he had been loyal to jefferson.to frustrate this plot he proposed to make the best peace with spain that is within my power and to throw myself my little army in new orleans to be ready to defend that capitol against violence. if you're going to be a traitor, stay a traitor. if you're going to be loyal, then this is what happens. burr was arrested. he came to trial. he immediately accused wilkinson of being a spanish pensioner again. it's not for the first time but this time there was a lot more evidence to suggest that he was. and specifically burr said the only reason he didn't come with me on this enterprise was because the king of spain had paid him so much money. more and more people joined in. there was fought one but two but three but four tribunals of inquiry into wilkinson's behavior. jefferson became rather cooler. didn't really support him. only offered formal assistance. and then there was a terrible moment when the camp which wilkinson recommended a terrible loss of life from disease. he was forced to r

thomas jefferson, standing next to john adams, the legend is that jefferson hated atoms so much that he painted -- he paid the painter to put his foot over john adams ft. they hated each other, despise each other. as they moved toward retirement, jefferson and adams tried to figure out how could to people that love this country so much hate each other so much? misunderstand each other so much? so what did they start doing? they started writing letters. they began understanding each other. as they moved towards death, they begin respecting and loving each other. the night before the fiftieth anniversary of that magnificent event that is captured so brilliantly in that painting,

it was he, not jefferson, who bought louisianan. it was he who wrote to florida from spain and it was he, james monroe, who stretched america's frontiers to the pacific ocean. back to the battle of trenton for a moment. as i said, monroe didn't cross the delaware on the same boat as washington. he crossed earlier with a squad that landed on the jersey shore to the north of trenton and circled behind the town while washington landed with his troops on the riverside below the town. now what makes trenton so important is that the british had almost won the war by christmas of 1776. their troops had overrun on the island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british had chased the remnants of washington's army across new jersey over the delaware and in to pennsylvania. white coats were in sight of the american capital. congress had fled to baltimore and began debating terms of could the chelation -- capitulation. unless washington could come up with a miracle, and he chose a you

lewis served as jefferson's eyes and ears at the trial and report back to him.windlass accepted the position of governor of louisiana territory, his first responsibility was to root out suspected burr writes from position of power and influence. ehrenberg brother-in-law, joseph brown, had been wilkinson's territorial secretary. the territory was filled with brights and they were determined to get rid of merriweather lewis. i present evidence in the book pointed to a new filibuster plot to liberate mexico and obtain the wealth of its silver mines, and speculate that lewis must've been carrying information to president madison about it. that is also the question of the lead mines district south of saint louis. 10 square miles and had been reserved as public land by the federal government and was estimated to be worth $15 million, the price of the louisiana purchase. lead was used to make bullets. the land claims was about to start hearing the cases concerning the large landholde landholders. john smith t. was an enemy of lewis. that t. stands for tennessee by the

russell to president jefferson in january 1810. captain russell was the commander of fort pickering wireless bense some of the last days of his life. however there is another statement called the russell statement that supposedly was written by him in 1811 and has been used to support the suicide theory. its to letters that he did write in january and were certified by the documents experts at the coroner's inquest to be authentically written in his handwriting. the russell statement was certified to have been either written or signed by either captain russell or by his witness, major jonathan williams. the most damaging misinformation in the so-called pressel statement is that lewis attempted to commit suicide twice what he was on his way to fort pickering. it was said that in one of his attempts he almost succeeded and it was prevented from doing so by the boat crew. this is just simply a lie. it is a key component of the conspiracy cover-up story. the reason we know it is a lie is because of the two authentic letters of captain

. -- capitol than thomas jefferson. jefferson had a lifelong love and was responsible for bringing the first italian sculptures to america. that planted the seed that continues to this very day, that the building is something beyond shelter. it tries to record history and appeal to our instincts to allegorical representations. it helped ennoble the experience. >> the impact of jefferson is most clearly seen in statuary hall. >> with the south wing completed during jefferson's presidency, the house moved out of its temporary quarters and into their new chamber in 1807. >> in that room, you see allegorical statuary. you see the wonderful corinthian columns. when the hall of the house was first used in october of 1807, it was a a claim that to be one of the most beautiful rooms if not the most beautiful room in america. imagine being a congressman in 1807. when you come to this unfinished capital in an unfinished city, but you go to the interior of the south wing, it must have been breathtaking. >> it was the most beautifu

the title of the book comes from a statement of jefferson turkey referred to united states, jefferson being the most expansive mind of president in history. he referred to united states that he was present up as an empire of liberty. different kind of empire is what he saw. and he as i said had great visions for the growth of this united states. i have introduced this book with a little brief description of rip van winkle's -- washington irving's story of rip van winkle, which i think captures an extraordinary change that took place in history between 1789 and, 1850. in fact, from the revolution to the second decade of the 19th century, irving who was conservative had said the building wrote the short story which i think is his most famous short story. most of you are familiar with it. in the second day of the 19th century. i i think he was trying to express some of the awesome changes that he had experienced in his own lifetime. and i think he had developed an acute sense that his native land was no longer the same place, that it had been a generation earlier. this character if you r

. -- capitol than thomas jefferson. jefferson had a lifelong love and was responsible for bringing the first italian sculptures to america. that planted the seed that continues to this very day, that the building is something beyond shelter. it tries to record history and appeal to our instincts to allegorical representations. it helped ennoble the experience. >> the impact of jefferson is most clearly seen in statuary hall. >> with the south wing completed during jefferson's presidency, the house moved out of its temporary quarters and into their new chamber in 1807. >> in that room, you see allegorical statuary. you see the wonderful corinthian columns. when the hall of the house was first used in october of 1807, it was a a claim that to be one of the most beautiful rooms if not the most beautiful room in america. imagine being a congressman in 1807. when you come to this unfinished capital in an unfinished city, but you go to the interior of the south wing, it must have been breathtaking. >> it was the most beautifu

he does cut -- that jefferson was going to get the presidency. he does, but there is a complication there. highest number of votes as president, second-highest is a vice president jefferson's all the words come up with a plan in terms of the electors -- jefferson's follows come up with a plan and in terms of the electors, that there supposed to cast a vote for jefferson and burr, his vice president, except that there were a few who were not to vote for burr. party discipline was not as great as it is today, although some would argue it is not great today, and word did not get around, and it winds up with a time. initially, jefferson assumes that there will not be a problem, that aaron burr is simply going to acknowledge jefferson as president and asked his followers in new york to change his vote and the situation would be solved. but he did not, and the vote goes to the house of representatives, and initially there was a sense that it would be settled quickly. the house of representatives is dominated by federalists, and they are not about to ma

william jefferson was accused of bribery and racketeering. he took half a million in bribes and tried to get more. that was in exchange to striking deals in africa. it was the toughest ever for bribery charges. he's appealing the conviction. >>> a series of powerful explosions ripped through the russian army munitions depot. the blast killed two firefighters, injured seven military personnel. the massive blast could be seen and heard up to nine miles away. 3,000 people who live nearby were forced to evacuate. the russian defense ministry said the explosions happened when workers were disposing of ammuniti ammunition. >>> parts of the east coast are suffering through some tough weather. karen tells us what to expect. >>> we've seen this norida -- or nor'easter that's a combination of weather systems, essentially the remnants of ida that merged with the other area. walloped the western seaboard. already six fatalities associated with this system. still windy along this region with coastal flood warnings in effect. but mild weather across the de

college football at washington and jefferson. and also on the other side of the table, although i see he's gone now, is roommates with merril hoge for a year or so. i certainly empathize with both sides of this debate. although like some of my colleagues i'm not really sure what our role in congress should be in getting involved with the national football league. football is a very violent game. and certainly as one who played it and suffered concussions myself i can say that those that choose to play football, those who involve themselves with the sport fully understand that. i will take the liberty, briefly, to say and to question the statement that was made earlier that pro football teams don't care about their players beyond scoring touchdowns. i hope that's not true. i hope that that isn't what was meant. in fact i know that's not true.

buildings here and you see washington and jefferson and madison, they understood that. what threatens us? government growing so fast, so big that it has an ability to get in the wake and crushed particularly the small businesses in the country, and the life blood of employment in our country for people. separately, the debt that comes from the expansion of big government. it threatens to erode the very strength of our economic system. how are we going to pay for it? are our kids going to have to pay for it? are our grandchildren. to have to pay for it? -- going to have to pay for it? it keeps us from being able to march 4. marc-- march forward. and we have a k-12 system that is not providing enough for us.

it all began here in the jefferson county courthouse, where we are gathered this evening. thank you. [applause] [applause] i should have said that the beginning that i will be happy to sign books, but i want to amend that statement to say i would be delighted to sign books, particularly if you buy them before i sign them but the books are in the table here and before we get to the book signing let's have some questions and answers. don't make them too hard because i am not good at answering hard questions. use cerc, in a blue shirt. >> in regards to john brown's treason against the state of virginia on the grounds that because he was a citizen of the united states he was therefore subject to the loss of virginia, correct? so it is ironic i find a state of virginia which put those prosecuted him for that did not uphold itself to those same loyalties to the united states and little then a year later when it seceded and join the confederacy and i was curious, did that same judge support the confederacy when he-- prosecuted john brown on? >> there are whole libraries on that s

it began in the circuit court of jefferson county in the middle of the day on wednesday, october 26, 1859, just 10 days after brown launched his rate in harpers ferry, eight days after he was captured, and a week to the day after he was transferred from harpers ferry to charlestown. it continued on thursday the 27th of october, friday the 28th, saturday the 29th, and falling a break for sunday, for half a day on monday, the 31st of october, at which time the jury returned its verdict. adoring most of the trial, brown was suffering from painful saber wounds, suffered during his capture in harpers ferry. and he was unable to stand or sit. instead, he was forced to attend the trial lying on a cot covered by a blanket, and at least once he had to be carried across the street from the jail to the courtroom. now if you want to know what this trial look like, imagine a man lying on a cot in the wail of this courtroom, unable to sit or to stand, and compelled to listen to a trial going on around him that would result in his hanging. that's what john brown's trial meant to john brown himself.

after jefferson county was created the first courthouse was built on the spot. on land donated by george washington's younger brother, charles. it was a modest structure and it housed the county court which was equivalent to a county commission and majesty court. in 1812, a superior court was created in virginia and it was for this district he was housed in winchester. and it wasn't until 1831, zero by the way, i remind myself, please have your cell phone than any electrical devices. please go ahead and turn them off if you would please. it was 1812 when superior court was set up in winchester and it would be 1831 before a movable or a circuit superior court was created in the commonwealth of virginia for this district. and its first session was in may of 1831, presided over by judge richard parker who was the father and namesake of the judge who would try john brown. in 1836, the first courthouse was pulled down and a larger one was constructed in the greek revival style that had been popularized by thomas jefferson in which characterizes virginia court houses

[applause] >> good evening and welcome to the court house in jefferson county. before i begin any remarks i would like to notice that the court house has just now reached the final stage of what has been six months of renovation. kurt davis who is with the county here, capital improvement, has been shepherding this project along and this is the first meeting of any nature we have had in the new refurbished courtroom. we are very proud of it and all the work. why don't you raise your hand? [applause] before i introduce tonight's speaker i have been asked to give some background about the court house itself. two years after jefferson county was created, the first courthouse was built on this spot on land donated by george washington's younger brother charles. was a modest structure that housed the county court which was equivalent to county commission and magistrate court. in 1812 a superior court was created in virginia and it was for this district house in winchester. it wasn't until 1831 -- by the way i remind myself please turn off your cell phones and an elec

. >> there is a particular feeling in the green room today of jefferson.e used that as his everyday dining room. i can imagine him with thomas paine. that is where most of his dinners took place. there were relatively small and always political. >> he was famous for having these meals where he invited everyone he knew who was brilliant to come to the white house and have these incredible dinners. president kennedy said never has so much talent been assembled in one room except when thomas jefferson dined here alone. these pieces would have been made in his era. they are probably better than anything jefferson could afford to put in the white house during his time. the wonderful portrait of benjamin franklin that hangs above the fireplace was paid when he was in england. the silver plated coffee urn that sits on that sofa table that was owned by john adams was probably bought when he was the american minister to great britain. in the federal. , but not too long after the declaration of independence was signed, it shows independence hall. you are talking abo

. >> there is a particular feeling in the green room today of jefferson.used that as his everyday dining room. i can imagine him with thomas paine. that is where most of his dinners took place. there were relatively small and always political. >> he was famous for having these meals where he invited everyone he knew who was brilliant to come to the white house and have these incredible dinners. president kennedy said never has so much talent been assembled in one room except when thomas jefferson dined here alone. these pieces would have been made in his era. they are probably better than anything jefferson could afford to put in the white house during his time. the wonderful portrait of benjamin franklin that hangs above the fireplace was paid when he was in england. the silver plated coffee urn that sits on that sofa table that was owned by john adams was probably bought when he was the american minister to great britain. in the federal. , but not too long after the declaration of independence was signed, it shows independence hall. you are talking about

thomas jefferson, standing next to john adams, the legend is that jefferson hated atoms so much that he painted -- he paid the painter to put his foot over john adams ft. they hated each other, despise each other. as they moved toward retirement, jefferson and adams tried to figure out how could to people that love this country so much hate each other so much? misunderstand each other so much? so what did they start doing? they started writing letters. they began understanding each other. as they moved towards death, they begin respecting and loving each other. the night before the fiftieth anniversary of that magnificent event that is captured so brilliantly in that painting, the signing of the declaration of independence -- 50 years to the day, the night before on july 3, both men were lying in their beds about to die. jefferson called his doctor in at 10:00 and said, is it the fourth yet? he said, no mr. president, it is not the fourth. he woke up at 11:00 and asked again. the same thing happened. at about 2:00, the doctor said yes. thomas jefferson closed his eyes and he died. th

jefferson's sentence is the toughest ever given to a u.s. congressman for bribery charges. >>> the so-called balloon boy, his grandmother is standing by his son and wants america to know her son is a good son and family man. she thinks he felt somehow pressured to plead guilty yesterday. >> i still firmly believe that this was not a hoax and that this was a mistake and regrettably so because it involved so many people. >> heene and his wife told authorities they were afraid their 6-year-old son floated away in that giant helium balloon. he was actually hiding in the attic the whole time. they're pushing for jail time for the couple. >>> the remnants of tropical storm ida are moving out to sea. the storm pulmoled the coastline for three days and caused flooding, damaged buildings and eroded beaches. there is a danger of coastal flooding in the northeast today. that storm is blamed for the deaths of at least six people. >>> parts of the east coast have been suffering through some tough weather. >> virginia, we have seen this nor'ida, or nor'ea

william jefferson was convicted. prosecutors said he took about half a million dollars in bribes and was trying to get more. 13 years is the toughest sentence ever for a u.s. congressman on bribery charges. jefferson says he will appeal. >>> police have arrested a sixth member of a missouri family suspected of sexually abusing kids for year. daryl was arrested at his current home in florida. he is the brother of the father in the case who was arrested with his four sons charged with rape and child sex abuse. more charges could come next week. six alleged victims told investigators that they were sexually abused by the suspects when they were kids. >>> i want to warn you that the pictures you are about to see can be disturbing. a police chief says he was just trying to keep people safe. northeast arkansas for animals show the police chief shooting seven or eight dogs to death at the pound. that is not the normal procedure. animals are usually unitized by a vet. but there were signs that the dogs had rabies. >> i went

bush and -- william jefferson clinton. [applause] and what they did together, aside from freaking everyone out, they raised awareness and the funds for the victims of tsunamis and hurricane katrina and struck back against the unnatural toll that natural disasters take on the least fortunate members of society. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor, my pleasure, i really, really like this man. please welcome past liberty member awardee, the chairman of the national constitution center and the 42nd president of the united states of america, william jefferson clinton. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much, governor, mayor, superintendent mcleod, the officers and the board members of the constitutional center and my colleagues and everyone who made this night possible. i would like to thank wonderful musicians who played the theme from ask the schindler's list." and my friend whoopi goldberg. mostly i think all of you for being here tonight and i'm grateful for the opportunity to actually present the liberty me

bush and william jefferson clinton. [applause] what they did together, aside from breaking everyone out -- [laughter] they raised awareness and the funds for the victims of tsunamis and hurricane katrina and they struck back against the unnatural told a natural disasters take on the least fortunate members of society. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor and pleasure, i really liked this man -- please welcome past liberty medal award in, the chairman of the national constitution center and the 42nd president of the united states of america, william jefferson clinton. [applause] xcel thank you very much. >> thank you very much, governor, mayor, superintendent mccloud, to the officers and board members of the constitution center, a colleague's, and everyone who made this night possible. i would like to thank the wonderful musicians who played the theme from "schindler's list of the which wants us all for it all the participants in the films and my longtime friend with -- whoopi goldberg. i go to a lot of trouble to hug he

. >> joe: and jefferson with another one coming.g, you know his freshman for jefferson. and dileo and the sophomore moore, they will start getting more and more time in the location. a freshman from norris town. and traveling off the spin. a reverse from virginia tech's. and the sophomore. the starting for man. told we'll be back. and the final of this group event. , that's a move there by allen. it has nba written all over it. >> michael: the foul on the charge again. delaney. greenberg looks look he was ejected out of his seat on the bench. not happy. >> joe: and delaney. >> michael: and that hurt. delaney on the deck and greenberg will take a look. victor davila to the reverse. 14 d ♪ ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >> michael: both

he said at least jefferson lives. we need to make sure, our children need to make sure, our politicians in washington need to make sure the spirit of jefferson and adams lives again in this country. . pray for the president. pray for his safety. pray for his children. pray for his wife. pray for this country. thank you for having us here. [applause] thanks a lot. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> this week, naomi klein, a journalist, activist, and author, talks about her upbringing in the united states and canada and the influence of her parents on her activism. "q&a" tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c- span. >> on this vote, the yeas are 60. the nays are 39. the motion is agreed to. >> with that vote the senate health care bill is moved to the floor. follow the track on the public option, abortion, medicare, and other issues live on our companion network, c-span 2. the only network that brings you the senate gavel-to-gavel. >> the fut

it's the kind of debt thomas jefferson was the last thing he would ever want to wish on this country. burden is set by the government without the scomplesed permission. we elect the people we do. at some point, i think you can kill the goose that laid the golden egg. i can see where they say iechl dropping out, i'm going ton strike because the country doesn't appreciate the risk i which politician has been the most respectful. >> jack kemp. the senator frr dakota, south carolina. very pleased with the new governor of virginia. he is talking about free enterprise and the american dream. those are people that come to mind. he is the father of supply side economics they have a tremendous castle. since the dollar went off of gold, he has a fantastic gathering of economists from all over the world talking about how can we ever get back to say stable system. whatever china comes up with, some kind of a uron that's sustainable. >> when the euro was created. now $1.50 the other way around. because of 50% in that time span. that tells you that the swinging currencies want the impact of a terri

he was familiar with edward arlington jefferson, he read poetry and enjoyed it and understood and the last line of my book says we found in this a way of explaining transcenden ideas that prose doesn't do and my book ends with a quote, a contemporary eulogy by went democrat barry. the death abides by brief knows, we are what we have lost. >> well, as an army veteran, thank you for your service to our country. but you did mention that the chief justice and yourself because of your army experience had a fear of government. >> i can't hear you. >> i'm sorry. both the chief justice and yourself had a fear of government because of your early military experience. how did that affect his thinking in the court? >> well, i'm not sure i'm qualified to answer that. i -- i'm sure -- i mean, i don't have it -- i haven't read all his opinions and i don't feel qualified, but i can say that many of his opinions, which deal with state's rights and that's something they've talked about, i think much more concerned a fear -- a feeling that the dispersal of power was in the interest of the country -- of

i am in thomas mcgow's district which is formerly bill jefferson's district. he did do polling and saying what are you saying. my own view if he learns all this detail, it's his job to educate his voters to what he has learned and whyless thinking and voting that way. >> good point. >> the second is, the reason i came today is because i really would like to have discussed disability that we need to bring back. i'm a democratic living in a republicans world. it's been a very tough eight years. it's getting to be very tough additional four years. and so i would like to discuss discussion -- discuss disability. >> how could you bring disability back if you just believed in your heart? >> there's a way to be respectful and throw down a good fight. i think wherch people lose their head or lose their cool. and that doesn't mean you disagree veemently. that's when voters start to lose respect for you. the person that goes on a tear or a tan gent is the person who will pay a bryce voters, i think. >> -- price with voters, i think. >> it's poll tks who don't practice

this afternoon a sentencing hearing for former louisiana representative william jefferson.sands of dollars in the freezer after a bribery sting. >>> how is this for a get out of jail free card? police let a man out because of something on his facebook page.

it is the kind of debt that thomas jefferson said was the last thing he would want to burden the country with. i guess we gave our implicit permission because we elected the people that we do. -- we elect the people that we do. it is kind of like the goose that laid the golden egg. at some point, i could imagine the creative, productive people who have brought tremendous profits and salaries and build factories and make other people wealthy, i can see that scenario where they say they are going to drop out and go on strike because the country does not appreciate the risk that i take on and how hard i work and the government takes me for granted. i could imagine people saying that it was a great dream but i do not know if it is worth it for me. if enough people feel that way, the country has real problems. >> which politicians have been the most consistent for you in your life that you have any respect for. >> certainly jack kemp. i like john kyl, and i am pleased with bob macdonald. i am pleased that he is talking about free enterprise and the american dream. those would be the people th

. >> larry: like the jeffersons. >> moving on up. >> larry: so she was your hero as a kid, too, youres. >> larry: she's your perpetual hero. >> she most definitely is. >> larry: why is it so important for young people to have heroes? >> without the knowledge, you don't know how to get there. you know, with the hero, you can look at that path and figure out how they got to where they are. or the foundation that they stand on so that you can -- i always say, you can copy it, but make it your own. >> larry: what's a hero to you? >> a hero to me is -- >> larry: someone who -- >> someone who defies the odds. someone ho is a -- slightly rebellious. because they're constantly hearing that they can't do something. and they figure out ways to go around, to get what they want, or to accomplish what they want. but staying positive. my mother always said, you know, to get where you want to go, there's going to be doors that are slammed shut and they're going to have like ten deadbolts. but she said there's a window on the side of that building, there's a cellar that you can crawl through, there'

as some of you know, jefferson was very interested in technology. "wired" magazine called him a technology, which was not accurate. he liked gadgets, but he was more interested in the role technology to play in flourishing democracy. i think he would approve of our efforts to think in the 21st century about how technology specifically the internet can be used as a resource to maintain vitality of democracy. so thank you all for being here, and thank you to the miller center for granting the panel. >> thank you. as assistant director for academic programs here at the center, i welcome you here this afternoon. it is great that you came out here on this rainy friday afternoon. the mission is to research, reflect, and report on issues of national importance to the governance of the united states, and certainly this panel discussion on the liberty of democracy and the internet races that mission. our featured speaker this afternoon is james fish can, the janet m. peck chair in international communication and its director of the center for deliberative de

>> reporter: several blocks away from the apartment complex on south upland avenue, jefferson parish investigators are scoured the area looking for evidence of shots fired there. >> there's something else. it's quiet during the day but at night i don't know. >> i heard maybe five to seven shots at 4:05, 4:10, got up, came, looked around the property, i didn't see anything, i didn't open the door and come out or anything but i saw nothing. >> reporter: robyn cross grew up and said south upland avenue used to be a quiet, dead end street until opened up to through traffic. >> traffic up and down the street all time of the day, all time of the night. i don't know if that's added to our problems here but since it's been down, it has been increasing crime. >> reporter: crime that neighbors say is beginning to wear them down. >> it's just horrific. it truly is. it's horrific crime. >> thanks to myra rodriguez. >>> a 70-year-old man shot dead in a bare in vail, colorado the first homicide in that posh ski resort in decades. 63-year-old richard morrow charged with first-degree murder. witness

so james parton once wrote of the young thomas jefferson that along with his command of five foreign languages he could calculate an eclipse, a survey an estate, tie an artery, plan and the state, break a horse, dance and minuet, and play the violin. in the same vein one could say that cornelius vanderbilt. design a steamship, sail it over an open ocean, open a shipping line, consolidated rail road, .. thank you amiri mattis debt including the minister of department ramallah was who are here so i just love it to make that very important thank you. that that difference, the transition is visible than the bell's levin one thing that point out vanderbilt himself with those pioneering paving than the way toward corporate future and also in some ways a representative of an older business world. with the merchant friends of the medichi mold as i put it, and by creating this huge corporation the new york central hudson river railroad, it was i think in many ways a pioneer of the giant corporations we have been talking about, but things primary rival for largesse and most important corporati

ernie, melba, many gene, it is but, gloria, terry, jefferson and thelma.in the public mind, we are one, the "little rock nine." we are in essence nine distinct personalities with nine different stories. it is much a story about dedication of family, perseverance, and sacrifice as it is about the journey and the history. it is a salute to my parents, who stayed silently in the background and swallowed a great risk and suffering. they were the ones who had ingrained in me a quiet confidence that jim crow be damned. i was not a second class citizen. it was that confident that told me i deserved a quality education to the supreme court said i was due. the confidence that steadied my feet to divide the races with my mere presence at school every single day. my parents bequeathed to me the confidence of their founders, both hard-working black entrepreneurs in control of their own economic lives. my family may have seemed unlikely candidates for involvement in a movement that would spark nationwide change, but then again, that is the point of this book. to show t

it's a kind of debt that thomas jefferson said was the last thing he ever wanted to wish on this country, where the burden, the yoke on the necks of american citizens is set by government, without really their express permission. i guess we gave our implicit permission, because we elect the people we do. but it's a tremendous debt level. and i think at some point, you can kill the goose that laid the golden egg. at some point, i could well imagine the creative, productive people who have brought tremendous profits and salaries, and built factories and made other people wealthy. i can see an "atlas shrugged" scenario where they all say, "i'm going to galt's gulch. i'm dropping out. i'm going on strike, because the country doesn't appreciate the risk i take on and how hard i work. and the government takes me for granted." i can imagine people saying "it was a great dream, but i don't know if it's worth it for me." and if enough people feel that way, then the country has real problems. >> which politicians have been the most consistent for you in your life that you have any respect for? >>

bernie, mill book, minnijean, elizabeth, gloria, terry, jefferson and feldman. and the public mind we are one, the "little rock nine" that we are in essence nine distinct personalities with nine different stories. it is much a story about the dedication of family perseverance and sacrifice as it is about the journey in the history. it is-- it is a salute to my parents in the background and swallowed a great risk and suffering. they were the ones who had ingrained in me the quiet confidence that jim crow dams. i was not a second class citizen. it was that confidence that told me i'd deserve the quality education and the supreme court said i was too. the confidence that steadied my feet to defy the racist school every single day. my parents bequeath to me the confidence of their fathers, both hard-working entrepreneurs in control of their own economic lives. my family may have seen unlikely candidates for involvement in a movement that was for a nationwide change but then again that is the point of this book. to show the determination, fortitude and the ability to

their idea was to have a building that would report to jefferson. it shows a little less and $10 million. it is actually a deflationary during the great depression. they are able to build it and finish it and still $100,000 back to the treasury of the united states. it came in under budget. it may be the only government building in history that came in under budget. >> the birth that he had done such a great job that the u.s. capitol should be -- cass gilbert thought he had done such a great job that the u.s. capitol should be there. -- be moved to provide a better view. >> he worked in classicism. he was very serious. he had intentions to create a symbolic house for the third branch of government that expressed the seriousness of what we were doing, the authority for which the third branch should be invested, and an authority to work for what is right. >> supreme court justices are not shy. some of the justices felt the new building was to grand, was too grandiose. she suggests the sun was alleged to say that the -- chief justice son was alleged to

myth of america as a place where there are these family farmers goes back to the days of thomas jeffersonit has always been held up as the ideal, the bedrock of american values. less and less does that actual situation exist. host: what does that mean about how congress funds the forms? who operates and pays for it? guest: there are still family farmers, just fewer. the problem is that congress is operating in many ways, according to the stereotypes and myths, allocating billions of dollars in funds to help these areas of the country, many times they're putting up the money in ways that are not helping the people that they are intending to help. broadband is one example. they think that they are sending the money to help family farmers, but the truth is that those people are few and far between. host: our guest is clea benson, who wrote last month about "the myth of rural america." our phone lines are always open. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. we are especially interested in hearing from you if you own or operate a farm. you ca

1700's, some were slaves and some like benjamin banneker writing this powerful letter to thomas jefferson was freed and one of the last letters in the book was written in 2008 by alice walker who wrote barack obama to say what his election meant so it has this amazing art showing the history of african-americans in slaved over three centuries. >> you are a journalism professor at nyu. what surprised you in your study of these letters? >> i guess one of the things that surprised me is the extent to which enslaved african americans continue to communicate with their loved ones or even that slaves wrote letters at all, but the extent to which they maintain bonds across plantations come across states, and of course this was an illegal act, but they somehow managed to stay in contact to the best they could with their loved ones. >> regular booktv viewers may recognize you because we shot a program of yours earlier in the year you can watch on book tv, go to the website and watch that program. what are you working on right now? >> right now i'm still here with this book. this is probably my 40

words when he objected to her employment of certain names like the gardener and the daughters of jefferson washington and all the rest that i cannot coincide with. there was more at stake here than figures of speech. it was not that stanton was more than ordinary -- a comparison often made in her defense but her racism was within her activist community intolerable and hurtful. to universal rights, essentially on the basis of the priority of rights, she did damage to her friendships, her movement, her claims for the purest radicalism and her legacy of feminism itself. the principal consistency can be thrilling and sternly her fiery words on behalf of women's rights offered stunning moments of political absolutism in the american political tradition. in real life there were choices to be made and they were rarely easy or obvious as she implied. many of us recognize the quandary. the delicate balance between principle and compromise, long-term vision and short term crisis management, thinking globally and acting locally. for stanton, abolitionism and emancipation were preludes. slavery a meta

soon as they left the state, it was carved up so that you had an inner-city districts that bill jefferson got and suburban district that david duke, the klansman, almost 1 at one point. that is an example of polarizing gerrymandering. does anybody want to take that? >> [unintelligible] >> most of the districts are either republican districts or democratic districts. [unintelligible] we are fighting over 50 feet or 60 feet in congress where it is really competitive. >> does that mean that the primary comice candidate has to worry about being outflanked if you're a democrat on your right or a republican on your left? do you have to go more to the base? >> there are 50 districts where a primary fight from their bases real next year. we are actually experiencing in 2010 the first election where it gerrymandering will not be as much of a factor. democrats, we took more seats than they should have less time in some respects. we will have some in competitive states where democrats -- we will have so many competitive seats. this is the first time in four congresses or five congresses were gerryma

next call is jefferson city, missouri. john on the democrats' line. caller: hello. host: your tv volume is up. that is causing feedback. hit the mute. go ahead. caller: i am pro-defense and pro republican. i am wondering why after 9/11, when it was a war against al- qaeda, we have kind of lost our focus against al-qaeda. >> peter, republican in philadelphia, you are on the air. caller: i am going under the premise that basically mr. obama announced to the public yesterday that he is going to be a one-term president. host: why is that? caller: india's prime minister , during his speech, made the statement that afghanistan is a friend of india. what happens in afghanistan will affect the future of pakistan. i'm going under the premise that afghanistan is just like vietnam. it is a loser. it is already owned by the taliban. according to mr. singh, he said afghanistan is a friend of india. he announced to the world yesterday. he's in a no-win situation. host: that is peter in philadelphia. next caller in phoenix, good morning to you. caller: i think this whole war is a

to say to give up on ronald reagan is like saying to give up on thomas jefferson.mer populism that was anti-growth. the constitution is a document of-governance -- negative governance. -- he articulated of form of populism that was anti- government. the republican party signed on to the idea also that government could solve all these problems. from the 1930's until the late 1970's both parties approached of problems of america through the prism of government. ronald reagan came along to restate principles that have been lost from the time of the founders, that power should reside with people, not with the governing elites. the power. flow -- the power should follow up to the people and that we should challenge the status quo. he restated those lost principles. that is what conservatism is about to do. those principles that put power and trust and the american people. when ronald reagan ran he said not to trust him, but to trust yourself. host: atlantic, good morning. caller: i agree with ronald reagan in that regard, but in a different way than he might think. firs

whether issues of war and peace or on the economy, thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton, about apart as you can get, did find ways to come to a certain compromise. i think it's an element that with a loss, but the ability to find common ground and make some compromises. franklin once said that compromises don't make great heroes, but they do make good great democracies. if you are a compromiser, you're considered and principled today. i truly want to thank the panel, very good. we appreciate it so much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] you have a very short break while the next panel comes up. thank you. [unintelligible] >> president obama will address the nation on his new strategy for the war in afghanistan tuesday night from the u.s. military academy at west point 3 we will have live coverage at 8 eastern. the president will travel to copenhagen for the global climate conference. he will be in copenhagen on december 9 before heading to oslo to accept the nobel peace prize. dollars al coverag

i played football at washington and jefferson. on the other side of the table, -- i am not really sure what our role in congress should be in getting involved with the national football league. football is a very violent game. those that choose to play football fully understand that. i will take the liberty to say and question the statement that was made earlier that pro football teams do not care about their players. i hope that is not true. i hope that is not what was meant. this chairman raises a series of issues. i am confident that the nfl and the players will continue to work together and make sure they are doing everything they can to improve the league and players safety. i yelled back. >> thank you very much. i think the witnesses. in response to a question from the gentlemen from new york, it seems that the committee member never requested that the doctor testified. i undressed -- that the doctor testified. i understand you want to clarify that response. >> i was handed a note which i will read to. i have not been contac

. >> a reward if through the jefferson area crime stoppers. we're appreciative of our friends and family who have contributed to this as well as metallica and the united way. again, we're very grateful for all of the support that everyone has given us during this very difficult time. last week in my efforts to find a way through this i reached out to mr. ed smart to find clues as to how he and his family got through the difficulty of their daughter, elizabeth's, disappearance several years ago. over the last several days mr. smart has been very supportive of us and has been -- he's been very helpful and helping us negotiate various things that we need to do as a family in order to continue our search for morgan. yesterday mr. smart offered to come and talk with us and meet with the press in order to give us some support as we are starting this community search. i would ask you to welcome mr. ed smart. >> it's a very difficult situation for the harringtons to be here. i think everyone knows that this is something that no parent chooses to have