when they revolted against george iii, they did not view their causes a fight for novel freedoms. but rather, one to preserve liberties they traced to magna carta. boston's with within city limits, the colonialists invoked magna carta's guarantees in response to george iii's injustices. the massachusetts assembly declared the stamp act illegally because it was against magna carta and the natural rights of englishmen, and therefore, according to lord cook, null and void. john adams asserted that britain's restrictions on the jurisdiction of colonial courts violated the great charter. fellow bostonians james otis and samuel adams employed similar reasoning to challenge the writs of assistance and the towns and ask. banner for became a rallying opposition to british rule. te sealusetts' first stae se depicts the militia man with a sword in his right hand on a copy of magna carta in his left. there is no small irony in the fact that magna carta, a thement that cook viewed as right of englishmen, would become a cornerstone in our quest for freedom from british rule. now, from our persp

general howe and king george iii wanted lee to be hanged. when the continental congress got wind of this plan, it passed resolutions warning the doctrine of retaliation would be applied . if lee was harmed, captured officers this will be treated in a similar manner. john adams and his wife exchanged letters about the doctrine of retaliation. abigail favored a humane approach. let them reproach us for our kindness and tenderness to those who have fallen into our hands. i hope it will never provoke us to retaliate against their cruelties. john wrote back that while he admired her sentiments, we must practice retaliation to make the respect the rights of humanity. under the threat of retaliation, howe defended turning lee over. howe was informed that lee had resigned his commission. it had to be determined if he could be convicted of desertion. howe refused to treat lee like a normal prisoner. he had lee can find to two rooms. he made sure he was well fed and provided for, but he had no freedom of movement like other officers. in retaliation, c

the ridicule became too much for king george iii to stomach. a newspaper reported his majesty complains of the injustice done to prescott by the newswriters. this rumor of royalty favor caused the humorists pause for some weeks. the cease-fire ended with a september 20 addition of the "london evening post." it declared when general prescott was taken prisoner, all he was heard to say as they were bearing him out of the court "giveof the house was, me my breeches they returned to their favorite topic with relish. the "morning chronicle. abused andas been falsely accused. how could a man be neglectful of duty who was taken storming the fortress of beauty. "the london chronicle" capitalized on the fun of general prescott being carried off naked. what luarres there are to ruin a man? a nymph spoiled a general's mighty plan and gave him to the foes without his breeches. eventually, the writers became bored and moved on to the next topic. there is no credible evidence indicating prescott was found with a woman or stayed in the oberlin house to sleep

of, you know, being a great ballplayer. >> reporter: george iii is trying to make it in the nfl withouther josh who decided to stay his senior year at notre dame. >> i'm glad josh decided to get his degree. >> reporter: the twins played together at granada high school and later in south bend. george says having his dad's name is a blessing and a curse. >> i just came out first. you know? he could have came -- josh could have came out first and he would have been named george. >> josh says he pushed him out first. so [ laughter ] >> he got the opportunity. >> reporter: but who knows how much opportunity attkisson has to make the team. his entire childhood revolved around observing the successes and failures of nfl players. when dad was at the team facility so were his sons. >> one of my fondest memories actually, uhm, was when we had randy moss after practice, moss, uhm, my brother and another ball boy, uhm, had a little one-on-one tournament and randy moss was the quarterback and that was fun. >> reporter: atkinson didn't take his dad's number 43. instead, 34. plunged into the end zone

you've got to remember that the, you know, the original boston tea party was not just about king george iii's government. it was about the east india trading company, and the way that they were treating the merchants and the consumers in the colonies. and people hated them. and in fact, that's the tea that they were throwing overboard was east india trading company's tea. that spirit has been a part of america from the very beginning. so, you know, people are ready for that kind of politics. and if they see it beginning to work somewhere, then they take greater heart and they make a bigger effort and other people join with them. that's to me how you build a movement. >> jim hightower, thanks for joining me. >> my pleasure. >> get up, get down! corporate greed get out of town! >> we're in a bit of a crossroads. we can continue to go down a path of a low road economy where the fastest growing jobs are all poverty wage jobs. or we can start to chart a new path. >> if we're serious about changing the country and changing who our economy serves, and what values are underneath it, we've got to come

george iii confused the mississippi river with the gangis. and he was right, there were indians on the banks of both rivers. this new international border dividing the country had all kinds of problems. the british thought making a clear line down the middle of this enormous river that the border would in the words of one minister for stall all disputes. so we are not going to be able to see this. i have a massive paragraph. you have seen close-ups of the mississippi river and how serpentine it is today. it was more like this in the 18th century. this is after the army core of engineers tried to straighten. it was a complete mess. and mark twain observed the river plays havoc with boundary lines and jurisdiction. it is terrible way to divide the continent in half. the claims of european monarchs to vast north american domains were absurd. britain said there were no more rights to the continent than he had to the empire of china. to the residents there are real consequences that unfolded in the 1770s. the fortunes of native people along the mi

and incorporate into real age of the koch brothers as they were then under the hereditary rule of george iii and the loyalties in the company. and let -- angela davis said i've been asked to briefly sketched paine. and what to do that just briefly i would say that is "common sense, try to levet and "the age of reason" were the most widely read political essay of the century battling this country but your. "common sense" is credited with giving the war of independence its rhetorical fire and its vision of a non-hereditary state in the constitution. he gave us the terms united states and counterrevolution. and he lived long enough to see and participate in this why i would say in both. he died in greenwich village in 1809. "common sense," the idea, came with him from the uk where he was born in 1737 in the region

ryan white, who denied the pass to george atkinson iii, george atkinson the son of the great defensivee raiders. soul patrol with jack tatum, willie brown and skip thomas, that remarkable secondary and those incredible years for the raiders. his dad still a part of the organization. does a lot of broadcast work for them. his son trying to make the team. mcgloin to the end zone. that's a nice catch. again, brice butler. brice butler outbattling -- you talked about you've got to be the aggressor. >> phil: a couple nice contested catches and we knew why dennis allen called the time out. let these guys get more routes downfield. one thing about the raiders, not a dink-and-dunk offense. they hammer that football downfield when they throw it. a lot of pressure on the offensive line to provide time and then pressure on these quarterbacks to make downfield throws. >> jim: touchdown has been confirmed. they go for two. a running play. atkinson finds the end zone. >> jim: do you think they'll onside kick? atkinson able to go in for two. he grew up around this team as a young man. went off to pla

ryan white, who denied the pass to george atkinson iii, george atkinson the son of the great defensivee raiders. soul patrol with jack tatum, willie brown and skip thomas, that remarkable secondary and those incredible years for the raiders. his dad still a part of the organization. does a lot of broadcast work for them. his son trying to make the team. mcgloin to the end zone. that's a nice catch. again, brice butler. brice butler outbattling -- you talked about you've got to be the aggressor. >> phil: a couple nice contested catches and we knew why dennis n allecalled the time out. let these guys get more routes downfield. one thing about the raiders, not a dink-and-dunk offense. they hammer that football downfield when they throw it. a lot of pressure on the offensive line to provide time and then pressure on these quarterbacks to make downfield throws. >> jim: touchdown has been confirmed. they go for two. a running play. atkinson finds the end zone. >> jim: do you think they'll onside kick? atkinson able to go in for two. he grew up around this team as a young man. went off to pla

after all, our founding fathers had rebelled against the monarchy of king george iii, and what they were trying to establish was the importance of democracy and the power of the people. so the highest elevation was set .or the legislative house that became known as the united states capital. been banneker selected a site right in the heart of the city for the executive mansion as it was then called. this was to signify that the to live and work in the heart of the people that .e was to serve to this day, the executive mansion or the white house, as it has been known since the presidency of theodore roosevelt, is the only executive mansion in the world regularly open to the public, and this is very significant. it is a very important principle of american democracy, that any one of us can go and visit the white house. if you want to visit a member of congress, it takes a little time, but you can go a visit. it is very open and accessible to the public. you may have seen -- there has been some discussion about this in local media recently, but it was also said there should be no obstructio

george iii famously confused the mississippi river with the ganges, and as i write to point out he was right about one thing. they are indians on the banks of both rivers of. they had all kinds of problems. the british thought by making such a clear line right down the middle of this enormous river that the border would forestall all disputes. so we're not going to able to even see the. i have a massive photograph your defaults in close-ups of the mississippi river and just how serpentine it is today. i had a massive photograph showing that, which you won't see because of the animation. but he was even more serpentine in 18th century. this is after century of the army corps of engineers and 20th century trying to straighten out the mississippi. in 18th century it was a complete mess. as mark twain once observed, the river plays havoc with boundary lines and jurisdiction. if you can avoid to divide the continent in half. on the face of it the claims of the monarchs to the domains were absurd. as even some colonists recognized. britain said one had no more right or times of the continent

the corporate material age of the koch brothers as they were then under the hereditary rule of george iii and there were no eastern company. angela delayed -- angela davis called on us to consider our history. in order to do that briefly i would say is common sense rights of man and age of reason were the most widely read political essays of 18th century not only this country but at your command. common sense published in 1776 is credited with giving the war of independence its rhetorical fire in its vision of the nonhereditary state for the constitution pretty gave us us the terms united states and counterrevolution and he lived long enough to see and participate in this way i would say in both. he died in greenwich village, 1809. common sense, the idea came with him from the u.k. where he was born in 1737. his were rebellious times where the echoes of the levelers and the dickers hung in the air. common people who fought privatization and the enclosure planned and found themselves executed and incarcerated en masse because they demanded their natural-born right to the comments. paying a

georges a kinson iii will be on the practice squad. now, the rams cut michael sam, the first openly gay player to play in the nfl. he was a seventh round draft pick and now can either try fining a roster spot on another team or the rams can sign him to the practice squad if he can clear waivers. the kid can play. he'll end up somewhere. >> the world cup against finland. thompson, the slam. two points, the other slash brothers, steph curry, got in on the dunk. u.s.a. wins big. djokovic and andy murray, serena williams advance, and we'll be back with more college football. >> coming up, tactics used by a terrorist group. a look another how isis is building its ranks and the latest country to go on alert. >> pot problem. this illegal marijuana grow had a big environmental grow in california. >> banning plastic bags statewide. the move gets arming momentum. what it could american for businesses and consumers. >>> the fbi and the department of homeland security say they have seen no specific credible threat of a terrorist attack on the u.s.

the paris we see today is the paris napoleon iii and his chief officer in charge of the reconstruction of paris george houseman. that is the paris we know today. with the grand boulevards, opening up of avenues, planting of all of the trees, so forth was all done during the napoleon iii epic and the bell hawk as well. and then came another revolution. first the impression war and after that another regime took charge and there was a french civil war where they slaughtered each other in the most atrocious fashion irrespective of men, woman and children. and many americans were witnesses to this. sometimes to their detriment and other times part of the adventure of that experience in their life. mary putnum was the first american woman to get a degree in medicine from the school and refused to leave during the siege of paris and the commune. very difficult time and dangerous time to be there. she was determined to get her degree and didn't leave. she came back to be one of the leading figures in american medicine. c-span: how many americans you wrote about died in paris? >> guest: relatively few. some d

that pairs that we see today is really the paris that napoleon iii and his chief officer in charge of the reconstruction of paris, george, that's the paris we know today with the grand boulevards, the opening up of avenues, the planting of all the trees, the expansion and so forth was all done by that napoleon iii pick. and then came another revolution, or came the franco prussian war, and then another regime took charge after the defeat of the common art, as they were called, which, in fact, the french civil war when they slaughtered each other in the most a coaches fashion, irrespective, men, women children. just a hideous bloodbath in paris. and the americans, many of them, were witnesses to this. and sometimes to their detriment and other times just as part of the adventure of that experience in their life. one of the most admirable of all is a young woman named mary putnam who was the first american woman to get a degree in medicine, school of medicine who refuse to leave during the siege of paris and the commune. very dangerous time to be there, very difficult time. people were starving to death. because she was d