but jefferson died in 1826. peter was only 11 and all of a sudden his life completely changed families were broken up 130 people were auctioned after jefferson's death. joseph was actually one of the people that were that were freed, but but peter was not he was sold to a master a very cruel master who forbade him to read who whipped him, you know, it was a very is a time of suffering for that for this young man who left monticello. he tried to escape and was caught and brought back. eventually joseph foster joseph fawcett rather with the help of some friends was able to buy his son's freedom and they all the whole family moved to ohio peter fawcett became a reverend. he became a caterer had a successful business. he worked with the underground railroad. and years later it was in 1900. he was 85 at this time. he was invited back to monticello. so by this time, you know, the jeffersons had long since lost the house the levy family a jewish family. that was very inspired by jefferson's commitment to religious free

thomas jefferson, in fact, when does talk publicly on one occasion about jefferson. this is the letter he writes to edward pearson, 59. this is where we all talk about jefferson as the one who is the author of these great ideas but it's privately when he's talking to herndon he's talking to others when in fact he writes probably an editorial, an unsigned editorial for the mccomb eagle in. 1840s and is sharply critical of jefferson. the hypocrite. now, why would lincoln be that hard on jefferson? probably. i think it's because lincoln really embraced the high. and what he found reprehensible jefferson was that the low level of conduct would bring those high ideals into disgrace, would discredit them in the eyes of others, that people could always say, oh yeah, jefferson had great things to say in the declaration of independence. but look at how he lived and that means we should discount what he said on the declaration. lincoln always strove to be the man who talked lived at the same and on the same level. and in very large measure, he was. that was what he found with

washington overheard, this was recorded in jefferson -- jefferson right to down saying at some point in his presidency if slavery should divide the country, i will go with the northern part. that is a statement from a virginian. there are 300 and enslaved people, half are owned by washington at half by the state of martha's did deceased husband and become the property of grandchildren. responsible for all this. washington decided he's going to free his slaves. their these accounts of washington at the fireside with his family at mount vernon, is not there looking back with a benign smile on his face. his lips, his wrestling with what do i do when it comes to slavery? didn't want create a situation for martha, it was so complicated. i think he recognized this would be the biggest challenge, his involvement with slavery. one of the things i did people to get from this book is a sense of how far washington travels not in terms of miles across the country but as a human being. he is almost born into the institution of slavery. he comes to doubt the assumptions of his childhood. but he's

that's jefferson's language. franklin texas, pancho says, no, we we hold these truths to be self-evident. that from scottish moral sense philosophy, this idea that you just know things as as a human being. and it's amazing that just with such a small edit, they're introducing a whole nother sort of branch of philosophy. so i think it's self-evident why do you have to say it? yeah, that is an enlightenment. common sense. yeah. applying common sense. moral sense. yep yeah, absolutely. yeah. so, locke. yeah, yeah. about antiquity. all right. so i, i have this massive i care about the enlightenment. this is written by richey roberts in a couple of years ago and going to go back to what, page 708. all right. so he's making this stuff up. it's coming straight from the text historians have wish to place the founding of the american within two historical and intellectual. one is the influence of locke. the other is the lasting importance of classical theories. classical, plato instance. although plato is no democrat. and

that's jefferson's language. franklin texas, pancho says, no, we we hold these truths to be self-evident. that from scottish moral sense philosophy, this idea that you just know things as as a human being. and it's amazing that just with such a small edit, they're introducing a whole nother sort of branch of philosophy. so i think it's self-evident why do you have to say it? yeah, that is an enlightenment. common sense. yeah. applying common sense. moral sense. yep yeah, absolutely. yeah. so, locke. yeah, yeah. about antiquity. all right. so i, i have this massive i care about the enlightenment. this is written by richey roberts in a couple of years ago and going to go back to what, page 708. all right. so he's making this stuff up. it's coming straight from the text historians have wish to place the founding of the american within two historical and intellectual. one is the influence of locke. the other is the lasting importance of classical theories. classical, plato instance. although plato is no democrat. and

when thomas jefferson met thomas paine in paris in 1787, he begged him to sit -- [inaudible] jefferson collected portraits of celebrated men, and in 1787 there were few men as celebrated as thomas paine. he wrote "common sense," the 46-page pamphlet that catalyzed the independence movement and overthrew the british monarchies and the colonies. paine agreed to be painted, and jefferson hung the portrait in quite a place, on the walls of monticello, his house in virginia. that was 1787. now fast forward 40 years to 1828. thomas jefferson is dead. his family are selling off his possessions. when the auctioneerens dig out thomas paine's portrait, they find the canvas torn and battered. there are mouse holes through his eyes, stab marks in his chest. as if some children in jefferson's family had been allowed to vandalize it. the fate of thomas paine's painting is, i think -- [inaudible] for his own extraordinary life. the man toasted around the world in the 1790s -- 1770s and 1780s as the hero of the american revolution ended his days as a discredited pariah, unceremoniously cast aside. the

him and he just kind of ignores them in jefferson's. so madison is important in the bill of rights and he shapes it and he's looking at are the best provisions in various states and and all the rest of it. so he is and he's coping out of it. but washington plays a much bigger role than is conventionally understood in the bill of rights and does so for geostrategic reasons, in part to bring north carolina and rhode island back on board. first of all, i want to thank you for being and for speaking so eloquently to us today. thank you. you talked a lot about the washingtonian element, especially of the design of the executive branch. and what i'm kind of curious about is looking at the you know, the the last several decades, especially perhaps the. four years, the hearings and january six. do you that do you think that perhaps the office itself, given its its washingtonian nature at the now appears flawed that perhaps the office itself is in need of serious reform? i wonder if you would comment on that. it's a year we're now we're talking,

thomas jefferson's philosophical anthropology, and jefferson, his body, a corporeal biography, which is intriguing, is the recipient of several fellowships from leading academic institutions, including the american antiquarian society, the google sharon institute of american history, the library company of philadelphia, the john d rockefeller library at colonial williamsburg. the is alumnus of the international center for jefferson studies, admonished fellows, as i am, and he has written for the aup blog and collaborated with the bbc world service, amongst many, many other things. delighted this evening to welcome him up here. but i'll mention one other thing. he was our member of our washington library, fellow class of 2016 and 17 and again in 2000 2021, when he was the recipient of the jim reese fellowship in leadership and george washington there. he's going to discuss his brand new book, george washington, the first american male, which is hot off the press from johns hopkins university. please, let's give a big mount vernon welcome to maurits koval sonia ratio. something very mu

this is thomas jefferson's handwriting. looks like an excel spreadsheet. and he's tracking which states? affirmative, negative have voted yes or no for all of these amendments. and this is showing that, hey, we've got the majority we need. we've got three quarters of states have agreed. and so this is december 15th, 1791. the bill of rights is officially added. these ten amendments were ratified. thomas jefferson's martin. they're all right. i received responses from these states. we have ten amendments to the constitution of the united states. so we can see through a few of our documents there some of that exploration. madison, what do you think? we want to see if we want to have some about our bill of rights. sure, brian. i think it's a it's a great time. jump in and play some trivia to see if our friends have been paying attention so that they can really test their test their bill of rights knowledge. so going to go ahead and pull up my screen friends and we're going to see. who wants to be a billionaire. i love that. you'll love that. i love that name.

thomas jefferson. good afternoon. back in march of 1775, when this convention place, the capital, virginia, is still located down in williamsburg. so you may wonder, why did this meeting take place here in? richmond instead of there? and the answer is quite simple. lord dunmore, who was the royal governor of virginia at the time, had dissolved the house of burgesses, and as he was against this extra legal meeting, the meeting was moved here to richmond to be away from the governor's power. you see the 50 miles that separate richmond and williamsburg would provide ample time for the delegates and the attendees of the convention to disperse should the governor decide that he wanted to send troops. now, as andrew mentioned, the town of, richmond at that time was a small town of about 600 souls. and henrico parish church. this building here was the only building larger to handle all of the delegates who would be arriving from all over the state, not to mention myles selden, who was the rector of henrico parish at the time

host: jefferson morley joins us now with recent batch of documents with the jfk assassination. for folks not familiar with your group, how long have you been studying the jfk assassination and what is your mission at jfk fax? guest: jfk fax is a subscription newsletter on the platform which covers new developments in the jfk assassination story. with the particular goal of piercing the official secrecy which still surrounds the subject. i have been doing it about 10 years. jfk facts was formed in 2012. host: latest news about the jfk assassination coming from new york times, biden final order on kennedy files leaves some still wanting more. explain what happened at the end of last month and what a final order on the kennedy files is. guest: june 30, president biden issued an order relating to the release of jfk files that remained in the government's position that continue to have reactions in them. there -- redaction's in them. biden's order enables primarily the cia, but other government agencies, to keep those documents secret indefinitely. at the same time, new material was

- loved "the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. - is that a tie? i thought your tongue was hanging out. - "good times" is one of my favorite sitcoms because you could not tell me that these people were not real. - dy-no-mite! - uncle phil! - "fresh prince of bel-air" was groundbreaking for me. it was a different depiction of black life. - argh! - "martin" made me laugh so much. - jerome in the house! - clear! - "black-ish", "insecure". - hey! - so many shows that are on now that are killing it in ratings. - we're living in a golden age of black television, especially when it comes to sitcoms. - we're finally starting to see ourselves represented in the world. (car whooshes past) (water sprays) - hell no! (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - as times change, we're beginning to see this evolution of black television. - this is rochester van jones. he's my butler. - we finally get to see a realistic depiction of ourselves. - issa, what's on fleek? - and the only way that that could be done was by changing the people who were telling the stories. - i don't

- loved "the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. - is that a tie? i thought your tongue was hanging out. - "good times" is one of my favorite sitcoms because you could not tell me that these people were not real. - dy-no-mite! - uncle phil! - "fresh prince of bel-air" was groundbreaking for me. it was a different depiction of black life. - argh! - "martin" made me laugh so much. - jerome in the house! - clear! - "black-ish", "insecure". - hey! - so many shows that are on now that are killing it in ratings. - we're living in a golden age of black television, especially when it comes to sitcoms. - we're finally starting to see ourselves represented in the world. (car whooshes past) (water sprays) - hell no! (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - as times change, we're beginning to see this evolution of black television. - this is rochester van jones. he's my butler. - we finally get to see a realistic depiction of ourselves. - issa, what's on fleek? - and the only way that that could be done was by changing the people who were telling the stories. - i don't

- loved "the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. - is that a tie? i thought your tongue was hanging out. - "good times" is one of my favorite sitcoms because you could not tell me that these people were not real. - dy-no-mite! - uncle phil! - "fresh prince of bel-air" was groundbreaking for me. it was a different depiction of black life. - argh! - "martin" made me laugh so much. - jerome in the house! - clear! - "black-ish", "insecure". - hey! - so many shows that are on now that are killing it in ratings. - we're living in a golden age of black television, especially when it comes to sitcoms. - we're finally starting to see ourselves represented in the world. (car whooshes past) (water sprays) - hell no! (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - as times change, we're beginning to see this evolution of black television. - this is rochester van jones. he's my butler. - we finally get to see a realistic depiction of ourselves. - issa, what's on fleek? - and the only way that that could be done was by changing the people who were telling the stories. - i don't

but the layer upon layer upon layer with thomas jefferson, it's awful. and i will just tell you that plagiarizing this document was about one of the least terrible things he did. all right, dave, it's titled who's your founding father? one man's epic quest to uncover the first true declaration of independence. dave fleming, always appreciate your time here talking about it. thanks very much. of course. well, the 4th of july holiday usually means loud and startling noises for pets. the noises can overwhelm your animals who then can be stressed out when professional dog trainer says simply playing with your pet could help ease the tension. while all that loud activity is going on. play fetch. do you find things while these loud bangs are going on in your home? we can start to get them used to it and create a less stressful experience when the actual fireworks occur. keeping your pet calm by interacting with them throughout the action could make for a more relaxing 4th of july evening. cal fire announcing it is adding 24 aircraft to its statewide fleet to f

. >> jeanine: washington, jefferson, lincoln, roosevelt. >> who the correct answer, washington, jeffersonnybody else but teddy roosevelt? >> jeanine: i did fdr and the other roosevelt. roosevelt, fdr, lincoln. >> joey: the most correct. >> seeing as i have a child named lincoln i should get a bonus point. the correct answer is dana. you did end? the booth has that. >> jessica: i put it? after one. >> one more question on the whiteboard, here we are. >> jeanine: my eraser is not working. >> what river is george washington crossing in this iconic american painting? the rubicon. let's see that painting. there you go. i know i got it. >> joey: i have already written my answer but i still want to cheat. >> mine is at the bottom of the screen. the delaware. let me see if this is correct. it is the delaware. joey gets the win. >> jeanine: what does he win? >> all expense paid trip to chick-fil-a on the sunday of your choice. >> joey: you can buy chick-fil-a at mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta. >> you know what you can't buy at mercedes-benz stadium? playoff tickets. the falcons will rise again!

and we know it is hamilton versus jefferson, democratic republicans of jefferson and madison and federalists hamilton and john adams. it was an even contest for a while. it is mostly an elite affair. but fighting over real issues, the role of a central bank, whether the u.s. is aligned with france are not. the election of 1800 is one of the most contested and nasty elections in political history. a lot of mudslinging. and jefferson and animals later became friends. corresponded with each other until the end. at about 1820, the u.s. has basically collapsed into a one party system, the unique period in the u.s. with one party election. what happens when you have one party politics is you have a faction and when you get -- 1860 and 1820 are one party elections and by 1824 you have the four candidate election andrew jackson wins the most votes but he doesn't win presidency because he doesn't win a majority in the electoral college. by 1828, jackson and martin van buren are organizing the democratic party which is the first massive party in the u.s. and there is opposition organized and that even

thomas jefferson, john adams and james monroe adams, our second president, and jefferson our third actuallyon the same day in 1826. >> c got something you can now share at your 4th of july barbecue. hey, guys, want to know some history? >> exactly. coming up, what about some 4th of july deals? >> yeah, we have some bargains that are already underway. coming up next right here on world news now, we're i phil swift here for the flex family of flood protection products to show you their sealing power. >> we built this entire house and sealed every gap, crack and hole once dry and sealed. let's open the floodgates. it's impossible to stop all floods on every structure but our flood protection products can help slow down or even stop water from entering. and when the waters recede, they're complete removable. get the removable flex seal family of flood protection products world news now continues after this from our abc station. got this. >> okay. you can do amazing turn of phrase into a modern wardrobe . you can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. but i wonder what wou

he had a lieutenant jefferson davis, not jefferson davis, who was the of the confederate states, but jefferson davis who would go on to fight in the western theater of the war. and captain truman, seymour. seymour would go on to lead troops at the battle of lusty. later the war. so it's really interesting how of his officers end up having roles later in the war. this is probably one of the officers under command there at fort moultrie who would have a big role later in the war to captain abner. he was captain at the time and would go on to again have a big role at gettysburg. he's probably more famous today. people think that he started the game of baseball, which of course, is not true. but that's how he was remembered. and he's interesting because most of the officers there were under robert anderson were not abolitionists and were and were not really republicans but abner doubleday was and he's very outspoken about it. and a lot of the people in didn't like that. so he was singled in a lot of the newspapers for, a lot of their vitriol. but he's going to be outspoken in in his defe

so it was only in jefferson's presidency. after the great turn of the election of 1800 that the united military academy at west point was established. but notice the acceptance that it was a necessary and proper way of the common defense powers of the federal government. the second very contentious element in the grand strategy of washington and the majority his cabinet, obviously, especially hamilton as treasury secretary, was to having national bank. the argument was that such an institution was necessary and proper for fully various clauses in article one and in article two, including common defense clauses. because this is how britain had used the national bank, they invented the idea. the british and its constitution of liberty. they could large permanent or standing armies by having the capacity to quickly float debt to raise borrowed funds in order to quickly raise and support armies as needed for america, the argument went to national bank was a crucial element of republican prudence to signal to potential enemies our

. >>> this week's jefferson award winner is an oakland native who made it her mission to raise literacy rates in public schools as standardized tests show only about a third of students there read at grade level. >> this week's winner's motivation is very personal. >> reporter: dr. moore says she wasn't fully literate until she was an adult. now she's helping empower children who are behind in reading. before she became school principal. >> it's like being in a prison. >> she could read but never could comprehend them. >> i never got to where i was reading to learn until i was 30. >> she worked at att in sales. her manager wanted to give her a promotion. >> at some point i had this huge tantrum like i can't read. she was like what? >> that manager turned a new page in her life. >> every day after work she would work with me. she bought a dictionary, some books. she urged me to learn to read. >> she urged her to go to college. today she's dr. sabrina moore. she has a literacy nonprofit for students of color called three ls for literacy, leadership, liberation. >> as long as i am alive an

jefferson, franklin, washington. these are the records of a nation in labor. its progenitors, its heroes, and this the fruit of their struggle are the articles of confederation was a blueprint for our republic. the bill of rights, a set rules by which the people of a new nation might live in peace and personal. a freedom enjoyed today by millions whose grandfathers were not even born when this ink was wet. the union was once attacked and had to be defended. men like abraham arose from the people to lead the fight with inspired courage and great they too were authors by their words deeds. they wrote the history preserved by the library. new methods of recording history brought new media to the library's collections. these are prints of the earliest newsreels. in this old sequence, we see a parade in north africa honoring. mr. roosevelt. but this roosevelt is theodore roosevelt. the occasion, his goodwill voyage 1910 here are preserved personalities of the men who have guided destiny of the nation and represented the united states in the councils, shaped the mod

at the same time respecting and preserving the historic thomas jefferson building. and the project has three parts. the current gift shop will be converted into an education center. back of house space that's no longer needed for its original purpose will be converted to an orientation gallery. and both of these spaces are designated by the a.o.c. as renovation zones rather than historic restoration or preservation zones, unlike the great hall or the main reading room. chair klobuchar: that's for groups coming? dr. hayden: groups, individuals. there will be a welcome area. also will be a gateway from the capitol visitor center. because we received thousands of visitors coming directly from the capitol visitors center. we have been seeing them recently with the reopening of the capitol visitor center. you have groups, individuals. chair klobuchar: where's the gift shop? not that i care. for the record. dr. hayden: the gift shop will actually be on two sides of the great hall. and that will be the structures that will be the same. glass. we are working with and have w