(alexander hamilton) narrator: desperate for soldiers, general washington agreed.med that numbers of free negroes are desirous of enlisting, he gives leave to the recruiting officers to entertain them, and promises to lay the matter before congress, who, he doubts not, will approve it." (general george washington) narrator: during the long and bitter fight that was the american revolution would shed their blood. the most famous being the 130-some men of the 1st rhode island regiment. they received their baptism by fire at the battle of rhode island. samuel harris was among them. quote: "the regiment to which i belonged was ordered to what was called a flanking position. it was a post of imminent danger; they attacked us with great fury, but were repulsed. again they reinforced, and attacked us again, with more vigor and determination, and again were repulsed. again they reinforced, and attacked us ththird time, with the most desperate courage and resolution, but a third time were repulsed. the contest was fearful. our position was hotly disputed and as hotly mainta

during a constitutional convention when washington was presiding as chair, during a break alexander hamilton challenged morris, a wonderfully iconic figure with a pegleg. you know the statue you see of washington in picture books that's now at the virginia historical society, the body and torso of washington is actually morris. because he posed for the artist in paris after the artist had taken the life mask of washington in mount vernon. hamilton says to morris, i want you to go up to washington, put your hand on his shoulder and say, how you doing, george? and morris takes him up on this and washington lifts his hand off of his shoulder, stares at him until he walks away. there is an loket row magnetic -- an electro magnetic field around washington. you do not enter that interior space. very few people are permitted in there. at a certain period in his life especially after the war everything he does is done with an eye toward posterity. and he knew we would be gathering here in the mass historical society 200 years later. every letter he writes is not written just to his recipient but als

in fact, he quotes some of my favorite framers federalist 34 which was authored by alexander hamilton and the two authored by james madison, 45 and 51 in which he points to the constitutional questions of this. so i will tell you that my lawyer and i actually went through it together. every one of the 78 pages of the vinson decision. so i will say that i share the goal of getting exactly where you are. i know that i can't speak for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle here, but i know that i speak for all of my colleagues here when i tell you that we do, and i want to get there. we know that we are now five or six weeks into this congress, and i believe that personally, that we need to proceed with as open an amendment process as possible. i respect your desire and willingness to continue to work with us so that we can get to exactly where we want to be as we proceed. mr. sessions? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. king, welcome to the rules committee, again. as the facts you have been a regular visitor to rules committee and bring thoughtful ideas not only to the committee, but

it really goes back to the debate between thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton before the countrynded. how you get the right balance between security and liberty? now that our allies have moved into this digital space, there are a lot of unanswered questions about how we get this right. i agree with the caller that if democracy do not get it right that it will be very difficult to expect anyone else to get it right. countries that have just changed governments, for them to set things up in a way that ensures that unpopular speech and the sense can be properly protected and not manipulated or shut down in some kind of insidious way. host: about the speech and hillary clinton gave about the internet and its role in foreign policy, what was notable from her speech last tuesday compared to one year ago darks guest: -- to one year ago? guest: that was the first time that the u.s. government came out and said that internet freedom as part of human rights. the freedom to connect is part and parcel of the freedoms that should be guaranteed to all people on earth as part of the universal d

in fact, he quotes some of my favorite framers federalist 34 which was authored by alexander hamilton and the two authored by james madison, 45 and 51 in which he points to the constitutional questions of this. so i will tell you that my lawyer and i actually went through it together. every one of the 78 pages of the vinson decision. so i will say that i share the goal of getting exactly where you are. i know that i can't speak for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle here, but i know that i speak for all of my colleagues here when i tell you that we do, and i want to get there. we know that we are now five or six weeks into this congress, and i believe that personally, that we need to proceed with as open an amendment process as possible. i respect your desire and willingness to continue to work with us so that we can get to exactly where we want to be as we proceed. mr. sessions? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. king, welcome to the rules committee, again. as the facts you have been a regular visitor to rules committee and bring thoughtful ideas not only to the committee, but

hamilton enlisted in the army at 19. served 2 tours in iraq with the 82nd airborne division. his mother diane says he loved the discipline and the comrade. >> every time he came back the alexander said he did such a wonderful job. >>reporter: he was guarding this roof top in mosul in 2005 with had best friend christopher when insurge attacked. >> his best friend was killed. very best friend. and i remember the day he called me. and he said mom, i have never been in battle without him. >>reporter: back at fort brag william was diagnosed with pts ptsd. he got a general discharge from the army but his problems got worse. he developed an eating disorder and started taking drug. >> he was tormented by it. when he first came home he didn't sleep. pi could hear him crying at night. >>reporter: doctors at the va hospital diagnosed william with skits effective disorder. and he was hospitalized 9 times at the palo alto va psychiatric ward often for weeks at a time. and that's what his parent thought was going to happen last may when had fat called local sheriff's to take william in on 51 59 voluntary psychiatric hold. staff at the county hospital where william was taken said he was delus