this actually was one of the major outcomes of the battle, the introduction of andrew jackson and the war of 1812. his successes around, especially at horseshoe bend, then made him famous throughout the country. he could actually was given command of the army. defeated the british there. municipalities. one outcome turn the creek war was his determination to see indian removal occur throughout the eastern united states. george washington, thomas jefferson had tried. they can become americans and their sense of the word and it stay where they were located, but on smaller parcels of land. the american indians of course the populations in the tens of thousands. and millions of acres of land. american government was under tremendous pressure by american settlers to take that land one way or another. saw this as a perfect pitch and the to take land from the creeks he initially negotiated the treaty. both from the creeks as well as those who fought against. and 20 years later when he became president he was able to then pushed through the removal act of 1830 that deadly to the wide scale re

the andrew jackson watermark, the little line that goes across.e internet. >> what blew my mind is he got a textile printing company to print up with an andrew jackson watermark in germany. don't you think the company would go, i doubt i should be printing this up right now with an american president on it. >> with every two inches. you need a watermark every two inches. wonder what this is going to become. very interesting stuff. i was taking notes, though. >> cough it up. let's go perez. >> really? it might be fake. >> you are on tv. >> i will get these back on commercial. the world record attempts that started on gma. >> going to be more fun to get them back. i'm getting them back. >>> the a-listers wedding that make alcohol free. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny so skinny >> all right. we start the skinny with snooki thinking pink. >> the former party girl say she and her fiance are expecting a daughter. >> cute. >> that is mom and dominick in the video. she posted it on-

. >> reporter: much of the counterfeit is $20 bills, andrew jacksons, and most of them are not that goodyear for doing it. >> we're working hard here and to get fake bills is just like an insult. >> reporter: but for the last four years u.s. authorities have been quietly tracking the one counterfeiter who has produced a fake $20 bill that is that good, described by authorities as virtually undetectable. this is really good, isn't it? >> it's very good. >> reporter: and this is the man who says he did it, coming forward out of the shadows tonight on "20/20" to unabashedly admit something that could put him in a u.s. prison for years. his name is frank bourassa. >> i am the world's best counterfeiter right now. no one better than me. it's me. >> reporter: we found the artful faker in a small town in canada, outside montreal. it was here that the 44-year-old bourassa, a small time drug dealer with a big time passion for money. the real kind. when you tilt the bill it changes color. >> reporter: the real kind, says he secretly set up an operation that would put him into the upper echelons of

his father was andrew jackson secretary of state. served as governor of georgia twice. his name is prominent. a national democratic party leader. the very big in the camp. douglas's campaign manager. very big in 1860 conventions in alabama and nationally. he takes the will and national democratic party politics. a big rig construction critic. at this time just kind of has a mentor should relationship. twenty-four, 25 years old. kind of a young protege they take a man. intellect, jealousy. notable. he stands out in the crowd wherever he goes. colin mccray, jones winters the mobile cadets for years were kind of social organizations. fluent man of society. the next thing you know then to set up camp outside. in this case the left us to very good firsthand accounts of what he did. three months, but in these accounts one is called the cadet letters. he sends a series of letters back home to the mobile paper. in these letters he talks about mundane things. guess that they got. a year later when he is in your ferrites a series of three months in the confederate army. the propa

andrew jackson of course is a controversial figure for many reasons.e had all sorts of radical new sort of policies and also aspects of government, but one outcome of his expenses during the creek war was his determination to see indian removal finally occur throughout the united states. a lot of people like george washington and thomas jefferson had tried to formulate a policy of assimilation where indians could essentially become americans in their sense of the word and stay where they were located but on smaller parcels of land. the american indians of course had populations in the tens of thousands, millions of acres of land and the american government was under tremendous pressure by american settlers to take that land one way or another. answered jackson's action was quite excited when he heard the news of fort mims and saw this as a perfect opportunity to take land from the creeks. eventually negotiated the treaty at fort jackson at the end of the war that took 21 million acres from the creek nation. both from the creeks that he fought with as w

mi amigo benjamin y dos andrew j jackson, mucho amigo .te dice que seguira e escondiendo dinero, los angeles es una de las proximas parados. mucho dinero en la maÑana, gr gracias hidden cash. este supuesto benefactor es un s supuesto millonario de bienes a raices. pero pienso que puede haber una intencion de publicidad. una promoscion. eso digo yo. la proxima parada es los angeles asi que atentos . una vez encontre un sobre pero e era otra cuenta. al volver el cepelio en colombia de niÑos que murieron calcinado en un bus. un caza tormentas grabo el mo momento en que un rayo lo golp o golpeo. cover the papi. that's it. locutora: al momento de nacer, el cerebro de tu bebe ya forma conexiones que determinarán cómo aprende...piensa...y crece. in the sky. [ babbles ] habla y lee a tus niños desde el primer día... cada palabra ayuda a desarrollar el cerebro. no cuesta nada. es fácil. y lo puedes hacer en cualquier momento. habla. lee. canta. tus palabras tienen el poder de moldear su mundo. aprende más en first5california.com/parents >>> casi 10

area but the churches organized a couple of different attacks in then the troops most famously andrew jacksond his was one of the major outcomes of the battle. his success especially horseshoe bend made famous throughout the country but also convinced the leadership to give commands to defeat the british to be a controversial figure for many reasons with all aspects of government but with this experience during the creek war was the determination to see indian removal loper. a lot of people mike washington and jefferson tried to have a simulation to become americans and stayed where they were located american indians had population of tens of thousands in the american government was under tremendous pressure to take that one way or another. said they were quite excited and eventually he negotiated a treaty. at the end of the war both from the creeks that he fought with a and 20 years later he could then push through the removal act that led to a wide scale forced removal from the southeast and northwest territories. >> of course, the attack itself launched the invasion of the creek nation of

to be recognized on the word stage and the rest of the world began to do that especially after andrew jacksonthe heck out of the british at the battle of new orleans. >> one of the research that same up had to do with madison health. i think it is major contribution from the standpoint of history. he had an affliction with him his entire life and was able to achieve these phenomenal objectives under extraordinary circumstances and he was one of the most important founders. can you tell us what his problem was and how he dealt with it. >> it was one of the puzzles to me in the beginning. people called madison shy which he wasn't he was reserved. and they said he was sickly. and you could see he was sick from time to time but between the episodes of whatever it was he was enormiously energetic and taking trips by horses and travelling in days when travel wasn't easy between his home and wherever the capital was undertaking the routine trips i have often thought none of the scholars who called him sickly could manage. and during the war of 1812 he was on horse back for 60 hours when washington w

in fact, the rest of the world begin to do that, especially as you pointed out, after andrew jackson just beat the heck out of the british at the battle of new orleans. >> one of the most intriguing aspects of the research that came up had to do with madison's health. i think it's a major contribution from a historical standpoint. he had an affliction that was with him throughout his entire life, and yet he was able to achieve these phenomena object is under extraordinary circumstances, and purely as one of the most important founders. can you tell us about that, both what his problem was and how he dealt with that? >> it was one of those puzzles to meet in the beginning. people called madison shy, which he wasn't there to simply reserves. and they said he was sickly. and, indeed, you can see that he was sick from time to time. but he also between the episodes of whatever it was, was enormously energetic, taking thousand mile trips by horseback or carriage with lafayette. another one with jefferson. traveling in days when travel wasn't easy between his home at mount failure and where

but we expect essentially that andrew jackson could and to have the government direct these kinds of investments. the amazing thing about the wright brothers of course is that langley was working on basically a political problem in the wright brothers were working on an engineering problem and solving an engineering problem is something that has a definite at the end of the day right or wrong answer. the airplane stays up or doesn't end there's a great deal of conflation in our history over what are essentially technical and engineering problems and essentially politics and policy problems. this goes back to the granddaddy of all subsidy boondoggles in the modern era which is of course the reconstruction finance corp.. which brought to us if i remember history correctly and engineer herbert hoover. and of course hoover has a mixed record on matters economic. in many ways he was an admirable character and like a lot of people during the time of the depression he responded poorly. he believed that government intervention was the way to deal with the depression and all of this stuff of

we expect essentially that andrew jackson could answer have the government direct these kinds of investments. langley was working on basically a political problems. solving engineering problem is something that has a definite at the end of the day right or wrong answer. i think there's a great deal of deflation. essentially engineering and technological problems and politics and policy problems. and the granddaddy of all subsidy boondoggles in the modern era which is, of course, the finance corporation which was brought to us by an engineer, herbert hoover. of course hoover has a mixed record on matters of economic. in many ways he was an admirable character. like a lot of people during that time he responded poorly. he believed that government intervention was the way to deal with the depression and all the stuff always happens in response to some real or perceived emergency, whether it's the germans are going to get an airplane with the russians have a satellite and sure you're familiar with the work of robert higgs. you can always find an emergency if you're looking for one. the differenc

mill in germany to produce the unique currency paper, made of cotton and linen, complete with andrew jacksonis is done, the rest is nothing. >> reporter: millions of dollars worth of the fakes went out, he says, before the mounties and the u.s. secret service moved in. >> this was going to affect americans. and it was important to get this right away. get this off the street. get it off the market. >> reporter: but the counterfeit was so good, he was able to cut the deal of a lifetime for a criminal. in exchange for turning over boxes of the remaining fakes and plates and special paper, he spent only a month and a half in jail. and he says, canada has agreed not to extradite him to the u.s. >> i'm safe, absolutely. can't do nothing about that. >> reporter: you beat the system, completely? >> yeah, i did. >> reporter: and authorities say millions of dollars worth of his fake 20s remain in circulation today, virtually undetectable. brian ross, abc news, montreal. >> i'm going to look in my wallet after this. you can see more of brian's report tomorrow on "20/20." that's 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:0

timbers is already a veteran of broadway drawing a claim for shows ranging from "bloody bloodsy andrew jackson >> reporter: how did you do that? how did you come prepared if you hadn't seen the movie? >> an asset. treat the script by a dramatic text. spent pictures pulling this is what boxers look like what philadelphia looks like. i came in and said, this is what my version of "rocky" based on your script would be. >> reporter: this week "rocky" was nominated for four tony a awards including best actor for his portrayal of rocky balboa. >> playing iconic roles that people have expectations but the wonderful thing about working with alex and making sure that we dissect the scenes is that they become our own. >> reporter: what sets rocky ay part, the interchangeable parts of its set designed by german engineers. >> the whole thing moves on a gantry crane, like loading docks that move giant containers on to ships. it can mook upstage, down stage, the left to the right and come in and flip on its side so that you can project on to the front of the ring. >> what was the most challenging thing abou

i believe in the platform that andrew jackson formed.n pennsylvania offering his view on that race in pennsylvania. let's stay on pennsylvania, i want to bring in robert, the politics reporters with "the patriot" out of harrisburg, pennsylvania. thanks for joining us. caller said his biggest concern was corruption influencing his vote. is that what you are hearing on the ground? guest: i think like him a lot of states, here in pennsylvania the concern is jobs and the economy. the state is just starting to show some improvement in its unemployment rate, 6% in the last examination. voters are really trying to get on board with some of the things that can help us for economic development. host: tell us where we stand on the primary, the democratic primary a few weeks out. are you seeing any movement here? we talked a lot about wolf being the front runner right now. staked an wolf has almost insurmountable claim to the nomination. he has been assailed by two of the other three democratic primary candidates in the last couple weeks. it does n

have been attempts by actually no serious stand by congress have been attempts by presidents andrew jacksondefied the supreme court with the trail of tears he said you know what george marshall find his own police department . abe lincoln defied the supreme court dred scott and issued the emancipation proclamation that i'm going to do it i don't care what the court says roseville franklin roosevelt tried he tried he tried to change the you know the whole justice americas thing and as you said from congress well you know but. according to phyllis schlafly who actually wrote a book on this stuff which i just read a couple of weeks ago. the one time that the in my lifetime in her lifetime that the congress has actually regulated the court it was a liberal democrat national who actually regulated the court why don't we have a conversation in this country about regulating the court about about saying you know the lord has just one court why not all courts well i would apply it for all time kim ok all of that a recording of the lower judges into judges as well as the justices oh well they're all

andrew sells. brought three of them home. and the wildcats win, final of 6-1. they are the marin athletic league champions. when we come back, mark jackson, back on the sidelines tomorrow! >> what does that mean? >> more in sports after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the horse of the hour... was near the t ab >> oh, triple crown time. there is california chrome, the horse of the hour. a mile and three sixteenth. california chrome wins the preakness. 38 have won the kentucky derby and the preakness. 11 have won the belmont stakes as well. >>> to the ice. montreal with the rangers. i'm going to tell you about mark jackson. insert my nba story as he signs a multiyear to work for espn. he will be working a game tomorrow with the heat and the indiana pacers. nice one for mark. we'll be looking for you. let me wait and see where we are going now. how about montreal? rangers silencing the crowd. oh, the bell, we are going to count for gold. how about seven of them for the rangers? you can tell this is a brian chung production. a final score of 7-2. >>> start your engines! >> nascar. kyle busch, a little spin out. a little paint swapping, that'

reopening the rule saying it would be illegal and unconstitutional but then the administration of andrew jackson refuses to follow suit and in due course removal, forced removal happens. this is what history knows as the cherokee trail of tears. as leaders of their nation they were at the center of her medal controversy. at first and for some years thereafter they lead in opposition to removal going back and forth to washington negotiating with top federal officials including president jackson himself in defense of cherokee interests and of the cherokee wish to remain where they were. but at a certain point these two flipped and became leader of a minority faction that accepted the idea of removal or as they have called immigration. from then on they negotiated with the fed's a treaty and what became known as the treaty sponsored by the boot no group and accepting removal on behalf of all the cherokees was actually signed in his living room. this made them in the eyes of the majority of their fellow cherokees nothing less than traitors. when the removal process had been completed and the nation