she is the head of the george washington museum. i guess you know that george washington, i heard before he didn't like parties. he also didn't want to get involved in european wars. he didn't want to get involved in that. israel, to me, is a separate thing, an ally. ukraine is a fair weather ally. they wanted to interfere in our election to stop trump from getting in. host: we will take your point. coming back to george washington and foreign entanglements? guest: it's really important to understand that washington was not an isolationist. washington did not want to send troops to europe to defend france, when france had provoked war against great britain, but he was not suggesting that we hide behind our oceans. he believed it was essential to have robust trade and engagement with allies across the globe. it is impossible to know when anyone from the 18th-century would say if they came to the 21st century, other than, what are airplanes, what is electricity? i think he would have no problem with those engaging in trade, whether fo

now, jack is george washington's full sibling. george washington also had half siblings. jack mount vernon, when george is away fighting in the french indian war. and jack washington would have inherited the estate if george had died in the war. that was the understanding between. the brothers. okay, so george obviously returns from the war. and jack and, his wife, hannah bush, rod, moved to their own slave plantation about 80 miles from mount vernon in westmoreland, virginia. and is there that bush rod is born and he's basically educated at home until he's about 18? at that point in 80, he arrives at william and mary to enroll in what is basically a new kind of legal education program and sitting the room with him is john marshall, who also happens to be taking the same law program. marshall is recently discharged from the continental army, where he had served under george washington at valley forge, among other places. okay. their studies interrupted. but when the british virginia under cornwallis and bush rival in tears for the state militia and sees action in a cavalr

wilson and george washington. talking about the 11th amendment, he called it sacrifice to state pride. he was not a big fan because he was more interested in asserting national authority as an important structural protection for liberty. you know, while pushrod washington did study under james wilson, we have to say that had more of an influence by family leadership as well as many years of close interaction between them. correspondence that really began and went. pushrod was set up with james wilson by george washington. he paid wilson's princely sum that he demanded to be pushrod's mentor. in other words, it is hard to imagine him taking a much different philosophy towards the constitution and george washington. it would have taken incredible intellectual independence and fortitude maybe to do that. he then carried that onto the court. in that sense, he was like- minded with john marshall, who is also a federalist. you know, when you come to a case like corfield, the interesting thing to me about the definition

he was george washington's nephew. and so this is a way of understanding george washington that is different from other approaches you could take to him. third is he was on the supreme court at a pivotal juncture for 30 years alongside john marshall and had a very close relationship with john marshall that predated their time on the court. and it was a way of approaching the marshall court from a different vantage point and in doing so i came to believe that washington was really a pivotal partner for john marshall and that we should understand what the court did in those years as being largely the product of the team. that is john marshall and bush red washington and that washington, really played an important role in kind of providing support for what marshall was trying to do in building up the court as an institution. so bushraud is interesting in his own right? he's interesting because of the people he was close to and he's also interesting because of some of the opinions that he wrote as a judge. wonderful. thank

secondly, he was george washington's nephew and so this is a way of understanding george washington and how he was different from other approaches to him. third is he was on the supreme court at a pivotal juncture alongside john marshall and had a relationship with john marshall that predated his time on the court. in doing so, i came to understand that washington -- we should understand what the court did in those years as being largely the product of a team that is john marshall and washington. that washington really -- providing support for what marshall was trying to do in building up a court as an institution. he's interesting in his own right because of the people he was close to and he's also interesting because of some of the opinions that he wrote as a judge. smell wonderful. thank you for that great introduction. we will dig into both his opinions, his relationship with marshall, and so much more. >> better known as a diplomat and a founding father but why did you choose to write about john jay and why should our friends be interested in him? >> well, i was a practicing lawyer

they do like george washington. everyone does, but they're not keen on what the federal government's been doing. intervening in their lives. they don't really pay their taxes much. they're sort of in a separate economy and away from what's going on in the rest of america. in the west, we grew more corn and rye here than, anywhere else in the new world. and because of that, most people who lived here were farmers. they farmed corn and they farmed rye. that's how they made their living. now, if you want to sell corn in the west, that's a difficult proposition because your neighbor is also trying to sell corn in the west. so you're not going to find a great market. so for these people, only option people who lived in western pennsylvania was to find a way to make their corn and rye easier to move right. more valuable. and the easiest way to do that was whiskey. whiskey for them was the the chief economic engine of here in western pennsylvania. one of the issues they faced here in the west was that they didn't have a lo

james madison, george washington on leadership. what would the founders do? alexander hamilton, american and found father rediscovering washington and i brought copy of my book that my wife gave me shortly after 911. in 2000, one, he has his writings have appeared in the new yorker, the new york times, the wall street journal, the atlantic monthly, time, vanity fair. he is currently a senior editor of national review and a senior fellow at the national review institute. this evening, the podium stands near that place in which we invest emotion in the words of our speaker. because it was where winston churchill was admitted to hereditary membership and, the society in 1947. representing a revolutionary war from whom he was descended. through his american mother. ladies and gentlemen, join me in welcoming richard brookhiser to the podium. thank you for that introduction and thank you for coming out. i'm a repeater here. 25 years ago. i filmed a scene from a documentary for a film of by michael packer, which was rediscovering george washington and did a scene fr

you say it was remarked upon, george washington's decision. what was the reaction at that time that we still remember so many years later? guest: after he returned his commission, he was immediately called the father of the country, and this was before he even became president. that gives you a sense of his stature, reputation, how trusted he was, how revered he was. this was before he had this enormously powerful position. when he decided to step down as president -- the evidence of this is not fantastic -- but reportedly king george the third said he was basically the most impressive man in the world. that is my language, but essentially that. those are a couple examples. they were not exaggerating. this is how they genuinely felt about washington at that moment. host: it seems like the historical assessment, george washington would have won, had he run for president again? guest: yes, he would have. it may have not been unanimous, but it would have crossed his mind. host: president is seeking reelection after washington, james pohl, buchana

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so george washington is number one.chief of the armies of the united states of america, do acknowledge the united states of america to be free, independent, and sovereign states, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to george iii, king of great britain." so very different than our oath today. >> norah: so this is original from 1778? >> yes. and they are in very great -- i mean, these are in very good condition. >> norah: and so that is george washington's handwriting and signature? >> correct, yep. >> norah: and then here... >> so here we have -- this officer became very popular a couple years ago, alexander hamilton. we don't often think of him as "alex hamilton," but he signed his name "alex hamilton" on his oath. and he was an aide-de-camp to george washington. so that's what he was doing at valley forge. >> norah: that's just incredible, in 2024, that back >> adriana: "heart of america is next." >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs evening news" is sponsored by fasenra. visit us at fa

folks who live in washington, but it doesn't look like george washington at all. and it's just point the obelisk right? to me, it looks like a lancet. the instrument that was used to inoculate the troops of the continental army. i've got these are actually dr. edward jenner's lance that's here. they use they didn't have hypodermic needles back then, so they would use a lancet to make a small incision and i think maybe folks are listening to this or watching it. it's a good way to think about the washington monument, not only was he a commanding general, the continental army, the first president, but it protected the soldiers and the people of the united states, set a precedent that the government has a duty to protect public health established from the very that inoculation vaccination are patriot acts in the united states. so that's where i'll stop. i'm happy to answer questions. any aspect of the talk, any part of the book that you would like? thank you. a little bit about the use of smallpox as bioweapon in that time period. i think they gave blankets to the in

george washington's number one.d chief of the night states oo acknowledge the united states of america to be free, independent, and sovereign states, and declare that the people thereof own no allegiance or obedience to george iii, king of great britain," so very different than our oath today. >> norah: so this is original from 1778? >> yes. and these aren't very good condition. >> norah: so that is george washington's handwriting and signature? >> correct, yep. >> norah: and then here... >> so here we have this officer became very popular couple years ago, alexander hamilton. we don't often they give him as alex hamilton, he signed his name alex hamilton on his health, and he was in aide-de-camp to george washington. >> norah: that's just incredible in 2024 that back in 1776, the paperwork was so important to the government. >> yeah. we were founded on paperwork. >> norah: [laughs] right. penmanship. norah will have more from inside the archives on "60 minutes" this fall. "heart of america" is next. ♪ ♪ >> announce

yes, george washington believed that. and george washington's long written farewell address, he revealed that four years earlier, he began writing a farewell address at the end of his first term. but he changed his mind and offered himself as a candidate for re-election to a second term only, he says, because of what he called the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations. it turns out, george washington and joe biden shared that same reason for running for a second term. obviously the single most important policy reason joe biden thought he should continue in the presidency at a second term is what washington called the perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations. ukraine, russia, israel, gaza, china. joe biden is the best foreign-policy president we have had since franklin delano roosevelt led this country to a victory in world war ii. two weeks ago, president joe biden the best televise presidential press conference on foreign policy in history. he handled serious qu

she is the head of the george washington museum. i guess you know that george washington, i heard before he didn't like parties. he also didn't want to get involved in european wars. he didn't want to get involved in that. israel, to me, is a separate thing, an ally. ukraine is a fair weather ally. they wanted to interfere in our election to stop trump from getting in. host: we will take your point. coming back to george washington and foreign entanglements? guest: it's really important to understand that washington was not an isolationist. washington did not want to send troops to europe to defend france, when france had provoked war against great britain, but he was not suggesting that we hide behind our oceans. he believed it was essential to have robust trade and engagement with allies across the globe. it is impossible to know when anyone from the 18th-century would say if they came to the 21st century, other than, what are airplanes, what is electricity? i think he would have no problem with those engaging in trade, whether fo

a big word to use was george washington. he is just like george washington.i am woke i would be like that explains the wooden teeth and slaves running around. they forget they have already ruined george washington for us. he is supposed to be taken off the monument. so they make zero cents. this was not a fall on your sword, this was a stabbing in the back. >> greg: up next how can you forget when harris plays roulette? our families safer, and our planet cleaner. to help us get there, america's plastic makers are investing billions of dollars to create innovative products and new recycling technologies for sustainable change. because when you push for smarter solutions, big things can happen. for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. with absorbine pro, pain won't hold you back from your passions. it's the only solution with two max-strength anesthetics to deliver the strongest numbing pain relief available. so, do your thing like a pro, pa

yes, george washington believed that. and george washington's long written farewell address, he revealed that 40 years earlier he began writing a farewell address at the end of his first term, but he changed his mind and offered himself as a candidate for reelection to a second term only, he says, because of what he called that then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations. it turns out george washington and joe biden shared that same reason for running for a second term. obviously the single most important policy reason joe biden thought he should continue in the presidency in a second term is what washington called the perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations. ukraine, russia, israel, gaza, china. joe biden is the best foreign- policy president we have had since franklin delano roosevelt led this country to big tree in world war ii. two weeks ago president joe biden delivered the best televised presidential press conference on foreign-policy in history. he handled seri

that, again, is the standard established by george washington. the military's role at he actually comes out he. his army i think by that point in the war you'd know better than me, rick, the miracle army if i remember. and at newburgh where the troops they definitely had legitimate grievances and he doesn't walk in and tromp over him for saying you shouldn't do this comes in today. i understand that. but we're not going to we're not going act like a threat. he said that we are going to set our national character. we're on probation and we do not want to shed our national character in a ruinous way. so he saw the danger of even representing legitimate concerns as a military body. so i think this is this probably shows how the military would be way off the chart on one end of this and maybe a little gap between us in a civilian society. but with rick, another spokesman spoken about several times as education and civics. and for next year's rephrase the question and say, are you aware of the debate our founding fathers had about a standing army? and

also thee thing.he's just like george washington. so i guess if i'm woke be like.d so that explains the wooden teeth and running aroun d like they just they forget they've already ruined george washington. us george washington is supposed to have been supposed to be taken off the monumentyeorge waor u i. so which they make zero sense and this now this this was not l a fall on your sword. this was a stabbing in the back. yeah. all right. up next. yes, right. oh, my god. y how can you forget? wefo t sprays, small ax fox natin would like to thank all active military and veterans by offering their first year of fox nation free streaming exclusive shows that celebrate our country. >> this is the story of the greatest american. >> before there was an america here. real stories from real heroes highlighting those who put their lives on the line for our freedom. this is their top gun school. one or 2 seconds can sometimes be the difference between life and death. go to fox nation .com and get your first year for free. choose advil, liquid ge

george washington showed us presidents are not kings. abraham lincoln implored us to reject malice.ranklin roosevelt who inspired us to reject fear. i reviewed this office, but i love my country more. it has been the honor of my life to serve as president, but in the defense of democracy, which is at stake, i think it is more important than any title. i find strength and draw joy from working for the american people, but this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me. it is about you, your families, your futures. it is about we the people. we can never forget that. and i never have. i have made it clear that i believe america is that an inflection point. the decisions we make now will determine the fate of our nation in the world for decades to come. america is going to have to choose between moving forward or backward, between hope and hate, between unity and division. we have to decide do we still believe in honesty, decency, respect? freedom, justice, and democracy? in this moment, we can see those we disagree with not as enemies but as fellow americans. and we do that?

lindsey mentioned abigail adams when george washington died. i mean, one of the smartest things she said and she said a lot of smart things is that simple. should be his his eulogy. and part of that simple truth that he had flaws. he made mistakes. but he also left this incredible legacy and so so, you know, a note of optimism. i'm encouraged by what we saw in the poll. i think just i want to add one amendment or additions not amendment additions, which right which that actually celebrating flawed people is so much more useful and and allows us to actually appreciate their contributions more because if their heroic person than doing heroic things is to be expected if they are flawed humans and they do extraordinary things, then that is much more impressive to me and is a much more useful thing. understand about how that was possible than some sort of worship you. yeah. and the other interesting poll result had to do with whether the founding fathers should inform our decisions today. and once again, there was unanimity by republican and democra

earlier in the speech, he referred to a portrait of george washington, so george washington picked upurned over office peacefully. this has been rarely done in human history, and this peaceful transfer of power establishing that we don't have kings here, we don't have dictators, this was essential, and what joe biden did last night was to give a speech and to make a decision that was in the spirit of the founder of our country. and that puts him in very good stead historically. you can say what you might about him on policy. you can criticize the fact that he decided to run for re-election when he was probably too old to do so, but when it counted, he made the american tradition, the american decision, in the american tradition. this is what's so important, is to set that standard again, so we realize that the radical in this campaign, michael, is not kamala harris, as all the trump advertising is saying now. the radical right winger is donald trump. he's the one who is out of step with the way we have done it in this country since george washington. and i think those are the notes th

would we even have a united states without george? with george washington? probably not. and we have to explain that to people i promise you, go to high school and ask people about george washington and first president. oh, yeah. and you know, it was a general maybe in the revolutionary war if you're lucky. and we got to fix that. that is that in my view, it's the education, geography, civics deficit that's crippling us. doug bradburn and julie, see, we have created an extensive survey of the american. it's available to anybody listening or watching this by getting the mount vernon site and talking about this conference. and the one that i want to mention at this particular one, this session, two thirds of americans are pessimistic about. the country's direction and this satisfied with the political climate. and a lot of you've things like this, 66% say we're on the wrong track, the right track, and there's 33% on the wrong track. and when you hear that we're are you right track, wrong track, wrong track, i think people who the 66% there correct. we've got a congress that

yeah, he's like george washington if george washington hid his senility from the american people andounded out of office by the other founding fathers then like george washington. they engaged in a massive coverup and not like he had a stroke or had a sudden illness. they've known for years that he was in this situation, and they would be backing him to this moment if it wasn't for that debate and the fact their coverup was exposed for the american people for all to see. there's no george washington here. stuart: and they realized he couldn't win and he's out. that's the way it is. marc thiesson, you're having too much fun. >> cause i'm on with you, stu. stuart: you're all right, we'll see you again real soon. back to the markets, please. first chance investors have to comment on the events of the weekend and dow up 170 and nasdaq up 250 points and jason katz with us on the market. how is biden's decision to leave the race affecting the markets? >> apparently it's not a trump train rally. for a second think, republican strategist since that debate were gaming in out. this is not a su

no lord fairfax, no george washington, all right. so now let's turn to the america, because i want to ask you this question i asked you earlier. we have had landslide elections in america, 1980, 1984, 1972, 1964, but not since then, what's what's happened to the unifying impulse, americans? well, you know. since 1984, no president has won more than 53% of the popular vote. during the first, george bush was a little higher than, you know, 53 point something. in 1988, barack obama was 52.8. i think in 19. in 2008, we don't have those big landslides anymore. i think the answer is that when we had we had landslide heights, when we had an electorate that had experienced the great depression and the world war two, who had gone through these two, really could catastrophic. and and fundamental different of things. and well and unifying experiences were country shared the experiences of economic deprivation. a disappointing one where they shared the culture the things and where they all popular culture movements of people. yeah they also we a

. >>> and later, a sweet discovery at george washington's mount vernon home. >> they seem pretty wellreserved to you? >> the cherries are incredible. >> we take a trip back in time ahead of america's 248th birthday. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we are following several developing stories happening right now, including hurricane beryl powering up the caribbean to a dangerous category 4 storm and severe weather that could affect millions of americans traveling this holiday week. >>> but we begin tonight with new concerns about president biden's re-election campaign after his first debate for 2024. in a cbs news poll out today, it finds nearly three-quarters of registered voters now say mr. biden should not be running. cbs's skyler henry is at the white house and leads us off tonight. skyler, good evening to you. >> reporter: hey, jericka. good evening. it's not encouraging among democrats either as nearly half of those polled say he shouldn't remain the nominee. the biden cam

and george washington was the first president of the first company chartered. and that happened right here at mount vernon because were supposed to meet in alexandria, the george washington, in his wily way, manipulated them in the meeting at mount vernon itself. and that's the peek behind the curtain there. the good so excellent 100 points for mary bill there and is the question for you so mary bilder what is the deal with mary get last quote what is the deal with madison's notes? oh yeah. so so how do we what's going on? i wrote a book about this. it's not the that's out there. my, my more fun book to read. female geniuses out there but but most of what we know about the convention comes from madison's notes. there were many people who took notes, but his notes are the only notes that cover every day, and they cover it like a little and even people who know that they're reading through madison's eyes, you can't help it. you just end up telling the story the way he he told it. but it's written from perspective. it's written with the people he liked playing a a

george washington free his own enslaved population in his lifetime. unlike jefferson, only freed his own children. by sally, keeping his promise to her and have the rest of his separated and sold george with jefferson's law tutor totally lived his ideals and freed all of his enslaved population and denounced slavery. franklin changed that but would soon so striking first is reading the moral philosophy help me understand that they saw this conflict in moral terms. they directly viewed it as a battle between avarice and virtue, and some lived up to it and others didn't. does it make you feel better about them that they at least knew they were doing a terrible thing or could almost say that if they had deluded themselves, maybe they would have had some kind of breakthrough that would have allowed. i don't know. it's it's a very interesting question. don't know the answer at all. it. it's inspiring to to see how some of them did live their ideals and striking how morally serious they were they talked about their own efforts to be virtuous constantly and

he mentioned several other people and concludes the address by talking about george washington. he mentions and julius caesar and napoleon. but of the victims including the white victim, elijah lovejoy, who wrote about mackintosh's murder, mackintosh is the only one lincoln mentions by name. i think this is important in historic context. even today, after any number of deaths related to police brutality. we still find ourselves as a nation glossing over the names of black victims for lincoln to mention mackintosh by is critical. not only humanizes him, but it also suggests that this particular killing racially motivated and based as it was, is an important element to this overall discussion of democrat decline. it's not just that the rule of law is being abandoned in vacuum. it's connected to our history and present history at the time, related to race. and lincoln makes that connection, one that, incidentally, no other politician is making that makes the speech particularly impressive but also unique. one of the things that was characteristic this period was that the participer

well, one of the great traits that george washington had was that he was self-aware. he knew his strengths were he knew his weaknesses were he knew that he was not a great public in large part because he had trouble talking. he had a grasp the breathy voice that from a childhood respiratory illness. and famously he very few teeth. in fact, by the time he was president, i think he only had one tooth in his head. so he had these unwieldy dentures in his mouth, made it very to speak. so at no, was he a great public speaker? but he had everything else and the main thing in that regard was he had command presence. he was the tallest guy in the room. he was six foot three. he had ramrod straight posture. he dressed immaculate as lee. he had steely eye contact. gilbert stuart, the portrait artist, said he had the eyes the most ferocious warrior in the jungle. and so he was a great listener he liked people. he liked to socialize. he understood the importance of building relationships, which is essential, being an effective politician. so he had all these talents, but all he k

. >> this moment puts him with a bunch of american greats, the george washington's of the world. >> go the history books. >> brian: greg, it is so weird, you are just saying fight in remind you of george washington. i'm sorry, i misquoted, you have the quote, this is what jesus talked about. >> greg: the comparison to george washington is fair because they both have fake hair and fake teeth. but it's amazing how the media will rewrite history right in front of you. you know, he didn't give up power. you had to wrestle it away from him like it was a bag of doughnuts from joy behar. they are acting like a defense attorney claiming their client surrendered peacefully after engaging in a high-speed chase that ends up crashing into a liquor store. he had to be dragged out of there. it is weird when i see the media doing this. i feel like the media sees themselves in biden. they are the old guy being pushed out. yet they don't even know it. so they cling to this lockstep ally and by doing so they show their irrelevance. they still think they can snow the public if they just say it loudly and

., georgetown, maryland and george washington. i am honored to welcome you to the federalist society debate on this a juneteenth holiday weekend. were thankful to the federal society and the arthur ruth foundation for fostering open dialogue by making this event on this important topic possible. while there are nine people who certainly will have an opinion probably a majority opinion, a concurring opinion or to an dissent as soon as tomorrow on that meeting on whether the 16th amendment authorizes congress to tax unrealized sums without apportionment among the states. tonight we address a related but broader question. is the wealth attacks constitutional? to answer that question we are honored to have three great legal minds with us this evening. debating in a preposition professor david dean emeritus and professor of law and economics at columbia law school professor read professor of law and politics at yale university. for we hear from them i have the pleasure of introducing our moderator this evening karen snow will formally