very popular broadway musical was inspired by "the new york times'" best-selling biography "alexander hamilton" by ron churno. the musical has been a santa ana factor in the revival of interest in hamilton, the founding fathers, the revolutionary war and early american history. and the grammy winning production, white historical figures are portrayed by black and hispanic actors, they wear period costumes while performing rap music. who would have ever thought? an unexpected but important consequence of hamilton is that teachers are using the musical to stimulate their students' interest in their country's independence and formative years. the show's success even helped prevent the replacement of alexander hamilton's image on the $10 bill. of course, the climax of the musical is the duel. the so-called interview on the field -- the interview on the field of honor at weehawken, new jersey, early on the morning of april 11, 1804, between alexander hamilton and vice president aaron burr. the interview by the way is one of the several euphemisms for duel. s is meeting, encounter, business. affair

i said, this isn't -- and peter said, yes, this is alexander hamilton's last letter. night before he was shot in the famous dual in 1804. an event that henry adams called the most dramatic moment in the politics of the early republic. said, it is to one of yours, theodore cedric. sedgwick.e i knew about the letter but i had never seen it. he was my great grandfather. the father of my branch of the family. he built a house in the brookshire's that is still owned by my family and a place i go regularly. he had never been killed in the rebellion that took him, as a rich lawyer as one of its more detestable targets. he helped push hamilton's economic agenda. house as a representative for massachusetts and became speaker of the house for the fateful election of 1800 that wrested control away from the federalist party and turn it over to thomas man that hea openly per to as the antichrist. much to hamilton's distress, he turned over to a man who believed would be more malleable politically. live in theo berkshires and a house almost directly across the street from theodore'

in which he examines the rivalry between alexander hamilton and vice president burr, and in the duel that claimed hamilton's life. the massachusetts historical society hosted this talk in 2015. it is about minutes. programs spring from the wealth of information from the researchers in our collection. what isazing that produced through the eyes -- amazing what territory people think happen over many times will produce in the eyes of a new researcher. while researching an earlier book about his family history, our speaker this evening, john sedgwick, was given a remarkable letter written by alexander to john'snd sent great great great grandfather . it was written the night that -- what may have been the last letter alexander hamilton ever wrote. while this letter has been little appreciated by historians, our speaker has come to believe that more than any other single document, it describes hamilton's reasons for risking his own life to end burr's. it became the inspiration for john's book which we learn more about tonight. and in that book, that book that was inspired was "war of two."

actors, and creative team that brought it to broadway. ♪ oh alexander hamilton ♪ alexand hamilton -ra on me before we even knew we were going to broadway. - pretty early on i said to him, u don't know exactly wh. he said he wasn't sure if it was a concept album, or a show. i said, i don't care, but i'd like to start filming the process. hi wherever you end up, i we've got a story here. ♪ it's the greatest city ♪ in the greatest city ♪ in e world ♪ in the greatest city in the world - we use lin, and thjourney of his show as the lens through which we tell that same history that he does in the richard rodgers theater. ♪ mr. jefferson welcome home sir - what i think you get from the film is how lin takes this history, and figures out how to make drama out of it. ♪ so what did i miss - i really hope that viewers watching this learn a lot of history. and that helps them feel even closer tor hamilton, sical. - that distant history of ours is actually not so far removed as we think. ♪ alexander hamilton n ♪ alexander hamil - this is a great way of seeing how hamilton meets the world. hamilt

man and he said i will do a rap about alexander hamilton. we were like -- you cannot laugh in the face of your guests and go what? are you kidding? he went on to perform the first number, the first number that he prepared and it was obviously amazing and afterwords, that is really good. i am going to do a whole broadway show on it. good luck with that. and then it. up. we invited the whole cast back and they performed, they did a whole day workshop for kids from all over the country, doing lyrics writing, you name it, they were in the red room writing and wrapping in the blue room, dancing and you name

. # alexander hamilton. ..#. father whose face appears on the $10 bill. # 0n closer inspection, he's the salsa hip—hop main man...#. spamilton, on the other hand, is a spoof about it and its ground—breaking creator, lin—manuel miranda. # lin—manuel as hamilton # that's me, i'm lin—manuel as hamilton #. when i sat down to write this, i thought, "well, i can't do a spoof of alexander hamilton because he did it", you know? he already told me everything wonderful i needed to know about hamilton so what am i going to do? so i thought, "well, how did he write this show? it's a game changer. how did he create the show that changes. . . " you know, it's even changed, like, the racial make—up of broadway, you know? no more pretty blonde girls doing laurie in oklahoma. # straight is back # soon you'll see # campy musicals went out with glee #. what do you see as your role? what's the purpose of your satire? 0h... i think that theatre can sometimes be bloated and take itself very seriously and i puncture it and let some of t

. # alexander hamilton. ..#. s on the $10 bill. # 0n closer inspection, he's the salsa hip—hop main man...#. spamilton, on the other hand, is a spoof about it and its ground—breaking creator, lin—manuel miranda. # lin—manuel as hamilton # that's me, i'm lin—manuel as hamilton #. when i sat down to write this, i thought, "well, i can't do a spoof of alexander hamilton because he did it", you know? he already told me everything wonderful i needed to know about hamilton so what am i going to do? so i thought, "well, how did he write this show? it's a game changer. how did he create the show that changes. you know, it's even changed, like, the racial make—up of broadway, you know? no more pretty blonde girls doing laurie in oklahoma. # straight is back # soon you'll see # campy musicals went out with glee #. what do you see as your role? what's the purpose of your satire? 0h... i think that theatre can sometimes be bloated and take itself very seriously and i puncture it and let some of the air out. spamilton parodies

and he said, alexander hamilton and aaron burr. >> today we're going to talk about alexander hamiltonwhat was going on? >> i remember moving from a chair to the couch. after that, everything is a little hazy. >> reporter: the guys thought it would be a one-time video, until jeremy's former boss, jack black, saw it. >> i was jack's assistant at the time. and i showed it to him. he was like, oh my god, i want to do one! and we did the ben franklin one. then all of a sudden now we were doing a series. >> reporter: five seasons later, the show comes full circle tonight with mark as narrator once again. how do you choose which stories? >> we have a great team of researchers that just dig for those stories that were hid no one history books. this is our secret job, finding those stories that make us go, why weren't we taught that in school? >> reporter: after a few more drinks, mark is ready to tell his story. >> i'm mark gagliard it. we're here to talk about the heist -- [ bleep ]. i'm mark -- >> reporter: almost. >> hello, i'm mark gagliardi. today we're going to talk about the mona lisa

we disagree if we are in good company with james madison and alexander hamilton and founders who viewed the judiciary is the least dangerous branch that's where the policy needs to be made so we need good judges like kavanaugh who will interpret it as written no but as they wish t to be so they can dispense policy without having to bother. >> some were actually up for the the individual he was going to nominate so it's pretty clear that theirs is a knee-jerk reaction. democrats view it as it is a means to an end to good outcomes they believe he was very well respected and has all the credentials that will serve him well if he ends up on the supreme court. we have a process we follow in the senate and a lot of our members are going to be paying very careful attention setting up meetings with the judge in the hearing process examining the record. all that can happen in a timely way without throwing roadblocks in the way and everything but the kitchen sink at this nominee but if you look at the last two nominees, they were from the time of nomination to the time of confirmation 66 days in

>>> there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton who was shot by the sitting vice president. that is pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times, political times. there was one brawl in 1868 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members had a quip, he pulled his wig off during the fight. someone else yelled that he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray find, sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> up next on american history tv, we take you to 1988 when president ronald reagan and soviet leadergorbachev addressed the american people from the kremlin. this is about 10 minutes. >> good evening. this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. i know that in the soviet union as it is all around the world, this is a season of hope and expectation. a time for family to gather together, a time for prayer and a time to think

it takes you to meet alexander hamilton, martin luther king, the great leaders of our world. a book is a time travel machine and i encourage young people to do that in the summer months. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading . send us your summer reading list at look to the on -- at book tv on twitter or book_tv on instagram. book tv on c-span2 -- television for serious readers. >> senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts spoke at the recent american civil liberties union conference. aclus introduced by president susan herrmann. ♪ susan: good afternoon, everybody. thank you. a very nice call and response. it is my great honor to be introducing our next speaker ,oday, the persistent speaker senator elizabeth warren. of you know, mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues did stop senator warren from reading karen to to rep. scott: kings warnings about jeff sessions in the senate. she was warned and given an explanation. nevertheless -- i'm thinking you while want to say the next three words with me -- nevertheless she persisted. senator warren did persist and she r

we disagree and we are in good company with people like james madison and alexander hamilton and the founders who view the judiciary as the least dangerous branch because they are the policymaking arm of the government of this congress and the executive branch that is where policy needs to be made so we need good judges who will interpret the law as written and not as they would wish it to be so that they can dispense policy without having to bother. >> one of the amazing thing is that democrats have the expected would attack whoever the nominee of the individual that is going to nominate its pretty clear there is a knee-jerk reaction as the senator cornyn pointed out a few of the judiciary is very different in that the judiciary is the means to an end to get outcomes, policy outcomes. very qualified and well respected and has all of the qualities that will serve him well if he ends up on the court. we have a process that we follow into a lot of our members are going to be paying very careful attention setting up meetings with the judge. there'there is a hearing process examining the

it takes you to meet alexander hamilton, martin luther king, the great leaders of our world. a book is a time travel machine and i encourage young people to do that in the summer months. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading . send us your summer reading list at look to the on -- at book tv on twitter or book_tv on instagram. book tv on c-span2 -- television for serious readers. >> senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts spoke at the recent american civil liberties union conference. see is introduced

. >> reporr: at philadelphia's grandson of the revolution, you'll see george washington, alexander hamilton and -- oli r oliver. oliver may not be a founding father. but the 7-year-old is a mixture here. he's close to 70 times since the the hue team opened. >> his obsession started with a school assignment. en, a trip to washington and anything about the revolutionary war he could get his hands on. who is the history buff? >> no one of us. >> rorter: his chr are learning as they go. mom hands the outfit off of the plane very seriously. how do i look? like i belong in 1776? you win again. i think youave cards up your colonial skin. >> iuess 's good to do it. >> what he wants to do is come here. was disappointed when the family went to disneyor over swing break.as it's to picture oliver running the place in the future. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, philadelphia. >>> 4:2a and a stranded out there on the rescue capturing worldwide attention. >>> and another t day in 90s, by lunchtime we will be close to the mid and ebber 70s. we had big changes coming up. >>> plus, a mashade at 30,000 feet. we'll

. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members who had a wig, his name was -- one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight. someone else yelled, he scalped him! and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> susan molinari served in the u.s. house of representatives from 1990 through 1997 as a republican from new york. next she talks about her experience as the daughter of congressman guy molinari as vice chair of the republican conference, as the keynote speaker at the 1996 republican national convention, and her marriage to a fellow member of congress. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about an hour and 45 minutes.

when we go back to alexander hamilton, the alexander hamilton, and we read his federalist 78, and what he said so eloquently, he said in about four pages and every school child should read it and every grown-up shed. this judiciary is the least dangerous branch. why is it the least dangerous branch? it's not going to be imposing its will on the american people. it will simply be exercising judgment. so that's what i call a grand tradition. the john marshall's come up the great chief justice, all the way through so many justices who are revered given to a great extent by the left. they would not in fact countenanced the kind of scare tactics for one thing. this is beyond the pale. but we also care about results. we are here to make what we believed to be the most humane and compassionate that is not what we were here to do -- when i say we i mean the courts and the land. i would much rather be stewards of the law and take the text, meditate on that text but don't just make it up. and that is the great divide that is going to divide the united statesin senate. >> justice kennedy and judg

. >> there is a musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we had terrible times, political times. in 1858 was one brawl before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor. pulled hismembers wig off during the fight and someone yelled you scaleped him! there was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. earlier today, president trump held a joint news conference with italian prime minister giuseppe conte. they spoke about security and trade with president trump saying he would consider shutting down the government at the end of september if congress fails to meet his priorities on border security. this is about 40 minutes.

i would say that the opposite philosophy is one that was embraced by alexander hamilton and james madison who viewed the court as what they called it the least b dangerous branch because they viewed the cour court as nt being political. that's why they are so upset. i think that this president's nominee because he is what i'd call a traditional judge. somebody who believes that judges have a very important job in the government, but it is a limited job and role. in other words, the main responsibility for making public policy should fall on the shoulders of members of congress and the president because we stand for election and if people don't like what they are doing then they can knock on the door and say senator, we don't like you're doing. you can't do that for a federal judge. that's wh why their role under e constitution is circumscribed as interpreting the law and applying the fact the south wall. but iis understand why our fries across the aisle are disappointed. they were hoping president hillary clinton wil would be fig this vacancy and majority leader chuck schumer would be the

the shooting of alexander hamilton, he was sitting shot by the sitting president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. there was one brawl in 1858 that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members who had away was one of the members pulled his weight off during the fightand someone else yelled he's a skeleton . and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock, sunday at the eastern on q&a. >> tonight on c-span2, a member of the european parliament joins us on the communicators to talk about the new online privacy regulations. the committee looks at the factors impacting oil prices across the globe and linda tripp, the whistleblowers in the monica lewinsky scandal fox national whistleblower day by speaking publicly for the first time in 15 years. tomorrow, president holds a campaign rally in tampa in support of three candidates, ran ron desantis to defeat bill nelson and representative matt gates reelection bid. we will have live coverage at 7 pm eastern. on thursday we b

when we go back to alexander hamilton, the alexander hamilton of broadway fame, and we read his federalist 78. what he said so eloquently any scented in the about four pages. every school child in america should read it and now every grown-up shed. that this, the judiciary is the least dangerous branch. why? because it's not going to be imposing its will on the american people. it is simply going to be exercising judgment. that's what i call the grand tradition in american constitutionalist law. john marshall all boy through so many justices who are revered even to a great extent by the left, like louis brandeis and benjamin cardozo. they would not in fact count on the scare tactics. this is beyond the pale. but also the jurisprudential approach that we just care about results. we are here to make what we believe to be the most humane and compassionate public policy. that's what we are here to do. no, that's not what we are here to do. when i say "we," i am talking about the courts of the land. you are to be stewards of the law and take the text, talking about the text, the text is so terr

reporter: at philadelphia's museum of the american revolution, you'll see george washington, alexander hamilton, and oliver. >> hey, oliver. >> hey, oliver! >> reporter: oliver thebold dean may not be a founding father but the 7-year-old is a fixture here. he's visited close to 50 times since the museum opened last year. >> i heard staff talking about, oliver's here again. a school assignment at age 5. then a trip to washington. and anything about the revolutionary war he could get his hands on. so who of you is the history buff? >> neither of us. just him. >> just oliver. >> reporter: his parents, jenna and chris, are learning as they go. mom now hand-sews the outfits. oliver takes being authentic very seriously. >> there we go, how do i look? like i belong in 1776? >> no. >> reporter: he prefers the 18th century card game whist to video games. >> you win again. i think you have cards up your colonial sleeves. do you guys think this is a phase? >> i feel like two years for a phase is a long time. so we just do what he wants to do. >> reporter: what he wants to do is come here. he was disappoin

insteat's a recording of the show made with the original cast, including miranda as alexander hamilton> still ahead on ne 4, we are checking ouge the dama already done by days of heavy rain. plus, how local communitiesrire pre for another day of rough weather. >>> d.c. firstes rponders continue to struggle against a rise in overdoses. 300ople treated in a matter of days. we're taking a look at another drug believed to be at the center of it all and what's being done to stop it. "news4 today" continues next. >>> news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >>> another day, another weather alert. more heavyain on the way. it's the last thing a lot of us need. some of us have already seen flooding. look at the scene in fairfax county. this was on tuesday. today, you may see that again. we're trackeg storms o again headed our way. just about 5:00 a.m. now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we've got a lot of ground to cover this morning. we'll get a check of the commute in a moment. sheena paeen has returned. just in time to tell us about

max:ne problem is that mark zuckerberg basically has to be james madison and john adams and alexander hamilton and ben franklin. i think in this case we are not looking at a classical constitutional convention so muchs something like the mag carta, with the u.s. government weirdly playing the role of nobles confronting king john. this is a thing where you have a bunch of d like media, the government, facebook itself, that all have d set ires and needs out of it. z letting makerberg said- sit by himself in his office and deciding what is company can do is not the best way to determine if it is being adequately regulated. laura: do you think facebook will go for this grandiose idea? max: mark zuckerberg'public statements indicate to me at least that he understands the difficult position he is in. healeems to publicly have a commitment to understanding his platform as a kind of town square or public space. he has spoken about creating a kind of facebook supreme court. he understands that he has the most powerful media publication on the planet, and it functions as a way that people come gether an

enlightenment world of john luck, edmond burke, george washington, james madison, thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton. fdr rushed to washington on december 16th and the next day he held one of the most memorable press conferences. as usual he began by casually saying that he didn't really have any particular news but then he said, well, maybe there was one small item he could mention. he told the reporters that it was becoming all too clear that the u.s. need today do everything it could to help the british empire defend itself and that meant supplying britain with war material. one reporter asked about payment and then fdr gave his famous reply, now, what i'm trying to do is eliminate the dollar sign, the silly old foolish dollar sign, here is and i lust -- illustration, suppose my neighbor's home goes on fire, he connects my hoes and i can help him put out the fire, i don't say, neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15, you to pay $15 for it. i don't want $15, i want my garden hoes back after it's over. what if it gets smashed up, he will replace it. if i get a nice garden hose back i'm in pretty good

. >> george washington, james addison and thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton. the next day he held one of the most memorable press conferences. to say there was no particular news but to tell the reporters it is becoming all too clear to do everything it could to help the british empire. to supply britain with more material. and then fdr gave his famous reply. to eliminate the $. here is an illustration. then to connect that to the hydrant i can help him put out the fire. i don't say that cost me $15. i don't want $15 i want my garden hose back. then he will replace it. if i have a nice garden hose back i'm in pretty good shape. another reporter asked the president to be that his new plan to take u.s. further into more. and he had a short reply nope. roosevelt had framed his new policy more impractical terms. it was neighborly assistance to another country. and then to return the weapons but of course this is conveniently vague. was that a phenomenal generous giveaway program or also self-interested quid pro quote? but result did not admit public not just out o

hollywood studios are heading for the rights to the musical about founding father alexander hamilton and it could sell for $50 million. the hamilton movie would not be a filmed adaptation, but instead a recording of the show with its original cast including robbery and that in the lead role. cheryl: i wanted to see a different movie version of hamilton. gerri: but i love him. having him will really make it. very exciting. thank you for that. cheryl: one california miss waking up a millionaire. a ticket worth $522 billion was sold in san jose, california. one, two, four, nate dean, 29. the mega ball is 20. the cash payout over $300 billion. the fifth-largest jackpot in history. and before you ask me, i did not buy my ticket. trade. i can't wait on a scratch off so i don't even play. president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani slams the leak between michael cohen. david lovato rushed to the hospital revived from an apparent overdose. meanwhile, investors on trade in earnings. that's the story of the day. u.s. stock index futures down lower. s&p 500 down to .5. nasdaq and a quarter point. you

we disagree and we're in good company with people like james madison and alexander hamilton, and the founders, who viewed the judiciary as what they called the least dangerous branch because they aren't the policy-making arm of the government. it's congress and the executive branch. that's where policy needs to be made. so we need good judges, like neil gorsuch and like brett kavanaugh who will interpret the law as written, not as they would wish it to be or view themselves as a legislator wearing a black robe so they can dispense policy without having to bother with elections or electoral accountability. >> one of the amazing things was the democrats, who we expected would attack whoever the president nominate d, some of them were out before he named the individual he was going to nominate, announcing their opposition. it's pretty clear that theirs is a knee-jerk reaction, as senator cornyn pointed out, democrats have a view of the judiciary that's very different. that is that the judiciary is a means to an end, a way to get policy outcomes that they can't achieve through the politi

in 1804 on this day alexander hamilton was shot. washington said we should avoid foreign entanglements. may is to as big of a cold war relic as the national review. even president obama said let's join nato, it would never' pass the senate on its face value. europe can defend europe. kennedy: do you think russia is going to encroach on bulgaria and romania and try to get the band back together again? >> i woke up like everybody else did to read the headlines, oh, my god, trump insulted germany. and what he said is absolutely true and he should stand by the. and shame on kerry for trying to divert the issue away from the fact that russia is going to own germany's oil and gas supply. this should not only be on the agenda of nato, but it's a major security threat to the west. recall when russia invaded crimea. they cut off the gas supply to the ukraine. they did so for weeks. the only thing that stopped them was the european nations applied pressure. but when the european nations and germany will be dependent on russia for oil, they wo

when alexander hamilton and erin r met foraaron bur their famous duel in we happen, new jersey, both men were members of the society of new jersey. c.l. bragger discusses how members reacted at the time and how the event managed to shift the

how it wasu all know journal alexander hamilton, he had released a report on the public credit. it painted a fairly bleak picture in terms of the public credit situation. of the ways, in a very complex scene that hamilton had to set, built straight in a financial manner going forward, he proposed the new central government would assume the war debts of the states. hadtelling you i myself hamilton explained this to me repeatedly, usually telling him, simpler, simpler. concurrent with this, mr. madison and jefferson, they have a strong desire to see the seat of government in or towards the south. this yielded a compromise. this ultimately resulted in a compromise over dinner at mr. jefferson's house in between mr. city jefferson and colonel hamilton. compromise yielded the act the -- act of establishing temporary and permanent seat of the government of the united states, the residence act. i signed up into law of mid july of that year. it called for a permanent seat of government on the potomac river. that dinner compromise also yielded the debt assumption being included in the fu

and we are in good company with people like james madison and alexander hamilton who viewed the judiciaries with the call the least dangerous branch because they are not the policymaking arm of the government. it is congress, the executive branch. that is where policy needs to be made. and so, we need good judges like neil gorsuch and like, brett kavanaugh, who will interpret the law as written. not as they would wish it to be or view themselves part of the legislature wearing a black robe so they can do this without dealing with elections or accountability. >> one of the amazing things was the democrats who we expected would attack whoever the president nominated, some were actually out for the individual he was going to nominate and now they are seeing opposition. it is pretty clear that there is a knee-jerk reaction as the senator pointed out, democrats have a view of the judiciary that is very different to that is that the judiciary is a means to an end. a way to get outcomes. policy outcomes that they cannot achieve through the political process. we believe this is a judge that supreme

. >>> courts are the last conrestraint on political passions as alexander hamilton, why has governmenttuted at all? because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without conrestraint. i repeat, without constraint, that may not sound exciting, but it was constraint that stemmed the anti-family orders at the borders, it was constraint that justice kennedy ruled after 9/11 saying even accused terrorists get due process in in america, because it's america. you can bet that was not a popular position then and it probably would have not have won a popular vote. but justice is not about what is popular in the moment. just as that cold isolationism in the face of other people's problems may be momentarily appealing at different times, it's not always the best reflection of our idealism on or of the due process a that our constitution affords human beings. this is not a time the to let up or tune out and certainly no time to give up. it's a time to stand up, because america's high court not only hang ms. the balance, but america's founding values are on the

kid came up and we were like you got to perform, young man and he said i will do a rap about alexander hamilton. we were like -- you cannot laugh in the face of your guests and go what? are you kidding? he went on to perform the first number, the first number that he prepared and it was obviously amazing and afterwords, that is really good. i am going to do a whole broadway show on it. good luck with that. and then it. up. we invited the whole cast back and they performed, they did a whole day workshop for kids from all over the country, doing lyrics writing, you name it, they were in the red room writing and wrapping in the blue room, dancing and you name it, they were everywhere and they did the performance in the east room with all these kids who never got to see the broadway performance but they all knew the words. we had lots of fun and all our fun involves kids because kids are good. they make everything better and we wanted to make sure kids felt like this white house belonged to them, that they felt when they walked into it and kids of all background felt this was a place that kids were

also, the constitution isn't about what george washington or alexander hamilton would have thought about policy preferences today. that's not what they meant. what we mean is understanding that the constitution is a rule book. it's the supreme law of the land. if we're playing a class match, for example, then where we move and strategize the individual pieces, that's politics and policy. we all have to play by the same rule book and for judges to fairly call those moves and say no, i'm sorry, government, you can't move the knight over here, then that is really what the original intent is. we're talking about powers. we're not talking about politics. i'm really excited to see the court revert back to staying in its lane and staying within the margins of the u.s. constitution. >> thanks, jenna. appreciate it. >> thanks, charles. >> charles: someone here has a pless single for democrats that want to put ice on ice. do it and you put all americans at risk. for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the

as an example many of you have seen the play hamilton i wrote about this he for alexander hamilton was seduced by a woman while he was married and you know that by the play. the husband of the woman who seduced him was in on it and extorted him to pay money and he acknowledged that he wrote an essay which embarrassed his wife but the reason he wanted to write the essay he was accused of using treasury fund to pay the extortion. he admitted the affair and the payment that categorically to deny that he treasury funds. he understood the distinction between high and low crimes having the affair with the extortion was a low time with treasury funds it is a high crime to be impeached. he understood that distinction and looking at what he said during the debate i had that in mind and i read his statements without personal history and mine and that helps to convince me when he said it needs to be something that corrupt government he meant in addition not that of. one more brief point let's assume you are 100% right i am 100% wrong. why are people accusing me not only of the wrong but badly mot

he said i will wrap about alexander hamilton. [laughter] that is when you remember that you cannot laugh in the face of your gas long -- and guests. are you kidding? then he on to perform the first number that he had prepared and obviously it was amazing. afterwards we were like that is really good he said yes i will do a whole broadway show on it. and we said good luck with that kid. [laughter] and then it blew up. so we invited the whole cast back first they did a whole day of workshops and doing lyric writing and you name it. wrapping long -- t3 and the blue room and the yellow oval and they were everywhere and then did the performance in the east room with all these kids who never got to see a broadway performance but they all knew the words. and that fan always involves kids and then to make everything better and then to make sure that this white house belonged to them that when they would walk into it that this was a place that kids were supposed to be. not peering through the front gates but they were supposed to walk thro

general alexander hamilton had released a report on the public credit. this was in january of 1790. it painted a fairly bleak picture in terms of the public credit situation. and, one of the ways that in a very complex scene that hamilton had to set straight in the financial mother going forward, he proposed the new federal government would assume the new war debts of the state. i'm telling you i myself had hamilton explain this to me repeatedly, usually telling him, simpler, simpler. simpler, alexander. concurrent with this, mr. madison and mr. jefferson. they had a strong desire to see this seat of government in or towards the south-ward. so this yielded a compromise. this disparate direction, it ultimately the resulted in a -- ultimately resulted in a compromise over dinner at mr. jefferson's house in philadelphia city between mr. madison and colonel hamilton with jefferson in attendance. his compromise yielded the act of establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the united states, the residence act. i signed that into law of mid july of that year. it cal

as per alexander hamilton. >> laura: isn't it scary when you watch the analysis of the supreme court pick brett kavanaugh? you see people criticizing his name. i mean, comedians are going after his name. brett is apparently a frat boy name. i've never heard that before. >> my favorite thing about the name thing is the same people who think brett is an inappropriate name for supreme court justices are celebrating that cardi b just had a kid that she named kulture with a k. >> laura: i think it shows how desperate the left is, and i am thoroughly enjoying the meltdowns about nato and kavanaugh and antifa. i love all of it. all the balls have to be juggled at one time because it provides unending humor for you and me. ben shapiro, great to have you on as always. we will be right back. . we will be right >> laura: what a big night. we might have a bigger night tomorrow. president trump, day two in brussels. what will happen? will there be more grim faces on >> tomorrow president trump d number two will there be more grim thesis on the other networks? speaking of pyrotechnics in high trum

he said i'm going to do a rap about alexander hamilton and we laughed so you cannot laugh in the face of your guess as the first lady then he performed the first number and obviously it was amazing and afterwards we said that was good and he said i will do a whole broadway show. good luck with that and then we invited the whole cast back so it was a whole day of workshops for kids all over the country to do lyric writing and if you name it they were in the red room writing and rapping in the blue room and dancing in the yellow oval they were everywhere than did the performance in the east room with all these kids who had never got to see the broadway performance so we had that fun because kids make everything better and we wanted to make sure that they felt this white house along to them that kids of all backgrounds felt like this was a place where kids were supposed to be not tearing up the front gates but to experience everything going on in their and i think of all the things that we did the work that we could do with young people was the most the filling and hopefully the most imp

alexander hamilton advised way back in federalist 68 that corruption from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils is one of the most deadly adversaries of republican government. that is a small art, lindsay. this adversary is no less deadly today, so while campaign finances is often a hyper partisan affair on hill, i think we can all agree hamilton was right and that we have a compelling interest of making sure foreign governments and foreign agents cannot sabotage american elections and covertly infiltrate our political arena. so i think chairman graham for holding this hearing. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses and i hope this is a site of good future work to protect our elections. thank you, chairman. >> i notice the presence of the committee chairman, senator grassley. would you like to say anything? >> sure. number one, , to explain that i won't be here because of the farm bill. number two, to thank our witnesses because i know everybody that appears witness before this point has to do a lot of work, so thank you for doing that and tha

present reagan addressed the >>> there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamiltono was shot by the sitting vice president. that is pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times, political times. there was one brawl in 1868 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members had a quip, he pulled his wig off during the fight. someone else yelled that he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray find, sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> up next on american history tv, we take you to

as alexander hamilton explained in federal paper -- federalist paper number 78, the judiciary, quote, may truly be said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment. end of quote. in other words, the judiciary must stay in its lane, a very slow lane, calling balls and strikes as the courts see them, without trying to encroach on congress' authority to make policy through the legislative process. when the supreme court goes beyond its mandate and enters a policy making arena, it threatens the structure of our constitution. to preserve the judiciary's independence, justices of the supreme court are appointed for life. they're not accountable directly to the voters for their decisions. the american people can toss those of us in congress out if we make bad policy decisions. but if a judge ends up legislating, we're stuck with the judges that made those bad decisions for life. the benefit of this arrangement is that judges can make decisions according to the laws, not based on the whims of political opinion because they are immune from that political opinion. but the down side is t

alexander hamilton had a terrible incident in his life him was seduced by a woman while he was married and it was all a setup. he the husband of the whom who seduced him was in on it and went to him and extorted him to pay a lot of money. he wrote an essay which embarrassed his wife no end but the reason he wanted to write the essay is because he was accused of using treasury funds to pay the extortion and he wrote the essay, admitting the affair and the payment but categorically denying and with proving the fact he paid treasury fund. so he understood that the distinction between high and low crimes. having the affair and paying the extortion was a low crime. if he had used treasury friends it would be be a high crime and he could be impeached. he he understood that distinction. when i look at what he said during the debate, i certainly had that in mind. i read his statements with that personal history in mind, and that helped to convince me that when he said it needs to be something that corrupts government, he said meant that in addition, not instead of, the requirement of crime. le

. >> there's a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton by the sitting vice presidentic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else yelled, you scalped him and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >>> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and ray smock, sunday night eastern on cspan q&a. >>> up next on american history tv, we take you to 1988 when president ronald reagan and soviet leader gorbachev delivered new year's message. two weeks earlier, president reagan addressed the soviet people from the white house and general gorbachev addressed the american people from the kremlin. this is about ten minutes.

it stays on the shelf but when you open it takes you to africa to meet abraham lincoln and alexander hamilton, martin luther king, the great leaders of our world. a book is a time travel machine and i encourage young people to read. >> but if you want to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter apple tv or instagram at book underscore tv or paste it to our facebook pa page. book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> i think more cities are realizing they need to have something like a livable wage and the truth of the matter is a lot of people in the private sector are realizing as well. companies like jp morgan have a major commitment in detroit and they're doing it in the form of banking branches and opening up opportunities for financial literacy so a lot of people in the private sector are realizing we create a better society, better market, a better set of consumers if income and wealth are more broadly shared in society let me make a quick.on the difference between income and wealth because it's pretty interesting. income is what people make and