they matched a male jefferson, not thomas jefferson. randolph chester o jefferson hae subs. thomas jefferson had all female children, except for an infant who died within two weeks. the dna match was to a male child. the dna does not exclude or rule out either one or both of the carr brothers brothers, except as eston. peter carr in fact admitted his paternity to jefferson's grandson, jeff randolph. finally, at least eight other jefferson males in and around monticello are candidates for eston hemmings. number three, the virulent rumor was first started by the unscrupulous candle mold journalist james callender, who burned for political revenge against jefferson. calendar was described as close an alcoholic thug with a foul mind obsessed with race and sex who attempted to defame the public career of thomas jefferson. by today's standards, he would be the equipment of a reporter for the national inquirer. almost every scandalous story about jefferson which is still whispered or believed may be traced to the scurrilous writings of callender. as a historian stated, callender's

let see if they call a foul on jefferson. it is a loose-ball foul on al jefferson. he came over haywood's back to knock that away. >> phil: you have brewer trying to go baseline. brendan is right there to help him. he has jefferson on the back, brewer, you have a brendan haywood sandwich. >> steve: that will not count -- they will call offensive foul on gilbert arenas. the first foul on gilbert. >> phil: let's see what happened here. i think the defender is moving into gilbert arenas. i don't agree with that call. >> steve: six turnovers in the second quarter for washington. flynn couldn't get it. butler trying to pull it away. he knocks it off love but he is able to hang onto not there, brewer the rebound. that's up and in. >> phil: that's a huge advantage >> they regain the lead by one. he lost that one. they will give it back to the wizards with two seconds left on the shot clock. he seems to say that i can't >> steve: gilbert looked over at your broadcast position to say, was that a foul, too? >> they didn't call a foul. wizards have won two in a row. last year

here is jefferson, short jump hook is in and out. al jefferson has played his third year here. thinking about it, back out to boykins. they look to go down low to brendan. now, boykins for gilbert underneath, reverse lay-up is too strong. he never touched the rim so that's a 24-second violation. last season the timberwolves went 24-58, winning two more games than the season before. they failed to make the playoffs for the fifth straight year that was after a string testify consecutive post-season appearances. damien wilkins, son the gerald, nephew of dominique. here is against r. >> phil: he leads all rebounders with ate. you get surprised -- damien wilkins. that's a bad shot by boykins, it's off to the left. underneath, brewer, he scores. the timberwolves are back on top by 1. wizards has had leads of 7 and 5. gilbert turns it over. trying to get caron butler into the game. but he is not allowed in. wizards can't get the rebound. jefferson gets an easy 2. >> phil: he kept it alive because jefferson had pulled down the offensive rebound and got the second choice. >> steve: ther

, had a wonderful correspondence with jefferson and when adams got elected president while jefferson was vice president when the rift develops between adams and jefferson over a number of things but largely over france, priestley decides to pretty much through his lot in with jefferson and he starts writing having come to america to come stay out of trouble he wasn't quite able to do that so he starts writing some pamphlets kind of fan support of jefferson and more explicitly very critical lot adams and he had a colleague named thomas cooper who grew even more vitriolic attacks on adams. and so, when the alien and sedition acts are passed, thomas cooper is actually arrested as one of the few people arrested in alien and sedition and priestley is put on the hit list of people who should be deported for their criticism of the adams administration. and it is an extraordinary turning point in the country's history because right there you have this important question what kind of country are we going to be building? what do we do without were dissenting intellectuals in this country. prie

it was monroe, not jefferson, who engineered the louisiana purchase, and as president, jefferson took credit for the deal of course, but he in fact almost canceled it as you will see in my book. he had to be talked out of canceling the deal. she thought it was unconstitutional, and it was, for the u.s. government to buy foreign territory. now, while james monroe was in paris by louisianan at a bargain, elizabeth monroe was doing bargain shopping of her own, stepping up french furniture and furnishings. the french revolutionaries had thousands of beautiful homes and chÂteau was and used furniture shops in paris had piles of magnificent louis xiv, xv, xvi furniture at bargain prices. she bought dozens of beautiful pieces and later as first lady filled the white house with those priceless european treasures. they transformed it into the glittering palace it is today. you can see those pieces if you tour the white house today. a long stunning silver tray with magnificent silver candelabra still sits on the long dining table that is still used often for formal state dinners. and her portra

nice move by jefferson and he will shoot a couple free throws. just a 68% shooter on the year. these will be the first free throws in the game for al jefferson. >> phil: 17 offensive rebounds. the last one lead to go this one, shot opportunity right there. i think brendan has done a pretty good job on jefferson tonight. >> steve: yeah, i think so, too. >> phil: he is not the one really with the damaging offensive rebounds. he only has one offensive rebound, a total of four. he has 8 points. >> steve: he makes one of 12. it was the celtics who took him in the 15th overall pick in 2004 from high school in mississippi. he came here in a deal for kg. timberwolves by 2 with 720 to play in regulation. wizards trying to win their third straight game and haven't had a three game win streak in the season before last. >> phil: it's the third time this year they have attempted to go three in a row. >> steve: foul will be called on washington. they got it on brendan haywood. no, they will call it -- they can't call it jamison, they call it agiler, dominic mcguire makes the foul. corey brew

jefferson went to his grave believing that. the reason people thought that is they did not yet know that you could lose and then win. the constitution said what it said and everyone believed elections would keep going but you have to experience it before you believe it. and now we know. you can lose but then you get another shot. 2006 was a terrible beating and 2008 was another one. the world does not end so you do the right thing and go back and keep coming back. >> great. thanks so much. [applause] do we have a mic? >> thanks. a follow-up to your last question. you mentioned hamilton and jefferson. there were towering intellectuals. what would william f. buckley think today about monumentally ignorant people like sarah palin and glen echo supposedly speak for conservatives? that is one of the most depressing aspects of the discourse today. the disdain for intellectualism and thinking that people like sarah palin and glenn back represent. >> palin is in a different category because she is a politician. william buckley was neve

jefferson went to his grave believing that. the reason people thought that is they did not yet know that you could lose and then win. the constitution said what it said and everyone believed elections would keep going but you have to experience it before you believe it. and now we know. you can lose but then you get another shot. 2006 was a terrible beating and 2008 was another one. the world does not end so you do the right thing and go back and keep coming back. >> great. thanks so much. [applause] do we have a mic? >> thanks. a follow-up to your last question. you mentioned hamilton and jefferson. there were towering intellectuals. what would william f. buckley think today about monumentally ignorant people like sarah palin and glen echo supposedly speak for conservatives? that is one of the most depressing aspects of the discourse today. the disdain for intellectualism and thinking that people like sarah palin and glenn back represent. >> palin is in a different category because she is a politician. william buckley was neve

you can see the original documents on-line and for instance the particular thing of jefferson's shaky handwriting there it is online. i never saw that the original. i simply salles the internet picture of the original. so those are the three ways i approach it. >> my last question is you spoke of the importance of his loyalty to jefferson and not using the army to basically establish the coup, but earlier when general washington resigned his commission as general of the army in and novelist i guess now the state house that institutionalized the principal of civilian control over the military. did that carry through that program? did that impact any on general wilkinson or did we think of this later on that is where it started? >> it's hugely important that the state house of general washington laying down his command. in reality most of the army had been either followed or had been sent back to civilian life so there wasn't much army to resign. nevertheless it is a critical importance it was extraordinary. i don't know how well you know the last few months of the revolutionary army, t

i want to address the louisville cases, the jefferson county situation as well as the current settlement agreement we have reached in north carolina that provides us some type of remedy. louisville has a special place in my heart because i grew up there. i am familiar with the segregation that has taken place between the east end and west an end. you are quite aware that you know where the black students came from. growing up in the east end i know where the black students came from. they are on the basketball team with me and the track team. that is where we are. there is a reason that you needed that within louisville. unfortunately, because the supreme court case, we are in a situation where they had to revamp that. they have developed some remedies in which they are utilizing magnet programs which we find somewhat successful. they are being challenged. not the bad that programs but there are a challenges taking place right now because there is a claim by some of those non-white students who are being discriminated against because they're not being afforded the same opportunities as a

jefferson went to his grave believing that.e constitution said what it said and everyone believed elections would keep going but you have to experience it before you believe it. and now we know. you can lose but then you get another shot. 2006 was a terrible beating and 2008 was another one. the world does not end so you do the right thing and go back and keep coming back. >> great. thanks so much. [applause] do we have a mic? >> thanks. a follow-up to your last question. you mentioned hamilton and jefferson. there were towering intellectuals. what would william f. buckley think today about monumentally ignorant people like sarah palin and glen echo supposedly speak for conservatives? that is one of the most depressing aspects of the discourse today. the disdain for intellectualism and thinking that people like sarah palin and glenn back represent. >> palin is in a different category because she is a politician. william buckley was never a politician. he ran for mayor of new york but he never won an office. intellectuals in off

it deals with the educational aim of the founders, people like franklin, rush, madison of course, jefferson. above all the great and may be too little praise of webster who was our most important early maker of school books and dictionaries. all of these people vigorously supported the purpose of unifying the nation through, and school in. it's true the constitution and left education to the states. it's also true that the founders were strongly in favor of knowledge, common knowledge and, in which lt is bounded to get through what was taught for the schools. the main purpose of schooling, the founder scott, was to dampen loyalty to the individual states and elevate loyalty to the union. it was all the more needed, they believed, because a republic was a dicey political arrangement. madison worried about fractions, so did his lawyer and contemporaries, and you heard sauls anecdote about when franklin was leaving the constitutional convention and the worry then will we have a monarchy or at republic and alas republic and it is a very scary proposition. the received wisdom was all prior repub

hamilton thought jefferson would set up guillotines.jefferson was not joking at all when he said that hamilton was a monarchist and a british agent. thomas jefferson went to his grave believing that. he is a lunatic. and i think the reason people thought that is that they did not believe you could lose and then win. there was an incredible beating, but the world does not end, so you do the right thing and go back, keep coming back. >> thanks so much, rick. [applause] do we have a microphone? gentleman in the frontier. your last question, you mentioned hamilton and jefferson. they were also towering intellectuals. what do you think william f. buckley would think today? about monumentally in the current -- a ignored people like sarah palin and clan back whose -- ignorant people like sarah palin who supposedly speak for conservatives? >> palin is in a different category because she is in a different position. bill buckley was never a politician. never a successful what -- 1. he ran for mayor of new york but never won an office. thomas jeff

jefferson's university of virginia. alan murray is executev editor on line for "the wall street journal" and author of the papers weekly business column. he has served as washington bureau chief for snbc and "the wall street journal." we are fortunate to have him on our govern n counsel ill here at the university. next we've robert sam uleson, contributing editor at "newsweek" and "the washington post" where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977. his articles have appeared in the wall street journal, "new york times" and other papers. his latest book is on the past and future of american avenue will youence, in case you are wondering about a holiday gifment paul solomon is occasional correspondent for the pbs news hour. he answers questions on the business desk. recently he has become a fellow at yale's berkeley college and for those of you who were why our discussions this afternoon you know that he was a loud -- lovely moderator in the panel that just preceded dinner the with that i'm going to t

jefferson's university of virginia. [inaudible] [laughter] alan murray is the executive editor online for the wall street journal 3 he was previously assistant managing editor for the "wall street journal," and offered a weekly business column. he has served as the washington bureau chief for cnbc. we're fortunate to have al-anon are governing council at the miller center of public affairs here at the university. a distinction of many years. next we have robert samuelson, compared shooting -- i comparative -- a contributing editor to newsweek. his articles appear in the los angeles times, the boston globe, and other leading newspapers. his latest book, "the great inflation". in case you're wondering about all holiday gift. he is also the business, economics, and occasional correspondent for the pbs and news hour. he answers questions on the business does. he has become a fellow at yale's berkeley college and the brady johnson distinguished scholar for political economy at yale. it is for those of you who are in our disc

jefferson received his bachelor's degree, so it's a pleasure to come to u.v.a.ts. lee is absolutely correct about the partisan nature but it is a case that has gotten worse since the 1970s and if you look at the distribution, it used to be that 20, 30 years ago that we had democrats who were more conservative than a lot of republicans and we had liberal republicans. since about 1980 that overlap has all but disappeared. in the senate it doesn't exist anymore. the most conservative democrat bill nelson is more liberal of the most senators in the house and there is one individual, one democrat who is more conservative than the most liberal republican and i assume he eats alone and is a pretty if task really before us is how to deal with these daunting structural deficits within that kind of a political context. frances makes the point that we have research that shows in the past landmark legislation almost always has been passed with large bipartisan majorities and to some extent that is the case. look at final passage votes and they tepid to be lopsided and parti

jefferson in 1782 and for those who visit washington this is inscribed inside the jefferson memorial, jefferson said, can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis and conviction in the minds of people that their liberties are the gift of god? jeb diea morris, who is called the father of american geography, also father of samuel morris, folks who know history know who that is. on april 25, 1799, jebediah morris said, whenever the pillars of christianity shall be overthrown, our present republic forms of government and all the blessings which grow from them must fall with them. james madison, the fourth president, march 4, 1815, in his thanksgiving day proclamation said, no people ought to feel greater obligations to celebrate the goodness of the great disposer of events and of the destiny of nations than the people of the united states. his kind providence originally conducted them to one of the best portions of the dwelling place allotted for the great family of the human race. he protected and cherished them under all the difficulties and

jefferson and prohibiting free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press orlly to assemble and to petition the government. >> can you require them to saying? about their funding. >> one thing is and i forget exactly when it happened but we had mccain-feingold that released this and mcconnell said that you're going to weaken the par tis. you may not like party, but which they have to repeat and be accountable and the tresz gets a solid look at that. and basically ma what you're going to do is weaken the parties and lose accountability and create a plethora of an interest groups that will not have to account and so folk wills not know the origin of this money and you're actually going to take politics down a side road and i think he is's been right. >> it does raise the question of unintended consequences which will be present in senate reforms. >> my name is matt newmark. i'm retired but i want to point out during my peak learning years the government was not afraid to increase marginal tax rates which i was paying. they used it to pay for wars and similar thi

some were slaves and some like benjamin baniker who was writing this powerful letter to thomas jefferson free and one of the last letters in the book was written in 2008 by alice walker who wrote barack obama to congratulate -- you know, to say what his election meant. so it has this amazing arc showing the history of african-americans enslaved and free over three centuries. >> you're 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 continued to communicate with their loved ones or even that even -- that slaves wrote letters at all. but the extent to which they maintained bonds across plantations, across states, across -- 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. >> now, regular book tv viewers may recognize you 'cause we shot a program of yours earlier in the year which you can watch on booktv.org. you can go to our website and watch that program. what are you working on

jefferson went to his grave believing that. the reason people thought that is they did not yet know that you could lose and then win. the constitution said what it said and everyone believed elections would keep going but you have to experience it before you believe it. and now we know. you can lose but then you get another shot. 2006 was a terrible beating and 2008 was another one. the world does not end so you do the right thing and go back and keep coming back. >> great. thanks so much. [applause] do we have a mic? >> thanks. a follow-up to your last question. you mentioned hamilton and jefferson. there were towering intellectuals. what would william f. buckley think today about monumentally ignorant people like sarah palin and glen echo supposedly speak for conservatives? that is one of the most depressing aspects of the discourse today. the disdain for intellectualism and thinking that people like sarah palin and glenn back represent. >> palin is in a different category because she is a politician. william buckley was neve

when we get away from that, when we have crimes committed by what thomas jefferson referred to as thedo era -- which your grandfather's work creating the federal reserve, we were not -- we've become fascist, ruled by the rich and serving what thomas jemp son called the anti-crivements i would recommend everyone read the actual writings of thomas jefferson, who was an obvious prophet of god to know why we have these draft dodgers supporting other war dodgers like reagan, whose line has been cut o. if he was up a good man, why didn't god give him any children? if you're such a good man, why did you not bring justice to people who sent us to vietnam after you dodged it? this is unrighteous. this is a spirit of the age. this is what thomas jefferson called the anti-christ, and you live cross the river and saw the world, done nothing about bringing bush and cheney to justice for doing it. host: will, we'll get a response. guest: well, i don't believe that bush and cheney created the world trade center. i think that's preposterous. as for my grandfather, he did not create the federal reserv

it is a great honor to introduce president william jefferson clinton.thank you -- >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. mr. speaker, senator lott, mrs. lott, members of the family, senator reid, senator mcconnell. i am still wondering what i am doing here. [laughter] actually, for the first time in my life, i found myself agreeing with most of withnewt said. -- most of what newt said. i was told that thomas jefferson was elected president in that room back there. i reminded trend that if it had not been for thomas jefferson, and neither one of us would be here. it because he bought louisiana. arkansas and mississippi were part of it. he probably wishes they still were. [laughter] i like to be here with all these republicans, because i am a private citizen. i don't have to convince you of anything. [laughter] the great thing about not being in office is that you can say whatever you want. witness my notes. but nobody cares anymore. [laughter] i would like to say a couple of things seriously. we were laughing back there about how people

for washington and jefferson, they considered their plig plantations because they considered themselvess farmers, washington consider agriculture a gift from the divine-)ñ as the top of the ladr of occupations. it serves society and was rewarded for individual. he always considered himself may be a plantation owner and former. he was a slave owner which is part of our history that we cringe that. it shows how the people have felt the white house is such an abnormal place that they need to get away from it. that was wrecked in the very beginning from washington all the way to president obama host: our first call comes from bad numbers, louisiana, on our ally for democrats. caller: why does anyone begrudge any president of human pleasure of going on vacation? we, the voters, work many hours and we expect weekends off or vacations for the president does not have that luxury. why don't we give him a break? guest: we are in such a polarized world now and some criticisms that obama keeps getting, president bush had to deal with for eight years. he was at his ranch in texas for 490 days out of

before that, jefferson -- science suddenly became very popular.at, maybe it was just left to the scientists. there was a lot of debate, when we first found dinosaur bones and 19th century. we found these bones for a long time but there were considered mythical beings. we began to look at them scientifically and rationally and began to understand. there was debate about what they were. i think we are in a unique time right now. at the end of the 19th century, the president of harvard, based on word from scientists, told his students not to study physics because everything that had been discovered pretty much had been discovered in physics. this was just as we were about to enter the greatest era of physics ever. he picked up on a speech by the first nobel-prize winner in this country who said the same thing. and then along came einstein, and they were all wrong. but science has really come into its own in recent times. i think there's more awareness out. host: connor in cleveland, ohio. you are on with joy hakim. caller: i should be asking you abou

jefferson went to his grave believing that.the reason people thought that is they did not yet know that you could lose and then win. the constitution said what it said and everyone believed elections would keep going but you have to experience it before you believe it. and now we know. you can lose but then you get another shot. 2006 was a terrible beating and 2008 was another one. the world does not end so you do the right thing and go back and keep coming back. >> great. thanks so much. [applause] do we have a mic? >> thanks. a follow-up to your last question. you mentioned hamilton and jefferson. there were towering intellectuals. what would william f. buckley think today about monumentally ignorant people like sarah palin and glen echo supposedly speak for conservatives? that is one of the most depressing aspects of the discourse today. the disdain for intellectualism and thinking that people like sarah palin and glenn back represent. >> palin is in a different category because she is a politician. william buckley was never

it had jefferson's beautiful preamble explaining that we owed an explanation and an answer.we gave that answer. some years later, 1776 and then 77, the constitution of the united states was drafted. americans have a self-image, a cell for identification, a self understanding of who they are by their legal document. this is only one of the few countries in the world that is that way. we come from many different backgrounds, religions, ethnicities, but we have this thing called the declaration of independence, this document called the constitution that defines us. the best part about this job is that you have a very small part in reminding yourself, in reminding the legal system, in reminding the public that this is our heritage of freedom. it is only maintained if you understand it. you do not take a dna test to believe in freedom. it is taught and it is learned and teaching and learning are conscious acts. for each generation has to learn over again what the constitution means. great teaching cases are ones in which or, that the framers wrote in 1789 and has real meaning tod

. >> i will not stay on this, but in america you hear about george washington and thomas jefferson. who do you hear about in canada? >> john macdonald, the man who brought independence to the canadian federation. but you hear about lots of other -- you hear about english kings. all my memories of childhood history are completely -- i would hear about the founder of jamaican independence. >> because of your mom. >> it was always up there. >> since we last talked, a man named barack obama became president of the united states. and he is like you. >> biracial. >> any impact? did you instinctively like him because he was like you? and what do you think of him now? >> i will confess to being a huge fan of his. i would hope not just because he and i are both biracial, but i was initially fascinated by him like many americans. he is exotic, he really is. and he has that princely air about him. he is really quite an extraordinary -- the man he reminded me of was pierre trudeau, the great canadian prime minister who was cosmopolitan and regal in that same kind of way, but a little bit aloof.

when we get away from that, when we have crimes committed by what thomas jefferson referred to as theeudo era -- which your grandfather's work creating the federal reserve, we were not -- we've become fascist, ruled by the rich and serving what thomas jemp son called the anti-crivements i would recommend everyone read the actual writings of thomas jefferson, who was an obvious prophet of god to know why we have these draft dodgers supporting other war dodgers like reagan, whose line has been cut o. if he was up a good man, why didn't god give him any children? if you're such a good man, why did you not bring justice to people who sent us to vietnam after you dodged it? this is unrighteous. this is a spirit of the age. this is what thomas jefferson called the anti-christ, and you live cross the river and saw the world, done nothing about bringing bush and cheney to justice for doing it. host: will, we'll get a response. guest: well, i don't believe that bush and cheney created the world trade center. i think that's preposterous. as for my grandfather, he did not create the federal rese

it was written by thomas jefferson. that is the most unique contribution in american history economy to political theory. it was the hardest -- jefferson and madison -- jefferson wrote it but madison got it through the general assembly. patrick henry fraught -- fought against it. george washington was on defense. he was later to find out -- finally it got past. they were asking the members to open their doors to a very dangerous methodist and baptists. they were really scary. it took nine years to get the bill passed. madison helped along by giving patrick henry to take it upstairs to the governorship. finally it passed with allowing people to believe. amazingly virginia was no more or less and moral than had been before. washington became a big fan of the statute. -- amazingly virginia was no more or less imoral than it had been before. we have never had a religious war in this country, in contrast to places all over the globe. wheat respect each other's religion. h-- we respect each other's religion. host: is it tough

when we get away from that, when we have crimes committed by what thomas jefferson referred to as the-- which your grandfather's work creating the federal reserve, we were not -- we've become fascist, ruled by the rich and serving what thomas jemp son called the anti-crivements i would recommend everyone read the actual writings of thomas jefferson, who was an obvious prophet of god to know why we have these draft dodgers supporting other war dodgers like reagan, whose line has been cut o. if he was up a good man, why didn't god give him any children? if you're such a good man, why did you not bring justice to people who sent us to vietnam after you dodged it? this is unrighteous. this is a spirit of the age. this is what thomas jefferson called the anti-christ, and you live cross the river and saw the world, done nothing about bringing bush and cheney to justice for doing it. host: will, we'll get a response. guest: well, i don't believe that bush and cheney created the world trade center. i think that's preposterous. as for my grandfather, he did not create the federal reserve. he w

predecessors include thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, daniel webster, george marshall, and of course, madeleine albright. when she was secretary of state, madeleine worked together with secretary clinton to launch the federal government's model voices democracy initiative, and today vital voices is a nonprofit organization that works to train and organize women leaders from around the world. before being appointed to work current position by president obama, secretary clinton served as a united states senator from new york, where she was a strong advocate for the expansion of economic opportunity and access to health care. prior to that, she was first lady for eight years and worked -- on many issues relating to children and families, especially health care, leading a successful bipartisan effort to provide care to millions of children through the children's health program. her biography is also one of firsts. the first first lady to hold a law degree, the first sitting first lady to be elected to the senate, or any public office. the first woman to win statewide electi

jefferson received his bachelor's degree.t's always a pleasure to go to uva to see all these insights he's applied. [laughter] >> lee is absolutely correct about the long-term partisan nature of congress but it is the case, i think, it has gotten worse since the 1970s according to the best measures if you look at the distribution of ideology, 20 or 30 years ago there was a lot of overlap. we had democrats who were more conservative than a lot of republicans and we had liberal republicans. since about 1980, that overlap has all but disappeared. indeed, the senate it doesn't exist anymore. the most conservative democrats ben nelson of nebraska is more liberal than the most liberal of the senators. in the house i think there's one individual, one democrat who is more conservative than the most liberal republican. i assume he eats alone and is a pretty lonely guy. so the task really before us is how to deal with these really daunting structural deficits within that kind of a political context. now, frances makes the point that we

says thomas jefferson did not have an affair with sally hemings nor fathered her child. this is presented at in virginia. >> let m

of the american people to handle most things that the state and localities and individuals the we jefferson envisioned it as opposed commandery that reagan envisioned it as opposed to what we have today. >> if you have a question -- >> fight back. do what the tea party protesters are doing. >> [inaudible] hi said the republican tea parties [inaudible] >> no, that's right. but -- >> [inaudible] >> i think part of what we have to do is fortunately we have our own way to communicate with each other now. we don't have to depend on abc, cbs. so far. but what is interesting is if you look at the recent data 40% of american people call themselves durham to be conservative while 20% call themselves republicans. that speaks volumes about the state of the republican party in america today. but is the way it was in 1977 to read history repeat itself. the party because of nixon and ford and corruption of watergate and because the effectiveness of gerald ford and his ties to the correct corporate elites became a minority party. and so, now we are -- now they are again in the minority. the way back as wh

consequently jefferson warned us of that. one of the founders of this country. he warned us against doing the very thing that we're doing today. if you go read the federalist papers, you will see in those papers what madison wrote about the welfare clause and the commerce clause. and he said whenever the senate starts to think about claiming that it means something different than it does, here's when we want you to know. it doesn't. it's very limited in scope. i said yesterday in a press conference that this country is at the point of a crisis confidence like we've not seen in hundreds of years. and it's true. and whether you are a very liberal individual in this country or a very conservative individual in this country, you don't have any confidence in us. and the reason you don't, is because we don't act in the country's best interest. we act in our political best interest. and we act -- and republicans are equally guilty. equally guilty. we look partisan issues rather than principled issues. and what we miss in all of that is the best right thing for our coun

common-sense conservative outlook that started way back with the founders of 18th century servants of jefferson, madison and the rest. i do think you may see a trend again, deliverables spawned by adherence to these market-based principles of a limited government, but taking care of folks. >> i think conversely, you've got to avoid elections more and more, which will be one of the fallouts from iran and elsewhere. i also think that for next year there's going to be this growing trend. it's boring, it's organizational, but it's nonetheless very significant, which is the fact -- the view that the g-20 is now in a sense, the global economic regulator. i think that's going to be inescapable. i mean, it's a major shift in what was effectively the poll lar world, but the united states was -- >> two g summits next year, one in canada and one in south korea in the autumn, that it will be prominent. can i ask one final question? then we'll go to the floor. perhaps to you, joe lockhart. europe, not something that perhaps people spend too much time worrying about. but there was the famous kissinger questi

of the american people to handle most things at the state and localities and individuals the way jeffersonenvisioned it as opposed to -- and the way reagan envisioned it as opposed to what we have today. >> okay. >> if you have a question -- >> how did he get away with it? >> fight back. do it with the tea party protesters or town halls. >> there was something on tv the other night, the republican tea parties. >> no, that's right. [inaudible] >> well, i think part of what we have to do is to -- fortunately we have our own way to communicate with each other now. we don't to have depend on abc, nbc and cbs. >> so far. >> so far. but we have other ways. but what's interesting is that if you look at recent polling data is that 40% of the american people call themselves conservative while only 20% call themselves republican. i think that speaks volumes about the state of the republican party in america today is that -- but it's the way it was in 1977. history has repeated itself. the republican party, because of nixon, because of ford and the corruption of watergate and because of the fecklessn

it's something that thomas jefferson would have appreciated if you look around this campus, you can seew much he admired roman architecture but yet the red brick is american. so he felt he needed to counter this notion that it was 1945 and that he didn't matter and that germany didn't matter. and he proposed to revive a confederation. november 28, he proposed via his shocking ten-point speech, which no one knew about in advance, except the potential exception of the white house, that there should be a two german state over the course of decades he thought if he were extremely lucky, maybe two decades but probably a lot more, over a long period of time, two 21st century germanies would essentially grow together in unity after the establishment of structures. so he proposed this model which he thought was very viable, not the least because the area known as germany had existd in a confederate state for a while. and this model was undone when he himself decided to withdraw it. he himself went to east germany and realized that he could aim higher. he could be the chancellor of of german uni

parents involved in community schools versus seattle school district number one and meredith versus jeffersonnty board of education. at issue in these cases was the authority of local school districts to consider the race of individual students in taking voluntary actions to reduce racial and ethnic segregation and isolation in k-12 public schools. as mentioned, latino students write to desegregated schools was recognized in 1973. but the supreme court's ruling in the 2007 case limits voluntary desegregation plans and could increase the already high levels of segregation of latino students. in a 5-4 vote, chief justice john roberts acknowledges writing for himself and three other justices acknowledge that remedying the effects of past intentional discrimination is a compelling interest. robert, however, held that the compelling interest of remedying the effects of past intentional segregation was not applicable to the school district plans in this case. because the school systems were not under court ordered desegregation plans. when they carried out their integration plans. the supreme court

jackson, all the populists, jefferson, jackson hated that bank, and jackson killed it. >> so they wouldhate what's going on right now? >> in many ways. but at the same time everyone understood that there had to be some kind of an agency for stability, for currency stability, and for repository of federal money. i mean jackson basically put it into various state banks, promptly labeled pet banks, jackson's pet banks, by opponents. so the independent treasury was an effort to create a government entity that would take care of those two things. and john seigenthaler in his book notes that that lasted until the creation of the fed. so it was not a petite or a trivial accomplishment. tariff rates were a natural democratic position, that was not surprising. getting the oregon territory or as much as possible was a natural thing. for 26 years the united states and britain had been trying to negotiate where to draw the line. >> and how many states would have been involved in the oregon territory? >> well, the states that we have now would be washington, oregon, idaho, part of montana, and part

but as thomas jefferson and many others said, we are much better off with it again without it to.t: a question for you, mark, and the essence of the story is that after years of delay, those familiar with talks say the obama and mr. shen realizes more nations have been developing cyber weapons. there are talks between the u.s. and russia to control the strength of the internet and limit military use of cyber space. guest: as president ronald reagan said, of course you can talk to them. you trust, but you verify. if you cannot verify, don't talk to them. this is encouraging as a development, but let's not kid ourselves. the russians are going as the chinese already are, and i'm sure every other major nation, seeking every possible means they can on the cyber front and every other front to protect their self-interests. host: miami, on the line for democrats. caller: c-span is a good mechanism to deal with issues. we have never had this before. mark, what is happening is coming home to roost. sins of our fathers. there was never a plan in the republican party to incorporate the type

for washington and jefferson, they considered their plig plantations because they considered themselvesfarmers, washington consider agriculture a gift from the divine-)ñ as the top of the ladr of occupations. it serves society and was rewarded for individual. he always considered himself may be a plantation owner and former. he was a slave owner which is part of our history that we cringe that. it shows how the people have felt the white house is such an abnormal place that they need to get away from it. that was wrecked in the very beginning from washington all the way to president obama host: our first call comes from bad numbers, louisiana, on our ally for democrats. caller: why does anyone begrudge any president of human pleasure of going on vacation? we, the voters, work many hours and we expect weekends off or vacations for the president does not have that luxury. why don't we give him a break? guest: we are in such a polarized world now and some criticisms that obama keeps getting, president bush had to deal with for eight years. he was at his ranch in texas for 490 days out of h

of the 19, william jefferson was the only democrat. the rest for republicans. nine of those 18 republicans lost those elections. there was duke cunningham. the dexter. -- the dukester that earmarked money for corporations in his district in san diego, calif. for work under the black budget. that is a budget that is for the intelligence community. these were contractors that did not have a long track record, but he received things. the contractors had his house directly under market value. he received bribes. that became part of the picture of the problem in washington. that he received bribes for earmarked. he is in jail. he is in jail because he broke the law. there is the k-street problem, a symbol of where most of the lobbyists were. they're all over town now. it was a project that was created primarily by tom delay, but also republican senators to make sure that when staff and members left, they would get jobs. there is a revolving door thing. they would get jobs and associations as well as with tears -- specific firms. the press made it sound like this was

i would like to share with you a story about thomas jefferson. it may be just a story, but it is an inspiration for us during these times. president jefferson was riding on horseback from the white house back to his home in monitor cello near char lotsville, virginia. he was an entourage of men on horseback. they reached a river for which there was no bridge or no ferry. the men decided they would have to get off, walk their horses across to get to the other side. one by one, the men went first and the president was last. as they filed into the river, they passed a gentleman on the riverbank. finally when it got to the president, this gentleman who had a big bundle by his side approached the president and asked for a lift. president jefferson in that true tradition of a virginia gentleman said absolutely and allowed the gentleman to get up on his horse and the president led the gentleman and his bundle across the water. when the group got to the other side, the president's men were furious and they asked the gentleman how in the world, why did yo

when we get away from that, when we have crimes committed by what thomas jefferson referred to as theeudo era -- which your grandfather's work creating the federal reserve, we were not -- we've become fascist, ruled by the rich and serving what thomas jemp son called the anti-crivements i would recommend everyone read the actual writings of thomas jefferson, who was an obvious prophet of god to know why we have these draft dodgers supporting other war dodgers like reagan, whose line has been cut o. if he was up a good man, why didn't god give him any children? if you're such a good man, why did you not bring justice to people who sent us to vietnam after you dodged it? this is unrighteous. this is a spirit of the age. this is what thomas jefferson called the anti-christ, and you live cross the river and saw the world, done nothing about bringing bush and cheney to justice for doing it. host: will, we'll get a response. guest: well, i don't believe that bush and cheney created the world trade center. i think that's preposterous. as for my grandfather, he did not create the federal rese

she spoke just before this jefferson school of law about sexual assaults and a rock and the cover-up and says, it was out of control. and how 800 number existed as a help line. no one had a phone, and no one answered the number of which was based in the united states. she informed the audience that after more than 80 incidents were reported during a six month time frame in a rock and 28 the rape hotline was still being answered by a machine that thats to leave a message. there were innumerable situations all over the theater of operations because female soldiers did not have a voice individually or collectively. even as a general i didn't have a voice with sanchez. so i know what the soldiers were facing. sanchez did not want to hear about female soldier requirements and/or issues. later she quoted sanchez to me as saying, the women have to be here. let them take what comes with the territory. there is thankfully pushed back against this by women in the u.s. military. their is a lot of women that have formed a group called ceylon service, it is a group trying to get policy changes, e

jefferson's university of virginia.managing editor and executive editor on line for the wall street journal. he was previously managing editor of a wall street journal and author of the weekly business column. he has served as washington d.c. bureau chief for nbc and the wall street journal. we are very fortunate to have alan on our governing council at the madison of public affairs at the university. a member of distinction for many years. next we have robert sanders, contributing editor of newsweek and the washington post where he has written about business and economic issues since 19707. his articles also appear in the los angeles times, boston globe and other reading newspapers. his latest book is entitled the great inflation and its aftermath, past and future of american capitalists in case you are wondering about a holiday gift. paul sullivan is the economics and occasional correspondent for the cbs news hour. the answers questions on the business desk. recently he has become a fellow at yale's berkeley college a