john freeman, once he obtained his freedom, worked as a waiter at gadsby's hotel. earlier freeman had been a slave belonging to thomas jefferson who sold him to james madison. he worked in the madison white house with jennings as did his wife, melinda colbert freeman. she a free person, formerly enslaved by thomas jefferson, melinda was a member of the well known hemings family of monticello. the freemans were founders of the neighborhood where jennings purchased the house in 1854, just a 15 to 20-minute walk northwest of lafayette square. the freemans and jennings were eventually joined by other families of ex-slaves of presidents in this neighborhood including three syphax brothers, charles ii, william and colbert, sons of maria carter custis and charles s. syphax senior and nephews of nancy syphax who worked with jennings earlier on lafayette square. now in the 1850s, jennings and charles syphax, ii worked together in the pension office under the department of the interior. charles's brother, william syphax was also employed in the interior department rising fro

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we also brought roberts and freeman here to they can get the results themselves.h men meeting for the first time. >> nice to meet you, brother. hug? >> absolutely. how you doing? >> good, man. little nervous. >> reporter: if they are not related, it will come as a shock. their lives seem to run on parallel tracks. both towards fame and fortune. roberts a rock and roller. ♪ jason freeman as a cage fighter and wrestler who goes by the name free bird. both work for a living struggling to make ends meet. jason works on oil rigs in pennsylvania. matthew a deejay in l.a.'s san fernando valley. the question, are these two men related? we're here together. we're also joined by dr. michael bierd who is the chief doctor at the center. what are the results? >> well, we did dna tests and we determined with scientific certainty you do not share a common biological ancestry. >> holy cow. >> absolutely 100%? >> yes. we did a battery of tests. >> matthew, this has been a long search for you. and now the search continues. how are you feeling? >> well, i don't know how to feel. i m

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in ohio jason freeman had the same test done. photographs, even fingerprints taken leaving no doubt as to who the men are and whose dna is being tested. both samples were brought here to the renowned dna diagnostic center in fairfield, ohio. we also brought roberts and freeman here so they can get the results themselves. both men meeting for the first time. >> nice to meet you, brother. hug? >> absolutely. how you doing? >> good, man. little nervous. >> me too. >> reporter: if they are not related, it will come as a shock. their lives seem to run on parallel tracks. both are drawn to fame and fortune. matt rue roberts as a rock and roller. his band new rising son. ♪ jason freeman as a cage fighter and wrestler who goes by the name free bird. both work for a living struggling to make ends meet. jason works on oil rigs in pennsylvania. matthew a deejay in l.a.'s san fernando valley. the question remains, are these two men related? we're here together. matthew is here. jason is here. we're also joined by dr. michael bierd who is the

the freeman farm. we call it the plenty freeman house because the farmer plenty freeman lived in it from the 1820s into the 1840s. we're showing the time right in the middle of that. they put it back to his time. >> it's interesting. this family and house came from sturbridge about a mile and a half from here. plenty freeman, the farmer who owned the house, his wife was very ill suffering from a form of tuberculosis. at times he didn't have other people living in the house with he and his wife. he had just two adult son and daughter living with him from time to time. the rest of his children were all grown up and moved out of the house, all seven of them. from time to time, we know through records from the town, he would take his meals there once in a while. for the most part, he had most of the meals at home. if you are going visiting, the time is after the work was done. dinner was at noon. dinner was the big meal of the day and we were cleaning up. layered so ash and coal and beets on top. more hot

we're back with dan henninger and james freeman and mary anastasiao grady.bring out the century. this is classic obama, d demagoguing everybody who is successful. i don't think that ryan is romney's achilles heel. it's about organizing and fund raising and the things that obama excelled at the republicans are going to have to do that because basically, it's a discussion between the debt and deficit. and scaring grandma. if they don't get their message out there and somehow convince people that the obama path means higher taxes and lower standards of living for the american people they're not going to be able to do it. scarring grandma is more powerful. >> mary is basically saying that the republicans don't get lost in the weeds whether you're down syndrome and autistic children are on the street. play with obama, but fight back on debt and deficits and growth? >> i think that basically, they have to fight back on the condition of the economy. look, paul, that speech and the things that you just described, i not only is he going to run it on. i think it's a f

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up next, an interview with the medal of honor recipient captain ed "too tall" freeman, helicopter pilot who flew his helicopter in to help deliver ammunition, supplies and to rescue wounded soldiers. >> a video or history interview with major ed freeman. we are commemorating the 40th anniversary. thank you for doing this. i want to ask you about your memories of your days and if you could before we get to some of the specific things that happened, can you tell me about your training for those type of conditions and i know talking about the pilots had you to throw things out the door and improvise. can you tell me what you brought into this battle? >> experience. >> i was already an experience ed pilot. i ran a year of mapping. i had been in south and central america for four years doing the same basic job. same basic job. >> right. >> so i had quite a bit of experience. >> and you had some interesting experience in korea. >> yes. and as far as battle is concerned, war is concerned, i felt the sting of battle when i was very young. >> you were at pork chop hill? >> yes. >> did being on t

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. shell. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, bbc world news. awe and final company established in this time period was called citigroup. it was a sole proprietorship that breivik established in july 2001. within this company he attempted to run various types of business activities with little success. >> but in december 2002, breivik started a website called diplomaservice.com. through this website, he saw diplomas and certificates that gave the impression of being issued by various educational institutions. the sales of these documents generated with time considerable income for breivik. in this time period, he moved out of his mother's house in the year 2000. after that, he resident a ro

the man behind that number, umbc president freeman hrabowski who has earned a pretty good number for himself, ranking in "time"'s magazine top 100, most influential people. >> what he does here is -- the two are inseparatable. doc has made such a difference here. >> reporter: it's the difference between a rel that live obscure community and one of the top schools for engineers in the country. >> we both came in 1987. this place has just changed. when i first came to cam porks the african-american students were actually having a sit-in. they were upset in the sciences, very few students were performing well. they thought the campus had a problem. now you look at where we are now, the top producer of blacks who are in ph.d's in the country, the top producers -- >> reporter: american band >> rorter: hrabowski reformed the curriculum. >> everybody knows he's there. just speaks well. anybody that's been with martin luther king for a whole week has to be a great leader, so it's awesome to work for. when are a on obama's short list, you're very influence hall -- influential. >> reporter: at

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freeman hrabowski has graduated to the list of the powerful. >>> a mother is shot and killed trying to protect her little boy. >>> plus, the mayor make as push to get the bottle tax passed. >>> first, the man known as america's oldest teenager has died at the age of 82. dick clark has passed away after suffering a heart attack. >> live from philadelphia, it's time formark's favorite dance party, american band stand. >> reporter: he

major freeman, thank you for doing this. and i want to ask you a little bit about your memories of those days in the ia drang. and if you could, before we get to some of the specific things that happened could you tell me about your training for those type of missions, and i know talking to other pilots, you had to throw some things out the door, you know, and improvise. but could you tell me what you brought in to that battle? >> experience. i didn't -- i didn't have the privilege of training with 11th air assault. now my commander bruce crandall did, and they trained for two years on this air assault business that they were undertaking and was, of course, brand-new concept of warfare, as far as the army was concerned. >> right. >> but i was already an experienced pilot prior to coming to that organization. i had been iran for a year mapping, i did mapping and i had been in south and central america for four years doing the same basic job. >> right. >> so i had quite a bit of experience. >> and you had some interesting expe

freeman said deal with them. he was not talking about an external inspection. he was talking about external and the rest of the premises. the real point is this board, this commission, the department itself submitted external pictures of my building that proved the work was done. she congratulated me on the work that was done. the whole side of the building was painted. there were only two points at issue. the north side of the building, which clearly demonstrated the work was done. she showed a picture of the front of the building, and i believe the picture indicated the south side of the building, which projects 3-5 feet where there was allegedly black paint. all of that was painted. the pictures submitted by the department prove it was painted. i proved it was painted. i stated under oath it was painted and all the work was done. that takes care of the violation. the only issue here is my refusal to allow entry into the building for them to do an inspection. that is not an issue that was ever before in its front of these procedures. the only way they can get

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>> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe , vermont, and honololulu, newman's own foundation, shell and union bank. >> said union bank of we work hard. we offer expertise and tailor solutions for small businesses and major corporations. ?hat can we do for you >> welcome. i am in singapore. >> the headlines this hour. the u.n. says it cannot cope without more peace monitors in syria. we have a special report from inside the country. >> and villages across the north, collective punishment. >> police in bahrain cleared the streets the head of the formula one grand prix. the first visit by the burmese head of state in more than three decades, and a special report on the growing number of pakistani women scarred for life by their husbands. it is 11:00 a.m. in houston. >> this is newsday. axe the mission in syria have yielded few results. attacks are escalating, and he is urging sending 300 more monitors. ian has just returned from where people have accused the government of breaking promises with deadly attacks on civilian areas. >> syria a

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>> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> hello. i am george alagiah. you are watching live coverage of the special court in sierra leone, where the presiding judge is ruling over the trial of the hacharles taylor. let's continue to listen to the presiding judge. we do seem to have lost that picture for the moment. as i said, this is the judgment day for the former liberian leader, charles taylor. the presiding judge is giving his verdict of 11 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. i think we can go over to the hague now and our correspondent, peter. peter, can you summarize what we have heard so far? it has been incredibly complex and complicated. >> the pres

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." >> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, shell, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news america." >> this is a " bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am katty kay. a call for a british rate -- a british media empire to go. not even a year in existence and preparing for battle. south sudan is it a new country ready to revive an old war. and it now california goes from -- and now california coast from paradise to nightmare. >> all that will be left is a salt pack, but toxic dust polluting california. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. a press inquiry in london shed light on the close ties between the british government and the media empire of rupert murdoch.

>> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> hello and welcome. >> not guilty, one of japan's most influential politicians is cleared of breaking fund-raising laws. rupert murdoch appears before the ethics inquiry denying he had -- ethics inquiry. >> that is a complete myth that i use the influence for supposed political power to get favorable treatment. >> liberia's former leader awaits its fate on war crimes charges. it is 11:00 in the morning in singapore. >> it is 4:00 in the morning in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and iran the world. -- in america and around the world. >> one of japan's most influential politicians has been found not guilty. of break

." >> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, shell, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> defying world opinion, north korea launches its controversial rockets. a fragile cease-fire in syria -- there are reports of breaches on both sides of the conflict. >> the florida man who shot an unarmed teenager appears in court for the first time. bad news from beijing, china's economy grows at its weakest rate in nearly three years. >> it is 11:00 in singapore. >> it is 4:00 in london. broadcasting to viewers in -- on pbs in america and around the world. north korea has launched a long- range rockets in defiance of international condemnation. the south korean defense ministry said it crashed into the sea shortly a

." >> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, shell, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> hello and welcome. >> rick santorum clears the way for mitt romney to take on barack obama for the presidency. >> we made this decision at her kitchen table against all the odds. we made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race is over -- >> fresh fighting in syria despite u.n. peace plan. " one of china's top politicians wife is questioned over the murder of a british businessman. it is 11:00 in the morning in singapore. >> it is 4:00 in the morning in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. america's republicans have been locked for months in a bruising fight to choose their party's candidate.