kim. >> hayes davis still holds on to artifacts from is great, great grandfather. a bookie signed, a letter he said, a chair he said. and >> is there more residents with something that you own than something in a public square? >> to me, yes, absolutely. because everything that's handed down this chair has remembrance to me. a confederate statue, when those first put it up, it had reference to them. >> how do you balance or reconcile or wrestle with the dual americans around jefferson davis? one, that we've all heard is the first and only president of the confederacy. on the other hand, there's 52 years of his

would jefferson fray family said, equal rights for all, special privileges from. he was opposed to a strong central government, not for the reasons the conservatives today, out some scope conservative the. he's not a strong central government would always be monopolized by the elite people, like himself, and he thought that small farmers assured! small white farmers should be to heart and soul of the country, and they were of course the majority at the time. and he was in favor of expanding the electorate to include people who didn't have property and he knew that didn't happen much in his lifetime. >> what we mean a mass political party? we take for granted that political parties even autocracies need to appeal to public opinion, mobilize publix or engage publics. campaign rallies, part of the organization, but in the 18 20s, if we want to update the formation of what was called the democracy to that time that took a while to develop even then, right? when one, rather the democrat it started to become a mass political party. >> yeah it, would be a mass party you

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there are a number of people on the other side of jefferson. on jefferson and landon. all of those people who are standing there are trying to figure out what happened in their community. i just spoke to one of the figure heads of this community. a woman who prides herself on living in in this community. she says this is a terrible day. a tragedy no less for our community. she says she knows one of the people inside that store who was shot. it's unclear what exactly that person's injuries are. 19 or 20-year-old, she said. there are other people on the other side of these police cars on the other side of that crime scene tape standing right by the dollar general waiting to hear from their loved ones. in fact, there was one person that i spoke to just moments ago on facebook live which you can watch on our wkbw page who said -- that was inside and according to this one person we spoke to, that relative, his relative was being held at gunpoint by the shooter. i believe it was his mother who was begging for her life. again, we don't know any information about her condition

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his previous works include biographies of washington jefferson hamilton and many others. let's get started right away the closing line of the declaration of independence is quote and for the support of this declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence. we mutually pledge to each other our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor. please examine this sentence and tell us why you think fortune was included. well, obviously there there lives were involved because they were starting a revolution against the king. and if it failed or if they were captured. they would be hanged drawn in quartered the grizzly execution ritual of the english. but their fortunes they were quite. various some of them were very wealthy some of them were not but they stood to lose everything because if you're on the losing side of a revolution not only yours, but you're you're families and your descendants properties also became the property of the king. so so everything they had earned was at risk. is there is there a particular gap in scholarship you've written so many boo

i will just say on jefferson's path today. i mean things have cooled off a lot. i mean, we're not getting anything out of the senate. i mean they didn't pass the for the people act they've not passed our legislation to reduce prescription drug prices. they're not passing our you know, america, you know protection of women's healthcare act. i mean law after law it just goes over there and it just vanishes and disappears. so, you know, i i resonate with what the prior question is about. i mean, you know, we could keep them as a house of lords and they could have their titles. they're not legislating anyway, and we could move to a unicameral legislature. so thank you for being here. you you said that in your role you're respecting the independence of the justice department and kind of keeping your mouth shut about what's going on there, but is there anything that we the people can do to light a fire under the justice department to get them moving on all these issues? well, that's a good idea. so you know democracy is not. it's definitely not one person and it's not

his previous works include biographies of washington jefferson hamilton and many others. let's get started right away the closing line of the declaration of independence is quote and for the support of this declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence. we mutually pledge to each other our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor. please examine this sentence and tell us why you think fortune was included. well, obviously there there lives were involved because they were starting a revolution against the king. and if it failed or if they were captured. they would be hanged drawn in quartered the grizzly execution ritual of the english. but their fortunes they were quite. various some of them were very wealthy some of them were not but they stood to lose everything because if you're on the losing side of a revolution not only yours, but you're you're families and your descendants properties also became the property of the king. so so everything they had earned was at risk. is there is there a particular gap in scholarship you've written so many boo

. >>> more to come including this week's jefferson award winner. how he's helping children thrive in the classroom while also pursuing his life's goal. we will introduce you to him. >>> coming up on our streaming service, cbs news news area, mayor sam liccardo discusses the pro abortion rights sanctuary and the proposal to cap rent hikes. watch our stream on channel 1021 and on any >>> students of the worst performing schools are making the grade thanks to the jefferson award winner. >> we're introduced to dr. derek mitchell and his life mission. >> go. >> reporter: teaching eighth-graders can be more than getting the right answer. >> kids have been more willing to try. and make mistakes and know that is okay. >> reporter: it's one lesson she's learned in her school's work with partners in school innovation. >> every success story is a support story. >> reporter: the educational nonprofit dr. derek mitchell has led since 2009. >> partners transforms teaching and learning in some of the most challenged schools so students thrive. >> reporter: he was

you would like to nominate someone for a jefferson award. just go to kpix.com/hero. >>> is the global premiere of the movie, top gun maverick. tom cruise returns to the flying skies on the big screen. this is the sequel to the original top gun from 1986. cruise reprises his role as maverick, a test pilot, who now trains of the pilots. tom cruise arrived by helicopter. of course. the global premiere of the movie is to place -- after more than 30 years, he was ready to make this film. >> everywhere around the world, they wanted to see this movie. and it was now or never. finally the story came together in a way and technically the things i felt we could get to an audience with something that i thought -- okay, well if we are going to go in, we are going to go in now. >> he still looks pretty good too, right? you can watch the original top gun right here on kpix on may 14th. >> you should have flown in in an f-16, right? >> that might be more difficult to coordinate. >> are you a big star wars fan in >> law, may the fourth be with you. >> incip

they became cotton farmers jefferson. davis's brother gave him a large cotton plantation when the idea of the agriculture department came up for the first time, which is before the war davis. senator for mississippi and he said agriculture needs no teaching by congress agriculture needs no teaching by congress and it didn't not if your brother gave you gave you a plantation it did it was only for other people and i i think this this contrast really shows you better than anything that the contrast between the the government philosophies north and and south in the union. there was a belief that the federal government should play a much larger hand than it ever had before they wanted to create opportunity for people on the bottom. they wanted to create education. they wanted to create transportation. they wanted to attract immigrants they believed in growth. we can see at a distance that they were future-oriented all the things they were doing sound like things that came into full bloom later as the country further industria

just go to our website, kpix.com/hero and click on the jefferson awards tab. that's it for the news at 5:00. kpix 5 at 6:00 begins now with allen martin and elizabeth cook. >> right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, as san jose marks one year since the vta mass shooting, what's being done to prevent future tragedies. >> i feel that we're just as vulnerable today as we were last year. >>> plus, a bay area girl abducted six years ago and never seen again. the family's fight to bring her home. >> it's extremely hard. but i know i have to do it, because i have to be her voice. >>> and who wouldn't want to live in this coastal bay area town? how vacation rentals are making that nearly impossible. good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin. on the eve of the anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in bay area history, and just one day of course after the tragedy in texas, gun control is top of mind. >> tomorrow marks one year since a gunman opened fire at the vta railyard in san jose and killed nine coworkers. the city promised to take

jefferson. were they really begin to politicize abortion and earnest now we can discuss there was some politicizing of abortion before row, but in 1976, they make it an issue during the presidential election. they make presidential candidates sort of comment on issue, you know opinions on the matter of abortion and they introduce into the republican platform opposition to row and that really presses fast forward on this politicizing and then the democrats follow suit and and here we are almost 50 years later. what's really interesting to me i mentioned before how until 1980 the southern baptist convention was pro-choice. what was really fascinating was this was not a partisan issue that also really shocked me you had plenty of republicans who were pro-choice we mentioned governor reagan george bush the senior george bush on the other side. you had plenty of democrats who were pro-life senator kennedy of course was catholic so it was easy for him, but others jesse jackson kept part al gore but li

he had no way of knowing that jefferson had died on the very same day. as americans then gathered across the country to honor the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence, news of adams and jefferson's passing spread. what had begone as a month of celebration was now one of mourning and commemoration as citizens began to listen to eulogies, speeches, and tributes in churches, government buildings, and in public spaces. and while jefferson and adams had their own opinions on how they should be remembered, it should be up to those living in 1826 and successive generations, even up until now, to define and shape their memory. while presidential sites just like yours are frequently called upon to discuss the legacies of people who have held the highest office in our country, and one way, one very important way, one iconic way, is we all know these men will eventually die. and it's how that death is marked and remembered that becomes very important. our next panel will provide wonderful and different perspectives on this process. one of our panelis

jefferson franklin george, washington these are the records of a nation in labor. its progenitors its heroes. and this the fruit of their struggle the articles of confederation was a blueprint for a republic. the bill of rights a set of rules by which the people of the new nation might live in peace and personal freedom a freedom enjoyed today by millions whose grandfathers were not even born when this ink was wet. the union was once bitterly attacked and had to be defended. men like abraham lincoln arose from the people to lead the fight with inspired courage and great wisdom. they too are authors by their words and deeds they wrote the history today preserved by the library. new methods of recording history brought new media to the library's collections these are prints of the earliest newsreels. in this old sequence. we see a parade in north africa honoring mr. roosevelt. but this roosevelt is theodor roosevelt and the occasion his goodwill voyage in 1910. here are preserved the personalities of the men who have guided the destiny of the nation until represented

how this week's jefferson award winner is helping feed families. >>> and we're taking a live look right now just over the city. we're still deal being a thin marine layer today. cooler temperatures as i joined the district attorney's office to pursue justice for everyone. but like so many of my colleagues, i resigned in protest because chesa boudin interfered in every single case and failed to do his job. the office is absolutely in disarray right now. chesa dissolved my unit prosecuting car break-ins. now criminals flock to san francisco because there are no consequences. we can't wait. recall chesa boudin now. for controller, yvonne yiu. as an executive at top financial firms, yiu managed hundreds of audits. as mayor, yiu saved taxpayes over $55 millio. finding waste. saving money. yiu is for you. ♪ >>> carnaval returns this weekend to san francisco's mission district. kpix is a proud sponsor, so all week we are bringing you stories leading up to the two-day festival. now, it's long time artistic directors is bringing it to a final home. >> tells us about the forcend c. >> and i get

president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson. and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successors inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two but i won't bring that up. [laughs] those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship. discussing many different topics in their correspondents, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is deaf an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, till life becomes insupportable. end quote. he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams have become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. but it was four years later that both men, adams and the jefferson, passed away in the same exact day, july 4th, 1826. and while he was not present when his father died, john quincy adams later recor