no one did more to publicize and popularize new ideas about emotion and thomas payne. han thomas payne. what to talk about his book, "-- i want to talk about his book, "common sense." interested in emotion. 1776.uary of 2017 -- he issued a clear and call to examine the passions and feelings of mankind. confident that anyone who scrutinized their emotions would arrive at a believe in natural rights and naturally quality and consequently would arrive at support for american independence. in the first pages of his declared, the cause of america is in great measure the cause of all mankind. desolate withy fire and sword, declaring war against the natural rights of all mankind and extra picking the defenders thereof on the face of the earth is the concern of every man to whom nature has given the power of feeling of which class, regardless of party center is the author. with those -- the power of feeling. the gift of nature, the common trait of all mankind and, if doing so, said that all had the same emotions. not that the cultivated have one kind in the ordinary masses hav

with those words, thomas payne claims the power of feeling for the patriot movement. he made a motion the gift of -- he she made emotion the gift of nature, the common trait of all mankind and, if doing so, said that all had the same emotions. not that the cultivated have one kind in the ordinary masses have another, but all mankind has a common emotional heritage. that really helped to underwrite the theory of innate equality that was central to the new conception of rights. he denounced the use of sentiment for social division. the only social class that can guarantee knowledge was the universal one defined by the company feelings of all. payne's belief that all mankind shared in common the same set of passions and feelings foreshadow the position that would soon become famous as a rallying point for the revolution that all men were created equal. in addressing all mankind, payne announced a progressive agenda that really surpassed even the most ardent proponents of the so-called patriotic spirit. this is, i think, really interesting. there were different layers of

which is a great narrowing of the vision of revolution that somebody like thomas payne or thomas jefferson had back in 1776. so that's one reason i choose 1804, is that it's a criticallizing moment for what does -- crystallize moment whats to american revolution mean and who is eligible. i start with 1750 to set the stage for this. the second way in which this is plural revolution, the revolution meant different things to different people within in the patriot coalition, and so thomas jefferson is going to come out with a very different vision of what the revolution was and should be than alexander hamilton did, and there will be a very bit politics during the 1790s try to sort out whose vision of the revolution will be triumphant, and in the shorter term, jefferson certainly triumphed in 1800, 1801, but i think that is a discussion that we are still having in our politics. as to what exactly did the founders intend and how can we best be true to that particular legacy? it was multiple -- he leg gays they gave souse we have to keep argue about it. >> they argued about if. but of course the

fertile soil, and other natural resources, as well as its rapid population growth, acted to rectify thomas payne --- thomas paine's powerful image in "common sense" of a sheer absurdity of an island ruling a continent. this was especially clear after a decade during which parliament had repeatedly restricted the growth of the north american colonies. most famously by forbidding americans to settle west of the appellations -- of the appalachians. also by numerous acts regulating colonial land policy, immigration, naturalization, and manufacturing. by july 4, 1776, enough americans wanted a separate american empire to publish it in a bill of impeachment against george the third. one only has to read the declaration of independence to understand how much americans resented england's attempt to stifle they are rising glory. -- their rising glory. thomas paine claimed in "common sense" that he never met a man in england or america that a separation was inevitable. it was simply only a matter of when. as william henley expressed it to a south carolina grand jury later in 1776, "the almighty has made c

. >>> the defense was confident that new evidence would free thomas payne. thomas cloudt, who prosecuted the second trial, was just as confident payne would remain behind bars. are you trying to get everything you can for this second trial? >> yes. we want evidence. evidence tells you the truth. evidence tells you what happened. >> reporter: cloudt felt he had a powerful piece of new evidence for this second trial. he played co of mysterious jailhouse phone calls made between jason and his mother. >> i'm talking about these tapes, and there was one that was me and nichole. >> reporter: the phone calls were made about three months after jason's second trial was granted in 2013. jason asked his mother to find tapes, stored at her home. >> i want you to just tear those up. >> you don't want them anymore? okay, i can do that. >> like, pull the insides out, and then throw them on the leaves and just burn it or >> reporter: do you know what was on them? >> no, no, i never heard them. >> reporter: his mother, faye payne, says she never did find those tapes, but to

thomas cloudt is a texas assistant attorney general. case. >> jason payne committed this murder beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: in january of 2010, jason went to trial. prosecutors told the jury they thought he shot both nichole and taylor in the morning. they think he then placed the rifle on taylor's body to frame him for the murder of his mother. lieutenant miles tucker testified he believed taylor died first. >> his body was getting stiff. so -- which is normally an indication of a body being deceased for several hours. and her body was warm to the touch. that gave me a conclusion that he had been killed before her. >> reporter: prosecutors argued one motive for jason to commit the murders was money. there was a $100,000 life insurance policy on nichole. and investigators said, they discovered the paynes were having funnel troubles. >> the defendant was running out of cash, running out of liquid he had assets, his house and a car. but his bank account had gone down to virtually nothing. >> reporter: prosecutors pointed to financial documents tha

. >> women against abuse set up on thomas payne promise for ipledge campaign. organization is calling on residents to speak out when they hear or see domestic violence in their communities. mayor jim kenney says that the issue is more than a problem, it is a matter of public health. >> that book out for women and children and folks in our lives that are sometimes just helpless, and are not strong enough to deal with themselves. let's get this over with and let's fix this problem. >> october is domestic violence awareness month. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news", the president of the philippines sent shock waves around the world when he says he wants to be like hitler, we will tell you why he made this alarming statement coming up at 5:30. >>> social media war is heating up, donald trump started early first shot at 3:00 a.m. hillary clinton chimed in as well. both sides coming up in 20. >>> you can describe it as a amazing, yet terrifying for some, where you can cross this unique yet crazy bridge. >>> it is one of the cbs's new hit shows we will take you behind

states were capable of, which is a great far rowing of the vision of revolution like somebody like thomas payneor thomas jefferson had back in 1776. that's one of the reasons i chose 1805, a moment for what does revolution mean in the americas and who is eligible in the eyes of american leaders. and so thomas jefferson is going to come up with a very different vision of what revolution was than alexander hamilton, trying to sort out whose vision of the revolution will be triumphant. in the shorter time jefferson. it's a discussion we are still having in politics as to what exactly did the founders intend and we have to keep arguing about it. [laughter] >> there are no great british paintings of the american revolution. [laughter] >> there are paintings of naval victories against the french and caribbean and the defense of gibraltar. i want to thank alan. there's going to be a reception to which i encourage you all to attend. i would also like you to let alan leave first so that he can sign books for anyone who would be interested in purchasing a copy, they're available upstairs on the balcony,