brian: how did james madison get into politics? mary: he begins in politics and he serves locally but he serves in the va legislature and it's during those years that he becomes friends with thomas jefferson and also becomes very much antagonistic to people like patrick henry and the lees in virginia. he begins to dislike the virginia legislature. he felt that the virginia legislature was counter to national interest. madison is part of a group of people who want the government to move towards national stronger power and want to be respected by the union countries and pay the soldiers off and want commercial regulation and want all sorts of things and see the va legislature and other state legislature as working against those interests solely for the sort of individual interests of each state. brian: i don't know whether you directly do this, but i get the impression that george washington and hamilton are one side and madison and jefferson are on the other side. i'm not sure that's right. what is the difference between hamilton an

tell us what you can about james madison.hen you walk around there you realize everyone was a lot shorter than you think they are. except for george washington. there is a couple of people who by modernut it is not standards. he was the eldest son of a prominent person and held a lot of slaves. he had left virginia to go to college at what is now princeton. he had served in the virginia legislature and then what we call the confederation of congress. he was born in 1751. he was not really old enough to be a big player in the revolution. thetime will come with generation that helped form the country, not with the generation that fights for independence. quiet, fairly studious. brian: what did he study? learned mary:t he ? he studied very quickly. everyone talks about how he tried to get through pretty quickly. he studied political thought, a lot of political thought, the college was very much run by people who were at that moment interested in scottish enlightenment and european political philosophy and madison really seems to

buildings of our .apital gutted by fire americans called the war of 1812, madison's war, because james madison and his them toence cabinet declare war on britain and innovative canada, -- invade canada. madison and his war secretary left the city of washington undefended. when he realized the mistake, he pleaded with james monroe to become the secretary of state and then to become secretary of war on the to hold the two positions simultaneously. monroe all that went into battle to protect washington, but it was too late. so he took all the men he could muster to baltimore to protect it. that battle raged through the night, but at dawn, our flag was still there and the british retreated, thanks largely to the brilliance of james monroe. by the capital building and the presidential mansion as it was called, had been gutted by fire. they slathered on codes of white paint to cover the black exterior of the president's house, and that is when it got its name, the white house. it was elizabeth munro -- monroe, the first lady to live in it after the war, who turned it into america's most beautiful ho

wait, wait, wait. [ cheers and applause ] little-known fact, how tall was james madison? >> james madison was the shortest, he was 5'4" and weighed less than a hundred pounds. >> so he was in shape. >> apparently. apparently he was. >> okay, all right. a back to you, hoda woman. >> i weighed less than a hundred pounds in fifth grade. what is your name? >> where are you from? >> katy, texas. >> here we go. ex teperts estimate the average person consumes about a pound of this every year. dust, insects, or hair? >> insects. >> insects. [ bell ringing ] you're right! [ cheers and applause ] a sound in a sound in. >> a whole pound every year. >> like flies and -- >> it's a mix. the fda allows a certain amount of insect parts and rodent hairs in all of your food as long as it's not bad for your health which -- >> well, how can rodent hair be good for it? >> it's protein, so are insects. it's technically good. >> but a pound is a lot. it must depend where you live? >> well, depends on what you eat. both. but you eat? >> peanut butter. >> it's in peanut butter? that's a rodent i

multiple proposals would ensue but many like james madison, a slave owner himself. believed that relocation was the best option and helped develop the american colonization society. an organization that relocated black people to the west african country of liberia. he said the two races cannot coexist both being free and equal. encapsulating the original sentiments of racial strife that continues to plague many parts of the nation. despite their optimism for emancipation slavery expanded rapidly. forcing many to question how a country could be sustained when it was so deeply divided over its primary economic institutions. for george washington, slavery was a normal part of his life. at the age of 11 his dying father bequeathed his large virginia plantation to the young washington. which included the inheritance of 10 slaves. he ambitiously expanded his and holdings and purchased around eight more slaves as a young adult. he knew that marriage was a key factor. marrying martha custis dramatically expanded his holdings in human property. by the time of his death, more

james madison who followed jefferson as a fourth president of the united states owns over 100 slaves, holding a large percentage while he occupied the white house. he is responsible for composing and expanding the compromise which guarantees the south held a disproportionate influence on congress to preserve and uphold slaveowning interest. >> tyler perry, and african-american studies professor at california state university on the 12th american presidents who were labeled as, eight of them while in office. for the complete history schedule, go to c-span.org. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, the national security team at the center for american progress examines last week speech by secretary ashton carter on the reforms being made to the goldwater nichols act being touted as the most sweeping in a generation. gerald ryle, the director of the international consortium of inve

which takes a critical look at the notes that james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention. >> madison took those notes on sheets of paper and he folds them in half. he writes across the front, the middle, and on the backside. at some point, he sold them together-- sewed them into a manuscript. one of the last things we noticed down there was the last quarter did not match with the earlier one which confirmed my suspension that the end had been written later. but you cannot see that on the microfilm. it was a wonderful thing to see that in person. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. et q&a

"q&a," mary on sarah bilder looks at the notes that james madison wrote during and after the constitutional onvention of 1787. brian: mary sarah bilder, you have a book called "madison's hand: revising the constitutional convention." what's it about? mary: it's the notes of madison's

mary sarah bilder discusses her book "madison's hand," which takes a critical look at the notes james madison wrote during after the constitutional convention of 1787. >> mary sarah bilder, you have a book out called "madison's hand," revising the constitutional convention. what's it about? a biography of the notes madison's notes. madison was the only framer we know of who took complete notes summer. the book argues actually that the notes weren't written in the summer they wrote the constitution. but madison's record is the most important account of that summer. >> when did you get this idea? >> i thought i'd write a narrative of the notes, a sort of what it would have been like from madison's perspective. and as i began to investigate them, is and read realized there were a lot of mysteries. i had weren't quite how expected them to be. and as i spent a lot of time with the notes and really access at the library of congress, it became evident importantmost document wasn't really what we thought it was. >> where are the notes at the of congress, and how hard was it for you to see them? >> th

james madison who followed jefferson is the fourth president of the united states owned more than 100laves holding a large percentage while he occupied the white house. for proposingble and expanding the 3/5 compromise the guaranteed the south disproportionate influence in congress to preserve and uphold slavery. slaves, pauln jennings, published a memoir of his experiences as a slave to the president. nature, it casually inserts his deepest criticisms toward dolly madison. one of his grievances surrounded her reluctance to deliver payments owed to him as she kept quote the last red santa" forcing him to seek additional employment to pay for his wardrobe and his laundry. he was also forced to live away from his wife. she lived on another virginia plantation. slaves referred to these relationships as a broad marriages. engaged in abands practice called night walking. sometimes dodging the attentions of slave patrols to visit their wives one or two nights out of the week. uncovered thee jennings actively resisted the system even after he was free. purchasing his freedom through heotiati

it is very important for all of us to look at james madison and to listen to what he is saying saying, to read what he is writing. during that first year, washington in madison -- , in somen and madison ways, the fact of head of the house, -- de facto head of the house, they were very close, they were two of the founders that were at the constitutional convention every day in philadelphia. washington and madison. adams was in britain. jefferson was in france. hamilton was there for a while, but left to go back to new york. washingtonson and there every day bonding over these arguments and very committed to the constitution's success. if you listen to what madison is saying, he argues on the house floor. andpeaks on a lot of issues he has washington's public voice. he speaks on the title controversy and other issues and i think you can expect that what you are hearing is what washington feels. issue, madison speaks on the house floor against titles, against the title of high mightiness, which was the title given to the stakeholders in the netherlands. he totally ridiculed that title, w

check out these letters apparently given to andrew green as a gift, penned by thomas jefferson, james madisond james monroe. >> they were... >> originals? >> yes. >> what were the letters about? >> my favorite letter, james monroe and james madison were talking about this gentleman who happened to be andrew jackson. they were afraid that he might be the ruination of their careful plans to carry on their ideology with the american public. >> the next big find? this rare copy of george washington's last will and testament, printed in 1800, right after washington's death. >> at the time, we knew there were only 13 existing copies. >> make that 14. >> it was in a plastic bag filled with other things, and it very well could've been thrown out without anybody ever knowing about it. >> by july 2010, john and lisa's strange inheritance is cataloged and ready for sale. they've invested a year and a lot of money in it. how much had john spent getting ready for this big auction? >> it was around $225,000. >> whoa! >> i hope we get enough out of this to pay for what we've discovered. >> will they? >> sol

night on "q&a," mary sarah builder "madison'ser book hand," which takes a critical look at thnotes james madison and before the constitutional convention of 1787. >> madison took his notes on sheets of paper folded in half. at some point, he sold all these little pieces of paper together into a manuscript. one of the really wonderful things we noticed when we were down there was that the last quarter of the manuscript, the holes he had a sound did not match with the earlier ones. this confirmed my suspicion that the end of the manuscript had been written earlier. it was wonderful to see that in person. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> every election cycle we are reminded how important it is. the c-span a vehicle for empowering people to make good choices. >> c-span is a home for political junkies and a way to crack the government as it happens. >> c-span is on. i think it is a way. >> there are c-span fans on the colleagues, they will say i saw you on c-span. be something on the history of grain elevators or a landmark supreme court decision. >> there is so much more t

james madison u knew it. ep pretty much all the of the signs of the declaration of independence knew it was whereon, but to stay part of the wealthier class, they decided that they would rather be a slave owner than not it mountain to a difference between being rich and being poor. i'm sorry. slaves were actually owned the president personally. u now, as far as we can tell so far -- only a couple of presidents bought slaves while living in the white house. andrew jackson actually purchased slaves with his money while working in the white house. another president who did as well was james polk but he did it secretly because by the time polk becomes president the civil war is getting closer and country is being divided over the idea of slavery. so polk didn't want people to know that he was buying slaves. so he would pay a middle man to go down south, buy a slave, and then transfer the slave to polk's custody. and polk made sure that he never used any of his money that he got as president to bite slave. he used

. >> interesting, she went to james madison, thinks she has a bunch of them. only the one she owns. has a lot of tech. >> she needs more george mason. >> doesn't have a william & mary one. we'll make it happen. >> great story. >> and thank you. >>> and probably a day to put on a sweatshirt. at least to start off. >> and all day. i think comfortable in a sweatshirt and fleece. yeah. there's a damp chill that's kind of penetrating as we start off this morning, but no rain. happy to report. for pollen sufferers, rejoice. the pollen count has greatly lowered, no doubt. you're feeling relief. storm team 4 radar, no rain anywhere from the beaches to the mountains. all dry. just low clouds around. maybe a little fog. tg through the west. the main area of rain way out here in indiana, illinois, kentucky and tennessee, along the mississippi river valley, all coming our way. getting closer to us by later tonight. so good weather for the broccoli city festival. it's a music and healthy living festival at the gateway in washington. cloudy, cool, temperatures hovering around 60 degrees during th

james madison, one of the founding fathers of america, coined that word -- majoritarianism.e was thinking back to ancient athens which was pure democracy. he was trying to figure out how to create a free republic. the careful, it does not just mean democracy all of the time. gete vote on everything, we what is happening in some of these cases and the majority will oppress the minority. it is a mixture. that is why they created the republic. there is an internal dance between majoritarianism and a more balanced regime between democracy with checks and balances and a separate judiciary and free press so everyone can be free including free from each other and majorities. melinda: would you subscribe to he same view? how can someone in pakistan who wants to bring the minority perspective into the open -- how can they do it? ms. jamal: recently, it is going to be made impossible because they are trying to pass ace diver crime bill which has been passed by the lower house of the parliament. due to that law, it ensures that anything against the government, the army, the religion, o

which takes a critical look at the notes that james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention. >> madison took those notes on sheets of paper and he folds them in half. he writes across the front, the middle, and on the backside. at some point, he sold them together-- sewed them into a manuscript. one of the last things we noticed down there was the last quarter did not match with the earlier one which confirmed my suspension that the end had been written later. but you cannot see that on the microfilm. it was a wonderful thing to see that in person. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. et q&a. march the 125th anniversary of the daughters of the revolution. 'sxt on "american artifacts," visit to the dar museum in washington, d.c. to learn about their anniversary exhibit, remembering the american revolution. this is part one of a two-part program. campbell, is heidi am the museum director and chief curator of the museum. the curators and i were talking about what we should be doing for this anniversary. we started looking at the objects in our collection and how many of the

boston college law school professor discusses her book, which takes a critical look at the notes james madisonrote during and after the constitutional convention. the notes on paper and folded those sheets in half. he writes on front, across the middle, and on the backside then it some point he sowed all these little pieces of paper together into a manuscript. one of the wonderful things we notice when we were down there is that the last quarter of the manuscript did not match with the earlier part. this confirmed my suspicion that the very into the manuscript had been written later, but you can't see that on the microfilm. it was a wonderful thing to see that in person. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. next, the c-span series landmark cases looks at rove the weight, the case that determined a woman's right to have an abortion. after that, president obama talks with students at the university of chicago law school about the supreme court nomination process. then, senate reaction >> landmark cases, c-span's special history's series produced by the national constitution cent

james madison, who followed jefferson is the fourth president of the united states, owns over 100 slavesholding a large percentage while he occupied the white house. he is responsible for proposing and expanding the 3/5 compromise, which guaranteed the south held a disproportionate influence on congress to preserve and uphold slaveholding interest. >> tyler perry, african-americans that is on the 12 american presidents who were slave owners, it of them while in office. or the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> a look now at u.s.-military cooperation with australia and japan. the assistant u.s. defense secretary joined a panel discussion recently at the center for strategic and international studies. the event focused on cooperation andhe three nations preserving overlapping interests of the nation as china and russia expand their military presence in places like the south china sea. this is 90 minutes. >> -- mr. greene: good morning, thank everybody for coming. i am the senior vice president here, and we are pleased today to release a new report, prep

republic documents james madison, the creation of the american republic. documents revolutionary, the new history of the invention of america. jack brings to all of these projects a deep understanding of ideology. and a deep understanding of legal doctrine. but he also brings to a sense of detail, the way that people are shaped by historical reality. his son, dan is joining us here today. he talks about the number of steps from the convention hall to the state assembly. 42. he uses that to give a sense of which one of the members of the convention basically ran from the convention to the assembly. and dan, as a young boy, counted those steps. that sense of concrete historical reality and then an understanding of the politics. which traces back to jack's childhood. his father, milton, among his books were, "don't make no waves, don't back no losers." also, we don't want nobody, nobody sent. and, as jack would say, he is a native cook county democrat and that brings a level of insight that sets his work apart. this is a time in which lawyers are so often try

my wife has written a book on james madison. impression that dr. larson presented is very much in tune with my wife's interpretation. it was an afterthought. sotly an effort to deal with many problems as they arose in the electoral college. fact that you have a couple prominent members of the , ittitutional convention hadn't been addressed into the creation of the vice presidency. it felt it was a band-aid. an effort to deal with a .hort-term problem at a time this, you get into quickly discover how much the vice presidency is tied up with the perception of the electoral college and the the changes that take place in it. suppositioncovers a from our first president, who receives treatment as the saint of the republic. he viewed the operation of governnt in a nonpartisan way. he said in his farewell address, he wanted to warn us about the dangerous effects of party. when you ask washington for his conception of the presidency, it's much different than the role that we associate with the president now. we associate him being the head of his party, th

it takes a look at the notes james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention of 1787. >> he took the notes on sheets of paper and he folded the notes in half. at some point, he sewed these pieces of paper together into a manuscript. thelast quarter of manuscript, the holes he had sewn did not match with the early one. it confirms my suspicion the end of the manuscript was written later. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> each week, american history americalamerica -- reel provides context to public affairs issues. we were harbor came and in the water 100%. this air force, this navy, and the production estimate, the axis was wrong. the forecast had miscalculated the potential strength of the hidden army, the women of american industry. the atlantic to berlin, the pacific to tokyo, millions of women who had never lifted a finger outside their homes now resolved to set the world house in order. these were the uniforms of the hidden army. these, their weapons. these were the results they helped achieve. why they were asked joined the ranks of the hidden a

professor mary bilder discusses her book "madison's hand," which takes a critical look at the notes james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention of 1787. >> madison took the notes on sheets of paper. he folded the sheets and half. he writes on the front, across the middle on the two pages around the backside. at some point he sewed all these little pieces of paper together into a manuscript.

james madison, following jefferson, owned over 100 slaves, holding a large percentage while he occupied the white house. he's responsible for proposing and passing the 3/5ths vote. >> and the 12 american presidents that were slave owners, eight of them while they were in office. for the complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> a look now at philanthropy and american prosperity. karl zinsmeister spoke for about an hour, 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm a senior fellow at aei, and i'd to welcome you to tonight's bradley lecture. as always, we're very grateful to the line foundation, and they've generously supported this lecture for a quarter century. and for 13 years, karl zinsmeister held the jb fuqua chair at aei. aei is a launching pad for many talented individuals, and karl's career since aei is one of the best examples. he's the author of 11 books, including a cookbook. he was an embed in iraq, and produced two books about what he wrote about when he was there. marvel comics invited him to write a nonfiction graphic novel about his experiences there. and he produced a docu

many i james madison believed that relocation was the best option. the issue that relocated african-americans to the west african country at liberia which was a u.s. colony. the two races cannot coexist free and equal. despite the expansion, slavery expanded rapidly. at age 11, his dying father bequeathed his large virginia plantation to the young washington which included the inheritance of 10 slaves expanded his holdings and purchased a more for young adults. americans are a key factor. custis, also known as martha washington dramatically expanding his home in -- holdings in human property. of time of his death, 300 slaves remained at mount vernon. ashington fancied himself kind of slave owner. expressing shock and dismay when he saw bondage. there is no account to whether he was or not. some believed he was excessively stern. while some visitors to his plantation suggested he held a very gentle approach to slavery. but, it was washington's relationship with a few slaves that provided significant insight. he fled and was recaptured. she would die s

party leaders will be at james madison university in harrisburg today. they will decide who will get an additional 13 of the state's 49 republican delegates. donald trump is guaranteed 17 of the other delegates because he won virginia's gop primary. >>> the u.s. transportation secretary is putting pressure on metro to improve safety. secretary anthony bosh appointed three new experts to its board of directors to start june 1. the new members have experience in federal transportation and rail safety. >>> kirk cousins and the red skins have a new weapon on offense. the redskins picked up a new receiver in the first round of the nfl draft. >> the washington redskins select josh dokt son. he comes there christian texas univers to you've back a pick and in return will get a sixth round pick from houston next year. the second and third rounds of the draft set for later today. >> everyone thought we would pick a defense man and the fact that he was a wide receiver -- but you know what -- >> got to have a full team. >> there you go. >>> radar is looking much bet

he complained to james madison of the constitution contained no bill of rights protecting among other basic liberties, restrictions against monopolies. jefferson supported the following constitutional amendment. monopolies may be allowed to persist for their own productions and literature in their own inventions in the art for a term not exceeding a certain amount of years, but for no longer term and for another purposes. madison responded that the federal government should have the power to grant charters and appropriations, and his proposal was voted down on the ground it might lead to monopolies of every sort as george mason put it. madison resisted the constitutional amendments proposed by six date and supported by jefferson that would have provided that congress cannot rent monopolies or grant any company with exclusive advantages. it is our human justifying the constitutionality of the bank of the united states, alexander hamilton evoked the argument that these states believed that congress had inherent power to create trade companies or corporations, but believe the power shoul

as james madison, who is a better authority -- as he later explained when confronted with the question at his state's ratifying convention he said, each had two votes because one vote was intended for the vice president. in this way, the vice presidency was created to serve an electoral, rather than a government purpose. having contact -- concocted a federal office, the committee needed to give them something to do. they proposed conferring two principal duties on the vice provednt, taken together problematic for some delegates. first the committee proposed the vice president would become president if the office became vacant during the incumbent term. this assumed an executive role for the vice president, but gave nothing for them to do so long as the president was in office. proposed the vice president preside over the senate, with the power to vote in the case of a tie. the second duty suggested a legislative role, when combined with the first role, raise the concern about mixing it is late of and executive. evidently they were more concerned about the method of selecting a presiden

nevertheless, i don't believe that george washington, john adams, james madison and almost every great figure in history believe in a cartoon. that dismissal is very common today. people have a dismissive attitude towards those of us who believe in the god of the bible, and you are certainly free to have that belief but it is not cartoonish. it is indispensable that there is a god who demands that we be good people and to who we will have to enter, as the best idea ever developed for the creation of decent people. i would like everyone walking along here to field that their behavior -- to feel -- toward other human beings is just like god. i don't know why that is objectionable. i really don't. i can't think of a better idea. to think that i want through life having to be a good person and that god expects me to be good, why does that make people like the last caller angry so much so that he calls what we believe in a cartoon? it's a puzzle to me, frankly. i deal with them on the radio show, i deal with it in e-mail. i can only say that this is what -- it has presented a cartoonish car

we chose for this particular book and the reason is it is the 255th birthday of a man named james madison and as it happened james madison wrote the first amendment because he wrote the first that were introduced into congress and beyond that was more than just the author or the person who wrote them but was also a strong defender and believed very heavily in them. i should say also i learned part of medicines birthday means the first amendment center valuable has designated his birthday national freedom of information day which we are celebrating along with the publication of the book. i can't help however referred refer to what i thought was an interesting and a useful comment for madison on this very topic first amendment freedom amendment freedom of speech. he wrote a popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy they must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives and we will continue in this as we go down to the history of the united states and that the first amendment is a central theme of as catherine ju

i spent four years at james madison high school up the street.row up in. >> who says you can't go home again? bernie sanders talking about where he grew up in brooklyn here in new york city, holding a rally outside his old apartment building. that was earlier this month. if you're wondering, the two locations are about a half hour apart on the belt parkway, that's without traffic. calip perry is with one of sanders' closest friends from that day. you're outside james madison high school, bernie sanders' alma mater. tell us what you're finding out there. >> reporter: also chuck schumer's alma mater which i didn't know until we visited this morning. bernie sanders' high school for four years and then he went on to brooklyn college and the university of chicago. interesting when you talk to people in this neighborhood, they immediately talk about his economic policies, about growing up in very humble roots. brooklyn not a lot of outdoor space. he played a lot of stick ball, that's how he got into basketball as a young jewish boy here in brooklyn and

as it happens, james madison wrote the first amendment because he wrote the first 10 amendments introduced to the congress. and beyond that, more than just the author of them are the person who wrote them, it was also very heartily in them. i learned today in part of that, private's birthday of the first amendment center, a valuable institute here in washington has designated his birth a national freedom of information day, which is we are celebrating here today along with the publication of this book. i can't help however peripheral to what i thought was an interesting and useful comment from madison on this very topic of first amendment freedoms and freedom of speech. madison wrote a popular government without popular information or the beams of inquiry and it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy. or perhaps both. knowledge will forever govern a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. end quote good we will continue in this faith as we go down through the history of the united states that knowledge will govern ignorance in

as it happens, james madison wrote the first amendment because he wrote the 1st ten that were introduced into congress and was beyond that more than just the author of them what a person who wrote them committee was also a strong defender and believed hardly in the. i would say also that in part of that, the first amendment center valuable institute here in washington has designated his birthday national freedom of information day, celebrating here today along the publication of this book. i can't help but refer to what i thought was interesting and useful comment or medicine on this very topic the first amendment freedoms and freedom of speech. madison road, a popular government without popular information with a means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy. perhaps both. knowledge will forever govern ignorance they are in themselves with the pep. >> knowledge gives. knowledge will govern ignorance. personal information act hall of fame. hank aaron. that said, i hope you have a person today was down the line will be a candidate in the freedom of information act hall of

james madison wrote that a well constructed people can be a permanently free people. that is the kennedy institute submission. it's a great institute. i have been happy to support it. i'm happy to support the key anyway i possibly can. all i can say, the kennedy institute mission is a great mission, and i want to thank you all for all that you do. thank you so much. appreciate being with you this morning. [applause] >> spirit and now to voice his complete agreement with everything that was just sad, i believe we have senator leahy. [applause] >> thank you very much. being here, vicki, it's always great to be here with you. and here in the kennedy caucus room. and just around the corner from where ted's office was, i love, because my office is just above here, we used to end up going over to votes together all the time. and i so often recall, we start off and he would say, pat, did you hear the one come as we were walking through the halls, and then, then you have that booming laugh. and, of course, with the marble halls it would echo. everybody would look around and s

as a result what happens to cut to the chase very quick way here, james madison is writing by. he sees a very tiny guy in a black frock coat. he's got these two massive horse pistol strapped to his waist. some people said it was a good kid playing a war. he runs up and said the actions from the north is here wanted to allow us to come and be a battle. and basically gathers up the flotilla men and sailors as well as the marine company in washington d.c. still there to this day they all had to get. but they go into the battle. that's one reason why they're in the third line is they literally get to the battle one hour before they arrive at the battlefields. >> how did they do in the battle? >> they were the only troops that turned an incredible performance of the battle. the militia ran, the army without firing a shot. the navy and marines were stuck in guarding the road to capitol hill. it is estimated that maybe they stayed there because they didn't believe it was in the purview is the commanding officer to give orders to the navy so therefore they received and as a result lite

boston college law school professor discusses her hand," that took a critical notes at the notes james madison wrote. took notes on sheets of paper. he folded their sheets in half. then at some point he sewed all these little pieces of paper together into a manuscript. one of the things you notice when you are down there was that the last quarter of the manuscript, the holes he had sewn, did not match with the earlier ones. this confirmed my suspicion that the end of the manuscript had been written later. but you cannot see that and the microfilm. it was wonderful to see that in person. >> sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." weekend on the presidency, california state university professor tyler perry talks about the 12 american presidents who owned slaves. here's a preview. lavery permeated all of the 13 colonies, the southern soil, climate and agricultural development saw the region dominate the oppression of african peoples and expand the institution of slavery by the mid-1700s. the northst slaves in toiled on smaller farms, southern slaves cultivated the cash crops that made white men w

they had found favor with the founding fathers, thomas jefferson, james madison and other politicians right down to the civil war. i found that black abolitionist influence to be ongoing in the movement beyond the rejection of colonization. one of my biggest aha moments in writing this book was to discover that he got his famous condemnation of the u.s. constitution as a covenant and an agreement from the black abolitionist minister. it made sense to me because he was not much of a scholar of the bible. he was a theologian. he would actually articulate this made sense. ironically, he cited with the political and evangelical abolitionists. he extended his condemnation of the fugitive slave laws of constitution to the constitution itself. >> the alternative nature of abolitionism is showcased by its diverse membership which gave rise to corporation as well as the creative conflict of cross lines, race class and gender. the abolition movement was driven by outsiders in birthing the first women's right movement they revealed its radical face. the presence of women and especially their spe

why is he-- i've just been told that the president has gone to james madison hospital.

he's at james madison high school. this is the high school bernie sanders attended.said yesterday we had you on, bernie sanders went there. chuck schumer went there. there's a lot of history in that building you're standing. >> yeah, four nobel laureates went here. chris rock went here. he dropped out. probably not a good example. bernie sanders backyard. place he may find trouble and a lot of the voters have a familiarity with her. that will make a difference. >> i'm voting for hillary. he's probably the most qualified. what we're so bad about is a piece of prosperity. if she can match that, i'm fine with that. >> the other thing that's happening here, very interestingly, israel is playing a role in this. this is the nineth congressional district. a will the of people watched that debate. they heard that back and forth between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. that i can like her stance on israel here. that's a determining factor. >> that's fascinating. you have bernie sanders. he's so far the most successful jewish presidential candidate in history, in american h

. >> next, q&a with mary sarah , examining theer work of james madison. after that, another chance to see a discussion on the future of the european union. >> this week on "q&a," mary sarah bilder looks at the notes that james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention of 1787. brian: mary sarah bilder, you have a book called "madison's hand: revising the constitutional convention." what's it about? mary: it's the notes of madison's notes and he was the only framer who we know of who took complete notes that summer.

professor mary bilder discusses her book "madison's hand," which takes a critical look at the notes james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention of 1787. >> madison took the notes on sheets of paper. he folded the sheets and half. he writes on the front, across the middle on the two pages around the backside. at some point he sewed all these little pieces of paper together into a manuscript. one of the wonderful things we noticed was that the last quarter of the main script, the did not had sewn match the earlier one. this confirms my suspicion the end have been written later. you cannot see that on the microfilm. it was a wonderful thing to see that in person. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. defense secretary ashton carter unveiled new plans to update the defense department's command structure. he discussed other changes at the pentagon that would try to limit redundancy and excessive documentation. for strategicr and international studies, this is just under one hour. [applause] mr. hamre: good afternoon, everybody. we are delighted to have you here. it sh

i must admit my wife has written a book on james madison. role.overs his and the impression that dr. larson presented the other day was very much into it with my wife's interpretation. [laughter] most people, it was an afterthought. hardly an effort to deal with so many problems as they rose in the electoral college. and that the fact that you had a couple of prominent members of the constitutional convention, which signed the constitution, issues that have not been addressed into the creation of the vice presidency. i felt it was a band-aid. an effort to deal with a and therm problem relation behind it, at a time when it was pretty much uninformed. we get into this, you quickly discover how much the vice presidency is tied up with the perception of the electoral college and the the changes that take place in it. one also discovers a supposition from our first president, who of course receives treatment as the saint of the republic. he who viewed the operation of government in a nonpartisan way. he said in his farewell address, he warned us