of that lifted from the site when heavily contaminated but ultimately as desired chlorinated bill jefferson sighed and he might never be going to. believe that obama is not a one time disaster it is a continuing disaster simply because there is a continuing groundwater contamination and. that initial a lot of the hope was to go to a museum. why is there the contradiction in what the government is seen every do have to ask the government and i think it's a very good question that the government. is submitting a request for relief. to us and we're saying we support this case we want union carbide to clean up this plant and this pollution at the same time the government is making statements that there is no pollution problem every time an indian politician makes a statement like this this is the union carbide submitted to the american court and says look even their own government says there's no problem this is a class action the case has been pending since one thousand nine hundred nine. the plaintiffs are people from the affected community. people who are suffering from health effects. from

bill. "hardball," the place for politics. >>> by the way, thomas jefferson's on the $2, not the $20 bill.ay we showed you the fun that david letterman had on chris christie's expense last night. as you know, a lot of republicans feel christie hugged president obama a bit too tightly after the hurricane came through. among those who don't share those sentiments are new jersey residents. look at this. >>> we're back. it's a resume no one can hold a candle to, drafter of the declaration of independence, founder of the university of virginia, secretary of state, vice president, president of the united states, thomas jefferson. through all his virtues and faults holds a special place in americans' heart and the subject of a terrific new biography "thomas jefferson" by pulitzer prize winning author, jon meacham. my hero for many years. it seems to me a wonderful biographer like for you to bring to the front of the stage again, someone we haven't thought of for a while and should, why should we given we're in the age of barack obama? >> because jefferson was a tall, cool cerebral politician who

bill clinton. the last three consecutive two-term presidents were thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe. let's get a check on that weather system headed this way. bill karins outside on democracy plaza. bill, how bad is it? >> willie, for a small area that was hit the hardest by sandy, it's just going to be a cruel day. we're already watching the winds crank up. even in new york the winds are picking up. we're going to get a winter storm out of this with large waves at coastal areas. the first thing we deal with is the winds. the winds are going to whip the waves up. you can see the storm coming up the coastline. and now the clouds are increasing. even the rain is going to begin to increase in areas along the mid-atlantic. the winds will be the first concern. the wind gusts are already really picking up along the jersey shore all through areas of long island. if we go over to our other weather computer on weather 2, you can see the wind gusts are the highest along the gulf coast and also down along the new england coastline. that's where we're going to see the worst damage from the wind

bill. picking susan rice would be good. picking kerry would be better. since jeffersonost of secretary of state stands alone in history, in spite its nature, holding the most stature but for the president himself. kerry won 252 electoral votes against the sitting chief executive, a war time president at that. a combat veteran of vietnam, a leading critic of the war a five-time sort heavyweight that obama picked the first time. i say this even as i detest the lynch mob that's thrown itself together this week for ambassador susan rice. the president is right about badder. s and bad arguments. they are precisely the same as those used in the swift boating to keep john kerry from the presidency. they attack her for her early explanation of the horror of benghazi when the real complaint is something that she had nothing to do with, the death of our ambassador chris stevens. the real complaint was his opposition to the vietnam war on his return. his opposition to the vietnam war on his return. swift voting is now sadly a practiced art. it's character assassination with a head

. ♪ >>> by the way, thomas jefferson's on the $2, not the $20 bill.er today we showed you the fun that david letterman had on chris christie's expense last night. as you know, a lot of republicans feel christie hugged president obama a bit too tightly after the hurricane came through. among those who don't share those sentiments are new jersey residents. look at this. a new poll by national research has christie's approval rating sky high, 77%, up from the 50s before this. nobody gets numbers like that. in case you think that numbers comes from smirkey democrats, republicans approve 9-1, again how good policy makes pretty good politics. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] introducing the new dell xps 12. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ and i took on all the bigger, tougher ones. but with mr. clean's new select-a-size magic eraser, he can take on any size job. at least we don't go near rex's mobile home as often. what are you, scared? [ dog barks ] aah! oh! [ male announcer ] new mr. clean select-a-s

bill haas surprise when another request president jefferson's political process and thomas jefferson, the art of power. in the patriarch, the remarkable like and turbulent times of joseph kennedy, david nasa chronicles the life and career of the political dynasty. judge andrew napolitano, senior political analyst for fox news argues presidents theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson disregarded the constitution to promote their own political agendas in theodore and woodrow, how two american presidents destroyed constitutional freedoms. in far from the tree parents, children and the search for identity, national book award winning author andrew solomon examines how parents are challenged and changed by exceptional children. fox news host greg thatfelt presents his talks on political debate in the joy of hate, triumph over wiener's in the age of phoney outrage. mark jenna lee, contributing editor for rolling stone magazine and native of the detroit area reports on the influx of people working to reach imagine his home town in detroit city is the place to be, the afterlife and american met

jefferson character has not been studied that much. as a newly minted member he made a proposal to emancipate slaves and virginia using a relative to submit the bill which it is good because he was denounced as an enemy of the country and it was this mess. but later under his own name jefferson add one that might have changed the course of history if only the country would stop the slave trade it could receiving to the enfranchisement of the slaves that we have purposely would become citizens. the summary view of the lights of america and summarily rejected. that led to him being chosen readouts to the slave trade another between south carolina and georgia would not abide by eight 1/8 structures -- structures but oddly enough france it is the key to understanding the transformation with jefferson. when we think of france we think of cummings, a french food, jefferson and french architecture, but he went on with important national business. we were desperate to and but it was the slave crop.

bill was summarily dismissed. but later under his own name, jefferson floated a more explicit plan, one that i'd have changed the course of our history. .. oddly enough friends was the key to understanding the transformation in jefferson. when we think of france, we think of sally and james hemings and we think of french food. jefferson was getting to know french architecture and wind that he went over there on very important national business. he was there as our trade representative. we were desperate for money. we owed a lot of money, the u.s. owed an enormous debt to britain and their most important export was a slave raised crop. it was tobacco which brought in some $30 million a year. now, jefferson had one problem. the most important and influential friend he had import among the french aristocrats were all abolitionists and they couldn't understand how we could flog award for universal liberty without freeing the slaves and they put him under tremendous pressure. they kept asking him, when is america going to free the slaves? he began making promises that emancipation was really just around the corner. he was m

. >>> by the way, thomas jefferson's on the $2, not the $20 bill.er today we showed you the fun that david letterman had on chris christie's expense last night. as you know, a lot of republicans feel christie hugged president obama a bit too tightly after the hurricane came through. among those who don't share those sentiments are new jersey residents. look at this. a new poll by national research has christie's approval rating sky high, 77%, up from the 50s before this. nobody gets numbers like that. in case you think that numbers comes from smirkey democrats, republicans approve 9-1, again how good policy makes pretty good politics. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry

was denounced as an enemy of this country and the bill was summarily dismissed, but then later under his own name as the revolution approached jefferson floated a more explicit plant, one that actually might have changed the course of our history. if only the country would stop the slave trade, jefferson wrote , it could proceed to the enfranchisement of the slaves of we have, meaning that they would become citizens. and he wrote this in a document called the summary of our defense summary view of the rights of british america, which he also submitted to the house of burgesses and it was again, some barely rejected. that led to his being chosen to write the declaration of independence, where he denounced the slave trade in no uncertain terms, another clause that was struck because south carolina and georgia would not abide any restrictions on the slave trade. but after the war estranged thing began to happen to him. oddly enough, france is a key to understanding the transformation in jefferson. when we think of france we think of sally and james hemming said. we think of french food. jefferson is getting to know french architecture an

even proposed a second bill of rights although he died before he could see it through so president obama harry reid nancy pelosi is your party the party of jefferson roosevelt and kennedy or is it the party of joe lieberman erskine bowles and joe manchin is a progressive or blue dog the american people are solidly behind progressive policies from education to health care to taxing corporations and the rich now president obama and the democratic party leadership must decide if they're with the people or with the bank's triggers something to keep in mind with the so-called fiscal cliff looming. now for more on this joining me is tom hayden former state senator from california author activist and director of the peace and justice resource center tom great to have you back senator great to have you thank you tom nice to hear from you a great line there of our history well thank you what lessons do you think the democratic party should take from last tuesday's election moving forward into these so-called fiscal cliff negotiations. well i think the election of barack obama with organized labor and african-americans latinos asians women environmentalist

bill was dismissed. but then later under his own name as the revolution approached jefferson floated a more explicit plan one that actually might have changed the course of history. if only the country would stop the slave trade, jefferson wrote, it could proceed to the enfranchisement of the slaves that we have meaning that they would become citizens. and he wrote this in the document called the summary of the rights of british america which he also submitted for the house of burgess or to the committee thereof, and it was again summarily rejected but that led to his being chosen to write the declaration of independence where he denounced the slave trade in the no uncertain terms. another calls the was struck because south carolina and georgia wouldn't abide any strictures on the slave trade. but after the war a strange thing began to happen. oddly enough, france was the key to understanding the transformation with jefferson. when we think of france we think of sally and james hemingses and jefferson against no french architecture, but he went over there on very important national business, he was the t

jefferson had congressmen down to dinner. and i'm not saying that, therefore, there was every bill passed but it made it harder to demonize theuy when you've sat down and eaten with them and had a kind of personal connection. that doesn't happen as much here anymore as you well now. you have a lot of folks that don't move here to live here. you have a president who frankly is -- can be aloof from time to time. and so the power of dinner is important. and i also think trying to recover the word compromise from being a dirty word, i think is a really important thing. because america would not exist without compromise and without a system that enables us to argue, but not necessarily resolve, things for all times. >> i've heard stories about democratic leaders on the hill who have never set foot in camp david, and past presidents used to use camp david a lot as a way of leveraging and just socializing and making people feel more familiar and therefore more approachable when it comes time to compromise. >> george h.w. bush, he got a polaroid one step camera and had all the members of the house down and they sat on the lincoln bed

facing the nation today if only the house would consent the senate-passed bill freezing -- freezing tax rates. as thomas jefferson said, "we should not put off tomorrow what we can do today." our legislation would give economic certainty to the middle class, protect important tax reductions for families and businesses, and restore balance by asking the most fortunate among us to pay a little extra to reduce the debt. also, the only bill with a chance of being signed into law by president obama. speaker boehner once again urges us to pass the house bill, extending tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. the senate has already consider that bill and we rejected it on a bipartisan basis. for the speaker to say, bring it up, we are behalf. it was loaded down in this congress. -- it was voted down in this congress. the president has spoken. he will not sign until the mortgages our future to pay for handouts. i hope house republicans have been listening. i also hope my colleagues, republicans and democrats, members of the house and senate, use the thanksgiving break not only to give things, but reflect on the mon

we learn of a different thomas jefferson here, somebody that almost, like, bill clinton.fection, wanted everybody to love him. you said he flirted with men and women alike. what do you mean? >> well, he was a is seducer. he was a vote getter. he had to -- you run campaigns. we all know people who have to win the heart and mind. >> portray him as a cold, detached man. >> margaret smith, the wife of the great republican editor in washington at the time, is sitting and we forget this because there weren't that many images around, she didn't know what jefferson looked like and a morning caller comes in. this very charming man and just telling stories and being brilliant and all of a sudden her husband walks in, mr. jefferson, i'm sorry i'm late. and her head explodes because she had been raised in this federalist family, taught this man was a great threat. >> she blushes and can't even speak. >> she has fallen -- one definition of charm is how do you make people fall in love with you without knowing why and jefferson had that. >> i never had that problem, john heilemann. >> t

written a bill to abolish the importation of slaves in that state it was unsuccessful and even brought down the wrath of many of his peers on him and his relative richard bland who jefferson had asked to introduce the proposed legislation in his seven hundred seventy four booklet a summary view of the rights of british america jefferson attack king george the third for forcing slavery upon the colonies a charge that he repeated is first draft of the declaration of independence in seven hundred seventy six although it was deleted from the final draft in order to keep the representatives of south carolina georgia willing to sign that document. that same year jefferson tried to write into the constitution of the state of virginia a provision that would totally eliminate slavery starting in one thousand nine hundred and seven hundred seventy eighty presented it even more radical bill that would have abolished slavery altogether in virginia that year all these attempts failed he was successful in passing a virginia law that year preventing any more slaves from being imported into that state over the next several years jefferson would try again and again and again to end slaver

bill clinton. the last three consecutive two--term presidents were thomas jefferson, james madison and james monroeall right. let's get a check on that weather system headed our way. nbc meteorologist bill cares outside on democracy plaza. how is it? >> a small area hardest hit by sandy, a gruel day. winds are starting to pick up, and we're going to get a winter storm out of this. let me take you through the coastal map. the first thing we'll deal with are the winds. the winds will whip the waves up. can you see the storm clearly coming up the coastline and now the clouds are increasing and even the rain is increasing in the mid-atlantic. the wind gusts are already picking up along the jersey shore and also areas of lange island. if we go over it our weather computer, you can seat wind gusts are highest along the gulf coast and down the new england coastine. that's where we'll see the worst damage from the wind. areas of long island could see winds gusting possibly up to 50 to 70 miles per hour. we're also going to continue areas of possibly new england looking at winter weather advisories and area

bill dismissed. later, under his name, as revolution approached, he had a more explicit plan, one that might have changed the course of the history. if only the country would stop the slave trade, jeffersonrote, it could proceed, quote, to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, meaning they would become citizens. he wrote that in a document called "the summary view of the rights of british america" which he also submitted to the house of burgesses, and it was, again, summarily rejected. that led to the deck declaratiof independence, denouncing the slave trades, another clause struck. after the war, a strange thing happened to him, and oddly enough, frans is the key to understanding the transformation in jefferson. when we think of france, we think of sally and james hennings, french food, jefferson getting to know french architecture and wine, but he went there on very important national business, there as the trade representative. we were desperate for money. we owed a lot of money -- the u.s. owed enormous debts to britain, and our most important export was a slave raised crop. it was tobacco. bringing in some $30 million a year. now, jefferson had one problem. the most important a

if only the house would consider the senate-passed bill freezing tax rates for 90% of american families and 97% of small businesses. as thomas jefferson said, and this is a quote -- "we should not put off tomorrow what we can do today." our legislation would give economic certainty to the middle class, protect important tax deductions for families and businesses and restore balance by asking the most fortunate among us to pay a little extra to reduce this debt. it's also the only bill with a chance of being signed into law by president obama. i was dismayed to hear speaker boehner once again urge the senate to take up the house-passed bill extending more tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. mr. president, the senate has already considered the bill, and we reject it on a bipartisan basis, so for the speaker to say bring it up, we already have. it was voted down in this congress. the senate has spoken. president obama has spoken. he has promised he will not sign any bill that mortgages our future to pay for handouts for the wealthiest 2% of americans. i only hope house republicans have been listening. i also hope my colleagues,

jefferson was not there. he did get his hands on a copy very quickly of the constitution. we e-mail the copy for him over in paris. he said, where is the bill of rights? the answer was, there is no bill of rights. every people on earth is untitled by nature -- entitled by nature to a constant -- to a bill of rights which protect them against their government. this foreshadowed a problem. george mason was one of the members of the virginia delegation. he had written the declaration of the rights for the state of virginia in 1776. it was a few months before jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. when the convention was over, mason, who was a member of the virginia delegation, was greeted would not sign the constitution. washington was -- was -- was a member of the virginia delegation, would not sign the constitution. washington was infuriated. so came about one of the great informal agreements in american legal history. there was an agreement that if the constitution ratified as written by the 77 convention, there would be a bill of rights. -- by the 1777 convention, there would be a bill of rights. so we had a bill of rights in 179

jefferson and two successors. it's been all that time until we got to a situation where we have two terms of bill clinton and george w. bush. now barack obama. >> woodruff: gwen covered the washington/adams race. >> ifill: thank you, judy. right now it feels like it. at 11:25 at night. >> adams was not a fun guy. ifill: we have to turn the corner here because there's a big celebration going on in chicago. we're about to hear the president come out obviously and accept this. his re-election tonight. you know, there's a corner that has to be turned here tomorrow. there are a lot of problems. the party tonight will have a hangover tomorrow. david, what are the first things that the next president as it happens the re-elected president has to face. >> first of all he has to have an agenda. he a top secret agenda which involved the grand bargain which is going to face a lot of problems in his own party when he tries to do that. immigration reform. a lot of problems in both parties he has to have an agenda. the republicans will have an argument. it's the beginning of a historical problem for them. how are they going to s

jefferson was not there. he did get his hands on a copy very quickly of the constitution. we e-mailed a copy for him over in paris. he said, where is the bill of rights? the answer was, there is no bill of rights. every people on earth is entitled by nature to a bill of rights which protect them against their government. this foreshadowed a problem. george mason was one of the members of the virginia delegation. he had written the declaration of the rights for the state of virginia in 1776. it was a few months before jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. when the convention was over, mason, who was a member of the virginia delegation, was a member of the virginia delegation, would not sign the constitution. washington was infuriated. so came about one of the great informal agreements in american legal history. there was an agreement that if the constitution ratified as written by 1787 convention, there would be a bill of rights. so we had a bill of rights in 1791. we have a hamiltonian structure and a jeffersonian bill of rights. one of the principal structures is separation of powers and checks and balances. we use those terms o

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