aaron burr . some people know about aaron burr from hamilton the guy who was the bad guy in the play who shoot hamilton. -- >> he was the vice president under thomas jefferson. >> and not even interesting. >> yes. and once he became vice president he became the sort of defender of the little guy. goes a -- hardly a little guy. but, aaron burr with regard new only that these people facing a trial.new trial in the senate. they can either between fairly with due regard for their due process. or they could be rushed in a kangaroo court fashion. it would have been very tempting for him to allow the letter. to lean to the kangaroo court approach. he did not produce to look after the due process rights. in part because of that, and in part because thomas jefferson continued to cm as an ongoing political threat. in ongoing marbled presidential candidate. during the second term in office, when aaron burr was no longer vice president, thomas jefferson had him prosecuted for treason. and this is a capital of

tell us about aaron burr. some people know about him. he is the guy who is the bad guy in the play who shoots hamilton in a dual but there is so much else to this man's story. >> he is the danzle to shot him but there is much more to him than that. he was vice president of the united states, of course, under thomas jefferson. >> even that story is interesting. how he became vice president. >> the fact he became the defender of the little guy and defender of who face impeachment trials. hardly a little guy, but aaron burr without regard to the station knew only these people were facing a trial and facing a trial in the senate. they could be treated fairly with due regard for the process or could be rushed through in a kangaroo court fashion. it would have been tempting for burt to allow the ladder and lean toward the kangaroo court approach. he didn't. in part because of that and in part because thomas jefferson continued to see him as on ongoing presidential rival, during his second term in office when burr was no longer vice president,

well said per that talk about another founder in your book, aaron burr. some people know from hamilton, the guy who is the bad guy in the play, but that there is sost much else to this story in your chapter really brings that out. gusto that is right. he is a fool who shot him as they say in the play. there is much more to it thanen not. he was the vice president of the united states, of course under thomas jefferson. post so even that story is interesting. >> guest: as is the fact that once he became vice president, he became this defender of thel little guy, this defender of those who face impeachment trial. facing impeachment trials -- well said. hardly a little guy. aaron burr, without regard to their station, newell that these people were facing a trial. they could either be treated fairly and with due regard for their due process or they could be rushed through and sort of a kangaroo court type fashion. it would've been very tempting to allow the latter to lean towards the approach he didn't. he instead looked out for the due process right. in part

that election was very very complicated in that diary is with the supposed said vice president aaron burr. so then the hamiltonian federalist say we all like jefferson and so have her elected then hamilton came to his senses and absolutely despised aaron burr so there is the total energy behind jefferson. said jefferson is elected president in february and takes office two weeks later than realizes it is a very hateful political campaign year. so he tries to restore harmony so he gives a very eloquent presidential address so he tries to say to tone down the opposition every difference of opinion is not crucial but then after he calms the water is an amazing address about 2,000 words long. he could not talk very loud. even those inside the hall could not hear him. and then to hand out copies of his address. so the first term goes very well. but the second term does not go as well. there is a trial of aaron burr in the impeachment of a supreme court justice and then the disputes between england and france over commerce and jefferson said we will lot send the ships out so that hurts the ship

he turned to aaron burr because he and burr had gone to princeton together and he arranged an interductiondolly was thrilled at the prospect. she wrote to a friend, now must come to see me. thou must come see me, aaron burr is bringing -- i love this line, the great little madison to see me this evening. dolly wore mull berry satin and yellow glass beads to greet james in her parlor and four months later they were married. now i am of the conviction that political wives, political spouses generally can't really do much to help their husband's or wife's career. it's a good thing that a political spouse behaves him or herself and stays out of trouble but as a general rule, unless they are rich, political spouses don't do much to forward their ambitions. now, of course, every rule there is an exception and in this case as you'll guess, it was dolly. she had an artless way of entertaining. it seemed artless. invited women as well as men to their house on f street in the new city of washington. she included federalists as well as republicans. while james was talking with one or two guests, doll

he went on to say if those senators were men he might ask them to step outside and settle this aaron burr style. if you read the history book burr shot and killed hamilton in a dual in 1804 sc. >> the target this time, the "washington post" or as the president calls it the amazon "washington post." jeff the last hour, the amazon "washington post" fabricated facts on my ending massive dangerous and wasteful payments to syrian rebels fighting assad. they're fake news as bad as ratings challenged cnn, lobbyistest for amazon and tacks and is fake news "washington post" being used as a lobbyist weapons against congress to keep politicians to keep looking into no tax policy. first of all, am started to collect tax in all the states it does business. however, it is true amazon has not paid as much corporate tax as maybe some people would like. candidate trump when called out during one of the debates for not paying taxes, he said he makes him smart. he knows the loop holes the game. not making any friends with the "washington post" president trump the latest target. earlier the president made a

if it was a guy from south texas i might ask him to step outside and settle this aaron burr style. >> reporter: and the absence of john mccain doesn't help the bill's prospects. as he recovers from the surgery that led to the recent diagnosis of brain cancer, he posted a picture of him hiking with a friend back home, his feet in the water. as gop leaders hope he gets his boots back on the ground here. >>> we're learning new details in the horrifying case of human trafficking in texas. charges were filed ge against the driver of a tractor-trailer that had dozens of undocumented immigrants inside. and authorities have revealed that a tenth victim has died. gabe gutierrez has the latest from san antonio. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say james bradley jr., the 60 year old trucker who drove undocumented immigrants to a stifling end. ten are dead after 39 were found trapped in this tractor-trailer. >> it's dangerous, you know, putting somebody's life at risk. these smugglers are callous. >> reporter: he was driving the truck from iowa to brownsville, texas but had stopped to get it wash

if it was a guy, i might ask him to step outside and settle this aaron burr-style. >> reporter: when the white house passed the bill many may, the president had a rose garden party brimming with optimism. >> we'll get this passed through senate, i feel so confident. >> reporter: but by late june, the president recognized senate republicans might have reached an impasse. >> if we don't get it done, it's just going to be something that we're not going to like, and that's okay. >> reporter: the white house has privately discussed retribution against any republicans who vote against proceeding to debate on repeal and replace legislation. now, senior advisers here know that senate passage of any healthcare bill is a long way off, but defeat on this elemental question would mark a new low in the president's factious relationship with the republican-controlled congress. anthony? >> mason: major garrett at the white house. thanks, major. the president's son-in-law, a key white house adviser, answered questions today on russian meddling in the u.s. election and whether anyone in the trump cam

i have been on as aaron burr. and tonight will be my first performance as george washington.'ll have everything knocked out after tonight. which will be a relief. >> how do you keep it all straight in your head. >> it's wild. it is all hands on deck. everyone is working to the extent of their ability there. so i have, you know, a tablet with all of my notes, and all of the little diagrams and the audio of the parts that i sing and everything. so i have basically a key that i can keep and sort of do a speed review before the show. and then you just cross your fingers and hope that your brain and your mouth are coordinated enough to say all of the words at the same time. >> you are a emin of the touring cast. obviously, hamilton was made famous on broadway. do you guys get the chance to put your personal stamp on the show? >> yeah, it's been nice, actually because the other companies, because there have been people coming in and out, they are sort of like patchwork quilts almost, you know, and we are still our original group from rehearsal in new york. so it's nice we all had t

the northeast, if it was a guy from south texas, i might ask him to step outside and settle this aaron burr style. >> reporter: through it all the absence of senator john mccain doesn't help the bill's prospects as he recovers from that surgery that led to his recent diagnosis of brain cancer. he posted a picture of him hiking with fraend back home. his feet in the water. as gop leaders hope he gets his boots on the ground back here in washington in time for tomorrow's vote. something that for now looks unlikely. lester? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> tonight we're learning new details in that horrifying case of human trafficking in texas. today charges were filed against the driver of a tractor trailer that had dozens of undocumented immigrants trapped inside under sweltering conditions. and federal authorities reveal that a tenth victim has died. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest from san antonio. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say james bradley jr., a 60-year-old trucker who drove undocumented immigrants to a stifling end. tonight ten are dead after san antonio police found 39 of

if it was a guy from south texas, i might ask him to step outside and settle this aaron burr style. >of the three female senators he seemed to be implying. just one is from the northeast. today collins was overheard saying this. >> did you see the one who challenged me to a duel? >> i know. trust me. do you know why he challenged you to a duel? because you could beat the [ bleep ] out of him. >> he's huge. he is so -- i don't mean to be unkind but he's so unattractive it is unbelievable. >> this is the, by now, infamous photo that she is referencing taken in 2009. the individual in the duck pajamas, that's the congressman currently threatening a duel. this afternoon collins said she received an apology and she offered her own apology. but collins didn't only talk about him on that hot mike. she talked about the trump administration. that's thing two in 60 seconds. >>> susan collins was caught on a hot mike today talking to jack reid calling the proposal incredibly irresponsible. then they sealed to discuss president trump, at one point referencing the president's speech at the commiss

. >> shepard: on this day in 1804, alexander hamilton and aaron burr faced off in a duel.resident, hamilton the former treasury secretary. burr challenged hamilton to a duel. burr shot hamilton in the stomach. he died the next day, this is part of the play "hamilton" if you can. after politics turned deadly 213 years ago today. >> neil: that was one awesome show, shepard. this is reality. you can forget about a meeting last june. the focus seems to be on, well, lots of meetings. all meetings. all work at least for the first two weeks in august. they're cutting theiracation in half. rather than a month, took two weeks. generous. is it enough time to get what they want to get done. >> the dow rebounding on word of the senate delaying recess to get stuff that it wants to see get done or investors want to see get done including healthcare rework and the tax ts

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. >> juan: on this day in history, alexander hamilton was shot in a duel by aaron burr.ay. today, hamilton tweeted... hamilton, the broadway musical -- attribute video, it's just across the river from new york and new jersey. the landmark features a bust of hamilton and the actual boulder where he is said to have rested after he was shot. he was born in the caribbean but he died back here in manhattan as a true new yorker. you can visit the gravesite at trinity church, near wall street. >> jesse: greg gutfeld. >> greg: time for this. greg gutfeld's fox news. people ask me what is that like in the green room. i thought i would have a little behind the scenes footage. here we are at fox news, enjoying -- we are getting ready right there. we do some throat exercises. it's kind of a messy green room, i will admit. someone seems to be unconscious over on the left. that's lou dobbs. anyway, that's what we do. [laughter] >> dana: our friend and colleague rick grenell was diagnosed with nonhodgkin's lymphoma in 2013. his partner said watching someone he loved suffered so much ma

the northeast, if it was a guy from south texas, ig might ask him to step outside and stelt this aaron burrle. >> what do you think of that, number one? and is this the female senatorer's fault? >> i'd be okay to step outside with him. if he wants to talk on my people in west virginia and throw them out in the cold, i'm glad shelly understands the constituent base the same as i do. it's not a perfect bill that we have. the affordable care act is not a perfect piece of legislation. it needs repair. we both agree to that. the we need to fix it. we need to try to get people healthier. need to get them more accountable. we need to prodetective and shore up the private market without collapsing. of the all can be done but we need to work together. that's -- type of rhetoric is so uncalled for in this body here. we want to fix and repair things. i'll work with republicans liberals conservatives, everybody. but the bottom line at the end of the day, that we have a healthier population, more cost-effective to have them in the fork force than welfare. how about the sympathy for elderly americans who

northeast, if it was a guy from south texas, i might ask him to step outside and set this will aaron burr>> i don't think that he knows how tough susan collins is. she responded to the texas congressman saying in 20 years in the senate i've had a lot of people make suggestions how to resolve legislative disputes but until today nobody ever suggested a duel. ruth, what is going on? >> female senators from the northeast. one's from alaska, one's from west virginia. i know he might be from south texas, but he might kind of want to look at a map. >> man from louisiana, too, let's not forget. >> and a man from ohio, potentially. >> isn't it interesting he needs to say female senators, right? and that clearly stuck in his south texas craw. all i'm saying. >> it reminds me of when you and i first met in 1991 at the clarence thomas hearings. that whole jemder thing still -- >> it kind of keeps coming back. someday we will not be saying female senators. it will be a surprise or annoyance to people as it seem to be to the congressman. >> jeremy, here we've got sessions twisting in the wind, there's

you know aaron burr who ended fairly poorly but he once said that if -- the last stand against a dema going or usurper would be on the floor of the united states snatd. you saw that today. >> kelsey, we navigate toward some of the poetry in john mccain's speech today, a thoroughly emotional moment 37 but to the pros he was a revolutionary because you went on to the floor of the senate and kind of discounted the underpinning argument for everything we witnessed and said can you imagine calling for open hearings in the actual senate committee where such a thing should originate? that's not going to do well at all. >> well, he called for it but then he voted to start debate on the bill and then voted for the first amendment that came up. so there is a little bit of mixing of messaging that happened there. i think that -- i think that he was speaking to his ideal version of what would have happened in the senate. i think he was speaking to greater cause for the senate. i think one of the things that struck a lot of people was later on in the speech he maid the comment that the senate is

some of the people you feature are aaron burr, because, of course, he killed alexander hamilton in thatamerican chief, a drunken lawmaker, a theater playwright, a slave. tell me the common theme and why do you think they were forgotten? >> the people i describe in my book, all eight of them, are people who to one degree or another have had their stories written out of american history. in a lot of ways they don't fit our narrative. the indian chief who taught benjamin franklin about federalism, i think we forgot about him because we've forgotten about federalism. for the last eight years we've let power about ruled in our federal government. >> as we look ahead to the fourth of july weekend, this book is very timely, of course, because it's a celebration of our country. what message do you want to send to the american people at a time when it seems like division in this country is at such a high level, especially as it relates to these forgotten founding fathers and mothers? >> having division among us is not uncommon in our history. one of the ways the founding fathers decided we could

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northeast, if it was a guy from south texas, i might ask him to step outside and said stel this aaron burrle. >> he's referring to senator of west virginia, susan collins of maine, and possibly lisa murkowski of alaska. what do you make of those comments? >> well, it's not something that i would say. they're slightly aggressive, of course. but that being said, there's no question that even when the democrats were trying to pass the aca a while ago, they got tremendous pressure a while ago just like we are. that's to be expected. this is not the time to be weak in the knees. it's time for clarity and chaos and i think they need to move forward with what they promised the american people. >> i want to ask you about the issue of russian meddling. president trump still expressed doubts and his communications director just told me this yesterday. >> somebody said to me yesterday, i won't tell you who, that if the russians actually hacked this situation and spilled out those e-mails, you would have never seen it. you would have never had any evidence of them, meaning that they are super confiden

if it was a guy from south te s texas, i might have ask him to step outside and settle this aaron burr-style here she is caught. we're going to have subtitles. >> trust me. did you see the one that challenged me to a dual. >> trust me. do you know why he challenged you to a dual? because you could beat the -- out of him. >> well, he's huge. and he -- i don't mean to be unkind. but he's so unattractive it's unbelievable. >> now, congressman, she said he's a fat guy. he's huge. he's so unattractive. collins and him now apologized to each other. how do you see it? >> well, look, i'm not here to justify or to try to explain what some of my colleagues say, and frankly you can play republicans, democrats, some of the people we interact with at town halls and others and the reality is that stuff isn't helpful and doesn't reflect the best will of the american people. they expect us to ask with a little more dignity and decorum than that. but i'm not perfect. and i can't explain and i'm not here to answer to other people and the comments they make. i think it is better for all of us if we try to trea

it also happens to be the -- the platform and the impetus for aaron burr to jump into a political lifeed in. helping me, we have playing the role of hamilton, gracious and taylor. we have thomas jefferson is ra meek, and we have james madison as des zee. this song is called the room where it happens ♪ mr. secretary. >> mr. burr sir ♪ ♪ did you hear the news about good old general mercy ♪ ♪ no snow the mercer legacy is secure ♪ sure ♪ to do is die ♪ that's a lot less work ♪ you ought to give it a try. now how you going to get your debt plan through ♪ ♪ i guess i'm going to have to finally listen to you ♪ ♪ really ♪ talk less ♪ smile more ♪ do whatever it takes to get my plan on the congress floor ♪ ♪ now madison and jefferson are merciless ♪ ♪ hate the sin of the sinner ♪ hamilton ♪ i'm sorry burr i got to go ♪ what ♪ decisions are happening over dinner ♪ ♪ immigrant walk into a room diametrically opposed ♪ ♪ compromise pg opening doors that were previously closed ♪ ♪ the immigrant emerged to financial power a system he could shape however he wants ♪ ♪ the virginians emerge with the nat

the northeast, if it was a guy from south texas i might ask him to step outside and settle this aaron burrorter: when the house narrowly passed its repeal and replace bill in may, the president had a rose garden party brimming with optimism >> we are going to get this passed through the senate. i feel so confident. by late june the president recognized senate republicans may have reached an impasse. >> if we don't get it done it will be something that we are not going to like and that is okay. >> reporter: the white house is privately discussed retribution against any republicans who vote against proceeding to debate on repeal and replace legislation. now, senior advisers here know that senate passage of any health care bill is a long way off. but defeat on this elemental question, would mark a new low in the president's fractious relationship with the republican controlled congress. anthony. >> major garrett at the white house. thank you. >> the president's son-in-law, key campaign adviser and now a key white house adviser, answered questions today in the investigation of russian meddling