james monroe comes out against the constitution. at the end of the day, it passes by eight votes out of that virginia radification convention. that is where monroe identifies himself and it's in the immediate runup to the election in which these two would run against each other. >> mr. derose, i took the opportunity to read just a few brief chapters which i understand is available at our booth and that is over where at the pursous area. the book will actually be out when? >> in november. >> in november. but you can look at selections. i've had the opportunity of reviewing this. this mr. monroe is someone that i seem to feel some foldness toward. i too am a mortal enemy toward an excessive powerful government, unlimited government is a very dangerous thing in our country and the reason that we establish the constitution was to limit government. i am jealous of our individual rights and any encroachment on the rights would make my blood boil. so i can certainly understand that. and i would think that the bill of rights would be an esse

james monroe had no job, no money and had serious medical issues.t medical treatment and a roof over his head. last week he entered a bank in north carolina, unarmed and this is the note he handed the teller. >> the note said this is a bank robbery. please only -- please only give me one dollar, because i wanted to make it known to whoever would know that, you know, it wasn't done for a monitor value, it was done for, you know, medical reasons. >> he is hoping for a three-year sentence. he says he could then get treated and get out to collect social security. because he only demanded a dollar he is charged with larceny and not bank robbery and not probably getting as much time in jail as he wanted to. >> he needs a financial counselor to help him through this. >> and a doctor. >> breaks your heart. >>> a homeowner is checking their pools twice in citrus county, florida. a wildlife official say 17 alligators busted out of a nearby gator farm. dug underneath the fence. eight of them still on the run. >> wait until i tell my wife eight unaccounted for.

they pick up in the middle of the night, still above to across the james river, and present themselves at the gate of fort monroe and i solicit lovely little union outpost in the middle of confederate territory. the next morning there brought in to see the commanding general of the other is forced to decide what to do. this is weeks after the attack on fort sumter. this is a moment when lincoln has said this is not going to be a war about slavery but a war about the union. .. he realizes by colossus of war is allowed to confiscate any property that's being used to aid the enemy cost so he says you know what, a confederate officer, major, if you and your people insist that these men are property, i'm going to say they are property to back and i'm going to confiscate them from you just like i would a shipment of muskets or swards so he commands them contraband of war as the legal term and a very quickly, not surprisingly, word spread a sort of mysteriously to the enslaved population and the next day another half dozen appear at the fort and the day after that, some 40 or 50 sleeves appear not only men who have bee