the result over time was that we ended up with a national policy of free education for all george washington took us liberal and we've been moving that way ever since and so with this massive progressive victory in two thousand and twelve with more democrats than republicans even got votes for the house of representatives the democratic party is in a crossroads. will a return of the liberal roots of thomas jefferson the founder of the party and its standard bearers like f.d.r. and j.f.k. or will they take the third way it discredited conservate dems like ben nelson blanche lincoln and erskine bowles at the end of his second term in office f.d.r. faced this exact same problem with his party he wanted to go even more progressive bringing in democratic socialists are functionally democratic socialist call themselves democrat henry wallace as his vice president party was rebelling saying they wanted a model so f.d.r. wrote a letter to the party saying in the century in which we live the democratic party has received the support of the electorate only when the party with absolute clarity as been

didn't you see george washington? oh, yes. a perfectly appropriate place. what do you mean?here's nothing to make an englishman ( bleep ) faster than the picture of george washington. he had hundreds. he could tell these on a dime. he fhe could be here, you would love him. >> stephen: what happened to him? ( laughter ) i'd love to have him on. no, every president-- every presidentue said every president sort of sees themselves in a historical context, compares themselves to a predecessor in the white house. who-- who do you think he is if you're going to compare him to someone earlier, obama, to some earlier president, and then who does he think he is? >> well, there's no question once they get in the white house, it's the only contest left. where do you fit in history? you walk around and you see all those pictures. do you want to be milliard fillmore, franklin pierce? no. you want to be lincoln. you want to be f.d.r. you want to be roosevelt. and i think he sees himself as a figure in history. and that's a good thing. it means he wants to be remembered in time for having d

george washington and f.d.r. in the top three and lincoln is number one, and fourth, thomas jefferson. i'm so impressed that you got to write the book. what gives thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence, the right to be up there with the top three? del there are three things. one, he doubled the size of the country with the louisiana purchase, seizing a moment that might have slipped away. napoleon rethought this real estate deal and jefferson moved more quickly, got it done. i think he ratified in his political career, in his presidency, the promise of the declaration and the spirit of the declaration by turning the country in a republican direction aftered federalism of washington and adams. he believed that the revolution of 1800 was as significant as the revolution of 1776. and i think his essential understanding of the politics of the personal relationship he left as a model of socialability, of retail politics, that really has endured. chris: michael beschloss, do you think he's ther

c 7 news at 5:00. >> george washington university in the rankings + >> at george washington university is often ranked in schools of the country. >> the ranking has been taken away and students are upset. >> we paid it go there, and we out it is not ranked? we are extremely annoyed. >> they found out that their d anymore. not ranke they officially moved the school to the unranked category after learning the university was reporting data over past decade. >> we are paying a lot of money if we are not ranked any think it is ridiculous. >> i know i looked at the world longerand the fact is no further complicates application dollar around. >> their reported 78% of the rank in the top 10%, but the actual number was r less. only 58%. >> that they were messing with figures and they got caught. >> if it was intentional, that is a problem. >> the president says it was a system and reporting not intentional. >> it is certainly an error, you don't want to find out something like but you have an obligation it and make sure it not happen again. >> the printed publication doesn't come out for anothe

but whether or not business is a provincial and i've reviewed the fact that george washington really of all of the presidency is probably more into business than any of the other second term presidents come and lincoln had clients in business and was very effective there that he himself managed his own affairs very well and of course we had hoover who could not communicate with the one months of his policies were adopted by roosevelt, deconstruction, finance corps for one that he couldn't communicate. he couldn't put together leadership skills, and of course both truman and grant were huge failures in business, and george h. w. bush it will probably be an example of a president who was very successful in business and an effective administrator but he didn't communicate very well in the public and he lost after his first term, so i would say that i think there were some candidates out there that have the strength of character and this is over the years in the republican and democratic party governor. romney is now a senator from virginia who had a great depth of character who have sel

george washington b. thomas jefferson c. john adams the answer:c.s president george washington commissioned the building of the white house during his term as president. however, construction was not completed until three years into the term of america's second president john adams. president adams and his family moved from philadelphia, pennsylvania to the white house in 1800. it is a collection day. rain is imminent. we have some reports of snow to the west of us. the wind chills make it feel like it is a low 30's. dew point is 33. the water temperature is at 47. a big storm coming up the east coast. this is less than a week and a half after sandy hit the midlantic coast. by thursday we should be getting up to the upper 50s. here is when it gets seriously warmer. on saturday and sunday. there's quite a demarcation between the cold air that come in monday. there could be heavy rain as that happens. look at the pressure gradient right there. this will sit there and spendin. it is going to sit there and do its thing for a while. we will widen the vie

. >> george washington university wants to ban smoking on campus. that has students and faculty members at said. >> they took part in a special protest. >> of these students to announced a new george washington university policy. they gathered on campus to do something they will not be able to do when george washington university goes ahead with its plan to make the school healthier. >> a scheduled a campus wide band. >> these smokers do not dispute the health dangers. they said for some smokers to retreat from campus and poses a different kind of danger. >> 3:00 a.m., you want to have a cigarette after you've had a couple of drinks. >> no smoking on campus property even outdoors. 25 feet away from buildings when standing on public property. >> 25 feet away from a building is the middle of the road. we might be smokers but we're not that suicidal. we are forced off campus and that becomes a security issue. >> not everyone here is an agreement. >> it is not like -- it is courtesy for other people. >> a large number of students looks forward to the ca

hologram george washington, everybody.e'll be right back. wíwíwí;=;=; [crowd cheering] do you want the -- [crowd cheering] tim kaine is the new senator from virginia. he has defeat george allen. senate race too close to doll and patrick murphy and alan west in florida 96% of the precincts reporting. 50% for mr. murphy, 50% for allen they are ooing a house race in florida. junkies, ladies and gentlemen. by the way, not political junkies, junkies. [laughter] so that's it. the house remains in the republican control, the senate is in democratic control barack obama is still the president. let's hope that these past four years of obstruction and difficulty, the fever has broken. even though the players remain the same perhaps the fever has broken and as chris christie and the president learned in new jersey when we forget the party bickering and political [bleep] we can accomplish certain things even for people who have lost their houses. it's a remarkable lesson for all of us. that is all for our show tonight. join us again t

>> guest: we absolutely don't learn the full story about george washington, and one of the reasons i wrote america's hidden history and a nation rising-was to tell those stories the schoolbooks do leave out, and particularly about washington. most americans unfortunately still have the cherry tree story in mind when they think of young washington. the story is completely manufactured by a man who didn't know washington and made these stories up as a kind of reader for children, couched morality tales in terms of washington's life. so the cherry tree story we can dismiss. but unfortunately every president's day we'll see the actors come out with an axe on their shoulder and they're going to chop down the prices on cars, and so that's stereo type gets perpetuated. most people never hear the story of the do -- the true story of going out into the virginia wilderness, when he was a teenager, with some men who were very important in his life, his first surveying expedition, if you well, and he writes about laying down next to a fire one night, his first night out in the woods, and first un

hologram george washington, everybody. we'll be right back. [crowd cheering] do you want the -- [crowd cheering] tim kaine is the new senator from virginia. he has defeat george allen. senate race too close to doll and patrick murphy and alan west in florida 96% of the precincts reporting. 50% for mr. murphy, 50% for allen they are ooing a house race in florida. junkies, ladies and gentlemen. by the way, not political junkies, junkies. [laughter] so that's it. the house remains in the republican control, the senate is in democratic control barack obama is still the president. let's hope that these past four years of obstruction and difficulty, the fever has broken. even though the players remain the same perhaps the fever has broken and as chris christie and the president learned in new jersey when we forget the party bickering and political [bleep] we can accomplish certain things even for people who have lost their houses. it's a remarkable lesson for all of us. that is all for our show tonight. join us again tomorrow at our regularly schedu

is it fair to say george washington, maybe we don't learn the full story about george washington? >> we absolutely don't learn the full story about george washington and one of the reasons nation" and "a nation rising: untold tales of flawed founders, fallen heroes, and forgotten fighters from america's hidden history" is to tell those stories that schoolbooks leave out particular about george washington. most americans unfortunately still have feet cherry tree story in mind when they think of young washington. the story completely manufactured by adman who didn't know washington and made these stories up, a reader for children couched morality tale in terms of washington's life so the cherry tree story we can dismiss but unfortunately every president's day we will see the actors come out with an ax on their shoulder to job down the prices on cars. that stereotype of washington gets perpetuated. most people never hear the story of a 16-year-old washington, a true story from his own riding of going out into the virginia wilderness when he is a teenager with some men who were very i

the competitive battle between a president and congress bates to the fight george washington had with congress over the jay treaty and. he had won approval only after considerable effort working directly with members of congress, compromising and cajoling. that was with the congress having a majority of right thinking federalists and a president who is revered as a national hero. when the democrats won a majority in congress eisenhower worked quietly behind the scenes with the senate majority leader lyndon johnson to gain approval of his legislative agenda. ronald reagan developed a close relationship with democratic speaker of the house tip o'neill. somehow fulfill his legislative goals, compromise as they were. it might be cynical to postulate some of nixon's liberal legislation was prompted by his desire to get along with a democratic controlled congress. woodrow wilson was a target of the republican party that wanted to even many a squabble with the president. he defeated william howard taft and theodore roosevelt. and the league of nations. that would vent republican party hostil

still to come, why george washington university has been stripped of a coveted education ranking. >>> a debilitating disease may have left >>> welcome back. 4:45. denver post reports james holmes rammed his head into a jail cell wall. the 24-year-old was due in court today but the judge postponed the hearing. his attorney did not give details on his condition. >>> today on capitol hill the owner of a pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak will be in the hot seat today. he is not expected to say very much. he refused to testify in front of a house committee yesterday citing his fifth amendment right. the fda told a congressional panel it needs more authority to regulate compounding pharmacies. the outbreak linked to the deaths of 42 people. 460 people have gotten sick in 19 states, including virginia and maryland. >>> jurors saw graphic cell phone video moments after dominique frazier was stabbed to death. alexis simpson was acting in self-defense and the stabbing was accidental. the roommates got into a fight over loud music in their dorm room. simpson was bullied and

a novel about george washington. are you retreating into fiction because reality isn't that good for republicans right now? (laughter) why write fiction about our history. >> because it allows people who think of history as dull --. >> stephen: yes, me. (laughter) >> -- to realize history is about people. it's about the way people make decisions with challenges they face, the tensions they live through. >> stephen: but you wrote this book -- this book just came out. you must have been working on this while you were running for president. >> yes. >> stephen: were you phoning in the campaign or phoning in the book. which is the two? you can't do two things that well. >> well, i didn't. (laughter) >> stephen: oh, that's right, you're not president of the united states. well said. now, why washington for you. what is compelling about this guy? i mean, everybody's into lincoln right now. you've got spielberg's lincoln, you've good doris kearns goodwin lincoln, o'riley wrote about killing lincoln. why is washington your li

i'm bob woodruff, for "nightline," atop of the george washington bridge. >> wow.druff for that. >>> we have a final news note for you tonight. despite rising hopes through the day, as of tonight, there is no cease-fire in the conflict gripping the middle east. israel and hamas, the militant group that governs the gaza strip, they did edge a bit closer to a deal to stop the fighting after days of escalating missile attacks that have the world fearing a full-scale war is about to break out. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today, as part of this intense diplomatic efforts that are new under way. hamas, at one point, said a deal had been reached with israel. as of now, the fighting and the dying continues. "good morning america" is going to have the latest on that conflict in the morning. and lots of other stories. thanks for watching abc news. jimmy kimmel's coming up next. we'll see you here tomorrow. >>> up next on an all-new "jimmy kimmel live." >> here's a black friday shopping tip for you. find out who i

we know of course that george washington kept slaves, thomas jefferson kept slaves. the attacks about liberty, equality, fighting for freedom, that they were going back to plantation, utterly dependent on human beings that they owned. so that is the reality. washington and jefferson were both uncomfortable with slavery. they thought it would end. they certainly were none of their time. but let's look once again to this thing we been tiptoeing about, the electoral college. of course any idea of electors was introduced, it was a compromise between election by the people on one hand, which the framers of the constitution that was one step away from mob rule and election by the legislature come in the congress the president. these are two traces they came up with that person if they were debating the presidency. of course that produces a compromise. we will have the people do it. we want the legislature do it. we will have a lectures to it. they are wise enough and have time and be educated and informed enough to make a great decision. that at least is what it meant in er

it overroad the fact that first of all, i should mention george washington integrated the american army in 17 ape blacks fought through the war in washington's army. and jefferson never once says governor offered freedom to any of his slaves who would fight for the american cause. but the disloyalty of relatively small number of slaves perceived of loyalty they were running the freedom. he own slaves martin hemmings, caesar, and great george had risked they're lives to save jefferson's life and property during the war. jefferson knew this very well when he was writing notes on the state of virginia. it didn't play in to his calculations. and anyway, i would bring up -- [inaudible] that's going a little bit too far. >> yeah. >> we . >> yes? [inaudible] part of the letter by thomas raldolf describing the whipping was boys was enlighted in the farm boot of monocello that was edited in 1953 how could you find that piece. >> like everybody else in the early 2001s, i was still rely on the 1950s edition of the farm book that contains a fake similarly of the actual rebellinger with 500 other pa

take a look at this sting operation video at george washington university's bookstore. one of the men placed the new books on the table. another boxes them up and takes them to the loading dock, where they were picked up. the books were resold online. the men stole $200,000 worth of textbooks from december of 2010 to january of 2011. >> feels like they're stealing from the university, and all the students who paid for the books originally. i don't think it's a good thing. >> one of the men will be sentenced next friday. the other three will be sentenced in january. >>> police are looking for two men they say robbed a recording studio right after recording a rap song there. ♪ police are looking for the men singing that song. it's called larry hoover. police say the robbery happened early yesterday morning at copy cats studio in laurel. police say the suspects got away with the victims' wallets and phones. no one was hurt. >>> the president of one of virginia's colleges says he's terribly disappointed with students' reactions to president obama's victory saturday night. t

the antecedents are mixed up. >> you go to comparatively george washington but washington of course freed the slaves on his death. >> actually after 10 years of trying. >> you wrote about it in your last book, but no one of course took this issue on while they were president because it would be political suicide and in fact jefferson recognized at the end of his life that would not only be suicide but potential civil war with the missouri compromise which talks about -- and he recognizes that the great war of the country itself would not necessarily be in europe which would lead to fighting between regimes that could well be in this new nation fighting between slavery and independence. and jefferson does give his own reasons for not freeing his slaves. you are quite right, he never intended to free them even if he had not -- but he did argue that to do so would be civil war and the only solution would be a colonization scheme in which all of slaves would move to another region whether it be the caribbean in the west or back to africa and of course you could argue that was just self-justif

look at this video at george washington university's bookstore. campus police set up cameras after thousands of dollars in textbooks went missing last december. federal prosecutors say darrelle coleman shown in the dark shirt and apron places the new books on a table. kyle puts the books in boxes,s in the red shirt. and another man police say is also involved. the boxes are dropped off at the bookstore's loading box and the well-known hot dog vendor picks it up. prosecutors fell us this scheme went on from december 13, 2010, to january 19, 2011. today a jury found the group guilty of conspiracy and theft, stealing -- get this -- $200,000 in textbooks. >> it's like they were stealing from the university. >> reporter: jordan mandel is surprised how lynn is involved. >> you wouldn't expect a hot dog man to be stealing textbooks. >> reporter: prosecutors say he sold the stolen textbooks online. this man told me naun is his brother and he doesn't want to talk. the police says -- i am proud of our officers' wron going effort and dead occasion to investi

george washington is a great university.egyn: i predict someone will make the argument. >> if you hustle you can make something of yourself.

they were all university graduates who except for george washington, and george washington was one whoducated himself. he read more than 6,000 books to read the constitution didn't give liberty to the ordinary man. it turned over to replace the king of the president. it gave the same rights as parliament had the couldn't tax us without our competition, it did the constitution did not provide liberty for the american people for the property of the elite and was white male property elite that ran this country for the first years of the nation. >> when does he discuss where slavery came from? >> he believe in justice and he felt this was a great evil but most of the leaders did feel that george washington early on there is no man who more sincerely more than all i want to see them in slavery in this country. they called it the great evil. it's been invented by the english and spanish and french. long before the founding fathers were born when their fathers and grandfathers were alive, there were only about 15 or 20,000 slaves in this country and the people in virginia petitioned the queen

their freedom and even more slaves have shown to the american cause and overrode the fact that george washington integrated the american army in 1775. blacks fought for what the war and washington's army, and jefferson never once as the governor offered freedom to any of his slaves who would fight for the american cause for a relatively small number of slaves during the loyalty and of the loyalty of all of the others and then he wrote this fantasy and virginia that black people could never have because they had been held in the slavery and a great george granger but risk their lives to save jefferson's life and property jefferson knew this very well when he was writing his notes in the state of virginia and it just didn't play into his calculations. but anyway, i would bring up cassandra because that is going a little bit too far. >> yes? 1953 how could you find that peace? >> well, it is because like everybody else in the early 2000's i was still relying on the 1950's edition of the book which contains the facsimiles of the photographic actual merger with 500 other pages of documents and letter

an assessment on the george washington university campus is causing quite the uproar after the universityhe u.s. news and world report's list of the nation's best colleges. >> the university admits a mistake in calculating the high school class rankings of incoming freshmen. bob barnard explains. >> reporter: on gw's foggy bottom campus, students were coming up to us asking if the university's ranking scandal was what we were here to talk about. >> i think it is upsetting because it is kind of deceiving. >> i think it is like a decade- long mistake just in the methodology. that is a little bit disconcerting. >> reporter: in its september issue, u.s. news and world report released its annual ranking of the nation's colleges placing gw51st on that prestigious list. after university officials recently told the magazine it was overreporting by 20% the number of freshmen ranked in the top 10% of their high school classes, u.s. news wiped gw off the list. >> it is a little embarrassing that the admissions staff did mess up a lot. they said 78 and it was actually 58. that is a bigger. >> reporte

that's where george washington lived.ilt the white house for eight years, cost $232,000 to build the white house. a bargain in today's dollars, but not back then. john adams and abigail moved in in 1800. >> back across to kathy. >> holly jean gifford, can you believe it upstate new york? who was the youngest person to become president, was it james polk, theodore roosevelt, john f. kennedy or bill clinton? >> john f. kennedy. >> that's what i thought, too. >> she's wrong. the correct answer there is -- >> theodore roosevelt. i have all their ages. >> tell us. 1901, theodore roosevelt became president at the age of 42 years and 322 days, youngest president. after his, kennedy, 43 bill clinton, third youngest, 46, then ulysses s grant and barack obama, fifth youngest president, sworn in at 47 years and 169 days. >> wow. back across to kath. >> nice lady from upstate new york what is the name of the new nbc television series based on a family at the white house, like "life at the white house """commander in chief" "1600 penn

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i'm thinking about george washington in particular.onder from the standpoint of looking back from today what would a slave owning founding father or what did a slave owning founding father have to do to get a favorable sort of legacy today historically? >> well, i'm not really judging those people by my standards or our standards. i try to judge them by the standards of the time, and it's a good thing to bring up george washington because, as you said, george washington freed his slaves and he actually struggled for ten years to try to find a way to do it. and he actually proposed to a relative that they free all the slaves at mt. vernon by setting them free and then hiring them right back as free people. so, you know, washington didn't have any problems with doing that and he also never thought that -- never said that black people were inferior. jefferson said that, and i don't think that he actually believed it because he was surrounded by slaves who were extremely competent who supported him in a very, very lavish lifestyle. and als

and so does george washington.me something-- as a historian, do you get any funny feelings when you wander around philadelphia? >> mccullough: now, morley, you understand, i don't believe in ghosts. you... you... that's clear. >> safer: okay. >> mccullough: but at night, walking up market street or chestnut street, going past where they all lived and convened, it gets very quiet. i know that they're here. they really... you feel it. you feel it. walk around at night. walk over to the cemetery at christ church just up the way here. you'll feel it. >> safer: you might feel it too at the city tavern, the watering hole for franklin and the others, where, after hours, they plotted revolution. >> mccullough: this is the place where george washington and john adams first met. this was the hangout, and it was loud, it was lively. well, i would like to start with mr. washington's beer. and say, "here's to our founding father." >> safer: the beer is from washington's own recipe. and you wonder, looking at the examples of col