my name is john jefferson looney and i'm the daniel p jurgen editor of the paper of thomas jefferson and monticello. there are here today to talk about jefferson and his correspondence. my moderator will be my esteemed colleague michael, who handled questions for us. >> thank you, jeff. can you start by telling us what is your role in working with jefferson's correspondence? >> i'm in charge of a project to produce a total of 24 volumes on jefferson between 1809 to 1826. i work with a total of ten people to do that. our job is to take jefferson's letters and papers and produce an authoritative edition for those years that will enable future scholars to rely on that and not have to go back to the originals. >> so then, what exactly do you do as a documentary editor? >> one of the most important things is to make it clear what we are not. you hear of a documentary editor and you think either that you are creating film documentaries, and we have in fact have people apply for jobs who were baffled at first because the application was all about how they could splice film, and that was not

jefferson. up to that point, there was a tendency to just take of the big collection of papers and work from that, but he realized that to understand, to get a full picture, you need the copies that were retained as well as those that were sent. and jefferson's case, we have lots of letters that he kept for himself. if you don't have the letter that went out the door, you don't necessarily have the post script he might have added. if it's an incoming letter, he might have drafted the other and that will tell you all kinds of things about how the letter was composed. that is how it got started in 1943. the goal was to do all of the important jefferson material from that period on. the original plan was to get everything done in about ten years and 40 volumes. and here we are much, much later because it turned out to be a much bigger job that anyone could have anticipated. but we are still doing that work. it started in princeton. they are still doing it in princeton. they are doing wonderful work

jefferson. mr. jefferson: well, i remember vividly, general, those years that you're speaking of, once i took my seat in the house of burgesses. there was one concern that followed immediately after the next, and i certainly do recall when we heard about the closure of the port of boston, a retaliation by the crown because of the so-called tea party that was held in boston harbor. and i always thought the only creatures to have enjoyed a tea party in boston were the fishes in boston harbour. remember, that was a riot and destruction of private property. however, with just cause. and when we learned of the atrocious method by which the crown would close down the entire port to punish all of the inhabitants of massachusetts bay, we would not let it pass in virginia. you are absolutely right that we cooked up, as i have written, a resolution for a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer. mr. washington: which i was not very happy with at all. mr. jefferson: and if i remember, general, if i remember, th

and then to make the point that jefferson hold slaves. that is a valid historical point but that does not rise to the level of tearing down the jefferson memorial or tearing down other monuments or the presidential home so i do think there's room for a meaningful conversation. i do not believe ever mobs should be tearing down statues or anything else. >> good morning and welcome to this book launch webinar featuring doctor when cheney and vice president cheney in a conversation about doctor cheney's newest book the virginia dynasty. i am president of aei i would like to start by reading from doctor cheney's opening paragraph. into a map virginia and extend the other leg of the compass the 60 miles and draw a circle. within it thomas jefferson, james madison and james monroe were born this is where they made their home. came for the nation's first five presidents a dynasty they led to secure independence and to build the republic. >> what a great way to start the book this is a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and those what they

other leg of the compass it reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle not only washington but thomas jefferson and james monroe where they made their home it with the north american continent with the dynasty to create the constitution and building a republic. what a great way to start a book i spent most of last night reading it is a wonderful chronicle to the interconnected networks to tie them together about the founding of the country and the story evokes the spirit of hope and perseverance running straight through the american spirit. doctor cheney along member of aei faculty so take a moment to acknowledge much we appreciate her scholarship and contributions to aei not to mention the service to our country. the latest in the series of several works to examine our country's history with consideration and rigor her last book james madison was a new york times bestseller 2014 and shed new light on the life of the one of the most underappreciated founders also thank you to her interviewer vice president cheney for her service in his service i'm pleased to have you both of you here today we w

jefferson was embarrassed at this time, so it took madison a long time to send it jefferson a copy of the federalist. i just love it as an example, you know, just-- jefferson sort of weakening it. madison just holding fast and not losing his temper, i think, that jefferson must have been a very difficult friend. now, it's 11:30 a.m. why don't you ask me a couple more questions and then we will go to the questioners in the chat room. >> when we married, you are phd in english literature. >> this is true. >> obviously, you have drifted quite a ways away from that when you have gotten involved in history and spent a lot of time on american history and on political history. i always felt i should have had more history than i did political science. it would have been more valuable and more useful for me, but how did you account for that transition you made from literature to politics in the founding fathers etc.? >> i couldn't get a job as a literature major. i began writing and there was some very nice people along the way who allowed me to do historical writing for different magazines an

jefferson was embarrassed at this time. it took him a long time to send jefferson a copy of the federalist papers. i just love it as an example. jefferson was sort of winging it. and madison was just holding fast. and not losing his temper. i think jefferson must have been a very difficult friend. it's 1130, when you asked me a couple more questions. on the chat room. when we married you were a phd in english literature. obviously you had drifted quite a whip away from that. he spent a lot of time on american history and political history. i was felt like i have more history than i did. but more valuable and useful. but how did you account for that. i could not get a job. i began writing and there there was some very nice people around the way. who allowed me to do historical writing for different magazines and outlets. i wrote history. i just drifted towards it. there is a sense and i don't think i can major in history. it was not political science. that you could do that. i miss the idea that you could possibly get a phd

now, jefferson was a child of the enlightenment. he knew the significance of enlightenment through exploration. that people on the ground seeing things and writing them down and recording those would be very valuable for science. so, his attempts to explore what became the united states are legendary. these are just three of the attempts he made. first was to george rogers clark in that letter we just read. he was a military soldier who had won some campaigns during the american revolution, and he said he wanted him to lead this expedition. clark replied he was not in very good health, but if he decided to do it in the future, he should think about asking his little brother william, who will eventually join the lewis and clark expedition, so that is pretty cool. the second was john ledyard. this explorer had an interesting idea that you could explore the western part of the americas by coming from russia. so, he actually tried to cross --sia and both through jim come chaka and alaska to come down the coast. he was stopped by catheri

thingsa hole list of jefferson wants him to do.he writes the letter to his friend, william clark, who he had served under in a campaign in the 1790's, asking him to join him as co-commander. he says, if there is anything that would induce youtuber it with me in this with its fatigues, dangers, honors, there is no man on earth with whom i should feel equal pleasure in sharing them as with yourself. this was an invitation for clark to join him in equal capacity, even though the president and secretary of war had not given permission. roback and said, -- clark wrote back and said, i cheerfully join you in an official character as mentioned in your letter to take all the dangers, difficulties, and fatigues, and i anticipate the honors and rewards of the enterprise should we be successful. this was a pretty exciting time for lewis and clark as they began preparing now that the official news had been released in july for the following year's exploration. thatan see this journey lewis and clark will head on. this was about 8000 miles. it

they send it back to thomas jefferson as a gift. could you imagine how many stamps you would put it on a prairie dog -- put on a prairie dog to mail it to monticello? they had animals that they heard about but did not see. we will discuss the grizzly bear nation when we arrived to montana. on the fourth of july they stopped at a creek and they named it independence creek. they fired shots and drank the last of their whiskey as a celebration of independence day. like i mentioned, the most expensive things they took with them besides the scientific equipment were indian presence. they spent almost $700, a huge amount of money at the time. you could see the kinds of things they took. the first encounter with native peoples occurred near present-day council bluffs, iowa. and omaha nebraska. the name counsel block is because of this counsel that becausecouncil bluffs of a council that took place when they met members of the nations. they did their little get together when they have a military parade. coolwould show some of the things the

jefferson davis. it does to. things one, it tells us when it gives up and it gives us in an idea into the minds of people went up, but it also absolves the president of these things that went up 100 years ago. this is the justification for taking down all the stuff, or changing these names. we don't want this generation to seen as honoring these people whose values we don't share. and that's fair and off if you're putting up something new today. okay, yale or the university of texas wouldn't erect a statue to jefferson davis surname a college for john cal whom today. but to somehow pretended never did, i think that it does a disservice to my history students, if only because, so on the campus of the university of taxes to used to be these confederate statues. well since it's the confederate statues went up, their statues tomorrow luther king, block congresswoman from houston, there's a statue to cesar -- and if the statues were still all there with the dates then you can walk around and see what the a

jefferson was beating around the bush bit here. he was clearing his throat before making congress an offer he hoped they could not refuse. hethen explained the books had available with the best in the land. they were the best because only he had had the resources and time throughout his life to do the kind of research and travel necessary to acquire significant collection. he probably noted that he spent much of his time as u.s. minister to france shopping for books. while residing in paris, he said, he devoted every afternoon to examining all the principal bookstores, turning over every book with his own hands. apparently unconcerned if anyone would wonder if he was also doing his job, jefferson sent this letter to washington and the 6487 books soon followed on 10 wagons that travel more than 100 miles over bumpy roads. but the journey from the virginia hilltop to capitol hill was far from simple. in between jefferson's letter in the fall and the loading of the wagons in the spring, his books became the focus of a remarkable debat

jefferson was outraged. he had his attorney general right a letter to all the court collectors in the country. there was an exchange of views like the post mccullough exchange which was published in the opinion johnson issued. when fletcher arrives, he is not one of the in crowd. he is the enemy. he has got a problem. he wants to be true to his own principles. he wants to be true to the things he had embraced as part of the john marshall project. he also wants to appeal to his patron, thomas jefferson. how does he walk the line? fletcher versus peck is renowned for three things. the notion of a state statute can set up something that is contract similar to the contract clause, even though it is not a private agreement. the traditional common-law understanding. fletcher is the first time the supreme court declared a state law unconstitutional. third, the johnson concur. the first two are wrong. what of the first opinions johnson participated, it was a case where anticipating fletcher, john marshall held a sta

jefferson davis. but that does two things. one, it tells us when this went up and it gives us an idea of the mindset of the people who put it up but it also absolves the present of the responsibility for these things that went up 100 years ago. and sort of this is the justification for taking down stuff, or changing these names. we don't want this generation to be seen as honoring these people whose values we don't share. and that's fair enough. if you're putting up something new today. okay. yale, or the university of texas, wouldn't erect a statue tof to jefferson davis or a college to john calhoun today but to pretend it never did it, does a disservice to my history students, if only because, so on the campus of the university of texas, there used to be these confederate statues. since the confederate statues were up, there are statues to martin luther king, there is a statue to barbara jordan, a black congresswoman from houston, there's a statue to cesar chavez, and if these statues were all still

jefferson davis. that is two things. one, it tells us when it went up and the mindset of those who put it up. but it also absolves the president of the responsibility for these things that went up 100 years ago. sort of this is the justification for taking down all of this stuff and changing these names. we don't want this generation to be seen as honoring these people whose values we don't share. and that's fair enough if you're putting up something new today. okay, gayle or the university of texas wouldn't erect a statue to jefferson davis or name a college for john calhoun today. but to somehow pretend that it never did, i think it does a disservice to my history students. on the campus of the university of texas, there used to be these confederate statues. well since the confederate statues went up, there are statues to martin luther king. there is a statute to barbara jordan, a black congresswoman from houston. there's a statute to cesar chavez. if the statues were all still there with the dates,

robert jefferson is correct. the story of edward carter as a tank rider and one of the battalions when he wins his medal of honor. robert roberts was the spearhead before he wasst killed. >> many of these units took heavy casualties in the winter of 1944/1945. i saw one reference, i believe it was in a personal account by a member of the 761st that there were white soldiers being assigned to them as replacements. is that true? >> that, i'm not sure of. it would be unusual. , if they on their rank were officers -- usually you have a white captain. i cannot imagine a situation in which he put a white private in a unit like that because you would have black started over him. -- black sergeants over him. i don't know how many people have seen the movie fury starring brad pitt, probably the most recent movie about in thatd tankers and movie, there is one black character and he is the black lieutenant, infantry lieutenant, with the white captain, and i saw that and i thought, that didn't happen. there was no way you wo

that was not exactly the case when thomas jefferson became president. in 1800 washington, d.c., was just getting started. this image shows the white house as it was just built in 1800. john adams was the first president to occupy it for a few short months. jefferson was the first president to occupy the white house during his entire presidency. the washington of 1800 was a kind of undeveloped place. there were swamps and muddy roads. in the capital, there was very little to do. not so by 1850. one of the big differences between 1800 and 1850 when it comes to the city of washington is that it's actually a city now. this is a familiar outline to us. there's a few things that the modern washington, d.c., has that they didn't have yet in 1850. i want to zoom in on this part of the map that shows us the important government center. and this is zooming in on the map of washington in 1850. you note there are few elements here that maybe are familiar ar familiar to us. in the circle there youio see the president's house. that's the white house and on the other

jefferson opposes it. jefferson comes to power in 1800. so does his party. that first bank, the charter expires in 1811 and when you're later a war erupts with britain. that is a very expensive war. the national government finds itself in a tremendous fiscal straits. so after the worst finished five years later, the democratic republicans, the party of jefferson, charter a second bank of the united states. this second bank, much like the first, also will have a 20 year charter. this charger will run out in 1836. and presumably, congress and the president in good faith will renew the charter. so there you have it. there are bumps along the road after the bank is chartered. you will recall from the last lecture the panic of 1819 explodes. this massive bubble in western land speculation. the bubble cost largely by the bank and all of this new bank currency. it creates a bubble and then it bursts. but the country recovers from the panic of 1819 fairly quickly. so the second bank of united states survived that panic and it goes into the 1820s with very little opp

from the opposition party to the federalist, we have thomas jefferson. these two men could not have been more stark opposites politically. recall that the federalist stood for a strong constitution, a strong federal government, a strong financial and manufacturing base. as we say, hamilton was their leader, versus democratic republicans or just republicans for short who were wary of centralized government, who were wary of encroachments on personal liberties, and who promoted farming and commerce among small villages and town instead of small cities. jefferson, the in lightened figure of the democratic republicans was their leader. now, that's the first party system. it's so-called because of what follows. indeed the first party system was an earlier moment. during the first party system one of the issues was the embargo. we see from the political cartoon that the embargo is spelled backwards as o grab me. using license here using embargo as a large turtle biting at the british smuggler who would try to break the embargo. the embargo really was a foreign

. >>> every week at this time we share the inspiring service of a bay area jefferson award winning. >> this year, a man is among a handful of local winners selected for a prestigious national award. >> reporter: with his family around him, mcneil won a national jefferson award in a virtual ceremony hosted by the nonprofit multiplying good. doug's daughter accepted on behalf of her father who has a ls. >> this is a huge honor for him and it's a huge honor for our family. >> reporter: doug cofounded lighting for literacy in 2012. he helped invent a renewable light source using a battery, solar panel, charged control circuit, l.e.d. strip. thousands of students assembled kits to send overseas giving light to more than 20,000 young people in poor communities without electricity so they can study after the sun goes down. >> this award is a huge light in the dark for our family, like we also hope that the lights that go into the communities also provides light in the dark. >> reporter: during requires around the clock care but communicates with a scanner that reads eye movements to type wor

. >> reporter: doug mcneil won a national jefferson award, in a virtual ceremony hosted by the nonprofit, multiplying good. his daughter, jessica eastland, accepted on behalf of her father, who has als, also known as lou gehrig's disease. >> this is a huge honor for him, and an honor for her entire family. >> reporter: doug cofounded lighting for literacy in 2012, helping to invent a renewable light source using a battery, solar panel, charge control circuit and l.e.d. strip, thousands of middle school students assembled the kids to send overseas, giving light to more than 20,000 children so that they can study after the sun goes down. >> this is also a huge light in the dark for a family, we also hope that the lights that go into those communities also provide light in the dark. >> reporter: he requires round the dart -- clock care, uses eye movements to create words and plays the sentences three >> >> i hope to help other ones to help youth, and change the lives of others less fortunate around the world.>> reporter: helping to build the hubble space telescope, he still runs the lightin

jefferson opposes it. jefferson comes to power in 1800. the charter expires in 1811. one year later, a war it erupts with britain. the national government finds itself in tremendous fiscal straits. after the war was finished, five years later, the democratic republicans, the party of jefferson, charter a second bank of the united states. and the second bank, much like the first, also will have a 20 year charter. this charter will run out in 1836. and presumably, congress and the president in good faith will renew the charter. there you have it. which there are bumps along the road, after the bank is chartered he will recall from the last lecture, the panic of 1819. will it explode this massive bubble in western land speculation -- a bubble caused largely caused by the bank at all this new bank currency -- latte creates a bubble and then the burst. but the country recovers from the panic fairly quickly. and so the second bank of the united states survives that panic and goes into the 1820's with very little opposition. most americans have come to accept the bank, the m

the university of virginia was founded by thomas jefferson. a man who was notable for his steadfast belief in individualism, natural freedom, and the free use of human intellect and the search for truth. jefferson helped lay the foundation for a government under which every american could pursue happiness as a freely choosing individual. he founded an academic institution with fostering a community of lifelong learners. people who inquire about the world and search for truth. he hoped uva would strengthen the country by teaching a lesson of history. he wanted americans to study the history of liberty and have freedom can sometimes be pushed aside by tyranny. it fosters innovation to this day. however, some academic progress we see in academia is rather regressive. instead of freely exploring points of view, honest debate is sometimes shut down. labels given for being on the wrong side are based on the simplistic binary of being good or bad as a person. this is harmful because it shrinks the marketplace of ideas on campus and leaves little spac

he had lieutenant jefferson davis, not jefferson davis who was president of the confederacy, but jefferson c. davis, who would go and fight in the western theater of the war. and captain truman seymour. seymour would lead troops at the battle. interesting to see how many of his officers have important roles later in the war. this is probably one of the officers under his command there who would have a big role later in the war, too, captain abner doubleday. he was captain at the time. he would have a role at gettysburg. he's probably more famous today because people think he started the game of baseball, which is not true, but it's how he's remember. most of the officers under robert anderson were not abolitionists and were not really republicans, but abner doubleday was. and he's very outspoken about it. a lot of people in charleston didn't like that. he was singled out in the newspapers for a lot of their vitriol. he's going to be outspoken in his defense of the union and hidden -- and in his wanting to get rid of slavery. well, rubber anderson felt what happened was south carolina milit

. >> how the jefferson award winners are getting them back on the road to success. >>> kpix is working to bring you positive stories during this difficult time. you can check them out at kpix.com/together. you can send your ideas to together@cbs.com. >>> two long time friends teamed up to help jobless tech workers. >> we are introduce the to the bay area jefferson award winners. >> it's the age of the customer. >> reporter: more than 150 people, many in the middle of their career, come to the class looking for a new technology job. he started teaching the free course several years ago. >> it really almost broke my heart to see these people, a lot were struggling. they were unemployed for the first time maybe in their careers. >> reporter: friends since childhood they founded job hackers in san francisco three years ago. drawing on the technology background the all volunteer nonprofit is bringing diversity to the tech industry. the average age of participants is 43, half are ethnic minorities and six in ten are women returning to the workforce. >> they get up to speed on modern way of t

jefferson and madison opposed the alien friends act on three grounds. one was the national government lacked power. as adam said, as a matter of supreme court doctrine, we no longer believe that although i would say there are those of us who believe the states have residual power where what they do has not been preempted by statutory enactments by congress but the second two objections are still alive and well. one has to do with process, whether people can be deported without a hearing and we have constant arguments about that on the border with mexico today, many of the trump policies have to do with trying to cut back on the rather time-consuming process from the point of view of the administration the process is so cumbersome today that they can't do it quickly, don't have room to keep these people so they release them into the country and they basically disappear. that is the administration's story, not that different from arguments at the founding. the third argument was the alien friends act was excess of delegation of power, that is a very live

to preserve the constitution the founders wrote, to keep america free from dangers washington and jefferson foresaw, and they placed country above themselves. these americans are determined to preserve representative republican government in this land no matter what happens elsewhere. behind them in every part of the country are millions of americans giving voice to the great american proof that we, the people, are the government. they refused to believe that the door of opportunity is closed. they have faith in america. [applause] here the representatives bring the spirit of independence home from the republican national convention. here there are no big-city bosses, machine bosses and control, no manipulated brass. here is no manufactured sharing. it comes from sincere men and women, free men and women. it does not come from men under the lash of corrupt city machines. here, we the people assert our will. [applause] >> these representatives of the people demand a leader who is one of them, a man who came up the hard way, the people's demand is met. >> mr. chairman, when will the nominatio

meant to keep america free from dangers which washington and jefferson foresaw and which they discouraged by placing country above themselves. these americans are determined to preserve representative republican government in this land no matter what happens elsewhere. behind them in every part of the country are millions of americans giving voice to the great american truth that we the people are the government. there the opportunity. they have father-in-law in america. they have faith in america. >> representatives bring the spirit of undependenindependenc. no machine politicians in control. here is no manipulative branch. here is no manufactured period. it comes from sincere men and women. free men and women. it does not come from men under the lash of corrupt suty machines. here we the people assert our will. >> these representatives of the people demand a leader who is one of them. a man who came up the hard way. the greatest in all history besides. the people's demand is met. >> mr. chairman, they move that the nomination be made unanimous. >> everyone in favor of making the nominat

. >> i am at the jefferson building in the library of congress, madeleine is at her home in the washington area. we had a long-standing relationship because madeleine and i were young staffers in the white house under president carter and i followed her career ever since then with great admiration so madeleine, this is her seventh book since you left as secretary of state so did you ever imagine when you finished as secretary of state first woman to ever serve as secretary of state that you would write seven books in addition to the other things we're going to talk about you done since you left as secretary of state. >> it never occurred to me i would write so many but i didn't think it was important for people who had served in office to write their memoirs because that is the basis of people really understanding what happened and everybody writes a somewhat different version of what they saw and it's up to researchers to figure out what happened so i had planned always to write a memoir. >> i see behind you in your home you have a lot of books. you're obviously a big reader and a writer

i'm running for governor to put jefferson city on the side of working families and ask with urgency to protect our fellow missourians. the most important thing the next governor will have to do is contain the spread of the virus and rebuild the economy. the question is will we rebuild in a way that helps them get back on their feet or continue to ignore science, distract and rebuild with special interest. governor parson has been part of the system for years that delivers for insiders for himself in the struggle. and actually fight crime before an election year. governor carson failed the leadership and it's time for a change. >> i want to thank the missouri press association and the theater for hosting this. our campaign is pretty simple. it's based on limited government, smaller government, more efficient government, free enterprise and to protect private property. with that in mind and with that said, what they have to figure out pretty soon is what type of government they want. do they want a large government, do they want a limited government come and missourians will have that ch

to preserve the responsibility, and meant to keep america free from dangers which washington and jefferson which they discouraged by placing country above themselves. these americans are determined to preserve representative government in this land no matter what happens elsewhere. behind them are millions of americans giving voice to the great american proof that we, the people, are the government. they refuse to believe that here, the door of opportunity is closed. they have faith in america. [ cheering ] >> here their representatives bring the spirit of independence hall into the republican national convention. here are no big city forces, no big machine and experiences in control. here is no manufactured cheering. it comes when sincere men and women, and it does not come from men under the lash of corrupt city machines, here we, the people, assert our will. >> these representatives of the people demand the leader who is one of them, the greatest convention in all history designs and the people's demand is met. >> mr. chairman, ohio moves that the nomination of wendell willkie be made u

you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award on- line at kpix.com/hero. >>> now at 6:00, a crackdown on late-night diners giving struggling restaurant owners indigestion. >>> the future of construction here in the bay area. new video how housing units can be built in under 24 hours. >>> i am ecstatic that the pope is supporting the lgbtq plus community. >> a day that many catholics never saw coming. the pope's new message for same- sex couples. >>> good evening,. >> words from pope francis being felt here in the bay area. kpix 5 on his support for same- sex couples. kit? >> reporter: so, pope francis actually laid the ground work for this about 20 years ago when he was archbishop in buenos aires. he publicly supported same-sex civil unions and now is the first in history to do so as pope. the pope's thoughts were first made public last night at the rome film festival during the world premiere of the documentary "francesco" which touched on a range of topics from the environment, poverty and social justice. he says homosexual people have a right to be in a family. they are c

sharon chin shows us how this jefferson awards winner is making a big difference. >> kaya gupta says it all started with an important lesson in her weight lifting class. kaya gupta noticed a student wasn't following the teacher's instructions in their weight lifting class. >> one day this kid, he almost hurt himself really badly because he was lifting weights improperly. >> reporter: the student spoke limited english, so kaya who knows spanish, started translating for him, but he wasn't the only one. >> it turned out about a third of the class didn't speak english and had no idea what the teacher was saying every day. >> reporter: kaya talked to her woodside teachers and administrators and discovered the school's english as a second language program only allows students with limited skills to take the basic classes. >> they feel they can't take a.p. classes, advanced classes or electives because they don't have the proper support to take them. when i heard about this, it shocked me because i was able to take any classes that i wanted to. >> reporter: so with her school's permission t

tricia, washington - now i am pleased to introduce our moderator today, the jefferson associated press. >> i would like to introduce the candidates and go over a few rules of the debate. earlier today, candidates drew numbers to determine the order in which they will be making opening remarks. they are arranged on the stage in that order. starting for this from me. democratic state auditor, nicole galloway. libertarian party candidate, rick holmes. .. .. failed to answer a question i also reserve the right to ask them to try again during the rebuttal time. the first question will go to the candidate furthest away. the second question will begin with the second candidate and so forth. candidates will receive two minutes for a closing statement. closing remarks will be delivered in reverse order from the opening remarks. audio and visual notifications will occur and time is about to expire. candidates, please adhere to the stops. finally, due to the coronavirus, today's forum is occurring in front of a limited audience and a few supporters of each candidate. audience, please hold your re

he had lieutenant jefferson davis, not the president of the confederate states, but jefferson c davis who would fight in the western theater of the war. captain truman seymour who would go on to lead troops at the battle of lusty later. it is interesting how many of his officers have important roles later in the war. this is one of the officers under his command who would have a big role in the war as well. doubleday would have a big role in gettysburg. he is more famous today because people think he started the game of baseball. that is not true, but that is how he was remembered. he is interesting because most of the officers were under robert anderson and they were not abolitionists and were not really republicans. abner doubleday was and he is very outspoken about it. a lot of the people in charleston did not like that so he was singled out in the newspapers for the vitriol. be outspoken in his defense of the union and in wanting to get rid of slavery. robert anderson felt -- what happened was the south carolina militia flowed into the city of charleston and anderson did not think

i also was fascinated by thomas jefferson.know the story of thomas jefferson, or at least we know to exhibit. to look at thomas jefferson as a man who was full of contradiction, a man who went back and forth between knowing that slavery was wrong but not being willing to stand on its ethic because of his need for money and understanding that slavery with Ãbto see them teeter back and forth the entire life between doing the right thing and living the wrong thing between knowing slavery was wrong but owning slaves. he represents what i think a lot of us feel a lot of people, a lot of human beings. not necessarily in the sense of the ownership of humans, of course not that. in the sense of grappling with one's morality up against the realities of a country's economic system. all of those have a situation where do i do the thing that is right or do i do the thing that is prosperous. and can there be prosperity without ethics? if so, how dangerous is that? to see him do this dance was a fascinating thing. actually what i will say i

jefferson called it a sin against god.ut they could never find a way to achieve the complete emancipation, the justice required. at the same time, they also lived in this place where a new nation was being created. and they lived in a time when the enlightenment made clear that people could improve their lot and they could approve -- improve the lots of others. jefferson, madison, monroe, washington were all committed to the idea of building a nation on the basis of enlightenment, ideas, liberty, justice, freedom. these were the ideas they used to build, even though in their own lives they contradicted that by holding people in bondage. one point i want to make is that the ideals that they envisaged and the ideals on which the country was based, have been praised by some pretty interesting people who saw them as mighty weapons against slavery. you know, abraham lincoln, who really didn't have much truck with jefferson, praised him for putting the idea of freedom at the center of the declaration because he said freedom will

. >>> thomas jefferson called his election the ref using volution. it was the first time power in america passed from one power to another and despite his use of the word revolution, that transfer while steeped in bitter conflict, was entirely peaceful. john adams seamlessly handed the presidency to his fiercest political rival, thomas jefferson, without incident. in his inaugural address, jefferson declared every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. we're called by different names of the same principle. we are all republicans. we are all federalist. jefferson had a way with words and knew the country needed healing. that's a stark contrast from what we saw and heard this week. you wouldn't think something like this would be necessary but on tuesday the house of representatives adopted a resolution proclaiming support for a peaceful transfer of power. that came six days after president trump was asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power. he responded with, well, we'll have to see. what happened next in congress is ev

and then to make the point that jefferson hold slaves. that is a valid historical point but that does not rise to the level of tearing down the jefferson memorial or tearing down other monuments or the presidential home so i do think there's room for a meaningful conversation. i do not believe ever mobs should be tearing down statues or anything else. >> good morning and welcome to this book launch webinar featuring doctor when cheney and vice president cheney in a conversation about doctor cheney's newest book the virginia dynasty.

that is a tough one to take down, thomas jefferson. they want to take down the jefferson memorial.l tell you what, if i wasn't your president last summer you may have the jefferson memorial taken down. they were not playing games. we weren't playing games. we want to take down the george washington memorial, the monument. this is the commission. this is what we are dealing with. [applause] they wanted to remove the name of george washington from all of the places all over the country. then they found out there is like 5000 places. we will keep the name george washington if you don't mind. if the media would perhaps put it correctly. there's always a lot of people. you watch those red lights and as soon as i start talking about the red lights going off, they know what i'm doing. joe biden said nothing when statues of christopher columbus were in trouble. he wrote signer of the declaration of the independence was removed by the democrat politicians in his home state of delaware, which he never leaves. joe biden doesn't speak in delaware. how about his news conferences where the fake

to what's underlying and towards hate will donald trump won't be pulling him down any statues of jefferson i'll tell you that i made a joke about revolutionaries in their fifty's but given the brutality of slavery a half of 2 sons contemporaries may have died from the plantation he was it was born in prematurely and this you attribute to france's brutal code no war tell us a little bit about that. so the code no was supposed to be an attempt by the royal authorities and was promulgated in the late 17th. in the late 17th century an attempt to regulate slavery so that the most extreme forms of barbaric cruelty toward slaves were somehow codify according to the cardinal law slaves belong to the last of slaves had no civil law political rights and indeed a child born of the slaves became the property of his austin so the god no it is really a document which effectively. codify. the system of slavery and do you think to size a tragic figure in that he failed to declare independence he may have led the world's 1st slave revolt successful slave revolt but not declaring full independence for franc

go to jefferson award online at kpix.com to submit your hero. it's rising. the pain is coming. asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. and it's not just health care workers. our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. how can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money? prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. help us do our jobs. vote yes on 15. >>> it is 6:53. are you ready for my favorite story of the day? it is and annual tradition of sneaking a little bit of the kids candy when they go to bed halloween night. we brought them into the world so we can either candy. but what about pairing wine with that candy? they say the white wine goes best with skittles and the rosc wine goes best with the gummy worms. and you should opt for the snickers with sparkling wine. >> if you prefer beer over wine, the growler guys say that their reporter goes best with reese's peanut but