thing sta >> tonight its home state of thomas jefferson, yes, santa claus there is a virginia, then i check in on the state of racism in america after double-checking that my car doors are locked. and my guest eo wilson is a biologist who says humans have a lot to learn from ants. but when i excrete an odor trail to find my way home i get arrested. sony has developed its 185 terrabyte cassette, timely your mixed tapes can include two phish songs. this is the colbert report. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ready to go >> stephen: welcome to the report, good to you have with us. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i'm sorry, i apologize, folks. (cheers and applause) thank you, ladies and gentlemen, i apologize. i didn't mean to get past your chanting am i just thought i could sneak past the castlegates of your love but you stopped me, thank you am folks, if you are one of the millions of americans ob

george washington, thomas jefferson had tried. they can become americans and their sense of the word and it stay where they were located, but on smaller parcels of land. the american indians of course the populations in the tens of thousands. and millions of acres of land. american government was under tremendous pressure by american settlers to take that land one way or another. saw this as a perfect pitch and the to take land from the creeks he initially negotiated the treaty. both from the creeks as well as those who fought against. and 20 years later when he became president he was able to then pushed through the removal act of 1830 that deadly to the wide scale removal. the attack itself, of course colloids to the invasion of the creek nation which immediately after the wall was opened, alabama and a good bit of central georgia would not have been settled as early as it had been if it were not for this war alabama fever, they land rush in the years following the war. the most immediate impact. the removal act, the sense of a

thomas jefferson noted there is nothing that gives one man such advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under every circumstance. my challenge to each of you, specific to this race and to every race, my challenge to you is to remain cool. to remain unruffled. we know when we will not forget that we have been lied about. we have been boxed out. we know we have been ridiculed. often by people who have never even met us. by us i mean every one of us in this room. and yet we have held up our heads high through this process. you could feel good about that. you have held your head high. we have fought on. we fought on because we are fighting for a higher purpose than ourselves. we fought on because this is bigger than one race. this is bigger than one senate seat. this is bigger than just another political contest. this is bigger than anything we have been involved in perhaps for many of us on a number of fronts. this is about the future of the united states of america. this is what this has been about. [applause] the attacks we have received, been on the receiving end of,

-- from what thomas jefferson wanted.thomas jefferson certainly had his views on education, but the fact remains until the early 20th century, education was neither compulsory nor universal with standardized testing was not the norm for either teachers or for students. he also wanted america to remain a perpetually agrarian society prayed that doesn't mean it did. -- society. that doesn't mean it did. the founding fathers, by and large, were educated and error --t men -- and error that and erudite men. i think we have to be careful not to take the views of one of the founders and pretend that is how america has historically been one it hasn't. host: a viewer tweets -- marvin is watching us in pennsylvania with a postgraduate degree. you are on the air. i have an outstanding known -- outstanding loan of 9000 -- host: you'll have to turn that tv down. i'm going to move to kathy in california, who has a high school degree. caller: hav i was first working, about 20-plus yearse ago there was ae job locally at an institution. t

thomas jefferson said he had a most commanding presence. >> he is also known by his friendships and hisife. dolly madison became a well-known figure in her own right. >> he fell in love with her. he saw her in the streets of philadelphia and fell in love with her. of all people, he asked aaron burr to arrange an introduction. he did and they were married shortly after. it was one of the great political marriages. maybe it wouldn't be now but then what dolly's skill was was to bring people together and make them feel warm and congenial and appreciate her husband. in those days, the congress, the caucuses of the congress, chose the presidential nominees so there is testimony of how dolly's ability to bring people together helped her husband become the presidential nominee. >> he was secretary of state to thomas jefferson who was his longtime friend. >> it was a friendship of many years. they had first known one another when madison -- known one another well -- served on what was called the council of state in virginia. all these little government entities try to keep the nation going whil

english with the secretary therefore transmitted to john locke the hard core theorist in which thomas jeffersonwho is the borrower of books from the library and jefferson undoubtedly made it but but the point of the whole project is to offer a few not just sentimental cultural pluralism although i am. [laughter] sue me. but empirically or historically true even very orthodox jews that they have been in vetted by the likes of the nazis. people came and went during the day. so to work in the textile shops so what a surprise. you will note. the indo heard till you? >> so he says are you coming to the inauguration? been an act i have nothing to wear. [laughter] but then he says neiman-marcus saks fifth avenue air force one associate goes in front of the capitol steps in and anything the israeli defense forces but they use that you wish elbow. [laughter] to say see? see that man? he is the of dr. [laughter] -- abductor. >> those of you that have nothing left to do good check that out with the jewish jokes on you to. i was to give a talk to jewish humor and i made a mistake to read this segment freud

he president referred to thomas jefferson in our video and we share that view.ometimes, the view of the people on the receiving end -- i found a quote from the late actress grace kelly. she said, the freedom of press works in such a way -- there is not really much freedom from the press. that is true. try to keep as many eyes as possible on them. they do not always want us in the room. this has never been truer than today. a changing media gives us more but allows the government to send its own messages direct to people in ways that we find challenging. a thingrtainly president assesses to the --sident would have envied predecessors to the president would have envied and liked themselves. we like their photographers and video crews. we do not want to kick them out. we just want to be in the room, too. [applause] all paying attention to the government and asking questions, we are all the better for it and it is a bragging point for democracy. i want to turn for a minute and talk a little bit about harry mcelveen. it was seven years ago he walked into the oval off

was clinton who set canal.build the erie thomas jefferson said the , literally toad he could build the canal through the wilderness. well, we built the canal, built time, built it on budget. enthe rest is history. it opened up upstate new york west to thep the nation. ingenuity andork new york hard work. in that spirit, october 2011, we with our new bridge. we said we were done talking and procrastinating. we forged new partnerships, we challenged ourselves to do it better than ever before. we're using a new development that combines the design and construction phases in one step, saving time and saving money over $1 billion saved from the original estimate by this new construction method. [applause] agreed tol government fast track the project. d.o.t. exceeded all expectations in making government perform. saying to secretary foxx on the way up, it is incredible this federal government moved and moved this complex project. foxx aive secretary round of applause. [cheers and applause] the united states department of transportation provided unprecedented financial support, the largest lo

helped her husband become the presidential nominee. >> charlie: he was secretary of state to thomas jeffersonng-time friend. >> yes, it was a friendship of many years. they had first known one another when madison -- known one another well, served on the council of state in virginia. all the government entities trying to keep the nation going while we were breaking from britain. but they got to know one another then, and it was a friendship that lasted through life and, at the end of it, jefferson wrote to madison and said, please take care of me when i'm dead. and by that he meant, you know, take care of my reputation, guard my reputation. jefferson was a little bit flamboyant in his speaking ways. you know, he would say things -- madison said he would say things with a great round "o," meaning he often said things madison had to kind of -- >> charlie: were there a lot of letters between them? >> yes, a three-volume set of the jefferson-madison letters, and it's one of the great stories. >> charlie: and who was the more -- who was the better writer? >> jefferson, probably. he did have a gift

we respect thomas jefferson but it may have turned out differently if sally hemmings had instagram.you do not bring kunta kinte to my games. >> jon: what instagram filter is that. >> 1700's. >> jon: what for sterling? >> we have to make this right. chris paul has to come play for the lakers. >> jon: i know you are a lakers fan but that's your solution? >> yes, yes jon. i'll call the naacp. >> jon: what are they going to do. >> the national association for the advancement of chris paul to the lakers. [ laughter ] that's right. chris, you need to escape. look, wait until dark and good to the north side of staple center to the lakers locker room. >> jon: how does this fix the racism problem? >> don't be silly. we're never going to fix racism in this country but i'm a lakers fan and we can fix basketball in southern california. >> jon: thank you, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ gigantic, gigantic, gigantic ♪ a big, big love ♪ gigantic, gigantic, gigantic ♪ a big, big love ♪ ♪ it is tobringing in the you're tincome, you know? that money, you're trying to stretch it as much as you can and as a parent you don't w

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thomas jefferson had been an astounding profit.e and his disciples believed the americans would march toward the pacific in the continent's limitless supply of land would be settled by farmers who embodied the nation's egalitarian spirit. of course the reality was often more complicated. the region contains land they were assisted cultivation and indians who resisted extermination. as the line of settlement's move steadily forward past the alleghenies the mississippi and the rockies the jeffersonian dream of a westwood empire of liberty began to look like prophecy. even henry david thoreau when departing for his daily walk in concord felt drawn in a westerly direction. the future that lies that way to me he wrote the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that site. mark twain was born in 1835 and reach young adulthood at the best possible time just as the country embarked on the most extraordinary period of change in its history. he was a westerner by birth raised on the missouri frontier. .. the two of them sam clemons as he

thomas jessop -- thomas jefferson is the one responsible for the stupid system.proposed a program of nine years of public education. educationfore public at all. he wanted a system of three years that everybody would take. after three years one third of them would be kept on. the people were successful. then we would go back to the farm and become good farmers. after three years another third would be wiped out. that third would be educated and higher education and higher ed keeshan and they would be the people from which the legislators for the state were following. america, tradition of that we want an elite population to run the government. we see this in the present time. there is an effort to get a that is curriculum enforceable -- everybody is going to agree to it. agreed to ates have national curriculum, which is a stupid idea. it but they have adopted it -- but they have adopted it. it will standardize everything. host: we will leave it there and go to our guest. it is important not to conflate how america has been and how the system shut out from what th

>>c-span: you write about thomas jefferson. >> guest: i certainly would put him high on the list.was a great man. no question. a believer of freedom. >>c-span: but today? >> guest: he was not a conservative. >>c-span: a liberal? >> guest: yes. in my sense. not in the corrupted sense of today. >>c-span: what is confusing as you watch people today with the jefferson jackson dinner and it is embraced by both sides. what about abraham lincoln? >> guest: he is more difficult to characterize because his role in our history had to do with the civil war. that is not something to be categorized. >>c-span: is he a democrat as of today? >> no. a libertarian. >>c-span: the number of the party? >> guest: not necessarily i am philosophy but but a republican with the capital or and libertarian with the small l. >>c-span: you were close to goldwater. >> guest: he was a libertarian. in philosophy. not party. >>c-span: bill clinton? >> guest: he is a socialist. as somebody who believes the way to achieve is to have government do it to. in to say earlier in the discussion in to take care of the bott

thomas jefferson memorial? world war ii? lincoln? martin luther king jr. memorial?ln memorial, yeah. >> with 6.5 million visitors every year. but you know, close runner-up is world war ii memorial with 3.9 million. and let's remember the reason why we're celebrating memorial day. it's the men and women who have fallen in the conflicts of our country. do pay attention. visit those war memorials. >> think about the holiday. time for one quick one. >> this lady is from northampton, mass. this is one of the most popular beaches in country, attracting an average of 16 million visitors annually. is it miami beach? is it venice beach? is it jones beach? or is it laguna beach? >> miami beach? >> so sad. >> so close. miami beach was number two. number one, venice beach in california where you see all the crazy hippies and fortune tellers and musicians. >> that's where you like to hang. >> and it's a fun place to go. >> have a great weekend. thanks for coming by. >>> before you head outdoors, we've got tips to protect your pets for the summer. >>> and they play three generati

that's blessed by thomas jefferson. is that true? >> it isn't really true. when you look at the history of the second amendment, this has been a subject of great debate all throughout the country's history and the way we think of what the second amendment means changes based on what we think of government and other things. back in the founding days, the well regulated militia was not like anything we have right now. it was the state military forces of the 13 states and every man, every white man, was in the militia for their entire adult life and they were required by law to own a gun. >> let me read the second amendment. well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. historical context is all the states have militias. you are required to be part of the militia as a white man and you're required to own a gun. it's byob party when you show up at the militia. >> think of lexington and concord. a level of governmental compulsion that we could go crazy over in this cou

if you go back to the beginning of the republic, george washington, thomas jefferson and adams, they were oligarchs. that held true throughout the history. the robber barons at the turn of the 20th century had the power the rich could only dream of. >> yes, you are right about that. in some ways our system was designed to constrap the ability to shape policy making and restrict involvement and influence of public. now, of course, over the centuries we have seen the franchise expand and a broadening of the political system. research showed that despite the formal equality that we have achieved over time, and it's certainly not complete, but that has been, of course, tremendous progress, despite that formal equality we have a situation where middle class americans get the policies they want only when they agree with the affluent or powerful interest groups. >> is this just an issue of our system or is it a reality of power everywhere, because if you look worldwide, communist revolutions have been led by people who would have fallen within your definition of economic elites in those cou

thomas jefferson had been its founding prophet. he and his disciples believed that american civilization would march unevident my toward the pacific, and that the continent's limbless supply -- limitless supply of land -- [inaudible] of course, the reality was often more complicated. the region contained land that resisted cultivation and indians who resisted extermination. but as the line of settlement inched steadily forward past the alleghenies, then the mississippi, hen the rockies, the jeffersonian dream of a west ward empire of liberty began to look like prof my. even henry -- prophesy. even henry david thorough felt drawn in a western direction. the future that lies that way to me, he wrote, and the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that side. mark twain was born in 1835 and reached young adulthood at the best possible time, just as the country embarked on the most extraordinary period of change in its history. he was a westerner by birth, raised on the missouri frontier. the outbreak of the civil war forced him far

the genius of thomas jefferson sand agreatness of abraham lincoln and things we are ourselves have donen our recent past that don't reflect so bell on us, how do we mature into a society when we can see ourselves wholly and see everything? where we don't just telfairry tai tell fairytales. it's like the concrete living economy that's the american system we have today and one of the most important parts about this piece is you start at the beginning which is slavery and a lot of folks don't understand the economic benefit to provided to this country on the backs of african-americans. >> right. >> you quote yale historian david w bright. in 1860 were worth more of america's manufacturing and all the railroads and all the productivity capacity of test. slaves were the single most asset of were worth. >> i knew by the time i started writing it but when i started researching that's when i was putting it together. we are know slavery was an awful thing and a moral disaster but the common american way to talk about it is we don't understand it is as central to america as is. america wouldn't e

the president referred to thomas jefferson in our video.ometimes the view of the people on the receiving end of it -- i found a quote from -- grace kelly said, quote, the freedom of press works in such a way there's not really much freedom from the press. that's true. that's the core of the tension we have on our beat between the present government. we try to keep as many eyes as possible on them. they don't always want us in the room. this has never been truer than today. a changing media gives us more tools, but also allows the government to set its own image, send its own videos directly to people in ways that we find challenging. it is something that predecessors to the president would have envied. that's all fine. we like the white house staff and photographers and video. we just want to be in the room too. we can take the competition. when we are all paying attention to the government and asking questions, we are all the better for it and it's a bragging point for democracy. minute andurn for a talk about harry mcalpine. it was 70 yea

i can guarantee you that's what thomas jefferson meant. pursue happiness. >> bengie, what do you make of that? >> the whole speech seems to be this dismantling of the walls between church and state. nothing he was saying was particularly out of line with the gop platform on guns, gay marriage, abortion, on all these things, but none of them are issues that really comport with outreach, with this goal that reince priebus has identified of trying to bring in new voters. the fact that someone like priebus who knows this is a problem is forced to share a stage with this guy and so captured by the conservative base that he can't distance himself at all from this guy when necessary shows the problem they have. they have really been unable to reach some escape philosophy that lets them leave people like phil robertson behind. >> when they go crazy about things like the court, they're so scared of modearnty, anything that looked different than it was 50, 60 years ago scares them. everything scares them, it seems. >> this is the problem with today'

i give you thomas jefferson. >> you mean among the slave owners?hat concept of oh, you're beneath me, but i'll have sex with you was the way it worked in the american south. >> you wanted to sleep with, and that was the one you kept. and you didn't talk about it. and the wife knew about it. but no one really said anything. but that was yours and she was the good one, so to speak. >> and in donnell's mind, that may make him not racist. my lover black and hispanic. so that means that i'm a good person, and i'm not prejudiced. and that's simply not true. because people who have racist and prejudiced ideas always can make an exception for one person, but that doesn't change their general feeling about the group. >> that's an interesting point. all right. thanks to all of you. >>> and still to come, did hgtv pull the plug on a new series over anti-gay comments made by one of the hosts? that host and his co-host brother speak exclusively to us "outfront." >>> and breaking news. more tornadoes hitting the midwest. we have a live report coming up that the

you have just sized up the great old reason why thomas jefferson said, when you're mad, count to ten. when you're really mad, count to a hundred before you talk. anyway, u.s. congressman james clyburn, author of "blessed experience." we'll be right back. if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> let me finish tonight with the great advice i attribute to the late robert kennedy. hang a lantern on your problem. i headed my first book, "hardball," back in '88. i think it carries a tremendous value to old, young, and in between. i'm talking here about the in-betweens, the clintons. there is nothing more far fetched, i believe, for the clintons to act as if the monica lewinsky episode didn't occur. everyone knows it did,

daughter of thomas jefferson, our third president. january 17, 1806. she gave birth to james madison randolph, and the woman who attended her said she couldn't find any food, she couldn't find any help. she called it bachelor hall. >> okay. nobody got it. but big thanks to cokie. we're right back with the big critique of the white house that has everyone talking. out there here are ms about a reverse mortgage, so i want you to know the facts. there are currently no credit score or income requirements to qualify. you can get tax-free money from the equity in your home. you can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. the remaining money can be used for anything. there's no monthly mortgage payments. and you still own your home! call today to get your free guide and dvd. it explains how a government-insured reverse mortgage works. there's no obligation. one reverse mortgage is a quicken loans company. their licensed experts can answer all your questions. call to find out what a great solution this can be. don't wait, call now! wbec

. >>> well, he may not be as well known as george washington or thomas jefferson, but in a new book byynne cheney, we learn why james madison was so essential to the foundation of our country. the fourth president of the united states, madison is also dubbed the father of the constitution. dr. lynne cheney, wife of former vice president dick cheney, joins us to discuss her new book. >> it's a pleasure to be here. sbl sometimes madison doesn't get the credit. everything he did with the foundations of the country, i told you this week i was in federal court where they were hearing a case over the challenge to the health care law, and jam madison's voice came up, his name came up, and the judge wanted to know what he said at the philadelphia convention, what he thought about the constitution as it came together, and he's woven everywhere. >> he is, and i think sometimes people believe that because the constitution is more than 200 years old, that madison's voice isn't as important, but there was an argument before the supreme court just a few days ago about whether your cell phone can be

. >> thomas jefferson would find that difficult. the whole strain of that in the country today let's talk about the events that may surprise y you. yet because those are built in the district of the congressmen so and so because it makes him or her look good creates more jobs and this is the kind of wasteful spending i'm talking about. i think what we need is something i tend to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the commission on the realignment closing commission during the clinton administration. but outside groups with integrity and former members of congress and no elected politicians to come in and do a complete audit of the government from top to the bottom and free agency and the government has a piece of legislation or a charter that created it. it has a purpose and if it isn't fulfilling that purpose or isn't doing it within a reasonable budget it should be cut or eliminated. let's take head start. there are now three head start. there is an enhanced and there's regular. why do we have the other two?

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. >> "that thomas jefferson..." >> reshawn hughes shot and killed a man.from being college material. how much education had you had before you were incarcerated? >> actually, i'd never read a book until i came to prison. >> you'd never read a book. >> never read a book. >> now he says he hopes to continue his education until he gets his phd. >> "to educate citizens about liberty." >> by 2007, wes caines had already served 17 years for taking part in a shoot-out in which one man was killed and another was seriously injured. he knows how lucky he is to be getting an elite education from bard. >> they made an investment in people that society had written off and people who even today feel that we shouldn't have this opportunity. >> not every prisoner gets the opportunity. only about 10% of the inmates who apply to the college program are accepted. prison life can be so routine and depressing, it's no wonder that these men jump at the chance to escape with their minds if not with their bodies. >> ahh! >> travis darshan dropped out of school when he was 14. whe

george washington and thomas jefferson grew it, the first drafts of our constitution and many of our first laws were written on paper made from it. in fact, during world war ii, the usda encouraged patriotic american farmers to raise it for the war effort. they even produced a promotional film entitled "hemp for victory" and now at least 16 states have passed laws that will allow their farmers to grow it. unfortunately the federal government stands in the way of family farmers who want to be able to grow industrial hemp. defensive classification of hemp as a schedule one drug does not further public safety but it does rob our farm economies of -- of a potentially multibillion-dollar crop that can be used to make everything from rope to soap. in fact, it seems like the only thing you can't make out of hemp is dope. despite the fact that american farmers can't grow industrial hemp, hemp products here in this country account for nearly $500 million in annual sales. now that's a sizable industry. but nothing compares to the economic impact that full-scale cultivation and commercializatio

thomas jefferson had been an astounding profit. and his disciples believed the americans would march toward the pacific in the continent's limitless supply of land would be settled by farmers who embodied the nation's egalitarian spirit. of course the reality was often more complicated. the region contains land they were assisted cultivation and indians who resisted extermination. as the line of settlement's move steadily forward past the alleghenies the mississippi and the rockies the jeffersonian dream of a westwood empire of liberty began to look like prophecy. even henry david thoreau when departing for his daily walk in concord felt drawn in a westerly direction. the future that lies that way to me he wrote the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that site. mark twain was born in 1835 and reach young adulthood at the best possible time just as the country embarked on the most extraordinary period of change in its history. he was a westerner by birth raised on the missouri frontier. .. the two of them sam clemons as he w

she wrote one of thomas jefferson and his relationship with his slave, sally having and died in 1981ifornia. her book about joseph smith is still in print, still available today than you can find it on the shelf. >> now, from book to be stripped to ogden to learn about the history of the socialist movement in utah firm john sillito, history of "history of utah radicalism." >> today than people think of utah, and they think of two things. obviously, the mormon church and its influence, but politically speaking i think of the republican party that is one of the strongest republican states in the country and both in terms of the presidential election and local offices. when john mccormack and i first started doing our research, we are interested if that perception of utah had always been the case. what we discovered is no common utah has not always been the bastion of republicanism that is today. one. during its history was very competitive politics. for us particularly, were interested in whether socialist, leftist rattle us movement existed in the discovered it had. that opened up som

. >> guest: thomas jefferson would find that difficult. he sent marines to the barbary coast. >> host: eventually. their initial precept was -- >> guest: they lived in a different age. there is still a strain of that in the country today. let's talk about defense, this may surprise you. bob beckel and i agree on this there are a lot of weapons systems and planes and ships the military have said they don't want and don't need and yet, because those things are built in the district of congressman so-and-so, they get built anyway because makes him or her look good. creates more jobs. this is wasteful spending i'm talking about. both left and right, republican and democrat. they're both culpable on this i think what we need, juan, is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the brac commission, the base realignment and closing commission during i think the clinton administration. an outside group with integrity, former members of congress, no current elected politicians to come in and do a complete audit of go

if i didn't say that i'd stolen one of the ideas from his dissertation for my last book on thomas jefferson's view of executive powers and gary actually has the view that jefferson had quite a robust approach to the presidency but not in theory to try to disseminate the work. it's also a great pleasure to be with mike lewis and harvey m-mike is on the front lines at the national war college that he was on the line i guess. it's great to be with them both and look forward to the discussion. he was my mentor for many years. he's very angry at me for writing this book but he claims i stolen the idea from him. and with many other things i admit i did steal it from him, but he didn't publish it fast enough. he was someone i started working for right after law school in the interest of national security and law so he was an inspiration for this book and he is responsible for its faults. and maybe about east asia we will have another panel tomorrow about east asia. and the russian invasion of crimea highlighted this as the current international legal system of collective security i think has failed.