it might be a stretch to connect alexander hamilton with mark twain or carnegie with booker wa, she do it all the time. >> there's almost 500 indians in -- in virginia, not far from james helm. so i'll talk about the the portrait for her life a little bit. talk about the portrait, where it came from, why is it here. and then i'll make some sense of the other two portraits that will follow in this series in february and march. i mentioned individuals that we think of. john smith in particular. john smith, in particular. pocahontas saved his life. the history passed down from the indians is a little different than the version that captain john smith wrote about after the fact. to england. they don't always agree. there's a language difference. a lot to work out. another individual that we think of in relation to pocahontas is john rolf. and john rolf will be another member of the virginia company of london. and this is a commercial endeavor. jamestown wasn't -- it wasn't a tour boat that came to america. it was a commercial endeavor. and the -- the people that signed on for this, they di

it might seem a stretch to connect alexander hamilton with mark twain, but as a matter of history, we do it all the time. jim barber is a historian here at the national portrait gallery. jim curated our current collection about the city, its intrigues and operators during the lincoln administration, and organized an exhibition of original art commissioned by "time" magazine for their covers about half a century ago. you could visit these shows on the second floor well jim puts the finishing touches on his next exhibition about babe ruth. please welcome jim barber. [applause] >> welcome to the national portrait gallery. we are in the third oldest public building in the city of washington, behind the white house and the capitol. the fourth oldest public old incas across the street, the post office. it is really a museum of history and biography that uses art as a medium. we are going to look at a conscious -- pocahontas. what is a painting? it is an oil painting. we don't know much about either to be honest with you. when we think of pocahontas, we think of several things. we think of j

madison, john adams, ben franklin, all the things alexander hamilton, i mean hamilton was keeping a whole law practice going while he was working on the constitution and going all over. well, washington was that way. i fear too many people, personally, maybe you don't here who know him so closely but i fear the general reputation of washington out there in the hinterlands is that he's like a wax figure. unlike a lincoln or unlike a franklin that people can feel, they feel like he's this wax figure up there that everybody idolizes and he doesn't do anything. it's very far from the truth. i mean, he's out there. i mean he's like a -- when he's coming back, i think the reason he left and went across to find rivers and ways back, he wanted to go on this grand adventure into the wild. that's what he did as a kid when you think about what he did as an early surveyor, he chose to go out and go to the wildest places and survey. i think he loved it just like our children love today to go in the wild. i think it was his one last chance to be a kid again going back across. he was a very able person.

alexander hamilton, chairman of the congressional committee to deal with this mutiny that had been going on for five days, got the president of congress to call a special session. the congressmen went into the building because hamilton and the congress wanted it to appear this was a demonstration against the united states of america. this was the horror of republics, the military rising against civilian control. and that the american people seeing this would come to the defense of congress. even though congress did not get a quorum, congress was not surrounded by district, nonetheless a representative went to the supreme executive council and asked the president the governor of pennsylvania the great john dickinson to call up philadelphia militia to drive the continental soldiers away from the building. dickinson looked at the congressman who had come up and said "are you nuts? do you think the militia of philadelphia is going to take up arms against the men that won independence for them? it is not going to happen." nobody has been harmed. this is just a political demonstration. and ind

alexander hamilton stephens in 1882. christopher reeves in 2004.e some of the greatest american artists we have had. it is a detail of a larger painting in 2002. one of the questions we have to ask ourselves is how do we, as a 21st century institution, make sure we are inclusive of everyone without rewriting history and staying true to our tenants? we always have these arguments that, had someone made national significance, and that is where the historians come into play, can we find a great work of art? sometimes you just cannot. commission it. one of the wonderful things, i have the greatest job in the world, i get to meet all these very interesting people. this was a portrait presentation with maia angelou. it was about two weeks before she died. we got calls that she was not well, we had to do it soon. we did not know what you would be like on stage. she kind of came alive and sang gospel tunes that reached to the back of the auditorium. we were amazed. oprah winfrey was there. julian bond. it was just a wonderful event. we have a wall in the p

including of all people alexander hamilton stevens. his most public and private enemy. lincoln and stevens had been close friends in the congress of 1848, in a common effort opposing the mexican war. mexican war being a popular and lucrative one that brought most of the southwest and all of california into the united states, and lincoln and davis had been leaders of the opposition to that war together. they had then corresponded after lincoln was elected in 1860. lincoln had initiated an exchange of letters between them to see if stevens could help him find some way to keep the south in the union. which stevens had, in fact tried to do. the next member of the delegation was john campbell. a former united states supreme court justice from mobile, alabama, who was another anti-davis dove. he was the assistant secretary of war here in richmond and may have been the smartest man in america, as i say in the book. he was admitted to the future university of georgia at the age of 11. graduated first in his class at 14. went on to west point from which he resigned when his fath

salon with struggling because washington's city is the great federal project of alexander hamilton. and others of their persuasion that once a strong imperial federal government at the center of the country. in pierre long fund creates demand and eventually it develops slowly in the 1800 the government moves in but the senior, 1800 is in the famous election occurs in which thomas jefferson replaces john adams in the first republican also known as democratic and the party rules were than 60 years cannot have a happy opinion of washington city. it is denigrated because of the use of federal power with states' rights which states rights support at the times of the underfunding the city. is a direct political choice to under fund the capital of the united states for public and budgetary reasons of why there are so many problems at the outset. because you have underfunding combined with a walled off enclave. so they are in another realm of the city. they have thrown barbershops, restaurants, ba rs and exist in their own area and all boarding house. the locals cannot change it because the

my other leading figure in my life intellectually as alexander hamilton.t believer in mobility, social mobility. his mother died when he was young and he rose to become a war hero and then a successful lawyer and treasury secretary. his life is one of tremendous ascent. he wanted to create an american economy that would make it possible for poor boys and girls to rise and succeed while jefferson wanted to keep an oligarchic society. that led to the whig party and the early republican party. modesty and social mobility -- those are the lodestars and they make me a left-wing republican a moderate conservative. that category barely exists in america today. brian lamb: when "the new york times" hired you, what did they expect you to represent? david brooks: they did not have any category, there was no assignment. i was a certain sort of conservative, a conservative that "the new york times" readers can stand. i come from new york culturally, but i am to the right. they give us great freedom, we have copy editors but we do not have reviews, we are not told what

if you also killed alexander hamilton in a duel in 1804. us, when jefferson heard from his commander in new orleans that his city was under threat from a force led by aaron burr, he seized the opportunity to have him prosecuted. very little is known about what he actually did. the one thing that was known is he and an irish nobleman plotted to have what turned out to be fewer than 100 men go out in the middle of the ohio river that was in part of virginia. they were provided with provisions and arms and left some place in the west. the thinking was to gain this reputation and power after the bill with hamilton he left for the west in an effort to rehabilitate himself. the critical fact is that he was never on the island. the definition of treason is set forth in the constitution very precisely and i'm not quoting exactly but essentially it is waging war against the united states or adhering to its enemies. so there's an element of waging war. the main issue in the trial as it turned out was whether the united states was going to adopt the b

alexander hamilton had advocated for this power, writing as a general rule of thumb, one man appears to be a more eligible dispenser of the mercy of government than a body of men. this was true even in cases of treason where hamilton argued that substantive and procedural concerns militated in favor of vesting the executive of the power of reprieve. even as late as 1862, as the war was underway, congress had enacted legislation reinforcing this constitutional structure and authorizing the president of the united states to extend amnesty to persons who have participated in rebellion. this procedure written into section three for the removal of political disabilities marked a significant and mysterious departure in the adjudication of claims of amnesty under our constitutional system. subsequent legislation purporting to relieve all the select few persons reinforced the singularity of the provisions. there was no judicial pronouncement about the mandate, about what the mandate meant or how it should be applied. this was part of a constitutional amendment. one might expect there to be a

of all the delegates, it was james wilson and alexander hamilton two pro-business nationals with verys to washington, who most vocally defended an open-ended grant of power to the central government. on june 18 after new juicy -- new jersey proposed a limiting plan, hamilton exploded. "the general power must swallow up the state powers. otherwise it will be swallowed up by them," he declared. between the national and state legislatures, he said, the former must therefore have indefinite authority. wilson was more discreet distancing himself from hamilton's extreme remarks. he still argued that the states should only survive as lesser jurisdictions or subdivisions of the nation. from start to finish, washington presided at the convention without expressing his views on central power. he didn't need to. ever since his 1783 circular letter, which was then the country's best-known public document other than the declaration of independence, read typically at all fourth of july ceremonies around the country, washington stood as the personification of nationalism in the united states. his da

and among them he asked john jay and alexander hamilton and james madison to write. and they all wrote something called the federalist papers which he thought was the best collection of papers he'd ever read on government. and there you could see in his letters back to madison that he finally figured out exactly what madison meant by these balance of powers, because it's so nicely explained in the federalist papers. and so with that he adopts, he sort of understands this notion of the balance of powers. but he trusted madison initially enough to run with that. and so that's where this idea of balance of powers between the branches comes from. now, he had such a strong presidency because -- we hear we , we know this because of what they wrote -- because washington had been willing to give up power after the revolution. the british propagandists constantly said why are you revolting, they'd say to the american, to give up one king george king george iii for another one because every reeve pollution their leader -- revolutionary leader always becomes a tyrant. look at n

when you when the new yorker alexander hamilton later described the constitutional convention, he said we tried to enact every practicable intrigue and they were sort of in there messing around how do we put up barriers how do we put up walls? just a few examples, and then i'll answer your question more fully. you know one of things that was most striking to me is they had their own version of what we now think of as the revolving door problem where over 50% of the people go into congress now and become a lobbyist. huge change from 30 years ago. and then also staffers come in and out staffers and as janine described so eloquently, it's more than staffers it's sort of a whole network revolve in and out of private and public roles in many ways. well, at the time the revolving door problem of the constitutional convention era or the threat was people who would go into office to get a, go into elected office in order to get an appointed office. get a great job at the post office. get a great senate cure that you might not have too many obligations. so it was a way in which the king in engl

. >> who shot alexander hamilton in that famous duel? [inaudible] >>. got milk?ie: kos was -- coke was successful in raising its prices for what drinks? guest: coke is selling more small bottles. some of the channels, more so. they raised prices. it is common nation of both as opposed to one big increase on one product. guest: coke has to change the growth. double sales growth 1%. sales of sort of -- sales of soda are falling. if you look at nondairy alternatives like almond milk booming, up 36%. stephanie: 36% growth of 1% of thestephanie: are you calling me out? [laughter] fabio: you are running an oprah show. stephanie: alix steel before she was 18. alix steel, can shake, thank you for giving us the latest. there -- coca-cola's new non-caffeinated beverage. the high and white stuff. [laughter] when we return, the future of the federal reserve. one governor wants to make sure it does not include more congressional oversight. an exclusive interview with jay powell. ♪ stephanie: welcome back to market makers. i'm stephanie ruhle. along with my co-anchor for the d

alexander hamilton said this is not going to work. an economically strong country and a secure country we need the constitution. it took us 13 years together. some sympathies and also frustration that it is coming up again and could have spillover effect. francine: europeans usually react very badly to the u.s. saying what they should and should not do. your point is spot on. if you do not have federalization, these things are going to crop up over and over. randall kroszner: the sympathy, we tried something and it was not successful. it took us a while to work that out. a lot of sympathy for the difficulty of doing it. the second round of crises should say we have got to change some institutions. francine: what the difference in my mind from the last crisis, we have mechanisms to deal with all these blunders but it is the markets are not in check. we have so much qe yields are so low, investors say i will brush off greece or the greek crisis because i need to put my money somewhere. is this a danger? you lose that kind of third check

one group led by madison alexander hamilton and george washington wanted a powerful government. mostly immune from parochial or local concerns apart from a popularly elected house of representatives. madison's original proposal envisioned a government distant from the gallows. the gallows. as i was beat to selected by the house the president by both chambers of commerce and the congress would have veto authority over state state legislation. finally a council of revision would have authority to monitor and veto state laws or excuse me vetoes federal laws. meanwhile the congress would have enormously wide discretion. it could legislate and this is a quote in all cases to which separate states are incompetent or which the harmony of united states may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation. the virginia plan was a truly national plan of governance. opponents rallied to the proposal of william patterson of new jersey which called for slight alterations to the existing articles of confederation which had limited power and parochial orientation. under the new jersey

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he also kills alexander hamilton in duel in 1804 so when jefferson heard from his commander general wilkinson in new orleans that his city was under threat from a force led by burr he seized the opportunity to have burr prosecuted. very little is known about what burr actually did. the one thing that was known is that he and irish nobleman plotted to have what turned out to be fewer than 100 men get on the island in the middle of the ohio river which was in northern virginia. they were provided with provisions and arms and left some place in the west. the thinking was that today the reputation and power after the the toole with hamilton he left for the west in an effort to rehabilitate himself. the critical fact factor here is that burr was never on the island. the definition of treason which is set forth in the constitution very precisely and i'm not quoting exactly here but essentially it's waging war against the united states or its hearing to its enemies with aid and comfort. so there is this element of waging war and they are. the main issue in the burr trial as it turned out was whether

and among them he asked john jay and alexander hamilton and james madison to write. and they all wrote something called the federalist papers which he thought was the best collection of papers he'd ever read on government. and there you could see in his letters back to madison that he finally figured out exactly what madison meant by these balance of powers, because it's so nicely explained in the federalist papers. and so with that he adopts, he sort of understands this notion of the balance of powers. but he trusted madison initially enough to run with that. and so that's where this idea of balance of powers between the branches comes from. now, he had such a strong presidency because -- we hear we , we know this because of what they wrote -- because washington had been willing to give up power after the revolution. the british propagandists constantly said why are you revolting, they'd say to the american, to give up one king george king george iii for another one because every reeve pollution their leader -- revolutionary leader always becomes a tyrant. look at n

i'm sure when ten revenue cutters were charted under alexander hamilton we wanted 15 but we only got ten. but we work with what is left over. and my first approach is we need to have a budget that is driven first and foremost by a strategy. by a strategy that is relevant, that resonates across whole of government. and so we've been able to do exactly that. the first piece that we rolled out under my predecessor admiral pap is a strategy. i released a strategy for the western hemisphere and i'll talk about that at length here shortly. in the next several weeks we'll release a strategy for cyber and i'll talk a little bit about that as well. and i'm also very focused on what i call the energy renaissance. every day a new tank barge is entering our waterways with a u.s. certificate of in speks on it right now -- inspection on it right now because right now we export more oil than we import. we are a net producer and an opec nation. we produce more oil and gas than any other nation in the world right now which is why gas is hovering oil around 46 dollars per barrel. so let me talk about

beyond giving this great nation even its very banking system through fellow virgin islander alexander hamilton. and it has the highest military service in the united states. with some 7% higher than other areas, the national average, in casualties in afghanistan and iraq. i implore this congress to urge them to pass the voting rights act and also to extend those rights to its u.s. citizens abroad. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize the leadership and accomplishments of david northern sr. he's the resident of gray's lake and a good friend. on january 25, mr. northern was presented with the most influential african-american lake county award for 2015. i've known david for several years in his role as a community leader and as the executive direct

and among them he asked john jay and alexander hamilton and james madison to write. and they all wrote something called the federalist papers which he thought was the best collection of papers he'd ever read on government. and there you could see in his letters back to madison that he finally figured out exactly what madison meant by these balance of powers, because it's so nicely explained in the federalist papers. and so with that he adopts, he sort of understands this notion of the balance of powers. but he trusted madison initially enough to run with that. and so that's where this idea of balance of powers between the branches comes from. now, he had such a strong presidency because -- we hear we , we know this because of what they wrote -- because washington had been willing to give up power after the revolution. the british propagandists constantly said why are you revolting, they'd say to the american, to give up one king george king george iii for another one because every reeve pollution their leader -- revolutionary leader always becomes a tyrant. look at n

they surrounded the statehouse and alexander hamilton who was the chairman of a congressional committee to deal with this mutiny that had been going on now for five days got congress to call a special session. the congressman went into the building, because hamilton and congress wanted it to appear this was a demonstration against the united states of america. this was the horror of the republic, the military rising against civilian control. and that would appeal to the american people's feelings and they would come to the defense of congress. so congress, even though they did not get a quorum, congress was not surrounded by these troops, it nonetheless represented to the supreme executive council and asked the president or governor if you will, of pennsylvania, the great john dickinson to call on the philadelphia militia and drive the continental soldiers away from the building.