jefferson you know, a man of very decided opinions, was a rather shy, soft spoken man, and jefferson actually shrank from open disagreement. if you happened to find yourself at a dinner party with thomas jefferson and you disagreed with him, jefferson would not openly confront you. hamilton would certainly openly confront you. jefferson would repair to his lodgings for the evening and record the statement that you had made and then he would store it up for later use. boy it he store things up with hamilton. in jefferson's secret diary there are nearly 400 references to hamilton, some of the anecdotes sound accurate, some of dubious authenticity, not that jefferson is inventing whole thought. but he certainly is giving different comments in situations, his own jeffersonian spin. now, in part, as you well know, we have so many teachers in the room this evening, the epic animosity between these two olympian figures is probably a matter of clashing visions. jefferson wants a rural america with a weak, central government, stresses states rights, strict construction of the constitution, ta

jefferson famously designed. washington was the first american to collect farm done in a specially designed building, and i have to say it took me by surprise to discover that america's first four presidents had all been utterly abscessed with newer. [laughter] washington was so enraptured by it that he wanted a farm manager who might as like convert everything he touches into menu are. the first transmutation towards gold. jefferson called a pamphlet about manure a charming trees, and i think their is a more delightful picture then john adams as the american minister in london in his carriage driving down the road, jumping out of his carriage, jumping into a pile of manure. at the same time the other ambassadors are rushing through the corridors of st. james's palace bejeweled and thin silk, he is standing in a pile of manure teasing apart this trough from the dawn, declaring with police that this stinking pile was not equal to mine. [laughter] so this obsession might seem a little strange to us, but it was very

he work with jefferson, philosopher for four years.he consented to learn something about money from his younger colleague albert gallatin, a swiss immigrant who spoke with a french accent but knew more about america's finances and most natives. madison was a great man who was not afraid of assisting or deferring to other great men, another legacy. he also worked with the less, patch men and gossip, the snoops and the spies. on one occasion he turned a blind eye to a mob your they do the work of politics to. they are part of the game. politics has its own institutions and madison, had a few that last as long as the constitution. he helped found america's first political party, the republicans, in the early 1790s. later they changed their name to the democrats. the modern gop isn't unrelated organization. today's democrats hold jefferson jackson day dinner to commemorate the origin. they might better call them jefferson and madison day dinners. since their party begin in 1791 when madison joined jefferson on a trip through new york and e

smarter than jefferson. perhaps even smarter than adams. over a lifetime of public service, he had put his mind -- forget his shoulder -- to the wheel reading, writing, speaking and thinking. driving himself so hard that he often understood mined his already not-robust constitution. but mad szob was not -- madison was not a warrior. two years earlier he'd made himself ridiculous by visiting the war and navy departments in a little round hat. a crude attempt to become a military leader by dressing like one. it is arguable and some of his contemporaries argued it madison, said representative john calhoun, lacked the commanding talents. but he was not by nature an executive. but that morning he was the chief executive and commander in chief. war was five miles away. and he rode to meet it. he and rush took the road which is still called bladensburg road, overtaking american units as they went. after an hour in the sad l, they came town a hill alongside an or chard and towards the bridge that led to bladensburg main and only street and it brick

this is a jefferson, and here's a picture of jefferson perhaps puzzling over the declaration, and benjaminranklin who was on the committee. win the debate begins, dickinson is the first to speak. it was a terribly hot day in philadelphia. the temperature climbed above 90. probably felt as hot or hotter than it did today. the room was closed off. all the windows were closed so no one could hear what was being said from the outside. or could be loyalists or british spies out there. and takes and -- dickinson spoke for two hours. and in that speech, dickinson said that his once grand stature had eroded because of his long fight against independence. but he said that he rejoiced that the burden he had carried was almost over, and that he could not be silent, even though he suspected they would lead to his political suicide. i must speak know i should lose the affections of my country. and in that two hours, he gave an impassioned speech against independence. and when he sat down, it was john adams who rose and answered him first. and adams made an equally long speech. and as adams spoke, the s

livingston who is between jefferson and sherman then jefferson and on the far side benjamin franklin. the committee chose jefferson to write the declaration. the committee probably talked about format and what it was to look like and they cleared jefferson that he was not to introduce a lot of new ideas, but he was to explain independence in terms of the americans understood. jefferson wrote the document very quickly, probably within three to five days, probably working here or there are around the congressional sessions may be skipping a couple congressional sessions and unlike most of my students he beat the deadline. he got the declaration is on june 28th. remember when we start by said john adams wrote to archibald on july 1st and he said today his set up was the greatest the date of all, and that is the date that congress set aside for this. so the debate began on june 1st. dickinson was the first one to speak. i forgot to show you these. this is jefferson and here is a picture of jefferson and perhaps puzzling over the declaration and benjamin franklin who looks on the committee

he was jeffersons -- kept jefferson loyal to jeffersons own ideology. where, as jefferson would say, you read the constitution. you tell me we are strict constructionist. we can only do what the constitution tells us. it doesn't say we can buy territory. madison said you have to get a constitutional amendment to make it okay. we don't have time for a constitutional amendment. he's giving me the money because the british are knocking the out of them and either way, if he wins or loses, he's not going to want it anymore. so this is okay, jefferson says to madison, now you have madison who believed the ideologue, dominant branch. congress wants this war. i want a war with the largest superpower by the era of great britain. and there's no money to fight the war, so he doesn't like national banks, so he let the charter that they expire. so he won't veto the war. congress mentioned the resolution. i have to do what they say. they want a war, but i don't want the big. i will carry out their wish, fight the war. i don't have any money to implement a war. in the

he was jefferson's -- kept jefferson and jefferson would say you are at the constitution, you tell me what strict discussion they don't say beaten by territory to make it okay we don't have time but he's selling the money because the british and either way if he wins or he loses. so he says all right, jefferson system madison and later on madison who believes legislation sets on the supreme branch. the concourse left this war of great britain, and so she doesn't like national bank's or the word bank either and so he left the charter and the bank and shimon to veto the war. officious to do with what they say i want war but i don't want a bank so i will carry out their pressure and fight the war and everybody giving money to implement the war. bottomline the white house, in the capitol. and the hero was nicer than i thought to get the declaration of independence out of there and the creation of george washington and another happy story. i will say we did a great job to heal the country after the war. he and his wife smoldering it went on for weeks and james and dolley would go around to

he was jefferson -- loyal to jefferson's ideology where jefferson would say you wrote the constitutionwe are strict constructionists can only do what the constitution tells us. it doesn't say weaken by territory. madison says we need a constitutional amendment to make it okay. we don't have time. the british -- either way if he wins or loses he won't want it anymore. he said okay, the less said about it the better. madison believed -- legislature should be in the federalist papers -- congress wants this work with the largest superpower, great been. there is no money to fight the war. he doesn't like national banks. he couldn't find the word bank either so he lets the charter of the bank's expire. he won't the total war. i have to do what they say. i don't want the bank. i will carry out their wish and don't have money to implement the war. bottom line british burned down the white house and the capital and the hero of that administration is a businessman. get a declaration of independence out of there. the portrait of george washington is in the news room. not a happy story. a smart ma

and as kate kelly reports, it's where this week's jefferson award winner has been inspiring studentsades. >> come into your kitchen, you have your living room -- >> reporter: these oakland tech high school students are putting to paper their ideas for a small home. >> what slope do you want that to be? that's going to make a big difference in how this house looks. >> reporter: learning to translate their visions into architectural drawings is what their teacher, mr. merrill, says is the first step of understanding the logic of engineering. >> to be able to use mathematics and physics and their vocational skills in order to put all that into a package of "here's what engineers do." >> reporter: introducing kids to what engineers do has been parker merrill's passion for 25 years. in 1986, he and a fellow teacher started the engineering academy at oakland tech, concerned that many oakland students were failing college physics. so they developed a whole new curriculum, integrating math and physics and real-world mechanics. >> you learn a whole new different way of looking at the world, v

the roosevelts, in the time of jefferson, none of the roosevelts thought very much of jefferson. so fdr kind of overdid this. and, once again, i think there should be a monument to thomas jefferson in washington, but that nice neoclass call structure that you see along the tidallal basin, and i've always thought was fdr's taste, the memorial, i think, is very much a 1990s view of franklin roosevelt. and, um, i say this partly out of, from design conviction. and i don't think the structure is what he would have particularly liked. but, also, it's franklin roosevelt that we now think about historically, and that is the franklin roosevelt of the new deal. the fdr memorial in washington heavily concentrates on the depression, it concentrates on his domestic policies, on his conservation, his stewardship of, of national parks and so on, all of which is true. but to the total exclusion of certain other aspects of him. you would never know that the great conservationist was also one of the great dam builders of the 20th century which is somewhat anathema in our time, but fdr thought tha

the president arriving at thomas jefferson high school for science technology.e signing the america invents act that will reform the patent approval process to streamline for entrepreneurs. let's listen in. >> i am thrilled to be here at thomas jefferson high school for science and technology. and thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. i want to thank rebecca for the unbelievable introduction. give rebecca a big hand. [ applause ] in addition to rebecca on stage we have some very important people. first of all, before we do, i want to thank your wonderful principal, dr. evan glazer. right here. stand up, evan. [ applause ] the people who are responsible for making some great progress on reforming our patent laws today. senator patrick leahy of vermont. [ applause ] and lamar smith, republican from texas. [ applause ] we have representative bob goodlet, representative jim moran, representative melvin watt. they're all here. [ applause ] becky blank our acting secretary of commerce. david capos director of the trademark office and we've got some extraordinar

competence the second amendment was put in place in response to a raging debate led mostly by thomas jefferson about whether we should have a standing army during times of peace jefferson wanted outlawed like switzerland today he wanted the army dissolved during times of peace and threaten to have the entire project delegation refused to ratify the constitution if that wasn't written into the constitution you can read it in a seven hundred eighty seven letters to james madison when madison was writing the constitution. as an alternative jefferson wanted every man from the age of seventeen to forty seven to be taught proficiency with guns and to be a member of a local militia which would be activated if the country were attacked the first draft language of the second amendment was therefore much like the vent existing language of the pennsylvania constitution which both banned a standing army during times of peace and drafted every eligible man in the state into a militia it said that while people had the and i'm quoting now from the pennsylvania constitution right to bear arms for the defense

our nation's constitution and that the author of the declaration of independence and self thomas jefferson had a deep seated mistrust of too much corporate power and fought tirelessly to include freedom from anomalies in the bill of rights jefferson described corporate powers the powers that be as the selfish spirit of commerce that knows no country and feels no passion or principle but that of gain jefferson's tradition was carried out by both republican and democratic presidents throughout the nation's history with for example president grover cleveland who said in his eight hundred eighty eight state of the union address as review the achievements of aggregated capital we discover the existence of trusts combinations of monopolies while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death but a thin irony corporations which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law of the servants of the people are fast becoming the people's masters. or like republican president teddy roosevelt would challenge corporate power by passing the tillman act in one hundred seven whi

thomas jefferson. >> (laughs) that's you bringing it. man cut up his bible, loved the french and had a well-documented case of jungle fever. (laughter) try again. >> jon: okay, fictional, right? superman. (laughter) >> illegal immigrant. (laughter) >> jon: come on! that's ridiculous! here's someone who could lead the tea party. optimus prime! >> he accepted the auto industry bailout! >> jon: all right. the terminator. a machine that took away good-paying american assassin jobs! (laughter) >> jon: wow. you might be right. i mean, even jesus fed the poor by redistributing loaveses and officials. >> wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. did you just disjesus? (laughter) >> >> jon: no, i was saying from an ideological pe perspective tt they might... >> jon, if there's one thing that i've learned from this debate-- and i quote-- "boo! boo! let him die! let him die!" >> jon: we'll beig (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, the executive editor and anchor of pbs newshour, his new book is called "tension city: inside the preside

click the connect button, then jefferson awards.th that program. >> i used to work with that program. i recognize the volunteer, great help to the community for sure. >>> and a fabulous weekend on the way? >> yes, should be nice and warm today, especially in the inland spots. we're also seeing a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. kind of the mixed weather for those of you outside, looking outside and seeing blue skies. we're going to see rain? slight chance of showers, seeing the fog roll in, low clouds throughout the rest of the bay area as well. temperatures, pretty mild, sitting in the 50s and 60s for the most part. making your way out the door this morning, if you're out at the coastline, probably seeing fog out there, at least patchy fog, mostly cloudy conditions along the bay shores. in our inland locations, partly cloudy conditions this morning. for this afternoon, partly cloudy at the coastline. inside the bay, mostly sunny conditions and mostly sunshine and nice warm weather. if you're making your way into inlan

jefferson davis had been the president of the confederacy. and then the mississippi legislature chose hyrum rebels, a black man how ha to fill the seat that had previously been occupied by jefferson davis and then again i talked about this in the book when hyrum revels goes to represent mississippi as a reconstruction era senator, there's a big debate on whether he can be defeated because some take the position he cannot lawfully be seated because after all, before the promulgation of the 14th amendment in 1868, blacks could not be citizens of the united states according to the infamous deride scott decision. and s o there was this big fight. wellcome has he been a citizen of the united states long enough to fulfill the requirements to be the united states senator? and there was a big fight. and finally, he was seated but there was a big fight about it. and so, i thought about all of that history would be useful for the readers to understand as a way of appreciating just why it was that of the election of barack obama was so momentous and why

i watched "the jeffersons." i see your mother all the time. do you ever watch the stuff? you see? >> i do watch it. i watch it quite often. when i feel like i want to see my mother, i turn it on your get i get to see her moves. i get to see her seat. i get to see her laugh. it is comforting. it was amazing how revolutionary that shows. that was the first interracial kiss on prime-time television. it was the first interracial couple on prime-time television, and i remember the mail she used to get back then. tavis: pretty ugly? >> really bad. people love her, but i am talking about the people with the racial thing. with all of these shows, you look back and see that there was some real substance there besides the comedy. now they got away with things we could not get away with today. tavis: what you make of that? >> i see how far we've come, but i also see how far we have got. we would be politically incorrect it is not really, but we are different today. tavis: you are making the submerged deeper, because you keep giving me stuff. you remember as a child the kind of mail

thomas jefferson did as well. >> that's right. >> jefferson understood that of the three branches ofnment, the most important was the united states congress consisting of the house and the senate much the second would be the executive and the third and a far distance third was considered the supreme court of the united states. if the supreme court, by a plurality of the justices may impose their own personal morality on the rest of the nation, then we are quite literally being ruled by those individuals as opposed to giving our consent to the people's representative. so most assuredly, that power does lie within the representatives an the senate. the people's representatives an the united states congress. >> and if it meant a confrontation with the supreme court, are you prepared for that? >> most assuredly. >>> congresswoman, will the person you choose as your vice presidential running mate share your pro life convictions and your belief in marriage as a union of husband and wife. >> without a doubt, that will be. >>> in illinois, after passing a bill, the state decided to -- foster

as kate kelly reports this week's jefferson award winner has been providing free care for more than 10 years. >> have you had surgery before? >> no. >> first time. >> first time. >> wow. >> reporter: and patient eric taulepa would still be waiting for surgery to fix his hernia if it wasn't for dr. john ngai and his volunteer team at the kaiser permanente redwood city medical center. he helped organized this day of free surgeries for people without health insurance through the nonprofit, operation access. this all-volunteer effort will make a world of difference to eric, who hasn't been able to work at his shipyard job for almost a year. >> it's very painful and it's very hard sometimes. >> he is on disability waiting for an operation for months. so we take care of him, back to society, functional, productive. you can take care of little problems before they become huge problems, you save hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: today they are working on hernias, cataracts and outpatient knee repairs. he helps and recruit and organize operation access days at his hospital. this sa

and i mean republican in the sense of the republic, of thomas jefferson, those kinds of people. the last lawyer who really believes that to enunciate the important principles of america is going to work. this is in a town where their first reaction -- i mean, tom ewell is an incredibly evil, disgusting person. everybody in town knows that. but they believe him. you know, they're willing to take his word even though they know he's lying completely, they're willing to take his word. they're willing to go out and try to lynch tom robinson, right? they have taken one of their upstanding citizens, bo radley, and locked him in the attic. he's been there for god knows how many years. has anybody in town done anything about it? no. lock your kids in the attic. that's the kind of town you're dealing with. as we're seeing this through the idse of scout, a child, we have -- through the eyes of scout, a child, we have to dig into it ourselves to see what's going on and once you do you realize that atticus doesn't have a chance. there's nobody to appeal to. he's going to lose. and the moral

thomas jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase which the yankees and the side of the executive branch in washington are fond at hurling at us. there is a tendency in this year of grace, 1935, to use this phrase out of context to satisfy all conditions, the most ridiculous example i can think of is when the people who run our public education promote that stupid and idle along with the industryous. because all men are created equal, educators gravely tell us the children left behind suffer terrible feelings of inadequacy. we all know that all men are not created equal. in the sense some people would have us believe. some people are smarter than others. some have more opportunity because they're born with it. some men make more money than others. some ladies bake better cakes than others. some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men. but there is one way in our society that all men are created equal. there is one human institution that makes the pauper the equal of the rockefeller. the stupid man equal of an einstein. the ignoreant man the equal o

. >>> well, when this week's jefferson award winner wanted to do something to support young people in her hometown, she didn't have to look far for help. as kate keller reports, she turned to other oakland natives and together they are helping students tackle each new school year. >> reporter: binder paper. pencils. backpacks. just some of the items needed for oakland students going back to school. and these volunteers are helping make sure hundreds of kids get everything they need for that first day. >> dictionaries go over there. >> leading the effort is oakland native dyesha dewitt and shows how important academic support can be. >> i mow it can be frustrating and daunting for young people and their parents to overcome some of the challenges that you experience in high school. but i feel that if we really engage at a younger age and start to let parents know some of the pitfalls and challenges that they should experience, they could overcome some of that. and achieve more. >> she dropped out of school in the 10th grade. when she was fired from a job for not having her high school d

power is out to thousands in both states, louisiana's jefferson parish ordered a mandatory evacuation and while we watch lee, we are still keeping a close eye on what's happening with hurricane katia. >>> nearly 700 vermont homes and businesses were still without power as of this morning. 35 ground searchers along with six canine teams continue to look for a vermont man missing since sunday, he's believed to have been swept away by raging floodwaters. and take a look at this map, the green lines show vermont roads that are now open, pretty good, but many of the roads and bridges marked in red were simply washed away. and the dots indicate power outages. another story we're watching developing this hour is dominique strauss-kahn leaving his new york apartment with his wife ann sinclaire, we showed you the pictures just a moment ago. is there you see them, dominique strauss-kahn is obviously the imf chief accused of sexual assaulting a hotel maid in new york. those charges were dropped this week after the prosecutor said he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime occurred

sharon chin shows us how this week's jefferson award winner is changing all of that. >>> reporter: >>me is it? >> baseball! >> reporter: time to shine for children like 8-year-old harold bledsoe when the oakland babe ruth baseball league starts. >> i like baseball the most of all sports. >> reporter: but his mom the coach worries they couldn't afford to realize his baseball dreams. >> with my son harold, we probably wouldn't be able to play. >> reporter: but jeff humphrey pitched in with save. >> come on, guys! we're going to unload some gear. >> reporter: jeff and his son jack collect youth baseball gear that leagues have outgrown and distribute to free for other leagues that need it. >> if you don't have cleats, gather around the box over here. >> reporter: the donations are a hit among inner city kids like harold and his teammates, who can't afford up to $200 in baseball equipment they need to play. >> you're only young once and after that it's over. so enjoy the great game of baseball. >> reporter: in the last seven years, jeff and his son have collected 24 truckloads of baseball

ann jefferson saw her neighbor's home burning just a few feet from her own townhouse. now she's having pg&e check every inch of her home for gas leaks. she was told there are no leaks. when jefferson saw her neighbor's home on fire with flames surging from the ground, she could only think of the deadly san bruno explosion. >> i was so grateful that nobody was hurt this time. you know, i think when you look at that devastation, it's frietdenning. >> california puc is investigating the cupertino explosion. coming up at 6:00, the extraordinary steps pg&e is taking to ease fears in this cupertino neighborhood. be sure to join us for an nbc bay area news special report. "san bruno remembrance and recovery," it airs live a week from today at 4:00 p.m. next friday also marks the one-year anniversary of the san bruno explosion. >>> a san jose police officer charged with child abuse pleaded not guilty to all three counts today. ard gewith having arigo is inappropriate sexual contact with teenage boys. >> the defendant responded to a craigslist dating ad that a teenage boy liste

. >> sharon chin introduces this week's jefferson award winner. >>> reporter: elisabeth scheibach's homeffice in marin county looks like a mini museum of braille printers she's used for over four decades. >> it's all mirror image. >> reporter: at first she found it painstaking embossing braille dots. then she moved to the perkins brailler resembling a typewriter. today a computer makes her work faster. as a volunteer, she's transcribed thousands of books into braille. it all started with a class at the college of marin. >> i happened to see braille and said, oh, that might be worthwhile doing something that does some good for somebody. >> reporter: elisabeth said she transcribed 35 pages flawlessly to earn her certification from the library of congress 1969. then she joined a marin county volunteer transcribers group. their work enables blind people to read. >> i enjoy doing what i do. >> reporter: elisabeth transcribes braille at home but once a week for the last 45 years she has come here to volunteer at guide dogs for the blind. she and her husband arrive faithfully every thursday mor

kate kelly reports, that's where the jefferson award winner has been inspires students for decades. >> you come into your kitchen, you have your living room. >> these oakland tech high school students are putting to paper their ideas for a small home. >> what slope do you want that to be? that's going to make a difference in how the house looks. >> learning to translate their vision into architectural drawings is what the teacher says is the first step in understanding the logic of engineering. >> to be able to use mathematics and physics and their vocational skills to put all that into a package of here is what engineers do. >> introducing kids to what engineers do has been parker merle's passion for 25 years, in 1986 he and a fellow teacher started the engineering academy at oakland tech concerned students were failing college physics and developed a new curriculum. >> you learn a whole new way of looking at the world, visualizing objects, logically. yes, it's more of a class on logic. >> i saw the math is based on real life things, which is much more -- which is better because i do

>> let me tell you something, i knew thomas jefferson. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor factor begins right now -- "the factor" begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. fascinating poll. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. surveys terrible news for president obama. 62% of americans now disapprove of how he's handling the economy, just 32% approve. it's armageddon for the white house. however, mr. obama is not completely out of it because the economy could rally and in the same poll, 69% of americans say they like the president as a person. just 16% do not like him. remember, most americans liked george w. bush as well. but in the end, they voted, the voters did, with their pocket books. bush the elder lost. w. left office with low approval ratings. poll also says 49% believe the economy is getting worse right now. 76% say we're in a recession. 53% blame bush for the recession. just 32% blame obama. as far as the tea party is concerned, 29% of americans have a favorab

kent jefferson in geology. jefferson would say, he read the constitution did you tell me. we can only do with the constitution tells us. does not say that we can buy territory. the constitutional amendment to make it okay. we don't have that. the british are knocking the hell out of him. either way if he wins or loses is not going to want it. so he says, okay. madison believes. the legislature should be in the dominant branch. congress wants this war. they want a war with the largest superpower of the era, great britain. and there is no money to fight the war. he does not like national banks. and so he lets the charter for banks expire. he won't veto the war. i have to do what they say. i will carry out there wish. i don't have any money to implement. bottom-line, the british burned down the white house and the capital. the hero of that administration has enough sense to get the declaration out of there. out of there. not a happy story. a smart man, honest man, a tremendous integrity. i will say he did a great deal to heal the country great

elisabeth and guide dog are a great team. >> reporter: this week's jefferson award in the bay area goeso elisabeth scheibach. sharon chin, dr.s cbs 5. >> go to cbssf.com and click "connect" and go to down jefferson awards to nominate your local hero. >>> it was a quiet evening until just after 6:00. >> i was at my son's baseball practice when my wife and i saw the explosion. and i turned to her and she looked right at me and she said, go. >> the moments of horror and heroism in san bruno and what we have learned about the disaster one year later. >>> right next to city hall, close to a playground, it would have been very scary. >> a bay area neighborhood worried about what lies beneath. the mistake accidentally exposed. >>> as dangerous as cigarettes? the toxic ingredients that can leak into skin from tatoos. ,,,,,,,,,,,, hi honey, what are you doing? just having some chicken noodle. starting my progresso soup for lunch plan, huh. nope, just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see... south western vegetables... 60 calories, oh beef pot roast... ...ya' know those jea

mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of jefferson parish in the new orleans area and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. remember that storm? six days after irene slammed the state, nearly 700 vermont homes are still without power. and the search is still on for a man believed to have been swept away by floodwaters last sunday. >>> take a look at this map. the green lines there show vermont roads that are now open. but many of those roads and bridges marked in red were simply washed away. the dots indicate power outages . in one minute, we're going to bring you a report from one of the hardest hit areas, new jersey. >>> dozens of families across texas and oklahoma have lost their homes to wildfires. in oklahoma city alone, fires destroyed 25 homes just this week. in texas, crews are still battling 14 separate wildfires. they have been making some progress, but a weather system is expected to bring high winds to texas tomorrow and it could turn embers back into flames. >>> we're also waiting for a live event to

week's jefferson award winner wanted to do something to support young people in her hometown, she didn'tk >>> when this week's jefferson award winner wanted to do something to support young people in her hometown, she didn't have to look far for help. at kate kelly reports she turned to other oakland natives and together they are helping students tackle each new school year. >> binder paper, pencils, back packs, just some of the items needed for oakland students going back to school. and these volunteers are helping make sure hundreds of kids get everything they need. leading the effort is oakland native nyesha de wit. she knows just how important academic support can be. >> it can be frustrating and daunting for young people and their parents to overcome challenges you experience in high school. but i feel if we really engage them at a younger age and start to let their parents know some of the pitfalls and challenges they could experience, they could overcome some of that and achieve. >> nyesha dropped out of school in the 10th grade. but when she was fired from a job for not having he

if you take the electoral votes away from jefferson and adams, causes by counting slaves, jefferson doesn'tet elected president. america might have been a very different place if an opponent of slavery had been in office when we bought louisiana from the french instead of a man who spends most of his life supporting slavery and doing everything he can to protect slavery. these are very serious issues. >> you said there were 4 million slaves in 1860? >> the census figure is 3.9 million. i was rounding up. >> what was the monetary -- i hate to ask this question. what was the monetary -- >> you shouldn't be embarrassed by asking what the monetary value is. slaves are valuable property. >> yeah, i know. >> how do you measure what a slave is worth? if you go onto the internet and you say, what's $1,000 in 1860 worth today, you'll get four or five different answers depending on how they figure it out. sometimes it's -- they do a market basket, you know, how much could it cost to buy a loaf of bread, a pound of meat, et cetera, in 1860 and today and sometimes they do it as a function of gross nati

i can't dance at the jefferson memorial but the cops are allowed to do that out of the street new york it's just disgusting if you. like the most awesome lives you know what was out last video of the guy having sex on the top of his call i think getting fired is one of those really couldn't believe. i did drugs to get the sentiment of a lot of. people whenever you feel like it awesome and honestly if you're a cop you're clearly old enough to go to a strip club and get a lap dance you really need to do this in the street during a festival i mean they're like sixth graders at their first like school then they can hardly contain themselves i mean i'm all for damn thing but i just think a little might be interesting when you were sixth grade have a lot of the kind of action oh yeah who did it where you can write or show they were like i'm hearing so i walk around to be like no no no that yeah north carolina we had you know it was the hand between play that's what the fast songs are for a slow songs when everybody stands at least a foot apart you just doing it because you want to be clear f