. >> his name is henry hamilton, 77 years old and still every day goes to work where he taught and was the principal. >> he could have retired years ago for more money than he would make working. but then he wouldn't be working. >> what a guy. >> reporter: it's the kids at whitney houston academy in new jersey that keep their principal's toes tapping. >> they keep me up. >> reporter: 77-year-old henry hamilton has been an educator for nearly 57 years. 47 of them spent right here molding minds in pre-k through 8th. >> there's not enough time in the day for what i need to do for my youngsters. >> a lot of young minds. >> reporter: 15 years ago, he was eligible for retirement, but chose to keep working even after he was offered a buyout. >> i think the man above will let me go when it's time to leave. >> reporter: his former students include the late whitney houston and many other success stories. hamilton says each one is as important as the next. >> i let them know that they're valuable. i let them know that they're intelligent. >> he makes houston academy what houston academy is. >> re

. >> reporter: joyce hamilton henry with the aclu says it's a problem that affects two million floridians. take a look at when we found. under governor jeb bush from 2002 to 2006, more than 72,000 chris restored voting rights to 155,000 people. governor scott, only 1500 people had their voting rights restored from 2011 to 2014. >> i think it raises your level of concern about what is going on here. >> reporter: former governor chris says his numbers were high because he implemented automatic reregistration rights for nonviolent offenders. once they finish their sentence, they get their voting rights back. governor so the removed that policy. >> it looks political by and learn. i think that's sad. >> reporter: governor scott declined to go on camera but says that they need to show that they can live a life free of crime. >> another board is coming. have hope. >> reporter: we reached out to all four members of the board. they all declined to go on camera. those that responded are posting written statements on our website. on new legislation that will help nonviolent offenders get their voti

but the sons of alexander hamilton and henry knox washington did patrick winik -- on the next week. he much preferred life at home for he was thoroughly spoiled by his grandmother and all the servants. for the washington's, the levy, the trying word -- drawing room to tuesday levy was strictly ford gentleman and occupied an hour from 3:00 until 4:00 in the afternoon. washington the host was a majestic figure at these assemblies. his great height and power from the old marked him out in his habit of silence was unnerving. he appeared still more regal when he adopted a suit of black felt that following his mother's death in august, 1789 and the portrait is of washington and that black velvet coat against the gold and crimson background. he is as splendid as any european monarch but he is the president. regardless of what the anti-federalists -- when not on parade washington war undress her everyday dress or would have visiting grandson described as pepper and salt close, a sort of cloth tweet. martha hosted the friday reception in the drawing room. husbands brought their wives and dau

like henry lawrence of south carolina or lafayette of france or hamilton from the york.and he kept his ow if you should be a leader. many slaves were owned by his wife but this is not the trend of the future but two wlin was switched. people can ujiji washington to change. asking that both be brought to them. and tore up the blood to basket it could be burned.tion, that contains the freeing of the slaves. and he must have believedory. this act would send a message to the teacher. unfo that is how he said debt. they eggs for covering it has been a delight to be here. [inaudible conversations] spare good evening. what i want to thank you for joy guests this cd. laurel will discuss her books this evening. with the marriage of the mother and father with thehe struggle of independence.tion td already hailed as a beecher work with a contribution of the joy into the complexities for the nation's first lady. >> established it honors the 83 giant many of you know, well and should be recognized. [applause] they told the when i took the job but is still calling with great ideas i ames grateful fo

and hamilton's treasury department was much larger than the rest of the government combined. henrynox started the war department with a dozen people. jefferson started the state department with half a dozen people. hamilton started with hundreds of people. the country was bankrupt and we had to collect revenues. that is why hamilton was more like the prime minister than merely a treasury secretary. charlie: was his ambition to be president? >> i think his ambition was certainly to be president. a lot of people imagine because he was foreign-born that he could not be, but the constitution says you have to be 35 years old, nativeborn, or a citizen of the united states for at least 14 years at the time of the ratification of the constitution. hamilton, coincidental or not, had been here for 15 years. he could have been president. charlie: do you believe these men follow themselves -- thought of themselves as immortal? that they thought and understood that they were historic characters? >> i think absolutely they did. i wrote a biography of george washington and washington, when compla

hamilton. so although they are kind of remixed, the jackson democrats, the henry clay whigs, they are kind of the next generation of politics. and it's this party system, this is the second party system that i want to focus on. now, in order to move us from parties to political culture, i want to introduce you to this concept. it's a concept that i think will be useful for us to think about. parties. i have broken parties into two sets of components. it's people. it's the leaders. it's the issues. it's the organization. people. and it's actions. we are talking about campaigns, platforms, elections. parties are focused on these things. really, a way of talking about political parties is a group of organized people taking action for a certain result. that's the role of the party. the party's role is to gain power through all these things, elections, campaigns. now, political culture is a little different and it can be said to be a more capacious view of politics, because it includes beliefs, these are more abstract things like norms or values or attitudes. and it includes elements of power, things

and so people like some of his aides, like henry lawrence of south carolina, or most creately, lafayette of france, or hamiltonof new york were saying, no, slavery has to end x you should be a leader of it. he didn't go that far. and he kept his own slaves. of course, many of his slaves were owned by his wife. but he was always pulled by this desire that this is not the trd

daniel hamilton and connecticut former met relief pitcher henry mejia says he will challenge major league baseball suspended for performance enhancing drugs. mejia says mlb orchestrate the whole thing, which baseball denies. mejia's lawyers say it is a conspiracy. >> they cannot run america's pastime like a bad '70s cop movie. >>> mets nationals. stevensteven strassberg looking good. tanaka making another good start. look goods for opening day. offense comes through as well. yanks beat the o's. the big sports weekend on tap for us. behnke's got you covered. >> i like that, rob. >> i like it. >> rob behnke has us covered. i love it. >> good energy, rob. >> much more ahead. >> parents in jersey city camped outside for days all for pre--k registration. why this school is in such high demand. >> and why a trip to the dentist ended with a young girl suffering severe brain damage. we'll have those stories plus that sunken tugboat near the tappan zee. we'll follow that for you as well. first, right over to amy. >> we're looking at beautiful skies. right now it's 40s in the city and 30s and freez

parks of hamilton county is trying to gather information from the public about how to improve facilities. so tonight ... a first listening session. it's from six to eight- thirty at william henry harrison high school's activity center on west road. great parks staff will be there to outline some plans for the parks and get feedback. more listening sessions will be held throughout the county over the next two months. 3 this morning we know the numbers.. 41 percent of election day. and the big day hit a snag in southwest ohio.. when a judger ordered polls to stay open late. but there is some discrepancy about how it played out. here's local 12's joe webb. 3 this is a copy judge dlott's order. she says it was time-stamped at 7:21 and sent to secretary of state jon husted's office.husted has a different story. we got a call at 7:32, 2 minutes after the polls were to have closed from somebody in federal judge susan dlott's office letting us know the judge had provided an oral order for us to hold the polls open in hamilton, butler, clermont and warren counties until 8:30 pm.husted says he received no written order until 8:13. regardless, hamilton county voters voted up until 7:30 a

hamilton scored 32 in the game and connecticut wins this quadruple overtime. >>> the jets meat with robert griffin iii yesterday. still want to sign ryan fitzpatrick. former met relief pitcher henry mejia will challenge ha lifetime ban from major league baseball. he was permanently suspended after a third positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. but he says mlb orchestrate the denies. conspiracy. >> it leads me to understand they cannot run america's pastime like a bad owe 70s cop movie. >> mets nationals yesterday. three innings giving up one run on three hits. it comes off the bat of juan la garris. he gives up three runs just it goes off and the mets lose up 9-5. >>> yankees/orioles, tanaka another good day for him. one hit, no runs, three strikeouts. offense comes in brian mccannes drives in. another big sports weekend. whatever what happens i'm rob powers. i'll see you back here on monday. >>> much more ahead on "eyewitness news" saturday morning including a live look at today's top stories. >> one person dead, two missing after a tugboat crashes in the hudson river near the tappan zee bridge. i'm marcus put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunki