james madison -- and this is the one of the most telling remarks madison perhaps ever made, and he wrote this in a letter memorably. we're in a wilderness without a single footstep to guide us. james madison who was in a sense the closest to a embodiment of a guiding spirit that the first congress had. i'll speak of him again in a minute. madison feared that no one would show up. if you read his letters, and i want to mention parenthetically because some of you may already be aware of this, there was a marvelous project, the first federal congress project, which was founded as long as 50 years ago and just recently completed the 23rd volume of the collected papers of the first congress, not online, unfortunately, but makes fabulous reading for anybody who really wants to know what the founders were talking about when they were trying to do the work. anyway, madison feared that nobody would show up, there wouldn't even be a quorum, and his letters from that period arh to begin with and you read his letters, he's on the brink of collapse, that it was all going to be a fizzle at the start.

he's a generation older than jefferson and and madison. his closest friends and his closest colleagues through much of this time are not only washington, but the lee brothers, richard henry francis lightfoot and thomas gladwell. but also patrick henry. they are closer and more similar in age. and even though he never attended formal school at this critical moment in the revolutionary movement, he is looked up to as one of the leading intellectual tools of this revolutionary ideology. he was not known for his oratory. what he was known for at this time, and what many of his colleagues and peers and those with whom he was working recognized about him was his ability to bring a lot of concepts and philosophic ideas together and then to articulate them clearly and compellingly. and this is what he begins to do. so as a result, when the second continental congress is getting ready to convene in philadelphia, he is elected to serve in the second continental congress. at this point, however, his first wife, anne, his beloved first wife, and had o

he wrote to james madison and said that he wanted madison to pursue radical reforms without regard to how anyone felt about them. because they needed to get to the heart of what was wrong with the confederation. and you know i give that washington enormous credit. for understanding that the confederation was so fundamentally broken. that someone was going to have to figure out how to change it from the heart. forward and i think we're in the same position here. honestly, you know when people start to give interviews to the new york times talking about how it's going to take violence to make change. i personally as someone who favors peaceful change and who doesn't like the french revolution the russian revolution or anything remotely like it as a way of doing business for a government. i get really concerned about that, especially when i think that people have a reason to be unhappy so it's time i think for people who have proposals, for example, i mentioned this princeton thing to you earlier, i think bill that a series of princeton alumni were asked about their views on constitution

john tyler became a favorite of bishop madison. bishop madison asked young john tyler to read one of the graduation orations on the day he graduated in july of 1807. the other thing that comes out of tyler's relationship with his father at this time it comes out of his relationship with bishop madison and william and mary is by the time he graduated at the age of 17 he was brimming with self-confidence. almost full of himself, very confident he'd certainly moved past the reticence and the attributes he had had when he was ten, 11, 12 years old. very much confident in himself. confident in his ability confident in his intellect, he had been largely classically trained. trained in subjects like greek and latin, ancient history, politics, political economy is very much equipped with both what he got at home and also what he got in college to pursue the career in politics he so earnestly wanted. his father was good for his self-esteem as was bishop madison in other words. tyler once had dinner with thomas jefferson not long after he gr

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james madison is a great example. he proposed that congress have a complete veto over any state action of any kind. i can assure you, having looked at the dynamics of ratification, that would've killed the constitution. unquestioning lee killed it yet madison was convinced it was so important. he wrote letters to thomas jefferson complaining that he didn't get what he wanted out of the convention i don't think anyone is going to get everything they want out of a convention that is why it's a good idea. people are going to have to come to the table. in return for getting some of what they think is important in the way things perform. they are going to have to agree to some things in the weight of reform that they don't like that is for the grand bargain is. 1787 constitution is a classic grand bargain. no one got everything they wanted out of it. in fact, some of what is in it turned out to be a really bad idea. it was a way of taking and intersectional conflict that threaten to break the country apart and resolved it.

madison. >> reporter: good morning, maria.s is a fema distribution site and coast guard and volunteers and line of cars extends around the corner and people waiting for hours and first car getting here at 6:00 a.m. to get help. that's because engelwood, 58% of residents without power. i want to talk to one of the residents, jim here. jim, you got here early and why are you waiting in this line today? >> we need the ice to keep our food from spoiling. we've had to throw a lot of it away, but we need to keep re-phren plenishing our -- replenishing our food fly and trying to get tarps and stuff for the people that need them. mar >> reporter: luckily, jim, your house received some damage but it's livable. tell me about your community. >> the community is devastated and looks like a war zone. i would say at least half the homes are not going to be able to be repaired to live in them. they're probably gone 2345 be condemned. >> reporter: we talk about power, 58% out and you're out of power. when do you think you'll get power back? >

so hopefully that will madison look at them energy, and yet let's consider them currently. and as you know, i wasn't corolla is connection with the heroes which cannot any to observe them at the moment fanny demand company office is going to have a whole dora to be it on this i. 2 in he hand, he did you know that she had shared with me hold in head. ah calico gone had the most lack of me and an insult. that's what this looks, songs, confusion, box, battle ordered a video local. you may only put in a new flash party. can em she can. should the taxi be the okay to walk into skin m c. come soon. there's no good houghton. she absorbers another small son and was gonna sell them a half out in his bahama. scared was to have a nice little bed america that and looked, colors are toxic cortisol, kids could follow their cd and you don't get to live. bless, i have gone to the plaza. where did you? but it is it, which means i shall also needing to most learn am supplementing to this and can little another to me in brussel, divonne bend to santa let's move to dog. can do either just not

even members of congress doubted that -- james madison and, this is one of the most telling remarks madison ever made in the purpose of a latter memorably, we were in the wilderness without a single footstep to guide us. in a sense, the embodiment of the guiding spirit that congress had. madison feared that no one would show up. if you read his letters and, i want to mention parenthetical because some of you may already be aware of this, there was a marvelous, the first marvel congress project which was founded as long as 50 years ago and just recently completed the 23rd volume of the collective papers of all congress. not online, unfortunately. it makes fabulous reading for anybody who really wants to know what the founders were talking about when they were trying to do the work. madison feared that nobody would show up. that they wouldn't be quorum and his letters from that period are, he was in the house to begin with and he is on the brink of collapse. that is all going to be a fizzle at the start. one by one day trickle in from here and there. manson firing off these letters begging hi

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james madison. considered father of the constitution. home, is being destroyed with propaganda now, and james madison to be dismissed. we think what james madison and his fellow constitution writers created is the greatist governing document on the face of the earth, they do north so madison has to to go, ev even abraham lincoln, the great emanemancipator has been denounced by the democrat party and its radical elements, we support lincoln the first republican president, they do not. critical race theory rejects a color blind society, rerejects. -- they dismiss martin luther king. we d agree with him, blue line. that ensures we're a civil society that protects us from who would rape and who ul stale who bush -- we support the police, they did not. the united states military. we can't get our recruit ment, why? they turned it to a woke experiment. they are under funding the military. we support the military. they do not. what about the classroom? what is going on? feeding disgusting pornography to our charge in our library, parents can't

rachel: there is reason why they call it the republic of madison.t is, that university -- pete: that is the eating -- rachel: look at that. pete: individual. rachel: this campus is crazy and matt walsh also talked about how it's the cowardly administration that he was most shocked about that they enabled this. that they you know, came out and made the statement, not, you know, that this is bad before even speaks a word. this is the kind of stuff that is happening. i think what is really important to note that is a lot of tax dollars are going to this university. you're paying for this in wisconsin. will: there was a ton of vandalism as well. graffiti and spray paint all over monuments. pete: matt walsh is a nazi. there you see some of it. will: university of wisconsin-madison had to say mostly about the graffiti and that vandalism, the university is deeply committed to the right of free speech however criminal damage to the university buildings or spaces for any reason is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. pete: talking about the free speech of

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case at the madison keys tournament, she was one of the competitors for daria kasatkina in the women'sournament. there have been no russians in the tournament since 2016. let me remind you that the eight best tennis players in the world enter the final tournaments according to the results season. that's all about sports for now, see you next hour. keeps the engine clean reduces atmospheric emissions protects the lungs of our cities fuel rosneft pulsar feel the energy of the future. we continue to release the united states may introduce a temporary ban on oil exports, its strategic reserve is almost half empty, and the demand for fuel in the country continues to grow, what awaits the american economy, dmitry moroka will tell, the american economy does not have enough fuel due to growing demand for oil washington may impose a temporary ban on its export to other countries throughout the year, the united states has recorded a record increase in deliveries to europe, but is now forced to print its own strategic reserves. in order to meet domestic consumption, rising gasoline prices are an

great stuff, madison. thank you very much.got the latest read on september sales and perfect person is here to talk about it. gerald storch here to talk about it. any signs of slow down and retail sales were flat. we're expect ago very slight bump and we didn't get it. what does that tell you? >> the report shows the consumer is continuing to slow. this report was worse than last month's on virtually every line you can throw away two tens here and two tens there and when every line is worse, it's slowing. as you say, it was stagnant month over month and year over year people say it was 8% and sales rep 8.2% and year over year with the same month and that's exactly the rate of inflation this week and people are spending more and getting nothing more. ashley: nothing more indeed. you know, what's the psyche right now? we heard a report from madison alworth that companies are trying to get the discounts and free samples in to keep the consumer obviously in their business. that's got to hurt the bottom line though; right? >> it ki

madison: buenas tardes. ya se debilitÓ. sin embargo, se extiende. es muy amplio.rgo, el campo nuboso llega hasta el sur de mÉxico, el mar caribe y sudamÉrica, en donde todavÍa deja lluvias en venezuela y colombia. sin embargo, lo peor de este sistema tropical ya se ha comenzado a debilitar. es una tormenta tropical, con vientos de 60 mph. se moverÁ esta noche y en la madrugada por el pacÍfico, bordeando el salvador y guatemala. en las prÓximas horas estarÁ completamente debilitado. estarÁ abriendo fuerza esta noche, en la madrugada podrÍa tener vientos de 45 mph. sin embargo, por la amplitud del sistema, todavÍa las lluvias van a continuar afectando especialmente a nicaragua y el salvador. las lluvias mÁs externas estarÁn llegando hasta la porciÓn sur de mÉxico y en centroamÉrica pueden haber nuevas inundaciones al paso de este sistema tropical. maity: gracias. vamos a estar pendientes. veremos imÁgenes de los deslaves en venezuela. y el traslado de migrantes a martha's vineyard fue planificado por la florida desde julio, segÚn ap, que tuvo acceso a documentos ofi

he so in a late letter to james madison, he says, take care of when dead. he's very aware of his legacy. he's putting this propaganda out into the world saying believe me, my story, my perspective and do not believe other perspectives. right. of course, he doesn't mention sally hemings in his letters or if he does, he burns them or his family burns them. later. so we have now that we know this history, we must address it. we must our way out it and course we must ask new questions along the way so i would add, well, when i was growing up and i was taking history classes. i was a person, i was very drawn to history naturally. but i've heard from so many people over the years when i say oh, i'm a public historian and they're like, oh, well, good for you. i could never do that. history is so boring. that's what they all say. it was so boring. and i say, that's crazy. it's interesting. there's so many stories about humanity and you know, people, stories about people. and that's the most interesting to me. but i really think and i can identify this that there is

she joins us now from madison. it's great to see you. thanks for being with us., as you well know, wisconsin is a state known for close elections. so how is this one shaping up? judy: that's right, geoff. the last few presidential elections here in wisconsin have been razor close and this race this year between thdemocratic challenger, 35-year-old mandela barnes, the lieutenant governor, who's going against the incumbent republican senator ron johnson, looking no different. the polls we've seen in the last few days, in fact, one out just today by cbs, shows them just a point apart -- so, effectively tied. in the airwaves here in the badger state, filled with negative ads, each side aiming at the other, reflecting record amounts of money that are being spent in this campaign, more than half of it coming from outside the state, which reflects the stakes this year, with the senate evenly split. for his part, ron johnson has been seen as vulnerable because he is a big supporter of former president trump. he has defended the former president's actions on january 6. he

. >> for twerking with james madison's flute.for twerking. >> i don't think his flute minded this. so, she was -- >> she such a great musician, and she's a classical artist, okay. so she was here playing, and i think it's hard to see, at this moment she gets this rousing applause. and i think she -- >> it's a crystal fluid. >> and it's crystal flu, anything you're gonna see that heat works. but it's truly -- that's it, the end, the end. it was like one second thing. and you know, ben shapiro, who is a well-known conservative, said that that was sort of degrading -- again, i'm incorrect, liz performance wearing actual clothing and library of congress was delightful. talking with pieces of american history is however degrading and vulgar. and that's the clip the media celebrate it. i don't know about the media, but why is he so bummed out? >> honestly, it's worth watching the ben shapiro thing if you have not, because it seems like a parody. like if western civilization is so fragile that lizzo to twerking with james madison's flut

and in that sense, the focus on co to son can be kind of understood that was cameron madison from the university of sussex. now, israel has it has reached an historic agreement with neighboring lebanon over that shad maritime border. the deal which was mediated by the u. s. and the years long dispute and unlocks rich gas reserves. it's hoped it could improve ties between the 2 countries which have tightly been at rule for more than 70 years. ah, the carriage gas field has been at the center of israel and lebanon's border dispute for years. but soon drilling ships like this one could move from just testing to actually pumping gas back to the israeli coast. of the 2 neighbors seem to have finally reached a deal on this shed border in a break through the israeli prime minister yay. lap he'd said was historic at unprecedented. lebanon's present own has also welcomed the deal, which would paved away his cash trapped country to begin natural gas expiration. although following israel introduction would likely take years in one israeli coastal town close to the border with lebanon. some peopl

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it's frozen in place from madison. let me move on.on the northeast coast of florida, flagler beach. the mayor of that city is suzie johnson who joins us now. your honor, i know that that pier has taken a beating before. they're going to -- are you going to try to rebuild it fully? >> we are, starting this year. fema if awarded us $10 million to fix the pier, the restructure of it with new materials and new codes for the pier. one of the things is we'll be lifting the pier up 13 feet for the few types of waves. stuart: did they give you that money before hurricane ian, or did they commit the $10 million after pier was virtually destroyed? >> we were committed the $10 million after matthew. we lost 300 feet or so of the pier, so just luckily that we're still in that time frame of rebidding after the damage from ian. stuart: will the $10 million cover it, or do you need money from someplace else? >> well, luckily, if that bill goes up because we know construction prices are higher, fema will subsidize the rest of it. stuart: now, the pro

the madison, frankly, was prepared now to accept this obligation. but we also found at that time through the period following the signing of the treaty of ghent, we around actually affirming property in men. this is an ongoing situation which has been consistently answered in one way. we will affirm property in men however difficult it was to it. that answer. so you ask your question in the context in which you're asking us to unfold alive history, not a dead history, and when i refer to people trying to colonize our culture and colonize our history, they're really trying to escape from history. and the reality we have to face is never an escape from history. it may be that there are some terrible things result from people who are to colonize it, as emperor julian discovered when he tried to eliminate christianity in rome and constantinople, he did succeed in ending roman empire, but not in ending christianity. other members of the panel on question oh, isn't of the the whole point of this presidential home discussion that the presidential homes are

madison, i think, madison alworth in new jersey.r of races for statehouses really on the line. in new york the attention in the bluest of blue states that kathy hochul could lose, a democrat with overwhelming advantage. why republican governors are trying to help lee zeldin out to close that deal. what that tells you after this. ♪ hi, i'm jason and i've lost 202 pounds on golo. i was 424 pounds and my doctor was recommending weight loss surgery. to avoid the surgery, i had to make a change. so i decided to go with golo and it's changed my life. ♪. neil: all right. you know think about it, president biden is laying pretty low in helping out candidates, those who might seek out his help in the midterm election but not his old boss, barack obama, they recruited the big gun of the democratic party to close the deal for democrats in close races. the irony, as impressive as barack obama campaigning it only seems to work when he is on the ballot, not so of when others are on the ballot. grady trimble in border town, wisconsin, on all of th

madison alworth in tampa with more. hey, madison. >> hey, neil.n for student loan forgiveness will look like. that release by the white house. that process is supposed to start at the end of the month. now experts have seen what that short and simple application process is, they're worried and warning that there's a huge potential for fraud. so taking a look at what the white house released in terms of what to expect for their application. they say that borrowers will only have to submit their name, social security number and date of birth to register. very important to know, borrowers will only have to self-certify that they meet the income criteria. that part right there could create a huge fraud problem. >> you're not verifying students income. you're letting people say the income is lower than the threshold when the income could be higher than the threshold. the department is not going to be checking to see if you been under the threshold. >> so what is that threshold? those that qualify are supposed to make less than $25,000 a year or househo

dagen: madison, thank you for that report. madison alworth. president biden, meantime, praising the first responders working tirelessly to save lives in florida following hurricane ian. even personally calling members of the coast guard to thank them. one of those heroes says he's about to lose his job thanks to the president's own vaccine mandate. joining the conversation all morning long, todd piro, mitch roschelle. solid, your reaction to this. -- todd, your reaction to this. >> this underscores the lunacy of this biden administration's continuous desire to hold on to these vaccine mandates. we had mike waltz on the program, my program, a couple of hours ago, and he basically highlighted what our situation is right now when it comes to recruiting. not only is this vaccine mandate potentially jeopardizing 20,000 service members who are ready, willing and able, extremely well qualified and want to do this job, but also at a time when our recruiting rates have plummeted. so, yeah, we are in a global marketplace, but we are also in a global bat

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madison ordered that the portrait be saved. there was a group of people that were instrumental in making that happen. much like the group of people who are instrumental in making things happen and historic sites today. names like paul jennings, john pierce assad, thomas mcgrath, jacob barker and robert the poster worked to remove the painting from the wall, transport it out of harm's way and only much later, jennings who is a formerly enslaved man detailed the event in his memoir. it was only then that these events were fully detailed and that these other figures, these other lesser-known names in american history, lesser-known than dolley madison received their due. of course, mrs. madison continue to call it the little narrative of picturesque. she starred as the leading actress, of course. she does deserve credit, it was these enslaved and free workers along with two strangers who contributed to the very first portrait that was acquired for the white house i believe this is still the only item and the white house collection

madison? >> hi, neil. we are here at a distribution site where there's been a steady stream of cars coming to pick up tarps. that's the number one thing that people have needed. water, ice and food. the tarps because this is an area in charlotte county that was devastated by high winds. the noise you're hearing is because they just dropped off more tarps. they cannot get rid of them fast enough with the cars driving up. i spoke to one woman who really summed it up. she said it's so hard. take a listen. >> we're devastated. we're in east englewood. we have no power, no nothing. we have a roof that is leaking. we have no help. we have nothing. we have two children under 10. my mother who is 85. we're just struggling to make things -- just to stay alive. we waited in a line to get gas to get here. we have no information as to where to go because we don't have a tv that works. it's worth of mouth. when you get places, the lines are so long you run out of gas getting there. it's hard. >> so i want to touch on t

madison alworth's at a gun store in new jersey.more women than men will are buying their first guns, madison? >> reporter: stuart, we are seeing a huge increase in women buying gun. we have a study from harvard from 2021 that shows women were more likely to be in that new gun buyer group. but the interesting thing is that gun sales in general have really peaked in 2020 and continued to soar. ross is the owner of this fss armory. you guys have every day 3-5 people come in to buy a gun that have never if owned a gun before. why are they coming in, and why are they arming themselvesesome is. >> yes, a lot of them are women, and they've taken a good grip on that sport. but it's more about safety. it's more about their personal concern of their safety. the crime is up everywhere whether it's stolen property or physical attacks or burglaries or anything else. they're really trying to protect themselves. >> reporter: i mean, i think this industry that has been seen as a male-dominated industry, to see women leading gun sales, what do you

reporter: barry burden is a political science professor at the university of wisconsin-madison. he says interest in this senate race isn't necessarily about enthusiasm for either candidate. >> i think it is fear about the other side winning. democrats are so eager to have ron johnson out of office. they have seen him move in a more radical direction, the kind of governing style trump was engaged in. barnes is raising concern among those who don't want to see what they do as a radical agenda. reporter: wisconsin is often described as a purple state. with the results shifting from republican to democratic from election to election. in reality you might say it's more of a tapestry in red and blue, with urban areas like the capital city here, madison, voting predominantly democratic. the rest of the state essentially republican. and with these midterm elections drawing closer, voters tell us they feel the divisions are growing even deeper. >> in a state like wisconsin, there aren't many undecided voters. the swing voters or split ticket voters probably amount to less than 10% of the

it's not all the daily madison's. it's not all the current former next presidents of the united states. and first ladies. but it's the people who work the melissa and the curators office, the johns in the park service, the others who work in that house, and all levels to to save it, protect it, preserve it, to honor it, and to tell the stories with us of it's rich and abundant history. so that's what we're about here in our mission. that's what we're here about today with this symposium and i'm looking forward to the panels as much as i hope you are. and i want to thank you for joining us today. and it is now my privilege to introduce to the man that i have referenced two or three times, the distinguished leader of the national trust for historic preservation, and a paul edmondson. paul. thank you, stuart. appreciate that. on behalf of the national trust for historic preservation, i'd also like to thank you all for being here and being here in person. it's just so wonderful to see so many people brave the current envi