alexander hamilton would say we don't really need one. the whole thing is kind of a bill of rights. the government is only going to have the power we give it so why do we even need it? and others say that's well and good but we would kind of like to see something there. again, even by the time they are finished you have guys that look at parts of the whole and say there's -- this i don't like. there's that i don't like. i don't like this sentence because it gives way too much power to little states. the president is the too strong, not strong enough. we didn't deal with slavery. there's no bill of rights so in the end you come in on the last day and it's not at all certain that everybody will agree. remember, these guys are signing it to send it out for their states to vote on it, so it's important to the group as a whole to try to have everyone on board because these are the guys that have to sell this new constitution to the people to that we, the people so that they will then put it into effect. so you're going to have benjamin franklin come in the very last day of meetings. now,

this is where your heavy hitters will be -- alexander hamilton and james madison. but the guy who is probably going to do most of the writing is a pennsylvanian by the name of gouverneur morris, a man with a wooden leg. a man very gifted with the pen. and morris is a friend of george washington. there is a story that comes from that summer with morris and alexander hamilton and there is a bet made, hamilton makes with morris because morris slaps george washington on the back, how are you doing kind of thing, and washington prefers to bow and can be on the aloof side, especially in public. hamilton is like you're never going to do that. i bet you're not going to do it. so of course he goes up and does it and washington gives him one of his glaring looks and shrinks him down and i'm sure hamilton is standing in the corner laughing like mad but gouverneur morris is the guy who's going to write that "we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union" -- that famous preamble we know. at the end, you have this famous constitution. four pages, and

our early government, alexander hamilton the treasury secretary, wanted all of the debt in the state to come through the federal government and then to use that debt, paying it off to build credit for the young united states, and not everyone agreed with his plans, so you start seeing divisions. and then foreign policy questions would rise. britain and france go to war and the 1790's and a lot of americans felt like we owed france. they helped us in our war. we still do not like the british very much. but for george washington, the first president, the notion of neutrality is preferable. we don't really have any money. we did not have a navy at all and our army was not much to speak of, so we were certainly not in a position to go and fight a war, certainly not in europe and probably not even fighting our neighbors in british canada in those days. so he is going to present with his cabinet approval a neutrality proclamation, which starts dividing us into this question of, ought we be doing more to help france? now, in the same notion of keeping us out of war, george washington will s

on the federal side, the side of alexander hamilton's, is in favor of the treaty. they're in favor of building the young economy in the united states, staying out of war, trading with all sides of europe, not being limited by alliance to france or something like this, so we're really seeing this treaty back kind of a symbolic head point between these two sides. and the senate approves the treaty. now, according to the constitution, senate approves trea treaties and they're done. what happens is the house of representatives says, we want a chance to discuss this treaty as well. and so they demand of washington to see all the papers and so on. well, he says no. if senate approves it, you guys don't have anything to do with it. what the house is essentially going to do is say, maybe what we'll try to do is take away the funding. we won't pay for this treaty. anything we have to pay for we'll just not spend the money, therefore, the treaty will effe effectually die at this point in time. so the fight in this room is whether or not to pay for this treaty. there are days

integration of italy during world war ii and after that winston grew examines the political life of alexander hamilton, thomas jefferson and john adams in the patriot and lastly a look at some of the best-selling books according to newsmax is the sentinel: the latestand arthur rothschild fiction series . some of these authors have appeared on book tv and share their events online at booktv.org. >> of during a virtual event by the commonwealth club susan eisenhower talked about the life and leadership of her grandfather dwight eisenhower. >> eisenhower was very conscious of what it would be to be a diminished president. we have to remember that president wilson , there was almost a scandal that people in the country know how ill that president was so i was determined not just for himself but for the country and after he had 33 only houses during his presidency and after each one of them he would give himself an arduous test like a round the world trip or a trip to europe that required lots of immunity and lots of stress and he told his own advisors if i don't perform at top level, you have to tell me b

according to alexander hamilton: the office of the president will never fall ♪ to the lot of any mant in an imminent degree endowed ♪ damn-- i should make a musical out of this! but the point is americans don't vote for the president. americans vote for a slate of electors who will then go and vote for the president. in many basis, it's the same way that american high school kids don't buy the beer. they give the homeless man money, and then he goes to buy the beer on their behalf. that way it's more responsible. it's amazing how if you read into it, the founding fathers really thought everyone in the country was super dumb. because everyone talks about they wanted to build a new, perfect society, when really they were basically installing childproofing to keep the country safe and stop peopole from eating sand. now, this whole idea of electors being smarter than the masses fell by the wayside pretty quickly. and one of their main reasons for doing this was because they thought a lot of americans wouldn't know enough about the candidates to vote for them. but that was hundreds of yea

when he wrote his farewell address, he drafted a paragraph, later cut by his editor, alexander hamiltonthat made it clear that one of the reasons he was not standing for a third term is he could not take the implications, as he put it, of newspapers any longer. he thought they were displaying to the world that our union was fragile, and he had enough. susan: john adams is described in your book as cranky, never got over hurt and resentment, and lacked charm. how did this impact his relationship with the press? harold: as you can imagine, he did not charm reporters or editors. at the beginning, he had the first, if you don't count washington's adoration at the beginning, he had the first press honeymoon, a phrase that came into the vernacular much later. he was shocked after making his inaugural address in 1797 that republican newspapers, that is the anti-federalist newspapers, applauded him. the federalist newspapers from his own party were not as excited. the reason is they wanted to give adams a chance to be perceived better than washington, who was perceived to be pro-british. adams

it wasn't something that alexander hamilton or ben franklin thought they were authorized to bring to the convention even if they were willing to fight for in their own states. this is something i should've mentioned. not just the property rights idea was entrenched, but the idea of state sovereignty was so entrenched. it wouldn't be a national solution to this problem. it would be individual states with the authority to decide, when slavery was abolished if slavery was abolished. so even the anti slavery voices were not going to push for a national government powered abolish slavery. >> thank you. >> now we know as you mentioned that about 25 of those 55 delegates in the room, they did own enslaved people. slavery was still present in the united states. even today, with researching this topic, looking back over 200 years, trying to find information about not only the debates, but the people that those gentlemen owned, i have been hitting a lot of walls, but right now you're going to see eight interpretation of something that takes place in philadelphia in 1787. >> do you remember me?

alexander hamilton wrote that electors would be these thoughtful deliberative men and sat down and figured who would be the best country to run the country. it's never been that way. immediately after the constitutional convention, electors have been team players because they were either representing one party's candidate or the other. that's all it was and that's all it is today. there's no incentive in the vast, vast majority of cases for electors to go rogue, as you say. the best example, look what happened in 2000. we had a similar electoral count, split in 2000 as we might have today. 271 for george w. bush, 267. he had two more votes than he needed to become president. >> well, a lot has changed in 20 years, too, in terms of the way people approach things. i wane to fold in a couple of questions from our viewers. barbara wants to know is there a chance to get rid to have electoral college. many attempts have been made and none have succeeded, right? >> more than 800 attempts have been made to abolish the college. it's clearly been a source of frustration and anger for people for more

going to happen then so we get the history of the electoral college it's ridiculous you know alexander hamilton came up with this he was a minor because basically he did now and the public to choose the president was so far beyond that we need to get rid of the electoral college we need get need to get rid of gerrymandering we need to have great choice voting paper ballots and a reliable action system we also there was also another big step forward this year not much talked about but the a lot of the n.b.a. national basketball association i read this were used for voting and it's a huge step forward now to have people on these lines people could come in their restaurants or this food safety that's it their very big success this year 20 a basketball arenas a couple of football stadiums you know in kansas city and charlotte very very good good stuff but number one get rid of the electoral college number 2 get rid of gerrymandering these are the things that are really killing our democracy that's how we wound up in states like michigan and wisconsin pennsylvania and north carolina with extreme rig

gets a play named after her like alexander hamilton. >> she will be inheriting this position at a reallyifficult time. these are sobering times for banks and the individuals and corporations. >> for all of her accomplishments, i don't know hat we know how well she could nag gate those political waters. >> banking regulatory, these are never been her forte. she is a university of california at berkeley trained labor economist. that is where the greatest appeal is. anna: some of our guests commenting on joe biden's decision to nominate former fed chair janet yellen as treasury secretary. if confirmed, she will be the first woman to hold that job. we're joined by an investment manager. it is really good to speak to you. really interesting insight, yellen's background, labor conomist, fiscal stimulus. maybe we'll see yellen the musical in a few years time. that's one side. what kind of significance does it have if speedway like janet as en is given that reasury secretary. >> i think the continued evidence of relatively smooth transition to the incoming administration is positive for equities

this first-time voter not throwing away his shot to dress as alexander hamilton from pacific to atlanticers under a red, white and blue empire state building. >> we need to bray back unity in america. we need to show unity. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: delia has it down. at 107 she's been doing it for decades and still insists on doing it in person. >> she's actually the backbone of our family and she's the one that has encouraged us to always do the right thing. >> reporter: the petite political powerhouse has never missed a presidential election doing the right thing like telling her kid, grandkids down to great, great, great grandkid, six generations the importance of making your voice heard. the same miss lilly mae is setting for her family. >> you want to vote because you want the person that's going to look out for the future for you, your family, other people's families and not have self. >> reporter: she voted in 20 presidential elections so far. >> americans of all ages, all backgrounds coming out wanting their voices heard in this unprecedented election. >> the vo

after that the late author when should room has the political lies of alexander hamilton thomas jeffersonadams and the patriots and repping up our look at some of the best-selling books according to newsmax is the sentinel, the latest in author lee child fictional series. some these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch the events on my netbook tv.org. >> during a virtual event hosted by the cato institute in washington, d.c. political commentator pj or work discusses views on libertarianism and american politics. here's a portion of the program. >> every time you ask a government to do something, however lovely that thing seems to be, you are asking them to do it while a gun is pointed to the head of the people who are going to pay for the things the government does. so i think one should always ask oneself which i shoot my mother when i hold my mother at gunpoint must not go so far as to shoot her. what i hold my mother at gunpoint in order to accomplish would've asked the government to accomplish? we are going to hold my mother at gunpoint to pay by 95. i personally think

colleen: how did the tensions between alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson influence how jefferson decided to conduct his presidency? james: very much so, very much influenced. hamilton -- i find it ironic that hamilton is a rap star now because in his time, hamilton was arguably the most conservative, right wing figure in american politics. almost a royalist, one step short of a royalist. jefferson was the opposite. they clashed from day one. they were in washington's cabinet. hamilton was secretary of the treasury, jefferson was secretary of state, a pretty good lineup. eachwent after ejector -- other every day at cabinet meetings. two were said to be fighting cocks in a ring. jefferson did everything he could to dial back that regal atmosphere both in the way he conducted the government and also in how he presented himself and was kind of bound and determined to defeat hamilton. irony i think, the way things are different now, jefferson kept a bust of hamilton in his study at monticello for the rest of his life. even though they were blood enemies, he respected him and knew what

tensions between alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson influence how jefferson decided to conduct his presidency? so.ery much very much influence. hamilton -- i find it ironic that hamilton is a rap star now because in his time hamilton was arguably the most conservative right wing figure in american politics. almost a loyalist. andstep short of a royalist jefferson was the opposite. so they clashed from day one. they were in washington's cabinet. hamilton was secretary of the treasury, jefferson was secretary of state. pretty good lineup, and they went at each other every day at cabinet meetings. jefferson once said that they -- and a to fighting ring. after he became president, this theme i am occurring here, but he did everything he could to dial back that sort of regal atmosphere, both in the way he conducted the government, and also in the way he presented himself and was kind of determined to defeat hamilton. think, withy i things different than they are a bust ofrson kept hamilton in his study at monticello the rest of his life. so even though they were blood enemies, he respec

. >> i am hoping janet yellen takes a page from good treasury like -- even alexander hamilton, get a named after her. at ae's inheriting difficult time for anybody. these are sobering times for banks, for the markets generally, for individuals and corporations. her esteemed accomplishments, i do not know that we know how well she can navigate the political waters. >> the financial markets, these have never been her forte. she is a university of california berkeley trained labor economist. that is where the latest appeal is. francine: strategists and economists weighing in on joe biden's pick for treasury secretary, janet yellen. joining us is lori heinel. great to have you on the program. is all the good news now priced into the markets? lori: certainly a lot of good news is priced into the markets. that fact that we have promising development on the vaccine front, the fact as though it looks like we will get out of this gridlock in washington, in terms of a transition plan -- you now have at least progress on that front. overall, i think there are a lot of things are looking much mo

this is what alexander hamilton warned against when he argued for the constitution with the electorallege so we would have the protections in place to use as deterrents. that's why we have all the legal remedies, the supreme court, the state legislatures, and the u.s. house of representatives as different alternatives to make sure we protect election integrity when the vote is corrupted and come pro miced. america has been prepared for this since 1787. we had other elections that were corrupt. but we have to continue to protect it. jesse: there is a legal and constitutional process that's being followed. so everybody needs to relax and see what's going to happen. joe biden holding his third press conference since the election. it's official, the media is a joke. >> look at the way the president is handling. his refusal to concede. what do you think is really going on here. what do you think it president is doing? [♪] when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. but now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now

i'm not just talking about the more famous ones such as alexander hamilton or carnegie or henry ford's father. but also croatians. carla briere, son of a german immigrant who led a revolution in car design and possibly the most gorgeous automobile ever built. a slovakian who helped give us some of the first electric guitars. or in english immigrant printer who gave us the rotary press. or the two young jewish men came to america, changed their names, and gave us bluejeans. the list of immigrant contributions is almost endless, in every field of endeavor, but nowhere are they more evident than in the decades long residentnt of magnetic imaging of mri. it started with a jewish immigrant who liked to say, had we stayed in new york, i probably -- had we stayed in europe, and probably would have become a tailor. instead, because his family went to america, he became a nobel prize winner and quintessential american. he gave us back so much more than he received, working to the point where as a student, his teeth began to fall out from malnutrition. he went on to become one of the founders of

william alexander hamilton. the orders were passed out throughout the north directing medical personnel to collect specimens and illustrate the injuries that produce death and disability during the war and affording the materials for studies or problems regarding the diminution of morality and alleviation of suffering in armies. and so all of these were passed by dr. william alexander hammond who is a military physician and surgeon general of the united states from 1862 to 1864. and not only did this circular establish the necessity to collect the specimens and collect these cases, it also created the army medical museum as a place to store all of these specimens and store all of this information. and so in directing all of these collections, anything that was considered of value to a surgeon was sent to the army medical museum including specimens, projectiles, reports, images, on a scale that had never before been seen on -- in american history. and so in the american medical field. as these circulars spread, m

constitution in 1789 by james madison, who served as the fourth president of the united states, alexander hamilton, who was the first secretary of the treasury of the new republic, and by john jay, who was the first chief justice of the united states supreme court. the purpose of the papers was to persuade the citizenry of the young nation of the need to adopt a new form of government and to leave behind the very loosely foreign government which the citizens had seen under the articles of confederation. in authoring the federalist papers, they exhibited, if you will, the very best qualities of leadership that we see in lawyers. madison was not a lawyer, but he was learned in the law. hamilton and jay were, of course, lawyers and they used their lawyering powers, their abilities as leaders in the capacity as lawyers and drafters of the federalist papers to successfully usher the constitution to its ratification in 1789. we believe that the discussion today between toalmage boston ad secretary baker will further illuminate the fact that lawyers are given the powers, they're given the opportunity, th

in the patriots, the late author winston bloom examines the political lives of alexander hamilton, thomas jefferson and john adams. mr. a list, reports from the efforts of the group of syrians to build a library during the country civil war. in the book collector. and fighting much, recalling how world war two veterans participated against political corruption and voter fraud. this was in tennessee in 1946. also being published this week and 43, author james collins invasion of italy during world world two. and the impact that world war ii had on britain and britain at bay. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. and watch for any of the authors in the near future on book tv, on "c-span2". host: good afternoon my name is karen and i am the director of the center national security. i'm delighted today to be joined by the author of the new book, "the black banners declassified". the war on terror after 911. i am here at center on national security at fordham law. and also some events that we have done together, a

i'm not just talking about the more famous ones, such as alexander hamilton or carnegie bell or carnegie or henry ford's father for that matter. croatian who did so much to give us those oil rigs. carla briere, son of a german immigrant who led a revolution in car design and possibly the most gorgeous automobile ever built, the lincoln zephyr. a slovakian who helped give us some of the first electric guitars. or richard, an english immigrant printer who gave us the rotary press. that is the modern newspaper. or the two young jewish men came who freed themselves from europe came to america, changed their , names to jacob davis and levi strauss, and gave us bluejeans. the list of immigrant contributions is almost endless, in every field of endeavor, but nowhere are they more evident than in the decades long development of magnetic resident imaging, or the mri. it began with a dedication of a remarkable young jewish immigrant who liked to say, had we stayed in europe, and i probably would have become a tailor. instead, because his family went to america, he became a nobel prize winner and q

after that they late author winston groom examines the political lives of alexander hamilton, thomas jefferson and john adams. and wrapping if our look at the best selling books, is the sentinel, the latest in author lee child's fictional jack reacher series. some over the authors have appeared on booktv and you can watch event online at broadcast boost.org. >> here is programs to watch out for. tonight on our author interview program, "after words," the "washington post" pulitzer prize winning book critic offers thoughts on he books written but president trump. and a discussion of he late supreme court justice al tonin askee's writing and then programs from the recent schomburg literary festival in new york city. find more information at booktv.org. >> i'm'll be acting as your host. on behalf of the group i want to thank you for coming. i also want to thank the rest of

yellen takes a page from good treasury secretary is like jim baker or robert rubin and even alexander hamiltona musical play named after her. >> she would be inheriting the treasury position at a really difficult time for anybody in that position. we are far from -- these are sobering times for the markets generally. >> that will be much more subject to the political weightings of washington. i don't know that we know how well she can navigate those political waters. >> the financial markets, banking regulators, they have never been her forte. she is a labor economist. that is where the greatest appeal is. annmarie: good morning. some of our guests weighing in on the pick for treasury secretary. on what disappointment means, our senior economy editor joins us now. you covered yellen when she was head of the fed. i want to ask you how atypical is this type of pick for the treasury department? >> certainly. aside from her being the first woman head of the treasury department if she is confirmed, she is really not a creature of washington politics. this is something that strikes her.hen you've se

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am hoping she takes a page from good treasury secretary's like jim baker, robert rubin, aen alexander hamiltonget musical play named after her. >> she would be inheriting this position in a really difficult time for anybody in that position. these are sobering times for banks, for the markets generally, individuals and corporations. >> much more subject to the political whims of washington. for all of her esteemed accomplishments, i don't know how well she can navigate those political waters. >> banking, regulatory, these have never been her forte. she is a university of california berkeley trained labor economist, and that is where the greatest appeal is. vonnie: we welcome jeremy kress, .ormer attorney he is currently the assistant professor of business law at the university of michigan. our own sonali basak is with us as well. the treasury has all sorts of responsibilities. when it comes to the overlap between treasury and the banking sector, what should we know? next treasury secretary has a norma's challenges in front of him or her. the good news is janet yellen is better equipped than ne

. >> reporter: since the 1700s, when alexander hamilton served as the first treasury secretary, they'vele, including trump's man steve mnuchin, who has a deep pedigree and business and has staunchly refused to hand over the president's tax returns. >> i've had no conversations ever with the president or anyone in the white house about delivering the president's tax returns to congress. >> reporter: yellen by comparison is known for her balanced approach to business and consumer concerns for imposing stiff sanctions on wells fargo over widespread consumer abuses and her take on the pandemic economy was clear even last spring. >> we're going to be looking at a decline in gdp of the least 30%, and i've seen far higher numbers. this is a huge, unprecedented, devastating hit, and my hope is that we will get back to business as usual as quickly as possible. >> reporter: appreciation for the suffering of regular folks, respect for the needs of business. right now those are the twin engines fueling this rare show of agreement in this deeply divided town. wolf? >> tom foreman reporting for us. t