alexander hamilton, by the way, planted that seed in my mind. >> that's anxiouses my question. should that be in the norm or is that an outcome of current times? in other words, shouldn't the primary responsibility be to do good as opposed to looking for wrongdoing? >> well, i take doing good for granted. >> okay. >> i mean, why would you do any task, whether with the got or outside the government, if you warrant harping a beneficial effect it but when you get behind the standard obligations of a public servant or anyone else, think truthfulness in confronting wrong-doing is important. and alexander hamilton -- i always go back to hamilton first with read the founding fathers -- he talked about impeachment in terms of the number one offense that has to be addressed is compromising the public trust, and certainly we have seen too much of that liberty was nixon, whether it was reagan and iran-contra in the 1980s, whether it was bill clinton, which is controversial but still i think he did compromise the public trust and now look what we're dealing with, day after day. i think the

jeffersonian and farmers that wanted to free trade across the atlantic clashing with people like alexander hamilton that wanted to protect the northern factory owners are terrorists and other legal actions. and a lot oin a lot of ways we g similar debates today. it is an honor to be here with richard for two reasons. first i say this all the time. i am a journalist and what that means is my work is deeply dependent on reporting and talking to people but it's based on people that have the time and inclination to do the deep research that richard demonstrates in his book. for all of the ways i get for thrk

what donald trump basically said is alexander hamilton need not apply for a job in my cabinet. the man who invented america's finance system, our first treasury secretary was an immigrant who was dirt poor, hadn't had any financial success. i think that goes to show that's the wrong criteria for the cabinet, wrong criteria -- >> you guys are being awfully quaint with this notion. >> no. >> in our cap lift society wealth equals success. it just does. >> not always. >> it equals opportunity, advantage. it could have been handed to you. >> someone could have a check written to get into college. >> i'm saying that is the goal. that means these people have been -- i'm telling you -- i'm channelling how some of donald trump's voters feel, and that is these guys obviously have some sort of secret sauce and they want a part of it from somebody who has been wildly wealthy. >> it's the equating of that with insight, expertise, virtue. if someone has been economically successful on their own, i.e., they haven't been given to them. the crowd in cedar rapids is eating it up. partly because

i think conservatives and constitutionalists have always owned alexander hamilton as their own. the left is trying to co-to the hamilton. as you write in the book, leftists have a way of politicizing history. >> the broadway musical brought a lot of people into hamilton. they say he was four guy. he was less reluctant than centralizing power. but he's no progressive. measured by today's standards, i think he would be a conservative. kennedy: the people i know who note most about alexander hamilton tend to be constitutionalists. lastly i want to ask you about the nsa and the encroachment of government and unwarranted spying on americans. what would james oh is think about it? >> james oh i oat is james o tid be more -- james otis would be shorified by the nsa. he talked about the abuses by british law enforcement officials by the where its of assistance. he said we are doing important stuff for the government and the king, let us do it, let us into ur house. are not careful, that's what the nsa will become. i don't mean to smear the character of anyone work at the nsa. those who

and ehrenberg and alexander hamilton, destined to fight the most famous duel in american history. i think there was a musical or some other play -- something, i can't remember the people. during the autumn of 1777, monroe fought in the battle of brandywine and germantown. leading a scouting party in june 7078, monroe sent messages to george washington. monmouth was the last time james monroe would be under fire in the revolutionary war. he became a lieutenant colonel but was unsuccessful in being able to recruit enough soldiers for a regimen of his own to command. seeing very little prospects for being able to further his military career, monroe left the army and began to study with jefferson in williamsburg than in richmond when the virginia capital moved to that city. 13 years older than his protege, jefferson became an rose political mentor. monroe's political mentor. describing monroe to another of his disciples, james madison, jefferson turned his soul outwards and there's not a suspect on it. on figure very 16, 1786, james monroe married a woman from new york. their union pr

as alexander hamilton wrote, one of the weak sides of republics among their numerous advantages is that they afford to easy and to foreign corruption. the framers knew that government entities, foreign and domestic, would, of course, try to use things of value to influence or induce the president to do their bidding american people. and now we see it everyday. my office window is just a few floors above where we are sitting today, and i can tell you that as i look out the window and see the tower of the trump international hotel, we know exactly what is going on every single day. we know that foreign governments in spending money there order to curry favor with the president of the united states. just one example. the kingdom of saudi arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the united states, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the , and anternational hotel hotel is but one example of how president trump's vast global businesses and that empire he has is entangled with foreign and state , and no nation of laws one, including t

we're talking about hamilton which tells the story of one of our nation's founding fathers alexander hamilton. it's playing now through august 5th in san francisco. so excited to welcome back home to the bay area, one of the hamilton cast members, you play james reynolds. thank you for joining us. is there a bigger show you could be part of? >> no. >> what's your reaction? >> the hype around hamilton is not lost on me. i got it right before we started rehearsal. and so it was a crazy whirlwind of experiences. i was doing another show at the time. and they told me in the audition room i would be joining the company. and i was like thank you so much and ran to the elevator and tried to get down as fast as i could. >> had you seen it? were you a fan? >> you can't avoid it. but i tried. my girlfriend actually plays eliza in our company. she knew six months prior to me that she'd be doing the show. i was waiting to see her in it. and then the way things worked out. they sent me to the show actually. my first experience was while i was in call backs and auditions for it seeing it completely blind k

a man in psychic pain as he wrote this because he saw his two most talented surrogate sons alexander hamiltonlitical parties. he was trying to resist it. re-- he realized the growth of parties was inevitable but we needed to hold them in check and we have failed to do that. the core wisdom washington had which is something we could remember is that our independence as a nation is inaccept prabble from our interdependence as a people. there is always people trying to sell snake oil saying i'm a better representative because i want to divide us against them but that's always been the demagogue' calling card. washington called those folks pretend patriots because they'd try to rise to power on due vision rather than unity. that's one of the fundamental fault line in politics we need to confront clear eyed. >> trevor: you just made me want to go back to the time of george washington. i wouldn't want to say but i want to see it for myself. >> got work to do. a new generation. >> trevor: "washington's farewell" is available now. john avalon, everybody! we'll be right back! ( cheers and applause ) t

i also appreciate your quote from alexander hamilton in your written statement. i think that that not just applies to you but should apply to all of us. it is a very useful quote when we are thinking about public service and the privilege that we all have in serving our fellow americans. i also appreciate just the focus in this hearing on the issues that you talked about in terms of personnel and retention and morale of the workforce. like a lot of my colleagues i travel a lot. you know, i live in anchorage and i see the tsa officials literally a couple of times a week. i think overall we have outstanding men and women, at least in my state, in anchorage and fairbanks, throughout the entire state. so i think addressing morale issues, as you say, you're a young agency, will be really important. any sense on that? i know you have to get on the ground and get on that, but any sense right now on how you want to do that? >> yes, sir, i think it is critically important. my sense right now and based on my experience in the coast guard is i think it is critically importa

as one of the pillars of american patriotism and hamilton alexander was born in nevis and raised and educated on the island of st. croix in the virgin islands where he learned the theories of financial methods hamilton was born in nevis and raised and educated of the english as well as the west african counting system that created not just the foundation of our financial system, but ur federalist ideas. during that same time, caribbean financiers assisted the american revolution and gave courage through the example of the tremendous victory of the haitian people over the french, british, and spanish armies. but the contributions of caribbean americans in the making of america didn't stop with those heroics. the massive migration of caribbean people to the united states of america during the early 20th century gave us another opportunity to make our impact upon the liberation process that was taking place in this country through politics and the arts. ho doesn't know hubert harrison, edward wilmont blyden, and sicily tyson, malcolm x, harry belafonte, all of caribbean heritage who pers

your quote firm alexander hamilton in your written statement. not wise to just you, but all of us. it is ery useful in public service and the privilege we all have and the privilege we all have been serving our fellow american. i appreciate the focus in this hearing in terms of personnel and retention and morale of the workforce. i live in anchorage a few tsa officials literally a couple times a week and we have utstanding men and women, at least in my state in anchorage and fairbanks throughout the entire state. i think ddressing morale issues as you say your young agency of i. know you have to get a sense for these right now and you want to do that. >> i think it's critically mportant to make sense right now and experience in the coast guard the coast guard is that it's critically important that the top leadership of an organization understand, walk in the shoes of their front-line employees. it's important for front-line employees know you have their back. you provide some guidance, seek their input as how you do your job paid when they perform the job, you stand behind those in

you know, i'm working on this hamilton mix tape-- this alexander hamilton concept album that i got toing... i got to perform at the white house. >> hinojosa: right. a friend of michelle and the prez... >> yeah, which was... and that was the first time i'd performed that song in public outside of the shower. so it was really terrifying and thrilling and amazing. but you know, that is... requires all this historical research and this part of my brain that has long laid dormant in terms of, you know, being accurate historically while getting to really play with contemporary music. and then you know, slipping back into my old heights bathrobe and writing those songs. so the fun for me is in trying to get as much done as i can. >> hinojosa: but more can you dream about? i mean, if you already have a play on broadway that's been a success and it's going to be made into a hollywood movie, kind of what... you know, what's like, the next thing? >> well, you know, you just continue to... i think the goal of any writer is to continue to find stories that move you, and... whether they're self gen

some bad things but there was more to the story of ehrenburg have a guy who shot and killed alexander hamilton they were complicated. martin luther was a slave owner but he ripped off of band-aid dog slavery and he went there much to the horror of the delegates that this is the abomination. and it took some guts to do that. but they could have read their own slaves but he did not fatigue knowledge it was an issue. and then to the slave trade and with that three fifths clause to even debate that the fact to put that at issue with those provisions and that is for humanity and for the american people to know. >> but with frederick douglass? but he says fill holes in about the constitution of slavery is wrong. this is the abomination. and then with the house of representative with that 18 '08 clauses with the first documented history but it may take 30 years to do basically what looks like anti-slavery that is remarkable. >> yes. that is an accurate argument in many respects. those features a we find morally repugnant are repugnant because of the reality underlying the fact we were a steep - - a s

alexander hamilton found our economic system. former attorney general, eric holder, served honorably as the first black attorney general. general colin powell, whose own arents emgrated from jamaica became the first chairman and he secretary of state. notly drafted the complaint in brown versus brown of education before serving as our first black female federal judge. shirley chisholm served in congress for seven terms and became the first black woman to nomination.sident's nd who could forget and sidney portier and sammy davis junior and let me on rihanna. but by any measure, caribbean-americans have enriched the united states beyond their numbers and made the united states better, stronger, more vibrant while serving as a credit to the caribbean nation and the united states of america. i'm a proud daughter of gentleman neighboring can and my mother was the first member of the new york city council ap the first foreign-born female to serve. for those reasons, i'm proud to represent the largest of the caribbean communities in the

the washington administration, alexander hamilton as the leader and developer of the federalist party saw a different teacher. -- different future. one closely aligned with great britain. that set the tone for our first real political party evolution. and it set the tone for a lot of conflicts that monroe had with a number of his contemporaries. but i do think he stayed very devoted to those principles. his affection for france was genuine and personal as well as philosophical. audience member: i'm a native of virginiaot a native of so i'm surprised to hear at one , point monroe was governor for four terms. when currently it is only one term. did this change during the constitutional convention? scott: it was not changed then. the evolution of the governorship of virginia has had several periods. and when we look at it from the 1776 with thefrom 1st constitution separate from great britain since then, governors were elected to one year terms for which there were eligible for two subsequent reelections. some people call it a term of a few years that there elected. we chose to look at i

unless you decide to get an alexander hamilton in there who says this is the way we are doing it, it's best explanation i've ever heard. >> geraldo: and new york, you can be a new man. that's from hamilton. >> kennedy: melania trump will be officially moving to the white house next week. as she makes her new home in washington, can she become the president's secret weapon? we will debate coming up next. ♪ we asked a group of young people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we'll all be better prepared tomorrow. prudential. bring your challenges. termites, we're on the move.24/7. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. i

they are more nuanced into that than the fact he shot and killed alexander hamilton in a duel.these people were complicated. he had the guts to go into the constitutional convention and ripped off the band-aid on slavery. he said this is an abomination. the judgment is quickly upon this young nation if we do not get rid of this. we should end it. it took some guts for him to do that. if he wanted to do that, he could have freed his own but he didn't. he acknowledged it. they maintained the right to continue the slave trade during the early years in the constitutioof theconstitution iy repugnant as the clause and they were willing to put it at issue in the provision ultimately it helped to lead to the slavery and that is good to know that it was helped along by some of the brave souls. >> host: he was one of the most remarkable. but this whole spin about the constitution being pro- slavery is wrong so take the three fifths clause which is an abomination but he says it is an incentive to 40 in franchise -- fully in franchise. they said doug walls about slavery but actually contem

alexander hamilton and grover cleveland were pictured on the bill.ere not for buying stuff at the store really, they were for bank transfers. all of that is done by computers now. the government stopped distributing the bills during world war ii. they are now collector's items. that's just about it. >> her picture's on those bills. >> around here, they are. >> if you have a question, record a 10 to 15-second long video, post it on social media with the #ask finney and we'll answer it right here. >> michael, thank you. >> sure. >>> the remains of a painter will be ex humid after a woman who claims to be his daughter filed a paternity claim. a court in spain claimed the body can be exhumed to get samples to determine if he's the father of martinez. the 60-year-old woman has been trying to prove that dali was her father since 2007. she said her mother had a secret relationship with the painter around the time martinez was born. >>> harry potter was introduced to the world 20 years ago today. they hit the bookshelves june 26th, 1997. since then, more tha

you also have alexander hamilton with the new york artillery. he will be an aide for washington later on in the war. you have a young, 18, lieutenant james monroe. he would become the fifth president of the united states. you have quite a few of the founding fathers in the army at this point. once the army is across, they had to wait, the artillery took some time to get across. it is about 4:00 in the morning on december 26. the army has a nine mile march ahead of them. i think it is john greenwood who wrote about the march. he says we marched no faster than a 10-year-old could walk, and stopping frequently. there was a line of march, numerous halts and starts. it took about four hours to go the nine miles. there was a crossroads. the army divided into two columns. they had about a four mile march from there. washington accompanied general green's column, which came in along the northeast side of town. general sullivan came in a long river road. within minutes of each other, they encountered the guard posts on the edge of town and forced them in

we remember he's the fool who shot alexander hamilton. avenues good man. a complicated man.hings for the country. he pushed back against thomas jefferson who tried in this greedy fit of power accumulation to go after aaron burr to have him prosecuted for treason a capital offense. he pushed back and using language of the constitution won his freedom. >> do you think that narrative is on the wrong side of popular pop culture at the moment in terms of how hamilton has taken off? >> yes. that's what makes this a good read. it's a counter narrative and one that makes a good graduation present or a good gift for anyone who wants to supplement their child's education. >> it's called "written out of history." thank you for being here. >>> thanks to our international viewers for watching. for you cnn newsroom is next. for our u.s. viewers will president trump pull out of the paris climate accord. "new day" continues right now. >> james comey will testify before the senate. >> i think mr. comey will be direct and straightforward. >> you can't let trump and his allies be a diversion.

that is alexander hamilton's branch bank when he launched our nations banking system. it also is the first building constructed by the united states of america. we are truly where the nation began, and it is the right place to tell the entire story of the american revolution, which is our mission in this museum. right behind me you see canons from the era. these are part of the city of philadelphia's collection. every one of these is old enough that it could have been used to fight the revolution. on the wall behind me you see carved in stone those core concepts that rose from the declaration of independence. the inspiring, lofty ideals of equality, freedom, liberty, and self-government, the whole purpose of the american revolution. it began in 1776, but the revolution continues to this very day. have a look at the outside of the museum, let's go in. we are entering the entrance rotunda of the museum. this is a wonderful, classical welcoming space. the architect of the building was robert stern. we selected him because he so thoroughly understands classical architectur

if i had to bet, i would like an alexander hamilton open trade lot of immigration, lot of economic dynamism, there are not a lot of people who want what i want. the steve bannons of the world, that's where a lot of the people are. they're older, economically disadvantaged and they want a national conservatism that will protect them. >> and if that is what they want, the party you think will fold. to me, what's been interesting to watch is conservative intellectuals have, by and large, particularly the more prominent ones like you, have stuck true to their ideas and ideals and been very critical of trump. i think somebody like -- got fired from fox for that reason. >> right. >> the republican politicians have not. they have all caved and in some way or the other have accommodated themselves to trump. >> yeah. either those of us in the class are high bound and rigid or stuck with our ideas and not reflecti reflecting reality or the politicians are craven and don't want to lose their jobs and they will go where the people are. that's basically where they are. one of the things we've learned an

in 1791 alexander hamilton decided to impose a luxury tax on whisky, which the people did not take toonother country because of taxes. also, they like drinking whisky. avoiding those taxes led to the term moonshine. they made whisky by the moon. the. >> how important is moonshine to the culture of being from this part of the country? people think about this area as being coal mines. does that have this level of importance? >> i think so. a lot of people still do this. >> what do you like better, working in a coal mine or making moonshine? >> making moonshine by far. everybody that comes in wants to do this but you're going to get to try this today. >> all right. >> all right. we're going to take a little off the still. not too much. >> i appreciate this is about as much as i can take. >> all right. whoa! hey! good morning, america. how are you? wow. even before it went in my mouth i was like, why are you yelling at me? >> this is before it's cut down and filtered and cleans you out. just cleans you all the way down. >> feel clean. feel like if i drink that whole thing i'll start fighti

what donald trump just said is that alexander hamilton would have made a lousy treasury secretary. the man who devised our financial system because he was poor, an immigrant, but smart. 50 i still want you to -- >> i know almost the entire score, it's that it bothers me. i've never heard a leader say this. there's nothing wrong with being wealthy. it's an american ideal, aspirational, can change your life and many do it to great benefit to others. but the idea, m.j., never heard a leader say, you know, when you come right down to it, and in certain things, i'll qualify it, that the rich are just better than the poor at it? and they applaud. i've never heard that before. >> you know, this is just another example of seeing the president have a very different standard for what make as good politician or someone, you know, who is qualified to be in public office. we know that having money doesn't translate to being good about or understanding the economy. we know that being good at business deals, for example, doesn't mean that you are able to go out there and make good political deals

as alexander hamilton wrote, one of the weak side of republics among their numerous advantages is thatsy an inlet to foreign corruption. the framers knew that government entities, foreign and domestic, would of course try to use things of value to influence or induce the president to do their bidding instead of that of the american people. now we see it every day. my office window is just a few floors above where we're sitting today and i can tell you that as i look out the window and see the tower of the trump international hotel, we know exactly what's going on every single day. we know that foreign governments are spending money there in order to curry favor with the president of the united states. just one example. the kingdom of saudi arabia whose government has important business and policy before the president of the united states has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the trump international hotel. and that hotel is but one example of how president trump's vast global businesses and that empire he has is entangled with foreign and state government interest. we ar

. >> anthony has compared jared kushner to a modern day alexander hamilton, i'd like to point it. >> i didn't know that. >> extraordinary. >> he's following the advice there from burr, hamilton's rival. i don't want to go down the rabbit hole. we only have so much time. we're seeing the different legal strategies. jared kushner has alawyer is do. jared is doing no talking. mike pence has a lawyer now. the president has a lawyer who would be handling these inquiries, except he also is tweeting about them. i think it is remarkable to take a step back, that the president of the united states appears to confirm the obstruction inquiry into his administration and his handling of law enforcement through this tweet today. now, we don't know, in fairness to the facts and the president, whether that is a statement that is in response strictly to media reports or what would be more significant, if the president is, through the tweet, trying to tell us that his white house, his lawyers, have been put on notice about preserving materials or documents or what the special counsel is looking at. we

now, at different times, alexander hamilton and grover cleveland were actually pictured on the bill.ere not for actually buying stuff at a store, but rather, for bank transfers. all of that is done by computers now. the government stopped distributing the bills during world war ii. they're now collectors' items. zoey, thanks for your question. >> if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your smartphone or tablet and share it on social media using #askfinney, or head to abc7news.com/askfinney. you may see your question answered here on "abc7 mornings." >>> new investigation is under way on sexual misconduct within the police department. >>> and the first full day of the travel ban. the protests you could see at sfo today if you're heading out of town. >>> too close for comfort. the warning for boaters this morning as whales migrate up the california coast. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. starting out with fog this morning, but we will see some sunshine this afternoon, but we'll take a look at how your holiday weekend is shaping up in that full accuweather forecast,

that as there was more to the story of aaron burr than the fact that he was shot and killed alexander hamiltonin a dual these people were complicated. lootser martin for example he was a slave owner and yet he had the guts to go into the constitutional convention and ripped off band-aids on slavery he brought it up, he went there much to the horror of a lot of delegates there. he brought it up and he said this is abomination government of all mighty god is above this young if we don't get rid of it. we should i could end it. it is odd, it is weird. he had slaves. it is sure, if he wanted to do that he could be freed his own slaves to my knowledge, he didn't. but he at least acknowledged that it was an issue. there are features of the constitution that are morally reare pugnant as is the three fifth clause, yet the fact that they were willing to even debate at the fact that therm willing to put it at issue in those provisions ultimately helped lead i think to the end of slavery and that's good for humanity that's good for american people to know that -- this was helped along by some very brave

aaron burr and alexander hamilton, destined to fight the most famous duel in american history. i think there was a musical or some other play -- something, i can't remember. during the autumn of 1777, monroe fonts in the battle of brandywine and germantown. leading a scouting party in june 1778, monroe sent messages to george washington to helped thwart a move against the ranks. monmouth was the last time james monroe would be under fire in the revolutionary war. he became a lieutenant colonel of virginia forces, military aid to thomas jefferson, but was unsuccessful in being able to recruit enough soldiers for a regimen of his own to command. seeing very little prospects for being able to further his military career, monroe left the army and begin to study with jefferson in waynesburg, then in richmond when the virginia capital moved to that city. 13 years older than his protÉge, jefferson became an rose monroe's political mentor. describing monroe to another of his disciples, james madison, jefferson turned his soul outwards and there's not a speck on it. on february 16, 1786

but people who know jared kushner will say what a savvy guy, so smart, the modern-day alexander hamiltonings are true, why is it that this young man can't seem to get his paperwork filled out correctly? >> because he doesn't have to. that's been the problem. he hasn't had to thus far. his father-in-law -- >> do the right thing? >> yeah. we all have to do the right thing. >> eventually, but he hasn't had to face any consequence for it. you look at the number of meetings forgotten, trying to get this secret bat phone to talk to russia, tons of behind-the-scene things that jared kushner has been trying to do and he's only been politically rewarded for it by his father-in-law so far. he is lawyering up not just because he's a smart guy and knows it's the smart thing to do, because he knows he's done unethical things and he could get his father-in-law in trouble. >> do you agree with jason? jared kushner has only ever worked for his family business, a private company. jamie diamond, the chairman and ceo of jpmorgan, doesn't eventually have to do the right thing. he's held accountable every da

one of his ancestors had been partner with alexander hamilton to create the bank of new york. 's family was part of the 1%, so they perceived him as a traitor. to the changes he was making to do that, he understood you had to bring the working class up if you were going to get the economy working again. you had to have purchasing power, had to give them decent jobs, had to make them feel like they were part of the economy so that you could lift homeownership, bring people back to the farms, do the things you had to do to have a healthy economy. it was a herculean task. the journalists who covered him -- when he would do press conferences in the white house, he would sit behind the oval office desk and the press would stream in. they would surround him, smoke cigarettes, do all sorts of things. he would have this back and forth. he had over 900 press conferences during his presidency. sometimes he would say, this is off the record. he knew a lot of them by name, he would make jokes, feed them tidbits of information. rooseveltime, eleanor , his incredibly effective political par

as alexander hamilton wrote, one of the weak sides of republics among their numerous advantages is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption. the framers knew that government entities, for foreign and domestic, would, of course, try to use things of value to influence or induce the president to do their bidding. instead of that of the american people. and now we see it every day. my office window is just a few floors above where we're sitting today. and i can tell you as i look out the window and see the tower of the trump international hotel, we know exactly what's going on every single day. we know that foreign governments are spending money there in order to curry favor with the president of the united states. just one example. the kingdom of saudi arabia whose government has important business and policy before the president of the united states has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the trump international hotel. and that hotel is but one example of how president trump's vast global businesses and that empire he has is entangled with foreign and state

one of his ancestors i think roosevelt had been a partner of alexander hamilton in the creation of the bank of new york. i mean his family was part of that one percent. so the perceived him as a traitor to their class good but the changes he was making to do that, he understood he had to fundamentally bring the working class up if you're going to get the economy working again. dad your purchasing power, they had to have decent jobs, they needed security, you had to make them feel they were part of the economy. so you can lift homeownership, bring people back and do the things you had to do to have a healthy economy. and it was a herculean task. the journalists who covered him, you know, when he would do conferences at the white house he was a behind the oval office, behind the desk and the press were just stream in and sit in the corner. it was around him, smoked cigarettes, do all sorts of things. and he would have this back and forth. he had over 900 press conferences during his presidency. and they would be back and forth. sometimes he was a this is off the record you cannot use it.

those alexander hamilton's branch bank when he lost our nation's banking system and this is the first business conducted by the united states of america. this is truly worthy nation began and the right place to tell the entire story of the american revolution, which is our mission in this music. - ec candidates from the era -by me you see cannons of the enough everyone is old to where it may have been used to fight the revolution. stone those core concepts that arose from the declaration of independence. this core ideals of liberty and self-government which was the whole purpose of the american revolution. it began in 1776 but the revolution continues to this very day. let's go in anything. we're entering the entrance rotunda of the museum. this is a wonderful, classical, welcoming space. the chairman of the building was selected because he so thoroughly understand classical architecture. we wanted the same sense of scale and proportion and stature and he delivered beautifully. in fact, this rotunda is named in his honor. the design of the stairs is intentional to invoke the curved, s

that is alexander hamilton's branch bank where he watched our nation's banking system. we are truly where the nation began, and it is the right place to tell the entire story of the american revolution which is our mission in this museum. behind me, you see canons from the era. this is part of the museum collection. every single one of these canons are old enough that they could have been used to fight the revolution. on the wall behind me, you see stone the core concepts that arose from the declaration of independence, the lofty ideals of equality, freedom, liberty, and self government. it began in 1776, but the revolution continues to this very day. onset of thehe museum, let us go in. we are entering the entrance rotunda of the museum. classical,onderful, welcoming space. we selected the architect of the building, because he so thoroughly understand classical architecture. ofwanted the same sense scale and proportion and stature. he delivered beautifully. this rotunda is named in his honor. let's go upstairs. the design of the stairs is intentional to evoke the curve

there was more to the store of aaron burr than the fact that he was a guy who shot and killed alexander hamilton in a duel. these people were complicated. luther martin, for example, was a slave owner and yet he had the guts to go into the constitutional convention and he's one who rips off the band-aid on slavery. he brought it up. he went there much to the horror of a lot of the delegates. he brought it up when he said this is an abomination. the judgment of almighty god is going to be on this young nation. if we don't get rid of this. we should end it. it took some katz for him to do that. it's odd, it's weird. yet slaves and sure, if you want to do that he could he could've read his own slave but to my notes you did do that. he at least acknowledge there was an issue. there are features of the constitution that a morally repugnant, the fact to maintain the right to continue the slave trade during the early years of the republic of the constitution is totally repugnant as is the 3/5 clause. and yet the fact they were willing to even debate the fact there were willing to put it at issue in tho

just down the street is the first bank of the united states, that of alexander hamilton's branch bank when he lost our nation's banking system and the first building constructed by the united states of america. so we truly are where the nation began, and it's the right place to tell the entire story of the american revolution, which is our mission in this museum. i behind me you see can is from from the era. as part of the city of philadelphia's collection. everyone these canons is old enough that it could been used to fight the revolution. on the wall behind me you see carved in stone those core concepts that rove -- that arose, the aspiring, lofty ideas of freedom, liberty, self-government, which is the whole purpose of the american revolution. in 1776, but the revolution continues to this very day. let's go in. we are entering the entrance rotunda of the museum. , classical,nderful welcoming space. -- the architect was selected because he so thoroughly understands classical architecture. not that we wanted him to copy some building from antiquity, but we wanted the same sense of sc

alexander hamilton, levi strauss, albert einstein and so many others have called themselves americans because of it. but as we continue to draw on that spirit of understanding and acceptance, we have to remember that a nation without borders is not a nation. we have a responsibility here in congress to be proactive and protect our communities and our citizens from unlawful and criminal immigrants. and that's what this legislation does. kate's law, named in honor of 32-year-old kate steinle, who was shot and killed in he prime of her life by an unlawful immigrant who had accumulated seven fell noy convictions, been deported five different times, you've heard this many times, aims to strengthen public safety by imposing harsher mandatory prison sentences for deported felons who run return to the u.s. and increasing penalties for immigrants who have committed crimes this legislation just makes sense. i am confident that we can continue to welcome the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free in our country, without giving free rein to dangerous, convicted criminals in

one of the points you make is even alexander hamilton, thought to be a strong federalist, would be shocked strong the federal government is today. i mentioned tax reform. talk about how someone who things we should have less power in washington, how would they approach this today? would imagine they would push toward simplicity. complexity in the government is a subsidy to the wealthy and the political establishment. david: simplify the tax code, that is something you are in favor of. what about the tax expenditures? we influence people's behaviors by the credits and adoptions we give. or you, be in favor of cutting back on tax expenditures? sen. lee: i would be. there is nothing about the founding generation that would have had to say about that. their taxis to him was different from ours. a clearfficult to draw line between what they would want the tax go to look like. david: let's talk about where you are on tax reform, where you think the congress is headed. are we going to get to tax reform this year? sen. lee: i believe we are. i believe the big push will be to lower the rates and br