and years later i found my first house was in jefferson county -- my guy -- and jefferson county at that time was geographically the population center of the united states. so, now, the story is emerging we have the eye of america with the camera with the most typical community in america, growing up on the banks of the mississippi, and he's named joe shmo. the story starts to emerge. here in the midwest, we are the river that separates the east from the west, frequently in st. louis one thing i like about it -- and if you grew up there you could attest to this -- is basically they call it the last city of the east or the first city of the west, why the gateway arch is there. so if joe shmo grew up in st. louis i guess you could say it is like where superman came from which is krypton. so we would specialize as a youth off of route 66 of getting lost, that was my sole purpose. getting lost and then ultimately, not doing a very good job of it because i ultimately found my way home and ultimately found my we back to washington, d.c., but it became almost and on session in my youth and an o

thomas jefferson today.there's no indication i should say of any kind of intimate relationship on washington's part with any of his slaves. that's been studied but there certainly is no evidence for that and i don't know any serious historian who would take that position regarding washington. >> host: i'd like to take her question to a different level. she was talking about the concept chul -- concept chul idea of historical figures falling from grace and here is an early depiction of george bah -- george washington that you feature in your book and you can see there's a great deal of glorification of him as a historical subject with the angel and the light from above. i'm also remembering washington in the capitol. the same has been done with abraham lincoln in the early depiction of him after his assassination. it's a question about the study of history in america. who are the figures that are treated in this larger than life way somewhat mythical way and it is our changing ability to study history that ad

aquino where the jefferson memorial and world war ii and the u.s. capitol and you will know where the lincoln memorial is because sam and others will take you there. but many of those that i take are what you are called found america. i find it in the most unexpected places. like just today i have any mail coming in the, i have scouts and this is going to be a police ceremony for a fallen officer. i photograph those before were officers lined up and it is quite a moving experience but i was told there would be eight helicopters flying over the city and someplace over washington, there was. to be fellow historian is to basically walk and view life through a viewfinder which is what i do even if the camera is not in my face my gut instinct is i am looking for photos. whether the u.s. capitol or a man sleeping on the streets under the u.s. capitol not completely in view, were you place the camera replace a story i can tell that is the selectivity of the photograph and what it can say. my film orgy peg is the memory. the camera is my eyes and my ears. l

jefferson's death day anniversary, we became the 13th generation. so the question would be, what will we do to pass on to the 14th generation to replenish what will become hours, whether we are as teachers, parents or myself as photo historians, our challenge to pass the torch on. and i guess as teachers, how to pass this on to a generation that is somewhat preoccupied with ipod's, a text messaging, how do we make this matter to our children? that's the big question i think for myself as parents and as teachers. one of the things i really thought about is the county you instill in some and that tomorrow matters? well, one of the ways is to remember that you will be residing in that tomorrow and how they pass that on is basically our challenge. later that day i drove on to washington d.c., again talking july 4th, 2005, to run into with this gentleman sitting over here, john. he may even remember this. he had staked out, he is my stakeout guy -- the exact spot because again photography is about alignment. you want to align different elements so that y

and adams versus jefferson, the tumultuous election of 1800. mr. ferling's latest book is the ascents of george washington, the hidden political genius of an american icon. >> good afternoon and welcome to this special edition of book tv's "in-depth" on this independence day weekend. we have live today from the home of george and martha washington, mounts vernon, 16 miles down the potomac river. at mounts vernon, we'll be live for the next three hours from the reynolds museum and education center and our special guest today is the noted revolutionary war historian and washington biographer, john ferling. dr. ferling, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> your latest book, the ascents of george washington, is where we're going to start today and i will like you to explain to people the george washington you came to note through your research. >> sure. i have actually sort of lived with washington, i think, for about 25 years. i wrote a biography of washington back in the 1980's, i came back to washington early in this decade, a

thomas jefferson was a humanist. by which i mean the kind that's a rose from the renaissance, who sought to pull back the knowledge and wisdom of the ancient world. here is the point and the trick. also to keep that treasure always before his mind. it is not simply something -- i degree he earned a onetime and forgot about later. he was not a dry as dust scholar. for the humanness, -- for the humanist strives for an ability of seoul and knows this can only be achieved once sold at a time. it elevates the individual, not the collective and is therefore not the stuff of government programs. the classical humanist deems history as a long caravan of men and women, human beings, not massive shifting plates of ideology, and he tends to devalue the idea of retrospective moments in history. the humanist view was in viewed with the historical sense -- people thought his starkly -- fought historic plea -- his story -- historically. jefferson himself could engage in ideological fancies. he was far more of a philosopher and hist

guest: jefferson was born in 1743. again, the question of words being changed, there were lots of minor changes. the question about why was propertied not include it with life and liberty is a very good one. most natural rights writers would have used the kind of word of life, liberty and property. . it was a somewhat idiosyncratic term, for sure. >> we're all familiar with john hancock because of his signature and some of the other signatures on the declaration of independence. but who were some of the other people who signed this declaration and how did they get to be in that room as cignators? guest: these were representing the various states. if you were a representative of x, you could sign. actually, the declaration was available for signature for sometime after july 4. so some people who were elected afterwards came in and signed it. at least that's one of the working theories. but you had -- well, samuel adams was in the massachusetts delegation. richard henry lee was a signer. these were important politicians

jefferson is accused of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes. the defense says while jefferson may have been involved in unethical acts, he did not a gauge in a little bribery. >>> one of the 44 people arrested as part of a huge corruption bust in new jersey was found dead in his apartment. the police are investigating whether foul play is involved. the mayor of secaucus, new jersey, resigned after the scandal. the mayor and several rabbis were arrested last week. >>> tough talk on capitol hill about texting blog driving, calling on states to ban texting or face losing 25% of federal highway funding. 14 states including maryland and virginia and the district of columbia have texting ban in place already. in recent study found when truckdrivers texted, there collision rate was 23 times greater than normal. >>> coming up, a local golf course it's a reprieve from sudden death, but will that last? -- a local golf course gets a reprieve from sudden death, but will that last? >> i tried to be careful and honest with my words. >> she is the woman who m

this one in jefferson county in west virginia. so remember, you know, lightning safety tips, 30/30 rule. one of the most underrated weather hazards. very unpredictable. there are things you can do to keep safe. you want to seek shelter when you can avoid the metal of wood, fences, 30/30 rule p seek shelter if the flash-to-bang del say 30 seconds or less. remain under cover until 30 minutes after the final clap of thunder. that's the 30/30 rule. across the area, some locations getting plenty of rainfall today. look at baltimore harbor. over three-quarters of an inch of rain two and two in pax river and more coming up this evening. we will talk more about that in a few. pat? >> all right, thanks, veronica. >>> a child is hospitalized this afternoon after nearly drowning in a swimming pool. it happened this morning at the national conference center. a private resort in ashburn, virginia. 7-year-old boy was found not breathing in the facility's pool while traporting him to the hospital emergency crews were able to revive the boy with

guest: well, i think jefferson was very, very shrewd. and he saw that if you wanted to have democratic politics and you wanted to have participatory politics where voters were not just opinion-givers at--on election day but active participants in the political process, informed and giving opinions and sharing information, that you had to collapse the distance between officeholders and voters so that there wasn't this awe that made people tongue-tied. so he did everything he could to remove formality from the presidency. if the doorbell rang and he was near the door, he opened it. if he was still in his morning coat, he opened it still. he got rid of all the protocol. there was a--protocol at state dinners was that the president usually entered the dining room when the dinner was served with the wife of the ambassador of great britain on his arm, and then the ambassador would come with the president's hostess on his arm, a wife if there was a wife. jefferson had the rule: he who is next to the door goes in first. this created a diplomatic

the desi echoes jefferson's n design for monticello, which in tn echoed the pantheoin rome.rson's statue is holding the declaration of independee. thfirst stat was made of plaster. th bronze one wasn't installed until four years after the memoal's dedication in 1943 because of a shortage ofetal during world wari. quotes from jefferson's writgs reflect his decation to freedom of thoht and religion anhis abhorrence of slavery, although he was a ave owner. in spite of s personal inconsistencies, the words still give exession to the heights to wch human society can soar. the jefferson memori is the last of the majomonuments on t tidal basin, but some of the pital's most popular memials lie justeyond. yoseldom have a chance drive over a memorial, but heading ward arlington cemete, that'sxactly what happens as y cross the potomac river on the arlington memorial bridge. with the linln memorial anchoring iteast end, e bridge was designed as a symbol of national reconciliati after the civil war, que literally reuniting thnorth and south. thbridge leads directly to the ceremonial entr

he is jefferson's ally.and ultimately opposing and ultimately in a sense reversing the alien sedigs act of 1798 and does the country a great act of service as president in the constitutional way that he fights the war of 1812. he looks to congress to declare the war. there is no sedition act. no denial of habeas corpus. except in new orleans with andy jackson who puts it all under marshall law. but that's not madison. >> the war is actually over by then. >> but madison accomplishes i think great constitutional objectives in his conduct of the war. >>ness a rich topic, -- this is a rich topic, gentlemen, we could go on for a long time. let's take a couple of minutes and hear a couple of questions or comments. >> as a trustee of the new york historical society, i'm going to be presumptuous and say on behalf of the new york historical society and i hope i'm speaking on behalf of everybody here, this has been one of the most fascinating hours that we have had in this building. [applause] >> you have a great subj

they knew jefferson not nationally. they knew him because he was its governor of virginia and all these local figures. you know, it wasn't a really unified story at that moment. the unified story is what we have, you know, successive filtrations have created. yeah. >> this is really fascinating and i applaud your attempt to open the inquiry. i think we all grow up basically studying the history of great men, and great -- great an men, and i'm interested in your strategy of these seven characters. and i think that's one way to choose seven different people, but i'm -- this is sort of a literary question in some ways. are there other things that you do in your book that get beyond the history of people who manage to become famous, and dig down into the history of lots of people who are just ordinary, and like everybody else, which i think is a very important part of history as well? can you talk a little bit about some of -- >> several of my people in the book were totally unknown at the time. well, certainly one was abso

they knew jefferson and not nationally.they knew him because he was the governor of virginia and all these local figures. it wasn't a unified story at that moment. the unified story is what we have successfully created. >> this is really fascinating and i applaud your attempt to open the inquiry. i think we all grow up basically studying the history of great men, and great and men, and i am interested in your strategy of these seven characters and i think that is one way to choose seven different people, but this is a literary question in some ways. are there other things you do in your book that get beyond the history of people who manage to become famous and take down into the history of lots of people who were just ordinary and like everybody else which i think is an important part of history as well. can you talk about the little bit of that as well? >> several people in my book were totally unknown at the time. won was absolutely unknown except to his friends. nobody have a clue. as a matter of fact the book starts wit

it looks like they just dropped berkeley and jefferson out -- no. they are still in there. this storm is moving east at 25 miles per hour. it looks like it's expanded a little bit. but the real intensity, the purple where we can get the reports of hail is getting smaller. so this is going to cross you north of frederick and hagerstown. still running along interstate 70. we did get a couple of reports of quarter size hail out of some of these that are north of towson. we have one other new storm trying to develop. it's crossing the bay bridge. well that went by fast. but there is one on the bay bridge and that's moving to the east, southeast, another heavy rainer. i hate getting rain on the bridge. that is terrifying. and then watching this storm moving away southeast of fredericksberg, might just nip the southern tip of st. mary's county and back to the big picture and you can see the warnings until 6:45. we'll keep a close eye on it and let you know if anything else is developing through the hours of this overnight and evening. we think a lot of this activity is going to g

the same thing happened with jefferson except in that case jefferson burned all -- he was the one that burned the correspondence with martha. the correspondence that really has survived among the founders is the correspondence of john and abigail adams, and we know a great deal about their relationship, and we wish that we did, that we knew more about washington and martha. >> host: during this hour we hope to focus a little more on the revolutionary war period of u.s. history and some of dr. ferling's titles include this one, a leap in the dark, the struggle to create the american republic, and also almost a miracle, the american victory in the war of independence. we know many of you are military history buffs, and we hope you'll add your questions to our discussion. let's take a telephone call from tom in illinois. hello, tom. >> caller: hello, how you doing? i have a quick question for dr. ferling, and that involves the bottle of monomouth and charles lee's performance in that battle. i've grown through my readings to dislike charles lee, of course; a foreign officer, one of those

this is the norman lear collection, with "good times," and the "jeffersons," and he has a new cd, "playing for change." first, a selection. >> momma, you are supposed to be resting, you're weak. >> they only took out my appendix. not my fists. >> what happened? >> she called me ugly. that could reduce a less beautiful person to tears. >> i hope you're not leaving on my account. >> i can't think of a better reason. >> you be nice. >> goodnight, and have a nice evening. >> we have riots. >> because of poverty. >> because of fdr. >> he brought us back from the depression. >> he won the war. >> macarthur won the war. >> and he was fired. >> that was truman. >> this is the worst one i've ever had. this is the big one. i'm dying. you hear that elizabeth? i'm coming to join you, honey. >> i'm laughing, so are you. you still think this is good? >> the performances are undeniable. i will laugh just like the first time. the performance is undeniable but the writing is good. >> we have the best collaboration in the business. i am 36 years old and the reason i looked -- like this is because laughter a

congressman william jefferson running for re-election after being indicted for corruption charges. when should you stay and when should you go we asked. >> the public interest versus the private interest should be the standard for all public officials. >> reporter: he cites rules that went into effect on january 1st, 2008. >> resigning on december 31, 2007, and immediately set up a lobby shop. >> but clearly did play by the rules. >> played by the rules but this is where his private self- interest really was the deciding factor. he betrayed his constituents. >> reporter: and former congressman jefferson running after indictment. >> we don't see much shame in many these types of officials. >> reporter: the lesson from chief baker's resignation? >> the lesson is that some public officials do have a sense of ethics and a sense of guilt and shame when they violate that public interest to understand that isn't going to help the office any longer for them to stay. >> reporter: but clearly many public officials just can't give up the power and prestige and fight to hang on despite the pub

. >>> the defense takes over in the corruption trial of william jefferson. the former congressman will not take the stand in his defense. the prosecution has already laid out his arguments that jefferson took bribes, including $90,000 in cash found in his freezer and a videotape of hand accepting a suitcase with cash. >>> investigators looking into the death of michael jackson raided the office of one of his doctors. drug enforcement agents searched his office in houston. his attorney released a statement saying b warrantave the police the power to look for items -- saying the warrant gave the police the power to look for items they could not find. >> it is never a good idea to have de e a agents come into your business. -- not a good idea to have dea agents come into your business. >> involuntary manslaughter is likely the most -- is the lead -- is the most likely charge. >>> funeral services honoring walter cronkite are set for this afternoon in manhattan. speakers at the service will include andy rooney and his son. the funeral will be a private service.

i am convinced joanne freeman argued he was pulling jefferson's life and i think she was right. a big mistake because, of course, thomas jefferson had no humor and he thought the plot is revealed. [laughter] federalism has tipped its hand. and this is something i just got an e-mail from a friend of mine, in historian named al and his -- he is considering a political biography of the bell and the parallel he came up with this fascinating. it is frederick douglass and frederick douglass was also a private man, he never held office but he was a journalist, he was an eloquent orator, he was an organizer, in that worker, a wire puller. he was obviously an outsider for the obvious reasons, a black man in america, but i am eager to see al work this out because the minute i read that i thought -- so there are such people that you can find some resemblances to and we just have to, you know, we can't produce the next one, we just have to be sure that the opportunities are there and that when they knock the doors will open. >> at the moment that we speak we have two books on hand, very muc

there is a letter that benjamin banneker broke to thomas jefferson in 1791 and basically in thomas jeffersonof the time a secretary of state and he was an astronomer who helped plan the blueprint for the nation's capital. view is this accomplished man. the published annual almanacs that with striking position predicted crops so he was this accomplished man. he was making clocks. i can go on and on about his accomplishments and he was thomas jefferson insisted that african-americans are intellectually inferior and would never be equal to whites. so as benjamin banneker writes this letter that should be a part of our education because he's basically appealing to him as an american, as a scholar, as a christian, and he is saying my skin is as black as night, but i am equal. how could you see otherwise? we are equal. ashore, we are integrated in circumstances now and so you don't see us in full flower, but the potential is there -- look at me. he sent him his almanac and so the need for me to help fill in that information deficit because i thank you have a peephole to assume that african america

. >> what about jefferson and adams? >> we will never see their likes again.enjamin franklin, the most important achievement -- >> he couldn't find within the editorial review? >> topnotch people to pick, precisely because they would make wonderful ambassadors? >> you prefer to let them buy their way in? >> john, they buy an ambassador ship to the bahamas, who cares? >> how did we get that big? >> quickly. you want to eliminate the practice or not? >> it's not worth worrying about. it doesn't rise to that level and we have had good ambassadors who paid their way in. and these countries want people sent to them that are friends of the president and that they get a lot of social cachet from. >> yes. it is done this way because there is a derse of thomas jefferson. >> our campaign finance system is legalized corruption. that's the real issue here. as long as we have private finance, and i don't see that ending, then we will have people complaining every four years, but the system isn't going to change. >> the present practice should be retained and it should be r

he was known as a great lawyer and he was thomas jefferson's law professor. part of thomas jefferson's writing the declaration one of the things in the back of his mind was he wanted george with. you know how you want to pressure teacher to grow up and come something big you want to impress your teacher. that's how he was tour de georgia. george had an interesting into his life which was very unpleasant. he freed his slaves, most of them or many of them anyway. that took a lot of guts. not too many people did that and it took a lot of everything good. it was a good decision. he had a housekeeper who i've been a former slave, and a young man who had been a former slave that they saying they had been his son. there's some discussion over that. and anyway, what happened was he had a nephew who was deeply in debt from gambling. and his nephew needed money real bad and he forged george's name on checks. he got some money, got in trouble that ways but he still needed more money so he poisoned this very, very famous lawyer who at this time was about 82 years old he

. >> reporter: it's home to lincoln and jefferson, backdrop to history, dramatic from a distance, butup close, the mall is a mess. >> big patches of dirty grass, dirty water. >> i thought it would be really clean. but i looked at it it really smelled. >> reporter: the big problem is near the sea wall near the jefferson memorial. and the reflecting pool built in 1924. >> since that time -- >> reporter: interior department says repairing the park will cost near $400 million. some members of congress even opposed that. >> i believe strongly that the mall ought to be kept up. it ought to be part of our discussion. in one's dying because of the sea walls on mall. >> you're not going to find people who are going to spend political capital on something that's not going to help them deliver votes back home. >> reporter: and back home is never washington, d.c., the capital has no voting representative in congress. congress doesn't scrimp when it's come to its own building and lawn, maintained by a staff of 2,000. but america's front yard continues to fall in december repair. >> sometimes you n

it will be at thomas jefferson hospital in philly. joe biden will accompany her to the hospital and they plan to spend tomorrow at their home in delaware. he'll return to washington tomorrow night, according to the white house. >>> the indian government is preparing to investigate the deadly collapse of a metro rail bridge, this is in new delhi. authorities say a sixth person has died in this. the accident happened early yesterday. >>> nasa tries again today to get the space shuttle endeavour off the ground. we'll take a live picture now. this is cape canaveral, florida. the launch team came within minutes of sending endeavour and seven astronauts to the international space station yesterday but when thunderstorms moved in they scrubbed the launch competely. it was the fourth launch attempt this month. >>> 6:51. a change of heart for a swim club in philadelphia. accused of racism. the club cancelled memberships of a dozen minority children last week. the kids are part of a summer camp and some reported hearing racial comments. now the

. >> the defendant lost it during a competency heang in jefferson county. he jumped from his seat and knocked over the table and that's when a deputy tasered him. he hit the ground thrashing in his orange jump suit but was not injured. he's had outburst in the courtroom before, spitting at a judge. and there you see the taser hit. >>> making headlines, a family needs your help to bring an 8- year-old boy home. this is lamar anthony jones and he was last seen taking out the trash yesterday at his home in laurel, maryland. family members spot the him after taking the trash out but he ran into a wooded area. the family believes he was upset for getting disciplined earlier that day. >>> a teen accused of plotting to set off a explosive has pled guilty. more serious charges were dropped as part of a plea deal. his friend's case is in juvenile court. >>> goodbye hotel room, good morning china. some students can now get on with their trip, after being released from their hospital and quarantine after getting swine flu. eight students were diagnosed with the virus.

. >> closing arguments in the bikery case against louisiana congressman william jefferson tonight. he had 90k in cash stuffed in his freezer. prosecutors say that was just the latest money congressman jefferson had received in exchange for business deals in africa. he's accused of taking more than $400,000 total. he >>> what is your house worth? maybe not as much as you think. get the edge on why appraisers might be giving your house -- [ indiscernible ] >>> swine flu in the senate? none of the senators are sick but a bunch of pages are. it could be the h1n1. >>> an ultimatum for congressional democrats. before you think it doesn't affect you, you have to hear their proposal. we're back in two.  >>> if you want to keep your highway funding, you better outlaw testing while driving signed congressional democrats. senator charles schumer and three other senators are pushing for the law. texting and driving is already illegal in d.c. maryland's new law goes in effect in the fall. 13 other states are also on board but there is question whether those laws can inbe enforced.

jefferson davis recognizing, now we have a problem. boone pemberton was defeating grant to this that the other he said it was fined. now he is in serious trouble. jefferson davis lived in vicksburg. it was his hometown. he knew what was going on. solis finally started sending troops and the sent them under general jay e. johnson. johnson's problem was he was a great defense of tactician but he would not fight. one of the interesting things that i found when i was researching this, i found a little vignette about johnston back when he was right out of west point and he was noted to be a great bird shot, wing shot. one of his buddies took him on a quail hunt in virginia, and he noticed that every time they covey would flush, johnson would not shoot. the son was in my eyes or, he brambles around. he would only take the perfect shot. which is an interesting character trait, because that is the way he behaved in battle the entire civil war. grade on defense, but on the offense he would wait and wait and wait and in atlanta that man retreate

. >> reporter: it's home to lincoln and jefferson, backdrop to history, dramatic from a distance, butup close, the mall is a mess. >> the mall is left. >> reporter: big patches of dirty grass, dirty water. >> i thought it would be really clean. but i looked at it really smelled. >> reporter: the biggest problem is the seawall near the jefferson memorial. >> the seaswal sinking. >> reporter: and the reflecting pool built in 1924. >> since then, we have been repairing and repairing it. >> reporter: interior department says repairing the park will cost near $400 million. the park service was allocated close to $60 million from the stimulus party. some members of congress even opposed that. >> i believe strongly that the mall ought to be kept up. it ought to be part of our discussion. not part of the emergency process. nobody's dying because of the seawalls on the mall. >> you're really not going to find people who are going to spend political capital on something that's not going to help them deliver votes back home. >> reporter: and back home is never washington, d.c., the capital has n

a former congressman william jefferson as he accepts a bribe. in july, 2005, jefferson accepted a suitcase filled with $100,000 from an fbi informant. the fbi recorded that exchange which took place outside a hotel in northern virginia. jefferson is accused of taking more than $400,000 in bribes. >>> school boards all across the country are grappling with budget deficits, deep budget cuts mean extracurricular sports, arts, music programs, many being eliminated. but some schools are trying a controversial alternative trying to pay for those programs. charging the students and their families. bill tucker has our report. >> reporter: tough economic times are forcing some hard choices on school finances in manchester, new hampshire. >> we've laid off 80-something teachers. we're not filling 190 positions. >> reporter: but those actions haven't closed a $6 million hole in the budget. so the school board is now talking about charging students for non-academic activities. >> i feel that it's a terrible thing. but we're so strapped for cash, that someti

a live look at the jefferson memorial. heavy lightning you just saw right there. heavy rain.ue will have an update for you coming up in j must a few ststs.s.  >>> it is the case that has opportunitied -- stunned -- that has stunned the district. banita jacks trial continued today. the evidence is very disturbing. beth parker reports. >> reporter: there are very few people who do what dr. madison goff does for a living. he's a forensic entomologist. basically he studies how insects feed on dead bodies. goff came from his home in hawaii to d.c. supreme court to testify in the murder trial of banita jacks, the mother accused of killing her four daughters and living with their bodies for months. goff studied the weather at the time, the insects found at the scene and how old they were. based on all of that he testified the jacks girls died not before april 2007 but not after october 2007. remember, their bodies were found in their southeast ri rowhouse on january 9, 2008. d.c. medical examiners have testified that the girls' bodies were so decop posed that

we are talking about richard jefferson.'t know the name, but you will now, because according to the "new york post," he was set to marry a former dancer in a $2.5 million ceremony, but dumped her and did not tell his friends until just two hours before the wedding, so they all showed up. so to make it up to him, he gave them his credit card, and said party on, which they did. >> meanwhile, she checked into the hotel and upgraded to a suite overlooking central park. >> can blame her. >> you go, girl. and we have a dead line to stop talking about brett favre. in this two weeks he will decide if he's going to play for minnesota, that's the day their training camp starts. so the day he's supposed to be there, he will decide whether or not he'll be there. >>> and how about being sold out by your step mom. nascar driver jeremy mayfield apparently tested positive again for methamphetamine, his alleged second positive test. and court documents say his stepmother seems to have seen him taking the drug seven times over a period, and

[laughter] but jefferson davis recognizing now have a problem. when pendleton kept climbing back his fine. now he is in serious trouble and jefferson davis, this was his hometown, he knew what was going on so he finally started sending troops and is sending them under general johnson who's wobbly one of the most overrated generals of the confederacy. johnson's problem was a it was a great tactician but would not fight. one of the interesting things i found when i was researching this i found a little vignette about johnson back when he was way out of west point and it was noted to be a great bird shot coming shad's and one of his buddies took him on a quail hunt in virginia and the noticed that every time the dogs would go out and johnson would not shoot and you'd say the sun was in my eyes, rambles around it. he would only take a perfect shot. which is an interesting character trait because that is the way he believed in battle when the entire civil war. right on defense and offense he would wait and wait and in atlanta that and retreated and re

she was engaged to nba star, richard jefferson.ng to set the record straight this morning, not only about what happened. but the lessons that you learn. kesha nichols. richard jefferson. a beautiful couple. she, a basketball sideline dancer. he, a basketball star. >> jefferson! reporter: they met, fell in love, traveled the world. he proposed. the wedding was set to be a lavish affair in new york city's mandarin oriental. what we read in the papers next was unimaginable. that he had broken up by e-mail. didn't notify guests. a $2 million wedding was wasted? what really happened inside this broken relationship? it reminded us of the heartbreak we've seen before. nichol cantos, in her wedding gown, outside, ready to walk up the aisle. word from outside that the groom is on her way to london. her family not pleased. >> why? what happened? >> reporter: but all we know this morning in the case of kesha nichols and richard jefferson, is what he said in a call to howard stern. >> we had broken up and gotten back together. broken up and go

[laughter] >> but jefferson davis recognizing now we have a problem. pemberton kept wiring back we've defeated grant up the creek and up this, that and the other, he's fine. he was not fine. now he's in serious trouble and jefferson davis for heaven's sake lived in vicksburg. it was his hometown. he knew what was going on. he finally started sending troops and he sent them under j.e. johnson who was one of the most underrated generals of confederacy. he was a great defensive tactician but he wouldn't fight. one of the interesting things that i found when i was researching this, i found a little vignette about johnson back when he was right out of west point and he was noted to be a great bird shot, wing shot. and one of his buddies took him on a quail hunt in virginia and he noticed every time his dogs were work and johnson wouldn't shoot. well, the sun was in myize brambles around. he would only take the perfect shot. which is an interesting character trait because that's the way he behaved in battle the entire civil war. great on defense but on offen

and it gives an address of jefferson street. i think he has a restaurant now on jefferson street. >> was there any activity at the blue moon this morning with regard to a woman maybe confronting mcnair, accusing her of anything and threatening his life? have y'all heard anything about that? >> i'm not aware of anything at the blue moon. >> have you heard reports of him being at losers last night, the bar on -- is it division? >> i don't know that. >> as his wife been investigated? has his wife been questioned? >> mrs. mcnair obviously is very, very distraught by what has taken place. police department chaplains did visit michelle mcnair at her residence. at this juncture, we do not believe that she is involved, but i need to say also that we have not ruled anything out. while we may be leaning certain ways based on evidence at the scene and wounds on the bodies, we have not ruled anything out. we may be able to make definitive classifications of this case tomorrow after the autopsy. >> was a note or anything like that left in th

. >>> prosecutors showed a key piece of evidence in the trial of william jefferson to the. they showed a video recorded by the fbi that showed him outside a hotel accepting a suitcase filled with $100,000. he is accused of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes. >>> a proposal that gained a lot of attention becomes what in d.c. >> alberto gonzalez has a new job lined up for the fall. >> temperatures are still in the upper 80's. p >>> you are watching abc7 news at 6:00. >>> a law recognizing sinn-sex marriages performed elsewhere is in effected in the district now. congress has 30 days to review it the bill. the bill became law today. this allows for the same miracle rights afforded heterosexual couples in d.c. >>> to the senate floor, today our frank was sworn into office -- al franken was sworn into office. after months of wrangling, the minnesota democrat was sworn in by joe biden. he becomes the 60th democratic senator. one of his first jobs will be to sit on the judiciary committee. sonia sotomayor is getting support from the -- and a letter has been sent to the white h

jefferson said he was the great wissman of his age, very impressive man to see who appeared at cambridge in a beautiful uniform impeccable retailer to and he wished to be what they saw him as which was the commander and he thought a leader of not only act like a leader but look like a leader. he cared about details and about appearances. he cared about the appearance of his house, his carriage, but equal bids for his horses. he cared about his gardens, about everything that reflected in who he was and what he represented. and this is very important to understand because the army he led had no uniforms. the army he led looked like farmers from the fields which is what most of them work. even in the beginning before they began to go through the terrible struggle and suffering the hardships they endured within that 12 months of that fateful year they looked pretty iraq attacked. when the general, the british officer general, said they called them rebel and arms that was quite an accurate description. he suffered also from a bias, very strong bias against new englanders when he took command

. >> reporter: at the jefferson memorial, the seawall is sinking, cracked sidewalks are patched with temporary fixes. d.c. native calls it a shame. >> this city is the face of the country and you would think that they would put the money where it will do the most good. >> reporter: last year the mall received more than $31 million in funding. yosemite got more even though the mall draws more visitors than yosemite, yellowstone and the grand canyon combined. >> one problem we have, we are in an area where there isn't any representation in congress. sometimes the issues aren't brought up as well as it can be in other areas. >> reporter: a $55 million infusion of stimulus money will make repairs around the lincoln and jefferson memorial but that is a down payment. >> it's a disgrace the quality of the national mall. dead fish in constitution gardens. that's not something we want to show our country. >> reporter: congress rejected the repairs from last year. for many visitors, the mall's monument is the diamond in the rough. >> it is aesthetic. there is better way the money can be spent.

i want to skip now because finally in 181 jefferson assumes the presidency and mercy and her husband are delighted because it is now a jeffersonian a republican democracy and she is thrilled. her husband rice congratulatory letters -- nine all of the politicians and mercy still won't publish her history. and finally in 1805 she does. it does one review. now there are many histories of the american revolution by then. it is one review and that reviews says it is okay that after all is written by a woman and you can tell it is. she is crushed but she is more crash because two years go by before she hears from john adams whom she has sent a copy to and finally john adams writes to her in august 18-hole seven and sister in the spirits of friendship, i wanted to know that i have a few comments about your history. and the comments end up being 20 handwritten pages of corrections. all of them about john adams and about how she called him a monarchist and she didn't represent enough about him and all the things he did right from the beginning back in the 17 sixties with the revolution and wh

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it ison crorossing east of virginia, jefferson unty oacolech g het, wtown, and off to t onfr ofr dulles. i think theers i still a low-en potential for ss rmpotothe p-up locally, but most will stay off to the west. the storm scan, a couple developing over the eastern sections of the piedmont, n.c., and numerous showers off to the west. most of these will miss our area, but the combination may bring a shower early tomorrow morning. better chance in th afternoon and evening. the cold front will squeeze the moisture and storms will be more widespread it this time tomorrow. the weatherbug, first up, leesburg 84 degrees, a thundershower moved through, south breeze. atomic 86, a high of 90 degrees. it 86 degrees at andrews air force base. -- potomac 86, a high of 90 degrees. 86 degrees at andrews a force base. 90 degrees at reagan national airport. but the entire year, this was only the seventh day we have hit 90 degrees at reagan national airport. the other temperatures, nice and toasty, increasing humidity, giving a feel of summer. at 88 degrees fairfax, 87 la plata, 87 hagerstown. this has

we could say that the history of the united states is jefferson cropping a pebble into a pond.r third acts last tuesday at 4 minutes past 12 wed barack obama took the oath of office and became the 44th president of the united states. i have been attempting over the past 35 years to understand how our country works. i have lifted up the hood and tinkered with what does work and what does not work and necessarily bound into a lot of subjects, topics and individuals and undertows and contradictions and paradoxes that are of course the history of any country magnified because of the extraordinary nature of this republic. these have been diverse topics and none of them chosen with any game plan. i'm mostly interested in how you tell a good story. i am feeling like there is a digestion of facts and throw them back at you in some recognizable form. 10 years ago or more, i was working on a biography of mark twain, an unusual and complicated individual. he had a phrase -- he was one of many humorous to some of the 19th century, and if you read their stuff, it is not funny anymore. john

brian: jefferson was much more of a federalist than anything else.hat ever happened to federalism? states being able to determine their own future so that people could choose? a lot of the states are starting to look the same when it comes the laws and regulations. >> so many issues come back to accountability. we have to stop outsourcing our sovereignty. to relax these czars? once they do the terrible job that they probably do, i did not vote for them. brian: i have a good idea, but the chart back up. we're going to have a game, a kid's memory game, having all of these different boards with the different czars, flipping them over to see if we can get them right. how about that? we will probably get taxed for it. never mind. >> what about the special map of compensation? my favorite. brian: got to go. thank you, mike. sarah palin, threatening to sue. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert brian: stop the rumors or get sued? sarah

. >> reporter: it's home to lincoln and jefferson, dramatic from a distance but up clo the mall is a patches of dead grass, dirty water, which has even killed some ducks. >> i thought it would be really clean but when i looked at it, it really smelled. >> reporter: the biggest problems are the sea wall near the jefferson memorial. >> the sea walls are sinking and moving north. that's a very bad thing. >> reporter: and the reflecting pool built in 1924. >> since that time we've been repairing and repairing it but we get leaks in the foundation constantly. >> reporter: the interior department says repairing the mall will cost nearly $400 million. the park service was allocated those to $56 million from the stimulus bill but some members of congress even oppose that. >> i believe strongly that the mall ought to be kept up, part of our normal discussion, not part of. emergency process? >> reporter: so why can't they find the money to take care of the national park right outside its door? >> you're not going to find people who are going to spend political capital that isn't going to help