pennsylvania, benjamin franklin, tok mat niflin, james wilson, guvoner morris. amendment one, congress shall make no law or prohibiting the free exercise there of or abridging the freedom of speech to right peaceably to assemble to address for grievances. >> the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins. >> the second amendment, a well regulated malitia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. >> the gentleman from illinois, mr. snyder. >> amendment 3, no shoulder shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner for in time of war but in a manner to be prescribed by law. >> from pennsylvania, mr. cartwright. >> thank you. >> amendment 4, the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. >> from arizona, mr. bigs. the fifth amendment, no pe

james harrison wilson was a classmate of warren in the 1850 class of west point. but they were never friends ever. during the opening stages of the wilderness campaign, wilson's failure to get the roads properly let the confederates sneak in and brought about the battle. in his memoirs, he states that during the opening stages of the fighting at spotsylvania, mead gives warren an order to cooperate with general sedgwick. and warren explodes with anger. i'll be damned if i'll cooperate with sedgwick or anybody else! you're the commander of this army and can give your orders and i'll obey them or you can put sedgwick in command and he can give the orders and i'll obey him. or you can give me the command, but i'll be damned if i'll cooperate with sedgwick or anybody else! the park rangers will tell you this story. of course, it's a fiction. wilson wasn't even there. he was with the calvary, going out to kill jeb stewart. and he wrote about it after everybody else involved was dead. that's convenient. there's no -- absolutely no way to rebut his statements that way. b

benjamin franklin, thomas mifflin, robert morris, george clymer, thomas fitzsimons, jared ingersoll, james wilson, ouverneur morris amendment 1, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peacefully to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from illinois, -- the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins. mr. jenkins: amendment 2, a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider. amendment 3,no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. cartwright. mr. cartwright: thank you, mr. chairman. amendment 4 the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonabl

benjamin franklin, thomas mifflin, robert morris, george clymer, thomas fitzsimons, jared ingersoll, james wilson, ouverneur morris amendment 1, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peacefully to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from illinois, -- the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins. mr. jenkins: amendment 2, a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider. amendment 3,no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. cartwright. mr. cartwright: thank you, mr. chairman. amendment 4 the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonabl

host: we're talking to william pomeranz of the wilson center and james lewis from the sis about russian relations and cyber security. on the republican line from nebraska. good morning. caller: good morning. gross watching a gentleman from the wilson center smirk and smile. ,e caught mr. trump soon-to-be president, with his pants down. we got him. good for you, gentlemen. ifh our country on the line, you don't mind, try to be more serious. why don't we look at what hillary did. did you catch her? why didn't you warn her, you shouldn't he doing that? anz a let's give mr. pomer chance to respond. in a uniquee position. this occurred before donald trump is in a position to put his stamp on how he wants to react. right now where it is in the press. there has been general agreement that no one is saying donald trump won the election because of vladimir putin. has been argued by republican and democratic .eadership yesterday, it was emphasized there is no ability to gauge what impact the activity had on the election results. i do not think anyone is questioning the victory of donald trump. he

he is the director of the institute at the woodrow wilson center.and also james lewis, the senior senior vice president and director of strategic technologies at the center fores strategic and international studies. they are here to talk about thek latest in the cyber attack by russia and efforts to influenceu the u.s. election as well as u.s. russia elections under a trump administration. gentlemen, thank you you for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. >> let's start with you will, what did you think was the highlight of yesterday's hearing and what did we learn about russia's motivation about being involved in the election. >> i think the highlight in many ways was the defense of the intelligence agency. during the hearing. there was not only open support for the difficult job that they had, but also support for the intelligence they gather and support for the task they have been assigned. i think that was really what was striking about it. striking because of the remarks of president-elect trump who obviously has, at least according to mr. clapper,s. disparage of u.s. intelligenc

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is the democratic party and it is founded by james madison and thomas jefferson, and it will become the party of jackson and later the party of woodrow wilson roost and jack kennedy and barack obama. founded by james madison within a decade of adopting the constitution. so he is -- you know who he is? i actually blurb a biography of maddison, a fine one, by a very great man and writes a biography and madded madison, and i said madison is a constitutionalist. he is a journalist and madison was a political journalist of sorts but the other blurber was karl rove. and karl have said i'm a political operative and was james madison. rove is a total political operative but the stepped out from behind the stage and on to the stage when jefferson leaves and becomes president. but he is a political operative. reince priebus, that's who he is. eat a pathway and that's not the picture of -- he does try to unite the federalistsists and te nonfederallists but his political party is based on slavery. the democrat party is a pro slavery party and is going to get worse and worse and worse. the party of jefferson and madison is going to become the party of j

james polk. >> not. >> yikes. >> edgar johnson. >> ♪ >> when was edgar johnson president? >> if i'm not mistaken, probably 1967. >> wilsoncalvin coolidge. >> i don't think so.s] am i getting them wrong? >> yes. >> grover cleveland. >> no. >> james polk. >> no. >> oh, man. >> christopher t johnson. >> yes. >> i know there is a problem. i would say there is. >> ted tillerson. >> president. >> republican or democrat? >> republican. >> it's no use, i'll have to give it up. >> calvin coolidge, president or not? >> i wouldn't know. >> come my gosh. >> warren harding. >> no. >> james monroe. >> no. >> william tilden. >> no. >> calvin coolidge, president or were not? >> yes. >> henry adams. >> will, you are mixing names together. no. no. >> james garfield, was he the president of of the united sta? >> yes. >> tell me about james garfield. >> he was president of the united states. >> yes. ♪ >> do you know who i am? >> no. [laughter] >> do you know who i am? >> ummm, i don't member your name. >> i am watters and this is my world. >> that boy is good. >> good and terrible. >> bill: watters, to the last guy hit his head before he ta

james spoke. >> not. >> yikes. edgar johnson. >> president. >> when was edgar johnson president? >> like 1967. >> wilsonefferson. >> yes. >> calvin coolidge. >> i don't think so. >> am i getting them wrong? >> yes. >> adult americans are not doing so well in our history kit quiz. but but my next guest wants to take the challenge. jacob silva is nine. >> so i hear that you think you could eight this presidents quiz. so i have to have to ask you a quick question. was andrew jackson president of the united states? >> he was. >> correct. you're smarter than some of the adults on the street corner. >> yes. >> and you're getting a little cocky. so, you think you could be president and you have plans to be president sometime, is that true? >> yes. >> how are you going to go about accomplishing that. i think you have to be over 35 is that correct? >> yes, it is. >> so this is the beginning of your presidential campaign? >> okay. >> actually actually think the real beginning of the campaign was when ed henry, one of our correspondence discovered you at the inauguration the other week. let's take a look. >> we ha

james spoke. >> not. >> yikes. edgar johnson. >> president. >> when was edgar johnson president? >> like 1967. >> wilsonrson. >> yes. >> calvin coolidge. >> i don't think so. >> am i getting them wrong? >> yes. >> adult americans are not doing so well in our history kit quiz. but but my next guest wants to take the challenge. jacob silva is nine. >> so i hear that you think you could eight this presidents quiz. so i have to have to ask you a quick question. was andrew jackson president of the united states? >> he was. >> correct. you're smarter than some of the adults on the street corner. >> yes. >> and you're getting a little cocky. so, you think you could be president and you have plans to be president sometime, is that true? >> yes. >> how are you going to go about accomplishing that. i think you have to be over 35 is that correct? >> yes, it is. >> so this is the beginning of your presidential campaign? >> okay. >> actually actually think the real beginning of the campaign was when ed henry, one of our correspondence discovered you at the inauguration the other week. let's take a look. >> we have a

friday morning, william -- video director of the woodrow wilson center kenan institute, and james lewisrom the center for strategic and international studies, to discuss the latest of elements surrounding alleged russian cyber attacks, which some believe influenced elections in the u.s. they will discuss u.s.-russia relations under the incoming trumpet ministration. watch "washington journal" beginning 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. ♪ ♪ >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20. c-span will have live coverage of all the day's events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span, www.c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> senator sheldon whitehouse and congressman michael mccaul have proposed consolidating government computer security operations in a single agency within the department of homeland security. they announced their plan at the center for strategic and international studies. cyber security analysts who worked on the legislation also discussed the proposal. this is just under one hour.

wilson's death. >> no, the day she died. who could pick that day? he decides, we're going to go to charlottesville, not very far away. we don't go to monticello first. or ashland where jamesonroe lived. we go to the library at the university of virginia. he storms up the stairs, a chubby small guy and my mother waits in the lobby because she's already rolling her eyes and i go up with him. he's got this old box camera and comes up to the librarian, i don't think there is anybody there as i remember, and he says, i'm judge strauss from new jersey and i'm friends with judge -- and he makes up a name in virginia and he says i need to photograph thomas jefferson's will. all right. so the guy is saying, no, no, no. can't do that. finally, my father's berating this guy, mentioning this judge in virginia, who i'm sure is apocryphal and finally gets the guy to go cowering back and brings back the pages of jefferson's will and photographs them. he frames them in three things. i know it is three framz. when he died, i had to have them in my office. i have this framed jeffersonian will in my office. so that's sort of how -- that's how -- that's why i want to tell sort of fun stories

if you came from pennsylvania with quote for james wilson.the small states would never have a president. so the electoral college system actually enable them to compromise lots of different cities. one thing you will not have the president take by the people you have state legislatures deciding how electors are chosen and then they assume the elect was with exercise independent judgment. then they portion electoral college in such a way that the south gets greater clout than they would in a direct election. in the small states have a greater opportunity to elect somebody. so the electoral college as you know, the number of house members plus your number senators. now virginia is by far the largest state. he has 12 times the population of delaware. in the house there are 10 virginia representatives, one for delaware. but in the electoral college to adhere senators to your house numbers which means there are 12 electors from virginia and three from delaware. that is a porch one advantage rather than attend to one advantage. so the small things

if you came from pennsylvania you would vote for james wilson. small states would never have a president. so the electoral college system actually enables them to compromise while having differences.one thing is you're not going to have the president pick directly by the people. you will have state legislatures deciding how electors are chosen and then they assume the electors would exercise independent judgment. then the portion the electoral college in such a way that they have greater clout they would in a direct election and small states have a greater election to elect somebody. and the number of house members plus your number senators à virginia is by far the largest state it has 12 times the population of delaware. in the house there are 10 virginia representatives. one for delaware. but in the electoral college you and your senators to your house members which means there are 12 electors from virginia and three from delaware. that is a fortune advantage rather than a tense one advantage. so the small states like that replace states like i