accordingly, when the ballots were counted, jefferson and aaron burr each had 73 votes. even though every republican elector had intended to vote for print -- jefferson as president, and aaron burr as a vice, the election was thrown to the house of representatives where neither party controlled. hoping to strike a deal with aaron burr for their support, federalist homily house for seven days and 35 ballots before letting jefferson prevail after republicans threatened civil war and disunion. these federalist mechanisms underscored the failure of the constitutional provision for electing the vice president. with republicans taking control of both houses of congress, and effort began almost immediately to amend the constitution to -- and effort began almost immediately to amend the constitution to provide a vote for president and a vote for print might president -- for vice president. this provided a shift to partisan ship. and the vice president was considered part of the president's team. it reduce the chances for an minority party -- a minority party to roll the system.

presentsway that lin the ehrenberg conflict -- aaron burr conflict. they had contrasting personalities. hamilton is a very aggressive and confident person, burr place everything -- a more cautious individual. .e would hang back during the war, burr fell in love with the wife of a british officer. there is a scene when hamilton says, if you love this woman, why don't you go get her? it is meant to point out the difference in personality between the two men. as time goes on, the difference in politics and ideology will become even that much more important. that is what lin is referring to. as we are ong this affair, you mention this earlier. we have an answer from the program about reynolds. this pamphlet was written when? ron: 1797. when hamilton was treasury secretary, a beautiful 23-year-old woman came to his door. she had been abandoned by her husband james reynolds and she was in need of money. hamilton was then the most powerful and controversial man in the government. hamilton slipped out of the house, went to her moving house, said that he found

are you aaron burr, sir? >> show night, what time do you get here? >> half hour before.hat's lin. he's fully dressed. i'm not, but notorious for that. >> it makes people very nervous. >> i'm going to shoot him in, like, three hours. don't tell anybody. >> what were your impressions of aaron burr before you got drawn into the show. most people knew one thing about him, he's the guy who killed hamilton. >> i knew what that michael bayh commercial told me. >> today's $10,000 question, who shot alexander hamilton. >> aaron burr! >> i'm sorry. >> there is that line in the show where you say, i'm the villain in your history books. i guess this is the way it is going to be. was he a villain? >> that was his own -- well, not the villain part, but the world was wide enough was his own quote, you know. that's lifted. lin took that right from burr's lips, the world is wide enough for hamilton and me. ♪ >> tommy and david corn are production designers. david corn did all the set, helped me find a place i could watch the audience for a couple of minutes bef they couldn't see me, but

brian: explain more about -- aaron burr. ron: the way that lin presents the hamilton-burr conflict, not just at the very end of hamilton's life but throughout is that they were rivals. he presents them as having very, very contrasting personalities, which i think is true. hamilton is a very aggressive and confident person, burr is a ore cautious individual. he would hang back. during the war, burr fell in love with the wife of a british officer. there is a scene when hamilton says, if you love this woman, why don't you go get her? it is meant to point out the difference in personality between the two men. as time goes on, the difference in politics and ideology will become even that much more important. that is what lin is referring to. brian: as long as we are on this affair, you mention this earlier. we have an answer from the rogram about reynolds. this pamphlet was written when? ron: 1797. brian: wand -- and what was the reason? ron: what happened was, when hamilton was treasury secretary, a beautiful 23-year-old woman ca

and he sent that tweet, so we'll never forget stuff like that. >> stephen: you play aaron burr in the production of "hamilton." who is ostensibly the bad guy. >> yeah. >> stephen: do you still see him as a bad gie? spoiler alert, he shoots hamilton. (laughter) >> i feel bad about it every night. but no, i don't. i think there are very few people that come to earth to be the incarnate of evil. there are a couple of people we just trying to do the best we can with the hand that we're given. and i think that that was burr. he lived-- he graduated from princeton at 16 years old. if you read his writing at 13, 14 years old, the writings of this kid, you know, it's astonishing. this was a brilliant man, a war hero who kind of gets boiled down to the guy that shot hamilton. and what lin has done, what the show has done, it's forcing us to look at these guys with empathy. it's forcing us to look at somebody like thomas jeferson in a little bit more of a complicated-- . >> stephen: with not as much empathy. >> right. >> stephen: jefer son is not the good guy in this one. >> not in our show. di

. >> they call me aaron burr. i'm the dude responsible for alex getting shot. >> reporter: it is an off, off, off-broadway performance in the bronx, inspired by a slightly harmer production about 180 blocks south. >> reporter: by now, of course, the popularity of the broadway along with the genius of its creator. alexander hamilton >> reporter: who grew up in inwood and attended the city's elite public schools. he has long said he wants to inspire curiosity and encourage people who don't see themselves on the great white way. >> it was great to see cultures responding and performing. >> reporter: these are among the first of 20,000 school students to attend a matinee of "hamilton", for just $10 a ticket thanks to a grant from the rockefeller association. >> we first started as political enemies. >> reporter: the poor immigrant, abandoned by his father, who then grew up to be one of the founding fathers of the united states. >> i felt like, history leaves out so many important details that we have yet to learn abou

aaron burr. he says these guys traded away the capitol of our country in exchange for anus unprecedented financial plan t all happened over a dinner that none of us were at. none of us had any say in the decision. >> rose: the room where it happened. >> the room where it happened. and so it is jefferson's side of the story. it's madison's side of the story. madison is in congress an everyone is like the capitol should be here, the capitol should be here. and he is saying oh, well, he says to jefferson in our song, maybe we can solve one problem with another. and when the victory for the-- in other words, oh ho, jefferson wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home. so it's two virnlgians plotting on how to get the capitol closer to where they are. >> rose: to washington rather than new york. >> yeah. wash done doesn't exist yet, potomac. >> rose: virginia. other songs there, i mean what is it you want to-- what is it that you think will be most remembered. >> i can't begin to pretend to kno

(video ends) brian lamb: explain more about aaron burr and what's he's talking about. ron chernow: yeah, the way that lin presents the hamilton-burr conflict not just at the very , end of hamilton's life, but they were was that rivals. and he presents them as having very, very contrasting personalities, which i think is true; that hamilton is a very aggressive and self-confident person who is not afraid to grab what he wants. burr plays everything close to the vest. burr was a much more cautious and kind of crafty individual and he would hang back and during the war, burr fell in love with the wife of a british officer. and there is a scene in the show where hamilton says to him, "if you love this woman, why don't you go get her?" and it's meant really to point out the difference in personality between the two men . as time goes on, of course, the difference in politics and ideology will become even that much more important. so that is what lin is referring to. brian lamb: as long as we're on this affair thing between burr and theodosia, you mentioned this earlier and w

i was always afraid, i didn't want to take him aside and say here's what i think about aaron burr. they had to respond to the lyrics. i didn't want to confuse the issue. i have a fantastic dinner with the actress who plays eliza. chris jackson plays george washington. he sought me out. a lot of the actors didn't and i did not want to really undercut what the producer and director were doing at the rehearsal. harold: my experience in being a historical advisor was rather thankless and frustrating. i talked with tony kushner on this stage when the lincoln movie came out and the problems that had arisen. i was always asked my opinion and spielberg would say he didn't like the way i thought it should be and i would say it's not the way i think it's the way it was. his view was that art can go where history cannot. hamilton has one son in the play and he had five. it is made more simple. did they ask you to give that an ok? ron: if you ask me about my one big take away was, is that history is long and complicated and broadway shows have to be tightly constructed. i had hundreds of peopl

system the constitution is going to get ,mended after that rematch jefferson adams rematch with aaron burr coming in to new york. the constitution is going to get amended, the 12 amendment, so you can vote separately for the president and the vice president. it's going to create the possibility, not yet fully implemented, but the possibility of having parties that runs late. our party proposes ask for president and his running mate why for vice president. we made possible, the more modern system by the 12 amendment. i think the 12th amendment at least anticipate the possibility of parties. rick may have a different view. professor plides: i think this is probably the biggest area in terms of how democracy actually functions when they are up and running. at the framers didn't anticipate. they did not have a modern enough sensibility of how democracy would actually have to get organized and structured and channeled. not only did they not anticipate the emergence of political , which had huge ramifications to the way the system of governance and elections and politics actually work -- once pa

they call me aaron burr but this place is about to turn hot >> reporter: it's an off off off broadway performance in the bronx inspired by a slightly larger production about 180 blocks south. by now, of course, the popularity of the broadway hit "hamilton" is widely known. along with the genius of its creator lynn manuel miranda. my name is alexander hamilton >> reporter: he's long said he wants to arouse curiosity and inspire young people who perhaps don't see themselves on the great white way. and so he has. >> i was really interested to see all this different multicultural races, like, kind of responding and performing in this extraordinary play. >> reporter: we recently visited with these juniors at marble hills school for an international studies in the 20,000 city school students to attend a matinee of "hamilton" for just $10 a ticket thanks to a grant. helping them to connect to the play and story of alexander hamilton. >> we started as political enemies. >> reporter: the poor immigrant who grew up to be one of the founding fathers of the united states. for the first time i'm t

, the election was thrown to the house of representatives after jefferson and his running mate, aaron burr, finished in a tie with 73 electoral votes each. rumors spread of a federalists plot to install marshall, who was then serving as adams secretary of state. adams, recognizing that the judiciary would be the last stronghold of his party, unexpectedly appointed marshall to the supreme court on january 27, 1801. in a lame-duck federalists than -- the lame-duck federalists senate confirmed him a few days later. the president and congress worked frantically to consolidate the power of the federalists and the judiciary before was too late. congress created a series of new judicial offices to give adams the chance to make midnight appointments, and also reduced the size of the supreme court to deny jefferson the chance to make appointment of his own. -- appointments of his own. on february 17, the has led to -- house appointed jefferson on the 36th ballot. on march 1, three days before jefferson's inauguration, adams famously stayed up late signing new judicial commissions, notarized by john

to give a little homage or paraphrase aaron burr hamilton, he needs to ask himself, the world is wide enough for hillary and me and i think that's what he needs to decide. he can stay but does he need to get into a duel with her >> that's what they're bracing for at the clinton campaign. looking ahead to trump and cruz but they know they have to fix her promise on honesty and trustworthiness. >> and especially if sanders doesn't go away. i think you'll hear the clinton campaign behind closed doors, you will hear democratic party leaders say, bernie sanders, it's time for you to step aside because these attacks you're hitting hillary clinton with will start to hurt her. as she clearly starts to pivot focused on trump and ted cruz. side, boy, such a tough night for ted cruz. even though he's been gaining the delegates he's been getting crushed by the voters. the question is where does he find a win? >> he's probably going to get crushed again next week. those states coming forward a poll that just came out in connecticut, another one next tuesday, trump's got a huge lead there. he's had

my conversation with leslie odom, jr., he plays aaron burr and takes us backstage. also ahead, when you think of artificial intelligence, bunch of movies come to mind. it's here and real and only growing. some say it should not have a mind of its own. >>> it's been three years since the deadly bombings at the boston marathon. they'll be starting their journey to 3,000 miles. coming your way in a bit on the all new sunday "today" guys. back to you. >> willie, thank you. we're looking forward to it. break a leg. >> thanks, gus. >>> following sunday "today," you can join chuck scarborough and melissa russo for our new show called ask the mayor. we take the questions directly to mayor de blasio. that's at 10:00 this morning. >> lot of new shows and new spring weather finally. raphael miranda is here with that. >> new weather pattern. it's feeling good. temperatures back in the 70s today. you want to make the outdoor plans. just enjoy it. it's been a chilly month so far. we're enjoying the tappan zee bridge as well. basking in sunshine. the new and the old version. 49 de

part of the republic when you had -- you had jefferson and you had adams and so forth, and you had aaron burr, you had duels. in my book, you have conventions where people -- there's gun play at the conventions. roosevelt wanted to win the convention in 1912 by -- there was actually a plan to start a riot at the convention to sort of terrorize the delegates. but i think what you're talking about is what the clintons refer to in the 1990's as the politics of personal destruction. and it seems to be sort of an ongoing -- it's not just during political campaigns. you find it in the book "game change," that when barack obama was elected, that same night that -- the night of the inauguration, a group of republicans were planning his destruction, the political destruction. i don't know that that's always been true, and i think that we have a press, c-span being a notable exception to this, which is almost devoted to finding the most sensational things that can be said about candidates. but even with all that, it's pretty amazing to me, barack obama today has an approval rating of close to or above